Jay Dockendorf
Jay Dockendorf
Recent Stories
Your culture is deceiving you
Culture almost killed someone last Wednesday at Toad's and how does SHAME play into this? and how does REVERENCE play into this? and how does EMPIRE play into this? and how do SECTION ASSHOLES play into this? and how do SUPERFAMOUS MISOGYNIST MALES play into this? and, most importantly, did CHARLIE SHEEN have a hand in this? story by Jay Dockendorf, DAnny Serna and Erin Vanderhoof?
The little transgender mannequin that could
More “Toy Story” than Judith Butler, “TRANNEQUIN!” is a deliciously funny new musical conceived and created by a handful of “freshmen” from the Yale School of Drama running this weekend at the Yale Cabaret.
Cuts and Incisions: Dr. Richard Selzer’s Double Life
As a point of clarification, the owner of the perpetually locked study carrel at the end of the hall in Bass Library is Dr. Richard Selzer. The “weenie bin” overflowing with piles and piles of paper even houses a small, white statue of an angel. If you’re one of those people that wishes they could move into a cramped space and write term papers forever, Selzer says, you can have it when he’s gone.
The Sterling professors of Yale: evolution of a species
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In 2008, Sterling Professor of History of Art Vincent Scully ’40 GRD ’49 retired after more than 60 years of teaching. The History of Art Department had no one immediately prepared to replace him, so the class was canceled for the term. In 2009, Sterling Professor of the Humanities Harold Bloom struggled to finish his classes and fell so ill he had to be hospitalized; Professors Leslie Brisman and David Bromwich ’73 GRD ’77 graded students’ papers for him. Days later, Sterling Professor of Classics and History Donald Kagan fell down a flight of stairs while walking to class and had to be hospitalized. He couldn’t leave the hospital to deliver his final lecture, so his TAs encouraged students to watch recordings of the previous year’s last lecture online.
Scene cover: Going into withdrawals
The deadline for taking a formal leave of absence, to walk away from Yale College with no questions asked, was Thursday. From this date forward, a different system is in play.
Life is strange for those seeking readmission to Yale. Profiling students unsure of their relationship to the University, Jay Dockendorf explores what it means to be stuck between college and the outside world. Page 3
On the ground: Watching and waiting at Ricci’s firehouse
For years, New Haven’s firefighters waited. Not a single firefighter has been promoted to captain or lieutenant since the city threw out the results of its now-infamous 2003 promotion exam, on which no black firefighters did well enough to be considered for a promotion.
New Haven 20 win case
On June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of 20 New Haven firefighters who claimed, in a reverse discrimination suit, that they were denied a promotion because of their ethnicity.
Watching and waiting at Frank Ricci's firehouse
For years, New Haven’s firefighters have waited.
Court sides with firefighters in Ricci case
The Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of 20 New Haven firefighters who claimed in a reverse discrimination suit that they were denied promotion because of their race.
Stern unveils models of new colleges
School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern ARC ’65 unveiled his designs for Yale’s two new residential colleges on Thursday, presenting two structures that reflect a sampling of Gothic styles from across Yale's campus. At a ceremony held in the Memorabilia Room of Sterling Memorial Library, Stern presented models for the 13th and 14th colleges.