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Yale's Endowment Drops 25 Percent, Hits the Panic Button

Yale's Endowment Drops 25 Percent, Hits the Panic Button

Since the beginning of the summer and the start of the global economic collapse, Yale University’s endowment has nosedived, losing roughly 25 percent of its total worth, or $5.9 billion, in only six months.

 

In an open letter to the community, University President Richard Levin confirmed the drop, but assured distraught Yalies that, despite the...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: you are comparing apples and oranges when looking at Yale's announcement vs. Harvard's. The 13% figure for Yale is what compares to the 22% figure from Harvard (publicly traded stocks and securiti

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Comforting Words From An I-Banker: "Say Goodbye to [Your] Wall Street Dreams."

Comforting Words From An I-Banker: "Say Goodbye to [Your] Wall Street Dreams."

According to IvyGate, graduating seniors with aspirations of making it on Wall Street should re-evaluate their short-term career goals–as soon as possible.

 

Speaking to an unidentified Ivy-Leaguer-turned-investment-banker, Dan Haley confirmed that, due to the current economic climate, internships at financial firms have become the unicorn of th...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: You mean I put money in and there will be no return on investment? F#@k.

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President Richard Nixon Hated the Ivy League, Secretly Planned Its Destruction

President Richard Nixon Hated the Ivy League, Secretly Planned Its Destruction

Last week, the Nixon Library released over 198 hours of President Richard Nixon ranting and raving about--more or less--everything.

 

From the press to the Ivy League, Old Dick Nixon hated it all, and he wasn’t afraid to let everyone within an earshot know it—whether they cared to listen or not.

 

Thankfully, the mad ramblings of this presidenti...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Way to refer to a former president as looney, though you can say nixon was unstable at times, he created the EPA, he did end the draft, and opened up red china to trade with the west.

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Bronx Borough President Confirms Obama Tap During Yale Talk

Bronx Borough President Confirms Obama Tap During Yale Talk

Did you know there are five boroughs in New York City?

 

That’s right; five. Smug Manhattanites love to pretend that the Big Apple begins and ends with their tiny, bourgeois island, but they’re wrong.

 

If you head northeast, you’ll wind up in the Bronx, a place that Yuppie parents warn their impressionable children never to go to at night lest ...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: i think people from SI shouldnt even be considered from NY as they are like their own special little breed.

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Yalie Goes Away For Thanksgiving Break, Returns to Find Stranger Sleeping In Bed

Yalie Goes Away For Thanksgiving Break, Returns to Find Stranger Sleeping In Bed

Common Sense Lesson #1: Ivy League or not, never leave the door to your residency unlocked.

 

Over the weekend, a Yale student learned this harsh lesson the hard way when she returned from Thanksgiving Break to find her room in shambles and a strange man sleeping in her bed.

 

Hayley Carpenter ’11 arrived on campus on Saturday morning, and when ...

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Harvard-Yale Game Puts Nine Students in Hospital, Stirs Controversy Over Yale's Berlin Wall Prop

Harvard-Yale Game Puts Nine Students in Hospital, Stirs Controversy Over Yale's Berlin Wall Prop

Despite Boston’s attempt to rain on everyone’s parade with their draconian alcohol laws, the Harvard-Yale tailgate went off without a hitch.

 

As everyone knows, the best way to gauge the “success” of any collegiate shindig is by reviewing the number of alcohol-related hospitalizations, and this year, there were nine in total, which is admittedl...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: i love communism like a fat kid loves cake.

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Harvard Crushes Yale (Again), Alcohol Flows at Annual Tailgate

Harvard Crushes Yale (Again), Alcohol Flows at Annual Tailgate

For the second year in a row, the Harvard Crimson dominated the Yale Bulldogs, shutting out their longtime rivals 10-0 in the 125th edition of the Game.

 

Of course, this result should come as a surprise to no one, especially after Yale’s 37-6 beating last year. Even those wearing the tacky blue-and-white sweaters must admit that it was wholly e...

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A Yale News Brief: The $1,000 Tickets and the $1,000 Tylenol Theft

A Yale News Brief: The $1,000 Tickets and the $1,000 Tylenol Theft

Forty years ago in 1968, an unidentified Yale student purchased eight tickets to the Game, the annual football grudge match against Harvard, for a paltry $48 and sold them for $1,000 to desperate alumni in New York, who were unable to secure tickets after they had sold out.

 

This week, a similar sequence of events transpired at Yale.

 

First, t...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: so it was drug addict ?

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The Yale Club Invaded by the Bronx, Investigated By the IRS

The Yale Club Invaded by the Bronx, Investigated By the IRS

The Yale Club in New York is supposed to be a posh haven in the city for alumni of the respected Ivy League. Instead, complain some members, the club is being overrun by outsiders and worst of all many of these outsiders come from the Bronx.
 

The New York Post is reporting that lately the club has hosted a rash of weddings and one member insist...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: This article is a perfect example of why Yalies like me despise Yalies that are club members...

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The Harvard Crimson Challenges Yale Daily News to Football Grudge Match

The Harvard Crimson Challenges Yale Daily News to Football Grudge Match

That’s right – the Harvard Crimson staff just laid down the gauntlet to their bitter rivals, and now, it’s up to the Yale Daily News editorial team to pick it up and bludgeon them with it.

 

On November 22nd, the Yale Bulldogs will face off against the Harvard Crimson for the 125th time in one of the most anticipated games of the Ivy League seas...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Or more like, journalists drink too much, Crimson has elections or whatever that weekend, and getting tackled when you've a hangover sucks.

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Yale's Results Are In

Yale's Results Are In

(Note: everything reported here was seen or heard directly by the author, and all opinions expressed are solely his own.)

 

Well, Obama won. No huge surprise there.

 

A bit more surprising was Yale's reaction. Upon learning of his impending victory, Yalies went wild, flooding courtyards. One obviously inebriated student was heard yelling "Vom fo...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: i hadnt seen that poll before... its interesting

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Gossip Girl Calls Princeton a "Trade School"

Gossip Girl Calls Princeton a "Trade School"

Who watches Gossip Girland actually enjoys it?

 

Please raise your hands post-haste, so that I know whom to shoot first during the forthcoming Zombie Apocalypse.

 

Last night, this dreadful excuse for “television entertainment” singlehandedly lobotomized the American public, placing each of us into a catatonic state of shock.

 

Seriously, we ...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: If you think gossip girl is such a dumb show and kills brain cells why are you so worked up over it? you don't have to watch or like it. everyone knows princeton is an excellent school, if you are threatened by that comment, you obviously don't know princeton.

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Brangelina: A Yale-Produced Musical Tribute to Adoption-Crazy Celebrities

Brangelina: A Yale-Produced Musical Tribute to Adoption-Crazy Celebrities

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, collectively known as Brangelina, are no strangers to adoption. In fact, they appear to be singlehandedly pioneering the trend of celebrity adoptions in Hollywood with their “Gotta Catch ‘Em All” mentality.

 

For Max Lanman ‘10, this adoption trend, especially to the Brangelina degree where it entails importing chil...

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Annual Harvard-Yale Tailgating Fun in Jeopardy Thanks to Boston Laws

Annual Harvard-Yale Tailgating Fun in Jeopardy Thanks to Boston Laws

Nobody likes the city of Boston. If you think otherwise, please stop perpetuating this myth immediately.

 

Still, in its on-going bid to become the most hated city in America, Boston continues to add to the ever-expanding list of reasons to never visit Massachusetts.

 

The most recent addition? Limiting the annual Yale-Harvard tailgate to a meas...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: For the record, ID-ing students should only happen once; the BAT teams will be handing out bracelets, pub-style.

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Proof That Yale is the Best Ivy: Darq Knight the Musical

Proof That Yale is the Best Ivy: Darq Knight the Musical

Remember The Dark Knight, the greatest cinematic masterpiece of all-time? Well, a group of like-minded (READ: totally awesome) Yalies got together and turned it into a power ballad musical.

 

Oh, be still, my beating heart.

 

Written by Marshall Pailet and James Pollack, the theatrical production is a line-by-line retelling of the film’s narrati...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: The lighting was fantastic! Whoever did that is a genius!

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Music Video, Yale Style -- "95 Theses"

Music Video, Yale Style -- "95 Theses"

From Alexander Dominitz, the director for the student-run film production company Bulldog Productions, comes a music video of a song styled after Jay-Z's "99 Problems" about Martin Luther and the Reformation. Don't write it off without watching it: the video's both well done and entertaining. There is also a website up with cast and crew bios an...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: O wow. So awesome.

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Yale Safety Dance Not as Amazing as Its Naked One

Yale Safety Dance Not as Amazing as Its Naked One

Yalies celebrated the end of midterms in style on Friday at the school-sponsored Safety Dance, but the real festivities took place after the ‘80s-themed shindig came to an end.

 

According to the Yale Daily News, roughly 100 students left the Safety Dance and went over to Palmer House on Lynwood Avenue for a party of a different sort – one where...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Hahahaha! Nice Joke...that is definitely not Palmer House!!!!

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The Movie W. Portrays Bush As A Fratastic Yale Screw Up Who Takes On The Leadership Of Our Nation

The Movie W. Portrays Bush As A Fratastic Yale Screw Up Who Takes On The Leadership Of Our Nation

Tonight just a little of the focus on John McCain and Barack Obama will be diverted to that other guy in politics. Remember George W. Bush? He’s still our president though no one really agrees with what he says anymore and his approval rating is just about hitting rock bottom. Still, the spotlight will be on him as the movie W. premieres.
 

The ...

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Columbia Stars as Yale in Latest Gossip Girl Episode

Columbia Stars as Yale in Latest Gossip Girl Episode

Last night, the long-awaited episode of Gossip Girl in which Columbia University masquerades as Yale finally aired, and Columbia students everywhere took to their common rooms, quads and lounges for a solid hour to watch their campus make its GG debut together.

 

In case you missed it, the BWOG has a brief, yet informative recap of the show, com...

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Gossip Girl's Blake Lively And Penn Badgley Lecture Parents On The Dangers Of John McCain In New Pro-Obama Ad

Gossip Girl's Blake Lively And Penn Badgley Lecture Parents On The Dangers Of John McCain In New Pro-Obama Ad

I’m sure Gossip Girl’s Serena van der Woodsen knows a thing or two about interventions. There was the alcohol abuse, a couple pills here and there, and some really epic meltdowns, but in her most recent intervention, she’s not on the receiving end.
 

While their TV alter egos were taking Yale by storm in this week's episode, actors Blake Lively ...

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