Rachel Trousdale: The Widening Gyre
This is addressed to people like me: people who talk too much. Don't. Just pick one day during which you decide you're not going to say more than you should.

Krista McGruder: The Right Way
Today's fashion magazines counsel young women on the latest skirt styles (A-line or slim), makeup (matte or shine) and lovers (whether to go for the offensive linebacker or the long-haired boy who writes poetry).

Patrick Stephenson: Bull Moose
"[Flex dollars] improve the local economy by pouring what would have been unused dining money into area restaurants," the lead editorial of the Yale Daily News wrote on Sept. 6.

Josh Sevin: Mixed Greens
Noticed a different color in the buildings around campus lately? Does the lighting feel different to you? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Yale now has Green Lights.

Environmentalism more than a trip to the recycling bin

I first became acquainted with the publication How to be Environmental at Yale when it was placed on the coffee table in the common room by one of my suitemates. I would come across it daily and out of sheer curiosity I decided to glance through it. I found most of its suggestions to be innovative, creative, and efficient. Unfortunately, that it went untouched for so long is, I suspect, common. The publication is as inviting as the Undergraduate Regulations.

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Majority of frosh would benefit from minority program

"Diversity." People at Yale beat this word to death. We supposedly have diversity at Yale: African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Jews, Protestants, Catholics, etc. But how significant is this diversity?

'Flex Dollars' plan sells out dining hall workers

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that something's wrong with Yale's dining halls. Deciding how to fix it is more difficult. For the past year, Yale administrators have been spending a lot of time trying to convince students that the central problem with the dining halls is that workers' wages are too high.

Letters to the Editor

Grin and bear distributional requirements...