November Crossword
Isaac Oberman Puzzle Editor, The Buckley Beacon
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April Crossword
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain. April Rain Song, Langston Hughes
Isaac ObermanPuzzle Editor, The Buckley Beacon
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March Crossword
I am waiting for the flowersTo come back:I am alone,But I can wait for the birds.- March Thought, Hilda Conkling
Isaac ObermanCrossword Editor, The Buckley Beacon
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Buckley Fellows Funding Application
William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale
Student Fellows Funding Application
The Buckley Program is eager to support its student fellows in their academic and professional endeavors. While we offer on-campus programming as well as paid summer internships at various publications and think tanks, we also recognize that our student fellows may secure other excellent opportunities on their own. We seek to support those pursuits that are in the spirit of our mission. This may include funding for travel to conferences at other universities or educational institutions, undergraduate research, and summer internships.
Guidelines: Given that the Buckley Program’s resources are limited, we regret that we may not be able to fund all requests. We encourage fellows to seek funding from other sources i...
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Student Opportunities Page
Welcome to Buckley Program Opportunities Page
This page lists political internships, fellowships, research, and funding opportunities for student fellows! Applications for internship programs, including opportunities through the William F. Buckley, Jr. Internships Program, can we found through Yale Career Link. The below list of funding opportunities is specific to internships (domestic and international) focused on politics, journalism and the promotion of intellectual diversity. Application for all the funding opportunities listed below can be found through Yale Fellowship and Funding Page. If fellows are not eligible for Yale coordinated funding please find the Buckley Fellows Funding Application at the bottom of this page. If fellows want guidance on starting the internship process use...
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High School Essay Contest: 1st Place
This semester, the Buckley Program held a high school essay contest with the topic: If you could propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, what would it be? The following essay by Andrej Elez, a sophomore at Montgomery High School, won 1st place.
Although the country is dealing with hurricane relief, gun control, and health care reform, the most pressing long-term domestic issue that leaps out to the casual observer is the massive growth of the Federal government into areas in which it was never intended to intervene. (more…)
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High School Essay Contest: 2nd Place
This semester, the Buckley Program held a high school essay contest with the topic: If you could propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, what would it be? The following essay by Holden Whaley, a freshman at Xavier High, won 2nd place.
The Change I Hope to See
To have a fair democracy every vote needs to count for the same amount, allowing each person to have the same voice in our government. This is essential to any indirect democracy as it is built on the social contract theory. This theory states that the people of a nation give a smaller group of people the right to govern them, if they respect the will of the people. As Abraham Lincoln said, it’s “government of the people, by the people, and for the people”. This in turn means that democracy is based on the popular will of t...