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'WITH US OR WITH TERRORISTS': BUSH GIRDS WORLD FOR FIGHT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush summoned all nations to wage war on terrorism Thursday night and vowed "justice will be done" against those who killed thousands in last week's attacks. With warplanes and ships on the move, he urged an anxious America...

Kagan: Yale profs 'blaming victim'

As much of the nation talks of aggressive military action and war, history professor and former Yale College Dean Donald Kagan said he believes professors urging caution are dominating the discussion at Yale -- to the exclusion of a real debate.

New issue emerges on aldermen's agenda: U.S. at war

In its first meeting since last week's terrorist attacks, the Board of Aldermen took up the mundane business of the city Tuesday night, but reminders of the national tragedy were everywhere. After passing several technical and financial measures, the...

'Teach-in' demands U.S. restraint

Just before President Bush vowed retaliation against terrorism in front of a joint session of Congress last night, students from various Yale cultural organizations concerned with social justice gathered at Dwight Hall to oppose war in response to the...

Your mother's recipe may be coming to dining halls

PanGeos, move over. Your mother's meatloaf is the next step in improving Yale's dining hall fare. The Berkeley College dining hall is participating in a pilot program that will put "homestyle" cooking on Yalies' plates. The dining hall is asking...

Some fear Yale may demolish historic buildings

There may be so many termites in 70 Sachem St. that tearing the building down would make sense, but historic preservationists are trying to save the facility, which was abandoned this spring by the political science professors who had offices there.

Women in universities is gender panel's first topic

Yale's special tercentennial conference "Gender Matters" kicked off yesterday with a panel titled "Women and Universities." More than 200 women, and fewer than 10 men, gathered at the Law School Auditorium to hear three women presidents of prestigious...

Yale Bowl renovations on hold while funds go elsewhere

On Oct. 5, hordes of Yale students, alumni and faculty will descend upon Yale's most storied and prized athletic landmark. But while Yale will be celebrating its tercentennial in style that night, the Yale Bowl approaches its 87th birthday with no...

G&G, hit by retirees, Lasaga, rebuilds on 5 new hires, with possibly more to come

After a tumultuous period, Yale's geology and geophysics department is looking to re-establish itself with five new hires. Joining the faculty this year as junior professors are Steven Sherwood, previously of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and...

Around the campus - 9/21/01

Guilty plea in Yale grad student credit card scam A former Yale graduate student who spent time in federal prison for a credit card scam has pleaded guilty to new charges involving defrauding a hotel while still in custody. Thomas Wayne Brown had been...

Who these terrorists are not: dispelling myths, destroying misconceptions

Over the past few days Americans have struggled to make sense of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. How did it happen? What could make someone commit such deeds? Why do they hate us? These are some of the anguished...

Imagine that you are the terrorist, prepared to kill, willing to die

Let me ask the reader -- sitting in a dining hall somewhere, 20 minutes until class, with a tray of half-eaten food -- to imagine himself in a position in which he will never be. Let him imagine that he is 15,000 feet above the ground, in a Boeing 767...

War of symbols brings problems, not solutions

Today I learned that an oversized American flag suspended from a Hartford overpass was causing traffic delays as rubber-necking motorists contorted themselves to salute it, perhaps forgetting their duties as rush-hour drivers. There was a bottleneck...

Football kicks off with fresh faces

Graduation hit the Bulldogs hard this year, but coach Jack Siedlecki has said throughout the preseason that he has plenty of talent waiting in the wings; it is just a question of who will step up and make the big plays. The time to step up has...

Elis have special interest in special teams

The Bulldogs need no reminder of how important special teams will be tomorrow. In their game against Cornell last year, the Elis found themselves trailing by a single point late in the fourth quarter after failing to hold on to a 23-17 lead.

Yale-Fila Classic brings in out-of-town talent

Soccer fans who wish to see some top men's teams from outside of the New England region are in luck this weekend. Yale will play host to the fourth annual Yale-Fila classic, which will feature out-of-towners Tulsa (3-2) and No. 8 University...

Former Eli Eric Johnson '01 will start at tight end for 49ers

Eric Johnson '01 is getting a promotion after only one day at the office. Johnson, who made his NFL debut as the backup tight end for the San Francisco 49ers in their opening game Sept. 9, will be given the starting nod when the 49ers take on the St.

On lower Crown Street, nightclub boom days are back

It's 11:30, and Destiny's Child might say that the club is jumpin' jumpin'. But Don Prohaski, owner of new Crown Street club Funktion, has other words to describe his month-old establishment. "If someone's tired of the same old thing, this is their...

Wesley Willis, shuckin' and jivin'

A 300-pound homeless schizophrenic man who sings stream-of-consciousness rants, Wesley Willis is most certainly unlike any other musician out there. Fond of head-butting strangers, he has recorded more than 40 albums worth of material. While there is...

Alongside donors of all stripes, a Musical Cure

In the days after the unthinkable, some students gave blood; others gave money. Everyone, it seemed, gave something of himself. For their part, the members of Yale's storied Whiffenpoofs and the world-renowned Yale Cellos will give of themselves...

I love Maria Bartiromo

Because I will feel guilty about crises no matter how culpable I am, I have been feeling extraordinarily guilty this whole week. To suppress my guilt I usually turn to the things I love -- porn, movies, comic books, shoes, fashion, appliances...

Life goes on, but 'College Years' are winding down

Let me dish about something of very little interest to anyone else for a minute. Do you remember the last season of "Saved by the Bell," before the college years, when they tried to phase in a younger class, when Zach's head was clearly elsewhere...

'Evangelist' Woodard leads quirky Cabaret

Tamilla Woodard DRA '02 loves the Yale Cabaret, and this year she's going to do everything in her power to make sure that you do too. Woodard is the new artistic director of the venue, a position that puts her in charge of selecting the performances...

Microphones' subtle, intimate 'Glow II' rings perfectly raw

The band The Microphones is the brain-child of Phil Elvrum, of Olympia, Wash. Outside of Elvrum, the band includes a changing roster of his musical pals. Their newest album, "The Glow Part II," will be released on the 25th and is the follow-up to...

Better brace for Da Beatminerz' disappointment

Perhaps it's the overhanging tragic mood of these past weeks that makes gangster rap that much more tasteless. Maybe it's the endless stream of misogyny, abusive language and self-congratulation that often makes products of the genre old so quickly.

Tenacious D: 'Ain't no mockumentary'

Music-comedy as we know it is a sham. Not that it's less valid than other comedy -- it's just not music. Spinal Tap is funnier offstage than on, Weird Al only has one original tune and Adam Sandler's fumbled guitar chords add little to his act.

A world of adolescence, disappearing in the ghostly mist

Amidst the cluttered and campy landscape of director Terry Zwigoff's new film "Ghost World" protrudes the marvelous bosom of Thora Birch. Jutting into the space of the frame, Birch's breasts dare the audience to ignore the incipient womanhood they so...

Bizarre musical madness of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' dazzles

Hedwig's colorful crossover from a boy in Berlin to a rock star in America steers the course of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," John Cameron Mitchell's Off-Broadway musical that made a riotous leap onto the screen last summer. Hedwig is an extravagant...

Exhibit '5' explores quietly evocative landscapes

The Hilles Gallery has put on an uneven but quietly impressive show with "5," its month-long exhibition of photographs by five longtime faculty members at the Creative Arts Workshop. Local artists Marianne Bernstein, Terry Dagradi, Joan Fitzsimmons...