Yale Daily News - Interview

HUFFINGTON SPEAKS: Patuwo and Kuperberg Interview the Blog World’s Queen

Grace Patuwo Ethan Kuperberg — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 04:25:35 -0500

Arianna Huffington, a pioneer in the new medium of online news, spoke to scene over the phone earlier this week about new media, college and sleep. Huffington is the co-founder of The Huffington Post, a popular news Web site.

A night out with the Wenzel guy

Emily Foxhall — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 03:26:29 -0500

But without Cuneyt Kuzulu, one of restaurant’s three deliverymen, attaining a late night Wenzel would take a lot more effort.

Be Glad: Boot-Scootin’ Bill Fischer ’66

Emily Appelbaum — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 03:23:21 -0500

Little chance of that, jostled as we are between jugs, jars and jeans, platters being passed (this one’s yours — those biscuits were divine! — no, no, not that — yes, here, the blue), rascals (Billy stop that runnin’ or I swear I’ll knock ya here t’Tuesday) only knee high to a grasshopper, and sweat and stink and good cheer.

Backstage: Meet Jeff Weaver, cheese trucker, cheese vendor, cheese god?

Matthew Claudel Cora Lewis — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:57:00 -0500

scene interviews Jeff Weaver, sous chef at Caseus and the man behind the wheel, the panini grill, and the gastronomic, mobile miracle that is the Cheese Truck.

Backstage: Meet Sasha Grey, adult film actress, revolutionary

Oz Woloshyn — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:05:09 -0500

Sasha Grey, porn’s flavor of the month, was one of the keynote speakers during “Sex Week at Yale.” Grey’s star is currently in such ascendancy that her publicist rejected comparisons to the industry’s favorite daughter, Jenna Jameson, claiming that Sasha has already achieved more.

Backstage | Meet John Mulaney, Simon Rich and Marika Sawyer: SNL Writers, John Hamm fans

Esther Zuckerman — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:37:33 -0500

Did you see that sketch from last week’s "Saturday Night Live" called “Pool Boy?" Ashton Kutcher, wearing a blond wig and goatee, plays a pissed-off pool boy named Angel who is pained to learn that his recently passed 110-year-old bed mate left him nothing in her will. That is, except Stage V chlamydia. The sketch came from the minds of Simon Rich, John Mulaney and Marika Sawyer.

Backstage: Meet Michael Cunningham

Austin Bernhardt — Fri, 5 Feb 2010 03:14:25 -0500

Michael Cunningham has written four novels, including the Pulitzer Prize winning “The Hours,” which was made into the 2003 Oscar-winning movie of the same name. Cunningham was recently hired by Yale to teach writing courses for the next three years. Yesterday, scene sat down with him to discuss Walgreens, the pleasures of eucalyptus and the guest list for the perfect hot tub.

Navy SEAL dives into DKE

Eric Senn — Fri, 5 Feb 2010 03:08:57 -0500

Desert Storm seems hazy nowadays. But not to Joe Metzger ’11, a newly initiated brother of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
“I had just turned 20. It was 3 a.m. and they were launching missiles at us,” he said. “Saddam Hussein was launching missiles at us.”

Author, Dominican, 'GhettoNerd'?

Jordi Gasso — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:50:34 -0500

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Díaz was on campus Monday and spoke very candidly to his audience about being a writer and a Dominican, and about the idiosyncrasies that stand in between.

Chef, food-lover, ‘arepa’ master

Jacob Albert — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:43:15 -0500

Twenty-three-year old Ernesto “Wachas” Garcia Hernandez of Ay! Salsa tells scene about his culinary influences, what he would cook for Salma Hayek, the invaluable help of his sisters Yolanda and Yanirabel Acosta, and more importantly, he shares the secrets of the perfect arepa.

THIS BE ART: Professor Donald Margulies

Max Hendrickson — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:10:21 -0500

English Professor Donald Margulies sat with scene on Tuesday to discuss the New York City run of his new play, “Time Stands Still.” From behind his desk in Linsley-Chittenden, he spoke calmly. The man has won a Pulitzer Prize, so yeah, he’s at ease with all forms of dialogue.

The Voice of Great Britain

Nora Caplan-Bricker — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:10:01 -0500

Meet Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister.

Backstage: Omar Searcy

Lauren Motzkin Gabriel Barcia — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:00:00 -0500

Nine-year-old ’00s expert Omar Searcy talked pop culture, love, sports and politics with Lauren Motzkin and Gabriel Barcia in between soccer and basketball practice Thursday night. He also plays baseball.

Backstage: Ilan Zechory and Tom Lehman:

Jordan Schneider — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500

Recent graduates Ilan Zechory ’06 and Tom Lehman ’06 are on their grind. They’ve made Facebook apps to count friend’s debts, and a Web site to buy sheets. Like, white linen sheets. But Ivy League educations also prepare you for over-analyzing rap music. RapExegesis.com’s mission statement: “A semi-decent rap song is better than 1,000 Bibles combined. So why does the Bible get all the exegesis?” For the interview, they asked for 50 diet Peach Snapples and access to the questions beforehand, but scene said no. They agreed to be interviewed anyway.

Backstage: James Franco

Esther Zuckerman — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500

Meet Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia

Amir Sharif Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi — Fri, 9 Oct 2009 04:30:31 -0400

He has a Wikipedia entry about himself. But that shouldn’t be surprising — he’s the co-founder and current “de facto leader” of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Backstage: Chaka Zulu

Gabriel Barcia — Fri, 2 Oct 2009 04:48:59 -0400

Backstage: Tao Lin

Mike Gocksch — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:38:23 -0400

Meet Tao Lin, Poet, Techy, Outlaw

Backstage: Lacina Coulibaly

Claire Gordon — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:15:51 -0400

Backstage: Douglas Coffin ’76

Snigdha Sur — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:40:33 -0400

Meet Douglas Coffin ’76,
Big Green Trucker
Mobile pizza maker
His oven can reach: Over 750 degrees Fahrenheit.
Parties catered in a week: 30 or more (serving up to 100 people at each).
Favorite topping on pizza: Bacon.
Former catering business operated from: What is now Samurai.
Favorite food: A nicely made turkey stock.