We all need ‘em. Last April when Yale sent around surveys asking accepted students what we were most scared about, I asked my parents how lame it would be to write, “I’m scared I...

[To the sweet, sweet tune of “22” by Taylor Swift] It feels like the worst night to dress up in high heels Don’t wanna see exes, uh-uh uh-uh It feels like the worst night...

Z went to high school in a small town in northwest Oklahoma, where he played semi-professional basketball and wrote a play that eventually went up off-Broadway. It was called Pieces/ Peaces, and New York...

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...

I like coffee shops. I like working in coffee shops. At the beginning of this year, I so liked working in one specific coffee shop — Book Trader Cafe — that I decided it...

More options than meet the brain at first mental glance, truth be told. Whine all you like, snobs, but possibilities friggin’ abound around here. Classics: the banana, the granny smith and red delicious apples,...

Willoughby’s Coffee and Tea.

You were there last night, and tonight you’ll be there again. Your memories of your previous visits are shady, if they exist at all. You vaguely recall chasing sambuca shots with draft Lambic, but...

“Introduction to Classical Hieroglyphic Egyptian I” meets only twice a week for an hour and fifteen minutes. Compared to your typical L1 language course, these biweekly meetings are what get H-glyphs its “gut” reputation....

Like that warm chocolate brownie the dining hall serves on family night, Directed Studies was enticing and seemed to suit my taste, but the actual experience fell short of the ideal I had in...

“Separation and Purification Processes” (CENG 411) Instructor: Michael Lowenberg This course provides a rigorous introduction to the theory and design of industrial and laboratory-scale separation and purification processes for multicomponent and multiphase mixtures that...

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Going to Walgreens is always a wonderful experience. Standing in line at the pharmacy is consistently thrilling, and having everyone watch as you buy laxatives is humbling. Although my experiences have been diverse and...

Sometimes people just don’t get the message. When a street-corner conversation or common-room hangout gets unbearably boring, sometimes you can convince yourself you can salvage it. Chances are that if you’ve had that thought,...

Last week I got a new housemate, and it’s a squirrel. And yeah, at first you think that’s gross, but like, why not? He’s cute, he’s peppy without coffee, he’s mysterious. He’s spontaneous, ya...

I am a woman of many shticks. In fifth grade, I made a list of things I hated, and I had a good ol’ rant to go along with each of ’em. Nuts? Awful....

Don’t know where to find the Y Syndicate zine? Walk to Cross campus, make a right near the middle, take three steps starboard, climb onto the Berkeley roof, and jump into Bass through its...

You’ve devoted nine weeks of your life to learning this instrument, which is longer than the length of a cappella rush, I might add. You’ve practiced instead of going to classes and Master’s Teas,...

I have seven Mind-Body accounts across three states. If you don’t know what Mind-Body is, skip this blurb and go read about Best Nachos, because you won’t find any of that here. I’m talking...