BITS AND PIECES
JORDAN CUTLER-TIETJEN & MEGHANA MYSORE
The Writing on the Wall

We couldn’t stand the enigma of Yalies anymore, so we left civilization behind and retreated to the perpetually empty place: the stacks. As we languished one sunny afternoon between bookshelves at the heart of campus’s gothic temple to knowledge, floor 4M, pondering our social shortcomings mid-problem set, we looked up and had an epiphany: the answer to Yale’s social strife lies hidden in plain sight, the graffiti of the study carrels.

April 21, 2017

JACOB SWEET
God and Man at Play

Every day is a chance for God to fill us with mercy, give us wisdom and encourage parents to mutilate their newborn son’s penis (Exodus 12:43–49). But before He can decide the fate of mankind, He must deal with a far more important task: picking the winner of sports games.

February 27, 2017

ELLIE GARLAND
The Salubrious Benefits of Your Donut Addiction

Maybe you were dragged in post-Woads by the sweaty, black Sharpie X’d hand of a friend. Maybe you raced in after tracking Kevin G’s location on the Ivy League Snapchat Story. Or maybe you already downloaded the app and are making laudable progress on your loyalty card. Whatever the context, I am sure you have your own collection of sweet memories at 290 York.

December 15, 2016

Otis Baker
GRAHAM AMBROSE
If Millennials Aren’t the Most Self-Obsessed Generation, Then Why Hasn’t Anyone Liked My Instagram Yet?

What kind of a friend would leave another hanging out to dry like this, over seven full minutes after uploading the seventh photo in today’s 11-photo series of my dog, Septimus?

November 23, 2016

MADELINE KAPLAN
Freshman Power Ranking

Welcome to Yale, class of 2020! Read on for the first installment of the Freshman Power Ranking. 1. Chester P. Farnam, JE ’20 When Chester P. […]

September 26, 2016

GRAHAM AMBROSE
Official 2016–17 YDN Mag Drinking Game

(1 shot) for every complaint about Directed Studies (1) each time a freshman asks how to find the Saybrook dining hall (1) per tourist who […]

September 26, 2016

NICOLE CLARK
Growing Pains

Romeo and Juliet may be a classic, but it screwed up my concept of love. I’ll spell it out for you. You have your Montagues […]

April 28, 2016

GRAHAM AMBROSE
If Yale Were Hogwarts, We’d All Be in Gryffindor and Still Hate JE

Few sentences evoke such passionate responses as the campus adage, “Yale is just like Hogwarts!” The same axiom that attracts starry-eyed high school seniors to […]

April 28, 2016

GRAHAM AMBROSE
Yale Students Eating in the Schwarzman Center Cannot Correctly Identify the Face of Stephen Schwarzman

Imagine the Schwarzman Center. But first, imagine the man.

March 3, 2016

MONICA HANNUSH
Petrarch Scrolls Through Tinder to Find Laura 700 Years Later

O Laura! Would that you’d swipe right on me — That I might read that blessed “It’s a Match!” And on seeing my likeness, your […]

March 3, 2016

MADELINE KAPLAN
How to Have a Perfect ABC Family Thanksgiving

No one does holidays like ABC Family. Best known for its annual “25 Days of Christmas” programming, the network’s wholesome values and light conflict can […]

November 20, 2015