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Herald Volume XVI Issue 8

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From this first day of April onwards, nothing will be the same. With decades of print and a semester of audio journalism under our...

Give us a break

Give us a break

By / 04.01.2016

According to Bloomberg, the state of Connecticut faces a $266 million budget shortfall for the current fiscal year. But attempts t...

News & Features
White history

White history

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As we gnaw on bones of fried chicken and shovel collared greens soaked in bacon fat down our throats, the inevitable questions are...

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Holding moments in your hands

Holding moments in your hands

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“Mo(ve)ments: African Digital Subjectivities,” a new art show presented through the AFRICA SALON Contemporary Arts and Culture...

Culture

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My Favorite Niche Netflix Genres

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If you haven’t seen this list of over 70K niche Netflix genres, either because you’re not desperate to find your favorite ‘Raunchy Indian Space Westerns from 1970’ or ‘Post-apocalyptic...

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Sometime around 1455, Johannes Gutenberg used moveable type to print a bible; 62 years later, Martin Luther used the same technolo...

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Last week, around twenty Yalies gathered to engage in a discussion with resident Rice Fellow Meriem El Haitami. The topic of conve...

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is like a box of store-bought chocolate chip cookies: pretty bland and generally subpar, but under the ...

Film: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

Film: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Coke v Pepsi, Domino’s v Pizza Hut, Jacob v Edward. Nobody really gives a shit anymore about these classic match-ups between tit...

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A friend of mine described SAVE YOURSELF, the latest release from London-based producer SBTRKT (pronounced like your least-favori...

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When we last left musical darling Charlotte Aitchison (aka Charli XCX), she had just broken into mainstream success—mastermindin...

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