What Jon Stewart Taught Us About Comedy and News

· · Herds
What Jon Stewart Taught Us About Comedy and News

Last night was Jon Stewart’s final appearance as host of The Daily Show (sob!), and as the hours ticked down to the finale there was an outpouring of support as you all yakked about what you’d learned from the show. A huge fan myself, these yaks made me a little sad as this feels like the end of an era — but it’s inspiring to see what an impact he had on so many people. So what will we remember most from Jon Stewart’s 16-year run?

Read More

Six Things We Learned From Summer Internships

· · Herds
Six Things We Learned From Summer Internships

If you’re anything like the Yak, you probably spent your summer working as an intern, silently hoping that this three-month experience would make up for those two C’s you made freshman year. Hey, Calc was hard! You presumably went into this internship thinking that by the time August rolled around you’d be able to walk out of your office doors with an overwhelming amount of new knowledge, a better idea of what you wanted to do with your life after graduation, and the promise of a job waiting for you upon your arrival into the real world.

Read More