Author Archives: Christina Pryor

By Christina Pryor StaFF REPORTER The transition to high school for Samantha Hennessey ’08 was not an easy one. After attending an undemanding middle school, Hennessey enrolled in the private University High School in San Francisco, where she recalls initially looking at her homework assignments each night and crying. Her transition to college, though, was »

With less than two weeks left before winter break, many students are beginning to hibernate in preparation for upcoming papers and exams. But a new charity on campus is hoping Yalies will remember needy families in New Haven before students emerge from the whirlwind of finals to return home to celebrate the holiday season. Season »

Several days after Dwight Hall announced it will leave the Old Campus chapel it has called home for the past 80 years, students and alumni have mixed opinions about divorcing their organization from its namesake building. In 2010, the nonprofit organization will move from the heart of Old Campus to a new location at 143 »

The field hockey team may have to share second place with three other teams, but the Elis will take it. After finishing seventh in the Ivy League last year, the Bulldogs (5-12, 4-3 Ivy) rounded out their 2006 campaign this Saturday by posting their fourth league win of the season to give the squad a »

A few short weeks ago, a second-place Ivy finish might have seemed like a pipe dream for the win-starved field hockey team. But suddenly, it’s not such a distant hope. After a tough non-league schedule at the beginning of their season that was intended to prepare the Bulldogs for Ivy competition, the squad came out »

While most students cannot see the invasion, some are certainly feeling its effects. One student slips into his afternoon seminar each week and furiously undoes his tie before opening his backpack. Another senior returns from New York, weighed down by a briefcase and garment bags from his whirlwind of interviews, while one more dressed in »

Their senior season may not have turned out as the class of 2007 had hoped, but the field hockey team’s veterans got to savor one last victory with a win in their final home game. The Bulldogs (4-12, 3-3 Ivy) finally had reason to celebrate on Saturday when they snapped a four-game losing streak to »

Saturday will be as close as it will ever get to a do-or-die game for the field hockey team. If the Bulldogs are to finish above .500 in Ivy League play, they must post wins over both Columbia and Brown the next two weekends as they round out their season. Yale (3-12, 2-3 Ivy) first »

The field hockey team may be out of the race for the Ivy title, but they still have a chance to make school history. If Yale defeats Penn this Saturday, the Elis will keep alive their chance to tie the school record for wins in Ancient Eight play, which was set with five wins in »

Losses are tough for any athletic team. But none bites as deeply as one to Harvard, the biggest rival for any Bulldog squad, no matter what the sport. The field hockey team (3-9, 2-2 Ivy) lost a heartbreaker on Saturday afternoon at Jordan Field in Boston, Mass., when Harvard forward Tami Jafar tallied the game »

The field hockey team is coming off its most impressive weekend in recent memory, and a bus trip to Boston might just be the ticket to keep the momentum rolling. The Elis (3-8, 2-1 Ivy) make the hike up I-95 this weekend to face Harvard (1-10, 1-2 Ivy) on Saturday, followed by Boston University (7-4) »

At first glance, a 3-8 record may not seem overly impressive, but for the field hockey team, it’s quite an accomplishment. Kicking off a four-game road swing this weekend, the Bulldogs surpassed their record from the 2005 campaign by picking up a second Ivy win. In the first game, Yale defeated Dartmouth, 3-1, on Saturday »