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CROSS CAMPUS Tell no one. Cut members of

the class of 2017 some slack today as they walk through campus in ridiculous outfits, post questionable photos and videos on Facebook or ask you to take pictures of them with Sasha Pup. It’s senior society tap night. In the evening, seniors and their newly tapped juniors will gather for tap night festivities which are rumored to last all weekend long.

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s Yale grows in size, its administrative structures become more complex. This complexity has altered the relationship between Yale’s leaders and the faculty and staff. FINNEGAN SCHICK reports.

of senior societies, former Bonesman and former President George H.W. Bush ’48 threw the first pitch at the Houston Astros-Kansas City Royals game earlier this week.

Bush’s son, former President George W. Bush ’68 — who was also in Skull and Bones at Yale — was the captain of the Yale baseball team during his senior season. The younger Bush was later was a managing partner of the Texas Rangers.

Better than tap night.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump will visit the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford on Friday.

The hall expects to fill its capacity of 8,000 people for the event. Trump will speak in the Constitution State to rally support for the Connecticut primary on April 26.

Speak out. The Community

Consent Educators, United Against Sexual Assault at Yale and the Women’s Center will host a series of events for “Take Back the Night” to raise awareness around campus climate issues. Tomorrow, there will be a chalking on Cross Campus at 11 a.m.

It only happens twice a year.

This evening, the shops on Broadway will participate in the spring “College Night on Broadway.” Yale students can show their IDs to access discounts at retail stores and restaurants. There will also be a live DJ and henna tattoos.

Not sorry. Journalist Lucy Aharish will give her perspective on the ArabIsraeli conflict at Slifka at 4 p.m. today. The talk is titled “Unapologetic.”

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

1992 Donald Kagan announces that he will resign from his position as Yale College dean.

Kagan’s resignation followed a speech to the faculty titled “Restructuring and the Threat to Yale College” in which he criticizes the faculty for opposing academic cuts.

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Executive Director of Yale Hospitality Rafi Taherian wins two awards PAGE 9 UNIVERSITY

Is Yale becoming too corporate?

Take a pitcher. Speaking

Por(cellian) que? Harvard was featured in The New York Times today after the university’s oldest all-male social club, Porcellian Club, put forth an official statement saying that admitting women could increase the chances of sexual misconduct. In response, Rep. Katherine Clark tweeted, “Or, instead of blaming women, you could focus on teaching members of your club to NOT sexually assault people.”

ELM HOSPITALITY

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When union representatives tried to deliver a petition to Polak at 2 Whitney Grove Square, they were rebuffed.

YCC candidates look beyond student effort

BY JON VICTOR STAFF REPORTER With Yale College Council elections on the horizon, all five presidential candidates have made eliminating the student effort a central part of their campaigns — but they have proposed smaller-scale financial aid reforms as well.

In response to student activism, the administration announced in December that the student effort — an amount that students on financial aid are asked to contribute toward their Yale education — would be reduced next year from its current amount of $6,400 by $1,350 for students with a parent contribution of zero and $450 for everyone else. Sarah Armstrong ’18, Diksha Brahmbhatt ’18, Carter Helschien ’18, Josh Hochman ’18 and Peter Huang ’18 all vowed to carry on advocacy to eliminate the expectation altogether. But, acknowledging that full elimination of the student effort would likely not happen during their terms as president, several have also presented more creative proposals to benefit low-income students in the short term.

“In terms of eliminating [the student effort] completely, that’s not going to happen in this next year,” Brahmbhatt said. “It’s not something that the YCC can promise to do, or we would be giving people false hope.”

Brahmbhatt and Huang both said they want to establish more rewarding jobs on campus for students to exercise their passions and unique skill sets while also being paid. For example, Huang said, the YCC could work to increase the number of paid research positions available on campus.

Others focused on policies tangentially related to financial aid for the lowest-income students at Yale. Hochman’s platform calls for elimination of mandatory course drop fees as well as a review of how individual residential colleges distribute emergency funds to students with extreme financial need.

By contrast, Armstrong and Helschien’s solutions focused more on recipients of financial aid in general. Armstrong said the YCC should create awareness that tuition insurance is available, as well as generate more administrative support in the FinanSEE YCC PAGE 4

Down the block from Warner House sits an eight-story office building, a monolithic block of glass and brick. University Provost Benjamin Polak once worked in Warner House, but after Yale created a new position for a dean to oversee the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Polak’s offices relocated to the fourth floor of 2 Whitney Grove Square.

The relocation of the Provost’s Office from a classic Yale landmark on Hillhouse Avenue to a modern office building is more than just a change in locale. It also typifies what some have described as the increasing corporatization of Yale.

The so-called “corporatization” of the University is tricky to define and even trickier to actually observe. Staff members worry that their ranks continue to shrink after more than a decade of efforts to centralize the University’s body of staff and make it more efficient. Faculty members are more concerned that Yale’s senior administration is growing too large — expanding to include a bevy of vice presidents, provosts and deans — at the expense of the University’s academic community.

“People use the word [corporatization] without defining it,” said Vice President for Finance Stephen Murphy ’87, who helps Polak manage Yale’s finances.

“The question becomes … Is the

UPCLOSE addition of administrative support at all levels, including the senior levels, effective and efficient?”

The inner workings of Yale’s administration are deeply complex, but staff and faculty with decades of institutional memory say Yale is no longer the same school it was only a decade ago, before large-scale staff reorganizations began. Furthermore, they said, working at Yale feels increasingly like being part of a company, not part of an institution devoted to research and education.

Has the restructuring of the staff and the growth of the senior administration really sacrificed community in the name of efficiency? Is corporatization sterilizing Yale, or strengthening it?

CENTRALIZING THE STAFF

For Yale’s staff, the trend of corporatization has become apparent in the University’s attempts to streamline and condense into central offices.

A few decades ago, many of Yale’s 9,455 administrative staff worked closer to central campus, working in departments and offices near Old Campus and Hillhouse Avenue. Today, around 1,000 staff work in a SEE CORPORATIZATION PAGE 6

Students anticipate naming announcements

BY DAVID SHIMER STAFF REPORTER Last weekend, University President Peter Salovey said the names of the two new residential colleges, as well as the potential renaming of Calhoun College and the elimination of the title master, will be announced in the coming weeks before final exams.

But students are criticizing the University for likely waiting until either

the end of classes or reading week to reveal these decisions.

Throughout the academic year, the Yale Corporation collected input from the Yale community and internally debated the three issues. But the body’s involvement ended during its fourth meeting last weekend, according to Vice President for Communications Eileen O’Connor. Now the University is poised to announce the decisions toward the end of the

semester to the chagrin and skepticism of students. All 40 students interviewed said the University should make the announcements as far in advance of final exams as possible, and all 40 also said it will be more difficult for students to potentially protest the decisions as the semester comes to a close.

“It is very smart of them to SEE NAMING PAGE 4

After controversial season, donations unclear

BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI AND JON VICTOR STAFF REPORTERS The month of March featured both unprecedented success and scathing criticism for the Yale men’s basketball team.

Weeks later, the potential impact on incoming alumni donations remains unclear: if the team’s historic tournament run could lead to a surge in giving, or if its sexual misconduct controversy could lower donations instead.

Just as the team secured its first March Madness berth in 54 years, it also found itself answering questions about the expulsion of former captain Jack Montague for sexual misconduct. The convergence of the two storylines brought significant national attention — both positive and negative — to the basketball program and to Yale as a whole. While alumni at times debated whether the University administration handled the controversy correctly, they were largely uncertain about whether either headline would translate to any shift in donation levels.

“It has been a topic that people have been talking about a lot, and more clarity and resolution would be helpful for alums,” said Yale Hockey Association President Daryl Jones ’98, who said his group has had recurring conversations about the Montague sitSEE MONTAGUE PAGE 4

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Alumni and administrators are unsure what effect the basketball team’s recent headlines will have on donations.

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YCC ELECTIONS

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone...”

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VIEWS Huang ’18 for YCC President Coming into this year’s Yale College Council elections, the News was pleased to hear that the race for president would be heavily contested.

In the wake of extensive conversations last semester, we hoped the intense competition would generate a range of creative policy proposals to address complex and crucial issues including racial equity and sexual climate. However, we have regretfully been left disappointed by multiple platforms filled with promises that no YCC president could achieve in one term.

That is why the News proudly endorses Peter Huang ’18 for YCC president. His ideas are concrete and achievable, because they are informed by a formidable fluency in University policies and procedures. And, unlike his peers, his platform demonstrates deep knowledge of what is actually achievable for a student government presidency.

We were surprised to come to this conclusion. When we saw the list of candidates for the first time, Huang did not stand out as a frontrunner, as he does not have the highprofile experience some of the other candidates boast.

However, our interactions with him have convinced us that he is the most pragmatic candidate in the race, and by far the most knowledgeable.

When asked what he would change about sexual misconduct policy, he explained how interim measures like nocontact orders can be more successfully deployed. When asked how much money the student income contribution generates for Yale each year, a number that no other candidate was able to provide, Huang calculated the figure on the spot using his existing knowledge of financial aid policy. And when asked about

issues of faculty diversity, he cited a lack of mentorship for junior faculty of color, a targeted problem that could only be noted by someone knowledgeable of the ins-and-outs of faculty hiring. The role of YCC president is not one to be taken lightly, and Huang clearly understands the expectations — and limitations — of the job.

We urge our peers to consider this when casting their votes: A YCC president alone cannot fix faculty diversity, sexual climate, financial aid policy or the many other hottopic issues that were debated on Tuesday night. But a candidate well-versed in existing policies can make an impact by focusing on clear and actionable policy steps.

Perhaps the most compelling example of this was Huang’s proposal to task a group of representatives with thoroughly researching each academic department’s struggles with faculty diversity, an idea which demonstrates a methodical and wellthought-out approach to the issue. This unique proposal targets an important University-wide problem without overstepping the bounds of the YCC president’s role — a rare find among this set of candidates. Even though his project may seem smaller in scale, it does not diminish Huang’s clear investment in the issue at hand.

When considering Josh Hochman ’18, we were impressed by his extensive YCC resume and careful consideration of an impressive array of issues. That said, his platform sacrificed depth for sheer breadth, resulting in an inability for him to be wellversed in the intricacies of all of the policies he was proposing. Hochman could not convince the News that he knew what he wanted to focus on

in his term or how he would achieve his goals. In a field full of candidates with great ideas, Hochman could not convince us he was ready in a way that Huang assuredly did.

Similarly, Sarah Armstrong ’18, who enjoyed a strong show of support during the debate and is considered by many as a campus favorite, failed to show us that she had the policy savvy to implement solutions to the issues she has identified on campus. Armstrong has positioned herself as an advocate for sexual assault reform on this campus, citing her leadership experience in the campus group, Unite Against Sexual Assault at Yale.

However, Armstrong's suggestion that we implement an “independent oversight board to the University Wide Committee” was deeply troubling. Not only did she fail to explain how an additional administrative body — still moderated by the University — would actually ensure more accountability, she also lacked any plan to create such a body. Her lack of specificity on this issue reflects an unreliable and underdeveloped platform which, though popular, has little chance of becoming a reality.

The same is true of Diksha Brahmbhatt ’18. We admired her genuine commitment and raw honesty throughout this campaign and were impressed that she had met with current YCC president Joe English ’17 to better understand the role, something we surprisingly did not hear from the other candidates. But her passion and enthusiasm were not enough to convince us that she would be a better choice than Huang, whose alacrity was coupled with extensive knowledge of Yale and YCC policies. Her platform was in no way unique or compel-

ling enough to shift our focus from Huang.

Most disappointing is Carter Helschien ’18, a candidate who many understandably believe is running a joke campaign. It is one thing to use humor in a campaign to try to engage with apathetic students, but Helschien’s conduct during the debate — at which he arrived dressed as a magician — gave us no confidence that he could tackle the difficult and sensitive issues currently at the center of campus discourse. Furthermore, during his meeting with the News, he fumbled on the specifics of both his financial aid plan and his cultural center outreach initiative, two of his biggest platform points.

This is a crowded election, and we fully expect to see a heated runoff next week. We hope, however, that students vote for the candidate they believe will affect positive change — not the one they find most affable. Voting for a YCC president too often becomes a popularity contest, and this election could easily proceed along similar lines. It is our duty as students to prevent that from happening.

Anyone can dream of a better campus. But a good YCC president will take those dreams and do something about them. They will rally behind student activists, but will also meet with administrators to determine what can actually be done.

We need a reasonable, rational and considerate leader to take us through the next year.

As the events last semester demonstrated, this campus cares deeply about the future of Yale — and our next YCC president must be someone who can channel that momentum into attainable goals.

For that reason, the News endorses Huang.

For all races: contested elections By the time polls open on Thursday morning, half of the elected positions for the Yale College Council’s executive board this year will have already been decided. Though the saturated fields of presidential and vice presidential candidates have forced those nine candidates to develop in-depth platforms and to defend their positions against public scrutiny, the same cannot be said of the two candidates in uncontested races for finance director and events director.

So in lieu of throwing our support behind either candidate, we will use this space to endorse something more important: contested elections.

The News met with both Zach Murn ’17, who is running for finance director, and Lauren Sapienza ’18, who is running for events director, and were disappointed with the lack of preparation and energy both candidates brought to the table.

Though Murn, who will be a senior next year, appears earnest in his desire to serve the Yale community, his dearth

of new ideas and inadequate knowledge of YCC finances raises concerns. His platform, seen only on his underpublicized candidate Facebook page, consists of three, one-sentence bullet points that are heavy on buzzwords and light on details. He appeared apathetic about critical policy measures, such as the student activities fee, and when pressed about whether he would support raising this fee further, he failed to take a decisive stance, simply stating, “Maybe we can increase it again.” When questioned about specific budget expenses, such as the Harvard-Yale dance party in Commons, Murn incorrectly stated that the event occurs every year (in fact, it is biennial) and did not have a reasonable explanation for why Spring Fling accounts for over three-fourths of the YCC’s total budget. With over $360,000 of students’ money on the line, we expected a bit more from Murn than memes about Harvard.

It’s clear that Sapienza, who has served on the YCC Events Committee since her fresh-

man year and currently serves as the deputy events director, will bring plenty of experience to the events director role. We commend her for taking the time to outline on her website some of the new traditions she aims to establish on campus, such as a “So You Think Yale Can Dance” competition or a Crown Street Block Party with local food trucks. However, her responses to some of our questions gave us serious pause. When asked how she would address scheduling conflicts between Spring Fling and athletic competitions, Sapienza said she was “exploring other venues” (but failed to list any alternate locations) and then suggested potentially moving the event to a Sunday, which would likely interfere with religious observances on Old Campus.

After pressing her on how she would have resolved the controversy in February regarding the event title, “Fat Woads,” which was later renamed by the YCC to “NOLA Woads,” Sapienza displayed a lack of foresight when she said she did not expect the

title to cause such backlash and failed to explain how she would have handled the situation had the decision been in her hands. Though we support Sapienza’s commitment to fostering campus conversation through events such as her proposed “Table Talks,” we believe a contested race would have pushed her to grapple with the weightier responsibilities of YCC events director.

The best races are never run alone. We call for contested elections for all YCC positions, to ensure that candidates remain accountable to the voices of students. There’s a reason students often feel estranged from the bureaucracy of the YCC — and having candidates already predetermined for a position on the council only exacerbates that divide. With less choice and fewer ideas, it is ultimately the campus that suffers most. Whether you check the box for Murn or Sapienza on Thursday, or choose to abstain, the outcome will not change. Let us hope this is not the case in future elections.

Sullivan ’18 for YCC Vice President Two buzzwords have dominated this year’s contest for Yale College Council vice president: efficiency and inclusion. Many allege, on the one hand, that the YCC is an unacceptably bureaucratic institution in serious need of reform. At the same time, the events of last semester have caused many to reconsider the YCC’s role in supporting student groups and mediating student activism. Every candidate has vowed to reach out to the cultural centers in one way or another; several have made ameliorating Yale’s sexual climate a priority.

Both objectives — bureaucratic efficacy and increased representation of student groups — are noble goals. But each trades off against the other. Creating new infrastructure to accommodate the voices of student groups poses significant threats to internal efficiency and rapid decision-making. The more voices there are competing in a room, the longer it takes to reach a practical policy consensus.

We believe Kevin Sullivan ’18 is the best candidate to navigate this tension.

In his endorsement interview with the News, Sullivan had the most succinct and accurate description of the vice president’s role in the YCC: “The YCC president is president of the student body; the vice president is the president of the council.”

Sullivan’s platform reflects a strong understanding of the duties and responsibilities unique to the office of VP, prioritizing concrete internal reforms over grandiose pledges. When we asked why he didn’t address sexual climate in his platform, Sullivan responded — accurately — that the VP’s job is to keep council meetings running smoothly, not to set policy agenda. To this end, Sullivan has promised to implement several structural improvements to the YCC’s existing procedures: He will allow YCC representatives to meet without approval from the executive board; he plans to delay voting on YCC resolutions until one week after they have been proposed, allowing representatives more time to process the information and solicit feedback from their constituents.

Sullivan also wants to delegate YCC representatives to serve as liaisons to all of the cultural houses, but opposes Christopher Bowman’s ’18 proposal to create a new position on the executive board dedicated exclusively to outreach. This approach strikes us as sensible and prudent.

Rather than instituting entirely new offices within the YCC, Sullivan will decentralize outreach and allow representatives to do their jobs unencumbered by red tape. Other candidates made similar overtures to affinity groups, but theirs were overambitious and impractical. Zach Wilson ’18, for example, conceded in endorsement meetings that his plans

would involve the creation of more task forces and committees. Instead of offering structural emendations to the YCC that would make it easier to manage these new groups, Wilson simply insisted that the “right leaders in the right places can make this work pretty easily.” We do not find this assertion reassuring, especially considering Wilson’s notable lack of experience as compared with other candidates.

Luis Patino ’18 displays similar naivety about the potential challenges of expanding an already expansive bureaucracy. He touts his proposed “One Yale Project” as an “institutionalized mechanism” to “empower [student] groups to interact with the YCC.” But the project would involve the creation of two separate councils— a Greek Council and a One World Council— each independent from the YCC and each with its own bylaws and structure.

Liaisons from both councils would then be expected to meet and coordinate with YCC representatives on an as-needed basis. We commend Patino’s commitment to amplifying the representation of student groups within the YCC. Still, the implementation of such a proposal could quickly devolve into a bureaucratic nightmare.

SULLIVAN PROVIDES THE MOST FEASIBLE PLANS FOR ENSURING BOTH ACCOUNTABILITY AND EFFICIENCY Sullivan provides the most feasible recommendations for ensuring both accountability and efficiency. His platform is also best suited to the office of vice president, focusing first and foremost on improving the internal operation of the council. Bowman’s platform, by contrast, is more about vision than administration. His website advertises a detailed list of policy proposals and initiatives, from instituting mandatory diversity training at Camp Yale to facilitating the creation of an interfraternity council. These ideas deserve careful consideration, but the fact remains that they fall well outside the purview of YCC vice president. If Bowman wanted to set the agenda for the YCC, he should have declared his candidacy for a different office.

As vice president of the Sophomore Class Council and head of the Yale Dining Task Force, Sullivan has firsthand experience navigating bureaucracy and improving efficiency. He understands what the position of vice president entails, and has laid out concrete steps to make his vision of the YCC a reality. He earns our enthusiastic endorsement.

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FROM THE FRONT

“I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.” JULIUS CAESAR ROMAN STATESMAN, GENERAL AND NOTABLE

YCC candidates focus on financial aid

NCAA win, Montague may influence donors MONTAGUE FROM PAGE 1

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At the debate Tuesday, presidential candidates discussed financial aid.

YCC FROM PAGE 1 cial Aid Office for international students and those whose parents do not speak English.

“I think that’s something that can be addressed pretty quickly,” Armstrong said.

Apart from eliminating the student effort, Helschien’s platform calls only for financial aid for summer class and study abroad opportunities. He did not address a specific timeline for eliminating the student effort, but he said it was a priority.

Director of Financial Aid Caesar Storlazzi said he has not been

following the proposals but read summaries of the candidates’ campaigns in the News. He said his office does not oversee policies that residential colleges may have on how they distribute their funds, but he added that he looks forward to speaking about financial aid issues with students and administrators in the years ahead.

Though it was not on any candidate’s initial platform, all except Helschien indicated that they would be in support of a $15 minimum wage on campus. Tyler Blackmon ’16, who has been an outspoken critic of the University’s financial aid policies, sent

out a survey to all candidates asking whether they supported the increased wage. Last month, Columbia University implemented a similar policy after advocacy from Fight for $15, a national activist group.

Helschien said he opposed the measure because he did not think it would be fair to increase student employees’ wages without also increasing those of University staff. Furthermore, he said, Columbia’s situation was different from Yale’s, as the cost of living is higher in New York City. He dismissed the proposal as being attractive to uninformed voters.

“A lot of the candidates in this race I feel were pressured to take a stance on that survey … that would be most favorable to uninformed voters,” Helschien said.

Current YCC President Joe English ’17 has said in the past that he does not support a $15 student minimum wage on the grounds that those funds would be better allocated toward fellowships specifically for low-income students.

Voting for this year’s YCC elections begins Thursday.

Contact JON VICTOR at jon.victor@yale.edu .

uation. “But in the hockey perspective, not any negative support or people backing out.”

He added that the Montague topic did not come up at the group’s last meeting and was never a “serious discussion” among board members. While he noted alumni’s desire for more information, he added that it was unlikely Yale could have reacted any differently to the events given potential legal implications.

Director of Athletics Development Alison Cole ’99 said there is still no updated development data that could show the impact of the national attention the men’s basketball team received earlier this semester. On March 27, Cole said the athletics department had “recently” sent out a post-tournament appeal to alumni, but that the department would need at least one full month before measuring the results.

An alumnus who wished to remain anonymous because of the controversial nature of the topic said many in his community were “uneasy” after both the basketball controversy and campus protests about racial injustice last fall. But he was unsure what the events might mean in terms of donations. He questioned how Yale could raise money with enthusiasm if alumni were not confident about what was going on at the school.

“It has been a very eventful year for Yale in the national news, and I just think there are a lot of alums who are just shaking their heads and asking what’s going on,” the alumnus said.

Jones also described a sense of confusion among the alumni community.

“It’s no question [March’s controversy] is something people are talking about across the board,” he said.

“I think, on the one hand, everyone has a lot of confidence and belief in Yale, its

leaders and the institution, but on the other hand there are a lot of questions. It feels like a lot of things have not been answered.”

Arthur Segal ’69, who serves as secretary for the class of 1969, said he does not expect donations to the University to be impacted, as he did not feel that the controversy surrounding Montague’s dismissal had been broadly communicated to alumni. He said he only learned of it while watching NCAA Tournament games, adding that many alumni likely came across it the same way.

Segal contrasted the basketball controversies with last semester’s campus protests. He said last fall’s events in the wake of a controversial email from Silliman Associate Master Erika Christakis generated stronger responses from the alumni community and may have had a larger impact on donations.

“The recent Silliman College story embodied a different level of concern for many, and the responses were more dramatic,” Segal said. “Campus sexual assault is a concern for all of us and the prevalent feeling will likely be support of firm action.”

Though he did not speak directly to the Montague incident, Tony Lavely ’64 said he believes any negative publicity for Yale has a negative impact on donations.

Conversely, he said, positive news like athletic success or high investment returns can spur alumni giving.

Still, Lavely noted that alumni who react most extremely have often not been among the most generous.

“Very often I find that the people who are the first to say ‘I’m never going to give again’ haven’t given ever,” Lavely said.

Contact DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu and JON VICTOR at jon.victor@yale.edu .

Students call for speed in naming decisions NAMING FROM PAGE 1 announce the decisions when students will be most stressed and right before they leave — it is a smart, strategic move,” said Elisia Ceballo-Countryman ’18, who was involved with Next Yale in the fall. “It would look bad if [the administration] announced [the decision] when we all left because that wouldn’t allow for students to protest, and they don’t want to announce it when we can protest. So they’re being strategic in announcing the decisions when we’re all too busy studying for exams.”

Ceballo-Countryman said despite her involvement in last semester’s demonstrations against racism and discrimination on campus, preparing for final exams has to take priority — an unfortunate reality for student activists and one of which administrators are well-aware.

She added that she believes the University could probably make the announcements sooner than it actually will.

O’Connor said there is “absolutely no strategy” behind the scheduling of the announcements. She added that she still expects “vigorous debate” about the issues once they are revealed, adding that the delay can also be explained by logistics, citing that Salovey is traveling this week. Once the decisions are announced, O’Connor said the administration will heavily engage with the student body and with all members of the Yale community through face-toface meetings, phone calls with alumni and written communication.

In explaining the timing of the announcements, Salovey said the University is carefully planning how to deliver the decisions to the Yale community.

“We are not completely finished with our work. There are some details to track down and a few issues to address,” Salovey said. “The reasons for any decisions are as important as the decisions themselves. It is critical that these reasons be communicated clearly. That

takes time to prepare, among other issues.”

Salovey did not specify whether any of the three naming issues have yet to be settled. The Corporation will not meet again before the announcements, and Salovey has said only the body can change the title master, name the two new colleges and rename Calhoun. One case in which a Corporation meeting and vote would not be required, Salovey said, is if the body chose not to alter Calhoun.

Still, students surveyed overwhelmingly believe the University is taking its time for strategic reasons.

“At the end of the day, people have so much to do at this time of year,” Viviana Andazola Marquez ’18 said. “It makes sense for them to wait because that will make it hard for students to mobilize, especially if it’s bad news … It seems they planned the decision-making period strategically so students will be unable to gather and respond.”

Allison Song ’19 said she is concerned that because of the stresses of the end of the semester, students will be less focused on these issues when they are announced. To her, these decisions deserve the “undivided attention” of the student body because of their long-term importance.

Given the amount of time the Corporation has spent deliberating these issues, Elena Saavedra Buckley ’18 said she is suspicious of the delay. She added that in putting off the announcements, administrators are going to make the most difficult time of the year even more stressful.

“I would say the sooner the better,” she said. “This has been in the air for so long that they should have been able to pick a less stressful time. It’s hard for a significant response to happen when everyone is so busy, and yet the University gets to say they made the announcements while students were on campus.”

Calhoun College opened in 1933.

Contact DAVID SHIMER at david.shimer@yale.edu .

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The Yale Corporation met this past weekend and discussed three crucial naming issues.

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NEWS

“Man, when I’m riding with the helmet on, I’m invisible. And people just deal with me as the guy on the bike. It gives you a chance to read ‘em.” BRAD PITT AMERICAN ACTOR

Higher One sells two major divisions

BY JIAHUI HU STAFF REPORTER Shareholders of Higher One — an Elm City higher education financial services company founded by three Yalies in 2000 — voted last week to sell one of the two of three major divisions of their business.

The Munson Street company, which mediates online transactions between more than 9 million students and 1,500 campuses, sold the branches of its business that distribute financial-aid refunds to students and provide bank accounts for college students to Philadelphia’s Customers Bank, a company Higher One has partnered with since 2013, said Shoba Lemoine, Higher One vice president of corporate communications. Higher One chose to enter the sale in response to new government regulations that govern student bank account services, Lemoine added. Although Lemoine did not specify the regulation she referred to, the United States Department of Education released new regulations in October to protect students from unwarranted college loan fees. The Department of Education prohibited universities from requiring students to open a bank account and mandated that schools provide students with more options for receiving their financial aid.

“It became clear this acquisition made the most sense to preserve our proprietary business model so that colleges and universities and their students can continue to use these much-needed services for years to come,” Lemoine said.

Since at least 2012, Higher One has faced litigation from students and a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation investigation for deceiving students into creating and paying additional fees on their student accounts. In December, Higher One settled a $31 million lawsuit with the FDIC for deceptive practices and last August, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also issued a website statement advising students to be wary of bank accounts operated by a university’s finance partner.

In the recent past, the CFPB, Do-ED and U.S. Public Interest Research Group — a coalition of nonprofit organizations — scrutinized higher education financial companies such as Higher One, said Pauline Abernathy ’88, vice president of the Institute for College Education and Success, a nonprofit that promotes college access and has singled out Higher One for criticism in the past, including in a 2013 public letter to the federal

Department of Education.

Lemoine said Higher One will continue to provide online tuition and retail transactions between universities and students.

Higher One’s recent sale is the latest development for the company, which was praised by then-Mayor John DeStefano and Governor Dannel Malloy during the March 2012 ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 150,000-square-foot offices in the Winchester factory building. Then, the company’s shares traded for roughly $15 — after a high of $21 per share in 2011. Shares traded for $3.72 at the close of business on Wednesday.

Lemoine added that the company, which employs 250 people across the state and 545 nationwide, does not have plans to relocate or cut employees.

Higher One’s deal with Customers Bank will be finalized in the upcoming months and is likely to include a commitment by the bank to make job offers to the 200 Higher One employees who work in the purchased divisions, Lemoine said.

Higher One has been a strong corporate citizen in New Haven for the last fifteen years.

SHOBA LEMOINE Vice President of Corporate Communications “Higher One has been a strong corporate citizen in New Haven for the last 15 years and we’d like to convey that, with this announcement between Higher One and Customers Bank, there are no plans to reduce staff or leave the New Haven area at this time,” Lemoine said.

For students whose universities hold contracts with Higher One, a company with a 1.7 star rating from 17 reviews on Google, the latest developments will hopefully bring an improvement in the company’s service.

Jamie Severino studied at St. Petersburg University in Florida and commented on Higher One’s Facebook President’s Day post to report a lag in service regarding tax returns. She said customer service is difficult to navigate and did not resolve her issue at all. Her sentiments reflect those of at least two dozen disgruntled customers who reported complaints on the company’s Facebook page in the past two months.

Contact JIAHUI HU at jiahui.hu@yale.edu .

Dwight Hall amends bylaws

BY RACHEL TREISMAN STAFF REPORTER Dwight Hall amended its Student Cabinet bylaws for the first time in over 20 years on Wednesday evening.

The changes passed by a wide voting margin at Dwight Hall’s only Cabinet meeting of the semester. These changes — which will change the term length for co-coordinators, create an internal resolutions system and deal with the status of affiliate member groups and institutional programs — take effect immediately. Dwight Hall members said the changes were overdue and now better fit the organization’s current priorities.

“Our Executive Committee has been a comparatively active and activist one,” Dwight Hall co-coordinator Anthony D’Ambrosio ’18 said. “We have sought continuously to improve Dwight Hall policy in all niches possible that weren’t necessarily considered by past executive committees.”

Included in the bylaws are rules regarding the status of various groups within Dwight Hall, such as associate and affiliate member groups. Associate and affiliate groups are those which do not have access to all of Dwight Hall’s resources, but can be eligible to be voted in for membership after a trial period. The new bylaws eliminate such classification, as Dwight Hall’s new Outreach Program aims to make all campus groups affiliated with the organization, Dwight Hall Co-Coordinator Briana Burroughs ’17 said.

The amendments also grant Dwight Hall institutional programs, such as fellowships and internships, full Cabinet membership, which includes voting rights. The amendments will take those rights away from provisional groups — those that seek Dwight Hall membership — until they are voted in, Burroughs said.

“The Urban Fellow co-coordinators were very pleased to see bylaw changes simplifying Dwight Hall membership status,” Urban Fellow co-coordinator and News staff reporter Graham Ambrose ’18 said. “The streamlined process more effectively and transparently allows new groups to join Dwight Hall while also encouraging existing groups to utilize available resources.”

A more significant change, according to Burroughs, is the new method of electing the two co-coordinators, one of whom will serve a two-year term in an effort to improve transition and continuity. D’Ambrosio and Burroughs are the first team of co-coordinators to consist of one junior and one sophomore, and D’Ambrosio said he will stay in the position next year as per the new rules.

The need for a two-year term

stemmed from recurring issues with communication and transition between new co-coordinators and existing member groups, Burroughs said. Yale Undergraduate Prison Project co-coordinator Samantha Brown ’17 said she thinks this change will be beneficial because it can preserve the tie between the Executive Committee and member groups like YUPP. “Dwight Hall is a $1 million organization with 90 member groups,” Burroughs said. “You need to make sure there’s continuity not just in the staff, but also make sure that the students are providing some institutional memory.”

The reformed bylaws also enable Dwight Hall to establish a system of Community Resolutions, proposals on official stances for Dwight Hall to take on social justice issues. Any member or institutional group will be able to put forward a resolution about social justice or service, which the Cabinet will vote on during its meeting, D’Ambrosio said.

He added that if a resolution passes the vote, Dwight Hall will focus on giving that particular issue more attention and will thereby form an “index” of core beliefs. The system implementing Community Resolutions will take effect in the fall after next year’s incumbent leadership determines details regarding the rati-

fication process.

“Our new system for resolutions essentially allows Dwight Hall to form strains of commonality,” D’Ambrosio said. “Especially given this year’s events with social justice on campus, we felt that it was particularly necessary for Dwight Hall to be able to support certain initiatives and ideas.”

While the member group representatives present did not offer feedback at the Cabinet meeting itself, they had received emails with information about the proposed changes at least two weeks in advance of the session, Burroughs said. She added that the process was “as transparent as possible” and groups were invited to ask questions beforehand.

Member groups responded positively to the proposal in the weeks leading up to the vote, D’Ambrosio said. He added that member groups like to have their opinion voiced, so the resolution initiative was very popular.

“These resolutions can help groups, and I think groups have started to see that,” D’Ambrosio said. “I think they will see that more and more as the system gets implemented.”

Dwight Hall’s spring Day of Service will take place on April 16.

Contact RACHEL TREISMAN at rachel.treisman@yale.edu .

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Dwight Hall amended its bylaws Wednesday.

Positive signals for bike lane

BY NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH STAFF REPORTER Under new proposals from City Hall, Edgewood Avenue might be transformed from a high-speed traffic artery into a route where cars share the road with the city’s first protected cycle track.

Those plans were the subject of discussion during a community meeting hosted by the city’s transportation and engineering departments in the Augusta Lewis Troup School Tuesday

night. Residents who testified at the hearing were largely supportive of the plans put forth by City Traffic Chief Doug Hausladen ’04 and City Engineer Giovanni Zinn ’05. Some residents, though, were less optimistic, raising concerns about lost or relocated parking and cars’ high speeds on Edgewood Avenue.

“We really want to create a community place here,” Zinn said, noting that the proposal is part of a coherent long-term vision for the city’s infrastructure. “And we also want to cre-

ate a network for cycling and for transit that is as good as the network that already exists for cars.”

Zinn said while city engineers from a previous era fetishized the automobile, modern principles of city engineering focus on making neighborhoods walkable and easily accessible for bicycles. This proposal, he said, would go a long way towards turning Downtown West — a catch-all term for the areas west of Downtown — into a more accessible neighborhood.

Hausladen said the proposals were only made possible by

working with New Haven’s delegation to the Hartford General Assembly to secure $1.2 million in grant funding and change obscure state statutes that would have made the proposals illegal.

One of those statutes, Hausladen said, required parked cars’ right wheel bases to be within 12 inches of the curb, a stipulation incompatible with the proposals. This project would be the first use of new cycle tracks in Connecticut, Hausladen said.

Paula Vassell, who lives on Edgewood Avenue, said while

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Edgewood residents aired their concerns about the bike lane during Tuesday’s meeting.

she supported the accessibility granted by the cycle tracks, she remains concerned that the plans will force her to park further from her house.

“I was looking at those pictures over there, and if I was living on Edgewood Avenue, I wouldn’t want that bike line to be on the curb, and then my parking to be across the lane,” Vassell said. “If I’m out late at night … I want to park as close to my house as possible to get the heck into my house.”

Vassell added that she would like to see speed bumps added to Edgewood Avenue to force cars to slow down. Other residents concurred, saying cars’ current high speeds makes walking and biking through the area unsafe. One resident described the traffic coming onto Edgewood Avenue from Forest Road as “roaring.”

One of the proposals’ more well-received inclusions was the purchase of a traffic light at the intersection of Edgewood and Winthrop Avenues, where the street diverges from oneway to a two-way on either side of an island. Zinn’s announcement of the purchase made possible by the state grant — at what he described as a “very interesting” intersection — was greeted by applause throughout the auditorium.

Though Edgewood Avenue currently has two lanes of traffic in each direction, except in its one-way section east of Winthrop Avenue, the cycle track proposal would see that reduced to one lane in each direction.

Zinn noted there would be no loss of legal parking close to Downtown.

Jacob Wasserman ’16, an intern with the city’s Transportation Department, urged attendees to broaden their hori-

zons, thinking in the long term as well as the immediate future.

“When you build a project like this, it’s not just for this generation, it’s for the next,” Wasserman said. “I’ve talked to people across the city, high school students and college students, and they love to bike and walk, and ideally not have to have a car to get somewhere.”

Dwight Alder Frank Douglass Jr., whose ward would include a portion of the cycle track, said city officials need to remember the possible effects of snowstorms, which have a history of drastically narrowing the city’s thoroughfares.

Wednesday night’s meeting was the second public forum hosted by the city administration regarding the Edgewood cycle track proposal — the first was held at the Edgewood School in March. Public testimony at that meeting focused on possible parking losses effected by the proposal; Hausladen said the revisions put before the public Wednesday night take those concerns into account.

Attendees at the meeting were largely positive on the proposals. When one attendee asked for people opposed to the proposals to raise their hands, only five or six people out of roughly 50 did so. Most people in the audience — also measured by a show of hands — described themselves as “avid cyclists” and either lived or owned a business on the Edgewood corridor.

Edgewood Avenue runs from Forest Road in Westville to Park Street Downtown, traversing the Edgewood and Dwight neighborhoods in between.

Contact NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH at noah.daponte-smith@yale.edu .

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“Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.” N. R. NARAYANA MURTHY INDIAN INDUSTRIALIST

Corporatization: sterilizing or strengthening?

CORPORATIZATION FROM PAGE 1 number of new finance, business, dining, printing and facilities offices in the 80-acre Science Park site more than a mile from Yale’s main campus.

Former Deputy Provost Charles “Chip” Long, who worked as an administrator at Yale from 1973 to 2010, described a work environment at Yale in the 1990s that was “like a family.” He said Yale used to have a reputation as a school that paid its staff relatively low wages but provided excellent benefits in health, retirement and college tuition support. Staff often stayed with departments for their entire careers.

But perhaps in part because of that level of comfort, the old Yale was not as efficient as it could have been.

“It felt like a very homey system.

FAS had a mom-and-pop operation,” Long said. “This was not the most effective or efficient system.

We often didn’t have the best outcomes.”

That system started to change in the early 2000s, as Yale hired more staff and took steps to make the workforce more cost-effective.

From 2005 to 2016, Yale’s staff grew by 18 percent, from 8,005 staff members to 9,455. The biggest gains by far were among a subsection of the staff known as managerial and professional workers, some of whom joined Yale as consultants to help make the University’s business teams more efficient. The number of service and maintenance as well as clerical and technical staff members declined over the past decade by almost 200 employees.

But the M&P staff — many of whom work at centralized offices like the Shared Services building at Science Park and handle the noneducational, business side of the University — has grown by 16 percent.

The centralization and staff growth were partially the work of former Yale Corporation member John Pepper ’60, then the CEO of Proctor and Gamble, who was hired as vice president for finance and administration in 2003. During his two years at Yale, Pepper sought to improve labor relations and increase racial and gender diversity among the staff. And he brought his corporate know-how to bear on Yale’s inefficient staffing system. “[Pepper] immediately recognized that, compared to industry standards, everything was inefficient,” Long said. “For example, in its construction projects, Yale came in over budget and underperforming. It appeared that we needed more exacting, professional people.”

What Pepper saw when he took the role of vice president for finance and administration, Long said, was that Yale had “the best programs, the best students and the best faculty in the world, but we didn’t have the best administration.”

Pepper laid the groundwork, but more significant changes came under Shauna King. King, who was hired in 2006 to take over some of Pepper’s responsibilities as vice president for finance and business operations, came to Yale after spending most of her career at PepsiCo. As president of PepsiCo Shared Services, King united all the PepsiCo Information Technology divisions. Before centralizing the soda company, King was an accountant, working with the Frito-Lay snack food company.

King’s job at Yale was her first in the academic world.

Five years into her tenure at Yale, in a 2011 interview with the Net-

work of Executive Women, King expressed a hardline stance on reorganizing businesses.

“Look inside and have people take a meat cleaver to your processes,” she said. “You want the right people in the right seat.”

King’s primary role at Yale was to shift parts of Yale’s departmental staff — the secretaries and technology staff in each FAS department — to Shared Services, an office 1.5 miles away from central campus that consolidated work previously done by staff in each academic department. A Shared Services staff model is widespread in the private sector, used by large corporations to centralize and streamline day-to-day processes and paperwork.

In the summer of 2014, King led an initiative to reorganize another branch of the staff: Yale Dining.

King created a central food-preparation center for all the dining halls that took many longtime dining hall workers out of their home kitchens and into the Culinary Support Center on Winchester Avenue near Shared Services.

“They shoved us up on the outskirts of campus in a refrigerated room, and we’re forgotten about,” one head pantry worker told the News shortly after the center’s creation.

During King’s time at Yale, the percentage of Yale’s operating budget spent on administration and institutional support jumped from 6 percent in 2006 to a high of 11 percent in 2010. King did not return multiple requests for comment, but her LinkedIn profile details how at Yale she “built a flat and self-directed workforce” and “used key performance metrics to demonstrate health of our processes.” Under her “Key Accomplishments” during the 2011 and 2015 fiscal years, King includes a “287 percent increase in staff productivity” and a “52 percent reduction in data entry turnaround time” in Yale’s Accounts Payable department.

THE COST OF CENTRALIZATION

But productivity came at a cost: face-to-face interactions between faculty and staff were replaced by emails and phone calls, and what once felt like a “Yale Family” began to resemble the streamlined structure of a business.

“The [Shared Services] initiative did significant damage to the smooth functioning of department offices, as it failed to recognize the valuable institutional knowledge held by staff in individual departments,” English professor Jill Campbell GRD ’88 told the News in June 2015.

History, African American studies and American studies professor Glenda Gilmore said Shared Services turned faculty and staff from co-workers to customers and clients.

“To talk about customers and clients is a corporate mindset that tends to erase the teaching and learning in a University,” anthropology professor William Kelly said.

In Judaic Studies, after administrators suggested relocating a senior administrative assistant to a centralized location, religious studies professor Steven Fraade said the attempt showed a lack of understanding about what makes academic departments and programs tick. For Fraade, having the staff nearby improves the general “quality of life” of the professors and students the staff serve. “[Faculty] want to have access to their administrative staff, to

see them on a daily basis, to smile at them, tell them they’re doing a good job,” he said. “Having [the assistant] down the hall from me is essential.”

Murphy acknowledged that Shared Services “got off to a rough start.”

“It came across as, ‘We’re doing this because it worked in corporate,’” Murphy said. But these efforts were done to ease the work done by faculty and students, he added.

“Shared Services and anything else labeled as ‘corporatization’ is not the end, it’s the means to the end of providing more effective and efficient administrative support,” Murphy said. He said the growth of the staff was partly due to the growth of Yale’s clinical operations, and he noted that in terms of financial expenditures, the staff has grown less quickly relative to the rest of the University.

“Since 2001, the University has grown, stripping out inflation, in financial terms, by 82 percent,” Murphy said. “During that same period, the administration has grown more slowly than that.”

Music professor Daniel Harrison MUS ’86, who arrived at Yale in 2003 shortly before the advent of Shared Services, said the restructuring was a necessary step as the University expanded. Unlike Kelly, Harrison put minimal importance on the staff in a department’s general feel.

“It made perfect business sense and, of course, that’s what corporatism is,” Harrison said. “I was an early and outspoken proponent of Shared Services. Someone who recognized, given the financial pressures the University was facing, the need for a solution to improve efficiency and centralize the staff.”

Still, Long said that while centralization and standardization may work in a corporation, a university is a complex system of schools, departments and individuals, each with their own needs and ways of doing business.

“There’s a fundamental disparity between the corporate view of efficiency and the University’s view,” he said. “There’s no way to standardize what we do. In order to professionalize the business of a university, you need someone from the corporate world who understands all this, who also has intuition and is a good listener.”

Polak said he believes centralization can be necessary, but not in every case. While Polak acknowledged that universities across the country have been relatively slow in using new technologies to make certain processes more efficient, he also said the corporate emphasis on centralization and efficiency is not always applicable to a university setting.

“I am loudly agnostic about centralization versus decentralization,” Polak said. “I think that there are some things that work better centralized, and some things that work better decentralized, and one should do it on a case-by-case basis.”

THE UNIONS FOREVER?

Perhaps nowhere has the effect of the corporatization of Yale’s staff been more evident than in the University’s negotiations with its two recognized unions, Locals 34 and 35.

On March 2, when Local 34 Secretary-Treasurer Ken Suzuki walked into the lobby of 2 Whitney Grove Square, he was prohibited from moving farther than the entrance.

Suzuki was trying to deliver a

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STAFF GROWTH SINCE 2005 petition signed by over 2,500 union members to Polak, requesting that Yale protect the 986 clinical union jobs at the School of Medicine. To Suzuki, who has worked at Yale for over 30 years, the rebuff at the door signaled a change in how the administration manages its staff.

King’s leadership, controversial though it was, brought a number of new hires to the staff; but now the administration has begun to slow that growth via a number of recent layoffs, and union leaders say University leaders have been uncommunicative.

Suzuki said the unions settled a labor contract peacefully in 2009 and again in 2012. But union leaders, who enter contract negotiations this spring, suspect that the Yale administration under University President Peter Salovey and Polak — who both took office in 2013 — is not as willing to collaborate.

Polak and Salovey announced layoffs in 2013 as part of a five-year plan to close Yale’s post-recession budget deficit. This spring, 24 staff members in Information Technology Services learned suddenly that they were being laid off to balance the University’s budget.

As explanation, Salovey, Polak and King have said that reducing the administrative staff would allow a reallocation of resources toward teaching and research.

In fiscal year 2015 the University reduced administrative costs by 3 percent.

“Every dollar you spend on administration is a dollar not put toward the mission,” King told the

News in 2013.

This spring, several leaders of Local 34, Yale’s union for clerical and technical workers, confronted the University about the ITS layoffs. Although it was Chief Information Officer Len Peters who announced the layoffs, Local 34 President Laurie Kennington said she believes the decision to cut costs came directly from the provost. These budget cuts, she said, forced ITS management to make layoffs.

Suzuki said administrators have made other decisions in the past three years that have caused union leaders and members to question whether the so-called “legacy of labor peace” under former-University President Richard Levin will continue under Salovey and Polak.

He pointed to the creation of the Culinary Support Center, which he said violated Local 35’s contract with the University. In September 2014, Local 35 — Yale’s blue-collar union — filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that Yale breached the union contract by failing to negotiate before changing the terms and conditions of employment for union members.

“That was a big wake-up call to Local 35 … something was amiss in the top levels of the administration,” Suzuki said. “It said to the leaders of both unions: ‘Where are we really with the new administration?’”

Shortly after Local 35 filed the complaint with the NLRB, administrators came to an agreement with the union, although plans for the

culinary center went forward.

Since 2013, for the first time in the union’s decadeslong existence, Local 34’s numbers began to shrink, after years of consistent growth. As the unions enter contract negotiations with the University this spring, Suzuki said union leaders feel more distant from the current administration, suggesting to him that trends of corporatization have threatened Yale’s unions.

THE FACULTY VIEW

For faculty, corporatization means something different.

Instead of threatening their jobs, professors said, corporatization — in the form of an expanding senior administration and less engagement between the provost and Faculty of Arts and Sciences department heads — threatens faculty empowerment.

FAS Dean Tamar Gendler said her position was actually created largely to empower the faculty.

Rather than decreasing FAS professors’ access to the upper administration, Gendler said her role has given them a voice to articulate the FAS’s future.

“I no longer serve the function of being the person responsible for the day-to-day budget or the day-today running of the FAS,” Polak said.

“Various new responsibilities grow up because of regulation, scale and new areas of focus. It’s good to have people focusing on those specific areas.”

But some professors interviewed maintained that the creation of administrative positions like Gendler’s is one of the clearest symp-

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toms of a growing gulf between faculty and the administration.

When Pepper left his role in 2006, his position was divided into three administrative titles: King became the vice president for finance and business operations, Michael Peel became the vice president for human resources and administration, and Bruce Alexander ’65 took on the role of vice president for the Office of New Haven and State Affairs. The University is currently searching for its first vice president for operations, who will supervise several administrators. In January, Salovey announced that Eileen O’Connor would take on the inaugural role of vice president for communications.

Although the Office of Institutional Research did not provide specific figures for senior administrative growth, faculty pointed to these newly created positions as examples of rapid administrative expansion.

Kelly said faculty interactions with upper-level administrators have changed during his 36 years at Yale. In the early 1990s, Kelly said, each department met individually with the provost, going through the departmental budgets line by line and making the case for each budgeted item. Gendler, not the provost, now oversees the FAS departmental budgets.

Kelly said the growth of the administration has created a buffer between the departments and the administration.

“The chain of command is longer,” he said.

For Kelly, the addition of deputy provosts and associate provosts has encumbered the administration and clouded the vision of administrative leadership — leading the provost to treat faculty and staff as numbers, not people.

“The perception is that [Polak] is very good at what he does, but he’s indirect with department chairs, much more than his predecessors,” Fraade said. “There is a sense of loss of direct engagement.”

Some faculty also pointed to new administrative structures that have sprung up over the years, in particular the host of lawyers and legal experts Yale retains to protect against lawsuits on issues ranging from sexual misconduct to racial discrimination in the University workplace. Yale’s Office of General Counsel employs 20 attorneys and seven staff members, and a branch of the Provost’s Office is tasked with managing Yale’s Title IX complaints. According to Murphy, the growth of research administration and compliance officers is the result of new federal regulations.

Gilmore said the lawyers are effective, but they also prevent the community from learning about what actually happens on campus

and where certain decisions come from — adding layers of red tape and keeping details from the public eye.

“You can’t operate in a way that builds administrative layers in an effort not to get sued,” Gilmore said.

A MIXED STANCE ON CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

Faculty interviewed were divided on the implications of corporatization and its potential to reshape Yale’s community of academics.

Some argued that corporatization had led to poor University leadership and damaged Yale’s intellectual climate.

“At present there is not leadership, there is only administration, and it’s heavy-handed, narrowminded and insistently micromanaged administration,” Kelly said.

“And that’s been, to me, the dominant trend over the last 10 years.”

Faculty members worried that their distance from top budgetary administrators could lead to poor decisions about the allocation of academic resources. As the University has sought to balance its budget while creating more administrative positions, some faculty members say it has become more difficult for faculty to argue directly to the provost for certain budget items, as they were once able to do.

Biology professor Joel Rosenbaum felt the effects of cost-cutting when his fall 2014 electron microscopy course was cut due to reductions in the Biology Department’s budget. In a March 31, 2014 op-ed in the News entitled “Why My Class?” Rosenbaum called for Yale to stop adding new deans to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

These appointments, he argued, have bloated the administration and forced Yale to cut costs in other areas of the University.

Several recent administrative interventions in FAS departments may highlight the trend Kelly and Rosenbaum described.

In November 2015, Classics Department chair Kirk Freudenburg reported to the FAS Senate that, since 2008, the administration had used hundreds of thousands of dollars of restricted department funds for the central administrative budget. While Gendler called the use of morerestricted funds before lessrestricted funds a method for “responsible stewardship” of the University, Classics professors called the reallocation of funds a “raid.”

In the realm of faculty hiring decisions, too, Gilmore said Polak and Gendler do not give FAS departments enough freedom when opening new positions. She said departments end up competing with one another to get admin-

istrative authorization to search for candidates, which can neglect the needs of individual departments.

“Corporatization is not necessarily a bad thing, if it leads to better management of the core mission,” Gilmore said. “But Yale seems to have forgotten that the University’s business is teaching, research and learning.”

According to Gilmore — who worked as a corporate officer in two publicly held companies, and was the CEO of her own start-up for two decades before entering academia — corporate attitudes have also seeped into the way administrators communicate with faculty.

The result, she said, has been a “public relations” approach, even to internal communications. Posters on campus appear extolling administrative milestones and slogans like “An excellent faculty is a diverse faculty,” Gilmore said, calling this “’80s corporate-speak.” She also criticized the strange uniformity of

language in University-wide emails from the provost and president.

But others see corporatization as a force that can save Yale time and money.

Harrison said he believes corporatization allows faculty members to do their jobs better. Professors should attend to their scholarship, and business professionals should run the business side of Yale, he said.

Indeed, while Polak said he seeks to balance the number of administrators from the corporate world with those from academia, he admitted that in making provostial decisions he relies on advice from Peel, Alexander and Murphy — all of whom worked in the private sector.

“I get an enormous amount of help here,” Polak said. “I would have been absolutely lost and this University would have been a total mess if I haven’t have and continue to have the advice and knowledge of people who come from outside.”

The Music Department implemented Shared Services before many other departments, and after a few initial problems, the department now runs more smoothly and efficiently than it did before, Harrison said.

In particular, the filing of departmental expense reports, which had formerly incurred very high error rates — including misplaced numbers and inaccurate expense reporting — was made faster and more accurate under Shared Services. The move to Shared Services required a great deal of centralization, but Harrison is happy Yale made the shift.

“I think my department has been well-served,” he said.

University administrators, too, have preached efficiency and budget-balancing. Gendler noted that both Levin and Polak are economists, which has brought muchneeded financial leadership to the University.

Polak said Yale has many services that are best kept centralized. For example, Polak said the office that processes work visas and green cards would not function well if it were decentralized.

Despite Gendler’s new role in the FAS, Polak said certain responsibilities pertaining to the FAS, like the planning and organization of FAS campus buildings, still rest with the provost.

And some professors disputed that corporatization has brought faculty disempowerment.

Philosophy Chair Stephen Darwall said that while Yale has not been immune from the “corporatizing pressures” affecting universities nationwide, he believes the University’s recent creation of a FAS dean position and a Faculty Senate have helped counteract those pressures.

Darwall said the new FAS dean position does not seem to be a buffer between the faculty and the provost, but rather a way to give departments greater authority over budgetary decisions than was possible when the Provost’s Office oversaw them.

Political Science Department Chair Steven Wilkinson said faculty — both at FAS Senate meetings and in monthly department chair meetings with the administration — are setting the agenda as never before. “[Agendas] used to be set by the administration,” Wilkinson said.

“The administration has become more open to faculty voices in the past few years.”

Still, Long maintained that toplevel positions like the president and provost should be held by academics. The question is one of priorities, he said, adding that administrators should not rely too heavily on corporate management strategies, as the needs of the administration should always come second to the teaching and research mission of the University.

“The person making those very

important allocation decisions, the person at the head of the table, ought to be an academic person,” Long said. “It’s a university after all.”

NOT JUST AT YALE

For all the debate about corporatization, Murphy challenged the idea that Yale is intentionally creating ruthless corporate structures.

“Administrators are not here to make [Yale] the most efficient place on the planet,” said Murphy.

“Sometimes we need more administrators and sometimes we don’t.

Our job is to find out just the right balance.”

Still, according to Freddie DeBoer, a writer and teacher at Purdue University whose work touches on higher education policy, corporatization at universities is a national trend.

DeBoer attributed the growth of administrative departments to a market-based approach to institutions. The idea that a college or university should be run the same way as a corporation, he said, creates a “business, capitalist philosophy.”

Corporatization can be seen in terms of changing power structures, he explained. In the past few decades, universities have given more power and responsibility to central administrative authorities.

“Particularly troublingly, you have this ‘mushrooming effect’ of more and more administrators who are ordered to enforce that top-down mission,” DeBoer said.

“So you hire more and more people whose job it is to look after minor elements of campus life that used to be left up to instructors or individual departments.”

Joseph Grasso, Cornell University’s associate dean for finance, administration and corporate relations, said higher education is going through a transformative period, with universities trying to become more efficient by bringing corporate models to bear on educational structures.

“We’re trying to find a way to deliver high-quality services at an accessible price,” Grasso said. “[These demands] change the type of leadership and the type of management that are needed by a university.”

And while the Ivy League has resisted some of the more extreme kinds of corporatization, other universities have adopted the corporate model so intensely that their presidents call themselves “CEOs,” Grasso said. Boards of trustees are increasingly populated by the heads of industries and companies, who often influence university administrative decisions.

“We’re in a pressure-cooker environment in higher education,” Grasso said. “All of these pressures have been leading to, or fostering, the corporatization of higher education.”

Contact FINNEGAN SCHICK at christopher.schick@yale.edu .

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AROUND THE IVIES

“We need to change the culture of this topic and make it OK to speak about mental health and suicide.”

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T H E D A I L Y P E N N S Y L VA N I A N

Students question administration’s handling of student suicide

BY CAROLINE SIMON AND JESSICA MCDOWELL Penn’s campus reacted with shock and sadness to news of Wharton junior Ao “Olivia” Kong’s death on Monday. Students mourned their classmate at a candlelight vigil on Monday night and took to social media to express their memories of Kong as well as their discontent with Penn’s culture.

Students on campus have reacted not just to the news of Kong’s death, which was officially ruled a suicide, but also to the university’s handling of the announcement. Current students were not the only group affected — hundreds of prospective students visiting Penn for Quaker Days were also witness to the news.

Kong’s death has brought renewed attention to the longstanding issue of mental health at Penn, which has seen 10 student suicides since February 2013.

THE UNIVERSITY’S RESPONSE

The first time most students heard of Kong’s death was in an email from the President’s Office, sent at 2:22 p.m. on Monday. The email reported the incident and listed a number of resources for students, but did not provide Kong’s name.

Wharton sent an email to its own undergraduate body 20 minutes later, sharing Kong’s name as well as additional details about her life. The email, which was sent before her suicide was confirmed, described her death as an “accident.”

Wharton’s only information at the time the email was sent was “from what was reported in the media or sent in emails to the Penn community,” Wharton spokesman Peter Winicov said in an emailed statement.

V i c e President for University Communications Steve MacCarthy has a d d re s s e d PENN the decision to release the student’s name immediately to Wharton students, but not to all students, citing the Kong’s family’s wishes to maintain privacy.

“Given all the media attention that had been focused on the death, we felt it was important to acknowledge that a student was involved,” MacCarthy said in an emailed statement. “At the time it was being drafted we were respecting the wishes of the family regarding the release of her name.”

Emails from the President’s Office are typically intended for a broad audience and take time to prepare and disseminate, MacCarthy said. He added that at the time this announcement was being drafted, Kong’s name “was not being publicly revealed.”

“The school email goes to a much smaller group of people who were likely to have known the deceased. It occurs as efforts are being made to personally contact roommates, friends, those who knew her in clubs, etc.,” MacCarthy wrote. “At that point the name is well-known within that campus community, so those messages always include the name.”

STUDENTS REACT

Many students expressed their frustration with the manner in which Penn notified students of Kong’s death, criticizing the email sent from Wharton that described Kong’s death as an accident.

“Mental health is the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about,” Penn College and Whar-

ton freshman Freddy Chang said.

“The University has euphemized the situation by claiming it was an ‘accident’ and only sending an email to Wharton students rather than bringing the conversation to the forefront.”

Penn College sophomore Carly O’Donnell took to Facebook to express her frustration with Wharton’s email.

“Why, in a separate email sent to Wharton, was this tragic suicide described as an ‘accident?’ Why have 24 hours passed without any amendment to this statement?” she wrote in a status.

O’Donnell also took issue with the decision to not release the student’s name in the initial email sent from the President’s Office.

“I am profoundly disappointed in the actions of the administration here at Penn. Why, when I read the announcement of her passing, did I immediately panic and have to search the internet to see if I personally knew this nameless junior?” she wrote.

O’Donnell urged the university to do something about what she described as a “deadly phenomenon.” Her criticisms extended beyond the administration as well, including university resources like Counseling And Psychological Services and the campus culture of concealing imperfections from peers.

“I am tired of internalizing my anger and sadness and pretending that everything is fine. Everything is NOT fine and it is time that both the students and administration of Penn DO something about it.

We CANNOT afford to wait until another student takes his or her life,” she wrote.

Students began circulating a petition, pressing Penn President Amy Gutmann and the administration to more seriously address the issue of mental health. The

petition was created by Penn College and Wharton junior Sophie Phillips, the president of Phi Gamma Nu — the same business fraternity that Kong was in.

The petition, which was created early Tuesday afternoon, had over 2,000 signatures as of late Tuesday night.

The petition included a list of proposed mental health reforms: shorter wait times at CAPS, mandatory mental health first aid training for resident advisors and educators, an easier withdrawal process for Wharton classes, more transparency in leave of absence policies, a reduction of financial barriers associated with leaves of absences and a crisis response team to support students in the wake of traumatic events.

Several students left comments below the petition, sharing their frustration with Penn’s handling of suicides and mental health and expressing their support for change.

face of such sad news,” she said.

For many visiting high school students, Quaker Days was their first experience on Penn’s campus.

Some said they were shaken when they learned of Kong’s death.

Dean of Admissions Eric Furda first informed the students of Kong’s death at the “First Hurrah,” on Monday afternoon.

“Everyone on campus acknowledged the tragedy that occurred and did everything they could do to express their condolences,” said Ashten Nguyen, a prospective student from Monterey, California.

Nguyen also mentioned that during a class she attended with her host, the professor expressed sympathy for those who knew Kong.

Some prospective students who did not attend the “First Hurrah” first heard the news from current students.

Tuzo Mwarumba, a prospective student from Stillwater, Oklahoma said he first heard the news from his host, and wasn’t aware that it

had been announced by organizers of Quaker Days.

Some prospective students said the news of Kong’s death colored their perception of Penn.

“It kind of added my onto my worries of getting lost in such a big school,” said Maxin Yunis, a prospective student from Philadelphia. “I know Penn is a competitive environment, and especially Penn is much bigger than a lot of other schools.”

“I was afraid of getting lost here to begin with, but seeing this happen to such a great student — who was very involved and successful — how did she not have a support system here?”

But Mwarumba, who attended the vigil on College Green Monday night, said the news would ultimately not affect his decision to attend Penn.

“I saw a side of Penn I never would have been able to see no matter how many Quaker Days I attended,” he said.

PROSPECTIVE STUENTS REACT

While current students were shaken by Kong’s death, the tragedy also had an impact on students considering Penn.

Prospective students and parents were informed of Kong’s death at separate sessions on Monday afternoon. “We felt it was important to address it, since people would be hearing about it,” Vice Dean and Director of Admissions Yvonne Romero Da Silva said.

At the time of the sessions, an official cause of death had not been determined.

Da Silva said the news of Kong’s death showed prospective students and parents what resources Penn has in place. “And so it’s really the questions then can center around what does the university or the community do in the

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YPD, NROTC host Red Cross blood drive

BY JAMES POST STAFF REPORTER The Yale Police Department SWAT Team and Yale Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Undergraduate Association sponsored an American Red Cross blood drive this Wednesday.

The blood drive was organized

by YPD Sergeant and SWAT Team Leader Christopher Halstead, who also serves as the ROTC liaison within the YPD. Halstead worked with the Naval ROTC to publicize and run the event, which was held at the YPD Headquarters at 101 Ashmun St. In the five hours the drive was open, 40 people came to donate blood.

“One objective of the department and of the SWAT team is just to put us out there in the community a little more,” Halstead said.

“And I guess it’s not often that we have events as a department among the Yale community.”

Halstead, a regular blood donor, said he chose to run a blood drive because of the high demand for blood in the area. The American Red Cross reports that someone in the U.S. needs blood every two seconds. A single victim from a car accident may need as many as 100 pints of blood — an amount that would require the contributions of more than 100 blood donors.

YPD Lieutenant Joseph Vitale said YPD Chief Ronnell Higgins is pushing to get the department more involved in the Yale community. Creating the role of ROTC liaison was part of this push, said Halstead, who began his role last year. The YPD also has liaisons to serve as middlemen between residential life, Greek life, Yale and the department.

“We’re a police department but we’re kind of ingrained in the university,” Halstead said. “We have a smaller community than New Haven does for the New Haven Police Department. So we’re trying to get a little more active in it.”

Lily Sands ’18, Yale NROTC

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The blood drive was held Wednesday at 101 Ashmun St. undergraduate community service chair, said the drive supplemented the service work the NROTC already does. The group works at Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen approximately once a month, participates in Dwight Hall service events and conducted

a Habitat for Humanity build last year.

Gabrielle Fong ’16, Yale NROTC undergraduate battalion commander, added that participation in service events augments the overall purpose of the NROTC.

“Yale NROTC midshipmen choose to make service to the community a priority because the very nature of joining the military is based in service,” Fong said in a written statement. “Community service and philanthropy remind us that our jobs after graduation

will not be to serve ourselves, but to serve others … We hold ourselves accountable by committing to be active members in the Yale and New Haven communities.”

Halstead said he hopes to conduct another, larger blood drive in the future. He said he will seek to

get other SWAT teams involved.

Roughly one pint of blood is given during a donation. The average adult has about 10 pints of blood in their body.

Contact JAMES POST at james.post@yale.edu .

Taherian recognized for foodservice at Yale, across New Haven Executive Director of Yale Hospitality Rafi Taherian has received two major awards in just over a month for his work within both the University and the broader New Haven community.

In March, the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association named Taherian the winner of a 2016 Silver Plate Award — colloquially known as the Academy Award of foodservice — for overseeing the nation’s best college or university foodservice operation. Four weeks later, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and University President Peter Salovey presented him with the Seton Ivy Award in recognition of his work partnering with local vendors. Although both awards bear his name, Taherian

said he credits his success to the collective work of the entire Yale Hospitality team.

It is amazing to have all of this hard work recognized by our peers in the foodservice industry.

RAFI TAHERIAN Executive Director of Yale Hospitality “To receive the highest and most prestigious recognition in one’s industry is humbling and rewarding at the same time,” Taherian said. “It is amazing to have all of this hard work recognized by our peers in the foodservice industry.”

Taherian told YaleNews that the Silver Plate Award speaks to the work of the entire Yale Hospitality team and is a tribute not just to him but to all of his employees.

The IFMA award is Yale’s first in at least the past 30 years, according to Taherian, though he said the honor comes as no surprise. He cited Hospitality’s impressive record of customer satisfaction — the most recent Consortium on Financing Higher Education Survey, conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, revealed that 91 percent of Yale students are either “satisfied” or “extremely satisfied” with their dining experience. He also noted the success of dining’s “singular” transformation from an outsourced operation to one overseen by University management in 2008.

Director of Auxiliary and Catering Operations Adam Millman suggested that Hospitality’s commitment to expanding its repertoire of unique, healthy offerings is likely another reason for its recognition by IFMA. “I think I’d say it’s probably our plant-based protein initiatives — which we’ve done over the years, delivering seductive flavors but with a health and wellness focus — [that distinguished us],” Millman said. “Yale really is a leader in that area.”

In late May, Taherian will attend the Gold & Silver Plate Celebration in Chicago where the IFMA will honor one of the nine category winners — Taherian’s being college or university hospitality — with the foodservice industry’s highest recognition: the Gold Plate award.

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viewed expressed surprise at hearing that Yale had been named the nation’s top college or university foodservice operation.

But Katherine Soderberg ’19 said the decision seemed warranted.

“It wasn’t a huge shocker to me,” she said. “I just think that they do a great job and provide a lot of quality and variety to students.”

Taherian’s second honor, the Ivy Award, is part of the Seton Elm-Ivy Awards, established at Yale in 1979 to pay tribute to individuals’ work to strengthen relations between the city and the University. The Elm Awards honor New Havenites outside the Yale community, while the Ivy Awards go to faculty, staff and students at the University.

Although the Elm-Ivy Awards lack the national prestige of the Silver Plate, Taherian said he

would by no means dismiss it as secondary to the nod from the IFMA. “We were humbled and honored to be recognized by Mayor Harp and President Salovey,” he said.

Taherian’s work in the community includes serving on the board of Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen and facilitating the donation of leftovers from Yale Catering events and residential dining. He has also established partnerships between Yale Hospitality with local vendors like Lamberti Sausage and Whole German Breads.

Yale Hospitality oversees all 14 of Yale’s residential dining facilities as well as an additional eight retail locations on campus.

Contact JACOB STERN at jacob.stern@yale.edu .

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Breaking down the Red Rolfe Division BASEBALL FROM PAGE 12 conference play, highlighted by last weekend’s sweep of the Tigers and Big Red at home, the Bulldogs are in an enviable position, set to potentially claim the team’s first division title since 1995 and its first Ivy League championship since 1994. A brief look at Yale and its three opponents within the division indicates that it may be the Elis’ division to lose.

HARVARD (9–18, 2–6 IVY)

Despite a storied program history that includes an Ivy-most 18 league championships, Harvard enters its four-game weekend against Yale with the worst conference record in the Ancient Eight. After starting league play with four consecutive losses, the result of a grueling road weekend at Cornell and Princeton, the Crimson managed to split home series against Columbia and Penn to remain within striking distance, four games back of Yale.

Harvard’s position in the basement of the Lou Gehrig Division is due in large part to its struggles at the plate thus far in conference play — the Crimson rank last in the Ivy League in all major hitting categories, sporting a 0.212 batting average, a 0.312 on-base percentage and a 0.303 slugging percentage. The anemic Crimson offense has managed five or more runs in just three of eight conference games this season, while Yale, by contrast, had three such games last weekend alone.

But the intensity of the Harvard-Yale rivalry has lived up to expectations as of late, with the two teams splitting their season series five of the last six years.

Still, the Bulldogs maintain a 13–11 advantage in that time, having taken three of four from the Crimson a season ago.

DARTMOUTH (9–18, 3–3)

For a team which has owned the top spot in the Red Rolfe Division for eight straight seasons, posting an Ivy-best 16–4 conference record last year, Dartmouth enters divisional play in 2016 with

an underwhelming 0.500 mark in the conference. After being swept

by Princeton to start the season, the Big Green has shown steady improvement, splitting two games against Penn and sweeping Columbia at home.

However, like the Crimson, Dartmouth has struggled offensively this season, finding itself in the bottom half of the Ancient Eight in most batting categories.

Consequently, the Big Green has relied on its experienced pitching to lead the way.

Coming off of a monstrous 2015 campaign, Dartmouth senior captain and righthanded pitcher Duncan Robinson continues to impress. The Houston native and reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Year boasts an 8–2 career record and a 1.30 career earned run average against conference opponents, and is on pace to match those marks in 2016, having tossed 13.1 innings in the league to the tune of a 2.03 ERA, with 15 strikeouts.

The Big Green swept Yale in a four-game series last season at Yale Field, outscoring the Elis 35–14 in the process. Next weekend, Dartmouth will welcome Yale to Hanover, New Hampshire in what likely represents the most difficult road trip of the season for the Bulldogs.

BROWN (9–15, 3–5)

Success for Brown so far this season has been hit-or-miss.

After trading games with Penn to start Ivy play, Brown was swept by Columbia, swept Cornell at home and was promptly swept again the following day, this time at the hands of Princeton.

Despite its third-place standing among their Red Rolfe division rivals, the Bears are putting up above-average numbers offensively, ranking second in the conference with both a 0.300 team batting average and a 0.382 onbase percentage through eight games. A pair of Brown juniors, catcher Josh Huntley and infielder Marc Sredojevic, are fourth and fifth in batting average versus conference opponents this season, with respective 0.435 and

0.429 clips.

Brown’s Achilles heel down the stretch, however, may prove to be its pitching. The Bears have walked more batters, 39, and allowed more hits, 91, than any Ivy League team so far this season, and their 6.93 team ERA in league play trails every Ancient Eight team except for Columbia. Yale will round out its conference season with a pair of doubleheaders against Brown, with one at home and one on the road, with a division title potentially at stake.

YALE (11–19–1, 6–2)

Yale is already off to a strong start in its 2016 Ivy League campaign, with the team’s six conference wins through eight games equaling its total from all of last season. The Bulldogs split their opening weekend with a pair of wins over Columbia, the defending Ivy League champion, and two losses to Penn before sweeping Princeton and Cornell last weekend.

The team’s success thus far in conference play has been thanks to contributions up and down the lineup — four Bulldogs, centerfielder Tim DeGraw ’19, infielder Harrison White ’17, rightfielder Nate Adams ’16 and leftfielder Brent Lawson ’16, rank in the top 20 in conference on-base percentage, with the team’s 0.377 mark good for third in the Ivy League.

Yale’s pitchers have also stepped up in 2016. When excluding a 19–3 loss to Penn on April 3, the Bulldogs’ 3.97 team ERA in Ivy play ranks second among Ancient Eight teams and best among its Red Rolfe Division foes — counting the lopsided defeat to Penn places the Bulldogs fifth at 5.69.

Right-handers Chasen Ford ’16 and Scott Politz ’19 have been the workhorses heading the Bulldogs pitching staff, leading the conference with two complete games apiece and sporting a 3–1 combined record in their Ivy League starts.

Contact MATTHEW STOCK at matthew.stock@yale.edu .

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Yale begins divisional play on Saturday, which will consist of three four-game series.

Elis fall short in twin bill SOFTBALL FROM PAGE 12 of that frame, Quinnipiac responded with three runs of its own, finishing with a victory when Yale failed to close the gap in the top of the seventh.

The tops of the third and seventh innings held golden opportunities for the Bulldogs, as both ended with the bases loaded. In the third, the Bulldogs benefited from a single, walk and error — all with two outs — but a ground-out by Skinner ended the Eli rally. In the seventh, Yale threatened even further, as the first two batters in the inning, catcher Madison Sack ’19 and right fielder Rachel Paris ’17, singled before a fielder’s choice and error resulted in the Bulldogs having bases loaded with two outs. With Yale holding a chance to tie with a single or even take the lead with an extra-base hit, Skinner grounded out again to end an exciting final inning.

Starting pitcher Efflandt was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs and six hits on 5.1 innings of work.

One of the most impressive moments for the junior came in the bottom of the fourth inning, when the Bobcats loaded the bases with no outs, but Efflandt got out of the jam by inducing two straight fielder’s choice groundouts followed by a pop-out to second base.

In the second game, a competitive matchup between pitchers Jerpbak and Herzog left both teams scoreless until the seventh inning, when Quinnipiac scored the only run of the game to nab a second victory.

Casalino said the team knew going in that Herzog would be a strong pitcher, but praised Jerpbak for gaining confidence during the game and noted that both pitchers “did their jobs.” Efflandt added that the Quinnipiac pitchers were successful at keeping Yale’s hitters off-balance throughout the day.

“The biggest part we struggled with was getting too far out with pitches,” Jerpbak said. “For the most part, our pitch selection just needs to get a little better so we are swinging at good pitches we know we can drive.”

Yale was hitless through six innings before Jerpbak singled to left field to break up Herzog’s no-hitter bid. However, the Bulldogs could not advance pinch runner Shelby Kennedy ’19 past first base, and Quinnipiac stepped up to the plate holding a chance to walk-

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Lindsey Efflandt ’17 tossed five scoreless frames in the first game on Wednesday, before being charged with three runs in the sixth. off with a victory.

That is exactly what happened, despite Jerpbak retiring the first two Bobcat batters in the inning. A walk and a wild pitch with two outs put Quinnipiac second baseman Emily Czaja in scoring position before Herzog aided her own cause, singling up the middle and allowing Czaja to score.

This weekend, Yale will begin intradivision play against Ivy League North Division rival Harvard. A key four-game series with the Crimson will require a quick turnaround from the two nonconference losses. But the support that the Bulldogs showed Brittany Labbadia and her family in the

doubleheader is not something from which they will move on.

“This game was definitely one of those games that you will remember for a lifetime,” Casalino said. “Going in, we were all emotional about it, but we all really were keeping [Chris Labbadia] close to our hearts this whole game, and remembering that life should be cherished and we should give it our all on the field.”

The Bulldogs’ first game against Harvard begins at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Yale’s DeWitt Family Field.

Contact AYLA BESEMER at ayla.besemer@yale.edu .

Powers and he was on board.”

Powers recalled the first time the Bulldogs came to Amistad: Armed with copies of an article detailing the difference between Democrats and Republicans, Randall and Little presented a brief overview of the two-party system to a group of boys at the school.

Though the boys eventually got to play outside, they were initially taken aback slightly by the 15-minute crash course in American politics. “[The students] said, ‘Hey, Mr. Powers, what’s going on?’” Powers said.

“And I said, ‘Hey, scholar-athletes have to work hard.’”

Through the program, the players have talked to younger students about the basics of physical fitness, stressed the importance of goal-setting and shared their experiences of being a college athlete at an Ivy League school.

And to practice what they preach about fitness, the mentors also play basketball, flag football and other field sports with students in the program.

The physical element adds a bit of lighthearted fun to the life lessons taught in the classroom.

“Everything that happens takes energy, so there’s energy for this program,” Powers said. “The guys who come, the underclassmen, have gotten charged up on it. They appreciate it and I think they get a lot out of it. As long as that symbiotic relationship continues, so will the program.”

At least next year, that relationship will remain: Once Little finishes his Yale degree this fall, Silas Wyper ’18 and Rafe Chapple ’18 will take the reins. Chapple said he and Wyper are excited to continue what Little and Randall started, and that they plan to maintain the close ties between Amistad Academy and Yale football.

In working with Amistad, the Bulldogs are helping one of the more disadvantaged parts of the local community.

According to the Achievement First website, 91 percent of Amistad Academy Elementary School students and 83 percent of those at Amistad Academy Middle School qualify for free or reducedprice lunch.

“Part of our responsibility as some of the figureheads of Yale, as a group that

gets publicity, is to take that and give it back,” said Little, who hails from nearby Cheshire, Connecticut and has also remained involved with his own alma mater, Cheshire High School, in a mentorship capacity.

The Bulldogs have visited a wide variety of classes, ranging from younger elementary school classes to eighth-grade classrooms.

Still, they are not limited to the children specifically involved in the program. Powers recalled an incident that happened last week with a much younger student.

“On [the Yale players’] last visit, there was a kindergartener who had a tough day and his teacher asked if he would like to take a walk and see some ‘college students’ to take his mind off things,” Powers said. “He subsequently stood enthralled for the next half-hour watching the ‘big kids’ play football with the middle schoolers. When the games were over, Sebby [Little], Rafe [Chapple] and Silas [Wyper] stuck around to introduce themselves. Not only was this child’s day turned around, but all who witnessed the exchange … were moved as well.”

Powers recalled the Yale football team’s emphasis on balancing engagement in classes, on campus and in the community, and he praised the NFL program leaders for finding that balance.

“It takes a certain commitment level to take an hour every other week, gather a group of guys on the team and demonstrate how impactful this program can be for a middle school student,” Randall said.

The former Yale slot receiver noted that football players provide an outlet for answers that students cannot get from friends, parents or teachers.

Powers added that the relatively narrow age gap between the Bulldogs and students allows them to connect on a close level.

“It’s fodder for cynics, but it works,” Powers said. “As a teacher, you can say, remember what Roger [Kilgore ’16] or remember what Sebastian [Little] said.

‘Sebastian said you have two ears and one mouth, so you should be listening twice as much as you’re talking.’”

Contact MAYA SWEEDLER at maya.sweedler@yale.edu .

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5:30 PM A Reading of Adrienne Kennedy’s “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box.” Amid the newly installed works in the modern and contemporary art galleries, actors Andrew Burnap DRA ’16 and Chalia La Tour DRA ’16 perform award-winning playwright Adrienne Kennedy’s “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box.” Yale University Art Gallery (1111 Chapel St.).

FRIDAY, APRIL 15 2:00 PM Free “Five-minute Check Up from the Neck Up.” Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven and Yale Cancer Center will offer free head and neck screenings. More than 50,000 Americans each year are diagnosed with head and neck cancer, which can attack the nose, sinuses, mouth, ears, throat, larynx, thyroid, saliva glands and lymph nodes in the neck. Yale-New Haven Hospital (20 York St.), East Pavilion Special Events Area.

6:30 PM The #SleepRevolution Comes to Yale. Participants will learn tips and tricks for better sleep by Yale sleep experts such as Dr. Meir Kryger, who will share his 13 “Sleep Commandments,” and Victoria Pak, who studies the effect of sleep on the brain. The evening will also feature activities such as yoga demonstrations, tips for making the most of power naps and aromatherapy.

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SEBASTIAN LITTLE ’17 FOOTBALL

JUSTIN SEARS ’16 PRO SHOWCASE BEGINS THURSDAY The two-time Ivy League Player of the Year will take the floor Thursday evening at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, an event which invites 64 of the top men’s basketball seniors to play in front of pro scouts. The eight-team event concludes on Saturday.

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Yale supports teammate in doubleheader SOFTBALL

Divisional play preview for first-place Yale

BY MATTHEW STOCK CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Matthew Stock ’18, a play-byplay voice of Yale baseball for the Ivy League Digital Network, breaks down the Bulldogs and their competition in the Red Rolfe Division of the Ivy League.

BASEBALL Boasting a record tied for the best in the Ivy League, the Yale baseball team will play host to Harvard in a four-game home stand this weekend. The rivalry meetings mark the beginning of divisional play, in which the Elis will look to maintain, and possibly extend,

their current two-game lead in the Red Rolfe Division.

Over the course of the next three weekends, the Bulldogs will face Harvard, Dartmouth and Brown four times apiece. The teams’ records through those 12 games, combined with their records in eight games against Lou Gehrig Division foes Princeton, Penn, Columbia and Cornell, will determine the division champion. The two Ivy League division winners will then face off in a three-game Ivy League Baseball Championship Series to determine the Ancient Eight champion.

Sitting at 6–2 thus far through SEE BASEBALL PAGE 10

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Pitcher Terra Jerpbak ’19 gave up just one run in 7.1 innings of work on the day while going 2–6 at the plate.

BY AYLA BESEMER STAFF REPORTER In a Wednesday doubleheader that meant more than the rivalry between two schools or the scores at the end of the day, the Yale softball team battled closely with Quinnipiac in Hamden for all 14 innings played, but wound up falling at the very end of both contests.

The games, which Yale lost 3–1 and 1–0, took on a special significance, as they were played in honor of Chris Labbadia, the brother of Yale shortstop Brittany Labbadia ’16 and son of Quinnipiac assistant coach Lynn Labbadia, who was killed in a car crash this past January. The Bulldogs and Bobcats had not met since 2010,

and both schools collaborated to raise donations for the Chris Labbadia Memorial Fund both before and during the game. As of Wednesday night, $32,308 had been raised for the fund, with $2,895 combined coming from those connected to Yale and Quinnipiac’s softball teams.

“We view today as games for Chris Labbadia and the Labbadia family, and the highlight of today’s games was that we were able to honor him,” said pitcher Lindsay Efflandt ’17, who started the day’s first game. “When we remember this day, that is what we will remember, not that we lost the games.”

Though Quinnipiac (14– 17, 0–2 MAAC) claimed two victories, both games were marked by excitement, as

the winning runs came in the Bobcats’ last inning at the plate in each contest. That included a walk-off single in the second game by Quinnipiac pitcher Casey Herzog, who both shut out the Yale offense in the pitcher’s circle — holding a no-hitter until the final inning — and drove in the game’s only run.

The close losses were quite familiar to the Bulldogs (11–23, 4–4 Ivy), for whom six of the past eight defeats have been by just one run.

“These games for us are so valuable, especially having a 3–1 and a 1–0,” pitcher Francesca Casalino ’18 said.

“Almost every game we have played in the Ivy League thus far has been this close of a contest, going into extra innings.

Playing more games like this

allow us to settle in and feel less pressure going into the more important games. Now that we are getting acclimated to these pressure situations, nothing will feel different for us going into Ivy Leagues.”

Both contests were lowscoring, though the Bulldogs had many more chances to score in the first game with seven runners reaching scoring position. In that game, neither team scored until the top of the sixth, when a single by Yale pitcher Terra Jerpbak ’19 drove home center fielder Sydney Glover ’17, who had reached first on a walk and second on a perfectly executed sacrifice bunt by third baseman Allison Skinner ’18.

However, at the bottom SEE SOFTBALL PAGE 10

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Heading into this weekend’s rivalry series, Yale is tied for the best record in the Ivy League while Harvard owns the worst mark in the conference.

Yale football players give back to local school

BY MAYA SWEEDLER STAFF REPORTER On many Friday afternoons, several members of the Yale football team are not in class. They are not in the gym, nor are they in the library. Instead, they are teaching plank position, goalsetting and flag football to students half their size.

FOOTBALL The beneficiaries of these various activities are the participants in the Next Future Leaders program, or “NFL,” a mentorship system directed entirely by Yale football players that runs independent from the Yale athletic department and the team’s coaches. Elementary and middle school students at the nearby Amistad Academy receive athletic and academic advice from several players about three to four times per semester, program co-founder Sebastian Little ’17 said.

“To see these guys interact with the students, and to see the young people look forward to it and say ‘Remember what that guy from Yale said?’ is proof: Not all education happens in the classroom,” said William Powers, a former teacher who has been

involved at Amistad Academy for the past decade.

Powers, whose son, John Powers ’13, was a Yale defensive back, served as one of two points of contact between the Yale football program and Amistad Academy during NFL’s establishment in the fall of 2013. The other was Emily Morse, an Amistad reading teacher who taught former Eli captain Deon Randall ’15 when she was a middle school teacher in San Diego.

Nearly a decade later, Randall came up with the idea of a local mentorship program in his junior year and, alongside John Powers, piloted the program at Amistad Academy Elementary and Middle School, which are both part of Achievement First, a network of public charter schools that aim to close the achievement gap among urban students in need.

“After my initial talk with the kids, I realized the school was close, we had two points of contact at the school and the kids were just as excited to hang with us as I was when I was in their shoes,” Randall explained.

“After the [2013] season, I spoke to Sebastian [Little], I had him look over the proposal, he was on board and we took the rough proposal to Bill SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10

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A group of Yale football players visits Amistad Academy to mentor students both in the classroom and on recreational fields.

THE NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE THE YALE BASEBALL TEAM LAST WON THE RED ROLFE DIVISION IN THE IVY LEAGUE. Through eight games, the Bulldogs are 6–2 and own a two-game lead over second-place Dartmouth within the division, with 12 games left to play.