Jacob Sweet
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Climbing team wins regionals

With no coach or reserved facility, the Yale climbing team does not seem set up for success. But the growing team does not let these […]

The Spirit of Curling

But the “spirit of curling” — the aura around the sport — has a way of drawing people in. What started as a short interview soon inspired me to watch televised curling coverage, pack into a ZipCar with the team, observe them as they prepared for nationals, drive up at 5 a.m. for the National Collegiate Curling Tournament in Utica, New York, and dedicate this feature to the sport and its devoted athletes.

Marijuana, alcohol combination linked to poor grades

Recent Yale research has shown that drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis may not be so dope for grades. A recent study conducted by researchers at […]

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Online meme group flourishes

Overheard at Yale may have a competitor in the “Yale Memes for Special Snowflake Teens” group.

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SWEET: The thirst is real

I am thirsty. No, not the Tinder-swiping, Woads-going, Frat-hopping thirsty. Like, consumption of liquids thirst. Preventing-myself-from-dying-of-dehydration thirst. H 2 Oh-my-god-get-your-hands-off-my-Nalgene thirst. Water is always on […]

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Mason ’18 on the road to recovery

When guard Makai Mason ’18 suffered a season-ending foot injury in November, news organizations across the country jumped on the story. It was unusual for […]

God and Man at Play

Every day is a chance for God to fill us with mercy, give us wisdom and encourage parents to mutilate their newborn son’s penis (Exodus 12:43–49). But before He can decide the fate of mankind, He must deal with a far more important task: picking the winner of sports games.

TRACK & FIELD: Bulldogs look to improve at Heps

After an indoor season that saw many solid individual performances, the Yale men’s and women’s track and field teams are hoping to make statements with […]

Uncertain future for Hopper IMs

Students see the change in the namesake of their residential college as a chance to reverse its historically low performance in intramural sports.

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Play fuses Shakespeare with rap, hip hop, R&B

Shakespeare may never have listened to rap, but that does not mean the two are incompatible. “Drakorian,” a musical fusing the drama of Shakespeare with […]

Connecticut osprey population reaches new high

Ospreys, once an endangered species, surged in number since the nation banned the pesticide DDT in 1972. But last year, the bird’s presence in Connecticut […]