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TOP FIVE: Week of April 26, 2013

Yale-centric senior theses: 5. ECON: “Inflationary Implications of Gourmet Heaven Prices” 4. SOCY: “Finals Period Study Breaks: An Ethnography” 3. EVST: “Squirrelensis Yalesis: Population Growth of an Invasive Species” 2. EP&E: “Legitimation Crisis? The...

INDEX: Week of April 26, 2013

328, 259 Number of books published in the United States in 2011. 235, 000 Number of self-published books in the United States in 2011. 8 Number of books sold in a traditional bookstore for...

BOOM/BUST: Week of April 26, 2013

INCOMING: The work storm The one thing that doesn’t help with the amount of work I have left is telling people that I have unfinished work. Even now, you know what I am doing?...

CREDIT/D/FAIL: Week of April 26, 2013

CREDIT: Dean Marichal Gentry On Thursday, Marichal Gentry sent an email to the entire school. I opened said email alone in my room, not expecting anything much. Sure, Marichal is a cool guy—I’ve seen...

CREDIT/D/FAIL: Week of April 19, 2013

CREDIT: Pre-frosh  It’s so easy to hate on Bulldog Days because, le duh. You have to wear the shirt/hat/fanny pack of an organization you’ve long since stopped caring about and convince a bunch of...

BOOM/BUST: Week of April 19, 2013

INCOMING: Sunny afternoons on Cross Campus The snow is done and the wintry gloom is peeling away. No longer do I have to rationalize the gray waste of a New Haven winter with “but...

TOP FIVE: Week of April 19, 2013

Ways to avoid shaving your legs even though it’s spring 5 Wear skin-colored tights at all times—and I mean even when you’re in the pool. 4 Wear long skirts (not the see-through kind, but...

CREDIT/D/FAIL: Week of April 12, 2013

CR: The sun It came! Was it good for you? Because that was incredible for us. Those were some new moves, weren’t they? Spring just sprang all over our newly tanned bodies and—you’d know...

INDEX: Week of April 12, 2013

43 Percentage of American seniors who mortgage or sell their primary residence to pay for health expenses. 32 Percentage of American children who are obese. 70 Percentage of American children who are cured after...

BOOM/BUST: Week of April 12, 2013

Incoming: Anthony Weiner On Apr. 10, New York Times Magazine devoted over 8,000 words to announce that our favorite crotch-shot pioneer (and politician) was probably going to enter New York’s mayoral race. I’m not...

TOP FIVE: Week of April 12, 2013

Top five ways to hold on to your sadness even though it’s spring 5: “I just don’t enjoy seeing people smile.” 4: “I still haven’t figured out my summer!” 3: “I wish I went...

INDEX: Week of April 5, 2013

62: Percentage of Yale College grades in the A/A- range (90-100) in the spring 2012 term. 40: Percentage of grades in the A/A- range in 1974. 10: Percentage in 1963. 35: Target percentage of...

BOOM/BUST: Week of April 5, 2013

Incoming: Pomp Tap-tappity-tap-tap! Coming down the pipe as we speak, comrades. Jeesum crow, this shit is weird. We’re about to be surrounded and infiltrated by a whole gang of jack knobs donning wacked-out medieval...

TOP FIVE: Week of April 5, 2013

Top five real-life responses to “April is National _________ Month” 5: IBS awareness: if you have IBS, April is your month to make the world aware of it. 4: Confederate history: remember Secession? Those...

CREDIT/D/FAIL: Week of March 29, 2013

CREDIT: The Spring Fling Website To the people who say that Yale doesn’t encourage technological innovation, you ain’t seen nothing. The Spring Fling website has semitransparent drop down menus, videos that scroll sideways, and...

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....

BOOM/BUST: Week of March 29, 2013

INCOMING: Being Jew-ish At Yale, everyone is Jewish at Passover. Everyone already brims with tikkun olam, many a goy schlepped over to Wall Street seeking the culinary treats found at Slifka, and gentiles are...

INDEX: Week of March 29, 2013

40 The number of states that have banned gay marriage, in either their laws or their constitutions. 47 The percentage of Americans opposed to same-sex marriage. 1,100 The number of federal benefits for married...