Carolyn Kriss
Carolyn Kriss
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Born in Northern Nigeria, where few girls are educated beyond elementary school, Hauwa Ibrahim defied convention and went to law school. Now she is one of the few female lawyers in her home country, working to protect women's civil and human rights.
The colors of the wind
YDNM: What do you think defines a catchy song? SS: I don't concentrate on that, but if I'm writing a song to be sung, then I sing it as I'm writing it to make sure that it works in somebody's voice, presumably somebody with a better voice than mine.
Shaft Mistress
Jennifer Barrett began playing professional pool when she was almost thirty. She has won numerous tournaments and landed a series of cameos, from Playboy to One Life to Live. She recently delivered
YDNM: Pool is a game where you have to strike things in just the right place. How do you think you've been able to strike the right place in your professional career and as a rising celebrity? JB: Well, it just takes a lot of work -- a lot of...
Frank Wilczek: Physics for Poets
Frank Wilczek is a physics professor at MIT and a Nobel Laureate. He recently visited Yale to deliver two lectures: "The Origin of Mass and the Feebleness of Gravity" and "The Universe is a Strange Place," and he took time out to speak to the Magazine...
Q & A: Marc Horowitz - The conceptualist
Marc Horowitz, a conceptual artist, is currently touring the country on his National Dinner Tour, a project he conceived in an attempt to bring communities together by sharing meals. During a recent visit to campus, he spoke with the Magazine's Carolyn...
The French Ambassador
A conversation with Jean-David Levitte
French Ambassador to the United States Jean-David Levitte spoke to the Magazine's Carolyn Kriss about political frustrations, freedom fries and the seductive powers of Condoleezza Rice. Mr. Ambassador, you've had to answer a lot of questions about...
Nico Cellinese: Master of Invasion
Nico Cellinese is the curator of the new exhibit, "Landscape Under Siege: Invasive Plants of Connecticut" at the Peabody Museum. She spoke to the Magazine's Carolyn Kriss about the exhibit, our failing war against Eurasia and the merits of being...
Bits & Pieces: Ye Olde Love Quiz
When Yale was founded in 1701, women were not allowed to attend. What did bright young women of that period do to keep their wits sharp? After much historical and sociological research, we concluded that these would-be Yalies satisfied their need for...
Ghosts, goblins, and getting some -- the Halloween walk of shame
Every year, the lucky Yalies who succeed in spending the night with a special someone -- or who drunkenly stumble from the room of some random someone who seemed way better looking the night before -- engage in that most sacred of Yale traditions: the...
Burritos, Bubble Tea and Burgers
Sampling the Med School food carts
Food carts are to college kids what ice cream trucks are to kindergartners. When we were young, the tinny truck music sent us running to our mothers for an advance on our allowances. We sprinted out to the street -- to hell with looking both ways.