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Grad’s debut novel likened to ‘Gatsby’
Nervous members of the class of 2007 may want to avoid “The Tourists,” a new novel by Jeff Hobbs ’02.
Seniors feel heat of the job search
As graduation approaches, current seniors will brace themselves for the inevitable question: What are your plans for next year?
Youth plan still in early stages
Two months after Mayor John DeStefano Jr.'s inaugural speech, in which he announced an ambitious plan to prevent New Haven youth from "falling through the cracks," every aspect of the initiative remains in the early planning stages. DeStefano proposed...
Respectable alums share rowdy Game adventures
When Carl Shedd was a freshman at Yale, he took a trip to Cambridge with his roommate for the annual Harvard-Yale football game. Shedd's father had given the boys a bottle of Canadian Club Whiskey and told them to have a good time. A few hours of...
Campus men are split on staying at home
The competing ideals of the caring, stay-at-home mother and the high-powered career woman have collided for decades, and Ivy League schools have often been breeding grounds for the latter. In a New York Times article last month, Louise Story '03 SOM...
Ivies tighten tailgate rules
While Yale administrators continue to discuss possible changes to the University's tailgating policy at sporting events, recent changes to alcohol policies at other Ivy League schools have prompted strong reactions from students. Following tighter...
A cappella groups jam at art gallery
The Yale University Art Gallery shattered the stereotype of a stuffy, quiet museum at its open house last night, as university a cappella groups filled the galleries with upbeat, modern music and visitors spilled out onto High and Chapel streets where...
Jesse Jackson rallies GESO
Supporters, opponents turn out for address
Supporters of the Graduate Employees and Students Organization gathered to hear the Rev. Jesse Jackson speak yesterday, jubilant after what they said was a breakthough achieved at a protest earlier in the day. GESO spokeswoman Rachel Sulkes GRD '01...
GESO looks to TA unions at other schools
While Yale's Graduate Employees and Students Organization continues to press for recognition from a University whose administrators say the existence of such a union will be detrimental to graduate student education, members look to other graduate...
Candidates for vice president
Name: Ryan Atlas Residential college: Branford Class year: 2007 Hometown: Houston, Texas Major: Ethics, politics and economics Ryan Atlas '07 said that as vice president, he would try to cement the YCC's role as the...