TOP FIVE: Week of March 29, 2013
Most hilarious arguments against marriage equality 5 If the institution ain’t broke, don’t fix it. <3 tradition 4 Social Security 3 Homosexuals have been known to sex, drug, and rock ‘n’ roll it up....
Articles by Cindy Ok
TOP FIVE: Week of March 8, 2013
Adjectives in place of good in “have a good spring break!” 5 Purple 4 Different, yeah so different 3 Marxist 2 Insouciant 1 Bangin’
Growing pains
I was born with this extreme personality, at least according to my parents, who also hold that my little sister, with her normal amounts of crying, eating, and pooping, was a lovely palette cleanser...
Staff list
Welcome to a new Herald Reviews feature: the staff list. We assume that since you are a human being, you want to know what we are doing all the time—and, in particular, how we...
TOP 5: Week of February 8, 2013
Ways to rock the flu/virus/February malady that’s going around 5 Play a round of who’s hotter: you right now, or Death Valley in August. 4 The blame game—your body didn’t just give itself the...
CREDIT/D/FAIL: Week of January 25, 2013
CREDIT: Happy lamps Vitamin D drops and whatever else floats your seasonally depressed boat. For example, wear what you want as long as it makes you feel good. Pink floral skirts without tights underneath....
READ THE HERALD 100
Calling all Herald lovers and haters alike (because, let’s be honest, around here if you don’t love us or hate us you’re just a nobody). Go pick up a hard copy of this week’s...
4. BEST FRESHMAN 15
I don’t know about you, but the way that I make friends is to fatten them up. Freshman year I was like the evil witch from Hansel and Gretel. Instead of a jail, I...
24. BEST COMMUTE LUNCH
Have you noticed that Yale has a tradition fetish? There’s nothing wrong with jumping on the N-for-nostalgia train, though I can’t promise there will be fewer tears there than on Metro-North. But if you’re...
38. BEST BREAK
Sad city, bitch, sad, sad city, bitch/ mental breakdowns all through this achetown, bitch! Listen up, freshman. Before this year, we didn’t have a break in the academic calendar from August through the end...
43. BEST FAKE ID
When I was applying early to Yale, my high school dean informed me that Asian girl is the most competitive category in the college admissions world. You can probably guess from my byline that...
Loving her is Red
My central argument in her defense was that taste is fundamentally rooted in the viscera, not the intellect—that within reason, no one should be asked to justify what she likes, or be asked to...
CREDIT/D/FAIL: Week of October 19, 2012
CREDIT: The diamond planet This one diamond isn’t in the rough of the universe, is it? The discovery this past week of a planet largely made up of pure diamond made dreams come true...
Cast away
Remember when Diddy wore the same shirt for seven straight months in 2004? The one that said “VOTE OR DIE!” in giant red and blue letters? (And also how at that point his name...
How Instagram is saving your life
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and whatever else kids these days have gotten into, are being successfully used by Connecticut police to solve (and prevent) crimes.
New Haven sky hosts double pride parade
What’s that saying about taking lemons and wet SmartWool and turning them into rainbows? Today, even the fugliest, tiniest rooms across campus (I’m lookin’ at you, Ldub babes!) have a room with a view....
Morsels win Best New Master 2012
Former English DUS and current Master of Morse Amy Hungerford has set aside money in the residential college’s budget to get buck in here. That’s not really how she said it, but we all...
Bullblog buzzword of the day: lingrastination
The delaying of work by lingering on the Internet, at social gatherings, and/or in warm coffee shops. Please no lingrastination at tables between lunch hours of noon to 3 pm. Love, Booktrader Café. I...
CREDIT/D/FAIL: Week of September 14, 2012
Cr: The effects of rain If you guys could only complain about one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be? Would you pick technology, or country music, or how much...
Shack that shake, shake that shack
Here’s your two weeks notice, New Haven: beloved Danny Meyer burger joint is (very!) soon opening what’s expected to be the hottest and grooviest location on Chapel Street. The PR rep could only say...
