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XC: Guide to Tailgating

It’s time for The Game, but even more importantly, it’s time for The Tailgate. The experience can be intimidating to newcomers to a good time, like freshmen or Harvard students, but as always, XC has you covered.

Friday’s XC | Game Day Edition 11.22

Imagine a section where everyone is the section asshole.

XC: Intro Guide to Football

Watching football can be almost like solving a Sudoku puzzle, filling out a crossword, or playing a rousing round of chess.

Campus warned about ‘knockout game’

In a public safety update emailed out Thursday afternoon, Yale Police Department Chief Ronnell Higgins warned the Yale community of a growing trend in violent behavior he termed the "knockout game."

The Game Weekend in Preview

Blood will be spilled, kings and queens will topple, knights will face each other — well not exactly because of their bizarre L-formation movement, and pawns will be sent to die. There will be food.

Thursday’s XC | 11.21

Chocolat Maya may not have moved in yet, but Blue State is now carrying chocolate which comes in a “spiked eggnog” flavor.

Computer game simulates Newtown massacre

While many are criticizing the game for its insensitivity and disrespect to the victims, Lambourm claims the game is intended to promote stricter gun control laws.

4,000-word email ‘rant’ hits inboxes

The 4,000 word composition was a send up of social phenomena at Yale, in particular conformist tendencies and focuses on reputation and achievement.

Wednesday XC | 11.20

Wedding bells? No, just the Harkness bells. Yale was named on a list of 31 “insanely beautiful colleges you can get married at” from Buzzfeed on Tuesday.

New contract for city park workers

Following a three-year impasse in negotiations, city parks employees are finally getting a new contract.

Yale fourth in Henry Moore sculptures

The Brown Daily Herald recently concocted an elaborate ranking system of the Henry Moore sculptures on every Ivy League campus, since every Ivy League school with the unfortunate exception of the University of Pennsylvania can call itself home to at least one of Moore's semi-abstract creations.