Lindsey Raymond
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Yalies to develop campaign finance software
A co-founder for software company QuickCampaigns said Democrats are not using technology as effectively as Republicans and need the software for themselves. The president of the Yale College Republicans said the company is “letting partisan zealotry impinge on common sense.”
One man, 65,000 manuscripts
As a Yale undergraduate, William Reese ’77 discovered an old rolled-up manuscript that turned out to be one of only three or four surviving 16th century Aztec maps. Funds from the map’s 1975 sale to Yale that year launched Reese’s decades-long rare-book dealing career.
UP CLOSE | Yale, meet Gateway
When Gateway Community College moves to Church Street in 2012, Yalies will find themselves sharing downtown New Haven with 14,000 other students.
New card, same old deals
Some discounts overlap with those students already get with Yale ID
For $20 students, the new Bulldog Card offers discounts at 54 New Haven businesses. But students already get nine of those discounts with their Yale IDs.
Rudy’s to reopen on Chapel
Rudy’s Bar and Grill, the popular 76-year-old watering hole that left its spot on Elm Street this summer, will move to its new location on the corner of Chapel and Howe streets by October, its owner said.
Future of Rudy's lot remains unclear
The bar's owner said his landlord asked him to leave to make room for the expansion of Main Garden, the Chinese restaurant next door. The landlord, Teun Pang Chan, said only that he is in negotiations with a small group of parties interested in Rudy’s current location.
Med school grieves, copes
Vajinder Toor was a capable doctor and a family man whose life ended too soon. His death is the second murder of a member of the School of Medicine community this school year.
Blast to the past with Goldfrapp
Get out your spandex, sweatbands and roller skates because Goldfrapp is bringing back the 1980s with a vengeance. The duo, composed of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, has created a musical time machine, destination 1983.
Simple Ways to Spice Up your Love Life and your Meals
Unrequited love bringing you down? Interested in spicing up your love life? Creative use of dining hall food items can help cure your romantic blues. Aphrodisiacs are foods with properties that can stimulate blood flow to genitals and raise testosterone levels, increasing arousal in both men and women. But what are these magic foods that guarantee to make your significant other willing to try anything? Honey is full of boron, which may increase testosterone levels in women and — hopefully — their sexual arousal. Honey not only promotes sex drive, but a quick squirt into your target’s tea or coffee is easily accomplished. Garlic, another aphrodisiac that increases blood flow to certain target areas, is an ingredient in many common dining hall dishes. Some other options; bananas, almonds, asparagus, avocado, basil and, of course, chocolate. The triggered change in hormone levels may be just the advantage you need to overcome your romantic target’s resistance.
New banking laws may hurt Yalie startup
Higher One, a Yalie-founded, New Haven-based financial-services company for universities and college students, is poised to go public. But if new federal banking regulations are passed, the company may reconsider.