Yale Daily News - Interview

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.

THIS BE ART: Alex DaCorte

Loren Olson — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 03:10:26 -0400

This week, we introduce a new series of close-ups of art graduate students by Loren Olson. Pretty people shooting the breeze? We’re all hoping for some action.

Backstage: Santiago Mostyn '04

Isabel Polon — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 03:00:21 -0400

Meet Santiago Mostyn: mover, shaker, photograph maker
Calhoun ’04

Backstage: Rufus Wainwright

Richard Espinosa — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Meet Rufus Wainwright,
Canadian, son of Loudon
Singer-songwriter
extraordinaire

Do drugs without dying

Jay Dockendorf — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Dressed in a pinstripe suit and an unbuttoned white shirt, Eddie Einbinder wears his black hair long, strongly resembling what a young Oscar Wilde might have looked like.

BACKSTAGE | Bun Sui Lai

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

MIYA’S CHEF, OWNER AND GASTRONOMIC VISIONARY
Kill-gore fanatic
Mamoun’s patron?
People used to call him Chop Suey.

Backstage: Will Shortz

Benjamin Flores — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Meet Will Shortz,
Crossword Editor of
The New York Times
NPR Puzzlemaster
Aspiring Table Tennis Champion

‘Worlds Away’ is close to home

Benjamin Ogilvy — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Visiting the “World’s Away: Suburban Landscapes,” Ogilvy and his professor, photographer John Lehr (whose work is included in the show), discuss why we pray in McDonald’s.

Backstage: Bonaire Le ’09

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Backstage: Pierre Huyghe

Danika Fears — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Meet Pierre Huyghe,
organizer, artisan, Frenchman

Backstage: Michael Linares ’09

Claire Gordon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Meet Michael Linares ’09,
Altered state specialist, collector of children’s dinosaur paraphenalia

Maher answers one question

Snigdha Sur — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Bill Maher’s publicist told us we could interview the man behind “Religulous.” Our reporter, however, was only given two questions. Here’s the first:

BACKSTAGE | Kevin Buckley '62

Claire Gordon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Meet Kevin Buckley ’62,
Author, journalist,
contributing editor at Playboy

Backstage: Dr. Ruth

Paul Needham — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Meet Dr. Ruth,
Author, teacher, sex guru