1-2-3 Seminar: Making Representations with Y**ng T*bl***x

It has been said by many a combinatorialist that Y**ng d**gr*ms and Y**ng t*bl***x are intimately connected to the representation theory of the symmetric group. Indeed, (semi-)standard Y**ng t*bl***x index many interesting objects in the ring of characters of the symmetric group (read: ring of symmetric functions), but how do you use them to work with the actual representations themselves? We will explore at least three interesting ways that Y**ng d**gr*ms and Y**ng t*bl***x can be used to describe the irreducible representations of the symmetric group. Unfortunately, I have been cursed with the Taboo condition, so I will be incapable of saying some of the above words out loud...