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residents headed to the polls to cast ballots in the state’s Democratic and Republican primary elections yesterday. Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders defeated opponent Hillary Clinton LAW ’73. On the GOP side, Sen. Ted Cruz earned an unexpected victory over frontrunner Donald Trump. Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich placed a far third. The Connecticut primary election will be held on April 26.
Scandal in the sixties. Yale Journalism Initiative Director Mark Oppenheimer ’96 GRD ’03 wrote about a 57-yearold Yale sex scandal for Tablet magazine. The case concerns Suzi, a 14-year-old New Haven girl who had sexual relations with several Yale students in 1959 and 1960. Oppenheimer commented on how campus has changed, saying “It was not a paramount concern that the men who had received oral sex from an adolescent be prosecuted or even shamed.” Weed make so much money.
Connecticut advocates for the legalization of marijuana stood outside the Hartford legislative building with a new argument yesterday. Legalization supporters presented a fiscal argument, citing that Colorado made $135 million in tax revenue last year after legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational use.
Record breakers. The UConn women’s basketball team defeated Syracuse 82–51 in the NCAA championship game, becoming the first team to win four straight national titles. The Huskies’ success over the past four years is in large part due to the performance of star senior Breanna Stewart. Stewart had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in yesterday’s contest. Canada goose. The Yale Genocide Studies Program hosts Romeo Dallaire, a retired Canadian lieutenantgeneral, to lecture on atrocity prevention at 7 p.m. in LC 102. Dallaire is a humanitarian and the author of two books about his social work in Rwanda. 50 Most Influential. The Yale Center for Faith and Culture will host a conversation with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf — dubbed “the most influential Islamic scholar in the Western world” by the New Yorker — at 7:30 p.m. in Battell Chapel. Like the cool kids. The Lesbian
Filmmakers at Yale will host a screening of Annette Bening and Julianne Moore’s 2010 film “The Kids Are All Right” at the Whitney Humanities Center at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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First female Ph.D.s memorialized BY SARAH STEIN STAFF REPORTER Something is different about the newest painting hanging in Sterling Memorial Library: The subjects are women. On Tuesday, a portrait of women was placed in the nave for the first time — a historic event witnessed by more than 100 members of the Yale community. After years of research and planning, the nave is now home to a portrait of the first women to earn Ph.D.s from Yale. The Women Faculty Forum’s “portrait project,” an initiative started in 2009 to honor the first seven females to receive Ph.D.s in 1894, culminated in the presentation of the portrait before an audience of over 100. The WFF organized a national competition to select an artist, and Brenda Zlamany of Brooklyn was selected from four finalists. The seven women in the portrait — Elizabeth Deering Hanscom, Margaretta Palmer, Charlotte Fitch Roberts, Cornelia H.B. Rogers, Sara Bulkley Rogers, Mary Augusta Scott and Laura Johnson Wylie — earned their degrees in a variety of disciplines ranging from English to history to mathematics to chemistry. The unveiling of the portrait also comes amidst broader campus debates about visual representations of females and racial minorities on campus. “We are just so thrilled,” Laura Wexler, co-chair of WFF and a professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality
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degrees” and finding careers at a time when most women filled conventional marital roles. Attendees at the unveiling
As the Yale Corporation continues to deliberate campus naming issues, Harvard and Princeton have resolved theirs. Naming controversies have again dominated campus discussions at Yale’s peer universities this semester, as Harvard and Princeton recently took opposite actions in response to student activists’ demands to replace or rename racially fraught symbols on campus. The Yale Corporation, however, has stayed silent on the potential renaming of Calhoun College and the title of residential college master. On April 4, Princeton’s Board of Trustees announced its decision to retain the names of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Wilson College despite student activists’ calls to rename the program and building, citing Wilson’s racist views. Last month, the Harvard Corporation accepted the proposal of a committee composed of law school community members to remove and replace the law school’s seal, which formerly featured the crest of an 18th-century slaveholding family that endowed the first law professorship at the university. Noting the passion associated with nam-
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A portrait of the first seven females to receive Ph.D.s was unveiled in Sterling yesterday. Studies, told the News. “I think this is going to be one of the new favorite portraits at Yale.” Wexler called the women “brilliant rebels” for facing “the barrier against women obtaining advanced
DeLauro promotes wage theft reform BY MICHELLE LIU STAFF REPORTER Brothers Axel and Henry Tubac were working at Presidential Marble & Granite in Hamden when they stopped receiving paychecks for six straight weeks last year. After Axel Tubac asked his boss about the missing pay, he was instructed to keep installing kitchens.
“It was just a nightmare,” Axel Tubac told U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Tuesday afternoon. DeLauro is one of three Democrats in Congress who have introduced the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act this legislative session. In a round table held Tuesday at the offices of the New Haven Legal Assistance Association,
CS town hall addresses diversity BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI AND VICTOR WANG STAFF REPORTERS Nearly 50 students and computer science faculty members gathered at Arthur K. Watson Hall Tuesday to discuss the department’s current state regarding diversity of faculty, resources available to students and potential ways to improve moving forward. Computer science professor Holly Rushmeier approached the student organization FloatYale, which supports women in computer science on campus, to ask for help organizing and hosting the event, Float President Payal Modi ’17 said. Attendees were encouraged to ask questions or submit them anonymously through an online form. The event’s discussion, which was led by FloatYale organizers, largely focused on the recruitment of diverse faculty members and students, and also included topics such as making classroom material more accessible for those less experienced at coding and fostering a more inclusive culture for both racial and gender minorities in the department. “We hope to open up a dialogue about something that has been a quiet struggle for under-
represented students in the department,” Float events chair Saran Morgan ’18 said to the News. “There’s a certain level of miscommunication between students and professors that we hope starts to dispel. In the long run, we’d like to see increased transparency and increased active support for minority students in the major, which can take many forms.” The town hall-style discussion addressed a wide range of concerns and inquiries about gender and racial diversity at the department’s various levels. Students highlighted the small number of women in the major — of the 119 computer science majors at Yale last year, about 100 were male students. Attendees agreed that many male students often collaborate with each other and not female students, which helps perpetuate a “bro culture.” Female students said they sometimes feel uncomfortable in this type of environment, making them hesitant to ask questions during peer tutoring sessions. “Whenever there is a study group with both guys and girls, the girl’s contribution will be ignored in favor of a guy that says SEE DIVERSITY PAGE 4
DeLauro spoke on the merits of the bill and heard from community activists and LAA lawyers on how the bill would affect local workers. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce March 16. It would combat what DeLauro described as “a serious problem nationwide” — one she said is illustrated by “staggering”
statistics, including the aggregate $1.7 billion lost by workers in New York and California due to wage theft in 2011, according to a study commissioned by the federal Department of Labor in 2014. “Those who violate employee rights need to be held accountable,” DeLauro said. “Our federal laws need to address the inequality that exists.”
Under current federal law, employees can only reclaim stolen wages at the rate of $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum wage level. Workers making $9.00 an hour, then, lose a significant portion of their wages, DeLauro explained. Enforced by the Department of Labor, the bill would require employers to pay SEE DELAURO PAGE 6
Lyon ’17 signs with Flyers
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Lyon finished his college career with a 0.931 save percentage, tied for eighth in NCAA history. BY HOPE ALLCHIN STAFF REPORTER Yale men’s hockey goaltender Alex Lyon ’17, the most decorated netminder in program history, has signed an entry-level NHL contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, becoming the first Bulldog to leave Yale early for the pros in more than a decade. After 93 games in the Yale uniform, the undrafted free agent had reportedly decided to end his college hockey career by early last week,
after receiving heavy interest or offers from at least 12 NHL franchises. “[Lyon] has positively affected every Yale hockey player for the last three years and we could not be happier for him,” captain Mitch Witek ’16 said. “While I am sure it will be difficult to leave behind some of his best friends, everyone understands and is wishing him the best possible professional career. After two years as the best goalie in college hockey, it was time to tackle
the next challenge.” Sportsnet reported Saturday night that the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers were among the favorites to sign Lyon, and the Calgary Flames were also rumored to have extended an offer. Rumors of the Flyers’ interest in Lyon did not surface until Tuesday, the day he signed. According to the NHL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, entry-level contracts for a player of Lyon’s age, 23, SEE HOCKEY PAGE 6
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he Robert Kiphuth Memorial Exhibition Pool, also known as the exhibition pool (or the ex-pool, for the cool), in Payne Whitney Gymnasium is named after Bob Kiphuth, the winningest coach in Yale swim history. Bob Kiphuth coached Yale Swimming for 41 years, with a lifetime record of 528–12. The eponymous stadium was built in 1932 and is absolutely gorgeous. For anyone who has ever been lucky enough to watch a race there (or even better, swim there), the pool is special. The sixlane, 25-yard pool is surrounded by large, steep stands that harken back to the glory days when the Yale men’s swimming and diving team drew crowds that could fill the 2,000-plus seats. The wooden stands are beautiful and the acoustics mean that the stadium roars and fills the crowd with excitement even when races are not well attended — which unfortunately has become the norm. The stands are sparsely populated on even the best days.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT YALE’S SWIM FACILITIES ARE NOT ON PAR WITH OUR PEERS OR THAT YALE AQUATIC ATHLETICS DOES NOT ATTRACT THE KIND OF CROWDS THAT JUSTIFY THE SIZE OF KIPHUTH STADIUM By today’s standards Kiphuth is a dinosaur. Most of the universities Yale competes against have full-on swim facilities with several Olympic-sized pools (50 meters in length, with eight lanes) on the same floor. Yale is due for a similar upgrade. Although we do ourselves sport the thirdfloor pool, which fits the functional bill, Kiphuth, taking up lots of space and delivering very little in value, is on the chopping block. The pool seems unjustifiably archaic and may well be hurting the swim program.
For this reason, Yale recently announced plans to renovate Kiphuth. Because the pools at Yale are open to the public, not just athletes, the University will not build a separate swim complex out by the Yale Bowl. Instead, the renovations and construction will come at a higher cost but deliver value to the broader community of Yale students and New Haven residents, who have daily openswim hours. Kiphuth pool and stadium will be replaced with a more justifiable use of space; there will be an expansion of the pool to eight or ten 50-meter lanes, and stadium will shrink to make room for the ever-expanding needs of Yalies. In 1963, a similar demolition took place. New York’s Penn Station, which used to rival Grand Central in grandeur and beauty, sold its air rights, claiming that the prohibitive costs of maintenance outweighed the intangible benefits of its beauty. While a small protest was had, ultimately the demolition proceeded. To quote a preeminent Yale architecture professor, Vincent Scully, on the change at Penn: “One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat.” I fear the same will happen with Kiphuth. There is no question that Yale’s swim facilities are not on par with our peers or that Yale Aquatic Athletics does not attract the kind of crowds that justify the size of Kiphuth stadium. That said, we should be cautious about sacrificing beauty and tradition in the name of progress. Largely in response to the destruction of Penn Station, New York City began implementing a system of designating historic landmarks. These landmarks meant that New Yorkers would not lose out on further pieces of beauty and significance. Universities are places that pride themselves on the intangibles: reputation, prestige, tradition and history. We should be sure that we don’t trade the tradition and beauty of Kiphuth for the needs of today without weighing what we will be losing. It’s obvious that in order to do what is best for Yale and Yale swimming, we need to upgrade our facilities to allow our team to recruit and compete at the highest of levels. Still, I hope that the solution to the problem can preserve the character and history of Kiphuth while at the same time allowing Yale to compete in the 21st century. Kiphuth should be preserved and the construction of new pools to augment rather than replace it should be prioritized.
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I BELIEVE THAT YALE’S CULTURE OF COMPLAINING HAS LED TO A DANGEROUS LOSS OF GRATITUDE While complaining and protest can play a positive role in shaping our University, it too often seems that students lack an appreciation for this wonderful institution. I believe that Yale’s culture of complaining has led to a dangerous loss of gratitude. When I found out I had been accepted to Yale, I was ecstatic. All of my hard work and perseverance had paid off. I remember calling my mom and hearing her
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cry over the phone. I remember feeling absolute bliss for the next several months as I knew everything was going to be okay. Above all, I remember feeling grateful. I hadn’t chosen Yale; Yale chose me. Yale chose all of us. As a low-income student, I have been given a chance at true social mobility. I receive almost a quarter of a million dollars in financial aid to attend this school. I eat free, lavish meals in upwards of twelve ornate dining halls. I hear countless superb speakers and performances every week. My largest class size is twelve students. I have community support everywhere I turn, from my suitemates to my freshman counselor to my residential college. Every resource is at my disposal. Every connection is an email away. I live in a castle. Maybe my experience at Yale seems perfect because I’ve been lucky. Maybe I overlook Yale’s faults because I have never experienced life like this before. Maybe I’m overly optimistic. Or maybe I’m still grateful. Soon, the class of 2019 will join the jaded ranks of upperclassmen. After our first semester, we acclimate. We get used to hearing Beatles’ songs played over Harkness Tower. We get used to Paul Simon and UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, coming to speak in the same week. We get used to having astounding professors, small class sizes and every opportu-
nity in the world at our fingertips. We come to expect perfection. So, when there are gaps in that perfection, we rebel. We critique the University through every forum we can, be it protests, Facebook rants or columns in the News. We characterize Yale as a tradition that was not created for all of us. As a student of high financial need, I am constantly reminded of the many ways that I am being “oppressed” at Yale. I am told that I am at a disadvantage to other, wealthier students because I have to work a job to pay a small student income contribution. I am told that I have less access to Yale’s opportunities than students from more privileged backgrounds. I am told that Yale thinks I am worth less than others. I challenge this notion. I believe that I am more privileged than my wealthy classmates. My privilege lies in my gratitude. Even when it’s snowing in April and I did poorly on a Chinese test and I have four hundred pages of reading to do, I’m still grateful. I remind myself of how lucky I am to be at this wonderful University, and I feel happy again. In a few weeks, hundreds of excited, newly admitted members of the class of 2020 will visit Yale at Bulldog Days. Some will be from the United States, others from across the world. They will be interested in everything from politics to biology,
from a cappella to journalism. Most of them will be nervous; several will be overconfident. Yet, as diverse as this incoming class is, they will all have one trait in common: gratitude. I suggest we renew our initial spirit of appreciation. Yalies should make a conscious effort to maintain an ethos of gratitude while they are here. When we give in to a culture of complaining, we lose sight of why we wanted to go to Yale in the first place. Furthermore, we risk losing the capacity for productive change. John Milton once wrote that “gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” Many political theorists, philosophers and theologians have argued that gratitude leads to greater happiness, well-being and productivity. Why is it that struggling community college students often seem more grateful for their opportunities than Yale students, who are almost assured success? Everyone, regardless of background, is able to express gratitude. I’m not saying that it’s always wrong to complain, or that all Yalies are ungrateful. But the reality is that we have it pretty damn good here at Yale. Let’s start acting like it. LELAND STANGE is a freshman in Ezra Stiles College. Contact him at leland.stange@yale.edu .
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love Yale. These words are rarely written in op-eds or overheard across campus. Instead, I hear complaining. We complain about minutia — class, life and laundry service. We also complain about greater issues, such as race, gender, sexual assault and free speech. We use words like “privileged,” “cognitive dissonance,” “oppression” and “systemic” to describe many of the problems we encounter at Yale.
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ast year, the Yale College Council and Yale’s various student publications joined together to pioneer a new tradition, the YCC Correspondents’ Dinner. Conceived in the mind of Marissa Medansky ’15 as a spoof of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the event was designed to celebrate Yale’s student government and media in a night of good cheer. The inaugural edition was ebullient, and this Saturday the YCC will come back for round two in what promises to be a great success. In the aftermath of last year’s lavish gala, Marissa took to the pages of the News to opine on its true meaning. Dubbing it a “rehearsal dinner,” she argued that the underlying subtext of the event was “the uncanny, uncomfortable, unrelenting sense that all of us are just here to rehearse” (“Rehearsal Dinner,” April 10, 2015). Marissa is my good friend and her column was very thoughtful, but I sure hope she’s wrong. I think her premise, if embraced, undermines the value of the day-today Yale experience and infuses an ultimately misguided selfimportance into certain campus organizations. Yale-centered student groups can provide valuable
contributions to our community, but to call them a “rehearsal” is a step too far. In reality, most of what they MICHAEL do — including facetiously HERBERT the self-congratulatory CorScoop of respondents’ Dinner — isn’t Herbert very serious at all. The idea that students here are the future leaders of the world is Yale’s most self-indulgent trope. Although some alumni have gone on to achieve leadership prominence — a mixed bag (at best) for our country — it is nevertheless a toxic and absurd lens through which to view day-to-day student life. I’m sure that sometime in the not-too-distant future, the people who saw their time here as a rehearsal will end up very disappointed! Some say happiness equals reality minus expectations, and people who adopt the leadersof-the-world mentality are just setting themselves up for a big let down. I’ve been involved in many of the more self-serious groups on
I’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY OF THE MORE SELFSERIOUS GROUPS ON CAMPUS AND FOUND THAT IT’S MUCH HEALTHIER TO THINK OF YALE AS A “SOCIETY OF FRIENDS”
taken seriously. The nature and pervasiveness of issues like sexual assault and mental health require thoughtful consideration and decisive action. Student input in this effort is invaluable. But the projection of these problems, or the projection of future personal ambitions, onto every single aspect of campus affairs is offputting and counterproductive. Our time at Yale is an incredible gift and opportunity. It has value in and of itself. We likely will never be surrounded by such a high concentration of driven, talented people again. It will probably be our last time immersed in a place with such a strong sense of community. The focus during our four years here should be on these realities, and how we can best appreciate and make the most of them. Our activities and events at Yale, including the Correspondents’ Dinner, shouldn’t be seen as a rehearsal. The dinner is not a tryout for national leadership. It’s a facetious event where people have a chance to take it down a notch and have a good time in the company of friends. As it should be.
I don’t mean to suggest that problems at Yale should not be
MICHAEL HERBERT is a senior in Saybrook College. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays. Contact him at michael.herbert@yale.edu .
campus and found that it’s much healthier to think of Yale first as a “society of friends,” as George Pierson once put it. It’s more fun and not as stressful. Imagine how much better off we’d all be if we took a page out of Jackie Moon’s playbook in “Semi-Pro” and had the mentality of E.L.E. — everybody love everybody!
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The article “Yale properties remain under tax scrutiny” incorrectly stated that the University had not released a response regarding the endowment tax bill to Congress. In fact, that letter was released April 1. The article “Sixth bedbug infestation hits grad dorm” incorrectly described a message from Director of Graduate and Professional Student Housing George Longyear about a new bedbug infestation as a private email. In fact, it was sent to all Harkness Hall residents.
Deported CT residents denied return to US BY AMY CHENG AND JAMES POST STAFF REPORTERS Paolina Milardo and Arnaldo Giammarco have called Connecticut home since the early 1960s. But an April 1 decision filed by U.S. District Judge Vanessa Bryant will prevent the former Connecticut residents — deported to Italy in 2011 and 2012, respectively — from ever returning. Bryant ruled against an earlier March 16 petition filed by Milardo and Giammarco — who were deported because they had prior criminal convictions — to return to the United States. The petition requested that Milardo and Giammarco be permitted to re-enter the country to testify at a public hearing that aims to investigate the consequences of Connecticut’s immigration laws on immigrant families. Milardo and Giammarco were summoned to the hearing via subpoenas issued in late February by Connecticut state Sen. Eric Coleman, D-Hartford, and state Rep. William Tong, D-Stamford, of the Connecticut General Assembly. Claire Simonich LAW ’16 and Avinash Samarth LAW ’16 from legal-aid group Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization — who defended Giammarco’s and Milardo’s petition before Bryant in a March 28 hearing — urged Bryant to adhere to Coleman and Tong’s request that the former Connecticut residents give live, in-person testimony at the hearing. Bryant, however, was not convinced. “While the Court fully recognizes and honors the sovereignty of the Connecticut General Assembly … [H]ere, in denying parole, [the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency] did not misapply the law, misstate facts or otherwise fail to validly exercise its discretion,” Bryant said in her April 1 decision. Bryant also said videoconferencing could provide a viable alternative to in-person testimony, noting that ICE has offered to provide videoconferencing equipment to Giammarco and
Milardo in Italy. Bryant’s conclusion was partly based on the fact that district courts do not normally review federal decisions to grant foreign citizens parole. She also explained that the REAL ID Act — enacted by Congress as part of 2005’s Emergency Supplemental Appropriation Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror and Tsunami Relief, “precludes judicial review of certain discretionary decisions made by immigration officials.” She described Milardo and Giammarco’s petition as a “clear and tacitly admitted” attempt to circumvent ICE’s decision to deport them, adding that district courts lack jurisdiction to reverse ICE’s denial of Milardo and Giammarco’s temporary travel to the United States. The public hearing originally scheduled for April 4 was postponed indefinitely after Bryant released her decision, Lawrence Cook, Coleman’s press aide, said. Simonich said she and the team of Law School students from the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization hope the hearing will be rescheduled. She added that the team is exploring the possibility of appealing. “We, as well as our clients, are disappointed with [Bryant’s] decision,” Aaron Korthuis LAW ’17, a member of the team representing Giammarco and Milardo, told the Connecticut Law Tribune Monday. “The decision means that Mrs. Milardo and Mr. Giammarco will not be able to testify before the very legislature that represented them for over 50 years, despite the legislature’s request to hear their testimony.” Korthuis also told the Connecticut Law Tribune that Giammarco and Milardo may appeal Bryant’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Prior to deportation, Giammarco resided in Hartford and Milardo in Middletown. Contact AMY CHENG at xiaomeng.cheng@yale.edu and JAMES POST at james.post@yale.edu .
TIMELINE MILARDO AND GIAMMARCO’S LEGAL JOURNEY 2011 Milardo deported 2012 Giammarco deported
February 25, 2016 Tong and Coleman issued subpoenas
March 16, 2016 Giammarco and Milardo filed petition
April 1, 2016 Bryant ruled in favor of the defendants
March 8, 2016 Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied re-entry
March 28, 2016 Hearing at US District Court for the District of Connecticut
BY NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH STAFF REPORTER In a tense national political atmosphere, where control of the Senate is up for grabs should presidential candidate Donald Trump win the Republican presidential nomination, two Connecticut Republicans have emerged to challenge Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 in his bid for re-election this November. The first Republican to declare his candidacy was August Wolf of Stamford, a Princeton graduate, former Olympian and Wall Street bond trader. Wolf, who announced his campaign last May, was joined in the primary fight on Monday by Rep. Dan Carter, R-Bethel, who has served in the General Assembly for six years. The GOP faces an uphill climb in its effort to wrench Connecticut’s senior senator out of his seat. According to Morning Consult opinion polling from December, Blumenthal is the 20th most popular senator among home constituents, with 58 percent of Connecticut residents approving of his performance and only 29 percent disapproving. Blumenthal defeated his 2010 opponent, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon, by a double-digit margin and
roughly 130,000 votes. Carter, who announced his bid for the nomination at a snowy press conference on the steps of the State Capitol Monday, attacked Blumenthal — who has focused on consumer-rights issues in the Senate — as disconnected from the interests of regular voters. “I think Dick Blumenthal is sorely out of touch with the issues that matter most to most of the American people,” Carter told reporters. “I understand that there are issues that matter to people — maple syrup, legroom in airliners, AstroTurf. But times when we’re having bombings across the world, and we’re having serious threats — so far, Dick Blumenthal’s been wrong on many of those things.” Carter emphasized his record of public service — an implicit contrast with the 6-and-a-half-foot Wolf, who has highlighted his fourthplace finish in the shot put at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Before entering the public sector, Carter served in the United States Air Force, where he flew support missions during Operation Desert Storm. Carter was elected to the state legislature in 2010, when he narrowly defeated the Democrat Jason Bartlett, who now serves as a top official in Mayor Toni Harp’s administration.
Wolf has run a beleaguered campaign that has struggled to raise money and has had three separate campaign managers since he entered the race. Wolf announced earlier this week that he would inject $100,000 of his own money into the campaign. “Dick Blumenthal is a liar and he has failed Connecticut,” Wolf said in a statement. “The people of our state — both Republicans and Democrats — are angry with business as usual in Washington, D.C. I’m going to fight like hell to stop this shameless selfpromoter who puts himself ahead while the people get left behind.” Blumenthal’s fight to retain his seat in the Senate is bolstered by his campaign’s sizable war chest, amounting to over $4 million. Carter acknowledged Monday that Blumenthal’s fundraising lead will be a challenge to overcome. On Monday night, Wolf announced he had received the endorsement of the Fairfield Republican Town Committee — a crucial nod from his home turf in the run-up to the GOP convention next month. Carter appears to have the lion’s share of establishment support. Standing behind him at Monday’s Hartford press conference were Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano
’81, R-North Haven, and House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby. Wolf, however, was the beneficiary of an October fundraiser hosted by notable Republican donor David Koch — one half of the Koch brother pairing that funds many Republican candidates. Fasano said in an interview with the News that he will formally endorse Carter in his bid for the nomination. Fasano said he has worked with Carter in Hartford for years, but has only met Wolf once. “I think [Carter is] a good guy, I think he’s a smart man, I think he has the ability to understand complicated issues,” Fasano said. “Look, I think Dick Blumenthal is a nice man. I have nothing against him personally. But when it comes to these national issues, I don’t necessarily agree with his politics, and more so, I think he focuses on other issues, not the issues that are affecting this country.” Blumenthal, a veteran politician, served as attorney general of Connecticut for two decades, during which he became nationally prominent for his efforts to curb air pollution and tobacco advertising. Contact NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH at noah.daponte-smith@yale.edu .
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal has not officially declared his candidacy for the 2016 Senate race.
Three run for Dem Registrar of Voters BY NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH STAFF REPORTER Presidential election years are typically uneventful for New Haven politics, with the exception of the contest for two positions: the Democratic and Republican Registrars of Voters. Following the departure of longtime Democratic registrar Shannon Ferrucci in January, a competitive race has emerged for her former position, with at least three candidates declaring their intention to run in the Democratic primary in November. The registrar of voters oversees voter registration and performs all the duties required by state statutes governing the annual canvass of voters and primary elections. They also compile statistical information for municipal, state and federal government agencies. The first of those candidates is Shannel Evans, the current Democratic registrar. Evans, a 27-year-old who got her start in politics on the Dwight Commu-
nity Management Team, earned a promotion from her former role as deputy Democratic registrar when Ferrucci retired in November. After hinting in January that she might run for a full term, Evans confirmed to the News Monday her intent to seek election in November. Also in the mix is Helen Powell, a former Democratic deputy registrar. Powell said she has filed papers to run and is currently preparing for her campaign by accumulating signatures and organizing a pamphleteering push. Powell is a longtime and well-known community member, having lived in the Dwight neighborhood since 1962. She served as president of the annual Freddie Fixer parade, a community celebration of the city’s African-American population, ran for alder in 2013 and launched an unsuccessful bid for Ward 22 co-chair in March. Powell said she does not expect to win the Democratic nomination, but vowed to give it
a try anyway. “I’m not going to get the party’s nomination,” she said. “So I’m going to go out and do what I have to do and get some signatures. Shannel’s the one who’s going to get the party’s nomination.” The third candidate vying for Democratic registrar is Sergio Rodriguez, a former five-term Westville alder who unsuccessfully ran for city clerk in 2013. Rodriguez currently serves on the board of the New Haven Democracy Fund — the city’s organization for public financing of mayoral campaigns — and works for the state Department of Education in Hartford. He filed his campaign papers with the city last week, naming Frank Alvarado of East Haven his campaign’s treasurer. Rodriguez publicly announced his formation of an exploratory committee — the first step toward launching an official campaign — in a Thursday Facebook post. In the post, he described the position as one
that “strengthens our democratic society as whole.” “The most rewarding piece of service has been my years working at New Haven City Hall and the 10 years of public service as an alder for the City of New Haven,” Rodriguez wrote. “Serving my ward, responding to the needs of others, collaborating, negotiating, making a difference and giving voice to those issues and needs not being heard has been my true pleasure.” Rodriguez also wrote in the post that he will soon be releasing the details of his first fundraising event. Since his failed run for city clerk in 2013, Rodriguez has remained active in state politics, attending Democratic events in towns ranging from Bridgeport to Bethany. As per the City Charter, registrars are elected for four-year terms.
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“People don’t want to see women doing things they don’t think women should do.” JOAN JETT AMERICAN MUSICIAN
First portrait of women hung in Sterling nave
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The seven women featured in the portrait received their Ph.D.s in 1894. PORTRAIT FROM PAGE 1 expressed great admiration for the women. Liena Vayzman GRD ’02, who along with Ruth Vaughan DIV ’09 conducted the research for the portrait project, said the women were inspiring examples of success. “They were all incredible feminists,” Vayzman said. “They were all highly accomplished before they came to Yale.” Vayzman said there is a significant bias toward images of men on campus. She cited a study by the WFF showing that over 90 percent of the images on campus were of men, which provides
little representation of powerful females to female students. She also said it was as if the seven women had been “wiped off the face of history” at Yale, adding that she and Vaughan had to investigate archives at Wellesley College and Vassar College to find photographs of the women, some of whom were professors at those institutions. Vayzman said that she sees this portrait as a beacon of female accomplishment at Yale and expressed hope for the future of women on campus. Wexler said that by celebrating the representation of the women, Yale and the WFF are honoring their commit-
ment to diversity and inclusiveness. “It was great to see myself in the legacy of these groundbreaking women,” attendee Emilie Egger GRD ’21 said. “They represented not just themselves, but other people who have pushed boundaries here at Yale and made it a more diverse place.” At the unveiling, Zlamany mentioned that there are relatively few portraits of women at Yale. She said she was moved to win the competition because she came to Yale as a high school student on the College Before College Program, an experience without which she might not
have attended college. Creating the portrait took over a year and was quite grueling, Zlamany said. Speaking before the unveiling, she detailed the extensive process behind the portrait. She started with “late-night Google searches,” investigated paintings of the time period, went to a costume shop to pose in fabrics similar to the women’s clothing, researched hairdos and found real-life surrogates for the women in order to replicate skin tone. She also made hundreds of collages of “paper dolls,” she said. “At some point, I had become so obsessed that I was dreaming about the women,” Zlamany said.
“I hope that [the portrait] will be timelessly relevant, and that it will inspire curiosity about the seven remarkable women and tell their story.” University President Peter Salovey also spoke at the event to congratulate the WFF on the success of the project, which he said was “a long time coming.” Salovey said the portrait represented the women’s accomplishments as well as the groundbreaking role that they played at Yale. Thanks to courageous women like these, who were different from those who came before them, students today come from “every country, every
heritage and identity, and of course the intersection of all of those,” he said. “When I view portraits like this, of path-breaking women, it’s inspiring to me personally,” Salovey told the News. “These women must have felt that they could do anything, and it makes me think that we can do anything.” According to the WFF, 47.4 percent of the 2,813 degreeseeking students currently in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are women. Contact SARAH STEIN at sarah.stein@yale.edu .
CS students, profs discuss diversity in dept. DIVERSITY FROM PAGE 1 the exact same thing,” peer tutor and computer science major Dylan Visher ’16 said at the town hall. “The peer tutor should have to go in and be very explicit and help in that type of situation.” The same gender disparity exists within the computer science peer tutor community. The majority of tutors are male, and female students often feel unprepared to apply for the positions — even though there are no specific selection criteria. On top of the gender divide in the major, conversations also focused on the topic of race. Students questioned why the department’s diversity statistics were unavailable, and some suggested an informal survey about the ethnicity and gender breakdown of the undergraduate majors, graduate students and faculty applicants. Computer Science Department chair Joan Feigenbaum said she did not have a breakdown of students in the major by race. Still, Morgan said that she could only think of one black female student in the major other than herself. Professors present at the event spoke about a similar need for diversity in the faculty. The Computer Science Department, which currently has four open faculty positions, is actively pursuing minority candidates, Rushmeier said at the event. Students also brought up the topic of socioeconomic diversity, which can separate the experience of students in the computer science major. Amelia Holcomb ’16 said the University should provide funds for students who cannot afford transportation to be able to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the world’s largest gathering of women technolo-
gists, which this year will be held in Houston, Texas. “But the department does not have a budget to spend,” Rushmeier said. “We have one, but it is very small. We are trying to apply to places within the administration and look for other sources. Maybe we can find a few hundred dollars here, a hundred dollars there. We have to work on trying to raise the money.” At the end of the discussion, the event’s organizers highlighted that the conversation should be extended beyond this first town hall. “The computer science major is bigger than this, but the fact that the male students are not here is a big issue,” a female student said at the event. “Our male counterparts not being here says something, and bringing the conversation to them is important.” Holcomb said she found it “heartening” that so many faculty members attended the discussion, but said her main wish was that more male students had shown up to the town hall. “It’s disappointing that so few of them seemed to find the issue important,” she said. Of the nearly 40 students in attendance, fewer than 10 were male. Apurv Suman ’16 said that while he found the discussion educational, he wants to push for more actionable steps to make the department more welcoming and inclusive. “One thing I learned is that the heavy use of jargon can be exclusionary. I didn’t know this before and I only started using jargon because I wanted to fit in. I did not know I was perpetuating this culture,” Suman said. He added that the department should raise awareness about the issue of culture and inclusivity among male students in particular.
Other issues discussed at the meeting included departmental training of student peer tutors. Though students present recognized how helpful their peer tutors are — often being more approachable and understanding
than graduate teaching assistants — multiple professors noted that there is no developed process to train or monitor these peer tutors. “I’m just winging it,” computer science professor Dan-
iel Spielman ’92 said. “If people have any other ideas of how to train [peer] tutors, let me know.” Over a year ago, Yale’s Computer Science Department became a part of the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Sci-
ence and received $20 million in anonymous donations. Contact DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu and VICTOR WANG at v.wang@yale.edu .
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Dozens of students gathered Tuesday night.
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“Terrorism will spill over if you don’t speak up.” MALALA YOUSAFZAI PAKISTANI ACTIVIST
Conservative speaker’s planned costume draws ire BY JOEY YE STAFF REPORTER Last October, a debate about cultural appropriation and racial justice — triggered in part by an email about Halloween costumes — stirred controversy across campus. Now, the notoriously provocative conservative pundit Milo Yiannopoulos is capitalizing on that controversy, promising to wear full Native American garb when he speaks at Yale next fall. Yiannopoulos is the current technology editor of Breitbart and the founder of The Kernel, an online tabloid magazine focused on technology. He has drawn resounding criticism from liberals for his controversial opinions, which include his avid support for Donald Trump and a belief that lesbianism does not exist, despite his own homosexuality. He will be speaking at Yale on Oct. 28 as a part of his “The Dangerous F----t Tour,” during which he will address topics such as safe spaces, cultural appropriation and trigger warnings. On March 25 — the same day Yiannopoulos confirmed on Twitter that he would be speaking at Yale — he also tweeted that he plans to wear a Native American costume to his presentation here. Yiannopoulous told the News that students invited him to speak, but he did not know whether they were affiliated with a campus organization. He would not provide their names. “It appears to me sad that the free lunacy of progressives is taking even America’s best universities, and it seems to me the best way to deal with this culture of outrage is to be outrageous,” Yiannopoulos said in an interview with the News. “These are ridiculous people who deserve to be provoked.” His tour has already successfully provoked audiences, even before his arrival: His planned stops at Dulwich College and the John Hampden Grammar School in England were “banned,” according to Yiannopoulos’ website. And students at Yale have already begun speaking against Yiannopoulos’ scheduled appearance. Native American Cultural Center house manager Kyle
Law prof discusses legal implications of Paris attacks BY JAY LEE AND MATTHEW MISTER STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
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Students protested a controversial speaker last semester. Ranieri ’18 said Yiannopoulos’ professed intention to come in full Native American dress is “blatant cultural appropriation” which perpetuates existing systemic discrimination and oppression of indigenous peoples. Kodi Alvord ’17, president of the NACCaffiliated performance group Blue Feather, said Yiannopoulos should not be allowed to come to Yale. If he does come, Alvord added, ideally the NACC would host an alternative event at the same time. “When you have Milo coming to campus saying he’s wearing a Native American costume, I want to ask him what he thinks that is, because a generic Native American costume doesn’t exist when you have these many [Native] groups,” Alvord said. “It’s insulting; people are upset; and it’s disappointing and surprising that someone who is so unqualified to debate something which should not be debated anyway can profit off their own ignorance and arrogance and spread those misconceptions.” Yiannopoulos told the News he intends to speak on why there is no such thing as cultural appropriation and how the so-called offense is actually the way art has always functioned. He added that in his experience, many constituents of cultures that are supposedly being appropriated are actually grateful to have others enjoy and cherish their cultures. Cultures are being
stamped out by progressives who say they want to protect them, he said. Administrators in the past have affirmed the University’s commitment to free speech and diversity of ideas. In September 2014, when the Muslim Students Association expressed concern over the William F. Buckley Jr. Program’s decision to invite antiIslamic activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali to campus, University President Peter Salovey told the News that students may invite speakers regardless of their views or beliefs. Under University policy, students may also engage in dialogue with the speaker or organize peaceful protests, as long as they do not negatively impact the audience’s ability to listen to the speaker. Despite some students’ protestations, others have stood by Yiannopoulos, whether or not they agree with his viewpoints. Karl Notturno ’17 said conversations surrounding these topics should not be suppressed, as such methods would only lead to greater consequences in the future. He added that the tour’s basis is settled on a dangerous trend in academia where the “regressive left” uses social pressure to enforce what people can and cannot say. Even if Yiannopoulos is wrong, Notturno said, he brings up ideas and topics that are important to address, and the only way to prove him wrong is by engaging with what he says.
Yiannopoulos himself has encouraged students who disagree with him to engage him in debate, saying that he is open to being convinced. Mohit Sani ’19 said while he does not think Yiannopoulos’ planned outfit is appropriate, he hopes that those who attend the event will be able to listen to his ideas and realize that intolerance cannot be justified, no matter the cause. People in a progressive movement have to be continually self-aware and make sure they are reaching out to others in the best way, Sani added, and that was not always true of last semester’s racially charged events. There was much “moral superiority” and “bitterness” last fall, because many members of the racial injustice movement were sure they were right, Sani said. Still, Ranieri disagreed that Yiannopoulos is the right candidate to foster a productive conversation. “To have an open conversation on these topics does not require someone who is ignorant of different cultures and their relation to speech,” he said. “In fact, I believe Milo’s presence is counterproductive to important dialogue on diverse cultures and speech.” Last January, Yiannopoulos cofounded the Yiannopoulos Privilege Grant, a scholarship exclusively available to white males pursuing a college education. Contact JOEY YE at shuaijiang.ye@yale.edu .
Seated around a table seminarstyle with 15 Yale Law School students, Patrick Weil, a visiting law professor and research scholar, led a discussion on the legal ramifications of November’s Paris terrorist attacks. Weil — a senior research fellow at the French National Research Center at the University of Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne who is teaching at the Law School this academic year — has advised the French government on various occasions. Most recently, he urged the French parliament to vote against President Francois Hollande’s proposal to amend the country’s constitution to allow judges to strip some natural-born citizens of their citizenship if convicted of a terrorism-related crime or misdemeanor. During the talk, which was sponsored by the Graduate Programs Office at the Law School, Weil addressed tension between national security and civil rights that the French Parliament had struggled with while making its decisions on the amendment. On Tuesday, Weil emphasized the importance of citizenship to an individual, saying that the deprivation of one’s citizenship creates people who are “nothing more than human animal.” Weil strongly disapproved of the bill, which was approved by the National Assembly in February. “Our constitution starts with a universal declaration of human rights,” he said. “But to put in the middle of it, ‘provisional deprivation’ and ‘statelessness,’ it’s ridiculous, absolutely contradictory.” Still, Weil lauded members of the French Parliament for being able to set aside their political differences during such a difficult time for the nation and work together to reach a conclusion following the terrorist attacks on Nov. 13. The amendment, which was approved by 80 percent of the population primarily due to fears for natural security and was therefore expected to pass easily in Parliament, has surprisingly faced fierce opposition. After the National Assembly approved of the bill by a vote of 317199 in February, the Senate — Parliament’s higher governing body — voted after a series of debates to pass the amendment by 176-131, but added a clause narrowing the passport-stripping rule down to
concern only dual citizens, sending it back down to the lower body for a re-vote. The new amendment sparked debates around the nation, Weil said, prompting questions as to whether dual nationals would be discriminated against as a result of this clause. Hollande announced on March 30 that he would withdraw his proposal for the amendment. Alex Frank LAW ’18, who attended the talk, said the French Parliament’s ability to “come together based on good, solid principles, especially right after they suffered the worst attacks on French soil in 60 years” was a “good hopeful story.” Frank, who served in the American Army as an infantry officer prior to coming to Yale and had first-hand experience with national security matters, asked Weil during the talk about the dichotomy between principles and pragmatism in the security sector. “You need good solid principles, but you then also need a pragmatic astuteness to adapt to circumstances,” Frank told the News. “If you’re in very stressful circumstances, like whether you just took a terrorist attack, or you’re in Afghanistan and two of your soldiers just got killed by an IED, you need something to fall back on; otherwise, you just tip over, and you can’t inspire people.” Alexander Rosas, associate director of graduate programs at Yale Law School and the primary organizer of the event, said he was glad the talk brought members of the Law School community together to reflect on the Paris attacks and to consider what has been done subsequently. “Professor Weil related to us a story of problematic laws that have been passed in the aftermath,” Rosas said. “It’s obviously a hot topic, and it’s one that we wanted our students to have a dialogue about.” Weil also participated in a Presidential Commission on secularism in 2003, in addition to completing a report on immigration and nationality policy reform for French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in 1997, which directly led to the implementation of new immigration and citizenship laws the following year. Contact MATTHEW MISTER at matthew.mister@yale.edu and JAY LEE at jay.lee@yale.edu .
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yale institute of sacred music presents
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford wednesday, april 6 · 7:30 pm
yale institute of sacred music presents
Sine Nomine Ensemble for Medieval Music
Trinity Church On The Green 230 Temple St., New Haven
Melos Amoris
Benjamin Nicholas, conductor Peter Shepherd and Alexander Little, organ
Music from a mystical manuscript tuesday, april 12 · 7:30 pm
Music of Guerrero, Duruflé, Byrd, Howells, and Weir Free; no tickets required. ism.yale.edu Presented in collaboration with Trinity Church on the Green
Christ Church · 84 Broadway, New Haven
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yale institute of sacred music presents
Singing at the Guru’s Court _ _ _ The Dhrupad of the_Gurbani ki_rtan Tradition Sikh hymns: Ragas and Talas from the 15th to 18th centuries
saturday, april 9 · 5:30 pm
Luce Hall Auditorium · 34 Hillhouse Ave. lecture/demonstration
Friday, April 8 · 4:30 · Marquand Chapel Free; no tickets required. ism.yale.edu Presented in collaboration with the South Asian Studies Council
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“I was sporty in high school. I played tennis and hockey, and was basketball captain. Then I went to university and stopped doing sport and started eating ice cream.” REBEL WILSON ACTRESS
Congresswoman pushes for wage theft legislation DELAURO FROM PAGE 1 all wages they owe to employees. Employers would also be required to disclose terms and records of employment and pay stubs to their employees. Employers who violate the minimum-wage and overtime protections or record-keeping provisions guaranteed by the Fair Labor Standards Act would incur civil penalties ranging from $1,000 to $10,000.
LAA staff attorney James Bhandary-Alexander praised DeLauro for focusing on enforcement of wage theft penalties, noting that current penalties for employers who withhold wages are not severe enough. BhandaryAlexander said LAA has taken an interest in the bill because it will help the firm achieve justice for its clients. The Tubac brothers — who are represented by LAA interns Danielle Feuer ’15 LAW ’18 and
Rachel Wilf ’12 LAW ’17 — are two of several hundred people for whom LAA has provided services regarding wage theft. Over 100 of these clients are involved in 20 separate federal lawsuits. DeLauro said the issue of wage theft may be larger than it appears, as many workers do not speak out for fear of losing their jobs or other forms of retaliation from their employers. The bill would also increase the time employees have to bring
claims to old wages lost from two to four years, DeLauro said. Doubling that time would make it easier for workers to take collective action against their employers, she added. Participants at the round table highlighted the consequences of wage theft at a local level. Bhandary-Alexander said firms in New Haven who commit wage theft run the gamut from mom-and-pop stores to large, multinational corporations.
Unidad Latina en Accion organizer John Lugo described wage theft in DeLauro’s district as an “epidemic,” implicating restaurants such as Goodfellas, Mezcal and Thai Taste. The DOL investigated Thai Taste for wage theft violations in February and the owners of Goodfellas denied wage theft allegations through an attorney after former employees filed a lawsuit against the owner in May. “All these restaurants are
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DeLauro joined local activists, Yale Law students, New Haven Legal Assistance Association representatives and wage-theft victims to discuss the new bill.
Harvard, Princeton decide on names
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Princeton has decided not to rename institutions on campus honoring Woodrow Wilson. PRINCETON FROM PAGE 1 ing issues, University President Peter Salovey said he appreciates the attention each university gave these debates. “They have clearly acted on the basis of principles,” Salovey said. “I appreciate very much the thoughtfulness of both the Harvard and Princeton leadership in the way they have communicated their decisions to the larger community.” These decisions have further shed light on how different universities are handling the aftermath of widespread race-related student activism in the fall. The Yale Corporation, which meets five times per year and is currently deliberating naming issues as well, has yet to make any official announcements, despite movement amongst its peers. At both Harvard and Princeton, special committees were formed to examine and form recommendations on the naming issues. Yale has yet to take a similar action. The Princeton committee recommended that while the university “needs to be honest and forthcoming about its history,” it should retain the references to Wilson — a former university president — in
both its international affairs program and college. The committee also wrote that the Board of Trustees should strongly reaffirm the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. The board accepted its recommendations on Monday. “Last fall’s student protests and the thoughtful discussions that followed have changed how this campus will remember Woodrow Wilson and, I suspect, how our country will remember him as well,” wrote Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber in a public statement. “Over the past few months, many Princetonians remarked to me that they had little knowledge of Wilson’s racism. I count myself among those who have learned from this process.” A Princeton sophomore who asked to remain anonymous said the Black Justice League largely expected the Board of Trustees’ decision. “There hasn’t been much done or said on campus,” the student said. Contact DAVID SHIMER at david.shimer@yale.edu and VICTOR WANG at v.wang@yale.edu .
responsible for criminal actions,” Lugo said. Lugo made reference to a survey ULA is conducting in New Haven, which has found so far that at least 80 percent of immigrant workers in the city had been victims of wage theft at some point in their lives. One of the most effective ways to fight wage theft is if a local community rallies around the cause, Lugo said. While ULA has held protests outside of establishments such as Goodfellas, Lugo expressed frustration that police have intercepted protesters for disturbing the peace instead of turning their attention on the restaurants. Lugo pointed to a March 22 protest in front of Goodfellas, where he was detained by police for disturbing the peace. Bhandary-Alexander said laws protecting workers against wage theft often go unenforced due to lack of support from local government. “The level of resistance to enforce these laws at the municipal level is very high, namely because people see it as something someone else is in charge of,” Bhandary-Alexander said. While Lugo considers Connecticut’s Department of Labor more effective at handling local wage theft issues than the federal DOL, he, DeLauro and BhandaryAlexander acknowledged that departments at both levels currently have limited resources to robustly enforce worker laws. The Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act also includes the creation of a grant program to fund DOL education, training and enforcement regarding the bill. Last June, Gov. Dannel Malloy signed into law Senate Bill 914, which secured payouts of double the amount stolen in wages for Connecticut wage theft victims. The law has been in effect for six months. The Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act is also sponsored by Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. Contact MICHELLE LIU at michelle.liu@yale.edu .
Lyon ’17 to leave Yale for NHL HOCKEY FROM PAGE 1 must be for two years and be two-way contracts, meaning Lyon’s salary will depend on whether he plays for the Flyers or the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the program’s AHL affiliate. “My main thing going into [the decision-making process] was just a team that had a great organization and was in a really strong spot with their players,” Lyon said. “They’re an up and coming organization that’s extremely strong. I’m just very, very proud and happy with my decision.” According to Lyon, earning a degree remains a priority, and he plans to graduate from Yale in the future. Though no official plan has been detailed, this will most likely come through summer classes this year and a combination of summer classes and online classes in the future to obtain the additional necessary credits. Meanwhile, Lyon will finish up classes at Yale this semester until he receives more definite plans from Philadelphia. “I’m kind of at their whim at this point, and I mean that in the best way possible,” Lyon said. “I’m just going to trying to be flexible and do what I can.” Over the course of his three years as a Yale starter, Lyon topped the national rankings in several statistics. He finishes his college career with a 0.931 save percentage, tied for eighth in NCAA men’s hockey history, and a 1.88 goals against average, ninth-best in history. His 15 career shutouts in three years are tied for ninth in the NCAA record books. During his sophomore year, the Baudette, Minnesota, native earned the number one spot for save percentage, goals against average and shutouts, in addition to setting Yale records in all of those categories.
This season, Lyon led the country with a 1.64 goals against average along with a second-place 0.936 save percentage. He received all-Ivy, all-ECAC and All-New England honors and was named as a Mike Richter Award finalist for the second consecutive year, in addition to being selected as a Hobey Baker Award finalist. Head coach Keith Allain ’80, who is seeing a player leave his team early to turn pro for the first time in his 10-year tenure at Yale, expressed nothing but pride and excitement following the news. “He has worked extremely hard for this opportunity,” Allain said in a statement. “The Flyers get a great goaltender and an outstanding
young man. Alex’s contributions to the Yale hockey program go way beyond the amazing statistics he put up. We will all be following his future development with great interest. I may even have to become a Flyer fan.” After Lyon leaves, Yale’s net will likely be filled by goaltender Patrick Spano ’17, one of at least three netminders that will be on the Eli roster next year. In nine games of action over his Yale career, Spano has registered a 4–1–0 record and 0.916 save percentage while allowing just 2.02 goals per 60 minutes. Goaltender Sam Tucker ’19 and incoming freshman Corbin Kaczperski could also take over between the pipes. Lyon is the second member of the 2015–16 Bulldogs to turn
pro. Defenseman Rob O’Gara ’16 signed with the Boston Bruins on March 29 and will finish his degree this spring while playing for the AHL’s Providence Bruins. Although Lyon said he was looking forward to contributing to the Flyers’ organization and moving on to the next level, he notes that the decision to leave the team was bittersweet. “Yale has served me very well for three years, more than I could have hoped,” Lyon said. “I’m even more sad to leave this group of guys. They’re lifetime friends. They’re people I’m going to stay in touch with forever.” Contact HOPE ALLCHIN at hope.allchin@yale.edu .
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Lyon still plans to get his degree from Yale by using a combination of summer and online courses.
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“If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.” DUKE ORSINO FROM SHAKESPEARE’S “TWELFTH NIGHT”
Paul Simon draws 1,000 to Battell Chapel BY RACHEL TREISMAN STAFF REPORTER Musician Paul Simon drew a crowd of nearly 1,000 students, faculty and city residents of all ages to Battell Chapel on Tuesday afternoon for a public conversation with his niece Emma Simon ’16. Paul Simon — a 12-time Grammy Award winner and former member of the hit duo Simon and Garfunkel — was the third and final speaker invited to campus this year by the Yale Chubb Fellowship, which is administered through Timothy Dwight College. The fellowship encourages Yale students to think about public service and leadership by bringing in prominent figures in those fields. Program director and Timothy Dwight College Master Mary Lui said over recent decades, the fellowship has expanded to include leadership in arts and music as well. “Paul Simon isn’t out of line for us as a Chubb, but the early vision didn’t necessarily think about performers,” Lui said. “He’s a musician who has a sense of broader engagement with the world, and that is very interesting and worthwhile to us.” This was not Simon’s first time on campus: He received an honorary degree from the School of Music in 1997 and performed at the University’s tercentennial celebration in 2001. Emma Simon introduced her uncle as both her role model and her musical inspiration, mentioning his musical accolades, his philanthropic work with the Children’s Health Fund and his characteristic quirks, such as being the “ultimate” Yankees fan and dressing up in a banana costume on Halloween. Paul Simon answered his niece’s questions via a series of anecdotal tangents, discussing topics from thinking that he had to go to law school after college to name-dropping with the Dalai
Lama. He also explained how he decided to become a musician at the age of 12: While he “loathed” pop music as a child, he would always listen to the end of a music program that played before Yankees games in order to ensure that he did not miss any of the game. After hearing an R&B album and realizing that there were genres of music beyond pop, he decided to pursue music. He added that his father, who played the bass, bought him a guitar and taught him chords — but all 1950s songs had the same chords, he added, demonstrating by fiddling around with the guitar next to him on stage. “I certainly didn’t think I’d be making music 50 years later and that the songs would last 50 years,” Paul Simon said. “You do what you do for the pleasure and the mystery of it, and that can last a lifetime.” Paul Simon told the audience about his transition from law school — where he “did nothing and got virtually all Bs” — to traveling across Europe, focusing on music and eventually failing out of law school. When he left law school, he had already written and recorded one of his best known songs, “The Sound of Silence,” with Art Garfunkel — a fact to which the audience reacted with audible excitement. Paul Simon said the original acoustic version of the song did not do well on the charts, but the overdubbed version became a hit thanks to his record producer. He joked that he did not feel responsible for making the hit because he was not even there, as he was living in Europe at the time. Paul Simon also described the process of songwriting. He said he did not know during the writing process that songs like “The Sound of Silence” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” would become the hits that they did; he simply knew that they were better than the songs he had written before them. Towards the
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Paul Simon packed Battell Chapel Tuesday afternoon for a conversation with his niece Emma Simon ’16. end of the talk, he went step by step through the lyrics of “Darling Lorraine” and analyzed each part, commenting on which words and phrases were private jokes and explaining how he did not create the plot of the song’s characters so much as follow it. He also discussed how the definition and role of art have evolved over the years in response to what is going on in world. “The definition of art is always changing, but there are constants in what is beautiful,” Simon said. “No one looks at a waterfall in a mountain and says, ‘Oh, that’s so 1400s.’” Toward the end of the conversation, Paul Simon took several questions from the audience and then left the stage to take a break. During this time, the sound sys-
tem played two songs from his new album: “The Werewolf” and “Insomniac’s Lullaby.” When he returned, Paul Simon played “America” on his guitar, to which the entire crowd gave a standing ovation. After the talk, attendees interviewed said they were impressed with Paul Simon’s genuine personality as well as his musical talent. Elliah Heifetz ’16, who wrote a musical in which some songs were inspired by Paul Simon’s music, said he was excited to hear in person the man who influenced him. “His songs are so timeless, which is amazing,” Maia Eliscovich Sigal ’16 said. “Even in this room, there are people of all ages.” Stephanie Smelyansky ’19
said that one of the first vinyl albums she ever bought was one of Simon and Garfunkel’s, adding that it was also great to hear Paul Simon speak about his “prolific” solo career. “I think this was a once-in-alifetime event,” Timothy Dwight Fellow Grayson Murphy said. But Murphy also added that he has seen several prominent political Chubb Fellows during his time at Yale, and wishes there were more political fellows, such as in the “early days.” Lui said that although Paul Simon never held political office, his longevity as a musician and his multigenerational audience make him unique. She added that his work in philanthropy and public community service also make him a desirable Chubb Fel-
low, even though the fellowship may have been traditionally more politically oriented. Paul Simon himself spoke modestly of his accomplishments, emphasizing the importance of pursuing one’s passions and hoping for success. “You don’t know why you’re doing what you’re doing, but you follow it because it feels right,” Paul Simon said. “If that’s the case for you, then you’re on the right track and you can see where you go and where it takes you. I can tell you, it takes you to infinity.” The fund for the Chubb Fe llowship was established in 1936. Contact RACHEL TREISMAN at rachel.treisman@yale.edu .
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2016 TED Prize Winner Sarah Parcak ’01 wednesday, april 6, 5 pm whitney humanities center 53 wall street This lecture will describe how archaeology has evolved from a primarily ground-based endeavor to one using a wide range of space and airborne remote sensing tools. The talk will share results from the field, as well as how these technologies can assist in the mapping of ongoing looting in the Middle East. Parcak is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (uab) and the Founding Director of the uab Laboratory for Global Observation. Her research represents the first large-scale landscape archaeology approaches to the field of Egyptology. Co-sponsored by the Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Timothy Dwight College. For more information, see ungc.yale.edu/calendar.
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YEI debuts women’s breakfast series
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The YEI is hosting a new breakfast series to support female entrepreneurs. BY VEENA MCCOOLE STAFF REPORTER The Yale Entrepreneurial Institute held its debut Yale Women Innovators breakfast Tuesday morning, as part of a new bimonthly series geared toward providing a supportive space for female entrepreneurs. Around 70 students, alumni and faculty engaged in discussion over coffee and pastries at the YEI headquarters on 254 Elm St. Attendees ranged from seasoned entrepreneurs to students who had no experience in business but were interested in lever-
aging the YEI’s expertise. The breakfast comes amidst growing female interest in entrepreneurship: last month, the YEI’s summer fellowship drew a record number of female applicants. “We hope the women attending will gain a sense of community with others interested in entrepreneurship,” YEI Deputy Director Erika Smith said. She added that she envisioned the breakfast series as a space for questions, support and empowerment necessary for turning “big ideas into viable businesses.” The event began with net-
working and progressed into collective brainstorming, during which participants put forth ideas for future guest speakers and expressed what they hoped to gain from the events. Tuesday’s debut event did not feature a guest speaker, as it was intended to be an icebreaker for the women involved, Smith said. Future breakfasts will feature neuroscientist and “Venture Capital for Dummies” author Nicole Gravagna, as well as Anne MacDonald, a marketing and business development executive who has worked with Citigroup and Macy’s.
Smith said she aims to attract a diverse range of women and perspectives to these events, drawing professionals from a variety of industries and career fields. Alicia Borja Alvarez ’17, president of the undergraduate Yale Leadership Institute, said she attended the event to explore the ways in which her organization can collaborate with YEI. She said she was pleasantly surprised by the diversity of the attendees. “I expected to see more undergraduates and a smaller variety of people and interests,” she said, highlighting the many graduate
students and alumni in attendance. Olivia Loucks ’17 echoed this sentiment, saying she attended the event because of her existing interest in social entrepreneurship, but walked away with a range of diverse perspectives from the women in attendance. “Regardless of field, we all shared an enthusiasm for making an impact through innovation,” she said, expressing her excitement to continue developing connections and relationships among the women involved in the breakfast series. Borja Alvarez added that
she hopes future events would remain truly interactive and a mutual learning experience, rather than becoming simply a speaker series without participants’ input. Stephanie Loeb GRD ’20 said she was looking for an introduction to entrepreneurship at Yale and was pleased to discover a relaxed atmosphere amidst a wealth of resources for entrepreneurs. The Yale Entrepreneurial Institute was founded in 2007. Contact VEENA MCCOOLE at veena.mccoole@yale.edu .
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“I wasn’t afraid to say I wanted to win four national championships.” BREANNA STEWART UCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAR AND FOUR-TIME NCAA CHAMPION
Yale improves to 9–0 M. LACROSSE FROM PAGE 14 the Pioneers scoreless for over 39:03 of consecutive game time. The Bulldogs scored 14 goals in this time period, but perhaps the most impressive part of Yale’s effort Tuesday night was the variety of goal scorers. Throughout the night, 14 different Bulldogs found the back of the net. “We got everyone in the game,” head coach Andy Shay said. “It was a lot of fun to get a night where everyone gets a run.” Reeves led the way with four goals and added two assists. Scott and midfielder Michael Keasey ’16 each tallied two goals in the contest, while midfielder Conor Mackie ’18, midfielder Henry Guild ’17 and attackman Ted Forst ’19 scored their first goals of the year. Three of the Yale goals came on man-up opportunities, as the offense converted on 60 percent of its five attempts. The Bulldogs came into the contest scoring on only 22 percent of their opportunities, ranking them 61st out of 68 Division I teams, but left Reese Stadium with a 28-percent season mark. Scott, whose two goals came with an extra man, believes having the right mentality is essential to man-up success. “We had been thinking too much about it being man-up and not playing as well as we do six-on-six,” Scott said. “We’ve got to play and not think about it too much.” Besides the extra-man success, the Bulldogs also showed significant improvement from the faceoff X, where they were winning just 46 percent of draws before Tuesday. The Elis won 15 of 26 facoffs, 58 per-
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Fourteen different Bulldogs scored in Yale’s blowout victory. cent, against Sacred Heart. While almost everything looked good from Yale on the field, injuries revealed themselves as a potential concern for the team going forward. Attackman Joseph Sessa ’19 did not dress for the Sacred Heart game, instead wearing a boot on the sideline, and goalie Phil Huffard ’18, who has started every game this season, did not play against Sacred Heart, with the Ivy League Digital Network reporting that he has an injured hamstring. With Huffard out, net-
Club builds momentum TABLE TENNIS FROM PAGE 14 looking back at QJust nationals, what was it
like just being there and the atmosphere?
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For this tournament, I’m pretty sure this was the best one I had ever played in. It was really, really grand and the setup was really professional and I saw how they really value the sport here. I’m actually from Hong Kong. Back home, I would’ve thought we take table tennis much more seriously, but here, I was impressed with the venue and everything was very professional.
far as the actual QAs play and competition, how did that go for you?
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I played in the singles event. I didn’t play that well the first day; I just got there and was getting used to this really big venue, and was jetlagged, and I lost the first two matches. I already knew I couldn’t get past that group stage but I knew there was a consolation stage so why not just use that last match to warm up for the next day? Without all the pressure, I played very well and beat the top finisher from my group. I was down two games but I just suddenly made a comeback and won the next three games.
being a freshman QSo and making school history, is it just that in past years, Yale has not had players of the same caliber to advance?
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I would say we haven’t had a structure. The club actually started three years ago and it’s really been built up from scratch. This year
A needed youth movement
I joined and there were a few really good players who just joined this year and we had tryouts, and a streamlining procedure to select players to compete in the tournament. does the practice QHow schedule work and that structure of the club itself?
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The club is basically an open one that anyone can come play in so there are open practice sessions where you and your friends can come play, and that’s every Friday. On two other days of the week, we have closed practice as well, where six or seven of our best players at Yale train together to prepare for competition.
do you envision QWhat as the future of the Yale club team, and do you think it could ever become a varsity sport?
minder Hoyt Crance ’19 got the start in goal. Although he allowed goals on two of the first three shots the Pioneers fired on net, Crance later settled into his game, saving all eight additional shots faced before being substituted out with 10 minutes remaining in the fourth. Captain and defender Michael Quinn ’16 described Crance’s performance as “phenomenal.” “I tried to stay calm and not get to high or too low,” Crance said. “I focused on what I could do and we played good
team defense. I let a few in at the beginning that I should have had, but I was able to make up for it throughout the game.” The Bulldogs travel to Dartmouth on Saturday with an opportunity to clinch a berth in the Ivy League tournament, played by the top four teams in the conference. Dartmouth, which has won just one game this season, fell 10–8 to Sacred Heart in February. Contact MATTHEW MISTER at matthew.mister@yale.edu .
greats. In last year’s playoffs, Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista hit a three-run dinger to give the Jays a lead in a hugely critical moment. He celebrated with a bat flip of epic proportions — which, needless to say, irked a number of his Texas Ranger opponents. It also irked Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage, who called Bautista a “disgrace to the game” and “embarrassing.” Enter Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper. Harper, the 22-year-old wunderkind who was the No. 1 overall pick at 17 and the National League MVP a year ago, has long been targeted by opponents and critics as someone who “doesn’t play the game the right way.” He celebrates in big moments, going so far to even blow a kiss once to a pitcher who he homered off of. He named his dog Swag. He says bold things, unafraid of the consequences. And after hitting his fourth career Opening Day home run on Monday, in his fourth career Opening Day, he talked to reporters following the game while wearing a hat emblazoned “Make Baseball Fun Again.” Now, I’m not claiming to be a fan of Harper. His obvious cockiness and brashness make him an easy target, and as a former baseball player (though I topped out at the high school varsity level, a far cry from the bigs), those players are the ones I hated to face. But in this case, Harper is completely right. And to prove his point, one only needs to look at a childhood hero of mine: Ken Griffey Jr. Junior, the longtime sweetswinging center fielder for the Seattle Mariners, is one of the best players in baseball history. From the day he debuted in 1989 as a 19-year-old
to his final season in 2010, Griffey electrified a slow game. His batting stance was imitated by every Little Leaguer for well over a decade, and his flashy defense sure didn’t hurt either. Griffey changed the game of baseball, and even the country as a whole. “The Kid” starred in movies, had video games named after him and even had a chocolate bar. He was the “Swingman” to Michael Jordan’s “Jumpman.” And, most notably, he popularized the trend of wearing hats backward. When he started turning his hat around, he, like Harper, faced backlash from traditionalists such as then-Yankees manager Buck Showalter, who called it “a lack of respect for the game.” That “lack of respect” was turned on its head in January, if it had not been long before, when Griffey was elected to the Hall of Fame by a record margin, with 99.3 percent of voters putting him on their ballot. The Hall even offered Griffey the option to wear a backwards hat on his Cooperstown plaque. Griffey’s career changed the game and made millions of kids fall in love with America’s national pastime, and he did so through his infectious attitude and, yes, his desire to have fun. Harper seems poised to do the same. Yet why do so many people try to shut players like them down and halt this natural evolution? There are too many young stars, too many incredible moments, too many causes for celebration to let this game be boring. Harper is right. Let’s make baseball fun again. GRANT BRONSDON is a senior in Ezra Stiles College and former Sports Editor for the News. Contact him at grant.bronsdon@yale.edu .
Off-the-field changes FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 14 and conditioning, nutrition and rehabilitation into one offseason program. “We’ve made a cooperative effort,” head coach Tony Reno said. “Everything is lined up now, from what we’re doing on our football field, to how we recruit, to what we’re doing in the weight room, to what we’re doing in rehab.” The Bulldogs, who went 6–4 in 2015, struggled with a practically unimaginable number of injuries last season. In the team’s only statement on the injuries, it counted 12 players out for the year, and 40 who had missed time by Week 7 of the season. This year, with players eating more lean meat, less greasy and fatty food and less sugar, the team hopes to build stronger muscles and joints to help prevent injuries, captain and linebacker Darius Manora ’17 said. The nutrition program is focused on macronutrients — carbohydrates, proteins and fats — and assigns daily levels of the macronutrients to each individual player. The levels are dependent on body weight and can induce weight gain, according to Manora. Most players consume between 4,000 and 6,000 calories per day,
he added. Changes in diet are paired with an offseason strength and conditioning program that is executed in phases: The team started with mass gaining and muscle building, has now moved on to strength and power training and will end with “recomposition,” Manora said. The recomposition phase, which requires simultaneous muscle gain and fat loss, aims to produce the stamina required for four quarters of football. Reno said much of the credit goes to Newman, the CEO of Massachusetts-based sports technology company Athletic Standard. Newman advised the Yale men’s lacrosse program in the fall, and Reno said he was impressed by Newman’s impact on the team. “It’s challenging, trying to implement everything at once, but it’s been really fun,” Newman said of his new role. “Coach Reno has a great program.” Men’s lacrosse captain Michael Quinn ’16 said the team’s new weight-training program has paid off on the field: Currently, the Yale men’s lacrosse team is 9–0 on the season and last week received a No. 1 national ranking for the first time in program history. Quinn praised Newman’s ability as a strength coach, adding
that Newman helped the players focus on what they put into their bodies. Manora echoed the sentiment. “We’ve only had [the program] for two months, and we’re already stronger than we were,” Manora said. Though Reno and Newman were the central creators of the new program, they also met with various members of Yale Dining, including dieticians, dining hall managers and Director of Residential Dining Cathy Van Dyke SOM ’86, to help communicate the program to players and ensure they had access to the appropriate nourishment. Reno praised Yale Dining’s “phenomenal job” educating and supporting the players. “We explained the nutritional resources that Yale Dining has for the team and all students from use of the Yale Dining app and website, to the arrangement of food in the serveries, the overall structure of our menus and our labeling program,” Van Dyke said. “They explained their approach to weight gain and nutrition for the teams.” Before the football team’s program went into effect, every player shared his food preferences with the team and learned about the
best sources of nutrition. Additional student-athletes with special dietary restrictions, such as those who suffer from celiac disease or allergies, created personalized plans with Cassie Schmidt, Yale’s registered dietician, who provides these services to all Yale students. Though Reno acknowledged the struggles of an initial adjustment period, he said the team has acclimated well. Once members understood the “why,” he said, it was easier to implement a program that significantly altered each player’s dietary habits. “Developing an athlete in 2016 is very different than it was even five years ago,” Reno pointed out. “The information and the ability for us to improve is directly related to not just weights and running, it’s nutrition and rehab work and injury prevention, all those things that, when you take a look at us last season, those are things that really affected our team.” Spring practice for the football team begins on April 9 and will conclude on April 29. Matthew Mister and Jacob Stern contributed reporting. Contact MAYA SWEEDLER at maya.sweedler@yale.edu .
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What’s really limiting is the sport itself is not under the NCAA so by varsity, by making nationals and just by competing, I think we’re already [playing at a varsity level]. I think for the future, we really want to ride on our good performances and build the presence of the sport at Yale. I really want Yale to be like one of those top schools where table tennis is something that people know about and are proud of … I think our team will be making it to nationals as a group next year; I hope to make it happen. Our team made it to regionals this season and it was the first time an individual made it to nationals, but as captain next year, it’s my job to get the team wherever it is. Contact DEREK LO at derek.lo@yale.edu .
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Yale went 6–4 last year, ending its season with a 38–19 loss to Harvard.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 7 12:30 PM 2016 Connecticut Organic Chemistry Symposium. Sponsored by the Department of Chemistry, the symposium and poser celebration celebrates the spirit of organic chemistry in Connecticut and surrounding areas. Guest speakers include Erick Carreira from ETH Zürich; Craig Crews from Yale University; Vincent Mascitti from Pfizer; and John Hartwig from UC Berkeley. All are invited to present a poster during the afternoon break. Sterling Chemistry Laboratory (225 Prospect St.), Rm. 110.
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5:30 PM Gallery+Black Is the Color: With Hidden Noise. As part of Gallery+, an ongoing series of collaborations that invites students to respond to the gallery collections, the music group Black Is the Color presents a performance instillation crafted with structured improvisation. The student musicians will be scattered throughout the galleries communicate solely through sound, building a sonic architecture through which visitors move. Yale University Art Gallery (1111 Chapel St.). 7:00 PM Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale. “Hasta mañana” (Puerto Rico/USA). A narrative short film about the Puerto Rican community in Hartford, Connecticut. Loria Center for the History of Art (190 York St.), Rm. 250.
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ARTS & CULTURE Architecture students pitch to real-world client
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On Friday, undergraduate students in the architecture major presented projects to real-world clients from Red Hook, New York. The presentations marked the culmination of “In Space,” this year’s fall studio for senior architecture majors. The annual course offers seniors an experiential foray into the practical workings of the architectural profession. Falconworks Artists Group, a community-based acting program located in Red Hook, was selected as this year’s client, and students were asked to design a theatre on a shoreline site, formerly used as dumping ground for various kinds of rubble, to serve as the Falconworks’ “permanent home.” Daphne Binder ARCH ’16, a graduate fellow for the course, said the class asks students to evaluate their own design processes in important and novel ways. “This kind of pedagogical approach, where students are engaged with a ‘real’ client, has the potential to be very informative for the design process,” Binder said. “Usually people view constraints as detrimentally restrictive, but I think in this case
it allows students to always have parameters by which to judge their work.” The seminar gives students what is often their first chance to work with an actual client, explained School of Architecture professor Turner Brooks, one of the professors who teaches the class. Although the projects may not be constructed, Brooks added, the opportunity remains an important learning experience for students. Reggie Flowers and Chris Hammett, the theater group’s leaders, met with the students before they began the project, presenting the Red Hook site and their own visions for the building that would host their theater. “The space is a place where we have performed before for a specific location piece. We brought them in the space so they could see it and think about how they can turn into it a performanceready space,” Flowers said. “It is an industrial space, it is raw, so I am curious to see how the students think about it.” Ruobing Xia ’16, a student in the class, described the experience as both challenging and interesting. Her project included a monumental walkway that would allow people to move freely in and out of the theatre, entering
directly onto one of the building’s various stage levels. “Something that I took away from the project is how to address the given site and existing buildings in design,” Xia said. “The grain elevator on our site was massive and hard to challenge in size, and it was interesting to see how each one of us chose to respond to it, either by creating something completely different, or utilizing the façade of the building as a backdrop.” Yanbo Li ’16, another student in the seminar, added that he particularly appreciated the opportunity for further interaction with professors in the School of Architecture. Li said that the studio is a “perennial favorite” among senior architecture majors from year to year, and said his own experience was not an exception. “People always talk about architecture majors as the people on campus who don’t sleep or leave Rudolph, but senior fall is the exception,” Li said. “Both of the professors have reasonable expectations on our time. For me, that meant that where I fell short on sheer volume of late nights, I made up for in genuine care.” Contact IVONA IACOB at ivona.iacob@yale.edu .
Falconworks Artist Group is based in Red Hook, New York.
Photographer discusses medium’s activist potential BY SAMUEL LEE CONTRIBUTING REPORTER On Monday evening, photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier — the recipient of a 2015 MacArthur Fellowship — gave a lecture at the School of Art. Frazier discussed her sources of influence and inspiration, as well as the ways in which she sought to be independent in an art world made up of institutions, galleries, investors and corporations, all with their own vested interests. During the talk, Frazier discussed theorist Richard Florida, explaining that Florida’s book, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” continues to exert a negative impact on artists, who are “co-opted by corporations and the government to do the dirty work.” Frazier also suggested that “no one sits down in
art school to critically assess the language used to describe cultural production today.” “What I find disturbing is that artists … often do not understand the models that are used to talk about the economy and the culture industry,” Frazier said. In his opening remarks, Robert Storr, dean of the School of Art, noted that Frazier’s work is characterized by “additions, text, commentary — things that are not considered ‘straight photography.’” Later in the discussion, Frazier said that her art continually engages with social and economic issues. She demonstrated over the course of the lecture how her work developed from “innocent, quiet portraits of family members” to an exploration of photography’s “political dimensions,” which Frazier defined as
akin to “a social contract between you and your work.” Emphasizing the importance of her hometown, Braddock, Pennsylvania, to her practice, Frazier spoke extensively about the devastating effects of the steel industry on the town’s inhabitants — not least of all her family members, the subjects of “The Notion of Family,” a series of photographic portraits. In the work, Frazier foregrounds the impact of industrial pollution on the town, and on the bodies of her grandparents, who were forced to live with constant exposure to the harmful byproducts of steel manufacturing. She also talked about the racial dimensions of Braddock’s environmental and social issues, in particular, the Bunn family’s experience of redlining and discrimination when
they tried to purchase vacant lots around their home and ran up against a corporation that surrounded their yard with white containers of industrial waste. Introducing her more recent work involving Braddock, Frazier moved from the demise of the steel industry to the decline of the town’s health care system, mentioning the closure and demolition of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Braddock Hospital. She also criticized the false rebranding and romanticization of Braddock in billboards and commercials advertising Levi’s jeans, and showed photographs documenting an event at the Whitney Museum of American Art, during which she hung up the billboard and invited participants to cut up and destroy it.
Frazier also spoke extensively about her education at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University and the Whitney’s independent study program, where she was exposed to a diverse range of scholars, artists and writers such as David Harvey, Walter Benjamin, Theodore Adorno, H.D. Buchloh and Alfredo Jaar, all of whom she said were instrumental in shaping her understanding of cultural production and the politics of representation. John Edmonds ART ’16, who attended the lecture, said he thought Frazier’s most compelling message was about “artists telling their own stories, and having resources and spaces to tell these stories.” Edmonds also said he found Frazier’s stories about the importance of receiving sup-
port from one’s colleagues especially meaningful. For Arnold Gold, a photographer working in Fairfield, Connecticut, it was particularly interesting to hear another artist speak candidly about her own work. Melanie Stengel, a New Havenbased photographer, said she was struck by “the idea of social responsibility in photography, and the relationship of the photographer to his or her subject” as a constant problem that photographers have to address. During her lecture, Frazier acknowledged the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s April 4 assassination, and ended her presentation by quoting from one of his sermons. Contact SAMUEL LEE at samuel.lee@yale.edu .
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Frazier’s work explores both family life and political tensions.
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YUAG event evokes Dada’s performative origins BY IVONA IACOB STAFF REPORTER Undergraduate musical ensemble Black is the Color will perform on Thursday in the Yale University Art Gallery’s “Everything is Dada” exhibition. As part of the YUAG’s “Gallery+” programming, the group — formed by Gideon Broshy ’17, Dominic Coles ’16, Hans Bilger ’16, Eli Brown ’17 and Adrian Lin ’18 — will present a concert titled “With Hidden Noise.” Taking the form of a structured improvisation — in which the musicians scattered throughout the galleries will communicate solely through sound, musically responding to one another — the performance hopes to convey Dada’s performative origins in step with the show’s celebration of the movement’s centennial, explained Molleen Theodore, the gallery’s associate curator of programs. “As we thought about programming for this exhibition, it was important to me that we convey the inherently performative nature of Dada, which began as a series of performances at the Cabaret Voltaire [in Zurich],” Theodore said. “We wanted to explore the different performative modes that are available to us here, and to reflect something of the spirit of the time.” Theodore explained that the concert is meant to be “ambulatory” in nature, and expressed hope that visitors would move through the gallery’s spaces, sampling the variety of sonic experiences they provide. In particular, Theodore said she hopes that concert attendees might consider the musical performance in
relation to the objects on display. “I think one experiences artwork in a different way when there is music in the space,” Theodore noted. “To view a painting and hear music [at the same time] changes the experience of viewing the painting, and I believe that will be the case here.” Broshy said the title of the group’s performance is taken from FrenchAmerican Dadaist Marcel Duchamp’s eponymous work. Beyond the title, Broshy said, the concept for the piece was inspired by one of Duchamp’s readymades, which incorporated sound. “To make the original ‘With Hidden Noise,’ Duchamp placed a ball of nautical twine between two brass plates. He asked Walter Arensberg, his friend and patron, to place an unknown object inside the ball, and then clamped the plates shut with four long screws,” Broshy explained. “The hidden object — the identity of which Duchamp asked Arensberg to never reveal, and which remains unknown — makes an inscrutable rattling sound.” Collaborations such as Thursday’s concert, which ask performers to “respond to the collection” and make their own works in the gallery’s spaces, represent an important element of the YUAG’s broader educational vision, Theodore noted. “This performance is part of our interest in cross-disciplinary programming and student involvement. We think about art and visitors, with an interest in fostering public engagement,” Theodore said. Contact IVONA IACOB at ivona.iacob@yale.edu .
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Performance by student musical ensemble “Black is the Color” aims to highlight Dada’s performative origins.
Two-actor play explores infinity, cosmology and bees
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“Constellations,” which opens on Thursday, has a cast of two. BY VEENA MCCOOLE STAFF REPORTER “Constellations” — a production exploring the dimensions and possibilities of a relationship — will debut this weekend at the Calhoun Cabaret. Featuring a cast of two actors, the piece, structured in short scenes that begin and end abruptly, dips into the several possible routes its characters’ relationship could have taken. The play brings together two characters from the apparently disparate worlds of beekeeping and quantum cosmology, and is accompanied by an original score composed by Emil Ernstrom ’19. Zeb Mehring ’19, one of the play’s actors, said he thinks “Constellations,” in its intimate meditation on destiny’s role in romance, represents a new
direction for drama at Yale. “I think ‘Constellations’ is part of a new trend in Yale Drama towards more intimate, humble stories … rather than the grandiose tale of a hero conquering a threat, or even his or her own faults,” Mehring said. “It opens the mind of the audience to the possibilities that could occur, and that’s why it’s so special. It’s interactive and engaging in a completely new way. Yale is a place that is overflowing with talent, creativity and young minds. This show is important to such a community not because it offers ideas to contemplate, but rather, suggests how to generate ideas worth contemplating.” Irina Gavrilova ’17, the play’s director, said the show’s unusually small cast required her to be more attuned to the particulars of
the relationship between the two actors. She added that it pushed her to pay greater attention to the actors’ dynamic, and to the broader emotional landscape of the play. Mehr Nadeem ’19, “Constellations’” assistant stage manager, explained that despite the size of the cast, the play’s many trajectories — which explore the various consequences of any given choice in a relationship — and the resulting shifts in characters’ personalities, make the cast seem larger than two actors. Nadeem said she thinks that in this production, the intimacy of a two-character show is complemented by a wider variety of personalities, which bring color and dynamism to the piece. Gavrilova noted that it was the actors’ imaginations that allowed these “50 distinctly different yet
clearly connected universes to exist.” Set designer Hannah Kazis-Taylor ’19 said she was inspired by the powerlessness the characters suffered due to their unpredictable trajectories and strived to portray this through the physical space itself. Kazis-Taylor painted the ground with both ancient and modern depictions of the universe, drawn from ancient models as well as Einstein’s equations. “The dialogue itself addresses feeling directionless in terms of work and relationships, and the structure of the play considers feeling lost in infinite time and space,” Kazis-Taylor said. Mehring said he and his co-star Annie Saenger ’19 have had analytical discussions beyond simply rehearsing the play for an audience. Mehring highlighted the subjec-
tive and highly personal nature of the show’s effect on audience members. The actor said he thinks audience members’ interpretation of the play will be based on their own ideas of why the script showcases certain “universes” rather than others. Gavrilova said she hoped the audience considers the nature of both randomness and decisionmaking in their lives, and contemplates the importance of taking a different perspective. “We here at Yale are so primed to think there is only one right answer to everything, but what if there is an infinite amount [of possibilities] and they are all best?” she asked. “Constellations” was written by Nick Payne. Contact VEENA MCCOOLE at veena.mccoole@yale.edu .
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Football overhauls offseason diet BY MAYA SWEEDLER STAFF REPORTER Throughout dining halls this spring, Yale football players can be found taking pictures of their meals and posting them to social media. But they are not doing so in search of Instagram likes.
FOOTBALL The Bulldogs’ offseason activities, they hope, will benefit the
team in more significant ways. A new sports performance program, which includes a Facebook group in which players can receive feedback from teammates and coaches on the nutritional composition of their plates, intends to improve the team’s strength, speed and injury resistance on the field. The changes, implemented with the help of external consultant Tom Newman, combine strength SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10
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The Bulldogs are now the only undefeated team remaining in Division I men’s lacrosse. tering their largest margin of victory in five seasons. Elsewhere in the Ivy League and NCAA, No. 2/3 Brown fell to Bryant 11–10 in overtime, making Yale the only undefeated team remaining in the nation. The Elis, holding a perfect record through nine games for the first time since 1990, was essentially perfect on Tuesday night, scoring the most goals they have tallied all season while simultaneously allowing the fewest of the year. “We only had a few days to
BY MATTHEW MISTER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The No. 1/3 Yale men’s lacrosse team could not sit back and admire its five-goal comeback and 11–10 overtime victory over Penn on Saturday. The Bulldogs returned to action Tuesday night at home and dominated Sacred Heart in nearly all aspects of the game on the way to a 19–3 victory. The Elis (9–0, 3–0 Ivy) outshot Sacred Heart (2–8, 0–2 Northeast) 51–31 while regis-
prepare so the biggest thing was to worry about ourselves and worry about what we do, because we had gotten away from that in the last couple of games,” midfielder Eric Scott ’17 said. Yale carried its momentum from the overtime victory into the first possession of Tuesday’s game. Scott found attackman Ben Reeves ’18, the scorer of the game-winner against Penn, for the first goal of the game. The Bulldogs did not look back, with midfielder
JW McGovern ’16 scoring less than a minute later. After Sacred Heart’s midfielder Max Tuttle, the reigning NEC Rookie of the Week, found the back of the net with 9:53 remaining in the first quarter, the Bulldogs scored three of the next four goals to take a 5–2 lead into the second quarter. The second and third frames were all Yale. The Elis scored all seven goals in the second and all four in the third and held
Fong ’19 highlights club table tennis team
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Make Baseball Fun Again You’re forgiven if, in the middle of Monday’s freak snowstorm, you forgot that it was Opening Day in Major League Baseball for the majority of the league’s 30 teams. After a long offseason, baseball is finally back. Of course, there’s another reason you might have forgotten that baseball has started again: The sport is less popular than ever, or at least, that’s what baseball haters will make you believe. They’ll tell you the game is too slow, too boring and without enough offense or fun to keep millennials engaged. At the root of those problems lie the unwritten rules
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Yale, which struggled with injuries last season, hopes its new nutrition and strength program will help with injury prevention.
of the game, a code that dictates how players are supposed to act on the diamond. For example, if one of your guys gets hit by a pitch, your pitcher is required to drill an opponent the next inning. If you celebrate too much after hitting a homer, that’s a 90-mile-per-hour fastball to the ribs. And you better not run across the pitcher’s mound heading back to the dugout after an out, because that also means you’re going to be targeted soon enough. (Sense a pattern?) It’s shocking how much certain acts are looked down on by some of the game’s SEE BRONSDON PAGE 10
While multiple Yale varsity teams have attracted widespread media attention, one club team has left its own mark on the sports landscape this season.
TABLE TENNIS The Yale table tennis team advanced to the regional championships, which took place on Feb. 27 in Westchester, New York, in just its third year since rebooting a program that had originally formed in 1969. Captain Mason Ji ’16 noted that the team’s growth in the past few seasons has been a “rise from the ashes” story, and this year Angus Fong ’19 has led the way. The freshman and incoming captain, who began practicing table tennis with a coach when he was just six years old, qualified for the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association National Championships, where he reached the semifinals of the consolation bracket. Having competed amongst the top players in the nation and
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several Olympic-level participants from around the world, Fong spoke to the News about the team’s development at Yale, his own experiences with the club and at nationals and the team’s upcoming Yale Table Tennis Cup, a tournament scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Payne Whitney Gymnasium open to anyone affiliated with the University. you start off just by QCan telling me a bit about the national tournament you competed in?
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The tournament I played in was held in Round Rock, Texas, and that’s the major finale of table tennis in the continent so that’s where all qualified athletes from both the U.S. and Canada meet, in this knockout tournament over spring break. And it was the first time Yale has ever sent anyone to nationals … I qualified after finishing third in the New York City Downtown Division and seventh overall in the Northeast Region. SEE TABLE TENNIS PAGE 10
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Over spring break, Angus Fong ’19 became the first Yale table tennis player to advance to nationals.
THE STRETCH OF TIME DURING WHICH THE YALE MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM DID NOT ALLOW A GOAL TUESDAY NIGHT. Sacred Heart scored with 2:24 remaining in the first quarter, allowed 14 straight Yale goals and finally scored again with 8:21 left in the fourth.