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Early birds. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 agreed to a debate on “Good Morning America” ahead of the April 19 New York primary. “I think it’s a great opportunity to reach an audience that may not always be able because of other obligations to tune in to debates,” Clinton said. Her opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, has yet to agree to the morning debate.

Rash(ida) decision. Harvard announced that Rashida Jones, who graduated from the college in 1997, would be delivering the Class Day address this May. “It’s where I first had the idea for Facebook, which went on to make me billions of dollars and change the world. Oh, wait, that wasn’t me …,” Jones joked. The Yale Class Day chairs have not yet announced this year’s speaker. UConn’d. Last night, the UConn women’s basketball team defeated Oregon State 80–51 to extend its victory streak to 74 games and take one more step toward winning four straight NCAA championships. The Huskies will battle the Syracuse women on Tuesday night for the national title. The best duo besides Duo Mobile. Timothy Dwight

College will host a Chubb lecture with Paul Simon, one half of the iconic musical duo Simon & Garfunkel. Simon will speak at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in Battell Chapel. Smoker? I barely know her.

The Owl Shop, one of New Haven’s oldest bars, got a shoutout in The New York Times in this past weekend’s arts supplement. The Times described the Owl Shop as one of the few venues that retains the smoke-filled vibe of bars before smoking bans existed. April is the awareness month.

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness month, students will host a town hall about rape culture on Yale’s campus. The open discussion will be held at 8 p.m. this evening at the AfroAmerican Cultural Room.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

1990 The Silliman College housing committee distributes a letter to all students in the residential college, asking for volunteers to move offcampus. Silliman is facing a housing crunch spurred by the closing of a 20-person annex. Follow along for the News’ latest.

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Trailblazing architect dies at 65 BY JOEY YE STAFF REPORTER

Gurley, who was walking through with his girlfriend, in the chest. Liang was subsequently convicted of second-degree manslaughter and is set to be sentenced on April 14. New York District Attorney Kenneth Thompson recommended against jail time for Liang on March 28. New Haven social justice protestors

Zaha Hadid, a visiting professor at the Yale School of Architecture who was widely credited as the greatest modern female architect, died March 31 of a heart attack while being treated for bronchitis in a Miami hospital. She was 65 years old. Born in 1950 in Baghdad, Hadid was the first woman, and the first Muslim, to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is regarded as the Nobel Prize of architecture. She was also the first woman to receive the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal. Around the world, her buildings include the Guangzhou, China Opera House and the London Olympics Aquatic Center. Hadid was a frequent guest at Yale who taught every few years as a visiting professor; this semester, she co-taught an advanced studio class for graduate students in architecture. “[Hadid] was a huge, significant talent and she was also a great teacher,” incoming Dean of the Yale School of Architecture Deborah Berke said. “She demanded incredible amounts of work and the highest possible quality from her students, but she also loved them and we will miss her terribly.” Berke, who studied with Hadid while

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16 years later. Onaje Woodbine

’02, a former member of the Yale men’s basketball team, wrote a piece for The Chronicle of Higher Education in which he described why he quit the team after his sophomore season. “On the basketball court, I would be perceived by … the predominantly white Yale campus as a typical black man, naturally gifted in body but equally defective in mind,” Woodbine wrote.

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A group of approximately 40 gathered to protest Akai Gurley’s shooting. BY SARA TABIN STAFF REPORTER Cries of “no justice no peace; no racist police” and “hands up to the sky; we doing this for Akai” rang out across the rainy New Haven Green on Saturday afternoon. A group of approximately 40 Connecticut residents, Yale students and members of 28-year-old Akai Gur-

ley’s family gathered to protest Gurley’s shooting, which occurred at the hands of New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang on Nov. 20, 2014 in Brooklyn. The rally was organized by the local racial justice nonprofits ANSWER Coalition CT, Black Lives Matter New Haven and Moral Monday CT. Liang’s weapon discharged in a dark stairwell and ricocheted off a wall, fatally striking

Salovey’s commitment to climate questioned BY FINNEGAN SCHICK AND DAVID SHIMER STAFF REPORTERS Following the announcement last month that Yale’s Climate and Energy Institute would close at the end of this academic year, student and faculty climate change activists and University administrators seem to disagree over whether Yale is sufficiently dedicated to climate change initiatives. Some professors and students involved with the YCEI said Yale’s decision to defund the eight-year-old institute reflects a larger lack of commitment for climate and energy research from University President Peter Salovey’s administration. The institute’s gradual decline stemmed from topdown budget cuts over the past two years. While YCEI fac-

ulty and students have not yet directly confronted the University about the institute’s closure, they speculated that Salovey has been unsupportive of climate change research. “We had a full budget before Salovey,” said Matthew Goldklang ’16, YCEI New Haven Energy Scholar intern. “I had no idea we were going to be completely cut. It’s really sad.” Salovey and University Provost Benjamin Polak strongly disputed the notion that the current administration has been moving resources away from climate change research. Polak said that over the past three years, the total budget for climate-change-related programs and initiatives, which includes the Energy Sciences Institute at West Campus and SEE CLIMATE PAGE 6

AAUP report evaluates Title IX BY MONICA WANG STAFF REPORTER Over the last few years, with cases of sexual misconduct on college campuses garnering widespread media attention, various groups from across the political spectrum have weighed in on what effective Title IX enforcement should look like and whether colleges are equipped to enforce it. Last month, the Association of American University Professors added to that conversation with a new draft report, which raised concerns about how schools’ applications of Title IX may be jeopardizing faculty freedom and actually hampering efforts at gender equity. Title IX — a federal statute

among the Education Amendments passed in 1972 — protects individuals from sex discrimination in all educational programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. But as universities have recently used the statute to crack down on sexual misconduct, faculty rights to academic freedom, including free speech, due process and shared governance, have been upended “in unprecedented ways,” the report argued. In particular, it pointed to attempts to censor faculty expression in the name of preventing harassment. In addition, an overemphasis on Title IX’s provisions regarding sexual harassment and assault SEE REPORT PAGE 4

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Geller Commons opens to homeless BY AMY CHENG AND ZAINAB HAMID STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Geller Commons, a statefunded affordable housing unit in Hamden, Connecticut, opened its doors last week to homeless individuals living in the city and surrounding communities. New Reach, a New Havenbased nonprofit dedicated to combating homelessness and poverty in Connecticut, developed the property using a $7.6 million grant awarded by Connecticut’s Permanent Supportive Housing Initiative in 2014. The grant was approved by the Interagency Committee on Supportive Housing, an organization of state committees that develops longterm housing solutions for families, individuals and

young adults. Construction of the unit broke ground in April 2015, and the building welcomed its first tenants last week. In addition to providing rental housing, Geller Commons will offer its residents support ranging from counseling to transportation. The housing unit, located on Sanford Street, comprises 33 handicap-accessible, single-bedroom apartments, 16 of which will be allocated to individuals who earn 50 percent of the New Haven metro area’s average median income. Of the remaining 17, 10 are set aside for the chronically homeless — individuals who have been homeless for at least one year or who are disabled and have been homeless at least four times in the past three years — including veterans

ineligible for Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing. Seven will be rented out to youths aging out of foster care. When announcing the grant recipients, Gov. Dannel Malloy stressed the vital role supportive housing plays in providing economic stability to those who are in need. “These homes are a proven way to end longterm homelessness,” Malloy said in an April 2014 press release. “When we invest in housing, we invest in people, in stable neighborhoods and communities, and in our economic future.” According to Christie Stewart, chief development director of New Reach, the nonprofit works with other organizations SEE HOMELESS PAGE 4

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or the last four years, I’ve watched as tireless student activists made progress every year on financial aid. But as I barrel towards graduation, I’m forced to think of where the movement goes from here. If I may, I hope future activists will consider this: There’s no reason why undergraduate workers shouldn’t have a $15 per hour minimum wage and a legally recognized union. Yes, you read that right. Not graduate workers. Undergraduates. The time for a campus minimum wage hike is long overdue. Consider our own labor history: In 2001, Yale increased the campus minimum wage to $9 per hour. By 2005, it was $10. In 2006, we were at $10.90. We got to $11.30 by 2007 and $11.50 by 2009. For a while, it seemed we would continue making progress each year. But ever since we hit $12, progress has moved at a glacial pace. We are frozen at just $12.25 with little indication from the Yale Corporation overlords that things will ever change. So it’s time students joined a much larger movement toward a universal $15 minimum wage, and we can start here on campus. California already has plans to raise its statewide minimum wage to $15, and the state of New York will soon follow suit. In fact, New York University recently announced it will not wait on state legislation and will instead guarantee its students a $15 minimum wage by 2018. Yale can and should do the same to make up for its regressive student work requirements. If Yale is not going to make meaningful progress on financial aid by eliminating the student income contribution (or what I’ve come to call the “lowincome student surcharge” due to its only applying to students who weren’t born into wealth), then the least administrators can do is raise the minimum wage. For employers on campus, the burden of that increase would be mitigated by the Provost’s Office’s 50-50 split program, which reimburses an employer for half of a student’s wage up to $15 an hour if the student is on financial aid. This program, of course, has its flaws. A recent change in rules — where the Provost's Office will suddenly revoke their reimbursement once a student earns one penny over a $15 hourly wage — has, in effect, artificially capped student wages at $15 an hour. This economically nonsensical change should be reversed altogether, but at the very least the cap should be raised to accommodate for a higher minimum wage. Unfortunately, such a movement will be difficult to get off the ground. Student workers are usually only here for four years, and administrators are hoping we will be so caught up in classes, jobs and extracurricu-

lars that we will both forget our own labor history and not have time to organize a movement around those issues. TYLER truly a BLACKMON It’s shame. If only there Back to were some sort of legally Blackmon re c o g n i z e d negotiating forum in which professional staff with institutional memory that four-year students do not possess could negotiate on behalf of students on equal footing with the Yale Corporation. Ah, yes. A union. Corporate-backed conservatives like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner have been waging a full-on war on workers’ rights across the country, and unfortunately it seems to be working. Union density is now at record lows in this country, despicably named “right-to-work” unionbusting laws have crept into the Rust Belt, and many in the labor movement have been reeling to figure out how to proceed. Yale can be on the right side of history here and help reduce campus socioeconomic inequality. By allowing its undergraduates to form a legally recognized union, Yale can guarantee its workers their right to collectively bargain in the same way Locals 34 and 35 currently allow full-time staff to bargain. Such a mechanism would allow student workers the ability to negotiate more fairly with the administration on workplace reforms like fair scheduling, paid sick days and, yes a higher campus minimum wage — all without low-income students and students of color having to bear the emotional and financial burden of going out to march for our rights every single time we want the administration to pay attention. So when Yale inevitably loses its fight against recognition of the graduate workers’ union, Local 33, undergraduates should consider formally launching our own union to protect and expand access to low-income students across the world. Unfortunately, I am rapidly running out of time to organize around these issues. But Yale College Council elections are coming up, and I hope, in planting this seed, that we can begin the long work of building towards $15 and a union for all undergraduate workers. It’s time for unapologetic boldness in the student movement to reduce campus economic inequality. TYLER BLACKMON is a senior in Jonathan Edwards College. His column runs on alternate Mondays. Contact him at tyler.blackmon@yale.edu .

personality first” 'JAMIE STRONG' ON 'TIRUMALA: RIGHT ANSWERS, WRONG REASONS'

GUEST COLUMNIST AARON BLOOMFIELD

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ecently, there has been much discussion of the cultural environment on campus, specifically related to diversity and inclusion. This discussion is necessary for us to grow and improve ourselves as a community. A rigorous selfappraisal must include an analysis of what we need to change and what we need to stop. But it also requires us to identify what is good, what we need to continue and what we need to nurture. Today, I would like to highlight an example of the good that I see on campus. I have been at Yale for almost eight years, first as a doctoral student and now as a postdoctoral research associate. I spend most of my time in the lab and have only had limited interactions with undergraduates, so my personal experience is sure to differ from others on campus. However, when I do leave my research bubble, I see a joyful, vibrant and diverse community here at Yale. On March 5, I participated in the seventh annual Slavs, Klez and Friends Concert, featuring the Yale Slavic Women’s Chorus, the Yale Klezmer Band and Orkestar BAM (in my opinion, Yale’s coolest Balkan band), as well as guest performers from the Yale and New Haven communities. Almost all of the audience also participated in the event — either by dancing or singing along. The

evening showcased folk music from all over Eastern Europe, but the performers and audience came from all over the world and all walks of life: There were representatives from six continents, with ages ranging from as young as two to as old as 90. There were undergrads, grad students, postdocs, faculty, staff and members of the greater New Haven community.

YALE IS A GLOBAL CROSSROADS, BOASTING REPRESENTATIVES OF MORE CULTURES AND ETHNICITIES THAN THOSE THAT CALL THE BALTIC AND BALKAN REGIONS HOME We came together to celebrate the traditional folk music of Eastern European cultures. The repertoire included music

from Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Yiddish, Romani, Serbian, Albanian, Macedonian and Bulgarian cultures, as well as several others. Perhaps there was also an implied allegorical aspect to the concert: Historically (and very recently), there has been much tension and violence between these peoples. Numerous wars, genocides, pogrom and race riots have plagued this part of the world for centuries, if not millennia. But that night we also heard how much these cultures have in common and how lovely their cooperative harmony can be. Eastern Europe has been a global crossroads, the interface between East and West, between major religions, alphabets and cultural identities. This wealth of diversity has been a mixed blessing, at once bringing musical and culinary richness, as well as intercultural strife. Yale too is a global crossroads, boasting representatives of more cultures and ethnicities than those that call the Baltic and Balkan regions home. We have greater potential to reap the benefits of our greater diversity, but we also share the risks associated with the colocalization of people without a common background, without a shared worldview and without a sense of greater community. Instead of isolating ourselves as small communities and suc-

cumbing to “Balkanization,” let us learn from this powerful lesson and focus on that which will bring us together and that which we can accomplish together. To bring this theme to the forefront each year, the “Slavs, Klez and Friends” concerts have culminated in the final song, “Ale Brider,” or “All Brothers,” which includes the following lyrics that translate (from the original Yiddish) roughly to: “And we are all brothers, And we sing joyful songs. And we are all sisters, And we dance with joy.” Each year, we have all sung together, danced together and laughed together, sharing our appreciation for this beautiful music. We are truly all brothers and sisters united in joyful song and dance. This is what I see of the community here at Yale, and it is what I will remember when I look back fondly at the time I spent here. So please, brothers and sisters, continue this tradition after I have gone, and let this sense of shared joy and greater community permeate into the rest of campus life. AARON BLOOMFIELD is a postdoctoral research assistant in the Chemistry department. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yale in 2014. Contact him at aaron.bloomfield@yale.edu .

Once more for country Y

ale is an American school, but it doesn’t stress its national ties. Most folks who learn and work here are American, but excepting the mention of “country” in our alma mater, Yalies needn’t encounter their school’s relationship with America in any profound sense while they’re here. How can Yale ask greatness of its students without requiring them to study the country where most will try attaining it? Yale should commit to civic education, serving the Union by preparing its students to do the same in turn. First, a brief case for a kind of patriotism. Each person has a natural affection for those closest to him rooted in dependence, gratitude and love — as a teacher of mine explained, willing the good of the other for the sake of the other. That we frequently pursue another’s good just because it is another’s good should persuade us that humans are meant to live in fellowship. Our membership in political communities — and the institutions, like Yale, we create therein — is part of our pursuit of fellowship. Every Yalie hears this about Yale’s relationship with New Haven. Many speak of Yale as a citizen whose wealth obliges beneficence. They support Yale helping to solve the job crisis, contributing to city government and so on. So do I. Yale’s relationship with

America is less visible, but equally important. Our alumni have fought in America’s wars, served in its COLE rnment ARONSON gove and enriched its culture. Necessary America's and proper free institutions, in turn, have committed Yale to flourish. America also helps to fund Yale with its citizens’ tax dollars. Most now know that Congress is the national legislature and that we have a right to the due process of law. But the intentions behind our Declaration and Constitution, their proper place in American life and their philosophical bases are disputed — indeed, were disputed at their birth. An education in their character, therefore, cannot be dogmatic. Instead, it has to be, to borrow from C.S. Lewis, an initiation into a tradition composed of certain questions. Some of those questions address items in the Constitution — what is “commerce among the several states”? Some of those questions address, to coin a phrase, the ontology of the Union. Is it a compact among independent and sovereign states? Is it a

regime of certain procedures or the promise of a certain kind of life? America is exceptional because its institutions selfconsciously claim to derive their authority from self-evident truths — from the only legitimate basis for government. There is, then, a third category of questions concerning every society: In what way are all men equal? Who should rule? I think Yale should go about civic education historically. Two events in particular, the Revolution and the Civil War, deserve our attention. The first, because it is the moment of our institutions’ birth and the most vigorous debates about their character. The second, because it tested, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, whether any nation conceived in and dedicated to the principles of the Revolution “could long endure.” Teaching civics through history may also secure students’ attachment to the American political tradition. Holding the Constitution as a heritage and ourselves as the descendants of the Founding Fathers may subdue our youthful cynicism and itch to change everything. This is important because no society can survive permanent revolution. If we are to make some lasting improvements, we had better understand, and even admire, what we mean to improve. Some readers must at this

point be thinking: What about international students? I don’t have strong feelings one way or the other about whether international students should be required to take classes in American history. But I will say this: When American Yale students spend a semester in Rome, don’t they expect to learn something about Italy? Shouldn’t Yale teach those who come here to study something about America? You might also ask: Why politics, not literature or geography? It seems to me that America, since its birth, has been defined more by its politics than anything else. Some indicators: Our most important years were political years. 1776, 1787, 1864, 1945, 1964, 2001. America’s national heroes — Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lincoln, Douglass, Tubman, Anthony, TR, FDR, King, Reagan — are mostly those who have created or changed our politics. “In Memory of the Men of Yale who true to Her Traditions gave their Lives that Freedom might not perish from the Earth. 1914 Anno Domini 1918.” So reads the inscription on the memorial to Yale’s war dead on Beinecke Plaza. Time to deepen the commitment, and make Yale for country once again.

important factors. Not only are Liang’s presumptions inaccurate, they are also potentially harmful as they support hostile discourses of collective guilt. In Europe, we have seen what such statements, tirelessly repeated by populist politicians, can lead to. They can lead to community centers collecting supplies for refugees being set on fire, as well as to the harassment and even physical assault of volunteers, NGO workers and people with a visibly immigrant background. There are many misleading aspects to Liang’s article — from his naive idea about European pension schemes and unemployment rates to his suggestion that European Union leaders “simply don’t fix” Syria with free trade and to his uncritical admiration of Assad’s regime, which is responsible for killing thousands and thousands of its own civilians. When he states that Europe brought in “too many immigrants too fast” and blames political leaders for being “incompetent,” I want to

remind him of one thing: Our politicians are not incompetent for doing what all world leaders should do. They respect the law, namely the Common European Asylum System in the case of refugees fleeing their countries because of war or persecution. We are simply obliged not to turn our back on those seeking refuge. Unsurprisingly, it is challenging with so many people desperately trying to find a new safe home. It is difficult with terrorists spreading fear in our society. And it is frustrating to face countless commentators making uninformed statements that only fuel the hatred and hysteria. But let me break it down. Despite all the obstacles, Europe will not abandon its basic values, the protection of human rights and the respect for its legal system. And precisely for that reason, we have not fallen.

COLE ARONSON is a sophomore in Calhoun College. His column runs on Mondays. Contact him at cole.aronson@yale.edu .

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Europe has not fallen

Last week, while flipping through a copy of the News, a cheap blockbuster-like headline “Europe has fallen” (April 1) caught my attention. As a sociologist who has been working with migrants in the Central European region, I have first-hand experience not only with the topic Shaoyan Liang is elaborating on but also with endless discussions with a variety of people ranging from leftist activists to right-wing xenophobes. I was therefore not surprised to see Liang’s arguments, embodying the most stereotypical assumptions we have all heard a thousand times. I was rather astonished that the News amplified such narrow-minded ideas across the campus. In the first part of his article, Liang talks about how “multicultural experiments have failed miserably,” accusing the older generation of immigrants who “didn’t manage to integrate into their new home.” Ghettoization and the feeling of some secondand third-generation immigrants that they do not really belong in mainstream society (and their potential radicalization) is a real issue in many European countries. But holding migrants solely responsible means ignoring broader powers such as postcolonial heritage, the implicit racism tightly related to economic injustice and other

VANDA CERNOHORSKA The author is a visiting assistant in research and Fulbright grantee at the Center for Cultural Sociology.

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“What I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.” BONO IRISH SINGER-SONGWRITER

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The article “Facing taxation, Yale recruits alumni support” used an unauthorized quote from Jenny Chavira ’89. The News regrets the error.

Lorimer receives inaugural award

Tea business closes down BY JIAHUI HU STAFF REPORTER Kettles stopped boiling and leaves ceased steeping at the The Green Teahouse — a shop that sold and served authentic Chinese tea on 1008 Chapel St. — while Yale undergraduates were on spring break. The Green Teahouse, the second location of the store founded in West Hartford, permanently closed its doors two weeks ago after opening in January 2014. Owner Ting Chaponis said the New Haven store, which doubled as a Chinese cafe — unlike the West Hartford retail location — was challenging to run efficiently because it was her first endeavor in the food service industry. She added that the small size of the 1008 Chapel St. space significantly restricted the number of customers she could serve at once, which drove away some potential patrons. In January, an investor from China

flew to New Haven to assess the business’s operations, and recommended that she close the New Haven location and expand through retail, which has proven successful in online sales and in the seven-year old West Hartford store. “We had to make a final decision, which is really painful and really heart breaking,” Chaponis said. “I personally didn’t want to leave the city. I love New Haven. The Mayor, Yale and Chamber of Commerce have been so supportive and wanted to help us. Everybody did their part, but we had to deal with the real facts and limitations.” Chaponis added that she is seeking to open a second retail location for her business and would like do so in New Haven, if possible. Yale University Properties, the location’s landlord, is now looking for a retailer to fill the space, which neighbors Basta Trattoria, said University Press Secretary Karen Peart. She did

not elaborate on what kind of store UP is seeking next. Before The Green Teahouse signed its lease for 1008 Chapel St., an Irish gift shop occupied the space. Several students interviewed who had visited the shop expressed disappointment that it closed. Mendy Yang ’15, who frequented the shop as a Yale student, said The Green Teahouse — which held a 4.5 rating out of 5 on Yelp from 68 reviewers — was a valuable service in the Chapel Street shopping district. “It’s a loss for Yale campus and New Haven because it’s really quite a unique spot that had the ability to help you relax and enjoy conversation with friends rather than just bustle about your day without taking a moment to slow down,” Yang said. Grace Shu ’18 visited The Green Teahouse twice and felt similarly disappointed. Shu

enjoyed the space as an alternative to coffee shops. But she added that the shop had definitely not garnered the mainstream following of nearby cafes. Though Chaponis will continue to educate and spread awareness of Chinese culture through her tea business, the New Haven location had served as an opportunity for her to share more traditions from her homeland, she said. “I personally love to do the serving part of food,” Chaponis said. “It is nice to see the people happy and the satisfaction on their face when they eat the noodles, the dumplings and the rice. But creating recipes and having the experience and managing skills in the business were different.” Tea is the most widely drunk beverage in the world after water. Contact JIAHUI HU at jiahui.hu@yale.edu .

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YaleWomen chose Linda Lorimer as the first recipient of its Award for Excellence. BY SHUYU SONG STAFF REPORTER YaleWomen has selected Linda Lorimer, former vice president for Global and Strategic Initiatives, as the recipient of its inaugural Award for Excellence. Lorimer will receive the award formally on May 2 at an award dinner hosted at the Yale Club of New York City. Ellen McGinnis ’82, the immediate past chair of YaleWomen, said Lorimer was chosen because of her championing of women’s issues, adding that Lorimer has been actively involved in the organization for many years. McGinnis added that the decision was made by a large consensus because all organization members agreed that Lorimer epitomized many of the values YaleWomen seeks to uphold. According to the YaleWomen website, the organization is a “shared interest group under the auspices” of the Association of Yale Alumni — an alumni-initiated group that serves to bring together graduates who share the same goals. All female alumni of the University are automatically included as members of YaleWomen, and currently no male graduates can become members. “I am deeply honored that YaleWomen has chosen me for this award. But I am even more pleased to see how YaleWomen has thrived,” Lorimer said. “It offers an incredible set of programs each year that attract women graduates of every school and college.” Lorimer said that YaleWomen creates a great networking environment for women across the University to meet one another. She said there are many opportunities outside of the organization for Yale alumni across genders to interact, but YaleWomen offers women a real “sisterhood” that counters the “old boy network” that had existed for a long time. According to Mindy Marks ’00, the director for shared interest groups at AYA, candidacy for the award is open to all Yale alumni and administrators — female or male — who are closely associated with the University. Regarding why the award may be conferred upon males who are not members

of the organization, McGinnis said the organization aims to be inclusive in opening dialogues about women’s issues and gender equality. The official criteria for the award states that it may be conferred on men who have “worked for the same goals and satisfies the criteria.” “It is critically important to recognize the effort that men have made to social equality for women, because the whole society needs to change in order to advance women’s opportunities,” McGinnis said. But although the award can be conferred upon all alumni, McGinnis noted that there should also be a designated space for female Yalies, referring to YaleWomen.

I am deeply honored that YaleWomen has chosen me for this award. LINDA LORIMER Former Vice President for Global and Strategic Initiatives

Marks said that shared interest groups like YaleWomen develop a collaborative approach because they are initiated by alumni. McGinnis further added that as nonprofit organizations pipelined mainly by volunteers, shared interest groups try to empower alumni to become involved in the kinds of projects that particularly interest them. “It allows alumni who are interested to take the responsibility of the organization’s growth as opposed to the group being led from top-down,” said Marks. Sandy Lee ’00, who chairs the activities committee for Yale Club of New York City, also said that the club likes working with shared interest groups because they are generated by alumni who are truly passionate about a cause. “We are all for [the interest groups], and it’s been really wonderful watching them grow,” Lee said. YaleWomen was created in 2010. Contact SHUYU SONG at shuyu.song@yale.edu .

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Matisyahu’s performance of Jewish reggae and rap music attracted over 300 students on Saturday. BY AYLA BESEMER STAFF REPORTER Despite rainy skies Saturday evening, Yale students gathered under the warm and smoky lights of the First and Summerfield United Methodist Church, swaying in time with the songs of Jewish reggae artist Matisyahu. The free Saturday night concert, during which Matisyahu played for just over an hour, was hosted by the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life, and attracted around 350 students. Matisyahu, whose birth name is Matthew Paul Miller but who goes by his Hebrew stage name, is known for combining reggae and rap music with themes of Orthodox Judaism. His hit song ”King Without a Crown” made it to number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2006, and he has produced five studio albums along with several live albums, compilations and remixes. Before the concert, Matisyahu attended a meet-andgreet at the Slifka center, leading attendees in the traditional Jewish Havdalah prayer, which marks the end of the Sabbath. Both students who attended the concert and those involved with Slifka praised Matisyahu’s ability to combine spiritualism with mass appeal. “I thought it was really cool to see someone bringing Jew-

ish values to popular culture in a really accessible way that I, as a young, really involved Jewish person, could identify with, but also my non-Jewish friends could jam out with me to his music,” said Leah Salovey ’17, who is co-president of the Young Israel House at Yale. “I think that he is really an incredible, incredible talent. I love listening to his music. I think his messages about survival and finding joy in the world are really applicable and really Jewish.” Matisyahu opened the concert with his song “Surrender,” and concluded with a cover of Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry.” Clad in a blue hoodie, he often sang with his eyes closed, and he rarely addressed the audience except to introduce the members of his band. The concert’s set list also included hits such as “King Without a Crown” and “One Day,” the latter of which the crowd demanded through cheers after Matisyahu first left the stage. Yonatan Millo, the Jewish Agency Israel fellow at Slifka and one of the concert’s primary organizers, emphasized Matisyahu’s background in Orthodox Judaism and musical variety as a way to showcase the diversity of the Jewish faith. Millo was inspired by Matisyahu’s songs, which often focus on bringing people

together and emphasizing the positive over the negative. Seeing these messages as important to the Yale community and students who are heavily influenced by music, he worked with Vice President of Operations for Yale Friends of Israel Hannah LaBovick ’18 to organize the concert. According to LaBovick, Matisyahu appeals to the Jewish community because he gives those within the faith someone to identify with, especially in light of his mainstream appeal. Still, she emphasized that the primary aim of the concert was not to advance any particular religious ideology, but rather simply to create “another amazing night at Yale.” In an interview with the News prior to the show, Matisyahu described his inspiration to combine music and spirituality. “Music for me is a piece and a part of my life for as far back as I remember. I don’t have one specific thing which inspires the music, it’s more of just something that’s part of me,” he said. “A lot of the lyrics and content for the songs have come out of my experience in studying Jewish ideas. I hope to create an experience of music I can stand behind.” For Matisyahu, the concert was an opportunity to

“explore other musical worlds” given that his tour’s guitarist — Aaron Dugan — was hospitalized due to sickness and was unable to perform. Having never performed live without a guitarist before, Matisyahu said that he did not know what to expect going into the show but was looking forward to the chance to “do something different” with only keyboard, bass and drums. Students interviewed after the show praised the performance for its intimacy of venue and good music, and even those who had not previously been familiar with his songs said that they found it interesting and enjoyable. Hillary Lutkus ’18 called the concert a “treat,” and praised Yale’s ability to bring diverse artists such as Matisyahu to the University. “[Matisyahu] himself is an unexpected combination of things,” Salovey said. “Mixing reggae with spiritual Judaism is not a combination you think should go together, but he integrates it so beautifully, and I think that’s a great way for Yale students to see the way that we can integrate different values as we try to explore ourselves as young intellectual thinkers.” Matisyahu continues his tour in Florida on Thursday. Contact AYLA BESEMER at ayla.besemer@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT Hadid, pioneer in architecture

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HADID FROM PAGE 1 they were students together at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, said Hadid was brilliant from early on. She added that Hadid’s gifts extended beyond architecture, from her outgoing personality to her talent for drawing. Hadid’s legacy includes everything from her earliest sketches to her most recent buildings around the world, Berke said, and her presence will last because of her gift in form-making. Gary He ARC ’21, who admired Hadid’s work but did not have the opportunity to take a class with her, highlighted her pioneering use of digital technology as one of her largest contributions to the field. Berke said Hadid’s relatively early death is especially tragic due to her great potential. Similarly, Surry Schlabs ARC ’17 said that many architects do not “tend to hit their stride” until relatively later on in life. He noted that Hadid was well-known for her graphic and visual work even before she began constructing a large number of buildings, adding that it was only within the last couple decades that she began receiving notable commissions. Her death is a global loss for the entire profession, Schlabs said, because an architect like her could easily have made substantial contributions to the field for another 20 years. He also noted that she contributed to advancing the status of women in architecture. “One of her many great accomplishments is in fact to have more or less, while she was alive, removed the kind of woman-specific descriptor from conversations about her work,”

“Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless.”

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HOMELESS FROM PAGE 1 to identify and house those most in need. New Reach works with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families to identify youths who are no longer eligible to be in the foster care system. New Reach also partners with statewide Coordinated Access Networks to secure housing for chronically homeless individuals. CANs carry out standardized assessments and referral processes to connect homeless individuals with appropriate resources within their geographic region. Stewart said interagency cooperation ensures “that all of the tenants have been prioritized based on need.” Dale Kroop, Hamden’s director of economic and

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Hadid, a female pioneer in architecture, passed away this past Thursday. Schlabs said. “She was one of the world’s most important architects, not merely because she was a woman in a maledominated field, but because she held her own.” In addition to her position at Yale, Hadid held a number of other appointments, including the Kenzo Tange chair at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and the Sullivan chair at the University of Illinois’ School of Architecture. Outside of her academic role, Hadid also led

her own architecture company in London, which she established in 1980. Her death comes amidst several of her significant ongoing projects, including the 2022 FIFA World Cup stadium in Qatar and the Iraqi Parliament building in her home city of Baghdad. She is survived by her older brother, Haytham Hadid. Contact JOEY YE at shuaijiang.ye@yale.edu .

community development, said the city worked closely with New Reach to ensure that the project reached fruition. According to Kroop, Hamden’s municipal government provided ongoing feedback to the New Reach developers on architectural design and safety features. Kroop said he collaborated with Kellyann Day, the CEO of New Reach, to help her usher the project through necessary zoning processes and educate the public about why this type of project is important. According to Kroop, Geller Commons has attracted a number of homeless individuals around Hamden. Kroop added that this will have a positive impact on the town because these new residents will frequent Hamden’s shops and restaurants and “become

a part of the community.” While Geller Commons will certainly benefit a significant number of people, Kroop said, many more such projects are needed to effectively fight chronic homelessness. “The Hamden Housing Authority has a waiting list of several hundred people, so that alone tells me that there is a great need for affordable housing,” Kroop said. Geller Commons is named after the late Barbara Geller, a supportive housing pioneer and former Statewide Services Division Director at Connecticut’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Contact AMY CHENG at xiaomeng.cheng@yale.edu and ZAINAB HAMID at zainab.hamid@yale.edu .

AAUP report questions Title IX’s effect on faculty freedom REPORT FROM PAGE 1 has led the federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and university administrations to neglect other components of Title IX protection, the report said, such as equal access to athletics, career training, technology and math and science education. Yale itself has recently grappled with questions of proper sexual misconduct adjudication, as well as of faculty free speech, but not in conjunction with each other. Both authors of the AAUP report and Yale professors interviewed agreed that the concerns raised in the report, while relevant, do not seem to be pressing issues on Yale’s campus. The draft report is open to comments from AAUP members until April 15 and will be published later this spring. Although members of the AAUP drafting committee said they are not familiar with the specific circumstances at Yale, they agreed that shared governance between faculty, staff and administrators should strike a balance between effective policies against sexual harassment and overreaching ones that infringe upon academic freedom and disregard other aspects of gender equity. “Overly broad definitions of ‘hostile environment sexual harassment’ have intruded on academic freedom in teaching, research and public speech,” said Risa Lieberwitz, a professor of labor and employment law at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations who chaired the drafting subcommittee. “[These definitions] have been used by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, which enforces Title IX, and by some university administrations in taking punitive measures against faculty members.” The report listed cases in which faculty members were accused of sexual harassment when they included sexually explicit materials in their curriculum. In some cases, the professor was dismissed by the university. Not only was due process denied to faculty members on several campuses, the report said, but they were also “largely excluded” from participating in shared university governance and determining how and whether sex should be discussed, taught and researched. According to Anne Runyan, an ex-officio member of the

AAUP drafting subcommittee and a professor of political science and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Cincinnati, WGSS is an under-resourced department in many universities. If research and teaching on gender, sexuality, gender and sex discrimination are further curtailed because they may be “uncomfortable” topics for students, Runyan said, the field’s situation would only worsen. Runyan added that the OCR’s 2011 guidelines, which state that Title IX should not be interpreted in ways that interfere with academic freedom, seem to have been lost in many universities’ Title IX procedures. According to the guidelines, speech and expressions that are perceived as offensive by some students are not legally sufficient to constitute a sexually hostile environment under Title IX; instead, the harassment must be serious enough to limit or deny students’ participation in their education program. But when this caveat is overlooked, Runyan said, there is no longer “a robust and critical educational environment.” The report also highlighted the “preponderance of the evidence” standard that universities use to adjudicate cases of alleged misconduct, which only requires more than 50 percent certainty that the offense occurred. This is a lower standard than is used in criminal courts, and Lieberwitz argued that the OCR’s 2011 decision to replace the “clear and convincing evidence” standard with this new standard curtails faculty members’ rights to due process when they are accused of misconduct. But Dean of the CUNY School of Law and visiting professor at the Yale Law School Michelle Anderson LAW ’94 defended the preponderance standard, noting that most college campuses have used it as the standard of proof for disciplinary proceedings for years. It is therefore incorrect to say that the “clear and convincing” standard was the “prevailing” standard before the OCR clarified the issue in 2011, Anderson said. Professors on Yale’s campus said faculty rights and meaningful enforcement of Title IX are not mutually exclusive. They emphasized the role faculty have played, and continue to play, in shaping Yale’s enforcement policies. Yale’s

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University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct — which hears all formal complaints of sexual misconduct — was formed in July 2011 as a faculty-driven initiative, a few months after students filed a Title IX lawsuit against the University. Last semester, UWC procedures were modified based on recommendations from a faculty committee led by Yale Law School professor Kate Stith. David Post, chair of the UWC and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, also told the News that the chair position “has been, is currently and will continue to be a senior faculty member.” Roughly half of the UWC’s members are professors. “I do not know enough about Yale to comment specifically, but it does appear … that the facultydriven and populated [UWC] comports with the kind of faculty input AAUP is recommending as long as faculty also had input in how sexual misconduct policies were formed, not just the adjudi-

cation of them,” Runyan said. History Director of Undergraduate Studies Beverly Gage ’94, who chairs the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate — a body intended to serve as a voice for faculty concerns — did not return a request for comment. The AAUP report also noted that the narrowed emphasis of Title IX on sexual misconduct has diverted attention and resources away from other crucial components of gender equity. “While the original aims of Title IX and the legal meaning of ‘sex discrimination’ encompass more than sexual violations, today the claims most readily associated with Title IX involve sexual violence or sexual harassment, whether actual conduct or speech,” the report continued. “Further, the singular focus on sexual harassment has overshadowed issues of unequal pay, access and representation throughout the university system.” Runyan said students deserve

“kudos” for highlighting the pervasiveness of sexual misconduct on college campuses and applauded their efforts to demand administrative attention and response. But she emphasized that other areas of sex and gender discrimination are not solved, and female faculty could be hurt, not helped, by Title IX. Professors on Yale’s campus affirmed the University’s commitment to effective Title IX enforcement, including but not limited to addressing sexual misconduct. “Faculty members are strong and active participants within the UWC, and faculty from across the University have a long history of active engagement in addressing sexual misconduct and other issues related to Title IX, such as gender equity,” Post told the News. Other faculty members serving on the UWC directed all requests for comment to Post. University Title IX Coordina-

tor and Deputy Provost Stephanie Spangler emphasized that it is important to take all forms of gender discrimination — which is the overarching focus of Title IX — seriously. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the CUNY School of Law and visiting professor at the Yale Law School Julie Goldscheid said addressing sexual misconduct on college campuses ultimately calls for a balance of different factors. “Universities’ obligations to respond to sexual assault on campus require a nuanced response that requires careful balancing of a range of factors,” Goldscheid said. “OCR investigations are administrative responses to claims of discrimination and are not criminal proceedings. The overall goal of advancing equality should figure prominently in all responses.” Contact MONICA WANG at monica.wang@yale.edu .

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Fitness celebrity visits campus BY CAMERON HILL STAFF REPORTER Brightly colored yoga mats dotted the gray of the Cross Campus steps Saturday afternoon, as fitness phenom and CEO of Blogilates Cassey Ho taught a Pilates class to a crowd of 75 students. Blogilates, a fitness brand encompassing Pilates programs, Hoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s healthy living blog and her self-designed â&#x20AC;&#x153;oGorgeousâ&#x20AC;? yoga bag, has 3 million followers on its website. Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event was sponsored by healthyU, an undergraduate group dedicated to promoting health and wellness on campus, and the leaders of the Happiness Challenge at Yale, an eight-week series of activities promoting mindfulness and healthy behavior. The outdoor fitness class, which involved blaring music and drew a crowd of spectators, followed Hoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;PIIT28â&#x20AC;? program, named for its Pilates Intense Interval Training, a 28-day schedule of 28-minute workouts and healthy meals. After the class, Ho gave a speech in Linsley-Chittenden Hall. When Ho arrived to LC and asked members of the primarily female audience how they were feeling, she received a chorus of enthusiastic responses. The audience also agreed, when Ho asked, that squats were the most difficult part of the program. In her talk, Ho described how she became involved with Pilates and how she built up her brand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You may not even be sure what you want to do or where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to be or what your purpose is, and I hope my

story will inspire you to find what that true passion is inside of you,â&#x20AC;? Ho said. Ho described how she began learning Pilates as a sophomore in high school as an alternative to tennis. She preferred Pilatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emphasis on competition against oneself, rather than against others. When she went to college at Whittier, her parents wanted her to go to medical school, but she instead wanted to pursue a career in fashion. During her college years, Ho also began teaching Pilates classes. She uploaded her first fitness video to YouTube in 2009 when she left California for a fashion buying job in Boston. This move led to significant disagreement with her parents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they did not speak for three years. After one of the yoga bags she had designed appeared in the magazine â&#x20AC;&#x153;SHAPE,â&#x20AC;? Ho quit her job to focus on her brand. In 2015, 24 Hour Fitness clubs introduced Hoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s POP Pilates program, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;combination of total body Pilates exercises with the attitude of choreographed dance and the energy of music,â&#x20AC;? as their official Pilates program. Ho said she supports the implementation of her online program into an offline format. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though a lot of Blogilates is online, my goal is to bring everyone offline, into real life, like we did today,â&#x20AC;? Ho said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really do believe thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing that can replace that feeling you have when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re around other people, sweating together, cheering each other on, high-fiving people you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of scary

but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of cool, and you end up working a lot harder.â&#x20AC;? Connecticut resident Audrey Lawrence, who has been doing the Blogilates program for a year, said she enjoyed the experience of taking an in-person class instructed by Ho. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I like Pilates so much because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very individual,â&#x20AC;? Lawrence said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You compete against yourself every day.â&#x20AC;? Alyssa Chen â&#x20AC;&#x2122;18 and Ivy Ren â&#x20AC;&#x2122;18, co-presidents of healthyU and co-coordinators of the Happiness Challenge at Yale, and Julia Shan â&#x20AC;&#x2122;18, the healthyU event coordinator, said the class and speech were successful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people came out all the way from New Jersey, just to get the chance to meet Cassey and work out with her,â&#x20AC;? said Wendy Sun â&#x20AC;&#x2122;18, president of healthyU and co-coordinator of the Happiness Challenge at Yale. Shan said the event was helped by its location on Cross Campus, where spectators could watch the fitness class. She added that seeing Hoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy made everyone work harder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The event basically went flawlessly,â&#x20AC;? Ren said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was great not only to have so many people from so many different areas come, but also just being on Cross Campus and having so many people watch us â&#x20AC;Ś was a great image for Yale as well.â&#x20AC;? Ho has about 3 million followers on YouTube. Contact CAMERON HILL at cameron.hill@yale.edu .

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More than 180 older attendees got a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the Peabody museum. BY CAMERON HILL STAFF REPORTER The Peabody Museum of Natural History welcomed nearly 800 visitors on Saturday to the public opening of the exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Treasures of the Peabody: 150 Years of Exploration and Discovery.â&#x20AC;? Peabody Events Director Josue Irizarry said the exhibitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening day was a success, with programming geared toward adults and children. Craft activities, a fossil touch table and a minerals and rocks table were popular highlights for kids who were curious to explore the museum through tactile means. A scavenger hunt also sent younger children on a search through both the temporary exhibit and the museum halls, while adults and older children were able to take behindthe-scenes tours of eight of the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 collections, Irizarry added. Through the loading dock and past the freezer holding room in the bowels of the Peabody, Public Education Senior Instructor at the Peabody Armand Morgan guided three tours, each limited to 12 visitors, into the Vertebrate Paleontology Collection room. Morgan led the visitors into a basement storage room with dozens of moveable white collection cases, each with around 20 drawers. Morgan opened case after case, revealing hundreds of dinosaur bones, some dating back to the 1870s. Along with pointing out notable features of the fossils, Morgan explained how specimens are brought back to the museum from the field and how bones are put back together either for display or storage. Yale sends researchers on fossil collection expeditions every year,

Morgan said. When a specimen is found, a block of earth surrounding the fossil is cut out; sometimes a helicopter is necessary to take the block out of the ground. The specimen is then encased in a plaster jacket and sent back to be stored in the Peabody, he added. Once the fossils are extracted from the block, if the specimen is to be stored in the collection room, it is pieced together with a dissolvable glue, in case any future researcher wants to take it apart to look inside, he added. Not only does the Peabody contain specimens collected by Yalies past and present, but in the 1980s Princeton gave all its fossils to Yale when the university discontinued its vertebrate paleontology studies, Morgan said. Morgan said he hoped there would be additional behind-thescenes tours later this year, but that the museum particularly wanted to open the collection rooms on Saturday to mark the 150th anniversary exhibit opening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole point of the museum is to save a record of natural history, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fossil or a marine organism, something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alive today,â&#x20AC;? Morgan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it gives you a world view of what the history of life has been like on the planet Earth, and a place like the Peabody Museum is the source for that information.â&#x20AC;? While more than 180 older attendees got a behind-thescenes look at the inner workings of the museum, the younger children enjoyed learning more about the Peabodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main halls and exhibits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our events are targeted to make it fun and educational,â&#x20AC;? Irizarry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think science [education] does get lost for many of the kids and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to

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start them at an early age and continue the learning process, because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always learning and discovering new things.â&#x20AC;? Indeed, children dominated the scene on Saturday, peering into specimen cases and pointing at the dinosaurs in the Great Hall, where toy snakes awaited them as prizes upon completion of the scavenger hunt. New Haven public school teacher Asia Goubourn and her three children are regular visitors to the Peabody. Wearing paper hats of colored dinosaurs, the family was exuberant at the end of the scavenger hunt, Goubourn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to find things, and I also like when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually a prize involved,â&#x20AC;? seven-year-old Leah Goubourn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that the coolest thing that we saw was the Egyptian room because I really like the Egyptian stuff.â&#x20AC;? Five-year-old Kaylah Goubourn said she preferred the birds and dinosaurs, while three-yearold Joshua Goubourn especially enjoyed the birds. Asia Goubourn said the scavenger hunt helped engage families, directing her children to look for different specimens throughout the exhibits. Jeff Cochrane, a volunteer at the Peabody since 1993, spent the day in the Great Hall staffing the fossil touch table. With fossils ranging from footprints to eggs to a Tyrannosaurus Rex arm, the exhibit encouraged younger visitors to get excited about dinosaurs with great success, Cochrane said. The original Peabody museum was demolished in 1917 to make way for the Harkness Memorial Quadrangle and Saybrook College. Contact CAMERON HILL at cameron.hill@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT Admin. commitment to climate debated CLIMATE FROM PAGE 1 the Yale Institute of Biospheric Studies, has grown. He added that climate-change-related research is an area in which the University is actively fundraising and seeking grants. Salovey said the closure of the YCEI does not mean his administration is less committed to climate change initiatives. Rather, it reflects the natural consolidation of those initiatives as Yale’s overall commitment to them deepens.

We had a full budget before Salovey. MATTHEW GOLDKLANG ’16 YCEI New Haven Energy Scholar intern As Salovey entered his second year as president, he unveiled six new sustainability initiatives. These included a $21-million capital investment in energy conservation and greenhouse gas reductions, a task force to investigate the feasibility of “carbon charging” at Yale and funded fellowships for “green innovation.” “I think research in climate science, and particularly on climate and energy, is some of the most important research that Yale can sponsor,” Salovey said. “I feel that way because I think global climate change is the most significant public issue facing the world today.” Salovey pointed out that he oversaw the funding of the YCEI as provost and, without going into specifics, said he expects the growing Yale Energy Sciences Institute at the West Campus to be “very interested” in bringing faculty formerly involved with

the YCEI on board. Michael Oristaglio, executive director of the YCEI and a researcher in geology & geophysics, said the institute’s budget had already been cut by 50 percent for the current academic year. He added that the budget for the institute has essentially only been reduced twice — first for the 2015–16 academic year and again this spring, which resulted in the complete defunding of the center. Both cuts occurred under Salovey. The YCEI formerly employed undergraduate fellows but turned those paid positions into volunteer roles after they became unfeasible under the 50 percent budget cut. Funding for conferences and events was also diminished. James Barile ’18, who is involved with YCEI though a solar energy initiative, said the budget only allowed for minor spending on things like food for events. Previously, the YCEI funded visiting speakers and allowed students to craft course syllabi in the Energy Studies Undergraduate Scholars program. Accusing Salovey’s administration of being inattentive toward climate change may be tempting but unfounded. While Yale has eliminated initiatives like the YCEI, Salovey’s administration has also taken steps to bring the University in line with its peer institutions’ climate change projects. Other institutions have YCEI equivalents, such as the Princeton Center for Energy and the Environment, the Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Stanford Institute for Energy. Contact FINNEGAN SCHICK at christopher.schick@yale.edu and DAVID SHIMER at david.shimer@yale.edu .

“I think about sustainability all the time, whether it’s with fish or farmers in Eastern Oregon.” TOM DOUGLAS AMERICAN EXECUTIVE CHEF

40 protest police brutality

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A crowd of approximately 40 mobilized in support of Akai Gurley and his family. PROTEST FROM PAGE 1 mobilized in support of Gurley and his family, highlighting that Gurley’s death is part of a broader epidemic of police brutality to which New Haven is no stranger. “I think a lot of people in a lot of different communities throughout the country can relate to the injustice that happened in the Akai Gurley case,” ANSWER member Iv Staklo said. “When a cop kills someone in cold blood who is unarmed and did absolutely nothing and they get off with probation, to a lot of people that is a real manifestation of how the system works against them.” Gurley’s aunt, Hertencia Petersen, who was also present at the rally, said she is especially outraged by the way Liang behaved after he shot Gurley. Peterson said Liang and Shaun Landau, an officer who was also present during Gurley’s shooting, prioritized finding the bul-

let casing over administering CPR to Gurley or consoling his girlfriend. Peterson — a New Jersey resident who over the past 18 months has attended over 200 protests surrounding Gurley’s death in the tri-state area — added that neither Liang nor Landau have personally apologized to her family. Community members and organizers took turns speaking and leading the crowd in chants. Attendees held signs that read “Stop The War On Black America” and “Fists Up Fight Back,” as well as a banner with the names of scores of New Haven residents who have lost their lives in police shootings. Norman Clement, an organizer with ANSWER Coalition, said he could have filled 10 more banners with the names of other victims of police brutality. Clement said that although the New Haven Police Department has not been the focal

point of any high-profile unauthorized shootings, the department still criminalizes and harasses people of color and those from low-income backgrounds. “This system isn’t broken. This system is working exactly the way they want it to work,” he said. Just last year, a Yale Police officer forced Tahj Blow ’16, an African-American student, to the ground at gunpoint, inducing the police department to launch an internal investigation and confront allegations of racial profiling. The New Haven Police Department could not be reached for comment. Sebi Medina-Tayac ’16, a member of the Yale Native American Cultural Center, spoke at the rally about the importance of intersectionality in fighting for racial justice. He explained that not every person of color faces the same injustices at the hands of the police but said it is still important for all marginalized groups

to come together and support each other. “I’m out here not because I face this struggle because when the police look at me, they don’t see what they saw when they saw Akai in that stairwell that day, and that is a great privilege that has been given to me by this racist system,” said MedinaTayac, who is a staff reporter for the News. “The Native community is fighting alongside everyone for justice for Akai and for justice for everyone who has been victimized by this occupying force, this colonial force.” Bishop John Selders, the founder and an organizer for Moral Monday CT — a religiously based racial justice movement — stated that more black people are in prison now than were ever enslaved in America. He said he hopes community action can create the political space for change. Contact SARA TABIN at sara.tabin@yale.edu .

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“In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we face.” JIM YONG KIM SOUTH KOREAN AND AMERICAN PHYSICIAN

Stiles exhibit highlights violence against Native women BY SARA TABIN STAFF REPORTER Colorfully beaded earrings sparkled on a burlap cloth in the gallery room of Ezra Stiles College on Sunday. Unpaired and distinct, the earrings stood together in their representation of the more than 1,181 Native women and girls who have been reported missing or murdered in Canada since 1980. The earrings, alongside a painting by Chicana artist Nani Chacon, is a part of the traveling display “Sing Our Rivers Red” that aims to draw attention to the injustices and violence faced by Indigenous women and LGBTQQIA people. Decorating the Stiles Gallery until April 9, the exhibit displays more than 3,400 earrings, donated from people around the world. In addition to reflecting on the artwork, students who attended the Sunday opening held a group prayer and participated in a smudging ceremony, a cleansing smoke ritual in which sage is burnt to purify bodies and ceremonial spaces. “If people can come see the exhibition and be moved by it, we hope that can create some solidarity for us and that they will go back to their communities and speak on behalf of Native Americans,” said Karléh Wilson ’16, who led the exhibit’s launch at Yale. Members of Yale Sisters of All Nations, a student organization of Native women, visited the exhibition at the American Indian Community House in New York City this summer and reached out to the exhibition’s head curator Tanaya Winder to bring the display to Yale. Haylee Kushi ’18, a member of Yale Sisters of All Nations who attended the launch, said Native women are targeted and face unusually high levels of violence, noting that those who live on res-

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More than 3,000 earrings are on display in the exhibit. ervations exist in a legal space that affords them less protection. Reservations in both Canada and the United States are not subject to state laws and instead operate under tribal law. But non-Natives who commit violent crimes on reservations are not subject to tribal law or state law. Instead, she said, such cases go to federal courts where offenders are rarely made to face legal ramifications for their actions.

Kushi said she hopes the exhibit raises awareness about the unique difficulties Native women face, adding that society often merges all people of color together, erasing the salience of issues that are specific to certain groups. “It is a really hard concept to grasp, that you can’t prosecute an offender, but a lot of Native Americans really can’t,” Wilson said.

Symposium on Climate Change and Health Friday, April 8 • 10:00 am -1:00 pm (lunch to follow) Yale School of Public Health, Winslow Auditorium, 60 College Street 10:00 am - noon (15 minute talks) High resolution climate models: predicting Lyme disease in New England Srinath Krishnan, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Geology and Geophysics Effects of prenatal exposure to temperature extremes on birth outcomes in China Xi Chen, Assistant Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Economics Health impacts of climate change: the role of climate action plans in reducing urban heat island effects Kevin Lane, Postdoctoral Associate, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Health impacts of unconventional natural gas extraction Nicole Deziel, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health) Drought events and the risk of emergency room hospitalizations and mortality in the western U.S. Jesse Berman, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Mobilizing public and political will to address interactions between climate change & food security Lori Post, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Noon - 1:00 pm

Conversation and Q&A with Dr. James Hansen Dr. James Hansen, formerly director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is a professor at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, where he directs the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions. Dr. Hansen’s research focuses on the causes and consequences of global climate change. His congressional testimony in the late 1980s helped raise broad awareness of climate change as a crucial issue for humanity. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine and one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy. Dr. Hansen is a model scientist who courageously communicates the policy implications of his research. YALE Climate Change and Health Initiative • YALE Climate & Energy Institute

Students at the opening expressed shock at the number of missing and murdered Native women. Sarah Armstrong ’18 said she is glad the Native American Cultural Center, which supports the Yale Sisters of All Nations as a constituent organization, is drawing attention to the challenges Native women are faced with by using such a creative medium. Jorge Meneses ’19, who

attended the opening, said he was impressed by the artwork itself and its ability to convey an important message. In particular, he said the long burlap cloth that the earrings are displayed on invoked the mental image of a river of sorrow. “[The display] helps you literally dive into the pain, injustice and anger of this problem,” Meneses said. Head NACC Peer Liaison

Rose Bear Don’t Walk ’16 said she thinks the exhibit provides a tangible way for Yale students to understand the enormity of the violence indigenous women in North America face, adding that she hopes people also remember that there are many survivors of violence as well who deserve healing and prayers. Contact SARA TABIN at sara.tabin@yale.edu .

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Law students clash over posters BY CLAIRE PARKER Tensions flared in a standoff between activists and opposing students at Harvard Law School Friday as an intensifying debate that began over posters evolved into one about rights to space and free speech on campus. The controversy began Monday, when third-year law student William Barlowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a vocal critic of the Reclaim Harvard Law student groupâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;put posters on the walls of the Caspersen Student Center lounge equating the activist movement to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Activists removed the posters, an action Barlow considered a violation of his right to free speech. Barlow said he originally intended for the posters to publicize his concerns that Reclaim Harvard Law has had a â&#x20AC;&#x153;chilling effectâ&#x20AC;? on speech at the law

school. Activists have been o c c u py i n g the lounge, w h i c h t h ey ca l l HARVARD â&#x20AC;&#x153;Belinda Hall,â&#x20AC;? since February as part of their efforts to create a space they say does not exist for minority students at the school. Barlow has spoken out publicly against the occupation and activistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; demands, which include changing the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now-defunct seal and creating a critical race theory program, an idea he has called â&#x20AC;&#x153;racist.â&#x20AC;? Barlow claimed both Trump and Reclaim â&#x20AC;&#x153;support the suppression of dissent, and, to a certain extent, both of them support or endorse racist ideologies.â&#x20AC;? Barlow put up posters that read â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reclaim Harvard Law = Trump.â&#x20AC;? Reclaim Harvard Law member

Rena Karefa-Johnson said activists decided to remove the posters they considered to be offensive, in part because the Muslim Law Students Association held a conference in the lounge the day Barlow put up signs referencing Trump. After activists took the posters down, Barlow appealed to administrators and began a weeklong postering campaign in protest, affixing to the walls signs that accused Reclaim Harvard Law of censorship. Barlow maintained that the lounge is a public space where any student is allowed to speak freely. Activists, however, claim that while they have repeatedly invited dissenting students to speak with them, occupying the lounge gives them control of the space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an occupation. This is our space, our house,â&#x20AC;? Reclaim Harvard Law member Alexander Clayborne said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let Bill Barlow

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put up posters anywhere else, just not here.â&#x20AC;? The dispute came to a head Friday, when dozens of law school affiliates filled the student lounge as Barlow and several supporters returned at 2 p.m. to put up another round of signs. Confrontations between activists and dissenting students quickly turned hostile, as students sharply debated both the poster issue and their right to film their opponents in the lounge. Activists did not discard any of Barlowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signs, but instead moved them to a wall under a sign of their own creation that read â&#x20AC;&#x153;Privilege.â&#x20AC;? Dean of Students Marcia Sells watched the events unfold and fielded questions from both sides. Administrators face criticisms from both camps. Barlow met with Sells to voice his concerns earlier in the week, alleging that activists who removed his post-

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3:30 p.m. Tulasi Srinivas, Emerson College; Pamela Corey, SOAS; Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell; moderated by Helen Siu, Yale University, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Move, Connect, Exchange: Contemplating the Rise of Asian Cities.â&#x20AC;? Part of the Workshop Series: Contemplating the Rise of Asian Cities. Room 208, Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street. 4:30 p.m. Kostas Kostis, University of Athens, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Economic Development in Greece, 19th-Â21st Centuries.â&#x20AC;? Sponsored by Hellenic Studies. Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.

TUESDAY, APRIL 5 4:00 p.m. Daunis Auers, University of Latvia, â&#x20AC;&#x153;European, Post-ÂSoviet or Baltic? Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the Twenty-ÂFirst Century.â&#x20AC;? Sponsored by Baltic Studies. Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 4:00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Security and Stability in Central & Eastern Europe: Challenges and Prospectsâ&#x20AC;? a roundtable discussion with Ambassadors from Latvia, Serbia, and the Slovak Republic. Co-Âhosted by David Cameron, Yale University and moderated by Thomas Graham, Jackson Institute, Yale University. Room 208, Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street. 4:30 p.m. Anne Pitcher, University of Michigan, Â´$UH :RPHQ 6DWLVĂ&#x20AC;HG" Gender and Urban Housing Provision in Luanda, Angola.â&#x20AC;? Sponsored by African Studies and Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Room 309, Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street. 7:00 p.m. Retired Lieutenant-ÂGeneral, the Honorable RomĂŠo Dallaire will give the Inaugural Charles E. Scheidt Family Lecture on Atrocity Prevention. Room 102, Linsly-ÂChittenden Hall, 63 High Street.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7 12:30 pa.m. Aisha Pasha, Yale Forestry & Environmental Studies, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Community Owned Data and Land Tenure Security in the Ugandaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Slums.â&#x20AC;? Part of the Brown Bag Speaker Series sponsored by African Studies. Room 241, Roskenranz Hall, 115 Prospect Street. 4:00 p.m. Devin Stewart, Emory University, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Investigation of Rhyme and Rhythm in the Qurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;an.â&#x20AC;? Sponsored by Middle East Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. Room 211, Linsly-ÂChittenden Hall, 63 High Street. 7:00 p.m. Pedro BermĂşdez, Puerto, Rico/USA, Hasta maĂąana. A narrative VKRUW Ă&#x20AC;OP DERXW WKH 3XHUWR 5LFDQ FRPPXQLW\ LQ +DUWIRUG &7 3DUW RI WKH Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale sponsored by Latin American and Iberian Studies. Room 250, Loria Center, 190 York Street.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8 11:00 a.m. Jonathan DeVore, Agrarian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Works of Emancipation: Labor, Property, and Personhood in Brazil.â&#x20AC;? Part of the Spring 2016 Colloquium Series: Hinterlands, Frontiers, Cities, and States: 7UDQVDFWLRQV DQG ,GHQWLWLHV 5RRP /XFH +DOO +LOOKRXVH $YHQXH 12:00 p.m. Gyan Prakash, Princeton University, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Emergency and the Genealogies of the Postcolonial State in India.â&#x20AC;? Part of the Colloquium Series sponsored by South Asian Studies. Room 241, Rosenkranz Hall, 115 Prospect Street. 4:00 p.m. Jean Strouse, New York Public Library, â&#x20AC;&#x153;History and Imagination: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Findingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; J. Pierpont Morgan.â&#x20AC;? 7KH &+(66 $QQXDO /HFWXUH VSRQVRUHG E\ 7KH &HQWHU IRU +LVWRULFDO (QTXLU\ DQG WKH 6RFLDO 6FLHQFHV 5RRP Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue. For more information or to subscribe to receive weekly events email, please visit macmillan.yale.edu.

Dr. James Hansen, formerly director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is a professor at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, where he directs the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions. Dr. Hansenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research focuses on the causes and consequences of global climate change. His congressional testimony in the late 1980s helped raise broad awareness of climate change as a crucial issue for humanity. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine and one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy. Dr. Hansen is a model scientist who courageously communicates the policy implications of his research.

Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tea =Wednesday, April 6, 4:00 - 5:00 pm =Branford College Common Room, 74 High Street Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: Evidence that 2o C Warming Could be Dangerous =Thursday, April 7, 4:00 - 5:30 pm =KGL 123, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue Symposium on Climate Change and Health, including a conversation and Q&A with James Hansen =Friday, April 8, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm =Winslow Auditorium, School of Public Health, 60 College Street =Followed by lunch Informal discussions with students - Energy and Climate Change: How Can Justice Be Achieved for Young People? (two sessions) =Wednesday, April 6, 2:00 - 3:00 pm =LEPH 216, School of Public Health, 60 College Street =RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/YSPH-Hansen =Thursday, April 7, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm =KGL 101, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue =Includes lunch - RSVP: ycei@yale.edu

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sent Guidelines. She wrote that administrators are working to create a designated space for students to post their opinions and provide guidelines to ensure that the space is inclusive. Additionally, the school will â&#x20AC;&#x153;take steps to ensure that students and student organizations have ample opportunities to use space to engage in study, discussion, teach ins and other forms of collective speech and action.â&#x20AC;? Minowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reference to a law school policy prohibiting â&#x20AC;&#x153;[u] sing or threatening force or violenceâ&#x20AC;? struck a chord with activists, who interpreted the line as an implication that Reclaim Harvard Law members could turn violent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been deeply disgusted with the way it has felt like a dog whistle. When have we ever been violent?â&#x20AC;? Titilayo Rasaki, a second-year law student and member of Reclaim Harvard Law, said.

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ers had violated the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Protest and Dissent Guidelines.â&#x20AC;? Activists, meanwhile, took issue with administratorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rhetoric and speed of response. Sells issued a statement to the Harvard Law Record, writing â&#x20AC;&#x153;The universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and law schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to freedom of speech and academic freedom, however, requires that those who use shared space for expressive purposes must respect the rights of others to do the same, including those who disagree with them. These values of free exchange are essential to an academic community.â&#x20AC;? Late Friday morning, Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow reiterated this message in an email to law school affiliates, stating explicitly that the lounge was a communal space available to all students and removing posters is a violation of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Protest and Dis-

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ON CAMPUS MONDAY, APRIL 4 6:00 PM Environmental Film Festival at Yale: â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Treesâ&#x20AC;? & â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life of Syntropyâ&#x20AC;? Film Screenings & Panel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Trees,â&#x20AC;? directed by Brandon Kramer, follows three trainees and the director of a stimulus-funded green job-training program designed to put unemployed people back to work by planting trees in D.C. during the recession. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life in Syntropy,â&#x20AC;? directed by Dayana Andrade and Felipe Pasini, is a new short film that puts together some of the most remarkable experiences in syntropic farming, a regenerative agriculture practice that goes beyond sustainability. Edward P. Evans Hall (165 Whitney Ave.), Zhang Aud. 6:00 PM Silliman Forum with Steve Silberman. Steve Silberman has covered science and cultural affairs for WIRED and other national magazines for more than 20 years. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, TIME, Nature and Salon. He lives in San Francisco. This talk is courtesy of the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism. Silliman College (505 College St.), Common Rm.

TUESDAY, APRIL 5 3:30 PM Lecture: Commemorating Graduate Co-Education. We invite the Yale community to join us to view a new portrait of Yaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first women Ph.D.s, awarded in 1894. Celebrate this historic event for graduate co-education. Yaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to accept women would forever change academia and the course of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advancement. Sterling Memorial Library (120 High St.), Lecture Hall. 7:30 PM Jamil Smith: Question All Authority: Intersectional Journalism as a Humanizing Force. Jamil Smith is a senior national correspondent for MTV News, and former senior editor at New Republic where he was host of the magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first podcast, Intersection. He has served as a producer for MSNBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rachel Maddow Showâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Melissa Harris-Perry.â&#x20AC;? He won three Sports Emmy Awards during his six years with NFL Films. Dunham Laboratory (10 Hillhouse Ave.), Rm. 220.

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THROUGH THE LENS

ale is not about the mundane routine of waking up, going to classes and getting to meetings — Yale is about seeing changes, even those as subtle as a touch of spring. Spend an afternoon walking around campus and you will be surprised by how beautiful campus becomes when the flowers bloom. NGAN VU reports.

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JUSTIN SEARS ’16 FOUR POINTS IN ALL-STAR GAME Sears, the two-time Ivy League Player of the Year, performed in the Reese’s Division I College All-Star game on Friday. After taking the opening tip for the East squad, the senior had four points, five rebounds, one assist and a steal in 18 minutes of action.

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YALE MEN’S TENNIS BULLDOGS SWEPT OVER WEEKEND Yale opened its 2016 Ivy League season with a pair of losses on the road this weekend. The Elis fell 5–2 to Penn, receiving singles wins from Ziqi Wang ’18 and Alex Hagermoser ’17, before losing 4–1 to Princeton with a lone victory from Stefan Doehler ’18.

“The win took a lot of mental toughness from our guys. You learn a lot about your team in games like that.” MICHAEL QUINN ’16 CAPTAIN, MEN’S LACROSSE YALE DAILY NEWS · MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2016 · yaledailynews.com

Late comeback keeps No. 1 Yale perfect MEN’S LACROSSE

Yale takes division lead BY JACOB MITCHELL STAFF REPORTER Facing a pair of perennial Ivy League powers, the Yale baseball team emerged from its opening conference weekend sitting atop the Red Rolfe Division after two sweeps, one in the Elis’ favor and one against.

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Midfielder Michael Bonacci ’16 and attackman Jeff Cimbalista ’17 celebrate after a Cimbalista goal tied the score at nine. BY MATTHEW MISTER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER A historic season for the Yale men’s lacrosse team became even more memorable on Saturday, as another come-frombehind victory kept alive the best start to an Eli season since 1990. No. 1 Yale trailed Penn by five with 20 minutes remaining, but the Bulldogs rallied in the second half to win 11–10 in overtime. On a cold and rainy day at Reese Stadium, Yale (8–0, 3–0 Ivy) played one of its ugliest first halves of its season, failing to clear the ball four times in the first quarter alone. The Elis overcame the Quakers (5–4, 2–1) by cleaning up in the second half and overtime, ultimately winning thanks to two clutch goals: a tying score from midfielder Michael Keasey ’16 with just 17 seconds remaining in regulation, and the gamewinner a minute into the overtime period from attackman Ben Reeves ’18, who, despite being Yale’s lead scorer on the season, did not score a goal

until overtime. Yale escaped with a victory, its second comeback of at least five goals this season, despite never leading in the 60 minutes of regulation. “We didn’t play the cleanest game of all time,” head coach Andy Shay said. “We have an enormous amount of respect for Penn and are glad we got the win.” The cold and wet conditions led to a sloppy first half in which Yale committed 11 turnovers, the most of any first half this year, and Penn committed 10. Four different Elis contributed goals, while the Quakers capitalized on a 22–13 shot advantage to take a 7–4 lead after 30 minutes. Penn attackman Nick Doktor opened the scoring in the second half and finished the day with two goals and three assists. Attackman Simon Mathis, who scored three times on the afternoon, found the back of the net with 6:33 remaining in the third to give the Quakers a 9–4 advantage, their largest of the day.

But a change was brewing for Yale. With limited time remaining and a large margin to overcome, the defense began to press out and play more aggressively. “Urgency means everything to us,” captain and defender Michael Quinn ’16 said. “It’s something we didn’t have at all in the first half, but it needs to be a constant every week.” The Bulldogs got their first goal back with 4:29 remaining in the third when Keasey found the back of the net to end a 23-minute scoring drought for Yale. A minute later, midfielder Tyler Warner ’18, better known for his defensive play, scored his first goal of the season in transition on a feed from Reeves to make the score 9–6. A few more turnovers and a shot off the crossbar from attackman Jeff Cimbalista ’17 appeared to kill Yale’s momentum. But the Yale offense returned to some of the plays that led to early season success, especially the two-man game behind the net. Keasey took the ball behind the cage and used

a pick from Reeves to become free and distribute the ball to midfielder Eric Scott ’17, who finished to continue the Yale run. Keasey then narrowed the deficit to one on an unassisted goal with 6:54 remaining in the game. In the midst of an offensive rally for the Bulldogs, one of the most important plays came from their goalie. On a Penn clearing attempt, netminder Phil Huffard ’18 raced towards a long pass, fully extended in the air and brought the ball in to force a turnover. Capitalizing on the possession Huffard regained, attackman Cimbalista scored his second goal of the game with 4:20 left in the contest to tie the game at nine. “I read the Penn player’s eyes and knew he was panicking and out of options, so I ran across the field and tracked the ball, like a free safety would in football, and I got it back to our midfielders,” Huffard said. “I like to consider myself an SEE M. LACROSSE PAGE B3

The Bulldogs (6–17–1, 2–2 Ivy) swept the defending Ivy League champions, Columbia (7–15, 2–2), before dropping both decisions to Penn (10–12, 3–1) on Sunday. “To sweep the defending league champions at their place to open up league play was the high point of our season thus far,” designated hitter Harrison White ’17 said. “Both games were a full team effort … We showed what we could do at Columbia, but the games at Penn kept us humble and hungry for more wins.” In the first game of the weekend, the Lions held a 5–3 advantage heading into the fifth inning,

but the Elis scored five runs in the top half of the frame to take control of the contest. After an RBI groundout from first baseman Benny Wanger ’19 plated rightfielder Nate Adams ’16, White crushed a grand slam over the centerfield wall. White amassed seven RBI in the game, including a triple in the top of the seventh inning when the Bulldogs tacked on six additional insurance runs. Second baseman Simon Whiteman ’19 also contributed a threeRBI double to left-center in the inning. “I’ve never had a seven-RBI game before in my life,” White said. ”To be able to come through for my teammates in a couple of crucial situations was a thrill, not only for me personally but also in the sense that I was helping our team toward a couple of key victories.” The Bulldogs collected an impressive eight RBI with 2 outs in the league opener. Right-hander Chasen Ford SEE BASEBALL PAGE B3

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The Bulldogs were 2–0 in Ivy play following Saturday’s doubleheader against Columbia, marking the first such conference start since 2011.

Blowout win, close losses in opening weekend BY FLORA LIPSKY CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The Yale softball team began Ivy League play this weekend looking to rebound from the past few seasons with an improved conference record. Notching the best collective result against Columbia and Penn in five years is certainly not a bad place to start.

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The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 17–9 and outhit them 38–28 over the weekend.

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Yale (9–17, 2–2 Ivy) outscored its opponents 17–9 this weekend en route to a pair of split doubleheaders against Columbia (7–19, 2–2) and Penn (13–11, 2–2). The fourgame weekend featured three games decided by just one run — including two that went to extra innings — and a fourth in which Yale blew out Penn

9–0, invoking the NCAA’s mercy rule in the process. “All four games this weekend were incredibly hard fought,” center fielder Sydney Ginsberg ’18 said. “To win two of them, no matter what the score was, is such a rewarding feeling that really reflects all the hard work we have put in thus far.” The offensive ability to get baserunners home marked major strides forward in situational hitting, but still left something to be desired as 27 Bulldogs were stranded on-base over the course of the four games. Nonetheless, that issue did not keep Yale from playing competitively with its opponents, as the Bulldogs never lost by more than one run on the weekend. Yale and Columbia sparred for 17 innings in two extrainnings games, with the Elis falling to the Lions 3–2 in the first and tri-

umphing 1–0 in the second. Against Penn on Saturday, the Yale bats exploded in the 9–0 win before the Bulldogs, despite a four-run rally early on, dropped the second contest 6–5 because of a ninth-inning walkoff homer. In New York City, Yale forced extra innings by taking advantage of a Columbia error to tie the score in the top of the seventh inning. Shortstop Brittany Labbadia ’16 went 3–4 with a walk and a run scored, putting up the best individual hitting performance for the team that day. Pitcher Terra Jerpbak ’19, who tossed six innings of two-run ball, continued her recent hot streak with two hits. Together, the three Yale hurlers — Jerpbak, Francesca Casalino ’18 and Lindsay Efflandt ’17 SEE SOFTBALL PAGE B3

THE NUMBER OF SECONDS DURING WHICH THE NO. 1 YALE MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM LED IN ITS 11–10 OVERTIME VICTORY OVER PENN ON SATURDAY. The Bulldogs, who trailed by as many as five goals, did not take a lead until a sudden-death game-winner from attackman Ben Reeves ’18.

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Elis beat No. 69 Penn, fall to No. 59 Princeton TENNIS FROM PAGE B4 ers in the singles matches, racking up wins in each of the top four matches en route to the 4–3 match victory. Li and three other upperclassmen — Madeleine Hamilton ’16, Tina Jiang ’17 and Sherry Li ’17 — combined to lose just one singles set, sealing the deal for the Bulldogs at the top of the lineup. Hamilton won the No. 1 match by a score of 6–4, 6–4, and Jiang overcame a 4–1 firstset deficit to take the No. 2 match 6–4, 6–1. Ree Ree Li and Sherry Li both outlasted their Penn opponents by winning tiebreakers in their decisive sets, winning the No. 3 and No. 4 matches 6–2, 7–6(6) and 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(5), respectively. No. 5 Courtney Amos ’16 and No. 6 Valerie Shklover ’18 fell in two and three sets, respectively, marking the lone two singles losses for Yale in the match. With Friday’s successes, the four top Bulldogs brought their combined career singles record against the Quakers to a lopsided 10–2. “Our upperclassmen proved that experience paid off in playing under tremendous pressure to rebound after losing the doubles point,” Carol Finke ’18 said. “All four battled throughout their matches and competed against a very strong and competent Penn squad.” Saturday’s match against Princeton followed nearly the opposite storyline. With Princeton’s nationally ranked doubles duo of senior Amanda Muliawan and sophomore Katrine Stef-

fensen playing with different partners, the Elis seized the doubles point by winning two of the three sets. Hamilton’s and Jiang’s narrow 7–6(4) victory in the third and final set sent Yale to the singles matches with palpable energy in the CullmanHeyman Tennis Center on its side. Howeve r, P r i n ce to n quickly regained momentum against the Elis, winning the opening set in five of the six singles matches. Despite a 7–5, 2–6, 6–1 victory by Finke in the No. 6 singles match, the Tigers took care of business elsewhere in the lineup. Princeton dropped just one set against Yale’s top five singles players, a 2–6 second-set loss by freshman Nicole Kalhorn at the hands of Amos, to win the match 5–2. “I think that we got a little too relaxed after the doubles point and didn’t carry that energy over into our singles matches,” Elizabeth Zordani ’18 said. “I’m hoping that we’ll be doing a lot of point play in practice [this week] so we can work on our strategies, improve our strengths and work on our weaknesses to be 100 percent next weekend.” With the weekend split, Yale sits in a three-way tie with Dartmouth and Brown for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Bulldogs will look to retain their position in the Ancient Eight as they travel to Columbia and Cornell next weekend. Contact MATTHEW STOCK at matthew.stock@yale.edu .

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No. 1 Madeleine Hamilton ’16 defeated her Penn opponent 6–4, 6–4 as part of Yale’s 4–3 win.

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Albany deals Elis home loss W. LACROSSE FROM PAGE B4 goals immediately following Zinsner’s goal to double the lead, putting Yale behind by four with less than eight minutes remaining in the first half. Yale, whose 2–1 Ivy record currently places it in a tie with Harvard for third in the conference, then ushered in a two-goal run of its own — including a goal and an assist from McEvoy — before the Great Danes answered with back-to-back goals yet again to carry an 8–4 lead into the locker room. McEvoy opened the second half with a free-position score less than two minutes into the period, before Albany unleashed its fourth multigoal spurt, in a set of two again, to extend the lead to 10–5. The two teams traded goals until the score was 11–7 with just over five minutes remaining in the contest. Yale managed one more shot attempt over the next three-plus minutes before Albany closed the door once and for all with one last two-goal burst over the final

minute and a half. The peripheral statistics paint a similar story to the final 13–7 scoreline. The Great Danes sent 22 shots to the Elis’ 16, in addition to earning two more draw controls, committing two fewer turnovers and saving three more shots. Yale goalie Sydney Marks ’18, coming off of her best performance as a Bulldog, a 15-save outing in Yale’s 10–9 victory over Columbia last week, made five saves in the defeat. “The hustle was certainly there for most of the game, but I just don’t think we played like we wanted to win if that makes sense,” Marks said. “Of course we want to win, that’s a given in sports, but that internal drive was lacking just a tad … I feel like we just weren’t able to make the adjustments we needed to make when things started going south.” The Elis play again on short rest this Wednesday, at home, against Boston College at 4 p.m. Contact KEVIN BENDESKY at kevin.bendesky@yale.edu .

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The Yale women’s crew handily defeated Cornell in five races on the Housatonic River this weekend. CREW FROM PAGE B4 Cornell on Saturday to retain the Cayuga Cup, which it has not lost since 2012. Each boat ultimately rowed to lopsided victories against the Big Red, cementing the team’s place as a top five team in the nation. “It was a great day of racing for Yale,” captain Colleen Maher ’16 said. “I think each crew was pleased to come away with decisive margins, but we can always find something to improve upon in our next race.” Despite the rain and cold, the Bulldogs raced extremely well and their average margin of victory was 15.2 seconds. The most significant win was earned by the first varsity eight, which crossed the finish line 17.9 seconds ahead of Cornell. The second varsity eight and first varsity four had similar margins of victory, best-

ing the Big Red 6:32.4 to 6:49.5 and 7:04.2 to 7:21.4. The varsity four’s victory meant that the boat maintained its distinction as the only women’s boat undefeated thus far in the spring. The third varsity eight and second varsity four continued Yale’s dominance, winning by margins of 9.4 and 14.3 seconds, respectively. The No. 5 women will remain on the Housatonic River next Saturday when they race Boston University and Dartmouth for the Class of 1985 Cup, an event the Bulldogs swept last season, winning the five races by an average of 34 seconds.

LIGHTWEIGHTS TOP NAVY IN NEW JERSEY

The No. 4 lightweight crew opened its season in the Johnson Cup against No. 8 Navy on Saturday. The Bulldogs dropped just one race in Lake

Carnegie, New Jersey, coming away with wins in the first, second and third varsity eight boats. “Racing for the Johnson Cup against Navy is always a challenging competition for us,” head coach Andrew Card said. “First, because it’s Navy, and they race hard and tough, always. Second, it’s our first and only same-day travel and race, which can present some obstacles logistically as well as with conditions and on-land preparation. But the guys handled it well, and we were happy to take three out of four races. We were not happy to lose the 4V race.” Racing began in the late afternoon with the fourth varsity four. Navy started strong and carried its lead throughout the entire race, ultimately outpacing Yale by 9.2 seconds, 6:09.2 to 6:18.4. The Bull-

dogs then swept the remaining races, winning the third varsity four by 4.1 seconds, the second varsity four by 8.4 seconds and the first varsity four by 11.4 seconds. The win in the first varsity four gave Yale the Johnson Cup for the seventh year in a row. “It’s important to start the season out right, and I think we did that,” captain Austin Velte ’16 said. “Our goal is always to have each boat reach its peak speed by the end of the season. So far, we’ve set ourselves up well, we just need to keep the pedal down.” The lightweights next race MIT and Georgetown for the Joy Cup on Saturday in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a competition the Bulldogs have won 36 consecutive times. Contact LISA QIAN at lisa.qian@yale.edu .

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Yale’s final nonconference test comes on Wednesday versus Boston College at Reese Stadium.

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No. 1 Yale erases five-goal deficit PERFECTION AIN’T EASY CHARTING YALE’S COMEBACK VICTORY

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Attackman Ben Reeves ’18, who previously had not scored in the game, scores 1:01 into overtime to give Yale its first lead — and the 11–10 win.

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With just 17 seconds remaining and Yale on the man-up, Yale midfielder Michael Keasey ’16 scores his fourth goal of the game to tie the score at 10.

Penn attackman Simon Mathias scores a man-up goal to put the Quakers up 9–4, their largest lead of the game.

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Midfielder Michael Keasey ’16 led Yale with four goals, the last of which tied the game with 17 seconds remaining in regulation. M. LACROSSE FROM PAGE B1 active goalie outside of the net. I pride myself in my stick skills and lacrosse IQ.” Penn midfielder Reilly Hupfeldt scored a little over a minute later to return the lead to his team, and the Quakers won the next faceoff and attempted to kill off the clock for the remainder of the game. The Quakers were nearly successful, until a timeout with 1:09 remaining allowed the Yale defense to double-team Penn’s ball carrier and force a turnover. Long-stick midfielder Robert

Mooney ’19 picked up the ground ball and gave the Bulldogs one final attempt to equalize. A penalty by Penn defender Kevin Gayhardt caused a man advantage for the Yale offense, and although the Bulldogs entered the game scoring on only 21 percent of their man-up opportunities — 64th among 68 Division I teams — Keasey found the net from distance to tie the game with 17 seconds remaining, finishing the day with a gamehigh four goals. “We’ve struggled a bit on extra-man opportunities this year, and with the game on the

Yale begins Ivy play 2–2 SOFTBALL FROM PAGE B1 — allowed only three runs on Friday. Columbia’s best hitters this season, first baseman Kelly Cook and second baseman Taylor Troutt, were held to just one hit combined. The strongest pitching performance of the day came from Efflandt, who stunned Columbia in an eight-inning pitchers’ duel with the Lions’ Tessa Kroll. The junior held off the Lions long enough for left fielder Shelby Kennedy ’19 to drive in pinch runner Allie Souza ’16 during the top of the eighth inning, ultimately winning the game for Yale. “There’s definitely an extra level of intensity [in extra innings] that is forced upon you, but that’s the kind of intensity you should feel every inning,” Efflandt said. “It should feel no different and I don’t think it really did in that case.” Perhaps the most impressive game of the weekend was the first of Yale’s two games against Penn, four-time consecutive South Division Ivy League Champion. The Bulldogs runruled Penn with a stunning ninerun margin of victory, marking the Bulldogs’ most decisive win since 2014. The NCAA’s run rule, or mercy rule, comes into effect when one team leads another by at least eight runs after five innings, and it took Yale just that number of frames to build its insurmountable lead. Jerpbak tossed a completegame shutout, and hits for the Bulldogs came from all parts of the lineup. Kennedy went 3–4 with two runs scored and an RBI while Ginsberg, her fellow outfielder, also scored two runs and had an RBI on 2–2 hitting at the plate. Jerpbak had two hits, scored a run and drove in one while striking out five over the

course of her pitching outing. Most of the damage was done in the third inning off of Penn ace pitcher Alexis Sargent, who entered Ivy play with a 0.93 earned run average. After a loss against Brown and an even more severe bombardment from Yale, Sargent’s earned run average now sits at 1.68, which still leads the Ivy League, despite being significantly increased from last week. The last of the four games played on the trip was a loss, but not without a fight from Yale. Following a five-run third inning for the Quakers off Efflandt, the Bulldogs rallied from a 5–1 deficit to knot the score in the sixth inning. The Bulldogs outhit the Quakers 12–11, but could not maintain the tie. Star Penn right fielder Leah Allen added to her league-leading RBI total by knocking in the final run of the game to clinch the victory over Yale. The pair of wins for the Bulldogs helped them remain competitive in the Ivy League North Division. Only Dartmouth (15– 9, 4–0) has an in-conference winning percentage higher than 0.500, and Yale sits two games back. “While it is not necessarily more satisfying to succeed against in-conference teams, it is definitely a different type of rewarding,” Kennedy said. “We are always looking to succeed regardless of who we are playing, but finding success against in-conference teams is the true measure of the team that we have become.” Yale will return home to fight Army in a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Contact FLORA LIPSKY at flora.lipsky@yale.edu .

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line we kept talking about being patient and trusting that our play would work,” Keasey said. “I saw an opportunity and was able to capitalize.” In overtime, the Quakers won the opening faceoff, but defender Christopher Keating ’17 forced a turnover, his sixth caused turnover of the game, that returned the ball to the Yale offense with a chance to win the game. On the final possession Reeves drove from behind, attacking the goalie’s left side and burying the ball in the net for the victory. The sophomore finished with just one goal, a season low, but a team-

high three assists. Much of Yale’s success late in the game came from cleaning up the careless turnovers that characterized the first half. The Bulldogs successfully cleared all 12 opportunities in the second half and overtime while turning the ball over just six times. The Bulldogs have now beaten a second-straight Ivy League opponent by a score of 11–10. The first such win came against Princeton, which fell 19–8 to No. 3 Brown on Saturday. “The win took a lot of mental toughness from our guys,” Quinn said. “You learn a lot about your

team in games like that.” Despite the victory, the Bulldogs lost the battle at the faceoff X, where they won possession on just seven of 25 attempts. Yale has struggled facing off all year, winning 46 percent of draws — a lower mark than all but one of the other Inside Lacrosse Top 20. The poor performance from the faceoff X is particularly concerning for the Bulldogs because Penn came into the game winning just 36 percent of its attempts. Yale will have multiple games to improve in the next week, hosting Sacred Heart on Tuesday and battling Dartmouth in Hanover,

New Hampshire on Saturday. “Midweek games pose a big challenge because there’s less time to prepare,” Quinn said. “Coming off a big game where a lot of guys went pretty hard and are tired, it’s going to be critical to focus on Monday and well-prepared for Tuesday night. That’s the only thing we’re focused on right now: Sacred Heart and nothing else.” Tuesday’s game against the Pioneers will begin at Reese Stadium at 7 p.m. Contact MATTHEW MISTER at matthew.mister@yale.edu .

Tale of two sweeps BASEBALL FROM PAGE B1 ’17 went the distance on the mound in the seven-inning affair, allowing five runs while striking out seven to pick up his second win of the season. Though Ford gave up nine hits, three home runs produced all five Lions runs. Yale staved off Columbia in the late game on Saturday to move the Bulldogs to 2–0 in league play for the first time since 2011 in a game that required extra innings. Righty Mason Kukowski ’18 tossed 6.2 innings with five strikeouts and four earned runs, while Griffin Dey ’19 picked up the win after finishing the final three innings. With a 7–6 Yale lead entering the bottom of the ninth inning, Columbia rallied to notch a run and extend the game, but the Bulldogs countered immediately in the top of the 10th inning with two runs of their own. Adams, who went 3–5 and scored two runs in the first game, drove in the winning runs with a double to right field that scored shortstop Tom O’Neill ’16 and catcher Andrew Herrera ’17. The late-game heroics capped a memorable return to the lineup for Adams, who leads the team with a 0.409 average. Saturday’s doubleheader featured Adams in the lineup for the first time in 10 games, as he was recovering from a hamstring injury. “I really wanted to get back pretty badly,” Adams said. “Watching from the sidelines isn’t quite as fun so being back and playing again was amazing. Getting the opportunity to come up in a big situation like that was just a lot of fun. Luckily, we got to pull it off.” At Penn on Sunday, the Bulldogs and the Quakers were locked in a pitching duel in the early matchup. Right-hander Scott Politz

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Yale’s pitching staff allowed 11 home runs in four games over the weekend but still managed a 2–2 record. ’19, who tossed a one-hit shutout in his last start against Holy Cross, went the distance, allowing three earned runs over six innings, but was ultimately the hard-luck loser in a 3–2 final. Penn’s Billy Lescher also threw a complete game, moving to 4-0 with the victory, while striking out 10 Yale batters and surrendering just two earned runs on five hits. “I wanted to do my part for the team, which is limit runs scored to the best of my ability to give our offense the best change to out-hit the opponent,” Politz said. “We didn’t happen to score as much today as the two previous games, but that’s baseball and we will move on to Princeton next weekend.” The Elis took an early 2–1 lead in the second inning, behind an RBI double to left field from Herrera and a run-

scoring single from O’Neill. Penn rallied in the fourth, however, as a single and pair of walks loaded the bases before second baseman Matt Tola put the Quakers ahead with a tworun single. Yale went down one-twothree in the fifth and seventh innings. In the sixth, however, an Eli reached scoring position twice but the Bulldogs could not cash in on the opportunity either time, sealing the 3–2 Penn victory. In the final game of the weekend, left-hander Kumar Nambiar ’19 became the second Yale freshman of the day to start on the mound. The Quakers rudely welcomed the southpaw to Ivy play as Penn opened the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back solo home runs. Nambiar lasted just 2.1 innings after giving up seven earned runs, and eight

total, though the remaining Eli hurlers did not fare much better in the fourth game of the weekend, which ended 19–3 in Penn’s favor. Penn leadoff hitter and centerfielder Gary Tesch, who leads all qualified Ivy League hitters with a 0.388 batting average, totaled six RBI in the offensive outburst. Tesch cranked two home runs against the Bulldogs, two of six homers on the day for the Quakers. The Quakers now lead the Ancient Eight with 15 fourbaggers, in 22 games played. The Elis will return to Yale Field on Wednesday for a doubleheader with nonconference foe Fairfield before gearing up for another four-game Ivy League weekend, against Princeton and Cornell. Contact JACOB MITCHELL at jacob.mitchell@yale.edu .

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Yale crews excel

Split weekend features upset win WOMEN’S TENNIS

BY LISA QIAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER All three Yale crews demonstrated why they are among the nation’s best boats, with each claiming a victory in its respective cups this past weekend.

CREW Across the country in San Diego, the heavyweight varsity eight came away with a commanding victory over a field dotted with top-20 competitors. Back on the east coast on Yale’s Housatonic River, the women’s team swept its weekend of action, dominating Cornell. Meanwhile, the lightweight team started its season off on a strong foot, nearly completing a clean sweep of its own against Navy.

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The heavyweight crew emphatically backed up its No. 1 ranking in the latest USRowing Coaches poll, easily winning the Copley Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic on Sunday. Against seven other boats, including four top-20 programs — Cal, Stanford, Oregon State and Michigan — the Bulldogs were in a class of their own, pulling away from the field and building a commanding lead by the halfway mark. Their time of 5:58.76 easily beat their closest competition, Cal, by two lengths as Yale was the only sub-sixminute boat. “We really executed well from the first

stroke to the very end,” captain Hubert Trzybinski ’16 said. “We were able to get ahead of Cal pretty much from the start and then after 500 to 800 meters, we had strong calls and pushes that really helped get water and distance between us and Cal.” The senior added that the team enjoyed the opportunity to race against West Coast teams, which it normally does not get the chance to do until the national championships. The first varsity eight also won its qualifying heat on Saturday, beating Drexel by six seconds. The only other Yale team to travel to San Diego was the second varsity eight, which placed second in the grand finale, behind Cal. Although the boat had a difficult start, it was able to make up significant time in the second half, losing by just under three seconds. Trzybinski said the second varsity boat would look to improve its starting sequence in coming weeks but added that he was pleased in general with the boat speed of the second varsity, which is indicative of the team’s depth as a whole. On Saturday, the heavyweights will race Dartmouth at home for the Olympic Axe, a cup Yale has claimed for 12 consecutive seasons.

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No. 4 Sherry Li ’17 contributed a necessary singles win on Friday against Penn. BY MATTHEW STOCK CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Opening conference play by facing ranked opponents on back-toback days for the first time this season, the Yale women’s tennis team emerged with an upset victory as well as its first loss of the 2016 Ivy League campaign. Continuing trends of recent years, the Bulldogs (7–9, 1–1 Ivy) defeated No. 69 Penn (8–7, 1–2 Ivy), 4–3, on

Friday for a ninth consecutive season before falling 5–2 to No. 59 Princeton (10–8, 2–1 Ivy) the following day for the third time in as many seasons. Despite the loss to the Tigers rounding out the weekend, the Elis stressed their confidence in competing for Yale’s first Ivy League title since 2013. “We showed our strength, unity and fight against Penn and also the areas that we need to improve on in our match against Princeton,” captain Ree Ree Li ’16 said. “This weekend is

only going to make us stronger and better for the upcoming matches. We still have a fighting chance to win the Ivies, and I know that we can do it.” The Bulldogs began with a slow start against Penn in their conference opener, dropping the doubles point for the first time since their match against No. 40 Syracuse nearly two months ago. However, the Elis rebounded by dominating the QuakSEE TENNIS PAGE B2

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The Yale lightweight crew defeated the United States Naval Academy in three of four races this weekend.

Albany snaps Yale win streak BY KEVIN BENDESKY STAFF REPORTER Entering Saturday afternoon undefeated at home and riding a three-game win streak, the Yale women’s lacrosse team could not extend either mark.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE The Bulldogs (5–5, 2–1 Ivy) fell 13–7 to Albany (5–3, 1–0 America East) despite a four-goal and two-assist performance from attacker Tess McEvoy ’17. The Great Danes captured an early three-goal lead in the first half, and held Yale at arm’s length the rest of the way en route to dealing the Elis their first loss since March 8. “Albany is a great team,” said head coach Erica LaGrow, whose team is now 4–1 at home. “They executed well and took us out of our game plan. I don’t feel it was our best performance but playing strong nonconference teams will prepare us for our Ivy opponents.” Off an assist from McEvoy, Yale attacker Amanda Bosland ’19 was the first to register a tally on the scoreboard. But the brief lead turned out to be Yale’s only advantage of the chilly New Haven afternoon. Three minutes and one second later, Albany knotted the game at one. Over the ensuing six minutes, the Great Danes built an early cushion, scoring three more goals — one of which came from the stick of Dakotah Savitcheff, the nation’s fifth leading goal scorer — to build an early cushion. Savitcheff scored two more goals

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Despite the loss on Saturday to nonconference foe Albany, the Bulldogs still possess a 4–1 record at home. thereafter to lead her team. Bulldog attacker Addie Zinsner ’19 shrunk the lead to two on an unassisted effort, but that differential would be as close to equalizing the score as Yale would get

for the rest of the game. McEvoy tried valiantly to keep her team in the game, scoring or assisting on six of the Bulldogs’ seven goals. But her effort, including taking six of Yale’s 15

shots on goal, was not enough to overcome the proficiency of Albany’s attack. “I’ve been so impressed with Tess’s play this season,” defender and captain Kate Walker ’16 said.

“She’s been really, really stepping up in all of our games, taking control of the offense and playing with a lot of poise. When the ball is in her stick and she’s driving to the cage, she is truly an unstop-

pable force. Our game against Albany was a prime example of that.” Albany notched two more SEE W. LACROSSE PAGE B2