Jack Linshi
Contributing Reporter
Jack Linshi
Contributing Reporter
Recent Stories
"MFA Sculpture Show Part II" confuses, enlightens
Ultimately, the MFA Sculpture Show demonstrates a mastery of manipulating space, objects and most importantly, thought.
Seems Like Old Times?
“[The Whiffs] knew who could sing and who was fun to be with,” Kemerer Edwards ’49, now 84, tells me. “It was a simple process … you were really just asked to come sing with the group.”
Yale bloggers redefine the public and private
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For Elizabeth Henry '14, author of the blog "Southern Belle At Yale," her words were meant to go back to her home state of Mississippi, so that her parents, friends, relatives and teachers could hear about her college experience at Yale, as few people around her knew more about the school than one could glean from "Gossip Girl."
Chinese economy still solid, Roach says at conference
Talk of hard landing "overblown." Next time they're in New Haven, certain economists might consider stopping by Stephen Roach's "Next China" class.
Yale researchers find Facebook addicting
Social networking causes dopamine spike. A group of Yale post-doctoral researchers have determined that Facebook acts as an increasingly common form of stress management, according to an article in the New Haven Register.
Times article features Yale prefrosh at Stuyvesant
One of 40 black students. Rudi-Ann Miller may just be like any other prefrosh admitted to Yale's class of 2016. But at Stuyvesant High School, she doesn't even have to try to stand out.
Dickens turns 200. 'Nicholas Nickleby' (1912) celebrates the silence
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In case you missed it (I did), it was Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday on February 7th — and in light of the English writer’s mega stardom, people all over the world are celebrating. Dickens 2012, as the official celebration of the author’s “bicentenary” is named, is just one long party. Think of it as an intellectual Feb Club (and Jan Club and March Club): multiple events will be thrown each day of for the remainder of February, in addition to the daily events that have occurred this past January and that will continue through March.
MFA thesis show defies expectations, easy answers
A piece of art is generally regarded to be self-evident, a transcendent object rather than documentation of an artist’s personal growth. The Painting and Printmaking Thesis show, the first part of which opened on Feb. 8 in Green Hall, is the culmination of the nearly two-year process of obtaining an MFA.
Miya's 'Roll of a Lifetime'
"Roll of a Lifetime" may be one the of the most under appreciated rolls at Miya's.
List claims QPac is good for the socially awkward
Unclear how list was compiled. Are Quinnipiac students peeing all over Toad's because they become nervous in social contexts and act out accordingly? Maybe.
