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Opinion
The best thing about the current triumphal march of the Republican Party up Capitol Hill is that it’s not united. Still, it has an ideological center neatly theorized by a New York Times best-seller released two years ago: Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin, a lawyer and national talk-show host. Since the publisher of …
Sports
The aura around USA Basketball has always been a winning one. Even from 2000 to 2008, during an eight year stretch without capturing an international title, Team USA was expected to win every game it played. Every team USA Basketball put together, stacked with superstars or not, was in theory good enough to …
Intramural
“Either running ultramarathons or lifting with Big Steve Cammock, BR ‘09. Maybe both.”
“Competitive masturbation vs. Michael and hot yoga with sexy moms on alternate days.”
“I actually plan to come back and coach SY IMs.”
“Get a puppy!”
When asked what they would do after graduation the Saybrook seniors seemed to be distraught, confused, and sad. I …
Intramural
Best IM Moment:
“Second-to-last play touchdown to beat JE this year and secure our third undefeated season and men’s football title.” “Our season-long shutout in soccer this fall.”
Second Best IM Moment:
“When SY men’s football fought Morse during a regular season game. It was a brawl with Matt King, SY ‘10, at the center. Big ups …
A&E
lcd soundsystem
this is happening
I didn’t expect the saga of LCD Soundsytem to be coming to an end so soon, but the title of their most recent album affirms that indeed, This Is Happening; the third record of electro-dance-punk giants LCD Soundsystem is also purported to be their last. Gracefully ending a distinguished and widely respected …
A&E
vincere
marco bellocchio
Amateur historians often speculate that the Holocaust would never have started had Hitler, once an aspiring artist, been accepted to art school.
Director Marco Bellocchio supposes in his most recent movie, Vincere, that Benito Mussolini (Filippo Timi) would never have set forth on his ascension to fascist dictatorship had he been a successful musician. Bellocchio …
News
On Thursday at midnight, as this paper was in production, a group of angry Morsels carted the replica of the lipstick statue to the YDN building and planted it there in protest of this week’s survey that ranked Morse as the least desirable residential college. In response, YDN editors called the police.
Dear YDN:
Where does journalism …
A&E
band profile
la strada
I like to imagine a scene when I listen to music. For La Strada, I’d be walking down a dusty street, bare-foot, silhouetted movie-like, stamping my feet and snapping my fingers. Maybe it’s the accordion.
Affectionately, James Craft referred to it as the poor man’s piano. A piano player since the age of five …
A&E
bass ackwards
linas phillips
Writer-director-actor Linas Phillips’ film, Bass Ackwards rests on the premise that a 30-something scruffy-looking man, a curiously short 1976 Volkswagen van, and a cross-country trip from one coast to the other all make for a damn good story—or, at the very least, an entertaining one.I disagree.
That said, the film does have some salvageable …
Intramural
Berkeley
On the first day of spring season Master Chun (my true love) gave to me, a thundercoq from Berkeley!
On the second day of spring season Master Chun gave to me, two badminton players and a smash with the birdie!
On the third day of spring season Master Chun gave to me, a hat trick and a …
Intramural
Aneesh is one of the IM stalwarts of this year’s break out Trumbull College program. The Herald sat down to ask him a few questions.
Best IM Moment:
Pretty much any Friday outdoor game. Win or lose, there’s no better way to end the week.
Worst IM Moment:
I’m not sure—I’ve been on the losing side of a …
Sports
Questions
1. Joe Mauer, catcher for the Minnesota Twins, just signed a 184-million-dollar contract extension. What would you do with that kind of money?
2. Freshman Olympics is this weekend. Who’s not going to win? Diatribes against specific colleges acceptable.
3. Billy Payne, Chairman of the Masters, ripped Tiger Woods during his annual pre-Masters press conference for disappointing “all of …
A&E
MGMT
Congratulations
MGMT was not meant to be famous. Or at least, not this famous. More than anything, the group is misunderstood. With their headbands, v-necks, and skinny jeans, it felt like the duo had planted the hipster flag (with all the nonchalant defiance you’d expect from a bunch of Wesleyan-educated Brooklynites) smack-dab in the middle of …
A&E
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Niels Arden Oplev
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is based on a novel by Swedish author Steig Larsson. Its original title is Män som hatar kvinnor, which translates literally as “Men Who Hate Women.”
It is not a date movie.
In fact, it is not a movie for the sensitive, the squeamish, …
Featured, News
Cameron Dabaghi, BK ’11, passed away on March 30th. In his memory and in honor of his life, a few friends share some of their stories and thoughts.
There are some people I know whose stories define them, but looking back on my time with Cameron, I realize that he was not one of these people. …
Intramural
Ezra Stiles
Rain, rain, go away,
so that we can run and play!
Spring is not yet here to stay
so instead we’ll drink our whey.
(A strong moose needs fives cups a day
try and stack that on YOUR tray!)
In the midst of this delay
stuck with writing some essay.
All that’s left is to betray-
to venture in the wet and grey!
Only …
Intramural
The Rain
It rained for three days this week, destroying what would have been an otherwise marvelous week of intramural awesomeness. We sat down to ask the rain why he was such a jerk.
Best IM Moment:
Sometimes, when it’s really hot and dry outside, people are actually happy when it rains. I miss that sometimes…
Worst IM Moment:
In …
A&E
Neal Cassady takes us to Austin, Tex., where the booze flows freely and the music don’t stop.
“South by Southwest can be overwhelming for first-timers. All the things that make SXSW amazingly informative, fun, and unique are also what can make it so daunting. We’ve made a video to show you what SXSW is. Watch it …
A&E
un prophète
jacques audiard
Un prophète tells the story of a king and a cretin. A Frenchman and an Arab. A saint and a criminal. This is not a story of a dynamic duo, however, but of a tension from which the main character is crafted.
Malik El Djebena, the street urchin who is the prophet of the …