Update, 4 p.m. Tuesday | Not a freshman? The speeches from Saturday's two Freshman Assembly ceremonies have now been posted online. Click here to read University President Richard Levin's remarks, and here for Dean of Yale College Mary Miller's...
Students who head to Durfee's to replenish their solo cups after this year's Camp Yale festivities will find a very different convenience store — and pizza pies. Yale Dining has significantly renovated the inside of the store, expanding into a former stock room and adding more refrigerated cases. "The store layout is completely different from what it was," said Tom...
Yalies tired of browsing Facebook and playing Bubble Spinner while pretending to work this summer will have something new to do tomorrow: searching for the perfect courses to take next year. Classes for the 2009-'10 academic year will be unveiled on the Online Course Information on Wednesday, according to the Registrar's...
Updated 7:44 p.m. Elis will find a bit of a surprise when they look at their Yale account statement today: The optional student activities fee has been increased from $50 to $75 for the next school year. The Yale College Dean's Office said in April that it was considering raising the fee,...
Updated 9:57 p.m. In a stunning, heartbreaking and utterly tragic announcement for those who need their daily chicken avocado wrap, Yale Dining Services announced today that undergraduates on University meal plans will no longer be allowed to swipe at the Law School Dining Hall beginning this fall. In an e-mail message to students, the executive...
Some Yale musicians are about to get their big Hollywood break. Starting today, about 50 Yale Bands members will perform as extras alongside Golden Globe-winning actress Jennifer Aniston in her upcoming movie, "Bounty Hunter." During the shoot — which will take place from June 15 to 18 in Brooklyn — students will march while playing their instruments as part of the...
In New Haven for the summer? They Might Be Giants - an alternative rock group that won a Grammy Award in 2002 for their song "Boss of Me" (the theme song for the TV show Malcolm in the Middle) - will be giving a free concert on the New Haven Green tomorrow at 6 p.m. The concert is part of New Haven's annual...
UPDATE: The links actually work now. Sorry!
Missed those presentations on the new colleges two weeks ago? The folks at Robert A.M. Stern Architects kindly shared these slides with us. (The files are a little large so they might take a while to load.)
Should skinny jeans be worn only in moderation? Regardless of what the fashion police might decree, one Yale doctor definitely agrees. In an ABC News article published Friday, School of Medicine neurologist Orly Avitzur said the hipster staple may cause meralgia paresthetica, which...
Yalies looking to relive their 2009 Spring Fling experience — without the hundred rolls of toilet paper and throngs of sweaty, gyrating bodies — now need look no further than their Web browser. Gregg Gillis, a.k.a. Girl Talk, the Pittsburgh mash-up artist who performed at this year's Spring Fling, has released a new live album recorded during the concert, called...
