Friends,

In fifth grade, I ran for school president. I campaigned. I lost. I felt nothing. But all these years later, I can’t help but look back with vague admiration at the naive guts of my 10 year old self. Running for public office, whether you’re Trump or a grand strategist, takes cojones.

Features:

Stand back and contemplate a new portrait of Yale’s first female PhDs with Carmen Baskauf, SY ’17.

Sarah Holder, SY ’17, surveys the life of American folk artist Winfred Rembert.

Opinion:

Addie McNamara, DC ’16, explains why it doesn’t (and shouldn’t) matter who Aaron Carter votes for.

Adam Willems, PC ’17, takes a drive, speaks with a friend, and thinks about how we should proactively care for ourselves and each other.

Reviews:

Clara Olshansky, MC’18, goes Bird-listening. Also: Marguerite‘s pitch-perfect tone, Frankie Cosmos’ angsty brooding, and a sneak peek of MTV’s The Challenge.

Culture:

Sit down with Marc Shkurovich, BK ’19, and the founder of New Haven’s new board game cafe.

Rewind through 15 glorious, nationalistic seasons of American Idol with Joseph Kuperschmidt, CC ’17.

Voices:

Join the aesthetic revolution with Isaac Amend, TD ’17.

Two castaways float towards each other in a poem by Emily Ge, BK ’19.