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Flaunting a flowing blond bowl cut, Cody Ross Pitts stars as Lance in Yale’s new security video. Lance is the personification of the stupidest, most unsafe tendencies in Yale students. Pitts did not go to Yale. Rather, he graduated this spring from Monmouth University in New Jersey — with a cumulative 4.0, he told scene. »

HIST 273 Europe in the Age of Total War, 1914-1945 MW 11:35-12:25 LORIA 250 Prof. Jay Winter, during his first lecture: “Thinking that the present is the only thing that matters is what goldfish do.”

M O N D A Y / / A U G U S T 3 0 COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATORS INFORMATION SESSION DWIGHT HALL LIBRARY // 8:00 AM Come watch the Community Health Educators display their skills, namely putting a condom on a wooden penis and scaring the pants back onto kids who might otherwise contract »

S U N D A Y / / A U G U S T 2 9 DKE LATE NITE 79 LAKE PLACE // 2:00 AM Arguably more entertaining than Toad’s, DKE Late Nite features large shirtless men dancing on a wooden bar, as nearly-expired girls grind away their envy for the youthful, wrinkle / cellulite-free »

S A T U R D A Y / / A U G U S T 2 8 BOOKS ARE BETTER THAN KEVIN SORBO (AKA CROTONIA LITERARY SOCIETY) BERKELEY COMMON ROOM // 7:30 PM In the past, whenever we attended this charming group’s charming literary fêtes, everyone brought a copy of their favorite books and »

F R I D A Y / / A U G U S T 2 7 YALE RECORD ONLINE BLUE BOOK PARODY RELEASE THE YALE RECORD OFFICE // ALL DAY It’s not very funny and shouldn’t be labeled as an event on Yale Station. If you really want to read it, just access it online »

Summer why? The countdown begins. We all need a little sunshine. Noah’s Ark why? Researchers found it in Turkey, or so they think! 99.9 percent sure! Stay tuned for updates… Making fat cats pay why? Fat cats are ruining the nation, and you know it. Write to your senator/representative to ask for a policy that »

Spring has sprung, and that means it’s time for Yale’s annual Spring Fling concert. Rain or shine, scenesters will be out on Old Campus, sending dispatches and covering the revelry. Click below to check it out. LIVE BLOG: Spring Fling 2010

Reuben Barrientes why? Because, more than anyone else, his comic characters Zero and Nyao have embodied the collective imaginations, hopes and fears of Yalies. scene salutes you! Elisa Gonzalez why? Won’t she be scene’s friend even though we’re in “lesser societies”? PlEiades why? The Seven Sisters, or the seven “sailing ones,” are possibly the most »

Loyal scene readers will know that there are few words in the English language finer than: “In this issue, an investigation by William Alden.” Well that’s exactly what we’ve got for you. Once upon a spring, when scene was a just pre-frosh, William Alden lied to us, pouring the cruel poison of hope into such »

Liane Membis highlights all the big stories from this week’s scene.