Rena Lin
Contributing Reporter
rena.lin@yale.edu
Author Archive
RENA LIN
If you love me, you will listen to boygenius

If you’re like me, you probably teared up on the first listen of “the record,” boygenius’ debut album. The ones who get it, get it. […]

April 7, 2023

MADELINE ART, BLUEBELLE CARROLL, ANNIE SIDRANSKY, JESSAI FLORES & RENA LIN
Blurbs: WKND’s Favorite Childhood Books

When I was four years old, I memorized Ludwig Bemelmans’ “Madeline.” I could recite it cover-to-cover, and I did, for any adult who would listen. […]

March 2, 2023

RENA LIN, ELIZABETH WATSON, JACQUELINE KASKEL & MARS ADAMS
Soundtracks Shaping Lives

Mars Adams: The first time I heard “Boys Will Be Bugs”, I was seventeen years old, listening to Spotify on shuffle in the dead of […]

March 11, 2022

RENA LIN
“Shang-Chi” from a Chinese-American point of view

When I first watched the trailer for “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” I remember being excited, but also the slightest bit afraid. […]

October 14, 2021

RENA LIN
Finding Yourself in a Campus Larger than Life

The very first time I visited Yale, it filled me with a sense of wonder. It left me thinking things like, “Wow, I can’t wait […]

May 29, 2021

Anasthasia Shilov
RENA LIN
Home Inside a Home

After leaving behind the comfortable familiarity of my suitemates and Yale’s dorms and coming back home where I don’t even leave the house all that […]

December 3, 2020

GRACE ZHANG & RENA LIN
Inside the Bulldog Ballot Challenge: How YBC got 100% of eligible student-athletes registered to vote

The Bulldog Ballot Challenge has succeeded in getting 100 percent of eligible Yale student-athletes and coaches to register to vote. The challenge was spearheaded by […]

October 1, 2020