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Welcome to Yale, Class of 2014!

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Exhausted from a whirlwind Camp Yale?  Put your feet up on your roommate’s pillow and enjoy our growing archive of List Pieces, like Things You Don’t Want to Hear From Your Roommate on the First Night, or Cartoons, like The True Meaning of Gandalf’s Cry at the Bridge of Khazad-Dûm.

Also, submit something for the Record Prize!  Go here for details.  Fame!  Glory!  Cash Prizes!

Lastly, make sure you come to The Cucumber, the Record’s Standup Open-Mic.  The inaugural 2010/2011 Cucumber will be August 30th at 11 PM in the Calhoun Cabaret.  Read last year’s YDN writeup of The Cucumber here.  It’s guaranteed to be a Laff Riot!*

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  • Dear Sharper Image,

    We are writing to congratulate you on your admittance to the Oxford English Dictionary as a succinct definition of useless.

    The Oxford English Dictionary Board
  • Dear Tax Cats,

    Help, oh help! I'm in grave need of a cute cuddly accountant!

    Signed,
    Person Who Is Soon To Be Audited Thanks To His Blinding Affection For Cats

The Record Has 99 Problems, But Betty White Ain’t One

In honor of Betty White and Jay-Z’s excellent turn last night as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live, here’s a list piece from this year’s Women’s Issue.

Some of Jay-Z’s 99 Problems

  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Still waiting on the Arrested Development movie
  • Can’t remember where he put the Netflix return envelope
  • Out of olive oil, and it’s Italian night
  • Citgo mini-mart doesn’t stock Mountain Dew Livewire anymore
  • Cat got sick in the living room again
  • Can’t find the battery cover for the DVD remote
  • Always forgets the difference between insure and ensure
  • Jonathan Taylor Thomas won’t return his calls
  • Racial profiling
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Fred Armisen’s Visit: “Do you guys know anything about World War I?”

We recently were lucky enough to spend time with SNL’s Fred Armisen at a Master’s Tea in the Davenport Common Room.  Fred talked about his transition from punk rock to comedy (they’re both all about being the center of attention,) and life backstage at Saturday Night Live, in addition to quizzing us on the countries involved in WWI.   He also performed a series of impromptu guitar impressions, available on video after the jump thanks to our esteemed colleagues at the YDN:

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Letter From Camp Utopia

July 15, 1933
Mr. & Mrs. O.O. Owl
New Haven, Connecticut
Dear Pater and Mater,

It’s been a busy first week here at Camp Utopia and it seems like a long time since you put me on the northbound train from New York.

As you know, the ownership of the camp changed abruptly last year, and there is a whole new team of counselors, led by Chief O. They got rid of the horses and changed the name of the camp to Camp Utopia from Camp Buckaroo. They escorted one rowdy camper to the highway, with his trunk, and telephoned his parents, who fortunately live not far away.

Camp Utopia has a universal health care system, of which the new team is very proud. Everyone is covered for everything at no cost. When I had a small mishap with the circular saw in the woodworking shop, I went to the infirmary and stood in line behind campers with cases of abraisons (3), contusions (1), and poison ivy (4). There I waited my turn to see the Health Care Provider (they don’t have nurses or doctors as that would be elitist). They were able to locate two donors with my blood type for the transfusions, and they say that the railroad track scars from the cuts and sutures should fade considerably in ten to fourteen months.

Oh, and about my allowance. . . (read more)

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Introducing The Alumni Issue!

The Alumni Issue is here! Read about The Great Yale Tour, PC Alternatives To Coming Out Of The Closet, and Post-College Stress Disorder.

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Top 5 Dining Hall Rumors

1. They’ve been doping the
food with laxative, since the head of Yale Dining found his wife having
an affair with the head of Yale Plumbing.

2. They dry the trays with
water.

3. Commons is lined with metal
wires. Students’ use of metallic silverware power President Levin’s
three escalades.

4. Serving in World War II,
George Bush Sr. captured Emperor Hirohito’s strategic tofu reserve.
It was all donated to Yale in 1946.

5. No one has ever added a
recipe to Yale dining’s menu… and survived.

-S. Chaffetz, ‘12

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Introducing The Seven Deadly Sins Issue!



The Seven Deadly Sins Issue is here! Read about Envy Management, The Vatican’s Sin Rankings, and How God Succumbed To Lust For Mary.

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How to Lose Your Guy in Seven Deadly Days

Gluttony: Does your husband ever complain that dinner isn’t up to scratch? That’s okay; start making gourmet dinners, and then eat as much as you can right in front of him! Either he’ll be so disgusted by the image of you stuffing your cheeks with pork chops that he’ll give up on eating altogether, or he’ll join in with you and eat himself to death. Either way, you win!

Lust: Before all that eating catches up with you, show off the goods so you can get some goods yourself. Sure, you can lust after your husband, but why bother, when the neighbors pool boy is a Greek Adonis wearing a dripping-wet Speedo.

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Introducing The Internet Issue!



The Internet Issue is here! Read about When Facebook Was Only For The Military, Harold Bloom’s Google Searches, and a Family Phishing Trip.

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A Minute In The Life Of A Goldfish

They say that the average goldfish has an attention span of 6 seconds…

What do I do all day? That’s a good question. I spend about 100% of my day swimming, give or take and–ooo fish food. I. Love. Fish food. I usually spend the whole day eating fish food. It’s probably–is that a castle? What is a castle doing down here? I could stay there the entire day. I’d like to–is it just me or does that coral reef behind us look kind of flat? I’ve been bumping into it all day and it feels just like bumping into glass. Oh crap, not another new fish. Those little tetras eat our food all the time. And I love fish food. What is that giant eye staring at me and how the hell does it blink? I’ve been observing it carefully for the better part of the day and I’ve found–wow there are some big fish in here. I’ve been swimming with them most of the day and they scare the daylights out of me. I hear they use seaweed. I’m just kidding, there’s no seaweed in here. Don’t you hate it when you get food stuck in your fin? It’s like “guess I’m not eating today.” And those damn tetras will take a good 24 hours to try and sneak in and grab it, I hate tetras. I want to–I’m in a giant bag. These situations are so awkward, everybody in cramped quarters trying to pretend their friends. You end up spending a day trying to initiate a conversation about nothing. So what do I do all day? Free associate.

-J. Greenblatt

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