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YDN in six words or less: 3-5-10
In case you finish Ella Enchanted….
Introducing the only Yale blog we will not be reading
The last time I was involved in the World of Sport was in tenth grade, when I decided to quit fencing because practice had gotten too strenuous. I’ll leave this turf to the YDN.
YDN in six words or less: 3-4-10
scene takes on feminist advocate, antipodes.
Rumpus’ 50 Most Beautiful People 2010: The Full List
In case you don’t have a meal plan, or are abroad, or don’t go to Yale, the Bullblog has painstakingly gone through this year’s 50 Most issue of Rumpus to get all the names.
YDN: Bill Clinton is Class Day speaker
The Bullblog has just learned that Bill Clinton will be this year’s Class Day Speaker at Yale… more details to come.
Doox drop into B-day party [VIDEO]
The surprisingly active Saybrook Blog posted this video of three lovable Duke’s Men, Sam Tsui, Ben Wexler, and Michael Blume, serenading TV Star Marty Keil
Just three days until 50 Most
Because Miranda is/was (?) on the Rumpus masthead, we’ve been polite enough to not release the full list…
Bullblog listicle: the top 31 study spaces, in order
Just push through to Friday, guys.
YDN in six words or less: 2-25-10
I guess I kinda said that…
Bullblog tip-off: YSFP Farm Internship
This is the most earnest post I will ever write.
Caseus truck delivers
The sandwich was amazing… a greasy morsel to best them all, set off by the acidity of cornichons and mustard on the side.
On Hummus snack packs
I was happy to walk into Durfee’s a few minutes ago and find they had replaced their Sabra Snackpacks—with tiny flat pretzels—with little trays of crackers and hummus from Tribe.
Yalies know how to write good
The complete list of Yalie Atlantic Writing Prize winners.
The Crown Street Massacre claims Nikkità as its latest victim
Where will the haircutters at Chameleon Hair Color Cafe get their Penne a la Vodka now??
Sam Tsui Oprah show to air 2-22-10
The Bullblog has just learned that Sam Tsui’s appearance on Oprah will air NEXT MONDAY, February 22nd, at 4 PM on Channel 3.
YDN in six words or less: 2-19-10
Olympics 2012 site: Prospect Playing Fields?
Yale captures its winter wonderland
University Photographer Michael Marsland just put up a beautiful slideshow of his pics from the storm.
YDN in six words or less: 2-18-10
Witches of West, East getting axed.
Dramat picks Rent for Fall Mainstage
Who wants to bet that the fact that Dramat diva Matt McCollum’s uncle Jonathan Larson wrote the play had something to do with the choice?
Harvard concedes defeat to Yale, takes on Cornell
Harvard may have realized that conceding mainland Asia to Yale is not a path to future competitiveness, and so is pre-emptively pursuing a weaker target.
Pundits ask for Gaddis’ eternal love [VIDEO]
The Bullblog has just acquired a rare video of the Pundits’ prank in Gaddis’ class.
Herald round-up: 2-15-10
The Herald was Bullblog’s Valentine yesterday! If you want to get in on the action, make sure to read these pieces.
Attention Esther and Paul: The Mory’s sign has been there for months
Esther, Paul, you know a lot of things about a lot of things… but when it comes to Mory’s, it’s not wise to challenge me.
Witness the pit of Sex Week [NSFW VIDEO]
We strongly condemn the overt exploitation of the SWAY name for evil—case in point, last night’s Lube Wrestling at SAE.
BREAKING: Shaw’s to close March 31
The Bullblog has just confirmed that Shaw’s on Whalley will be closing on March 31st.
In case you thought SAE Late Nite wasn’t gross enough…
Lube wrestling is like jello wrestling or mud wrestling as conceived in a world without any notion of metaphor whatsoever.
YDN in six words or less: 2-11-10
Loneliness makes kids do strange things…
Snowmageddon ends up merely promblatic
All my hopes were dashed when Snowmaggedon missed us and we got only like four inches of snow.
The case for a snow day tomorrow
Thanks to @thomaskaplan’s twitter, I know that Yale pretty much never calls a snow day. But President Levin, you don’t have to live in the past! You can turn this institution around and cancel classes tomorrow.
OK, we’ll draw the line just to the east of—Shanghai. Sound good, Drew?
We can expect the most likely site of Faust’s next visitation is either Hawaii or Vanuatu—or at an undersea colony of super-intelligent dolphins.
The Sinergy Saga continues
I walked up Vice Alley past the storefront, and found that it had been renamed “Crown Bar and Lounge” and that they are prominently displaying lunch and dinner menus in the windows.
Bullblog tip-off: Robert Pinsky reading
I know none of you like to walk far, and most of you think the Divinity School is somewhere between Azerbaijan and Latvia, but Thursday, February 18th will present a beautiful opportunity for you to be proven wrong.
Yale A Cappella Xagat Part Two: Male Groups
Now it’s the boys’ turn to face the music.
YDN in six words or less: 2-4-10
Yale’s mythic past features poverty too!
Bullblog tip-off: Caseus truck
You read that right: cheese on wheels.
Senior class gift campaign, you’re our only hope
Think of your donation as an investment in the future—if you give enough, you might not even have to pay for an SAT tutor for your silver-spoon-son.
Bullblog tip-off: Harvest Leader info session
I’m going to present you with four hypothetical individuals. Three of them should do everything in their power to go to the Harvest Leader information session tonight at 8 p.m. in the Davenport Seminar Room.
Mmm… pheasant liver pate…
Nozlee Samadzadeh has an excellent summary of a very Twin Peaksian Wild Game Dinner this past Saturday evening over on the always eloquent YSFP blog.
Yale A Cappella Xagat Part One: Female and Co-ed Groups
Amidst much sturm und drang, the Bullblog sent out a survey to all those in the a cappella community asking for their opinion on each of the singing groups on campus.
Herald Roundup: 2-1-10
What you missed besides the Kurt Schneider story you pry already read.
Bullblog Tip-Off: Volume meets the UOFC
The Bullblog has just learned the fate of the $5000 Volume got to throw a party. Get ready for Friday, Feburary 27th, in the Ezra Stiles Dining Hall, when VOLUME PRESENTS….
Do’s and Don’t’s on a snowy day at Yale
Here is some cold-specific advice for all the Arizonians in the house who have never seen snow before.
YDN in six words or less: 1-28-10
Yale isn’t alone in its poverty.
Skappo Merkato shoots to the top
Because they are also a gourmet market, all the ingredients are fresh and super-high-quality; ciabatta is sourced from a local bakery.
Disaster! Keys to the City is leaving downtown New Haven!
The new venue will have valet parking, so you’ll be able to wear your highest heels and still make it inside!
Kurt Schneider finds new muse in Allison Williams (UPDATE)
We wouldn’t want to see the carnage from a diva bloodbath between Sam and Allison—what a waste of talent that would be!
YDN in six words or less: 1-25-10
Yale hates scientists, pro-lifers, tiny classes.
Jersey Shore extends its reaches to everywhere I live
My brother Owen went that night to get pizza (appropriate) at a favorite vendor, Villa Victoria, and a cougar-lady asked him whether he was going to “da club.”
5 questions with… Emily Jenda, star of Passion and of life
I met Emily for lunch at Book Trader to talk about her senior project, a Sondheim musical called Passion going up tonight at 8 in the WHC theatre.
Bullblog tip-off: Junot Diaz in LC
The talk will take place in LC 102 at 7 p.m., but if you want to be assured a seat, I’d advise you get there early.
YDN in six words or less: 1-21-10
Clubgoers can’t understand the Ayatollah’s condemnation.
NYU gets in on the musical fun
NYULocal asks NYUers why, in light of the amazing (widely dugg!) vid, they didn’t choose Yale. The first response?
Vote in the Volume survey!
Without your voice, Nozlee, Jarrett and Jay will get to decide all by themselves… vote!
YDN in six words or less: 1-20-10
Ambitious Yalies are sharks, not swans.
College Confidential talks back to the Bullblog
When I was perusing the Bullblog’s Google Analytics report this evening—always one of my favorite parts of the day—I came across a strange anomaly.
Indians do brunch right
It’s no Bella’s, but for downtown New Haven, Thali Too is pretty much as good as you’re going to do.
The Yale Admissions video—oh my god.
If you have ever doubted Ethan Kuperberg’s genius, prepare for your ambivalence to be blown away.
Bullblog Tip-Off: FOOT leader info session
Are you earnest? Peppy? Cheerful? Enthusiastic? Fit? Probably not if you read the Bullblog. But if you are any of those things, there is a home for you at Yale.
Become part of the glory that is the Herald
If you have ever wanted to gaze upon the beautiful faces behind the beautiful words, come on over!
5 classes to take if you need an So
Apparently a lot of people find it hard to get So credits… it doesn’t seem quite as perverse as finding it difficult to get a Hu credit, I guess.
5 classes to take if you want to read some long, juicy novels
Go ahead, indulge your Colin Firth fantasies—and read Prep for Yale College credit while you’re at it!
106 reasons to hate Yale
So over break, I told y’all to chill out about your grades. Many people, heeding my advice, went to St. Barth’s or Tremblant and forgot about their transcripts for a couple weeks. Others, not so much.
YDN in six words or less: 1-11-10
Grades came in late, tragically late.
5 or 7 classes to take if you love the gays
It doesn’t matter if you are gay yourself, if you are a girl who loves Broken Social Scene, or if you just go to Yale… you need some queer in your life this semester.
The Bullblog’s No-Bull Guide to the Blue Book
Tired of paging through the blue book for the fiftieth time? Do you always feel like your friends find EXCITING classes while you get stuck in Macroeconomic Theory? Welcome to our guide to the Blue Book… Shopping Redefined.
5 classes to take if you want to experience a Yale legend
If the only bold-faced names on your transcript are your parents, it’s time to graduate to the big-leagues.
13 classes to take if you’re sick of long-winded titles
Titles like that of this post, I mean! Or like the ones the Record makes fun of—the ones that sound like their professor is a little too into his or her special area.
Skull & Bones on the auction block
Christie’s is offering a real-live skull from Skull & Bones for an expected $10-20,000, ie, ~1/4 the price of a year at Yale.
Report: Harold Bloom too sick to teach Spring 2010
Harold Bloom has been in the hospital for most of break, and will not be well enough to teach in the Spring 2010 semester.
Public service announcement: Don’t worry about your grades
Buck up and get a life rather than spending your time refreshing SIS.
Yale 2014’s Crouch quadruplets blasted by NYTimes commenters
The Crouch quadruplets are not identical, but they have the same birthdate, so they deserve at least a full page, if not two, in Rumpus’s most popular issue.
Merry X-Mas from the Bullblog
It may be un-PC, but the Bullblog is going to go ahead and wish you a Merry CHRISTMAS today.
Last-minute Yale gifts for X-mas!
Obviously your relatives and friends want to take part in the GLORY of knowing someone, anyone, who goes to Yale.
Yale SCEA 2014 admit rate is 13.9%
The Bullblog has just learned from Yale Admission Director Jeffrey Brenzel that the admission rate for Yale’s newest class is 13.9%, roughly in line with recent years.
At my back I always hear 2014 riding near
The early admits to the Yale Class of 2014 are hearing back from Ma Yale right—now! This of course inspires a curious mix of dread, nostalgia, confusion and loathing at Bullblog HQ
IvyGate posts old video of Skull & Bones by crazy person
Why did this video pop up now, two years later? Is the Dauphin trying to make a comeback?
Two and a half ways to save a buck in New Haven
If you need a reason to go brick-and-mortar rather than doing all your shopping on Amazon, the City of New Haven is here for you.
A Santa-filled Saturday!
You may have been worried today by the sudden proliferation of Santa Claus paraphernalia around campus.
Bullblog study break: Top FIVE animal birth videos
Here are some important selections from one of my favorite categories: animals giving birth. They are strange, they are beautiful, and they are uplifting—if you hit an impasse, just check these out for an instant boost!
Lower your expectations about text excitement
The DivSchoolLib is all abuzz—literally, with the tones of text receipt and phone calls, because the University is testing its emergency response signal.
Batter my heart, three pizza’d Sally’s
Maybe I should just give in to the sin of being married to Bar! No, it’s not as divine and perfect as Sally’s. But at least it admits me!
YDN in six words or less: 12-9-09
Thanks for expanding my piece, Lauren!
English major alert! Pre-reg now for next semester
Just a friendly reminder that you have to register for Introductory and Creative Writing classes before next semester starts
Grand Strategy admits revealed—with biographical details! (FULL LIST, EXCLUSIVE)
Watch out for these folks, people—they may take over the world some day soon. If you see them at SAE Late Nite, just know: they aren’t like you and me. They’re much smarter, more high powered and important.
The Politic launches new website—and makes it on RealClearWorld
The Politic, which is kind of like a less international, slightly more polished version of the Globalist, has jumped on the redesign bandwagon with a new website. And it actually looks pretty good!
YDN in six words or less: 12-7-09
Is this the future? Just blogs?
Columbia goes 100% gender-neutral, angering Murdoch
Maybe the real reason for the hold-up is that Levin is in cahoots with Murdoch, whose NY Post covered Columbia’s decision with a blatant negative bias.
Breaking: John Wolff is the new Dramat president, Jacoby is VP [UPDATE]
Breaking news from Dramat elections, currently in progress at the University Theatre: John Wolff, a junior in Calhoun College, has just been elected president of the Yale Dramatic Association.
Harvard student: “It’s so much fun flying around on our broomsticks.”
The Harvard Crimson, in one of the great examples of minimalist satire of our time, has just released a video report on the Harvard Quidditch team.
The Dean’s Office quietly bans student-teacher sex
Have eyes for your foxy Italian Lit professor, the one who exclusively wears minidresses? Want to get in on the Harold Bloom action while you still can? Too bad.
Google takes on the OED
Not content to have taken down JSTOR, Mapquest, and the entire publishing industry, Google has set its sights on my favorite behemoth by launching its very own dictionary.
YDN in six words or less: 12-4-09
Santa: today’s last bastion of honesty.
Rhesus monkeys make Gawker!
Congrats to the pranksters who sent out the Rhesus Monkey e-mail—your cinema-inspired topicality has made this e-mail the biggest Yale news in weeks!
Top Ten stories on the Bullblog in November
Starting this month, we’ll be releasing the top ten most popular stories from the Bullblog at the beginning of the next month.
Facebookies react to the Rhesus monkey attack!
What my fbook friends are saying about “Chief Perotti’s e-mail.”
Bullblog Study Break: 8.5 plus 9 > 17.5
If you like movies or hot chicks, next Wednesday is your lucky night: the Yale Film Society will be hosting screenings of 8 1/2 and 9 next Wednesday starting at 6:30
YDN in six words or less: 12-3-09
Special one-time engagement: live Yale celebs!
Gelernter: polymath or dilettante?
The article is worth reading, though, for the quotes from Gelernter himself.
The Bullblog’s Best-Of: Top five pork sandwiches
At first, New Haven does not appear to be the best place for swinophiles, but if you look hard enough, you’ll be sure to find some incredible sandwichs. I’ve now tried them all, and here are my top five.
Sam Tsui’s videos are in style
According to Sam’s twitter, his ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ cover is going to be #48 in InStyle magazine’s list of 100 cool things in the magazine’s December issue.