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The Internet says the darndest things

I recently read an article on Vice Magazine’s website that described the very real scientific theory that our reality is actually a computer simulation. Yeah, […]

October 5, 2012

The social media spell

Grown-ups think that Facebook is the key to extraordinary success. They also understand nothing about Facebook. My grandfather, for instance, created a page to publicize […]

September 28, 2012

AARON Z. LEWIS
What % of this turducken is carrot?

  Last Saturday evening, I hosted a dinner party. I wanted it to be the perfect dinner party. Long before I sent out the invitations, […]

September 28, 2012

A parting note

FIRST VOICE Time passes. Listen. Time passes. An owl flies home past Bethesda, to a chapel in an oak. And the dawn inches up. [One […]

September 28, 2012

Replacing Levin

We respectfully submit our nominations for the next president of Yale University. In no particular order: Old Spice Guy: Look at Levin, now look at […]

September 21, 2012

Dear Master Robot

YALE IS CHANGING, AND MANY UNDERGRADUATES HAVE QUESTIONS. HERE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS IS YOUR NEW, YALE CORPORATION-APPROVED ROBOT WHO WILL BE REPLACING YOUR RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE […]

September 21, 2012

Den svenska äventyret

It’s a polarizing topic, and I have stood on both sides of the aisle. Whenever the dreaded word is brought up, people always feel strongly: […]

September 14, 2012

AARON Z. LEWIS
Getting comfortable being crumbly

  I’m getting creaky. And, goddamn, it’s really throwing a wrench in my self-perceived invincibility. It feels like just yesterday I was climbing trees ’til […]

September 14, 2012

Against Apology

The deal with punctuality at Yale (by which I mean the deal with the lack of punctuality at Yale) goes something like: 95 percent of […]

September 7, 2012

The Search Committee for Rick Levin’s Successor (SCFRLS)

Dear students, As you all know, our beloved University president, Richard Levin, will be stepping down at the end of this year after 20 years […]

September 7, 2012

From the Front: Wild and Wooly Tales of Summer

How 10 (actual) Yalies spent their summer vacations: James Schrumm (TC 2014): “I decided to take advantage of Yale’s wealth by applying for a fellowship, […]

August 31, 2012