A Very Cynical Look at Directed Suicide 1. …you love having hundreds of pages of reading to do each week, most of which you will probably never do and will certainly never understand. The Directed Studies curriculum is designed to give you a basic overview of the humanities: everything from Plato and Aristotle to T. [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Leah Rajaratnam ’12: You Should Take Directed Studies If…
Posted in Freshman Advice, tagged 2012, 2013, Academics, Aristotle, Directed Studies, Freshman Year, Leah Rajaratnam, Maggie Cooper on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Attention: A Realistic Depiction of Life at Yale
Posted in Campus Watch, tagged Yale, Ted Lee, Campus Life, L-Dub, College Musical, Kurt Schneider on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So the video was released earlier this month, but take a couple of minutes out of your frantic packing (or unpacking) to enjoy the latest installment of “College Musical” from Kurt Schneider CC’10 (starring Yale students and featuring some of your favorite Yale locations such as Lanman Wright Hall itself). To start from the beginning [...]
The Case for Directed Studies: Maggie Cooper ’12
Posted in Freshman Advice, tagged Academics, dead white men, Directed Studies, Directed Suicide, History, Literature, Maggie Cooper, Philosophy on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hello, Saybrugians! N.B. In order to avoid redundancy, I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this blog entry, you have some idea of what Directed Studies is: a by-application-only freshman program in the humanities that involves reading selections from the Western canon and writing one six-page paper nearly every week. If you are still [...]
Dilemmas of a One-Dimensional Student: Fulfilling Distributional Requirements
Posted in Freshman Advice, tagged Academics, Distributions, Masochism, Nastia Liukin, Ted Lee, Wikipedia, Yale, Yale 2013 on August 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You’ve seen the list: two each of WR, QR, Hu(dak?), So and Sc, plus the Language Requirement. Unless the academic gods have endowed you with the knowledge base of a walking Wikipedia and the supple versatility of Nastia Liukin, at least one of these requirements probably gives you a light dusting of cold sweat. Please [...]
Getting mail, at Yale
Posted in Freshman Advice, tagged FedEx, Freshman, Freshman Advice, How to Navigate Freshman year, Mail, Nimit Jain, P O Box, Packages, Saybrook Freshman, Saybrook News, UPS, USPS, Yale on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hola Saybrook Freshmen! So here is a short post about how the mailing system works at Yale. You basically get your mail in 4 places, depending on your carrier (I know this sounds ridiculous): 1) UPS– Your mail will go to Hendrie Hall on Elm Street. There is a UPS station in the basement there, [...]
How to Navigate Freshman Year at Yale
Posted in Freshman Advice, tagged Charlie Jaeger, Freshman Advice, Freshmen, How to Navigate Freshman year, Saybrook Blog Guide, Saybrook News, Yale, Yale Freshman on August 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to the Saybrook Blog’s guide on How to Navigate Freshman Year at Yale. On the page below you’ll find a series of freshmen advice articles written to help Saybrook freshmen through their first year at Yale. Finding WLH on a map and figuring out what classes to shop when there are hundreds to choose [...]
What to Expect from Introductory Science Classes at Yale
Posted in Freshman Advice, Random Musings, tagged Nimit Jain, Saybrook Blog, Yale 2013, Yale Blog on August 21, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Hello again Saybrook Freshmen! This post is principally for all the pre-meds, prospective science majors, and prospective engineering majors out there, though people looking to satisfy their science distributional requirements may also find it useful. I list the most common science courses that Freshmen take, and give my opinions on them. I have not taken [...]
Saybrook Blog Assassins
Posted in Saybrook General, tagged Charlie Jaeger, Saybrook Assassins, Saybrook Blog on August 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Greetings Saybrook! As many of you may know, it has become an annual tradition to hold a Saybrook Assassins game. Every year, Saybrugians get pretty involved, with some doing whatever it takes to win. It’s a great way to meet your fellow Saybrugians and it’s always a lot of fun. Typically, there are three ways [...]
Why J-L Mosley ’12 is a Better Dancer Than You
Posted in Saybrook General, tagged FMS, funk my style, J-L Mosley, Saybrook Blog, Yale on August 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Check out the Youtube video that earned J-L Mosley ’12 a prize-winning 13th place in the Heatwave Global Dance Competition! If anyone is interested in seeing more of J-L’s sweet dance moves, check him out on Youtube here. Feel free to comment! Comments are welcome and appreciated. Sign up for Email Updates Become a Fan [...]
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