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The Game 2009

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This year's Harvard-Yale Game was here in New Haven. The location of the Game switches off each year between here and Cambridge. The busses from Harvard arrived the night before the Game, and the next day, everyone made their way over to the Yale Bowl. The tailgate parties were quite great. There was a lot  of food. And of course, the giant inflatable Handsome Dan: We all filed into Yale Bowl after getting our fill of food from the tailgate. Last year's game, we lost 10-0 to Harvard, which was especially miserable with the addition of the freezing weather. But surprisingly, we started off surprisingly well this time. We somehow managed to get a 10-0 lead before the half of the first quarter, which we managed to hold for a while. The half-time show was quite interesting. Both the Harvard and Yale marching bands gave a performance, each based off of some story. I couldn't make out what Harvard's was about. First they had some guy with a red cape chase around a...

Golden

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New England's autumn foliage is always an amazing sight to behold every year. By around mid-November, most of the trees have turned bright yellow, orange, and red. I took a few photo tours around campus and New Haven before the trees shed too many of their leaves. Davenport College Upper Court: I walk along Elm Street outside of Old Campus pretty much every day. It's interesting to see its scenery change throughout the year. It can be quite pretty on rainy days. Old Campus is where all the freshmen dorms are. The dorms are around the perimeter, and in the middle it's almost like a huge park on campus. I have class on Old Campus every day, and once in a while, they come around with rakes and leaf blowers have gone around and piled away the leaves. Coming from Science Hill, I took a slight detour and went by the New Haven Green. Anyway, by now, most of the leaves have fallen off the trees. I haven't had the chance to jump into any leaf piles this year,...