iPadding? iPad, Apple’s newest creation, combines smart phone and laptop functions, allowing users to play games, browse the web, and read ebooks on a 9.7-in touch screen. However, critics point out that the iPad is little more than an iPod Touch with blown-up features. But with a price tag of $499, the iPad is sure to appeal to Apple fans.
Barred by the Bureau. The United States Census set up camp on Elm Street Friday January 29, blocking the entire Cross Campus entrance with a big blue tent. No doubt the population of bewildered students was quite large.
Let it Snow! Regional differences came to the fore when a surprise snowfall hit New Haven on Thursday. East Coasters watched nonchalantly as precipitation-happy West Coasters squealed at what was for many of them their first real experience of snow.
Comedy Central. Woolsey hall was completely filled on Saturday night after throngs of students filed in to see Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari, who was recently named one of the “top-ten stand-up comedians of the decade” according to Paste Magazine and featured in the hit comedies “Funny People,” and “I Love You, Man.” Student openers for the Winter Show included Ethan Kuperberg PC’11, Michael Gabriel SY’12, and Eric DePalo TD’11. Despite several awkward moments during the Q and A session, Aziz brought the house down and received a standing ovation for his performance.
Sign of the ‘Times‘. A cup of coffee with the day’s edition of The New York Times at breakfast may soon be a thing of the past. When the President’s Office asked the Yale College Council to raise student readership of the Times, the YCC discovered that less than half of the council’s 28 members even read the newspaper regularly. Their discovery led them to recommend the President’s Office to to cut back on Yale’s subscription to the Times, including reducing the number of issues delivered by two-thirds or only delivering on Sundays. The Yale Daily News also conducted a poll of 50 students, in which 50% admitted that they “don’t read it regularly”. Nevertheless, some students are fighting to keep the Times. As of Jan. 31, a Facebook group started by Charlie Jaeger SY ’12 titled “Keep the New York Times in Yale’s Dining Halls” had garnered 1,149 members.
J.D. Salinger dies at 91 (1/28/2010). Whether you thought Holden Caufield was a whiny brat in Catcher in the Rye, or whether he “changed your life,” the impact that this revolutionary author had on generations of youth is immeasurable. From a statement by Salinger’s representatives: “Salinger had remarked that he was in this world but not of it. His body is gone but the family hopes that he is still with those he loves, whether they are religious or historical figures, personal friends or fictional characters.”
