From the Archives: Colvin '78 reflects on Yale career
A News piece by Colvin. Marie Colvin '78 wrote this piece for a special issue of the News handed out at Commencement 1978. Colvin, a seasoned war correspondent, was killed by a mortar strike on Wednesday while covering the escalating violence in the city of Homs.
Believe in People returns signs to Occupy
Tweets his support of Occupiers. Believe in People tweeted a photo of some recent work last night — the photo features two spray-painted signs reading "Fox News Lies!" and "Occupy Wall Street," which someone named Neils dropped off at Occupy New Haven.
Senior Class Gift breaks 2011's record
Earns record-breaking 97.3 percent participation. When the campaign ended last night at midnight, 97.3 percent of current seniors had contributed to the gift, topping last year's total by just 0.3 percent.
Older Film Reviews: Legend (1985)
Ridley Scott’s “Legend” is one of the most interesting failures that I’ve ever seen. It could have been the definitive grown-up fairy tale. Scott has brilliance, but even his best films repeatedly show a triumph of visuals and story ideas over character development. In “Legend,” the story stands as a middling mix of fairy tale themes populated with bare archetypes and eye candy.
How To: Turn 21
In light of our peculiar way of become legal, I thought that in honor of my own 21st, I’d take a moment to talk about the number of ways to turn 21.
The Treasures of Yale: Grove Street Cemetery
Grove Street Cemetery and my hometown have a few important similarities: both have streets with names, and nothing really happens in either place after 5 p.m. Thankfully, the residents of my hometown are alive, at least as far as I can tell. While I can’t say as much for New Haven’s hottest National Historic Landmark (sorry I’m not sorry, Connecticut Hall), I can assure you that in terms of sheer posthumous star power, the denizens of Grove Street put on a lively performance.
Louise Glück takes prose to whole new medium
Reviews cleaning service on Yelp. Louise Glück, a former U.S. poet laureate and Yale's Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence, may have taken her to a new medium this month: Yelp.
Deferred senior makes viral vid about Yale
"White and Blue for You." What would you do to get into Yale? For Jackie Milestone, the answer is a four minute smorgasboard of singing, guitar and Yale apparel.
NEWS' VIEW: Dying for truth in Syria
We expect the world’s news to be free and easy. It’s not.
It is easy to take information for granted these days. A few keystrokes and clicks give us the world. But knowledge carries a price tag, even if we don’t see it.
Federal grant cuts hit city services
City officials have a smaller pool of funds.
NEWS' VIEW: Protecting Yale’s students
In the wake of reports that the New York Police Department monitored the Muslim Students Associations at Yale and other schools, University President Richard Levin emphasized Yale’s support for its MSA on Monday and condemned “police surveillance based on race, religion, nationality or peacefully expressed political opinion.”
Immigrant coalition heads to capital
Over 70 New Haven workers and immigrants’ rights advocates travelled to Hartford to protest the federal deportation program that launched in Connecticut on Wednesday.
ZHENG: What it takes to be a fan
It’s not easy to be the fan of a bad team. But it can be even harder to be the fan of a half-decent team when you can foresee its inevitable collapse.
M. BASKETBALL | Recruiting renews roster
John Stockton put on the same short shorts for 19 straight seasons for the Utah Jazz. In contrast, players only get four years of eligibility in college, so coaches must continually recruit new talent to replace seniors.
Performance explores Bard’s ties to music
On Wednesday afternoon, visitors to the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript library got a taste of William Shakespeare’s writing playlist.
Foreign correspondent, Yale alum killed on assignment
Marie Colvin ’78, a prolific foreign correspondent who covered war zones ranging from the Balkans to the Middle East for the past two decades, was killed Wednesday in a mortar strike while on assignment in Syria. She was 56.
Dilapidated HGS awaits renovation
As the Hall of Graduate Studies approaches its 80th birthday, the deterioration of the building has begun to take a toll on some of its inhabitants.
New startup joins social media world
Internet startup founder Scott Johnston ’82 spoke about his new website and the role of social media in modern relationships at a Wednesday master’s tea.
Malloy seeks cuts to scholarships
Connecticut students at the state’s top colleges may lose access to state-funded scholarships.
M. BASKETBALL | Willhite makes highlights
Men’s basketball forward Reggie Willhite ’12 was not always destined to wear the Yale jersey.
W. LACROSSE | Lax jumps into official season
The women’s lacrosse team will kick off the season at home Saturday against Holy Cross and put its nine freshmen to the test.
DoD chief attorney plugs public service
The top lawyer at the Department of Defense encouraged law students to enter public service on Wednesday in front of a crowd of over 100 at Yale Law School.
GRAVER: Church and state in conflict
Gravely Mistaken
Imagine yourself as an Orthodox Jewish owner of a local kosher delicatessen. Things are going well until, one day, for whatever reason, the government passes a law requiring that all food outlets serve pork. What are you to do?
CHITUC: Lent for atheists
I walked into Commons early yesterday morning and saw blue-gray smears dotting the foreheads of a handful of my classmates. I’m embarrassed to admit that I was strangely surprised.
MASSEY: A look inside Occupy New Haven
Back in October, like most other freshmen living on College Street, I considered Occupy New Haven a loud and obnoxious obstruction to our attempts to study and sleep.