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Attempting to step out for a bite to eat, Jennifer Aniston was spotted arriving at The Ivy restaurant in West Hollywood on Friday (November 7).
Bombarded by paparazzi and fans, alike, an eyewitness tells that the former “Friends” actress “left through the back door of the trendy eatery without staying to enjoy lunch after all the attention she received on her way in!”
Causing for quite the paparazzi frenzy, Eva Longoria and Sheryl Crow were all smiles as they teamed up for a lunch outing at The Ivy restaurant in Beverly Hills on Friday afternoon (October 10).
The “Desperate Housewives” actress and her “Soak Up the Sun” singing gal pal pried their way through photographers and onlookers, sitting down for a meal alongside the restaurant’s fellow celebrity guests including “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon.
She’s been eating for two as of late, and yesterday Jennifer Garner enjoyed a delicious lunch out with friends at the Ivy at the Shore restaurant in Santa Monica, California.
The “Catch and Release” babe looked cute and casual in a pink maternity sweater with a navy blue skirt and sandals as she strolled down the street.
Out taking care of his business duties, Orlando Bloom paid a visit to the Ivy Club in London on Thursday afternoon (September 25).
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” hunk was reportedly there to meet over his rumored upcoming performance alongside Keira Knightley in the new version of “Saturday Night Fever,” which has been renamed “The Fever Returns”.
Out enjoying the summertime weather, Ashlee Simpson ventured in the midst of the ever-present Robertson Boulevard paparazzi as she dined at the trendy Ivy restaurant in Beverly Hills.
For the Monday afternoon outing, the growingly pregnant “Outta My Head” singer was accompanied by a female friend - with Ashlee hopping into the passenger seat before being driven away from the growing mob of fans and photogs.
Taking a break from her various filming duties, Audrina Patridge was spotted having a relaxing dinner out at the uber-trendy Ivy restaurant.
The “Hills” babe looked to be thoroughly enjoying herself following her three-hour meal as she walked toward the parking lot, swarmed by paparazzi.
When you’re as rich and famous as Christina Aguilera, even a routine meal out can turn into a fully-fledged fiasco. And that’s just what happened yesterday (June 27).
The “Ain’t No Other Man” songstress was spotted by fans and paparazzi alike on her way to the celebrity-friendly Los Angeles hot spot Ivy restaurant Friday afternoon.
This week's f-ing crazy Ivy Leaguer is from Princeton. (Finally, someone taking the heat off Yale!) A frosh, previously kicked out of school, has been charged with "kidnapping, aggravated assault, endangerment of an injured victim and making terroristic threats." Specifically, he beat up his pregnant ex-girlfriend, although without using his hands: "'he is a pianist' and did not want to injure his fingers." [Daily Princetonian]
There are lots of membership-only oak-paneled private clubs in this city, former Gawker Joshua Stein reports in Page Six magazine. And you're probably not a member! But why not? There's been a thinning of the (dues-paying) herd lately: the olds who run and populate the places are "dying off." In order to attract youngs, they're going absolutely wild: "relaxing dress codes, holding mixers, staying open past 10 pm." Sounds stuffy, but... how would you like the cushy surroundings of your very own private club?
It's not entirely clear what the requirements to join are, other than (often, but not always) being an Ivy League alum and paying about a grand a year. Basically it seems to require one to be sort of pompous and self-obsessed, so that doesn't sound too difficult.
New York's grown-up fraternities, which also include the Harvard, Montauk, University, Century, Lotos and National Arts Clubs, need members like them to stay alive. Twenty blocks south, the National Arts Club—founded in 1898—is housed in a classic brownstone on the southern edge of Gramercy Park. The bohemian answer to the Yale Club... of the 2,000 National Arts Club paying members, 190 of them are under 35. [One pays] an annual dues of $650 plus a one time initiation fee of $400.And sometimes the literary salon Accompanied Library has sexy events there, events that involve Heatherette. Gather your friends, and throw on a jacket or something, for chrissakes. It's time the youth took over!
Yesterday we told you about the Ivy League imposter who transferred from Columbia to Yale, faking his resume and references. Akash Maharaj, a 26-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago, was arrested last fall; he now faces fraud and larceny charges. It was a story of pulling oneself up by the bootstraps gone wrong... until his lurid, baroque tale unfolded further, starring a vengeful Latin ex-lover! It looks like fellow Yalie Victor Cazares, a maybe-probably member of the secret Skull and Bones society that also counts George W. Bush and John Kerry as members, was the one who turned him in.
Chatter on the IvyGate blog about Skull and Bones members says of a one Victor Cazares, "I heard he really destroyed his last boyfriend... and got him kicked out of Yale because he got tired of him — he threatened him with Skull and Bones 'connections.'" (Got any intel on either party, anyone?)
Last summer, the two had a big fight in the Asian American Cultural Center, according to Yale Daily News. Maharaj had lied about his age and other details, and the boyfriend thought to be Cazares was furious. The police were summoned. Various threats from Maharaj, about killing either said boyfriend or himself, were tossed around, and he was hospitalized.
Meanwhile, his lover tattled to a Yale professor about the inconsistencies about Maharaj's identity, which prompted the investigation that resulted in his arrest and ban from the university. (His record at his previous university, Columbia, is spotty: while he did live in the dorms briefly, "it's unclear whether he also may have passed himself off as an NYU student," add the Post).
A unnamed Trinidadian student was arrested for fabricating his transcripts and recommendation when he transferred to Yale from Columbia, and could do 25 big ones in prison if convicted. There are also possible federal charges for "stealing" thousands in financial aid—although he pleaded not guilty. You gotta admit the kid showed gumption: we think the whole "college-application fraud" thing may have actually been a piece of performance art!
It's clearly a comment on the hysteria that spawned an entire college-prep industry, beginning with Baby Einstein and the murderously competitive race to get into the exclusive pre-schools. "The revelation that someone could infiltrate Yale shatters the mystique of the Ivy League as an impregnable bastion of the elite," writes the Yale Daily News, breathlessly.
But sometimes, even the non-elite can succeed at being brilliant, lying manipulators. (Context is key.)
A smut-toy purveyor advised Yale students to try some kink (it's for the "smarter, more imaginative types") in a shameless plug for his company during Yale's Sex Week. Then, a violent pornographic film was shut down during screening. Audience members maybe-possibly enjoyed it, according to the Yale Daily News, before pointing out it was disrespectful to women or whatever. (Actually, we're pretty sure that Ivy Leaguers are already familiar with the concept of power exchange--if not now, then definitely after their first year at JP Morgan or Cravath, Swaine & Moore).
Members of the gender-balanced crowd did not appear upset by the movie and reacted with disappointment when the Sex Week team ended the film early.... Adamo said several students in the crowd booed when he made his comment, and during the screening there was a "sense of revelry" in the images being displayed among some audience members.William Wong '09, who was involved with the Sex Week tech team but not with events planning, said the crowd's reaction was mostly supportive of the film. He said the vocal members of the audience were not offended by the material and appeared to be enjoying it. Like Adamo, he said the crowd was fairly diverse and was almost evenly divided by gender. [Yale Daily News]
Believe it or not, going out to lunch is much more involved for celebrities these days. Rather than just picking a restaurant and sitting down for a meal, there’s usually an elaborate exit strategy to avoid the waiting paparazzi. Just ask Lindsay Lohan.
The crimson-haired singer/actress was spotted by the shutterbugs grabbing a bite at the exclusive Beverly Hills, California eatery The Ivy. And while she was relaxing during the meal, afterwards she snuck out the back door in an attempt to foil the stalking paps.
When you’re young, rich, and famous, everything is fabulous. And now that she’s back on the straight and narrow, Mischa Barton is loving life again.
The “O.C.” actress was spotted grabbing some lunch yesterday at the exclusive Ivy restaurant in Los Angeles, California.
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TMZ.com: Latin Grammy-nominated singer Ivy Queen is known as the Queen of Reggaeton -- and apparently the nail salon too. Five minutes -- pick a color!To the envy of Staten Island secretaries, the 35-year-old Puerto Rican singer showed up to a Latin Grammy... Read more
A junior at Yale named "Nick," who lives in the Residential College Timothy Dwight, sent around an email this week to a bunch of Yalies with some course descriptions. It's a helpful guide to anyone looking to coast his or her way through that fine school in New Haven; it's also useful simply as a reminder of How the World Works (connections, and gaming the system). Also worth noting: Even if you're going to be an investment banker, taking Macroeconomics is never a good idea. The full email—extremely long, extremely worth it—follows.
Friends:Below is the Fall 2007 Installment of my Semi-Annual Yale University Gut Course Review. Hopefully, all of us will be on the same page so we won't have to worry about having section with all those randos we have never met who talk funny. I mean, don't you feel good when you show up to class on day one and you see a lot of baseball caps and blue and gray warmups. I know I do. I know I am home - at Yale, trying with all my might to not overexert myself. So here's to us, the proud students of Yale who really rather not take 5 really "challenging but worth it classes". That shit is way overrated. But seriously, don't hold me to any of my advice below. I've screwed up grades in gut classes and you probably will too. But hey, Its a "learning experience" - and that is what college is about right?
afam studies:
new york mambo: black creativity - Granted most of you will probably feel like a semi fraud showing up to an african american studies class simply because it is a gut, but this is really a good looking one. I mean, we all take "porn in the morn" a womens and gender studies class for an A, so why not do an AFAM studies class too? Regardless, the professor's speech is pretty much unintelligible so don't worry about taking notes. A real diamond in the rough gut course...anthro (the best gut major):
intro to biological anthro - So at Yale it seems like there are about 50 classes that all are about that whole apes becoming people thing, and once you have taken one, you can pretty much ace all of them without ever showing up again... I will spoil the whole thing: when monkeys came down from trees to walk on land and they started walking upright, their brains got bigger, and they got less hairy. No gay republican senator or dogfighting conspiracy was even involved, I swear. You cannot find an easier 2 day a week science course.modes of thought - This is a classic case of "this class's name sounds so absolutely nebulous and idiotic that it must be a gut". Surprisingly, it is actually a complete joke, receiving some of the strongest "you will learn nothing and get an A" comments that you can find on the eval system. Pretty ideal?
great discoveries in archeology aka "g-disco" - This gut course is one that reaches that critical mass of people knowing about it that it gets to that "uhh, these were the same 150 people at wednesday night toads" level. You will again learn all about apes and shit before learning less about random ancient ruins than you would by watching Shia LeBoeuf in Indiana Jones IV. This may be my personal favorite gut class experience of my Yale career.
astronomy:
planets and stars - Generally speaking everyone has been wasted at some point and stared blankly at the sky and been like, shit, space and shit is sweet. And then you get to Yale and you find out that you can take astronomy to meet requirements and that its not hard math or anything and you think this is the sweetest thing ever. And every year the reviews say it isnt that easy and your friend gets a 48 before the curve on the midterm, but you just really want to take it anyway. So go for it, the SC/QR combo is usually the stuff that the kids who don't take gut classes go for in the first place, so a class like this that we and not they even think of must be something special?
biology:
conservation biology - Somehow, the entire DKE/Football gut-taking machine found out about this one last year and with great results. With material like "how to save salamanders and algae", this class really offers you some skills and knowledge you can take to the real world or at least to impress the person sitting next to you when you are stoned and watching planet earth at 4am. Apparently, you pretty much need not show up to this class. Its all on Animal Planet or wikipedia anyway. This is by far the easiest way for the SC - too bad you actually have to go up science hill for once to take it. Yeah, I'm too lazy.
comsci:
computer science and the modern intellectual agenda: Yeah, I read the title to this and asked myself "uhh, what is the modern intellectual agenda?" too. This may get the award for the most random mix of subjects to the point that there is pretty much nothing to say. It'd be like having a class on pornography in the boer war. Seriously, there cannot be more than like 5 sentences to say about that in the universe. If you are willing to really have no clue what you are getting in to, this looks like a great gut.
computers and the law: Bob Dunne is to gut courses at Yale sort of as Eminem is to white rappers. Sure, there may have been people who had experimented in the industry before, but Bob Dunne really took easy classes at Yale to a level that has never been known before. Over 600 kids take this class each year, mainly learning about child custody battles, fur coat advertisements, porn, identity theft, and child
porn, and the tests will heavily remind you of the multiple choice tests you take to get your learner's permit. If you don't take this before you graduate, I have no clue what to tell you.history:
alcohol and other drugs in american culture: If you did not salivate the second that you read the name of this course, you seriously must be illiterate. This definitely wins the "name that sounds most like the content of my favorite mtv shows and thus i must take it class" award this year, taking the crown from food psych and fat and thin. The reviews look really good for this gut, and I have no doubt in my mind that the entire swim team will be sitting together for this one when I show up on day one. This gut is hotter than Michael Vick and Matt Sills combined right now.
early modern england: This class is one of those consistent "yeah it doesnt interest me that much but it looks easy and it looks interesting enough so that i will take it" classes. Basically, you just learn about the same shit you see on the history channel, in "Shakespeare in Love" and "Elizabeth" with the occasional renaissance fair and "Medieval Times" mixed in. Section is great because as usual only 2 kids did the reading and talk the entire time while you just nod and say stuff like "yeah, england really grew a lot in terms of population and the economy in the 17th century. yeah...". The final for this class is the ever popular pick 2 out of 20 essay topics. Keith Wrightson dresses sort of like Prince as an old british man, and you need to show up fewer than 5 times all year, so this one is a winner.
humanities:
the hero in the ancient near east: This is perhaps the biggest "how in the world did someone find out this was a gut class" gut. Seriously, who would sign up for a random class like this before people knew it would be a gut? WTF? Anyway, somehow, the baseball team discovered this one and has been holding it as an heirloom for a couple of years now. Apparently, everyone gets an A and the final is some sort of trip to a museum. You may even be able to tell me what the ancient near east was.
math:
geometry of nature:Haven't you ever been itching to know the volume and area of random plants and animals as you walk through the park on a sunny day? Do you get high and wonder where the centroid of the tree you cant stop staring at is? I didn't think so, but seriously, it is hard to find really worthless QRs at Yale University as most of the time math problems have some sort of practical application. This may be one of the few glorious exceptions.
fractal geometry: This gut course is just a slightly more famous version of the class right above. Stoners and artsie kids have been doing this as their QR for years before going back to their preferred English and Anthro majors. I think fractal geometry is like, learning about snowflakes and stuff, or maybe those "magic eye" pictures where if you squinted you could suddenly see dolphins "breaching"' the surface or something? I dont know, but we all have been getting bored and drawing random patterns in our notebooks since like 1997, so now we might as well do it constructively right?
philosophy:
first order logic: This is not really a gut class at all, but it is perhaps the only QR class that really only peripherally involves actually doing math. Basically, you do really wacked out versions of those proofs from 8th grade geometry. Shit, ive even heard learning this stuff is useful for the "LSAT"s, and it is a pretty popular choice among the more intellectual circles at the university. It isnt really a Zeta Psi Rad Party type crew that shows up to this class, but still it isnt half bad.
philosophy of science: Now here we have a class that has such a broad title that the professor doesnt even apparently bother assigning work, which is really just an ideal situation for everyone. This class is one of those that has those good looking "less work" graphs and one of those "excellent" overall review graphs followed by actual reviews saying stuff like "take this class, the grading is easy and it is not much work. you dont need to go. just sign up. its almost fun even". Yeah, we all know that that is all we really look for on the classes server...
polsici:
intro to comparative politics: this is sort of like the saturday night toads of yale guts. you really can expect to see absolutely everyone who you have ever seen hold a solo cup at this one. It isn't particularly gutty except that it has a massive curve and if you just bother to show up and do the reading you will get an A. Plus, the hockey team will probably make some sort of study guide that will get forwarded to you eventually before the midterm and final. You will definitely start to schedule naps when you should be at this class.
strategy technology and war: This is of course the classic "Meaty guys who want to talk about tanks and rockets and shit exploding class" but it apparently brings so much more to the table than that. Sure, you will know all about the U.S. nuclear arsenal hiding in our submarines all over the globe just waiting for some bro to press the button after taking this class, but you will also probably get an A. Apparently, the professor just disappeared at the end of last year and then gave everyone As? The story was something like that at least.
public opinion: Adam F Simon is probably the easiest professor at Yale. He is really gunning to be the next Bob Dunne. Basically, Adam F will complain to you about how network tv is retarded, people are retarded, and tell you random anecdotes about his dog, family, time at ucla, or his next book. You will know a lot of about current events if you show up. You will get an A even if you dont. This class generally migrates directly to the varsity weightroom right after letting out.
languages and politics: I bet I can figure out where this class is going: People like people who speak the same language that they do. This drastically affects world politics. This seems to be a pretty run of the mill gut. Not much reading. Not much to understand. Tests and Essays that you can answer with any of 1000 examples. It is really really shocking that so many athletes are polisci majors.
government and politics in africa: This class is most famous for the fact that the teacher fairly much gives you a complete set of lecture notes, thus rendering the thought of actually attending class completely obsolete. I mean, Maury and Springer are way better uses of any afternoon. Maybe it will be an episode with Wild Teen Daughters and Dee West Motivational Speaker instead of showing up?
psychology:
statistics as a way of knowing: I would figure that the follow up class, "Statistics as a way of stuff other than knowing" is actually slightly easier than this gem with an absolutely idiotic name, bur seriously, this cannot be very hard. It is probably really just "statistics" because adding "as a way of knowing" to the title of a class is sort of like when gillette adds "extreme" or "turbo" to a razor. Sure, it makes it slightly cooler, but it is the exact same thing as it was before. Regardless, this cannot possibly be hard. If it is, that sucks dude...
autism and related disorderes: This has potential to be one of those classes where the professor is completely shocked when 100 people show up to a class that 6 people took last year because word of mouth and reviews said it was so disgustingly easy. It will likely start out in a room like WLH 114 and be being taught in SSS by class #3. That is always a great sign.
religious studies:
history of jewish culture to the reformation: So if you are more comfortable learning about jews than about african americans, the female anatomy, or algae simply because you will get a good grade and not do much work, this is the class for you. I would expect that to be pretty common because my intuition tells me that while about 1/10 of yale students are african american and 1/2 are female, about 9/10 are jewish. shalom
sociology:
computers and society: Man facebook really has changed the way that we see if we want to hit on girls... We have access to pictures from so many parties like "jammie jam" or "gin and jews"... I still maintain DKE needs to throw "gin and gentiles" on the weekend after the AEPI bash, just for the minor contrast. Yeah, that was a tangent, but you get the picture. That is the kind of stuff you ate going to learn about. Really challenging... Its like we are the best and the brightest or something...
WHAT To Not Take:
MICROECONOMICS: I cannot with any clear conscience send out a mass email and not remind everyone on the face of the earth not to take MICRO unless you like awful boring classes that you will end up getting a C+ in. Seriously though, utility curves are cool. So are horrible professors, arbitrarily shitty curves, tedious work, and gleaning no greater of economics whatsoever.... but for the 200 of you
who take it... I told you so.enjoy "shopping period"...
love,
nick
td 09
While her relationship with pop star Justin Timberlake continues to heat up, Jessica Biel took a break from her new man by partying with friends and her brother at the opening of the Ivy Hotel in San Diego on Friday night (August 24).
The group kicked off the evening by heading over to a poker table. “At first, Jessica kept saying she didn’t want to play poker,” a hotel insider told E! Online. “She kept saying she was too intimidated because there were a lot of pros at the table.”
