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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. […]

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 […]

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? […]

This season, Autumn’s colorful leaves line the runways

Look outside your window and you will see that fall is undeniably here; step outside and you will feel it in your bones. The crisp […]

Arnold, Iraq and voting: your views

MAG: How do you feel about Arnold Schwarzenegger governing California? Would he make a good president? Monique Marez ’07: “Poor, poor California. He would be […]

Four steps to having your tuna — and eating it, too

Ah, the power of food. (The American Dairy Association’s slogan, “Ahh, the power of cheese,” is too specific for this month’s column.) Freud posited that, […]

‘Live from’ what? News networks exposed

Over the past week or so I’ve developed a new habit — watching 24-hour news networks. Don’t get me wrong; this habit doesn’t stem from […]

Searching the stacks for libraries’ ‘marginal’ allure

It’s amazing what you find when you either aren’t looking for it or don’t need it. Take this helpful piece of advice from a Web […]