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Snyder restructures SOM administration

Robbery in Berkeley. A man

and woman were arrested in Berkeley North Court on Sunday around 10 p.m. for allegedly breaking into entryway H and taking iPods, phones, wallets and a laptop, according to a Yale Police officer on the scene.

BY JAMES LU STAFF REPORTER

Call for peace. Imam Omer Bajwa, who coordinates Muslim life on campus, spoke out at the United Church on the Green against violence in the Middle East, calling violence in the name of Islam “the farthest thing from the teachings of the prophet,” the New Haven Independent reported. His remarks come as violent protests erupt in the Middle East after trailers for the anti-Islam film, “Innocence of Muslims,” were posted online.

Glamorous. As the world’s leading designers descended on New York Fashion Week this month to show off their hottest work, one recent Yale alum shimmered, too: Allison Williams ’10. The 24-yearold star of HBO’s “Girls” is “Fashion Week’s new darling,” according to New York Times writer Bee-Shyuan Chang.

“She’s totally different from most actresses,” said fashion designer Christian Siriano. “It’s probably her education. We can have real conversations.”

Ross ’13 pleads not guilty

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Under SOM Dean Edward Snyder, above, the school has added administrators in an effort to increase its focus on individual programs.

BY DANIEL SISGOREO STAFF REPORTER As School of Management Dean Edward Snyder pursues his agenda of raising the school’s national and international prominence, he has increased the size of his administrative team in an effort to place greater focus on each of the school’s initiatives.

The hires began before Snyder even took office in 2011, when he appointed Jeanette Gorgas as a senior associate dean, and have continued with the arrival of two high-profile administrators from competing business schools.

The changes have compartmentalized responsibilities in a way rarely seen at small business schools like SOM, outside experts said. Snyder told the News

the changes would add manpower to a previously “lean” administration, which he said would help the school handle increases in student body size and variety of programs.

“I think [the restructuring] gives people the confidence that we’re actually going to do it,” Snyder said of raisSEE SNYDER PAGE 4

Brendan Ross ’13 pleaded not guilty on Friday to criminal charges stemming from a fatal U-Haul crash at last November’s Harvard-Yale tailgate.

In New Haven Superior Court, Ross entered a plea of not guilty to misdemeanor charges of negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and reckless driving. William Dow ’63, Ross’ attorney, has labeled the state’s case as “mistaken.”

“This is a customary step in the criminal process,” Dow told the New Haven Register. “This will allow the parties to discuss possible resolution of these charges.”

The charges against Ross stem from a fatal vehicle incident on the morning of Nov. 19. A U-Haul driven by Ross swerved and accelerated into Yale Bowl’s D-Lot, killing 30-year-old Nancy Barry of Salem, Mass., and injuring Harvard employee Elizabeth Dernbach and Sarah Short SOM ’13.

If found guilty of negligent homicide with a motor vehicle, Ross could face a maximum penalty of $2,500 and six months’ imprisonment under Connecticut law.

Ross “applied no brakes SEE ROSS PAGE 6

FYI. Even though the Yale

University Art Gallery’s new wing won’t have its grand opening until later this semester, you can already explore the latest additions to the gallery. It’s been open for a few weeks now.

Clean-up time. World Wrestling Entertainment, the wrestling empire once owned

by Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon, announced plans to scrub the Internet of racy footage — some sexual in nature — from WWE’s earlier days.

McMahon’s opponent, Democrat Chris Murphy, says this is a sign she doesn’t want voters to know her company was built on selling sex and violence, the Associated Press reported.

Noisy. New Haven’s Tweed Airport is expanding service to Chicago and Washington, D.C., which means the federal government may take action to combat rises in aircraft noise expected by 2017, the Register reported. Nine homes, in particular, will be affected, and may get federal funding for double pane windows or a noise barrier.

Price hike at Durfee’s angers students

BY MICHELLE HACKMAN AND JOSEPH TISCH STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Students forgoing lunch in dining halls in favor of food at Durfee’s have found that their swipes are buying them less than they did last year.

The prices of many items at Durfee’s, Yale Dining’s convenience store on Old Campus, increased for the first time in three years due to rising wholesale prices and contractually agreed wage increases for staff,

according to Tom Tucker, director of retail development and graduate dining. The value of a meal swipe will remain at $7, he said.

Price increases mostly affected “discretionary spending items,” while “meal-oriented and snack items that contribute to wellness” increased less dramatically or not at all, he added.

“Closing the gap is a financial necessity for Yale Dining’s continued ability to offer the great variety and SEE DURFEE’S PAGE 6

In case you were wondering.

Famous conservative Maggie Gallagher ’82 was “shocked”

by Nathan Harden’s “God and Sex at Yale” and wrote about it for Town Hall last week.

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1964 Yale Police decries the “worst stealing in history” over the summer.

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At City Hall, Eli led social services through budget woes

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ver the past three years, the city’s Community Services Administration has made steps toward improving health and women’s issues among residents. But as the group awaits a new administrator, some Yale students involved in the city’s fight against homelessness hope it will expand its reach to address other needs. MASON KROLL reports.

When Chisara Asomugha MED ’09 stepped into her new office on the second floor of City Hall in late August 2009, the Community Services Administration was undergoing a transformation.

Asomugha assumed the reins of the New Haven’s CSA amid a series of spending cuts in the department triggered by drying federal and state funds. The CSA, which oversees city’s social service agencies, witnessed significant layoffs in February 2009: five of the nine CSA staff and 12 employees from health and elderly services were laid off, according to the New Haven Independent.

Three years later, Asomugha left the trimmer CSA last month with several key accomplishments under her belt, especially in the fields of public health and women’s issues.

Half a million dollars in human services budget cuts were made since the 2008-’09 fiscal year, and CSA staff, public servants and Yale students credit Asomugha with shepherding the CSA through years of drastically decreased funding.

“She’s been in charge of bringing us through this hard time for community services,” Ward 7 Alderman Douglas Hausladen ’04 said.

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In her role as community services administrator, Asomugha brought her experience with public health to confront disease and health problems within the city.

Asomugha arrived at the CSA “particularly well-suited toward public health work,” said City Hall spokeswoman Elizabeth Benton ’04, thanks to her role as a pediatrician.

She’s been in charge of bringing us through this hard time for community services.

DOUG HAUSLADEN ’04 Ward 7 Alderman Asomugha earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002 while working toward an MD from Duke Univeristy, which she received in 2004. In 2007, Asomugha moved to New Haven to begin courses for a master’s of health science degree at the Yale School of SEE CSA PAGE 6

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OPINION

“By all means, go to Singapore. But stop telling us why the Yale-NUS is .COMMENT our gift to the advancement of human civilization.” ‘IMNEWTOO’ ON ‘WHY yaledailynews.com/opinion

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A harmful career fair

s graduation looms, the class of 2013 must make difficult choices.

Asset management or derivative design? Financial analyst or management associate?

Most critically of all: investment banking or consulting?

Perhaps there is life after Yale that involves neither of those two professions. But one would not know it from Friday’s career fair, where the vast majority of company interviewers represented financial institutions or consulting firms. Students seeking other options were largely out of luck.

For me, the fair was an eyeopening experience. I had never fully understood why so many graduates joined the financial sector. After all, how many freshmen enter Yale thinking that, in four years, they will end up on Wall Street? Yet I have seen many students, most with no interest in stock markets or management, abandon their passions for careers in consulting or banking. Many say they will trade currencies only for a few years before applying to graduate school, but my observations suggest that those plans often don’t materialize.

The career fair is not the sole cause of this phenomenon, but it is emblematic of a campus culture that pushes students towards those fields. The bulk of Undergraduate Career Service’s advice focuses on hedge fund interviews; the global affairs major requires students to play the role of consultants in their senior project. English majors are often reminded by administrators and by Masters’ Teas that they too can pursue a corporate career, as if that were the only path that does not demand a specific skill set.

With this monoculture, who can blame students who come to believe consulting and finance are the only postgraduation options? Why conduct an extensive job search when financial firms come to us offering sushi, sake and a simple application process? Events like the career fair give this process Yale’s imprimatur.

Such a focus seems odd for a university that prides itself on its commitment to public service.

Yet the career fair had precious few nonprofits or governmental agencies represented. Certainly, those organizations are less likely to be able to afford extensive (and expensive) recruiting strategies. But if Yale takes its civic responsibility seriously, it should do more to counterbalance that hurdle. Otherwise, too many students will continue to believe that lucrative financial jobs are the only worthy career path.

Public service is not the only option sorely lacking from the fair. Journalism and public health were professions conspicuously missing from the event, as were all careers having anything to do with the fine arts. Surprisingly at a university that seeks to better develop its science and engineering offerings, technology firms were largely absent as well, although investment banks seemed eager to recruit that sort of talent.

This financial fervor is bad for Yale. It repels prospective students who seek a less career-oriented, more liberal arts-focused environment. It must disappoint faculty, who see their favorite students abandon their fields in favor of consulting posts. Graduate investment bankers may be good for Yale’s endowment, but a lack of alumni career diversity surely weakens the University’s brand.

Nor is this trend good for America. The whole nation loses when many of its smartest graduates spend their 20s playing the zero-sum game of finance, pioneering increasingly risky strategies to outperform each others’ firms. Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have called for our greater civic commitment from our generation. We cannot fulfill that obligation by sitting in cubicles formatting clients’ quarterly reports.

Some students will always feel called to finance or consulting.

So be it. Such careers could be socially useful, in moderation.

But no senior should ever feel like those professions are the only option for graduate life. Success at Yale should not be measured by first-year salaries or by the relative lavishness of on-campus recruiting potlatches.

Yale’s policies currently reinforce this damaging culture.

Instead, they should combat it.

Administrators should take care not to portray these careers as the natural next step after a Yale education. Perhaps more radical solutions could be considered: The University could offer more funding to subsidize public service jobs, or pay for underrepresented career options’ presence on campus.

More simply, Career Services should reach out to other sectors so as to ensure its career fair reflects an accurate view of postgraduate life. Inviting representatives of a less skewed set of companies would be a good first step. Otherwise, the career fair will continue to paint a skewed, damaging picture of life after Yale.

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NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

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ome November, Connecticut may have a Republican senator. And that prospect has me — a registered Republican — deeply troubled.

Surprisingly, the Senate race between Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Chris Murphy is close. Now, this isn’t McMahon’s first attempt for a Senate seat. She ran, and lost, against Richard Blumenthal in 2010. It is quite possible that McMahon’s defeat cost a qualified Republican, Ambassador Tom Foley, the governorship, as Republican voters deserted the party ticket and Foley lost by a handful of votes. McMahon may now beat Murphy, a conventional and uninspiring liberal.

In August, McMahon trounced her primary opponent, former Republican Congressman Chris Shays. She outspent him with her own fortune; McMahon ads blanketed radios and televisions.

And Connecticut’s once-proud Republican Party apparatus got behind her because of Shays’ record of moderation and bipartisanship. Poor Chris Shays never had a chance.

So what’s the problem with McMahon?

Linda McMahon’s wealth comes from her company, World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE

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pits personas like “The Dudley Boyz” against “The Undertaker,” ostensibly to wrestle.

What actuNATHANIEL ally goes on? in one ZELINSKY Well, fight, McMahon herself On Point kicked a guy in the groin.

Scantily-clad women are the norm. Other Connecticut pundits have termed WWE’s sexualized brutality “borderline pornography.” That’s a pretty tame description of some pretty bad stuff.

McMahon built a business that teaches young boys two lessons: Violence is okay, and women are objects for brutal sex. The moral seams of the American middle class are fraying for a number of reasons, from declining marriage rates to poor education. And McMahon’s WWE may simply be supplying folks with the entertainment they already want.

But that doesn’t make it any better. WWE is filth — pure and simple. It’s the stuff sensible mothers (social conservatives, feminists and just plain moms) forbid their sons from watching.

Just because people watch it willingly doesn’t make it any better.

McMahon and her values do not belong in the United States Senate.

Now, her campaign has an interesting argument. Linda, they say, just handled operations. She never controlled creative content at WWE. She’s just an ordinary CEO. Never mind the fact that she once body-slammed another woman on video.

But, in the August primary, Republicans voters bought it, convincing themselves that McMahon is a job creator, and that’s what matters. They managed to ignore WWE and the message it promotes.

Bizarrely, bigwigs in the state GOP also got behind McMahon, nominating her at the state convention. The Connecticut party is weak and generally ineffectual, but Republican pols could have stopped McMahon. So why did they support her? Because she is an outsider, not a “lawyer or a career politician,” as one her ads so proudly claims.

With the Tea Party came a new mindset for many Republicans: Any current or former public official is suspect, until proven otherwise. And any compromise, any bipartisanship, any deviation from the party line is intolera-

ble. Unfortunately, the thoughtful Chris Shays flunked on both counts, only voting with the Republicans about 80 percent of the time in Congress.

Here’s the ironic rub: On the issues, McMahon is actually fairly moderate, even to the left of Shays in some of her rhetoric.

Tea Party Republicans were not getting a more conservative candidate when they nominated her.

But they still wanted an outsider.

Some national Republicans warned about McMahon’s unsettling credentials. To their credit, Karl Rove and John McCain both weighed in for Chris Shays. But other conservative mandarins, who should have known better, were noticeably silent. National Review’s Rich Lowry took some well-justified swipes at McMahon in 2010, but the magazine has apparently made its peace with the Nutmeg State’s Hugh Hefner this time around. So has The Wall Street Journal. And the list goes on.

If Connecticut Republicans want to stand for values, they need to disown Linda McMahon.

NATHANIEL ZELINSKY is a senior in Davenport College. Contact him at nathaniel.zelinsky@yale.edu .

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JOSHUA REVESZ is a senior in Calhoun College. Contact him at joshua.revesz@yale.edu .

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The problem with McMahon

Respect the right to apathy W

ith Election Day drawing close, Yale political activists are breaking out the clipboards and registration forms again. Walking past their tables, I always wonder how many times those clipboards have been foisted upon past Yale students who weren’t particularly interested in voting: “Don’t you want to make a difference?”

The student’s eyes soften at the sight of a candy bar on the table and the enthused smile on the face of the activist handing over the clipboard. He grimaces, then takes it and starts to write.

The benefits of getting out the vote are clear and indisputable.

Not only does it remind a voter to vote a certain way, but enthusiastic campaigning gives the supported candidate or cause a more abstract advantage. In a society that is always waiting to be inspired, such vigor and enthusiasm can create an air of inevitability as they did around Barack Obama in 2008. Once it is established, such an impression tends to be self-fulfilling. And that enthusiasm, whether around the banner of “Morning in America” or “Hope and Change,” forms the backdrop for our most rapturous political moments.

Voting is one of our most essential American privileges.

But valuing the act of voting itself more than voting informed and based on one’s own motivation threatens to make it an empty ritual with potentially dangerous consequences. I do not mean to say that I have enough of a problem with campaigning for political ideas to stop me from doing it.

However, these thoughts should give pause to anyone participating in voter registration drives.

We hear about voter ignorance after every election — this year, 68 percent of Americans can’t locate the nose on their own face (up from 64 last year). And yet political activists constantly tell us that America’s greatest political vice is apathy (usually among whatever constituency the activist happens to represent).

Apathy is indeed a major problem in American politics. But the way to fix it is not by convincing potentially uninformed voters that they have an opinion when they don’t. The fact is that the unfettered democratic process has an excellent mechanism for deciding whether people should be voting or not: if they feel strongly enough about the issues to motivate themselves to vote, they will. If they don’t, they won’t.

Of course, voter registration is not the only way that we con-

vince other people to vote a certain way. But other methods of persuation, like the influence of political action committees, get abundant media coverage. Voter registration drives (unless they are committing fraud), don’t tend to, but they should. Short of Black Panthers waving nightsticks at Philadelphia voters, I don’t know of any barrier as great to accurately representing the will of the citizenry as overaggressive voter registration. No one, watching a political ad, is forced to switch off his critical faculties, buy the ad’s message and vote accordingly.

However, especially for those who are politically apathetic, it is much more difficult to shove an earnest volunteer out of your face than it is to change the channel.

A democracy thrives on the exchange of ideas. It thrives on the slinging of political attack ads, opposing campaigns’ snide tweets reacting to them and leaves us free to make up our own minds — if we want to. Democracy gives us our sacred right to be involved in our own government.

Much less respected these days is our right not to be involved.

To be sure, those of us who care deeply about political decisions may feel the need to persuade someone now and again.

It is the act of persuading peo-

ple to vote who are not self-motivated enough to do so alone that is damaging to our democracy.

But it is time for us to stop lauding “voter turnout” for its own sake. Informed and motivated voter turnout is all that matters; uninformed high voter turnout is even worse than low turnout and apathy.

This issue matters so much at Yale not only because so many of our classmates are involved in registration, but because no one, as the 2008 election showcased, is more susceptible to political groupthink and peer pressure than our age group. While some of us have our political opinions, it is most important for our nation that we have a fundamental respect for our fellow citizens’ ability to make up their own minds. Hawking cheap Obama T-shirts while calling out at people to come register to vote is a perfect example of this disrespect. Instead, we need to find a medium that both celebrates our rich tradition of political activism and gives our fellow citizens the space they need to think for themselves.

JOHN MASKO is a junior in Saybrook College. Contact him at john.masko@yale.edu .

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“He did not go to the college called Harvard, good old Alma Mater as she is. He was not fed on the pap that is there furnished.” “A PLEA FOR CAPTAIN JOHN BROWN” HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Clergy, volunteers aim to create ‘college-going culture’

BY BEN PRAWDZIK STAFF REPORTER For more than a year, City Hall and New Haven school board officials have been trying to create a “college-going culture” among youth in the Elm City. This past weekend, they took their message to the streets.

On Saturday, 78 community and school district volunteers went “canvassing” in the Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods.

Based out of Lincoln-Bassett School on 130 Bassett St., the volunteers went door-to-door, talking to students and families about the New Haven Promise program, the upcoming “Parent University” — a daylong series of workshops for parents about college — and the general importance of instilling ambitions for higher education in their children. The weekend event, which reached 426 parents, marked the second of three canvassing initiatives planned for this year. The first canvassing event, a “kindergarten canvass,” took place last month, when 216 volunteers fanned out across the city and reached 1,500 kindergarten families.

“If we get parents involved in their kids’ education in the early grades, these children will have a greater shot at success,” said New Haven superintendent Reginald Mayo. “By visiting families in the neighborhoods where they live, we achieve a deeper form of engagement that shows our true commitment. Our families need to know about Parent University and New Haven Promise.”

For this most recent canvass, City Hall officials, public school community members and officials of Promise — the Yalefunded program that provides high-achieving New Haven high schoolers with college tuition scholarships — partnered with several local clergy members.

Abbe Smith, a spokeswoman for the city’s public schools, said members of the clergy are “influential leaders of the AfricanAmerican and Hispanic communities in New Haven,” adding that their participation was particularly helpful in reaching out to African-American men.

The two clergymen in attendence were Rev. Boise Kimber, president of the Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Con-

vention, and the Rev. James Newman, president of the Greater New Haven Clergy Association.

“We have joined this effort to positively engage fathers, particularly African-American and Latino fathers in our city, so they can be at the forefront of taking advantage of some of these new educational initiatives,” Kimber said in a Sept. 12 press release.

“Fathers and male role models are critical for our children, and we want men to become even more aware of the life-changing role they play whether they are in the home with the child or not.

We want to see our men at Parent University, learning about the Promise program and leading the charge to strengthen their family through education.”

Patricia Melton ’82, the executive director of Promise, said partnering with clergy members made logical sense for canvass organizers, as the groups involved all have mutual goals — “making sure that students and parents know that college is not only a necessity but that with the financial investment of Promise, it is affordable.” She added that while going door-to-door, volun-

NEW HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Mayor John DeStefano Jr. posed with Yury Maciel-Andrews, right, the parent of a New Haven public school student, and residents they visited as part of a canvassing effort Saturday to promote college ambitions in the city. teers informed parents of Promise scholarship requirements, discussed the dates of Parent University and left families with kits that explain how parents can help their children succeed in school.

The all-day Parent University, which will be held at Gateway Community College on Nov.

3, includes workshops covering how to motivate children in high school and plan for college. The program is free to all public school parents and will be conducted in both English and Spanish.

The next canvass, which will target families in Fair Haven, is slated to take place on Oct. 13.

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Until then, Smith said clergy and school staff will be visiting local businesses to drop off flyers and engage more community members through street outreach.

Contact BEN PRAWDZIK at benjamin.prawdzik@yale.edu .

New Haven fights Facebook over official city page

BY MONICA DISARE STAFF REPORTER New Haven faced off against Facebook this weekend when its page was banned from cyberspace.

On Wednesday night, New Haven officials received an email from Facebook threatening to permanently revoke the city’s rights to the “City of New Haven” page if they did not change the page’s name. Facebook’s objection to the city’s page was that, though it was intended to represent the municipal government of New Haven, the name “City of New Haven” did not sufficiently distinguish between the geographic area and the government, and Facebook policy prohibits any one entity from representing a geographic area. After Facebook disabled the page, City Hall spokeswoman Elizabeth Benton ’04 said she reluctantly submitted a request to name the page “New Haven City Hall.”

“The City of New Haven is the official name of the municipal government of New Haven … as defined in our charter,” Benton said. “No one else can stake a claim to that title, and it would be inappropriate for the City of New Haven to call itself by any other name.”

She added that changing the page’s name to “New Haven City Hall” is not an adequate solution because the city does more than run programs out of City Hall. The page — which includes pictures of events, publicizes meetings and shares information about programs such as New Haven Promise — has been used by libraries, parks, neighborhood groups and nonprofits to promote their events, she said, even though these entities are not located in City Hall.

The City of New Haven is the official name of the government of New Haven… [I]t would be inappropriate for [the city] to call itself by any other name.

ELIZABETH BENTON ’04 City Hall spokeswoman YALE-NUS COLLEGE

Recently released artist renderings show plans for the Yale-NUS campus, currently under construction.

BY JANE DARBY MENTON AND TAPLEY STEPHENSON STAFF REPORTERS Administrators are walking a careful line between promising graduates of Yale-NUS access to most Association of Yale Alumni resources, and terming those graduates “Yale alumni.”

Yale-NUS graduates — whose degrees will be issued by the National University of Singapore, not Yale — will be considered “international affiliates” in the AYA, but not official Yale alumni.

As international affiliates, YaleNUS graduates will have access to the online AYA database and several alumni events and programs, but will not be allowed to vote in elections for the alumni fellows of the Yale Corporation, be chosen for the AYA Board of Governors, or represent the alumni body as delegates to the AYA Assembly.

The international affiliate designation was originally created for

graduates of the Yale World Fellows program, who study at the University for a year but do not receive Yale degrees. University Vice President Linda Lorimer said in a statement that the University was careful not to refer to YaleNUS graduates as “Yale alumni” in the brochure distributed to prospective Yale-NUS students, which promises “lifelong membership in global alumni networks” to graduates of the college.

The profiles of Yale-NUS graduates on the AYA database will appear similar to those of the World Fellows, which feature a name, address and phone number, Lorimer said. The World Fellow profiles also designate the person as a “non-degree” holder and an “international affiliate” with “World Fellows” in the space where most Yale alumni would see their major.

Lorimer said she thinks granting international affiliate status to Yale-NUS graduates will be a “win-

win” for Yale and the Singaporean college. She noted that past World Fellows have become involved with AYA efforts such as this summer’s service trip to Ghana.

Nine students and three alumni interviewed were generally receptive to the having Yale-NUS graduates represented in the database.

Kristen Fairey ’81 DIV ’95 GRD ’08 said the addition of Yale-NUS alumni to the AYA will expand the network of people and opportunities to which all Yalies have access.

But others, such as Anand Khare ’15, said they were wary of extending alumni resources to those without a Yale degree. Khare said he felt “uncomfortable” with opening up a network traditionally reserved for Yale graduates.

Elle Brunsdale ’15 said she understood why some would be concerned about incorporating Yale-NUS students into the AYA, but added that it would be difficult for Yale not to include them, since the two schools are affiliated.

“It seems like if you are giving something a Yale stamp, it would be hard to deny other aspects of being affiliated with Yale,” Brunsdale said.

Several other students said including Yale-NUS alumni in the AYA database would not dilute the value of a Yale degree.

“Most of your important Yale connections are those you form from being at Yale,” Eric Willett ’14 said. “When you do meet other Yalies, you have a shared experience which is not transferable.

Meeting someone and realizing you were in the same residential college … these connections are not diminished because someone has access to the more tangible manifestations of the network.”

The first class of Yale-NUS students will graduate in spring 2017.

Contact JANE DARBY MENTON at jane.menton@yale.edu and TAPLEY STEPHENSON at preston.stephenson@yale.edu .

But Facebook representatives said “New Haven City Hall” complies with their rules, which exist for the sake of clarity, as there may be more than one organization that claims to be the City of New Haven, such as the city’s tourism bureau.

“We want to make it easy for people to connect with different parts of their local city governments,” Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said. “Since there are many organizations that make up a city, we have asked page administrators to designate their specific department.”

Benton said creating Facebook pages for every department does not solve the problem, and is an inefficient way to disseminate information. The purpose of the official “City of New Haven” page was to represent all departments and provide information about all of the city’s services, she added.

“No one likes to be bounced from department to department being told that someone else is responsible for the service being requested,” she said.

City officials plan to continue to fight Facebook regarding this issue, and said that it is “absurd” that Facebook can decide not to recognize the rightful title of a municipal government.

Contact MONICA DISARE at monica.disare@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT Ross ’13 pleads not guilty ROSS FROM PAGE 1 [on the U-Haul] as he traveled through the crowd,” according to an arrest warrant application prepared by the New Haven Police Department. The warrant application concluded that Ross “failed to maintain control of his vehicle, and, instead, accelerated into a crowd of people.”

Ross passed a field sobriety test on the scene and was taken to NHPD headquarters on Union Avenue for questioning. Immediately following the incident, the NHPD launched a forensics investigation, which concluded in early April.

While Dow attributed the crash to an “apparent vehicle malfunction” a day after the incident, an NHPD mechanic “found no issues with the gas pedal, cable or throttle body”

and said the U-Haul’s brake system was in “good working order.”

Following Ross’ May 7 arraignment, Dow received information from the state about its case and enlisted experts to examine the state’s materials over the next month.

Meanwhile, Ross returned home to O’Fallon, Mo., for the summer. He had turned himself in for arrest after completing his Yale spring semester final examinations.

Alongside the criminal charges, Ross faces at least two civil suits. In April, Short filed a civil suit against Ross and the U-Haul company of Connecticut for at least $15,000, claiming that she had sustained several “severe, painful and obvious injuries” from the crash. And Ralph Sbrogna, a Worcester,

Mass.-based personal injury lawyer who represents Barry’s mother, Paula St. Pierre, told the News in May that St. Pierre would be filing a civil suit against Ross.

Sbrogna said he and his client will likely wait until the criminal case against Ross is resolved before filing their civil suit, so that they can access the state’s evidence regarding the incident.

The nature of their suit will be determined based upon a review of all evidence available after the criminal proceedings against Ross conclude, Sbrogna said.

Ross turned himself in for arrest on May 4 and his next pretrial appearance is slated for Nov. 2.

Contact JAMES LU at james.q.lu@yale.edu .

Durfee’s prices draw ire

“Cheap food is an illusion. There is no such thing as cheap food.” MICHAEL POLLAN

Snyder adds admins in bid to boost initiatives SNYDER FROM PAGE 1 ing the school’s prominence. “I think [the new administrators] in turn take action and make investments and get things going. We didn’t want to wait until the needs become pressing.”

This summer, SOM announced the appointments of Anjani Jain, senior associate dean for the full-time MBA program, and David Bach ’98, senior associate dean for executive MBA global programs. Jain arrived from 10-year term as vice dean at the Wharton School, and Bach arrived from a deanship at IE Business School in Spain.

The business school news website Poets and Quants described the appointments as “something of a coup,” because the new deans come from long tenures at prestigious competing institutions.

“Rarely if ever does a business school recruit and hire leadership talent of this caliber, particularly at the sub-dean level,” John Byrne, the website’s editor, wrote last June.

“Both Jain and Bach have played high-profile roles at their schools for years and either of them could just as easily landed a full deanship at another business school.”

Snyder added that having a greater number of administrators at SOM will benefit the school by allowing the administrators to devote themselves more fully to their areas of responsibility. Jain, for instance, will have the time to evaluate the Silver Scholars program, which caters to students who have just graduated from college, Snyder said. He added that “no one has really had the capacity” to evaluate the program in the school’s previous administration.

Bach’s responsibilities will include oversight of SOM’s Global Network for Advanced Management, a web of partnerships with Yale and 21 international business schools, Snyder said.

Asked why they came to Yale, both new administrators said Snyder’s arrival and their potential role in shaping the school’s future drew them to SOM. Both Jain and Bach said their salaries are roughly similar to those at their previous institutions, adding that they did not receive any notable financial incentives to come to SOM. Snyder said the new appointments will address a perception that SOM offers fewer degrees than it actually does. Many people unaffiliated with the school think it only offers a full-time MBA and are unaware of its doctoral degree, executive MBA program and master of advanced management degree, he said, and administrators’ more individualized focus on the various programs should make them more visible.

He added that the school plans to change its website — currently mba.yale.edu — to make its degree offerings clearer and further dispel misconceptions over its degree offerings.

Alan White, a senior associate dean at the MIT Sloan School of Management, said administrative positions that focus explicitly

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Yale Dining said the increase in prices at Durfee’s was necessary to cover rising wholesale and labor costs.

DURFEE’S FROM PAGE 1 service that has become a hallmark of Durfee’s and our other retail locations,” Tucker wrote in an email to the News.

Yale College Council President John Gonzalez ’14 told the News he had not considered addressing Durfee’s prices with Yale Dining, though he has since started a discussion with Tucker about the issue. Last year, YCC worked out an agreement with Yale Dining that allowed students to purchase pre-set $7 “combos,” including personal pizza and buffalo chicken sandwich combos, and Tucker said those combos will remain the same.

In an email Tucker sent to Gonzalez, he wrote that “to the extent possible, [Yale Dining wants] students to continue to use residential dining in the colleges as their first choice for a wholesome lunch.”

Nine students interviewed said they were disappointed that they are not able to buy as much food

with their lunch swipes. Ruoxi Yu ’15, who said she frequents Durfee’s at lunch time, said she was “angry” about the changes.

“These prices are more expensive … than any reasonable justification,” she said. “The $7 swipe is measly now for me, and I’m sure for other students too.”

Minh Nguyen ’15 said the new prices have made it especially difficult to stay under the $7 limit. For example, he said he can no longer add a bottle of tea with his usual lunch without surpassing $7.

Multiple students pointed out that the price increase for a bottle of Naked juice, from $3.50 to $4.25, means that they can no longer purchase two bottles with one swipe, and some noted that the prices for many items are higher than those at Walgreens and at other retailers. Eliot Shimer ’13 said with the rise in prices, students must consider the tradeoff between paying higher prices at Durfee’s’ convenient location and walking far-

ther for cheaper prices.

A package of Oreos, for instance, costs $6 at Durfee’s versus $5.29 at Gourmet Heaven on Broadway and $4.99 at Walgreens. A bottle of Snapple costs $2.10 at Durfee’s versus $1.60 and $1.29, respectively.

Several students pointed out that a lunch swipe used at the Kline Biology Tower Café is worth $8, a dollar more than at Durfee’s.

“I stayed in New Haven over spring break and I always swiped at KBT because I knew I’d get more value — and better food — than I could at Durfee’s,” Nguyen said.

Durfee’s remains open seven days a week until 2:30 a.m. Lunch swipes can be used only from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 pm.

Sara Hamilton contributed reporting.

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SOM Dean Snyder has presided over an expansion of the school’s administration. on international initiatives, like Bach’s, are becoming increasingly necessary as business schools continue to globalize. He added that faculty members or academic deans would often be unfit to occupy such positions given the time commitments of traveling internationally.

Valerie Suslow, a senior associate dean at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, said schools with fewer highranking administrators can face difficulty in addressing all administrative needs. She compared the job of a dean working in such an administration to that of a college student taking six courses.

“It’s quite complicated to run degree programs and run them well,” Suslow said. “You need someone whose job it is to watch over that on a day-to-day basis, and you need someone who is both tending to the details and also looking at things from a school-wide perspective to make sure that if the school has a particular emphasis, that’s coming through in all degree programs.”

There are currently five senior associate deans at SOM, including Jain and Bach.

Contact DANIEL SISGOREO at daniel.sisgoreo@yale.edu .

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the famous Yankee whom it afflicted, ALS is the most common of the five motor neuron diseases (ALS, primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy, progressive bulbar palsy and pseudobulbar palsy).

Eli opens doors of new NYC gallery

BY ERIC XIAO CONTRIBUTING REPORTER NEW YORK — On Sunday afternoon, in Manhattan’s bustling Chinatown, designer and curator Prem Krishnamurthy ’99 opened the doors to his latest project, a new gallery called P!.

The Broome Street gallery was launching its first show, “Process 01: Joy,” an exhibition that displays the works of artists Chauncey Hare, Christine Hill and Karel Martens. Krishnamurthy worked with New York-based architecture firm Leong Leong Architecture to design an exhibition space, ultimately named P!, that would enable him to experiment with different ways of presenting art and emphasize how presentation mediates the reception of art.

Krishnamurthy, who cofounded the design studio Project Projects in 2004, said he is particularly interested in public art and design works, having noticed a lack of a connection between private gallery art and the surrounding community.

“Most art galleries try to speak to a very narrow public,” he noted.

Krishnamurthy said he sought for the first exhibition at P! to “engage the neighborhood,” adding that it was no mistake that the exhibition descriptions are printed in English and Chinese.

Chris Leong, a partner at Leong Leong Architecture, said he hopes architects can to “play a larger role in public discourse.” In designing P!, Leong said the firm aimed to expand the relatively small space that they worked with to maximize its potential.

In some projects, for instance, Leong has used reflection techniques that employ mirrors to increase the viewer’s perception of a room.

Christine Hill, one of the art-

ists featured in the show, is known for the performative, revenue-generating nature of her works: the Brooklyn- and Berlin-based artist once devised a tour guide program for which she charged viewers $12 each.

For this exhibition, Hill created a “remote office” within the exhibition space, Krishnamurthy said, the operations of which engage local establishments. He pointed out a sign for “Henry’s Bookbinding” in the window of P! — Hill had taken a sign produced by the local business on Henry Street and created a new design for it. Krishnamurthy addedthat Henry’s Bookbinding was pleased with the design and offered to let the exhibition space keep the sign.

Hill’s works are simultaneously displayed as art and used to serve a purpose outside of the aesthetic realm, a characteristic that sets them apart from other exhibition art today, Krishnamurthy said.

Most art galleries try to speak to a very narrow public.

PREM KRISHNAMURTHY ’99 Designer and curator

Aside from exposing viewers to new, unique art forms, Krishnamurthy said, another major objective of the exhibition was to focus the audience’s attention toward the materials from which art is created and how those materials are treated with meticulous care by the artists. Krishnamurthy called this concept the “love of the making of things.”

The exhibition also featured the photographs of Chauncey

Hare, who was once a successful engineer at Standard Oil Company of California but became renowned for his photographs of working-class Americans whom he perceived as increasingly oppressed by large corporations. Hare declined an interview — the photographer frequently refuses interviews with journalists regarding his art, Krishnamurthy said.

The works by Hare included several copies of his books as well as one black-and-white photograph that covered an entire wall of the gallery, Hare’s books of photographs such as “Interior America” and “Protest Photographs” are available for purchase, but a considerable portion of his works remains unseen due to his insistence that they must never be displayed or sold.

Krishnamurthy said he remembers his first encounter with Hare’s work during his time at Yale, noting that these works “have haunted me ever since.”

He emphasized Hare’s extreme attention to detail in his work, describing Hare’s care toward his photos as “obsessive.”

Karel Martens, a graphic designer who now lectures at the Yale School of Art, showed that same level of devotion to detail in his prints. Martens said his prints all begin with a small idea, which he then develops gradually step by step, reacting to each new step as he goes along. He said that when he initially blends colors together to form a shade of black, he refines the mixture repeatedly in order to achieve the exact shade he desires.

“I try to surprise myself,” he adds. The gallery will feature a new set of three artists for each of its future shows.

Contact ERIC XIAO at eric.xiao@yale.edu .

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Prem Krishnamurthy ’99, bottom left, opened his new gallery, P!, in Manhattan’s Chinatown on Sunday.

Davenport students walk to defeat ALS

BY AMY WANG CONTRIBUTING REPORTER A group of 64 Davenport College students pounded the pavement at the annual New Haven Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Walk Sunday morning and raised over $500 in donations for research.

Two buses took the students from Davenport to Lighthouse Point Park, where around 700 people took part in the threemile walk. The students joined the walk to show their support for Davenport Operations Manager Carolyn Haller, who is currently battling ALS — a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the body’s ability to walk, speak, swallow and breathe.

Students cheered and clapped for Haller during the walk, which lasted from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and saw a record number of participants from both Yale and the Elm City.

According to Jimmy Murphy ’13, one of the organizers of the Davenport group, the event marks the second year that students from the college have participated in the walk. The students joined Haller and her friends’ fundraising team “Quince and the Mechanicals,” which raised $1,660 this year, according to the ALS Connecticut Chapter website.

“Basically the point is to have people there and to have a presence,” Murphy said, adding that he would “absolutely come back and do it again next year.”

Nathaniel Zelinsky ’13, another organizer of the group, said the college raised over $250 in the days before the walk via student donations that were collected in a jar in the college’s dining hall.

Davenport College Master Richard Schottenfeld ’71 MED ’76 matched the donation, totaling $500 donated toward fighting ALS. “There are times when our community can stand up and transcend being more than just a collection of people living together,” Zelinsky said in a college-wide email before the walk.

Students left the Yale campus at around 9:30 a.m. for the park, wearing Davenport shirts and carrying the college’s flag to show their support for Haller.

“I’m participating because

DANIEL ZELAYA

Davenport students participated in Sunday’s New Haven ALS Walk, an annual fundraiser for research on the neurodegenerative disease. it’s a great cause,” said Bethany Goodhue ’16. “And it’s really not that hard to get out of bed on a Sunday morning for something so worthwhile.”

The opportunity to have fun and socialize with friends during the walk was also part of the appeal for some students. Joyce Chen ’16 said she was participating in the walk because she wanted to take part in the college’s student community and because it was one of the first events of the year that Davenport hosted.

Murphy called the students’ participation in the walk a “lasting event” that he hopes will continue on next year, especially

since Davenport students “have a personal connection” with ALS. “Our goal is to maximize support for Carolyn Haller and the fight against ALS,” said Zelinsky.

“We’ll keep doing that whatever way we can.”

According to the Walk to Defeat ALS website, approximately 165 walks are held across the country each year to support ALS research. Over $12 million has been raised this year alone toward eliminating ALS, and the events have raised $137 million since 2000.

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

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FROM THE FRONT

The health of the city According to a New Haven Independent article, New Haven was ranked last in a 2011 Connecticut county health study that ranked counties by various measures of health, such as obesity, smoking, sexually transmitted infections, physical environment, education levels, and length and quality of life. Thirteen percent of New Haven County adults said their health was fair or poor.

Asomugha MED ’09 led city’s social services through budget cuts CSA FROM PAGE 1 Medicine, where she then served as an adjunct clinical instructor.

Asomugha did not respond to several requests for comment.

The CSA oversees the city’s elderly services, youth and health departments, and is responsible for administering federal, state and local funds among social service needs.

[Asomugha] was well-liked and well-respected and led the Community Services Administration with grace and ease.

ELIZABETH BENTON ’04 City Hall spokeswoman When Asomugha took office at the helm of the CSA, health problems abounded in the city, according to a 2009 doorto-door survey conducted by the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement.

Physical activity among New Haven children was “declining” and availability of health care services to uninsured residents remained a “concern.” The privately funded Health Equity Alliance had just been started to investigate over a two-year period the underlying causes of city health disparities and train people who work in public health to incorporate the findings into their jobs, said Mario Garcia SPH ’02, director of the New Haven Health Department.

In 2010, Asomugha launched a public health campaign called Health Matters! as requested by the HEA to continue promoting its mission long-term. Health

Matters! included the formation of a coalition of community agencies under the direction of Asomugha to discuss New Haven health issues such as how to promote disease prevention, Garcia said.

“This is not a project that is funded to produce specific outcomes,” Garcia said. “It’s about maintaining this ongoing discussion among agencies.”

In this project and others, Asomugha revamped the way the CSA interacts with data, focusing on more data-driven policies as a result, Hausladen said. The CSA worked closely with DataHaven, a Connecticut nonprofit that compiles and shares public information, to identify health problems among New Haven residents for the Health Matters! campaign.

ONGOING ISSUES

Asomugha made issues affecting girls and women a high priority during her tenure.

In late 2010, Asomugha assembled a group of women from City Hall, Yale and several New Haven organizations to research and create a framework for a quantitative report on the status of females in New Haven. The report, written by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, based in Washington, D.C., in partnership with the consortium, examined employment, economics, education, health, safety and political participation of women and girls.

Connie Cho ’13, who was the City Hall liaison to the consortium last spring as part of a Dwight Hall program, said that Asomugha had an ambitious conception of what the CSA could do for the city.

“Dr. Asomugha had an eye for addressing the problems of marginalized communities and

groups,” Cho said. “I think she was always willing to take on huge systemic problems and was always an optimist about what City Hall could do for the people of New Haven.”

Asomugha was one of six City Hall administrators evaluated directly by Mayor John Destefano Jr. in the most recent 2011 evaluation, released this February. While Asomugha received a “satisfactory” rating, DeStefano’s assessment of her performance was less favorable than that of the past two years. He said the success of the CSA’s initiatives had been “mixed,” citing “uneven” progress in areas such as addressing violence and education needs and strong advances in public health and homelessness.

Yale students involved in the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project said they wished Asomugha had focused more resources on issues related to helping the homelessness in the city.

Amalia Skilton ’13, co-director of YHHAP from November 2010 to November 2011, complimented Asomugha’s dedication to homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing but cited concerns about the administration of homelessness funds and response to shelter complaints.

According to Skilton, clients of Emergency Shelter Management Services, a homeless shelter on Grand Avenue, attempted to organize against the shelter in the fall of 2010 for its poor treatment, including a lack of towels and sheets. In some cases, clients were forced to leave the shelter in the middle of the winter during the early morning.

Asomugha did not respond to the situation, Skilton said.

Gabriel Zucker ’12, YHHAP’s co-director in 2010, said he rec-

CITY OF NEW HAVEN

Chisara Asomugha MED ’09 left her post as the city’s community services administrator in August. ognized that Asomugha’s job involved many responsibilities, of which homelessness was just one part, but he wished she had created an overarching strategy to combat homelessness.

None of the City Hall staff interviewed knew why Asomugha chose to step down nor what

her next position would be. Asomugha stepped down from her City Hall position Aug. 3.

“Dr. Asomugha left the City on very good terms,” City Hall spokeswoman Benton said.

“She was well-liked and wellrespected and led the Community Services Administration

with grace and expertise.”

Ron Manning, Asomugha’s deputy, is currently serving as acting administrator while the city conducts a national search for her successor.

Contact MASON KROLL at mason.kroll@yale.edu .

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ON CAMPUS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 4:00 PM “The Big Mysteries of Cosmology.” Michael S. Turner of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics will discuss the present state of cosmology and the big mysteries that point to new physics, as well as the prospects for progress. Sloane Physics Laboratory (217 Prospect St.), room 57.

4:30 PM “Reading, Writing, and Intertextuality in Early Medieval China: The Case of Sun Chuo.” Wendy Swartz, associate professor of Chinese literature at Rutgers University, will speak as part of the China Colloquium Series. Hall of Graduate Studies (320 York St.), room 312.

THAT MONKEY TUNE BY MICHAEL KANDALAFT

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 4:00 PM “Hydraulic Fracturing: Bridge to a Clean Energy Future?” Panel discussion on a method of extracting natural gas from shale. The discussion will explore whether hydraulic fracturing will enhance America’s energy security, or deter the development of renewable energy sources and foster a continuing dependence on fossil fuels. Kroon Hall (195 Prospect St.), Burke Auditorium.

7:00 PM “Tokyo Story.” The screening of this 1953 film, considered the masterpiece of director Yasujiro Ozu, will be followed by a discussion with professor Aaron Gerow. Held in conjunction with the exhibition “Robert Adams: The Place We Live.” Whitney Humanities Center (53 Wall St.).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 3:30 PM “The Long and Short of Food Chain Length.”

Professor David Post will speak as part of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series. Class of 1954 Environmental Sciences Center (21 Sachem St.), room 110.

SCIENCE HILL BY SPENCER KATZ

4:30 PM “Culture, Conflict, and Translocal Communication.”

Sirpa Tehnunen, a social anthropologist at the University of Helsinki who is currently carrying out research on the appropriation of mobile technology in India, will speak. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), room 203.

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Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That’s a worrisome message for the nation’s first African-American president, who can’t afford to lose any voters from his base in a tight race.

The pastors say their congregants are asking how a true Christian could back same-sex marriage, as President Barack

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BY TAMMY WEBBER ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — The Chicago teachers union decided Sunday to continue its weeklong strike, extending an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and job security provisions central to the debate over the future of public education across the United States.

Union delegates declined to formally vote on a proposed contract settlement worked out over the weekend with officials from the nation’s third largest school district. Schools will remain closed Monday.

Union President Karen Lewis said teachers want the opportunity to continue to discuss the offer that is on the table.

“Our members are not happy,” Lewis said.

“They want to know if there is anything more they can get.”

She added: “They feel rushed.”

She said the union’s delegates will meet again Tuesday, and the soonest classes are likely to resume is Wednesday.

“We felt more comfortable being able to take back what’s on the table and let our constituents look at it and digest it. We can have a much better decision come Tuesday,” said

Dean Refakes, a physical education teacher at Gompers Elementary School and a delegate.

The walkout, the first in Chicago in 25 years, had instantly canceled classes for 350,000 students who just returned from summer vacation and forced tens of thousands of parents to find alternatives for idle children, including many whose neighborhoods have been wracked by gang violence in recent months.

The walkout was the first for a major American city in at least six years. And it drew national attention because it posed a highprofile test for teachers unions, which have seen their political influence threatened by a growing reform movement. Unions have pushed back against efforts to expand charter schools, bring in private companies to help with failing schools and link teacher evaluations to student test scores.

The strike carried political implications, too, raising the risk of a protracted labor battle in President Barack Obama’s hometown at the height of the fall campaign, with a prominent Democratic mayor and Obama’s former chief of staff squarely in the middle. Emanuel’s forceful demands for reform had angered the teachers last year as the cash-strapped city began bargaining with a number of unions.

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BY RACHEL ZOLL ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thousands of striking Chicago public school teachers and their allies packed a city park Saturday in a boisterous show of force as union leaders and the district tried to work out the details of an agreement that could end a week-long walkout.

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Obama did in May. As for Republican Mitt Romney, the first Mormon nominee from a major party, congregants are questioning the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its former ban on men of African descent in the priesthood.

In 2008, Obama won 95 percent of black voters and is likely to get an overwhelming majority again. But any loss of votes would sting.

“When President Obama made the public statement on gay marriage, I think it put a question in our minds as to what direction he’s taking the nation,” said the

Rev. A.R. Bernard, founder of the predominantly African-American Christian Cultural Center in New York. Bernard, whose endorsement is much soughtafter in New York and beyond, voted for Obama in 2008. He said he’s unsure how he’ll vote this year.

It’s unclear just how widespread the sentiment is that African-American Christians would be better off not voting at all. Many pastors have said that despite their misgivings about the candidates, blacks have fought too hard for the vote to ever stay away from the polls.

Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban to judge ‘Idol’

BY FRAZIER MOORE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The “American Idol” judges’ panel is now complete with the naming of singerrapper Nicki Minaj and country crooner Keith Urban.

The Fox network officially tapped the pair with an announcement Sunday, confirming rumors surrounding them both just hours before the first round of auditions for next season was due to begin in New York.

Minaj is getting $12 million for a one-year deal on the hit Fox singing series, a person in the music industry with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the deal.

A representative for Urban wouldn’t disclose the singer’s compensation for “Idol.”

The announcement also set-

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The “American Idol” judges’ panel is now complete with the naming of singer-rapper Minaj and country crooner Urban. tled the status of Randy Jackson. He will stay put as the sole remaining original “Idol” judge, scotching rumors he might assume a different role on the popular talent competition.

This trio will join pop star

Mariah Carey at a judges’ panel now expanded to four members from its previous three. The AP reported in July that Carey is receiving just shy of $18 million for a one-year contract with a renewal option.

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WORLD

“I don’t take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.” BETTE DAVIS ACTRESS

Hezbollah urges demonstrations over film

BY ADIL JAWAD AND BASSEM MROUE ASSOCIATED PRESS KARACHI, Pakistan — Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam film broke through a barricade near the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, sparking clashes with police in which one demonstrator was killed and more than a dozen injured.

In a move that could escalate tensions around the Arab world, the leader of the Hezbollah militant group called for protests against the movie, saying protesters should not only ‘express our anger’ at U.S. embassies but urge leaders to act.

The film, which denigrates Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, has sparked violent protests in many Muslim countries in recent days, including one in Libya in which the U.S. ambassador was killed. The U.S. has responded by deploying additional military

forces to increase security in certain hotspots.

In a televised speech, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said the U.S. must be held accountable for the film, which was produced in the United States. The U.S. government has condemned the film.

“The ones who should be held accountable and boycotted are those who support and protect the producers, namely the U.S. administration,” Nasrallah said.

He called for protests on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

He urged protesters to call on their leaders to express their anger too.

“We should not only express our anger at an American embassy here or there. We should tell our rulers in the Arab and Muslim world that it is ‘your responsibility in the first place’ and since you officially represent the governments and states of the Muslim world you should impose on

the United States, Europe and the whole world that our prophet, our Quran and our holy places and honor of our Prophet be respected,” he told his followers in a televised speech.

Nasrallah said he waited to speak out about the film until Sunday, when Pope Benedict XVI ended his three-day trip to Lebanon.

In Pakistan, police fired tear gas and water cannons at the protesters in Karachi after they broke through the barricade and reached the outer wall of the U.S. Consulate, police officer Mohammad Ranjha said. The protesters threw stones and bricks, prompting the police to beat back the crowd with their batons. The police and private security guards outside the consulate also fired in the air to disperse the crowd.

One protester was killed during the clash, said Ali Ahmar, spokesman for the Shiite Muslim group that organized the rally.

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Pakistani protesters burn a representation of the U.S. flag as they chant slogans at the entrance of the U.S. consulate during a demonstration in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012.

Afghan insider attack kills four U.S. troops

BY HEIDI VOGT AND MIRWAIS KHAN ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan police killed four American soldiers coming to their aid after a checkpoint attack Sunday, the third assault by government forces or insurgents disguised in military uniforms in as many days.

The escalating violence including a NATO airstrike that killed eight Afghan women and girls gathering firewood - is straining the military partnership between Kabul and NATO as the U.S. begins to withdraw thousands of troops sent three years ago to route the Taliban

from southern strongholds.

The attacks drew unusually strong criticism Sunday from the U.S. military’s top officer, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, who called the problem of rogue Afghan soldiers and police turning their guns on allied troops “a very serious threat” to the war effort.

This year, 51 international service members have died at the hands of their Afghan allies or those who have infiltrated their ranks. At least 12 such attacks came in August alone, leaving 15 dead.

The surge in insider attacks is a sign of how security has deteriorated as NATO prepares its

military exit from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. The U.S. is days away from completing the first stage of its own drawdown, withdrawing 33,000 troops that were part of a military surge three years ago. The U.S. will remain with about 68,000 troops at the end of September.

NATO and U.S. forces are working with the Afghan government to tighten vetting procedures and increase security between the forces, but nothing has so far been able to stem the attacks on troops, which NATO frequently asserts are standing “shoulder by shoulder.”

In unusually blunt remarks to the Pentagon’s own news service,

the American Forces Press Service, Dempsey said the Afghan government needs to take the problem as seriously as do U.S. commanders and officials.

“We’re all seized with (the) problem,” said Dempsey, after discussing the issue at a meeting in Romania with NATO officials. “You can’t whitewash it.

We can’t convince ourselves that we just have to work harder to get through it. Something has to change.”

“We have to get on top of this.

It is a very serious threat to the campaign.”

A weekend of deadly attacks began Friday night, when 15 insurgents disguised in U.S. army

uniforms killed two Marines, wounded nine other people and destroyed six Harrier fighter jets at a major U.S. base in the south, military officials said. On Saturday, a gunman in the uniform of a government-backed militia force shot dead two British soldiers in Helmand province in the southwest.

On Sunday, an Afghan police officer turned his gun on NATO troops at a remote checkpoint in the southern province of Zabul, killing four American service members, according to Afghan and international officials.

“It was my understanding that it was a checkpoint,” said Jamie Graybeal, a spokesman for inter-

national military in Afghanistan.

One police officer was killed in the clash with NATO troops, he said. Other officers at the site fled; it was unclear if they were involved in the attack or not.

Two international troops were wounded and were receiving treatment, Graybeal said. He did not say how serious the injuries were.

Afghan officials said the checkpoint in Zabul’s Mizan district came under attack first from insurgents sometime around midnight. American forces came to help the Afghan police respond to the attack, said Ghulam Gilani, the deputy police chief of the province.

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Population of Brazil

Approximately three-quarters of Brazilians are Roman Catholic, and 15 percent are Protestant. About half of the country’s population is white, and nearly 40 percent is mixed white and black.

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Contract gives staff at least 3-percent raise

Columbia, Barnard bolstering ties with Brazil

BY MANU RATHORE STAFF WRITER Amid a rise in living costs in Tompkins County, Cornell employees received between a three to 3.5-percent raise for the last three years of their new four-year contract, which was approved this summer. All employees also received a wage increase of 46 cents per hour during the first year of the new contract, according to Jack Kaminsky, president of the UAW Local 2300.

Meanwhile, the wage a full-time worker in the county had to earn in 2011 to afford the cost of living — $11.67 per hour — rose five percent from 2010, according to the Alternatives Federal Credit Union.

The University and the United Auto Workers Local 2300 — the union that represents the majority of Cornell employees — settled a tentative agreement on June 29, a day before the previous employee contract expired, according to Alan Mittman ’71, director of the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations.

Employees in the two lowest wage rates received slightly higher wage increases by percentage, Mittman said, to reflect the fact that they are on “the lowest edge of the wage scale.”

Despite the raises, Pattie Gordinier,

lead coordinator of facilities services in Cascadilla Hall, said the new contract does not increases wages “nearly enough” to meet employees’ CORNELL needs.

“I don’t believe that they gave us enough,” she said. “We do not even have enough of a raise [to match the] cost of living.”

Given the recession’s impact on Cornell employees, Kaminsky said wage increases were “probably the number one concern” for the union.

“During the last contract, the University was experiencing hardship due to the market collapse,” Kaminsky said.

“We wanted to make some ground on the wages, which we did.”

Although the union negotiated wage increases, Gordinier said that they are not sufficient. They are an important factor in why she does not support the terms of the new contract, she said.

Kaminsky, however, said that “in general, the bargaining unit members were pretty happy about the contract, as the vote to ratify has shown.”

Still, the contract guarantees the University that employees will not strike, which is “different from other contracts”

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negotiated by unions across the globe, according to Greg Halkiopoulos, an employee at the Amit Bhatia Libe Cafe.

“My opinion about the whole contract is very negative,” he said. “Here, the workers are not allowed to strike.”

Another change resulting from the negotiations is that the University has extended its employees’ contracts, which will last four years instead of the three it previously covered. Kaminsky said employees’ contracts were extended to try to provide them more job security.

“With not knowing what’s going on with the economy and the country, we were looking for a bit of a longer contract just for security,” Kaminsky said.

Mittman said that throughout the negotiations for the new contract, negotiators also discussed career development and increased workload –– issues that many employees addressed in a University-wide survey in 2011.

“We talked a lot about [career development] and we re-emphasized the University’s commitment to the [Community Learning and Service Partnership] program,” Mittman said, referring to a University program that helps employees learn English, acquire computer skills and prepare to pass the GED test.

A sub-council representing employees of the School of Hotel Administration also raised concerns about fair work-

BY MELISSA VON MAYRHAUSER SENIOR STAFF WRITER With Columbia launching a global center in Rio de Janeiro this Thursday and Barnard preparing for its fifth Global Symposium in São Paulo, the University is strengthening its relationship with Brazil—a welcome piece of news for professors and students concerned about a shortage of resources available to undergraduates interested in studying the country.

The Rio center will officially launch at an event on campus next week, part of a weeklong summit for the global centers’ directors. It will be the eighth global center in Columbia’s rapidly growing international network.

The Rio center staff is still hurriedly setting up the office, said Thomas Trebat, the center’s director, and it is anxious to get the center off the ground. He envisions that, in the next year, students and scholars at the Rio center will focus on research areas specific to Brazil, including the impact of climate change, the geology of the ocean floor, and infrastructure in future Brazilian cities.

“The promise is a little intimidating in trying to deliver on it, but we’re starting, and I’m very encouraged that we’re on the right track,” Trebat said.

Barnard is also directing its gaze to the South American country as it makes plans for its next annual symposium, which will take place in March.

The event is set to include women’s leadership panels featuring women from the region, as well as a workshop for high school girls.

Hilary Link, Barnard’s acting vice-provost and dean for international programs, said administrators chose Brazil for this year’s symposium largely because it provides strong examples of female leadership.

“Brazil is a fascinating place on so many levels, not only because it has such fast-growing economy and political presence, but also the president of Brazil is a woman and many of her top ministers are women,” Link said.

These efforts to connect Columbia with Brazil are filling what undergraduates say is

a dearth of resources for Lusophones on campus.

The Barnard Grants COLUMBIA Committee chose four Barnard faculty members to work on Brazil-related projects for the symposium: Jose Moya, Maria Rivera Maulucci, Nara Milanich and Colleen Thomas-Young.

Thomas-Young, a dance professor, is developing plans to make a film with Brazilian-born Petra Costa, BC ’04, and to hold a contact improvisation dance class in Brazil. Contact improv dancers use “weight-sharing and trust” to lift their dance partners, which Thomas-Young hopes will encourage Barnard and Brazilian students to connect across national lines in a new way.

“You have to listen to your partner, and it’s going to be a new language, because everybody moves differently,” ThomasYoung said. “When you dance with somebody, you’re sharing how you’re move, and they’re sharing how they move.”

Marc Hertzman, who recently became director of Columbia’s Center for Brazilian Studies, said that he plans to diversify the center’s offerings by exploring the connection between Brazil and Latin America in nuanced terms.

Hertzman also said that one of his goals is to “reach out directly to undergraduates,” particularly by holding events in preparation for the Barnard symposium.

“My hope is that we keep up Brazil’s presence on campus, but in a way that doesn’t segregate or isolate Brazil, which happens a lot,” Hertzman said. “The idea is really about connections, between Columbia and Brazil, but also between Brazil and the Americas.”

Marin Fanjoy-Labrenz, BC ’13, said that while she is interested in Brazilian literature, there are few faculty members with whom she can consult. She has found Brazil to be underrepresented in Latin American literature courses, and she is hesitant to write her thesis on Brazilian literature in Portuguese, as so few professors are Lusophones.

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ore than just sound-making machines, musical instruments are objects of beauty.

Staff photographer BRIAN CHANG stopped by the Collection of Musical Instruments, the Jonathan Edwards College Philharmonic and the Saybrook College Orchestra to document some of the most unique instruments on campus.

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SPORTS

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS GARY BETTMAN The NHL commisioner was silent this weekend as the league’s collectiev bargaining agreement expired on midnight Saturday, Without a new contract in place, the league’s owners locked its players out. It is the league second lockout in the past eight years.

Bulldogs end goal drought M. SOCCER FROM PAGE 4 man busy minding the goalposts. With the game drawing to a close, the Bulldogs closed out their last scoring attempt with forward Fox’s ’14 taking a shot that did not connect.

“There were some tough moments in the second half, but we stayed organized, and Thalman was able to clean up anything that got past us,” Alers said. “Being the last man back, he can often see things that we can’t, so his communication helps us make sure we are organized.”

He added Thalman did a great job of directing Yale’s line of defense.

Thalman denied the Bobcats’ 10 scoring tries and played a significant role in the team’s victory. The match ended up becoming very offensive-oriented, with 35 shots recorded between the two teams. Following the Bobcats’ early goal deficit, they recorded nine more attempts than the Bulldogs. In the second half alone, Quinnipiac took twice as many shots as the Bulldogs did, with 12 to Yale’s six.

The Elis proved that their victory on Friday was not just good luck when they took down Sacred Heart, 2–0, on Sunday at home.

Head coach Brian Tompkins said tactical discipline and team effort helped the Elis secure the Sacred Heart win, a year after playing to a tie against the Pioneers. From the onset, the team went all out on offense.

Yale recorded three shots

in the first half, including an attempt by midfielder Kevin Michalak ’15. As the defensive line effectively tied down the opponents’ attacks, Yale’s offense moved more effectively. Then, at 24:19, forward Peter Jacobson ’14 dribbled past defenders and made a long forward pass to Fox. Fox connected with the pass and put the ball in the top of the goal. Only four minutes after the first goal, Fox again took a shot to shake up the visitors’ net, but it ended up going wide.

We have created many scoring opportunities but failed to execute the final shot, so it was definitely nice to reward our hard work with a goal and a win.

SCOTT ARMBURST ’14 Forward, men’s soccer Ten seconds before the first half ended, Yale almost gave a goal away when Sacred Heart striker Joshua Mathews found an opening and took a shot that went straight toward the middle of the goal. But Thalman knocked the ball away, and forward Max McKiernan ’14 came in for the clear, shutting down the visitors’ renewed offensive drive.

“It was a bit of scramble, but the team responded,” Thalman said. “We stayed calm and showed maturity, and this will serve us well going down the season.”

Ten minutes into the second half, midfielder Conner Lachenbruch ’15 again initiated the attack with a shot, which was blocked by a Pioneer defender. Then in 58:37, defender Philip Piper ’16 deftly dribbled the ball, and without a hint of hesitation, sent it to Armbrust. Armbrust crossed to Jacobson, who shot past a defender and the Pioneers’ goalkeeper to seal the victory.

One minute before the whistle, Pioneers’ Jamal Vinson maneuvered passed through the Elis’ defense and fired a shot that caught everyone off guard — except Thalman. The Yale goalie nestled the ball into his arms and secured the goalpost again.

With only 15 seconds remaining, the visitors could not take any effective measure to turn the game around.

The Elis recorded a total of 11 shots (11–15) and Thalman made five saves. After a tiring weekend, the Elis will take Monday and Tuesday practice off.

The Elis will face Fordham on Friday in the hopes of extending their victory march. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. at Reese Stadium.

Contact EUGENA JUNG at eugene.jung@yale.edu .

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The Bulldogs found the back of the net for the first time this season and posted a pair of shutouts this weekend.

Elis set record for Harvard domination FIELD HOCKEY FROM PAGE B1 utes in the first half, gave Yale an early lead, and the second, off Gogel’s assist, allowed Yale to pull ahead permanently in overtime.

It was Gogel’s first time back on the field since her freshman year, when she suffered a back injury. The forward has served as the team manager since then. As the team reshuffled its roster to account for starting midfielder and back Georgia Holland’s ’14 absence because of a season-ending knee injury, Gogel stepped up and earned the team its game-winning assist.

“She’s been so diligent with her rehab and taking care of herself and getting her into a position to be able to play again,” Stuper said. “It’s great to have her back on the field.”

Gogel said in an email that she had spent the past week training hard in practice to prepare for the weekend and added that she is excited to again contribute to the team on the field.

“It felt absolutely incredible to beat Harvard,” Gogel said.

“The seniors made school history, since they are the only Yale field hockey team to have won against Harvard four years in a row.”

She added that in the UConn game, the defense continued its solid performance and did not allow any goals in open field play.

Gogel and Barham played again on Sunday against UConn, but this time Yale could not muster a victory over the national field hockey powerhouse and fell 3–0. The Elis were outshot 28–1.

Stuper said she was impressed with the team’s ability to improve in every game and added that she was especially proud of the team’s performances against Harvard and in the first half of the UConn game.

“There’s been some adversities and challenges for us early on this season and I think the team’s really shown a tremendous amount of fortitude, persevered to really battle through those things and I think we’ve gotten stronger and stronger each game, which is always exciting to see.”

The Bulldogs are at home next weekend and will take on Princeton next Saturday at noon and Sacred Heart on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Contact PATRICK CASEY at patrick.casey@yale.edu .

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Field hockey captain Maddy Sharp ’13 and the rest of the team’s seniors have beaten Harvard in every year of their Yale careers. The Elis next take the field against No. 1 Princeton on Saturday.

YALE-HARVARD WIN STREAK 2012 2-1

Mary Beth Barham ’13 scored her second goal of the game in overtime to lead Yale to its fourth consecutive victory against Harvard, an all-time record for the team.

2011 5-1

Yale cruised to victory in its first Ivy League game of the season. The Bulldogs went on to become cochampions of the Ivy League in 2011.

2010 1-0

For the seventh time in a row, the Yale-Harvard game was decided by a single goal when the Bulldogs scored with less than 4 minutes remaining in the game.

2009 4-3

Yale scored four times in the first half, then managed to hold off a resurgent Harvard team, which scored all 3 of its goals in the second half.

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SPORTS

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS TOM ARSCOTT Tom Arscott of the London Welsh Rugby Club scored a try against his older brother Luke’s team, the Exeter Chiefs, in the Welsh’s one-point victory against the Chiefs last weekend. After playing rugby together for their entire lives, the brothers signed with different teams in 2010.

Elis win sixth straight against Hoyas

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Though Dustin Wharton, center, and Georgetown took an early lead against Yale, the Elis bounced back and survived a late scare in their season opener.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 Yale vs. Fordham, 7 p.m.

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BY CHARLES CONDRO STAFF REPORTER Georgetown quarterback Aaron Aiken intended for wideout Kevin Macari to catch his 17-yard pass for a game-winning touchdown with 40 seconds remaining. Yale defensive back Collin Bibb ’13 had another idea. Bibb jumped in front of the Georgetown receiver and came down with the interception to preserve Yale’s 24–21 victory.

FOOTBALL The Elis had a new coach at the helm in Tony Reno and a freshman starting behind center — the first in a season opener since 1997 — in Eric Williams ’16 on Saturday. But with his family in attendance, Reno was able to kick off his career as the 34th head coach of Yale (1–0, 0–0 Ivy) football in wild and record-setting fashion with a win against the Hoyas (2–1, 0–0 Patriot) in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

“It’s pretty special to have my family here,” Reno said. “[And] this is a special team. It’s a team that’s had some adversity early on, and they’ve really pulled together, and they’ve changed the culture of who they are, and I couldn’t be prouder of them and our staff.”

The adversity was evident from the start of the game, when running back Mordecai Cargill ’13 made the lonely trek to the center of the field for the coin toss. Cargill was elected by his teammates to represent the Elis at the toss this week in the absence of a team captain.

The Bulldogs lost the flip but received the kickoff when the Hoyas deferred until the second half. On just the fourth play of the drive, Cargill was stripped

by defensive back Jeremy Moore to give Georgetown possession in Yale territory.

The Blue and White defense stood firm, however, and responded with a fumble recovery of its own by linebacker EJ Conway ’15 to stop the Hoyas at the Yale 10-yard line.

The ensuing Yale drive witnessed the debut of running back Tyler Varga ’16, who bullied the Hoyas on his way to 47 yards and a touchdown during the 14-play, 90-yard drive to hand Yale a 7–0 advantage.

“Varga and Mo [Cargill], they got hearts; that’s to say the least,” Williams said. “After first contact they know how to keep getting more yards.”

The tide turned quickly on the Elis after that, with Georgetown scoring on a punt return and an interception to take a 14–7 lead.

The momentum appeared to favor the Hoyas heading into halftime, but Aiken fumbled as he appeared destined to score with under a minute to play in the half, and the ball was recovered by Yale at its own two-yard line.

On the next play, Williams wound up and fired the ball 40 yards downfield towards receiver Cameron Sandquist ’14. The ball seemed underthrown, but it was tipped by defensive back Malcolm Caldwell-Meeks into Sandquist’s waiting hands. The wide receiver then ran untouched into the end zone to give Yale a surprising 17–14 lead at the half. The 98-yard bomb was the longest play from scrimmage in the history of Yale football.

“It wasn’t a great pass so it was tipped,” Williams said. “But Cameron, he has the instincts to go get the ball and he came down with it and took it to the house.”

The decision to go deep was not Reno’s only gutsy call. He also ordered a fake punt on fourth down early in the second quarter, but unlike the infamous “fourthand-22” call in the 2009 Game, the deception gained the first down and more with a 24-yard run by defensive back John Powers ’13.

The offense gave Yale the lead heading into halftime, but it was the defense that stepped up to hold on in the second half.

The Hoyas capitalized on center John Oppenheimer’s ’14 wild shotgun snap to recover a fumble and take a 21–17 lead with a 32-yard rushing score by tailback Dalen Claytor.

[Tyler] Varga and Mo [Cargill], they got hearts, that’s to say the least.

ERIC WILLIAMS ’16 Quarterback Yale’s defense made a statement on the next drive, however; with defensive end Kolu Buck ’14 forcing a fumble that end Allen Davis ’13 recovered at the Georgetown 14-yard line.

It took the Elis just two plays to capitalize on the defense’s work.

Varga scored from nine yards out virtually untouched to take the lead back 24–21.

The Bulldog defense then took over the fourth quarter, stopping the Hoyas on two straight fourthand-one plays before the final drive.

“I’m happy with the way [the defense] responded,” former captain linebacker Will McHale ’13

said. “We were put in some not the best situations, but I’m proud of the way the guys fought and proud of the effort and the execution.”

With just 2:23 remaining in the game, Aiken began leading Georgetown down the field to try and tie or win the game. His pass on second-and-four from the Georgetown 46-yard line appeared to fly harmlessly out of bounds, but defensive back Collin Bibb ’13 was called for a late hit that gave the Hoyas a first down at the Yale 39-yard line.

“One of the big things [Coach Reno] has taught us while he’s been here is no matter what happens in the game you’ve got to stay on an even keel emotionally,” Bibb said. “Just look to the next play always.”

Bibb did just that. Aiken drove the Hoyas all the way to the Yale 17-yard line when Georgetown decided to try and win it with 40 seconds to go, but Bibb put a damper on the Hoyas’ hopes with his takeaway, and the Elis were able to run out the clock on the opening day victory.

Williams finished 19–30 for 250 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions, while running backs Mordecai Cargill ’13 and Varga finished with 76 and 103 yards rushing, respectively.

Sandquist led the receiving corps with nine receptions for 187 yards and a touchdown. Aiken finished 11–25 for 94 yards in the air, but ran for another 72 yards to lead a Hoya ground attack that totaled 260 yards.

Yale will travel to Ithaca, N.Y., this Saturday to face Cornell in its first Ivy League game of the season.

LEAGUE

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Yale

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Dartmouth

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Harvard

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Columbia

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Princeton

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Cornell

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LAST WEEK

THIS WEEK

SUNDAY, SEPT. 16 SATURDAY SEPT. 22 Yale 1, Central Conn. State 0 Yale vs. Princeton, 3 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL IVY

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7

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Harvard

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Dartmouth

0

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1

8

.111

LAST WEEK

THIS WEEK

SATURDAY, SEPT. 15 Fresno St. 3, Yale 0

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19 Yale vs. Albany, 7 p.m.

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

FIELD HOCKEY

Women’s XC topples Crimson CROSS COUNTRY FROM PAGE 1 in the summer of 2011. Yet the coach also looked past this meet, saying that the team’s early season performance propels it into the mix among the top teams in the Ivy League.

“This really sets the tone for us for the rest of the season,” Gosztyla said.

With the win, Yale defeated Harvard in the dual meet for the second straight year. Before then, the Bulldogs had not defeated the Crimson in the annual meet since 2006.

The men’s team is still looking to make its mark in the Ivy League following Friday’s race.

When asked about the men’s race, head coach Paul Harkins said, “We’ve had better days.”

While the team managed to place three runners in the top six, the Bulldogs could not hold off a Harvard squad that finished with the top three spots in the race. Harvard’s Maksim Korolev ’15 won the individual title, covering the eight-kilometer course in 24:20.39, while captain Kevin Lunn ’13 led Yale’s runners by finishing in fourth place. Deme-

tri Goutos ’13 and Matthew Nussbaum ’14 finished right behind Lunn in fifth and sixth place, respectively, and Matt Thwaites ’13 and Timothy Hillas ’13 rounded out the Bulldogs’ top five in eleventh and twelfth place.

“We had some ups and downs,” Harkins said. “We needed some back-up for those guys [running at the front of the race] and it didn’t happen today.”

The defeat hardly signals disaster for the team, however.

Harkins noted that the dual meet setting does not play to the strengths of a Yale team that

relies on tight packs and depth.

The defeat still frustrated the team, Harkins said.

“Our guys like to win,” Harkins added. But he offered reassurance in saying, “I will guide them towards the end of the year.”

The men’s and women’s cross country teams will continue the season on Sept. 28 at the Paul Short Invitational in Bethlehem, Pa. The teams will take on the entire Ivy League, except for Columbia’s women’s team.

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

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Princeton

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3

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Dartmouth

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Harvard

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1

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4

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LAST WEEK

SUNDAY, SEPT. 16 Connecticut 3, Yale 0

THIS WEEK

SATURDAY, SEPT. 22 Yale vs. Princeton, 12 p.m.

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YALE DAILY NEWS · MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 · yaledailynews.com

SPORTS

1

The New York Yankees’ lead in the AL East

Once the clear frontrunners in their division, New York now leads Baltimore in the chase for the AL East crown by a single game. The Yankees defeated the fading Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, while Baltimore took down Oakland, 9–5, to make up for a pair of losses to the Athletics earlier in the weekend.

Elis outclass local rivals

BY EUGENA JUNG STAFF REPOTER The Elis finally brought an end to their goal-free season and enjoyed a winning streak over the weekend against Connecticut rivals Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart.

M. SOCCER After four scoreless games, the Bulldogs (2–3–1) secured their first win of the season on Friday against Quinnipiac with a goal from forward Scott Armbrust ’14. On Sunday against Sacred Heart, the Elis pulled yet another shutout victory with goals from Jenner Fox ’14 and Peter Jacobson ’14.

“The result definitely gives us confidence heading into our upcoming matches,” defender Nick Alers ’14 said. “We had been playing well the past several games, so it was great to see that good play [finally] translate into a win.”

After four straight disappointing losses, the Bulldogs were determined to use the match against local rival Quinnipiac to signal Yale’s comeback as a formidable power for the rest of the season. Armbrust said Quinnipiac “came out flying” and was highly motivated to defeat Yale.

Within five minutes after the kickoff, both teams exchanged a threatening shot apiece, both denied by the goalkeepers. Shortly after failing a goal attempt at 14:55, Yale forward Avery Schwartz ’16 created a chance for Armbrust to shoot from just outside the box at 17:41, which left the Bobcat goalie hopeless as the ball

nicked the crossbar and angled into the net. It was the team’s long-awaited first goal of the season.

“The goal meant a lot to the team, and of course me as well,” Armbrust said. “We have created many scoring opportunities but failed to execute the final shot, so it was definitely nice to reward our hard work with a goal and a win.”

Scoring the first goal of the season is always tricky for the team, Armbrust said, but the goal will personally allow him to become more confident and, as as a result, more threatening.

In an attempt to reverse the deficit, the Bobcats upped their aggression in the next 10 minutes and recorded four shots — two of them from Quinnipiac’s striker Philip Suprise — that were a bit too close for comfort for the Elis. Fortunately, they had captain Bobby Thalman ’13 to guard their posts. The keeper took out two dangerous on-target shots heading his way.

“I thought we did well to keep Suprise in front of us and to force him into difficult situations,” Alers said.

In the second half, both teams exchanged more powerful blows.

Armbrust said Yale’s offense was good in finding holes in and behind Quinnipiac’s defense.

Three minutes into the second half, the Elis missed a chance to put one more up on the scoreboard as Bobcat goalie Angoitia Borja blocked a lethal shot from forward Mitch Wagner ’16. After Wagner’s on-target attempt, the Bobcats retaliated with six consecutive shots to keep ThalSEE M. SOCCER PAGE B2

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The men’s soccer team found the back of the net for the first time this season and claimed twin shutout victories.

Elis take two at home

West Coast tour disappoints

BY KEVIN KUCHARSKI STAFF REPORTER It was another tough trip to California for the volleyball team.

VOLLEYBALL

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The women’s soccer team won its second shutout of the second on Sunday when it blanked Central Connecticut State 1-0.

BY ASHTON WACKYM CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After Tuesday’s 8–1 dismantling of St. Peter’s, the women’s soccer team (0,0 Ivy, 5–3) continued its three-game winning streak this weekend at Reese Stadium.

W. SOCCER In two high-tempo games this weekend, the Bulldogs came out victorious over Iona College (2–4) Friday night and Central Connecticut State University (1–6) Sunday evening.

The first matchup of the weekend against Iona ended in spectacular overtime fashion when just one minute and 50 seconds into overtime, midfielder Meredith Speck ’15 slipped the ball between two Gaels to midfielder Kristen Forster ’13. Forster then beat the keeper to the ball and slammed it into the netting to beat Iona 2–1.

“It wasn’t our ideal plan to go into overtime,” said Forster. But Forster added putting away the game and win-

ning at home was a great feeling.

Despite the 2–1 final score, the Bulldogs had plenty of scoring opportunities. With a total of 13 shots during the game, the Elis demonstrated their will to take the ball to the net and shoot often and accurately. The Bulldogs were also able to hold the Gaels to zero shots during the first half.

“I’m a little disappointed we didn’t get the shutout,” head coach Rudy Meredith said. “But I’m proud of them for the way they kept fighting.”

The Elis kept fighting through the end of the weekend for another win and for the elusive shutout that slipped through their hands the past two games.

Thirty-six minutes into the first half against Central Connecticut State University, Forster scored her second goal of the weekend. During a scramble in front of the Blue Devils’ net, midfielder Juliann Jeffrey ’14 crossed a pass that bounced off a defender. Forster stepped in and chipped it into the top of the net to score the only goal of the game for the Bulldogs.

“It was good to get a shutout before

next weekend,” Meredith said.

The battles the Elis faced on the field during the weekend were not just in scoring and stopping goals. In last night’s game each team was issued a yellow card. Meredith said that this was one of the season’s more physical games, as both teams were giving it their all.

The Elis won many of the close races for balls and worked to maintain control during both games. Forward Melissa Gavin ’15 said the team did particularly well possessing the ball and passing it around to find the optimal shot. “[We] were patient,” Gavin said.

After the weekend, the Bulldogs remain undefeated at home.

The Elis are looking forward to next weekend, when conference play beings.

“Everything we do this week is about getting ready for Princeton,” Meredith said.

The Bulldogs will take on Princeton at Reese Stadium on Saturday at 3 p.m. to kick off Ivy League play.

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

Yale suffered three straight defeats to U.C. Santa Barbara, San Diego and Fresno State in the Bulldogs’ first trip back to the Golden State since falling to USC in the NCAA tournament last season.

Seven out of the 12 members of the squad are California natives, and the Elis were expecting to draw a good Yale crowd over the weekend. According to match reports on the Yale Athletics website, a good deal of the fans at Yale’s matches over the weekend were sporting blue and white, including an estimated 50 percent of the crowd for Yale’s 3–0 loss to San Diego on Saturday.“It was a great experience for the freshmen to kind of have a feeling of going home and seeing their family,” outside hitter Erica Reetz ’14 said. “That’s a unique experience.

I think it was exciting for people to play in front of their friends and family.”

Yale faced its toughest opponent when it took on tournament host San Diego (8–2). Although the Bulldogs were supported by about 100 friends, family and volleyball alumni, they dropped the match in a shutout against the No. 16 ranked Toreros.

It appeared that Yale might catch San Diego off guard in the first set as they had done to Santa Barbara the night before. But with a narrow two-point lead at 15–13 the Toreros took off and scored eight straight points to secure the set.

Middle hitter Chloe Ferrari was the major thorn in Yale’s side all night. The junior, who was named an Honorable Mention All-American last season, totaled a matchhigh 13 kills on a pristine .812 hitting percentage.

Reetz said the Toreros were the best squad the Elis have matched up with this season.

“They were a very strong and athletic team,” Reetz said. “I think it was a good opportunity to kind of see that level of competition even though we lost that match and to think that there were moments where we could play

with them. To have that knowledge and confidence going forward is important to the program.”

The Bulldogs (3–5) captured their only set of the weekend on Friday night against UC Santa Barbara, when setter Kelly Johnson ’16 recorded her second career double-double with 10 kills, 23 assists and ten digs. Yale struck quickly in the opening set and jumped out to an early 13–4 lead, capped off with a kill by Jesse Ebner ’16. Although the Gauchos (7–7) fought back, another Ebner kill gave Yale the 25–21 victory and a 1–0 lead.

I think [the San Diego game] was a good opportunity to kind of see that level of competition.

ERICA REETZ ’14 But that was the last set the Elis won all weekend. They lost each of the remaining three sets against Santa Barbara by at least six points and finished the match with 29 errors, Yale’s highest total of the weekend.

After the shutout loss against the hosts, Elis managed to mount a greater challenge to Fresno State (7–5) for their last match of the weekend but still could not manage to capture a set in a 3–0 defeat.

Yale improved as the match progressed, posting set scores of 18, 21 and 22 and improving their hitting percentage from .118 to .324 by the third set.

The Fresno State match saw the re-emergence of middle blocker McHaney Carter ’14. Carter, who was a steady contributor last season, had only played six sets in the team’s previous six matches and did not play against Northwestern on Sept. 8. But against the Bulldogs, Carter logged seven kills, the second highest total for Yale in the match, and hit .538.

The Elis’ next match will be the team’s only midweek game this season. The Elis take on the Albany Great Danes on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the John J. Lee Amphitheater.

Contact KEVIN KUCHARSKI at kevin.kucharski@yale.edu .