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Zoloft and the Good Life: Exploring the Science and Pseudoscience of Psychiatry
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Zoloft and the Good Life: Exploring the Science and Pseudoscience of Psychiatry Opinion by Hero Magnus Confessions of an Accidental Minimalist Culture
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On sophomore year move-in day, my roommate told me that she was going to become a minimalist. Her shelves would be free
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Collage has always been attractive to me as an art form for the same reasons that I find writing alluring. Like writing,
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Just in case your feed hasn’t been completely annihilated by Spotify Wrapped screenshots already, here are the many feelings that our Herald
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Plastic Hearts, Miley Cyrus — once again, Miley reinvents herself with a new rock n roll album to dance to for the
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For most, the holiday season is a time of tradition, whether it be shopping for Christmas trees or making latkes for Hanukkah
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October may have passed, but it’s certainly not too late to watch, or re-watch, the blueprint for modern horror: John Carpenter’s Halloween
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Every time I’ve walked out of my last final exam of the winter, I’ve been reduced to the human form of le
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The Trump years have contributed to an already large body of literature on the politically-segregated social lives of Americans. Unmoored by the
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Grow, Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health, Johns Hopkins Magazine, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Stanford, The New Journal, and Yale Alumni Magazine, one edition each. Pittsburgh
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This year has thrown a lot of things into question; common yardsticks like graduation year or personal identifiers like “college student” have
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The moment you begin to fall asleep,gravity rearranges itself, tender,reaching its arms to cradle your headwhich becomes a fish bowl thickwith glass.
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Past: Ace of Swords Aces represent beginnings, or so my tarot guidebook says. Swords are the house of the mind, intellect, and
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The good news: I don’t have to worry about the pressing question of whether the box is half-full or half-empty. The bad
MoreIn this episode, Luna Garcia (SM ’22), Ronak Gandhi (MC ’22), Addee Kim (JE ’21) and Ingrid Ellis (BF ’23) share stories
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I’ve read three and a half romantic comedy novels, watched two rom coms, and listened to five of the New York Times’
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The Common North American Least Shrew as a Metaphor for the Postmodern American Ethos Voices by Neal Sarin and Jesse Goodman Playing
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Prologue In these past eight months of life under COVID-19, we have learned to navigate the unidirectional labyrinth of grocery store aisles,
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As part of the Office of LGBTQ Resources’ Transgender Awareness Week programming, Ale Campillo, JE ‘22, hosted a panel discussion on the
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Am I excited about going home for break? I mean, I guess. It’s kinda weird, though, right? Usually, we get to come
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Sometime in 2020, I became an organizer. The word “organizer” is not a term I generally use to describe myself—I spend most
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With the recent metamorphosis of Google Suite into Google Workspace, I can’t help but wonder how Google—a digitally omnipotent force disguised as
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When I was 16 years old, I read War and Peace for the first time in a highschool literature class. Like so
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Since the dawn of time, man has turned to the Common North American Least Shrew as a solution to our thorniest postmodern
MoreVital — Japanese horror movie by Shinya Tsukamoto featuring cadavers, amnesia, and med-school (…perfect for the year!) “Bryter Layter” by Nick Drake
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When two-time world champion Defense of the Ancients (DotA) esports team member Johan Sundstein was asked about playing against OpenAI Five, a
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In the middle of Wyoming, emptyroads with no lights. Nobody elsebut you I know for miles around.Dusty flags, jagged orange treelesscliffs, car
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One night in mid-October I was running a fever––somewhere between 100.5 and 101 ℉ according to the infrared thermometer my parents had
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Most houses still have Halloween decorations on their yards, while in supermarkets across the nation candy is on clearance. Pumpkin spice and
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Things have been tough lately, and it is becoming apparent that a shocking number of people on both sides of the political
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The relationship between New Haven and Yale has been fraught since the University’s establishment in 1701. The give-and-take interplay between the Yale
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Look up “best day trips from LA,” and you’ll surely come across gushing reviews of Salvation Mountain. The local landmark—a 50-foot clay
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History is made up of grand tides of change: of stagnation, revolt, movement, and disease; of the rise and fall of leaders
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Since his last solo album in late 2017, Ty Dolla $ign’s musical aptitude has blessed our ears via consistent collaboration. In 2018
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The Gallery Guide program at the Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) provides Yale undergraduates with the opportunity to learn to teach from
MoreExtinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God by Busta Rhymes — the legendary rapper returns with a star-studded hour-pus album narrated
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Hi Melissa, Just wanted to let you know that I’m available to help at the bake sale fundraiser for Chloe’s class next
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For about as long as I’ve been alive, South Florida has been something like the national id of the American popular consciousness.
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I recently ordered a pair of leather—or actually, pleather—pants. In the weeks leading up to the election, between compulsively listening to SZA
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On the morning of October 22, the first day of the Yale Endowment Justice Coalition’s three-day occupation of Cross Campus, we received
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It’s dinner time and you’re starving. Will you eat at a dining hall or spend some extra cash on Chipotle? As you
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If you have to Google it, the answer is yes. I accumulated this knowledge in middle school, when my internet history was
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 Reviews by Drew Medway Hungry for Company: In-Person Education During COVID-19 Features by Daevan Mangalmurti Spotlight
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#Vote and the Limits of Sorkinism Drew Medway, PM, ’22 What does it mean to make art that is topical in our
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We’ve all fantasized about having photographic memory. Never needing to study and never forgetting a birthday seems like a superpower. But when
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It’s official—my parents are cooler than me. What finally confirmed this long-held suspicion? My parents are in Ariane Grande’s latest music video,
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Amid public health concerns, supply chain delays, individual sickness, and a host of other problems, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken an unimaginably
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“Do the bare minimum and not a modicum more,” I text my friend as she vents to me about the waves of
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There are new private parts. The lower half of the face, once freely flaunted, has been rightfully reclaimed by the individual, stripped
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The dimly lit maze of bookshelves had always drawn Lauri to the basement of the Portland Public Library. It struck a great
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A few weeks ago, I suggested to my roommate Charlie that we should go to a drive-in movie theater. Over the week
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Beloved readers, It’s been a cold and rainy past few days. It’s supposed to snow tomorrow. Halloween is not a thing. America
More1. Children singing Bjork Brighten your day, especially essential during Daylight Savings. 2.“Love Me Like You Hate Me” Insane Rainsford music video directed
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“This is what I thought college would be.” With light streaming onto laughing faces around a table in Linsly Chittenden Hall, I
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Back in early March, when the pandemic was just beginning to sweep across the land, I opened Instagram to see an ominous
Morepseudacris crucifer. the spring peeper. crucifer — latin, cross-bearer. what does the frog know of this burden? what does any bearer know
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This week, Bryan Ventura, MY ’24 sat down with Alice Mao, MC ’24, an illustrator and fine artist. Mao takes her inspiration
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“I want to burn down a police car,” S. told me, his body simmering with an anger I had never seen before.
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Requiem for a Team Culture by Zachary Groz The Unremarkable Alchemist: What one blue-eyed Ivy League originalist can teach us about ourselves
MoreDear Readers, Conjure the smell of mildew in your nose and dry radiator heat blasting your skin. Imagine an array of old,
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It was the eve of my 21st birthday, and I was caught in the whirlwind of party prep. The speaker was plugged
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I kissed a girl for the first time when I was fifteen, perched on a picnic table during a game of Truth
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It’s September 2005, Bush is president, and John Roberts is surrounded by senators. His polka-dotted red tie and light blue eyes pierce
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The morning of September 17, 2018, excavators gathered at Harbor Yard, the former home of the Bridgeport Bluefish, Connecticut’s now-defunct affiliate in
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This essay was completed to fulfill requirements for HSAR 460 with Dr. Margaret Spillane. Students were invited to choose a work of
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“I think we should break up.” Just as Thom* said this, close to a dozen tourists began to take pictures of us.
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A recent poll conducted by the Yale Daily News definitively concludes the following two findings: Most Yalies now believe life is inherently
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Palm Springs and First Cow Up late after finishing a paper, I decided to engage in one of my favorite pastimes: binge-watching
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In 1837, Louis Daguerre finished his first prototype for the humbly named daguerreotype and incidentally birthed the medium of photography in the
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“Whether from St. Louis or East Atlanta/Whether from a savage land or a booming metropolis/Whether they are two or two billion, the
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Getting LIT with the Elm City: Shining Light on Black Narratives and the Yale-New Haven Divide Arts by Nyeda S Passive Psychological
MoreFrom: editors@yale-herald.com To: Herald readers Subject: Our Oct 9 issue!!! Dear readers, We hope this letter finds u well! Now that midterm
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According to their website, the Elm City LIT Fest is “an annual celebration of books, LITerature and LITerary artists with the purpose
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It’s the peak of lockdown—some hour in the blurry line between night and day. A coffee cup is left here, a half-eaten
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5. Wall-E: This film’s unapologetically-savage social commentary leaves audiences shook to their core. The muted color palette and apocalyptic overtones earn this
MoreRainy day. Rainy breeze.Malaisical trees and tent-tarp leavesSnot it’s not snot Deciduous, how dare you dye? I feel cheatedof August, like a raincoat
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Five words. One question. Say it, and my fight-or-flight response is activated: “Ni shi na li ren?” — “Where are you from?”
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Due to COVID-19, Yale’s dining halls have moved away from their usual free-for-all spreads of food; now, the only hot options are
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Editor’s note: This piece was written in response to McKinsey Crozier’s article “Harper’s Dilemma” published in the Sept. 18th, issue of the
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When the live-action Mulan film was first announced in 2018, I was thrilled. Growing up, Mulan was my favorite Disney princess. She
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1. Bald Child Alignment Chart 2. Agüita New album by Gabriel Garzón-Montano offers reggaeton bangers and ambient ballads 3. The Wild Iris
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The present style of mainstream American film resembles plastic, as even the most intimate industry films often feel inorganic by design. It
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On October 8th, Louise Glück was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Glück is an Adjunct Professor of English and the
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It’s no wonder that altruism has captured the interest of historians, philosophers, and psychologists alike; experts spanning the academic gamut have consistently
More2 p.m. and it’s time to resume Today’s dose of my online gloom. At least no more treks Up WLH steps, I
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“The Authors of Our Own Educations”: High Schoolers Reimagine New Haven History Features by Yale Herald Playing Pretend Voices by Lydia Kaup
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