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Malloy plans natural gas infrastructure expansion, higher energy standards

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Salovey fundraises abroad

Public service announcement.

Today is chicken tenders day.

On a diet? Good luck.

It’s starting to look a lot like Hogwarts. An owl was

spotted in Davenport last night perched on the college’s balcony over entryway L. But the furry intruder may have been more than just a nocturnal animal sneaking into the courtyard: According to Davenport Master Richard Schottenfeld, the owl was believed to be an offspring of the owl drawn by Davenport’s first master, Emerson Tuttle.

“It is surely an omen of Davenport domination in Intramural Sports!”

Schottenfeld added in his email to the Dport community.

Harvard nap space. Harvard students like to take naps, and now they want to do it in public. According to The Harvard Crimson, 184 students signed a petition urging administrators to create a nap space in Harvard Yard.

The effort comes with some pushback, though: Some supporters have said they will only sleep in a designated nap room if the cushions meet their standards of hygiene.

A 19-year-old East Haven woman has been accused of

threatening to carry out a mass shooting and suicide bombing plot at Gateway Community College, according to the New Haven Register. The woman’s home was raided on Tuesday after she allegedly sent troubling text messages detailing her plans. But the threat does not seem severe: She has been arraigned in district court on one count of false information and hoaxes.

Price tag. According to a

recent report by Wealth-X, Harvard nets the largest number of alumni billionaires, claiming 52 billionaires with a collective fortune of $205 billion. Boasting 28 billionaires, Penn took the No. 2 spot, followed by Stanford at third. Yale was listed at ninth with 13 billionaires sharing a total wealth of $77 billion.

Giving back. A new nonprofit

organization has started to oversee the more than $9 million that poured into Newtown in the aftermath of the December Sandy Hook shootings that left 20 children and six teachers dead. The five-person organization, known as the “NewtownSandy Hook Community Foundation Inc.,” will oversee the distribution of donations and determine how to allocate funds.

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1912 Members of the student group Yale Forum hold a mock presidential nominating convention for the first time to introduce Yalies to presidential elections on a national stage. But unlike the real world, the mock convention joins together the Socialist, Republican and Democratic parties.

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Mayo confirms plans to retire

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and he will wrap up the president-elect travels with visits to Chicago and Boston in May. Vice President for Development Joan O’Neill said Salovey is working closely with the Development Office to meet with a wide range of alumni, parents and donors, including supporters with whom Levin in particular had developed close ties.

“We want to make sure Peter picks up the baton and is able to continue those relationships,” she added.

After leading New Haven Public Schools for 21 years, Superintendent Reginald Mayo announced Wednesday night that he will step down at the end of the school year.

Reports of the superintendent’s planned retirement surfaced in January when City Clerk Ron Smith told the News that Mayo had said he would retire from his position on June 30.

Though Mayo declined to comment at the time, Smith said the decision was due to personal reasons.

Wednesday’s announcement comes on the heels of both Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and Yale University President Richard Levin’s decisions to step down from their respective positions, DeStefano at the end of his 10th term in office and Levin at the end of the academic year. At DeStefano’s announcement ceremony, Smith told the News that Mayo’s decision was linked to DeStefano’s, noting the extent of the two

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President-elect Salovey will have traveled to Paris, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing and many American cities by the end of May.

BY JULIA ZORTHIAN STAFF REPORTER Peter Salovey has just four months until he settles into his new office in Woodbridge Hall. Until then, Yale’s president-elect is on the move.

Since Benjamin Polak took over as provost on Jan. 15, Salovey has devoted his full attention to preparations for the presidency. By the end of this semester, Salovey will have completed a partial world-tour to meet donors and introduce himself to the global Yale community.

Though Salovey has been spotted in the

Law School improves gender balance

lobby of the Yale Club of New York, trips down the Connecticut shoreline are just the beginning, as Salovey estimated he spends about one-third of his time traveling for the transitional job. For the time he is in New Haven, Salovey runs from meeting to meeting and attends various campus events.

Last month, Salovey flew overseas to visit Yale alumni clubs in London and Paris. He heads to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco in March. In April, Salovey will city-hop through Asia before coming back to Washington, D.C., for a conference hosted by YaleWomen,

Post-blizzard, city evaluates response

BY ALEKSANDRA GJORGIEVSKA STAFF REPORTER Almost a year after a study found that male students at Yale Law School are 16 percent more likely to speak in class than women, the student group that released the report has found that gender balance at the school has improved.

Yale Law Women, which conducted the 2012 study entitled “Yale Law School Faculty and Students Speak Up about Gender: Ten Years Later,” organized a presentation last month to update the Law School community on progress the school has made since the report’s release last spring. The group found that faculty members have implemented many of the report’s recommendations to encourage equal classroom participation between the genders, such as providing students with discussion questions before class and implementing the five-second rule, which advises professors to wait for five seconds after asking a question rather than calling on the first student to raise his or her hand.

Students interviewed said they are pleased with the administration’s response to the report, and Law School Deputy Dean Douglas Kysar said the school will continue to facilitate an inclusive environSEE LAW SCHOOL PAGE 4

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New Haven mayoral candidates have suggested improving the city’s storm response by purchasing more snow-removal equipment.

BY DIANA LI STAFF REPORTER Over a week after a historic blizzard left 3 feet of snow blanketing New Haven, officials and residents are left evaluating the adequacy of the city’s response.

While the storm did not cause any long-term infrastructure damage, it cost the city an estimated $2 million over seven days of snow removal.

Despite City Hall’s efforts to constantly communicate with people throughout the storm, mayoral candidates raised concerns about confusion regarding parking bans and the order in which different streets were being cleaned.

“As much as the city talked about

what efforts it made with legislators and residents, a lot of people felt they weren’t getting information and didn’t know why the snow wasn’t able to be moved,” said State Rep. Gary HolderWinfield, who is running to replace Mayor John DeStefano Jr. this November. “It’s an event that we have to learn some lessons from.”

Both Holder-Winfield and Ward 10 Alderman and mayoral candidate Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 said they believe the city could have done a better job communicating with residents about when and how the parking bans were in place and why the city cleared the roads the way it did.

City Hall spokeswoman Anna Mariotti, however, said the city updated residents at least twice a day during

the storm through a number of different channels including media press releases, the city’s website and the city’s Facebook page. Mariotti added that part of the reason behind the lengthy snow-removal process was the number of vehicles that got stuck in the snow, explaining that plows, fire trucks and even National Guard vehicles started getting stuck in the powder early on Saturday morning after the blizzard subsided.

Elicker said that he thinks the city overall did “pretty well” to address a snowstorm of a size that the Elm City had not seen in over a century. Still, he added that the city’s response to the blizzard raises questions of New SEE BLIZZARD CLEANUP PAGE 4

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Commenting on gender inequality A

s I sat in the depths of Bass late on a Sunday night, I procrastinated on my problem set by reading the comments on an article in The New York Times. Scrolling through, I found a comment from username “Jay”: “Men actually have some traits (drive, aggressiveness, inventiveness, creativity) that are not captured in resumes and which exceed those of women, and the professors recognize that and rationally favor men over women with equal resumes.”

This Times article described the September 2012 Yale gender bias study. For those of you who aren’t familiar, Yale researchers sent fake lab manager applications to over 130 faculty members at universities across the United States. All the resumes were identical, except one critical change: Half the applications had the first name John, and the other half, Jennifer.

This little change — the switch from four letters to eight, and from XY chromosomes to XX — made all the difference. A statistically significant majority of the participants in this study rated the female applicant as less competent than the male applicant, and in cases where the faculty would hire Jennifer, her starting salary was $26,508 compared to John’s $30,328.

But wait, John and Jennifer were identical in their accomplishments, identical in all but their names.

So it was Jay I thought of while sitting in physics lecture, when I received the email about the Women’s Faculty Forum (WFF) panel discussion on racial and gender-based diversity at Yale.

Gender disparity in academia is real. There is science revealing it, and there are firsthand accounts to back it up. But it’s comments like Jay's that are the root of the issue. The complete disregard for the very real glass ceiling in our society that keeps women from being welcome and able to enter into higher ranks of academia and leadership is the problem.

The fact that anyone actually believes that men have superior innate abilities shows the ignorance still invasive in our society.

Other comments cited the fact that leaders throughout history have largely been male — confusing genetic superiority with societal obstacles to female success. One post claimed that women are unwilling to work long night hours and come into the office whenever they’re needed.

Another comment explained that women are not aggressive enough or assertive enough to be competitive for certain

positions only suitable for bold, commanding men. Women get pregnant “too often,” a final comment offered, so they are economic burdens to a work environment. If a company has “extra space and resources,” one comment read, they should go ahead and hire women, but it is not feasible for the basic necessities of a firm.

Wait, so my success is a charity case?

If these people had a background in psychology, they’d know that their comments are perfect examples of the fundamental attribution error. But my more pressing concern is that these views are not anomalous. They exist around us, and this misinformation and ignorance is the source of the virus that will continue to infect our societies with inequality if we don’t circulate knowledge.

At the WFF, some standout initiatives to combat gender disparity included improving day care and paternity leave options for families — invalidating the claim that women should not be hired because they’ll have to leave work to take care of kids. (Dean Mary Miller humorously noted that almost all the children of Yale faculty members have birthdays during summer, academic leave and holidays. Professors have to fit childbirth into Yale’s schedule, after all, right?)

Another solution was Yale’s initiative to educate all faculty members on the social science data revealing gender bias in academia, through workshops and discussions. This would create a baseline level of knowledge in our academic community.

Finally, professor Priya Natarajan commented on the need for not just mentors, but sponsors for aspiring academics. Guest speakers who come to Yale always cite a certain mentor who opened the door to opportunities for them. In a world where men dominate most realms of the professional sphere, the only way women will have an equal chance is by creating a system for meaningful sponsorship and mentorship.

If Yale and President-elect Peter Salovey are serious about the initiatives that were discussed at the panel, then I am hopeful that Yale may finally be considering gender inequality as a pressing issue. I can only hope that we are not hiring or breeding future Jay commentators, and that all Johns and Jennifers at Yale and beyond are judged by their merits, not their sexes.

NATALIA KHOSLA is a junior in Saybrook College. Contact her at natalia.khosla@yale.edu .

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Playing with fire T

he thing that matters is the speed. You do it quick, obviously, or else you’ll burn yourself, but not too quick — because then there’s no point. You want to let the flame lick your fingers, moving slow so you feel the heat, but still at a pace, so as to avoid getting hurt.

The other day someone told me she had never played with fire, but I think most people have, at least as kids.

I remember going to a wedding, at a country house or a farm or a vineyard, and I remember candles — candles everywhere. And I remember a grown-up, showing off as grown-ups occasionally do on the pretext of entertaining kids. He took my cousin and me aside, and he said, “Watch this,” and he swiped his hand over a candle — and it looked so cool! So I began to search, within myself, for the gumption to put my hand to the fire.

It didn’t come easy; I was afraid I’d sear my fingers.

I wrote an essay about this, freshman year, for English 120. Not about the game with the candles, but about the underlying generality. Growing up, I thought, was partially about gaining the freedom to do harm to myself.

I didn’t mean by this anything extreme, only that the act of leaving your parents’ home and coming to college allows you to engage freely in behaviors that, while not worrisome, are at least questionable. Consider some of the other things I did as a freshman: I smoked, on and off; I drank, more on than off; I blacked out, a number of times.

There’s a sliver of truth in that essay — with age comes responsibility, including the responsibility for your own well-being — but as I read it now, the argument feels strained. I’m inclined to think, instead, that smoking and drinking and blacking out weren’t signs so much of maturity as of a peculiar and mostly harmless brand of stupidity.

I’m also inclined to think that growing up isn’t so much about gaining the freedom to hurt yourself as it is about gaining the willingness to let yourself be hurt. It’s an idea only a step removed from the first, but it’s truer, and it’s especially true of the way we deal with people.

It’s true of romantic relationships in particular, but

also of relationships at Yale in ge n e ra l .

Certain common denominators TEO landed SOARES us in this place — Traduções an aversion to risk, a proclivity for overthinking, a tendency to take the long view — and when it comes tying ourselves to other Yalies, we can’t help but know that our relationships come time-stamped. We have four years together, and the four years will end, and sure, we may keep in touch, but what if we don’t?

Watch this: We do our relationships like we play with fire, slow enough so as to feel the warmth, fast enough so as to not get burnt. We have one-night stands, and we grab meals (or we plan to, anyway), but we keep them short. It’s where we’re comfortable: close enough so as to ward off the loneliness that sometimes creeps in at night, far enough so as to avoid being invested in a relationship that is bound to end.

I find myself entertaining these thoughts, and I hate them. They come in the form of a perverse voice that asks, naggingly, “What’s the point?”

The fallacy in that line of reasoning, the one I keep repeating to myself in response, is this: The fact that something will end eventually shouldn’t stop me from enjoying it now. Reasons why are plenty, not least of which is probability. Most relationships, at Yale or otherwise, fizzle out. They are transient. They end. To avoid them on those grounds is to resign myself to a life alone.

And here’s another reason: My happiest memories are those I made with other people, as are my saddest, and that is the point. To err on the side of caution — that is, to prefer quick and far — is to numb myself to life.

So I’m trying to reach closer. To dwell longer. Maybe I’ll sear my fingers, but at least I’ll have felt something.

TEO SOARES is a senior in Silliman College. His columns runs on alternate Thursdays. Contact him at teo.soares@yale.edu .

G U E ST C O LU M N I ST JA M E S P O N E T

The wisdom of drink I

ntoxication. You can hear it in the word — can’t you? — the sense that in reaching a state of heightened joy, perhaps near ecstasy, one has been invaded by toxins, that when inside an extremity of feeling — say exhilaration, despondency or erotic obsession — one has been poisoned with emotion, unhinged, rendered irresponsible, foolish and at risk.

As always, language does convey a truth — in inebriation there is danger. But we do well to remember that a wise response to danger does not seek safety through sacrifice of intensity, depth and passion.

How to recognize the value as well as the risks of aroused feelings, awakened awareness, heightened sensitivity? The understandable call to dampen and dull our pains, to diminish and control our joys comes at the cost of aliveness and creativity. I urge therefore cultivation of a wisdom of extremity, a consideration of the uses and abuses of intoxication in general and of drink-infused intoxication in particular.

Jewish tradition, its laws and narratives, advocates various uses of alcohol as part of the regimen of a good life.

Highly sensitive to the dangers of abusive consumption, the tradition warns of overuse and addiction — “Do not ogle that red wine as it lends its color to the cup, as it flows on smoothly; in the end it bites like a snake; it spits like a basilisk. Your eyes will see strange sights; your heart will speak distorted things”(Proverbs 23) — but it clearly calls for drinking wine at every wedding ceremony, on Shabbat, at Passover Seder and on Purim. And the Psalmist (104:14) characteristically appreciates that God “brings forth bread from the earth and wine that gladdens the heart of man to make faces shine brighter than oil.”

Wine, however, is not the way for everyone. The tradition affirms total abstention as right for some, individuals whom it names Nazirites, and includes among them the prophet Samuel and the judge Samson. However, for those who choose to incorporate wine into their lives, a wisdom of drinking is critical, and in our times perhaps more important than ever.

Consider two pedagogical examples: The first drunk to appear in the Hebrew Bible is Noah, who after the Flood,

having survived the first genocide, then plants a vineyard, harvests grapes, produces wine and drinks himself into a stupor. In the aftermath of drunken collapse, inside the nauseating dread of hangover, he utters his first spoken word, “Cursed,” sadly addressed to his son. Comment and discuss the distinction between finding comfort and “getting wrecked.”

Trapped inside the shame of her own barrenness, Hannah, who would soon give birth to the prophet Samuel, prays in silent tears at the alter in Shiloh. Eli, the priest at Shiloh, no doubt accustomed to witnessing the decorous ministrations of pilgrim celebrants, mistakes Hannah’s open expression of anguish for wine-induced hysteria. “Oh no, my lord!” she responds to the scolding cleric.

“I am a very unhappy woman.

I have drunk no wine or other strong drink, but I have been pouring out my heart to the Lord.” Have you ever used drink, or feigned being drunk, so as to act out an anguish (or perhaps a desire) you have kept hidden from others and perhaps from yourself? The Talmud teaches that when wine enters, a secret emerges.

The goal of drink is not drink itself, but rather the state of mind to which it can lead when wisely managed and skillfully used. We can use alcohol to remind ourselves of the goodness and beauty of life, to reawaken our sense of solidarity, integrity, lovability; we can use it as one tool in the lifework of crafting and shaping our deepest desires, sorrows, terrors and joys.

But how does this craft relate to actual student life at Yale?

I think we need to find out, and to that end, I am hosting tomorrow night, at 8:30 p.m. at the Slifka Center, an open discussion of the real questions Yale students face and the ones they turn away from: When and why do we drink to “get wrecked?” How can we dismiss the things we’ve said or done because we are drunk?

What leads us to lament the consequences of a forgotten night as our heads pound the next morning, and what lures us back to drink again?

JAMES PONET is a 1968 graduate of Timothy Dwight College and the Howard M. Holtzmann Jewish chaplain. Contact him at james.ponet@yale.edu .

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CORRECTIONS TUESDAY, FEB. 19

The article “Admins target sexual misconduct, drinking” included an inaccurate quote attributed to Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Melanie Boyd ’90.

Malloy proposes energy policy

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20

The article “Undergraduate opera breaks new ground with ‘Castor et Pollux’” mistakenly stated the production of “Castor et Pollux” borrowed a harpsichord from the School of Music, when in fact the harpsichord was borrowed from the Music Department.

Housing complex fails inspection

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Gov. Dannel Malloy’s newly unveiled energy strategy includes expansion of natural gas infrastructure and higher energy-efficiency standards.

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Plagued by leaky roofs, Church Street South is reputed to be one of New Haven’s most poorly maintained housing complexes.

BY DIANA LI STAFF REPORTER Church Street South, a publicly subsidized and privately owned housing structure in New Haven, is in a maintenance disarray, with more than half of the complex’s housing units failing public inspections last Wednesday.

Inspectors from the Livable City Initiative, which aims to enforce the city’s housing code, surveyed the housing complex because they were concerned that ongoing problems with leaky roofs would be exacerbated by the recent snowstorm, said Rafael Ramos, the deputy director of Housing Code Enforcement. Ultimately the inspectors found several additional housing code violations, including roofs that suffered from water penetration and windows that let in water and drafts, Ramos said.

In addition, city inspectors reported additional violations that led to about 60 percent of the housing units, which are owned by Northland Investment Corporation, failing inspections.

“In the past, Church Street South has always had a problem with roofs and roof leaks, and so because of the heavy snowstorm, we thought it would be good to see what’s going on there so we don’t have any surprises later,” Ramos said.

Northland Investment Corporation, a real estate company that deals with properties along the East Coast and the South, could not be reached for comment.

Drew Morrison ’14, who has worked to help map the quality of New Haven public housing, said that Church Street South has historically had problems and that Northland Investment Corporation has previously had financial difficulties.

While Morrison said that all public housing in New Haven faces problems of maintenance and crime, Church Street South is “clearly one of the big areas of blight” in New Haven.

He said that while many other public housing units have been redeveloped in the past two decades, Church Street South has not, and the failure rate of

its units is not a “surprising” outcome.

“Everyone knows that Church Street South is eventually going to be redeveloped: It’s in a prime location across from the train station, it’s old and it’s falling apart, so there’s very little incentive to put lots of money to keeping Church Street South of a decent quality if they know that it’s going to be torn down in a couple of years,” Morrison said.

City Hall spokeswoman Anna Mariotti added that the inspectors found problems with electrical outlets that were uncovered and low to the ground, which pose danger especially in rooms for children. Ramos added that other problems included missing or defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Broken carbon monoxide detectors are nothing new for these housing units, Ramos said, as the Church Street South housing complex faced similar issues about two years ago.

“A couple of families were hospitalized and the whole building was vacated, and then it was found that most — around 90 percent — of all the heating systems were defective and in some way didn’t provide for proper ventilation,” Ramos said.

Ramos said that as of Wednesday afternoon, inspectors and the Livable City Initiative were preparing a report with the different violations and recommendations for the property owners.

For issues like smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, Ramos said property owners should be replacing broken equipment almost immediately. For other issues, such as leaky roofs and problems with windows, property owners will have 21 days to start making improvements, he said.

The Livable City Initiative aims to provide affordable and quality housing for New Haven residents and design public improvements to facilitate healthier and safer communities.

Contact DIANA LI at diana.li@yale.edu .

Gov. Dannel Malloy released a long-awaited comprehensive energy strategy for the state of Connecticut on Tuesday.

The plan, which the governor unveiled at several stops across the state chosen for their energy efficiency, includes an expansion of natural gas consumption as well as higher energy-efficiency standards. Malloy first expressed interest in reforming the state’s energy policy in 2011, when he proposed legislation that would consolidate state functions — from electricity and oil to heating and transportation — into the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, according to DEEP spokesman Dennis Schain.

Schain said the legislation, now known as the Energy Bill, called for a major energy strategy that would help DEEP run more smoothly. “[Malloy’s] feeling was that the state had not been thoughtful enough about energy issues and that we were suffering from high

prices for electricity and were illprepared for the future,” Schain said.

The most controversial aspect of the new plan is its expansion of natural gas infrastructure and consumption. Speaking at Royal Ice Cream, a Manchester-based small business that saved 50 percent of its energy costs when it switched to natural gas, Malloy called on utility companies to build 900 new miles of natural gas lines in the state and offer customers the option to switch their energy consumption to natural gas. His plan also includes a proposal to offer a $500 tax credit to customers who make the switch.

Many aspects of the plan require legislative approval before they go into effect, while others can be implemented through executive action.

When Malloy released the first draft of his energy strategy last October, opponents, such as home heating oil dealers, came in droves to testify against natural gas expansion. One of the recurring complaints was the cost of new natural gas infrastructure —

a puzzle that the Malloy administration solved by placing the burden of cost on utility companies rather than on taxpayers.

But Dan Fischer, a community organizer for the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice, opposes the use of natural gas due to its negative impact on the environment. When natural gas is extracted from the ground, he said, it pollutes drinking water and contaminates the lungs of workers extracting it. Moreover, he added, several studies have shown that producing natural gases emits more greenhouse gases than burning coal.

Other aspects of the governor’s energy strategy are more widely supported. Much of the plan focuses on creating higher energy-efficiency standards in areas such as the state’s energy grid and its public transportation system. The strategy also urges the state to expand its use of renewable energy.

“That’s the basic building block: Reduce demand and therefore bring down bills,” Schain explained.

Mark LeBel, an energy fel-

low for the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, said that the strategy highlights Connecticut’s position as one of the country’s leaders in energy and climate change policy. The state is just one of a few to have an established greenhouse gas reduction target — a 10 percent decrease from 1990 emission levels by 2020 — which it is on target to meet. Still, he added, Connecticut cannot implement policies as strict as those in California, such as implementing an economywide cap-and-trade law. “[California is] so big and less dependent on regional trade and travel,” LeBel said. “So for Connecticut, you might expect a lot of people would move to New York or elsewhere in the region if they are not pleased with Connecticut’s standards.”

In a poll released last week, the conservative think tank Yankee Institute for Public Policy found that 54 percent of Connecticut residents approve of Malloy’s performance as governor.

Contact MICHELLE HACKMAN at michelle.hackman@yale.edu .

Salovey praises cultural centers

BY PAYAL MARATHE STAFF REPORTER University President-elect Peter Salovey wore two hats during Wednesday afternoon’s panel on the role of cultural centers on Yale’s campus, speaking both as Yale’s next president and as a social scientist.

The event, which was hosted

by La Casa Cultural as part of a weeklong campaign to increase awareness of the center for Yale’s Latino community, included three panelists — Salovey, Trumbull College Dean Jasmina Besirevic-Regan and Student Affairs Fellow Hannah Peck DIV ’11 — who discussed self-segregation, social identity and affirmative action.

Salovey said the criticism cultural houses receive for being self-segregating is inevitable because race has been a sensitive issue in U.S. history.

“Why does joining a cultural group feel like self-segregation, but spending all of your time practicing with one singing group doesn’t feel like self-segregation?” Salovey asked. “Well, a lot of it has to do with the challenging history this country has had around issues of ethnicity and race — people very quickly get anxious about it, so it’s hard to have a relaxed conversation.”

Salovey, a former psychology professor, said human nature tends to exaggerate the differences between racial groups and to understate the differences within ethnic categories such as “Eastern European,” “Native” or

“Latino.” College years, he said, should be a time when students discover their social identity.

Not all students feel “pride, pleasure and a sense of purpose” when they think about their culture, Salovey said. He added that “we have to respect” that some students may not want to be identified as belonging to a cultural house and that there is no correct way to define social identity.

Still, Salovey said he is proud of the progress the University has made in developing cultural center programming. The purpose of cultural centers, he said, is not to segregate people but to provide students with a community of similar experiences so that they develop the confidence they need to interact with people from different backgrounds.

“A cultural house is a comfort zone, but it’s one that then allows you to put yourself in an uncomfortable zone,” he said.

Rosalinda Garcia, dean of La Casa, told the News that the perception that cultural groups are self-segregating has been a major obstacle in getting students involved with cultural centers.

Many students do not think they can participate in the center if they did not get involved freshman year or if they missed the fall open house, Garcia said.

La Casa is making an effort to increase accessibility yearround and to demonstrate how people of all backgrounds can benefit from what the center offers, she added.

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In a Wednesday panel, President-elect Salovey countered arguments that cultural centers promote self-segregation.

Four students interviewed said they enjoyed hearing that Salovey understood the purpose of a cultural center. George Ramirez ’15, a member of La Casa, said he was happy Salovey was “so outspoken about selfsegregation being a false label for cultural centers.”

The students added that they think the weeklong campaign

has been successful so far in making La Casa better known to the rest of campus.

Other La Casa events this week include a graduate and undergraduate student mixer and a showcase of La Casa’s performance groups.

Contact PAYAL MARATHE at payal.marathe@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that’s how I operate my life.”

OPRAH WINFREY AMERICAN TALK SHOW HOST AND PHILANTHROPIST

Law School heeds report’s suggestions LAW SCHOOL FROM PAGE 1 ment for its students.

“My colleagues and I have been actively discussing the report during faculty meetings and over lunch, and we have instituted a number of the report’s suggestions,” Kysar said. “Though we are pleased with the way things are going, we will not become complacent and will continue to work on making our classrooms inclusive and welcoming spaces for everyone.”

The 2012 report assessed students’ interactions with faculty both in and out of the classroom and included recommendations on how to minimize gender imbalances at the Law School. The study synthesized findings from interviews with 54 faculty members, observations of student participation rates in 113 class sessions in fall 2011 and approximately 400 anonymous student survey responses.

Among several different indicators of student interaction with professors, the report found that female students were generally less comfortable than their male peers in approaching professors after class, during office hours, outside office hours and by email.

At the beginning of last semester, Kysar circulated a memorandum to faculty members that highlighted several of the report’s recommendations and urged the faculty to read the report if they had not done so already. He said the faculty is continuing to collect a set of “best teaching practices” for professors to implement at the Law School. Kysar said he hopes to institute a workshop for faculty to discuss exemplary teaching methods next fall.

Kysar added that faculty are now more formal and transparent about when their office hours are and how students can sign up, as the report highlighted that different students have different comfort levels when it comes to approaching professors.

“Since its release, the Speak Up report has reinvigorated conversations about the role that gender

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plays at the Law School and within the legal profession at large,” said Celia Rhoads LAW ’14, advocacy chair of Yale Law Women.

“Many professors have expressed to us that the report forced them to think critically about how gender affects interactions with students.

As a result, many professors have examined and reformed their practices, both inside and outside of the classroom.”

Eric Parrie LAW ’13 said he has noticed a “marked difference” in the way his professors teach, adding that many faculty members who arrived at the Law School with no prior pedagogical training have benefited from the report’s recom-

mendations.

Rhoads said many of her professors have discussed the importance of the report in class, adding that her conversations with faculty and students convinced her that the study has prompted members of the Law School community to think about gender disparities.

But law professor Lea Brilmayer — one of the first female law professors at the school — said she thinks the process of battling gender imbalance within the Law School will be a long one.

“I wouldn’t expect anything to change in the space of a year, given that this problem has been going on for about as long as I’ve been at Yale

Law School,” Brilmayer said.

Though Brilmayer said professors have taken interest in the report, she added that the Law School community’s response has generally been “just what you would expect — nothing frantic.”

Yale Law Women published the first edition of “Yale Law School Faculty and Students Speak about Gender: A Report on Faculty-Student Relations at Yale Law School” in 2002.

Contact ALEKSANDRA GJORGIEVSKA at aleksandra.gjorgievska@yale.edu .

Haven’s capacity to prepare and deal with storms of such magnitude, and he suggested that the city consider purchasing more equipment in order to handle future storms.

“I think we as a city need to have a dialogue on what the costs and benefits are to purchasing equipment that is able to move this kind of snow, because the equipment that we currently have is different from equipment in other cities that have a lot more snowfall,” Elicker said.

Mariotti, however, said that it is unfeasible for the city to buy new equipment to prepare for rare, severe snowstorms. The city owns three payloaders but used between 30 and 50 during the recent blizzard with the help of contractors.

Elicker and Holder-Winfield said some residents were confused about the order in which the city cleaned streets or felt that their streets were ignored.

“I feel like our streets were generally fairly clean. However, I live in Westville, which I feel like generally has a better response in the city than some of the other neighborhoods,” said Erin Guild, manager of Claire’s Corner Copia on Chapel Street. “For instance, I was driving down Edgewood [Wednesday], and it still only had one lane cleared.”

Mariotti explained that the city has a clear system for snow removal: It first clears areas around hospitals, then the main arterial roads for emergency vehicles and finally all remaining roads. While Elicker suggested that the city publicize the planned order of street cleanings, Mariotti said she thought that this solution would raise questions among residents of why the city cleaned certain streets first.

The blizzard dumped 34 inches of snow on New Haven and left trains in and out of the city closed for three days.

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“One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.”

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Grotowski residency comes to Yale

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The Open Program of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards performed for students, workers and professors in the Calhoun dining hall during lunch on Wednesday.

BY ANYA GRENIER STAFF REPORTER Students, workers and professors in the Calhoun, Branford and Davenport dining halls were serenaded during lunch Wednesday in a series of “interventions” announcing the Yale arrival of the Open Program of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards.

The group, hosted by the Interdisciplinary Performance Studies at Yale program, is comprised of performers from countries including Italy, France and Poland, who are dedicated to continuing the performance research and legacy of the late experimental Polish director Jerzy Grotowski. The Workcenter group will perform two of their shows and hold a symposium on campus, as well as seek opportunities to connect with the

broader New Haven community during their nearly two-week residency, Workcenter member Agnieszka Kasimierska said.

“We try to create the conditions for encounters in different cities, to see how we can serve the city,” Workcenter member Felicita Marcelli said.

Dominika Laster, an IPSY postdoctoral associate who is teaching a yearlong course on Grotowski and performance research this year, initiated the project, which is funded by IPSY and the Theater Studies program, in addition to receiving external funds from the Polish Cultural Institute in New York.

The group’s current work focuses on music written by group members around the poetry of Allen Ginsberg and traditional African-American spirituals from the American South.

The Workcenter uses music and

poetry to foster research on different forms of performance, Workcenter Open Program Director Mario Biagini explained.

This doesn’t become high art enclosed in an elite space, but [art that] can serve everybody.

AGNIESZKA KASIMIERSKA Member, Workcenter The shows do not follow most conventions of traditional theater, but Marcelli said performing in the group still requires a heightened awareness and attention to what is going on around her.

“You don’t have a character

Housing dept head appointed

BY PATRICK CASEY STAFF REPORTER G o v.

Dannel Malloy announced last week his nomination of Evonne M. Klein to lead the state’s new Department of Housing.

Malloy plans to consolidate the state’s housing programs under the new agency, which was created by the Legislature in June 2012. Klein, who served as Darien’s first selectman from 2003 until 2009, will be the first commissioner of the agency that is tasked with managing public and affordable housing programs in the state.

“I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside Evonne for a number of years, and I’ve been witness to her dedication, work ethic and leadership abilities,” Malloy said in a press release last week. “I know that she will serve as a strong advocate of ensuring that our state has the quality, affordable housing that will drive economic growth and make Connecticut a more vibrant place to work and live.”

Klein will be largely responsible for overseeing the implementation of Malloy’s aggressive new housing plan, which includes borrowing and spending more than $30 million each year for the next decade on improving and expanding the state’s public housing projects.

Connecticut’s government owns and operates 14,000 apartments, making it one of only four states to have public housing projects financed by the state government.

Betsy Crum, executive director of the Connecticut Housing

Coalition, served on the Interagency Council on Affordable Housing, which advised the governor and Legislature on the creation of the Department of Housing.

“I think the new Department’s mission is spot-on, and will transform the way housing is accomplished by creating a consolidated and streamlined delivery system,” Crum said in a Wednesday email to the News.

According to Crum, new state investment in affordable housing from the last biennial budget combined with the proposed funding in the new budget totals about $500 million.

I think the new [Department of Housing’s] mission is spot-on, and will transform the way housing is accomplished.

BETSY CRUM Executive director, Connecticut Housing Coalition “While very significant, this investment must leverage other public and private housing funds to address the considerable need for affordable and supportive housing in our state,” she wrote.

The state has already announced that it will provide grant money for some private housing development projects, provided that they offer some amount of affordable housing. One such project

is the Winchester Lofts development on Winchester Avenue in New Haven, where Ohiobased developer Forest City Enterprises is planning to build a 158-unit residential apartment building on the site of an abandoned Winchester factory building. In late August, the company secured $4 million of state financing in exchange for reserving 20 percent of the building’s units for low-income housing.

Ward 21 Alderman Brenda Foskey-Cyrus, whose ward encompasses the development, said she is opposed to the project.

She said that she believes New Haven needs more affordable housing, but that the development, which will consist of apartments, will not be as family-oriented as other parts of the neighborhood.

Foskey-Cyrus said that she would prefer to see the land developed in a way that more directly benefits the existing residents of the community, suggesting a youth recreation center as one possibility.

“I’m not concerned about the rents going up,” she said.

“I’m concerned about how it’s not actually going to benefit the people in this community.”

Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development classifies 29 percent of housing in New Haven as affordable. Statewide, only 10.7 percent of housing is considered affordable.

Contact PATRICK CASEY at patrick.casey@yale.edu .

and a text, but you are onstage and you have to show something to people that is not just you,” Workcenter member Ophelie Maxo said.

The group has already scheduled meetings with the People’s Arts Collective of New Haven and will perform for students at the Eli Whitney Museum, who also helped construct the sets for their show “I Am America.”

Kasimierska said they also hope to be able to connect with local churches and other organizations. She said they will hold a performance at Bar restaurant in the hopes of creating an opportunity for interaction between Yale students and New Haven residents. She added that prior to arriving to New Haven, she had heard that the two spheres were disconnected.

Marcelli said the group always tries to do more than simply

come to a city, perform in a formal setting and leave. By venturing out of purely formal theater spaces for their performances, they are able to show their work to people who may not necessarily interact with theater otherwise, Kasimierska explained.

“We try to reach people, so this doesn’t become high art enclosed in an elite space, but [art that] can serve everybody,” Kasimierska said.

Marcelli added that “Electric Party Songs” is different during each performance, explaining that while individual segments of the show do not change, the group puts them together in different combinations and changes the form of the performance to adapt to the environment.

She cited a Davenport dining hall worker who spontaneously began dancing with members of the group during their per-

formance as an example of the interactions they look for in their work.

“She was not acting, but she recognized something and joined very organically,” Marcelli said.

“If our work can spark that kind of recognition, that’s very precious.”

Nadine Ricks-McCollum, a worker in the Davenport dining hall, said she enjoyed the group’s performance. While she said she could not initially understand the language the group sang in, she could tell it was “very spiritually based.”

The Workcenter will perform “Electric Party Songs” in the Calhoun Cabaret this Friday and Saturday, and “I Am America” at the Whitney Theater on Feb. 28 and March 1.

Contact ANYA GRENIER at anna.grenier@yale.edu .

In ‘The Void,’ movement as communication

BY ERIC XIAO STAFF REPORTER A new play this weekend explores how movement can fill the communication gaps left by speech.

“The Void,” written and directed by Derek DiMartini ’13, opens tonight in the Off-Broadway Theater. Consisting of a series of episodic short scenes, the play will explore the failures of communication in modern-day relationships through a combination of dialogue and dance.

Inspired by a European intellectual history course he took in fall 2011, DiMartini said he became fascinated with the “relationship of the self and the other,” which he then began to think about in the context of bodily movement in daily interactions.

“A lot of theater attends to words,” DiMartini said. “I wanted this play to attend to what the body feels that is not expressed by words.”

DiMartini added that the play’s uniqueness lies in its equal representation of acting and dance. He explained that academic institutions such as Yale place a large emphasis on the use of speech in theater and not enough on movement.

“Yale is not a big place for acting and movement to be treated on equal footing,” he said.

Cast member Jake Albert ’16 said the production will feature acting and dancing equally.

Another cast member, Kevin Su ’16, explained that even scenes with dialogue are focused on movement. He cited as an example a scene in which two characters converse while walking around and dancing in various configurations, as opposed to sitting down and facing each other.

The heightened focus on movement draws attention to certain parts of the dialogue for emphasis, he said.

“I haven’t been in a production that has tried to convey so much through how we move so explicitly,” he said.

All five cast members interviewed emphasized the play’s lack of actual characters. Albert said that the word “character” has not even been used in rehearsals. Cast member Zoe Reich-Aviles ’15

said the names of people in the play are unimportant since the play is about ideas, rather than names. The characters are just beings trying to reach out to each other, she added.

“Very few of our characters have identities in themselves, but only in relationship to other actors on stage,” Su said.

‘The Void’ is the empty space that is created from the effort to try and connect with someone.

DEREK DIMARTINI ’13 Playwright and director, ‘The Void’ DiMartini explained that he chose the play’s title to convey the failures of everyday communication between individuals. Albert said these failures are noticeable in many of the play’s sexual scenes, including one in which a character talks to himself instead of paying attention to his sexual partner, showing a lack of connection between the two. “‘The Void’ is the empty space that is created from the effort to try and connect with someone,” DiMartini said.

Other cast members think of “the void” as a search process — Albert said much of the play is about individuals searching for a sense of security through sex, friendships and other interactions. Another cast member, Lucy ArthurParatley ’14, explained how in her dance duet with Albert, they reach for each other viscerally as if they are both searching for something. But Albert noted that what the characters onstage are searching for is never explicitly stated.

There will be four performances of “The Void” between tonight and Sunday afternoon.

Contact ERIC XIAO at eric.xiao@yale.edu .

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NEWS Promise director reflects on program

BY EMMA GOLDBERG STAFF REPORTER When Patricia Melton ’82 first came to Yale, she was a first-generation college student barely able to afford textbooks. Thirty years later, she’s back in New Haven helping other high school students get on the path to a college degree.

Melton, the executive director of the Yale-funded scholarship program New Haven Promise, discussed her career in education reform at a Branford College Master’s Tea Wednesday afternoon.

Speaking before an audience of eight students, Melton focused her talk on the work New Haven Promise is doing to promote college education as an aspiration for all New Haven public school students. She encouraged audience members to question the culture of privilege at Yale and consider the challenges that face low-income students.

“At the New Haven Promise, we’re in the business of dreammaking,” Melton said. “Education is a long road, and students need to hear about opportunities they’ll have if they stay in school.”

Melton began her talk outlining the history of the New Haven Promise and the personal experiences that drew her to the organization. Currently in its second year, the scholarship program offers full tuition at in-state colleges for all students who attend New Haven Public Schools, maintain at least a 3.0 gradepoint average, have 90 percent attendance and complete 40 hours of community service.

Melton said the program’s goal is to create a culture among New Haven students that emphasizes the value of a college education.

In trying to understand the difficulties that low-income college students face, Melton said she draws on her own personal experiences. During her freshman year at Yale, Melton arrived a week late to school because she had trouble finding the money for a plane ticket. When her brother was killed by gunfire, she said she did not know how to tell her college dean even though the trauma was affecting her schoolwork.

“It’s difficult at Yale because everyone is a superhuman, and it’s not a badge of honor to have a weakness,” Melton said. “With the Promise, we try to get to know our students and form relationships so that when issues arise, they feel comfortable approaching us.”

Students interviewed at the Master’s Tea said they enjoyed Melton’s talk because it catered to their interests in education and school reform.

Devin Mahoney ’16, a Promise Scholar at Yale, praised Melton and emphasized the impact of the New Haven Promise on city youth. Mahoney said she expects the Promise to provide academic motivation for students in future years, adding that the program was created when she was a high school junior and did not play a large role in shaping her academic aspirations as a result.

“Whenever I think about the Promise, I think about my little brother Jake,” Mahoney said.

“He was a freshman when it was instituted. My parents are always reminding him that if he keeps up his GPA, he’ll have a full ride at college, and that really keeps his hopes up.”

Two audience members interviewed at the Tea are taking political science professor John Starr’s class “Public Schools and Public Policy,” and cited the seminar as one of the factors that prompted their interest in the New Haven Promise. One audience member, Catherine Dinh ’13, said she hopes to become a middle school English teacher next year and was drawn to the Tea due to her interest in the politics of education.

The New Haven Promise is sponsored by Yale University, the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Wells Fargo.

Contact EMMA GOLDBERG at emma.goldberg@yale.edu .

“Journalism is the first rough draft of history.” ALAN BARTH EDITORIAL WRITER FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Kahneman talks rationality

BY DAN WEINER STAFF REPORTER Addressing an overflowing crowd in SSS 114 Wednesday afternoon, Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman outlined a psychological framework for understanding irrationality in our everyday lives.

Though trained as a psychologist, Kahneman won the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on prospect theory — an umbrella term for the series of cognitive biases he has documented over more than four decades in the field. In the talk, Kahneman proposed a dual systems model for understanding these cognitive shortcomings, with “System 1” responsible for fast, instinctive processing and “System 2” engaging in slower, more deliberate cognition.

“We have a mind which is really incompatible with the basic requirements of rationality as explained in decision theory and the basis of economics,” Kahneman said.

In his 2011 best-selling book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” Kahneman detailed the now-famous two-system model of cognition.

[Kahneman] is one of the great shapers of 21st century intellectual life.

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Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman discussed the cognitive biases that undermine the rational assumptions of economics.

TAMAR GENDLER ’87 Professor, Philosophy Department In the model, the mind is the product of both the unconscious and effortful systems. Kahneman told the audience to consider this cognitive model as a newsroom: System 1 is a group of journalists proposing stories to an editor — System 2 — who either lets the story go to print or decides to reject it. This model helps frame many of the cognitive biases he documented as an experimental psychologist — for instance, System 2 is often lazy and System 1 makes us both jump to conclusions and resist change, he said. “[My book] in a way is an attempt to go

a little beyond what we have in psychology by trying to take a lot of phenomena and trying to put them in a unified framework,” he added.

Kahneman never took an economics class in school and said he was stunned when, early in his career, he first read an economics paper describing humans as rational, unselfish beings with unchanging tastes. In the first half of Wednesday’s lecture, Kahneman described various ways he has observed humans deviate from this rational economic model — such as by constructing preferences and assigning inappropriate weights to certain outcomes. This tendency results in a range of common psychological phe-

nomena including loss aversion, risk aversion and irrational discounting of future outcomes, he said.

“It is clear that the theory of rationality within decisions theory is profoundly non-psychological,” he added.

In his introduction, economics professor Robert Shiller said the large crowd that assembled testifies to the broad influence that Kahneman’s work has had. At Yale, Shiller said he sees Kahneman’s influence in disciplines ranging from economics and law to psychology and political science.

All five people interviewed after the talk praised the lecture for its clarity and accessibility.

Ben Miller GRD ’18 said reading Kahneman’s work as an undergraduate inspired him to study behavioral economics at the graduate level. Philosophy professor Tamar Gendler ’87 said she thought the talk was “absolutely terrific.”

“I think he is one of the great shapers of 21st century intellectual life, and it was just an incredible experience for people to have the chance to see him in person. I think he is absolutely delightful.”

Kahneman’s talk was one of a series of Okun Memorial Lectures in honor of late Yale economist Arthur Okun.

Contact DAN WEINER at daniel.weiner@yale.edu .

Politico editor shares journalism experiences

BY J.R. REED STAFF REPORTER While seeking jobs after graduation, young adults should ensure they are passionate about their career choices, according to Politico National Politics Editor Charles Mahtesian.

At a Wednesday Jonathan Edwards College Master’s Tea, Mahtesian provided general career advice as well as specific guidance in political journalism to an audience of roughly 20 students. After reflecting on his childhood and prior job experiences, Mahtesian explained Politco’s organizational structure and the type of writing Politico journalists hope to produce in their articles. He said his experience at the political news outlet has been rewarding because of his interest in politics on a state level.

“What’s really fascinating to me is not the racehorse aspect of politics, but the individual culture of every state,” Mahtesian said. “I found out that this is what I love.

I’ve been to 48 states, and I love them all, and they are all different in their own ways — and I could talk about them all day long.”

Mahtesian said his inherent passion for state politics gave him an edge in the journalistic field because his interest was not focused on Washington, D.C., but spanned the country. In today’s competitive job market, he said it is critical that an employee distinguish him or herself from other “talented people” vying for similar positions.

While attending college at the Catholic University of America, located in Washington, D.C., Mahtesian had several internships in the U.S. Congress, in which he realized that he wanted to work in politics after graduation. During his senior year, he worked at Congressional Quarterly magazine as a newspaper clipper. After graduating, he was promoted to be CQ’s “clip room czar” because he was known as the only intern who would read every clip, he said.

“I got the reputation as the crazy kid who read every clip and could tell you anything going on in a state capital at any one time,” Mahtesian said. “It captured that I had a real passion for understanding what

was going on politically across the country.”

Mahtesian explained that the greatest challenge Politico faces is finding people who can write well.

He added that he and other Politco editors aim to find writers who can express themselves in a conversational way that breaks down complex ideas in a relatable form.

“I prefer hiring philosophy or English majors, because [these majors] teach you to think critically and analytically,” Mahtesian said. “Also, it forces you to express yourself in a way that other majors do not.”

Politico journalists face difficulties in the current media climate because of the need to find a tight balance between facts and analysis, he said. Mahtesian said Politico writers’ distinct voices — which he described as confident, commanding and able to “understand the forces at work in Washington” — distinguish the publication from other political news outlets.

He also explained that while page views matter for journalists, they are not an accurate measure of the quality of journalists’ work.

He said he thinks it is more important for journalists to drive political debate and either find a story first or take it in a unique direction.

Still, Mahtesian said, he and his fellow editors are constantly “looking over [their] shoulders” to see which publications are on the rise and could compete with Politico.

JE Master Penelope Laurans said she thinks that Mahtesian’s career experiences, especially at CQ, illustrate the importance of working up through an organization.

Eric Sirakian ’15 said that before the Tea he did not know much about Politico or political journalism, but he enjoyed learning about the ways that journalism has changed in today’s society.

“I think the key takeaway was to really love what you do — like he said, to make sure that you’re excited to go to work the next day on Sunday nights,” he said.

Mahtesian worked as the editor of the National Journal’s “Almanac of American Politics” before joining Politico in 2008.

Contact J.R. REED at jonathan.t.reed@yale.edu .

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Politico editor Charles Mahtesian discussed his career in political journalism in a Wednesday Master’s Tea.

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Presented by Jane DeBevoise and Lin Yilin. Free and open to the general public. Sterling Memorial Library (120 High St.), International Room.

5:30 PM “Performance, Sound and Furies: A Performance of Die Ursonate and Other Lautgedichten” Contemporary poet Christian Bök of Calgary University performs Dada sound poems

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 12:30 PM “Health Care in Shanghai: Pregnancy — Cardiovascular Disease — Regional Health Planning” Join the Public Health Coalition and the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute for lunch with Cai Yuyang, associate professor of health policy and management at Shanghai Jiaotong University’s School of Public Health. Silliman College (505 College St.), Dining Annex.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 6:00 PM Southeast Asia Studies Spring Cultural Festival This will be an evening of food and entertainment to celebrate the cultures of Southeast Asia, featuring performers from the Vietnamese Students Association, Acappella, Saung Budaya Dance Troupe and aBatik. Open to the general public. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Second-Floor Common Room.

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7:00 PM “Is Anything Worth Believing In?” John Lennox, professor of mathematics at Oxford, takes on Yale philosopher Greg Ganssle’s hardest questions on reason, faith and the nature of evidence. Hosted by The Veritas Forum. SSS (1 Prospect St.), Room 114.

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FROM THE FRONT

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”

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Mayo to step down in June MAYO FROM PAGE 1 men’s personal sacrifice for the city.

All three leaders have been instrumental in creating the School Change Initiative in New Haven, which has been praised nationwide as a model for school reform.

Beyond jump-starting the initiative in 2010, Mayo has helped build the largest interdistrict magnet school program in the state of Connecticut, extend school days for kindergartners and rebuild all 37 schools in the New Haven Public School district.

Mayo has been involved in city education for over four decades, starting out as a science teacher at Troup Middle School before attaining various administrative positions. Now, nearly half a century later, Mayo said his tenure as superintendent has run its course.

“If I wait for the day to come when I no longer love overseeing this school district and looking out for the 21,000 public school children we serve, I might never retire,” Mayo said in a Wednesday statement. “However, after 46 years of service to New Haven Public Schools, including the last 21 years as your superintendent, it is time for me to move on.”

Following the announcement, city officials emphasized the legacy Mayo will leave behind when he steps down at the end of June.

In a statement Wednesday, New Haven Board of Education President Carlos Torre praised Mayo’s accomplishments during his two decades as superintendent and said the board will begin the process of selecting his replacement at a meeting on Monday, Feb. 25. A new superintendent is slated to be appointed by July 1, Torre said, after a search committee organized by the board gathers input from parents, students, teachers and principals. One likely choice to succeed Mayo is Assistant Superintendent Garth Harries ’95, at the very least in an interim position. Harries was appointed in 2009 and has overseen much of the school change effort.

Amid ongoing debate over revision of the city’s charter, a number of lawmakers are questioning the mayor’s exclusive power to appoint members of the school board, a debate that could bear on Harries’ potential appointment because board members

Salovey busy at home, on the road SALOVEY FROM PAGE 1

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New Haven Public Schools Superintendent Reginald Mayo announced on Wednesday that he will step down at the end of this school year. manage the search committee process.

Mayoral candidate and Ward 10 Alderman Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 has come out in support of a hybrid school board — with some appointed members and some elected members — as has his opponent, Connecticut State Rep. Gary HolderWinfield. In announcing his candidacy at the end of January, Holder-Winfield specifically stressed the need for a thorough search process for a new superintendent, saying “[Harries] may be that person, but he may not be.”

Wilbur Cross High School Principal Peggy A. Moore said Mayo has been an “outstanding leader.” She declined to say whether she supports Harries as Mayo’s replacement, but lauded Harries’ “vision” as assistant superintendent.

“Whether or not he’s the person to lead the district, I don’t know,” she said. “We need to see if he’s the right fit for what the district needs right now.”

Moore said numerous issues need to be addressed by the next superintendent, such as English language learning and better recruitment of teachers.

DeStefano said in a Wednesday email to the News that Mayo was instrumental in resolving hostile budget disputes between the city and the school district when he began as superintendent over 21 years ago.

“He provided stability and meaningful change,” he added. “The New Haven School Change Initiative is a national model that focuses on student achievement and matriculation into and success in college.”

Mayo was first appointed as superintendent in 1992, the year before DeStefano was first elected.

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

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Yale historian Gaddis Smith ’54 GRD ’61 said previous presidentelects have not spent as much time traveling before assuming leadership of the University, a change he said could be due in part to the evolution of fundraising, which previously relied mostly on a small number of massive gifts. Salovey said the need to travel more is inherent to a globally expanding Yale.

Salovey added that he hopes to do his part during his months as president-elect to help the University bounce back from the recession. Four years after a nearly 25 percent decline in the value of Yale’s endowment, current budget projections indicate that the University will still have to address a roughly $40 million gap between expenses and revenues for the upcoming academic year.

“We haven’t yet fully recovered,” he said. “I think that can happen more quickly if President Levin isn’t the only person on the road fundraising.”

Salovey was very involved in fundraising as Yale College dean and provost, but “not nearly to the extent the president is,” Levin said, adding that the two have discussed the topic during their regular meetings to discuss the transition in University leadership.

Levin said he and Salovey mostly focus on areas that the provost’s job did not address during these transition meetings, such as the international relations aspect of the position, which involves meeting with officials and developing overseas connections. Salovey and Levin also said Levin is advising Salovey in how to maintain government relations, introducing Salovey to people involved in Connecticut and national-level higher education

policy.

When Salovey is on campus, students may catch glimpses of him cheering at a hockey game, rushing off to deliver a speech at the medical school or gesturing animatedly during a phone conversation from the second-floor window of Woodbridge. Salovey also spends his time on campus meeting with as many Yale faculty members, administrators and officials as possible. He said he has already met one-on-one with the 16 fellows of the Yale Corporation, all deans and all vice presidents of the University. He is still working his way through directors of major academic and nonacademic units on campus, many individual faculty members and student groups, Salovey said.

“This is sort of the listening tour,” Salovey said.

He explained that most of the meetings do not address operational details but tend to focus on larger goals and aspirations for the University.

Levin said Salovey continues to have a large say in major University decisions. Associate Vice President Martha Highsmith said Salovey played a central role in emergency management during Hurricane Sandy and continued to contribute to the “collective wisdom” of decision-making during the blizzard.

Beyond attending meeting after meeting, Salovey continues to go to public events at Yale. He listed shows, concerts, talks, dinners, parties and athletic contests he attended or had penciled into his schedule for the upcoming week, adding that he is “out and about quite a bit.”

Salovey served as provost from 2008 until this January.

Contact JULIA ZORTHIAN at julia.zorthian@yale.edu .

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BY FREDERIC J. FROMMER AND PETE YOST ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., holding back tears, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.

He faces 46 to 57 months in prison, and a fine of $10,000 to $100,000, under a plea deal with prosecutors.

A few hours later, his wife, Sandra Jackson, pleaded guilty to filing false joint federal income tax returns that knowingly understated the income the couple received. She faces one to two years in prison and a fine of $3,000 to $40,000.

In a 17-page prosecution document, Jackson’s wife admitted that from mid-2006 through mid-

October of last year, she failed to report $600,000 in income that she and her husband earned from 2005 to 2011.

Before entering the plea to a conspiracy charge, Jesse Jackson told U.S. District Judge Robert L. Wilkins, “I’ve never been more clear in my life” in his decision to plead guilty.

Later, when Wilkins asked if Jackson committed the acts outlined in court papers, the former congressman replied, “I did these things.” He added later, “Sir, for years I lived in my campaign,” and used money from the campaign for personal use.

Jackson dabbed his face with tissues, and at point a court employee brought some tissues to Jackson’s lawyer, who gave them to the ex-congressman. Jackson told the judge he was waiving his right

to trial.

“In perfect candor, your honor, I have no interest in wasting the taxpayers’ time or money,” he said.

U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen called the guilty plea “so tragic because it represents such wasted potential” and that Jackson used his campaign as “his own personal piggybank.” He said that Jackson could have been the voice of a new generation.

Machen credited Jackson for coming in early and telling the truth. “But today is his day of reckoning,” the prosecutor said.

The fraud, perpetuated over seven years, was “not a momentary lapse of judgment,” Machen said.He called Jackson’s victims the American people and said that Jackson betrayed the trust of contributors who “donated their hard-earned money.”

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Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty to charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.

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President Barack Obama announced his personal support for same-sex marriage last year during his run for re-election but said marriage was an issue that should be decided by the states.

BY JULIE PACE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is quietly considering urging the Supreme Court to overturn California’s ban on gay marriage, a step that would mark a political victory for advocates of same-sex unions and a deepening commitment by President Barack Obama to rights for gay couples.

Obama raised expectations among opponents of the Proposition 8 ban when he declared in last month’s inaugural address that gays and lesbians must be “treated like anyone else under the law.” The administration has until Feb. 28 to intervene in the case by filing a “friend of the court” brief.

The Proposition 8 ballot initiative was approved by California voters in 2008 and overturned a state Supreme Court decision allowing gay marriage. Twenty-nine other states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage, while nine states and Washington, D.C., recognize same-sex mar-

riage.

An administration brief alone is unlikely to sway the justices, but the federal government’s opinion does carry weight with the court.

A final decision on whether to file a brief has not been made, a senior administration official said. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli is consulting with the White House on the matter, said the official, speaking only on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to address the private deliberations publicly.

While the Justice Department would formally make the filing, the president himself is almost certain to make the ultimate decision on whether to file.

Obama has a complicated history on gay marriage. As a presidential candidate in 2008, he opposed the California ban but didn’t endorse gay marriage. As he ran for re-election last year, he announced his personal support for same-sex marriage but said marriage was an issue that should be decided by the states, not the federal government.

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Egypt’s military signals impatience with president

BY HAMZA HENDAWI ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — Egypt’s powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country’s Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing their policies and issuing thinly veiled threats that it might seize power again.

The tension is raising the specter of another military intervention much like the one in 2011, when generals replaced longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak after they sided with anti-regime protesters in their 18-day popular uprising.

The strains come at a time when many Egyptians are despairing of an imminent end to the crippling political impasse between President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group on one side, and the mostly secular and liberal opposition on the other.

The tug of war between the two camps is being waged against a grim backdrop of spreading unrest, rising crime and a worsening economy.

“In essence, the military will not allow national stability or its own institutional privileges to come under threat from a breakdown in Egypt’s social fabric or a broad-based civil strife,” said Michael W. Hanna, an Egypt expert from the New York-based Century Foundation.

“This is not an ideological army or one that seeks to destabilize civilian governance. … But it is also not an army that will sit by while the country reaches the tipping point on the path to civil strife.”

The latest friction began when a rumor circulated that Morsi planned to replace Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, his defense minister and the army chief, because of his resistance to bringing the military under the sway of the Brotherhooddominated government.

El-Sissi may have angered Morsi last month when he signaled the military’s readiness to step in, warning that the state would collapse if no solution was found to the political crisis.

Pointedly, he also spoke of how

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Egyptian Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo. the military faces a dilemma in marrying the task of protecting state installations in restive locations with its resolve not to harm peaceful protesters.

In another provocative comment earlier this month, el-Sissi was quoted as saying he would never allow the armed forces to be dominated by the Broth-

erhood, or any other group, stressing the military’s national identity.

A Brotherhood spokesman, Yasser Mehrez, dismissed claims

that the group sought to bring the military under its sway.

“This is old talk that has been repeated over and over again,” he said.

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SPORTS

“I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique.

It’s called just go get the damn ball.”

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Lacrosse season starts

How college sports distort COLUMN FROM PAGE 12 return, including wide receiver Jamere Holland. All Holland was guilty of was an expletive-ridden post on his Facebook page. He had caught just 17 passes in his two years with the Ducks.

That wasn’t all. Matt Simms had walked on to that Oregon team as a defensive end, and was a practice squad player. After he was charged with misdemeanor assault, coach Chip Kelly dismissed him from the team before his trial, and before his culpability was established It is up to Oregon (and any school) to choose whom to punish and how severely, but it’s difficult not to see that better players are let off the hook rather easily.

I don’t wish to pick on Oregon, but just one more example. The year before James’ lenient suspension, starting running back LeGarrette Blount returned from a season-long suspension … in the middle of the season. Blount had been suspended, supposedly for the entire year, after suckerpunching a Boise State player following the teams’ meeting in the first game of the season.

Oops, I misspoke. Blount didn’t come back in the middle of the season, exactly — it was the week after the No. 13 Ducks had suffered their first Pac-10 loss of the season.

Last year’s Penn State scandal is the ultimate example of allowing athletic prowess in amateur athletics to delay or distort justice. Although when Jerry Sandusky’s exploits became public knowledge, he was punished accordingly, the university’s nearly 15-year cover-up was a direct product of the football team’s success. Sandusky was a coach of the Penn State football team, the university’s pride and joy. Even when presented with evidence of Sandusky’s child molestation, Penn State President Graham Spanier knew to keep his mouth shut.

The NCAA saw that justice had been obstructed to protect catches, rushing TDs and inter-

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This season, the Elis will compete against four nationally ranked teams — Penn, Dartmouth, Princeton and Cornell.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE FROM PAGE 12 “Each year, we have counted on the freshman class to positively impact our program immediately,” Phillips said.

“This year’s freshman class complements the returning talent in our sophomore, junior and senior classes. It is likely that a number of freshmen will see significant playing time this year.”

Two new coaches have also joined the team. Jill Boffa joins the Bulldogs as an assistant coach who will specialize in training the defense and goalkeepers.

Boffa brings plenty of experience, having served as a head coach from 1998 through 2007 at Colby-Sawyer, Manhattan and Kenyon. She has amassed three coach of the year awards in her respective conferences as well as an MAAC championship

at Manhattan College in 2004.

Additionally, Phillips has added Melissa Schweitzer as a volunteer assistant, who will work with the attack and help put in place new offensive schemes for the team. Schweitzer played for Temple from 2008 through 2012, earning third-team All-Philadelphia Division I honors in 2012.

“Missy offers the team a young and fresh perspective of the game since her own career at Temple just ended. She knows what it’s like to be a player today and has really helped me improve offensively with her emphasis of doing everything with speed,” midfielder Tori Virtue ’16 said.

The new pieces could not come at a better time for the Bulldogs as they prepare to enter what may be their toughest

schedule yet. In a season which marks the fourth year of the Ivy League women’s lacrosse tournament, the Elis will compete against four nationally ranked teams — Penn, Dartmouth, Princeton and Cornell — of which two made the NCAA tournament last year.

“I am extremely pleased with the pride that our players are taking in their work ethic. I think bright days are ahead for Yale women’s lacrosse,” Phillips said.

“We continue to see improvement and are looking forward to a very successful season.”

The Elis’ first home game is scheduled for Saturday, March 2 at 1 p.m. against Dartmouth.

Contact FREDERICK FRANK at frederick.frank@yale.edu .

Wilson ’15 steps up

the past four games, you’ve shot QOver nine for 13 from behind the 3-point arc.

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Honestly, I’ve been getting a lot of extra shots up with the coaches, and they’ve helped me a ton over four years here. You know, sometimes you just feel good and shots go in and the last few games, luckily that’s been happening for me, so I’m just going to keep shooting and keep hoping they go in.

lot of your 3s have come in big QAmoments, especially in the Cornell and Princeton games. Is that just part of being a captain and providing a spark to your team?

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MEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 have to be ready to do damage control,” Wilson said. “There’s no good way to prepare for going in cold — you just have to do your best to compete right away.”

“Our goalie coach has us do extra skates and workouts throughout each week,” Wilson added. “The routine helps you stay focused and in game-shape regardless of whether or not you’re the guy playing.”

Similarly, Maricic has played in only eight of the Bulldogs’ 25 games this season, and half of those have been since Malcolm suffered his injury. It is still unclear as to when or if Malcolm will return to the ice this season, and with ECAC playoffs starting in two weeks, it is increas-

ingly crucial that Yale puts together a win. The Bulldogs last won on Feb. 1 against Princeton 4–2, but have since fallen to Quinnipiac, Brown, Union and RPI, falling from second to fifth in the ECAC and from ninth to 13th in the NCAA.

[Connor Wilson ’15] makes some saves that no other goalie can make.

ANDREW MILLER ’13 Captain, men’s hockey Forward Antoine Laganiere ’13 said the team has not been fazed by

Contact JOSEPH ROSENBERG at joseph.rosenberg@yale.edu .

Captain looks back on past four years MEN’S BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12

Following a change in goaltending, the men’s hockey team is working on generating more offensive opportunities.

ceptions, and so they moved to punish Penn State. NCAA President Mark Emmert wrote that his goal was “to make sure the University establishes an athletic culture and daily mindset in which football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing, and protecting young people.”

It sounds well and good, but the NCAA itself is frequently accused of obstructing justice and acting in an extralegal fashion. Joe Nocera has chronicled several of the NCAA’s distortions of justice in his column for The New York Times.

For example, the NCAA declared a UCLA freshman basketball player, Shabazz Muhammad, ineligible in November of last year because he supposedly received “impermissible benefits” during his recruitment.

His eligibility was restored after it became clear, through a fortuitous overheard conversation, that the NCAA’s assistant director of enforcement held an unabashed bias against the helpless Muhammad. He was essentially being held off the court and ordered to pay a $1,600 fine because of one woman’s twisted personal agenda.

There are myriad other instances of the NCAA convicting players of violations and meting out punishments entirely too large for the crimes, if there even had been a violation in the first place. Because the NCAA is technically a voluntary collection of institutions, it gets away with virtually whatever it pleases.

After the four Alabama football players were charged, the university’s athletic director said: “This is a very serious matter. … In this type of situation, the Athletics Department works in conjunction with the university. We will have more to say at the appropriate time.” It remains to be seen whether what is said at the appropriate time will be appropriate.

I’m not sure that it will be.

I’m trying to do everything I can for this team. I want to win a championship, I want to win every game. I love these guys and I think that’s part of it, of being a leader, is trying to step up in big moments.

The nice part is I don’t really get nervous in big moments anymore because this is all I have left, so it’s like, if you’re not going

to show up now, when are you going to? I have really nothing to lose, and I’m just going out there and giving everything I’ve got, and luckily I’ve been able to hit some big shots in some big moments for us. team’s deep, but it’s also pretty QThe young. What’s it been like being a captain, but also just being a senior around these young guys like Javier Duren ’15 and Justin Sears ’16 who are really coming into their own this season?

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One of the best things to see as a captain is just the young guys developing and knowing the future of the program is in good hands. I had a lot of older guys that have helped me along the way, and how I pay those guys back is to try to help some of these young guys now along the way, and they’ll do the same for freshmen a few years from now. They’re gonna be great players, and they have so much talent. They work so hard, and I’m really excited for their careers.

Contact ALEX EPPLER at alexander.eppler@yale.edu .

the change in goaltending and that it is focusing on generating more effective offensive opportunities.

“It’s tough to come in late in the season, especially since Malcolm has been taking most of the minutes,” team captain Andrew Miller ’13 said. “Connor has come in and been strong for us. He has the potential to be a very good goalie. He competes and makes some saves that no other goalie can make.”

This weekend, the Bulldogs will travel to Quinnipiac and Princeton. The coaches have not disclosed whether Malcolm, Maricic or Wilson will be starting in net.

Contact LINDSEY UNIAT at lindsey.uniat@yale.edu .

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Men’s basketball captain Sam Martin ’13 has shot nearly 70 percent on 3-pointers over the past four games.

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PETER JOHNSON ’13 BULLDOG NOMINATED FOR AWARD The All-Ivy men’s lacrosse defenseman is a candidate for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award, which is awarded annually to one senior in 10 Division I NCAA sports that demonstrates excellence in four areas: community, classroom, character and competition.

KATE MARTINI ’16 ELI NAMED ECAC ROOKIE OF WEEK The women’s hockey defender joined forward Jamie Haddad ’16 as the second Bulldog to earn the ECAC Rookie of the Week award this season after tallying three goals in Yale’s three games last week. Martini now leads the team in scoring with 15 points this year.

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“I don’t really get nervous in big moments anymore because this [year] is all I have left.”

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With complete roster, Elis aim high

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Justice for AllAmericans My attention was recently drawn to a TED talk given by Bryan Stevenson, a professor at NYU Law School. His talk was about unfairness in our criminal justice system, and I couldn’t help but think about how his musings applied to college sports.

Stevenson explained that justice in this country is often distorted by race and poverty. Add athletic prowess to that list. Good athletes are often spared punishment, while worse ones face the full brunt of the law, or unfair applications of it. Universities cradle their star athletes from often-deserved consequences because they are moneymaking machines.

At its root, this is not solely a problem with our criminal justice system, but rather with the value system of college coaches, administrators and the NCAA. At Alabama, four football players recently beat up and mugged two students on campus. Although the four have been suspended from the football team indefinitely, and three of them have been charged with second-degree robbery, there is reason to believe that, for some of them, this will all just “blow over.”

That’s what happened to LaMichael James in 2010. James was the star running back for the Oregon Ducks. After pleading guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge — James had allegedly choked and thrown to the ground a former girlfriend — James was sentenced to 10 days in jail and served none of them. He was also suspended for just one game, Oregon’s season opener.

Of course, James was a Heisman Trophy contender, and now plays for the San Francisco 49ers.

Meanwhile, there were several players kicked off that same Oregon squad for far lesser infractions who were not allowed to SEE COLUMN PAGE 11

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The Elis return six of their seven top scorers from last year, including the team’s top scorer captain Devon Rhodes ’13.

BY FREDERICK FRANK CONTRIBUTING REPORTER This Saturday, the women’s lacrosse team will open its 2013 season full of anticipation.

After going 5–10 last season, the Bulldogs have assembled what could be their most complete roster in many years. Fifth-year head coach Anne Phillips pairs her third fully recruited freshman lacrosse

class with a team that has lost only two players from the previous year: last year’s captain Caroline Crow ’12 and goalkeeper Whitney Quackenbush ’12.

The Elis return six of their seven top scorers from last year and nine players who started seven or more games last season, along with goalkeeper Erin McMullan ’14.

The team faces the challenge of replacing Crow, who posted 35 goals

Wilson ’15 sees more ice time

BY LINDSEY UNIAT STAFF REPORTER With two of the men’s hockey team’s three goalies set to graduate in May, Connor Wilson ’15 will be the only Bulldog returning to man the crease for the 2013–’14 season.

But the sophomore netminder is currently gaining some unexpected and important experience as the ECAC playoffs approach.

Three minutes into the Feb. 1 home game against Princeton, goalie Jeff Malcolm ’13 — who has been the team’s principal goalie all season, playing in 19 out of 25 games — was knocked down hard by an aggressive Tiger forward on a breakaway. Injuring his knee, he struggled to get up and was helped off the ice by teammates. Malcolm has not suited up for a game since, leaving Nick Maricic ’13 and Wilson to fend off opposing shots.

“It’s a good feeling whenever you get the chance to get in and help the team out,” Wilson said. “All three of us put a lot of work in every day, and it pays off when you get time in the net.”

Wilson had only played a couple of 20-minute periods last season and this season before Malcolm’s injury, but he has doubled his ice time this month. Wilson played the third period against No. 1 Quinni-

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The Elis last won against Princeton but have since lost to Quinnipiac, Brown, Union and RPI, falling from second to fifth in the ECAC. piac on Feb. 2 and has played Yale’s past five periods against Union and RPI last weekend.

Saturday’s game against RPI was the first full game Wilson has played for Yale (13–9–3, 9–8–1 ECAC).

Previously, he had stepped in “cold,” midway through a game. He said he

tries to focus on taking one shot at a time and not getting distracted by the environment.

“Going in cold is never a good thing because it usually means that something has gone wrong and you SEE MEN’S HOCKEY PAGE 11

TOP ’DOG DEVON RHODES ’13

and 13 assists last year. Looking to fill that role, captain Devon Rhodes ’13 returns as the team’s top scorer with 21 goals in 2012 and 64 over her career. Midfielder Cathryn Avallone ’15 looks to add to her total of 16 goals and six assists from last season.

“This year feels different because we know that we can win. Every season begins with a lot of optimism, but the talent and chemistry on this

year’s team is promising,” midfielder Christina Doherty ’15 said.

Complementing the returning core of players are 10 talented freshmen, including All-American Lauren Wackerle ’16, ESPN Rise’s No. 11 best defender Kate Walker ’16 and No. 5 on the all-time national high school assist list AnnaElise Morello ’16.

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Martin ’13 talks season, career

BY ALEX EPPLER STAFF REPORTER

some games, and we feel like we can win the rest, so we feel good.

The men’s basketball team’s Ivy League season has been characterized by the Elis’ up-and-down play, and the team’s 4–4 record reflects the parity of Ivy League competition. One player who has provided a measure of consistency has been team captain Sam Martin ’13, who has shot nearly 70 percent on 3-pointers over the past four games. The News talked to Martin about the team’s spot in the Ivy League, his personal success this season and his role as captain.

you guys feel like you need to win QDo out to win the title?

now, the team’s sitting at .500, QRight in fourth place in the Ivy League,

game got to be a blowout, but 15 guys played and 13 scored.

three games behind league-leading Harvard. Can you talk a little bit about the team’s mentality at this point?

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I think we’re feeling good. We have six games left, and we feel like we can beat everybody that we play from here on out. Obviously our goal is to win a championship, and we’re going to need a little help to do that. But the great thing about the league this year is that anybody can really beat anybody. Columbia beat Harvard by 25 and we beat Columbia by 19 and Harvard’s won like three overtime games. … I think they can lose

A

Yeah, I think we would need to win out to have a chance. But the good thing is I think that’s very possible. I think we’ve been practicing well, and I think we’ve been getting better as the season’s gone on, so I think we definitely have a good chance.

you talk a little bit about the QCan depth of the team? The Columbia

A

It’s great to have a lot of guys that can play. I think that’s the best part about our team, especially going into the second half of league play. Guys are gonna be tired, legs are gonna be tired, but we play so many guys, and we don’t play anyone a ton of minutes, so I think that’ll definitely help going down the stretch, and [we’re] also harder to guard when you don’t have one guy scoring 25 a night. When you have a balanced attack, it’s much harder to scout and defend.

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