Indigo blues
For nine years, every morning around 2 a.m., used ceramic cups would fill a basket in Battell Chapel, reminders of barley tea that students had poured for each other during the night. Candles would...
Articles by A. Grace Steig
New Reserves
On Fri., Sept. 21 in Beinecke plaza, the midday sun glinted brilliantly on the spangles of a ribbon that read “ROTC at Yale.” A group of 50 underclassmen in crisp uniforms sat lined up...
I think you’re a contra
Congrats, you’ve eschewed the Yale scene on this fine Friday’s eve. Instead you head off to a barn, families, and—your pulse quickens—contra dance! The phrase contra dance, once uttered, conjures images of bonfires and...
More rings than Kobe
Kate Bengtson, MC ’13, née Reynolds, never imagined that she’d get married—and certainly not in college. When, as a ninth-grader, she met the boy who would later become her husband, she had a different...
Bon Qui Qui loves this
Yale Security: They’re there for you when you’re scared. They’re there for you when you need a minibus ride. They’re there for you when you can’t find your keys after a long night (provided...
The Amistad downtown
“MAKE US FREE,” beseech the carved words from the shadows of City Hall. The plea reaches you from the hauntingly morose stone man above, seeking a response to an oft-overlooked occasion in American history....
The Arch Archivist
In my second week of classes, upon receiving dozens of mass emails to my newly set up @yale.edu account, I generally just sent them indiscriminately to the trash mailbox. By some serendipity, however, I...
Shedding lux on the architecture of the ‘Dark Ages’
On your next walk through Old Campus, take a moment to admire the dark brick façade and sepulchral archways of Dwight Hall. The chapel, once Yale’s library, was architect Henry Austin’s realization of mid-19th-century...
Here’s looking at you, Lachen
If you find yourself smelling the herbs of Kasbah Garden Café and hearing sultry jazz, then you’ve walked too far. In front of that well-frequented restaurant on Howe St. is a smaller establishment with...
Foxon Park, soda for the soul
These days, it seems that real sugar is a luxury reserved for sodas marked “Hecho en México.” But natural-beverage seekers need look no further than East Haven, where Foxon Park Beverages, Inc., has operated...
