Nicolas Niarchos
Nicolas Niarchos
Recent Stories
Towards a practicable Marxism
To be able to achieve ideological goals, I have realised, as I near the completion of a year in the 'Real World' after Yale, one must be ready to react as well as inquire. While the term 'pragmatic Marxism' seems a bit silly to me, a 'practicable Marxism' (or, indeed, whatever theory you have admired throughout your University career) is necessary to implement good in the world.
Where to get your Wenzel fix in New York
It seems Eric Wenzel '04 has expanded his eponymous sandwich's popularity into Manhattan. The delicious chicken cutlet sandwich that has been the staple of late night New Haven dining since Wenzel invented it at Alpha Delta Pizza in his junior year is now being offered at Epstein's bar and restaurant at the intersection of Stanton and Orchard streets in New York City.
Adventures in Assyriology
On a sticky September day two years ago, I first visited the Yale Babylonian collection. I was on assignment for the News, and Babylon was far from my mind; all I could think about was the set of Greco-Roman-Egyptian magical amulets that I was reporting on.
Niarchos: A protest worth backing
As Southern Sudan celebrates the vote cast on Sunday that will bring them independence in July, public demonstrations in the North remained largely unreported.
Junior completes cheese truck challenge
On the corner of Chapel and College streets, Etkin Tekin '12 smashed Caseus Cheese Truck records and found himself propelled into the Elm City's history books Friday. He is the first to have completed the Cheese Truck Challenge since its inception last year.
Trendsetter, actress, humanitarian
The fashion icon, award-winning actress and inspiration behind Emma Watson’s drastic haircut, Mia Farrow paid Yale a visit for a Morse College Master’s tea last Monday. Perhaps best known for her famous role in “Rosemary’s Baby,” Farrow has recently moved her focus from acting to humanitarian efforts. A Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations, an outspoken advocate of aid to the victims in Darfur and a self-described “ruthless” crusader for awareness, she came to Yale to talk to students about her experiences in Darfur and what they can do to help. She sat down with WEEKEND to talk about everything from her hair to peacekeeping troops.
Nick’s cinema column about, like, life
The difficulty with most popular cinema these days is that it doesn’t know exactly where to start critiquing the world. Take the clever blockbuster that everyone’s talking about: “The Social Network.”
'Never let me go' never lets go of the system
We are born into a system that we never resist, we do our job and then we die. This may be a platitude, but in “Never Let Me Go”, the story of Tommy (Andrew Garfield), Kathy (Carey Mulligan) and Ruth (Keira Knightley), adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel, this logic takes on an altogether different significance.
Niarchos: A history of brutality
Greeks can sleep safely knowing that their police force will be subject to the same the laws as the general public. This state of affairs does not exist in New Haven. Last week, after listening to the assurances of Rob Smuts ’01, the city’s Chief Administrative Officer, I felt confident that policemen, if found guilty of a crime, would be duly held to account. Unfortunately, the veil was lifted this past Monday, when I attended a brutality-awareness meeting of “Copwatch” at the New Haven People’s Center.
Where the wild things go to die
Tucker Max loves being an “asshole,” and he wants everybody to know it. The University of Chicago and Duke Law graduate started off with a blog in 2002, went on to write a book in 2006 that made the New York Times bestseller list, and now he gives us “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” — a film which attempts to capture the insane hilarity of the book, the blog, the “asshole.”