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Exploration Diaries: The lingerie show

  Tonight, the Silliman common room is almost unrecognizable. The couches and chairs have been carted off and stored elsewhere; the rugs have been rolled […]

Sign me up?

Contrary to popular (read: my) belief, it turns out that “joining the United States Army” does not immediately translate to “picking up a rifle, getting […]

From Gutter to Gala

A new year is upon us and with it the expectation of self-improvement. Another three semesters and I’ll be out on my own, expected to […]

Editor’s note

As I returned to Yale from winter break, I was greeted by frigid weather, broken dorm plumbing and, most alarmingly, a new suitemate. Affable and […]

Burritos, Bubble Tea and Burgers

Food carts are to college kids what ice cream trucks are to kindergartners. When we were young, the tinny truck music sent us running to […]

Only You Can Prevent Humiliation

There are two inherent design flaws in a Smokey the Bear costume. First, the eyes are in the snout, severely limiting one’s vision. Second, there […]

A Day in the Life of a CA

Yale Computing Assistants: the title conjures up images of a small and elite group of super-students who materialize from the nether regions of the Internet […]

Why are blue books blue?

I tried to write my first draft of this column in an actual blue book. I had hoped the nervous adrenaline that keeps my fingers […]

The key to a successful democracy: crowbars

Once upon a time, in the very state in which we now reside, it was a very blustery day. Or at least I think it […]

A glimpse of politics beyond the polls

As I sat around trying to generate theme ideas for the last Magazine I would oversee at the News, I wracked my brains for a […]

Think you’ve tasted the truly toxic? Eat this, Britney

Food poisoning takes what, an hour to kick in? Maybe 30 minutes? Ten? But what happened to me this summer wasn’t food poisoning. It was […]