Amanda Lewis
Amanda Lewis
Recent Stories
Up The Hill - They're Bringing Sci-Fi Back
Scientific journals and magazines are getting into the science fiction game. But what do aliens and time travel have to do with academic pursuits? Amanda Lewis investigates.
Religion at Yale: Community over Communion?
Religious groups on campus acknowledge that there is a substantial middle ground of students at Yale who do not want to be part of a formal, serious religious organization, but value spiritual matters and would be interested in attending casual events hosted by student groups.
Listening to Music with ... Dean Marichal Gentry
The Gospel of Marichal
“Just listen to this,” Dean Marichal Gentry says, smiling and tapping his foot. From the tinny speakers of a computer in an office on the first floor of SSS, contemporary gospel artist Jade Moss belts exactly the words the excited new Dean seems to be thinking: “Sometimes I just get so bubbly on the inside!”
That's Not My Job - Zeller’s Laws of Attraction
When asked for relationship advice, physics professor Michael Zeller maintains that dating and marriage were simpler in the 60s — and relates what he calls his “one great dating story.”
Rocking the Law
Yale Law Professor Jules Coleman is obsessed with music. Though his trippy Pink Floyd concert-going days are behind him, Coleman still knows how to rock out.
Some stay on campus, but not all give thanks
While many Yalies look forward to heading home for Thanksgiving break, hundreds of students stayed on campus this year, taking advantage of the unusual peace and quiet to catch up on work and sleep.
Student missionaries go beyond stereotypes
Mission trips provide opportunity to reach out, reflect on evangelism, grow in self-understanding
Tina Colon ’09 stood in the middle of a field in Bogota, Colombia, watching children and adults crowd around the break-dancers in front of her. One group of teenage boys, covered in tattoos and striking defiant poses, hung off to the side rolling their eyes. Five minutes later, the toughest of them all broke down in tears, admitted to a life of drugs and crime and wondered aloud where he went wrong.