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The Surprising Ways of Chardonnay

In this brief warm respite from the hell of snowstorms and finals, I’m celebrating with one of my favorite white wines: chardonnay. To wine lovers, […]

April 4, 2014

The Real Housewives of New Haven

Record admissions results again, I hear? According to the reputable, peer-reviewed database Funny2.com (“the place for humor on the Internet”), the odds that an application […]

April 4, 2014

The Scenic Views of the New York Subway System

When you think “New York City subway,” the first words that come to mind are probably congested, dirty, loud, among other less-than-positive descriptors. Most of […]

April 4, 2014

Anderson’s Newest Grand Creation

Wes Anderson movies are easy to spot. The dialogue is always snappy, the characters always quirky, the shots always somewhere between high art and wallpaper pizzazz. In other words, his style is striking, and what he chooses to shoot and how he chooses to move his camera — his content, if you will — is mesmerizing, alluring and picturesque all at the same time.

March 28, 2014

Plain, Revolutionary Jane: “Book of Ages” by Jill Lepore

In 1939, the city of Boston tore down a small house that was obstructing the view of a monument of Paul Revere. This action was an apt metaphor. The house had belonged to Jane Franklin Mecom, the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin. And she lived in an era in which women were kept low to make way for enlightened men.

March 28, 2014

On-Campus Problems

Dear Rebecca, How do you optimize your Durfee’s swipe?

March 28, 2014

THE YALE DAILY NEWS
Unexpected Gifts

Still glowing with shame, I flung the Chlamydia testing kit into some corner of our basement.

February 28, 2014

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Crowding out Meaning

If there is a story to be told, it can only be about an individual, because the subjects of her photos seem to have nothing in common beyond the shared space they all occupy.

February 28, 2014

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Frozen: For Your Consideration

With the Oscars this weekend, I put forward to you why I will shit bricks if “Let It Go” does not win Best Original Song.

February 28, 2014

Ragers and Day Jobs

Dear Rebecca, I work an on-campus job and my manager and I have very conflicting views on workplace etiquette. My manager likes to call me […]

February 21, 2014

History, As Told by Bill Bryson

Perhaps “One Summer: America 1927,” by Bill Bryson, is “remedial pseudo-history” that “does a disservice to the very word ‘history.’” Or perhaps it is “a […]

February 21, 2014