Articles by Lucas Iberico Lozada

(Madeline Butler/YH Staff)

Divide and be conquered

It would be misrepresentative to claim that the administration, eyes warily trained on our potential unrest, is doing its best to keep us happy. Instead, paying homage to Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Machiavelli, and James...

33. BEST BLOG

For thoroughness in detail and in breadth, for levity and concision, for flights of fancy and for shitty puns, the Herald declares Birding West Campus—birdingwestcampus. blogspot.com—Yale’s best blog. Though its creators, Lynn Jones of...

98. BEST WINTER FRIEND

Yale is lying to you. And it’s not just administration-Yale, it’s us-Yale. We’re all lying, together. We’re lying to our friends, to our family and to the donors we thank every semester for that...
NEW HAVEN IS AN OASIS IN A DESERT OF HARSH IMMIGRATION POLICY. (LIAN FUMERTON-LIU/YH STAFF)

The limits of local power

By a combination of grassroots organizing, community-City Hall interactions and top-down directives, the city of New Haven has expanded the rights of undocumented immigrants further than any other town in America. Here, police have...
SNAKE AND ELEPHANT
Epic observing goes on in here. (Tatiana Schlossberg/YH)

index: Elizabeth Taylor

7 Number of spouses Elizabeth Taylor had in her life 8 Number of times she was married 2 Number of rows of eyelashes that Taylor had, thanks to a genetic mutation 3 Consecutive years...

Cr/D/Fail

Credit: Post-spring break lull Not sure if anyone else had a similar experience, but my professors were all weirdly lenient this week. Only cause that stands to reason is that they all had two...

around town: New Haven school tiers

On Monday it was announced that two more schools are being ‘overturned’ as part of Mayor DeStefano’s education reform program. The schools, Wexler-Grant and Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy, have been designated “Tier III” schools....
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When the law breaks the law

East Haven is about a 10-minute drive from downtown New Haven. I grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and I’m struck by how similar the two are. East Haven has the same ’60s-suburb-past-its-prime look that...
The multi-instrumentalist’s gaze. (Courtesy Slant Magazine)
The coolest backseat driver in LA. (Courtesy Empire Movies)

Movie Review: somewhere

Somewhere, Sofia Coppola’s fourth film, is, above all else, slow: long, slow shots on the steadicam, excruciatingly slow zooms and pans, and little speaking. It follows the life (fast, drunken, hungover) of a famous...
Yale LAW students and professors and East Haven residents are suing to beat the law. (Jinjin Sun/YH)
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Music Review: Halcyon Digest

Before I say anything about Halcyon Digest, Deerhunter’s fourth album, put some headphones on. The second the cans hit your ears, what sounded monotonous and sloppy on your speakers suddenly becomes rich and lush....