Ben Beitler
Ben Beitler
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Backstage: Meet Randy Ronco and Lindsay Toland
Friday and SATURDAY NIGHT AT The Playwright ON TEMPLE, catch these two young hooligans and actors in the Performing Arts Collaborative production of Richard O’Brien’s gender-bending Halloween musical. “It’s JUST A STEP TO THE RIGHT”… off Chapel Street, CURTAINS up at 8 p.m.
Beitler vs. Lil’ Wayne
You may have heard about Lil’ Wayne. He has a new mixtape out, “No Ceilings,” an album that is basically Weezy’s walking tour through post-Weezy candy rap.
Backstage: Art Garfunkel
Singer, movie actor Former camp counselor you might want to listen to: - sounds of silence - the only living boy in new york - the boxer - The Ballad of Buster Baxter - america - scarborough fair
Are YOU ready to Teach for America?
Today, Yalies begin to apply for Teach for America, hoping to be a part of the organization’s drive for change. But as their predecessors have found over the last twenty years, change is not always as straightforward as we would like it to be.
‘Old Sun’ is ‘Old, son’
“That Lucky Old Sun,” Brian Wilson’s attempt at an answer, is an extended ode to Los Angeles. In it, he sings about the city’s “dodger-blue sky,” its “star-studded concrete,” and how such things “make you want to move / Even though it’s laid back.”
Black and ?uestlove return to their Roots
God only knows what was going through Black Thought’s mind during Spring Fling.
playing house
Yale is more invested in its residential-college system now than ever before: Its development will be a defining part of University President Richard Levin’s legacy. But the recent improvements are not cheap. The renovations have cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and if the University proceeds with the building of two new colleges, their cost is projected to reach at least $600 million.
Film Dept. struggles to accommodate all
But recently, facing both a lack of resources and dissatisfaction with the film studies major’s structure, some student filmmakers have begun to look toward other departments to pursue their interest in filmmaking. Some are even talking about pushing for a film concentration within the art major.
Akerman wrong for lovelorn filmsters
Those looking for post-Valentine’s Day comfort should not go to Cinema at the Whitney Friday night. Smack in the middle of The Awful Month, the Whitney’s programmers give us “Toute une nuit,” a 1982 film about romance that is frigid, mechanical and about as romantic as prison.
Up the Hill: WI-FI Gone Wild
Freshmen are often the culprits. Streaming into Old Campus every fall, they bring wireless routers in the hope of setting up wireless networks in their suites. Little do they know: every single one could beget rogue Wi-Fi.