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Student drinking tops national average

Do you know what a provost does? Neither do most Yalies.

Check out the News’ website to hear how other students responded to this question.

BY JANE DARBY MENTON STAFF REPORTER

Speaking of provosts.

Dartmouth announced yesterday that Philip Hanlon, provost of the University of Michigan, will serve as the college’s next president.

Hanlon’s appointment comes just three weeks after the University’s own provost, Peter Salovey, was announced Yale’s next president. But that’s where the similarities stop: Hanlon’s moustache can never match the one that made Salovey famous. Real talk.

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risk-reducing steps, such as eating before drinking, than at other universities. Though the University shared a summary of last year’s survey conclusions with students who attended a series of dinners this month designed to foster communication between students and

In an effort to promote excellence in teaching at the University, Yale is expanding its teaching program currently available for graduate students to include faculty members as well.

Provost Peter Salovey announced in a Nov. 15 email to faculty the creation of the University-wide Yale Teaching Center to replace the Graduate Teaching Center, which trained graduate students to be teaching fellows and take other teaching positions after Yale. Bill Rando, assistant dean of the Graduate School and newly appointed director of the YTC, said the center aims to support teaching at the University and promote discussion of educational strategies. While continuing to train graduate students, the YTC will offer workshops for faculty members and mentoring opportunities between tenured and nontenured professors, said Rando, who served as director of the Graduate Teaching Center for the past 14 years.

Rando said many of the center’s programs will target new or junior faculty members, but that the resources will be available to all professors.

“There are so many amazing teachers here, but not a central place for them to share their strategies,” Rando said. “That is a big part of what this center will do.”

Graduate School Dean Thomas Pollard said the University will hire additional staff to support the YTC’s expansion, though

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Yale College Dean’s Office surveys shed light on student drinking habits CHRIS PEAK/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Yale students reported taking fewer risk-reducing steps, such as eating before drinking, than at other universities.

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egendary artist Vincent van Gogh has found an unlikely home: the beer-stained basement of Delta Kappa Epsilon. When the fraternity repainted its basement, President Nick Daffin ’13 took it upon himself to spray paint “Starry Night” onto the wall. Surprisingly, he is not studying art.

Just keep swimming. Roughly

20 swimmers from the men’s swim team were trapped for 10 minutes in an elevator in Payne Whitney Gymnasium yesterday, bravely maintaining their composure as they waited for freedom. In their Speedos.

It’s almost over. Today is the

last day of November, which means those of you who have been neglecting your razors in celebration of “No Shave November” can soon get rid of your fuzzy appendages.

Unless, of course, your facial hair has been keeping you warm in this chilly New England weather.

Teaching center launched

Yale students drink more than the average for college students nationwide, Yale College Dean’s Office surveys have found.

As part of its participation in the National College Health Improvement Project, a consortium of 32

colleges working to reduce highrisk drinking on their campuses, the University began conducting an ongoing survey of student drinking habits in fall 2011. Findings from the 2011–’12 year reveal that Yale’s overall alcohol consumption rate is higher than the national average and that fewer Yale students reported taking

Detained immigrant released

BY NICOLE NAREA CONTRIBUTING REPORTER A federal immigration judge announced Thursday that Josemaria Islas, a local undocumented Mexican immigrant whose detention incited widespread controversy, will be released from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after post-

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Reunion highlights diversity

ing bond.

Islas, who was arrested by Hamden police in July, was detained at a Massachusetts jail earlier this month in voluntary compliance with an ICE hold request authorized under the federal Secure Communities program. Islas’ case sparked an outcry among SEE IMMIGRATION PAGE 4

We still have eight Rhodes.

No Yalies were awarded the Marshall Scholarship this year, a break from Yale’s previous success with the honor.

The University claimed one Marshall Scholar last year, three in 2010 and three in 2009.

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Maya Lin ’81 ARC ’86, who designed the “Women’s Table” outside of Sterling Memorial Library, will speak at the School of Architecture’s reunion for female alumnae.

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his weekend, the School of Architecture will host a reunion to celebrate its female alumnae. Drawing women architects from around the nation, the celebration has sparked discussion about ongoing gender disparities in the field. YANAN WANG reports.

Celeb sighting. Ward 22 Alderwoman Jeanette Morrison stopped by Silliman College’s dining hall for dinner last night.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

1961 Four undergraduates and 10 Divinity School students make plans to participate in a series of sit-in demonstrations in Baltimore, Md. protesting segregation.

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The detention of Josemaria Islas, an undocumented immigrant, sparked an outcry among immigrants’ rights groups.

In front of Sterling Memorial Library, a circular granite fountain commemorates the history of women at Yale. While most students appreciate the monument for its simplistic beauty, the “Women’s Table” strikes a particularly powerful chord among female architecture students. Designed

by Maya Lin ’81 ARC ’86, the structure is a reminder that a female graduate of the school has achieved renown in architecture

— a field that remains largely dominated by men.

“Maya Lin has been one of my greatest role models in architecture,” Jacqueline Kow ARC ’14 said. “It has been a dream of mine to hear her speak.”

At the School of Architecture’s first “Yale Women in Architecture” symposium this weekend, Kow will have her wish fulfilled.

From Friday evening to Saturday afternoon, 180 alumnae and current female students alike will gather at the school to discuss issues such as evolving design practices and the intersection of architecture and activism, School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern said. But the symposium’s larger goal is to allow graduates to share their experiences as women architects, he explained.

The event is at once a reunion and a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Sonia Albert Schimberg Award, which is given annually to a high-achieving female architecture student. Former BlackRock execuSEE ARCHITECTURE PAGE 6

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t was enchanting. From the moment you first see him, you cease to think of makeup or Oscars or clumsy writing or how an actor could simultaneously be eloquent and have the scratchy, decidedly unrhetorical voice historians say Lincoln had.

Instead, Daniel Day Lewis became — or already was — Lincoln. I didn’t think about how good or accurate a job Lewis was doing, as thinking to ask such a question implies an ability to separate actor and role that, in this case, I lacked.

Some will inevitably disagree with my take on Lewis’ performance, but several — including the actor — seem to have had a similar experience.

What’s remarkable wasn’t just Lewis’ acting. Rather, in so correctly and impossibly embodying popular conceptions of our 16th president, Lewis proved just how strong our sense is of who Lincoln really was.

Some of this reflects the simple incorporation of our historical awareness into the film; we’ve all read Lincoln’s words. We already knew that he liked to tell stories, sometimes to illustrate his arguments through metaphor and sometimes just to amuse. We knew his relationship with his wife to have been tense. We knew that he was a canny politician, dealing less in the absolute morality of Tommy Lee Jones’ excellent Thaddeus Stevens than in the art of the possible: steadily and surely finding ways to advance what he knew to be right.

But outside of historical facts, the part Lewis really played — and which I found to so completely correspond to preexisting notions of Lincoln I didn’t even know I had — was that of a perfect leader and perfect man. He was brilliant and simple, magnanimous and practical, somehow able to write the finest words without ever being self-aggrandizing or condescending.

Lewis’ Lincoln could speak easily with the limbless soldiers he had ordered to war, but he spoke just as easily with rival statesmen. And while he perfectly tailored his words to each situation, he never altered his bearing or manner of speaking based on who he was talking to. And in those very rare instances where Lewis’ Lincoln lost for a moment his self-control, he seemed to become, if anything, more commanding and more righteous, as if pouring forth some sort of divine fury.

Normally in a film about some great figure, there is a tendency to humanize. We

start with a flawed character with whom we can empathize and in whose shoes we can imagine HARRY o u rse lve s.

LARSON G ra d u a l l y, he or she Nothing in becomes something Particular more, but often that transformation is sparked not just by a unique mind or character, but also by circumstance. Such stories allow any of us to imagine ourselves as a Shakespeare, Churchill, Elizabeth or even Moses.

But for whatever reason, the Lincoln we carry around with us in our imagination is above such conventional character development. We forget entirely what he was like before he was great or how he became great, and we don’t put limits or qualifiers onto his greatness, even though we know of mistaken decisions he made (Cold Harbor, General McClellan) or mistaken beliefs (sending freed slaves back to Africa) that he at one time held. Spielberg dodges this problem by starting his film late into Lincoln’s presidency. We definitely don’t imagine ourselves in his shoes.

I’ve read that Lincoln once argued against the notion that Americans of his time excessively idealized George Washington. Even if they imagined him to have been impossibly perfect, the belief of such human perfection could inspire us to greatness in a way that more relatable figures can’t.

I’m not sure if I buy this.

After all, we usually tune out holier-than-thou voices, which often do more to push us away from doing what we know to be right than people who actually invite us to do wrong. But perhaps the peculiar quality that Lincoln saw in Washington — and that we see in Lincoln — is a greatness so humble and unassuming that we can’t resent or envy it.

Here at Yale, we have our fair share of ambition. Many of us want to be president, and most of us want to be great. But from the screen, Daniel Day Lewis and Abraham Lincoln somehow chastise and inspire us: showing us what we can’t do, while making us want to do what we can.

GUEST COLUMNIST LINDSEY HIEBERT

An AIDSfree world

A new awareness

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n Dec. 1, World AIDS Day calls upon us to consider the HIV/AIDS pandemic — its human cost, global impact and unresolved future. Events on campus, online and around the world will promote education, advocate solidarity with those who are HIV-positive, and honor the 30 million lives lost over the past three decades. AIDS is not a distant problem, nor is it isolated in underdeveloped countries. AIDS matters to you because it affects people in Connecticut, in New Haven and at Yale.

Consider these statistics: Connecticut has the eighth highest per capita incidence rate of HIV/AIDS among the 50 states. From 1981 to 2010, over 20,000 cases of HIV/ AIDS have been reported to Connecticut’s Department of Health.

In New Haven alone, 3,000 people live with HIV. The pandemic affects every age group and ethnicity. Infected males widely outnumber females at a ratio of 65-to35.

In past years, HIV infection rates have broadly outpaced the government’s response. Since 2002, the prevalence of HIV cases has increased in Connecticut, despite national decreases in diagnoses.

However, recent changes in the American health care system, implemented by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), may better equip Connecticut to care for people living with HIV. Passed in 2010, the ACA aims to expand access to affordable health coverage, reducing the number of uninsured Americans. Acknowledging the particular impact of the ACA for people with HIV, the White House concurrently published the United State’s first comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy: a three-pronged approach that aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections, increase access to primary and HIV-specific care and reduce HIV-related health disparities.

In the past, the majority of HIVinfected Americans relied on Medicaid to cover their health care costs. Over 24 percent of those infected are uninsured, depending instead on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which funds health care and supportive services for a low-income demographic. Although these programs are significant for many HIV/AIDS patients, the Ryan White Program is not designed as an insurance system and is burdened by long waiting lists.

In light of the parameters of the Ryan White Program, the ACA expands Medicaid advantages for HIV/AIDS patients. Those infected no longer have to fulfill stringent financial or categorical requirements to become eligible — such as being pregnant, having children

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or suffering from an additional disability. The ACA also provides a 50 percent discount on brandname drugs, thereby closing the prescription drug benefit “donut hole” that previously made many treatment options unaffordable.

And because many HIV specialists also serve as their patients’ primary care physician, the ACA has also increased Medicaid payments for primary care services.

In Connecticut, the Department of Public Health has been awarded more than $23.8 million in prevention fund grants from the ACA. A portion of these funds has been allocated to HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns, which seek to identify high-risk populations, increase testing opportunities and offer HIV-infected patients the medical services they need. Connecticut has also recently enacted the Personal Responsibility Education Program, teaching youth about contraception and the prevention of HIV infection.

Last year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered her vision for the near future: an AIDS-free generation. In that future, every child is born free of HIV and faces a lower risk of contracting the illness as they grow up. This lofty goal is not abstract. With the induction of the ACA, as well as the continuation of other important programs and agencies, this goal is achievable.

But more can always be done.

The ACA has been controversial, with many states choosing to opt out of some of its policies. National and state governments must continue to seek out opportunities and programs that serve people living with HIV. Communities, like ours here at Yale, must dedicate time and energy to education campaigns, prevention efforts and advocacy events.

The U.S. has set the bar high to achieve an AIDS-free generation, and with these efforts, Connecticut can reach this goal, too. We know how to get there. The question is not “Can we end AIDS?” It is “Will we?” Does the U.S. have the political willpower to implement the substantial means to achieve a great end?

On AIDS Day, we invite you to support, engage and learn more about local initiatives here in New Haven. Seek out peers and faculty interested in HIV/AIDS research and lend a hand. Call upon your representatives, take initiative and get involved. By making democracy work for you, the answer is yours to decide.

ISABEL BESHAR is a junior in Saybrook College and AUSTIN JASPERS is a sophomore in Trumbull College.

Contact them at isabel.beshar@yale.edu and austin.jaspers@yale.edu .

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n seventh grade, my teacher made me escort a classmate to the nurse’s office after he stabbed himself in the head while twirling a pencil. She was paranoid that he would spread AIDS on doorknobs throughout the school if I didn’t. The problem was that this kid did not have AIDS. Fast-forwarding to today, numerous organizations and foundations advocate important health-related platforms, including preventing and treating — even, in my teacher’s case, explaining — HIV/AIDS. We often chose to support the causes that have touched our lives the most. In the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, many of the most influential activists had HIV/AIDS themselves, witnessed friends die one after the other or even observed communities decimated by the disease.

For HIV/AIDS, this should not be true.

Many people dismiss awareness days. Critics deem them redundant — worth neither effort nor time. The people who show up to events already care, they say.

Awareness days may seem meaningless as a mere collection of numbers on a calendar, but it is a standard to recognize events that have significance in our lives whether they are birthdays, independence days, deaths or religious holidays. Awareness days are an opportunity for a history lesson, a shift in perspective, a moment of gratitude, a time of memorialization and an opportunity to rise above the status quo.

This in mind, it would be an injustice to not acknowledge the impact HIV/AIDS has had on society and the world.

Most college students understand the seriousness of HIV/ AIDS, but even the most educated people have misconceptions (my seventh grade teacher was a very smart lady whose class I enjoyed very much). Others have not considered the burden that HIV/AIDS places on individuals and families, both physically and mentally.

Yet the HIV/AIDS epidemic has brought worldwide attention to important global health issues. It has shed light on previously hidden groups of society, including gay people, minorities and intravenous drug users. It has brought attention to sub-Saharan Africa and other underdeveloped regions, and intervention has followed.

The emotion and passion behind the initially stigmatized and mysterious disease has sparked international action

that has not been matched.

These efforts transformed our views of activism and restored our belief in the power of a cause. The idea that it is infeasible to tackle an epidemic in a low-resource setting has been erased.

HIV/AIDS has changed the landscape surrounding other health concerns, too. Advocates for maternal and child heath must now care about issues like mother-to-child transmission — or the fact that, in Zimbabwe, HIV/AIDS causes one in every four maternal deaths and one in every two maternal deaths in South Africa. Connections between HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, malaria, certain types of cancer and other STDs have also since been identified. HIV/ AIDS resources can be used to strengthen health systems. HIV/ AIDS drugs have played a key role in the global fight for affordable medication, the evaluation of patent laws and the standardization of treatment protocols.

In addition, the American Foundation for AIDS Research has stated that our responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic have strengthened government accountability.

The President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), implemented by President George W. Bush in 2003, is just one example. In a threeyear period, PEPFAR averted 1.2 million deaths and cut the HIV/ AIDS death toll by 10.5 percent in its targeted countries.

PEPFAR has become a model for outcome-based initiatives, while the newly launched Global Health Diplomacy Office will give HIV/AIDS an even greater role in international relations moving forward.

By virtue of its magnitude and biological complexity, the HIV virus has infected more than just the immune systems of the 30 million who have died.

To not encounter HIV/AIDS on a daily basis is a blessing. For this reason, World AIDS Day is an opportunity for thanksgiving just as much as last Thursday was. However, tomorrow also holds the greater potential to spark a new understanding or enthusiasm. Tomorrow, on Dec. 1, contemplate how one virus can change the workings of society, alter the way we approach policy, raise the standard for activism and add a new dimension to the interconnectedness of the world.

LINDSEY HIEBERT is a sophomore in Pierson College.

Contact her at lindsey.hiebert@yale.edu .

GUE ST COLUMNIST STEPHANIE MAZURSKY

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'LDFFLY' ON 'HUNDREDS ATTEND HAPPINESS PANEL'

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n my first day in Madrid, Spain, while easing into the practice of only speaking the local language, I had the opportunity of conversing with a native madrileño. Although my newfound friend and I began with simple introductions, the conversation quickly digressed into a rather argumentative discussion on the topic of the siesta — a break in the workday when the entire city manages to sleep. Despite my admiration for the art of napping (if napping were an Olympic sport, I'd surely be a gold medalist), I could hardly comprehend the existence of a society in which such a break was not only acceptable, it was a norm. I, the product of a culture whose workforce reveres long hours and professional devotion, questioned the practicality of such a convention. The local Spaniard simply replied, "The tradition of the siesta is all we know, and it makes us happy." In that particular moment, I felt entirely unqualified to continue denouncing the wellestablished practice. With such a minimal knowledge of his culture, how could I have the audacity to form an opinion on his lifestyle?

Rather than judge, I took the

opposite approach — I followed the syllogism he laid out for me.

If happiness improves quality of life, and the motivation for most decisions in life is to improve said quality … where did his logic falter? Despite my years as a seasoned debater, I found myself momentarily speechless — it was a cold and unfamiliar territory. Could the peculiarities of the Spanish culture truly form a happier population than the competitive one I have been a part of for 20 years? With three months ahead of me and a strong sense of curiosity, I sought to find out the answer for myself.

The next day I arrived at my host mother’s apartment in the residential neighborhood of Parque de las Avenidas. I was promptly exposed to a number of cultural quirks, the first of which consisted of the following: In Spain there is no such thing as a quick meal — consumption is a social activity. Although the custom takes time away from important parts of one’s daily routine, this so-called system of “sociable consumption” is thoroughly enjoyable and typically well-worth the investment. Meals, particularly lunch (the day’s most substantial meal),

require diners to break from the day’s chaos and partake in lively discussion. The most intimate conversations I have shared with my host mother, Pilar, have been during these lunches. She speaks to me daily of her childhood memories of the Spanish Civil War, of the years she spent in Morocco and of the moment her grandson Luigi (now 21 years old) found out that Santa Claus didn’t exist. These discussions form some of my most precious memories of the past semester. Nevertheless, I can’t help but notice that logical flaws exist within the cultural framework that perpetuates this gastronomical tradition.

Spain’s current state of fiscal distress is common knowledge.

The number of homeless individuals sleeping on the street reflects the high unemployment rate; consistent metro delays reflect service cuts made as a result of nearly depleted budgets; the day that three major trade unions went on strike — and my school canceled classes as a safety precaution — reflects anger building amongst members of the country’s middle class. The suffering of Spain’s general population is evident in every

corner of this city: a fact I recognize, even after calling Madrid home for only three months. Is it sensible to continue living the way the Spanish always have? Does it make sense to close convenience stores and tobacco stands at 7 p.m., when most working Spaniards have the time to shop on their journeys home? Does it make sense to eat one’s largest meal in the middle of the day, when such a level of consumption requires a period of rest? Does it make sense to put life on pause for a siesta when this country requires every minute of productivity it can muster? It is not as though the Spaniards can easily change these customs that form an integral part of their culture, but it is easy to question the practicality of such traditions during a time of financial strife.

Perhaps then the real question is as follows: Do these cultural idiosyncrasies lead to a truly happier population, and if so, is it worth the price?

STEPHANIE MAZURSKY is a junior in Jonathan Edwards College.

Contact her at stephanie.mazursky@yale.edu .

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KANYE WEST “I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.”

POETRY G U E S T C O L U M N I S T M I C H E L L E TAY L O R

In defense of the oxford comma With apologies to Penelope Laurans, who would expect better.

Remove the mark and loosen stray semantics; Drown clarity, flood sense! Your grammar’s antics With oxford commas makes no sense — just style: The hipster’s unclear, casual, cool smile Of apathy. That final comma formed A rug for wandering, slow feet, informed An end, and cleared a space to think, to breathe — And News, you pull it straight out from beneath The bewildered reader: me. To understand You, News, I need the comma’s curly hand, Delineating meaning, vanquishing My doubt. List items need distinguishing Or else become appositives — and can Sense really figure which is which? No! Man Is but mortal; language fails; but grammar leaps The gap between us, “poet” and reader, sweeps The page clear. And — unhip as I may be (and quite unhip: who else opines but me anachronistically in defunct verse?), I feel the comma makes the text converse — Or orate, even, in a grander way Than current fashion sighs, and deems ‘okay.’

So I say: I need the comma, need clarity, Poise and commitment. Wait. Is clarity Poise and commitment? Or is what I need

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All three? See! What I really need (News, heed) Is an oxford comma.

Alas, you’re too cool To use the punctuation taught in school.

MICHELLE TAYLOR is a senior in Davenport College.

Contact her at michelle.a.taylor@yale.edu.

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GUEST COLUMNIST ZOE GORMAN

Pre-meds, both thinking and doing

Letting artistry breathe

s junior and senior premeds begin to prepare for the upcoming medical school application cycle, they feel a mixture of excitement, trepidation and relief. All that time struggling with problem sets, those frenzied afternoons in lab and the evenings clustered around peer tutors will finally be weighed, measured and hopefully not found wanting. The process also sparks some introspection about what it means to be pre-med at Yale, how pre-meds have chosen to spend their hours and what regrettably fell by the wayside. But unlike other students preparing for life beyond Yale, premeds face a harsh critique from many of their peers — that they and their chosen course of study were not sufficiently “intellectual.”

This critique seems to be something about which humanities and science majors agree. To humanities students, pre-meds don’t spend enough time thinking about the most interesting and pressing political and social issues. To science students, many pre-meds don’t have the scientific curiosity to pursue a single discipline indepth or to dedicate the years in lab needed to tackle a particular scientific question properly. These criticisms might actually be accurate — if the determinant was a dichotomy between abstract thinking and doing, with the pre-med being lumped in with the latter descriptor, acting only as an automaton.

As a pre-med humanities major, I hear the judgment from both sides. I watch my fellow humanities students spend luxurious hours pondering the great questions, reading the great works and gaining a background in literature,

history and philosophy that will serve them well in the academic staff rooms and political parlors of the future. While the applications of humanities courses may be less immediately apparent than those of pre-med classes, humanities students can assure themselves, “Whatever I decide to do after college, I’m learning how to think.” To the English major who can curl up in bed with Shakespeare and (legitimately) call it a productive night, being pre-med may seem like an intellectual sacrifice.

“Pure” science majors and teaching fellows can also contribute to a pre-med’s sense of unease.

How many times have I been told that I must only want the answers to the homework questions, and don’t really care about the science behind the course material? The charge is harsh, namely, that premeds aren’t interested in course content at all. Given the obvious intertwinement of modern medicine and science, it is highly improbable that a pre-med would complete the full set of required courses without having a genuine interest in science. But nevertheless, these comments may make some pre-meds worry that they haven’t focused enough on the kind of scientific inquiry valued by their science peers.

How can pre-meds defend themselves against the charge of being intellectual dilettantes? We shouldn’t begin by keeping quiet about our statuses as pre-meds in front of the wrong company, or seeking out the comforting presence of our pre-med study buddies. Instead, it’s time we all stop being so critical about each other’s academic choices. Pre-meds

aren’t the only targets of negative stereotyping. Humanities students are typecast as being confined to an ivory tower, with no clue about their futures. Science students are portrayed as insufficiently cultured, lacking the savoir-vivre of their better-read humanities counterparts.

But no major or academic route has a monopoly on “intellectuality.” We are all struggling in college to balance acquiring knowledge and pursuing our passions with our hopes for a fulfilling future.

Whether majoring in humanities or the sciences, the pre-med will have managed to combine a passion for learning and doing. Think of the pre-med who spends her summer at a Ugandan hospital grappling with global health issues, or the one who volunteers in a local hospice struggling with the ethical care of the dying. And even the pre-med hunched over a late-night problem set with a third cup of coffee is absorbing problem-solving skills that will help her in medicine and beyond. Translating our preparation at Yale into a lifetime of intellectual curiosity and achievement will be no more or less challenging for a pre-med than for any other student, whatever her calling. And 30 or 40 years from now when your doctor is helping you weigh the pros and cons of a medical procedure, or squeezing your hand as you wake up from anesthesia, you may be pleasantly surprised to find that she isn’t a complete intellectual lightweight after all.

MICHELLE BAYEFSKY is a junior in Davenport College. Contact her at michelle.bayefsky@yale.edu .

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he first time someone mentioned the workload gap between science and humanities majors with a slight sneer and roll of the eyes, I silently revolted.

That’s not true, my freshman self thought. Everyone works hard in their classes.

By sophomore spring en route to pursuing physics as a second major, I was properly jaded.

The rumors are true. Advanced hard-science classes really are more brutal than anything else you will experience in your academic life at Yale.

But although weekly all-nighters for a half-credit PHYS 206 lab have thoroughly convinced me the workload gap is real, a jeering attitude towards those pursuing creative majors is by no means justified. Gaining a foundation to succeed in the arts takes time and effort, and excelling in them requires a completely different approach.

As a political science and physics double major who regularly takes music composition classes and likes to write, I’ve experienced a myriad of thought environments at Yale. They are as diverse as they are valuable.

The place you go in your head when you draw material from deep within your consciousness feels distinct from the process of enmeshing yourself in a text or a difficult equation. It is meditative, detached, serene.

If non-science majors appear to have it easier, it is because the professors in any discipline try to implement the learning environment most conducive to success. “Sorry, I didn’t feel inspired

tonight,” is not an excuse for handing in a problem set late — a kiss of death for your grade. By contrast, deadlines don’t mean much in the world of music composition. At the end of the term (or sometimes slightly after…) you hand in a large score that you were supposedly making progress on all term. It’s brilliant.

It struck me that Yale aims to prepare each of us in our respective fields, and people who create must leave space to take in their surroundings, to see in ways most won’t.

Regardless of our area of concentration, Yale trains us to produce, problem-solve and analyze at any moment. But to truly be inspired, to create to our highest potential, requires something more than discipline.

Inspiration is unpredictable and elusive.

It takes a different kind of mental toughness to spend long hours on tangentially related trains of thought — such as when a composer listens for hours to Chopin, Ives or Nine Inch Nails without stressing about seemingly making no progress whatsoever towards producing something original.

Nothing kills creativity like stress, and Ivy League universities are a hotbed for anxiety. But creators must be willing to let themselves wander, sometimes down a path that leads nowhere.

The creator works by waiting, watching and listening without knowing what will pay off until it happens — and sometimes not even then.

Inspiration might be in the way you stare out the window and watch the tiny icicles, like white

flower buds foreshadowing a season still months to come, condense on the thinnest branches of the bare tree on Broadway. It’s the atmosphere. It’s the way the slight autumn breeze brings you back to a childhood soccer game. It’s the rough outlines of a room full of friends as you walk in and take them all in without focusing on a single one. It’s that rock drumbeat that becomes the rhythm of your countermelody line in measure 132.

Wasting time takes on a whole new meaning. If our creative capacity is sum of all of our experiences, who knows what we’re adding to the mix? Often the result can surprise us — that’s what makes innovation exciting.

But creativity can also be burdensome. The artist must be prepared to drop everything and write, paint or sculpt whenever inspiration strikes. A new horizon is always just around the corner.

Rather than be frustrated by the workload gap across disciplines, we should acknowledge and embrace it. Without creativity and innovation, we would not have progress. I hope creative students on campus are given room to thrive — to bring about a more beautiful tomorrow that we all can, on some level, appreciate. Our lives are enriched at every turn because somebody took the time to listen when inspiration came knocking.

So as I gear up for another painful term of quantum mechanics, I’m content to let my friends in Green Hall dream.

ZOE GORMAN is a senior in Davenport College. Contact her at zoe.gorman@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT YTC includes faculty YTC FROM PAGE 1 plans are not yet finalized. Currently, Rando, YTC Associate Director Kristin Rudenga and 20 graduate student fellows oversee the Graduate Teaching Center’s programs, which include a teacher-preparation certification program and teaching-fellow training workshops.

Though he does not yet have specific plans for the YTC, Rando said, the center will expand “organically,” as organizers explore different strategies of engaging with faculty members. Since the announcement, he said, five faculty members have contacted him about independent consultation on their courses.

“Every teaching center is a little different depending on the culture of the university, and we don’t know what ours will look like yet,” Rando said. “It will unfold over time the way [the Graduate Teaching Center] unfolded over time.”

Every teaching center is a little different depending on the culture of the university, and we don’t know what ours will look like yet.

BILL RANDO Director, Yale Teaching Center Rando — who is a part of Ivy Plus, a consortium of teaching center directors at Ivy League schools — said he is looking at the established teaching programs of Yale’s peer institutions, including Harvard, Princeton and Stanford for ideas as the program moves forward.

Anders Winroth, a professor of medieval history, said he thinks a Yale-wide teaching center could enrich the quality of teaching at the University because the best way to approach a topic for research can differ from the best way to approach teaching. He said the teaching fellows in his lecture course are all enrolled in the center’s training program, and he has attended several GTC workshops himself.

“I remember saying to Bill, ‘I don’t understand why you’re only doing this for graduate students. I can think of faculty who would want to use these things.’

I certainly wanted to,” Winroth said.

Michele Marincovich, director of Stanford’s Center for Teaching and Learning, said researchheavy institutions should provide an infrastructure of support to help faculty balance research and teaching. Stanford’s center has worked directly with roughly 60 percent of the faculty, she added.

Terry Aladjem, the executive director of Harvard’s Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, said he has worked with Rando in the Ivy Plus consortium of teaching center directors and is excited about Rando’s ability to use increased resources to benefit Yale.

“We’ve long regarded Yale as a close partner in this business, and I think this will give us even more of a reason to share resources and strike up communication,” he said.

Four professors interviewed said that prior to the creation of the YTC, they independently solicited Rando’s advice on issues concerning teaching.

Psychiatry professor Ben Toll said he contacted Rando four years ago for advice on improving one of the courses he teaches.

Toll said he worked closely with Rando for over a year to redesign the course, adding that since that time, his course ratings have significantly increased.

This semester, the Graduate Teaching Center offered 13 fundamentals of teaching workshops for departments including history, physics and engineering.

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

“I wanted to be a teacher.”

KIM KARDASHIAN, AMERICAN

REALITY TELEVISION STAR

Secure communities challenged IMMIGRATION FROM PAGE 1 immigrants’ rights groups and politicians including Gov. Dannel Malloy and Mayor John DeStefano Jr., all of whom decried the detention as an example of overly aggressive ICE policy. But on Thursday, a Hartford immigration judge announced Islas’ release on $4,000 bond, leading to celebration among a crowd of 35 supporters gathered outside the courthouse.

“Josemaria’s case is unfortunately just one of too many cases where individuals with little to no criminal history are subject to deportation,” DeStefano said in an email to the News, calling Secure Communities “counterproductive” to the relationships the police department has attempted to establish in immigrant communities.

ICE spokesman Ross Feinstein, however, countered that Islas has exhibited grounds for becoming “a priority for removal” as an undocumented immigrant who has repeatedly violated immigration law. He said Islas was been deported on four separate occasions in 2005, entering again without permission.

At the time of his arrest, Islas was charged with a misdemeanor of attempted armed robbery after the robbery victim identified him as the offender. But Islas was not convicted of any crime due to lack of evidence.

“Our priorities in New Haven, Conn., are the same as our priorities nationwide, which target illegal aliens based on our stated immigration enforcement priorities,” Feinstein said. “ICE has adopted clear priorities that call for the agency’s enforcement resources to be focused on the identification and removal of those that have broken criminal laws, recently crossed our border, repeatedly violated immigration law or are fugitives from immigration court.”

Secure Communities, which was implemented statewide Feb. 22, allows ICE officials to check police fingerprints of criminal suspects against ICE and FBI databases in an effort to deport criminals residing in the country illegally.

When ICE officials believe a suspect may be undocumented, they can issue a detainment request asking the state to hold the individual in custody pending deportation proceedings. Such hold requests are not legally compulsory, and

Gov. Dannel Malloy, a strong critic of the program, has repeatedly promised since March not to comply with those for nonviolent offenders. Nevertheless, the program has garnered criticism for unnecessarily targeting nonviolent criminals and undermining community policing.

But while Islas is a nonviolent offender, Malloy cannot overturn the judicial branch’s decision to place him in ICE’s custody, as the state judiciary has a tradition of complying with all hold requests without discretion. But Judge Patrick Carroll, Connecticut’s deputy chief court administrator, announced in a Thursday release that the policy is under review. He said state judicial officials are working with members of the executive branch to “develop a uniform policy” to honor Secure Communities detainment requests for only violent offenders.

In an effort to put additional pressure on the judicial branch to amend its policies in a timely manner, Mike Lawlor, a top aide for Malloy, joined forces with local advocacy groups to denounce the Secure Communities program at Thursday’s press conference. Latrina KellyJames of Junta for Progressive Action, a

New Haven immigrant rights advocacy group, applauded Lawlor for his “continued support of immigration policy change” and said they are “unified as advocates.”

“Secure Communities puts state and local government in the middle of a nowin situation,” Lawlor said. “It couldn’t be any clearer that there is so much wrong with current immigration laws.”

Ana Maria Rivera of Junta for Progressive Action said she hopes that increased cooperation among branches of state government and the community will ensure that Islas’ incarceration marks the “last case of wrongful detainment we will see in Connecticut.”

Lawlor said the state cannot afford “the breakdown of trust” in immigrant communities if state and federal authorities are overly aggressive in targeting undocumented aliens for deportation.

Junta for Progressive Action estimates that approximately 10,000 to 15,000 undocumented Latino immigrants reside in New Haven.

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

Survey finds seniors turn to ‘binge drinking’ ALCOHOL SURVEY FROM PAGE 1 administrators on alcohol issues, Yale has not yet decided how to use the findings.

“The modern student seems to be different [in drinking habits] than students have been in the past,” said Hannah Peck DIV ’11, a YCDO fellow who led the discussion dinners. “Schools are now dealing with things they have never seen before.”

The survey also found that the majority of drinking at Yale takes place in dorm rooms, particularly during “pre-games,” and that the percentage of students who have three or more drinks in one hour decreases by class year. In addition, frequent binge drinking — defined as consuming five drinks in one sitting for men and four for women — was found to be more prevalent among seniors, despite the common perception that students drink more responsibly as they get older.

Peck declined to provide specific statistics from the survey.

Dean of Student Affairs W. Marichal Gentry did not respond to request for comment.

Past studies of alcohol culture at colleges across the United States have shown similar results in regard to changes in drinking habits as students age, said Toben Nelson, associate director of the College Alcohol Study, a group at the Harvard School of Public Health that conducts national surveys on college students’ alcohol consumption. He added that other research projects have also found that the perception that older students drink more responsibly is false, but he said there has not been substantive past research on pre-gaming.

“Pre-gaming is more of a recent phenomenon [that] researchers have just [begun] paying attention to this year, so there’s a lot left to be learned about the kind of drinking going on in those settings and the potential for preventing drinking in that setting,” Nelson said.

Yale’s anonymous online survey was sent to all sophomores, juniors, seniors

and graduates of the class of 2012 by the end of the 2011–’12 academic year, Peck said, and 2,664 students — roughly 51 percent of the undergraduate body — completed the survey. The demographics of survey respondents accurately reflect those of the greater student body, said Rebecca Friedkin, acting director of the Office of Institutional Research.

“The distribution of respondents by self-reported gender, class year and residential college mirrors the actual distribution of students along these variables, increasing confidence in the validity of the survey results,” Friedkin said.

The surveys were initiated as part of Yale’s participation in NCHIP’s Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking — a two-year effort to collect data on current high-risk drinking habits in college students and the success of various efforts to reduce this trend, Peck said. The Collaborative’s data-collection process will end in July 2013, culminating in a conference at which the findings will be publicly released and discussed, said Amy

Olsen, a spokeswoman at Dartmouth, where NCHIP is located.

Fifteen of 21 students interviewed said they are not surprised by the survey’s findings. Still, seven students said they are surprised that Yale’s drinking rate is higher than the national average, and five said they are surprised that fewer Yale students took steps to reduce the risk of drinking.

Romary Santana ’15 said she expected Yale’s drinking rate to be lower than the national average because of the stereotype that Ivy League students are less likely to drink. “[The findings] surprised me because I don’t really consider Yale a party school as compared to a state school,” Santana said.

Two additional waves of surveys have been sent to students this fall, and two more will follow in the spring.

Contact CYNTHIA HUA at cynthia.hua@yale.edu .

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“Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.” HARRISON FORD AMERICAN FILM ACTOR AND PRODUCER

Medical pot alliance formed

BY MONICA DISARE STAFF REPORTER Since the legalization of medical marijuana in Connecticut this spring, businessmen have been working to develop the drug’s industry from scratch.

About a dozen interested parties met last week at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to discuss the proposed Connecticut Medical Cannabis Business Alliance, which is a coalition of those interested in growing and selling medical cannabis. The group aims to uphold appropriate practices and standards related to the drug, as well as educate patients, doctors and future businessmen about its use.

“There is a considerable lack of education out there regarding cannabis,” said Eileen Konieczny, a registered nurse in Stamford.

“People are still very afraid of it just from the social stigmas that are there, but when used properly, it’s one of the safest medicines that are out there.”

Tracey Gamer-Fanning, a sixyear brain cancer survivor, said she strongly agrees with this sentiment after experiencing the benefits of medical marijuana firsthand as a prescription for her brain cancer. Gamer-Fanning attended the Connecticut Medical Cannabis Business Alliance meeting because she wanted to explain to those who may be involved in the medical cannabis industry how this treatment affects patients.

Using medical marijuana, she said, was like turning on a “light switch” in her life, dramatically reducing the amount of time she was in pain and improving her quality of life.

In Connecticut, medical cannabis may be prescribed in cases of serious illness such as AIDS and cancer. Use of the drug does not require smoking, which is harmful to lungs, Konieczy said.

It can be utilized instead through edibles, capsules and topical applications, she explained, adding that the side effects of medical marijuana are euphoria, red eyes, dry mouth and a desire to eat more food, which are less

Kreiss-Tomkins ’12 faces recount

BY APSARA IYER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER While his contentious Alaskan State House campaign resulted in a narrow victory, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins ’12 will face a recount on Monday to hold onto his new title.

After unseating eight-year incumbent Bill Thomas, a Republican, for a seat in the Alaska House of Representatives by a narrow 34-vote lead — certified almost three weeks after Election Day — Kreiss-Tomkins will need to wait a little longer for the final tally since his opponent challenged him to a recount this week. A native of Sitka, Kreiss-Tomkins left Yale last spring to campaign to represent his home district in the Alaska State Legislature. “[The possibility of representing my district] is a dream. … The district is my home, and as [the representative] my job would be to make my home a better place, to care for my neighbors,” Kreiss-Tomkins said. “This campaign was a fivemonth exercise in my ability to empathize with people, and as a consequence to care for them if I were to have the power and responsibility to advocate for them.”

Kreiss-Tomkins initially held a 44-vote lead after around 80 percent of the total votes had been counted on Election Day, Nov. 6. But as Alaska’s Division of Elections began tallying the additional votes, Kreiss-Tomkins and Thomas were often exactly tied or separated by a narrow difference of votes.

At one point, Kreiss-Tomkins fell behind Thomas by two votes, a situation that Kreiss-Tomkins wrote in a letter to supporters gave him “a sickly feeling in my stomach.”

On Nov. 22, after the final absentee and special absentee ballots were counted, Kreiss-Tomkins was declared the winner, with a 0.38 percent margin of victory in an 8,216-vote election. Alaska law allows candidates who lose an election by less than 0.5 percent to request that the state conduct a recount.

In an interview with the News, Thomas criticized Kreiss-Tomkins for the Yale student’s publication of a mailer that cited a prominent Alaska Native leader lending her support to Kreiss-Tomkins, which Thomas said the leader later told him she never gave. In an interview with Alaska radio station KHNS on Nov. 21, the day before votes were certified, Thomas said Kreiss-Tomkins “lied on so many things and … was supposed to run a clean campaign and didn’t.”

The comments marked the latest in a race often defined by the candidates’ many differences, including age — Thomas, at 65, is 42 years older than the 23-year-old Kreiss-Tomkins — fundraising and campaign strategies.

Kreiss-Tomkin said his campaign had

harmful than the side effects of other drugs like opiates.

It is common for trade associations like the Connecticut Medical Cannabis Business Alliance to form and discuss a common interest, said William Rubenstein, the state Department of Consumer Protection commissioner. But he cautioned that the process of regulating medical cannabis in Connecticut is far from complete.

When used properly, [cannabis is] one of the safest medicines that are out there.

EILEEN KONIECZNY Registered nurse The Department of Consumer Protection is obligated to present regulations to the state legislature by July 1, 2013, but Rubenstein said the earliest companies will be able to apply for licenses to sell cannabis is the end of 2013.

The department has already created temporary regulations that specify that there will be between three and 10 licensed marijuana producers in Connecticut and that growers must create a secure indoor facility, precautions that Rubenstein said are normal. The Department of Consumer Protection has been instructed to treat medical marijuana the same as other controlled pharmaceuticals, he added.

While there were only a dozen people at the Connecticut Medical Cannabis Business Alliance meeting, Rubenstein said the state has received a “number of phone calls” from people interested in pursuing the business of growing and selling medical cannabis.

There are currently 65 people registered to use medical marijuana in Connecticut.

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

JONATHAN KREISS-TOMKINS

Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins ’12 won a seat in the Alaskan House by just 34 votes. relied on a grass-roots approach, going door to door and visiting isolated communities often ignored during the campaign process.

“Politics should be about people, and we ran a campaign powered by people,” Kreiss-Tomkins said.

Kreiss-Tomkins recalled speaking with elderly voters in Heidelberg, Alaska, who had told him that they had not seen candidates go door to door since the 1980s.

“In Sitka and a lot of small towns in Alaska, that kind of grass-roots campaigning, going door to door, is really appreciated and respected, and I think Jonathan was able to use that to his advantage,” said Aren Vastola ’14, a Sitka native.

Former President of United Fishermen of Alaska Bobby Thorstenson, a Republican who said he refused to vote for Mitt Romney because he thought the presidential candidate was “too moderate,” gave Kreiss-Tomkins “1-to-20” odds of a November victory when he met the candidate in August. But after meeting with KreissTomkins multiple times and seeing how the candidate spent time getting to know voters across his district, which is spread across five islands and part of mainland Alaska, he decided to back Kreiss-Tomkins.

“This was an epic campaign and epic

win — the last time there was a 22-year-old in the legislature [was] about half a century ago,” Thorstenson said. “He’s definitely the first guy in the legislature with a hyphenated last name — he used to be a nobody, but he beat who I would consider to be the fifth most important man in Alaskan politics.”

Kreiss-Tomkins’ grass-roots approach also extended into fundraising efforts. His campaign had more total donors than any other Alaskan House election, with one of the lowest per capita donation rates in the entire state. Overall, his campaign saw nearly 500 donors and raised around $70,000, a figure dwarfed in comparison by the $120,000 raised by Thomas.

But Thomas, a commercial fisherman, said that Kreiss-Tomkins’ lack of a job allowed him to campaign more heavily during fishing season.

“He doesn’t work, he came home from college, he lives at home,” Thomas said. “I am a working man, I have a family, I had to work, that’s the difference. I have house and car payments.”

With Kreiss-Tomkins’ apparent victory, Republicans hold a 24–16 majority in the Alaska House.

Contact APSARA IYER at apsara.iyer@yale.edu .

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Almost 1,000 Yale cyclists could benefit from new bike lanes and safer streets if the Yale Graduate Student Assembly’s new bike plan finds support in city government.

Following a May 2012 report that identified several dangerous intersections, the GSA approved a proposal on Oct. 31 that seeks to improve bicycle safety in and around Yale’s campus. The GSA sought feedback on the proposal — which includes recommendations like the creation of bike lanes on York, Chapel and Grove streets, along with several other infrastructural changes — and submitted it to Elm City Cycling, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving bicycle safety in the Elm City. GSA member Dan Spakowicz GRD ’13 said the GSA plans to submit the proposal to the New Haven Office of Transportation after incorporating suggestions from EEC and various Yale departments.

“Some other members of the GSA and I are avid bicyclists,” said Patrina Pellett GRD ’14, GSA member and lead author of the new plan. “We all commute around New Haven, and drivers can be really aggressive and try to run you over.”

Tom Harned, a member of the ECC board and a representative on New Haven’s Complete Streets Steering Committee, said 15.5 percent of New Haven residents use nonmotorized means to commute to work — the highest proportion of the 10 largest cities in New England. Though Yale’s 2011 Commuter Transportation Survey found that nearly 1,000 commuters travel to Yale by bicycle, Spakowicz said the GSA’s report found several local intersections to be dangerous for cyclists, highlighting the intersection of South Frontage and York, where a medical school student was killed in 2008, as a particularly dangerous intersection.

Data in the report suggest that there is similar probability of such an incident happening at other intersections, such as the intersection of York and Elm. Eight students who regularly bike on campus said they supported the GSA proposals. Jordan Brower GRD ’16 said one of his friends fell face-first into the side panel of a car while biking.

“Even the most responsible bikers suffer mishaps here,” he said.

Though students expressed concerns

over bike safety in New Haven, Yale recently received bronze-level status from the League of American Cyclists, making it one of only 44 “Bicycle Friendly Universities” in the country. The GSA’s plan highlights some of the improvements the city has made in the past year, including the addition of over 20 miles of bike lanes and “sharrows” — a shared lane marking that indicates to drivers that they should expect cyclists on the road.

Though Spakowicz said 10 to 15 percent of New Haven residents are cyclists, he added that the city reserves less than 1 percent of its transit budget for pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure.

Pellett said the GSA hopes the city and the Yale Office of Sustainability will help bring their proposals to fruition, but she added that the group currently has no funding for the plan. The GSA will present the proposal to various Yale departments within the week, including the Office of New Haven and State Affairs.

“We want to make this a living document,” Pellett said. “We want to present it to different offices and get their feedback and incorporate it into the plan.”

David Streever, who is on the ECC board, said the GSA’s plan is important because it addresses the streets surrounding Yale — an area that ECC’s annual report does not cover in great detail.

New Haven Director of Transportation Jim Travers was unable to comment on the likelihood of the GSA’s proposal gaining approval from the city because he has not yet seen the report, but Streever said Travers has been receptive to cycling issues in the past. Still, Streever said the city as a whole does not always reflect Travers’ support when it comes time to spend money.

“The city really needs to be a little more visionary and just take ideas and run with them, and if they don’t have the funding now, they should still form a plan that would show the long-term improvement,” Streever.

The GSA report states that bike lanes have been shown to reduce riding on sidewalks, which is illegal in New Haven, by almost 60 percent.

Contact COLLEEN FLYNN at colleen.flynn@yale.edu .

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“Two great European narcotics: alcohol and Christianity.” FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE GERMAN PHILOSOPHER

Female graduates encounter bias ARCHITECTURE FROM PAGE 1 tive Anne Weisberg and vertebrate zoologist Carla Studley created the distinction in honor of their mother, Sonia Schimberg ARC ’50, one of only two women studying architecture in her class.

Weisberg and Claire Weisz ARC ’89, who received the award her graduating year, decided to organize the symposium after they met at a conference where Weisberg presented a talk entitled “Architecture of a Woman’s Initiative.” Weisz said that “Yale Women in Architecture” is an opportunity to explore questions about lingering prejudices, attrition rates and obstacles facing women in the field of architecture.

“I’m excited about the potential for alumnae to come together and start a dialogue,” she said.

‘OLD BOY’S CLUB’

In February 2006, the News reported that nine School of Architecture students received orders from the school to take a semester’s leave of absence following what faculty judged to be inadequate performance during portfolio reviews. Of the nine students, six were women.

For a class of 45 architecture students that included just 17 women, the results of the review were jarring, prompting an examination into gender inequality within the school.

Some of the students involved in the incident linked their academic struggles to the lack of female representation within the faculty.

“As a woman in this architecture school, when everyone you’re looking to learn from doesn’t reflect who you are, that

has an impact on your education,” Elizabeth Barry ARC ’07 told the News in 2006.

While the school has increased the number of female faculty members in the past six years, current students said that the gender disparity lingers. In a class of 57 students, Elisa Iturbe ARC ’14 is one of 16 women.

Iturbe said that while she has not been the victim of any blatant acts of discrimination, she feels a subtle prejudice continues to exist at the school.

“There is the sense that the atmosphere is skewed towards men, simply because there’s so much more of them,” Iturbe said. “You’re not always conscious of it, but you can feel testosterone in the air.”

Henry Chan ARC ’14 said that higher-level architecture remains an “old boy’s club” in which little effort is made to avoid discriminatory remarks.

He said that several times during class lectures, he has heard professors making comments that would be considered “un-PC.” “The male professors have had only male students for so long that they are unaware of some of the marginalizing comments they make about women in architecture,” Chan said.

New Haven-based architect Lisa Gray ARC ’87, who is organizing one of the reunion’s presentations, said dialogue surrounding issues pertaining to female architects has always been missing from the school’s curriculum. But while architects are still largely silent about the issue, statistics speak volumes about the gender disparities in the field.

In 2011, the National Architectural Accrediting Board reported that 41 percent of architecture degrees were

DEBORAH BERKE Berke, who will moderate a panel at this weekend’s symposium, founded Deborah Berke & Partners Architects and serves as an adjunct professor at the School of Architecture.

EDUCATION & AWARDS

With degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and City University of New York, Berke has won the BerkeleyRupp Prize and the American Institute of Architects Kentucky Honor Award, among other prizes.

MAJOR PROJECTS

Berke’s notable work includes the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kent.; the Yale School of Art in New Haven, Conn.; and the Marlboro College Master Plan in

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The School of Art’s Green Hall was designed by Deborah Berke & Partners Architects, whose founder will speak at this weekend’s symposium. earned by women. On the other hand, data compiled in 2009 from the membership of the American Institute of Architects reveals that only 14 percent of currently licensed architects in the United States are female.

In association with his class “Issues in Contemporary Practice,” architecture professor Phillip Bernstein ’79 ARC ’83 organizes an annual “Gender

Panel.” During last year’s discussion, his wife Nancy Alexander ’79 SOM ’84 gave a presentation of data on current female representation in architecture, citing statistics compiled by Kate Schwennsen of Iowa State University in 2012 showing that women comprise fewer than 5 percent of the recipients of the industry’s most prestigious prizes, such as the Firm Award

and the Pritzker Prize.

“These numbers are in the main worse than comparable professions like medicine or law,” Bernstein said.

A CHALLENGING FIELD

Gray suggested that gender disparities in architecture may be linked to the construction side of the profession. Architects usually provide on-site supervision, and for some projects, manage the large sums of money necessary for building. “[When] you walk onto a job site, you are literally the only woman, and you are the person who is in charge,” Gray said.

“Especially as a young woman on a construction site, you really have to have good game. The only antidote is to get better and better at doing the job.”

[Discussion is] a step toward encouraging talented women to stay in the profession.

DEBORAH BERKE Architect and adjunct professor

L I S A G R AY ARC ’87 A principle at New Havenbased Gray Organschi Architecture, Gray will present at the “Yale Women in Architecture” reunion this weekend.

EDUCATION & AWARDS

Gray attended Yale for her undergraduate and graduate degrees and holds the Fellowship for design excellency by the Jury of Fellows of the Architectural Institute of America. She and her partner recently won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture for work characterized by a strong personal direction.

MAJOR PROJECTS

Gray’s firm has worked on projects including Common Ground High School, Barcelona Wine Bar and Firehouse 12 Music Studio in New Haven.

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Firehouse 12 Music Studio (above) and Barcelona Wine Bar were designed by Gray Organschi Architecture.

Architecture professor Deborah Berke, who will moderate a panel on building practices, noted that the large amounts of capital involved in building construction contribute to the field’s underrepresentation of women. She explained that historically, perceptions about women’s inability to handle money has placed control over capital primarily in the hands of men.

For both men and women, architecture presents a paradox: it requires its practitioners to manage large sums of money while failing to provide architects themselves with as much financial compensation as they would receive in other demanding professions.

Stern said he thinks that the same challenges facing male architects — long hours and a demanding schedule — are magnified for women, many of whom he said continue to bear the majority of household work.

This issue affects female architects to a greater degree than women in other high-stress professions due to the economic stress of a career in architecture.

Since women who practice medicine and law are more likely to have the financial means to hire domestic help, they are better able to balance their careers and their family lives, he said.

Citing the significant number of female architects married to the male architects with whom they lead their firms, Altair Peterson ARC ’13 said the career’s inflexible schedules make the idea of marrying someone who “understands the commitment that design requires” appealing. Gray, who leads the firm Gray Organschi Architecture with her husband and partner Alan Organschi ARC ’88, recalled that when they met as architecture students, they

were both inspired by each other’s passion for the craft.

Iturbe said that because “architecture is more than a 9 to 5 job,” it is natural for architects to seek spouses who lead the same kind of lifestyle, adding that she has questioned whether the rigorous time necessary for practicing architecture will allow her to raise a family at all.

“Women who want to be architects face the same gender challenges as those in other fields, but in my view low salaries, long hours, a lack of women mentors, uneven pay versus men and the general incompatibility of architectural project work with family life put a lot of pressure on women in our field,” Bernstein said.

BRIDGING THE GENDER GAP

While much remains to be done to bridge the gender gap in professional architecture, female architects said they stayed in the profession for the inherent joys of design.

“Stick with it,” Berke advised.

“And maybe start your own business, because then you can control the terms.”

This weekend’s reunion fits into the University’s broader, alumnae-led effort — termed the Yale Women initiative — to bring together female graduates across schools and disciplines.

“Things like this reunion and the Yale Women chapters around the country — in New York City, Los Angeles and northern California — give female alumnae a chance to come together and discuss how they’re looked upon, how they’ve managed work-life balance,” said Mindy Marks ’00, the director for shared interest groups at the Yale Alumni Association.

She added that the program has connected with “a large number of women who haven’t participated in alumni activity.”

And female architects are already seeing increased recognition compared to 30 years ago, when the Schimberg prize was established. This September, Berke was named the recipient of the first-ever Berkeley-Rupp Prize, a $100,000 award honoring her for her commitment to the advancement of women in architecture and her sustainability work. In 2010, the Pritzker Prize was jointly presented to Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizima; Sejima is only the second woman ever to receive the honor.

Weisz, one of the event’s two organizers, said the increase in female prize winners signifies a “breaking down” of past prejudices. And with the discussions Weisberg and Weisz hope to spark this weekend, the changing attitudes that encouraged such progress may grow more pervasive.

“I think it’s worth talking about how people operate in the field [and] why there aren’t more women in charge,” Gray said. “[It is] a step toward encouraging talented women to stay in the profession.”

Contact YANAN WANG at yanan.wang@yale.edu.

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Malloy’s energy plan sparks controversy

BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER As Gov. Dannel Malloy pushes to alter Connecticut’s energy infrastructure, some industry players in the state are speaking out against the administration’s plans.

At five public hearings earlier this month, heating oil providers protested the state’s proposed Comprehensive Energy Strategy (CES). The CES would introduce a multitude of energy goals, ranging from industrial energy needs to consumer energy efficiency.

The provision of the plan generating the most controversy is intended to increase the number of households using natural gas for heating by approximately 300,000. Owners and employees of heating oil firms said at both the hearings and in interviews with the News that the plan threatens their businesses. State officials responded by saying that the plan does not seek to harm the heating oil industry, but rather increase consumer choice.

“In the long run the energy plan could have a detrimental impact on my company,” said Ralph Carlo, co-owner of New Haven-based Tracey Energy Services, which provides heating oil.

State Rep. Clark Chapin, who has served as ranking Republican member of the Connecticut House Energy Committee, said he had heard from a dozen heating oil dealers who were “very upset.” Chapin said he plans to invite the 12 dealers to a meeting to discuss the plan.

“I think when they say that the government shouldn’t be picking winners and losers as far as which commodity people use, I would tend to agree with that,” Chapin said.

The CES, which was introduced on Oct. 5, identifies the challenges in meeting Connecticut’s energy needs with the goal of providing “cleaner, cheaper and more reliable energy to consumers and businesses,” according to Malloy spokesman Andrew Doba. The plan provides recommendations that, according to the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), “give Connecticut residents and businesses the power to choose from a wide array of energy options.”

The CES proposes to increase the number of natural gas-heated homes through subsidies and infrastructure development. Natural gas, which the plan calls “a bridge to a truly sustainable energy future,” is currently significantly less expensive than heating oil and leaves a smaller carbon footprint when combusted.

The proposal does not sit well with the heating oil industry, which includes 600 firms — upwards of 90 percent of which are familyowned — throughout the state and employs 13,000 people, Carlo said. Heating oil firm owners claim that the CES will not only eliminate the jobs of many in the industry but also that it places too much power in the hands of major utilities that provide natural gas.

“It should be the homeowner’s choice if they want to convert. They don’t need incentives from the state or incentives from utili-

ties,” Carlo said. “You’re subsidizing one industry at the demise of another.”

Southern Connecticut Gas, Connecticut Natural Gas and Yankee Gas are the main Connecticut natural gas providers. UIL Holdings, a conglomerate with a market capitalization of $2 billion, currently owns both Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas. Carlo said that although heating oil dealers can “band together” through the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association (ICPA), they do not have the resources to compete against firms such as Northeast Utilities when it comes to lobbying the state.

Neither UIL Holdings nor Northeast Utilities could not be reached for comment.

Malloy’s administration and the DEEP responded to the heating oil industry’s accusations by emphasizing that the plan is intended to augment consumer choice.

“No one is required to sign on to natural gas,” Doba said.

DEEP spokesman Dennis Schain responded further by noting that Connecticut is currently on the “low end” of natural gas use.

According to Schain, only 31 percent of households in Connecticut use natural gas, compared to 67 percent in New Jersey and 58 percent nationwide.

Schain added that the plan would significantly lower heating costs for Connecticut residents because of the lower cost of natural gas. Responding to heating oil owners’ claims that oil has traditionally been less expensive than natural gas and that current market prices are an anomaly, Schain suggested that there has been a paradigm shift in commodity prices.

“The past is not an accurate guide to the future when it comes to the prices of oil and gas,” Schain said. “The spread between the two is going to remain substantial.”

Malloy claims the average heating bill for a consumer using natural gas is $1,600, compared to $3,400 for one using heating oil.

The heating oil industry is not the only group unhappy with the plan. Advocates for greater adoption of renewable energy sources, such as Fight the Hike, also spoke out at the forums, claiming that the plan made too little mention of energy alternatives such as wind and solar power.

Fight the Hike and several other renewable energy advocates, including the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, could not be reached for comment Thursday.

In response, Schain noted that the plan does encourage having alternatives “tested in the marketplace,” but that renewables are currently too expensive to be the CES’ sole focus.

“We all love solar and wind, but do you really want to pay four times more for it?”

Schain said.

Heating oil in New Haven currently costs an average of $3.75 per gallon.

Contact MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS at matthew.lloyd-blankfein@yale.edu .

Journalist talks financial crisis

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dean Starkman, right, discussed the media’s duty to investigate the financial system at a Thursday Master’s Tea.

BY TIANYI PAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dean Starkman spoke Thursday afternoon about the importance of investigative journalism for the future of the industry.

About 20 Yale students and alumni attended the Calhoun College Master’s Tea featuring Starkman, who works as an assistant managing editor of the Columbia Journalism Review.

Starkman focused on the media’s failure in predicting the 2008 financial crisis before it occurred to underscore the need for effective investigative journalism, or “accountability reporting.”

“Without accountability reporting, the public will be disempowered in confronting major and complex problems,” said Starkman.

Starkman told the audience about Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Richard Lord, whom Starkman said “caught the financial crisis in its infancy” in his 2004 book “American Nightmare.” Through lengthy

interviews that connected him to a household facing foreclosure, Lord traced a single household’s mortgage dilemma back to the global mortgage market, using terminology and theories that eventually became wellknown after the financial crisis, he said. Starkman added that he thinks Lord was able to uncover a global phenomenon because “he experienced it personally with another family.”

Lord’s investigative report first gave Starkman the idea to look into business reporting in the years before the financial crisis, Starkman said.

Starkman’s research led him to conclude that the financial press failed to perform an accountability report of the financial system during those years, he said, leaving the “public in the dark, powerless against the radicalized financial market.”

His experience with journalism surrounding the crisis further strengthened his belief in accountability reporting as opposed to “access reporting”, he said, which is “all about scoops and speed.”

“Access reporting often presents the orthodox views,” said Starkman, “while accountability reporting is invariably dissident.”

Starkman added that research for accountability reporting takes a significant amount of time and looks at systemic issues, so it can be difficult, risky and expensive. Digital media, he added, is more compatible with access reporting than accountability reporting.

Charles Triest ’74, who nearly lost his home during the mortgage crisis, said he found Starkman’s perspective of the 2008 crisis to be particularly enlightening because of his access to high levels of the financial world.

Mark Youngblood MED ’16 said he thinks that hearing about the financial crisis from someone involved in financial reporting helped him understand the crisis better.

Starkman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his work on the Rhode Island court system.

Contact TIANYI PAN at tianyi.pan@yale.edu .

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ON CAMPUS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 3:30 PM “Singapore Today — Opposition Perspectives” Panelists include Chee Soon Juan, secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party and Kenneth Jeyaretnam, secretarygeneral of the Reform Party of Singapore. Sponsored by the Yale International Relations Association and the Council on Southeast Asia Studies at Yale. Open to the general public. SSS (1 Prospect St.), Room 114.

4:00 PM “Documenting the Voices of Vanishing Worlds” Mark Turin will talk about the challenges faced by small-scale societies whose oral speech forms are increasingly at risk of disappearing without record. Free and open to the general public.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 2:00 PM The Big Brush Painting Workshop InspireYale organizes its second painting workshop: Come paint with big brushes and rediscover your inner child! International artist and teacher Carmen Lund will lead the workshop, and the paintings will be featured in an exhibition at OISS on Monday, Dec. 3.

While free and open to the Yale and New Haven community, this workshop is limited to 15 people only. Participants need to register, but do not need to stay for the entire workshop. Office of International Students and Scholars (421 Temple St.).

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BY EDITH M. LEDERER ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States.

The resolution upgrading the Palestinians’ status to a nonmember observer state at the U.N. was approved by a vote of 138–9, with 41 abstentions, in the 193-member world body.

A Palestinian flag was quickly unfurled on the floor of the General Assembly, behind the Palestinian delegation. In the West Bank city of Ramallah, hundreds crowded into the main square waved Palestinian flags and chanted “God is great.” Others who had watched the vote on outdoor screens and television sets hugged, honked and set off fireworks before dancing in the streets.

Real independence, however, remains an elusive dream until the Palestinians negotiate a peace deal with the Israelis, who warned that the General Assembly action will only delay a lasting solution. Israel still controls the West Bank, east Jerusalem and access to Gaza, and it accused the Palestinians of bypassing negotiations with the campaign to upgrade their U.N. status.

The Palestinians still face enormous limitations. They don’t control their borders, airspace or trade, they have separate and competing governments in Gaza and the West Bank and they have no unified army or police.

The United States immediately criticized the historic vote. “Today’s unfortunate and counterproductive resolution places further obstacles in the path [to] peace,” U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice said. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the vote “unfortunate” and “counterproductive.”

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A Palestinian flag is displayed after a U.N. vote recognizing Palestine as a state on Thursday. ada, the Czech Republic, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Panama.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the General Assembly shortly before the vote “defamatory and venomous,” saying it was “full of mendacious propaganda” against Israel.

Netanyahu called the vote meaningless.

Abbas had told the General Assembly that it was “being asked today to issue the birth certificate of Palestine.” Abbas said the vote is the last chance to save the two-state solution.

After the vote, Netanyahu said the U.N. move violated past agreements between Israel and the Palestinians and that Israel would act accord-

ingly, without elaborating what steps it might take.

Thursday’s vote came on the same day, Nov. 29, that the U.N. General Assembly in 1947 voted to recognize a partitioned state in Palestine, with the jubilant revelers then Jews. The Palestinians rejected that partition plan, and decades of tension and violence followed.

Just before Thursday’s vote, Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Ron Prosor, warned the General Assembly that “the Palestinians are turning their backs on peace” and that the U.N. can’t break the 4,000-year-old bond between the people of Israel and the land of Israel.

The vote had been certain to succeed, with most member states sympathetic to the Palestinians. Several

key countries, including France, this week announced they would support the move to elevate the Palestinians from the status of U.N. observer to nonmember observer state.

Unlike the more powerful U.N. Security Council, there are no vetoes in the General Assembly, and the resolution to raise the Palestinian status only required a majority vote for approval.

The vote grants Abbas an overwhelming international endorsement for his key position: establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, the territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. With Netanyahu opposed to a pullback to the 1967 lines, this should strengthen Abbas’ hand if peace talks resume.

WASHINGTON — The White House is seeking $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over a decade and an immediate infusion of funds to aid the jobless, help hard-pressed homeowners and perhaps extend the expiring payroll tax cut, officials said Thursday as talks aimed at averting an economy-rattling “fiscal cliff” turned testy.

In exchange, the officials said, President Barack Obama will support an unspecified amount of spending cuts this year, to be followed by legislation in 2013 producing savings of as much as $400 billion from Medicare and other benefit programs over a decade.

The offer produced a withering response from House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, after a closed-door meeting in the Capitol with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. “Unfortunately, many Democrats continue to rule out sensible spending cuts that must be part of any significant agreement that will reduce our deficit,” he declared.

Boehner added, “No substantive progress has been made between the White House and the House” in the two weeks since Obama welcomed congressional leaders at the White House.

Democrats swiftly countered that any holdup was the fault of Republicans who refuse to accept Obama’s campaign-long call to raise tax rates on upper incomes.

At the White House, presidential press secretary Jay Carney said, “There can be no deal without rates on top earners going up.” Taking a confrontational, at times sarcastic tone, he said, “This should not be news to anyone on Capitol Hill. It is certainly not news to anyone in America who was not in a coma during the campaign season.”

With barely a month remaining until a yearend deadline, the hardening of positions seemed more likely to mark a transition into hard bargaining rather than signal an end to efforts to achieve a compromise on the first postelection challenge of divided government.

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San Antonio Spurs sit top players against Miami Heat Spurs coach Gregg Popovich drew the ire of fans — and NBA officials —after he chose to send stars Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili home on a commercial flight instead of having them play against the Heat on Thursday. Popovich defended the move by explaining that the Spurs were playing their fourth game in five nights, but NBA commissioner David Stern promised repercussions for the decision.

Team looks to freshmen

Bulldogs to face Army

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Forward Jamie Haddad ’16 is tied for the team lead in assists with four along with Janelle Ferrara ’16 and Tara Tomimoto ’14.

W. HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 67–11 scoring margin.

“We’ve had losing seasons and we’re still losing , but we have significantly more goals than we’ve had in the past,” Haddad said. “We’re not … going to make that miraculous jump to league champions, but … we’re at least contributing to start that journey. That’s what it’s going to be, a journey, and it won’t happen overnight.”

As the year continues, the freshmen hope they can continue improving.

Ferrara said that the first-year players continue to learn from their more experienced teammates and that the team is making strides with each game.

“If we continue to [get better], we feel as though we can make some noise in the ECAC,” Martini said.

Martini is the eighth-highest scoring defenseman in the conference and holds the team lead in goals, a feat she said she did not expect.

“I was expecting to make a greater contribution defensively than offensively, but the fact that I have been able to get as many points as I have is definitely a pleasant surprise,” Martini said.

But there are more than just three players in the freshman class. Defenseman Ali Austin ’16 has played in only two games this season due to a concussion, though Haddad said that she should return in January. Astrom has played in every game this season, picking up a goal and an assist so far.

“Hanna is a great power forward and is always a threat around the net with her shot,” Zupon said.

Backup goaltender Rachelle Graham ’16 has not appeared in a game yet.

Their teammates hope that the freshmen can provide leadership in the future and help to turn the program around.

“This class has great potential — I’m proud of them so far and am happy to be able to play with them this season,” Zupon said.

The team will take a break from games this weekend before taking on Union and RPI on the road on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8.

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

Bears coming home M. HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 earning them the 15th spot in the most recent U.S. Collegiate Hockey Online polls. While the wins have helped build confidence among players on both teams, they do not necessarily lead to momentum.

“Because it’s essentially a weekend league, it’s hard for there to be carry over [of momentum] from Saturday night to Saturday night,” head coach Keith Allain ’80 said.

In a game in which both opponents play a similar style of aggressive, fast and physical play, special teams will be particularly important for victory.

“Brown is an extremely hardworking team. They’ll always bring a lot of energy and never give up,” leading scorer Antoine Laganiere ’13 said.

Despite graduating their top two penalty killers last year, the Bulldogs have killed 30 of 34 penalties

successfully so far this season. Stu Wilson ’16 and Josh Balch ’13, while not as familiar with the job as their predecessors, have led the team on the penalty kill, Allain said.

We should create chances and gain momentum everytime we’re on the power play.

KEITH ALLAIN Head Coach Brown’s penalty-killing unit, while not as effective as Yale’s, is not far behind killing 33 out of 40 penalties on the season.

Though the Bulldogs have succeeded in keeping opponents from scoring when short-handed, they still have room for improvement on the power play. Yale has put away

six power-play goals this season on 35 chances. Brown has performed similarly, scoring four power-play chances on 38 attempts.

“I think that’s an area we can build on as a hockey team with the players we have,” Allain said. “At the very least we should create chances and gain momentum every time we’re on the power play.”

In the past 167 matches between Yale and Brown, the Bulldogs have won 88 games and lost 71. The remaining eight games were tied.

More recently, the Bulldogs have won 12 of the last 16 matchups.

Yale is currently 2–2 in conference play and has the opportunity to go above .500 this weekend when the puck drops at 7 p.m. at Ingalls Rink on Saturday.

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

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Yale is looking for an upset to regain confidence on the court.

W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 offensive threat for the Bulldogs during Saturday’s matchup. Going into this weekend, Sarju will have appeared in all six games this season, boasting an average of 10.2 points per game.

“The freshmen have all contributed so far, which is important to our team because we are so young,” guard and last season’s Ivy League Rookie of the Year Sarah Halejian ’15 said. “We will continue to expect even more out of them as the season progresses.”

Halejian leads the team with 13.7 points per game and plays an average of 27 minutes per game.

Heading into Saturday’s matchup, Yale will be ranked eighth among the nation’s Division I schools in 3-pointers made per game. However, the team is currently struggling to find cohesion, allowing an average of 82 points per game to its opponents and averaging 21 turnovers per game.

“Many things have contributed to our losses. We have a whole lot to work on still, such as playing as more of a

cohesive group on offense, and committing more to our pressure defense and help defense principles,” Halejian said.

Last season, the Bulldogs beat Army 63–62. The Black Knights will hosting Yale this year coming off of a win against Columbia University last Wednesday.

Messimer said the team is looking forward to the beginning of Ivy competition against Brown in January.

“I really just try to keep everyone’s spirits up and make sure we focus on the real goal, which is getting ready for the Ivy League,” Messimer said. “It’s hard to look that far forward sometimes, but it’s my job to keep everyone’s head in the right place of just getting better and doing our best every night.”

Yale will take on Army at Christl Arena in West Point, N.Y. tomorrow.

Tipoff is set for 3 p.m.

Contact DINEE DORAME at dinee.dorame@yale.edu .

Men’s basketball comeback falls short M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 job of utilizing parts of our offense as pressure releases, and we allowed them to dictate tempo to us.”

Jones added that the team also had opportunities to score both in the paint and from beyond the 3-point line that the Elis were not able to convert.

We did a very poor job of utilizing parts of our offense as pressure releases, and we allowed them to dictate tempo to us.

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The Bulldogs allowed Hartford to make six of its eight 3-point attempts in the second half.

At the beginning of the second half, the Hawks were able to hit their stride offensively while the Elis continued to struggle.

In the opening two-and-a-half minutes of the period, Hartford’s Nate Sikma hit a 3-pointer and guard Yolonzo Moore II converted a layup. With 17:35 left in the contest, Hartford’s lead had quickly ballooned to 10 points, at 28–18.

Over the course of the next six minutes, the Hawks expanded their lead over the Bulldogs.

In fact, after Hartford guard Wes Cole hit a 3-pointer with 11:36 left, Hawks had doubled the Elis’ score and led 46–23.

“Coach came in from the huddle right before the second half started and just told us the first four minutes … are the critical point, just being on the road,” Moore said. “We came out in the first four minutes and got the big lead.”

Despite the large deficit, the Bulldogs did not relent. Morgan’s 3-pointer with 8:33 remaining capped a 9–0 Bulldog run that closed the gap to 46–32. With 4:03 remaining, a Morgan layup cut the margin to seven, at 49–42.

In the end, the Elis were unable to overcome the 23-point deficit. After Hartford recovered a loose ball with the Yale defense out of position, Cole drained a three to halt the Yale run.

“We got down 20 and that’s just a little bit too much to swallow sometimes,” Jones said.

Morgan scored a game-high 15 points, while Cole came off the bench to lead the Hawks with 12.

The Elis will continue their season next Wednesday against Bryant University in Rhode Island.

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SPORTS MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 20 IN PRESEASON POLL A poll released Thursday by InsideLacrosse gave Yale the final of 20 spots in the poll. The men’s lacrosse team finished last season ranked No. 14 after making the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years. The regular season begins on Feb. 23 at St. John’s.

PASS SWIMMING TEST, OR DON’T GRADUATE SOME IVIES STILL REQUIRE TEST The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday on the continuing tradition of swim tests at universities including Cornell and Columbia. The tests usually involve swimming 50 to 100 yards in an indoor pool and are technically required to receive a diploma.

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“Brown is an extremely hard working team.

They’ll always bring a lot of energy and never give up.”

ANTOINE LAGANIERE ’13 FORWARD, MEN’S HOCKEY YALE DAILY NEWS · FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012 · yaledailynews.com

Offense sputters as Elis fall M. BASKETBALL

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Guard Austin Morgan’s team-high 15 points were not enough to overcome a dismal shooting night by the Elis.

Freshmen leaving their mark

BY GRANT BRONSDON CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Before the women’s hockey season started, Yale head coach Joakim Flygh said he expected a lot of his incoming freshman class.

“They’ll get lots of opportunities to play in games this year to prove themselves,” Flygh said. “They can make a big impact.”

Through a dozen games, his words have proven prescient.

Defenseman Kate Martini ’16 and forwards Janelle Ferrara ’16 and Jamie Haddad ’16 have been the top three point-scorers this year for the Elis, with 10 of the team’s 15 total goals having come from the class of 2016. Haddad, Ferrara and forward Hanna Astrom ’16 are also among the team’s top four in shots this season.

“Our freshman class was recruited to produce goals and to contribute to the team’s success in any way,” Haddad said. “We weren’t expecting to come in and ride the bench.”

In each of Yale’s wins on the year, two

Bulldogs take on Brown

After a slow Men’s Basketball offensive start, Wednesday, 7 p.m. a 9–0 run in at the middle of the first half against Hartford Thursday night capped Bryant by a layup from Saturday 12/8, guard Aus1 p.m. tin Morgan ’13 at gave the Elis a 16–13 lead and hope that Yale’s struggling offense New Hampshire may h ave finally found its stride.

Yet the Yale (2–6, 0–0 Ivy) offense again went cold, and a major run by Hartford (3–3, 0–0 America East) at the beginning of the second half gave the visiting Hawks at 60–51 victory over the Bulldogs at the John J. Lee Amphitheater. The game was the first in-state away game victory for Hartford since 2008.

“We can be all the nice guys we want,” Hartford head coach John Gallagher said. “But when you start winning games, then people start saying, you know what, they got something over there, and that’s what we’re striving for, that’s our approach every day.”

Before the Hawks separated themselves from the Elis, however, both offenses appeared sluggish in the opening minutes of the contest. With only six minutes remaining in the first half, the teams had combined for only 20 points. Hartford shot 37.5 percent from the floor during the first half, while the Bulldogs managed to shoot only 22.7 percent.

The poor shooting performances by the two squads kept the game close. As the first period expired, the Hawks led 21–18.

“We had not great effort offensively in our movement,” Yale head coach James Jones said.

“Hartford did a good job of denying us, and we did a very poor

The high-tempo, physical play of both Brown and Yale will clash when the Bears visit Ingalls Rink Saturday night, The Bears (1–7–1, 1–5 Men’s Hockey ECAC) face the No. 15 BullSaturday, 7 p.m. dogs (5–2–1, 2–2 ECAC) for Yale’s third home game at Ingalls Rink of the season tomorrow.

The Bulldogs typically try to gain momentum against opponents by keeping the Brown pace of play up and not letting the opposition slow down the game. What is normally a battle of systems and styles will instead be a battle of will between two teams playing the same quick and nose-to-thegrindstone game.

“Brown is always a tough team to play,” leading point-getter Kenny Agostino ’14 said.

“They play a similar style to us. They work really hard and pride themselves in their work ethic.”

Both teams are coming off wins as they head into Saturday’s matchup. The Bears won a home contest against Holy Cross 3–2 last week, and the Bulldogs swept two nationally ranked teams in overtime last weekend,

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In the past 167 matches between Yale and Brown, the Bulldogs have won 88 games and lost 71 and the remaining eight games were tied.

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Yale travels to West Point

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of the Bulldogs’ goals have come from freshmen. Martini scored the team’s first goal of last Friday’s win over the University of Connecticut and later added the game-winner in overtime.

On Oct. 26 against Colgate, both Haddad and Ferrera scored a goal in the Elis’ 3–0 victory.

Alyssa Zupon ’13 said the squad has relied on the freshman class more so far this season than in previous years.

“They possess very diverse strengths,” Zupon said.

Despite the rookies’ efforts, the team is 2–10 on the season and has only one conference win. The Elis have been outshot 482–216 and outscored 41–15 by opponents.

Still, this year’s campaign has been a marked improvement over last year’s.

Twelve games into last season, the team had one win and was in the midst of a four-game winless streak that would stretch to 21 games by the end of the year. Yale had surrendered 554 shots on goal and was on the wrong end of a

The women’s basketball team will hit the road and take on the Army Black Knights (6–1) this weekend after a three-game losing streak.

With conference play Women’s Basketball nearing, Yale Saturday, 3 p.m.

(1-5, 0–0 Ivy) at is looking for an upset to regain confidence on the court. They Army recently fell to De Pa u l , Northwestern and Quinnipiac.

“We have a quick turnaround this week from Wednesday’s game before Army, but the most important thing for us to do right now is to work on what we do as a team and really improve on that as we move forward approaching the Ivy League,” captain and guard Allie Messimer ’13 said.

Freshman guard Nyasha Sarju ’16, who was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week last Monday, will be an

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Heading into Saturday’s matchup, Yale will be ranked eigth among the nation’s Division I schools in 3-pointers made per game.

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