by Karen Marks (Staff Writer) On Thursday, September 1st, Vince Staples dropped the video for his second EP “Prima Donna,” which was released last week. Staples’s videos never lack artistic imagination, and Prima Donna is no exception. More short film than music video, Prima Donna doesn’t just feature one song from Staples’s new album –…
by Carlene Ervin On August 28th, Beyoncé slayed Lemonade Live—I mean, her VMAs performance. In 2014, when Beyoncé received the VMA’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard, she delivered a stunning 16-minute medley of her self-titled album Beyoncé. This year, she employed the same framework to deliver a stunning, on-stage performance of Lemonade distinct from her Formation…
by Ryan Wilson New Haven teenager Aymir Holland faces up to 61 years in prison for allegedly assaulting and robbing an elderly Yale professor, Charles Hill, in November of 2015. While Hill was unable to number or identify his attackers, one of the other two teenagers arrested for the assault reportedly told police that Aymir…
by Alina Yaman The call to prayer is currently sounding from the mosque nearby. I’m at my desk in my dorm, my books in view and my bulletin board ready to be used whenever I’m feeling inspired. A bag of peaches and nectarines is sitting by my window, open to let in the evening air,…
by Karen Marks (Staff Writer) When given the opportunity to study Mandarin Chinese intensively for two months at Harvard’s Beijing summer school, with a full Yale fellowship, I was excited. However, as much as I looked forward to spending the summer learning a new language and culture, the experiences of other Black foreigners in China…