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Sailing. In fact, some of my sailors even strut their stuff in the Olympics.
Bladderball.
Singing. I've got eighteen a cappella groups from The Whiffenpoofs to The Duke's Men.
Political science and history are major majors on campus. No wonder so many presidents call me their alma mater.
Multiculturalism. Students come to Yale from over 100 countries each year.

A pipe to smash at graduation. Everyone does this to show the end of their bright college years.
A picture with the Theodore Dwight Woolsey statue. Bonus points for rubbing his toe, which is considered good luck.
Jokes. Or at least the material for them. The Yale Record is the oldest humor magazine in the world.
Headphones. How else will you take advantage of the Center for Language Study? They help you become bilingual.
An innovative attitude. Students launched a balloon into the sky with a camera on it, and now we know the curvature of the earth.

Naked Run. Each year during reading week, students can be seen running through the library naked. All I'm saying is, approach study hall with caution.
I can be found singing "Bingo Eli Yale" by Cole Porter. It is about his time as a student, after all.
Yale Symphony Orchestra and their wacky films. Each Halloween, they get faculty to appear in them. Apparently, James Franco drops by every now and then, as well.
Peabody Museum, only one of the oldest natural history museums in the world, right on campus.

I'm probably grabbing a snack from Caseus Grilled Cheese truck and meeting up with my secret society.

Blue State Coffee, the best coffee shop turned study hall place in town.
Shake Shack. Need we say more?
Ivy Noodle. Fried pork dumplings and open late for those all-nighters.
Burrito cart on Park and Elm, filling your stomach on a college budget.
Pepe's. It claims to have invented the American pizza, but it's delicious either way.

Tang, a drinking competition between the different residences.
Secret societies. Skull and Bones or Mace and Chain, anyone? Shhhh…
Small classes. Over two-thirds of my classes are with twenty people or less.
If you get invited to a party freshmen year by the Pundits (a comedy troupe), watch out. Halfway through the party, they'll not-so-unexpectedly take off their clothes.
Freshmen Setups. These may sound like pranks but they're not (usually). Everyone sets freshmen up on blind dates and lets the mood do the rest.

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