Rachel Dempsey
Rachel Dempsey
Recent Stories
Alum’s novels set in alterna-Yale
Peterfreund’s ‘Secret Society Girl’ books set at fictional Eli University
If Eli University sounds a lot like Yale, then Diana Peterfreund ’01 has done her job well.
Univ. chefs cook up new menu items
“Those muffins were tasty damn delicious! I GOTTA HAVE MORE!” says one. “I was having a bad day until I ate one of the raspberry cupcakes,” says another. “Then I ate another one.” “O-M-G!!” says a third. “I think I had a lunch-gasm.”
Marshman ’09 in ‘Next Top Model’
“Antmwannabe” loves Victoria Marshman ’09. “Kaizen” thinks Marshman “has no booty,” and “Mr Yes” guesses she is probably irritating.
Sciarini keeps Univ. blossoming
As the master gardener for the Woodbridge Hall area of Yale, Joe Sciarini is responsible for landscaping, trash collection and general upkeep around Berkeley and Calhoun colleges and Beinecke and Sterling Memorial libraries.
Custodian keeps Yale looking good
Hyman, now 34, has been working at the University for 15 years. She started in the dining halls in high school but switched to custodial work 10 years ago, and has since held jobs cleaning buildings from Phelps Gate to 155 Whitney Avenue.
Work, kids keep employee off streets
While the job has its downsides — rude students sometimes ignore her hellos, and she comes home late to laundry and housecleaning — Lucas says working at Yale has helped turn her life around.
Alum stars in own ‘Truman Show’ online
Justin.tv chronicles daily life — and bathroom breaks — of recent grad Justin Kan ’05
Justin Kan ’05 has gone through four phone numbers in the last two weeks. Every time a new number leaks to the public, he said, his phone starts ringing nonstop with prank callers, well-wishers and “a lot of people being like, ‘Hey dude, I really like your site; this is awesome. Can you give a shout out to my girlfriend Ashley?’ ” Kan’s reality TV-style Web site, justin.tv, broadcasts live video from a camera attached to his head 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
And You Thought Orgo Was Hard...
As she leans on the arm of the hospital bed, Teeb al-Samarrai MED ’06, a first-year resident in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, speaks soothingly to the frail old man next to her.
Prof.’s poetry wins accolades
2005 Pulitzer finalist wins Jackson Prize
Yale professor Elizabeth Alexander '84 has been writing poetry for over 20 years, and her work has recently attracted national attention. Earlier this month, she was awarded the first annual Jackson Prize for Poetry, and her collection “American Sublime” was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. The Jackson prize, which comes with $50,000, was awarded by poets Stephen Dunn, Jane Hirshfeld and Lucille Clifton.
Elm City attracts regional shoppers
Suburban youth enjoy downtown’s feel
Despite what many describe as New Haven’s dramatic revitalization in recent years, most Yalies are used to the stereotyping of their temporary home as a rundown, dangerous, drug-infested dump. But that image of the city is fading fast, at least to high school students — mostly girls between the ages of 15 and 18.