ShareThe Macy’s on 34th Street in New York City boasts a bright, glittery, larger-than-life sign that says “Believe”. Indeed, this is the season for belief, and as people bustle around, making purchases and catching up with family and friends, or taking some well-deserved time off, we invite you to think about this concept of “belief.” [...]

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ShareWe are told that these are the best four years of life. Visibly eager, and almost impossibly energetic, the recent high school graduate fantasizes about the ideas he will learn and the experiences he will live in this new utopia without limits and free from the dreaded specter of authority figures quelling fun and life [...]

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In this environment, the man or woman who stands up and declares “I dissent” can be profoundly discomfiting. You are those people. And you are discomfiting precisely because all sides understand that by dissenting you are saying that the prevailing orthodoxy is false, that there is a better path to a happy and fulfilling life. That is a radical stand on most college campuses today. And like all radicals willing to accept the consequences of their principles, you inspire a mix of admiration and fear.

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Share Last spring, the editors of the News wrote that “the project of reforming Yale’s sexual culture is a formidable one.” This challenge followed upon an academic year punctuated by a number of events that drew attention to Yale’s sexual culture and the problems that mar it: rape, harassment, objectification of women and the ways [...]

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ShareRecently, a classmate approached me before math class.  She was advertising, by word of mouth, an event put on as a part of a women’s studies class assignment.  The event in question is called “I <3 (or love if you prefer) Female Orgasm.”  It struck me as quite odd and concerning that a complete stranger [...]

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ShareSummer: an ideal time to process events from the preceding school year. A time to relax, a time to clear one’s head, and a time to think of creative solutions to personal, campus, and larger community problems. The Love and Fidelity Network invites you to participate in our essay contest! Use this month of June [...]

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Should assault perpetrators be held responsible for their actions and should we put greater effort into educating about the seriousness of sexual assault? Most definitely. SlutWalk protestors are justified in demanding this. But before they take back the term “slut”, they should ask themselves if they really want to and what messages they send by embracing the name and the messages that come along with it.

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Share According to this recent article, which appeared in the Stanford Review, the new Stanford Anscombe Society appears to have generated quite a buzz on campus. Launching their group with an inaugural event on same-sex marriage featuring Dr. Jennifer Roback-Morse, the group looks forward to continuing to foster civil discussion on campus by means of [...]

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ShareWhen fraternity pledges marched through Yale’s campus earlier this academic year chanting “No means yes!”, their parade elicited mixed reactions.  Such raunchy demonstrations have come to be almost expected by the student body, causing many to be desensitized and to write off such events as dumb jokes that don’t actually represent male opinion, but that [...]

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Shareeduhookups.com is the perfect manifestation of the individualism in which I have been trained in the last twenty-one years.  This website, which makes available to students a “no strings attached” sexual encounter, enables the persons in my university cohort to pursue personal sexual intrigues so long as the intrigue is mutually desired by another. The [...]

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