Madison Moore: Fierce, former scenester, Daphdaph afficianado
For the past semester, roughly 15 students in Yale College have been studying something rather out of the ordinary, academically-speaking: clubbing. The class, “Dance Music and Nightlife Culture in New York City,” has recently gotten the attention of several national news outlets, from Fox to the British Tabloid the Daily Mail. That’s why yesterday afternoon, WEEKEND sat down for a conversation with the class’s instructor, Madison Moore GRD ’12 — a Ph.D. candidate in Yale’s American Studies program, a prolific WEEKEND staffer (from the days of its nostalgically-recounted predecessor, scene) and a minor star in The Gossip’s “Men in Love” music video — to discuss the impetus for the class: glamour and fierceness.
What we can learn from the Cantabs
Yalies, put down your faux-lokos. Stop your revelry. Put your pants back on. It’s time to get serious.
Revelation on Elm Street!
Are you thinking of going to India to find yourself? Congratulations. You are among a surprisingly large cohort of perplexed Yalies who probably read/saw “Eat, Pray, Love” and took it a bit too seriously.
I don't perspire much, but I do shvitz
I am not a Jew. I did not grow up in a Yiddish-speaking environment, which means I have only a faint grasp of the Yale Daily News’s unofficial second language.
Health care impact unclear for Y-NH
While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — the landmark health care overhaul that is estimated to cost more than $900 billion in the next decade — was signed into law last March, many of the details of the bill have yet to shake out.
‘Golden ghetto’ showcases its riches
The 13th annual City Wide Open Studios, organized by local gallery Artspace, kicked off last weekend. The event offers art lovers the opportunity to take a studio-to-studio tour of the city, meeting hundreds of artists.
Student-written drama in the bedroom? Nah, on the stage
There’s never been so much student drama at Yale, at least according to five student playwrights interviewed on campus. No, not the catty, reality-show kind of drama — at least that’s not what they said. Rather, they’re speaking of student plays: pieces acted, directed, produced and written by our bulldog classmates. WEEKEND caught up with a handful of playwrights on campus whose works you can expect to find on a stage in the upcoming weeks.
Architecture history moves out after Scully
The void left in the History of Art Department by the absence of Vincent Scully’s ’40 GRD ’49 architectural history survey is now being filled by the School of Architecture.
Renovated Reese Stadium to pay dividends for Yale teams, fans
The newly renovated soccer and lacrosse facility offers teams a home to build strong programs and promises fans an enhanced viewing experience.
School of Architecture playing catch-up to acquire archives
Yale trails peer schools in key collections
In its past 10 years of collecting, Yale has acquired a handful of major collections through its Department of Manuscripts and Archives, which consults with the School of Architecture. But it still has a ways to go before it can be on par with its rivals.
The uncertain fate of Zeta
Last spring, the national board of Zeta Psi fraternity evicted the brothers of the Eta chapter at Yale from their house on 29 Whalley Ave. Now, as a non-Yale affiliated brother supervises the renovation of their house and the rebranding of their fraternity, the brothers are beginning to come to terms with the uncertain year ahead for their fraternity.
Spotlight: Jason Yamaguchi, Hotel Duncan tenant
Meet Jason Yamaguchi. Born in Hawaii, but raised in New Haven, the 37-year-old Yamaguchi has been living at the Duncan Hotel for two years now.
Hotel Duncan: Shabby chic or space portal?
Last week, I stayed at the Hotel Duncan. Yes, the Hotel Duncan. You probably haven’t heard of it, but it’s in New Haven. In fact, it’s a prominent seven-story resident of Chapel Street next-door to the School of Architecture’s Rudolph Hall. And it’s been there since 1894 — more than a century longer than its more familiar neighbor, The Study.
Morse steps into the spotlight
Often considered a black sheep among Yale’s mostly Gothic and Georgian residential colleges, Morse College, newly renovated with a refurbished basement, new skylights, bathrooms and a cascading water feature, is a success, Morse students say.
New health building is not so black and white
Yale HEALTH’s black new building appeared white in an artist’s rendering, but the real surprises lie within. The center’s irregular plan — an asymmetrical space marked by angled and uneven bridges and stairwells that provide unusual pathways throughout the building — may prove challenging for patients to navigate.
Schwartz’s summer defined by support, setbacks
After completing an additional round of chemotherapy last week, Mandi Schwartz '11 is set to undergo a biopsy today, the results of which, due Monday, will determine whether Schwartz will soon receive a potentially life-saving transplant.
Forget the eating/loving and just pray
Is it possible for interns to sue their employers? It’s a question that a lot of summer interns ask themselves, sometime between wiping the dried tears off their faces and brushing the beads of sweat off their brows.
Yale Rep nets donations
In two weeks this summer, the Yale Repertory Theatre received two major donations that together total $1.95 million. The first, valued at $950,000, was received on July 19 from the Robina Foundation, a private nonprofit based in Minnesota. The second major gift, announced on July 28, came from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — $1 million, to be given to the Theatre in stages over the next five years.
Richard Maxwell, 1948-2010 | Comp. lit. lecturer was 'brilliant' thinker, writer
Comparative literature lecturer Richard Maxwell died of a brain tumor on July 20 at the age of 61. Colleagues and family remembered him as an "unpretentious" intellectual who had written avidly even since his diagnosis last year.
Yale Rep nets $1.95M in gifts
The donations, from the Minnesota-based Robina Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will support the Yale Center for New Theatre, a program founded in 2008 by the Yale Repertory Theatre and the School of Drama.
Velázquez original discovered in Yale storage, curator says
A former associate curator says a battered canvas that has sat in the University Art Gallery's storage for nearly a century is an early work by the famed Spanish court painter.
Former Eli football star is Jessica Simpson's new flame
To graduated seniors who are concerned about life post-Yale, here's another reason not to worry: Former NFL player Eric Johnson '01, an American Studies major and a former resident of Jonathan Edwards College, is reportedly dating actress and singer Jessica Simpson, the celebrity news website TMZ reported Sunday.
Make that Dame Alison Richard
Richard, who now serves as vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, received the accolade during Queen Elizabeth II's 2010 Birthday Honours on Saturday. Richard was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), the second most senior rank in the Order.
Yale College website gets a facelift
The Office recently published its
New YUHS nears completion
Services to expand; location an adjustment
Yale University Health Services will move into its new home at 55 Lock St. sometime in late August or during the first week of September, allowing expanded patient services with an additional 46,000 square feet of floor space.
Architecture Ph.D. program hits budget snag
As the budding School of Architecture Ph.D. program is concluding its first year and admitting its second class, it has found itself caught up in the University’s budget cuts.
Learning to live with it
While the site of the demolished Coliseum was meant to be a lot only temporarily, the city's plans to redevelop it into a mixed-use retail, office and residential complex have been indefinitely postponed because of funding shortages.
Drama applications rise
The Yale School of Drama received its largest applicant pool in its 55-year history this year, with 1,520 applicants for roughly 75 seats in the school’s incoming class.
Sharif zzz’s around
Last spring, on a balmy, sunny Friday afternoon, I got a very important phone call from my sister.
UP CLOSE | A green and golden age
Forty-one years after a fire left the Art + Architecture building in disarray, the school is leading with initiatives to balance the gender inequality on its faculty and to bolster environmental design.
Yale reworks campus landscaping
Yale’s most recent plans to relandscape its picturesque campus may not be realized for at least another spring, until more fruitful economic times return.
A monumental effort
A restored carousel at Lighthouse Point Park is part of a major citywide initiative to catalog and revitalize New Haven’s public art and monuments.
Jewels of the city
While business at New Haven's jewelers has been shaky over the past several months, shoppers are beginning to open their wallets for trinkets and baubles once more.
Penn dining hall serves fuzzy fare
Nope — it wasn't too spicy, too salty or too dry. It was more an issue of texture: A student diner found feathers still attached to the deep-fried breast she was about to consume yesterday. Click below to read more.
School of Architecture runs on starpower
The Yale School of Architecture has had a long-standing tradition of bringing practicing celebrities to teach, and that has become an even greater priority under the tenure of Dean Robert A.M. Stern ARC ’65.
Few units filled at 360 State
Though the building, named after its address at 360 State St., may appear plain and unassuming, it sticks out like a cowlick in both its size and its long list of superlatives.
Talley-ing it up: an interview with Andre Leon Talley
André Leon Talley beckoned us to perch on either side of him. He was sitting in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library before his Wednesday Master’s Tea, his Chado Ralph Rucci coat with images of dancers from Pina Bausch’s company (“not pornographic”) draped around him. Talley — who graces the Vogue masthead — is demanding. In the fashion world he only needs three letters, A.L.T., also the title of his 2003 memoir. He sat down with us before and after the tea to talk about lunches with Karl Lagerfeld, his fantasies of fresh linen and “gardening by pointing.”
London embassy passes to next generation
Stephen Kieran ’73, whose firm is currently renovating Morse and Stiles colleges, won the design competition for the new embassy, which replaces the one designed by Eero Saarinen ARC ’34.
Walpole exhibit crosses the Atlantic
LONDON — For those who missed “Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill” at the Yale Center for British Art last fall, there is a second chance to see it. But this time it will cost £6 and a $500 plane ticket.
Fair features Yalies’ chairs
For years, furniture design has been a fixture at the School of Architecture: Yale has historically offered more general furniture design classes, including an annual spring class that looks at more objects than just the chair.
A house divided?
Uncoordinated course offerings and a lack of shared social spaces have distanced the History of Art Department and the School of Architecture both academically and socially, some say.
Prof’s manuscript previewed
It’s not unusual for Yalies to read texts written by their professors. But only a few can attest to hearing their professors’ yet-to-be-published manuscript about a Soviet delegation’s visit to 1950s California.
Knights are scary!!
New Haven’s weirdest society hands down has to be the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic “fraternal service organization,” according to both Wikipedia and a security guard sitting in the building’s lobby.
Art aims to trick, thrill
This coming June, the plaza outside New Haven’s Shubert Theater will feature a public installation by Paris-based artist Felice Varini. The installation — a perspective puzzle like Varini’s other famous works — was commissioned by a local arts initiative.
Exhibit showcases Saarinen
On the 100th year after his birth, and nearly 50 years after his death, Eero Saarinen ARC ’34 is coming back to life.
A newer, squarer Morse
When Morse College students move back into their rooms this coming fall, they will finally be able to fit their square IKEA side tables into the corners of their rooms: Morse College will have right angles.
Professional posters add pizzazz
The award-winning graphic design firm Pentagram has developed more than 60 posters for the School of Architecture's annual lectures, exhibitions and symposia, and in 2007, Pentagram published a book featuring 40 of the designs.
Saarinen gems stored in Yale archive
The University’s archives of the work of Eero Saarinen ARC '34 will be on display exclusively in New Haven starting this Friday in an exhibit titled Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future."
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