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December 1993
Volume 57, Number 3

Feature stories:

A Day for Joy and Elegance
by Marc Wortman
The inauguration of Richard C. Levin as Yale’s 22nd President broke with tradition in all but the most essential ways.

The Attraction of Toad’s
by Brian Steinberg
Across the alley from Mory’s is one of the nation’s top rock clubs. But its founder is spending almost as much time helping out on the Yale campus as he is booking the likes of Cyndi Lauper.

The Globe as a Whole
by Bruce Fellman
When it comes to studying the natural environment, the standard departmental structures leave much to be desired. So numerous Yale scientists have banded together to create the Institute for Biospheric Studies, a multidisciplinary enterprise capable of tackling subjects from endangered antelope species to the spread of malaria.

Letters

Light & Verity
+ Bill and Hillary Clinton revisit their legal sources
+  a controversial grant for the Divinity School
+  the care and feeding of “space” tomatoes
+  same-sex partners to receive Yale benefits
+  a libel suit over a class book entry
+  leaves from an ancient meadow
+  a center for diabetes research

In Print

Details

Calendar

College Comment

News from Alumni House

Faces

From the Archives

Out of the Blue

Old Yale

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