Blair Benham-Pyle

I'm a Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry major, with a particular interest in medical research.  I was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota.  In high school, I kept myself busy with volleyball, track and field, playing the flute, choral singing, and watching far too many movies and TV shows.  At Yale, I'm on the women's club volleyball team and am a staff photographer for the Yale Daily News.

Loves: Chocolate, All things furry and cute, Great Discussion, SciFi/fantasy, and Joss Wheden

Favorite New Haven Spots: Starbucks, All things Ninth Square, Wooster Square Farmer's Market, Ashley's Ice Cream

Special Talents or Interests: Volleyball, Medical Research, Bioethics, and Photography

E-mail: blair.benham-pyle@yale.edu

Leang is a psychology and economics major looking to explain and eventually use how people think for the forces of neutral (because good and evil are too cliché). He originally hails from exotic Bridgeport, Connecticut, a $3 MTA commute from campus. In a related note, his favorite place in New Haven is the route from Phelps Gate to Union Station, which he takes as much as he can because he 1) is cheap and 2) likes the idea of walking. He works for Yale Admissions and also hangs out with a bunch of cool cats called Jook Songs.

Loves: 30 Rock, food (baking and desserts in particular), video games, predicting the day with the shuffle option on my iPod

Favorite New Haven Spots: Thai Taste, East Rock, Pepes, Ivy Noodle, any green, YALE

Special Talents or Interests: procrastination, cooking, origami, post-its

Email: leang.chaing@yale.edu

Sarah is from Rochester, NY. She is an English major with a creative writing concentration and she sings with the Yale Glee Club. She also works at the Yale University Press.

Loves: chocolate, books, music, protecting her goldfish from its enemies, Firefly, 90s music dance parties

Favorite New Haven Spots: Barnes and Noble, Booktrader, A-1, the Davenport courtyard and the Davenport library, Criterion Cinemas (check out late night cult classic movies for $5 on the weekend)

Special talents or interests: singing, writing, baking delicious cookies

Email: sarah.evans@yale.edu

Basie is a History major from North Branford, CT. A born collector, he has been collecting books since middle school and now works for two used and rare book dealers in the New Haven area. His dad, Jay Gitlin, is a Davenport fellow and History professor, and his parents are also professional musicians, so he didn't fall far from the tree. He loves all things Davenport and Yale and can't wait to introduce this year's freshmen to them.

Loves: 30 Rock, bad party music, Yale history/tradition (and history/tradition generally), playing squash

Favorite New Haven Spots: Mory's, Salvation Army, Popeye's, Yorkside, J. Press

Special Talents or Interests: drumming, letterpress printing, book collecting/bookselling

Email: basie.gitlin@yale.edu

David is from Ann Arbor, Michigan, arguably the greatest college town ever. He is a History major who dreams of going to law school, assuming he passes that pesky LSAT. He likes IMs and encourages everybody to come out, especially for inner-tube waterpolo!

Loves: Michigan Football, dill pickles, Springsteen

Favorite New Haven Spots: Top of East Rock (Best view of New Haven), Pepe's/Sally's (Best pizza), Dport courtyard (Best place to lounge)

Special Talents or Interests: Movies, politics, and food!

Email: david.hamstra@yale.edu

I'm an MB&B major from Hingham, MA. I've had conspicuous dimples since birth, and I still don't know what to write in a bio about myself.

Loves: Guster, kickboxing, drums, Calvin and Hobbes, The Kiss by Rodin, 3Musketeers, the Dive

Favorite New Haven Spots: Booktrader, Patricia's, anywhere with a mean chai latte

Special Talents or Interests: Playing 3D tic-tac-toe

Email: jocelyn.traina@yale.edu

MJ Truong

MJ is from Sacramento, California. She is a Humanities major who wishes there were an Art minor, and identifies way too much with “Stuff White People Like”. She also works with the Office of Sustainability and Yale Recycling.

Loves: 30 Rock, mango juice, my ukulele, artsy craftsies, old time string bands, The Office, Asian dramas

Favorite New Haven Spots: Miya’s, JoJo's, Claire’s, Sitar, Hong Kong Market ( but watch out for their veggies, sometimes questionable...), Bella's.

Special Talents or Interests: Sewing, digital photo, singer-songwritering, web design, and silkscreen printing.

Email: mj.truong@yale.edu