Sanjena Sathian
Sanjena Sathian
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Sunday Market
Fiction
Sunday morning. He comes early, by four o’ clock, to sweep the brick-lined plaza. He’s been doing it for years — a fixture as much as the dark stone colonial church in the far
WEEKEND | Restaurant Week: John Davenport’s
Lunch at John Davenport’s is a classy affair. The dining room, mostly empty, is sprinkled with the occasional luncheoning businessman or guest. It’s also gorgeous.
Looking back, leaping forward
As the future of Toad’s comes under fire from a changing music industry and crackdowns on partying, can the club sustain its position as an institution? Can Toad’s still be a place for Yale and New Haven to meet in musical and social harmony? In its attempt to make Yalies feel comfortable in the sometimes menacing city nightlife scene, has the mighty concert hall fallen?
Naptime for dummies
Let’s call it “Yoga for Dummies.”
Questions, Hats and Death: an Existential Coming of Age
Children who ask too many difficult questions of adults are often lied to. And after sitting through a 35-minute performance of Caryl Churchill’s “Far Away” at the Yale Cabaret, the audience will surely leave feeling unsettled, like the adult who cannot answer these difficult questions. Even we cannot answer the questions “Far Away” asks of us.
Premed advising gets a check-up
Ten of 14 premed students interviewed said they are not satisfied with the Undergraduate Career Services program, complaining of long wait times for appointments and a lack of personalized attention from UCS advisers.
Cost not a factor in canceled porn star visit
Though LGBT Co-Op Co-Coordinator Alejandro Bustillos ’11 had originally told the News there was an issue of funding in hiring Lockhart, Pride Month organizers confirmed that this statement was made in error. Lockhart's manager, Charles Lago, said cost was never an issue. “There was some sort of form of backlash that gave them some sense of hesitation,” Lockhart said in a phone interview. “As far as I was concerned, the invitation stood until it was revoked. It wasn’t a consideration or a maybe.” But both Lockhart and Lago said they understood that organizers were operating on a tight schedule. Lockhart said he would be happy to come speak at Yale another time and Lago said organizers had expressed interest in bringing Lockhart to campus — just not for this year’s Pride Month.
Porn star uninvited to Pride Month
Brent Corrigan, a well-known star in the adult entertainment industry, lambasted Yale students and faculty on his blog last week for rescinding his invitation to visit campus.
YCC | Chris LoPresti ’12, UOFC chair
Chris LoPresti ’12 is pushing a platform of helping student groups save money and improving the UOFC’s Web site for easier student access to funds.
Competition rises as TFA applicants abound
For many Yale seniors, Teach for America has become anything but a back-up plan, and is oftentimes among their top choices going into the job search process.