University | 8:30 pm | February 20, 2013 | By

With ‘The Brenzel,’ TD reinvents the Wenzel

Timothy Dwight Master Jeffrey Brenzel tries out the new sandwich — the "Brenzel" — that will soon adopt his name.

In celebration of Timothy Dwight Master Jeffrey Brenzel’s 60th birthday on Tuesday, several TD students and the TD writing tutor Diane Charney gave the storied master a gift that has secured his legacy at Yale: “The Brenzel,” a sandwich that will become the modern-day counterpart to the iconic Wenzel. The sandwich — which will be »

University | 12:55 am | February 10, 2013 | By

Yalies frolic in snow, make most of Nemo

Some adventurous Yalies took advantage of the snow to ski down Elm Street.

Remember when a snow day meant making wholesome snowmen, getting serious air on your homemade trashcan-lid sled and maybe just a little raging? Well, after Blizzard Nemo blew through, Yalies decided to take things a step further and found some creative ways to make traditional snow shenanigans that much more fun. Naturally, snowmen of all »

University | 9:19 pm | January 14, 2013 | By and

Shopping period dispatches: day 1

Today marks the start of shopping period, which means (some) Yale students and YDN staffers alike rolled out of bed before noon and hit the books. Check out some highlights below: Not for the haters At 11:35, about 300 students more than filled Davies Auditorium for the first CPSC 112 lecture, relegating several students to »

University | 4:34 pm | December 5, 2012 | By

Harvard students seek help talking about Harvard

Harvard Yard

What should Harvard to do help its students overcome the national sense that Harvard is a cesspool of elitism and pretentiousness? How do Harvard students talk about their “little school in Cambridge” when they arrive home for winter break? For Cantabs battling this existential crisis, a group of Harvard students will hold a workshop today helping »

City | 3:00 pm | November 29, 2012 | By

Believe in People strikes again, this time on Yale-NUS

The Elm City’s famous underground graffiti artist “Believe in People” has struck again, this time using his creative expression of free speech — street art — to comment on Yale-NUS, the University’s joint venture to build a liberal arts college with the National University of Singapore. Believe in People’s latest art can be found in Yale’s »