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CROSS CAMPUS Welcome back! It’s been three

weeks, but it feels like three years. Shop ’til you drop, and don’t forget to register with your college’s dean’s office today to avoid that $50 fine.

From Bulldog blue to red carpet. Yale alums graced the

70th annual Golden Globes last night as Jodie Foster ’85 won the Lifetime Achievement Award and Allison Williams ’10 took the stage when HBO’s “Girls” won best comedy series. Even former President Bill Clinton LAW ’73 made a special guest appearance, introducing “Lincoln.” After Clinton’s remarks, Amy Poehler exclaimed, “That was Hillary Clinton’s husband!”

Do you want candy? Then skip to Toad’s. Teenage singing sensation Aaron Carter, known for his popular song “I Want Candy,” will be performing at Toad’s next month. Looks like all roads really do lead to Toad’s.

WINTER BREAK PHOTOGRAPHERS CELEBRATE 2012

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Yale welcomed a record 14.4 percent of early applicants in December

MARIOTTI STEPS INTO ROLE AS NEW SPOKESWOMAN

The Bulldogs boasted a 3–4 record over break, including a 104–39 win

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Darnell suspended following faculty affair DEPT. CHAIR MAINTAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH FELLOW PROFESSOR, FORMER STUDENT

BY NICOLE NAREA AND JULIA ZORTHIAN STAFF REPORTERS John Darnell, chair of the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department, announced his one-year sus-

pension from the Yale faculty in a department-wide email Tuesday, explaining that he had violated University policy by maintaining an intimate relationship with a student and a professor under his review — infractions

that sources said were an open secret within the department.

Four individuals with close ties to the department told the News that Darnell’s policy violations involve NELC assistant professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Colleen Manassa ’01 GRD ’05, who was his student as both an undergraduate and doctoral candidate. The relationship was

Tech-enabled classroom unveiled

Beta Kappa inducted 13 juniors and 58 seniors at the end of the fall semester. Admission is determined by the percentage of straight-A grades earned in college coursework, and no more than 10 percent of the graduating class may be elected in total.

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College Council will elect a new vice president this semester after YCC Vice President Debby Abramov ’14 announced she will not return for the spring term. The YCC Executive Board will review applications from the YCC’s subsidiary bodies — FCC, SoCo, JCC and the UOC — and choose two final candidates before voting on the new VP.

Apocalypse hits the stage.

Stephen Feigenbaum MUS ’13, Charlie Polinger ’13 and Matthew George ’11 raised $15,000 for an experimental classical-music theater show, titled “Abyss,” that will go up this February. The show recounts the story of the apocalypse and includes an ensemble of musicians, dancers and actors.

Congratulations! Cristina

Rodríguez ’95 LAW ’00 has been named professor of constitutional, administrative and immigration law at Yale Law School. She will be the school’s first tenured Hispanic professor.

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Yale’s new TEAL classroom at 17 Hillhouse Ave. promotes an interactive learning environment.

BY SOPHIE GOULD STAFF REPORTER This semester, Yale will debut its first Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) classroom, which aims to improve students’ classroom experiences through a more interactive learning format.

In the new classroom — which is located on the ground floor of 17 Hillhouse, Yale’s old health center — students will sit with laptops provided by the classroom at 10 round tables, each of which is equipped to project student work onto one of 10 flat-screen displays around the room. The professor can walk among the tables with a wireless microphone or stand at an instructor station in the middle of the room, from which he or she can control

the five additional projectors and screens and eight high-definition whiteboard cameras.

Modeled on similar facilities at North Carolina State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the TEAL classroom will be home to at least five courses, mostly in the Physics Department, beginning this semester.

“The idea is for the room not to [have] one-way teaching between professor and student,” said El Lolis, the Information Technology Services technology project manager for the TEAL classroom. “It’s supposed to be more of an interactive, ‘lecture-lab’ type of environment.”

Lolis said the room, which is available to

due to the small size of the department, which currently has 10 professors, including Darnell, and 21 graduate students. Darnell, who will retain tenure at the University throughout his suspension, did not respond to multiple requests for comment last week.

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SUSAN NOLEN-HOEKSEMA 1959–2013

Psychology prof led depression studies

BY JANE DARBY MENTON STAFF REPORTER

Phi Beta Kappa inducts 71 students. Honor society Phi

Yalies have launched a new website, YalePlus Bluebook, aimed to help Yalies navigate shopping period. The website is based on Excel spreadsheets and lets users quickly evaluate a professor’s or course’s past ratings.

common knowledge within the department, the sources said, and three sources confirmed that Darnell and Manassa, who are both professors within the Egyptology subdivision of the department, have had romantic relations at least since when Manassa was a graduate student.

Professors, students and alumni declined to be quoted

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema ’82, a psychology professor described by her colleagues and students as a devoted, generous teacher, died Jan. 2 in Yale-New Haven Hospital while recovering from heart surgery. She was 53.

A highly respected researcher who received national recognition for her work on depression, women’s mental health and mood regulation, NolenHoeksema led the Yale Depression and Cognition Program and served as chair of the Psychology Department. Her peers and mentees said she demonstrated a genuine interest in people and an extraordinary ability to balance her duties as a researcher, teacher and mother.

“Susan had a real warmth that was combined with wisdom, good judgment and the ability to be straightforward with people,” said psychology professor Kelly Brownell, who helped recruit Nolen-Hoeksema to Yale’s faculty. “She was just an all-star, and it breaks my heart to lose her so suddenly.”

Students and colleagues said they were shocked by NolenHoeksema’s unexpected death.

After contracting a serious blood infection, she was treated at Yale-New Haven and Yale Health over the past month, and doctors eventually diagnosed a heart

issue requiring surgery, according to an email sent to faculty, staff and students in the Psychology Department. She died in the Yale-New Haven intensive care unit following heart surgery.

[Nolen-Hoeksema] was just an all-star, and it breaks my heart to lose her so suddenly.

KELLY BROWNELL Professor, Psychology Department For those in her department, Nolen-Hoeksema served as a motherly influence. Colleagues described her “quiet energy” and desire to support both friends and students.

Nolen-Hoeksema, who was awarded the Graduate School’s mentoring prize in 2007 for excellence in advising students, went out of her way to make time for those she taught, holding individual hourlong meetings every week with the students she advised. She brought freshly baked treats to each lab meeting, and at the end of every semester, she invited her advisees to her house for a home-cooked meal.

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Violent crime drops

BY LORENZO LIGATO STAFF REPORTER Roughly one year after the New Haven Police Department introduced an updated model of community policing, the number of homicides and deadly shootings in New Haven has decreased significantly.

The Elm City saw a 50 percent drop in homicides from 2011 to 2012 after the rate had increased for three consecutive years. Overall shooting victims in 2012 also plummeted by a third compared to 2011. But despite these signs of less violent crime in the city, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and NHPD Chief Dean Esserman said there is more work to be done.

The 2012 crime statistics were unveiled last week at a City Hall press conference, during which Esserman and DeStefano discussed the new initiatives implemented by the NHPD last year and presented their plans for 2013.

“It’s a beginning,” Esserman said at the press event. “We have a ways to go.”

Last year’s reduction in homicides and shootings follows the return to a strategy known as community policing. When crime reached a 17-year high in 2011, DeStefano

announced the appointment of Esserman as New Haven’s new police chief. Esserman — who had previously served as NHPD assistant chief from 1991 to 1993 — spearheaded a return to community policing in New Haven, a strategy that moves officers away from their desks and cars and puts them on walking patrols on the streets.

As police officers roam New Haven neighborhoods and interact with residents, this community-oriented policing strategy aims to increase police visibility, build trust with community residents and deter criminal activities, said City Hall spokeswoman Anna Mariotti.

“People talk to us: They might not talk to the 911 operator, but it’s amazing how they reach out to their police officer,” Esserman said.

Esserman’s strategy seems to have borne fruit. New Haven saw only 17 homicides in 2012, a significant drop compared to the 34 homicides in 2011 and 24 in 2010. Last year’s homicide rate was the lowest since 2009, when 13 homicides were reported to have SEE CRIME STATS PAGE 6

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Nolen-Hoeksema ’82 won national recognition for her work on depression and women’s mental health.

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n editorial series with our hopes for the next Yale presidency

We are returning to a University in transition.

This year marks Yale’s last under current University President Richard Levin, and its first under the leadership of current Provost Peter Salovey, who will take his seat in Woodbridge Hall this July.

Predicting the length of Salovey’s tenure is impossible, but we are confident that the man currently in Warner House will lead the University for the foreseeable future. Levin’s own predecessor stepped down nearly 20 years ago, when the majority of current freshmen were not yet born and the Clinton administration had just begun.

Two decades later, we are attending Yale during its largest administrative change in recent memory.

The presidential search is behind us, leaving a new University president — and a new moment for discourse — in its place.

Our position in Yale’s history demands we share our vision for the University with the many new administrators, Salovey included, who will come to shape it.

The debate and discussion surrounding the presidential search process caused some to question the role of student opinion in driving University policy. It is true that our tenures here are far shorter than those of the average professor, administrator or president.

Our commitment to the University may one day diminish, and our identities as Yalies may fade.

But today, we are Yale students, immersed in the daily life and operations of our University. What

we lack in institutional memory we offer in immediate experience. Only we know what it means to be Yale students in 2013; no one else can speak for us.

To that effect, the News will be publishing a series of weekly editorials this semester outlining our hopes for what a Salovey administration might achieve and reform. We hope to evaluate where we see Yale now, and where we want to see the University when President Salovey eventually steps down.

As we consider the long-term future of Yale, we ask you to share in our project. This semester, begin a conversation on campus. Take the time — in your classes and your common rooms — to consider your vision for the University. Our lives are too often preoccupied with small details and daily considerations, but this semester calls for institutional introspection on a grand scale.

Yalies have concerns about our endeavor in Singapore, athletic recruitment policies and the new residential colleges, but we remain hopeful about our relationship with New Haven, our social climate and the role of the sciences. With such issues in mind, we can begin to imagine the University we hope to return to as alumni.

The face in Woodbridge is changing, but it remains to be seen whether the values and policies that guide our University will change as well. These are the questions we hope to answer this semester.

We hope you will join us.

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One last stand

n our way back home from my grandmother’s this winter, my dad picked up a copy of the local newspaper to kill time on the train. A short snippet caught his eye. According to the piece, People’s Daily, the official state newspaper of China, announced that it would “try hard to tell the truth” in the coming year as part of its new reformatting effort.

It was a moment of candor from the Communist Party’s official broadcasting organ. While few people take seriously the “news” reported by state publications such as People’s Daily, honest reporting can be difficult to find even in commercial newspapers thanks to notoriously harsh media censorship in China.

A recent incident surrounding Southern Weekly, an influential newspaper famous for its liberal-leaning content, once again pushed China’s controversial media inspection system to the fore. Last week, editors at Southern Weekly exposed how officials from the provincial propaganda department made last-minute changes to the paper’s New Year’s issue without their consent. The provincial propaganda chief allegedly inserted personal revisions to the newspaper’s staple New Year’s editorial, resulting in numerous factual errors.

Even by China’s standards, the censors had gone out of line. As the revisions were ordered after

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the entire issue had been finalized and the staff had gone on holiday, they were technologically unfeasible.

The propaganda department then took matters into their own

hands.

The censors’ latest tampering proved to be the last straw. Previously, the Southern Weekly editors had tailored the contents of the New Year’s issue according to propaganda department directives, and had then endured multiple rounds of forced revisions, which reduced the 16-page issue to 12. Such levels of official scrutiny were reportedly routine.

Increasingly frustrated over their lack of control over news content, the staff members decided to make their last stand.

After it was made public, the incident quickly spread onto Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social media platform. China’s highest-profile bloggers, intellectuals and celebrities rallied behind the newspaper and called for increased press freedom.

Small-scale demonstrations also took place outside of Southern Weekly’s headquarters in the city of Guangzhou.

When the dust finally settled, it seemed that Southern Weekly and its sympathizers had scored an impressive victory against China’s all-powerful censorship machine. Not only did authorities agree to discontinue recently introduced measures of directly censoring content prior to publication, they also promised not to retaliate against the journalists who were involved.

It would be a mistake to celebrate the incident as anything more than a temporary achievement, however. In all likelihood, the events that unfolded in the past two weeks will only have the effect of restoring China’s media inspection system to the status quo of one year ago, before the new direct censorship rules were put into place. Local propaganda departments still hold full power to delete or trim news content to their liking. Since all commercial newspapers in China must exist as subsidiaries to state-owned enterprises, state authorities are also fully capable of influencing personnel decisions and can easily dismiss dissident journalists.

Chinese media outlets lead a paradoxical existence. On the one hand, with the exception of a handful of state-run ventures, they must compete commercially for profit. That prompts newspapers to diversify and pursue quality journalism. On the other hand, the government expects each publication to stand in line

and serve as a mouthpiece for the Communist Party’s agenda, which calls for homogenization and the suppression of independent thought.

The end result is a bitter tugof-war between ideology and professionalism, between practical interest and high ideals, from which every Chinese citizen emerges the loser.

As state censorship strangles Chinese journalism in its vice grip, it is also driving China’s brightest away from an industry that desperately needs their idealism and intellect. During break I had a conversation with a friend who is a senior media studies major at Tsinghua University, China's equivalent of Harvard.

I had known her as a thoughtful underclassman with piercing insights about the future of Chinese journalism, but now she was interning at a commercial bank and planned to go into finance.

As we ate dim sum in a fancy restaurant across from the shiny skyscraper she worked in, she talked fondly of China’s Central Press and Broadcasting Bureau and its role in ensuring a stable social environment. She had the worldly smile of someone who had matured far beyond her age.

It broke my heart.

XIUYI ZHENG is a junior in Davenport College. His column runs on alternate Mondays. Contact him at xiuyi.zheng@yale.edu .

Marriage equality after the ruling I

n March, the Supreme Court will hear two cases regarding the constitutionality of laws against same-sex marriage. There is a chance that the high court will rule against marriage equality.

Ironically, that outcome could be a partial win for LGBTQ advocates.

By most logic — human rights or public policy — allowing samesex couples to marry is the right thing to do. My gay and lesbian friends deserve the same dignity and tax incentives I will one day receive when I marry. And they’ll make great parents, too. In an America where two-parent homes are increasingly rare, how can we say “no” to more stable families?

Today, society is slowly accepting same-sex marriage. Currently, nine states allow LGBTQ couples to marry. In the past decade, public opinion on same-sex marriage has changed from a majority opposed to a majority approved.

Prominent figures on the right, most recently Newt Gingrich, have begun switching their positions on the issue.

However, while frustrating to some, change is gradual, and gradual change has three benefits — benefits to which advocates of marriage equality might look if the court rules against a consti-

tutional right to same-sex marriage.

First, the slow pace of progress forces Americans to effect change NATHANIEL via the balbox. In the ZELINSKY lot long run, voters might see On Point this process as more legitimate than a court decision.

Here, the lesson of Roe v. Wade is instructive. In 1973, state laws were becoming increasingly prochoice, when Roe abruptly granted women control over their bodies on a constitutional basis. The ruling quickly created a rallying cry for pro-life advocates. Today, liberals scrutinize judicial nominees’ take on Roe and worry that a conservative majority in the Supreme Court could overturn the case. In spite of Roe, the abortion debate continues precisely because it hinges on a 5–4 judicial decision.

Marriage equality could similarly suffer if it comes via the courts — becoming an issue we debate 40 years later and whose only protection is a contentious ruling.

Second, forcing communi-

ties to debate the merits of samesex marriage also forces them to confront larger questions regarding sexuality. We need to solve a plethora of issues, from the bullying of LGBTQ children in schools to parents throwing children out of homes simply for being gay or lesbian. If the court rules against marriage equality, activists must campaign for change in every state, encouraging interaction with the many Americans who believe an LGBTQ person is immoral.

Will a state-by-state conversation about same-sex marriage change everyone’s mind? No. But local conversations like these have already convinced millions of Americans to support marriage equality in the last 10 years. We can make people think differently.

Finally, if the court rules against LGBTQ advocates, the justices could also paradoxically give the Republican Party time to reform itself. Right now, it’s difficult to be a gay Republican. I know a few and they are not wholly welcome in either the LGBTQ community or the GOP. Why? A tradition of virulent homophobia stains the Republican Party. And that stain affects its entire platform, not just its stance on social issues. Many gay Ameri-

cans are expected to be “progressive” on issues other than marriage, from health care to defense spending. Right now, some leaders on the right are trying to transform the party’s position on same-sex marriage. But if the court decides in favor of marriage equality, the GOP will lose out on the chance to reform. The party legacy will be homophobia, and people may continue to assume all LGBTQ people must be Democrats.

Let’s be clear: I am not arguing that marriage equality advocates should hold their cause hostage to the Republican Party’s reformation — rather, I’m noting that if a defeat in the courts occurs, a small benefit might come of it: Someone’s sexuality would have no bearing in his or her perceived political affiliation in 20 or 30 years If the court rules for marriage equality this March, it will be a victory for advocates. But if the court rules against marriage equality, activists can take comfort in the fact that the result may contain silver linings for the LGBTQ cause.

NATHANIEL ZELINSKY is a senior in Davenport College. His column runs on Mondays. Contact him at nathaniel.zelinsky@yale.edu .

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Returning again and again S

ometimes I think it would be a lot easier if Inspector Javert from "Les Miserables" showed up every time I got off my plane flight home. That way, I would only have to answer “the question” once, and at least I would get to answer in song.

For the uninitiated, a quick catch-up on the plot of the moviemusical: Inspector Javert chases Jean Valjean across several decades of French history, all because Valjean stole a loaf of bread. As the plot grinds forward, every time Valjean appears to escape, Javert shows up. And each time, Javert insists that “Men like you can never change,” and that Valjean is still on the line for grand theft carbohydrate.

And, if you were at home during winter break, I’m willing to bet that you heard a variation of the same accusation. Your friends and family may not be holding you at sword point when they ask you, “What are you doing?” or “How’s college treating you, honey?” But their impulse is like Javert’s. They want you to be the same, because sameness is easier to deal with, and easier to understand.

If you mentioned that you’re interested in writing, as I made the mistake of doing over Thanksgiv-

ing, your grandfather will explain to your uncle at Christmas that you’re a “writing person.” Your high school physics lab partner, who is now majoring in the subject, wants to see if you still do science.

I’ve heard a lot of people refer to the experience of seeing old friends as similar to putting on an old coat: comfortable. When my friends and I climbed into a car to drive across L.A. over break, for instance, we knew exactly where to sit, what to say, and even what radio stations to tune to, because, to quote Javert, “So it has been and so it is written.”

Javert wants the same sort of thing from Valjean that your high school friends want from you (and, if you’re being honest, you want from them). Javert’s the kid who tries to convince you to marathonwatch "The Lord of the Rings" when you’re trying to act sophisticated at a reunion. He’s you when, out of rigid habit, you heartily agree.

But, as I remembered when Frodo was about halfway to Mordor and I no longer seemed to care, the point of "Les Mis" is that Javert isn’t right. Old habits may die hard, but they do die. I am simply not the same person I was two years ago.

I wasn’t out in high school.

None of my friends dated anyone, or went to parties. My personality was well-enough defined by a couple of sports teams and significantenough academic success. The rest, like to whom I was attracted or what I would major in, was never important or pressing enough to be considered, like the parts of a coloring book you learn to leave blank because, halfway through, the picture seems complete.

College means confronting those details in the corners, and returning home means having to redefine what the new “you” has come to look like. This involves blabbering endlessly about how awesome the people I go to college with are, being accused of bragging and then taking refuge near the appetizers in a fake text conversation.

I know that people understand that I’ve changed, just as I understand that the girl who I always saw in the library is now head of her sorority, or that the guy I always heard practicing the piano has gone into film. Despite what Javert may imagine, people aren’t fixed in place like stars.

In real life, as opposed to fiction, we watch others change slowly.

Instead of seeing our friends after

15 years on the run, we experience smaller gaps away from the people we know: three to six months, a year or two. People come together and grow apart without easy explanation.

The sweeping, swollen conclusion of "Les Miserables" is another story: lovers reunite, the good guys die and the bad guys lose. Through it all, Victor Hugo’s underlying Christian allegory of forgiveness is jackhammered into the minds of the audience. It’s ridiculous. I cried.

Musicals deliver the kinds of lessons that only make sense when bellowed from the barricades or whispered in the gathering rain. Of course, nothing in my life has ever been solved in time with a grand falling cadence. I know that. But some romantic part of me is stuck, ignoring the bum voices and the over-direction, because, come on, this clearly speaks to me.

Damn this growing-up business. There’s something to be said for the fact that people will change — and that’s a moral so big and stupid, you could even learn it from a musical.

JACKSON MCHENRY is a sophomore in Silliman College. Contact him at jackson.mchenry@yale.edu .

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Across Ivies, early admit rates plummet

BY AMY WANG STAFF REPORTER Following a nearly across-theboard increase in early applications for the class of 2017, most Ivy League schools experienced dips in their early acceptance rates this year.

Yale accepted 649 early applicants from a total pool of 4,514 this year, making the University’s 14.4 percent acceptance rate the lowest in the Ivy League. Harvard, Princeton and Brown — which received 4,856, 3,810 and 3,010 applications, respectively — all accepted roughly 18 percent of their early action and early decision pools and were the most competitive schools after Yale. Despite plummeting early acceptance rates among competitive colleges, college counselors interviewed said they have not seen noticeable variation in the numbers of students admitted to Ivy League schools from their schools.

With the exception of Dartmouth, the eight Ivy League schools all reported increases in early application counts for the class of 2017. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeffrey Brenzel said he has seen applications rising steadily at selective universities such as the Ivies for the past 15 years.

Kent Denver School college counselor Jane Horn said in an email that the overall acceptance rate for her students to the Ivies has remained “fairly consistent,” but added that each year’s success rate at individual schools varies widely.

Andrew McNeill, college counselor at the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., said low acceptance rates have not deterred his students from applying early, adding that three-fourths of seniors at his school submit early applications.

“Most of the schools that practice early decision legitimately are a little easier to get into earlier than in regular … so our kids apply because they have the advantage,” McNeill said. He added that if students are unwilling to commit to a school early, they often choose early action programs — such as Yale’s — to either “take a crack at” getting in or use as a backup.

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Last Sunday, 439 people gathered at St. Rose of Lima Church in Fair Haven to celebrate what could be a breakthrough year for undocumented workers in Connecticut.

The crowd praised the first milestone this year for immigrants — that undocumented youth protected under President Obama’s executive order DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act, can now obtain legal driver’s licenses in Connecticut. State leaders also announced their plan to introduce a bill this session allowing all undocumented workers in Connecticut to acquire driver’s licenses.

The Sunday gathering was run by CONECT, or Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut, which is composed of 25 different congregations across the state that advocate for social and economic justice, according to the group’s website. It was attended by Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and three state senators including Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, who is hopeful that the bill will pass this year.

“It’s a realistic possibility,” said Father James Manship, the cochair of CONECT and the pastor at St. Rose of Lima, when asked if he believes undocumented workers could attain driver’s licenses in Connecticut this year. “We’ve done an awful lot of grassroots work on this, and I just think the time has arrived.”

Looney agreed that this year presents an opportunity for the bill to pass, but added that it will be controversial since those who have traditionally fought new immigration legislation will likely oppose this bill.

Diana Enriquez ’13, former moderator of MEChA, a Yale student organization that promotes

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counselor at The Meadows School in Las Vegas, said he encourages students to apply early to a school only if they are particularly interested and have a significant chance at acceptance. Otherwise, he said, he encourages students to build up more qualifications and apply in the later regular decision rounds.

Tom Walsh, college counselor at Roxbury Latin School — where two out of four students were accepted in Yale’s early round —

Driver’s license restrictions eased

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Latino political activism, said she suspects this legislation will be difficult to pass given the contentious national debate on immigration. She added that if the legislation were being considered in isolation in Connecticut, it may be easier to pass since the state has traditionally supported progressive immigration policies. Enriquez also pointed out that licenses do more than allow a person to drive — they provide identification and allow individuals to open bank accounts.

Despite the certain political resistance, Manship believes that because undocumented youth have been given the opportunity to have a license, it is logical that their parents and others in the community will soon share the same benefit.

CONECT estimates that 54,000 people statewide who need licenses in order to drive to work, drive their children to school or attend medical appointments cannot legally obtain them. Some who attended the gathering at St. Rose of Lima shared their personal stories of hardships caused by the inability to obtain a legal driver’s license, citing steep fines and anxiety that roadside accidents could spell extreme economic loss or deportation.

Looney noted that since many undocumented workers will drive regardless of whether they have a license, regulating the process will help drivers become properly trained, licensed, registered and insured, which will make the roads safer.

Illinois, Washington and New Mexico are the only states that currently allow undocumented workers to apply for driver’s licenses.

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Contact AMY WANG at amy.wang@yale.edu .

MILE S AUSTREVICH 1992–2012

Family, friends remember Austrevich

BY JULIA ZORTHIAN STAFF REPORTER Miles Austrevich, who planned to enroll in Yale’s class of 2017 and was known for his fierce optimism and easygoing sense of humor, died on Dec. 23 at his home in Chicago after a four-year battle with brain cancer. He was 20.

Austrevich was diagnosed with cancer when doctors discovered he had a brain tumor in 2008. He graduated from Northside College Preparatory High School in Chicago in 2011 but deferred his enrollment to Yale twice, when his cancer recurred that spring and again in December 2011. His parents, Len Austrevich and Adriene Booth, said he hoped to soak up as much knowledge as possible at Yale, on subjects including literature, physics and endocrinology.

“Part of his whole energy and aura was looking at the glass as all-full, not even half-full. He was such a sweet soul,” his father said. “It was so, so infectious.”

Austrevich had a wide range of interests, from electronics and Apple products — “He was totally a technology geek,” his father said — to literature, film and photography. Mary Mussman ’15, Miles’ friend from high school, said he was “notorious” for his good taste in music and would fill friends’ iPods with his collection, which was too large to fit on his computer. She remembered how they would listen to artists like Yelle and Flight of the Conchords together during French class, and Booth, his mother, said Austrevich’s tastes spanned genres, including alternative acts like Beach House and electronic bands like Hot Chip.

Mussman said Austrevich “almost oozed cool,” adding that he had a strong creative streak, cool clothing and the “chutzpah” to follow through with ideas like tattooing the words “No Chloraprep,” an antiseptic commonly used in hospitals to which Austrevich was allergic, onto his arms.

Austrevich’s friends and family members noted his keen sense of humor and his ability to adapt his jokes to different contexts, switching between satire, puns and silly jokes with ease.

Len, Austrevich’s father, is a profes-

sional comedian, and he and his son’s shared affinity for humor prompted Len to start Jokes4Miles.com, a website to which people could submit videos of themselves telling jokes to Austrevich as an effort to cheer him up during treatment. The site has received over 3,100 jokes from friends, strangers and celebrities, including Jay Leno and Amy Poehler.

Len said his son loved the site, recalling a “particularly grueling” day of chemotherapy Austrevich faced last January that left him too drained of energy to walk from his kitchen table to the hallway. During the bout of exhaustion, Len received a video of a child rapping, which “completely energized” Austrevich to the point where he could get up and walk around on his own.

Austrevich wanted to share the jokes with others, so Len and volunteers for Jokes4Miles have started an initiative to gather jokes for other children with cancer and have plans to continue in the future. Jeff Solin, who taught Austrevich in high school, said Austrevich’s desire to share his jokes exemplified his compassion.

“The cancer didn’t define him,” Solin added. “If you took the cancer away, you still have an amazing, amazing person that was selfless, fun to be around, helpful, caring and all that stuff.”

Booth said Austrevich never lost his temper or got angry throughout his battle with cancer. Instead of asking “Why me?” she said Austrevich would ask, “Why not me?”

Those who knew Austrevich said he wanted to study many subjects at Yale, including endocrinology, which he became interested in after the first round of treatments for his tumor. He was drawn to the flexibility of Yale’s curriculum when choosing between colleges.

When Austrevich’s cancer first relapsed, Len said he did not want to fantasize about his son’s major and career choices after Yale. Still, Len added that Austrevich was so excited about starting college that he even looked forward to the most minor details of moving to New Haven, like buying a microwave for his dorm room.

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Through a four-year battle with brain cancer, Austrevich was known for his infectious sense of humor and selfless personality.

Austrevich’s treatment kept him from visiting Yale for Bulldog Days for the second time last spring. She and Austrevich were supposed to enroll together in fall 2011, and Mussman said she is still processing the fact that he never was able to experience Yale like she did.

Through an event on Facebook, students at Northside College Preparatory High School coordinated wearing Jokes4Miles merchandise or anything orange, Miles’ favorite color, on Jan. 3, the first day back to the school in 2013.

Miles is survived by his mother, father, stepfather and younger brother.

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“I am dying, Egypt, dying.”

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Darnell, Manassa collaborated for years DARNELL FROM PAGE 1 last Friday on whether she had an intimate relationship with Darnell. She remains employed as an assistant professor.

In the Jan. 8 department-wide email, Darnell said he agreed to the suspension and resigned as chair, writing that his violations consisted of maintaining an intimate relationship with a student under his direct supervision, participating in the review of a faculty member with whom he had an intimate relationship and using his leadership role in Egyptology to cover up his illicit behavior. The Yale University Faculty Handbook states that professors must avoid sexual relationships with students over whom they have “direct pedagogical or supervisory responsibilities.”

According to the Faculty Handbook, the University president may convene a body called the University Tribunal to rule on tenured professors accused of violating policy. The Handbook also states that “it is desirable that informal procedures (looking to the possibility of a settlement of the dispute) be invoked before a Tribunal Panel exercises jurisdiction.”

University President Richard Levin and University spokesman

Tom Conroy declined to comment on how administrators and Darnell determined his punishment.

Darnell and Manassa have collaborated on numerous academic projects in recent years. The two professors taught the undergraduate course “The Age of Akhenaton” in spring 2011 and coauthored multiple publications.

According to Manassa’s faculty page, she is currently working on a monograph titled “Inscribed Material from the Quarries of Gebel el-Asr” with Darnell.

Manassa majored in NELC as an undergraduate and enrolled as a doctoral candidate in the department after graduation, earning her Ph.D. and joining the faculty as an assistant professor of Egyptology in 2006.

Though Darnell will not teach “Demotic Texts,” the course he was slated to teach this semester, Manassa will supervise senior essays and teach the undergraduate course “Egyptomania” and two graduate courses during the spring term, according to Online Course Information. Darnell and Manassa were scheduled to give a lecture titled “Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs” at the Peabody Museum on Jan. 16, but Melanie Brigockas, public relations director for the museum, said she was “informed

by Colleen that she will be giving the talk herself and not in conjunction with John as originally planned.” She added that Manassa provided no further details.

Levin wrote in a Jan. 8 email to the department that Yale College Dean Mary Miller will interview members of the department and advise Levin on the selection of a new department chair for the fall 2013 term, and Director of Graduate Studies Eckart Frahm will serve as acting chair in the meantime. Frahm said Egyptology students are currently one of his “main concerns,” particularly those whose dissertations Darnell advised. Frahm said he is coordinating the reassignment of Egyptology students to other advisers, adding that the new advisers may come from other departments at Yale or outside the University.

“For NELC students, this may be somewhat embarrassing, but I don’t think they are substantially affected in their classes or anything else,” Frahm said. “I will try to make this as least disruptive to the department as possible.”

As of last Friday morning, Frahm had met with all Egyptology graduate students currently in New Haven to discuss their plans and concerns, and he said he will speak with the remaining few when they return to cam-

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Darnell has taught courses on “Egypt and Northeast Africa” and “Egyptian Coffin Texts,” among others. pus. Frahm added that their main concerns pertain to dissertation advising and course selection.

Though Darnell’s departure leaves the Egyptology discipline within NELC with one professor, one professor emeritus and Manassa, Frahm said Dar-

nell’s absence should not significantly impact course selection for Egyptology students since Darnell was scheduled to teach only one credit class this semester.

He added that he does not anticipate Darnell’s absence to have any additional effects on teach-

ing this year.

Darnell joined the Yale faculty as an assistant professor in 1998.

Contact NICOLE NAREA at nicole.narea@yale.edu.

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Yale adopts SCALE-UP teaching model TEAL FROM PAGE 1 any department, is intended to be flexible and to enable the professors to develop their own methods for using the technology.

The TEAL format is an adaptation of the Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies (SCALE-UP) model, which was developed at NCSU in the 1990s

by Robert Beichner, a professor who specializes in education research. Beichner, who estimates that the SCALE-UP format is now used in over 150 schools, said the format allows schools to take collaborative and discussion-based learning found in smaller classes and “literally scale them up to large enrollment classes.”

Provost Peter Salovey said he

first became enthusiastic about TEAL when he was an accreditor for MIT in 2009 and sat in on a demonstration of one of their TEAL classrooms. Salovey said he believes the TEAL format reflects the changing nature of education.

“Although we have many inspiring lecturers, the future is really not lecture-based learning,” Salovey said. “We have a generation of students coming up who’ve led their lives online, and this kind of approach is just much more familiar to how they think and learn and what they’ve experienced in their lives, than a faculty member standing behind a podium and saying things and the student writing things in a notebook.”

Physics professor John Harris — one of the professors signed

up to teach in the TEAL classroom this term — said he is excited to try the new format with his introductory physics course for nonscience majors, “Quantum Physics and Beyond.”

Although we have many inspiring lecturers, the future is really not lecturebased learning.

PETER SALOVEY Provost and president-elect, Yale University Harris said he and Helen Caines, who also teaches the “Quantum”

course, have had to limit their class sizes to 25 in past years so they can sit around a large, oval table and have open discussions. In the new TEAL classroom, Harris said they will be able to team up to coteach the course and have room for almost 100 students.

Harris said he thinks the TEAL classroom will prove popular in future terms, and Lolis said ITS is already talking about putting in another TEAL space.

“Once people get wind of this, it’ll be oversubscribed,” Harris said.

Harris said the Yale Science Council has been considering how to bring more active learning to science education for more than five years, and began pushing for a classroom with the technology of the TEAL classroom a few years

ago.

According to Beichner’s studies, students taking part in the SCALE-UP format tend to do about a letter grade better on a standard test than students who learned in a traditional lecture format. SCALE-UP is also different than online education, he said, because it is face-to-face and helps students grow by developing “teamsmanship skills.”

John Belcher, who developed the first TEAL classroom at MIT, said he began looking into SCALEUP when he and his colleagues became frustrated with the low attendance rates at their lectures, despite the good reviews they received on student course evaluations.

“There’s just a tradition of students not coming to class,” Belcher

said, adding that students assume that the “passive” learning they do in the lecture hall could just as easily be done on the Internet.

With a TEAL classroom, professors can monitor student attendance. Belcher said he now supports a “blended” learning format, where students engage in passive learning online on their own time, while active learning is done in a TEAL classroom.

TEAL has been a success at MIT, he said, though he added that MIT initially faced criticism for adopting TEAL because the teachers had not been properly trained in the new technologies.

The classroom has nine chairs per table.

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“I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.” PATTI DAVIS DAUGHTER OF RONALD AND NANCY REAGAN

School district sets new sibling policy

BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER When New Haven parents scramble in the coming months to secure a spot for their children in one of the city’s most popular public schools, brothers and sisters of current students will receive first priority enrolling at their siblings’ schools.

The new sibling preference policy — so named in a Jan. 3 New Haven Public Schools press release — is the first of a series of NHPS registration procedure recommendations by the city’s Board of Education. Set to take effect for the 2013–’14 school year, the sibling policy is the brainchild of the board’s school redistricting committee, which formed last year to consider redrawing attendance

zones and streamlining registration and enrollment processes for the city’s schools.

The policy adds an additional tier of preference for public school enrollment, said Ed Linehan, the former education board director of magnet schools who headed the redistricting committee. With the shift, children who live in a given school’s attendance zone and have siblings already enrolled in that school have top preference, followed by those with siblings and those residing in the attendance zone, respectively.

Prior to the change, top priority was given to students solely based on attendance zone, while those who lived outside a school’s zone but had a sibling already enrolled received second priority.

At popular schools like Edgewood Magnet, attendance zones are so large that spots were typically claimed entirely by neighborhood students, forcing siblings to look elsewhere.

Keeping siblings together eases the burden on families while tying parents to their childrens’ school, NHPS Assistant Superintendent Garth Harries said.

“For parents and families, it’s a hardship to have students in multiple schools,” Harries said. “One of our big challenges is family engagement in schools. This policy will make it easier for parents to be engaged in local schools and devoted over the long term.”

NHPS spokeswoman Abbe Smith said parent complaints helped accelerate the sibling preference shift. The superinten-

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dent’s office moved on the proposal after the Board of Education — with the input of Mayor John DeStefano Jr. — asked the school district to move forward on the enrollment policy change and encouraged expediting this recommendation for the coming school year. According to Smith, sibling preference is an administrative policy over which the school district has ultimate jurisdiction.

As the shift in priority enrollment procedure does not automatically guarantee placement, the sibling policy still may leave many students without the spots they seek.

“This will be one part of the application process for the start of the fall 2013 school year,” Smith said. “It’s not going to guarantee

anyone a spot because it all still depends on the space being available.”

The difficulty in achieving a spot in certain schools was made evident when the district revealed last year’s numbers behind the annual public school lottery that every year leaves thousands of students without their top choice for the city’s charter and magnet schools. At Hill Regional Career School alone, where only 59 seats were available for the ninth grade last year, 290 applicants were turned away.

According to Linehan, the problem of space remains the central issue before the Board of Education.

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The new winter break meal plans allowed students to eat at Morse and Stiles dining halls from Jan. 7–12.

Over 200 students participated in a new meal program offered for six days during winter break — Yale Dining’s latest addition to a string of dining hall changes this semester.

Over winter break, Yale Dining introduced two new dining plans that allowed students and student-athletes to eat lunch and dinner in Morse and Ezra Stiles dining halls from Jan. 7–12. Students could only access the two dining halls, and non-athletes were charged $7 for each meal.

Despite the extra cost, students said they found the new plans to be useful.

“It was really convenient to not have to spend money off campus, and it was nice to be able to socialize with some of the other varsity teams,” said John McGowan ’15, a member of the men’s track and field team.

Under one of two new meal options, non-athletes could prepurchase two to 12 lunches for $7 each to be eaten in the two allotted dining halls, according to a December email from the Yale College Council. The meals were available to students both on and off the meal plan, and any unused swipes expired after Jan. 12.

Yale Dining also collaborated with the Yale Athletics Department to introduce a dining option for athletes who arrived on campus early for winter practices.

In previous years, the Athletics Department gave students money to purchase food at local New Haven eateries, but this year it covered the cost of dining hall meals through the plan.

Director of Residential Dining Cathy Van Dyke SOM ’86 said Yale Athletics had initially approached Yale Dining about a new dining plan over winter break just for athletes last spring.

“There are always people researching and international students as well that are back on campus early, and the athletes’ meal plan made it financially feasible to open the dining halls to these students as well,” she said.

Van Dyke said 114 students prepurchased meals, and 120 athletes were given meal cards. While she said the changes in the Yale calendar were not the primary motivation behind the new plans, she added that she thinks they have helped students affected by the new winter break that extends further into January. Yale Dining plans to offer the same plans during spring break in March.

Students’ regular dining plans did not cover any meals from Jan.

Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .

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BY KIRSTEN SCHNACKENBERG STAFF REPORTER

tion of people getting their children into the schools they want. It has to be understood in the context of New Haven’s long-standing commitment to both neighborhood schools and to parental choice,” Linehan said. “There’s a tension between those two commitments because attendance zones, which create neighborhood schools, aren’t always in line with the schools that parents want for their kids.”

Applications for magnet and charter schools are due Feb. 15, and the NHPS lottery — where the new preferences will officially take effect — will be held on March 12.

7–12, but students who did not prearrange meals could also pay the usual $10.25 for lunch and $13.25 for dinner.

Leandro Leviste ’14, YCC secretary and the YCC dining committee chair, said his committee had been working on providing students with a dining option over break since the fall semester began.

Morse and Stiles Dining Hall Production Manager Jeff Hardy said the new meal options have been running smoothly, but the dining halls have not served a large number of students.

Students said the new meal plan worked well, even though they had to pay extra for the meals and only eat in Morse or Stiles.

“It was just necessary,” Tom Harrison ’15 said. “Without [the meal plan] I would have far less incentive to come train and not be endorsed or acknowledged by the school.”

These new plans follow another recent change in Yale Dining that allowed students on a meal plan to dine on campus at no additional cost during fall break and for four days over Thanksgiving vacation.

Contact KIRSTEN SCHNACKENBERG at kirsten.schnackenberg@yale.edu .

The new year has brought a new spokeswoman to City Hall.

Anna Mariotti, a seven-year New Haven resident originally from Hartford, Conn., will now serve as the new public information officer and director of communications for the city of New Haven. Mariotti started the position last Monday and is replacing Elizabeth Benton ’04, who assumed the role in November 2011 and left her post a year later to work as the communications director for Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73.

“There are so many good things about New Haven and I sort of always talk about it anyway, that it just seemed like the perfect job: something I really, really wanted to do,” Mariotti said.

Mariotti, who is a 2005 graduate of Trinity College with an American studies major, has served as the president of the City Point Historic District Neighborhood Association and the board chair of the New Haven Democracy Fund, a group that provides matching funds and public financing grants for mayoral candidates.

Benton said that Mariotti is “passionate” and “dedicated” to New Haven, and that she has shown her commitment through her work in the City Point neighborhood.

“Anna has demonstrated a commitment to the city and a talent that will serve her well as communications director,” Benton said.

Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 said he sat in on Democracy Fund meetings and has seen Mariotti chair the group. He said that Mariotti “seemed like someone with strong integrity, a good work ethic and an interest in improving government.”

Mariotti has also served as a legislative liaison and assistant to the Hartford City Council, as well as working with a number of nonprofit organizations, such as United Way.

For the 2010 census, she helped the Census Bureau reach and educate “hard-to-count” populations, including immigrants, lowerincome populations and college students such as Yale students, who may be initially resistant to census surveys.

“I really want to increase communication: not just the social media, but the grassroots communications with residents,” Mariotti said. Benton was known for increasing City Hall’s social media presence, and Rob Smuts, the chief administrative officer of New Haven, said that he hopes Mariotti will “keep up with changes due to technology” to ensure that residents stay informed.

Mariotti added that she wants to ensure that certain New Haven programs, such as New Haven Promise, get the national attention and recognition that she thinks they deserve.

Alex Johnston, the former president of the City Point Historic District Neighborhood Association, said that Mariotti has been active in a number of neighborhood activities, including preserving the Long Wharf Nature Preserve from highway construction and coordinating the relationship between the City Point neighborhood and the Sound School.

Johnston said that one of the challenges he hopes Mariotti will address is the difficulty of understanding and representing the concerns of different neighborhoods that all have “their own sets of concerns,” though he said Mariotti is “good at listening and good at building relationships” and that in City Point, she has been a “tireless leader and advocate” for the neighborhood.

Mariotti will serve as the twelfth spokesperson for Mayor DeStefano since he first assumed office in 1994.

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CRIME STATS FROM PAGE 1 occurred in the city.

“Literally hundreds of family members and neighbors were affected by that carnage,” DeStefano said concerning the high homicide rate in previous years. “Clearly, we were off-track from where we needed to be. The community knew it, and we all wanted to reset our expectations.”

In addition to community policing, the NHPD created a shooting task force last year composed of police officers, state troopers, prosecutors and the Department of Correction to investigate shootings aggressively.

Mark Abraham ’04, executive director of DataHaven, a nonprofit organization that compiles and shares public statistics for the Greater New Haven and Valley region, said he agreed that the decline in violent crime

is a result of the new community policing strategy introduced by Esserman, as well as the new police chief’s “more aggressive” approach to the issues around crime that were facing the Elm City.

“I hope New Haven continues to make this type of progress that we’ve seen,” Abraham said.

While the numbers of homicides and violent crimes are on the decline, Esserman and DeStefano said the goal is to reduce crime further this year. Extending his community policing strategy, Esserman will soon assign 40 new police officers to walking beats around New Haven, four for each of the 10 city police districts. Despite budget constraints, the department also plans to hire about 100 officers over the next two years.

“The focus of NHPD is and will always be violence, saving lives in the streets of

New Haven,” DeStefano said.

Additionally, the NHPD has recently implemented a comprehensive plan called Project Longevity, which is aimed at combating gun and gang violence in the city.

The program offers current gang members services like substance abuse therapy and career counseling as an alternative to a life of crime, but grants no tolerance to those who continue to commit violent crime.

Project Longevity, which is modeled after similar initiatives that have reduced gun violence in Boston, Chicago and other cities across the country, was first launched in New Haven on Nov. 26 and will soon be implemented on a statewide basis.

Esserman’s current contract as NHPD chief runs through 2014.

Contact LORENZO LIGATO at lorenzo.ligato@yale.edu .

recalled her former professor’s dedicated involvement even in the less glamorous aspects of her students’ studies. When McLaughlin was conducting tedious, timeconsuming research outside of New Haven, Nolen-Hoeksema would show up early every morning for the duration of the project with Dunkin’ Donuts and coffee for the entire research team before assisting them with their data collection.

“Susan was happy to do the dirty work of research with her students,” McLaughlin said.

“Most people that successful don’t see the need to do that kind of work anymore, but she really got into the trenches with her students.”

Vera Vine GRD ’15, a graduate student in Nolen-Hoeksema’s lab, said her professor encouraged students not to lose sight of humanity in their academic pursuits, reminding them that their studies were not simply about abstract concepts but also affected people.

While dedicated to the members of her workplace community at Yale, Nolen-Hoeksema’s generosity was grounded in her life at home as a devoted parent.

Students in her lab called her “the ultimate soccer mom” because of her enthusiastic support for her son’s soccer team.

Several of Nolen-Hoeksema’s students remembered a major psychology convention that coincided with the finals of an important soccer tournament for her son. Though Nolen-Hoeksema was one of the convention’s keynote speakers, students said she kept her laptop open on her lap to live stream her son’s game and would sneak out of the room for score updates.

“She showed so much devotion,” said Kirsten Gilbert GRD ’14, one of her students. “For graduate students used to working all the time, she was a great role model, reminding us that life outside of psychology and academia is important.”

Nolen-Hoeksema was born in Springfield, Ill. and completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at Yale. She received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and served as a faculty member at Stanford University and the University of Michigan before returning to Yale in 2004.

Susan was happy to do the dirty work of research with her students.

KATIE MCLAUGHLIN GRD ’08 Former member, Nolen-Hoeksema’s lab In addition to scholarly works and a psychology textbook, Nolen-Hoeksema authored multiple books on women’s mental health, including “The Power of Women” and “Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life.”

“I think of her as the person I want to be,” Vine said. “She exemplified kind of everything you wanted to be: the kind of academic, parent and friend, and the kind of teacher you want to be to your own students.”

Nolen-Hoeksema is survived by her husband, Richard, and son, Michael.

Contact JANE DARBY MENTON at jane.menton@yale.edu .

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ith second semester classes beginning today, winter break may feel like ages ago. Photographers JACOB GEIGER, VICTOR KANG, ANNELISA LEINBACH AND PHILIPP ARNDT, who spent their holidays in Germany, South Korea, New York, Arizona and Georgia, captured the magic of relaxation and exploration.

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ON CAMPUS MONDAY, JANUARY 14 4:00 PM “The Fallacy of Fairness: Rethinking the Meritocracy of Science” A Physics Club talk by molecular, cellular and developmental biology professor Jo Handelsman. The microbiologist was named by Nature magazine as one of the “10 people who mattered in 2012” for her research on gender biases in the sciences. Sloane Physics Laboratory (217 Prospect St.), Room 57.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 3:00 PM “Profitable Friendships in Early Modern England” John Garrison, a Beinecke visiting fellow, will discuss his current book project, which traces the reception of classical friendship ideals in early modern England. Open to the general public.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (121 Wall St.), Room 38.

SCIENCE HILL BY SPENCER KATZ

6:30 PM “Engineering for Sound and Projections” Led

by Nathan Roberts and Tom Delgado, this workshop takes an up-close look at the engineering involved in setting up sound and projection systems. Using the projection and sound equipment from “Breaking the Code,” the workshop provides “how to” answers and demonstrations with sound and projections. Free admission, but register with thomas.delgado@yale.edu. Open to students only and sponsored by Undergraduate Production.

Whitney Humanities Center (53 Wall St.), Room 118 / Black Box Theater.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 4:00 PM “Religious Conflict, Religious Cooperation: Toward a Field of Interfaith Studies” Eboo Patel, the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, will give the Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale Lecture. Open to the general public and sponsored by the MacMillan Center, the Yale Law School and the Yale School of Management. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Auditorium.

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS LANCE ARMSTRONG After being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in the fall, Armstrong will sit down with Oprah Winfrey tomorrow for an indepth interview where the cyclist is expected to admit to using performance-enhancing drugs during his career.

Yale earns North Country sweep

Elis beat Holy Cross on road M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12

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Forward Kenny Agostino ’14 tallied two goals for the Elis over the weekend to push his season total to nine.

M. HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 make 36 saves. With the teams level at two goals each and nearly the same number of shots after the second period, the Bulldogs secured their two-point win in the final frame.

Forward Kenny Agostino ’14 opened the scoring with a goal at 12:53 in the first period with a wrist shot to the upper corner of the opposing net. St. Lawrence responded with its own goal just 25 seconds later, and scored again at 7:05 in the second.

Top-scoring freshman Stu Wilson ’16 tied the game for Yale at 2–2 on a power play midway through the second period.

Yale successfully killed all four of its penalties on Friday night and converted two of its four power plays. The second of these goals came at 9:43 in the third period, when Antoine Laganiere ’13 tipped in a shot off an assist from forward Trent Ruffalo ’15. Nicholas Weberg ’15 extended the Bulldogs’ advantage with a goal at 13:09 off Miller’s 100th

career assist.

St. Lawrence pulled within one only 26 seconds later but could not make up the difference after Miller scored an open-net goal in the final minute of play.

Dueck said Yale’s speed and “killer instinct” helped the team secure its wins this weekend “against a faster team like St Lawrence and a big, strong team like Clarkson.” But Laganiere noted that the team could work on its defensive play.

“I thought on Friday night, we could all have done a better job defensively, but the positives in our offensive game ultimately gave us a chance to win,” he said.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs got their payback for the Nov. 9 loss against Clarkson. Despite high energy and many shots from both teams, the first period ended scoreless. But Jesse Root ’14 broke the stalemate with a power-play goal at 6:24. Agostino then increased the Bulldogs’ lead to two with a goal shortly after.

Down 2–0 going into the third

period, Clarkson battled back, outshooting the Bulldogs 11–9 in the final period. The Knights scored at 17:23, but an empty-net power-play goal by Clinton Bourbonnais ’14 sealed the victory.

“Clarkson pushed hard right to the end, but Malcolm made some big saves and we weathered the storm,” Dueck said.

Laganiere added that while the team wants to win every time it plays, Saturday’s victory was special after the team’s earlier loss to Clarkson.

“From the drop of the puck, although they played tough, we were determined to not let that happen again, and we didn’t,” Laganiere said.

Next weekend, the Bulldogs will take on Harvard and Dartmouth at Ingalls Rink on Friday and Saturday nights. Friday’s game will air live on NBC Sports Network.

Contact LINDSEY UNIAT at lindsey.uniat@yale.edu .

Contact ASHTON WACKYM at ashton.wackym@yale.edu .

18, Yale cruised to a 112–63 victory over Division III Albertus Magnus (12–1, 7–0 Great Northeast Athletic Conference). Guard Austin Morgan ’13 led the team with 16 points on four 3-pointers and guard Michael Grace ’13 had a game-high seven of the Bulldog’s 27 assists.

After a 10-day respite for the holidays, the Elis returned to action at Nevada on Dec. 28. The trip to Reno was a homecoming for Morgan, who is the all-time leading scorer at Reno High School with 2,046 points. Morgan had 20 points and the game was tied at 56 with 10 minutes left before the Wolf Pack broke ahead for an 85–75 victory.

Two days later Yale fell 78–62 to St. Mary’s (13–4, 2–1 West Coast Conference). That game was played close to center Jeremiah Kreisberg’s ’14 home in Berkeley, Calif. Kreisberg, who said that he used to attend basketball camps at St. Mary’s, scored seven points against the Gaels, then followed that performance with a career-high 16 points two days later as the Bulldogs lost a close contest 80–70 to Iowa State (11–4, 1–1 Big 12) in Ames. Yale held a 53–47 advantage over the Cyclones with just over 10 minutes remaining.

Jesse Pritchard ’14 is an Ames, Iowa, native, although the guard was unable to play due to injury.

“I think that in those games their athletes start to wear you down,” Martin said of the Elis’ high-caliber opponents.

Returning to the East Coast, the Elis snapped their three-game skid with a 61–54 victory over Holy Cross (8–8, 0–1 Patriot). Forward Armani Cotton ’15 recorded his first career doubledouble with career-high 20 points and 12 rebounds. Head coach James Jones said that Cotton’s hard work has begun to pay off on the court.

“Armani is somebody who lays his body out each time he is out on the court,” Jones said. “He never takes a possession off … Certainly playing against teams in our league and the Holy Crosses of the world he has a chance to take over.”

After almost three weeks away from the friendly confines of John J. Lee Amphitheater, the Bulldogs returned home to host No. 13 Florida (12–2, 2–0 Southeast Conference) on Jan. 6.

Yale cut the deficit to 21–20 on a pull-up jumper from the elbow by

guard Michael Grace ’13 with 5:33 until halftime. But the Gators (10–2, 0–0 SEC) pulled away to a 35–23 lead at the break as several 3-point attempts from Yale rimmed out.

Still within striking distance, Yale saw its chances take a nosedive as the second half began. After a missed three

by Kreisberg, the ball did not cross the half-court line for two minutes as the Gators forced four Bulldog turnovers.

Florida went on a 12–0 run during that stretch en route to a 24-point lead.

Guard Austin Morgan ’13 finally broke onto the scoreboard with two free throws, but the Elis would never come closer than 17 points again and lost, 79–58.

“We just kind of froze in a couple of instances in the second half,” Jones said. “They went from 12 [points ahead] to 20 in just three possessions.”

Cotton had his second-straight strong game with 12 points and five rebounds, while guard Javier Duren ’15 had a new career-high with 14 points to pace the Bulldogs.

In their final game before the beginning of Ivy League play, the Elis routed Division III Oberlin College (4–10, 2–4 North Coast Athletic Conference) 10439. The 65-point margin of victory was the largest in Yale’s history. Martin said that the game helped prepare the team for conference play.

“We got to go through a lot of the options in our offense,” Martin said.

“We got to see it working, the things that we’ve practiced. Guys made shots.

We shot the ball really well and it is nice to see the ball go through the basket.”

Although the Bulldogs lost all four of their marquee matchups over the break, coach Jones said that these games helped point out weaknesses that the team will want to fix in the Ancient Eight.

“To beat really good teams we have to limit mistakes,” Jones said. “We need to make sure that we can corral a big-time scorer … we need to play better team defense.”

One such scorer that Yale faced was Florida guard Kenny Boynton, who scored a career-high 28 points against the Bulldogs on 8–10 shooting from three.

Yale travels to Providence, R.I., next Saturday to open its Ivy League slate against Brown.

Contact CHARLES CONDRO at charles.condro@yale.edu .

Track returns early for meet TRACK & FIELD FROM PAGE 12

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The Yale men’s team captured two first-place finishes on Saturday at the Yale Classic to open the new year.

only other male Bulldog athlete to win his event on Saturday, placing first in the 3000-meter run with a time of 8:40.26. Teammate Kevin Dooney ’16 finished close behind and third overall with 8:44.66.

One of Dooney’s fellow freshmen, Max Payson ’16, also put forth a remarkable showing on Saturday, Hillas said. While Payson placed no higher than fifth in the two events he ran, he posted back-to-back personal records at the 800-meter distance. He set a PR as the lead leg in the distance medley relay, then bested his effort with a time of 1:58.25 in the open 800-meter run — which took place roughly 30 minutes after the relay.

“One thing I am happy about is the competitive efforts,” Hillas said. “We just gotta continue being competitive during the races.”

While the men’s team impressed with a number of key performances, the women’s team also featured several notable displays.

We kind of call it a ‘rustbuster’ just because everyone’s coming off break … but we did have some great performances.

TIM HILLAS ’13 Team captain, men’s track and field “As far as I can tell, it looks like they’ve done their workouts,” women’s team captain Allison Rue ’13 said.

The women’s team equaled the men’s team’s tally of two vic-

tories with first-place finishes in the mile and the distance medley relay. Caitlin Hudson ’13 narrowly edged Williams’ Brianne Mirecki in the mile, winning the race in a time of 5:03.76. Yale seniors performed well in the event, as Jennifer Donnelly ’13 and Tori Flannery ’13 finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

The Eli women’s distance medley relay squad also captured a victory in one of the more dominating displays of the afternoon.

The team finished the race in 12:29.02, more than eight seconds faster than second-place Central Connecticut.

The men’s and women’s track and field teams will continue their seasons next Sunday against Columbia and Dartmouth at home at Coxe Cage.

Contact ALEX EPPLER at alexander.eppler@yale.edu .

Elis fall twice in tough weekend W. HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 foundation.”

Forward Janelle Ferrara ’16 scored the only goal for Yale with 3:35 left in the third period, tying her with defenseman Kate Martini ’16 for the team lead in points with 10.

“I definitely didn’t expect [to be leading the team], but I’m excited to contribute in any way that I can in order to finish the season off well,” Ferrara said.

Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the team could not match its one-goal total in Saturday’s game against Clarkson. Leonoff’s 39 saves proved to be one too few, and the Golden Knights’ short-handed goal late in the first period proved decisive. Leonoff described the showing as “one of our better defensive performances of the year.” How-

ever, Yale managed a combined 40 shots between the two weekend games, while its opponents had at least 40 in each.

If we possess the puck more, we will create more quality shot opportunities. It’s time we start capitalizing on these opportunities.

JANELLE FERRARA ’16 Forward, women’s hockey “If we possess the puck more, we will

create more quality shot opportunities,” Ferrara said. “It’s time we start capitalizing on these opportunities.”

Over break, the Elis fell 3–2 to Providence in overtime on a goal with 17 seconds left in the extra frame. Leonoff made 47 saves in that contest, three short of her season high, but was shaken up on a hit with 35.6 seconds left in overtime. The team’s goals were scored by Patricia McGauley ’14 — her first goal of the year and second career goal — and Ferrara’s game-tying goal with 4:01 left in the third period.

Yale plays Brown on Thursday night at Ingalls Rink before traveling to Providence for Saturday night’s matchup against the Bears.

Contact GRANT BRONSDON at grant.bronsdon@yale.edu .

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The Elis were outshot 82–40 by their opponents in this weekend’s losses to St. Lawrence and Clarkson. Yale faced St. Lawrence without goalkeeper Jaimie Leonoff ’15.

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WALTER CAMP AWARDS HELD IN COMMONS Limos lined College Street last night for the Walter Camp National Awards Dinner, held in Commons each year to honor achievement in college football.

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o was awarded Player of the Year, while Heisman winner Johnny Manziel was named a first team All-American.

“Winning on the road is tough, and sweeping on the road is always big.”

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2013 brings conference wins for Elis

BY LINDSEY UNIAT AND ASHTON WACKYM STAFF REPORTERS

MEN’S HOCKEY

The men’s hockey team started its final stretch of ECAC games with a pair of wins and four points at St. Lawrence and Clarkson this weekend.

On Friday night, No. 14 Yale (9–4–3, 5–3–1 ECAC) beat St. Lawrence (9–10–2, 2–5–2 ECAC) for the second time this season, outscoring the Saints 5–3. Then on Saturday, the Bulldogs secured a 3–1 victory over the No. 19 Knights (4–12–5, 3–5–1 ECAC), who had beat Yale 1–0 when the two teams last faced off in November.

“We played really well as a team and had great goaltending [this weekend],” team captain Andrew Miller ’13 said. “Winning on the road is tough, and sweeping on the road is always big.”

This weekend’s triumphs were particularly big. Forward Antoine Laganiere ’13 noted that in recent years the Bulldogs have not had much success on the St. Lawrence/ Clarkson road trip, so this weekend’s victories showed the team’s mental toughness and perseverance. The last time the Bulldogs won both games of this annual series was in the 2003–’04 season.

“That trip is a tough trip — especially with the amount of time it takes to get up there,” assistant coach Dan Muse said. “With those long road trips we have to do the little things well, and I think we did that in both games.”

The Bulldogs returned to conference play after a win, a loss and a tie in their three games during winter break — the Elis’ last nonconference games of the regular season.

“This weekend gave us some great momentum leading into the second half of the year,” defenseman Colin Dueck ’13 said. “We have nothing but league games left in the season, so every weekend and game is important. The league standings are still pretty tight — we have to keep putting some wins together and staying consistent.”

With this weekend’s sweep, the team is off to a strong start in the second half of the season. Friday night’s game saw five different Bulldogs score and goalie Jeff Malcolm ’13 SEE MEN’S HOCKEY PAGE 11

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Forward Clinton Bourbanais ’14 tallied an empty-net power-play goal in the final minute of the third period to ice the Bulldogs’ 3–1 victory over Clarkson on Saturday.

Wins bookend winter break

Yale shakes off rust

BY ALEX EPPLER STAFF REPORTER After returning to campus when dorms opened on Wednesday, the members of the men’s and women’s track and field teams had only a few days to prepare as a squad for this Saturday’s 31st Yale Intercollegiate Track Classic, held at Coxe Cage.

While some of the winter varsity programs hold practices over the recess, the track and field teams do not and athletes are expected to hold training sessions and workouts on their own.

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Still, members of both the men’s and women’s teams posted impressive results during this weekend’s meet, the first since the break. Though officials did not tally team scores after results were announced, the meet featured several standout performances from Bulldog athletes against competitors from across the Northeast, including UConn, Sacred Heart and Brown. The men’s team amassed two first-place finishes, two second-place finishes and two third-place finishes, while the women’s team earned two firstplaces finishes, three secondplace finishes and a third-place finish. The teams each competed

in 15 events.

“We really don’t consider score for something like this,” men’s team captain Tim Hillas ’13 said. “We kind of call it a ‘rust-buster’ just because everyone’s coming off break … but we did have some great performances.”

Eli thrower Michael Levine ’13 started off the day with one such showing in the weight throw. Levine, who was the only Yale athlete named to the men’s track and field All-Ivy first team last year, threw 17.96 meters, his best effort since his freshman year. Demetri Goutos ’13 was the SEE TRACK & FIELD PAGE 11

Bulldogs swept in homestand MARIA ZEPEDA/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

The Elis fell to three major conference opponents over the winter recess, but they rebounded with wins against Holy Cross and Oberlin College.

BY CHARLES CONDRO STAFF REPORTER The men’s basketball team bookended a tough winter road trip with two big wins as the Elis rounded out their nonconference schedule.

MEN’S BASKETBALL Yale (6–11, 0–0 Ivy) went 3–4 over the recess in its final tune-up contests before

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entering the 14-game Ivy schedule. Captain Sam Martin ’13 said that these games showed the Bulldogs what they could accomplish this season.

“We played really well against a lot of good teams,” Martin said. “When we get in the league that will really help us out … There’s nobody where you look at the schedule and think ‘We can’t win that game.’”

Celebrating the end of finals period on Dec.

The Yale women’s hockey team continued this season’s string of improvements this weekend, although its strides failed to produce victories as the Elis lost 5–1 to St. Lawrence on Friday and 1–0 against No. 6 Clarkson on Saturday.

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After being blown out by St.

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Lawrence due to the absence of starting goaltender Jaimie Leonoff ’15, the Bulldogs (2–14–1, 1–7–1 ECAC) rebounded with a strong defensive performance against one of the top 15 offenses in the country. Despite their efforts, Yale came up a goal short against Clarkson.

Leonoff missed Friday’s game due to a concussion she suffered in the team’s game against Providence on Jan. 5, forcing backup Erin Callahan ’13 into action in just her second career start and her first since the 2010–’11 season.

After an early first-period goal from St. Lawrence forward Abbey McRae, who had a hat trick in the Saints’ previous game against the Bulldogs, Callahan kept the highpowered St. Lawrence offense in check until the third period, when three goals in a 4:21 span doomed the Elis. “[Leonoff’s absence] put the pressure on everyone to play well,” forward Jamie Haddad ’16 said.

“She’s [our] backbone and our SEE WOMEN’S HOCKEY PAGE 11

MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR THE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM IN YALE’S WIN OVER OBERLIN ON SATURDAY. The blowout came against a Division III squad but still sets the record for Yale’s largest margin of victory. Four Yale players scored more than 10 points in the 104–39 victory.