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Dissecting the Separation of Church and State with Professor Rick Garnett
7Feb By William CoenNo Comments
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Dissecting the Separation of Church and State with Professor Rick Garnett

Notre Dame Professor of Law Rick Garnett (LAW ‘95) argued the separation of church and state does not require religion to be “put behind a wall” at an event with the Buckley Institute this past Wednesday. William CoenStaff Writer, The Buckley BeaconOn Wednesday, Rick Garnett (LAW ‘95), Paul J. Schirl/Fort Howard Corp. Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, visited the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program to speak about the Constitution’s messages regarding the separation of church and state.Professor Garnett argued that many Americans misunderstand the meaning of the separation of church and state, and characterized religious freedom as a fundamental and foundational human right with a “structural limitation on the cla...
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‘He’s the ultimate decider’: CNN’s Jim Scuitto on Trump, American Foreign Policy, and More
5Feb By Jack OlsonNo Comments
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‘He’s the ultimate decider’: CNN’s Jim Scuitto on Trump, American Foreign Policy, and More

The Buckley Beacon’s exclusive interview with Jim Scuitto (YC ‘92), chief national security correspondent and anchor at CNN and senior fellow at the Jackson School of Global Affairs. Jack OlsonAssociate Editor of Interviews & Opinion, The Buckley BeaconAn international order long spearheaded by the United States is under threat. And as Russia wages the largest land war in Europe since World War II, China’s technological rise drives a new great power competition, and tensions boil in the Middle East over Israel’s offensive in Gaza, a new (and old) destabilizer has entered the room: President Donald J. Trump. The Buckley Beacon recently sat down with Jim Sciutto (YC ‘92), chief national security analyst and anchor at CNN, ...
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Yale College Announces Plans to Increase Class Sizes By 100 Students Annually
4Feb By Raleigh AdamsNo Comments
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Yale College Announces Plans to Increase Class Sizes By 100 Students Annually

Yale will expand undergraduate classes by 100 students beginning with the class of 2029, Scott Strobel and Pericles Lewis, Provost and Dean of Yale College, respectively, announced Tuesday. Raleigh AdamsAssistant Editor of Campus Life & Administration, The Buckley BeaconThe Yale Office of the Provost and Office of the Dean of Yale College, in a joint online statement, announced on Tuesday their plans to increase undergraduate class sizes by 100 students per academic year starting this fall with the prospective class of 2029.Per the release, co-written by Dean Pericles Lewis and Provost Scott Strobel, the increase in undergraduate student body size will result in a total of 1,650 students per class. Over time, this growt...
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When College-Educated Women Choose Big Families
31Jan By Fiona BultonsheenNo Comments
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When College-Educated Women Choose Big Families

A review of Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth. Fiona BultonsheenStaff Writer, The Buckley BeaconIs having a big family irresponsible? Perhaps it is an indulgent choice in the face of climate change or a choice to conspire against one’s career. After all, we Yale women jumped hoops from kindergarten until now to prepare for the most coveted positions in America. Why risk a break in that trajectory?Dr. Catherine Pakaluk, in her book Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth, offers answers to such questions by focusing on the few who challenge the norm in what she dubs a “two-trending-to-one child world.” Her book contains conversations that aim to make sense of the decline in bi...
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David Lynch’s Conservatism: Making America Strange Again
29Jan By Raleigh Adams1 Comment
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David Lynch’s Conservatism: Making America Strange Again

Patriotism, Morality, and Metaphysical Tension in Lynch’s Eccentric Vision of America Raleigh AdamsAssistant Editor of Campus Life & Administration, The Buckley Beacon“Through the darkness of future past, The magician longs to see. One chants out between two worlds...‘Fire walk with me!’"Straight from the heartland of America, David Lynch came into the artistic scene in the latter half of the twentieth century, stradling being the weirdo’s weirdo and “Jimmy Stewart from Mars” (Hoberman, J., “David Lynch, Maker of Florid and Unnerving Films, Dies at 78”). With a filmography that hypnotically swirls a genuine nostalgic love for America with a keen eye to the fiery truth of her realities, his works invite viewers to walk th...
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EXCLUSIVE: Secret Leaked Meeting Minutes of Yale’s Dungeons and Dragons Club
23Jan By Max GrinsteinNo Comments
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EXCLUSIVE: Secret Leaked Meeting Minutes of Yale’s Dungeons and Dragons Club

(A satire.) Max Grinstein Contributing Author, The Buckley Beacon In December, the Sumud Coalition passed a student referendum campaign seeking, among other things, for Yale to divest from weapons manufacturers, “including those arming Israel.” Among the student groups that endorsed Sumud’s campaign was Yale’s very own Dungeons and Dragons club.In response, The Buckley Beacon began a multi-month investigation to learn more about the link between fantasy role playing games and divesting from Lockheed Martin. Below are the minutes of the Dungeons and Dragons club’s November meeting, as leaked to The Beacon.A. Call to OrderThe regular meeting of the Yale Dungeons and Dragons was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November...
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Ex-YDN Staffer Pleads Guilty To Leaking Israeli Intel To Iran
23Jan By David DumontetNo Comments
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Ex-YDN Staffer Pleads Guilty To Leaking Israeli Intel To Iran

CIA analyst, Yale grad, and former Yale Daily News copy staffer pleads guilty to posting Israeli plans for retaliatory strike on social media. David DumontetStaff Writer, The Buckley BeaconFormer CIA analyst Asif Rahman (YC ‘13), who as a Yale undergraduate was Senior Copy staffer at the Yale Daily News, pleaded guilty Friday to leaking 17 classified documents to a Telegram channel, at least two of which were considered Top Secret by the U.S. government. Rahman was tried in Virginia following an FBI investigation which traced the leaked documents on the Telegram channel “Middle East Spectator” to his workstation in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The October 17 leak, first reported by Axios, exposed Israel’s plans for retaliatory str...
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To Our Liberal Friends
17Jan By Beacon Staff1 Comment
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To Our Liberal Friends

Our response to Publius. Buckley Beacon StaffThe Buckley BeaconPublius, the now-defunct Yale Daily News editorial board, took Yale by surprise with their Election Day special, “We’re Jealous of Our Conservative Peers.” To their credit, they managed to do something quite impressive: Frame liberal hostility to conservative opinions as a perk, not drawback, of conservatives’ experience at Yale.Constant criticism and social ostracization, Publius argues, affords conservatives a unique chance to cultivate their beliefs, and refine their presentation to an audience eager to cancel them. We admit, this is a compelling spin on what might otherwise be considered an odious excuse for censorship, intolerance, and exclusion. Conservativ...
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How to Make Your Yale Degree More Valuable: Lessons From Buckley’s Annual Conference
27Nov By Fiona BultonsheenNo Comments
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How to Make Your Yale Degree More Valuable: Lessons From Buckley’s Annual Conference

"The Buckley conference encouraged students to consider what it means to be challenged—consider what it means to get the most out of their Yale education. Should students take action, speaker after speaker pointed to a promising future: one where ideological friction in the classroom actually makes students sharper. A future where embracing the free speech principles laid out in the Woodward Report will give students an edge in life and, in turn, make Yale degrees more valuable." Fiona BultonsheenStaff Writer, The BeaconIn December of 1974, a group of free speech advocates and administrators at Yale put together the Woodward Report, which contains lines that 81% of the student body support, according to the Buckley Insitute annual s...
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