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Calling all musicians. A new endowment in honor of University President Richard Levin and Jane Levin will help fund visiting artists looking to teach and support programs at the School of Music. Known as the “Jane and Richard Levin Music Fellow,” the lucky designee will be a “person of distinction,” such as a visiting conductor, according to School of Music Dean Robert Blocker.
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It’s official! Chairman of
the Federal Reserve and former Princeton professor Ben Bernanke will speak at Princeton’s Baccalaureate ceremony on June 2, administrators announced on Tuesday morning. Bernanke, who has chaired the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors since 2006, previously served as chair of Princeton’s Economics Department. It’s casual. Yale alum and Rhodes Scholar Jake Sullivan ’98 LAW ’03 has been appointed the national security advisor for Vice President Joe Biden, a new role he is expected to start this week. Sullivan previously served as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s LAW ’73 director of policy planning and deputy chief of staff, and has clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Move over, Bill Nye. Here’s the real science guy. Yale
immunologist Ruslan Medzhitov has snagged another major science prize — the Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciences. Medzhitov, who was awarded the Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Sciences with Yale immunologist Richard Flavell earlier this month, will receive a $100,000 award for his work on the immune system. Remembering Sandy Hook.
Facebook has agreed to remove several alleged “tribute pages” to the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings in light of ongoing concerns that the pages were being used to harass victims’ family members and commit financial fraud. The move came after Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73, Sen. Chris Murphy and Rep. Elizabeth Esty banded together Monday morning to write a joint letter asking that the pages be taken down immediately. Considering violence.
Connecticut legislators expressed mixed reactions Tuesday to a proposal that would forbid children under 18 years old from playing point-and-shoot video games in arcades and similar establishments.
of growth,” he said. Huntsman shared experiences from his campaigns and his time as a diplomat to highlight his view that the foremost problem in America today is the declining level of trust in government. The “lessening of believability” in U.S. politics is graver than any single national issue, such as unemployment and the
Over two months after John Darnell announced his resignation as chair of the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department and one-year suspension from the Yale faculty, Title IX experts said that his illicit relationship with a student-turned-professor may also be associated with a breach of Title IX regulations. A complaint addressing Darnell’s relationship with associate professor Colleen Manassa ’01 GRD ’05 was listed in the January semi-annual report released by the University, which includes cases of sexual assault and harassment brought to Yale officials. Experts said the University may be at fault under the Title IX statute for failing to address what two sources close to NELC described as a “hostile work environment” created by Darnell and Manassa’s relationship. The experts also said the University was not at fault in allowing Manassa to retain her faculty position because violations of consensual relationship policies — which govern inti-
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Jon Huntsman criticized current polarized political attitudes at a Pierson College Master’s Tea on Tuesday. BY PAYAL MARATHE STAFF REPORTER Former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman had a simple request for every student at his talk yesterday — “change the world when you leave this institution.” At Tuesday’s Pierson College Master’s Tea that was co-sponsored by the William F. Buckley Jr. program, Hunts-
man, a former governor of Utah and U.S. ambassador to China, condemned the current climate of polarization in Washington. To fix the state of politics in the United States, he said before an audience of roughly 200 students, the country needs future politicians who follow the University’s motto of “Light and Truth.” “Politics is in need of some freshening up in the 21st century — folks [who come] together around common themes
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Nursing School pioneer dies at 74 BY SOPHIE GOULD AND KAMIL SADIK STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Donna Diers, a champion of nursing research and former dean of the Yale School of Nursing, died of cancer on Saturday. She was 74. An early advocate for the acceptance of nursing as an academic profession, Diers authored the first textbook on nursing research and transformed the Yale School of Nursing into a leading research institution during her ten-
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Donna Diers was dean of the Yale School of Nursing from 1972 to 1985.
ure as dean from 1972 to 1985. Diers is credited with stretching the boundaries of the field of nursing to encompass scholarly research in addition to clinical practice, and the American Academy of Nursing named her a “Living Legend” — the highest honor bestowed by the organization — in 2010 for her unparalleled impact on the profession. Diers’ friends, students and colleagues remember her as a captivating storyteller, prolific writer, caring mentor and inspirational figurehead within the field. “I think that being a legend is understating it,” said Sharon Eck Birmingham NUR ’99, who was the first doctoral student to study under Diers. “She probably made as much, if not more, impact on the profession of nursing in modern times as Florence Nightingale did.” During her time as dean, Diers forged close relationships with her students, many of whom went on to become research nurses, rather than clinical nurses, either at Yale or elsewhere. Former students said she “demystified” the process of collecting, managing and interpreting data, and inspired them to emulate her scholarly approach to nursing. Current Yale Nursing School Dean Margaret Grey praised SEE DIERS PAGE 6
One year later, a focus on urban violence
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A Tuesday evening candlelight vigil commemorating the shooting of Trayvon Martin marked the one-year anniversary of his death. BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS STAFF REPORTER As dusk settled on Beinecke Plaza Tuesday evening, a group of 30 students and New Haven residents lit candles in a vigil commemorating the one-year anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin and calling for an end to gun violence plaguing inner cities across the nation. The anniversary of Martin’s death has, at least temporarily, thrust light upon urban gun violence, which largely escaped public debate in the wake of the December school shooting in Newtown, Conn. At the same time, the lingering memory of Newtown has reshaped public understanding of
the Trayvon Martin shooting, placing it as much in a framework of gun control as one of racial prejudice, which dominated previous discussions. In 2012, George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch coordinator, killed the 17-year-old Martin while he walked through Zimmerman’s gated community in Sanford, Fla., after visiting a convenience store. Although Martin was unarmed, Zimmerman claimed that he had acted in self-defense and because of Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground Law was not charged with second-degree murder until over a month later. He is currently SEE GUN VIOLENCE PAGE 6
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Six uninformed ideas for Salovey A
s someone who keeps up pretty well with current events, I have a dreadful knowledge of Yale politics. Despite my best efforts, I cannot help but find my eyes glazing over articles or columns about the administration, apparent issues with transparency or some presidential hubbub. For whatever merit, though, this not-so-informed state characterizes the average student’s perspective far more often than not. Despite the fact that we study, work, and live here, we really know next to nothing the details of actually running a University. Nonetheless, we still absolutely care about Yale’s future, and there are certain reforms — from the perspective of the casual, layman student — we can see that might be helpful under President Peter Salovey. Three pretty good ideas: First, make Distributional Requirements Credit/D/Fail. As a humanities-oriented student, I have often sought the academic Holy Grail that is a “gut” SC or QR. We all do this, repressing a small, deep-seated sense of guilt in exchange for a low-placed hurdle on the road to graduation. Yet, it doesn’t need to be this way. If we allowed distributional requirements to be taken Credit/D, we would immediately find a more adventurous academic culture, where students are willing to sincerely explore areas outside their comfort zone without fear of damaging their GPAs. Second, allow inter-residential college housing. Without a doubt, the residential college system is an invaluable aspect of Yale’s culture. For every student, it immediately establishes a sense of community as well as a network of friendships perhaps otherwise never discovered. Nevertheless, for upperclassmen, this boon does come with diminishing marginal returns. As one gets older, looking only to a year or two left here, a question arises as one looks to their group of friends: Do you live off-campus or never live with certain friends at all? Allowing some flexibility in the on-campus housing process can rid us of this dichotomy. Third, diversify the faculty. While much attention recently has been paid to issues of gender or racial diversity, intellectual diversity has been wholly looked over. We should take a page from the conservative bastions of Harvard Law School (under Elena Kagan) and the University of Colorado at Boulder, and make the effort to hire at least a few rebellious academics. With the majority of Yale’s right-leaning professors beginning to resemble the men they teach about, the next generation of tenured professors will likely determine whether or not any political diversity at all
will exist on campus. Two possibly good ideas: Fo u r t h , Mr. President, teach a class. HavHARRY ing PresiGRAVER dent Salovey teach a lecGravely ture would not only be Mistaken an intellectual benefit to campus in its own right, but also an important step in bridging the chasm between Woodbridge and the student body. President Levin accomplished a number of admirable goals while in office, but he was also a president largely absent from campus. For students to care about the administration, we need a face for the bureaucracy. And if Newt Gingrich could do it while speaker, then Peter Salovey definitely can as president. Fifth, add a spring term Camp Yale. The academic calendar right now is a mess. The newly inserted October break was a valiant effort, but also a tremendous disaster that produced a remarkably difficult fall term reading week. The new break, coupled with a prolonged winter break, disrupts the rhythm of the academic year — leaving freshmen still unsettled. We should scrap the new break, restore a regular reading week and replace a few days off the winter break for a revamped Camp Yale. The extra days will importantly allow students to get back in a groove, be it with their Freshmen Counselors or Tommy at Box63. One probably terrible idea: Sixth, sell alcohol at Durfee’s. As Hobbes described life as “poor, nasty, brutish and short,” the existence of the collegiate drinker is “expensive, unsafe, unregulated and blurry.” There are litanies of problems that come from university drinking policies, but we can take at least one step forward by distributing and regulating the product itself. Offering a factory-price on-campus option for beers and wines would not only save Yale students immeasurable amounts of money, but it will allow us to both track student consumption, cut down on the currently prolific use of fake IDs (has anyone ever seen a fake Yale ID?) and keep students from traveling deep into the city for cheap booze. Durfee’s already sells plastic shot glasses, solo cups and a barrage of chasers — let’s just put the whole thing under one roof.
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Becoming a company L
ast December, I ran into a friend in Bass Cafe. Our conversation drifted from winter woes to summer plans. Instead of pursuing an internship in the corporate world like many economics majors, my friend told me she wanted to do academic research. “Yale’s full of closet academics,” she blurted out. “People talk about their extracurriculars all the time, but it’s taboo to talk about your academic life.” I was once a closet academic. My identity at Yale centered on the Yale Daily News, where I spent 30 hours each week. The only time I discussed classes with friends was to complain about problem sets. Not many people knew about the political science research I conducted about international democratization. Furthermore, I didn’t know so many of my classmates were also helping professors with original research or considering applying to graduate schools. Even though I attend a worldclass university, I often felt my experience is far from “academic.” And as Yale College Dean Mary Miller and the ad hoc committee on grading policy begin to consider ways to curb grade inflation, I, too, begin to question the state of our undergraduate education. As historian George W. Pier-
son once wrote, “Yale is at once a tradition, a company of scholars, a society of friends.” Often times, however, I feel Yale College has become too much a society of friends than a company of scholars. Or, to be blunt, my friend at the University of Chicago calls Yalies dandies who squirm at a gentlemen’s B. The biggest problem about Yale’s undergraduate academic culture is not grade inflation, as many students — including columnists writing for the News — have opined. While many of us celebrate Yale’s model of the liberal arts curriculum, some of us don’t seem to take classes seriously. On multiple occasions, my peers claim that they spend more time rehearsing, reporting or debating than completing their homework. One argument I often hear is that the lessons Yalies learn outside the classroom are the ones that truly build character. Or that Yale’s emphasis on extracurriculars makes undergraduates wellrounded individuals. While I certainly value my time working in soup kitchens and writing for the News, I believe my classroom and research experience are equally fundamental. The word “scholarship” frequently evokes the image of a her-
mit toiling away in some library. In reality, modern scholarship is a process that involves teamwork as well as dedication. No natural scientist can man a laboratory alone. No social scientists can carry out field experiments by themselves. Even humanists, often perceived to be solitary, are coming together for interdisciplinary collaboration that spans history, literature and philosophy. The joy of learning and creating new knowledge need not be solely private. Rather than only focusing on grade inflation, administrators and faculty can also improve undergraduate education by encouraging collaborative learning and research among undergraduates. Programs targeting science majors, such as the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation Design, are a great start. Opportunities with a similar ethos can be extended to students in the humanities and social sciences. The establishment of research forums and workshop seminars for undergraduates across the disciplines would make learning seem less like a chore and more like an engaging experience. Sure, we still have to take our exams and write our own papers. But as I learned over the past three years, it’s better to struggle with friends and classmates than alone.
I am grateful for those who have helped me edit my first Directed Studies paper, my senior essay and everything in between. Now, I am about to begin a PhD program in political science. Today, I talk frankly about my survey research on international security, sexism and affirmative action. But you don’t have to be a future academic to tell your friends that you’re really into Renaissance literature or labor economics or atomic physics. Though many of us try to downplay our academic interests, the numbers don’t lie; Yalies are serious about their learning. According to a 2011 survey conducted by the News, undergraduates reported they spent an average of six-and-a-half hours on classes and schoolwork each weekday — more than what they spent on extracurriculars and leisure activities combined. There is only so much that administrators and professors can do to foster a community of learning. Yale College can only become a true “company of scholars” when more of us came out the academic closet. BAOBAO ZHANG is a senior in Calhoun College. She is a former multimedia editor for the News. Contact her at baobao.zhang@yale.edu .
GUEST COLUMNIST URIEL EPSHTEIN
A missed military opportunity I
t’s clear now that a Department of Defense-funded center at Yale was never a serious possibility. But the real story here is no longer whether or not this center was ever going to be established, but the vociferous and knee-jerk reaction from some members of the Yale and New Haven communities. A particular form of fear mongering replaced genuine dialogue — it became clear that the divide between those who fight this nation’s wars, and those in whose names the wars are fought, has gotten dangerously wide. It is not necessarily a problem that under 1 percent of American citizens serve in the army. But it is a problem that most Americans, particularly Ivy League students, lack even a basic understanding of military functions and the moral codes on which they operate. And this ignorance, as demonstrated by this most recent back-and-forth on the potential Yale-DoD partnership, engendered fear. This fear led critics of the proposed center to oppose the training of these U.S. service members at Yale. It’s true that these
soldiers might have to execute certain foreign policies that Yale students might find immoral. Yet it is equally true that many of these Yale students will take their diplomas and go off to create those self-same immoral foreign policies. Wouldn’t they be benefited by a better understanding of the people who are actually going to be putting themselves in harm’s way to fulfill the directives that many Yale graduates will spend their careers writing? Sensationalist claims have quickly followed this fear. The most significant have sought essentially to mischaracterize Dr. Charles Morgan’s purpose in attempting to establish a special forces training center at Yale by calling it an interrogation center (à la "Zero Dark Thirty"). This is akin to Sarah Palin’s mischaracterization of Obamacare as providing for death panels. According to the original, now infamous, story in the Yale Herald, the system Morgan sought to impart to Green Berets would “promote a positive rapport.” The center then, far from seeking to teach soldiers how to do harm, sought
instead teach them to how better to relate to civilians. Aside from saving lives (by ensuring that a misunderstanding didn’t lead to unnecessary violence), it appears that the purpose of this instruction was rather similar to that of Yale’s liberal arts education: teaching students how to relate to the “other.” What is the purpose of reading Buber, Hagel or even Sartre if not to learn about the many different ways that fundamentally different people can relate to one another? In order to truly fulfill Yale’s mission — “to seek exceptionally promising students … to develop their intellectual, moral, civic, and creative capacities to the fullest” — community members have argued that it is necessary to limit the military presence on campus. Their argument then, appears to be that in order to protect Yale’s free-thinking environment, we must bar certain types of people and certain practices. The hypocrisy here is self-evident. Far from putting Yale’s mission at risk, including more veterans and active service members in the student body would enrich our
campus discussion. Over the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity to get to know a few veterans and to learn more about how the military functions on a practical level. These interactions have had an impact on my own academic and political interests and this impact has been all the more significant because it is unlikely that I will ever fight our nation’s wars. They’ve allowed me to better understand an institution that is an incredibly important part of the fabric of our country, and one whose culture is very different from the one to which I’m accustomed. Isn’t that the purpose of a Yale education? What was lost in all the controversy over the U.S. Special Operations Command Center of Excellence for Operational Neuroscience was an opportunity to improve military-civilian relations and bring SOCOM onto campus, a place where it could grow in the sunlight of academic scrutiny. URIEL EPSHTEIN is a junior in Morse College. Contact him at uriel.epshtein@yale.edu .
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Questioning the lack of questions S
udler Hall has the capacity to seat 200 people. So it felt strange to walk into a sparsely populated auditorium at 6:50 p.m. Monday, just ten minutes before the Yale College Council Open Forum with Presidentelect Peter Salovey was due to start. The News estimates only roughly 50 people attended the event; out of those 50, I’d estimate that the entire first row was comprised of YCC members. I wasn’t entirely unsurprised by the thin crowds. People were probably busy cramming for that Con Law midterm and John Negroponte was lecturing over in LC; I’m sure a lot of people needed to attend their sections. Nonetheless, there’s still something puzzling about the small number of Yale students who attended the event — and stayed for a significant portion of it. After all, this wasn’t just another lecture; this was an opportunity to directly engage with the man tasked with leading starting summer this year. Moreover, the small crowd seemed incongruous with past behavior on campus. My mind hearkens back to earlier this year when Yale was abuzz with impas-
sioned undergraduate voices demanding their concerns be heard and their views represented on an issue that affected the entire Yale population — the presidential search. All through the summer, Yalies had challenged the administration for its involvement with Yale-NUS, a decision that they believed severely compromised our community’s principles. And this past fall, Students Unite Now (SUN) got 369 Yalies to sign a petition asking that the presidential search be made more open and accountable. Likewise, every week, campus publications are replete with strong voices berating the administration for not doing enough to solve wide range of problems; students consistently ask questions in the hopes of receiving answers. However, Monday evening seemed like a case of cometh the hour, disappear-eth the man. Only in rare circumstances do Yalies have a direct opportunity to put the President-elect of the University on the spot, forcing him to engage with our concerns. So I had hoped to see the passion of many op-eds and numerous Facebook statuses translate into a loud,
raucous event. What transpired instead were six pre-prepared questions, a couple of unprepared inquiries and a few senior members of the Yale administration casting a quiet gaze over an intellectual atmosphere far disposed from that of a town hall. The poor attendance at the event should lead us to question our own principles. Do Yalies seriously care about sharing their concerns? Or was all the petitionsigning and rhetoric about our community principles that flew around Yale’s campus last fall just a fad we embraced because it had happened? If its the former, and we really care about sharing our views, then the obvious question is whether we’re anything but armchair intellectuals who want our views to be known, but aren’t willing to engage in constructive dialogue about those views with the administration. Some Yalies might have been skeptical whether Salovey would have answered their questions honestly, leading them to stay home. There is something deeply intellectually dishonest about adopting this default attitude of cynicism. At Sudler Hall
that Monday, Salovey directly engaged with all questions that students asked, and seemed candid about Yale’s limitations and failures. However, if its the latter — if activism is a short-term mantra we embrace and abandon soon after — then we need to seriously think about tempering the culture of protest on this campus, and not letting it stride too far. Don’t get me wrong: Yale is special because students aren’t just satisfied with the way things are; they constantly challenge the status quo. However, ever so often, situations crop up when we raise a hue and cry just because we can, not because we should. Oftentimes, we need to step back and recognize the immaturity of adopting default skepticism towards administrative intent. Was the concern over the presidential search a case of protest for its own sake? Judging by the audience turnout for Salovey’s event on Monday, it may very well have been. ANIRUDH SIVARAM is a sophomore in Calhoun College. Contact him at anirudh.sivaram@yale.edu .
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1 0 BY ALEKSANDRA GJORGIEVSKA STAFF REPORTER The School of Management, which currently allocates roughly $3 million of its budget for financial aid, plans to increase its combined scholarship and loan-forgiveness budget to $6.4 million by 2015. SOM will spend $1.2 million more on student aid in the 2013-’14 academic year than it currently allocates, said Joel Getz, SOM senior associate dean for development and alumni relations. He added that the school has submitted four “reasonably large” funding requests to interested donors, each of which would
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The Charter Revision Commission will submit its proposals by May 13. BY PATRICK CASEY STAFF REPORTER New Haven’s Charter Revision Commission met Tuesday night for the first time since concluding four public hearings and one briefing from city administration. The evening meeting lasted about an hour and a half and focused mostly on planning the next stages of the commission’s work. As New Haven is required by law to consider revisions to its charter every 10 years, the commission, which was selected by the Board of Aldermen last year, must submit its recommendations to the Board of Alderman by May 13. The Board will then have the final say in drafting any revisions, which will have to be approved by city-wide referendum in the fall. Ward 8 Alderman and commission Chair Michael Smart announced the creation of three working groups, each of which will examine a different set of issues related to charter reform. Commission members Melissa Mason, Elizabeth Torres and Joelle Fishman will each chair a working group. Some of the potential changes that have attracted the most attention so far include enshrining the Civilian Review Board in the charter and enhancing its powers to investigate and punish police misconduct, as well as establishing elections for positions on the Board of Education, which is currently chosen entirely by mayoral appointment. New Haven Public School District Assistant Superintendent Garth Harries ’95 attended the meeting as an observer. He briefed the commission last week as a representative of the mayor’s office, and he encouraged members to keep the keep the appointed Board of Education. By moving to an elected board, he said, the commission would be introducing “interestbased politics” into the city’s education system, adding that
an elected school board would deter qualified candidates and imperil New Haven’s education reform agenda. Citywide Youth Coalition Director Rachel Heerema attended the meeting as well. Her organization is not taking an opinion on whether to select the Board of Education by election or mayoral appointment, but it does support expanding the Board of Education to include student representation. She said it is unclear, however, if state law would allow a student representative on the board to vote. “If at all possible, we seek full voting rights for the students. If that’s not possible, then we seek for them to have an advisory role,” Heerema said. While Harries said that the administration is open to nonvoting student involvement on the Board, he claimed that the Board is already very open to input. “[The Board of Education has] meetings every two weeks,” he said. “People don’t come. It’s not a question of lack of access or lack of opportunity for input.” City corporation counsel Victor Bolden, who also briefed the Commission last week, spoke about the administration’s recommendation to not enshrine the Civilian Review Board in the charter. Adding too much to the charter, Bolden explained, limits citizens’ ability to amend policies and city government in the future. Smart said that every commission meeting will be public, including working group meetings. “We’re going to continue to make sure that this is an open process,” he said. “We’re taking our roles very seriously.” The full commission’s next officially scheduled meeting is on April 9. It may decide, however, to schedule an additional full meeting on March 21 as well. Contact PATRICK CASEY at patrick.casey@yale.edu .
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The Yale School of Management plans to increase spending on financial aid by $1.2 million next year.
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has been at a “competitive disadvantage” due to its historically smaller per capita scholarship budget than its peer institutions. He added that he hopes Snyder’s efforts will help the school eliminate the disadvantage. Jain said SOM has also evolved its loan-forgiveness program, which waives part of students’ loans if they enter relatively low-paying careers after graduation. He said the program has expanded eligibility to students who pursue careers in benefit corporations, while only students who took jobs in non-profit and governmental organizations were eligible in the past. SOM administrators said they hope bolstering the financial aid budget will bring a more diverse student body to the school. Snyder said additional scholarship funds have already increased the percentage of underrepresented U.S. minorities at SOM. Snyder said SOM’s financial aid program shows the school’s commitment to “different elements of diversity,” adding that the school is also looking to strengthen its loan program for international students. SOM currently guarantees international students with financial need 10-year loans, with the school bearing all risks of loan defaults. SOM currently offers 15 general merit scholarships, five scholarships by area of interest, four diversity scholarships and two scholarships for women. Contact ALEKSANDRA GJORGIEVSKA at aleksandra.gjorgievska@yale.
Students admitted to Mellon program BY JANE DARBY MENTON STAFF REPORTER On Monday, 12 graduate students from eight different departments who were admitted to the interdisciplinary Mellon concentration assembled for the program’s inaugural meeting. The year-long concentration, designed for students in their third year of doctoral study, was announced in October after the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the University $1.95 million to enhance humanities education. Admitted students receive an additional year of funding beyond the typical five-year funding package to pursue interdisciplinary research and are enrolled in a two-semester core seminar entitled, “Technologies of Knowledge.” Associate Dean of the Graduate School Pamela Schirmeister ’80 GRD ’88, who is the director of graduate studies for the Mellon concentration, said the students and professors will spend the semester finalizing the format of the program, which will officially begin next fall. “Sometimes institutional constraints do not encourage students to challenge the borders of their discipline,” said film and humanities professor Francesco Casetti, who will co-teach the core seminar. “What we want was not to subvert specific fields but to provide opportunities for a group of students to challenge themselves to take a new look at their own
discipline.” The concentration is part of a larger effort by the University to use the Mellon grant to “reimagine” the ways students and professors approach the humanities. The core seminar, which will be taught by Casetti, classics professor Emily Greenwood and philosophy and psychology professor Tamar Gendler ’87, aims to study different techniques for disseminating knowledge such as writing systems, higher education, film and digital media.
This is a chance to … reconsider what we do here and what we will hopefully do as scholars. LUCA PERETTI GRD ’17 Casetti said the class is designed to help students discover the roots of the humanities by identifying how the various fields interact, adding that he hopes this process of reflection will continue beyond the one-year program. Students in the first cohort, who come from departments including architecture, Italian and classics, said they think the concentration will help them within their own field and later on the job market.
“This is a good way to rethink the canon in our fields and how that canon interacts with other tools of learning,” said Luca Peretti GRD ’17, who is studying Italian. “This is a chance to be with 11 fellow graduate students to reconsider what we do here and what we will hopefully do as scholars.” Stephen Krewson GRD ’17 said the class design will also expose students to different approaches to teaching the humanities, such as integrating film and music into a class curriculum, and that these new techniques will be helpful in their future careers. He added that being conversant in other humanities disciplines will also help students looking for a teaching position upon graduation. Students enrolled in the concentration also said they think it will allow them to take advantage of the resources and research methods of disciplines other than their own. The Mellon grant also funds a program for post-doctoral students and a series of 10 faculty workshops to assess strategies for teaching the humanities throughout the University. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation also provided a 2010 grant to fund the Interdisciplinary Performance Studies at Yale initiative. Contact JANE DARBY MENTON at jane.menton@yale.edu .
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS JON HUNTSMAN Jon Huntsman was the United States ambassador to China for the Obama Administration and, before that, the governor of Utah. He recently expressed support for same-sex marriage in a February op-ed.
Huntsman: Politics needs ‘freshening up’ HUNTSMAN FROM PAGE 1 economy, he said. He added that he is “embarrassed at what we’re about to hand off to the next generation” and that youth must replace competitiveness with transparency and better collaborate across political lines. Huntsman said he attributes much of his own professional success to his policy of maintaining honest politics. After winning re-election as governor of Utah by being straightforward with his constituents, he was appointed ambassador to China by President Barack Obama, Huntsman said, adding that he took the job from a Democratic president not because of party ties or a political agenda but because of his patriotism. Huntsman also discussed his support of gay marriage to demonstrate the ways in which issues can be solved without competitiveness between the right and the left. Long-term, loving relationships are a core conservative value, he said. “Some would say I support gay marriage in spite of the fact that I’m conservative, but I say I support it because I’m a conservative,” he said. Still, Huntsman said he hopes young people today do not become cynical despite major flaws in the current state of politics. The United States is a world power with a “sound constitution, some of the greatest universities in the world and an innovative population,” he said, adding that Yale students should take note of the positive aspects of the United States to see what is worth salvaging. Three students interviewed said they appreciated Huntsman’s goal of increasing cooperation within the American political system. Kelsey Larson ’16 said while she does not see a simple solution, she is confident that young, open-minded politicians will find a way to counter excessive political polarization. “It’s not going to be easy, but our country has come up against a lot before and our generation isn’t going to be the first to encounter an unsolvable problem,” Larson said. But two students said they were not convinced that the next generation’s politicians will be any less divided. Eli Feldman ’16 said he hopes for less rigid political boundaries but “there have been no signs” that Democrats and Republicans will start working together soon. Huntsman left his post as governor of Utah with an approval rating of over 80 percent. Contact PAYAL MARATHE at payal.marathe@yale.edu .
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2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman called on students to avoid cynicism and look for positive solutions to the world’s problems.
Experts consider Yale Title IX responsibilities DARNELL FROM PAGE 1 mate relationships between individuals and their superiors — usually result in strong punishment for the superior and little or no repercussions for the subordinate. “Administrators have to address the culture in that department with appropriate investigations and documentation,” said attorney Saundra Schuster, an advisory board member of Association of Title IX Administrators. Title IX protects against discrimination based on gender and sexual miconduct under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. It also requires academic institutions to respond to official notices of potential violations by launching an investigation, halting the discriminatory behavior,
providing remedial support for injured parties and ensuring that the incident will not occur again. Schuster said Yale could be seen to have fulfilled the requirements — the incident was included in the University’s Title IX report, Darnell faced termination as chair of NELC and suspension from the faculty and administrators have created a temporary advising system for graduate students in his absence. But she added that the University has not made explicit efforts to ameliorate the alleged hostile work environment, which could be perceived as a failure on the University’s part to uphold Title IX policies. Schuster cited the example of department-wide workshops as a means of improving conditions. But Erin Buzuvis, a Western New England University School
of Law professor, said a hospitable professional atmosphere can be a “hard standard to meet.” Deputy Provost Stephanie Spangler, who is also the University Title IX coordinator, could not be reached for comment on the University’s efforts to improve NELC’s working environment. While issues of amorous relationships between faculty members and students can be problematic and create issues of favoritism, Katherine Erwin, Title IX coordinator for the University of Colorado at Boulder, said they are not categorically related to Title IX. She added that a consensual relationship between two adults does not generally translate into an issue of gender discrimination. Peter Lake, director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Edu-
cation Law and Policy at Stetson University, said universities do not normally punish individuals involved in intimate relationships with their perceived superiors, even if such relationships violate consensual relations policies. Erwin said Boulder would also generally refrain from punishing a subordinate, such as a student, who violated the University’s consensual relationships policy. In typical cases involving consensual relationship policy violations, the superior generally faces explicit consequences, Lake said. Title IX attorneys said cases should be decided in an equitable manner so that all parties involved receive fair treatment. But they said Manassa’s faculty position should not have been terminated because Darnell seemed to maintain authority over Manassa since
the inception of their relationship, which allegedly began while Manassa was an undergraduate.
Administrators have to address the culture in that department with appropriate investigations. SAUNDRA SCHUSTER Member, Association of Title IX Administrators Lake said subordinates involved in consensual relationship disputes may also find public scrutiny of the relationship to be a “career killer” even if they do not face explicit punishment. But
Rosa Gonzalez, Stanford University’s Title IX coordinator, said universities do not usually release the specific terms of a faculty member’s termination as a result of sexual misconduct or a Title IX violation. Darnell announced his suspension from the faculty in a Jan. 8 email to his department, and the message was immediately followed by an email from University President Richard Levin, who explained how the department would move forward in Darnell’s absence. Manassa is the director of undergraduate studies for Egyptology and is currently teaching a course titled “Egyptomania.” Contact NICOLE NAREA at nicole.narea@yale.edu .
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS JOHN “JACK” TWEED Mayor Thomas H. Tulley and Gov. John H. Trumbull started construction of the airport in 1929 with a gold and silver spade. The spade was air-delivered to them by Ed Sherman, who parachuted from a Viking “Kitty Hawk” piloted by Jack Tweed.
In third meeting, Armory possibilities arise BY VANESSA YUAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER At a Tuesday night meeting, Ward 1 Alderman Sarah Eidelson ’12 and Ward 28 Alderman Claudette Robinson-Thorpe led the Goffe Street Armory Planning Committee in repurposing the unoccupied Armory, which spans one city block and approximately 155,000 square feet. The committee held its third hearing to address the future of the building on Tuesday, accepting suggestions for how best to utilize the Armory from interested city residents, many of whom were members of local community organizations. Many suggested using the Armory as a community center, though Eidelson and Robinson-Thorpe said there remains uncertainty about how the committee would run community programs while also maintaining the building, given limited funds and projected revenue. The building was last occupied over four years ago by the National Guard. Since then, the Armory has been left in disrepair, suffering damage to its floors, roofs and heating and cooling systems. Because of the large amount of space available, some attendees recommended partitioning the building into various spaces. While part of the Armory would be used to house community organizations, the rest of it, a
teaching pastor at the Elm City Vineyard Pastor Church suggested, could be rented out to interested organizations at market-rate prices to generate revenue. Other suggestions included using the space for classrooms, parenting and health centers, performances, a library and fitness centers.
What I said from day one is that if the Armory is nothing else, it will be a community center. CLAUDETTE ROBINSON-THORPE Alderman, Ward 28 Helen Kauder, director of a contemporary art gallery and non-profit organization in New Haven called Artspace, proposed a similar art gallery use for the facility. Last October, Artspace ran City Wide Open Studios, an event that brought together works of art by visual artists in Connecticut, encouraging community members to visit the space and to purchase works of art. Kauder had first brought this project to the committee’s attention at a previous meeting. At the end of Kauder’s presentation, Eidelson and RobinsonThorpe said that the Artspace program would be one of the
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On Tuesday, the Goffe Street Armory Planning Committee had its third hearing to determine how to transform the unoccupied Armory. projects that the Committee will heavily consider. “It’s a win-win situation,” Robinson-Thorpe said. “It costs the city nothing and it might generate funds.” In a previous meeting, Eidelson said that the redevelopment of the Armory would also add city jobs, as the committee would be required to employ
State budget cuts may hit Tweed BY ROSA NGUYEN STAFF REPORTER With a recently proposed budget cut under negotiation, the future of New Haven air travel may take a turn for the worse. Tweed New Haven Regional Airport, the city’s small airport that offers four daily flights to Philadelphia, runs the risk of losing $300,000 in state funding as state legislators continue to make significant budget cuts. The airport operates under a $3 million budget, currently receiving $1.5 million from the state and $350,000 from the city of New Haven. “We felt that [$300,000] was an amount that [Tweed] could absorb with alternative revenues,” said Benjamin Barnes, secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. “Given the constraints that we face on the state budget, I think it’s appropriate to ratchet the level of support.” The $300,000 loss in state allocations comes as the result of Gov. Dannel Malloy’s overall proposed spending cut of $1.8 billion over the next two years. To accommodate Malloy’s proposed budget cuts, Barnes suggested a 20 percent reduction in the airport’s state subsidy. “I’m sure [the airport] generates economic activity, and we are continuing to support it,” Barnes said. “We’re still giving them $1.2 million.” But Timothy Larson, executive director of the Tweed New Haven Airport Authority, said $1.2 million is not enough. According to Larson, the $300,000 reduction would have a significant impact on airport operations, resulting in a “drastic reduction” in Tweed’s services, such as the airport’s fire and rescue services, security, maintenance and passenger delivery services. “We need those dollars to provide safe operation for the airport, and we are not
local residents for the project. The committee is currently waiting for $2.8 million in funding from the state to refurbish the space and will vote on the project after the final meetings. Even so, at the end of the public portion of the hearing, Robinson-Thorpe made clear that some portion of the space would be used as community space.
“What I said from day one is that if the Armory is nothing else, it will be a community center,” Robinson-Thorpe told the News after the hearing. In the meantime, the committee will continue to listen to public opinion before finalizing the plans for the Goffe Street Armory. Committee members agreed that they would prefer to
hear more from city youth in the final meeting, as the refurbished Armory would likely benefit them most. The last of four public hearings on the Armory will be held on Tuesday, March 5. Contact VANESSA YUAN at vanessa.yuan@yale.edu .
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going to sacrifice safety,” Larson added. Tweed New Haven Regional Airport accommodates about 40,000 passengers a year, Larson said, many of whom are students, hospital patients and tourists visiting the University. “The airport is a necessity and an economic driver for the region,” Larson said. “Tweed is an asset that provides a tremendous economic incentive, and the state should support this asset.”
We need those dollars to provide safe operation for the airport, and we are not going to sacrifice safety. TIMOTHY LARSON Executive director, Tweed New Haven Airport Authority But Barnes said the airport is “probably not that important,” claiming that in his experience living in New Haven, most Elm City residents do not use airports or fly out of John F. Kennedy International Airport instead of Tweed. Other state budget items also face proposed reductions, Barnes said, including a $150 million cut in Medicaid and a $450 million cut in hospital funding. The airport’s Board of Directors will speak to the Appropriations Committee, a council operating under the Connecticut General Assembly, to argue in favor of the current $1.5 million state allocation. The state Appropriations Committee will submit its final decisions in late April. Contact ROSA NGUYEN at rosa.nguyen@yale.edu .
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Hamza Abdullah and his brother, Husain, spoke about the role their Muslim faith has played in their NFL careers. BY KRISTEN LEE CONTRIBUTING REPORTER National Football League players Hamza Abdullah and Husain Abdullah visited campus Tuesday to share ways in which their Muslim faith has impacted their careers. At the lecture — which was cosponsored by the Murgado Family Fund, the Athletics Department, the Chaplain’s Office, Calhoun College, the Intercultural Affairs Council and the Yale Muslim Students Association — the two brothers explained their decision to forgo the 2012 NFL season to perform the hajj, the obligatory Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Hamza Abdullah, who plays for the Arizona Cardinals and has been in the NFL since 2005, and Husain Abdullah, who plays for the Minnesota Vikings and has played football professionally since 2008, said that through their faith, they have learned to be humble and respect others while playing on a team. “We’ve been covered by NBC, ESPN [and] CNN not because we’re professional football players, but because we stood for what we believed in,” Hamza Abdullah said. Hamza Abdullah, the older of
the two brothers, said brotherly love is a lesson found at the heart of Islam that he values in his own life. “You want for your brother what you want for yourself,” he said, citing a verse his mother taught him when he younger.
We’ve been covered by NBC, ESPN [and] CNN … because we stood for what we believed in. HAMZA ABDULLAH Safety, Arizona Cardinals During his Islamic upbringing, Hamza Abdullah said, he learned to be unselfish and to celebrate the feats of others. He added that his fondest memory in the NFL was when his younger brother signed to play with the Minnesota Vikings. Husain Abdullah said while he was participating in the hajj, he most enjoyed experiencing the journey with his wife, two brothers and parents. The brothers also discussed the misconceptions of Islam in America. Husain Abdullah said Muslims can be held respon-
sible for the negative actions of another individual in their faith — a serious misunderstanding because an entire demographic should not take the fall for others’ transgressions. Hamza Abdullah said that while balancing his career with his faith, he is often pressured to gamble alongside his teammates, an act that is forbidden in Islamic culture. “I’m a competitive person, so that’s my struggle,” he said. “That’s the test I have to walk away from.” Hamza Abdulla also said he has faced difficulty fasting for Ramadan during the football season but accomplishes it through preparation consisting of a strict diet to get enough nutrients and heightened awareness of one’s own body. Saad Syed ’16, a member of the MSA, said he was impressed by the Abdullah brothers’ gracious attitude throughout the talk. “It’s pretty cool that someone so successful could be so humble,” Saad said. The brothers were raised in a Muslim household in Southern California with 10 other siblings. Contact KRISTEN LEE at kristen.lee@yale.edu .
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Percent of Americans feel that laws on the sale of firearms should be made more strict.
According to the same Gallup poll, 43 percent of Americans have a gun in their home.
Martin anniversary honored with vigil GUN VIOLENCE FROM PAGE 1 awaiting trial. “The ship has turned more directly on gun control,” said Arziki Adamu ’13, president of the Yale chapter of the NAACP. “Instead of asking why George Zimmerman shot a black boy, they’re asking why George Zimmerman had a gun.” Since the Newtown shooting, long-time advocates of gun reform have sought to translate public furor over mass shootings into change on urban gun violence. Even though Martin was killed in a suburban area, his death has become representative of what gun reform advocates have characterized as the senseless deaths of young black males due to gun violence in cities. Proponents of reform such as John DeStefano Jr. have argued that the two types of violence have fundamentally different causes and consequences. DeStefano emphasized in a statement last month that an assault weapons ban, while important, would be unlikely to curb violence in New Haven, as most gun crimes in the Elm City are committed with handguns. Instead, DeStefano said, a gun offender registry, stricter licensing and purchasing standards and a licensing requirement for ammunition purchases would be more likely to make a significant impact. Whether such proposals will gain traction remains uncertain, although any push for new legislation will only become more difficult as time passes and public anger fades. “Despite the strong leadership and goodwill in Connecticut’s House and Senate, we run a risk of letting this critical moment in history pass us by,” Gov. Dannel Malloy said in a speech last Thursday. “None of us want that to happen, and none of us should let it happen.” Malloy’s gun reform proposals, introduced last week, include universal background checks but not a gun offender registry. Although the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission and Bipartisan Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety Task Force, created in January by Malloy and the state legislature, respectively, were expected
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The death of Trayvon Martin has become associated with gun violence in inner cities, a social ill that disproportionately affects young black males. to release their findings in early February, both have yet to do so. Nevertheless, Ron Pinciaro, the executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence, said he remains optimistic about the possibility for significant statewide legislative change on both mass shootings and urban gun violence, adding that the Newtown shooting has ignited a “passion” among Connecticut
residents who had not previously engaged in the gun debate. “Originally that passion was directed toward the events of Newtown,” Pinciaro said. “But we are seeing it now being converted into a better understanding and awareness of the urban problem.” Connecticut Against Gun Violence, in conjunction with the Black and Latino Cau-
Diers remembered as nursing leader DIERS FROM PAGE 1 Diers for inspiring her to pursue a doctorate in nursing at Columbia and to begin a career in academia as a research nurse. “That was the beginning for me of my career as a nurse scientist,” Grey said. “I fell in love with the research here.” Diers’ book, Research in Nursing Practice, was the first definitive text on nursing research, former students said. Diers was able to explain the historical trajectory of nursing and “how we’re supposed to take it and move it forward, basing our practice on evidence and not just tradition,” Susan Sullivan-Bolyai NUR ’99 said.
[Diers] made as much … impact on the profession of nursing in modern times as Florence Nightingale did. SHARON ECK BIRMINGHAM NUR ’99 Marjorie Funk NUR ’84 SPH ’92 GRD ’92, a Nursing School professor and former student of Diers, said Diers had a profound influence on key figures in the school today. Research scientist Dena Schulman-Green said even members of the school who have not worked directly with Diers “have the greatest respect” for the influence she has had on the field of nursing. Though former students said Diers was a “very private person” and informed few people of her illness, Maureen O’Keefe Doran NUR ’71 said Diers was still directing classes over Skype from her hospital bed this winter — a testament to her devotion to teaching. Diers helped the School of Nurs-
ing secure grants and scholarships from the National Institute of Mental Health and “led the quest” to make the school a first-class graduate institution, Doran said. She added that Diers used humor in her speeches and writings to advocate for increased respect for nurses and to raise awareness about their crucial role in building the modern hospital system. In the 1970s, Diers was part of a group led by Yale professors Robert Fetter and John Thompson that invented the diagnosis-related group system for classifying hospital cases, which is used to determine how much Medicare reimburses hospitals, Birmingham said. Born in 1938 and raised in Sheridan, Wyo., Diers attended the University of Denver, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1960. After receiving a Master of Science in Nursing from Yale in 1964, Diers began teaching as an instructor in psychiatric nursing at Yale, before continuing her studies in Australia. Diers owned a house on Martha’s Vineyard and collected small dollhouse-sized items to make miniature versions of the rooms of Florence Nightingale’s house as a hobby, Birmingham said. Diers donated these model rooms to the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing’s annual silent auction, Birmingham said, adding that the miniature rooms often fetched thousands of dollars, which were then donated to nursing research. Diers is survived by her brother, Jim. Contact SOPHIE GOULD at sophie.gould@yale.edu . Contact KAMIL SADIK at kamil.sadik@yale.edu .
cus of the Connecticut General Assembly, will host a press conference today in Hartford on urban violence. According to Barbara Fair, a New Haven community activist who attended Tuesday’s vigil, several members of the legislature are planning on drafting a bill to target gun trafficking, which Pinciaro pointed to as one of the main contributors to urban gun vio-
lence. At the vigil Tuesday, however, optimism on urban gun reform was scarce. Although organizers said that Newtown had shifted the conversation toward gun control, they suggested it was unlikely to result in any meaningful reform aimed at preventing urban gun violence. “I don’t think [Newtown] has a trickle-down effect,” said Nia
Holston ’14, who leads the Black Students Alliance at Yale and is a Ward 1 co-chair. In 2011, 85 percent of the murders in New Haven were committed with guns. Contact MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu .
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 4:30 PM “Dueling Sounds, Contending Tones: The Pronunciation Wars of the 1920s in China” Janet Chen of Princeton University will discuss research from a new book titled “The Sounds of Mandarin: The Making of a National Language in China and Taiwan, 1913–1965.” Sponsored by the Council on East Asian Studies. Free and open to the general public. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Room 202.
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5:30 PM “The New Era for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Gallery” In this Yale University Art Gallery reopening lecture, Jennifer R. Gross, the Seymour H. Knox Jr. curator of modern and contemporary art, will address the current reinstallation of works from that department. She will focus on the effect that the gallery expansion will have on the modern and contemporary art collection’s future. Yale University Art Gallery (1111 Chapel St.).
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 12:00 PM “Chipotle: Marketing, Sourcing, and Transparency at Scale in the New Food Movement” For most fast food companies, the less the consumer knows, the better. However, Chipotle Mexican Grill isn’t most companies: Chief Marketing Officer Mark Crumpacker wants you to know what’s in your burrito. Learn about Chipotle’s sustainability initiatives as well as their unorthodox marketing campaigns built on the idea that food production should be healthier and more ethical. Free Chipotle burritos will be provided at the event. Co-sponsored by the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale. Burke Auditorium (195 Prospect St.).
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“It’s easy to play any musical instrument: All you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.” JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH BAROQUE COMPOSER
‘Theory of Flight’ takes off
Peace through music
BY ANYA GRENIER STAFF REPORTER Almost a year after the launch of The Franke Program in Science and the Humanities, the interdisciplinary initiative’s first performance venture will take flight this weekend. “Theory of Flight,” created by Anna Lindemann ’09 and first performed in 2011, explores one human’s obsession with flight through a combination of scientific lecture, projected animation and operatic arias sung live over electronic music. “Theory of Flight” has already been mounted several times with varying directors, but Lindemann said the show is returning to its roots in coming to Yale. The performance begins with a scientist named Alida Kear, played by Lindemann, delivering a lecture about the mechanics of flight. The factual, scientific portions of the show alternate with an ambiguous dreamscape world that becomes increasingly “wild and chaotic” as the show goes on, said Sara Holdren ’08 DRA ’15, who will be directing the Yale production. Although the Franke Program has already brought a number of speakers from broad disciplines to campus, “Theory of Flight” will mark the initiative’s first foray into art and performance as a way of bringing the sciences and humanities together, said ecology and evolutionary biology professor Richard Prum, who specializes in ornithology and is serving as the Franke Program’s first director. Differences in culture and research style between the sciences and humanities can lead to misunderstandings between the two fields, he added, explaining that the program seeks to foster interaction between the disciplines to further academic progress. “We have an opportunity to reintegrate the culture of sciences and humanities on campus,” Prum said. “I don’t know any other universities doing this better — I think there’s an opportunity for international leadership at Yale.” Holdren said the low ceilings of the Off Broadway Theater space forced the production to find a way to convey flight theatrically without using the literal, rigged flying of some past productions of “Theory of Flight.” Lindemann said every space that has hosted the show has had its own unique physical restrictions forcing the team to rethink its approach to staging, adding that the Yale production will include “some surprises.” The projections used in the show serve in part as a “magical chalkboard” to supplement the scientific information, Lindemann said. Holdren said the stop motion animation in “Theory of Flight” uses a very “tangible, phys-
BY JACOB WOLF-SOROKIN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
HEARTBEAT
Heartbeat is a program that seeks to bring together Israeli and Palestinian youth via music. BY HELEN ROUNER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
ical vocabulary.” Yarn might represent a strand of DNA, and pieces of lace might stand in for proteins, Lindemann explained. “The science is really real, but it doesn’t preclude the possibility of magic,” Holdren said. “It seems magical in and of itself.” Although Lindemann first presented the show as her Master of Fine Arts thesis work in integrated electronic arts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, she said she began to think of the ideas that would later become “Theory of Flight” when she was an undergraduate studying evolutionary developmental biology and immersing herself in Yale’s musical and artistic culture. The compact, two-person show pairs live opera singing with electronic music, Lindemann said, explaining that this marriage allows “Theory of Flight” to explore an extremely wide range of timbres which would be both more difficult and more expensive to achieve with live performers. Electronic-based composition also allowed Lindemann, who wrote the show’s music, to experiment with the use of algorithms as a base for building music, she said. Soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon ’10, who plays the “Bird Spirit” in this weekend’s produc-
tion, said it has been more challenging to work with electronic music than live music since it forces her to align perfectly with the production’s music and video elements. Fitz Gibbon said much of what she sings involves repeating certain gene sequences and scientific phrases tied to flight. Fitz Gibbon said the musical aspects of the show embody its more otherworldly side, adding that the lines between the lecture and “moments of music” blur as the scientist begins losing her grip on reality. Prum said he believes that “Theory of Flight” is the first of many artistic exchanges that will come out of the Franke Program, with a combined lecture and concert celebrating the music of bugs already scheduled to take place at the Yale Peabody Museum this May. He added that the still nascent program is actively recruiting input from different parts of the science and humanities communities as the initiative grows into its role as a permanent, endowed program at Yale. “Theory of Flight” will run at the Off Broadway Theater March 1-2. Contact ANYA GRENIER at anna.grenier@yale.edu .
TOP: ELLIE MARKOVITCH, BOTTOM: KATHY HIGH AND JIM DE SÈVE
“Theory of Flight” — a show by the Franke Program in Science and the Humanities — explores one human’s obsession with flight.
Extravagance abounds in the Yale Center for British Art’s latest major exhibition. A decade in the making, “Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century” presents a comprehensive display of English art, design and fashion during the reign of King Edward VII. Corresponding roughly with the period between the end of the Victorian era and the beginning of World War I, the Edwardian age refers to a time marked by duality — one of both lavishness and tumult, high and low, exhibit co-curator Andrea Rager GRD ’09 said. Using a range of media, from sculptures to reproduced autochrome photographs, the exhibition traces not only the English public’s changing attitudes at the time, but also the global influence of imperial-era London. “Edwardian Opulence” opens tomorrow and will be the museum’s last exhibit before the first phase of its refurbishment project begins this summer. “[This exhibit] is a long, deep study of a period of enormous power and consequence,” YCBA Director Amy Meyers said. “The conversation between and among objects from that era reflects Britain’s state of mind at the turn of the 20th century.” Meyers added that the opening aligns with the modern American public’s current interest in Edwardianera England. This fascination
with the period is demonstrated by the popularity of the television series “Downton Abbey,” which reflects a desire to revisit the era, she said. At the start of the exhibit — which spans the YCBA’s second and third floors — visitors are greeted by four figures representing the full breadth of the imperial elite at the time, co-curator Angus Trumble said, referring to the three portraits and white gown that stand at the entrance to the display. Alongside a portrait of Lady Evelyn Cavendish, a highranking member of the aristocracy, there is a painting of Florence Phillips, whose mining magnate husband made her a member of the rising class of “nouveau riche.” “We wanted to emphasize the tension between the conspicuous consumption habits of the ‘new money’ and the British established, yet impoverished, aristocracy,” Rager said. She added that she hopes visitors will pay attention to not only the central characters of the exhibit but also “the bodies and unseen hands” of those at the periphery: the African diamond miners who made Sir Lionel Phillips rich, or the garment workers who sewed the hem of Mary Curzon’s dress. Such broader networks are reminders of the Edwardian age’s global scope, Rager said. Within its study of decadence, the exhibit explores the movement of lavish interiors from the private to the public sphere, as well as the
migration of people from the countryside and into London. Following the development of technologies throughout this time period, the exhibit features electric bell pushes — which are still used in Buckingham Palace today — electric lamps, early video footage and audio recordings of the people whom the portraits depict.
BY DANA SCHNEIDER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
The Edwardian era represented the pinnacle of certainty, pride and pretension. ANGUS TRUMBLE Co-curator, Yale Center for British Art Trumble explained that while the exhibit traces a pattern of extravagance and excess, it ends on a somber note. The last section, titled “War, Sleep, and Death,” culminates in William Orpen’s oil-on-canvas piece depicting the casket of the unknown British solider. “The Edwardian era represented the pinnacle of certainty, pride and pretension,” Trumble said. “But underlying these public moods were themes of sleep and doubt, madness and anxiety.” “Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century” will be on view at the British Art Center through June 2. Contact YANAN WANG at yanan.wang@yale.edu .
“When you play music, you can’t offend anyone or hurt people, but you can make people feel your passion,” said Siwar Mansour, an 18-yearold Palestinian violinist and ukulele player in Heartbeat: The Israeli-Palestinian Youth Music Movement. Consisting of Israeli and Palestinian musicians ages 17 through 21, Heartbeat will be visiting Yale this Sunday on the group’s debut tour in the United States. Avi Salloway, Heartbeat’s global ambassador and tour producer, said the group planned the tour to engage more with the global community and garner support for peace-making efforts in Israel and Palestine. The event is co-hosted by Jews and Muslims at Yale, or JAM, and Yale Hillel. Mansour explained that she discovered Heartbeat when she was asked to participate in a music video for the group by a Heartbeat leader who had been one of her counselors at Seeds of Peace, a program that educates youth about conflict resolution. Mansour said she has found music to be an effective strategy for fostering understanding among Israeli and Palestinian youth. “A lot of programs are mostly dialogue, which leads to yelling and being upset.
Music does things that words can’t do,” Mansour said. “When I play music, it comes out, and it comes out right.” Ziv Sobelman-Yamin, an 18-year-old Israeli drummer and pianist in Heartbeat, also said he believes in music’s power to promote understanding. He explained that participating in Heartbeat has helped him realize how much all people have in common. He added that the friends he has made in Heartbeat have drastically changed how he views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “A friend was talking about how his home isn’t exactly home because someone occupied it,” he explained. “It suddenly opened my eyes that I had such a comfortable life in Israel. I hadn’t seen people really suffer, and it really touched me.” Although both Mansour and Sobelman-Yamin participated in dialogue programs before joining Heartbeat, no more than 5 percent of Israelis and Palestinians have participated in any kind of dialogue program in the past 15 years, according to Heartbeat’s website. The organization is the first to bring together young Jewish and Arab musicians through popular music. Jessica Saldinger ’15, the co-president of JAM, said Heartbeat contacted her in the fall about performing at Yale on their two-week U.S.
tour. Heartbeat is performing at a number of other universities including Brown, Brandeis and the University of Vermont, as well as at music venues and congregations. Saldinger said JAM typically sponsors events such as interfaith dialogues, social events and interfaith prayer swaps. She added that she hopes Heartbeat will give students a more personalized exposure to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and increase awareness of the peace-making efforts taking place in the region. Yale Hillel is providing the space and helping with advertising for the Heartbeat performance, she said. Mansour said one of her goals for the tour is to change her audience’s perspectives. “The next time people see the news, they’ll think of us,” Mansour said. Sobelman-Yamin said he feels it’s important for him personally to find a constructive way to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adding that he hopes some Americans will begin to think of the conflict as one among real people through Heartbeat’s performances. Heartbeat will perform at the Slifka Center at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Contact HELEN ROUNER at helen.rouner@yale.edu .
Bach, reinterpreted
YCBA highlights Edwardian era BY YANAN WANG STAFF REPORTER
Architecture professors discuss Latrobe
YCBA
The YCBA’s exhibit showcases art from the reign of Edward VII.
Wednesday night, School of Music composers will add a contemporary twist to the music of Bach in collaboration with the Yale Baroque Ensemble. “Reflections on Bach,” organized by YBE Director Robert Mealy and ensemble cellist Jacques Wood, will feature a mix of traditional works by Bach along with reinterpretations of the originals by six emerging composers from the school. The six composers were given the resource of the YBE, a postgraduate fellowship quartet, and the freedom to interpret the Bach works however they chose. “[The concert] is a merging of two worlds, allowing us to see old music in a new way,” Wood said. “It is all music — new, old or in the middle.” The result has been an amalgam of new works, from the “loosely inspired” to “direct reactions,” Wood said. He explained that the project’s goal is to interest composers in baroque instruments and old performance practices. Yet composers all added a modern element to their use of the Baroque style — William Gardiner MUS ’13, for instance, is using a historic harpsichord, but amplifying it using modern technology. While Bach’s influence permeates through the entire Western musi-
cal canon, “Reflections on Bach” highlights a more direct lineage because the newly commissioned works evoke Bach without necessarily referring to the usual Classical and Romantic intermediaries, said David Fung, a pianist and harpsichordist with the ensemble.
How can we rediscover Bach? DAVID FUNG Pianist and harpsichordist, YBE
“What we have is a blank canvas in the 21st century,” Fung said. “How can we rediscover Bach?” Gardiner said in an email that he wanted to reinterpret one of the most traditional themes of Bach, the repeating descending scale. “Something that is very special about Bach’s music is the evocation of the “sublime” — of something very profound, much larger than ourselves,” Gardiner said. “I noticed that in many of [Bach’s] pieces, particularly at the opening, there is an unchanging, infinite musical idea or process, with a recursive logic of its own.” In Bach, the theme eventually gives way to the rest of the music, but Gardiner used his piece to explore the consequences of a descending scale that never resolves. The work, titled “Camel’s Nose,” reflects the
Arabian proverb that small things lead to even greater results, just as the theme of the descending scale gradually takes over Gardiner’s entire piece. The title also highlights the fascination with the exotic during the Baroque period, exhibited by the ‘chinoiserie’ decoration echoing Chinese influences on harpsichords at the time. Some of the composers in tonight’s concert superimposed a modern style onto Bach’s themes. Composer Benjamin Wallace MUS ’14 began his work with the Andante from Bach’s Second Violin Sonata. But after a friend told him to “let loose,” Wallace said he found himself writing disco music with a harpsichord that loosely reflects the Allegro of the same Bach sonata. “After that first realization that I was doing something completely ridiculous that treads very precariously on the boundaries of taste, the rest of the movement followed quickly and was incredibly fun to write,” Wallace said in an email. “The few players I’ve talked to have said they’re enjoying the piece, so I’m very excited to hear what they do with it.” “Reflections on Bach” will take place at 8 p.m. this evening in the Morse Recital Hall. Contact DANA SCHNEIDER at dana.schneider@yale.edu .
On Feb. 21, the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows awarded Bimal Mendis ’98 ARC ’02, the assistant dean and director of undergraduate studies at the School of Architecture and cofounder of the New HavenBased firm Plan B Architecture and Urbanism, and Joyce Hsiang ’99 ARC ’03, principal and co-founder of Plan B and a critic at the school, with the 2013 Benjamin Henry Latrobe prize for research that will advance the field of architecture. The two architects received the $100,000 prize for their project “Urban Sphere: The City of 7 Billion,” which imagines the entire world as one urban landscape. Mendis and Hsiang discussed their plans and experiences with the News. can readers best QHow understand your project?
BM
You could conceptualize our product as three pods. One is a kind of concept, which is the fact that we have a global problem and a global approach, and also that we’re trying to expand the scope of the profession and so on. The [second] is creating a model, which is the idea of the digital model where we can actually integrate all this data — that’s primarily what we will be working on. The third is how that thing feeds into a tool that people can plug into. I think each [prong] is equally important.
did QHow emerge?
this project
JH
This research project … is after a series of research projects that we’ve worked together on.
BM
That’s been a fiveyear process starting with [researching] the scale of urban development and addressing issues of sustainability. Through our research we’ve also been looking at national and global scale issues. How this particular topic came about is an increasing realization that we can’t understand urbanism as isolated cities, because the boundaries of cities now far exceed their administrative stance — like their resource networks and flows of communication and energy and so on go beyond their literal boundaries. So through our research we came to realize that everything is — it’s a very simple conclusion I guess — much more interconnected, and to really understand urbanization at the global scale, you need to have a global approach.
this project? Why QWhy now?
BM
HAROLD SHAPIRO
“Reflections on Bach” features reinterpretations of Bach works by students from the School of Music.
One thing about this project is that it builds on research we’ve been doing. But also perhaps in the last 15 to 20 years this has been a particular trend — that urbanization and population growth in particular have been in the news as something that we will need to confront. This is something that we saw emerge in the sixties — you know, through the population boom — but there’s been an increasing focus on urbanization and population growth. This is the first time, I think, in our era where you do begin to see the global effects of all those things coming together. In the past things were still disconnected enough that it didn’t really have the kind of global repercussions that we see today. But we see great urgency in trying to tackle this through a global approach because for the first time in human history you do begin to see the global impacts of localized events and vice versa, so I think that’s something that we find to be particularly per-
tinent, relative to not just the scope of our work professionally in terms of what we want to do, but again as a global design problem.”
JH
This is the greatest problem that everybody faces. It is [of an] enormous scope that cannot fall within any category … [everybody] says this is beyond [their] purview. Part of the issue is that you have to find ways for every person to contribute and to have value in addressing what is the global problem.
will your students QHow play a role in the reseach?
JH
[Part of our previous research has used] a lot of the students here at [School of Architecture] as research assistants. The students are often the ones who are not only at the forefront of the technology, but the ones who are being really innovative with it, because it’s not one standard program that you’re using [and] it’s not one kind of technique. Part of this is inventing that technique — it’s using multiple platforms and hybridizing between multiple tools. A lot of times, even when you start, you just kind of put a question out there. Certainly being at Yale, not only in the School of Architecture, but [also] at the University, is really an incredible resource. If you have a question, it’s really easy … to be able to just shoot an email or call another colleague or professor in another department and say, “You know we have this kind of question about this algorithm, how would you deal with this?” So that’s another great thing that doing this research in a university setting provides for us.
Through our research we’ve also been looking at national and global scale issues. BIMAL MENDIS ’98 ARC ’02 Assistant dean, School of Architecture project is about QThis expanding the scope of the
architecture field to offer solutions to these global problems. Is it also a response to the economic conditions that have hit architects hard over the last handful of years?
JH
On the one hand you might think, “Well it’s because of the economy — it means you have to find work in other places.” That certainly is true, but I think if anything, the kind of recession or economic situation has highlighted even more how interrelated everything is, how you can’t do something without having an enormous impact globally. Before that, the profession was riding high, the projects that we were working on, everything was fast-paced — we were building everywhere. There were speculative master plans sprouting up around the world, frequently so fast that there was very little opportunity for reflection or criticism to actually question [what impact architects were making]. A lot of the time as architects, we do what we can with certain parameters, but we don’t necessarily have control over a lot of the parameters — whether it’s driven by the clients or the cities or the policies or the zoning or the financial structures — you work as best as you can within a limited realm. A lot of what happened in 2008 forces everybody to question those kinds of structures to try to understand more so that [we are] not leading into a similar situation. Contact JACOB WOLF-SOROKIN at jacob.wolf-sorokin@yale.edu .
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“It’s easy to play any musical instrument: All you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.” JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH BAROQUE COMPOSER
‘Theory of Flight’ takes off
Peace through music
BY ANYA GRENIER STAFF REPORTER Almost a year after the launch of The Franke Program in Science and the Humanities, the interdisciplinary initiative’s first performance venture will take flight this weekend. “Theory of Flight,” created by Anna Lindemann ’09 and first performed in 2011, explores one human’s obsession with flight through a combination of scientific lecture, projected animation and operatic arias sung live over electronic music. “Theory of Flight” has already been mounted several times with varying directors, but Lindemann said the show is returning to its roots in coming to Yale. The performance begins with a scientist named Alida Kear, played by Lindemann, delivering a lecture about the mechanics of flight. The factual, scientific portions of the show alternate with an ambiguous dreamscape world that becomes increasingly “wild and chaotic” as the show goes on, said Sara Holdren ’08 DRA ’15, who will be directing the Yale production. Although the Franke Program has already brought a number of speakers from broad disciplines to campus, “Theory of Flight” will mark the initiative’s first foray into art and performance as a way of bringing the sciences and humanities together, said ecology and evolutionary biology professor Richard Prum, who specializes in ornithology and is serving as the Franke Program’s first director. Differences in culture and research style between the sciences and humanities can lead to misunderstandings between the two fields, he added, explaining that the program seeks to foster interaction between the disciplines to further academic progress. “We have an opportunity to reintegrate the culture of sciences and humanities on campus,” Prum said. “I don’t know any other universities doing this better — I think there’s an opportunity for international leadership at Yale.” Holdren said the low ceilings of the Off Broadway Theater space forced the production to find a way to convey flight theatrically without using the literal, rigged flying of some past productions of “Theory of Flight.” Lindemann said every space that has hosted the show has had its own unique physical restrictions forcing the team to rethink its approach to staging, adding that the Yale production will include “some surprises.” The projections used in the show serve in part as a “magical chalkboard” to supplement the scientific information, Lindemann said. Holdren said the stop motion animation in “Theory of Flight” uses a very “tangible, phys-
BY JACOB WOLF-SOROKIN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
HEARTBEAT
Heartbeat is a program that seeks to bring together Israeli and Palestinian youth via music. BY HELEN ROUNER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
ical vocabulary.” Yarn might represent a strand of DNA, and pieces of lace might stand in for proteins, Lindemann explained. “The science is really real, but it doesn’t preclude the possibility of magic,” Holdren said. “It seems magical in and of itself.” Although Lindemann first presented the show as her Master of Fine Arts thesis work in integrated electronic arts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, she said she began to think of the ideas that would later become “Theory of Flight” when she was an undergraduate studying evolutionary developmental biology and immersing herself in Yale’s musical and artistic culture. The compact, two-person show pairs live opera singing with electronic music, Lindemann said, explaining that this marriage allows “Theory of Flight” to explore an extremely wide range of timbres which would be both more difficult and more expensive to achieve with live performers. Electronic-based composition also allowed Lindemann, who wrote the show’s music, to experiment with the use of algorithms as a base for building music, she said. Soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon ’10, who plays the “Bird Spirit” in this weekend’s produc-
tion, said it has been more challenging to work with electronic music than live music since it forces her to align perfectly with the production’s music and video elements. Fitz Gibbon said much of what she sings involves repeating certain gene sequences and scientific phrases tied to flight. Fitz Gibbon said the musical aspects of the show embody its more otherworldly side, adding that the lines between the lecture and “moments of music” blur as the scientist begins losing her grip on reality. Prum said he believes that “Theory of Flight” is the first of many artistic exchanges that will come out of the Franke Program, with a combined lecture and concert celebrating the music of bugs already scheduled to take place at the Yale Peabody Museum this May. He added that the still nascent program is actively recruiting input from different parts of the science and humanities communities as the initiative grows into its role as a permanent, endowed program at Yale. “Theory of Flight” will run at the Off Broadway Theater March 1-2. Contact ANYA GRENIER at anna.grenier@yale.edu .
TOP: ELLIE MARKOVITCH, BOTTOM: KATHY HIGH AND JIM DE SÈVE
“Theory of Flight” — a show by the Franke Program in Science and the Humanities — explores one human’s obsession with flight.
Extravagance abounds in the Yale Center for British Art’s latest major exhibition. A decade in the making, “Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century” presents a comprehensive display of English art, design and fashion during the reign of King Edward VII. Corresponding roughly with the period between the end of the Victorian era and the beginning of World War I, the Edwardian age refers to a time marked by duality — one of both lavishness and tumult, high and low, exhibit co-curator Andrea Rager GRD ’09 said. Using a range of media, from sculptures to reproduced autochrome photographs, the exhibition traces not only the English public’s changing attitudes at the time, but also the global influence of imperial-era London. “Edwardian Opulence” opens tomorrow and will be the museum’s last exhibit before the first phase of its refurbishment project begins this summer. “[This exhibit] is a long, deep study of a period of enormous power and consequence,” YCBA Director Amy Meyers said. “The conversation between and among objects from that era reflects Britain’s state of mind at the turn of the 20th century.” Meyers added that the opening aligns with the modern American public’s current interest in Edwardianera England. This fascination
with the period is demonstrated by the popularity of the television series “Downton Abbey,” which reflects a desire to revisit the era, she said. At the start of the exhibit — which spans the YCBA’s second and third floors — visitors are greeted by four figures representing the full breadth of the imperial elite at the time, co-curator Angus Trumble said, referring to the three portraits and white gown that stand at the entrance to the display. Alongside a portrait of Lady Evelyn Cavendish, a highranking member of the aristocracy, there is a painting of Florence Phillips, whose mining magnate husband made her a member of the rising class of “nouveau riche.” “We wanted to emphasize the tension between the conspicuous consumption habits of the ‘new money’ and the British established, yet impoverished, aristocracy,” Rager said. She added that she hopes visitors will pay attention to not only the central characters of the exhibit but also “the bodies and unseen hands” of those at the periphery: the African diamond miners who made Sir Lionel Phillips rich, or the garment workers who sewed the hem of Mary Curzon’s dress. Such broader networks are reminders of the Edwardian age’s global scope, Rager said. Within its study of decadence, the exhibit explores the movement of lavish interiors from the private to the public sphere, as well as the
migration of people from the countryside and into London. Following the development of technologies throughout this time period, the exhibit features electric bell pushes — which are still used in Buckingham Palace today — electric lamps, early video footage and audio recordings of the people whom the portraits depict.
BY DANA SCHNEIDER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
The Edwardian era represented the pinnacle of certainty, pride and pretension. ANGUS TRUMBLE Co-curator, Yale Center for British Art Trumble explained that while the exhibit traces a pattern of extravagance and excess, it ends on a somber note. The last section, titled “War, Sleep, and Death,” culminates in William Orpen’s oil-on-canvas piece depicting the casket of the unknown British solider. “The Edwardian era represented the pinnacle of certainty, pride and pretension,” Trumble said. “But underlying these public moods were themes of sleep and doubt, madness and anxiety.” “Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century” will be on view at the British Art Center through June 2. Contact YANAN WANG at yanan.wang@yale.edu .
“When you play music, you can’t offend anyone or hurt people, but you can make people feel your passion,” said Siwar Mansour, an 18-yearold Palestinian violinist and ukulele player in Heartbeat: The Israeli-Palestinian Youth Music Movement. Consisting of Israeli and Palestinian musicians ages 17 through 21, Heartbeat will be visiting Yale this Sunday on the group’s debut tour in the United States. Avi Salloway, Heartbeat’s global ambassador and tour producer, said the group planned the tour to engage more with the global community and garner support for peace-making efforts in Israel and Palestine. The event is co-hosted by Jews and Muslims at Yale, or JAM, and Yale Hillel. Mansour explained that she discovered Heartbeat when she was asked to participate in a music video for the group by a Heartbeat leader who had been one of her counselors at Seeds of Peace, a program that educates youth about conflict resolution. Mansour said she has found music to be an effective strategy for fostering understanding among Israeli and Palestinian youth. “A lot of programs are mostly dialogue, which leads to yelling and being upset.
Music does things that words can’t do,” Mansour said. “When I play music, it comes out, and it comes out right.” Ziv Sobelman-Yamin, an 18-year-old Israeli drummer and pianist in Heartbeat, also said he believes in music’s power to promote understanding. He explained that participating in Heartbeat has helped him realize how much all people have in common. He added that the friends he has made in Heartbeat have drastically changed how he views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “A friend was talking about how his home isn’t exactly home because someone occupied it,” he explained. “It suddenly opened my eyes that I had such a comfortable life in Israel. I hadn’t seen people really suffer, and it really touched me.” Although both Mansour and Sobelman-Yamin participated in dialogue programs before joining Heartbeat, no more than 5 percent of Israelis and Palestinians have participated in any kind of dialogue program in the past 15 years, according to Heartbeat’s website. The organization is the first to bring together young Jewish and Arab musicians through popular music. Jessica Saldinger ’15, the co-president of JAM, said Heartbeat contacted her in the fall about performing at Yale on their two-week U.S.
tour. Heartbeat is performing at a number of other universities including Brown, Brandeis and the University of Vermont, as well as at music venues and congregations. Saldinger said JAM typically sponsors events such as interfaith dialogues, social events and interfaith prayer swaps. She added that she hopes Heartbeat will give students a more personalized exposure to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and increase awareness of the peace-making efforts taking place in the region. Yale Hillel is providing the space and helping with advertising for the Heartbeat performance, she said. Mansour said one of her goals for the tour is to change her audience’s perspectives. “The next time people see the news, they’ll think of us,” Mansour said. Sobelman-Yamin said he feels it’s important for him personally to find a constructive way to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adding that he hopes some Americans will begin to think of the conflict as one among real people through Heartbeat’s performances. Heartbeat will perform at the Slifka Center at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Contact HELEN ROUNER at helen.rouner@yale.edu .
Bach, reinterpreted
YCBA highlights Edwardian era BY YANAN WANG STAFF REPORTER
Architecture professors discuss Latrobe
YCBA
The YCBA’s exhibit showcases art from the reign of Edward VII.
Wednesday night, School of Music composers will add a contemporary twist to the music of Bach in collaboration with the Yale Baroque Ensemble. “Reflections on Bach,” organized by YBE Director Robert Mealy and ensemble cellist Jacques Wood, will feature a mix of traditional works by Bach along with reinterpretations of the originals by six emerging composers from the school. The six composers were given the resource of the YBE, a postgraduate fellowship quartet, and the freedom to interpret the Bach works however they chose. “[The concert] is a merging of two worlds, allowing us to see old music in a new way,” Wood said. “It is all music — new, old or in the middle.” The result has been an amalgam of new works, from the “loosely inspired” to “direct reactions,” Wood said. He explained that the project’s goal is to interest composers in baroque instruments and old performance practices. Yet composers all added a modern element to their use of the Baroque style — William Gardiner MUS ’13, for instance, is using a historic harpsichord, but amplifying it using modern technology. While Bach’s influence permeates through the entire Western musi-
cal canon, “Reflections on Bach” highlights a more direct lineage because the newly commissioned works evoke Bach without necessarily referring to the usual Classical and Romantic intermediaries, said David Fung, a pianist and harpsichordist with the ensemble.
How can we rediscover Bach? DAVID FUNG Pianist and harpsichordist, YBE
“What we have is a blank canvas in the 21st century,” Fung said. “How can we rediscover Bach?” Gardiner said in an email that he wanted to reinterpret one of the most traditional themes of Bach, the repeating descending scale. “Something that is very special about Bach’s music is the evocation of the “sublime” — of something very profound, much larger than ourselves,” Gardiner said. “I noticed that in many of [Bach’s] pieces, particularly at the opening, there is an unchanging, infinite musical idea or process, with a recursive logic of its own.” In Bach, the theme eventually gives way to the rest of the music, but Gardiner used his piece to explore the consequences of a descending scale that never resolves. The work, titled “Camel’s Nose,” reflects the
Arabian proverb that small things lead to even greater results, just as the theme of the descending scale gradually takes over Gardiner’s entire piece. The title also highlights the fascination with the exotic during the Baroque period, exhibited by the ‘chinoiserie’ decoration echoing Chinese influences on harpsichords at the time. Some of the composers in tonight’s concert superimposed a modern style onto Bach’s themes. Composer Benjamin Wallace MUS ’14 began his work with the Andante from Bach’s Second Violin Sonata. But after a friend told him to “let loose,” Wallace said he found himself writing disco music with a harpsichord that loosely reflects the Allegro of the same Bach sonata. “After that first realization that I was doing something completely ridiculous that treads very precariously on the boundaries of taste, the rest of the movement followed quickly and was incredibly fun to write,” Wallace said in an email. “The few players I’ve talked to have said they’re enjoying the piece, so I’m very excited to hear what they do with it.” “Reflections on Bach” will take place at 8 p.m. this evening in the Morse Recital Hall. Contact DANA SCHNEIDER at dana.schneider@yale.edu .
On Feb. 21, the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows awarded Bimal Mendis ’98 ARC ’02, the assistant dean and director of undergraduate studies at the School of Architecture and cofounder of the New HavenBased firm Plan B Architecture and Urbanism, and Joyce Hsiang ’99 ARC ’03, principal and co-founder of Plan B and a critic at the school, with the 2013 Benjamin Henry Latrobe prize for research that will advance the field of architecture. The two architects received the $100,000 prize for their project “Urban Sphere: The City of 7 Billion,” which imagines the entire world as one urban landscape. Mendis and Hsiang discussed their plans and experiences with the News. can readers best QHow understand your project?
BM
You could conceptualize our product as three pods. One is a kind of concept, which is the fact that we have a global problem and a global approach, and also that we’re trying to expand the scope of the profession and so on. The [second] is creating a model, which is the idea of the digital model where we can actually integrate all this data — that’s primarily what we will be working on. The third is how that thing feeds into a tool that people can plug into. I think each [prong] is equally important.
did QHow emerge?
this project
JH
This research project … is after a series of research projects that we’ve worked together on.
BM
That’s been a fiveyear process starting with [researching] the scale of urban development and addressing issues of sustainability. Through our research we’ve also been looking at national and global scale issues. How this particular topic came about is an increasing realization that we can’t understand urbanism as isolated cities, because the boundaries of cities now far exceed their administrative stance — like their resource networks and flows of communication and energy and so on go beyond their literal boundaries. So through our research we came to realize that everything is — it’s a very simple conclusion I guess — much more interconnected, and to really understand urbanization at the global scale, you need to have a global approach.
this project? Why QWhy now?
BM
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“Reflections on Bach” features reinterpretations of Bach works by students from the School of Music.
One thing about this project is that it builds on research we’ve been doing. But also perhaps in the last 15 to 20 years this has been a particular trend — that urbanization and population growth in particular have been in the news as something that we will need to confront. This is something that we saw emerge in the sixties — you know, through the population boom — but there’s been an increasing focus on urbanization and population growth. This is the first time, I think, in our era where you do begin to see the global effects of all those things coming together. In the past things were still disconnected enough that it didn’t really have the kind of global repercussions that we see today. But we see great urgency in trying to tackle this through a global approach because for the first time in human history you do begin to see the global impacts of localized events and vice versa, so I think that’s something that we find to be particularly per-
tinent, relative to not just the scope of our work professionally in terms of what we want to do, but again as a global design problem.”
JH
This is the greatest problem that everybody faces. It is [of an] enormous scope that cannot fall within any category … [everybody] says this is beyond [their] purview. Part of the issue is that you have to find ways for every person to contribute and to have value in addressing what is the global problem.
will your students QHow play a role in the reseach?
JH
[Part of our previous research has used] a lot of the students here at [School of Architecture] as research assistants. The students are often the ones who are not only at the forefront of the technology, but the ones who are being really innovative with it, because it’s not one standard program that you’re using [and] it’s not one kind of technique. Part of this is inventing that technique — it’s using multiple platforms and hybridizing between multiple tools. A lot of times, even when you start, you just kind of put a question out there. Certainly being at Yale, not only in the School of Architecture, but [also] at the University, is really an incredible resource. If you have a question, it’s really easy … to be able to just shoot an email or call another colleague or professor in another department and say, “You know we have this kind of question about this algorithm, how would you deal with this?” So that’s another great thing that doing this research in a university setting provides for us.
Through our research we’ve also been looking at national and global scale issues. BIMAL MENDIS ’98 ARC ’02 Assistant dean, School of Architecture project is about QThis expanding the scope of the
architecture field to offer solutions to these global problems. Is it also a response to the economic conditions that have hit architects hard over the last handful of years?
JH
On the one hand you might think, “Well it’s because of the economy — it means you have to find work in other places.” That certainly is true, but I think if anything, the kind of recession or economic situation has highlighted even more how interrelated everything is, how you can’t do something without having an enormous impact globally. Before that, the profession was riding high, the projects that we were working on, everything was fast-paced — we were building everywhere. There were speculative master plans sprouting up around the world, frequently so fast that there was very little opportunity for reflection or criticism to actually question [what impact architects were making]. A lot of the time as architects, we do what we can with certain parameters, but we don’t necessarily have control over a lot of the parameters — whether it’s driven by the clients or the cities or the policies or the zoning or the financial structures — you work as best as you can within a limited realm. A lot of what happened in 2008 forces everybody to question those kinds of structures to try to understand more so that [we are] not leading into a similar situation. Contact JACOB WOLF-SOROKIN at jacob.wolf-sorokin@yale.edu .
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When it comes to our national defense, we are not Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans. BARACK OBAMA President, United States Obama welcomed the bipartisan Senate vote, although 41 Republicans opposed his nominee, and said in a statement that “we will have the defense secretary our nation needs and the leader our troops deserve.” The president looked past the divisions and said he was grateful to Hagel “for reminding us that when it comes
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Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his secretary of defense confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. to our national defense, we are not Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans, and our greatest responsibility is the security of the American people.” Republicans had opposed their onetime colleague, casting him as unqualified for the job, hostile toward Israel and soft on Iran. The objections remained strong well after the vote. “I continue to have serious questions about whether Chuck Hagel is up to the job of being our secretary of defense,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement. “I hope, for the sake of our own national security, he exceeds expectations.” Hagel joins Obama’s retooled second-term, national security team of Secretary of State John Kerry and CIA Director-designate John Brennan at a time of uncertainty for a military emerging from two wars and fighting worldwide terrorism with smaller, deficit-driven budgets. Among his daunting challenges are deciding on troop levels in Afghanistan as the United States winds down
its combat presence and dealing with $46 billion in budget cuts set to kick in on Friday. He also will have to work with lawmakers who spent weeks vilifying him. Republicans insisted that Hagel was battered and bloodied after their repeated attacks during the protracted political fight. “He will take office with the weakest support of any defense secretary in modern history, which will make him less effective on his job,” said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the Senate GOP’s No. 2 Republican. Not so, said Democratic Sen. Jack Reed, who pointed out that Hagel now has the title and the fight is history. “All have to work together for the interest of the country,” said Reed, D-R.I. The vote ended one of the most bitter fights over a Cabinet choice and former senator since 1989 when the Democratic-led Senate defeated newly elected President George H.W. Bush’s nomination of Republican John Tower to be defense secretary.
WASHINGTON — Internet users who illegally share music, movies or TV shows online may soon get warning notices from their service providers that they are violating copyright law. Ignore the notices, and violators could face an Internet slow-down for 48 hours. Those who claim they’re innocent can protest — for a fee. For the first time since a spate of aggressive and unpopular lawsuits almost a decade ago, the music and movie industries are going after Internet users they accuse of swapping copyrighted files online. But unlike the lawsuits from the mid-2000s — which swept up everyone from young kids to the elderly with sometimes ruinous financial penalties and court costs — the latest effort is aimed at educating casual Internet pirates and convincing them to stop. There are multiple chances to make amends and no immediate legal consequences under the program if they don’t. “There’s a bunch of questions that need to be answered because there are ways that this could end up causing problems for Internet users,” such as the bureaucratic headache of being falsely accused, said David Sohn, general counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington-based civil liberties group. But he added: “There’s also the potential for this to have an impact in reducing piracy in ways that don’t carry a lot of collateral damage.” The Copyright Alert System was put into effect this week by the nation’s five biggest Internet service providers — Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Cablevision — and the two major associations representing industry — the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America. Under the new program, the industry will monitor “peer-to-peer” software services for evidence of copyrighted files being shared. Each complaint will prompt a customer’s Internet provider to notify the customer that their Inter-
net address has been detected sharing files illegally. Depending on the service provider, the first couple of alerts will likely be an email warning. Subsequent alerts might require a person to acknowledge receipt or review educational materials. If a final warning is ignored, a person could be subject to speed-throttling for 48 hours or another similar “mitigation measure.” After five or six “strikes,” however, the person won’t face any repercussions under the program and is likely to be ignored. It’s unclear whether such repeat offenders would be more likely at that point to face an expensive lawsuit. While proponents say it’s not the intention of the program, it’s possible the alert system will be used to initiate lawsuits.
[Alert] programs like this … can put money in the pocket of artists and labels. JONATHAN LAMY Spokesman, Recording Industry Association of America The number of Internet users subject to the new system is a sizable chunk of the U.S. population. Verizon and AT&T alone supply more than 23 million customers. For the recording industry, which blames online piracy for contributing to a dramatic drop in profits and sales during the past decade, the new alert system is a better alternative than lawsuits. In December 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America announced it had discontinued that practice — which had been deeply unpopular with the American public — and would begin working with the Internet providers on the alert system instead. “We think there is a positive impact of (alert) programs like this, and that they can put money in the pocket of artists and labels,” said Jonathan Lamy, a spokesman for the trade group.
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“You may have the universe if I can have Italy.” GIUSEPPE VERDI ITALIAN COMPOSER
Italian election inconclusive
Benedict to be called ‘Emeritus Pope’ BY NICOLE WINFIELD ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Italian Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani speaks at a press conference in Rome on election day. BY PAN PYLAS AND FRANCES D’EMILIO ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME — Italy emerged from elections Tuesday with no clear winner, driving markets around the world markedly lower as investors worried that one of Europe’s biggest economies would be unable to build a governing coalition that can stay the course on unpopular austerity measures. A day after polling ended, a few seats in Parliament based on Italians’ voting abroad still remained to be decided, but their numbers won’t ease the gridlock. European leaders pleaded with politicians in Italy to quickly form a government to continue to enact reforms to lower Ita-
ly’s critically high debt and spare Europe another spike in its four-year financial crisis. If Italian parties fail to form a governing coalition, new elections would be required, causing more uncertainty and a leadership vacuum. “What is now decisive for Italy — but, because Italy is such an important country for Europe, also for the whole of Europe — is that a stable government that is capable of acting can be formed as quickly as possible,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told reporters in Berlin. The results of the election are a rejection of the tough austerity approach of the previous technocratic government led by Mario
Monti. A center-left coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani appears to have won a narrow victory in the lower house of parliament, while the Senate looks split with no party in control. Italy’s FTSE MIB index fell nearly 800 points, or 5 percent, to 15,552 Tuesday. Some of its banking stocks were briefly suspended after precipitous falls at the bell. The interest rate on the country’s benchmark 10-year bond — an important gauge of investor sentiment — rose by 0.39 percentage points to 4.83 percent. Investors sought protection in the bonds of more stable and prosperous economies, such as German government bonds.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Exhibition Opening Conversation and Viewing
Edwardian Opulence brıtısh art at the dawn of the twentıeth century
Angus Trumble, Senior Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art, and Andrea Wolk Rager, Visiting Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University
ya l e center for british art
1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut Free admission | 203 432 2800 | britishart.yale.edu
Charles Wellington Furse, Diana of the Uplands ĪGHWDLOī, 1903 Ħ 04, oil on canvas, Tate Britain
VATICAN CITY — Two pontiffs, both wearing white, both called “pope” and living a few yards from one another, with the same key aide serving them. The Vatican’s announcement Tuesday that Pope Benedict XVI will be known as “emeritus pope” in his retirement, be called “Your Holiness” and continue to wear the white cassock associated with the papacy has fueled concerns about potential conflicts arising from the peculiar reality now facing the Catholic Church: having one reigning and one retired pope. Benedict’s title and what he will wear have been a major source of speculation since the 85-year-old pontiff stunned the world and announced he would resign Thursday, the first pope to do so in 600 years. There has been good reason why popes haven’t stepped down in past centuries, given the possibility for divided allegiances and even schism. But the Vatican insists that while the situation created by Benedict’s retirement is certainly unique, no major conflicts will arise. “According to the evolution of Catholic doctrine and mentality, there is only one pope. Clearly it’s a new situation, but I don’t think there will be problems,” Giovanni Maria Vian, the editor of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, said in an interview. Critics aren’t so sure. Some Vaticanbased cardinals have privately grumbled that it will make it more difficult for the next pope with Benedict still around. Swiss theologian Hans Kueng, Benedict’s one-time colleague-turned-critic, went further: “With Benedict XVI, there is a risk of a shadow pope who has abdicated but can still indirectly exert influence,” he told Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine last week. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Tuesday that Benedict himself decided on his name and
wardrobe in consultation with others, settling on “Your Holiness Benedict XVI” and either “emeritus pope” or “emeritus Roman pontiff.” Lombardi said he didn’t know why Benedict had decided to drop his other main title: bishop of Rome. In the two weeks since Benedict’s resignation announcement, Vatican officials had suggested that Benedict would likely resume wearing the traditional black garb of a cleric and would use the title “emeritus bishop of Rome” to avoid creating confusion with the future pope.
According to the evolution of Catholic doctrine and mentality, there is only one pope. GIOVANNI MARIA VIAN Editor of the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano Adding to the concern is that Benedict’s trusted secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, will be serving both pontiffs — living with Benedict at the monastery being converted for him inside Vatican grounds while keeping his day job as prefect of the new pope’s household. Asked about the potential for conflict, Lombardi was defensive, saying the decisions had been clearly reasoned and were likely chosen for the sake of simplicity. “I believe it was well thought out,” he said. Benedict himself has made clear he is retiring to a lifetime of prayer and meditation “hidden from the world.” However, he still will be very present in the tiny Vatican city-state, where his new home is right next door to the Vatican Radio transmission tower and has a lovely view of the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica.
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“I don’t have delusions of grandeur, I have an actual recipe for grandeur.” BRADLEY COOPER AS EDDIE MORRA IN LIMITLESS
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BY JEFF STEIN STAFF WRITER A recent false report of attempted rape should not stoke fears about Cornell’s new policy for handling sexual assault accusations, several high-ranking administrators have said in defense of their controversial decision to lower the burden of proof in these proceedings. In Spring 2012, over the dire warnings and desperate pleas of many law professors and local attorneys, the university pushed through a series of changes to its sexual assault policy. The new system, which is motivated in part by a contested directive from the U.S. Department of Education but also by a desire to reduce the number of campus rape cases, makes it far easier for students to be found guilty of sexual assault. But does the new policy make it too easy for innocent Cornell students to be wrongly found guilty? That is the objection vociferously raised by opponents of the change, who say that false reports of sexual assault — including one highprofile announcement this November by Cornell police — highlight the perils of stripping the accused of certain traditional safeguards. Under the new sexual assault system, accused students’ attorneys cannot cross-examine the accusing party, defendants must only be found guilty on a “preponderance” — or 51 percent — of the evidence to face punishment, and students can no longer appeal decisions to a hearing board that includes students. The previous, higher standard for these cases was “clear and convincing evidence.” “False reports … serve as a reminder of the dangers of Cornell’s policy, and of the eternal need for procedural protections, no matter how well-intentioned the authorities are,” Prof. Kevin Clermont said. “The university should provide protection to the accused as a matter of fairness.” Several key defenders of the change, however, say the allegedly false sexual assault report does not weaken the rationale behind the policy change. Going further, they say that the ratio-
nale for the new policy is affirmed, even strengthened, by Cornell police’s determination in November that a sexual assault claim was invented. CORNELL “I thought the fact that this incident was investigated carefully and professionally, that we figured out what the story was, was a terrific example of the system working,” President David Skorton said in an interview with The Sun. “That doesn’t mean that it wasn’t upsetting … But, right now, I’m convinced the way we’re doing it is the right way.”
I think the false sexual report demonstrates that the Cornell police did their job. MARY BETH GRANT Judicial administrator, Cornell On Sept. 27, police said in a mass email alert that a female student barely escaped after a man dragged her into the woods and tried to rape her. The attempted rape was reported to have occurred on the Trolley Bridge near the Engineering Quad, on a Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. Two months later, police announced that they had “irrefutable evidence” — supported by video footage — that the attempted rape report was invented. Although she has not faced charges for what is considered a criminal offense, the student who filed the report is no longer enrolled at the university, according to Police Chief Kathy Zoner. Citing student confidentiality, Zoner declined to comment on several other aspects of the case, including whether or not the student has since admitted to fabricating the report, whether or not she was expelled by Cornell and whether she named an individual as her attacker. Like Skorton, Cornell Judicial Administrator Mary Beth Grant J.D. said the apparently false sexual assault report is
evidence that Cornell police are careful about not charging innocent students. “I think the false sexual report demonstrates that the Cornell police did their job: they worked hard to determine if there was evidence to support a case of sexual assault, and they worked hard to determine if there was evidence of a false report,” Grant said, noting that she cannot comment at length about the case due to student confidentiality laws. “I think people who are worried there’d be more false complaints should take stock in the fact that police really worked hard and did not charge someone when the evidence did not support the allegations.” Clermont sees it differently. Like other legal experts, he blasted the University for vesting too much adjudicatory power in the hands of those investigating the accusations. “The university’s attitude is, ‘Trust us.’ A good part of the American legal system has grown up because centuries of experience have shown that trusting authority does not provide sufficient protection,” Clermont said. “For the accused, a lot is at stake.” Clermont and other law professors, including Prof. Cynthia Bowman, law, have focused their complaints on Cornell’s new policy. But the dispute may stem from a more fundamental divergence in perspectives. Whereas Clermont and other critics of the change cite statistics that recognize the potential for false rape accusations, proponents of the lower burden of proof typically — but not universally — downplay the prevalence of false rape reports. This world-view can be found on websites like that of the Cornell Women’s Resource Center, which vocally supported the new policy, saying it would create a fairer process and better protect students who have been sexually assaulted. Citing national studies, the WRC website says that one in four women on college campuses are victims of rape or attempted rape. It also says that “women do not lie about experiencing sexual harassment.” Estimates about the prevalence of false sexual assault reports vary.
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Wharton sophomore Luke Roskowinski is CFO of Naderol, a company that sells a natural dietary supplement that is meant to boost mental focus. BY LAURA ANTHONY STAFF WRITER The idea came to him as he was lying on a beach in Hawaii, thinking about Bradley Cooper. The summer before his freshman year at The College of New Jersey, sophomore Ryan Dolan watched the movie “Limitless” on his flight down to Hawaii for vacation, and was inspired to create a real-life version of the pill that grants Bradley Cooper’s character superhuman power and focus. Dolan is the chief executive officer of Naderol, a company that produces an all-natural, focusenhancing dietary supplement. Naderol is a 2.5-ounce, grapeflavored beverage that provides cognitive energy and memory enhancement, and according to Dolan, the name intends to evoke the image of a natural Adderall. The first shipment of products will be sent out this week. “There are people who are looking for an edge but don’t want to do it illegally,” said Wharton sophomore Luke Roskowinski, who joined the company as chief financial officer in August 2012. He said that Naderol is a safe, legal alternative to abusing prescription drugs like Adderall, a trend that he has noticed on Penn’s campus and across the country. A study published in the medical journal “Addiction” found that 6.9 percent of college students had ever used a prescription stimulant for non-medical purposes, and the rates of use within the past year were as high as 25 percent of the student body at some of the colleges studied. Roskowinski said that Naderol is a response to such statistics. “There’s no need to abuse prescription drugs if you can achieve the same effect with something that’s not harmful to you and that’s not drug abuse,” he said. Timothy West, a sophomore at Monmouth University and the
company’s chief operating officer, said that Nadero l p ro vides cognitive rather PENN than physical energy, improving memory and increasing synapse connections in the brain. Those effects can help students study productively without incurring any of the health or legal risks involved with taking prescription drugs, he said. The effects of drinking a bottle of Naderol set in after about 15 minutes and typically last five to six hours, according to West. Dolan said that when he has used Naderol when studying, “it’s a very calming rise in energy.” Because Naderol is classified as a dietary supplement, it cannot be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Instead, the agency sets out a set out of guidelines of what can and can’t be put into a supplement. Dolan says they have met all of the necessary standards for FDA compliance. Roskowinski said that natural ingredients are intended to stimulate major neurotransmitters — dopamine, acetylcholine and norepinephrine — in order to increase brain function, while simultaneously activating GABA, a neuroinhibitor that calms down brain function. However, professor of neurology Anjan Chatterjee, who is not affiliated with the company, said that combining these two processes wouldn’t necessarily have the claimed effect of activating but not over-stimulating the brain. “It would be like saying you should give someone Adderall and give them Valium at the same time,” he said, because Adderall affects epinephrine levels and Valium works with GABA, two of the main targets of Naderol that Roskowinski cited.
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Woods and McIlroy play own match-play final After being eliminated in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the world met at the Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla., to face off in a 36-hole match play final by themselves. According to McIlroy, Woods won the first 18 holes, while the Northern Irishman prevailed in the second 18.
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Pole vaulters shine for Elis TRACK & FIELD FROM PAGE 14 “Pole-vaulting is a very technical event,” Chandler said. “There’s a lot of discrete elements you can kind of put together in order to be an efficient, good vaulter … You really kind of need a lot of assistance among your teammates.” The vaulters from both the men’s and women’s team work out together in practice. Urciuoli said collaboration among the athletes is important for their success despite the ultimate individual nature of the sports. Although Urciuoli and Chandler did not have the advantage of having older vaulters as mentors during their first years here, they worked together closely after Chandler returned from injury. Now, the two juniors continue to collaborate on how to improve their training in terms of workouts on the track and while vaulting. But the two upperclass-
men also play a role in supporting the younger members of the squad. “I’m probably closest with Paul on the team,” Sullivan said. “[The upperclassmen are] very good at helping me out.” While team members have different individual goals for the rest of the season — Urciuoli wants to earn a spot on the podium at the outdoor Heps, Chandler will look to qualify for an NCAA regional meet and Sullivan will try to earn at spot at the outdoor Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America competition — there is no doubt that the increased size of the squad and the nature of the team has led to its success. The men’s and women’s track and field teams will continue their seasons next weekend at the ECAC championships at Boston University. Contact ALEX EPPLER at alexander.eppler@yale.edu .
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The second round of this weekend’s round-robin at the Bob Bavier Team Race in Charleston, S.C. was canceled due to a storm. SAILING FROM PAGE 14 formance on the first day, even without having had the chance to prepare. On Sunday, regatta officials shortened the first leg of the racecourse when a strong breeze and heavy current from the rainfall made upwind sailing difficult. Yale won four races to finish the first round-robin with a 8-1 record. Without enough time to complete another full round-robin, the competition was narrowed down to a final round of four teams: Yale, Georgetown, Stanford and the College of Charleston. Regatta officials planned for each of these teams to be able to race their three opponents twice more. In the first round, Yale lost to Stanford but beat out Charleston and then looked to avenge their loss against the Hoyas the day before. With Segerblom and May in the lead, the remaining Yale boats fought to stay out of last place and secure their team the
victory. Coleman and Gaulmand were able to take third place and seal the win. The teams began the second round of races, but the wind died out before the last race could be completed. The regatta was then called to an end, and only the first round between the final four teams was counted in the official score. Yale and Georgetown both finished with 10-2 records and had split their two races, so a further tiebreaker was needed to decide the winner. Because Georgetown won the teams’ first race with a lower and better score, it won the head to head point total 19–23 and was declared the winner of the Bob Bavier Team Race. Despite the narrow defeat, head coach Zachary Leonard was pleased with the team’s performance. “It was very much a team effort. All six of the sailors did a great job. It was pretty much a warm up for us,” Leonard said, adding that his team has the depth and talent to maintain a bal-
The allure of Lee COLUMN FROM PAGE 14 enough talent to win the Ivy League as early as next year. But in order to do so, it would be very helpful to have the help of a sixth man: the crowd. Here are ten reasons that for the end of this season and next season (and beyond) you should make it a habit to head over to Lee Amphitheater for games on winter weekends. 1) The Ivy League has the best basketball schedule of any conference in the country. Ivy games are played on Friday and Saturday evenings, back–to–back. This means the team is easy to follow, and that you will be able to see all their home games, should you wish to – you don’t have an exam on Saturday or Sunday morning. 2) Every game matters. The Ivy League season is really just a 14-game round robin tournament, where each team plays every other team twice. There is no post-season conference tournament, and only the first place team automatically qualifies for the NCAA tournament. 2) The vast majority of Ivy League games tip-off at 7 pm. This is perfect timing. Come over together with your friends after an early dinner and before you go out for the night. 3) This is very good basketball. Last year’s team included two players who went on to play basketball professionally—Reggie Willhite in the NBA D-League and Greg Mangano in Turkey. 4) No wasted time. The John J. Lee Amphitheater is in PayneWhitney, literally a 30-second walk from Stiles and Morse. The action at basketball games is nearly non-stop. Whereas for football games, you need to devote half a day to attend, bas-
ketball games require little more than the two hours that the game lasts. 5) The Lee Amphitheater is an amazing place to watch basketball. And you don’t have to take my word for it. In November 2011, the Lee Amphitheater was featured in ESPN The Magazine as one of the top five places in the country to watch a college basketball game. 6) You might very well see a spectacular play. This past weekend’s game vs. Harvard featured the No. 3 play on SportsCenter’s Top 10 the following day. 7) The team right now is young and on the rise. It features just three seniors and three juniors and several of the team’s biggest contributors are sophomores or freshmen. The team’s improvement this year is the start of something, not the end of it. 8) You will likely see Yale win. The team is 17-5 in its 22 home games over the past two seasons. With a more fervent home support, perhaps that record could even be improved. 9) Attending is plain fun. If you don’t like basketball, I challenge you to go to a game with a friend of yours who does. You might find yourself venturing back and back again. 10) Support your friends on the team. It is true that our athletic teams represent Yale in a very visible way. It is important and fun to cheer for them and for our University. The Bulldogs next play at home on March 8 and 9 against Penn and Princeton. If you’d like to kick your spring break off right, I’ll see you that Friday night at the Lee Amphitheater. Contact JOSEPH ROSENBERG at joseph.rosenberg@yale.edu .
anced attack all year. “We have a lot of kids who are quite good at their roles. We’ll just keep trying to get better. We have a lot of kids who can contribute.” Segerblom said that the team’s goal is to qualify for both the team and fleet racing national championships and to be in a position to win both competitions in May. The team will begin sailing intensively on its spring break trip to Florida, but until then, Segerblom said, the team’s anxiousness to get back on the water will work to its advantage. “This first regatta in Charleston bodes well for what we can do this season,” he said. “Once we get to actually start practicing, who knows what can happen?” The coed sailing team travels to a regatta on the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. this weekend. Contact JOSH MANDELL at joshua.mandell@yale.edu .
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Paul Chandler ’14 and Brendan Sullivan ’16 earned 5.5 points for the Elis at Ivy Heps.
Feld ’13 wins Ivy title in floor GYMNASTICS FROM PAGE 14 team captain Stephanie Goldstein ’13 said. “But it really speaks to our potential that we still broke 191.0 even having to count so many falls, particularly on beam.” Head coach Barbara Tonry said the team has not been able to turn in a complete performance on the bars, beam, vault and floor this season. Working to translate technical results in practice to competitive success remains one of the Bulldogs’ primary difficulties, Camila Opperman ’16 added. Sophomore standouts Li and Morgan Traina ’15 led the team in the all-around competition. Traina finished with 38.300 points to finish fifth, two places behind Li. “They’re superstars.” said Goldstein. “[Li and Traina] consistently deliver great routines, due in large part to the work they always put in during practice. They’re both extremely dedicated and set a great example for the team to follow.” In addition to the sophomore duo’s success in the all-around competition, Lindsay Andsager ’13 tied for second on the bars with a score of 9.800. Yale also placed four gymnasts in the top seven of the all-around competition. Feld finished sixth with a score of 38.150, while Goldstein posted a 37.625 en route to a seventh place finish. Feld, Andsager and Goldstein, who tied for seventh in the floor exercises, all competed for the last time at home in New Haven. Goldstein said that fan support was exceptional at the Classic, particularly a group of four Berkeley seniors bearing the body-painted letters Y-A-L-E. “[Gymnastics] is a performance sport, so having the crowd behind you really helps,” Opperman said. “The Classic was the first time I really felt the energy from the fans this year.” The Bulldogs will get another shot at the Bears when both teams compete at the New Hampshire Invitational, in Durham, N.H. “We want to give Brown a hard time,” coach Tonry said. “The difficulty is trying to get the kids, after all they put into Saturday, to try and get them motivated about what we have to do on our next series of goals. We have to take it week by week.” The New Hampshire Invitational will take place this Saturday at the University of New Hampshire. Contact NIKOLAS LASKARIS at nikolas.laskaris@yale.edu .
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The Elis slipped to 191.100 points from their season-high performance of 191.325 last week.
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“This first regatta in Charleston bodes well for what we can do this season.” CHRIS SEGERBLOM ’14 CAPTAIN, COED SWIMMING
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Elis weather storms, finish second
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For the past three years, I have announced Yale men’s basketball games for WYBC student radio. While there have been a handful of times over the past seasons when the John J. Lee Amphitheater has been packed with students, there have been far more sparsely populated home games. So far this season, the average home attendance for the five home Ivy League games has been reported at a generous 1526. The Lee Amphitheater holds 2532. Although that indicates that games have been about three-fifths populated, the large swaths of open, wooden seats stand out loudly. In contrast, I know what it is like to take in a sell-out game at Lee Amphitheater. Two contests in particular come to mind: last year’s match-up vs. Harvard and hosting Florida this past winter break. When Harvard visited last winter, the atmosphere was incredible, as anyone who was at the game would tell you. Unfortunately, the result was just the opposite: a 30-point loss. But if you were at that game, don’t let it fool you: last year’s team was 11–1 at home. This Jan. 6, while many of us were away on winter break, the mighty Florida Gators, thenranked No. 9 in the country, came to town. And what fun it was to be at a game against one of the best teams in the country. Of course, Lee Amphitheater was sold out for that one, but it was mostly orange and blue in the stands. Sell-outs are the exception, not the norm. The regular lack of attendance is a shame, both for the students and the players. Of course, there has been a debate at Yale over recruiting caps and how it effects our teams. I believe that our basketball team has
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The No. 2 coed sailing team competed for the first time since its second-place finish at the ICSA Match Racing National Championships on Nov. 18. BY JOSH MANDELL CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Back on the water for the first time this year, the No. 2 coed sailing team overcame canceled flights and canceled races to put in a strong showing at the Bob Bavier Team Race in Charleston, S.C. The Bulldogs finished second out of 10 teams in the round-robin style regatta. Georgetown, the nation’s top ranked fleet, won the regatta through a tie-breaking procedure after Yale and Georgetown both fin-
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ished with identical 10–2 records. “We went into this weekend not having practiced on the water since November,” crew Heather May ’13 said. “That put us behind some of the teams that had been practicing for a couple weeks. I think we did a really good job of not stressing out about that stuff.” Six Yale sailors made the trip down to Charleston with head coach Zachary Leonard ’89. May and newly elected captain Chris Segerblom ’14 raced together, as did skipper Cameron Cullman ’13 and crew
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Kate Gaumond ’15. Skipper Graham Landy ’14 was paired with crew Eugenia Custo Greig ’15. The team did not arrive in Charleston until 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning, after inclement weather forced the team’s Friday night flight from Charlotte to Charleston to turn back. All six team members and their coach packed into a rental car and drove the 200 miles to their hotel in Charleston. The next morning at 9:00 a.m., less than seven hours after arriving, the sailors reported to their boats on the Cooper River,
At the 2011 Indoor Heptagonal Track and Field Championships two years ago, the Elis did not score a single point in either the men’s or women’s pole vault. A single freshman, Emily Urciuoli ’14, was the only competitor in the event for the Bulldogs — the men’s squad did not send a pole-vaulter to compete at the Ivy championships. Both Yale squads struggled to last-place finishes overall.
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BY NIKOLAS LASKARIS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After posting its best team performance to date at the Bulldog Invitational two weekends ago, the Yale Gymnastics team looked to build on its momentum at the Ivy Classic at home this Saturday. Despite a disappointing overall team result, several individual gymnasts turned in impressive performances, including an individual Ivy
championship.
GYMNASTICS The Bulldogs’ overall score of 191.100 left them in last place among the field of four, just off the pace of Penn, which finished with a score of 191.600. Brown won the meet with a score of 193.925 and Cornell finished second with 193.025 points. Tara Feld ’13 shone for the Elis, scor-
ing a 9.825 in the floor event to secure the individual Ivy championship in that event. For the third meet in a row, Joyce Li ’15 turned in the Bulldogs’ best individual all-around result, finishing third with a score of 38.700, 0.150 points behind winner Michelle Shnayder of Brown. “Our overall finish was pretty disappointing and frustrating for the team,” SEE GYMNASTICS PAGE 13
TOP ’DOG TARA FELD ’13
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Pole vaulters grow together BY ALEX EPPLER STAFF REPORTER
Tara Feld ’13 scored a 9.825 in the floor event, and Joyce Li ’15 finished third in the individual all-around with a score of 38.700.
but more bad weather kept the races from beginning until 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The Elis raced only five of their nine races scheduled for that day and won four, their only loss coming to Georgetown after a slow start. “It’s kind of unfortunate that we’re at the mercy of mother nature, but that’s the way it is in this sport,” May said. Segerblom added that the Bulldogs were satisfied with their per-
The team results at the 2013 Heps on Saturday and Sunday do not show much overall improvement from the Bulldogs. The men finished last, while the women placed seventh out of eight teams. But in a season that has featured few promising moments from the Elis, the polevaulters, an oft-forgotten category of track athletes, have provided glimmers of hope. Vaulters Paul Chandler ’14 and Brendan Sullivan ’16 accounted for more than a third of the men’s team’s 15.5 points, with 5.5 between them this past weekend. While Urciuoli did not score for the women’s team, she won the pole vault
at a number of other meets this season, including the Giegengack Invitational and the Yale-Columbia-Dartmouth trimeet. “Track and field is definitely an individual sport. At the end of the day, it’s you who’s scoring the points,” Urciuoli said. “But at the same time it’s also a very mental sport, so I think having other people around you helps you relax.” Urciuoli did not have the benefit of having another pole-vaulter to help her with the mental aspect of the sport her freshman year. While she and Chandler entered school the same year, Chandler redshirted his first year due to injury. Urciuoli recalled feeling nervous and unconfident during freshman year. Furthermore, while the Bulldog track and field athletes in other disciplines — distance, sprinting and throwing — have assistant coaches to train them, Yale does not have a jumping coach on staff. The director of the track and field program, David Shoehalter, works with the vaulters for an hour before each practice. Still, the small group of vaulters, including Chandler, Sullivan, Urciuoli, Catherine Shih ’15 and Renee Vogel ’16, rely on one another for improvement. SEE TRACK & FIELD PAGE 13
THE SENIOR GYMNAST WON THE IVY CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE FLOOR EXERCISE WITH A SCORE OF 9.825 AT THE IVY CLASSIC AT YALE THIS SATURDAY. Feld starred in the final home meet of her career, though the Elis finished in fourth place overall.