This weekend, Marty Keil ‘12 received a special birthday surprise from his idol, YouTube celebrity Sam Tsui. Afterward, Marty described the event with just three words: “Best. Birthday.
Ever.” Fortunately for us, Chloe Zale JE ‘12 was there to capture his priceless reaction on film. Enjoy
Today Master Hudaks daughter Jen Hudak won the gold medal in the Womens Superpipe at the 2010 X-Games in Aspen for her amazing performance last night. With this win Jen ended defending three-time gold medalist Sarah Burkes dynasty in the Womens Superpipe to secure her first gold medal at the X-Games and add to her already impressive collection of bronzes and silvers.
This video shows her gold-medal-winning run in which according to Free Skier Magazine Ms. Hudak
took her 900 alley oop 540 540 and 720 to the judge s domes tonight.
Congrats Jen!
Over the past couple of weeks, Saybrook has been all over the relatively new website, GoodCrush at Yale. I don’t know whether to be amused or creeped out by this website, but with its motto of “connecting student bodies 
” how can one not support it, really?
Here’s a taste of Saybrook’s presence on the website so far.
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Congrats to Casey Blue James and Calah Singleton for being elected SAC chairs this week! Will they be able to fill Kate and Cameron’s rather large shoes? Only time will tell, but rumor has it Alli Bauer ’12 has volunteered to help them out by sharing equal SAC responsibility, just without the official title (she was nominated for the position as well, but withdrew her name from the running).
Last night Saybrook freshmen and FroCos gathered in the L-Dub courtyard to spread some holiday spirit. After four hours of hard work, plenty of Saybrook bonding, and some Christmas carols along the way, the end result was truly impressive.
The giant letters “SY” made of Christmas lights were hung on the south side of the building facing Dwight Hall; the four trees in the courtyard were canopied in lights, with ornaments of varying sizes hanging from several branches; and last but definitely not least, a rampant lion was crafted out of lights and hung high for the rest of Old Campus to envy.
After all was said and done, the final freshmen finished the night with a resounding “Say what? Saybrook!” that woke up some people in Welch.
In the words of BT, “We have proven once again that Saybrook is the best, putting the other colleges to shame.”
Way to go freshmen.
-Rick Caraballo
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, today we’ll be celebrating Saybrook Dining Hall Appreciation Day. Even though our Dining Hall was ranked last among all the residential college in an unscientific poll, a 3.19 out 4 isn’t bad by any means. Our Dining Hall staff was really dismayed by the rankings and needs some encouragement from us.
Today at dinner, we will be passing out comment cards, on which we’d ask that you write something you love about the Saybrook Dining Hall staff or food. Though there are things to criticize about our dining hall, there are many more things to appreciate about it
By demonstrating our appreciation for the dining hall staff, we can make them more receptive to our comments and requests in the future and make the Saybrook Dining Hall a better place for all.
Also, the YDN article can suck it. Saybrook Dining Hall ranked first place for people and good company anyway.
Best,
SY Pride Committee
Day 1 of Saybrook Assassins was an absolute bloodbath, with 27 Saybrugians dying at the hands of their fellow Saybrugians.
Here’s some of the highlights:
Rick Caraballo ’13 was killed right before taking his Chem midterm. His last recorded words: “I didn’t know you were in the class.”
Shunori Ramanathan ’13 was rudely awakened by a loud knocking at her suite door. She opened the door. Big mistake.
Yes, it’s really true.
Cancel your meetings, reschedule your dates, and abandon your books tonight because our very own Marty Keil ’12 will appear on tonight’s episode of Wheel of Fortune at 7:30pm on Channel 8. He’ll be competing against students from Boston University and the University of Rhode Island.
Will the former #1 Scrabulous player in the nation win? Nobody knows. Despite desperate pleas from his friends and suitemates, Marty has managed to keep the result a secret for weeks (as contractually required).
If you just can’t wait to see it, you can temporarily satisfy your desire by checking out the preview clips at http://www.wheeloffortune.com/minisites/boston/college/contestants.php.
This is just too good to miss.
Hey Saybrook,
As you may know, Tuesday is election day. You can cast your vote at the New Haven Free Public Library (the site of last spring’s endorsement vote) from 6:00a-8:00p. The library is located at 133 Elm Street (pictured on the left), which is at the corner of Temple and Elm Streets. You can actually leave Saybrook, go vote, and be back in the best college at Yale within about 15 minutes. As a fellow Saybrugian, I would love to have your support.
In addition to voting in the aldermanic race, you can also cast your vote for mayor. Not only does casting your vote allow you to weigh in on some of the important issues that are being discussed in the city like school reform and sustainability, but it also shows people all across the city that Yale students care about New Haven and see themselves as residents of the city. So if you are free for 15 minutes during anytime on Tuesday, please go vote.
Finally, as all of you know, this is a difficult week for our community. In light of the death of Andre Narcisse, we should all remember to vigilantly care for our friends, our suitemates, and our classmates. Since many of us are away from our families and many of our friends, we are all that we have. Let’s appreciate the time that we have together.
Word of caution to the readers: I have taken the liberty to be sarcastic and/ or superfluous at a few limited places in the space of this text. Please understand that everything below has been written in good humor. If nothing else, please disregard these places, and the text contained there within, as instances of a bad sense of humor genuinely possessed by me.
23rd October, 2009. 6 PM. A quiet gathering in the SYMH. Twelve Saybrugians were quietly thinking about the stress that had been occupying their minds, and that they were to release themselves off this weekend, as the semester had come storming in with mid-terms, interviews, papers, and what not. Master Hudak walked into the quiet gathering, car keys jingling in his hands, and said, “You guys and gals ready to have some fun.” (For those interested in sentential details: Master Hudak also annotated the correct usage of the word ‘gals’ versus ‘girls’ at this point) Even though it was getting darker, the skies in the minds of the twelve Saybrugians began to open. Horizons seemed clearer, and fresh air already started flowing into the nostrils. We were on our way to Vermont for the weekend!
The drive up to Master Hudak and Miss Van Dyke’s abode in VT wasn’t uneventful. In a typical Yale fashion, everything from politics to music to “I have slept for two hours this week” was discussed. Rest of the details are confidential—period