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Campus politics found between the lines

Last spring, I had the chance to visit my brother, Danny, at school in Iowa, where he studies some combination of biochemistry and music. Aside […]

Undecided? Vote the hemline, not the party line

If you’re wondering about this autumn’s fashion trends and how best to follow them, you need not look any farther than the upcoming presidential election. […]

These are a few of my least favorite things

There’s fashion, and then there’s fashion at Yale. Yeah — you know what I mean. And for those of you who don’t, let me paint […]

How I learned to love New Haven, even though it’s about to freeze my butt off

PARADISE LOST Or, a Column in the Style of Poetry of Centuries Late and of Poets Unsung to Expound and Equivocate Upon a Topic of […]

Forget Yahoo! ‘Do you GQ?’ is the real question

Having written about fall fashion trends for women and how absolutely essential perfume is in any wardrobe, I thought it was high time that I […]

Confessions of a dangerous palate: A love letter

More than once, I have been accused of manslaughter. I’ll tell you now that I’m innocent. I’m not like those other girls, who after the […]

The Magazine chooses not to remain silent

If you use “crime” as a keyword search on Yale’s Orbis search engine, the search is truncated at 10,000 entries. The list begins with the […]

Crime, Age-Enhanced Photography, and YOU: or, how to laugh at even the most serious of topics

Crime is up in New Haven, according to the New Haven Police Department’s Uniform Crime Report. It’s up a whopping 1%. Seems scary, but the […]

Can Nikkita’s eclectic variety ward off an identity crisis?

Before eating at Nikkita, you must get a few things straight. Nikkita is NOT a Japanese restaurant, despite the Japanese-sounding name and blackboard-drawn sushi menu. […]

This holiday season, let the ‘scent of a woman’ prevail

  Here’s a riddle for you: What fashion accessory is unseen, yet has the amazing power to herald a woman’s arrival and prolong her departure? […]

How I learned to love New Haven even though it’s about to freeze my butt off

Over Thanksgiving, I was doing some thinking. In the midst of turkey, cornbread stuffing, sweet potatoes, hominy, cranberry sauce, football and pumpkin pie, I found […]