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『转载』Ivy League:What Are The Gut Classes At Yale

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.(注：gut course 指的是 undemanding academic course of study，类似于国内的任选课)

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

摘自Gawker

[转载]应景之文：路边的粽子你要“踩”-沈宏非

天下粽子，种类上大致可分为“京、浙、川、闽、粤”五大流派。嘉兴粽与湖州粽齐名，被公认为粽中之王。
嘉兴粽子里的老大，首推“五芳斋”。用的是上等白糯、猪后腿瘦肉、徽州伏箬。所谓伏箬，指盛夏时节所采之箬，此时的粽叶，因吸足了土壤的营养、水分和阳光，最香。徽州粽叶一年只长一季，开春发芽，至梅雨季节长大为“梅箬”，不过太嫩。而秋冬的粽叶又嫌太老了。
五芳斋的粽子，卖得满坑满谷，满天下到处都是。但是，那些真空包装绝对没有新鲜的好吃，嘉兴城里五芳斋总店的新鲜粽子，好像又不如嘉兴城外路边的好吃…
这条路，就是沪杭高速公路，五芳斋粽子专卖店，就开在上海-杭州约50公里处路边的嘉兴服务区。我个人的习惯是，闻香下车，别管什么豆沙粽、蛋黄粽、栗子粽、火腿粽等等劳什子（特别别吃鸭蛋黄的，不是一般的难吃），坚定地直奔那三块五一个的─大肉粽。
把这烫手的宝贝热腾腾地捧在手里，怯生生地试探着咬一小口…肉香、米香、箬香，交融四溢了满嘴，这种香味还以热量的形式线性地奔腾直下，软软糯糯地一路钻 到心尖。七千年前发源于嘉兴的稻谷文明，实在是强啊!感谢五芳斋，感谢沪杭高速公路，感谢屈原，感谢宋玉，感谢楚怀王，感谢夫差，感谢伍子胥，感谢曹娥， 感谢介子绥，感谢河里的鱼，感谢江里的水怪……
为什么是路边的粽子最好吃?我有两个理由：
一，现剪、现煮、现吃，当然新鲜（可能是因为大肉粽特别好卖，我发现店员有时候会事先煮好一堆放在一边，你要，就先从这堆里拿一个剪给你。这个时候，嘴要甜，原则更要坚持，务必只吃锅里现煮的）；
二，嘉兴城里五芳斋的新鲜粽子，也许更新鲜更好吃，但“路边的粽子最好吃”，基本上属于心理作用，它来源于一种“旅途”的仪式感。车开到休息区，往来客官 多少都有些困乏，这种时候吃到的食物，通常都会自动加分10%-20%不等。我个人的经验是，从上海出发，最好选在上午，千万别吃早饭，喝杯小咖啡就行， 车行一个多小时，在右侧的嘉兴服务区下车，先跑趟厕所，最后再吃粽子─如果能把这件事情搞得像屈原沉江那样具有仪式感，粽子的味道加分，有时能达到 30%!
如果吃不了，千万别兜着走，就算是新鲜而非真空包装的粽子，回家煮出来就完全不是那回事了。
从前，浙江的湖州粽不但与嘉兴粽齐名，某种程度上名气比嘉兴粽还响。仅管湖州与嘉兴现在都归一个地区行政公署—嘉兴地区行政公署管辖，嘉湖一家，但湖州粽 和嘉兴粽起码在外形上还是有明显区别的，前者粽小巧优雅，称“秀才粽”，后者大方实惠，称“乞丐粽”。做为一个浙江人，金庸在他的小说里从来就不放过每一 个以“置入”方式表彰推广湖州粽子的机会:“韦小宝闻到一阵肉香和糖香。双儿双手端了木盘，用手臂掠开帐子。韦小宝见碟子中放着四只剥开了粽子，心中大 喜…提起筷子便吃，入口甘美，无与伦比。他两口吃了半只，说道：‘双儿，这倒像是湖州粽子一般，味道真好。’浙江湖州所产粽子米软馅美，天下无双。扬州湖 州粽子店，丽春院中到了嫖客，常差韦小宝去买。粽子整只用粽箬裹住，韦小宝要偷吃原亦甚难，但他总在粽角之中挤些米粒出来，尝上一尝。自到北方后，这湖州 粽子便吃不到了。”
金庸的意思其实是，湖州粽子，天下无双，不仅嫖客爱吃，侠客也爱吃。见《神鵰侠侣》：“甜的是猪油豆沙，咸的是火腿鲜肉，端的是美味无比，杨过一面吃，一 面喝采不迭”，吃了黄药师关门弟子程英亲手制作了“天下驰名”的江南粽子之后，杨过还要用粽子与她调情，即把吃剩的粽子用线栓了，掷出去黏住她写了什幺 “既见君子，云胡不喜”的碎纸，也算是把粽子给利用到家了。
不过，现在显然是嘉兴粽战了上风，五芳斋在包粽子和卖粽子两方面都相当牛逼，不仅在各地的超市以及公路、铁路沿线大卖特卖，还出口到全世界五大洲。当然，五芳斋最狠的一招，是把粽子卖成一种一年四季都可以吃的东西，粽子不再是In Season的，更不是端午节的专利，而是All Season的东西了。全中国卖月饼的，心里指不定有多馋呢。（原载<<天下美食>>月刊07年5月号）

[转载]毕业致辞

女士们，先生们！请擦防晒霜。

防晒霜，这就是我最重要的建议。

防晒霜的效果已经被科学家证明了。我其他的建议没有科学根据，只是我自己的经验而已。

让我告诉你们这些经验吧！

享受青春的力量和美丽吧！别在意。你不会明白青春的力量和美丽直到你失去了它。但相信我，20年后，当你回头看你现在的照片，你会明白，现在的你有无数的人生机会，你看上去帅呆了。

你没有你想象的那么胖。

别担心未来；或者担心，但知道担心没有半点用处。真正的人生烦恼，将会是那些你从来没有担心过的事情，那些突如其来的事情。

每天做一件让你自己吃惊的事情。

唱吧！

别玩弄别人的感情；也别容忍那些玩弄你的感情的人。

清理牙缝。

别浪费时间妒嫉；有时你领先，有时你落后。人生的竞赛很长，而最后，是与你自己赛跑。

记得感激别人的赞扬，忘记别人的侮辱。（如果你能做到这点，请教我。）

保留你的旧情书，扔掉你的旧银行账单。

伸展你的身体。

如果你不知道该做什么，别觉得心虚。我所认识的最有趣的人们在他们22岁的时候也不知道该做些什么，有些人到了40岁仍然不知道。

服钙

对你的膝盖仁慈一点，有一天你会想念它们的。

也许你会结婚，也许你不会，也许你会有孩子，也许你不会，也许你会在40岁离婚，也许你会在你75周年结婚庆典上傻傻的跳舞。无论你做些什么，别太得意忘形，也别压抑自己。你总有一半的成功机会，别人也一样。享受你的身体，别害怕它，也别在乎别人怎么看它，这是你将拥有的最伟大的东西。

跳舞吧。即使你只能在自己家的起居室跳。

读读指示，即使你并不遵守它们。

别读时装杂志，它们只会让你觉得自己难看。

了解你的父母，你永远不知道他们什么时候会一去不返。

好生对待你的兄弟姐妹。他们代表着你的过去，将来也多半会和你肩并肩。

明白朋友来来往往，但得有几个知心的。即使你们相距甚远也别忘记联络，因为随着你年龄的增长，你会越来越需要你年轻时的朋友。

在纽约生活一段时间，在它让你心灵变硬之前离开；在北加州生活一段时间，在它让你心灵变软之前离开。

旅行吧。

接受一些不变的真理，价格会上升，政治家会说谎，你也会变老，然后你会幻想你年轻的时候价格是合理的，政治家是诚实的，孩子们是尊重老人的。

尊重老人。

别期望任何人会资助你。也许你有个信托基金，也许你有个有钱的配偶，但你永远不知道什么时候这些会耗竭。

别乱弄你的头发，否则到你40岁的时候，你看上去象85岁。

对建议要谨慎，但对那些提建议的人要耐心。建议是怀旧的一种形式，将过去重新粉饰。

但相信我，请擦防晒霜！

zz

    我的申请真是一波三折。大二的时候看了一部电影（不屑说的烂片，今天想起当初的
改志是因为那一部电影就有一种庄严的耻辱感），就打算申请心理。于是每个学期初蹲在
心理系各个老师的办公室里求老师选课。那时候有一位统计系的师兄正在申请心理统计。
他的学识和性格都那么好，好得让人不敢拒绝他的判断力。我觉得他学的，就是我要的，
尽管我已经渐渐觉得数理和实验败坏了心理学原初的哲学使命。后来他出国了，管不了我
了，我名正言顺地告别了那可爱的范前式科学或者是范式前科学。
   后来突发奇想要申请音乐学，我们系的Taytay很兴奋地鼓励我，他说，我能行（也祝
福他的Julia College，那是我对他最辛辣的幻想）。他怂恿，我不怪，我只怪自己傻得
相信了他。很巧合，那时候Gramophone要出中文版极缺翻译，就赶着我上架，我由是终于
见到了一些本该一辈子只在纸上看见名字的人，顿时心潮澎湃，言必称申请耶鲁哈佛。放
假回家，把钢琴的螺丝拧了个紧紧，从小镇歌厅里借来了麦克风，录了几首，听听，很不
是滋味。一转念就把申请用的录音送给人家小女孩做生日礼物了。
   再来就是和秋风秋雨入茶兄的故事了。茶兄之文章可得而闻也，茶兄之人品心性不可
得而闻也。茶兄常常拿出睡觉时间给我讲孔子和圣经，我一介学理的草包不知真假，往往
听得心驰神往，笃定要做他那样的大智活菩萨。这时候，我又在德语课上结识了我的小斯
巴达人。斯巴达人一来二去成了我的女朋友。斯巴达人食无求饱居无求安，斯巴达人有文
化还喜欢有文化的人，这极大刺激了我转文科的欲望。最后一根稻草是在来京的列车上遇
见一位家乡的牧师，牧师告诉我他在珍宝岛战役中差点做了敢死队丢了性命。我想，爷爷
作为党员，为了国家不受欺负连命都不要了，多伟大啊！结果还去做了牧师，多神奇啊！
所以从此频频端坐宗教学系课堂，叫站着听课的哲学系同学们气得牙齿痒痒。
   到了申请的时候，我惴惴地去找班主任写推荐信，可爱的班主任高兴得翘起了大拇指
说，“好，好，我只喜欢你！我不给别人推荐，我也给你推荐！”一阵如飘的惬意。后来
我发现自己是只是一批被只喜欢中的一个，心窝窝里酸酸的很黯然。还有一位看我连名都
不敢代他签，恨得直骂我太老实的，我至此看清了道德和理性的阴谋，就是要将人最终陷
落困惑的深井，然后下个石。
   之后就很平淡了，逃费，哭穷，烧拒信。茶兄，小丸子，雪迎，小邝，条顿武士，叔
本华，当然，最重要的还有我的斯巴达人，在地上的感谢归于你们，你们陪我熬过了怎么
一段对生命来说真良心屁的穷极无聊的日子啊！（如果你能看见你的名字列在上头，你的
虚荣又将会获得多大满足！）
   回头看看，觉着活得真是乱。但是在经历的时候都不觉得，我一直被看顾着，没有路
的时候，总有给我开路，还踢我一脚的他……

[转载]上山遗址考古的四大成果

上山遗址在2001年春进行了第一期发掘，发掘面积650平方米；2004年9月至2005年1月进行了第二期发掘，发掘面积100平方米；2005年9月5日至2006年1月10日进行了第三次发掘，发掘共布5*5米探方26个，面积650平方米，周围勘探面积50平方米，共发掘面积700平方米。
遗址的地层堆积分近代、春秋战国、新石器时代三个时期。主要成果有：
其一：上山遗址是我国迄今发现的年代最早的新石器时代遗址之一。遗址的年代距今约9000~11000年，上山遗址的发现是我国早期新石器时代考古的重大突破。
其二：在上山遗址出土的夹碳陶片的表面，发现较多的稻壳印痕，胎土中夹杂大量的稻壳。对陶片取样进行植物硅酸体分析显示，这是经过人类选择的早期栽培稻。这一结论表明，上山遗址是迄今发现的、保存丰富栽培稻遗存的、年代最早的新石器时代遗址，这证明了上山遗址所在的长江下游地区实施接到作农业的最早起源地之一。
其三：遗址内具有由旧石器向新石器过渡的特征。在遗址出土的陶器（片）和石器中，陶器多为夹碳红衣陶，数量少，陶质疏松，火候低，器型十分简单。石器以打制石器为主，并发现少量通体磨光的石锛和石斧，其中以石磨盘和石磨棒的组合最具特点，反映了与原始农业紧密相关的经济生活模式。
其四：我国迄今发现的万年以上的早期新石器时代遗址中，以洞穴、山地遗址类型为主，而上山遗址位于浙中盆地，四周平坦开阔。这是人类早期定居生活的一种全新选择。遗址发现了结构比较完整的木构建筑基址，这反映了长江下游地区在新石器时代早期农业定居生活发生、发展中的优势地位。