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SEX WEEK
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GIANTS TAKE SUPER BOWL
Stealing from the 99 percent.
A number of Yale students raided Occupy New Haven’s encampment on the New Haven Green Saturday night, stealing signs and creating a “night of terror,” Occupiers reported. Meanwhile, a photo posted to Facebook early Sunday morning shows a member of the Tory Party standing in Davenport College, flanked by signs reading “Fox News Lies” and “Occupy Wall Street.”
BY GAVAN GIDEON AND CAROLINE TAN STAFF REPORTERS On Friday, the Rhodes Trust provided its account of how Patrick Witt’s ’12 candidacy for the Rhodes Scholarship ended. According to the Rhodes’ statement, which University Spokesman Tom Conroy confirmed as accurate on Sunday, Yale told the Trust that Witt learned on Nov. 8 that his candidacy would require re-endorsement in light of a complaint lodged against him. But Witt told the News last Wednesday that he learned of his need for reendorsement on either the evening of Nov. 9 or morning of Nov. 10 in a phone call with Katherine Dailinger, Yale’s director for national fellowships. Since the Rhodes released its conflicting report, Witt’s spokesman, Mark Magazu, has said Witt stands by his timeline.
Bring ‘em on. U.S. Senate
candidate Linda McMahon has challenged her rival for the Republican nomination, former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, to a series of three debates in advance of the August primary. The first would be held in April, with two debates to follow over the summer, after the party’s nominating convention in June.
Patrick’s statements are affirmed. He withdrew of his own accord in order to join his team on the field.
It’s all happening. Confusion
reigned this weekend as seniors attempted to get their senior portraits taken. Some reported lines of up to two hours, while others reported angst as they donned a cap and gown for the first time en route to Commencement.
Close call. A fire threatened
a house at 344 Humphrey St. on Friday night, drawing a number of firefighters to the East Rock home. The damage was minimal, the New Haven Independent reported.
Shuttle changes. Starting
today, Yale Transit’s Orange Line, which runs from the Medical School through central campus to the East Rock neighborhood, will have one additional bus. The extra bus will mean the line runs every 10 minutes in the morning and every 12 minutes in the evening.
Today in Sex Week. Sex Week
continues today with three events — starting with a noon lunch with professor Marcia Inhorn entitled “Masturbation: Perspectives from the Middle East and Beyond.” There will also be a 4 p.m. discussion on body image in which James Perlotto ’78, chief of student and athletic medicine, and Carole Goldberg, the director of SHARE, introduce sociologist Lisa Wade, an expert on hook-up culture. At 7 p.m., Wade will discuss the relationship between intimacy and friendship.
Don’t forget Love Week.
Providence College English professor Anthony Esolen will deliver a lecture on “The Person as Gift” at 7 p.m. in WLH 116. THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY
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ALLEGIANCES SPLIT AS GIANTS DEFEAT PATRIOTS Though New England Patriots fans in the Davenport Dive cheered early in the game, the New York Giants came from behind to win, 21–17, in the 46th Super Bowl. Divided allegiances on campus mirrored a split throughout Connecticut, which is bordered by both New York and Massachusetts, where the Patriots play.
Despite the discrepancy between Witt’s account and the Trust’s account, Magazu maintains that the Rhodes statement does not contradict that the quarterback chose SEE PATRICK WITT PAGE 4
Sexual complaint resources questioned SOME STUDENTS SAY NUMBER OF PATHWAYS FOR SEXUAL GRIEVANCES CAUSES CONFUSION BY GAVAN GIDEON AND CAROLINE TAN STAFF REPORTERS As the University expands resources for victims of sexual misconduct, students interviewed expressed mixed opinions on how well the multitude of programs facilitates the
process of seeking help. Students can use a variety of resources to address sexual misconduct — including Title IX coordinators in each of the University’s schools, the Yale Police Department, the Sexual Harassment and Assault Response & Education Center
(SHARE), and the newly established University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct (UWC). Although administrators said the system is designed to ensure students have access to a variety of resources they feel comfortable approaching, many students interviewed said the abundance of resources does not provide a clear path for those wishing to file a sexual harassment complaint.
Downtown businesses praise police presence BY DIANA LI AND JAMES LU STAFF REPORTERS Although the New Haven Police Department rolled out walking beats in each of the Elm City’s 10 districts two weeks ago, its downtown beat has been active since early December. Proprietors at seven downtown businesses said they noticed increased police visibility in the past month, contributing to a safer commercial environment. While Ward 7 Alderman Doug Hausladen ’04, who represents the downtown district, said the walking beats help improve perceptions of public safety in the area, several shop owners and managers said they would welcome a greater police presence. “The police do come in here, and I appreciate that I’ve always felt a good presence,” said Naomi Lehrer, a saleswoman at Wave Gallery on Chapel Street. “They’ve never been intimidating and have always been comforting — we approve of what the police do for us as merchants here.”
“We want multiple but not infinite points of entry,” said Deputy Provost Stephanie Spangler, who is charged with ensuring the University meets federal Title IX regulations. “Part of our efforts were to create discrete points of entry so when you enter, you hear all your options.” Last Tuesday, Spangler released Yale’s first-ever report documenting sexual misconduct complaints across
the University. The report indicated that 52 cases of sexual misconduct were brought to University administrators between July 1 and Dec. 31 of last year. Thirty-six of those complaints were brought to Title IX coordinators, 12 were filed with the UWC and four were brought to the Yale Police Department. The University’s response to SEE MISCONDUCT PAGE 4
School of Public Health reconsiders speaker BY MARIANA LOPEZ-ROSAS STAFF REPORTER
The downtown area, under the supervision of district manager Lt. Rebecca Sweeney, was the first to be assigned walking beats after NHPD Chief Dean Esserman took office in November, promising to bring back the policing strategy. New Haven followed a “community policing” approach to law enforcement in the 1990s, when Esserman was an assistant NHPD chief, but the strategy fell out of favor over the next decade. Hausladen said he was excited to see the return of walking beats to the department’s practices. Esserman “took to the walking beat downtown on his first day,” Hausladen said, adding that he was looking forward to the results of the renewed focus on the community policing strategy. “Getting officers out of the vehicles and engaging with the community has been the number-one improvement,” Hausladen said. “Cops in squad cars on the [New Haven] Green is not the image
The Yale School of Public Health is thinking twice about who should speak at this year’s Commencement. Due to recent controversy surrounding the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s announcement last Wednesday that it would no longer provide funding for Planned Parenthood — a decision it has since reversed — the School of Public Health is reconsidering its selection of Nancy Brinker, the foundation’s director and founder, as its Commencement speaker this year. Though administrators and professors declined to comment, Dean Paul Cleary said the school will issue a press release about the decision today. “The Yale School of Public Health has not rescinded its invitation to Ms. Brinker,” Michael Greenwood, a spokesman for the School, said in a Feb. 3 email. “The matter is under review and a decision will be forth-
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Recent controversy has led the School of Public Health to reconsider its commencement speaker, Nancy Brinker.
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Do something, Processing the informal complaint Yale Y W
e like to pride ourselves at Yale for being well-informed, sophisticated and scholarly. If Yalies don’t know about something, the rest of America probably doesn’t know either. Well, here’s a statistic many of us are not aware of: The Syrian government has murdered 7,000 Syrian men, women and children since the unrest began there last March. Consider that for a moment. That’s a rate of about 20 people murdered a day for almost a full year. Can you imagine if President Obama ordered the National Guard to shell “armed gangs and terrorists” (the Syrian government’s words) in San Francisco, a city about the same size as Homs, Syria? We would be discussing nothing else. The world would know. Yet here on campus, the Syrian crisis barely registers as a discussion point, let alone an outrage. The Syrian military killed 217 people in Homs last Friday — chillingly, the 30-year anniversary of the Hama Massacre perpetrated by President Bashar al-Assad’s father, Hafez alAssad. But our daily life hasn’t changed. I’d love to say I’m consumed by this issue, but if my weekend festivities are any indication, I couldn’t care less. On Friday I went to a Sig Ep mixer. And on Saturday I slept in, did some work and went to the Freshman Screw. What does it say about our campus that an ongoing massacre has earned so little attention? We all have papers, problem sets and extracurriculars, but we’re in the midst of a modern version of 1848 — a year that changed the world as general and global unrest led to dozens of uprisings and revolution movements. We have a choice: in our cloistered world at Yale we can watch from afar, discuss events in a purely academic way and ponder the consequences as we stroke an imaginary and statesmanlike beard. Or we can do something to help the Syrian people, who aren’t demanding special rights — they’re demanding basic human rights. I’m not suggesting that we all drop what we are doing and stop going out at night and somehow that will change the world, but surely we need to do something. At the United Nations just a few days ago, Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council Resolution that would have voiced support for the rights of the Syrian people and opposition to the Syrian government’s heinous actions. It was the epitome of a toothless resolution: it “commends” the truly unprecedented and important
efforts of the Arab League, it “expresses grave concern,” it “demands” action and it “notes that nothing in this resolution authorizes” the use of force to end the conflict. So what exactly was so offensive to Russia and China? Well, for starters, Syria is a major buyer of Russian arms, and Russia’s last client in the Middle East. So Russia, one of the five veto-empowered nations on the UNSC, is making money off this violence, selling weapons to a murderous regime while claiming that the resolution it vetoed was “biased” and “called for regime change.” Commentators have noted Russia’s worry that if it condones the Syrian protests, it will fuel its own internal protests. Vlad Putin, I know you’re scared. But giving your opposition, a movement growing stronger each day, another example of your support for repressive, murderous regimes (other than your own, of course), isn’t the best move. China’s veto is similarly motivated. If it gives credence to the Syrian rebels, its citizens will wonder why it doesn’t allow its own dissidents an outlet. So China’s rationale was to stop all popular expression of grievances. Hey Hu! Hu do you think you are? We are witnessing the world sitting on its hands — hostage to the authoritarian regimes in Russia and China — while innocent men, women and children are murdered. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was right to call this a travesty. Yale is all of two hours away from New York City, me of the United Nations and the United Nations consulates. So let’s go there. Let’s use the clout of our beloved school to make a statement. Let’s go protest China and Russia, and let’s protest Syria — which, by the way, said that reports about the Homs shelling were false because it would be crazy to shell your people the day before a UNSC vote. Not because it’s wrong to do so, but because tactically, that’s foolish. Seems to me Syria is acting a fool. We have tremendous responsibility as Yale students. We are going to go on to be leaders in sciences, politics arts, academia and the like. Where is the outrage on campus? College students should be leading protests against atrocities — especially when they can be prevented. The world has said “Never again” too many times. Yalies, let’s get our act together.
ale’s sexual harassment complaint system has gotten a hefty share of press recently. Following the Patrick Witt debacle, people around campus are searching for ways to wrap their heads around what happened. Did he really do it? Didn’t he? How can we possibly know if there was never a formal investigation and trial? Some confusion may arise from unfamiliarity with the system of complaints. Yale’s University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct gives victims two ways to report an instance of sexual assault. They can file a formal complaint, at which point the Committee will assemble a panel to investigate the claim and run a hearing. Both the accuser and the accused testify, and the accused, if found guilty, can face punishment from the Executive Committee or elsewhere. Victims who don’t want to file a formal complaint can make an informal one. There is no formal investigation, and the accused does not face any official disciplinary measures. Instead, resolutions to informal complaints often include keeping the accused out of the victim’s dorm or class.
The fallout from the complaint against Witt suggests that the informal complaint system is flawed. A man who was not given the opportunity to defend and testify for himself has woken up to see a smearing story painted across the pages of the New York Times. While not the kind of punishment the UWC doles out, anyone would agree that Witt did not avoid punishment as a result of the complaint’s informality. Should convicted rapists be punished? Of course. Was Witt ever convicted? No. By providing the informal complaint system, the UWC has facilitated the denial of Witt’s due process we hold so dear. So the informal complaint system is flawed. But the suggestion that these flaws mean the system ought to be done away with crosses the line. It’s easy to get wrapped up in frustration and lose track of the fact that the UWC is there to protect victims of sexual assault, first and foremost. Victims of rape and other forms of sexual assault have suffered significant harm at the hands of their attackers. The University must not compound that by forcing them to choose between a formal report and inaction. Some victims may
find that their needs are best met through the formal complaint process. Others may even choose to go through the trying process so their attacker will not be able to harm others on campus again. But that is not the profile of every sexual assault victim. For many, the prospect of facing a full investigation and trial in order to punish their attacker is more than they can handle. With the informal complaint process, they can seek changes that will reduce the likelihood of day-to-day contact with the attacker. In a world in which sexual assaults are already grossly underreported, the informal complaint system allows victims to take action without enduring the potentially painful and often lengthy formal process. According to our legal system, Witt should not be punished for acts for which he hasn’t been convicted. But neither should the University hinder a victim’s options in dealing with the painful aftermath of rape. We’re stuck. Usually, the informal complaint system works. But because Witt’s story got wide media attention, flaws in the system have been exposed. In situations like this, the rights of the
accused to a fair trial and the wellbeing of the victim are at odds. So, clearly, something has to change. What can’t change is the availability of the informal complaint process. That process provides victims with the option to respond, to regain control and to shield themselves from the scrutiny they would inevitably face in a trial. Yale must keep some form of the informal system to do its job to protect its students. The informal complaint system is not without reverberations throughout the Yale community. It may affect Yale’s public image by lowering the number of visible cases of sexual assault. Students may not find it the most transparent and comprehensible system. But sexual assault policy isn’t about how Yale is viewed in the public eye. It isn’t about providing a simple and well-understood policy. It is about finding a system that is fair to the two people whose lives may be shaped by the outcome of a complaint. CAROLINE WENTWORTH is a junior in Branford College. Contact her at caroline.wentworth@yale.edu .
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ast week, Yale got a new major: Ethnicity, Race and Migration. It was already a possible double major, but students now can take ER&M as their sole course of study. This development should raise eyebrows for several reasons, some of which the department may be able to address. One: ER&M could continue the troubling trend toward political bias in the classroom. If so, the major would find its place alongside WGSS, Judaic studies and other special interest departments that conflate politics and academics. Taught by liberal faculty who do not always separate their views from their teaching, these majors cheapen our community’s commitment to academic neutrality. Here, my analysis will receive the expected knee-jerk criticism. But we cannot pretend the emperor has no clothes. Students with dissenting viewpoints often find that only approved opinions are tolerated within particular majors’ seminars and sections. Sadly, many of these classes examine important issues from which students of all stripes could benefit. But not all feel (or are) welcome.
SAM COHEN is a freshman in Calhoun College. Contact him at samson.cohen@yale.edu .
T h u s , as ER&M expands its course offerings, the department must craft its curriculum in order to preNATE ideologiZELINSKY vent cal pigeonholing. On Point Two: Similarly, ER&M may attract a specific set of students with preconceived worldviews. These Yalies will likely find their outlooks unchallenged and even reinforced by the ideas they encounter. It sounds trite, but college should be a place to encounter different perspectives, not reinforce existing ones. Students who grapple with topics or ideas outside of their comfort zone grow intellectually and morally. Creating an academic echo chamber stifles this important educational goal. Three: ER&M becomes Yale’s 78th standalone major, further balkanizing the faculty into discrete groups. The proliferation of departments leads to turf wars, unnecessary administrative over-
head and less cohesion among professors. While ER&M faculty may continue to affiliate with other departments such as political science or history, they should resist the temptation to exclude themselves from the broader Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Unfortunately, the department has already moved into its own location at 35 Broadway, suggesting that the trend toward compartmentalization will only continue. Four: Like other themed majors, ER&M encourages undergraduates to hyperspecialize in a particular field. While the movement of peoples — devoid of political overtones, if that’s possible — may be a worthy topic of study, it seems an inappropriate tool for general education. Even many graduate students concentrate on broader fields. When Yale encourages focused majors, we fail to provide students with a liberal arts education. Instead, we teach them highly specific material at the expense of a broad academic background. Five: Potentially minute majors like ER&M often create learning environments in which students encounter the same few peers in a majority of their classes. Admittedly, such a scenario is better than
oversized departments in which students fall through the cracks (for example, political science). Still, underpopulated majors foster their own set of downsides. Imagine having that one section jerk in every seminar or rehashing similar debates with the same peers course after course. As much as a diversity of viewpoints leads to a better classroom culture (see point two), a multiplicity of personalities exposes students to different ways of thinking, different skill sets and different classroom dynamics. These five concerns constitute a jumping-off point for a broader conversation. Over the next few years, our community should hold ER&M (and similar majors) to account by subjecting them to these and other rigorous standards. The result may be politically unpalatable — it will require us to openly confront truths about our own biases. But doing any less jeopardizes our core values. NATHANIEL ZELINSKY is a junior in Davenport College. His column runs on Mondays. Contact him at nathaniel.zelinsky@yale.edu .
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emocrats, more often than not, do not play the game of politics correctly. While Democrats may never adopt the policies of Ronald Reagan, they should follow his golden rule of politics closely. Reagan adamantly instructed his party members to never publicly criticize another Republican. Democrats should, especially this year, live, eat, sleep and die by this rule. Republicans and other conservatives who criticize President Obama do so for obvious reasons, and they should. Our democracy works because the parties air and debate their differences in public. But Democrats should never publicly criticize Obama. In a year when so much is on the line, there is no room for criticism of the president from the left. Criticizing Obama on an issue like taxes is one of the stupidest political mistakes someone can make. But last summer, Democrats lined up to blast their president for abandoning his demand to increase taxes on the wealthy in order to secure tax cuts for the middle class. Representative Pete Stark, Democrat of California, and others accused Obama of not putting up a fight. For Pete’s sake, Pete! Obama has said he wants to raise taxes on the
wealthy more times than I’ve been told Bass Library closed half an hour ago, so clearly he’s in favor of this measure. Do you really think he’s scared of losing your support? Or losing the vote of Oakland? All Stark and other Democrats accomplished by blasting Obama was to make their president and party look weak. You accomplish things by projecting strength; the president cannot look strong when members of his own party undercut him. On the subject of immigration, several Democrats have recently thrown their party’s leader under the bus. Obama set a record number of deportations of illegal immigrants in 2011, but that fact alone is misleading. Obama has spoken in favor of and has urged Congress to pass the DREAM Act, a bill that would allow young undocumented immigrants to stay in America, their home, and achieve citizenship by going to college or serving in the military. Representative Louis Gutierrez, Democrat of Illinois, has gone on the offensive against the president, condemning Obama for breaking up families and not working hard enough to pass the DREAM Act. Give me a break. Of course Obama understands how important immigration is. His father
was from Kenya! His father was able to come to America because of a federal program kept alive by then-Senator John Kennedy that brought Kenyans to study at universities here. Obama understands the importance of immigration to American society, so please, Congressman Gutierrez, cut him a break and help him get the Hispanic vote this fall. My fellow Democrats, show some love for the president who stood up for you and who is the only person on the planet capable of stopping a Republican-controlled White House. Do you really think President Romney would do more to promote good, sound, liberal policies than Obama? As Joe Biden, my one true love, is fond of saying, “Compare us to the alternative, not the Almighty.” Consider a Romney presidency. The DREAM Act would have no support from the White House, as Romney has firmly stated he doesn’t support it. The president wouldn’t be concerned with the plight of the poorest Americans. EPA funding would be slashed, and the agency would not treat carbon emissions as pollutants. Registered Democrats vastly outnumber registered Republicans. There are roughly 71 million registered Democrats and 55 mil-
lion registered Republicans. That leaves 42 million registered independents. That means that going into every presidential election, Democrats only need one-third of the independent vote to win. But Democrats don’t win every election. Why? Because a lot of them stay home. If, instead of blasting this president for not being liberal enough, Democrats praised him for his accomplishments, maybe three million more Americans would approve of him, too, and get to the polls this fall. And if that does happen, and Obama wins, I think Democrats will be thrilled to see the president tack left, institute good policy and give Americans a reason to vote Democratic once again. If all the Democrats in the country supported the president, he would be stronger and have more room to promote the progressive agenda. Surely these same Democrats would prefer that to a selfrighteous, self-satisfied sneer that the President hasn’t done enough for the liberal cause. It’s often said that Democrats fall in love and Republicans fall in line. It’s time for Democrats to do both. JACK SCHLOSSBERG is a freshman in Trumbull College. Contact him at john.schlossberg@yale.edu.
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Alexander v. Yale Ann Olivarius ’77 LAW ’86 SOM ’86 and four other women who were Yale undergraduates between 1973 and 1980 filed this lawsuit in 1980. The plaintiffs lost the case, but Yale set up a grievance procedure for sexual harassment cases. Also, a court held that sexual harassment constituted discrimination based on sex, and this precedent helped shape the then-new concept of sexual harassment.
Olivarius discusses sexuality
4:00 PM “Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound.” Physics Club presents a lecture by Daniel Eisenstein of the Astronomy Department at Harvard University. Sloane Physics Laboratory (217 Prospect St.), Room 57. 5:00 PM “Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China.” Ezra Vogel will speak about how Deng was able to raise over 300 million people from the poverty line and the devastation of the Cultural Revolution. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Room 203. 5:30 PM “What a Revenge-Free Theory of the Liar Paradox Can and Can’t Look Like.” The Department of Philosophy presents a talk by Andrew Bacon of Magdalen College in Oxford. LinslyChittenden Hall (63 High St.), Room 213.
TEDxYale arrives on campus COURTNEY PETERS
Ann Olivarius ’77 LAW ’86 SOM ’86, a London-based lawyer, encouraged Yalies to celebrate the positive aspects of sex in her Sex Week keynote address. BY SOPHIE GOULD STAFF REPORTER In Sex Week 2012’s keynote address Saturday, Ann Olivarius ’77 LAW ’86 SOM ’86 drew on her experience suing the University for alleged Title IX violations in 1977 to encourage students to celebrate the positive aspects of sex. A London-based lawyer, Olivarius told her story Saturday afternoon at the Yale Law School in light of the ongoing investigation by Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights into a Title IX complaint filed against the University last March. Olivarius stressed the importance of combating sexual harassment but also said that exploring the joys of consensual sex can empower men and women. “When I was at Yale, the University wasn’t just lacking a sexual harassment grievance procedure,” she said in a transcript of her speech provided to the News.
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Keith Chen, associate professor of economics at the School of Management, was among 25 presenters at the inaugural TedxYale conference. BY DAN STEIN STAFF REPORTER Over 300 students, faculty and alumni attended the inaugural TEDxYale conference Saturday to hear the stories of 25 presenters affiliated with Yale. In short, rapid-fire presentations throughout the day, the speakers shared their ideas with a packed crowd in the auditorium of Sheffield Sterling Strathcona Hall. The speakers at the conference, which is a culmination of months of reaching out to speakers and garnering student interest, included undergraduates, professors and alumni from across the world. Members of the audience interviewed said they appreciated the chance to hear new perspectives and learn about issues not often addressed in classrooms. TED, which began in 1984 and stands for “Technology, Entertainment and Design,” invites speakers and audiences to exclusive events, many of which are recorded and posted online. TEDx events, such as Saturday’s conference, are organized independently of TED with the intention of disseminating ideas from smaller communities. W i t h a n i l l u m i n a te d “TEDxYale” banner behind them, many speakers began their presentations with a personal story. Sam Fox ’09 told of his experience running the entire Pacific Trail from Canada to Mexico, in honor of his mother who suffers from Parkinson’s disease. Fox said while his journey involved “acute pain,” it was a story of “engaging your heart, mind and body.” For Brad Hargreaves ’08 and Matt Brimer ’09, the word “failure” served as a focal point of their joint presentation. The pair discussed their love of entrepreneurship and the fail-
ure of their first venture, telling the crowd that failure can “open the door to wondrous things.” A pair of sophomores garnered particularly enthusiastic responses from the crowd. Wazhma Sadat ’14 elicited a standing ovation from part of the audience with her account of her experiences in war-torn Afghanistan and the work she does to market and sell products made by Afghani women. In a more light-hearted presentation, magician Kenta Koga ’14 managed to add peanut butter and jelly to a piece of bread in a sealed paper bag held by a participant. Gilad Tanay GRD ’12, who spoke about the disparities in economic opportunity around the world, told the News that as a graduate student, the event gave him a rare chance to share his work with people outside of academic settings. “This is the first thing I’ve done my friends care about,” he said with a smile Of ten attendees interviewed, four mentioned that the popular TED lectures online drew them to the event, and some said they were eager to see the talks in person. Francisco Tamayo ’13, who helped organize the event, said for him the day was about “encouraging people, even strangers, to talk to each other.” Miles Grimshaw ’13, co-curator of TEDxYale, said he hopes to make the TEDxYale conference an annual event. Though the event consisted primarily of speakers whose work is not widely known, two students interviewed said they were drawn by the group of presenters because of their connections to Yale. TEDxYale was one of 12 TEDx events held on Saturday throughout the world. Contact DAN STEIN at daniel.stein@yale.edu .
“It was also lacking any mechanism for talking about the fun parts of sexuality.” Olivarius was an undergraduate when she and and four other women sued Yale in 1977 “as a last resort,” she said. A decade after the University became co-ed, Olivarius collected “hundreds” of statements from female victims of sexual harassment for a report to the Yale Corporation on the status of women, Olivarius said, and she found that there were no resources or procedures to help victims. “The woman would be told, usually with sympathy, that it was her problem to sort out,” Olivarius said. Though Olivarius did not win the lawsuit, Alexander v. Yale, the suit led courts to view sexual harassment as sexual discrimination, and Yale soon instituted a grievance procedure to address sexual misconduct charges. Olivarius noted that the plain-
tiffs in her case had chosen not be anonymous to show that victims of sexual harassment should not be ashamed of anything. Still, she said it was not easy suing Yale, a school she loves, adding that the plaintiffs received much flak from the media. “We were attacked in the media as basically being ungrateful, braburning, bitter feminists,” Olivarius said. Olivarius emphasized the importance of solidarity in the face of discrimination and said the fact that she had never been a victim of sexual assault was only a matter of luck. She said she admires the plaintiffs of the current Title IX case for their efforts to improve Yale but said “top-down” reforms are not sufficient. Change also has to begin on an individual level, she said, and she encouraged women to “make personal, vocal demands to be treated as equals to men in the bedroom.”
She added that people should invest time and energy in learning about intimacy. “Good sex makes you feel empowered, centered, happy and able to be a more effective person and professional,” she said. Four students interviewed said they found the talk interesting and constructive. Julia Calagiovanni ’15 said she appreciated Olivarius’ message that “you won’t be taken less seriously for owning your sexuality.” McKay Neumeister ’12 she was impressed by how candidly Olivarius spoke about how pleasure can contribute to personal fulfillment. “Sex is so crucial to her and her success. It was a fantastic thing to hear,” Neumeister said. Olivarius’ speech was the third event of Sex Week 2012, a biennial event established in 2002. Contact SOPHIE GOULD at sophie.gould@yale.edu .
West Campus Institute gains momentum BY DAN WEINER STAFF REPORTER While most of Yale’s West Campus feature laboratories for scientific research, the complex will soon include a new center that uses technology to study Yale’s collection of cultural objects, such as dinosaur bones and medieval manuscripts. After Peter Baldwin ’78 and Lisbet Rausing donated $25 million last summer to establish the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage at West Campus, plans to renovate its future home and hire key staff are underway, said Scott Strobel, Yale’s vice president for West Campus planning and pro-
gram development. The Institute will centralize conservation and digitization efforts for three of Yale’s primary museums — the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art and the Peabody Museum — as well as for the University libraries. Meg Bellinger, director of the Office of Digital Assets and Infrastructure, said the renovation, which has not yet begun, should be finished by the end of 2012. “The grant that founded the Institute provides funds for renovating the space, which will be underway soon, and for providing excellent laboratory equipment for conservation and a digitization facility as well,”
University President Richard Levin said. The appeal of housing the Institute at West Campus comes from the ease of finding a large home for it within the 1.6 million-square-foot facility, and from its natural fit in Levin’s vision of a campus that fuses the sciences and the humanities, Strobel said. Over the past few months Strobel has identified a conservation scientist, whose name has not yet been announced, and he will soon initiate a search for a conservation director.
You could take … a fullgrown dinosaur … and get a three-dimensional image not only of the dinosaur, but also get an idea of its locomotion. JESSICA SLAWSKI Chair, West Campus digitization working group
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A new institute at West Campus will use technology to study objects ranging from dinosaur remains to historical documents.
In the past, Yale’s preservation efforts have had to outsource scientific expertise, but West Campus’s large population of scientists will reduce costs and enable a more active conservation and research program, said Bobbie Pilette, head of preservation at Sterling Memorial Library. She added that the abundance of space at the new 430,000-square-foot Institute will facilitate her efforts. “[Sterling’s] facilities for lab space are pretty limited, and we do have to deal with large materials or have large projects,” Pilette said. “That gives us a little more wiggle room to take on these kinds of [large] projects.” While Strobel said that the Institute’s primary focus will remain conservation, the Yale Corporation has approved plans to set aside space in the Institute for a digitization center,
designed by ODAI’s West Campus Digital Core working group. Bellinger said that her office convened a digital core working group before the gift to evaluate the needs for digitization infrastructure at West Campus, but after the donation, they reimagined the role of digital infrastructure at West Campus as more than just a tool for documentation. While the renovation will be focused on redesigning the Institute’s interior, it will also allow the University to install three-dimensional scanners and other forms of advanced imaging technologies. Jessica Slawski, chair of the working group, emphasized the potential of using three–dimensional imaging technology for research breakthroughs. “You could take an object from the Peabody — for instance a full-grown dinosaur — and take it apart and scan each individual item and get a threedimensional image not only of the dinosaur, but also get an idea of its locomotion,” Slawski said. “That opens up a whole new branch of research.” Even though Yale’s open access policies, adopted in May 2011, grant anyone access to its digitized collections, Bellinger said she is not sure how the regulations will apply to new technology like three-dimensional imaging. Although making information about Yale’s collections available online would enrich the conservation and scholarly communities, she added that the newly digitized collections may not be immediately available to the public. “That’s the long-term vision. We have a lot of policy work to do,” Bellinger said. Before the Rausing and Baldwin gift, the University had planned to create a much simpler storage facility for its museum and library collections on West Campus, which it purchased from Bayer Pharmaceuticals in 2007 for $107 million. Contact DAN WEINER at daniel.weiner@yale.edu .
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Rhodes and Witt timelines conflict TIMELINE PATRICK WITT’S ’12 RHODES CANDIDACY SEPTEMBER A female student files an informal complaint with the University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct alleging Patrick Witt ’12 sexually assaulted her in her dorm room, according to the New York Times. OCT. 31 Witt finds out he is a Rhodes finalist. That same day, he is first notified of the sexual assault complaint in an email from UWC Chair Michael Della Rocca requesting a meeting with Witt, Della Rocca and Dean of Student Affairs Marichal Gentry. NOV. 1 Witt meets with Della Rocca to discuss the informal complaint and is told the nature of the accusation.
American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust Elliot Gerson LAW ’79 tells Yale Director for National Fellowships Katherine Dailinger that the Trust has learned of a complaint filed against Witt. NOV. 3 Gerson speaks with Witt by phone to tell him the Trust is aware of the complaint. NOV. 4 Gerson informs Yale that Witt’s Rhodes candidacy requires reendorsement by Nov. 15. NOV. 7 Dailinger tells Gerson she is waiting for Witt to “call her back.” NOV. 8 The Rhodes’ regional representative tells Witt by email that he needs to choose between the Yale-Harvard game and his Rhodes interview, despite a request by the quarterback to reschedule the interview. According to Friday’s Rhodes statement,
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Claire Criscuolo, owner of Claire’s Corner Copia, above, praised the NHPD’s new emphasis on walking beats for police officers on patrol.
we want our most visible landmark to be perceived with.” Walking beats were first implemented as part of the Elm City’s broad community policing strategy in the early 1990s, when Esserman served as NHPD assistant chief under Chief Nicholas Pastore. Although community policing strategies were never fully phased out, NHPD spokesman David Hartman said the department has moved more to a “response and enforcement” strategy over time as officers retired and, due to budget constraints, were replaced by fewer hires. By February 2009, cops were no longer patrolling New Haven in walking or bicycle beats except downtown, he said. The return of walking beats has particularly benefited the security of businesses around the Green, which “has a problem with drug dealers and people who might harass others” around the area, said David Tolles, a volunteer worker at Ten Thousand Villages on Chapel Street. “Walking beats are absolutely the right way to go: they give a sense of visibility,” said Claire Criscuolo, owner of Claire’s Corner Copia on Chapel Street. “If you have 20 police cars with doors closed, windows rolled up and radios on, that’s not helpful.” Still, Tolles said police presence “could definitely be ramped up” on Friday and Saturday nights, when “amateurs are out and spirits are high.” Several other business owners interviewed said shoplifting remained a problem at their stores, as does the presence of panhandlers outside and in the surrounding area.
“[The NHPD] have to tackle the issue of shoplifting,” said Liz Rider, manager of Ten Thousand Villages. “A lot of the time, the people doing it aren’t people off the street: One of the biggest demographics of shoplifters is Yale female undergraduates.” While Rider said one officer came in and introduced himself as part of the walking beat soon after Esserman assumed his post, the officer has only visited twice. Part of the NHPD officers’ job should be “coming in and saying hi on a regular basis,” she added.
They’ve never been intimidating and have always been comforting — we approve of what the police do for us as merchants here. NAOMI LEHRER Saleswoman, Wave Gallery Each of the NHPD’s 425 officers will also walk a beat in some fashion, regardless of rank, Esserman said at a Jan. 26 press conference at the Newhallville police substation. In his State of the City address at City Hall on Monday, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. is expected to propose the addition of 40 to 45 new NHPD officers to help the department implement its new community policing strategy. Contact DIANA LI at diana.li@yale.edu and JAMES LU at james.q.lu@yale.edu .
NOV. 9 OR 10 According to a Wednesday interview with Witt, the quarterback first learns that his candidacy requires re-endorsement in a phone call with Dailinger. Witt tells Dailinger he has already decided to play in The Game. NOV. 13 Through an Athletics Department press release, Witt officially announces he will play in The Game.
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confirmed by Yale spokesman Tom Conroy, Yale tells Witt for the first time that his candidacy cannot proceed without re-endorsement.
JAN. 26 The Times publishes an article stating that Witt’s candidacy had been suspended several days before his Nov. 13 announcement in light of an informal sexual assault complaint. FEB. 3 The Rhodes Trust releases a statement outlining its account of how Witt’s Rhodes candidacy ended.
PATRICK WITT FROM PAGE 1 to play in The Game before learning his candidacy had been called into question. According to an email Magazu provided the News, Daniel Promislow, secretary for the Rhodes district that includes Witt’s home state of Georgia, notified Witt on Nov. 8 that his interview date could not be moved. Witt said he decided he would play in The Game that same day, though he said he did not tell members of the Athletics Department until the next day. “Patrick’s statements are affirmed,” Magazu said. “He withdrew of his own accord in order to join his team on the field at The Game.” The Rhodes statement said the interviewing committee in Georgia was never told of the complaint or the need for reendorsement to avoid biasing their decision if Yale were to reendorse Witt. The Rhodes statement refers to the complaint against Witt
only as a “complaint” and does not term it “informal,” of “sexual assault,” or as filed by a female student with the University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct — details of the complaint that the New York Times first reported Jan. 26. According to the statement, American Secretary of the Trust Elliot Gerson LAW ’79 spoke with Witt by phone on Nov. 3 and told him the Trust knew of the complaint. Magazu also acknowledged the “informal complaint” in a press release the day after the Times released its first story, but said it did not result in disciplinary action and was not placed on Witt’s permanent record. The outline provided by the Trust states that Gerson told Yale that Witt’s candidacy required re-endorsement on Nov. 4, three days after the Trust informed Dailinger it had learned of the complaint. According to the Trust, Dailinger then told Gerson on Nov. 7 that she was waiting for Witt
to “call her back.” In a Saturday email, Magazu said Yale’s delay in notifying Witt of his need for reendorsement was “the source of the confusion” in the conflicting narratives of how his candidacy ended. Witt did not know of the Rhodes’ additional requirement when he was deciding whether he would attend the mandatory scholarship interview or play in the Yale-Harvard game, which were both scheduled for Nov. 19, Magazu said. Conroy said the four-day delay occurred because Yale received notice of the need for re-endorsement from the Rhodes Trust late on Friday, Nov. 4, and did not reach out to Witt over the weekend. Witt formally announced he would play in The Game in a Nov. 13 press release from Yale Athletics. Contact GAVAN GIDEON at gavan.gideon@yale.edu and CAROLINE TAN at caroline.tan@yale.edu .
Elis unclear on resources MISCONDUCT FROM PAGE 1 sexual misconduct is under increased scrutiny in light of the ongoing investigation by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights after 16 students and alumnae filed a Title IX complaint against Yale last March. A press release from the complainants issued in March said the filing was partially motivated by “Yale’s failure to appropriately address several instances of private sexual harassment and assault.” Peter Lake, director for the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University, said it is possible to “overwarn” and “desensitize” people to critical issues by offering too many resources, but added that the variety allows administrators to address a wider range of concerns through specialization. “Right now, there just aren’t people out there who — as one person or one entity — can deliver all of those services simultaneously,” he said. “Some law enforcement [officers] are not always trained in sexual assault prevention, [and] some counselors can’t do what police do.” Administrators, students leaders and SHARE counselors are responsible for informing students who approach them about strategies for handling issues of sexual misconduct. Students can bring informal complaints — which do not result in disciplinary action — to Title IX coordinators or the UWC, but only the UWC handles formal complaints, which include investigations and can lead to disciplinary action. Students interested in pursuing criminal charges can bring their cases to the Yale Police. Yale College Dean Mary Miller said in a November interview that she hopes
SHARE becomes the central advisory body for helping students address cases of sexual misconduct, adding that she would like the center’s visibility to grow “so that there will be no questions and no doubt in the minds of students that [SHARE] is the place to turn to.” But 15 students interviewed said they are still not completely familiar with the resources available for addressing sexual misconduct. While all five freshmen interviewed said they would turn to their freshman counselors first for advice, other students mentioned resources such as residential college deans, communication and consent educators (CCEs), professors, Yale Health and the Yale Police Department. None of the 15 students interviewed said they would immediately contact Title IX coordinators or the UWC. George Ramirez ’15 said he thought the current process for handling sexual grievances is confusing because of the large number of resources available, which he said makes it difficult to determine a clear course of action for students who want to address an incident of sexual misconduct. Ramirez added that during the freshman workshops on communication and consent — mandatory sessions launched this semester and led by CCEs — he was shown a chart indicating which resources students could use in different circumstances that did not significantly simplify the process. “There were too many resources, and it felt like if you have one type of sexual misconduct issue you should go to this person, and if you felt [you had] another type you should go to this other person,” Ramirez said. “If you had the chart with you, it might be helpful, but I just wouldn’t be able to use that information immediately.”
But Alexandra Brodsky ’12, one of the complainants in the ongoing Title IX investigation, said she commended Yale’s variety of resources since “no one center [by itself] is going to be able to address the needs of every student who has experienced this sort of violence.” Spangler said she plans to publish a report on sexual misconduct cases twice per year, with the next one scheduled for release this July. Contact GAVAN GIDEON at gavan.gideon@yale.edu and CAROLINE TAN at caroline.tan@yale.edu .
[The number of resources] is almost overblown, and you take it for granted... It’s like, ‘Here we go again.’ Carissa Sanchez ’15 [The number of sexual misconduct resources] gives me more confidence that there’s a place you can go to and be taken care of. Patty Lan ’15
SPH speaker reconsidered KOMEN FROM PAGE 1 coming.” Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation’s largest breast cancer charity, announced in a Feb. 1 press release that it would no longer provide funding to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the largest provider of reproductive services in the nation. The press release stated that the Komen Foundation was upholding more stringent eligibility standards among recipient organizations in order to “safeguard donor dollars.” In the case of Planned Parenthood, Komen stated that it was withdrawing its support because of the congressional investigation launched in September reviewing Planned Parenthood’s alleged illegal use of federal funding to finance abortions. In the Feb. 1 press release, the Komen Foundation said the decision was “not about politics” and regretted that the new policies had affected “some longstanding grantees, such as Planned Parenthood.” According to Planned Parenthood, money received from the Komen Foundation makes up 19 percent of its funding. Criticism of the foundation’s decision mounted from social media, media outlets and politicians built in the two days following Komen’s decision, and on Feb. 3 the foundation announced that it had
reversed its decision to rescind Planned Parenthood’s funding. In a statement released that day, the Komen Foundation apologized to the American public and said it did not want its mission to be “marred or affected by politics.” In October 2011, the School of Public Health extended an invitation to Brinker to be the keynote speaker at the School’s Commencement ceremony in 2012, which she accepted.
Our focus is public health … We don’t want to bring the politics to our graduation. CONNOR ESSICK SPH ’12 But after the controversy over Komen’s new policy erupted, 20 students at the School of Public Health emailed Cleary on Feb. 2 voicing their concern about Brinker serving as this year’s Commencement speaker, according to Connor Essick SPH ’12, one of the students who sent the email. In response, Cleary asked the students to formalize their concern. In their next email, the students sent a list of reasons why they wanted the School of Public Health to rescind its invitation to Brinker, which included
their support for Planned Parenthood and condemnation of Komen’s decision to defund the organization. In spite of Komen’s change of heart, Essick said he and the other students who submitted the complaint would still prefer that Brinker not serve as this year’s Commencement speaker, because the political convtroversy surrounding her would detract from the event itself. “Even though they reversed their decision, there are a lot of questions out there, so we want to avoid the politics,” said Essick. “Our focus is public health, part of which is women’s rights. We don’t want to bring the politics to our graduation.” He added that he thinks Brinker should be invited to speak at the School of Public Health in a different venue, rather than at Commencement. Nine professors at the School of Public Health declined to comment, saying they were waiting for the School to issue an official statement before they expressed their opinions. In 2009, Brinker received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, and was named Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control for the United Nations’ World Health Organization in the same year. Contact MARIANA LOPEZ-ROSAS at mariana.lopez-rosas@yale.edu .
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“If you are a woman … if you are a person of intelligence, if you are a person of integrity, then you are considered a minority in this world.” MARGARET CHO, KOREAN-AMERICAN COMEDIAN
PARADE HONORS CHINESE NEW YEAR
Sex Week aims to diversify BY LIZ RODRIGUEZ-FLORIDO STAFF REPORTER In an effort to broaden its perspective, Sex Week hosted a talk on gender, identity and sexuality in immigrant families on Sunday. At the event, feminist writer and blogger Miriam Perez discussed how she came to terms with her homosexuality as the daughter of Cuban immigrants in front of 11 students. Sex Week 2012 coordinator Tatiana Lam ’12 said the organization hoped that Perez’s talk would diversify the event, which she said has predominantly featured straight and Caucasian women in the past. Perez, who has written for publications such as the Nation and is an editor for Feministing.com, focused her talk on the challenges she faced while growing up in North Carolina and eventually coming out to her family as a senior in college. At the start of the event, Perez showed a short video clip of Asian and Pacific Islander families discussing their different experiences with learning to accept queer or transgender family members. While Perez said racial stereotypes have typically depicted minorities as less accepting of LGBTQ children than Caucasian parents, she said that is not always the case. She added that Latino
parents are statistically less likely to force LGBTQ children leave home because of their sexuality. “It’s really hard to generalize around hundreds of ethnicities,” she said. While she was growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, Perez said she lived in a family that valued gender norms. She had her ears pierced months after she was born, she said, and the virginity of female family members was protected more than that of male members. Her father and grandfather also made homophobic jokes to reinforce their “manliness,” she added. Even outside of her immediate family, Perez said she had few LGTBQ role models to look up to in American society while she was growing up. Perez said she was better able to accept her sexuality once she left home for college, but added that she still struggled to reconcile her identity with her Cuban culture and her family’s values. After Perez had spoken about her personal experiences, several students asked questions about why different ethnicities would react differently to LGBTQ family members. Perez said both the “generational” and “cultural” gaps among immigrant families have historically made coming out harder for
children in those families. She cited her family as an example, noting that her parents came to the United States as preteens during the counterculture of the 1960s, but had not assimilated and did not adopt those values. Today, Perez said the nation as a whole is more accepting of LGBTQ people than it was when she was growing up. She said many modern films tell the stories of LGBTQ individuals, while the Internet offers online forums for those communities to discuss their experiences. Marija Kamceva ’15 said she thinks LGBTQ teens could benefit from recognizing that there are many ways to deal with the problems they face. “Everything is not exactly Western [and] white, but when you get and see only that, there’s that expectation and you feel you’re not right,” Kamceva said. “[Perez] said that it’s nice to have a spectrum of this. It doesn’t have to be all pride. You can be more subtle.” The event was co-sponsored by six Yale undergraduate organizations: MEChA de Yale, CAUSA, Q Magazine, Sappho, the Women’s Center and Despierta Boricua. Contact LIZ RODRIGUEZFLORIDO at liz.rodriguez-florido@yale.edu .
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TRADITIONAL PARADE DANCES THROUGH NEW HAVEN While the lunar new year began Jan. 23, the Yale-China Association brought a traditional line-dance parade to the Elm City to celebrate the holiday on Thursday. The parade, which began in what some are calling a “burgeoning Chinatown” on Whitney Avenue, ended at the Yale-China Office.
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Blogger Miriam Perez discussed out as a homosexual in a Cuban-American family in a Sex Week event Sunday.
Yale investing ethics questioned BY MICHAEL MAGDZIK CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Martin Bourqui, a young activist for responsible investing, suggested Friday that the Yale Investments Office needs to manage the University’s $19.4 billion endowment in more socially and environmentally responsible ways. In an afternoon talk at St. Anthony’s Hall attended by about a dozen students, Bourqui, national organizer for the Responsible Endowments Coalition, charged that the current investment strategies of universities like Yale are opaque to the public and seek solely to maximize profits. He argued that the nontraditional investing model pioneered by Chief Investment Officer David Swensen has prompted universities nationwide to focus their portfolios on more complex, risky investments that disregard social and environmental harms. “Schools are nonprofit, taxpayer-supported, missiondriven institutions,” Bourqui said. “If most people were aware of [these investment strategies], they’d think they were not aligned with their values.” The Responsible Endowments Coalition was launched by student activists from Barnard, Duke, the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore and Williams in 2004, in an effort to use university endowments to change corporations for the better. The coalition aims to help students begin advocating for ethical investment on their own campuses, Bourqui said. The effort has been well-
received at many colleges and universities across the country, Bourqui said. He cited Middlebury College, which started a Sustainable Investments Initiative in May 2010, as a school with institutional awareness about responsible investing. At the time, Middlebury president Ron Liebowitz announced in a press release that the school was excited to create an initiative that would further Middlebury’s educational mission in a socially and environmentally friendly manner.
There does need to be a major shift in our collective consciousness. MARTIN BOURQUI National organizer, Responsible Endowments Coalition Bourqui also praised Franklin & Marshall College for its investing efforts, adding that he met with the school’s president on Wednesday to discuss responsible investing. But Bourqui took a more critical view of Yale, and much of that criticism was directed at Swensen. “When he says jump, Wall Street says, ‘How high?’” Bourqui quipped. Swensen came to Yale in 1985 and guided the University’s investments into largely illiquid assets, such as real estate and private equity. Though Yale’s endowment plunged 24.6 percent immediately after the recession hit in 2008, the Uni-
versity has outperformed many of its peers in the long run, with an annual return of 10.1 percent over the past 10 years. While Bourqui acknowledged the success of Yale’s investing strategies — which helped the endowment return 21.9 percent on investments in fiscal year 2011 — he called the system “unsustainable” and argued that “there does need to be a major shift in our collective consciousness.” When pressed by the audience to name specific examples of current unethical investments Yale might hold, Bourqui encouraged students to demand more accountability from those in charge of handling the University’s endowment. He said the Investments Office is “opaque,” making it difficult to hold them responsible for investment choices. After hearing the talk, Avani Mehta ’15 said she wanted to read more about ethical investing and “elevate the level of discourse” on the issue at Yale. Julia Calagiovanni ’15 echoed Mehta’s sentiment, adding that it was “interesting to hear that this was a systematic problem among universities.” A representative of the Yale Investments Office who attended the talk declined to comment. The national average among 823 endowment returns for colleges and universities in fiscal year 2011 was 19.2 percent, according to the 2011 NACUBOCommonfund Study of Endowments. Contact MICHAEL MAGDZIK at michael.magdzik@yale.edu .
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Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced Thursday that the city may be facing bankrupcty because of its failure to address continuing fiscal problems.
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BY HANA ROUSE AND JUSTIN WORLAND STAFF WRITERS Threats to tie federal funding to the cost of university tuition are unlikely to affect Harvard, Vice President Joseph Biden, Jr. said on a conference call with members of the media Thursday. “Net tuition and financial aid will count...so that Harvard’s tuition could be going up, but because the fact of the matter is that the net tuition—what students are actually paying—may be going down, there would be no penalizing,” Biden told The Crimson. “You’re safe at Harvard,” he added. In his State of the Union address last week, President Barack Obama identified the rising cost of higher education as a key issue for middle class America and proposed tying federal funding for universities to the price of their tuition. “So let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down,” Obama said during his address to Congress. Obama’s plan calls for increasing campus-based aid programs to $10 billion, directing that money toward programs like Perkins loans and federal work study. Universities that are able to keep tuition
costs in check while maintaining a highquality education will be rewarded with additional federal funding. During the conference call, Biden said that the amount of HARVARD money allocated to institutions will be determined based on a “fair formula” that takes into account whether the university has a relatively low price tag and robust financial aid program. He pointed out that the financial resources at most colleges are not comparable to those at Harvard, whose endowment is the highest in the country. “Harvard has been a leader in addressing concerns about the cost of higher education,” Harvard’s senior director of federal and state relations Kevin Casey wrote in a statement. “There is bipartisan agreement that access to a college education should be broadly available and we generally support measures that would make higher education more affordable.” Harvard’s financial aid program is often praised as one of the best in the country, covering the full cost of tuition for students whose families earn less than $65,000 a year. About 60 percent of Harvard students receive need-based financial aid.
BY JINJOO LEE CONTRIBUTING WRITER Cornell is working to implement a computer-based program to support deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields in an effort to improve graduation rates of DHH students. The first students will enter the program in fall 2013.
[Deaf and hard-of-hearing students and graduates] have their own experience to inform them about how to best enhance learning. MICHELE FISH Associate Director of Student Disability Services, Cornell University The project, a joint endeavor between Cornell, the Rochester Institute of Technology and Camden County College in New Jersey, aims to develop a virtual academic community for DHH students interested in the STEM fields. The National Science Foundation’s Research in Disability Education program is funding the $1.6 mil-
lion project, according to the National Te c h n i c a l Institute for the Deaf’s website. The virtual acaCORNELL demic community will give DHH students access to real-time interpreting and captioning for courses in the STEM fields and, when completed, provide virtual tutoring and mentoring, according to Michele Fish, associate director of Student Disability Services at Cornell. Fish said the project will encourage DHH students to continue to pursue STEM fields by addressing challenges deaf students encounter when studying those subjects. “The in-class environment can be more challenging [for DHH students in STEM fields] because it’s harder for interpreters and captionists to work with mathematical or scientific formulas,” she said. The program aims to remove this barrier by providing virtual tutors who are DHH students and alumni in STEM fields, Fish said. “[DHH students and graduates] have their own experience to inform them about how to best enhance learning,” Fish said. Although there are only around 16 DHH students at Cornell, Fish
said the program may help boost recruitment of DHH students at Cornell. She added that there is currently only one DHH student at Cornell in a STEM field. Fish said the program may help boost recruitment of DHH students at Cornell. “Our numbers [of DHH students] are very small, but we would love to have more students come here if they know that this project is something that they might be involved in,” she said. Fish expressed optimism that the program will improve the retention of DHH students in STEM fields through its emphasis on mentoring. “[Having] someone who [DHH students] can identify with who’s been through the [same] experience will be very encouraging,” she said. Fish said that although the project looks promising, it will not officially begin unless it shows substantial success. Because the National Science Foundation faces funding constraints, the program grant is conditional and may be discontinued if results are not satisfactory, she said. “In two years, the project of the grant will be re-evaluated. Only if it’s successful, there will be continued funding to allow student participation,” Fish said.
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Providence faces bankruptcy BY KAT THORNTON CITY AND STATE EDITOR Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced Thursday morning that the city could face bankruptcy in June unless it reins in its $22.5 million budget deficit, in part by increasing payments from nonprofits like the University. Later that day, Gov. Lincoln Chafee ‘75 P’14 convened a meeting with President Ruth Simmons, Chancellor Thomas Tisch ‘76 P’07 and Taveras to address the issue. At the meeting, representatives from the city and the University agreed to “renew conversations regarding the University’s payments,” said Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations. Taveras has threatened legal action if an agreement with nonprofits cannot be reached cooperatively. Taveras also demanded sacrifices from retirees at the morning press conference, calling for the suspension of cost-of-living increases in retiree pensions, and he said the city may need to increase residents’ taxes, though he did not specify when or by how much. Taveras will again ask the University for an additional $4 million per year for the next ten years, he said at the press conference. Unless both parties come to an agreement voluntarily, the General Assembly will pursue a legislative alternative, Taveras said. The mayor will meet with the state legislature’s Providence delegation today to discuss legislative options. “You cannot be successful in a failed city,” Taveras said. In 2011, Brown paid more than $4 million in voluntary and tax payments to the city. If the University were taxed to the full-assessed value of its property holdings, its tax bill would total $38 million. The city has recently been outspoken in calling for the University to make additional contributions to Providence.
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Taveras alleged last month that t h e Un i ve rs i ty reneged on a deal to provide $4 BROWN million in additional contributions to the city each year. The University countered that such a deal was never reached, let alone presented to the Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, for approval. Together, Providence’s nonprofits would pay $105 million if taxed to the value of their properties, Taveras said at the press conference, adding that he is seeking for nonprofits to contribute an additional $7.1 million toward paying down the city’s deficit. The Providence City Council passed a resolution Jan. 19 that would strip Brown of its taxexempt status. It also issued a report that recommended increasing payments to the city made by local universities and hospitals. “If Brown were to increase its current contribution by $4 million, that would fall within the range of what we’re recommending,” said City Councilman Sam Zurier, Ward 2. The meeting with Chafee and University administrators yesterday was “productive,” said David Ortiz, the mayor’s press secretary. But “this is not only about Brown,” he added. The mayor has requested that all tax-exempt institutions pitch in to help the city, he said. The University maintains that it already contributes enough to Providence, but that it would consider making additional contributions to the city if such payments aligned with its educational mission. If the city government pursues legal strategies to make Brown pay more, the University will argue that targeting institutions of higher education is detrimental to Providence’s economic wellbeing, Quinn said.
“I think it’s a very challenging time for the city,” Quinn said, adding that the University depends on Providence’s success. Simmons spoke briefly about the meeting an event honoring University employees yesterday. “I had a very, very good meeting with the mayor, where happily he reaffirmed that he really wants to work with us to develop the right ideas for how Brown can continue to support the city,” she said. The mayor will hold a town hall style meeting March 3 to discuss suspending yearly increases in employee pension payments. Retiree pensions increase by 5 to 6 percent annually to adjust for inflation.
As a city, we no longer have the ability to sustain these benefits. It must stop now. ANGEL TAVERAS Mayor, Providence, R. I. “As a city, we no longer have the ability to sustain these benefits,” Taveras said at the press conference. “It must stop now.” The Rhode Island Superior Court ruled Monday against a motion by the city to shift eligible retirees from private insurance to Medicare, which would have cut costs. The city will file an appeal against the ruling, Taveras said. Paul Doughty, president of Providence firefighters Local 799, said the mayor has not yet asked retirees to make a change. “I’m adamant that there has to be conversation,” he said, adding that he is confident the retirees will be willing to work with the mayor. The mayor has taken the first right step by announcing the town hall meeting, he said. While suspending cost-ofliving increases would hurt retirees, Doughty said it would be worse for everyone if the city declares bankruptcy.
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Obama: Israel undecided on Iran attack BY BEN FELLER ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a standoff that has the Middle East on edge. The president sought to assure allies and foes alike that the United States was working in lockstep with Israel to solve the crisis, “hopefully diplomatically.” Obama’s comments came as Israel’s major allies in the West are working hard to talk it out of a unilateral military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, arguing forcefully that an attack ultimately would only strengthen the regime in Tehran. Israel fears that Iran is fast approaching a point at which a limited military strike would no longer be enough to head off an Iranian bomb. “I don’t think that Israel has made a decision on what they need to do,” Obama said during a pre-Super Bowl interview with NBC. He reiterated that the United States has removed no option from consideration in dealing with Iran - an allusion to military intervention - but emphasized that the United States wants a diplomatic solution built around a world coalition. Iran insists its nuclear pursuits are for peaceful civilian purposes, not a bomb. After years of worries about Iran’s nuclear program, world leaders are now showing real concern that Israel could attack the Islamic repub-
lic imminently — a move that might trigger a broader war and disrupt the international economy. Iran’s regime says it wants to extinguish the Jewish state, and the West accuses it of assembling the material and know-how to build a nuclear bomb. Just last week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta would not dispute a report that he believes Israel may attack Iran this spring in an attempt to set back the Islamic republic’s nuclear program.
I will say that we have closer military and intelligence consultation between our two countries than we’ve ever had. BARACK OBAMA President, United States Obama refused to say whether the United States would get notice from Israel before any potential strike on Iran. “I will say that we have closer military and intelligence consultation between our two countries than we’ve ever had,” Obama said, adding, “We are going to be sure that we work in lockstep as we proceed to try to solve this - hopefully diplomatically.” The United States is leading that persuasion initiative, even though Washington largely has concluded that outside argument will have little effect on Israeli decision-making.
“Any kind of additional military activity inside the Gulf is disruptive and has a big effect on us,” Obama said. “It could have a big effect on oil prices. We’ve still got troops in Afghanistan, which borders Iran.” As for the danger of retaliation by Iran against the United States, Obama said, “We don’t see any evidence that they have those intentions or capabilities right now.” Obama said Iran is feeling the pinch of sanctions but Israel is rightfully worried about its security. On the economy, Obama was pressed about a prediction he made three years ago on Super Bowl Sunday: “If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s gonna be a one-term proposition.” Republican leaders, including Mitt Romney, the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination, have seized on that remark as millions of people are still hurting economically. Obama said Sunday, “I deserve a second term, but we’re not done.” He said the direction of the economy has turned around significantly since three years ago, pointing to a new job report last week that showed a surge in hiring. The president, meanwhile, refused repeatedly to take a position on which team would win the big game itself: New York Giants or New England Patriots? “You’re not going to get me,” Obama told NBC’s Matt Lauer. “I’m going to look for a great game.” The president watched the game — which the Giants won, 21-17 — at the White House with his family.
Ads fight for championship BY MAE ANDERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between. The Super may have been a nail biter, but the ads were a snooze. Actor Clint Eastwood waxed about Detroit and Chrysler. An M&M stripped “naked” at a party. And stars from the 90s were everywhere, as were dogs and babies, of course. Companies paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot for the right to duke it out Sunday in front of the expected 111 million-plus fans. But there were fewer surprises. That’s mostly because nearly half of the 70 Super Bowl advertisers put their spots out online in the days leading up to the game. And the companies that did wait until game day for the “big reveal” didn’t take many risks. In fact, most settled on cliche plots with babies, celebrities, sex and humor. “Advertisers this year are playing it very safe,” said Tim Calkins, a professor of marketing at Northwestern University. “They’re running spots that are clearly designed to appeal to a broad audience and not to offend.” Here’s a look at the game’s ads, play by play:
SEX SELLS — OR AT LEAST ADVERTISERS HOPE IT DOES
Advertisers showed a little skin in this year’s Super Bowl. An ad for domain name-hosting site GoDaddy shows race car driver Danica Patrick and fitness expert Jillian Michaels body painting a nude woman. An ad for clothing retailer H&M features soccer star David Beckham in black-and-white in his new line of undies. And online florist Teleflora and automaker Kia both use Victoria Secret’s model Adriana Lima in their Super Bowl ads.
Advertisers this year are … running spots that are clearly designed to appeal to a broad audience. TIM CALKINS Professor of Marketing, Northwestern University But perhaps the two most blatant examples of “letting it all hang out” came from car companies. Toyota’s spot for its “reinvented” Camry features a “reinvented” couch made up of women wearing bikinis. “It also comes in male,” a voiceover in the ad says while showing a couch of shirtless men.
And among the few standouts for the night was a Fiat ad equated seeing a Fiat for the first time with making out with a sexy Italian super model. The tagline: “You’ll never forget the first time you see one.” “They did a good job of showing that some decisions are made with the heart, some decisions are made with the head and the Italian car decision resides in the groin,” said Greg Dinoto, chief creative officer of advertising agency Deutsch in New York. “It was sexy and surprising and fun.”
BABIES AND DOGS, OH MY
Who doesn’t love cute animals and babies? Advertisers are banking there aren’t many among us. That’s why Doritos used both. One Doritos spot shows a man being bribed by a dog with the chips to keep the animal’s dirty secret about a cat’s disappearance. In another spot, a grandmother uses a slingshot to hoist a baby up to grab a bag of Doritos that belongs to a boy in a tree who had been taunting the baby with the chips. Those two ads were crowd favorites, said Peter Dabol, who analyzes advertising effectiveness at research firm Ace Metrix. The firm polled 500 viewers about the ads to find their favorites. “It’s a typical Super Bowl, funny carries the day,” he said. “Advertisers are driving for attention and likability.”
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Demonstrators gather outside of the White House on Saturday to protest.
Rankings mostly affect colleges, not students BY JUSTIN POPE ASSOCIATED PRESS When US News & World Report debuted its list of “America’s Best Colleges” nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they’ve had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves. Yes, students and families still buy the guide and its less famous competitors by the hundreds of thousands, and still care about a college’s reputation. But it isn’t students who obsess over every incremental shift on the rankings scoreboard, and who regularly embarrass themselves in the process. It’s colleges. It’s colleges that have spent billions on financial aid for high-scoring students who don’t actually need the money, motivated at least partly by the quest for rankings glory. It was a college, Baylor University, that paid students it had already accepted to retake the SAT exam in a transparent ploy to boost the average scores it could report. It’s colleges that have awarded bonuses to presidents who lift their school a few slots. And it’s colleges that occasionally get caught in the kind of cheating you might expect in sports or on Wall Street, but which seems especially ignominious coming from professional educators. The latest example came last week at Claremont McKenna, a highly regarded California liberal arts college where a senior administrator resigned after acknowledging he falsified college entrance exam scores for years to rankings publications such as US News. The scale was small: submitting scores just
10 or 20 points higher on the 1,600-point SAT math and reading exams. Average test scores account for just 7.5 percent of the US News rankings formula. Still, the magazine acknowledged the effect could have been to move the college up a slot or two in its rankings of top liberal arts colleges. And so it was hard not to notice Claremont McKenna stood at No. 9 in this year’s rankings, which to people who care about such things sounds much sweeter than No. 11. “For Claremont, there is I would think a psychologically large difference between being ninth and 11th,” said Bob Schaeffer of the group FairTest and a rankings critic. “We’re a top 10 school,’ [or] ‘We’re 11th or 12th’ — that’s a big psychological difference. It’s a bragging rights difference.” If it was an effort to gain an edge, it backfired badly. Another popular list, Kiplinger’s “Best College Values,” said Friday it was removing Claremont McKenna from its 2011-’12 rankings entirely because of the false reporting. The college had been No. 18 on its list of best-value liberal arts colleges. Competitiveness may be naturally human, but to many who work with students, such behavior among fellow educators is mystifying. Contrary to widespread perceptions, they say, students typically use the rankings as a source of data and pay little attention to a school’s number. “When I started in this business, I thought, ‘The rankings are terrible,’” said Brad MacGowan, a 21-year-veteran college counselor at Newton North High School outside Boston. “But spending all this time with students, I just don’t hear that much about them. I’m sure it’s colleges that are perpetuating it.”
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After U.N. veto, U.S. floats coalition on Syria BY LEE KEATH AND MATTHEW LEE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria’s opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed, raising fears that violence will escalate. Rebel soldiers said force was now the only way to oust President Bashar Assad, while the regime vowed to press its military crackdown. The threat of both sides turning to greater force after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution raises the potential for Syria’s turmoil to move into even a more dangerous new phase that could degenerate into outright civil war. The uprising inspired by other Arab Spring revolts began in March with peaceful protests against Assad’s regime, sparking a fierce crackdown by government forces. Soldiers who defected to join the uprising later began to protect protesters from attacks. In recent months, the rebel soldiers, known as the Free Syrian Army, have grown bolder, attacking regime troops and trying to establish control in pro-opposition areas. That has brought a heavier government response. More than 5,400 people have been killed since March, accord-
ing to the U.N., and now regime opponents fear that Assad will be emboldened by the feeling he is protected by his top ally Moscow and unleash even greater violence to crush protesters. If the opposition turns overtly to armed resistance, the result could be a dramatic increase in bloodshed.
Faced with a neutered Security Council, we have to redouble our efforts outside of the United Nations HILLARY CLINTON LAW ’73 Secretary of State, United States At least 30 civilians were killed Sunday, including five children and a woman who was hit by a bullet while standing on her balcony as troops fired on protesters in a Damascus suburb, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group. Government forces firing mortars and heavy machine guns also battered the mountain town of Zabadani, north of Damascus, a significant opposition stronghold that fell under rebel control
late last month. Bombardment the past two days has wounded dozens and forced scores of families to flee, an activist in the town said. “The situation is terrifying. Makeshift hospitals are full,” said the activist, who only gave his first name, Fares, for fear of government reprisal. He said the town has been under siege for the past five days and there is a shortage of food and heating fuel during the cold winter. The commander of the Free Syrian Army told The Associated Press that, after the vetoes at the U.N., “there is no other road” except military action to topple Assad. “We consider that Syria is occupied by a criminal gang and we must liberate the country from this gang,” Col. Riad al-Asaad said, speaking by telephone from Turkey. “This regime does not understand the language of politics. It only understands the language of force.” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton LAW ’73 warned that chances for “a brutal civil war” would increase as Syrians under attack from their government move to defend themselves, unless international steps provide another way. Speaking to reporters in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, she called the double veto at the U.N.
Security Council on Saturday “a travesty.” “Faced with a neutered Security Council, we have to redouble our efforts outside of the United Nations,” she said, calling for “friends of democratic Syria” to unite and “support the Syrian people’s right to have a better future.” The call points to the formation of a formal group of likeminded nations to coordinate assistance to the Syrian opposition, similar but not identical to the Contact Group on Libya, which oversaw international help for opponents of the late deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. In the case of Libya, the group also coordinated NATO military operations to protect Libyan civilians, something that is not envisioned in Syria. U.S. officials said an alliance would work to further squeeze the Assad regime by stepping up sanctions against it, bringing disparate Syrian opposition groups inside and outside the country together, providing humanitarian relief for embattled Syrian communities and working to prevent an escalation of violence by monitoring arms sales. The main Syrian opposition umbrella group, the Syrian National Council, backed the idea.
Egypt to try 19 Americans BY HAMZA HENDAWI ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt on Sunday referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country. Egypt’s military rulers had already deeply strained ties with Washington with their crackdown on U.S.-funded groups promoting democracy and human rights and accused of stirring up violence in the aftermath of the uprising a year ago that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The decision to send 43 workers from the various groups to trials marks a sharp escalation in the dispute. Egypt and the United States have been close allies for more than three decades, but the campaign against the organizations has angered Washington, and jeopardized the $1.5 billion in aid Egypt is set to receive from the U.S. this year. On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Egypt that failure to resolve the dispute may lead to the loss of American aid. The Egyptian minister, Mohammed Amr, responded Sunday by saying the government cannot interfere in the work of the judiciary. “We are doing our best to contain this but ... we cannot actually exercise any influence on the
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Anti-Syrian regime protesters burn a Russian flag in front the Russian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday.
Greek debt deal talks pushed to Monday BY DEMETRIS NELLAS AND NICHOLAS PAPHITIS ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Egyptian judges on Sunday referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, to trial before a criminal court for investigating judges right now when it comes to the investigation,” Amr told reporters at a security conference in Munich, Germany. A few hours later, word of the referral to trials came. The Egyptian investigation into the work of nonprofit groups in the country is closely linked to the political turmoil that has engulfed the nation since the ouster of Mubarak, a close U.S. ally who
ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years. Egypt’s military rulers have been under fire by liberal and secular groups for bungling what was supposed to be a transition to democracy after Mubarak’s ouster. The ruling generals who took power after the uprising, led by a man who was Mubarak’s defense minister for 20 years, have tried to deflect the criticism by claiming “foreign hands” are
behind protests against their rule and frequently depict the protesters as receiving funds from abroad in a plot to destabilize the country. Those allegations have cost the youth activists that spearheaded Mubarak’s ouster support among a wider public that is sensitive to allegations of foreign meddling and which sees a conspiracy to destabilize Egypt in nearly every move by a foreign nation.
ATHENS, Greece — Crisis talks on a debt deal for Greece among the three leaders of parties supporting the coalition government were suspended and will continue Monday. Greece is racing to finalize austerity reforms needed for a new €130 billion ($171 billion) bailout without which it would face bankruptcy in late March. But in a country deep in recession, with unemployment at 19 percent, many politicians and unions oppose more austerity measures. The three party leaders held a five-hour meeting late Sunday with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to hammer out a deal with debt inspectors representing eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund, but failed to reach an agreement. An announcement from Papademos’ office said the three had agreed on measures to cut spending in 2012 by 1.5 percent of gross domestic product — about €3.3 billion ($4.3 billion) — improve competitiveness by
cutting wages and non-wage costs, such as social security contributions, reduce auxiliary pensions and re-capitalize banks without nationalizing them. But the three leaders — socialist George Papandreou, Antonis Samaras of conservative New Democracy and Giorgos Karatzaferis of the rightist Popular Orthodox Rally — differed as to what this would mean in detailed proposals. Samaras said upon leaving the talks that Greece’s creditors “are asking for more recession which the country cannot bear. I am fighting, with all my means, to prevent this.” Papandreou objects to cutting actual wages and wants the state to take over banks, at least temporarily. His socialist party executive is meeting at the moment to consider these proposals. “Political party leaders are obliged to provide a first response to the proposals by Monday morning,” socialist party spokesman Panos Beglitis told reporters after the party leaders’ meeting with Papademos.
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CAMERON CULLMAN ’13 NEW COED SAILING CAPTAIN Men’s Singlehanded National Champion Cullman was elected to be the 2012 captain following the two-year tenure of Joseph Morris ’11. Emily Billing ’13 was elected captain of the No. 1 women’s team. The women’s season kicks off Feb. 18. The coed team begins a week later.
“I thought we got stagnant on offense... What’s anchored us all weeekend is our defense. JAMES JONES HEAD COACH, M. BASKETBALL YALE DAILY NEWS · MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012 · yaledailynews.com
YALE GETS SWAGGER BACK Elis sweep homestand against Penn and Princeton to get back into Ivy championship race. PAGE B3 GRAHAM HARBOE/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Captain Reggie Willhite ’12 scored 20 points and added nine rebounds to pace Yale in the team’s 58–54 win against Princeton Saturday. The Elis also beat Penn over the weekend and now sit at second in the Ivy League.
Elis fall to third in Ivy League BY JOHN SULLIVAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The Bulldogs started this weekend off on the right foot, extending their winning streak to three with a 72–60 win at Penn on Friday — only to run into a brick wall at Princeton the next day.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL YALE 72, PENN 60 PRINCETON 72, YALE 47 The Tigers proved too much for the Elis (12–8, 4–2 Ivy) to handle as they fell 72–47, dropping to third place in the Ivy League. “We stayed pretty close to them for most of the game,” guard Aarica West ’13 said. “We fought hard in the beginning, but in the second half we just didn’t have enough in us to stay in the game. All we can do now is remember what this feels like and come back at them next time.” In all four of their Ivy League wins this season, the Elis have trailed at halftime but come out strong in the second half to take the lead quickly. Friday’s game at Penn stuck to that model, as the Bulldogs went into the half down 27–25, but went on a 15–3 run to jump to a 10-point lead in the first
Mixed results for Bulldogs BY JIMIN HE AND KEVIN KUCHARSKI STAFF REPORTERS It was a tale of two teams for men’s hockey this weekend. After a frustrating 4–3 overtime loss to St. Lawrence (10–15–3, 6–9–1 ECAC) on Friday, the Bulldogs bounced back in a big way with a 5–1 thumping of Clarkson (13–12– 5, 7–6–3) on Saturday.
six minutes after the break. “Every time that we’ve been down in the first half and then come back it’s been because we were either too antsy or were playing hard but not with our heads,” West said. “Coach [Chris Gobrecht] has been telling us at halftime that we need to settle down and focus more on the game.” Yale was lucky to be down by only two at halftime after Penn (8–11, 1–4 Ivy) outrebounded the Elis 30-17 in the first half. The Quakers grabbed 14 offensive rebounds, but good defense from the Bulldogs prevented them from converting those extra opportunities into a bigger lead. The Elis held Penn to only 28.6 percent shooting in the first half, but were only able to make 10 of their own 31 attempts from the floor. After halftime, though, the Bulldogs’ offense turned up the heat. Guard Megan Vasquez ’13 scored 17 of her game-high 19 points in the second half, and the Elis shot a blistering 51.7 percent from the field. The team made 14 of 15 free throws in the second period to complete the effort and prevent Penn from climbing back into the game. Yale held its lead to around eight or nine points for most of SEE W. BASKETBALL PAGE B2
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MEN’S HOCKEY ST. LAWRENCE 4, YALE 3 (OT) YALE 5, CLARKSON 1
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Forward Clinton Bourbonais ’14 scored the fifth goal against Clarkson on Saturday.
Center Andrew Miller ’13 said it was an important win for the team. “It was a big difference from [Friday] night,” Miller said. “[Friday] night was a tough game for us, and to win one at home in front of our home crowd was a lot of fun. Winning by a 5–1 margin, it’s big for our team.” Continuing a recent trend, head coach Keith Allain ’80 put Jeff Malcolm ’13 in between the pipes after giving Nick Maricic ’13 the start on Friday. The move did not seem to pay dividends early on, as the Elis allowed the game’s first goal just two minutes into the opening period. But Malcolm was able to shake it off and keep the Golden Knights off the scoreboard the rest of the way. “I just try to focus on the next save,” Malcolm said. “You get a bad bounce like that … you just come back and concentrate on the next save, and after that you … get in a rhythm.” Clarkson got on the scoreboard when forward Allan McPherson brought the puck from SEE M. HOCKEY PAGE B2
THE NUMBER OF POINTS SCORED BY THE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE FINAL THREE MINUTES AGAINST PENN, TO SECURE THE WIN 60-53. The Bulldogs trailed, 53–50, before seizing control in the final minutes. The Elis built on that win with a victory over Princeton the next day.
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SPORTS
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS JEREMY LIN The former Harvard guard scored 25 points in the New York Knicks 99-92 win over the New Jersey Nets on Saturday. Lin also made seven assists in the best performance of his two-year professional career, discounting the time he spent in the Development League.
After OT loss, Bulldogs win big M. HOCKEY FROM PAGE B1 behind the net and attempted a wraparound, only to be stuffed by Malcolm. But the Canadian netminder was unable to corral the rebound before McPherson popped it in the net to put the Golden Knights up by one. However, the Elis evened up the score just four minutes later. After some nice puck movement in the offensive zone, defenseman Tommy Fallen ’15 ended up with the rubber at the point. Clarkson goalie Paul Karpowich saved his shot, but the rebound fell to the right side of the net. Waiting there was Miller who grabbed it, made a move around the keeper and put it in for his fifth goal of the year. The second period was all Brian O’Neill ’12 as the Elis turned the 1–1 tie into a 3–1 advantage. The captain and forward was recently named the January ECAC Player of the Month and defended his title in the middle frame. He got the party started just one minute into the period with his ninth power play goal of the season, tying him for first in the nation in that category. After taking a pass from Jesse Root ’14, O’Neill cut between two defensemen and beat Karpowich handily. His second tally of the period came with only two minutes remaining. A great find from Miller, who recorded his second point of the night, set O’Neill up for the easy goal. Standing at the right circle, Miller picked out O’Neill, who was moving toward net on the edge of the left circle. Karpowich was helpless as O’Neill finished for the 3–1 lead.
To win one at home in front of our home crowd was a lot of fun. Winning by a 5-1 margin, it’s big for our team. ANDREW MILLER ’13 Forward, men’s hockey “I really hadn’t seen him before, but when I turned he was calling for it and streaking to the net,” Miller said. The Bulldogs and Knights went back and forth for the first 40 minutes, with the Blue and White
holding a narrow 22–20 advantage in shots on goal after two periods. But the Elis closed out the last half of the third period in dominating fashion. With 8:03 left in the game, forward Antoine Laganiere ’13 skated down the middle of the ice sandwiched between two defenders. Although Karpowich blocked his shot, the ensuing chaotic scramble in front of the net allowed winger Kenny Agostino ’14 to notch his 10th goal of the season. Eighteen seconds later, the Bulldogs put the game completely out of reach for the Golden Knights. Off the edge of the crease, center Clinton Bourbonais ’14 took advantage of another scramble in front of the Clarkson goal for the final tally of the night. The Bulldogs outshot the Knights 33–28, and Malcolm finished with 27 saves, likely earning himself another start when the Elis travel to Colgate on Friday. Malcolm’s big night came one day after the loss to St. Lawrence, a back-and-forth game in which the Elis seemed poised for another come-from-behind victory. But a controversial penalty gave St. Lawrence a man-advantage in the sudden-death overtime and allowed the Saints to escape with a 4–3 win when they scored just 15 seconds into the power play. Although fans and players alike were visibly upset after the boarding call against forward Antoine Laganiere ’13, Allain refused to comment on it. Instead, he pointed out a questionable hit on Kevin Peel ‘12 that forced the defenseman to exit the game with a concussion. Peel did not return to the ice on Saturday night. Just two and a half minutes into the action, the Bulldogs found a golden scoring opportunity as two St. Lawrence players were sent into the penalty box. But the Yale offense could not take advantage of the five-on-three opportunity, finishing the opening frame 0 for 3 on the power play. “I didn’t think we did a good enough job on that [power play],” Allain said. “I thought that killed a little bit of our momentum.” Through the first half of the opening frame, the Elis dominated puck possession and generated consistent offensive pressure on the Saints, who were being outshot 10–2 at one point.
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Forward Kevin Limbert ’12 notched an assist, his seventh point of the season, against St. Lawrence Friday night. After playing center between Broc Little ’11 and Denny Kearney ’11 last season, Kevin Limbert ’12 has found a new placefor much of this year alongside Charls Brockett ’12 and Chad Ziegler ’12. The relentless attack paid off for the Elis 11:09 into the game. Laganiere took the puck behind the St. Lawrence net and quickly skated into the right circle, firing off a shot before St. Lawrence goalie Matt Weninger could react. But the momentum shifted in favor of St. Lawrence during the last half of the first period as the Saints kept the puck on Yale’s side of the ice for most of the time. Making things even more frustrating were a few exceptional saves by St. Lawrence’s Weninger. With under 3:30 remaining before the first intermission, Yale goalie Maricic could not cover up the puck after two quick scoring attempts by the Saints at pointblank range. Taking advantage of the chaos in front of the net, winger Greg Carey tied the game at 1–1. The Yale offense was anemic throughout the second period as the Saints overtook the Elis in
shots on goal, 26–19. Two minutes and 14 seconds into the period, the Saints’ Jacob Drewiske found a hole in the Bulldogs’ defense and ripped one past Maricic, giving the Saints their first lead of the game. Eight minutes later, St. Lawrence struck again. Maricic blocked a shot by the Saints and knocked the puck into the air. As the goalie fell down in front of the net, the puck fell between him and a wide-open net, allowing Chris Martin to widen the lead to 3–1. But the Bulldogs came roaring back in the final 20 minutes of the game. Eight minutes and six seconds into the final frame, Kevin Limbert ’12 took possession of the puck behind the net and found a waiting Chad Ziegler ’12 waiting off the edge of the crease. Ziegler punched in the puck to cut the deficit to 3–2.
M. squash drops one SQUASH FROM PAGE B4
BLAIR SEIDEMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Despite losing their perfect record in an 8-1 loss to Princeton on Saturday, the Bulldogs came back on Saturday to defeat Penn 8–1.
now and be ready for Nationals in two weeks.” No. 2 player Hywel Robinson ‘14 added that while the loss was a huge disappointment, it is important for the team to move on and make sure the rest of the season goes smoothly. Getting back on track from Saturday’s 1–8 defeat, the Elis defeated the No. 10 Quakers 8–1 on Sunday. Kenneth Chan ’13 lost his match at No. 1, but the rest of the matches were onesided in Yale’s favor. In spots 3–7, the Elis all won 3–0. The women’s match against Penn was much closer. In the first round of matches, Tilghman won 3–0 at No. 6, but Issey Norman-Ross ’15 lost hers, in a drawn-out 5-set affair. Captain Rhetta Nadas ’12 helped the Elis take the lead by winning her 5-set match at No. 3. In the second round, the women’s team took wins at No. 2 and No. 8, but lost at No. 5. Despite having a 4–2 lead going into the final round of matches, the Quakers won at the No. 7 and No. 4 spot, tying the overall score. However, Tomlinson, who is also the defending national champion, swept her No. 1 spot match 3–0 and won the overall match for the Elis 5–4. Women’s squash team member Charlotte Dillon ’14 said that both matches were exciting, with Sunday’s match particularly close. The Elis will face Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H., next Friday, and Harvard at home on Sunday. Contact JAMES HUANG at jianan.huang@yale.edu .
The Saints’ defense held off wave after wave of assault but finally cracked with less than a minute left in regulation. As the game clock wound down, the Bulldogs launched a final counterattack. As Laganiere skated down the right side of the rink, he found an undefended Agostino across the ice. The junior winger quickly passed the puck, allowing Agostino to tie the game with just 34.2 seconds remaining in regulation. “On that game-tying goal, he got a nice pass across the ice, and he did a good job finding some net on the short,” Allain said. However, the Elis could not keep the momentum going into overtime. Two minutes and nine seconds into the extra period, Laganiere was called for a questionable boarding penalty and sent into the box. Fifteen seconds after the penalty started, Carey fired off a slap shot from the right
circle to give the Saints the win. After taking three points with the win over Clarkson, the Elis stand at seventh in the ECAC. The Bulldogs will travel to Colgate and Cornell next weekend to play two of the conference’s top teams. Contact JIMIN HE at jimin.he@yale.edu and KEVIN KUCHARSKI at kevin.kucharski@yale.edu .
ST. LAWRENCE 4, YALE 3 ST. LAW
1
2
0
1
4
YALE
1
0
2
0
3
YALE 5, CLARKSON 1 YALE
1
2
2
5
CLARKS
1
0
0
1
Tigers take down Elis W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B1 the second half and never let the Quakers build any significant momentum to mount a comeback. With a minute left in the game, Penn pulled within six on a three-pointer by freshman Jackie Kates but was forced to foul to try to get the ball back. Vasquez made both of her free throws to push the lead back to eight. When the Quakers sent Janna Graf ’14 to the line first with 40 and then 26 seconds remaining, she made all four of her free throws to put the game out of reach. The Penn victory gave head coach Chris Gobrecht her 499th career victory and set the stage for a battle for first place on Saturday with Princeton. Yale put up a good fight, but the Tigers (15– 4, 5–0 Ivy) reminded everyone why they have only had one Ivy League loss in the past three seasons. Princeton jumped out to an 8–0 lead in the first two minutes, but the Bulldogs responded with two layups from Vasquez and two threepointers from Graf to tie the game up at 10–10. From that point on, Princeton started to pull away, but Yale stuck with the Tigers for the rest of the first half, preventing the game from getting out of hand. Once again, the Bulldogs went into halftime behind, only this time there was no big run to open up the second half and pull them back into the game. It was Princeton that scored four of the first five baskets of the second half, and the Bulldogs were never able to recover. “We’re a team that can be slow out of the gates at times,” guard Sarah Halejian ’15 said, “and we never got that spark [Saturday] night. It just wasn’t there for us.” Princeton, whose starters average just under 6’0” in height, dominated inside and outrebounded Yale 61–30.
The Bulldogs also struggled to score against Princeton’s tight defense. They shot only 25 percent from the floor and made only one field goal during the last seven minutes. One bright spot for the Elis, however, was the return of guard Hayden Latham ’15, who missed the last eight games with a concussion. Latham played 12 minutes in her first game back and finished with three points and three rebounds. Halejian said that Latham’s return gives the team a much-needed boost going forward. “We’ve definitely been missing her a whole lot,” Halejian said. “It’s great to have more bodies, but she’s also a really good player, and we’ve really been lacking her presence. She looked good [Saturday] night too, so hopefully she’s able to continue to play well.” The Bulldogs return home next weekend after playing their last four contests away from John J. Lee amphitheater. They face Cornell on Friday and then take on Columbia the following day. Tipoff Friday is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Contact JOHN SULLIVAN at john.j.sullivan@yale.edu .
YALE 72, PENN 60 YALE
25
47
72
PENN
27
33
60
PRINCETON 72, YALE 47 PTON
35
37
72
YALE
26
21
47
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SPORTS
Williams Lead U.S. Past Belarus in Fed Cup The Fed Cup, the premier team competition in women’s tennis, saw the return of Venus Williams, who spent the past five months recovering from the autoimmune disease Sjogren’s Syndrome. Her straights-set doubles victory with partner Liezel Huber only added to the United States’ lead over Belarus. Her sister Serena had already guaranteed the U.S. a win with her singles’ victory.
Elis take two at home
S C O R E S & S TA N D I N G S
MEN’S HOCKEY IVY
OVERALL
SCHOOL
W L
T
%
W L
T
%
Cornell
5
1
2
.750
11
6
6
.609
Harvard
3
2
3
.562
7
6
9
.523
Dartmouth
2
3
3
.438
9
10
4
.478
Yale
3
3
0
.500
10
11
2
.478
Princeton
2
4
2
.375
7
10
6
.435
Brown
2
4
0
.333
8
12
3
.413
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
SATURDAY, FEB. 4 Yale 5, Clarkson 1
FRIDAY, FEB. 10 Yale at Colgate, 7:00 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IVY
GRAHAM HARBOE/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Guard Austin Morgan ’13 was held to just five points on 1 of 9 shooting against Princeton, but added 11 in Yale’s win over Penn on Friday. BY CHARLES CONDRO STAFF REPORTER Last weekend, Yale’s season goal for an Ivy title looked to be slipping out of reach. But this weekend, the Bulldogs tightened their grip and got a hold of their season once more.
MEN’S BASKETBALL YALE 60, PENN 53 YALE 58, PRINCETON 54 With less than three minutes to play Friday, Yale (15–5, 5–1 Ivy) scored the final 10 points to come from behind and defeat Penn 60–53. The Bulldogs followed the Penn win by holding off a Princeton rally to win 58–54. Coming into the weekend a half-game behind Penn, Yale is now second place in the Ivy League, trailing Harvard by one game. Bulldogs head coach James Jones said defense was the key to the Elis’ success this weekend. “I thought we got stagnant on offense a few times and took some ill-advised shots,” Jones said. “What’s anchored us all weekend is our defense.” The Elis held the Quakers (12–
10, 4–1 Ivy) to just 37.9 percent shooting from the floor and then limited the Tigers (11–10, 2–3 Ivy) to a measly 33.3 percent. Yale locked down key scorers on both teams such as Penn guard Tyler Bernardini and Princeton guard Douglas Davis, whom the Elis held to six points apiece. Both players are averaging more than 13 points per game for the season. On Friday, captain Reggie Willhite ’12 came down with what might be the biggest rebound of the year, drove down the court and found a trailing Greg Mangano ’12 for a three that tied the ballgame at 53. Willhite next stole the ball from Quaker point guard Zack Rosen, and guard Austin Morgan ’13 cleaned up his miss and was awarded the basket on defensive goaltending. That was the last of seven lead changes in a highly contested game. Yale then hit five free throws in the final minute, and Mangano got two offensive rebounds on the same possession to seal the victory. Penn head coach Jerome Allen said he was disappointed in his team’s effort on the boards. “Rebounding is a function of desire,” Allen said. “For us to give up 15 offensive rebounds and expect to win … we’ve got to be
kidding ourselves.” During the next evening against Princeton, the Bulldogs led for all but 4:40, yet the conclusion was far from assured. When the Tigers pulled to 53–51 with 1:08 remaining, the Elis showed great resolve to see out the victory. Yale took control of the game with a 16–0 run lasting 9:05 after the Tigers took a 10–5 lead on center Brendan Connolly’s free throw. The greatest surprise Saturday was the resurgence of center Jeremiah Kreisberg ’14. The man whose teammates call him “The Hebrew Hammer” had been struggling starting in the 72–71 loss to Wake Forest on Dec. 29, but he came alive with six firsthalf points, dished out two assists and took two charges on the defensive end. “He looked like the old Jeremiah,” Jones said. “He’s been in a little haze, I guess, but he’s got out of it. I texted Jeremiah last night telling him that I had full confidence in him for the game today.” Kreisberg finished with nine points, but Willhite was the star of the game. He filled the stat sheet with a 20-point, ninerebound, three-assist, one-steal, one-block performance. Additionally, his electrifying jam with
11:41 remaining in the game energized both the Yale players and the fans at the Lee Amphitheater. Mangano joined Willhite with 20 points Saturday to accompany his 12 rebounds. He also recorded a double-double against the Quakers Friday with a 23-point, 10-rebound performance. The Bulldogs sojourn to New York next Friday to challenge Cornell in Ithaca Feb. 10. It will be just the Elis’ second away game in 42 days.
OVERALL
SCHOOL
W L
%
W L
%
Princeton
5
0
1.000
15
4
.789
Harvard
4
1
.800
11
8
.579
Yale
4
2
.667
12
8
.600
Cornell
3
2
.600
9
10
.474
Brown
3
3
.500
12
8
.600
Penn
1
4
.200
8
11
.421
Dartmouth
1
4
.200
3
16
.158
Columbia
0
5
.000
2
17
.105
LAST WEEK
NEXT WEEK
SATURDAY, FEB. 4 Princeton 72, Yale 47
FRIDAY, FEB. 10 Cornell at Yale, 7:00 p.m.
MEN’S BASKETBALL IVY
Joey Rosenberg contributed reporting. Contact CHARLES CONDRO at charles.condro@yale.edu .
YALE 58, PRINCETON 54
OVERALL
SCHOOL
W
L
%
W
L
%
Harvard
6
0
1.000
20
2
.909
Yale
5
1
.833
15
5
.750
Penn
4
1
.800
12
10
.545
Cornell
3
3
.500
8
12
.400
Princeton
2
3
.400
11
10
.524
Columbia
2
4
.333
13
9
.591
YALE
32
26
58
Brown
1
5
.167
7
16
.304
PTOWN
23
31
54
Dartmouth
0
6
.000
4
18
.182
LAST WEEK
YALE 60, PENN 53 YALE
29
31
60
PENN
29
24
53
NEXT WEEK
SATURDAY, FEB. 4 Yale 58, Princeton 54
FRIDAY, FEB. 10 Yale at Cornell, 7:00 p.m.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY IVY
Giants beat Patriots in close game BY BARRY WILNER ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21–17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl — in older brother Peyton’s house, at that. Just as Manning did four years ago when the Giants ruined New England’s perfect season, he guided them 88 yards to the decisive touchdown, which the Patriots didn’t contest as Ahmad Bradshaw ran 6 yards with 57 seconds left. Patriots coach Bill Belichick reasoned the Giants would run the clock down and kick a short field goal, so he gambled by allowing the six points. The gamble failed. And now Manning not only has stamped himself as the elite quarterback he claimed to be when the season began — in the same class as Brady — he’s beaten the Patriots in two thrilling Super Bowls. The Giants (13–7), who stood 7–7 in mid-December, now own the football world, and Manning owns two Super Bowl MVP awards, the same number as Brady. “It’s been a wild game, a wild season,” Manning said. Manning led six come-
back victories during the season and set an NFL record with 15 fourth-quarter touchdown passes. He showed that brilliance in the clutch on the winning drive. He completed five passes, including a sensational 38-yard sideline catch by Mario Manningham to open the drive.
SCHOOL
W L
T
%
W L
T
%
Cornell
7
1
0
.875
21
3
0
.875
Princeton
6
3
1
.650
10
11
4
.480
IVY 1
Dartmouth
4
3
.562
15
OVERALL 7 2 .667
Harvard
4
4
0
.500
16
7
1
.688
Brown
2
5
0
.286
7
11
7
.420
Yale
0
7
0
.000
1
24
0
.040
LAST WEEK
NEXT WEEK
SATURDAY, FEB. 4 Clarkson 7, Yale 0
It’s been a wild game, a wild season.
FRIDAY, FEB. 10 Colgate at Yale, 7:00 p.m.
WOMEN’S SQUASH
ELI MANNING Quarterback, New York Giants On second down at the Patriots 6 and with only one timeout remaining, Belichick had his defense stand up as Bradshaw took the handoff. Bradshaw thought about stopping short of the end zone, then tumbled in untouched. Brady couldn’t answer in the final 57 seconds, although his desperation pass into the end zone on the final play fell just beyond the grasp of AllPro tight end Rob Gronkowski. New England (15–4), winner of 10 straight since a loss to the Giants in November, was done. Brady headed off with his head bowed, holding his helmet, while around him was the wild celebration by the Giants, NFL champions for the eighth — and perhaps most unlikely — time.
OVERALL
IVY SCHOOL
W L
%
W L
%
Yale
5
0
1.000
14
0
1.000
Harvard
5
0
1.000
12
0
1.000
Cornell
3
2
.600
10
4
.714
Penn
3
2
.600
6
3
.667
5
Brown
1
3
.250
9
4
.692
Princeton
1
3
.250
6
3
.667
7
Columbia
0
4
.000
5
7
.417
Dartmouth
0
4
.000
3
5
.375
1
3
LAST WEEK
SUNDAY, FEB. 5 Yale 5, Penn 4 CHRIS O’MEARA/ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York’s Eli Manning hoists the Vince Lombardi trophy after leading his team to a come-from-behind Super Bowl victory over New England.
OVERALL
NEXT WEEK
FRIDAY, FEB. 10 Yale at Dartmouth, 12:00 p.m.
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SPORTS W. squash stays unbeaten
“You think [champion Julio Chavez] just decided to all of a sudden drink right before the biggest fight of his career? He’s been drinking all along, man.” FLOYD MAYWEATHER SR BOXING TRAINER
Elis suffer rivalry losses
BY JAMES HUANG CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After a fairytale start to the season that included a momentous victory over Trinity, the men’s squash team fell back to earth when it was demolished by No. 3 Princeton, 8-1, Saturday. However, the men’s team bounced back and won its Sunday match against No. 10 Penn to finish the weekend with a 12–1 record. The women’s team, meanwhile, defeated both of its opponents — No. 5 Princeton and No. 4 Penn — to remain undefeated and set up a showdown next weekend with No. 1 Harvard.
SQUASH M: PRINCETON 8, YALE 1 M: YALE 8, PENN 1 W: YALE 7, PRINCETON 2 W: YALE 5, PENN 4 On Saturday at Princeton, the women’s team won the No. 1, No. 3-5, and No. 7-9 spots to seal the match 7–2. At the No. 1 spot, Millie Tomlinson ’14 defeated her opponent in a hard-fought five sets. Having lost the first set, Tomlinson won the next two, but lost the fourth, only to clinch victory in the final set. At No. 2, Kim Hay ’14 lost her match 3–0. The other loss was at the No. 6 spot Gwen Tilghman ’14, who also lost three straight sets.
It was sad to see the team lose. We are just trying to get back on track now and be ready for Nationals. JOSEPH ROBERTS ’15 Men’s squash However, the men’s team lost 8–1 to Princeton despite several hard-fought matches. Captain Ryan Dowd ’12 went back and forth a full five sets with his opponent at the No. 5 spot, but lost the final set. Robert Berner ’12 at No. 7 took an early 2–0 lead, but his opponent gained momentum and took the next three sets for the win. The only match won was at No. 9 with Joseph Roberts ’15, who swept the first three sets. Roberts was called up into the lineup this weekend in the important game against Princeton. “It was sad to see the team lose,” Roberts said. “We are just trying to get back on track SEE SQUASH PAGE B2
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Both the men’s and women’s swimming teams came in last place against rivals Harvard and Princeton but saw individuals post season best times. BY MONICA DISARE STAFF REPORTER Yale swimming and diving fell to rivals Harvard and Princeton at the H-Y-P tri-meet this weekend, but the Bulldogs said they are unfazed and are saving themselves for the Ivy League championships.
SWIMMING AND DIVING The men’s team (5–2, 4–2 Ivy ) lost to Princeton (7–0, 6–0 Ivy) 285.50 to 67.50, and to Harvard (5–2, 5–1 Ivy) 268.00 to 85.00. The women’s team (3–3, 3–3 Ivy) suffered a similar defeat to Princeton (5–1, 5–1 Ivy) 231 to 69 and to Harvard (7–2, 7–0) 235 to 65. Despite losing by wide margins all around, members of both teams said they were satisfied with their performances. “Our times were great,” Joan Weaver ’13 said, “but the score wouldn’t necessarily indicate that.” For the Bulldogs, winning H-Y-P was never their primary goal. Unlike Harvard and Princeton, who rested swimmers leading up to the meet and wore LZR racing suits to gain extra speed, Yale continued rigorous training to prepare for the Ivy
League Championships, which begin Feb. 23 for the women and March 1 for the men. For this reason, Yale was not concerned about finishing the H-Y-P meet in third place, men’s swimming and diving captain Christopher Luu ’12 said. Instead, the team’s goal going into the meet was to put up season-best times, he added, and many swimmers did. Since both Harvard and Princeton headed into the meet undefeated in the Ivy League, this meet determined the in-season champions of the Ivy League. At the men’s meet, Princeton was the victor, and at the women’s meet Harvard beat Princeton for the first time in three years. This in-season rivalry is the reason Harvard and Princeton rest swimmers for the event, while Yale, which does not have enough swimmers to compete against Harvard and Princeton, is more concerned with posting fast times at the Ivies than performing better than its rivals at this meet. Luu said there were too many best times to name all of them. A standout performance came from Alwin Firmansyah ’15, who finished his 200-yard butterfly (1:47.04) almost two seconds faster than any other swimmer in the event. Rob Harder
’15 also had a season-best time of 15:43.17 in the 1,650-yard freestyle, which earned him third place in the event. Diving was a strong point for the Bulldogs. Women’s captain Rachel Rosenberg ’12 won the one-meter diving event (267.65) and the threemeter diving event (292.3). In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Weaver swam a personal best time of 52.88 for her leg of the race, and the relay (3:31.20) took fourth. Hayes Hyde ’12 placed eighth in the 200-yard butterfly with a season best time of 2:03.16. Although Yale removed itself from the rivalry mentality, the atmosphere may have impacted Yale’s swimmers. “It always brings out the best in you when you see the level of your competition is higher,” Luu said. Harder added that while the meet was primarily a battle between Harvard and Princeton, any added pressure felt by the team was positive. The women’s team had a different reaction to the rivalry. During the first day of competition, the team was a little intimidated and did not swim as fast as expected, Weaver said. But the Elis were able to turn their times around on the second
day of competition when they realized they “had nothing to lose,” she added. But Rosenberg said he is not sure the Harvard-Princeton rivalry had anything to do with the team’s results, as the swimmers approached this meet like a regular dual meet. The goal of the men’s team is to finish in the top three at Ivy League Championships. As of now, the team “feels good” about achieving that goal, Luu said. Harder agreed that the team is performing at the level it needs to in order to be successful at Ivy League Championships. The women’s team is also optimistic about its Ivy League Championships in late February. “We’re at a good point in our season,” Weaver said. “When we’re finally rested for Ivies we’re all going to swim very fast.” She added that the team will begin resting this week in preparation for Ivy League Championships. Yale’s next meet is against Brown at the University of Rhode Island, next Saturday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. Contact MONICA DISARE at monica.disare@yale.edu .
Elis off to best start since 2001 BY EUGENE JUNG CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The men’s tennis team traveled to Virginia last weekend and moved to 4–0 for the season, the team’s best start since 2001. The Elis won big against both William and Mary and Old Dominion 5–2.
MEN’S TENNIS YALE 5, WILLIAM & MARY 2 YALE 5, OLD DOMINION 2
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John Huang ’13 won all four of his matches this weekend against William and Mary and Old Dominion.
In their first away match of the season Saturday, the Elis faced the Tribe at McCormackNagelsen Tennis Center in Williamsburg, Va. Yale demonstrated strength especially in the doubles, in addition to adding three straight wins in the singles. “I thought today’s match was great,” Daniel Hoffman ’13 said. “We came out strong in the doubles, which really set the tone for the rest of the match. I feel like the team has done well so far this season, but we obviously have a lot left to accomplish.” Taking the first three matches, Marc Powers ’13, John Huang ’13 and Hoffman started out strong in the singles, and Zach Krumholz ’15 rounded out the 4–2 singles victory. Every win against William and Mary came from a non-senior member of the team. Hoffman said the seniors helped younger players such as Krumholz prepare for match. “[Krumholz] was very nervous before starting because it was his first match on the road. He approached many members on the team before the match to get advice on how to deal with this type of situation. I think our seniors did a terrific job of getting him and the entire team ready to play,” said Hoffman. The Elis took two out of three doubles matches. No. 1 Hoffman and Powers and No. 3 Huang and Patrick Chase ’14 went on a rampage against the Tribe with scores of 8–5 and
8–6 respectively. On Sunday, the Elis faced the Monarchs at Norfolk and again came home with a 5–2 victory. In doubles, No. 1 Powers and Hoffman won 8–4, and No.2 Erik Blumenkranz ’12 and Huang won 8–5. In the singles, Powers, Huang, Blumenkranz and Krumholz had a clean sweep and gave the Elis four wins. “They were fierce, tough competitors, but I knew that if we played well and competed hard we would have a positive result,” Krumholz said. “Since this was the first spring road trip, we were really excited to continue our winning record away as well as at home with a 4–0 start. We have to keep improving by getting stronger and playing better in order to continue our successful record.” Krumholz added that Huang, who went 4–0 for the weekend and led his doubles teams to wins in two tight matches, was “the man of this trip.”
I feel like the team has done well so far this season, but we obviously have a lot left to accomplish. DANIEL HOFFMAN ’13 Men’s tennis Head coach Alex Dorato did not respond to a request for comment, but Hoffman told the News that Dorato was very satisfied with the results but is focusing on preparing the team for upcoming matches instead of celebrating the victories. “It is always challenging when you aren’t playing at home. It was great to beat a quality team like [William and Mary] at their home courts,” Hoffman said. The Elis will travel to Hanover on Feb. 17 for the ECAC Indoor Team Championship. Contact EUGENE JUNG at eugene.jung@yale.edu .