Secret societies, Toad's, Bulldogs and the Gutenberg Bible!

	Yale mascot Handsome Dan XVI wrestles with a football. Now if only the rest of the Bulldogs could pick up on his aggressive tendencies. Diana Eliazov/ SI

LATE-NIGHT CHOW: The Ivy Noodle. One alum recently said, "Is there any better way to end a night of dancing and debauchery with future Dubyas than a heaping place of chow mein noodles?" Of course not.

MUST-EAT: BAR offers up the best pizza in town according to most students (though Pepe's runs a close second). On Thursday, BAR serves $1 beers until 11:30 p.m.

MUSIC MUST-STOP: New Haven, Conn. isn't known for its ability to bring in high-profile acts. Yalies usually wait until Spring Fling to see hot bands. (Last year the Shins played.) If you want to dance, head to Toad's on Saturday where you can bump and grind. Athletes and WASPs dominate the scene, while WASPy-athletes reign supreme.

DOSE OF CULTURE: Head to Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library and go ga-ga over Yale's very own copy of the Gutenberg Bible. Or you can try to catch a play: Yale's drama school churns out Oscar talent. (Jodie Foster and Meryl Streep are alums.)

TOUCH OF SNOBBERY: Secret societies. If you want to run for president, I recommend you try to get tapped by the Skull and Bones; John Kerry and George Bush were members of this secret sect during their time at Yale. Secret society tap night in April is said to be a wild combination of clandestine exclusivity and drunken debauchery.

RULE #23: Mascot Handsome Dan XVI is to be both feared and respected as well as showered with love and a good tummy rub when you see him on game days.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Harvard at Yale, Nov. 19: Though Harvard students won't at admit it, when New Haven hosts The Game, the atmosphere is always more fun. Each residential college hosts its own tailgate. Timothy Dwight is known for its shishkebabs and marinated chicken breasts, while Jonathan Edwards goes for superelitism with its kegs of Sierra Nevada. With two minutes left in the third quarter, students of Saybrook College shed their clothes for the Saybrook Strip and a few adventurous seniors even show off their birthday suits. Both Harvard and Yale make T-shirts each year to commemorate the game, and the best in recent history was the Unabomber shirt. The front read "You'd have to be crazy to go to Harvard" and the back displayed a picture of Ted Kaczynski, Unabomber and Harvard alumnus. Though Harvard destroyed the Bulldogs last year in Cambridge, Yale put together one of the best pranks in recent Game history. Twenty Yale students, dressed in faux Harvard Pep Squad T-shirts, boldly strode into the Harvard side of the stadium and passed out more than 1,800 pieces of red and white construction paper. The "pep squad" told Harvard fans that when the paper was raised it would read "Go Harvard." When the appointed time came, Harvard fans lifted the paper, revealing the words "We suck." Of course, the Bulldogs can't take all the credit: Cal Tech originated the scheme in the 1930s.

SOCIAL: It's not Halloween in Madison, but the Yalies know how to celebrate All-Hallow's Eve. Students begin the night with "Liquor Treating" at Branford College, then separate from there. Some head off to DKE's Mortician's Ball and others to the Yale Symphone Orchestra's Halloween show. Halloween sometimes overlaps with two of the most popular college parties of the Year, Sillman's "Safety Dance," an '80s themed affair, and Ezra Stiles' Casino Night (tuxes and gowns recommended).

ONLY AT YALE: Yale hockey fans have no fear during games, for they are protected by Captain Freedom. This masked super hero leads Yale fans in cheering and jeering during hockey games. Captain Freedom first appeared in 1971 when the brothers of Dela Kappa Epsilon (DKE) wanted to support their hockey brethren and deemed the heroic figure Captain Freedom the man for the job. This member of the DKE frat is chosen as a freshman and remains anonymous throughout his four year reign as CF. Lore states that Captain Freedom must love his school and country, have inhuman flexibility and boast the strength of 10 bears. The current captain once told the Yale Daily News, "Being Captain Freedom is one of the greatest honors that one man can ever possess, just one step below being President."

RITE OF PASSAGE: Naked sliding across Maya Lin's Women's Table. A proud revelation for Yale no doubt. That's right, students actually slide across the table made by the woman who created the Vietnam Memorial.

DON'T PACK: Anything crimson. To say that Yale students have a slight inferiority complex when it comes to Harvard is an understatement.

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