Herald Volume XVI Issue 8

Originally Posted on The Yale Herald via UWIRE

From this first day of April onwards, nothing will be the same. With decades of print and a semester of audio journalism under our belt, the Yale Herald is proud to present the paper’s newest section: “Herald Olfactory”! This new desk, god willing, will offer readers a feast for the eyes, ears, and nose. Take a guided tour of Yale University’s various, distinct smells. Visit Toad’s on a Thursday morning; waft in gentle notes of Dean Holloway’s cologne; savor this slice of pizza someone left in the Herald fridge over Spring Break.

When you’re all smelled out, settle down and listen to some wonderful (real) stories, courtesy of the Herald Audio team. We’ve collected a few of our best pieces—some published earlier in the semester, others making their debut this morning—and dropped an album for your listening pleasure. In our features, Sophie Ruehr talks ROTC and Lydia Keating sails into the Long Island Sound. Between these longer stories, listen to a local personality guess where I’m from with uncanny accuracy, then follow Eve Sneider as she moves through the sounds and silences of Tokyo—her childhood home. At Herald Audio, we want to make Yale, New Haven, and the rest of the world come alive to you one story at a time. So come on. Give us a listen. Travel far.

But good old-fashioned reading hasn’t gone out of style. Click through:

Features:

Liza Rodler, CC ’17, rolls through Westville to cover the (heatedly) contested development of a new bike lane.

Finally understand complex tax structures with Wesley Kocurek, TD ’19, as he delves into the senate bills that could lead to taxation on Yale’s precious endowment.

Culture:

Move through mo(ve)ments: African Digital Subjectivities, an AFRICA SALON art show, with Tran Dang, TD ’19.

Remember and reevaluate Phife Dawg’s legacy with Elias Bartholomew, DC ’17.

Opinion:

Olivia Klevorn, SM ‘17, addresses the need for intentional theater at Yale.

Voices:

Joey Lew captures a moment of transition.

Alex Cadena BK ’17 talks to artist Maria Hupfield and scholar and activist Jaskiran Dhillon about art’s power to move and mobilize.

Reviews:

Will Nixon, PC’19, snoozes through Batman v Superman. Also: SBTRKT almost adds up, Charli XCX pushes the accelerator, and Greek Wedding can’t divorce itself from cliché.

Inserts:

Tracy Chung gets eggs-perimental.

Sophie Dillon slyly suggests a course of action for Batman Affleck.
Rachel Lackner runs the numbers on her illustrious Yale career.

(April) Foolishly,

Korinayo Thompson, Audio Editor

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