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
Attention: A Realistic Depiction of Life at Yale
by tedly / August 26th 2009 / No 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
by tedly / August 25th 2009 / No 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
by tedly / August 24th 2009 / No Comment
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 [...]
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Getting mail at Yale
by admin / August 23rd 2009 / No 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, [...]
Saybrook Blog Assassins
by admin / August 21st 2009 / No 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 [...]
How to Navigate Freshmen Year at Yale
by admin / August 21st 2009 / No 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 fitness to shop when there are hundreds to [...]
What to Expect from Introductory Science Classes at Yale
by admin / August 21st 2009 / No Comment
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 [...]
Why J-L Mosley ’12 is a Better Dancer Than You
by admin / August 19th 2009 / No Comment
Check out the Youtube video that earned J-L Mosley ’12 a prize-winning 13th place in the Heatwave Global Dance Competition! Incoming search terms:mosley dancerplastic surgery pittsburgh