Alexander Medel
Staff Columnist
Alexander.medel@yale.edu
Alexander Medel is a staff columnist for the WKND desk. His fortnightly travel column, "On the Road," covers his experiences on road trips across America. Originally from San Jose, California, he is a sophomore in Timothy Dwight College majoring in Political Science and History.
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ALEXANDER MEDEL
Just an Old Sweet Song

Pleasant, persistent and pleasurable. These are the characteristics of any earworm: a song, tune or melody that reverberates constantly in one’s mind. An earworm can […]

November 3, 2023

ALEXANDER MEDEL
If I Had Dinner with Frank Sinatra

If I traveled back in time to have dinner with one individual, I would sit in a cornered booth at Patsy’s on 56th Street in […]

October 13, 2023

ALEXANDER MEDEL
Visiting Vigan

Gleaming trinkets suspended from store fronts. Savory scents emanating from food stalls. Clacking carriage wheels on cobblestones. These were the sights, smells and sounds that […]

October 6, 2023

ALEXANDER MEDEL
Yale celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival

Yale’s cultural groups organized a variety of events last week, from a “Moonlight Mingle” to a movie screening, to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

October 2, 2023