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Richard “Dick” Head ’19 has gained a reputation for being a “section asshole,” that overbearing rascal who frequently dominates seminar discussions and attempts to wrestle […]

March 10, 2017

Last semester, an English professor asked me what I wanted to do with my life, and I said exactly the wrong thing. I want to […]

March 10, 2017

Richard “Dick” Head ’19 has gained a reputation for being a “section asshole,” that overbearing rascal who frequently dominates seminar discussions and attempts to wrestle […]

March 10, 2017

In the Face of Ever-Growing Stapler Cartels, Yale’s Staple Supply Dwindles to All-Time Low A message from Chief Ronnell Higgins early Tuesday morning announced that […]

March 3, 2017

To all the athletes searching for a new favorite YDN columnist, I offer myself to you. I LOVE athletes. (You’re coming on too strong, Josh. […]

March 3, 2017

I am writing to apply for your 2017 undergraduate internship in digital media and marketing strategies. I am a junior at Yale University majoring in history, and I hope you will agree that my work ethic, lack of self-esteem, pathological need for praise, astonishing insecurity about every goddamn facet of my persona and collaborative style make me an ideal candidate for this position.

February 24, 2017

This coming Sunday, NBC will air the 89th annual Academy Awards, a celebration of the finest films of the past year. This year, the Academy of Motion Picture of Arts and Sciences appears poised to award the night’s highest honor, Best Picture, to Damien Chazelle’s modern original musical “La La Land.”

February 24, 2017

WKND contributor Brysen Horowitz ‘19 spent the fall semester in Argentina. He documented his time there in a memorable series of Facebook posts. What follows […]

February 17, 2017

What happens in a gaze? A plea, a question, a wordless letter. The weight of a tear. A second glance — all subtext. Things happen when we look at each other: lovers, strangers, mothers and children. Our eyes speak when we don’t: “I’m fond of you/ I’m tired/ You hurt me/ I see you.” A gaze is power. A gaze gives.

February 10, 2017

I see the protection of tradition as important, not merely for purposes of record and reminiscence, but for the larger cause of continuation. Today’s political climate has opened our eyes to the brutal reality of widespread cultural indifference.

February 10, 2017

Imagine: You’ve been out for a few hours with some friends on Penn’s campus, and you can feel the night winding down.

February 3, 2017