Street Style: Staying warm with some color
You, your suite mates, and everyone you know wears a Barbour jacket, or some iteration of a black puffer coat.
"The Secret of the Kells": An Illuminated Manuscript Brought to Life
The whole thing reads like a grand optical illusion. Cartoon Saloon's 2009 The Secret of the Kells selects and spotlights the treasures of hand-drawn artistry still undiscovered.
"Full House" was terrible
At the risk of slaughtering your beloved childhood memories, I’m just going to say it: Full House is terrible. It’s really, really terrible. Can’t-even-appreciate-it-ironically terrible.
Yale bought $23.2 million in Chinese index fund
University sold stake in TiVo. According to a report the University filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the three-month period that ended Dec. 31, the Yale Investments Office also bought shares of Zipcar, Inc.
Attorney in Ricci v. DeStefano files motion in new suit
Could return to Supreme Court. New Haven's fire department could soon be back in the U.S. Supreme Court, the New Haven Independent reported Wednesday.
How to do it alone
Last Saturday night, sitting on a scarred wooden barstool, watching the dimly-lit room fill slowly, I tried to strike a pose that said, “I’m alone on purpose.”
Recidivism rate close to 80 percent in Connecticut
Nearly half returned to prison. Nearly four in five men released from Connecticut prisons in 2005 were rearrested by 2010, according to a report on recidivism released Wednesday by the state's Office of Policy and Management.
Coach Reno announces his first staff
Only one Williams-era coach remains. A month after he was introduced as the 34th head coach of the Yale football team, Tony Reno officially announced his staff today.
Oprah will join Lady Gaga at Harvard launch party
Harvard gets all the celebs. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey will join Lady Gaga and mama Gaga Cynthia Germanotta at Harvard Feb. 29 to celebrate the launch of Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, according to The Crimson.
Yalie relays Amazonian adventures
Journalist and jungle explorer Scott Wallace ’77 regaled students with tales of his trip to the Amazon.
Sex Week offers STI testing
During the final two days of Sex Week 2012, over 100 students were screened for sexually transmitted infections.
Yale lags in diversity goals
Yale is trailing the faculty diversity goals it outlined six years ago.
SOARES: Naming Yale
I don’t really go to Yale. I go to a school up north. On the East Coast. Like an hour forty from New York. I’ll concede Connecticut if you ask me three or four times and narrow it down to New Haven if you are persistent. But its name, Yale, won’t come out unless you ask, “You’re that guy who goes to Harvard, right?”
JANES: Lin great for Ivy athletics
Out of Left Field
New York Knicks guard and Harvard alum Jeremy Lin may be the most visible face of Ivy Leaguers in the pros in the modern era. The NBA’s first Asian-American, Lin excels most not one-on-one or with flashy moments of brilliance, but rather as a consistent team player, which exemplifies the best qualities of a college athlete.
LARSON: The price of living on campus
Nothing in Particular
When I made the decision to attend Yale, I was absolutely sure I would live on campus all four years—indeed, the beautiful residential colleges, the suite structure and the quality of on-campus facilities were all factors in my decision to apply.
M. LACROSSE | Scheduling challenges Elis
While Ivy rivals Harvard, Cornell, Penn and Princeton are scheduled to take on some of Inside Lacrosse’s pre-season Top 20 teams, Yale will not be facing any of these fearsome opponents. But Yale’s non-conference play is still crucial to get the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament.
Newly digitized comics teach Trojan War
With the help of one Yale alum, a ‘90s historical comic book series is gaining a new, educational edge.
ZHENG: Learning from Lin
The moment I hopped into a cab at Union Station on Saturday morning, the driver turned and bellowed into my ears: “Have you heard? LIN-SON-ITY!” At first I thought I was getting kicked off the cab, but the huge grin on his face and the paper he held in his hand gave it away. One man dominated the entire front page as conspicuously as he had dominated Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers the night before.
ROSS: The myth of dangerous Dixwell
Gangbuster
Dixwell is a potent reminder of the truth in the cliché that Yale is a part of New Haven, and of the fallacy in the perception that New Haven is not a great city. Dixwell and New Haven are great not because of wealth, power or prestige, but because of their people — they’ve got grit.
Library looks ahead
Libraries, Yale's included, have spent increasing amounts on acquiring digital resources.
“Shakespeare and Music” prof talks jigs, lute songs, the Bard
Judith Malafronte, professor at the Institute of Sacred Music and a mezzo-soprano soloist in opera, oratorio and recital, is teaching Shakespeare and Music this semester, a new course in the Freshman Seminar program. Malafronte talked to the News about how she shaped the course and her favorite Shakespearean works.
Library exhibit explores Shakespeare and law
Opening today, a new exhibit featuring the Yale Law Library’s collection of books and student publications will bridge Shakespeare’s works and the law.
State democrats hope to end death penalty
Democrats in the state legislature are optimistic that this will be the year they succeed in abolishing the death penalty in Connecticut.
Connecticut crime at lowest in 44 years
Crime is at a 44-year low in Connecticut. That statistic was one of several laid out last Friday by Mike Lawlor, the state’s under secretary for criminal justice policy and planning, as he addressed the legislature’s Judiciary Committee on crime statewide.
Yalies hunt for biodiversity
Beginning this semester, the Yale Office of Sustainability and the Peabody Museum of Natural History have partnered to create Citizen Science, a new initiative that aims to engage Yale community members with urban ecology on campus.
Immigrants awarded settlement in Fair Haven suit
The federal government is paying $350,000 to 11 New Haven men who claimed their constitutional rights were violated.
Mild winter hurts Elm City retailers
While New Haven has enjoyed a warmer than average winter, some downtown businesses, especially those specializing in cold-weather gear, have been struggling.
W. BASKETBALL | Gobrecht coaches to 500th win
As the buzzer rang out last Friday night, the red lights on the wall of the John J. Lee Amphitheater wrote the latest chapter in a 32-year story — Yale 86, Cornell 73 — head coach Chris Gobrecht had won the 500th game of her career. Yale players rushed off the bench and doused their coach with water, in earnest imitation of the ice baths that football players honor their coaches with after big wins.
Underclassmen navigate mixed-gender restrictions
While administrators have not yet decided whether to extend mixed-gender housing privileges to juniors, some underclassmen have still found ways to live with the opposite sex within the current system.
Drama applications continue 3-year high
Administrators said the school is continuing a three-year high in application levels.