Danielle La Rocco
Danielle La Rocco
Recent Stories
That's Not My Job: The Very Intimate Professor
Professor William Summers reads the label on the box in front of him: “‘Erotic Love Piggy’?” Judging by the smiling cartoon piglet on the box’s front, it indeed contains a raunchy, inflatable farm animal. “See, animals are a big thing,” he posits. Professor Summers and I are at V.I.P., “Very Intimate Pleasures,” in Orange, Conn., and he is teaching me about sex toys.
Ideas Yale Should Steal
Running and Singing
Every year, a cappella Tap Night takes about two hours, and by the end of the evening, freshmen and upperclassmen can barely move from all the sprinting. Were one of the extracurricular groups at Middlebury College in Vermont to run Tap Night, the whole endeavor would take about two minutes.
Modernists’ ‘Utopia’ present
Modernists’ ‘Utopia’ present
Homeless speak out on 'True Life' panel
Tuesday night's discussion panel "True Life: The Reality of Homelessness" brought together Yale students and members of the community, homeless and otherwise, to discuss the present situation in New Haven and brainstorm progressive solutions to...
M. tennis overcomes Lions, Big Red
Although the Bulldogs sneak past Cornell, 4-3, they dominate Columbia, 6-1
This weekend the men's tennis team used raw talent to beat Columbia and endurance to down Cornell, keeping the Bulldogs atop the Ivy standings with only two weeks of the season left to play. Saturday's match was a veritable display of individual power...
'Novels' barely graphic or lit
Evidently, "sensual horror" is not just how a Sig Ep partygoer feels in the morning about the night before. It's an entire genre of graphic novel -- nay, the only genre of graphic novel -- available at News Haven on Chapel Street. "Cthulhu Sex: Blood...
W. tennis has mixed Ivy start
This weekend the women's tennis team learned the difference between playing to win and playing not to lose. The Elis (8-7, 1-1 Ivy) took the latter approach on Friday, losing 5-2 to Penn (15-4, 3-0), but changed its attitude in time for Saturday's game...
This 'Piano Lesson' teaches more than scales and chords
The take-home message of the Ethnic Performers Guild production of August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" is "be careful what space you wish for." The limits of the Davenport College Theater, a cube-like space in the basement of the college, stifles much...
Staff shortage strains animal shelter
The current four-person staff of the New Haven Animal Shelter must often choose between regular maintenance of the shelter and responding to emergency requests. With only two employees trained to answer calls from the field, the staff must work...
Researchers examine spice sensitivity in rats to understand pain
If the rats used in a recent experiment by School of Medicine pharmacology professor Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt invaded Samurai, they would have an easier time gorging themselves on spicy sushi rolls than the restaurant's regular patrons would. "They could...