scene caught up with former United States ambassador to the United Nations, Director of National Intelligence and Cold Warrior John Negroponte ’60. After spending nearly 40 years in foreign service in countries such as Iraq, the Philippines, Mexico, Honduras, Vietnam and Hong Kong, Negroponte returned to Yale in September in order to teach.
The first two weeks of November are rich in remembrance. On November 5th, 1605 Guy Fawkes’ attempt to assassinate James I by destroying Parliament was discovered and thwarted; the Berlin Wall came down on November 9th, 1989; and at “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918, WWI hostilities ceased on the Western Front.
When I was growing up, one of my dad’s only steadfast rules was that no one could throw away Time Magazine. It was a point of contention between my parents — limited attic space — but my father eventually acquiesced when we moved six years ago.
Louis’ Lunch. You’ve all heard the stories. The birthplace of the hamburger. No ketchup allowed. A late night eatery? Maybe not.
Want to follow in the footsteps on these fine Eli thespians? Check out this weekend’s round of auditions. See if you can dance, cry or joke your way to the top of the bulldog pile. And don’t worry if nothing pans out, there’s always the second (losers) round.
Deepa Mehta is an Indian-born Canadian filmmaker of international renown, best known for her elements trilogy, "Fire," "Earth" and the newly released "Water" which screened at the Whitney Humanities Center on Monday. The elements trilogy is an...
Kudeta is nothing if not ambitious. Its epic-length menu, its army of waiters and its over-the-top decor scream, "Look at me! I'm a trendy restaurant!" And trendy it is, but I hope for its sake it's a trend that New Havenites can latch on to.
After a semester of whipping up gastronomic masterpieces in the dining hall, I knew the time had come. I was ready to test my craft against the people at the top of the industry, the best of the best -- the dining hall chefs. I swiped my card and...
Salad should not be a side dish. For one, it's not a good side dish. The texture and form of a light, simple salad is not complementary to sharing space on a plate. Its flavor can rarely stand up to robust main courses. Even a heavily-dressed salad...
Unbussed Dining Hall Trays Though dining hall tables were made to support discarded copies of YDN scene (left for another adoring reader), ads for YCC candidates and napkin holders, the one thing that should never be left after a semi-satisfying meal...
My encounter with the dubious edibles of Bread Star Bakery left me wondering if the dining halls commission their food from them -- and I don't mean Berkeley. While Bread Star, which opened last Wednesday on Wall Street next to Naples Pizza, may be...
When I first tried to write this column, I rushed to the dining hall, anxious to hear that euphonious beep which brings a smile to my face every time I swipe my student ID card. Then something horrible happened. As I browsed over the sandwich station...
Okay -- let's avoid throwing rocks and gunning for my crucifixion, again: I don't mean to be that columnist who's cheeky and caddy material is plagiarized from something he saw on TV. E.g. That hipster whose iPod music collection is actually the "Heard...
Evidently, "sensual horror" is not just how a Sig Ep partygoer feels in the morning about the night before. It's an entire genre of graphic novel -- nay, the only genre of graphic novel -- available at News Haven on Chapel Street. "Cthulhu Sex: Blood...
Before this week, I had visited Sahara – wedged between Chapel and Crown on Temple – only once. I was tragically hung over and foolishly ordered chicken fingers, a mistake akin to ordering a cheeseburger at Pepe's. I had come within a hair's breadth of...
Anyone who has been to Au Bon Pain lately has probably noticed the addition of a live musician on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Or, more likely, they haven't. Lindarose Burgos, an ABP shift supervisor, explained that the addition of live music is...
The mere act of talking to Rosson Crow ART '06 can be quite disarming. Considering how young she still is (twenty four), and the buzz that has been steadily generating around her work for some time now (at twenty one, her thesis show was a sold-out...
Half his life ago, the poet and photographer Gerard Malanga was a valiantly cool, impossibly handsome superstar produced by Andy Warhol's Factory. In snapshots of the 60s and early 70s, he lounges next to Dylan, Ginsberg, the Velvet Underground and the...
When The Unicorns disbanded in December 2004, fans were unsure whether to take the disorganized collective seriously. Although the band had predicted their demise numerous times on their 2003 fantastic progressive-pop debut "Who Will Cut Our Hair When...
To Whom It May Concern: I would like to apologize for a certain incident that occurred at my dinner table last Saturday, March 19th, at around 7:00 PM. In what I believed, at the time, to be an ingenious effort to widen the margins of gastronomical...
