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Then you must have seen Meryl Streep DRA ’75. That is all. From president to conductor.
While attending the YaleHarvard basketball game on Saturday, President-elect Peter Salovey went beyond the role of a traditional spectator: During the middle of the game, Salovey asked the conductor whether he could take the lead and conduct the Yale Precision Marching Band. The conductor agreed, and Salovey reportedly spent the next few minutes directing the musical ensemble as he waved his arms around in circles.
Joining the race. The quest for the mayor’s office became a four-man race on Tuesday when New Haven firefighter Salvatore Consiglio Jr. announced his bid to replace Mayor John DeStefano Jr. A resident of the Fair Haven neighborhood, Consiglio said he plans to run as an Independent, a choice that will let him bypass the Democratic primary scheduled for September.
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DOD nixed training center in 2012 BY JULIA ZORTHIAN STAFF REPORTER Despite initial reports to the contrary, the School of Medicine will not open a training center for soldiers using a grant from the Department of Defense. Ken McGraw, deputy public affairs officer of U.S. Special Operations Command, confirmed to the News Sunday that USSOCOM will not provide Yale with funds to establish the Center for Excellence in Operational Neuroscience — a pro-
gram that would teach soldiers interviewing techniques developed by School of Medicine psychiatry professor Charles Morgan. Though the program had not yet been formally proposed to the University, Morgan told the News in January that the Department of Psychiatry was in the process of negotiating to secure a $1.8 million grant from the Department of Defense. But on Sunday, McGraw said that USSOCOM had already rejected Morgan’s proposal a year ago. “The project had not gone
through the appropriate channels there, nor here fully,” University President Richard Levin said Sunday. “[USSOCOM] basically decided to scrap the idea.” After McGraw indicated in a Thursday statement to the New Haven Register that USSOCOM had awarded the University a $1.8 million grant, School of Medicine Dean Robert Alpern said representatives from the school called USSOCOM in confusion because they had no knowledge that any funding had
been approved by the Department of Defense. Alpern said members of the federal department told him the information had been a misstatement, and it released a statement the following day saying that USSOCOM would not fund the center, Alpern said. McGraw said that when members of his office received an inquiry about the status of the center, they found a former project officer from USSOCOM’s science and technology office currently on active
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Third highest. Yale fundraised the third-highest amount of money nationwide during the 2012 fiscal year, pulling in a total of $543,905,260, according to the Council for Aid to Education’s annual fundraising survey. Donations fell slightly from last year’s $580 million. Altogether, roughly 3,500 U.S. colleges and universities raised $31 billion, a 2.3 percent increase from the 2011 fiscal year. Divesting across the Ivies.
A fossil fuel divestment conference at Swarthmore College over the weekend drew representatives from 77 different divestment campaigns, including Yale’s. Representatives from Fossil Free Yale traveled to the liberal arts college to discuss divestment, environmentalism and social justice.
Rising tuition costs. For the
first time, the price of tuition at Princeton will surpass $40,000. But the university is offering a financial aid plan, “Private College 529 Plan,” that could cut that price in half if Princeton parents choose to invest in the program today. THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY
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Yale Health considers sex change surgery BY CYNTHIA HUA STAFF REPORTER
A toast to 50 most. In honor
of the classic campus favorite, “Rumpus’s 50 Most,” several Yalies have launched a parody account showing off the 50 best-looking toasts. That’s right — the 50 most attractive pieces of bread. The Tumblr features a series of bread slices toasted to different levels, with one attractive toast broken up in pieces and another in the form of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
duty who told McGraw that USSOCOM was providing the $1.8 million grant to Yale for a research and training center — information McGraw used to write the Thursday statement he retracted the next day. After searching for more information, he said, the unit launched an investigation late Thursday and found that the project officer had proposed Morgan’s Center for Excellence in Operational Neuroscience, but that the pro-
students and alumni. TEDxYale Curator Paul Fletcher-Hill ’15 said the event allowed speakers and audience members to engage with ideas outside of their usual schedules. “We wanted to hear the speakers’
Though Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and Brown offer health insurance coverage for students to receive gender reassignment surgery, Yale is still reviewing its policies for the procedure. The Yale Health Plan does not currently cover gender reassignment surgeries for students, but coverage was extended to faculty and staff at the managerial and professional levels in 2011 and to the unionized workforce last month. Dr. Paul Genecin, director of University Health Services, said he has noticed “increasing interest” both at Yale and other Ivy League institutions in offering insurance coverage for the procedure. Yale Health has received “a small number” of requests from students for gender-related surgery insurance coverage in the past, he said, and changes to student
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Activist Ronan Farrow LAW ’09 (left) discussed his experience working with Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 at TEDxYale. BY JASMINE HORSEY STAFF REPORTER Twenty-two speakers from across the world descended on campus for TEDxYale’s second annual conference Saturday. Audience members from the Yale and New Haven communi-
ties packed the Shubert Theater for the seven-hour event, called “Solve for y.” The day was divided into four sessions, titled “Hypothesize,” “Experiment,” “Theorize” and “Predict,” and offered ticketholders the opportunity to hear from speakers including Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and Yale professors,
Petition seeks student voice BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER If a collection of city lawmakers, youth advocates, parents and students have their way, two New Haven Public Schools students may soon sit on the Board of Education. In advance of Tuesday’s charter review commission meeting, the Citywide Youth Coalition is circulating a petition calling for student representation on the school board as a potential change to the city’s charter. Boasting 87 signatures as of Sunday evening, the petition asks Ward 8 Alderman Michael Smart, who heads the 15-member Board of Aldermen-appointed commission, to include this change in his recommendations to the full Board of Aldermen in May. At that time, the board will decide whether to put the changes to referendum in November. After four public hearings, the commission will begin deciding Tuesday which changes, if any, it will ask the board to put on the ballot. Supporters of the petition, including Ward 1 Alderman Sarah Eidelson ’12, claim the change will ensure accountability to students, allowing youth representatives to have a say in decisions regarding curriculum, credit requirements and teacher evaluations. The request
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The petition calling for student representation on the New Haven Board of Education is supported by Ward 1 Alderman Sarah Eidelson ’12. is part of a broader discussion of the composition of the board, as some residents and city officials are calling for elections in place of mayoral appointments to choose board members. Both Ward 10 Alderman Justin Elicker
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Fellows of the Yale Corporation allocated money for plans to renovate laboratory classrooms in Sterling Chemistry Laboratory and furthered discussion with President-elect Peter Salovey about his preparations for the presidency when they convened on campus this weekend for their annual February meeting. The Yale Corporation’s February meeting, one of its five meetings per year, is typically intended to give the fellows exposure to different parts of campus rather than holding the regular committee meetings, University President Richard Levin said. This year, the corporation met with several administrators, staff members and professors for updates and spent time alone with Salovey as part of his transition to the presidency. Levin also said the fellows met with science and math professors to learn about STEM developments and traveled up Science Hill to visit classrooms before approving funding to design higher-quality teaching
laboratories in Sterling Chemistry Laboratory. “Putting in higher-quality teaching laboratories [is] a few years away,” Levin said. “But it’s something we really feel is important to accomplish.”
It’s really important that [President-elect Salovey] develop his own relationship with the [Yale Corporation]. RICHARD LEVIN President, Yale University Levin said the renovations will probably take three or four years to complete. The Yale Corporation’s decision is part of the continuing process of improving elementary science and math courses and renovating facilities on Science Hill. Last year, he said, the corporation decided to allocate money for renovating lecture classSEE YALE CORP. PAGE 6
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Promoting faculty diversity faculty. Mentorship is an important step in resolving this divide. At a recent forum on faculty diversity hosted by the News, professors noted that their relationships with academic mentors proved a critical component of their early success. To round out efforts to promote diversity, Yale must retain the professors it hires. Faculty members deserve exemplary child care services — which Yale has previously struggled to provide adequately. And mentorship must continue beyond the graduate level as professors work to achieve tenure, networking with the broader academic community and conducting and publishing research. As the situation improves, hiring committees will see a higher representation of female and minority professors. Diverse faces in front of the classroom will prompt an important cycle of inclusivity, as greater visibility leads to a broader cultural shift. With these efforts to recruit and retain, diversity will increase and remain beyond the shortterm fix of numerical targets. If President Salovey begins his term in office by setting aside a specific budget to remedy these issues, he will be able to reap the benefits of time. The structural and cultural challenges that confront female and minority faculty cannot change overnight; as such, Salovey must take advantage of his potentially lengthy term to sustain efforts to promote inclusion, reviewing and, if need be, revising these programs annually. By leading the effort to promote diversity, Yale can reshape its legacy into a tradition defined not only by academic strength, but also academic inclusivity.
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first saw Chen Guangcheng at Mory’s, of all places. Lunchtime was almost over. A man in a black coat made his way past my table, helped along by a middle-aged woman. The dark shades he wore caught my eye. Noticing my inquisitive glance, the Yale representative leading them beamed at me. Yes, it’s him, she said. It was him. Chen Guangcheng, self-taught lawyer, human rights activist, political dissident. Born and raised in a rural village in China’s coastal Shandong province, Chen lost his eyesight to illness at an early age. He first gained a reputation as a fierce advocate for disability rights, but quickly drew the ire of local authorities when he began to represent local women who had suffered from forced abortions. Convicted for “damaging property and organizing a mob to disturb traffic,” Chen was thrown in jail for more than four years, following which he was placed under indefinite house arrest. Last April, Chen’s story grabbed headlines around the world when he managed to outsmart round-the-clock surveillance and make an improbable escape. After he took refuge in the American embassy in Beijing, the Obama administration launched an inspired diplomatic effort to secure his freedom. In May, Chen and his family boarded a plane for New York. He is currently studying English and
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law as a visiting scholar at NYU. Before I met him this weekend, I had known that Chen was going to be in XIUYI New Haven ZHENG for the annual Rebellious ProperLawyering Conference gandist at the Yale Law School. Never one to compromise in his fight against corrupt authorities, Chen may truly be called a “rebel.” The tag was even picked up by GQ magazine, which labeled Chen its “Rebel of the Year” for 2012. The cover photo of the GQ story featured a smartly dressed Chen standing on the deck of a boat. Around his neck was a bright red scarf that flowed brilliantly with the wind. I thought of that red scarf as I listened to Chen discuss his cause during his Law School panel this weekend. Limited by his lack of English skills and handcuffed by the hindrances of translation, Chen’s passionate indictment of human rights abuses in rural China seemed oddly out of place in a presentation that was singularly focused on telling his personal story. The panel — which featured Law School professor Harold Koh, heavily involved in the Chen affair in his capacity as
legal adviser to the State Department — relished in juicy details of Chen’s daring escape (note: to be featured in his upcoming book) and the ensuing American diplomatic victory against China’s villainous (and seemingly less-than-competent) autocratic regime. Chen was portrayed as an icon representing the human rights cause in China. Here was one individual, boldly challenging a despotic police state in the name of justice, and who, with the help of freedom-loving Americans, had emerged victorious. Chen’s physical handicap only intensified the intrigue of his story. It’s the stuff of Hollywood movies, and last time I heard, one is already in the works.
WHO'S THE MAN BEHIND THE RED SCARF? Chen is not able to see his lustrous GQ portrait, but he must have felt the red scarf flutter in the wind. He surely understands his image as freedom fighter, his status as international icon for human rights and legal justice. Yet behind those signature dark glasses of his, I wonder what he really thinks about his expand-
ing influence and his move from China to the U.S. His words are as uncompromising as ever. He spoke of his struggle: “When a rabid dog wants to bite you, it won’t stop if you slow down, nor will it give up if you keep on running. You must turn around and strike it.” When I asked about his plans for the future, however, his answer seemed vague and rehearsed. “I will continue to do everything in my power to fight injustice in China,” he insisted, “no matter where I am.” To be fair, Chen is not to blame for the thick political gloss that has come as an inevitable result of his status as a dissident outside of his own country. While his personal plight has certainly drawn more attention to the issue of human rights abuse in China, perhaps there is a point at which too much emphasis on the hero can distract from his cause. Beneath Chen’s heavily politicized and commodified image lies a brave soul hardened by years of unspeakable persecution. While we should take inspiration from his incredible story, we must focus our attention on the real issue at hand — the millions of people still suffering under China’s unjust legal system today. XIUYI ZHENG is a junior in Davenport College. His column runs on alternate Mondays. Contact him at xiuyi.zheng@yale.edu.
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was in fifth grade when I first convinced my mother to let me stay home from school for what I called “a mental health day.” Probably due to her surprise at such a brassy request from an 11-year-old, she consented. She called the school to let them know I wasn’t feeling well and would be staying home. Then, she headed off to work. I spent the rest of that Tuesday like a Saturday, sleeping in, eating half a box of Cheerios, reading “Redwall.” I skipped off to school the next day without complaint. The mental health day was something I invoked every year or two until I graduated from high school. Come 7 a.m. on the chosen day, I would call my mother into my bedroom like a Hapsburg princess — without rising from my bed, I would announce: “I really need today off.” Of course, with power comes responsibility: My mom let me do it, so I never abused it. I wasn’t allowed to miss any major assignments or tests. This solid line of credit with my par-
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In 2006, our University launched an initiative to hire 30 minority and 30 female professors in the sciences and economics by June 2013. When Peter Salovey takes office as University president that month, all indications suggest Yale will fall short of its goal. At this time last year, Yale had hired 56 minority and 30 female faculty members, but our University was only able to retain 22 and 18 of those professors, respectively. As Yale moves forward in its efforts to promote diversity, this experience reveals important lessons. Hiring goals, while wellintentioned, are not enough to create change. During the Salovey administration, structural efforts will be needed as well. Yale must work to eliminate not only the barriers to entry that prevent women and minority faculty from entering the academy, but also the obstacles they face once they arrive. In the short term, Yale must strive to eliminate subconscious biases in hiring. Studies in the social sciences have demonstrated that hiring committees tend to prefer men over women, and white candidates over people of color, even when those candidates have identical qualifications. Yale must acknowledge these biases in order to confront them directly in its hiring committees. The University must also address questions of career advancement. According to a recent Women Faculty Forum report, almost identical numbers of women and men at Yale pursue academic careers up to the point of Ph.D. completion. After that, the numbers dramatically diverge; at Yale, women comprise only 34 percent of ladder faculty and 24 percent of tenured
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ents went a long way, transforming what was at first utter consternation at the “MHD” into an unspoken agreement. The mental health day itself evolved into my stress-management tool of last resort in the last two years of high school. Like so many of us, I did a lot to get here, and my days started at 6:30 a.m. and often wouldn’t end until 10 p.m. or later, after some permutation of sports practice, working at the library or doing layout for the school newspaper.
SOMETIMES IT'S TIME TO TAKE A DAY OFF In high school, the act of staying home is like finding a paradise lost. The self-imposed slowness of eight unstructured hours in place of a block schedule provided a sharp contrast that allowed me to rest, work
Stand up for animal rights, and the right to know
As highlighted in Friday’s column, polls show that a growing number of people are choosing plant-based foods (“Eating vegan: more popular than ever,” Feb. 22). Why? One major factor is the shocking cruelty to animals routinely documented by undercover investigators working on factory farms. I was thrilled to speak at the Ivy League Vegan Conference about this important topic because Americans have a right to know where our food comes from. Animal agribusiness, however, is working hard to keep its abusive practices — including intensively confining animals in tiny cages or crates and mutilating them without pain relief — hidden from public view. So far in 2013, industry-supported bills aiming to criminalize undercover investigations have been introduced in nine states. By going to such desperate lengths to prevent Americans from seeing what hidden cameras capture on film behind closed doors, Big Ag has proven that it in fact has something to hide: the truth. Each of us can stand up for animals right now simply by choosing to leave them off our plates — and we can protect our own rights as concerned consumers by speaking out against the industry’s attempt to take away our right to know the truth. CHERYL LEAHY Feb. 22 The author is general counsel for Compassion Over Killing, a Washington, D.C.-based animal rights advocacy organization.
and catch up on sleep. Every mental health day I took was an act of radical — but completely necessary — self-care. Weird as it was, naming it the “mental health day,” even in my head, normalized the notion of taking care of my mental self. I definitely think it had broader, positive implications for how I continue to deal with stress today. The two or three MHDs I took in high school allowed me to achieve without burning out. But what happens once we get to college, when the lines between home and school are blurred? We skip lecture for Master’s Teas all the time, trudge to seminar when we run fevers. Even if you stay home from class, you’re exposed to collective knots of stress at dinnertime, and professors get mad when you’re late to answer emails. It’s hard fully extricate oneself from the tangled web of student jobs, meetings, labs, papers and deadlines, even when a mental health day is sorely needed. Yale is a place that is always on the go, and while this aspect
of our culture challenges us to reach our full potential, the Yale student arms race can be tricky. We will always want to be more productive, more social, more successful — it’s too tempting to push ourselves into cycles of crashing and catching up. Penciling in “MHD” into your moleskin might seem a little weird, but I’ve seen little things slowly weigh me down like a ball and chain when I wear myself too thin, and I forget to acknowledge the value of slowing down every now and then. Here’s a tip: Stress responds best to an early intervention. Have a guilt-free nap today, and chances are you might not pull that all-nighter later. Find a friend and have a beer. If you’re beat, don’t worry about that problem set for now. Take a day off, and don’t feel bad about it. Trust me, you’ll be better for it tomorrow. EMILY HONG is a junior in Pierson College. Contact her at emily.hong@yale.edu .
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The article “Senior Class Gift falls slightly” misquoted Omar Nije ’13 as saying he thinks new Senior Class Gift guidelines “were designed to have students take more leadership over their [giving],” when in fact he said “take more ownership over their [giving].” FRIDAY, FEB. 22
The article “Studio channels Nike brand” misattributed multiple statements by School of Architecture critic Brennan Buck to architecture professor Greg Lynn.
Malloy offers gun proposal
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BY MICHELLE HACKMAN STAFF REPORTER After the state Legislature announced that it would likely not deliver its gun-control recommendations by the end of this month, Gov. Dannel Malloy released his own comprehensive package of proposals last Thursday. Malloy’s gun-control package was a clear jab at congressional Republicans and other state legislators who by disagreement have prevented the state Legislature’s gun violence task force from delivering recommendations by the end of February — a goal it set in early January. In a press conference held Thursday, the governor said he chose to release his own proposal for fear that the Legislature would not take advantage of the momentum created by the Sandy Hook shooting in December, encouraging the Legislature to put its own negotiations temporarily aside and take an up-or-down vote on his proposed package. “Despite the strong leadership and goodwill in Connecticut’s House and Senate, we run a risk of letting this critical moment in history pass us by,” Malloy said. “None of us want that to happen, and none of us should let it happen.” The package Malloy unveiled included five main areas to tighten gun regulations: strengthening the state’s assault weapons ban, banning high-capacity ammunition magazines, instituting universal background checks, promoting safe gun storage and enforcing existing regulations. A late January survey of 511 Connecticut voters, conducted by the University of Connecticut in conjunction with the Hartford Courant, found that at least 64 percent of the state’s residents support tighter gun restrictions such as those the governor is suggesting. The proposal to create a universal background check system reached 90 percent support in the survey, with other ideas receiving broad majority support as well.
“[Malloy] is doing this for the right reasons. There’s been enough time for deliberation — it’s now time for action,” said Ron Pinciaro, the executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence. “But there seems to be deadlock among the members of the task force. He said, ‘We realize some things are difficult, but here is some lowhanging fruit. There should be no disagreement on this.’” Craig Miner, a House Democrat who co-chairs the Legislature’s Gun Violence Prevention Working Group, declined to compare the governor’s suggestions to those his committee will likely put forward in the next few weeks, adding that speaking out ahead of time would undermine the bipartisan process. He confirmed that a strengthened background check system would most likely be part of the final deal. Multiple Republican legislators on the gun task force did not respond to requests for comment. As for the question of Malloy’s timing, Miner said that it would not significantly impact the pace of his committee’s work. “The governor’s under a lot of pressure just being governor,” he said. “I’m not panicked by it.” Rich Burgess, president of progun organization Connecticut Carry, said that Malloy is being “completely unfair” by inserting himself into the legislative process. He added that the governor’s actions — along with those of many liberal legislators — suggest that they are motivated to take advantage of Sandy Hook to push through legislation they have long supported. “A rational attitude would be to wait until the police have released their report,” he said, in reference to the investigation into the Sandy Hook shooting with results expected to be released in June. “We think the governor’s actions are political grandstanding.” The state Legislature’s working group on gun violence is due to next meet on Monday. Contact MICHELLE HACKMAN at michelle.hackman@yale.edu .
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BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER After Santiago Berrios-Bones won Friday’s Ward 14 aldermanic special election by a margin of 46 votes, his opponent, Alberto Bustos, is now claiming the victory is the result of a divisive anti-immigrant message. The two men were seeking the Fair Haven seat on the New Haven Board of Aldermen vacated in January by the longabsent Gabriel Santiago, who had not shown up to a Board of Aldermen meeting for over five months before his resignation. Berrios-Bones, a 64-year-old teacher at Wilbur Cross High School, and Bustos, a Grand Avenue businessman, ran on similar platforms of traffic calming, heightened security and increased communication with ward residents. Winning 186 votes to Bustos’ 140, Berrios-Bones will serve for the remainder of Santiagio’s unfinished two-year term until the start of 2014. Reflecting on the race over the weekend, Bustos chalked up his opponent’s victory to a message he called xenophobic. Bustos immigrated to New Haven from Peru in 1981, while Berrios-Bones moved to the city in 1987 from Puerto Rico. Bustos said he lost because BerriosBones was able to exploit their difference in origins. “They were telling people to vote for the Puerto Rican and not the immigrant,” he said. “When you represent people, you have to represent everyone. It’s wrong to say ‘Vote for me because of my race.’ I saw a big prejudice against immigrants in their message.” Bustos also said his campaign was at a disadvantage in manpower and finances. He was backed by Ward 14 co-chair Rafael Ramos and city resident Nilda Noble, while he said Berrios-Bones had almost 30 people working for him, some of them even in paid positions. Bustos
estimated that he spent less than $1,000 in comparison to the $10,000 he said his opponent spent. Ben Young, Berrios-Bones’ campaign manager and a former staffer for Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s 2011 campaign, said he saw the election very differently. Young said the campaign spent only about $1,000 and did not “highlight the issue of race whatsoever.” “We communicated our candidate’s vision to the voters very well. It’s that simple. We knocked doors, made phone calls, did a few lit drops and had Santiago out there knocking over 6,000 doors,” he said. “I really wish I knew what Mr. Bustos was talking about. We thought he ran a very good campaign, so it’s sad to hear him saying these things after the fact.”
We communicated our candidate’s vision to the voters very well. BEN YOUNG Manager, Santiago Berrios-Bones campaign Berrios-Bones attributed his success to persistence — saying he worked hard to impress upon voters his qualifications for alderman — and to the backing of a number of prominent lawmakers in the city and beyond. Ward 16 Alderman Migdalia Castro, Connecticut State Rep. Juan Candelaria and former Aldermen Tomas Reyes and Joey Rodriguez all worked on behalf of Berrios-Bones and helped pull votes Friday night. Castro, whose ward is adjacent to Berrios-Bones’, advised the candidate extensively on issues facing Fair Haven residents. Berrios-Bones said he was “grateful for her leadership” and is hoping to work on the board to improve safety
for his constituents. “What I’ve heard is that people don’t feel safe in their homes and on the streets,” he said. “I would like to talk to the police chief and see how we can rehabilitate block watches and get residents involved. We need to know how to protect ourselves — we need to take the streets back.” Ramos, who said he chose to endorse Bustos because he represents an “immigrant success story,” said the race came down to organization. He called BerriosBones’ operation a “well-oiled machine,” with a campaign manager, staff and more money. In disagreement with his candidate, Ramos said he does not think that race or immigration played a role in voters’ decisions, adding that Bustos won 140 votes in what he called a “majority Puerto Rican neighborhood.” Still, he said, the backing of the “Latino leadership” — the collection of Fair Haven political leaders — turned out to be “decisive.” Bustos said the breakdown of votes signaled trouble for that leadership. “The traditional Spanish leaders who supported the other candidate know now that they have a big opposition,” he said. “It’s clear we’re not all together anymore and that immigrants are being left out. I wanted the immigrants to have one alderman who could be a voice for them. Right now we’re saying, ‘Hello? Where are we?’” Bustos said he would run again in September in the primary election, setting up a potential rematch between Bustos and Berrios-Bones. Gabriel Santiago delivered his letter of resignation to the board the first week of January. Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .
Indo-Pacific Art Gallery broadens YUAG offerings BY KAMIL SADIK CONTRIBUTING REPORTER This Sunday at the Yale University Art Gallery, visitors got an inside look at one of the museum’s newest collections. Ruth Barnes, who has been the inaugural curator of IndoPacific art since 2010, publicly introduced the Kubler-Thompson Gallery of Indo-Pacific Art for the first time since the museum’s reopening in December 2012. Founded in 2009, the YUAG’s Indo-Pacific Department explores the artwork of cultures ranging from Madagascar to Easter Island. The collection is divided into three principal groups: textiles, Javanese gold samples and ethnographic objects, Barnes said. Throughout the talk, she focused on the collection’s history, as well as the cultural significance of Yale’s holdings. The creation of the department and the YUAG collection was part of an initiative to broaden the range of holdings at the YUAG, Barnes said. In addition to creating a balanced museum, the acquisition will
prove invaluable to the Southeast Asia Studies Department. Barnes noted how scholars, upon studying the ethnographic objects in the collection, might observe the details of cultural beliefs like ancestor veneration and spirit worlds that could inform their research. The collection is famous among experts not only for its breadth, but also for the extraordinarily high quality of its materials, Barnes added. The textiles on display and in storage exceed those housed in museums throughout Europe in overall quality and are rivaled only by the holdings of the National Gallery of Australia. Barnes explained that the man behind the department’s creation is Thomas Jaffe ’71, who was inspired as a student at Yale by the teachings of art historians George Kubler ’34 and Robert Farris Thompson ’55 GRD ’65. Jaffe began collecting ethnographic art from Asia and the Pacific in the late 1970s, and by the early 2000s, his New York apartment was overflowing with material from Sumatra, Borneo, eastern Indonesia and the Phil-
ippines. Jaffe decided to donate part of his collection to a public museum, choosing Yale due to his fond memories of taking classes at the YUAG and interacting with artifacts as a student, Barnes said. His donation also called for the establishment of a curatorial department. Since Jaffe’s primary area of interest lies in ethnographic material, he turned to other collectors to round out the collection he planned to donate. He purchased 400 textile samples from Indonesian textile experts Jeff Holmgren and Anita Spertus. Since textiles are metaphors for fertility, Barnes explained, they commonly play a role in ceremonial rituals from weddings to funerals. “It is often said that a person can neither die nor marry without textiles,” Barnes said. In addition, Holmgren convinced donors Hunter and Valerie Thompson that the YUAG was the right home for their collection of Javanese gold from the eighth to 11th centuries. Even now, the collection continues to grow, Barnes said. The
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The Kubler-Thompson Gallery of Indo-Pacific Art explores the art of cultures from Madagascar to Easter Island. Indo-Pacific collection has so far attracted students and members of the Yale and local community. Three audience members interviewed found the talk engaging since they were exposed to a type of artwork that had previously received only limited coverage. “I visited Indonesia two years ago, and so it’s very meaningful
to me to see these objects again and to talk about them here,” said New Haven resident Nan Ross, a frequent attendee of Collection Lectures and Barnes’ talks in particular. Barnes’ talk was an installment in the YUAG’s Collection Lecture Series, which serves to introduce the new exhibits and
collections since the museum’s reopening. The series continues on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. with Jennifer Gross’ presentation, “The New Era for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Gallery.” Contact KAMIL SADIK at kamil.sadik@yale.edu .
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FROM THE FRONT Surgery not yet a student option YALE HEALTH FROM PAGE 1 benefits are currently “under consideration.” Gabriel Murchison ’14, president of the Resource Alliance for Gender Equity, said the lack of coverage is a sign of how unwelcoming the campus environment is for prospective transgender, gender nonconforming and queer students. “The [current] policy sends a message to trans and gender nonconforming students that our concerns are not a priority, not to mention its effect on students who need this care and rely on the Yale Health Plan for their health coverage,” Murchison said. Yale currently offers coverage for endocrine hormonal treatments and mental health services for students with gender identity disorder with assessment, support and treatment during transitions, Genecin said. Although gender reassignment surgeries are known to be costly, Genecin said offering insurance coverage for the procedure would only have a negligible impact on student premiums because few people choose to undergo the surgery. Genecin added that Yale Health did not grant gender reassignment surgery coverage to students when coverage was extended to faculty and staff because policies for students are considered separately. Few patients have received medical care at Yale Health for transgender issues since coverage was offered to staff and faculty, Genecin said. Andrea Wilson, the co-chair of the Yale LGBTQ Affinity Group — which aims to promote a healthy campus environment for LGBTQ employees, professors and postdoctoral fellows — said the University was receptive to their proposal for increased coverage for nonstudent University members. “There are few other university employers that provide this coverage including Columbia, UPenn, Bowdoin,” Wilson said. “So we’re definitely leading the way in terms of coverage from university employees for this.” The increasing coverage offered on campus is a “model of collabor-
ative effort” between students and nonstudents on campus, LGBTQ Resource Center Director Maria Trumpler GRD ’92 said, adding that students and staff are currently working to extend that coverage to the entire campus.
Yale should strive to be on the cutting edge and not the defensive side of … history. MICHELLE MORGAN GRD ’15 Murchison said he does not know why the Yale Health Plan does not currently cover gender reassignment surgery because the administrators he has contacted have not communicated transparently about the issue. He added that he knows several students who have unsuccessfully attempted to receive coverage for gender reassignment surgery at Yale, adding that some students need the procedure in order to function in a college setting. Michelle Morgan GRD ’15 said she came to Yale because of its LGBTQ-friendly reputation but was disappointed that the University did not cover genderrelated surgery for her partner who is female-to-male transgender because coverage is not offered to students and insurance extends only to married couples. “Yale’s slowness on this issue is a problem from the perspective of history,” Morgan said. “When history looks back on gender-confirming surgeries and coverage, Yale should strive to be on the cutting edge and not defensive side of that history.” All Yale students have access to acute care, gynecology, health education programs, inpatient care, laboratory services, mental health counseling, nutrition counseling and student health free of charge at Yale Health.
“As far as I’m concerned, being any gender is a drag.” PATTI SMITH AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER, POET AND VISUAL ARTIST
DOD retracts statement DOD FROM PAGE 1 posal had been rejected when USSOCOM initially reviewed it a year ago. The project officer continued to seek funding in other Department of Defense organizations and later told USSOCOM that he had secured it from another internal organization, but the claim proved to be premature, McGraw added. Upon contacting the other Department of Defense organization that planned to review the center, McGraw released a Friday statement retracting his initial confirmation of the center’s grant and confirming that USSOCOM had no intention of funding the center, he said. McGraw added Sunday night that USSOCOM’s investigation into the matter was ongoing. Morgan did not respond to a request for comment this weekend. The center had been shrouded in confusion since the start. The public would normally not know about the development of a grant proposal before plans were finalized, but exposure from a Jan. 7 New Yorker magazine article profiling a possible instructor for the center, theatrical pickpocket Apollo Robbins, exposed the plan to national attention. “Obviously this whole process was somehow unusual,” Levin said. “It’s not common to hear about grant proposals in the newspaper.” Disapproval by some Yale community members of housing a military training center at the University, and conflicting news about the purpose of the program — including reports disputed by Yale that the classes would teach interrogation methods and use disadvantaged minorities from New Haven as subjects — prompted protest online and across campus. Alpern said there was an “extraordinary amount of misinformation” circling around the media. When newspapers and online media
then picked up reports of opposition to the center, such as an open letter to Alpern from Michael Siegel MED ’90 threatening to pull his donations from the School of Medicine because of the proposed military center and the alleged potential mistreatment of New Haven minority residents as interview subjects, the University issued a Tuesday statement that the center had not yet been formally proposed. “In short, the center, if established, would be designed in the best traditions of Yale research and scholarship,” Yale said in the statement. “Public reports stating otherwise are premature and based on speculation and incomplete
information.” Two days later, on Thursday, the University issued another statement that the plans for the center would be put on hold pending a full investigation of members of the Yale and New Haven communities’ concerns — the same day that McGraw said USSOCOM provided Yale with the grant. Yale released a final statement on Friday following USSOCOM’s correction. The center, if approved, had been slated to open in April 2013, Morgan told the News in January. Contact JULIA ZORTHIAN at julia.zorthian@yale.edu .
TIMELINE DOD TRAINING PROGRAM APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO USSOCOM determines it will not fund the proposed center based on psychiatry professor Charles Morgan’s paper titled “U.S. Army Center of Excellence for Operational Neuroscience.” JAN. 7 The New Yorker mentions a center will open at Yale with the Department of Defense. FEB. 19 Amidst confusion about the nature of the center, the University releases a statement saying the program has not been formally proposed but would “be designed in the best traditions of Yale research and scholarship.” FEB. 21 USSOCOM releases a statement confirming that it had awarded Yale a $1.8 million grant, based on misinformation from a former project officer. That night, USSOCOM begins investigating for additional information. The University releases a statement indicating it would not move forward with plans for the center, pending further investigation. FEB. 22 USSOCOM learns that the command had decided not to fund the project approximately a year prior. The Department of Defense confirms in a statement that the USSOCOM would not fund a center at Yale. Yale confirms the DOD statement and affirms that there would not be a USSOCOM Center for Excellence in Operational Neuroscience at Yale.
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Communist Party above law, Chinese dissident says BY TIANYI PAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER On Friday afternoon, Chen Guangcheng, a blind Chinese civil rights activist, shared his personal experiences in the Chinese legal system as a self-taught lawyer. At a panel sponsored by the China Law Center, Chen and two other panelists — New York University Law School professor Jerome A. Cohen ’51 LAW ’55, who is a co-director of the U.S.Asia Law Institute, and New York University Law School professor Ira Belkin, the executive director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute — discussed different aspects of the criminal justice system in China as well as structural and systematic difficulties within it. Chen said the greatest threat to the well-being of China’s legal system is that the Communist Party of China is above the law. “The laws are always guided by party policies,” Chen said. “That’s the fundamental reality of how the law system actually works in China today and the biggest barrier to the law system from improving.” Chen, who had been arrested several times and successfully escaped house arrest last April, said that when evaluating criminal justice in China, instead of looking at specific regulations and codes, one must view the legal system as a whole. In China, he said, the written laws may already be comprehensive and well-phrased, but the will of the party sits above any legal framework. He said he was illegally detained by the Party Committee of his village in Shandong province for advocating the rights of the underrepresented in rural China, adding that no single law
in China allows you to indict a Party Committee. After the village Party Committee discovered his escape from house arrest, he said, the party vice secretary took “gangsters” to his brother’s home and started beating him, his wife and son with clubs, smashing all possessions and robbing all valuables. Chen’s brother was detained on no legal basis, while the thugs continued beating his sister-inlaw and his nephew, Chen added. His nephew, beaten half to death, grabbed a knife and attempted to resist the gangsters without seriously wounding anyone — a few days later, though, his nephew was accused of malicious injury, he said. Chen’s nephew was later sentenced to three years and three months in prison without proper legal procedure, while those who attacked him faced no charges.
The party can get away with crimes of breaking and entering, robbery and beating people up. CHEN GUANGCHENG Chinese activist “The party can get away with crimes of breaking and entering, robbery and beating people up, while the person who resists all of this becomes the criminal,” Chen said. Chen also offered several examples of extrajudicial behavior that he had personally encountered. When a citizen files a case, the court must respond within seven days with a written report of acceptance or reason for refusal according to the
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At a Friday panel, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng discussed his personal experiences with his country’s criminal justice system. Chinese criminal procedure — but, in reality, the person who the case is against can use connections within the legal system to ensure the lower court does not accept the case or does not grant a written refusal. Without a written refusal, Chen said, a Chinese citizen cannot appeal to a higherlevel court.
Ivy Council discusses student life
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The Ivy Policy Conference exposed student leaders to new perspectives on campus issues. BY CYNTHIA HUA STAFF REPORTER Over 50 students from Ivy League universities gathered at Yale this weekend to discuss student policies on issues ranging from alcohol to academic honesty. The events were part of the fifth annual Ivy Policy Conference — the first conference hosted at Yale — and involved workshops on the theme of “Academic Pressures, Resources, and Student Health & Safety.” Students from across the Ivy League shared personal experiences and opinions on the policies of their respective universities, and Lance Banks ’15, conference codirector, said the events fostered communication among Ivy League schools and allowed student leaders to gain new perspectives on campus issues. “You can talk about topics that are both cultural and policy-related — just seeing what the experience is like at another school,” said Ryley Reynolds, the Ivy Council head delegate from Harvard. “This time, we are discussing health and wellness … which is very timely in terms of recent media topics.” The central theme of student health and safety includes topics such as campus sexual culture and alcohol policies, as well as issues related to student stress, academic honesty and career decisions, said Naaman Mehta ’15, conference co-director. During a lunchtime banquet at The Study hotel on Saturday, Gene Gurkoff, CEO of Charity Miles, an app that enables people to earn money for charity when exercising, encouraged students to consider career options outside law and finance. “For people like you at one of the most respected institutions in the world, where every day is filled with philosophical questions, there is enormous institutional pressure for you to
go into finance or law … and it’s not going to be putting your gifts to their best use,” Gurkoff said. The difficulty of career choices was also the topic of a session Saturday morning, at which students discussed how finance companies have the resources to publicize themselves well on campus whereas nonprofits and other types of companies often do not. Brandon Tomasso, vice president of the Undergraduate Council of Students at Brown, said the conference helped him identify the issues that students face at multiple colleges rather than just his own. Anthony White, president of the Undergraduate Council of Students at Brown, said he discovered that universities like Princeton and Dartmouth include students in academic dishonesty hearings — a policy he thinks could be implemented at Brown. “[The conference] provides a diversity of perspectives outside the Brown mindset,” White said. “To get experiences about how other schools have dealt with similar problems is helpful.” Myrel Iturrey, the Ivy Council head delegate from Dartmouth, said she was able to compare counseling services at different schools by attending a discussion on mental health awareness. Iturrey said she was inspired to consider new programs for Dartmouth after learning that Brown has a “pet day” during which students are allowed to play with dogs for stress relief. Mehta said the Ivy Council assigned a notetaker to each workshop, adding that the group intends to release a report on the issues students discussed. The conference was held at Brown University in 2012. Contact CYNTHIA HUA at cynthia.hua@yale.edu .
Ivy Wang ’06 LAW ’13 said she found Chen incredibly inspiring because of his dedication to serving those without legal representation. “This talk really is a rare opportunity in the perspective it takes on China,” she said. “With so many people on campus who think about China only in a sys-
tematic, large way, about China’s rise and so on, we often lose sight of those in China who don’t have as much of a voice, those whom Chen represents.” Shunan Liang SOM ’14, who is originally from Sichuan, China, said he believed the panel helped him understand Chen better as a person — “he’s not really as bare-
foot as we thought him to be.” Since escaping, Chen has been studying at New York University Law School and living in New York City with his wife and children. Contact TIANYI PAN at tianyi.pan@yale.edu .
Panels mull contemporary art BY JOSEPHINE MASSEY STAFF REPORTER On Saturday, the School of Art hosted its first series of panels featuring students, curators and professional artists discussing issues in contemporary art. The day of panels — which covered everything from the role of the Internet in art-making to how the camera phone has changed photography — was meant to foster discussion in a public setting about ideas that students had been dealing with in their mandatory first-semester “Critical Practice” class, School of Art Dean Robert Storr said. At the end of the fall semester, students chose classmates and art professionals to moderate and speak on the panels, as well as the contemporary art issues that interested them most, Storr explained. The students primarily expressed interest in how Internet and technology affect current art practices.
Students at the School of Art need to learn how to [think on their feet] if they’re going to survive in the art world.
media is a “spirit of the times” — a theme she has seen increasingly in both student work and contemporary art more broadly. Mia Fineman, a writer and assistant curator in the Department of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, reacted against the idea of giving the Internet too much attention. “The leveling effects of the Internet are overstated,” Fineman said, adding that she feels the distinction between professional photographers and amateurs persists. While panelists disagreed at times, Storr and Faruqee said they would have liked to see panelists challenge one another to a greater degree. Storr described the level of criticality as “middling.” Faruqee suggested that including faculty members on the panels might encourage students to contradict other panelists’ opinions more, since professors would be more familiar than outside professionals. “There was a little bit of reticence in expressing an opinion or contradicting one, but that takes practice,” Faruqee said. Audience member Hannah
Price ART ’14 said the panels showed how the use of new media is making art more accessible and allowing for a greater variety of perspectives. “The general approach to art is more open because there are more materials to work with,” Price said. “Because it’s more accessible, it makes it that much more usable.” But while two audience members said they feel that the Internet has made the practice of art more democratic, panelist Erin Desmond ART ’14 said she thinks the Internet — and the increased circulation of images it enables — increases the difficulty art photographers face in making their images meaningful. To combat the tendency to express ideas exclusively with images, Desmond said she uses performance art to make photographs and videos that fall into a category between documentation and artwork. Storr and the head of each of the four School of Art departments delivers a lecture in the “Critical Practice” course. Contact JOSEPHINE MASSEY at josephine.massey@yale.edu .
ANOKA FARUQEE Acting associate director of painting and printmaking, School of Art Anoka Faruqee, acting associate director of painting and printmaking at the School of Art, said she thinks talking about artistic ideas is as much of a part of a career in art as making and exhibiting artworks. “[In a public setting] you have to take responsibility for saying what you mean and for fostering dialogue yourself,” Storr said. “Panels are thinking on your feet. Students at the School of Art need to learn how to do that if they’re going to survive in the art world.” All four panel discussions touched on media’s impact on the art world, with topics ranging from the redefinition of “kitsch” in the age of YouTube videos to ways for artists to maintain authenticity in an increasingly digitized world. Faruqee said she thinks that students’ interest in
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The School of Art’s panel series on Saturday was focused on art issues unique to the Internet age.
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FROM THE FRONT TEDxYale ends 2nd year TEDX FROM PAGE 1 special something, what makes them tick, their ‘y,’” FletcherHill said to audience members at the conference’s beginning. “You as the audience have the opportunity to listen and consider what your ‘y’ is.” D.J. Stanfill ’15, one of three student speakers selected from an online voting competition, opened the conference. Sitting behind a piano, Stanfill used the opportunity to discuss music and its emotional qualities. History professor and Council of Masters Chair Jonathan Holloway, who talked about his experience visiting slave camps in Africa, immediately followed. Holloway admitted he was a “nervous wreck” before the talk, but said he enjoyed the experience. “TEDx has been a fascinating experiment and experience for me,” he said. “It’s incredibly well-run, and it’s also neat to be able to share your ideas with a few hundred people, and maybe many more. That’s pretty thrilling.” Other notable speakers included DeStefano, who discussed immigration in New Haven and the plight of his Italian grandparents in the U.S. Human rights activist Ronan Farrow LAW ’09 and policy entrepreneur Tomicah Tillemann-Dick ’01 talked about working with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton LAW ’73, while mathematics professor Michael Frame concluded the day with a speech on fractals and the importance of “finding what you love.” Eddy Wang ’16, who delivered a presentation on his difficulties overcoming a speech impediment, said it was “great” to be a part of TEDxYale. “It’s so big, there are so many cool people, and it’s been a lot of fun,” he said.
rooms on Science Hill, and this weekend the group visited some of lecture halls that underwent renovation last summer. The second half of renovations will take place this summer, Levin added. As provost, Salovey sat in on all parts of the Yale Corporation meetings except for the executive sessions that open and close each meeting weekend and are typically attended by only Levin and the other fellows. But this year, Salovey attended the executive sessions with Levin, and Salovey told the News he discussed the progress of his “listening tour” — during which he plans to hear from a wide range of members of the Yale community — with the fellows in a session at the end. “I think it’s really important he develop his own relationship with the corporation,” Levin said, adding that he did not attend the session in which Salovey discussed his presidentelect activities. The group visited the new Center for Engineering Innovation and Design (CEID) and the Center for Science and Social Science Information (CSSSI), before checking in on some of the older science teaching laboratories in Osborn Memorial Labo-
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Twenty-two speakers, including Yale students, professors and alumni, were featured in the second annual TEDxYale conference Saturday. Yale Dancers, Shades of Yale, the Duke’s Men and members of Teeth Poets performed for the audience between talks. A professional film crew captured the day’s events and streamed them live via the TEDxYale website. Seven audience members interviewed said they appreciated the opportunity to see the speakers in person, as opposed to watching TED talks online. “I watch a lot of TED talks,” Catherine Jameson ’16 said. “It’s really cool to be here where there is all the excitement and energy in the room.” TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events based off of the nonprofit TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. TEDx conferences aim to present “ideas worth sharing” to smaller communities, and in the spirit of idea-sharing, audience members were given colored
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“Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns; why should we let them have ideas?” JOSEPH STALIN
ratories and having lunch in the new Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) classroom at 17 Hillhouse Ave. The corporation members also heard from Vice President for Human Resources and Administration Michael Peel about the biennial staff workplace survey results, University Librarian Susan Gibbons about the University libraries and School of Medicine Dean Robert Alpern about the status of the medical school and Yale-New Haven Hospital. Alpern said he updated the corporation members about meetings of the Yale-New Haven Hospital health system board, which has been discussing its future plans, including potential mergers or expansions. “The question is, should our health system expand more aggressively?” Alpern added. “[It is] very important for the Yale Corporation to believe that the health system is making the right decision.” Salovey said he also introduced the corporation fellows to the new provost, Benjamin Polak. The Yale Corporation is comprised of 19 fellows, including Levin. Contact JULIA ZORTHIAN at julia.zorthian@yale.edu .
tickets on which they could write their interests. During the breaks, Curator Grier Barnes ’14 encouraged audience members to meet with ticket-holders of the same color and engage in conversation. Despite the stress involved with organizing such a largescale event, Barnes and FletcherHill said they hoped people had taken time “to set aside the work and stress of college” to listen to the speakers’ stories. “It’s been crazy, and I’m absolutely speechless,” Barnes said. “Everyone’s worked so hard, and it’s really come together.” The first TEDxYale event took place last February and drew over 300 members of the Yale community to the Sheffield Sterling Strathcona auditorium. Contact JASMINE HORSEY at jasmine.horsey@yale.edu .
of a hybrid board, which would feature both elected and appointed members. Citywide Youth Coalition Executive Director Rachel Heerema said she also supports a hybrid board, though she added an extra stipulation. As the head of a network of youth service providers, Heerema said reform must include student representation. “The quality of education most impacts the students who are currently being educated, and it’s their right to have a voice,” she said. “There’s no other recourse because they are not of age and can’t vote. Simply having elected members on the board is not enough.” Since the coalition decided in January to make its pitch for student representation as part of the charter review process, Heerema said she has been working to galvanize support for the petition, collaborating with youth empowerment organizations, such as Elm City Dream and Youth Unleashed, to rally students and parents behind the petition. As outlined by the petition, two students would be elected in staggered two-year terms by their fellow students. The aim is to make young people “partners in their education,” states the petition. Their inability to vote, though, may prevent students from acting as full voting members on the board, Heerema added. Instead, they might have to serve as advisers. According to the Connecticut Association of School Boards, board members must be registered voters. Eidelson, who chairs the Board of Aldermen’s youth committee, signed the petition on Saturday and said she hopes the charter review commission will move forward with the recommendation. Together with her colleagues on the Board of Aldermen, Eidelson has directed the commission to consider 15 issues in their charter review process, including term lengths for aldermen, a civilian review board for the police and Board of Education composition. The specific question of student representatives was not on that list of 15 issues. Eidelson said she sees seats for students on the board as an essential part of making the board “more democratic and more represen-
tative.” “Students know best what’s happening in the schools,” she added. “When we assume that New Haven residents don’t have the skills or the maturity to lead just because they’re young, we really sell them and the city short.” Heerema said students are fully capable of representing their classmates on the board, adding that young people sit on school boards in other parts of Connecticut and across the country. She cited Hamden, West Haven and the Connecticut State Board as successful examples of involving students in school board decision-making. A junior at Common Ground High School, Capria Marks, said she would be interested in being a student representative. In the past week, she has been working to raise awareness surrounding the petition. “When adults are making decisions about the youth, they need to have opinions coming from us,” Marks said. In the past, Board of Education members have defended an appointed board by pointing to the risk of politicization that comes with elections. In January, Mayor John DeStefano Jr., Assistant Superintendent of Schools Garth Harries ’95 and Board of Education President Carlos Antonio Torre all told the News that elections would result in vested interests and divisions among members. “We need to carefully consider the impact that politicizing the school board could have on the School Change Initiative in New Haven,” DeStefano said. Heerema responded to concerns of politicization by criticizing DeStefano’s attentiveness to the state of education in the city, saying his tenure “indicates that we have needed more direction, accountability and direct democracy surrounding education in New Haven.” This week may determine the success of that prospect, Heerema said, as the commission’s Tuesday meeting determines “which issues are on their radar and which aren’t.” The charter review commission must submit its recommendations to the Board of Aldermen by May 13. Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .
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ON CAMPUS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 6:00 PM “Public Health in the Real World: From Primary Care Clinics to Research on Energy Balance and Cancer” Join the Public Health Coalition for dinner with National Institutes of Health obesity and cancer researcher Hannah Arem GRD ’13. She was the lead researcher in a recent Yale School of Public Health study that linked increased endometrial cancer mortality rates in women with high body mass index levels. Silliman College (505 College St.), Dining Annex. 7:00 PM “Divine Intoxication: Cultivating a Love for the Divine to Enrich our Lives” Rabbi James Ponet will host an interfaith discussion with renowned Islamic scholar and spiritual guide Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani on the importance of cultivating a deep love for the divine to enrich our lives. The event will include a special performance of sacred music by acclaimed vocalist Ali Elsayed and percussionist Bouchaib Abdelhadi. Through their music, these musicians aim to foster peace and understanding by encouraging a shared appreciation for the divine. Free and open to the general public. Light refreshments will be served. Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life (80 Wall St.).
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7:30 PM Yale Jazz Ensemble: “Cole Porter — Class of 1913” This all-Cole Porter program celebrates the centennial of Porter’s graduation from Yale College in 1913 and will feature his most famous compositions, including “Easy to Love,” “Night and Day,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and more. Guest appearances by Yale student vocalists Emma Akrawi ’14, Ruthie Prillaman ’16, Paige Weber FES ’14 and Rebecca Brudner ’16. Sprague Memorial Hall (470 College St.), Morse Recital Hall.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 6:30 PM Navigating The College Admissions Journey This is a free workshop which will cover strategies for successfully navigating the college application process and helping students make the most of their college experience. Free and open to the general public. Huntington Branch Library (41 Church St.).
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‘Argo’ wins Best Picture BY DAVID GERMAIN ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck’s “Argo,” a film about a fake movie, has earned a very real prize: best picture at the Academy Awards. From the White House, first lady Michelle Obama joined Jack Nicholson to help present the final prize. “There are eight great films that have every right, as much a right to be up here as we do,” Affleck said of the other bestpicture nominees. In share-the-wealth mode, Oscar voters spread Sunday’s honors among a range of films, with “Argo” winning three trophies but “Life of Pi” leading with four. Daniel Day-Lewis joined a select group of recipients with his third Oscar, taking the best-actor trophy for his monumental performance as the titular character in the Civil War saga “Lincoln.” “Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence triumphed in Hollywood’s big games, winning the best actress as a damaged soul in “Silver Linings Playbook,” while Ang Lee pulled off a huge upset as best director for “Life of Pi.” Anne Hathaway went from propping up leaden sidekick James Franco at the Academy Awards to hefting a golden statue of her own with a supportingactress Oscar win as a doomed motherturned-prostitute in the musical “Les Miserables.” Christoph Waltz won his second supporting-actor Oscar for a Tarantino film, this time as a genteel bounty hunter in the slave-revenge saga “Django Unchained.” Tarantino also won his second Oscar, for original screenplay for “Django.” Ang Lee pulled off a major upset by winning best director for the shipwreck story “Life of Pi,” taking the prize over Steven Spielberg, who had been favored for “Lincoln.”
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Jennifer Lawrence accepts the award for best actress in a leading role for “Silver Linings Playbook” during the Oscars on Sunday.
I have to cast the right people to make those characters come alive. And boy, this time, did I do it. QUENTIN TARANTINO Director, “Django Unchained” Lawrence took a fall on her way to the stage, tripping on the steps. “You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell,” Lawrence joked as the crowd gave her a standing ovation. At 22, Lawrence is the second-youngest woman to win best actress, behind Marlee Matlin, who was 21 when she won for “Children of a Lesser God.” Lawrence also is the third-youngest best-actress contender ever, earning her first nomination at age 20 two years ago for her breakout role in “Winter’s Bone,” the film that took her from virtual unknown to one of Hollywood’s most versatile and soughtafter performers. With a monumental performance as Abraham Lincoln, Day-Lewis became the only performer to win three best-actor Oscars, adding to the honors he earned for “My Left Foot” and “There Will Be Blood.” He’s just the sixth actor to earn three or more Oscars, tied with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman and Walter Brennan with three each, and just behind Katharine Hepburn, who won four. Hathaway, whose perkiness helped carry her and the listless Franco through an ill-starred stint as Oscar hosts two years ago, is the third performer in a musical to win supporting actress during the genre’s resurgence in the last decade.
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Actor Jack Nicholson, left, presents the award for best picture to producer and director Ben Affleck for “Argo” during the Oscars. “It came true,” said Hathaway, who joins 2002 supporting-actress winner Catherine Zeta-Jones for “Chicago” and 2006 recipient Jennifer Hudson for “Dreamgirls.” Hathaway had warm thanks for “Les Miz” co-star Hugh Jackman, with whom she once sang a duet at the Oscars when he was the show’s host. Hathaway’s Oscar came for her role as noble but fallen Fantine in the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway smash that was based on Victor Hugo’s epic novel of revolution, romance and redemption in 19th century France. “Life of Pi” also won for Mychael Danna’s multicultural musical score that blends Indian and Western instruments and influences, plus cinematography and
visual effects. “I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this incredible journey with me,” Lee said to all who worked on the film, a surprise blockbuster about a youth trapped on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. A veteran performer in Germany and his native Austria, Waltz had been a virtual unknown in Hollywood when Tarantino cast him as a gleefully evil Nazi in 2009’s “Inglourious Basterds,” which won him his first Oscar. “I have to cast the right people to make those characters come alive,” said Tarantino, who won previously for “Pulp Fiction.” “And boy, this time, did I do it. Thank you so much, guys.”
WASHINGTON — The automatic budget cuts set to take hold this week were roundly condemned Sunday as governors, lawmakers and administration officials hoped for a deal to stave off the $85 billion reduction in government services. But as leaders rushed past each other to decry the potentially devastating cuts, they also criticized their counterparts for their roles in introducing, implementing and obstructing the budget mechanism that could affect everything from commercial flights to classrooms to meat inspections. The GOP’s leading line of criticism hinged on blaming Obama’s aides for introducing the budget trigger in the first place, while the administration’s allies were determined to illustrate the consequences of the cuts as the product of Republican stubbornness. Former Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour, aware the political outcome may be predicated on who is to blame, half-jokingly said Sunday: “Well, if it was a bad idea, it was the president’s idea.” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said there was little hope to dodge the cuts “unless the Republicans are willing to compromise and do a balanced approach.” No so fast, Republicans interjected. “I think the American people are tired of the blame game,” said Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. Yet just a moment before, she was blaming Obama for putting the country on the brink of massive spending cuts that were initially designed to be so unacceptable that Congress would strike a grand bargain to avoid them. Obama nodded to the squabble during his weekly radio and Internet address. “Unfortunately, it appears that Republicans in Congress have decided that instead of compromising — instead of asking anything of the wealthiest Americans — they would rather let these cuts fall squarely on the middle class,” Obama said on Saturday, in his last weekly address before the deadline but unlikely to be his final word on the subject. “We just need Republicans in Washington to come around,” Obama added. “Because we need their help to finish the job of reducing our deficit in a smart way that doesn’t hurt our economy or our people.” With Friday’s deadline nearing, few in the nation’s capital were optimistic that a realistic alternative could be found and all sought to cast the political process itself as the culprit. If Congress does not step in, a top-to-bottom series of cuts will be spread across domestic and defense agencies in a way that would fundamentally change how
government serves its people. And, yes, those cuts will hurt. The cuts would slash from domestic and defense spending alike, leading to furloughs for hundreds of thousands of government workers and contractors. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said the cuts would harm the readiness of U.S. fighting forces. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said travelers could see delayed flights. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said 70,000 fewer children from low-income families would have access to Head Start programs. And furloughed meat inspectors could leave plants idled. In Virginia, for instance, 90,000 Defense Department civilian employees could be furloughed, including nurses at Army hospitals, said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. He also said ship-repair contractors could lay off 300 of their 450 employees.
Republicans in Congress have decided that instead of compromising … they would rather let these cuts fall squarely on the middle class. BARACK OBAMA President, United States “There is no reason that this has to happen. We just need to find a balanced approach,” Kaine said. Some governors said the impasse was just the latest crisis in Washington that is keeping businesses from hiring and undermining the ability of state leaders to develop their own spending plans. “It’s senseless and it doesn’t need to happen,” said Gov. Martin O’Malley, D-Md., during the annual meeting of the National Governors Association this weekend. “And it’s a damn shame, because we’ve actually had the fastest rate of jobs recovery of any state in our region. And this really threatens to hurt a lot of families in our state and kind of flat line our job growth for the next several months,” said O’Malley. The budget cuts were all but certain to come up when Obama dines with the governors Sunday evening at the White House. But time to reach a deal is running out and hope is waning. Suggestions intended to instill a spirit of compromise included bringing all sides to the bargaining table, where they could act like “adults,” a presidential summit at Camp David and even a field trip to watch “Lincoln.” Yet none of those options was on the books.
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WORLD Syria opposition talks ‘critical’ BY MATTHEW LEE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — The U.S. is frantically trying to salvage a Syrian opposition conference that John Kerry plans to attend this week during his first official overseas trip as U.S. secretary of state. A senior Obama administration official said Sunday that Kerry has sent his top Syrian envoy to Cairo in hopes of convincing opposition leaders that their participation in the conference in Rome is critical to addressing questions from potential donors and securing additional aid from the United States and Europe. Some members of the sharply divided Syrian Opposition Council are threatening to boycott Wednesday’s meeting, which is the centerpiece of Kerry’s nine-nation tour of Europe and the Middle East. According to the official, U.S. envoy Robert Ford will say that the conference is a chance for foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad to make their case for new and enhanced aid — and get to know America’s new chief diplomat, who has said he wants to propose new ideas to pressure Assad into leave power. The official was not authorized to discuss sensitive diplomatic matters publicly and spoke only on condition of anonymity. If the meeting with Kerry were to be postponed, the official said the delay would likely hurt chances for short-term boosts in U.S. aid or shifts in Syria policy, which is now focused on providing nonlethal and humanitarian assistance to the opposition. The U.S. is concerned that the same kind of infighting that doomed the Syrian National Council may be hindering the
SOC, the official said. In addition to Ford’s trip to Cairo, the top U.S. diplomat for the Mideast, Elizabeth Jones, planned to head to Rome on Monday to add her voice to the argument to opposition members there. Kerry is on a self-described “listening tour” of Europe and the Mideast, chiefly focused on ending the crisis in Syria. The former Democratic senator from Massachusetts has said he wants to discuss fresh proposals to ratchet up the pressure on Assad and make way for a democratic transition. Violence in Syria has killed at least 70,000 people. Kerry has not elaborated on those plans, but there is internal debate in the Obama administration about stepping up aid to the rebels, perhaps to include lethal military assistance. Key to increasing pressure on Assad will be Russia, which has staunchly resisted efforts to push Assad out, to the increasing anger and frustration of the United States and its allies in Europe and the Middle East. Kerry will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the second stop of his trip, in Berlin on Tuesday, and hopes to get a better idea of what Moscow may be willing to support. However, two officials traveling with Kerry said they did not expect any breakthroughs in the German capital. In London, his first stop, Kerry was expected to be asked by the British about the administration’s views on Britain’s dispute with Argentina over the Falkland Islands. London is looking to Washington to support a referendum next month on the islands’ future. Residents are expected to vote widely in favor of remaining part of Britain.
“Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.” THOMAS PAINE ENGLISH-AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND REVOLUTIONARY
Pope gives final Sunday blessing
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers the blessing during his last Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square. BY FRANCES D’EMILIO ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his pontificate on a cheering crowd in St. Peter’s Square, explaining that his waning years and energy made him better suited to the life of private prayer he soon will spend in a secluded monastery than as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. On Thursday evening, the 85-year-old German-born theologian will become the first pope to have resigned from the papacy in 600 years. Sunday’s noon appearance from his studio window overlooking the vast square was his next-to-last appointment with the public of his nearly eightyear papacy. Tens of thousands of faithful and other admirers have already asked the
Vatican for a seat in the square for his last general audience Wednesday. Perhaps emotionally buoyed by the warm welcome, thunderous applause and the many banners reading “Grazie” (“Thanks”) held up in the crowd estimated by police to number 100,000, Benedict looked relaxed and sounded energized, in sharp contrast to his apparent frailty and weariness of recent months. In a strong and clear voice, Benedict told the pilgrims, tourists and Romans in the square that God had called him to dedicate himself “even more to prayer and meditation,” which he will do in a monastery being renovated for him on the grounds behind Vatican City’s ancient walls. “But this doesn’t mean abandoning the church,” he said, as many in the crowd
looked sad at his approaching departure. “On the contrary, if God asks me, this is because I can continue to serve it [the church] with the same dedication and the same love which I have tried to do so until now, but in a way more suitable to my age and to my strength.” The phrase “tried to” was the pope’s ad-libbed addition to his prepared text. Benedict smiled in pleasure at the crowd after an aide parted the white curtain at his window and he gazed at the people packing the square, craning their head for a look at him. Giving greetings in several languages, he gratefully acknowledged what he said was an outpouring of “gratitude, affection and closeness in prayer” since he stunned the church and its 1.2 billion members on Feb. 11 with his decision to renounce his papacy and retreat into a world of contemplation.
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TRIST WHO WROTE EXTENSIVELY ON THE EXPERIENCE OF PSYCHOSIS
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Penn has male, female balance
Students rally for mental health
BY ADITI SRINIVAS STAFF WRITER While women are getting ahead nationwide, their rate of advancement at Penn and at other elite institutions has grown stagnant. According to information about the class of 2012 from the Department of Education, women earn close to 60 percent of all bachelor’s degrees nationwide. The report also shows that more women than men have graduated with bachelor’s degrees in every year since 1982. However at Penn, the class of 2016 had a 50–50 male-tofemale ratio, a number that has remained fairly constant for the past couple of years. Other Ivy League universities have maintained a similar ratio. Graduate School of Education professor Peter Kuriloff attributes the disparity to probable systematic affirmative action towards men at most elite institutions and liberal arts schools. He believes there is a disparity between national trends and elite institutions because these schools can “afford” to maintain a fixed ratio between men and women. “If you are desperate for students, you take who you can get,” he said. “The Ivy Leagues get a ridiculous number of applicants, and I can assure you, the women in that pool are stronger.” Dean of Admissions Eric Furda believes however, that Penn does not fit in with the national trend of a higher number of female graduates because of the presence of the Engineering and Wharton undergraduate schools, making it distinct from
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some other Ivies and institutions nationwide. Fu rd a said the Wharton school usuPENN ally has between 40–44 percent women, and the Engineering school usually has around 34–36 percent women. Because of these lower numbers, Penn’s overall ratio is more even. Meanwhile, the College is composed of 56 percent women and 44 percent men.
The Ivy Leagues get a ridiculous number of applicants, and I can assure you, the women in that pool are stronger. PETER KURILOFF Professor, Penn Graduate School of Education “That’s where the campus kind of evens out,” Furda said. “If we didn’t have the engineering and business school, we would probably see a campus that fits in more with the national trend.” Furda does see the trend in the College though, where the applicant pool for the incoming class of 2017 is around 57 percent women and 43 percent men. “National demographics play out a lot more in the College of Arts and Science pool,” he said.
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Harvard Undergraduate Council President Tara Raghuveer voices concerns surrounding Harvard’s mental health policy. BY QUINN D. HATOFF STAFF WRITER Chanting the words “Reform mental health” and “Our Harvard can do better,” a group of more than 150 students gathered in front of Massachusetts Hall Friday afternoon to urge administrators to take action on mental health. “The drumbeat of student voices for reform is growing, but change is happening too slowly,” Undergraduate Council President Tara Raghuveer said in an interview. “It’s our responsibility to step in and advocate for students.” The rally came one day after an anonymous Crimson op-ed written by an undergraduate student with schizophrenia generated dialogue in dining halls, on email lists and on social media sites about perceived flaws in mental health services at Harvard. Also on Thursday, Director of Harvard University Health Services Paul J. Barreira spoke at a Committee on Stu-
dent Life meeting to present several University mental health initiatives, including the hiring of a number of fulltime psychiatrists HARVARD whose work will be devoted exclusively to improving students’ mental well-being. At Friday’s rally, the demonstrators arranged themselves into a large circle, and for one hour, shared personal experiences with UHS and brainstormed a list of specific demands from the administration. That list, in addition to other signs written by demonstrators, was hung on the facade of Massachusetts Hall, which houses the offices of University President Drew G. Faust and other senior administrators. “I lost 4 friends to suicide in 6 weeks. I’m not better,” read one sign. “Harvard we are MAD,” read another. Twenty minutes into the rally, Assistant
Dean for Student Life Emelyn A. dela Peña entered the circle and offered a warm room for students to discuss their concerns with administrators and Barreira.
The drumbeat of student voices for reform is growing, but change is happening too slowly. TARA RAGHUVEER President, Harvard Undergraduate Council “We are willing to sit down, we’ll listen for as long as you want us to be there,” said dela Peña. Although demonstrators turned down the offer and continued their discussion outdoors, dela Peña promised that administrators would review the signs and pass along the list of demands.
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MEN’S HOCKEY HANGING ON TO TOURNAMENT SPOT After Sunday’s games were completed, Yale climbed to 11th in the PairWise rankings that determine eligibility for the NCAA tournament. In most years, the top 16 teams in PairWise at the end of the conference playoffs compete in the tournament.
“The whole thing felt kind of like a fairy tale ending.” ERIN CALLAHAN ’13 GOALIE, WOMEN’S HOCKEY
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After falling to top-ranked Quinnipiac on Friday, the Bulldogs arrived in Princeton needing a win. It took freshman heroics to make it happen. PAGE B2 BRIANNE BOWEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Elis fell 4–1 on Friday to No. 1 Quinnipiac for the second time this season. The Bobcats tallied three goals in the first period and outshot the Bulldogs 35–31. The following night, Yale topped Princeton to clinch the Ivy title.
Bulldogs rally on Senior Night
Elis fall out of Ivy race BY ALEX EPPLER STAFF REPORTER Entering this weekend, men’s basketball team captain Sam Martin ’13 noted that the Elis would likely have to win the rest of their Ivy League match-ups to have any chance at a conference championship. When forward Matt Townsend ’15 drained two free throws with 59 seconds remaining to cut the Harvard lead to 69–66, the Bulldogs had
a chance to keep their title shot alive after trailing by as many as eight at the beginning of the second half.
MEN’S BASKETBALL But the Elis (11–16, 5–5 Ivy) could not close the gap further at the John J. Lee Amphitheater on Saturday night. Although the team beat Dartmouth (6–18, SEE M. BASKETBALL PAGE B2
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Forward Lynn Kennedy ’15, right, tallied a goal and an assist as the Elis topped Princeton, 4–2, at Ingalls Rink on Senior Night. BY GRANT BRONSDON CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After Princeton scored a shorthanded goal in the second period to put the Tigers up 2–0 on Saturday, all hope seemed lost for the women’s hockey team.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY One day before, the Bulldogs had suffered a big 4–0 loss to Quinnipiac. Also on Friday, Princeton topped Brown 2–1 to eliminate the Elis from ECAC playoff contention. However, on Saturday’s Senior Night, the class of 2013 stepped up and
rallied the Bulldogs (5–20–3, 4–14–3 ECAC) past Princeton 4–2 to cap a huge comeback victory and end their home season with a bang. “We’ve always tried to lead by example, just going out there and working hard for a full 60 minutes and staying positive no matter what,” goaltender Erin Callahan ’13 said. “Everybody did their job and contributed, and it combined for a great result.” Friday’s game against Quinnipiac (19–10–4, 13–6–3) was not nearly as smooth as the teams’ first meeting, a 2–2 draw on Feb. 2 in which the Bobcats’ backup goalie, Chelsea Laden, yielded two goals in the first period. This time, however, Quinnipiac scored
on a short-handed goal near the end of the first period and added three more in the final frame. Goaltender Jaimie Leonoff ’15 had 48 saves, but Yale mustered only 12 shots on goal. “Collectively, we didn’t play well with each other,” forward Jamie Haddad ’16 said. “We have good team chemistry in general, but we didn’t on Friday.” Despite the Bulldogs’ elimination from playoff contention, team members said there was still a lot to play for. “We knew that if we won, we would eliminate Princeton,” Haddad said. “We were definitely trying to give it our SEE WOMEN’S HOCKEY PAGE B2
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Guard Javier Duren ’15 totaled 15 points against Harvard on Saturday, but the Elis could not overcome a six-point halftime deficit and fell, 72–66.
THE FRESHMAN FROM BOW ISLAND, ALBERTA SCORED YALE’S GAME-WINNING GOAL AGAINST PRINCETON WITH 1:54 LEFT. It was Cooper’s first goal of his Yale career.
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Jimmie Johnson wins second Daytona 500 Johnson’s No. 48 car took the lead with 10 laps left and held on for his second Daytona 500 win, even after a caution flag caused a drama-filled restart with only six laps remaining. Danica Patrick started at pole position and, with her eighth-place showing, became the first woman to finish in the top 10 at Daytona.
Yale tops Big Green M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B1 2–8) on Friday to open the weekend, Yale eventually dropped its matchup against rival Harvard 72–66. The Bulldogs now sit tied for third place in the Ivy League with Cornell, four games behind frontrunner Harvard and two and a half games behind secondplace Princeton. The Elis would need to win out and the Crimson would have to lose their remaining contests for Yale to take the Ivy banner. “We’re all competitors,” head coach James Jones said. “Our guys put their heart and soul out on the line and they came up a little short.” While the loss to Harvard effectively ended their chances at the Ivy League crown, the Elis started the weekend on a high note. The team faced a Dartmouth squad to whom they had lost on the road at the beginning of a month — a loss that represented only the second conference win for the Big Green in the last three years. The Bulldogs again were challenged early by Dartmouth. Led by guard Alex Mitola, who scored a game-high 27 points and made seven of 10 shots from behind the arc, the Big Green went into the break trailing by only two, 28–26. The Elis distanced themselves from the outset of the second half, however, going on an 11–2 run over the period’s opening 5:21. Guards Martin and Michael Grace ’13 paced the Elis in scoring, tallying 12 points each. Mar-
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Elis end losing streak
tin was perfect from behind the arc, shooting 4–4 on 3-pointers. “This team is where I expected it to be at the beginning of the season,” Grace said after the Dartmouth game. “Many people wrote us off early in the year, and I think we definitely had the talent, had the coaching, to be successful in this league and be one of the top two or three teams in this league.”
We’re all competitors. Our guys put their heart and soul out on the line, and they came up a little short. JAMES JONES Head coach, men’s basketball The next night the Elis’ shot at the crown evaporated in their game against the Crimson. Yale struggled to contain forward Wesley Saunders, the Crimson’s scoring leader on the season, in the first half, as he tallied 12 points on 100 percent shooting from the field as Harvard opened up a 34–28 lead going into the break. The Bulldogs rallied in the second half, amassing a five-point lead with 9:22 left on a 3-pointer from guard Austin Morgan ’13. But Harvard forward Steve Moundou-Missi responded with a dunk and two minutes later a layup from center Kenyatta Smith with 6:42 left put the Crimson up for good. Guard Javier Duren ’15 and forward Matt Townsend ’15 led the Elis in scoring with 15 points apiece. “Every time Yale-Harvard gets together, it’s something special, and we were in it,” Duren said. “Some key mistakes down the stretch, and who knows, we could have had a different outcome.” The men’s basketball team will conclude its season with two games on the road next weekend, traveling to face Columbia (11–13, 3–7) on Friday before squaring off against Cornell (13–14, 5–5) on Saturday. Contact ALEX EPPLER at alexander.eppler@yale.edu .
BRIANNE BOWEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Captain Andrew Miller ’13 assisted Tommy Fallen’s ’15 first-period goal that put the Bulldogs up 2–1 over the Tigers on Friday.
BY LINDSEY UNIAT STAFF REPORTER For any hockey player, nothing is better than scoring the winning goal — especially when that goal is his first of the season, snaps a five-game losing streak and secures his team the 2012-’13 Ivy League Championship.
MEN’S HOCKEY Freshman forward Carson Cooper ’16 did just that with 1:56 left on the clock in Saturday’s crucial 4–3 win over Princeton (9–14–4, 7–10–3 ECAC). After Friday’s disappointing 4–1 loss to No. 1 Quinnipiac, the No. 13 Bulldogs (14–10–3, 10–9– 1) managed to break their recent skid with their first win since Feb. 1, when they bested the Tigers 4–2 at Ingalls Rink. “It felt pretty incredible,” Cooper said. “I’ve been waiting to finally score this season and to have it be the game-winner was awesome.” The Bow Island, Alberta native tipped in the winning shot past Tigers goalie Mike Condon off an assist from defender Tommy Fallen ’15. The sophomore also assisted forward Anthony Day’s ’15 goal 8:09 into the first period and scored one of his own half a minute later for a threepoint game. Princeton also scored twice to close the first period at 2–2 and the second frame was scoreless, leaving the game to be decided in the third. The Tigers scored at 9:12 in the final period but defender Ryan Obuchowski ’16 quickly evened the scoreboard less than two minutes later. The first goal of Cooper’s college career came at 18:04, clinching the win for the Bulldogs and earning them the Ivy League Title for the third time in the past four years. Goalie Jeff Malcolm ’13 was back on the
ice for the first time on Saturday since the Feb. 1 win against Princeton when he suffered an injury early in the game. He made 17 saves as Yale outshot its opponent 28–21. Cooper said the team was happy to have Malcolm back after his five-game hiatus. “He’s a fun guy who brings energy to the team,” Cooper said. “It’s the same with any teammate — you want them to come back and be healthy as soon as possible.” Saturday’s sold-out game was certainly a turnaround from Friday night, when the Bulldogs fell for the second time this season to cross-town rival Quinnipiac (23–4– 5, 16–1–3). Malcolm was still off the roster, but Connor Wilson ’15 played for the first period and Nick Maricic ’13 filled in for the second and third. Yale fell behind 3–0 in the first period despite matching the Bobcats with 11 shots. The Bulldogs had a number of opportunities in the second period, but could not capitalize on any of them and trailed by three heading into the final frame. In the third period, forward Kenny Agostino ’14 scored his 13th goal of the year, but when the team pulled Maricic for an extra man with 90-seconds left in the game, Quinnipiac got an easy emptynetter for the 4–1 win. The Bobcats barely outshot the Bulldogs, 35–31. Quinnipiac has already clinched the ECAC conference title and is ranked first in the NCAA. After this weekend, Yale moved up from fifth to fourth in the conference and is tied with Dartmouth (13–10–4, 9–8–3). All 12 teams in the ECAC qualify for the playoffs but the top four teams earn first-round byes. The Bulldogs also rose into 11th place in the USCHO.com PairWise rankings, which mirrors the formula used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants in the NCAA Tournament.
Head coach Keith Allain ’80 said that since the team has not won in a few weeks, the Elis’ effort to battle from behind to win in the third period of Saturday’s game was a “true testament to the character of the locker room.” “The win was tremendous for team moral,” forward Antoine Laganiere ’13 said. “For sure after a few losses confidence starts dwindling. But we showed a lot of mental strength to overcome this and we all feel better going into the playoffs.” Next weekend, the Bulldogs will play Colgate and Cornell at home, hoping to secure a first-round bye in the last weekend of conference play before the ECAC playoffs begin. Contact LINDSEY UNIAT at lindsey.uniat@yale.edu .
NO. 1 QUINNIPIAC 4, NO. 13 YALE 1 QUIN
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Seniors go out with a win WOMEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE B1 all … for revenge, for our last hurrah and for our graduating class [of seniors].” That motivation was not evident until later in the game, however. With 4:43 left in the first period, Princeton’s Olivia Mucha took a pass from Rose Alleva in center ice, skated around Yale defenders and blasted the puck past Callahan, who was making her second start of the season. A golden opportunity turned into what seemed like the death knell for the team. On a Yale power play in the second period, the Tigers stole the puck in their own zone and converted the ensuing breakaway to push the lead to 2–0. Just a few minutes later, the Bulldogs began to strike back. Seven seconds into a power play, forward Aurora Kennedy ’14
had a shot redirected into the net by captain Alyssa Zupon ’13. In the third period, Yale put it all together, starting with a goal from forward Natalie Wedell ’13 at the 6:48 mark of the period to tie the game 2–2. It was her first career goal. “We desperately needed that goal, but [the goal] meant so much more than just tying the game,” Haddad said. “Getting her first goal at such an important time fired up the team for the rest of the game. It changed the entire momentum.” Less than five minutes later, forward Lynn Kennedy ’15 converted off a pass from forward Hanna Åström to deliver the first Yale lead of the game. An empty-netter from defenseman Tara Tomimoto ’14 sealed the deal with 35 seconds remaining. After the 4–2 win, the team mobbed
Callahan, who posted 34 saves to get her first career win. “It was unreal. … I couldn’t have asked for better support from my team,” Callahan said. “The whole thing felt kind of like a fairy tale ending.” Other seniors playing in their final home game were defenseman Jamie Gray ’13 and forwards Danielle Moncion ’13 and Jen Matichuk ’13. Defenseman Emily DesMeules ’13 dressed but did not play for the first time since her career-ending injury earlier in the year. The Bulldogs take on No. 5 Harvard on Tuesday night in their final game of the season. Contact GRANT BRONSDON at grant.bronsdon@yale.edu .
YALE 4, PRINCETON 2 YALE
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EMILY FOYER/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Sam Martin ’13 made all four of his 3-point attempts on Friday against Dartmouth and was 13–17 from beyond the arc over the past six games.
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EMILIE FOYER/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Defender Jamie Gray ’13, right, was one of seven Elis honored on Saturday after her final home game at Yale. The Elis eliminated Princeton from playoff contention with a 4–2 win.
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SPORTS
“Unfortunately, it didn’t end up the way I thought it would.” MANTI TE’O, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE NFL COMBINE ABOUT HIS FAKE RELATIONSHIP WITH “LENNAY KEKUA”
Men’s lacrosse falls to St. John’s
MEN’S HOCKEY ECAC
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9
1
0.525
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10
3
0.574
Dartmouth
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8
3
0.525
13
10
4
0.556
3
Brown
6
8
6
0.450
10
11
6
0.481
4
Cornell
7
10
3
0.425
11
13
3
0.463
Princeton
7
10
3
0.425
9
14
4
0.407
Harvard
5
13
2
0.300
8
16
3
0.352
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY ECAC
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T
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Cornell
18
3
1
0.841
23
5
1
0.810
2
Harvard
16
3
2
0.810
20
5
3
0.768
3
Dartmouth
11
7
4
0.591
16
8
5
0.638
4
Princeton
6
14
2
0.318
11
16
2
0.414
5
Yale
4
14
3
0.262
5
20
3
0.232
6
Brown
5
17
0
0.227
6
20
1
0.241
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1
0.900
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7
0.708
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Princeton
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2
0.778
14
9
0.609
3
Cornell
5
5
0.500
13
14
0.481
SARA MILLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The No. 17 Yale men’s lacrosse team fell 10–9 to the St. John’s Red Storm in its first game of the season, despite a quick start and plenty of shots. MEN’S LACROSSE FROM PAGE B4 goal lead heading into the second quarter. St. John’s regrouped during the first break, however, and dominated the scring in the second quarter, putting away four goals to Yale’s one. Midfielder Sean Shakespeare ’15 tried to save face for the Elis near the end of the quarter with an unassisted goal with 2:20 remaining in the first half which narrowed St. John’s lead to one with a score of 4–5, but the Red Storm nevertheless ended the first half on top. “St. John’s has a high powered offense and they were able to get a few goals off of us with picks,” captain Michael McCormack said. Zdrill tried to bring the momentum back to the Elis’ right from the start in the sec-
ond half with his second manup goal of the game just 49 seconds into the third quarter. Zdrill completed the hat trick later in the third quarter, but St. John’s still outscored the Bulldogs 3–2 to widen their lead to two.
St. John’s has a highpowered offense, and they were able to get a few goals off of us with picks. MICHAEL MCCORMACK Captain, men’s lacrosse Yale wasn’t knocked down yet, however, as goals from midfielder Michael Lipin ’13 and Mangan tied the score at 8–8 with 6:42 left to play. St. John’s
took the lead again and Shakespeare tied it back up at nine with 4:18 to go, but the Red storm put the final nail in the coffin with just under a minute left to play. Face-off specialist Dylan Levings ’14 went 13 for 22 on his faceoffs, giving the Elis an advantage on possessions, and goal keeper Eric Natale ’15 stopped seven of 17 shots in his first start this season. Zdrill now leads the Elis in scoring with three goals on his only three shots on goal taken against the Red Storm for a 100 percent shooting percentage. Midfielder Shane Thornton ’15 leads the Bulldogs in assists with two in his first game. Though Yale faced some tough turnovers, problems with communication and missed some crucial ground balls, the Elis know that these are all firstgame problems as the Bulldogs
are still adjusting to playing with one another. “I don’t think we made any real scheme changes, more so refining the way we defended their offense between quarters,” McCormack said. “We practiced all week defending their big little and had a few mental lapses that led to goals.” The Elis will head to Albany next Saturday to take on the No. 16 Great Dane’s at 1 p.m. “We’re looking to build off of our mistakes on Saturday and get better for our upcoming game against Albany,” McCormack said. The University of Albany is ranked just one spot above the Bulldogs this season. Contact ASHTON WACKYM at ashton.wackym@yale.edu .
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16
0.407
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Penn
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5
0.444
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19
0.269
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Brown
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6
0.400
10
14
0.417
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Columbia
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7
0.300
11
13
0.458
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Dartmouth
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8
0.200
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18
0.250
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5
0.783
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2
0.778
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9
0.609
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Harvard
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3
0.667
15
8
0.652
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Yale
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5
0.500
10
14
0.417
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Dartmouth
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5
0.444
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17
0.261
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Cornell
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6
0.333
11
12
0.478
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Brown
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8
0.200
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16
0.333
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Columbia
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8
0.111
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20
0.130
MEN’S LACROSSE IVY
Bulldogs upset by Holy Cross W. LACROSSE FROM PAGE B4 a couple of goals early in the game,” goalkeeper Erin McMullan ’14 said. “Another bright spot in the game was the man-down defense. We played a man-down for close to 10 minutes and managed to stay composed on the defensive end.” The Crusaders, who came off
a 17-8 loss to No. 20 Boston College, had four players with four goals each against the Elis. After scoring two unanswered goals in the first five minutes of the game, Holy Cross never looked back on their way to their second victory of the season. Adding to the hype of the season opener, the matchup featured two sibling matchups with
Adrianna Amendola ’13 facing off against her sister, senior Holy Cross defender Christina Amendola, as well as Courteney Rutter ’14 squaring up to her sister Catherine Rutter, a freshman midfielder for the Crusaders. “This week we need to practice executing the fundamentals in high pressure situations,” Rhodes said.
Yale will look to bounce back in their midweek matchup against Quinnipiac, which will open its season at home against the Elis this coming Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. Contact FREDERICK FRANK at frederick.frank@yale.edu .
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0
0.000
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0
1.000
Princeton
0
0
0.000
1
0
1.000
Brown
0
0
0.000
0
1
0.000
Dartmouth
0
0
0.000
0
1
0.000
Harvard
0
0
0.000
0
1
0.000
Yale
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0
0.000
0
1
0.000
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0
1.000
Columbia
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0
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0
1.000
Cornell
0
0
0.000
1
0
1.000
Dartmouth
0
0
0.000
1
0
1.000
Princeton
0
0
0.000
1
0
1.000
Harvard
0
0
0.000
0
1
0.000
Penn
0
0
0.000
0
1
0.000
Yale
0
0
0.000
0
1
0.000
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The Bulldogs were led by junior attacker Jen DeVito ’14 with four goals and captain Devon Rhodes ’13 with three goals.
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“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.” EMO PHILIPS AMERICAN ENTERTAINER AND COMEDIAN
Bulldogs drop season opener BY ASHTON WACKYM STAFF REPORTER Despite a quick start and plenty of shots, the No. 17 Yale men’s lacrosse team fell 10–9 to the St. John’s Red Storm (2-0, 1-0 Big East) in its first game of the season.
MEN’S LACROSSE The Bulldogs (0–1, 0–0 Ivy) traveled to Jamaica Queens, N.Y., on Saturday to take on the Red Storm, but even though the Elis had 48 shots to St. John’s 23 and 32 ground balls to St. John’s 18, it was missed ground balls at crucial moments and quality of shots that brought the Bulldogs down in the end. “We didn’t finish opportunities,” long stick midfielder Mike Quinn ’16 said. Quinn also said the Elis took questionable shots and did not execute the game play to the best of their ability on defense. In a game in which the scoring went back and forth, the Bulldogs jumped out to a quick 3–1 lead but were unable to sustain it. Attackman Brandon Mangan ’14 opened up the scoring for the Bulldogs this season five minutes into the first quarter. The Red Storm’s Kevin Cernuto evened up the game just under 40 seconds later, but goals from attackmen Conrad Oberbeck ’15 and Kirby Zdrill ’13 gave the Elis a two BLAIR SEIDEMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
SEE MEN’S LACROSSE PAGE B3
Face-off specialist Dylan Levings ’14 went 13 for 22 on his face-offs and goalkeeper Eric Natale ’15 stopped seven of 17 shots in his first start this season.
Crusaders overpower Elis
VICTORIOUS WEEKEND
BRIANNE BOWEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
ELIS REMAIN UNDEFEATED AT HOME BY TAKING DOWN BU AND MIAMI The No. 23 Yale women’s tennis team had a perfect weekend at Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center. The Bulldogs crushed Boston University on Friday 7–0 and defeated Miami 6–1 on Sunday.
BATON BRILLIANCE
EUGENA JUNG/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
The women’s lacrosse team faced off against Holy Cross. Despite strong play by Jen DeVito ’14 and Devon Rhodes ’13, the Elis fell, 16–13. BY FREDERICK FRANK CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The 2012-’13 women’s lacrosse season kicked off this past Saturday at Worchester, Mass., against Holy Cross in a contested 16-13 loss.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE The Bulldogs, coming off their highest scoring season since 2008, managed to keep the contest within arms reach until two Crusader goals with less than two minutes left condemned the Elis to defeat. “We saw a lot of promising things but we also made a lot of careless mistakes,” captain Devon Rhodes ’13 said. Yale (0-1, 0-0 Ivy) was led by junior attacker Jen DeVito ’14 with four goals and Rhodes with three goals. Despite trailing 8-4 in the first half, the Bulldogs came back to tie the game at 8-8 with under a
minute gone in the second half. Yale continued to attack and the game seemed to hang in the balance until two goals put Holy Cross (2-1 ,0-0 Patriot) ahead 13-10 with 10 minutes remaining in the second half. The game featured 15 different Yale players of whom eight registered at least one point.
This week we need to practice executing the fundamentals in high pressure situations. DEVON RHODES ’13 Captain, women’s lacrosse The Bulldogs scored three goals on free position shots and had two assisted goals in the contest. Yale started three fresh-
men on the day, and two registered points in the game. Midfielder Kelly Anne Sherlock ’16 scored her first career goal on a free position shot halfway through the first half and midfielder Lauren Wackerle ’16 registered her first assist on a Rhodes goal with four minutes left in the first half. Sophomore midfielder Erin Magnuson ’15 scored two goals on three shots on target. “While we need to make a more conscious effort to reduce turnovers, we all were impressed with some of the things we were able to accomplish,” Wackerle said. Despite winning the ground ball and draw control battles 15-13 and 16-15, respectively, against Holy Cross, the Elis were outshot 33-26 and ran into foul trouble with 44 fouls and five yellow cards. “I thought we did battle back, which is not easy to do when you’re down by SEE WOMEN’S LACROSSE PAGE B3
EMILIE FOYER/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
THE YALE BATON GIRL, CHRISSY HOULE ’16, ELECTRIFIED THE JOHN J. LEE AMPHITHEATER CROWD DURING BREAKS IN PLAY THIS WEEKEND The Bulldogs topped Dartmouth, 76–67, on Friday but fell, 72–66, to the Crimson the following night.