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The Real Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech

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This article by Natalia Dashan was originally published on Palladium Magazine on August 5, 2019. It was featured in PALLADIUM 04: Cultivating Elites. When I saw him, he was outside Payne Whitney. Nothing about the tall, gray façade suggests it is the university gym, unless there is a new trend of contractors housing athletics departments in Gothic cathedrals. You wouldn’t guess by looking at the frosted glass panes and arches that the third floor hosts the world’s largest suspended indoor swimming pool. It is a work of art, like the rest of Yale’s buildings. Marcus was smoking by a bench, his face jaundiced from three packs that day. This is atypical for Yale students—most abstain from smoking. There was no reason for him to smoke so much, just as there was no reason for me to ride around campus on a blue Razor scooter. But Yale students tend to have such quirks. His suit-jacket was dusty and smelled of sweat—he didn’t mind lifting weights in a dress shirt and trousers if that meant mo

The Real Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech Yale, and other elite colleges, have been rocked by controversies and protests. The problem is an elite that has forgotten itself, neglected its institutions, and fallen into ideological frenzy. Feb 25, 2024 49 3 Share Tim Bish/Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. This article by Natalia Dashan was originally published on Palladium Magazine on August 5, 2019. It was featured in PALLADIUM 04: Cultivating Elites . When I saw him, he was outside Payne Whitney. Nothing about the tall, gray façade suggests it is the university gym, un

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