Posted on 25 March 2014.
As you’ve probably heard by now, YouTube.com has tons of great videos. If, like me, you don’t get Khan Academy but are searching for enlightenment, then be sure to check out the new installments in the web series “You Make Art Dumb.”
Here, Craig Staufenberg sits down with creative types – artists, writers, musicians – to talk about their lives, work, and ideas.
In episode 4, I’m sure author Nathan Schneider was speaking directly to me when he said, “make sure that everybody that you’re reporting on is aware of the fact that a writer, a documenter… always comes with their own agenda.” I wish I’d known that before writing any of the Bullblog’s “Crush of the Week” profiles.
Other guests include, but are not limited to, musician R. John Williams (great hair), filmmaker Todd Bieber (great law line), and actress Britt Lower (what a smile!).
Without further delay, here’s a link to Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPMKX6ae89h0st70pPq0LvOTrb_U0B3D_
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Posted on 22 March 2014.
Just when you thought
the Wall was torn down at Box 63, the New Haven bar scene’s Cold War is heating up. Mere days after the Ukraine conceded the Crimean peninsula to Russia,
sources confirmed that The Russian Lady released what John L. Gaddis (the L stands for “Ladies Love”) is calling this millennium’s Long Telegram: a food menu.
Consulates and embassies and the like are for NYC and DC and “real cities” (read: lame cities) like that. Here in the Elm City, we’ve got the Russian Lady as a bastion of Cyrillic culture and the official diplomatic arm of the Kremlin. But this time, the Russians are feeding us: the menu is a Russian-word-for-the-English-word-for-smorgasbord of fare that even your Babushka would love. “The Lady Salad,” the “Miracle Burger,” and “Buffalo Chicken Quesadilla” are the Big Three of any authentically Eastern Bloc meal. Does the “Fish and Chips” come with Tatar sauce? Do you hear the stomachs of a million peasants? Nope, not anymore.
Tension in the Crimean region will undoubtedly be soothed after Putin and whoever leads the Ukraine now chat over some potato skins at the Temple Street fixture. Grand Strategy: this is your time to shine! Or, if you’re turning 21 soon, have your party here and all of the food will keep your friends on the brink of blackout.
Détente!
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Posted on 04 February 2014.
What do math and coding have to do with
art and folding? Physicist turned origami master and theorist
Robert J. Lang is in town for one night only to talk to you—yes, specifically you—about it.
The Institute Library, 7 pm tonight.
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Posted on 29 January 2014.
1) German Spielenachmittag
Why: “An opportunity to speak German and play Uno”
When: 4:30pm
Where: Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street
2) Sheila Nevins: Documentary Film Screening
Why: We. Know. Drama.
When: 6:00pm
Where: Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street
3) Front Porch: Resolutions and Resolve
Why: “Come tell a story and listen to ours over a plate of chicken and biscuits”
When: 7:00pm
Where: Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street.
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Posted on 26 January 2014.
These classes really are offered at Yale this semester. Too bad schedules were due last week.
ART 003: Blue
About: Da ba di, da ba die: If I was green I would die.
AMST 331: Musical Multimedia & Alternate Realities
About: Puff some cheeb and lets talk.
ENGL 984: Metapragmatics & Textual Culture
About: Guest lecturer: the NBA player formerly known as Ron Artest.
ENGL 114: “Faking It”
About: Until we make it.
LING 169: Meaning
About: Oh, you’ll see.
PHIL 426: The Problem of Other Minds
About: How to control them.
HIST 320J: Non-Chinese Dynasties in China
About: Glory days.
ANTH 455: Masculinity and Men’s Health
About: Protein.
HSAR 436: The Sacred & Profane in Late Medieval Europe
About: Thou art a douche.
LING 280: Morphology
About: Avatar.
MATH 616: Smooth Ergodic Theory
About: Hitch.
MATH 751: Random Permutations
About: Randos.
MATH 843: Flows, Foliations and Circles
About: Honestly, it could be about anything.
PHIL 281: Infinity
About: And Beyond!
REL 989: Accidental Theology
About: Oops!
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Posted on 26 January 2014.
1) The Global Pandemic of Physical Inactivity:
Why: Lips to hips, eyes to thighs.
When: 12:00pm
Where: John Pierce Laboratory, 270 Congress Ave
2) Football: From Walter Camp to the NFL
Why: Learn how you’re supposed to watch the Super Bowl
When: 4:0opm
Where: Davenport College, 248 York Street
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Posted on 24 January 2014.
In an email sent out just moments ago, President Salovey announced that Dean Mary Miller (and Dean Pollard) will step down at the end of the year.
Could this be a coup d’etat? Is President Salovey consolidating power and creating a dangerous yet seductive cult of personality? Spoiler alert: he’s not doing that.
Yale’s fraternities will likely celebrate the news of life without Dean Miller all the livelong day and night.
Goodbye Dean Miller! #sosad
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Posted on 23 January 2014.
1) NHL’s St. Louis Blues Practice at Yale
When: 3:00pm
Where: Ingalls Rink, 73 Sachem Street
Why: Why not?
2) Openning Reception for the Beinecke Library’s Spring Exhibition
When: 5:00pm
Where: Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
Why: Rare books? More like RAWR books!
3) Yale Women’s Ice Hockey “White Out for Mandi” vs. Brown
When: 7:00pm
Where: Ingalls Rink, 73 Sachem Street
Why: A great cause and a great time!
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Posted on 22 January 2014.
1) Wildlife Contraception: Successes and Challenges
When: 4:15pm – 5:45pm
Where: Bioethics Center, 238 Prospect Street
Why: ‘Cause WTF
2) German Spielenachmittag: An opportunity to speak German and play games
When: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Where: Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street
Why: Das funny, ya?
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