Yale Daily News

My suitemates and I have been hibernating the past couple weeks obsessively watching the Sochi Winter Olympics, avoiding the snowstorms, and consuming a considerable amount of wine in the process. Tonight, as we watch the women’s figure skating short programs, we’re celebrating with Syrah—a firecracker of a wine known for its signature spice.

February 21, 2014

SN: It’s been a long, cold winter—all my staple dramas are on hiatus, thanks to Sochi. On your recommendation, I turned to FOX’s “Almost Human” and Syfy’s “Helix”: reliable sandbags, stop-gap measures that shore us up against boredom. Just exactly what it says on the tin.

February 14, 2014

Artist-Dancer Nick Cave’s wild creations have found their newest home at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, where they will remain until May 4. The Chicago-based artist rose to fame with his Soundsuits, full-body costumes made up of castoff objects from antique shops and flea markets. The suits overtake the body with their metallic, furry, flowery, sparkly materials, and transform humans into something unrecognizable.

February 14, 2014

Valentine’s Day is the loneliest day of the year for no real reason. Most of us are going to spend it without a significant other, and that’s fine, but we still won’t be able to make it ten steps outside before spotting at least half a-dozen couples holding hands—couples we conveniently never see except on February 14th.

February 14, 2014

Lesson number two: Make sure you have proper dental insurance. The Yale Health Plan does not cover you. This is not a drill. Do it right now.

February 7, 2014

There are few things I enjoy more during these winter months than sitting next to my non-functioning fireplace and savoring a big glass of robust red wine. And for me, no wine screams snowy weather more than Cabernet Sauvignon.

February 7, 2014

To many modern readers, the death penalty may seem permanent—in more ways than one. Capital punishment is so ingrained in our national cowboy culture that it may be hard to imagine that just over four decades ago the Supreme Court announced that the death penalty, as practiced at the time, was unconstitutional.

February 7, 2014

I saw aspects of Davis’ inertia in myself. That split-second moment when you have to decide whether to make the harder, greater choice that might change your life, or not to. Because that’s what it is — a choice.

January 31, 2014

The projection changes abruptly, maps of Africa popping up and fading away. Clock faces spin out of control, as if to say that time is entirely obliterated — or perhaps irrelevant — in the artist’s nondescript space.

January 31, 2014

I’ve done some recon for us, and I’ve come up with an adaptable gameplan. I’ve talked to some of my friends and two baristas at Blue State. A lot of them have been in more relationships than I have. Here’s what they said.

January 31, 2014

When people started hearing about “Her,” the immediate responses seemed to oscillate between confusion and intrigue. Joaquin Phoenix plays the part of Theodore Twombly — […]

January 24, 2014