History grad students get new study space in HGS
Celebration of space held Wednesday. Around 25 students, faculty and administrators celebrated the opening of a new study space for history graduate students Wednesday.
The Big Pink matures with "Future This"
It's such a distinct departure from their first album that at some points "Future This" sounds like a completely different band. "Future This" takes The Big Pink's electronic soundscape tendencies farther than their freshman effort.
Lizzie McGuire and her increasingly hallucinatory wardrobe
My cultural exposure during my awkward years was pretty limited: a Fall Out Boy CD, the pictures of guys on the sides of Abercrombie bags, and every weekday night at 8, "Lizzie McGuire."
"The Iron Giant": comforting, nostalgic and not really meant for kids
During a decade aptly termed both The Space Age and The Atomic Age, there was permeating fear of alien things falling from space. In Brad Bird's 1999 animated feature "The Iron Giant," set in the late 50's, a massive robot lands in coastal New England to be discovered the film's young protagonist Hogarth Hughes. The film's portrayal of Cold War America tells essentially the same story - that of a boy playing with weapons.
Fair Haven principal on leave after "cinnamon challenge" incident
Allegedly watched students take challenge. The principal of Clinton Avenue School, Carmen Ana Rodriguez, has been placed on administrative leave after she saw some students taking the "cinnamon challenge" at lunch, the New Haven Register reported Monday.
Freshman creates system for screwing
Survey helps suitemates find dates. No more fear — one freshman has built a digital matchmaker service that will match you with the perfect date.
Bespoke is closing this weekend
A Moroccan steakhouse is opening. In some sad news certain to rock campus, Bespoke, the College Street staple famous for its drinks, friendly bartenders and expensive food, will be closing on Feb. 4 after six years of business, according to an announcement posted to its website.
A tiger cub with well-balanced claws
Whether you’re searching for college advice or just interested in how the tiger mother’s children are faring – look no further than New Tiger In Town, the blog of Harvard freshman Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, Amy Chua’s daughter.
Head Cheerio headed to Yale in "Glee"
Quinn Fabray '16 loves Yale. I’m a bit of a Gleek, not in the “Ryan Murphy can do no wrong” camp, but nevertheless an avid, weekly Glee-watcher. But I’d never had more feelings about a storyline not involving Santana until tonight. Two words: Quinn and Yale.
ANONYMOUS: Why I was silent
The recent Patrick Witt ’12 case has inspired a number of speculations about Witt’s future. Some lament the complainant’s relative silence: Witt can’t exonerate himself because he can’t fight charges that don’t exist. But demanding a formal procedure in the supposed interest of fairness to Witt unfortunately brushes aside the faceless, nameless person who accused him.
ANONYMOUS: On assault narratives
The night of my Freshman Screw, a friend attempted to rape me. To use a phrase from Patrick Witt’s press release, we had an “on-again, off-again” relationship.
Sexual misconduct report released
Fifty-two cases were brought to Yale officials between July 1 and Dec. 31 of last year.
Leaders call for education reform
University President Richard Levin will take on matters of Connecticut education reform.
Yale-NUS seeks first president
Yale-NUS administrators say they expect to appoint the college’s inaugural president by this summer.
HOFFMAN: Stop pointing fingers
This is an appeal to every single member of this campus’ community, regardless of gender identity, sexual preference or personal romantic history. It’s an appeal to make Yale a safer, healthier, objectively better place.
FENCING | Bulldogs take up arms
While head coach Henry Harutunian has focused on coaching Yale fencing for 41 years, his greatest desire for the season, he said, is to maintain the men’s and women’s teams’ three-year standing as the varsity teams with the highest average GPA. But the team’s academic priorities have not stopped the Bulldogs from achieving distinction in the sport. This season, Yale has its eyes on the Ivy championships, and the men’s team is ranked 10th nationally.
ROSS: The end of the Esserman honeymoon
Gangbuster
Well that didn’t take long. Like many marriages, the union between the city and its new police chief is going through a rocky patch just after the honeymoon, and the relationship’s future is not clear.
‘Macbeth’ comes home to Middle America
“Macbeth 1969” awakens its title character’s “black and deep desires” not through the meddling of witches but with the horrors of the war in Vietnam.
Condoms and Cocoa raises for AIDS
Thanks to a fundraiser, Yalies can send each other condoms this week for a good cause.
Violent crime on decline
With January at a close, the Elm City posted its first month without a homicide since August 2009.
Local hospitals report high adverse event counts
According to the latest Connecticut Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Adverse Event Report, which lists the rates of malpractice errors that qualify as adverse events in the state’s hospitals, Saint Raphael’s Hospital and Yale-New Haven Hospital received less than stellar rankings.
Q+A: Kenny Agostino ’14
Before being named rookie of the year last season, forward Kenny Agostino ’14 was a two-time New Jersey Player of the Year, three-time state champion and school all-time leading scorer at the Delbarton School. Currently, Agostino ranks second on the team in goals scored and third in total points. He sat with the News to talk about the transition to collegiate hockey, his try-out for the U.S. Junior National Team and the state of the men’s hockey team.
JANES: Light and truth and athletics
“Lux et Veritas.” Light and truth. Hard enough to find one at a time these days in college sports. But the combination? Nearly impossible.
Halejian ’15 is Rookie of the Month
The women’s basketball team may call her ‘Little Sarah’ because of her quiet nature, but in her first season at Yale Sarah Halejian ’15 is already a big player for the Bulldogs. On Monday Halejian received her fourth consecutive and fifth total Ivy League Rookie of the Week Award. And if her successes on the court continues, Halejian may join the Armenian National Basketball Team this summer.
Photorealist pioneer shows on Edgewood
A World War II fighter plane, a postcard of a cruise ship and memories of being bitten by a dog inspired some of the works in the latest exhibit at the School of Art’s 32 Edgewood Ave. gallery.
Americana meets regicide in “Macbeth”
A new production of “Macbeth” opens this Thursday at the Whitney Theater, intertwining vignettes from American history with the classic revenge play.
Beinecke overflows with Shakespearean artifacts
Today marks the opening of the “Remembering Shakespeare” exhibit at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and with it, the unification of books, prints and documents chronicling the Bard’s lasting impression on the world and on Yale.
Witt '12 clarifies timeline
Patrick Witt ’12 affirmed that he made the decision to play in the Nov. 19 Yale-Harvard Game.
Students expand SOM lunch options
A growing number of restaurants are delivering meals to the School of Management as an alternative to the food carts that line Prospect Street.
Dining appears to change Durfee’s swipe policy
Since the semester began, students have noticed that they can no longer use their meal swipes at Durfee’s after 12 p.m. on weekends and then eat brunch in a residential college dining hall.