“If you’re not reaching out for help until you’re at a desperate point when you’re thinking about harming yourself or worse, and then you don’t hear back for two weeks, what message does that send?”

A lot of kids at Yale are suffering from depression and anxiety. The environment breeds that: the idea that you can’t stop, that you must keep going, and there’s so much on everyone’s plate. It’s a lot to handle, and I think it throws off everyone’s brain chemistry. When you’re Read more…

“By maintaining the SIC, Yale continues to affirm that it only cares about the experience of those with the means to live without worry.”

My relationship to the SIC has always been one of confusion and mysticism. Though I was fortunate enough to win a scholarship that’s covered that portion of tuition, I don’t know what I would’ve done had things gone differently. The administration talks so much about how rich they want student’s Read more…