Author: Tori Cook

All Center, No Women: The Breakdown of the Yale Women’s Center
Opinion

All Center, No Women: The Breakdown of the Yale Women’s Center

From the Center’s political leanings and poor contactability, a question arises: can a university-funded group under the non-partisan moniker of “women’s center” politicize their aid and make themselves as highly unreachable as the Yale Women’s Center and still say they are living up to their mission? Tori CookEditor-in-Chief, The BeaconWith recent media outcries over their now canceled Spring conference “Pinkwashing and Feminism in Palestine,” the Yale Women’s Center is garnering concern from students and the Yale community who are expressing doubts about whether their mission as a self-proclaimed “women’s center” means anything to the Center at all.The Center, which is housed on Yale’s Old Campus and funded by Yale’s Office of Gen...
Taiwan Over Ukraine? Former Pentagon Official Debates Potential US Threats
News

Taiwan Over Ukraine? Former Pentagon Official Debates Potential US Threats

On Wednesday, February 6, former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby debated well-renowned Yale professor Timothy Snyder on whether the US should prioritize Taiwan over Ukraine. Snyder argued in favor of Ukraine and Colby argued in favor of Taiwan. They commented on the current geopolitical situation facing the US on these two fronts. Tori CookEditor-in-Chief, The BeaconOn Wednesday afternoon, Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs Timothy Snyder and former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby debated whether the US should prioritize Taiwan over Ukraine in front of an audience of over 100 Yale students, faculty, and New Haven residents. Colby, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, argued the practical necessity of...