On Halloween night, in an act that involved the time-honored tradition of firewater-induced mischief, a Harvard Law grad set fire to a chapel that housed the remains of victims of the September 11 attacks. (Gothamist)

For the second time in two months, a Yale student has been found dead on campus, this time a 19-year-old sophomore in the Branford College residential college. (NYP)

Not as dramatic as the Columbia Daily Spectacle, but this columnist just had enough. (NYT)

Think again the next time you want to take a taxi somewhere–the base fare is now $3.00, 50 cents up from before. (NYP) 

Imagine life without HamDel, and you’ll realize what it was like in the first 200 years of New York City’s history when there were no restaurants. (Gothamist)