You know you’re a pop icon when some dude can draw you on a cookie — and everybody still knows it’s you! A little while back, two little monsters celebrated Her Gaganess by making a batch of cookies based on her various outrageous outfits. Faaaabulous.
Remember this performance? God I love that glob of blood in the middle of the cookie. Hmm…does that make me a vampire?!?!?!?!
Ah, yes, the Kermit the Frog jacket. You know, I love The Lady for getting more and more ridiculous. This was a crucial moment in her high fashion career. Ridiculous just for being ridiculous.
This one, though, is my favorite! I always loved the way Gaga covered her face to accept this award. Hey — Andy Warhol wore sunglasses all the time. Lady Gaga prefers an entire face mask. Same thing, really.
Last but not least, but probably the easiest cookie to do. Doesn’t it just make you want to LOL? What’s so hot about Gaga’s fashion is that it’s always chic and sleek and grotesque at the same time. Let these cookies be a lesson in iconography – when you’re really, truly fabulous, people can still recognize you with a couple squirts of frosting and sprinkles.
As inventory at Shaw’s dwindles in the weeks leading up to the grocery’s slated closing at the end of March, community members and employees alike are now reflecting on the important role it played in the Dixwell neighborhood and what the area will be like in its absence.
A revolutionary change for anyone who sings a capella: The Singing Groups Council has revised rush rules to change how a capella hopefuls get tapped.
Morgan Freeman. Rugby. Yale. Staff reporter Zoe Gorman interviews Mace Neufeld ’48, one of the producers of the Oscar-nominated film “Invictus.”
THE WEATHER
High of 44 degrees, low of 30 degrees, 30 percent chance of snow during the day, 50 percent chance of snow or rain in the evening.
THE FOOD
In the colleges
Breakfast: Cherry Cheese Coffee Cake
Lunch: Kung Pow Seitan, Chicken Gai Lan with Chow Fun Noodles, Dinosaur Shepherd’s Pie, Sticky Rice, Charred Carrots, Marinated Green Bean Salad, Blondie With Chocolate Chips, Blondie With Chocolate Chips, Peanut Butter Cookie
Dinner: Alaskan Salmon Salsa Verde, Chard & Gruyere Tart, Baked Sweet Potato Bar, Cinnamon Roasted Pork Loin, General Tso’s Tofu, Brown Rice, Steamed Fall Harvest Vegetables, Iced Marble Cake
In Commons
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs With Broccoli & Cheese, Breakfast Ham Slice, Hash Brown Patty, Cherry Cheese Coffee Cake
Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup, Tortellini & Spinach Soup, Memphis Style Pulled Pork Sandwich, Roasted Potatoes with Peanuts & Indian Spices, Lamb Vindaloo, Dal Gobi, Red Curry Mussels, Chana Masala, Basmati Rice, Mexican Burger, Lemon Herbed Chicken Breast, Curly Fries, Coleslaw, Blondie With Chocolate Chips, Blondie With Chocolate Chips, Peanut Butter Cookie
Dinner: Chicken Noodle Soup, Garlic Herb Rubbed Roast Beef, Salmon Fillet Provencal, Vegan Ravioli With Organic Tomato Sauce, Roasted Yukon Gold Potatoes, Roasted Cauliflower with Indian Spices, Iced Marble Cake
Seniors who donated to the Senior Class Gift Campaign got a big ‘thank you’ from the Yale Alumni Fund last week when an e-mail recognizing them for their donations neglected to mention their names.
One anonymous senior said that the glitch “really makes me never want to give again.” Lynn Andrewsen, the managing director of the Yale Alumni Fund, said a computer problem led to the error. The Yale Alumni Fund sent a second e-mail to the leadership donors to thank them and apologize.
“I really haven’t heard any negative feedback from the seniors,” Andrewsen said.
Students at Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet School on the corner of College and Crown streets are returning to class an hour after the police received a 911 call that a bomb was set to go off at the school, according to a report by the CBS-affiliate television station WFSB.
The Coop campus, along with nearby New Haven Academy, was evacuated at 10:40 a.m. while the bomb squad searched the building for explosives. Authorities did not find any dangerous items inside the school, and they allowed students and faculty to reenter at 11:30 p.m.. Police suspect the bomb scare was a hoax: This is the third time someone has called 911 to report a bomb threat, and all three claims came from the same telephone number, the New Haven Police Department told WFSB.
HBO’s latest push to snag a younger demographic, and Mark Wahlberg’s latest venture into the world of aspiring young bros, “How to Make it in America,” is probably about 80 percent style and 20 percent content at this point. That said, the style is fresh and the content shows potential for depth and nuance.
The show stars Bryan Greenberg as Ben, an aspiring designer scraping by in New York City. Although he’s working at Barney’s, with a little push in the right (or wrong, or illegitimate) direction from his best friend, Cam (Victor Rasuk), he could have a very successful denim line on his hands. The auxiliary members of the gang include Cam’s hilariously vicious ex-con cousin, Rene (Luis Guzman) and Ben’s ex, Rachel (Lake Bell). As Ben and Cam’s friends begin moving up to bigger and better things, the pressure of being left behind gives their mission a desperation that drives the show forward.
Parallels to the show’s older brother, “Entourage,” must of course be made, and “How to Make it” comes out on top in almost all categories. The characters show potential for growth, whereas the “Entourage” posse has always seemed disappointingly flat. The concept, although not exactly the most original, allows for more genuine suspense than “Entourage”: these guys are young adults that have something to lose rather than babies frolicking around Hollywood. The humor could definitely use some work (the jokes are pretty lame), but otherwise, the foundation appears solid.
Ian Edelman, the creator of “How to Make it in America” may have succeeded where the minds behind “Entourage” failed. Greenberg is a protagonist to root for, as opposed to somebody whose antics we simply find amusing. The show, admittedly, is off to a rocky start, but with a little more character and concept development, HBO may have a hit that we can all appreciate.
“How to Make it in America” airs Sundays at 10 p.m. on HBO.
New haven has a distinct street food culture, with food carts increasingly common across campus. Vendors offering Indian and Thai food line Prospect Street, while Mexican food carts frequent the corner of York and Elm streets. Whatever one’s taste, from the School of Medicine to Science Hill, busy students are never far from a quick bite on the run.
Trinity squash co-captain Baset Chaudhry, the top-seeded player in the nation, has withdrawn from this coming weekend’s College Squash Association individual championships at Trinity College. Chaudhry’s outburst against Kenneth Chan ’13 following last week’s men’s squash game received national coverage from outlets including ESPN and Perez Hilton.
The former president of Mexico, Yale economics professor Ernesto Zedillo GRD ’81, has been tapped for the board of Citigroup. Citi said it hopes Zedillo’s experience leading Mexico through its 1994 economic collapse will come in handy in dealing with the company’s current financial strife.
The nude brood attending the pundits’ monster-themed, pre-tap naked party Saturday were caught, quite literally, with their pants down when police broke up the event late into the evening. “It’s Yale — we’ve seen weirder,” a cop reportedly said as partygoers left.
The G is for the G in gold! Pierson College students received an e-mail Sunday from Master Harvey Goldblatt in celebration of Canada’s gold-medal win in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics. “Go Canada!” cheered the master, who is Canadian.
Speaking of gold, America’s first gold medalist in the 2010 Vancouver games, Hannah Kearney, attended the Yale-Quinnipiac men’s hockey game on Saturday, there to support forward Denny Kearney ’11.
Better prospects for Prospect Street. Several blocks north of the construction on the Prospect Street Bridge over Farmington Canal, the street’s worn-down and cracked curbs and sidewalks are being repaired. The road work is scheduled to be completed by summer, as is the bridge.
Congratulations are in order: The New Haven Pride Center honored University Associate Vice President of New Haven and State Affairs Michael Morand ’87 DIV ’93 at the Dorothy Awards on Saturday. The awards recognize the efforts of those who have positively impacted the state’s GLBT community.
And congratulations to Richard Miron ’12, whose stop-motion animation won a YouTube video contest by Citra Solv, a company that produces environmentally friendly cleaning products.
THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY
1974 Meryl Streep DRA ’75 “shimmered” as Lucrezia Borgia in a performance of Walt Jones’s “Savanarola” at the Yale Cabaret. “Her performance is not only perfect — it glows,” the reviewer wrote in the News.
It just was not meant to be: Though the women’s basketball team hoped for its first sweep of Dartmouth and Harvard in three years, the Elis fell just short of their goal this past weekend at the John J. Lee Amphitheater.
After defeating the Big Green (11–14, 6–5) 58–42 on Friday, the Bulldogs (12–14, 7–5 Ivy) narrowly lost to the Crimson (18–7, 9–2) 68–60 on Saturday’s Senior Night despite a spirited Yale surge in the closing minutes. But the event was marred by an altercation between the two teams following the game, when Crimson stopped the Bulldogs from doing their traditional post-game chant. After splitting games, the Elis remain in third place in the conference.
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The Elis started the weekend against Dartmouth, the defending Ivy League Champions. In the two teams’ previous meeting on Feb. 13, the Bulldogs defeated the Big Green in double overtime.
A three-pointer from guard Yoyo Greenfield ’11 on Yale’s opening possession set the tone for the Elis, as the Bulldogs held the Big Green to one field goal over the first 9:54 of the contest to take a 16–4 lead. After Dartmouth finally hit a layup to break its drought, Yale sprang together another seven-minute 14–2 run to take a commanding 30–8 lead with three minutes left in the half. After the first 20 minutes, the Bulldogs entered the locker room with a 32–15 lead.
“We came ready to play today,” guard and captain Ashley Carter ’10 said. “We haven’t done that the last few Fridays.”
The 15 first-half points surrendered by the Yale defense tied its season-best for points allowed in any half.
After the break, play became more even as the teams traded baskets, allowing the Bulldogs to maintain their double-digit lead. While the Big Green narrowed the deficit to as little as 13 with 5:41 to go, the Elis responded with a big layup from forward Melissa Colborne ’10. The Bulldogs would remain in control the rest of the way.
Overall, Yale held Dartmouth to 27.7 percent shooting and scored 26 points off 21 Dartmouth turnovers.
“We’re a good defensive team,” head coach Chris Gobrecht said. “When we work hard, teams can’t score against us.”
But the Bulldog defense could not be sustained the next day. As the game opened, the Bulldogs seemed unsettled by the emotions of Senior Night, allowing Harvard to go on an early 15–0 run. The Crimson fired and hit a barrage of uncontested three-pointers, quickly building a 22–8 lead after 10 minutes of play. Harvard’s offense continued to put points on the board for the rest of the half, and the teams entered the intermission with the Cantabs leading 45–26.
The Yale defense surrendered 30 more points in the first half than in the game the night before.
“I think we got caught up in our emotions at the start,” Gobrecht said. “Harvard hit some shots and got confident.”
The second half began with an 8–1 Crimson run as Harvard extended its lead to 53–27. But the Bulldogs would not go quietly in their last home game. Forward Alicia Seelaus ’13 hit a series of interior field goals to get the Bulldogs back into the game. Nevertheless, Harvard continued scoring, and with 10 minutes to go, the Crimson led 59–34.
But the Bulldogs continued to fight, and a Greenfield three-pointer sparked a 9–0 Yale spurt that cut the Cantab lead to 16. After the Crimson pushed the lead back to 20 with a jumper and a layup, the Bulldogs strung together another 9–0 run, spearheaded by very aggressive defense from Carter, who stole the ball twice during the run.
With one minute to go, and Yale trailing 66–54, a jumper from Colborne cut the lead to 10. On the ensuing in-bounds, Carter stole the ball yet again and put in a layup to cut the lead to eight with 44 seconds left, sending the raucous Yale crowd and the Yale Precision Marching Band into a frenzy.
The Cantabs responded immediately with a layup, silencing the crowd and all but ensuring the victory. The Bulldog comeback proved too little too late, as the Crimson escaped with an eight-point victory.
The game was marred after play ended when the Yale team, attempting to do its traditional chant at midcourt, were physically prevented from doing so by the Harvard team, resulting in a tense altercation escalating to the point that the two teams exchanged words and appeared on the verge of physical violence.
“They were classless,” Gobrecht said of the Crimson players. “What’s worse is that their coaching staff was encouraging them.”
Yale ended up outscoring Harvard 34–23 in the second half, just short of the points necessary for victory. Colborne led the Bulldogs with 14 points, while guard Megan Vasquez ’13 added 11 points and six rebounds. Carter had a season-best eight points.
The contest marked the final home game in the careers of Colborne, Carter and forward Haywood Wright ’10, whose four years at Yale began with a team coming off a 3–24 season and now end with a team finally competitive in the Ivy League.
“The future is good,” Wright said. “We’ve just tried to carry our team.”
The Bulldogs now have the chance to post their best Ivy record in 21 years if they win their last two games on the road against Ivy foes Columbia and Cornell.
“This will fire us up,” Gobrecht said. “We want to send our seniors out the right way.”
The Bulldogs travel to Columbia on Friday before facing Cornell on Saturday.
