Chris Lapinig
Chris Lapinig
Recent Stories
Chen, Jetha, Lapinig, Lu, Saadi, Wong: Title IX’s resonances for race
As recent graduates and current students at Yale, we urge the University to seize the impending Title IX investigation as an opportunity to re-evaluate how it addresses all forms of prejudice on campus.
City festivals try to cast a wider net
On a blue-skied Sunday afternoon, some 40 people sprawl on the lawn of pastoral Edgerton Park, located in the affluent area sandwiched between New Haven and Hamden. They have congregated to listen to a band of jovial Caucasian men and women, mostly...
Director to visit Yale
Rhoda Grauer to discuss her films on Indonesian cu
Even though the title suggests a collision of communion and cross-dressing, the film "The Last Bissu: Sacred Transvestites of I La Galigo" is not a collaborative effort between St. Thomas More and the LGBT Co-op. "Bissu" is an award-winning documentary...
Brits bring the Bard to Yale
Cambridge troupe creates 'Much Ado' with Elizabethan comedy
Yalies are dramatic, of course -- in every way from Dramat shows to performances in the boudoir. But when it comes to performing Shakespeare, Yale thespians confront our one stumbling block to dramatic authenticity: our glaring lack of English accents.
How to fill this club in five easy steps
Featuring swimsuit-clad bartenders, private cabanas and exotic fruits blended into tropical drinks, the newly opened Crown Street bar Hula Hank's evokes images of a white sand beach in the South Pacific. Resembling a locale beautiful enough to stage a...
Graduates reminisce about their Yale years
As commencement draws near, many graduating Elis will look back on their four years to examine what they will take away from their undergraduate experience. Some Yalies graduate with near-perfect GPAs, many leave campus with lifelong friendships and an...
Can the Elm City ever be cool?
For many Yalies, living in New Haven is akin to dealing with a pesky younger brother -- you can't seem to get away from him. As popular conception holds, the city is a little bit dirty, sometimes excessively rambunctious, and too small for its own...
Rhythmic Blue swings, sneezes -- and yes -- dances to success
In a dimly lit room illuminated by the soft glow of a lone yellow light, throngs of girls bump and grind, almost in formation, to the irresistible beats of Usher's "Caught Up." From the sides, guys look on, only to swoop down and initiate the primal...
Making it big by 30: a how-to
Step by step, entering the political ring
Want to be a politician? As the popular stereotype has it, Yalies entering politics are about as common as prepubescent Abercrombie-shoppers-in-training ravaging the clothing racks at Hollister & Co. From John Kerry '66 to George W. Bush '68, it seems...
Trying to break into television
With two years under its belt, will YTV ever find its audience?
Upstart television stations always encounter an uphill battle when working to establish themselves in the cutthroat broadcast television industry. Case in point: The WB has come a long way from its meager "Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane" beginnings to...