Driving Miss Dairy: Caseus transports cheese to students
Ah, the days of the ice cream truck. When we were young, we measured our summer days by that playful melody rolling by our open windows. At the first musical note we immediately ran to our parents, begged for money, joined the throngs of children dashing outside, and chased after that colorful old van.
I guess [...]
...more
Are the Classics at Yale already moribund?
Matthew Shaffer examines the decline of a once-quintessential major.
We’re experiencing amnesia. We’re severed souls. We’re losing the root of humanistic education without the classics. At least that’s what Tom Schmidt, TC ’06, LAW ’11, says. And he’s convincing.
“The tradition of European letters is pretty continuous. Anything you read today has a connection to the classics. [...]
...more
Yalies take their first tentative steps into real life
Yale owns a lot of New Haven. Not only is the University the city’s largest employer (with over 11,000 employees), but it also lays claim to huge amounts of residential and commercial property, particularly in New Haven’s three major retail areas around Broadway, Chapel St., and Audubon St.
This very sizable real estate is completely managed [...]
...more