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Salovey embraces pulpit
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Animal kingdom. By now, most
Yalies are used to New Haven’s particularly aggressive breed of squirrels, and occasionally, the cockroach in the basement. But Stilesians were in for a treat on Tuesday when a skunk was spotted in the Crescent Underground Courtyard. According to an email from Stiles Master Stephen Pitti ’91, administrators were working to catch the “beautiful stinker” and planned to reopen the area as soon as possible.
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responsibility to advocate for certain issues facing higher education from his predecessor, Richard Levin, who prominently fought for change to student visa reform in 2004 and addressed tax issues throughout his 20-year tenure that ended this summer. Salovey takes Yale’s helm at a time when college and university presidents face internal and external pressures to remain silent on potentially controversial issues, but
One week before New Haven voters take to the polls in the Democratic mayoral primary, campaign filings show State Sen. Toni Harp ARC ’78 well ahead of her opponents in money raised, though challenger Ward 10 Alderman Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 collected donations from more individuals and saw a higher proportion of his funds come from within New Haven. The filings, which cover donations to the campaigns in July and August, indicate that Harp raised $176,082 in the two-month period. Henry Fernandez, who placed second in the fundraising race, brought in $86,305, while Elicker and Kermit Carolina raised $29,254 and $5,260, respectively. With the July and August contributions, Harp’s fundraising total now stands at $287,423. Following Harp is Fernandez with $265,361, Elicker with $157,193 and Carolina with $38,695. The totals for Elicker and Carolina do not include money the candidates received from the Democracy Fund, a public financing program, in July and August. Harp’s campaign — which has received the backing of the city’s Democratic establishment as well as Yale’s politically powerful unions — has sought to paint her increased fundraising as part of the inevitability of Harp’s candidacy. “It’s an indication of the growing support and momentum of the campaign,” Harp campaign spokesman Patrick Scully said. “It gives us the ability to go above and beyond what we would have been able to do as far as getting all of our message out.” Despite far outraising her opponents,
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Benjamin Polak updated Yalies on the progress and scheduled completion of three large construction projects happening around campus, helping to explain the large amount of blue tarp on major campus fixtures. In an email to the Yale community, Polak said the $30 million exterior renovation of Payne Whitney Gymnasium should be completed by August 2014, the Sterling Chemistry Laboratory renovations by fall 2016 and the upgrades to 43 Hillhouse Ave. — the “President’s House” — by fall 2014.
Not finance or banking. It looks like not all Yalies make a beeline for Wall Street after graduation. According to Teach for America’s (TFA) sixth annual ranking report, Yale ranks 12th among medium-sized universities for the largest number of graduates — at 30 — working as teachers in TFA’s 2013 corps. Roughly 7 percent of the University’s graduating seniors applied for TFA, and throughout the program’s history, more than 525 Yale alumni have taught as corps members. Choo choo. With the help of a $10 million federal grant, the New Haven State Street Station will build a second platform, intended to facilitate trains traveling along the planned New HavenHartford-Springfield rail line. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy praised the initiative. History buffs, rejoice. Sterling
Memorial Library recently purchased the American Pamphlets Series 1, 1820–1922 database, a collection that contains pamphlets and short works from the Jacksonian era to the Jazz Age. Content will be added until December 2014.
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1985 Hundreds of underage Yalies line up outside SSS 114 to receive “drinking cards,” part of the University’s response to a new state law that sets the drinking age at 21. Because of the new law, no alcohol will be permitted at parties on Old Campus, and on-campus parties thrown by college social committees with Yale funds will require paid bartenders and policemen. Parties with more than 20 guests will require the prior approval of college masters. Submit tips to Cross Campus
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University President Peter Salovey has spoken out on national issues such as immigration reform and income inequality. BY JULIA ZORTHIAN STAFF REPORTER Since assuming Yale’s presidency on July 1, Peter Salovey has already publicly addressed three major national issues, and he said he plans to continue speaking out. On July 31, Salovey signed an open letter with other university presidents to urge government to close the “innovation deficit” by increasing federal funding to research efforts in higher education. Six
days later, he released a statement supporting an immigration policy intended to promote economic growth by streamlining the green card process and making nonimmigrant visas more accessible. And during his Aug. 24 address to the freshman class, Salovey discussed the ways in which wealth inequality threatens the American dream — a conversation he described as “one of the last taboos among Yale students.” Salovey said he inherited the
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At the home of author and Yale School of Management professor Douglas Rae, several Yale faculty members and neighbors met to fundraise for Ward 10 Alderman Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 in the final days before New Haven’s mayoral primary. The list of professors at the event included English professor Paul Fry, history professor Charles Hill and School of Management professor Roger Ibbotson. Those present pledged their support for Elicker for a range of reasons, including his ability to manage the city’s budget and his responsiveness as East Rock’s alderman. Elicker’s fiscal policies were of prime interest to the group that gathered in Rae’s backyard, and many took the opportunity to ask questions of the mayoral candidate. “We’re the Detroit of 10 years ago,” Elicker said. “We see all the signs of a mismanaged budget.” In order to fix New Haven’s budget deficit, Elicker said he would like to cap the expansion of the city’s debt balance, fix the unsustainable worker pension program and adjust the high taxes in New Haven that he alleges are “pushing people out of the city.” Rae said Elicker’s fiscal policies are the primary reason for his support of the mayoral candidate. The professor, who was formerly New Haven’s chief administrative officer from 1990 to 1991, added that he has “grave concerns for the next five
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BY SOPHIE GOULD AND JANE DARBY MENTON STAFF REPORTERS Laptops may soon fully replace course packets in Yale classrooms. This summer, the University Library launched a new course reserves system that enables professors to post readings online and set aside library books more easily. Students in the 334 classes using the new system this fall can access a “Course Reserves” tab on the left side of applicable Classesv2 course pages, which both links to online articles and scanned readings and lists books on reserve at the library. Though some professors said the new system reflects a gradual shift from print sources such as course packets and textbooks to the Inter-
net, librarians said the library’s ability to make materials free for students online will remain somewhat limited by copyright laws and expenses.
Our hope is that, by putting [course reserves] into Classesv2 … folks would see it as a big improvement. BRAD WARREN Director of access services, Sterling Memorial Library and Bass Library Until this year, the course
reserves system was not streamlined, librarians said. Professors submitted paper forms to the library to request print reserves, which are books taken out of normal library circulation and held on reserve at the library for student use, and e-reserves, which are readings made available online. The library used its catalog system, Orbis, to keep track of print reserves but it had to use a temporary “home-brewed” system for e-reserves, said Tom Bruno, associate director for resource sharing and reserves. The new system manages both print reserves and e-reserves and will integrate with Yale’s online SEE CLASSESV2 PAGE 8
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Nudging Yale Y
ale students are often accused of apathy. Whether or not this is a fair characterization, we’re human, and we’re all weighed down by mental inertia — that stubborn love of our bodies nestled into the couch. Some among us did not vote in the election because the polling place was too far away. Others did not participate in the YHHAP Fast because it required too many clicks. Inertia is real, and we can’t change it. We often neglect doing anything because doing nothing is easier. “Nudge,” a book by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, describes how assuming inertia’s existence can allow us to “exploit” it. Harnessing inertia, or “nudging,” can help us promote better policy outcomes. For example, Spain has implemented an opt-out system where citizens are automatically organ donors until they choose not to be. Such a system has contributed to Spain’s high organ donation rate, 36 percent greater than the United States, which has an opt-in system. Similar to organ donation, Yale should nudge students toward healthier and socially optimal choices. There are two areas in which nudging could trigger drastic changes: choices that concern our community, and choices that impact our lifestyles. Since Yalies have hectic schedules, events that require mass participation often suffer from low participation rates. Contributions to the YHHAP Fast, in which students donate a meal swipe to homelessness and hunger causes, could surge if the choice architecture was redesigned. Assuming that YHHAP’s main goal is to raise funds and not awareness, it could substantially increase its impact if it convinced Dining Services to institute an opt-out system instead of the current opt-in. After all, it seems many students who did not sign up for YHHAP either did not know about the program or could not overcome their own inertia. I doubt that many are principally against donating a meal swipe to help the less fortunate. In much the same way, we could revamp the “Big Sib – Little Sib” program, which is often understaffed. It’s not that we’re opposed to participating, I believe, but that the cost of going through the application process far outweighs the personal benefits we gain. Sillisibs, Silliman’s program, had a twoweek sign-up starting in midJuly — at a time when students were focused on internships or work outside of Yale. If instead the default option nudged sophomores to participate in Sillisibs — with, of course, an opt-out provision — students would not have to overcome mental inertia, which perhaps peaks during the summer, in order to join the program.
The second area involves b e t t e r choices for i n dividual students. Dining hall managGENG could NGARMBOO- ers promote healthNANANT ier diets by placGeng's ing a salad All Here as the first item in the main line, nudging Yalies to fill up their empty dish with vegetables instead of carbohydrates or meats. If the administration is concerned about excessive alcohol consumption, social events could be moved a half hour or an hour earlier — which would make “pregaming-a-pregame,” the phenomenon that frequently leads to extreme intoxication, more difficult. Perhaps such a change should have been considered before Safety Dance, Yale’s annual ’80s themed party, was cancelled due to alcohol-related hospitalizations. Nudging is inherently paternalistic. It assumes that there is a best choice, and that as a community, based on our values, we would rather individuals select that choice than any other alternative. It is not, however, a breach of the freedom to choose. We are not making decisions for anyone. People are still free to choose not to join the YHHAP Fast and eat what they desire. At the end of the day, something needs to be the default choice. Something needs to be the first item at the main line. If one argues that placing salads first in line is too intrusive, then isn’t the current arrangement of the mac-andcheese at the front of the line also an imposition of a fatty carbohydrate diet on the student? Yale is no stranger to nudging students. The University already employs a choice architecture for various programs. The Yale Health Plan, for example, is an opt-out program because as a community, we want everyone to be medically insured. The grading system is default letter grade — instead of default Credit/D/F — because we believe that students who are fully graded are more engaged in their academics. The idea of nudging has gained so much traction that multiple governments, including ours, have established a behavioral “nudge squad” to examine areas where subtle changes can improve social conditions. While President Peter Salovey, who is coincidentally an expert in psychology, has grand plans for the University, he should always remember that he can also lead with a little nudge.
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Nix the King Amendment I
owa Republican Congressman Steve King worked overtime to build his notoriety this summer. After likening immigrants’ children to drug mules with “calves the size of cantaloupes” from smuggling marijuana across the border, he amped up his legendary support for animal cruelty. King added a noxious amendment to the federal Farm Bill that recently passed the House that will nullify state and local farm animal welfare laws, stripping animals of legal protections. “It’s one of the most destructive and far-reaching anti-animal welfare provisions we’ve seen in decades,” said Wayne Pacelle ’87, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the U.S. The nullification of state and local laws would be particularly devastating to farm animals, which are not included in the definition of “animals” covered by the federal Animal Welfare Act. King’s amendment, which is called the “Protect Inter-
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n May, Angelina Jolie announced that she had elected for a preventative double mastectomy. She had tested positive for BRCA1 and BRCA2, inherited genes that indicate an increased risk for breast cancer by up to 80 percent. One month later, the Supreme Court negated the patentability of these BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, declaring that because genes “exist as natural phenomena,” pharmacological companies could not claim ownership to their use in genetic testing. This news felt good. Jolie inspired me, revealing a composure and maturity I had not perceived in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” The Supreme Court’s decision made me feel safe, because it was me — not some sprawling, commercialized pharmacological company — who had control of my own body. But the Supreme Court’s decision has a little-known, underpublicized caveat. And its implications may be huge for pharmacological companies, the advent of personalized medicine and our own quests for good health. Indeed, the decision may not have impacted Hollywood millionaire Angelina Jolie, but it will impact the scores of American women and men who seek similar, expensive genetic testing. And a study from Yale’s Cancer Center Genetic Counseling Program
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shows that testing increasingly leads to preventative mastectomies — with over a 25 percent increase in interest among participants over the past 15 years. In their ruling, the Supreme Court made a distinction between DNA — the pieces of cellular information that dictate who we are — and cDNA — or, complementary DNA, a type of synthetic, man-made DNA used in drug development. According to the Justices, the artificiality of cDNA qualifies it as patentable. This means that Myriad Genetics, the pharmacological company that identified and uses the cDNA forms of BRCA1 and BRCA2 to quantify a patient’s breast cancer risk, can file lawsuits against companies seeking to replicate its test. First, a bit of background for those of you who have not suffered through MCDB’s “Genetics.” To carry out an action, our cells copy our cellular information, DNA, into messenger RNA (mRNA), which is then translated into cellular soldiers (proteins). When researchers need DNA to manipulate, they reverse copy this messenger mRNA back into DNA, now called complementary DNA (cDNA). cDNA and DNA are almost identical, minus those bits of DNA that serve no purpose. According to the Supreme Court, this cDNA is “an invention.” While it is true that the
cDNA would not have existed without the technician’s intervention, the cDNA, a true secondhand copy, is functionally identical to what was already there. Does this make it a legitimate creation? The ruling may also conflict with the rules that restrict the patenting of obvious or predictable inventions. If a technician can combine mRNA and a “reversecopy” enzyme and predict with almost exact certainty the cDNA product, is the “invention” really original enough for patentability? What’s more, the decision seems to forget that cDNA occurs naturally when viruses attack the cell. In fact, the study of HIV has contributed to artificial cDNA methodology in the first place. But moving past the issues of constitutionality, the ruling will have considerable impact for average Americans. First, it may allow Myriad to maintain the lofty price of genetic testing. Currently, the company charges about $3,000 for BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing — an unrealistic price tag for a cancer common among low and middle-income women and men. By allowing Myriad Genetics to maintain legal protection over the BRCA1 and BRCA2 cDNA, the Supreme Court has shut out competitors. Competition would lower costs and increase quality. Second, the ruling limits access to information and possibili-
ties for scientific advancement. What happens when a laboratory discovers that another company claims ownership of the cDNA they are working with? Will they have to shut down years of research? Patent-protection is important. It gives monetary incentive to pharmacological companies, stimulating their investment in not only the big-name cancers, but also the rarer genetic diseases. As companies like Myriad Genetics identify more and more genes like BRCA1 and BRCA2, medicine will grow more personalized and effective. Doctors will be able to use genomic information to recommend specific dosages, types and mechanisms of drug therapy. Ideally, such approaches will improve treatment responses and limit growing healthcare costs. But by over-commoditizing “the cDNA invention,” the Supreme Court has narrowed the scientific playing field and choked the emergence of genomic breakthroughs. The ruling may seem insignificant — judicial jargon based on the input of a “c” before DNA — but it will unequivocally impact the way our generation confronts a disease familiar to so many of our own mothers and grandmothers. ISABEL BESHAR is a senior in Saybrook College. Contact her at isabel.beshar@yale.edu .
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Déjà vu T
he week before I arrived at Yale, I realized I had forgotten to pack my official Yale Class of 2017 T-shirt — it must have been the only shirt that had evaded my grasp as I bear-hugged large swaths of my closet to quickly pack (read: cram). Sure enough, when I went to my closet, my Yale shirt was positioned at the end of the rack. And there was one other shirt behind it — two shirts had evaded my grasp, but only one was forgotten. That’s how my déjà vu began.
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ness and decency is a testament to our humanity. The animal protection laws that the King Amendment threatens are good laws to be proud of. We need more and better animal protection laws — not fewer. Congress will reconvene in September and will decide whether the amendment will be included in the final version of the Farm Bill. Already, 166 members of the House — including all five of Connecticut’s congressmen — and 23 Senators have written to the head of the Agriculture Committee to express their support for the amendment’s removal. Call your congressman and do the same. For the animals, the environment, public health — and above all for our own consciences — it is vital that Congress send the King Amendment straight to slaughter.
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ment, California’s Proposition 2 — which bans the extreme confinement of laying hens, mother pigs and veal calves, and which was approved overwhelming by voters and passed by a landslide margin in the state legislature — would be nullified because California could then impose its humane requirements on other states’ egg growers that want to sell their products in California. King has a long history of opposing laws that encourage the humane treatment of animals. He has fought against every federal effort to protect animals that has arisen during his tenure. He fought against national animal fighting regulations (he has said he believes children should be welcome at animal fights), supported the sale of primates as house pets and even voted to deny help for pets caught in natural disasters! If King were indeed our nation’s top ruler, we would have zero laws to protect our creatures. Treating animals with kind-
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state Commerce Act,” creates a federal preemption of state and local laws that govern agricultural production and other industries involving animals. If passed, it would repeal decades worth of laws approved by voters regarding the intensive confinement of farm animals, shark finning, puppy mills and horse, dog and cat slaughter for meat. The amendment’s wording is so vague that experts believe that laws protecting our environment, workers’ rights and food safety could also be at risk. King cites the Commerce Clause as justification for his amendment. He says that states like California with more rigorous humane treatment laws force producers in other states to “invest billions” to meet California’s standards if they want to sell their products in the Golden State. According to King, this violates the federal government’s authority to regulate interstate commerce. Under the King Amend-
I’ll admit, the feeling took me by surprise at first. I had never before thought to anticipate déjà vu as the newness of college approached, and nothing I had ever heard about the freshmen experience suggested that I would experience it. But looking at those two shirts side-byside on my unkempt bed, the déjà vu began to reign. On one side, of course, was my official Yale Class of 2017 T-shirt. Adjacent to that was my Central High School
Class of 2013 t-shirt — a shirt that had just a few months previously been my other class shirt. Both were blue. Perhaps it was the similarity of the shirts that prompted my revelation, but I suddenly realized that, even though I was just starting college, I’d done this before. Standing there, eyes glazed over, I entered a bout of deep introspection to justify the déjà vu I now felt. Surprisingly, it wasn’t hard to find. Almost everything that awaits us at Yale is, when examined by itself, not radically new for most of us. Our families, even pundits, would have us believe that college is a radically new environment filled with “new experiences.” I don’t mean to be a contrarian, honest, but the claims of the insiders are, if not entirely untrue, at the very least extremely misleading. We’ve heard throughout our lives that many things will, in fact, be new experiences. Most of us have already encountered almost precisely the same phraseology from similar authority figures in the days leading up to our fresh-
man year of high school. What’s worse, the platitudes typically slung about to provide context for the whole idea of the new college experience are themselves reminiscent of many of the same things we heard back in high school. The biggest offenders? Try “you’ll meet new friends” and “you’ll learn new things” and “you’ll be on your own,” all said as if our time at Yale will be our first chance to experience any of those things. Let’s set matters straight: We’ve been meeting new friends all our lives, in high school and before. We’ve certainly learned new things before (after all, we made it to Yale, not Harvard). And many of us have even been on our own before, although, I’ll admit, probably not on such a large scale. At this point in my introspection, I reached a conflict: If I’ve already done this before, why am I even attending Yale? In spite of my overwhelming déjà vu, it certainly didn’t seem right to say that Yale was merely an extension of high school, scaled up for an older crowd. I must have been missing something, some-
thing intangible that gives Yale its unique magic. I turned to the most infamous video in all of Yale lore to find my answer: “That’s Why I Chose Yale.” Immediately, the answer was clear. While the experiences of “meeting new friends” and “learning new things” and “being on one’s own” may not be new in and of themselves, together, they are. The “new experiences” aren’t singular, discrete experiences at all. Rather, there is one “new experience,” and that is the result of a veritable flood of experiences we’ve already experienced before — the synergy resulting from “meeting new friends” and “learning new things” and “being on one’s own” all at once. And all these experiences exist in a million different forms, represented by the clubs we join and the classes we take. Once here, we’re going to experience all of life, all at once. We will be bombarded by experience. At Yale, it will all come together. BLAKE DIXON is a freshman in Ezra Stiles College. Contact him at blake.dixon@yale.edu .
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“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” SAM KEEN AMERICAN WRITER, PHILOSOPHER
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The article “All Work & No Pay” stated that Rachel Rothberg ’14 worked as a research assistant for professor Jay Winter and that she felt that she was left out by not interning during her summer. In fact, Rothberg worked as a proofreader and editor for Winter and only speculated that, while she enjoyed her experience, other students would be uncomfortable with a summer that did not include an internship or other career opportunity.
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The article “Education Studies takes new direction” mistakenly stated that Tom James ’12 spent the majority of his senior year in a classroom, when in fact he would say he spent much of his senior year in a classroom. The article also mistakenly stated that he taught at High School in the Community as an undergraduate. While he observed classes at High School in the Community during the observational component of “Schools, Communities and the Teacher,” he did his senior-year student teaching at Hill Regional Career High School. TUESDAY, SEPT. 3
Due to an editing error, the headline for the article “NACC settles into new home on Crown Street” mistakenly stated that the new home of the cultural center is located on Crown Street, when in fact it is located at 26 High St.
NHPD boosts recruitment BY LORENZO LIGATO STAFF REPORTER With a brand-new class of recruits and new hires on the ground, the New Haven Police Department is in the midst of its largest hiring spree in recent history. After years of struggling to lure top-tier police recruits, the city’s Police Department is following through on its promises to ramp up manpower by the end of next year. Between 100 and 150 new police officers will hit the streets of New Haven as early as October 2014, after this summer’s police recruitment campaign netted thousands of applicants, according to New Haven Police Academy director Sgt. Anthony Campbell ’95 DIV ’09. This year’s recruitment campaign — the first communitywide police recruitment drive in the Elm City since 2011 — kicked off in May with a series of information sessions, open houses and career events to explain the fundamentals of the job and attract as many hopeful police hires as possible. In an effort to target a broader audience and expand its candidate pool, the NHPD deployed for the first time in the department’s history an online application system to collect and review digital applications. The new computerized application process worked according to plan, Campbell said: Between June 10–28, the recruitment drive garnered a total of 1,495 applications on policeapp. com, more than double the number from the last NHPD recruitment drive two years ago. “We wanted to reach a large number of people, and we took advantage of this new online system,” Campbell said. He added that media coverage of NHPD recruitment events has also been an important factor in what he called the most successful recruitment drive to date. In July and August, the Police Department winnowed down the list of hopeful candidates through multiple rounds of physical, written and oral tests to assess the applicants’ physical fitness, reasoning abilities, maturity and communication skills — a process that concluded roughly a week and a half ago, Campbell said. Within the next two weeks, he said, the NHPD will compile a ranking of the candidates based on their performance in the tests, and conditional job offers will be extended to about 250 successful applicants. These candidates, Campbell said, will then undergo a series of background checks — including psychological and medical screenings — before being cleared to enter the New Haven Police Academy. “It’s a pretty intense pro-
cess,” Campbell said, adding that the police academy allows groups of only 45 cadets to receive training at a time. The first batch of new hires, he said, is expected to enter the 28-week training program next February and will graduate by October 2014. This summer’s recruitment drive will bolster the city’s efforts to combat violence and crime through an enhanced police presence in all of New Haven’s neighborhoods — a position that NHPD Chief Dean Esserman has been championing since he took the helm of the Police Department in November 2011.
The city is committing to strengthening the Police Department and having a strong community policing program. JOHN DESTEFANO JR. Mayor, New Haven According to Campbell, the addition of new police boots will help Esserman fully realize his vision of “community policing,” a strategy that aims to increase police visibility and promote greater interaction between community residents and officers walking their beats. Esserman’s philosophy has received great praise from city officials, including Mayor John DeStefano Jr., who has repeatedly pledged to solidify the police force and address the decline in the department’s staffing over the years. “The city is committing to strengthening the Police Department and having a strong community policing program,” DeStefano said at a conference earlier this year. “Both of these will assist in working toward New Haven’s No. 1 public safety goal, which is reducing violence.” In keeping with DeStefano’s promises, a total of 66 new police officers were sworn in this year, including, most recently, a group of 26 policemen who graduated from the New Haven Police Academy last month. The new officers are now in the midst of completing a three-month field-training program, after which they will be deployed to walking beats throughout the city, according to City Hall spokeswoman Anna Mariotti. NHPD applicants must be U.S. citizens and 21 years of age or older. Contact LORENZO LIGATO at lorenzo.ligato@yale.edu .
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2012 presidential hopeful Herman Cain denounced big government and praised the principles of the Founding Fathers in a Tuesday talk. BY MATTHEW NUSSBAUM CONTRIBUTING REPORTER According to former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, the “have-nots will take care of themselves.” Cain, who previously served as CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, spoke to a packed Sheffield-SterlingStrathcona Hall in a Yale Political Union debate on Tuesday night. During his address, the businessman-turned-politician hailed the Founders, decried big government and cited his father’s story as proof that the “American dream” lives on. The United States today is divided not between the “haves and have-nots,” he said, but rather between the political class
and the working class. “How do you get economic growth? You get government out of the way,” Cain said. The government creates barriers to economic success through taxes and regulations, said Cain, who was a front-runner in the 2012 Republican primary for several weeks before he dropped out of the race following accusations of sexual harassment and infidelity. If the government steps aside, he added, the “have-nots” will find opportunities for prosperity. Churches and other private organizations, rather than the government, should be in charge of assistance for the poor, he added. Cain also spoke about the principles of the nation’s Founding Fathers, as well as the phrase “All men are created equal,” add-
ing that the country has made significant strides in achieving equality.
How do you get economic growth? You get government out of the way. HERMAN CAIN Candidate, 2012 Republican presidential primary In an interview with the News after the event, Cain said he found students’ vocal reaction to his talk to be “awesome” and that he was happy to help students think about issues in new ways. Students interviewed said
they enjoyed Cain’s talk because it was fun yet provocative. Christopher Cappello ’17 said the speech was “kind of hilarious” and that the Republican candidate remains “an unpredictable enigma.” Cain is “definitely a character,” said James Badas ’17, and he kept attendees entertained throughout the speech. Nick Styles ’14, a member of the YPU, said he was impressed by Cain’s willingness to engage with students. Cain is the second 2012 presidential contender to speak at the YPU. Rick Santorum, a former Republican senator from Pennsylvania, addressed the group in September. Contact MATTHEW NUSSBAUM at matthew.nussbaum@yale.edu .
Gun advocates challenge new CT law BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS STAFF REPORTER Nearly five months after Gov. Dannel Malloy signed sweeping new restrictions on Connecticut gun ownership into law, a coalition of pro-gun groups is moving forward to challenge the legislation in court. Led by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League and the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, the coalition filed a motion for summary judgment in the state’s District Court on Aug. 23. The motion asks the court to strike down the law and immediately establish an injunction against its enforcement without discovery or a trial. While the CCDL and CCS have been the public faces of the lawsuit, June Shew et al. v. Dannel P. Malloy et al., the case was actually brought to the court by eight plaintiffs, of which six are individual state residents and two are firearm retailers. “As of now, our challenge to the State’s evisceration of rights long held inviolable is well-positioned to correct the legislature and governor’s misguided course — whether that correction occurs at the district court or eventually on appeal,” the CCDL and CCS said in a joint statement. The law, titled the Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety Act, passed both houses of the Connecticut Legislature and was signed into law in early April, four months after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary that left 20 children and six educators dead. It brought into effect some of the most comprehensive controls on firearms in the nation, something made possible by Democratic control of the state Senate, House of Representatives and governor’s mansion. The act dramatically expanded the state’s pre-existing ban on semi-automatic assault weapons, outlawed magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, instituted universal background checks for gun purchases, created a gun offender registry and required a gun permit to buy ammunition. In the motion, the plaintiffs
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Pro-gun groups are challenging the extensive gun-control legislation signed into law by Gov. Dannel Malloy in April. argue that the act is unconstitutional on the basis that it infringes on Second Amendment rights, denies equal protection under the law and is “unconstitutionally vague.” The centerpiece of the case, iterated in the motion’s introduction, is that the law arbitrarily removes Second Amendment protections from a broad class of weapons.
In prior instances where Connecticut has passed common-sense restrictions on firearms … challenges have all been unsuccessful. ANDREW DOBA Spokesman for Gov. Dannel Malloy Citing a 2008 case, District of Columbia v. Heller — a 2008 landmark case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protects the rights of individuals to possess firearms for traditionally legal purposes — the motion argues that the weapons banned
by Connecticut’s act are used primarily for legal purposes, and therefore cannot be outlawed. “There’s no requirement in order to justify a Second Amendment right that there be a certain number of incidents,” said Brian Stapleton, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, when asked how frequently the now-banned weapons are used for self-defense. “It is not a need-based right. You don’t need to show that there are ‘X’ number of newspapers in America before you get to exercise your right to free speech.” The case is highly similar to one filed earlier this year in New York against the NY SAFE Act early this spring, the restrictions passed in Albany that bear close resemblance to those in Connecticut. New York’s legislation has sparked significant controversy, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo removing the law’s restrictions on magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds after finding them unrealistic to enforce. Stapleton, who says he has represented several gun enthusiast groups in the past, is also the legal counsel for that case. Connecticut’s Attorney General George Jepsen has said through a spokeswoman that the state plans to defend the law in
court. According to Susan Kinsman, director of communications for the attorney general, the state is required to file a response to the motion by Sept. 20. “We look forward to responding to the motion in court at the appropriate time based on the schedule set by the court,” Kinsman said, though she declined to comment further. Andrew Doba, a spokesman for Gov. Dannel Malloy, expressed confidence in the state’s defense of the law. Malloy’s term has largely been defined by December’s shooting, and the governor has made the legislation a keystone of his agenda. “Let’s not forget that this has happened before,” Doba said in a statement. “In prior instances where Connecticut has passed common-sense restrictions on firearms, there have been challenges. They have all been unsuccessful.” As of June, 86 state laws had been passed across the country in the wake of December’s shooting, some of which restricted gun ownership and some of which expanded it. Contact MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu .
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FROM THE FRONT
“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.” EDWARD EVERETT AMERICAN POLITICIAN
Salovey speaks out on immigration reform SALOVEY FROM PAGE 1 he said his new job comes with a pulpit, whether he “wants one or not.” “I don’t take the responsibility involved with having a pulpit lightly, and so you won’t see me speaking out on just any issue,” Salovey said. “Rather, I will try to focus on ones that are most important for higher education.” Salovey said he plans to coordinate his statements with deliberations in Congress, and will release them at “opportune times.” Salovey’s statement on immigration reform came on the heels of Senate efforts to reform immigration laws in July. Prior to announcing his views on the matter, Salovey met with many
of the 18 congressmen with Yale ties in Washington, D.C., to discuss topics including immigration issues affecting international students and “DREAMers,” or noncitizens who grew up in the U.S. With both his statement on immigration reform and the open letter that he signed, Salovey aligned himself with the work of the Association of American Universities, or AAU, a group connecting 62 universities in an effort to shape national policy. Yale joined the AAU at the association’s founding in 1900. AAU President Hunter Rawlings said he expects Salovey to take a leading role in advocating for immigration reform and increased research funding, following Levin’s example.
Rawlings said Salovey’s relationships with Yale faculty and administrative experience will give him the necessary base knowledge to start leading other universities in advocacy, a role that “goes with the territory” of the Yale presidency. “He’s going to be an effective voice,” Rawlings added. “I have no doubt about that.” Rawlings said he expects Salovey to issue statements about other issues affecting Yale and higher education, not just limiting himself to the focuses of the AAU. But Rawlings said leaders of large research universities can rarely stray too far from education politics, because modern institutions are too complex and nuanced for their leaders to take strong stances on national issues
without risking the loss of funding or the alienation of important contacts. But during the University’s earlier years, presidents would speak out on a range of issues. President Timothy Dwight, who led the University from 1795 to 1817, once lambasted the War of 1812 from his literal pulpit in the chapel, while President Arthur Twining Hadley, who served from 1899 to 1921, encouraged students to join the National Guard and student reserves during World War I. But last December, when over 350 college and university leaders signed “College Presidents for Gun Safety,” a letter urging the federal government to pass tighter gun-control regulations after the Newtown shootings,
the names of all Ivy League presidents were absent. Joseph Zolner SOM ’84, a specialist in higher education administration from Harvard, said university presidents can often struggle to take positions on any contentious issues without offending important individuals in their school communities. Rawlings added that universities with ties to the business industry and high levels of internationalization are becoming more like corporations. Leading an increasingly complex institution inhibits some presidents from speaking out as much, he said, “which is a shame.” Speaking too freely has proved problematic for presidents of peer institutions. Larry Summers, who is widely speculated to
be a candidate for the next chair of the Federal Reserve, resigned from the Harvard University presidency in 2005 in part due to backlash over comments he made concerning women in science and engineering fields. “The president has to find a happy medium between remaining silent and speaking out on every issue,” Rawlings added. Using the president’s pulpit has traditionally been important to the position at Yale, Chief Communications Officer Elizabeth Stauderman said last spring, but Salovey will have to decide how vocal he wants to be. Contact JULIA ZORTHIAN at julia.zorthian@yale.edu .
TIMELINE NOTABLE POLITICAL STATEMENTS BY YALE PRESIDENTS RELIGION AND THE CONSTITUTION
“ TIMOTHY DWIGHT 1812, YALE CHAPEL SERVICE
The nation has offended Providence. We formed our Constitution without any acknowledgement of God; without any recognition of His mercies to us, as a people, of His government, or even of His existence. The [Constitutional] Convention by which it was formed, never asked even once, His direction, or His blessings, upon their labors. Thus we commenced our national existence under the present system, without God.
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WORLD WAR II
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For the immediate future and, in my opinion, for years to come, we must all of us, students and professors, recognize that whatever demands the necessities of national defense lay upon us, they are paramount.
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NEW HAVEN BLACK PANTHER TRIALS
CHARLES SEYMOUR 1941
I am appalled and ashamed that things should have come to such a pass in this country that I am skeptical of the ability of black revolutionaries to achieve a fair trial anywhere in the United States.
KINGMAN BREWSTER 1970, NEW YORK TIMES
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The problems that some students, postdoctoral fellows, and others have experienced in obtaining permission to enter the United States have been of great concern to me and to the trustees of Yale University, as well as to you…Such situations, even if relatively infrequent, are unacceptable.
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“ PETER SALOVEY 2013, STATEMENT TO THE YALE COMMUNITY
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Universities have long struggled with an immigration system that does far too little to encourage talented students and scholars to remain in the United States and contribute to our society. Yale benefits greatly from being a community of individuals who come from all parts of the world.
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RICHARD LEVIN 2004, LETTER TO YALE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
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“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” ALBERT CAMUS NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR AND PHILOSOPHER
Campus summer programming expands 124
YSS students in high school
1,281
Total enrollment in Yale Summer Session (YSS)
BY AMY WANG STAFF REPORTER While most of the University’s student body typically vacates campus as soon as spring semester ends, more than 1,000 undergraduates and non-Yale students returned to the classroom this summer for Yale Summer Session. The Yale Summer Session program — which encompasses all courses offered through Yale during the months of June and July, including summer language programs, study abroad programs and online courses — drew roughly the same number of students as it has in previous years. Summer Session shared Yale’s campus with the English Language Institute, a summer program crafted specifically for international students that drew an additional 214 students
to campus, and the Yale Writers’ Conference, which brought 250 adults to Yale for an intensive creative writing program. Yale Summer Session expanded the number of online courses offered, and it added the Freshman Scholars at Yale summer bridge program to be a part of the summer academic scene. William Whobrey, assistant dean of Yale College and dean of Yale Summer Session, said the University is always looking for ways to expand its summer programming, though it still focuses on maintaining a high-quality schedule that lives up to the general standard of Yale classes. “We’re not running things any differently, but we’re certainly adding programs,” Whobrey said. “If you look at the new programs, we’re expanding in a couple of different directions — adult educa-
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tion, certain kinds of high school programming and the number of international partner schools that send students here during the summer.” Summer Session saw 1,281 students participate this year, out of which 796 were Yale students, 124 were high school students and the rest were students from other universities. The number of international students in Yale’s summer programs saw one of the most significant increases over the last several years, as the English Language Institute, which helps international students increase their fluency in English, added a new three-week program to go alongside its six-week program. Additionally, Yale’s summer online courses, which were in their second year of full implementation this summer, enrolled a new
YSS students who studied abroad
record of 144 students, expanding from a course catalog of nine classes in 2012 to 14 in 2013. Within the Yale Writers’ Conference, which is also in its second year, the number of participants nearly doubled. In 2012, roughly 150 adults — ranging in age from 18 to over 60 — participated in either the 10-day program or three-day intensive program, but this year saw 250 participants. Whobrey added that the most popular Yale Summer Session courses still are “sort of the usual suspects” that also draw many undergraduates throughout the year, including “Introduction to Microeconomics,” “Introduction to Psychology” and “Introduction to Statistics.” Study abroad programs proved to be in demand this year, as 350 Yale undergraduates embarked on classes with Yale faculty abroad —
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Organic chemistry enrollment
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Cognitive science enrollment
a number that has held steady for the last four years. Students who enrolled in Yale Summer Session said they enjoyed taking classes in the summer because of the opportunity to broaden their academic horizons while also engaging with other Yale students. Santiago Sanchez ’15, who participated in the L1 and L2 French program on-campus and in Paris this summer, said he chose to take a language class through Yale because he wanted the chance to study abroad and acquire a different perspective. “I ended up doing it with Yale because I would be able to make friends, and have those friendships continue here on campus,” Sanchez said. Despite the benefits, others said taking classes at Yale during the summer was slightly stressful. Bryan Duerfeldt ’16 said he
did not enjoy the rapid pace of his summer courses, despite taking only one course at a time. According to Director of Yale Summer Session Kathryn Young, 15 staff members work to coordinate all of the summer programming each year. Young added that planning for the programs offered in New Haven takes “an entire calendar year,” and that programs abroad — including all language programs that take place outside of Yale’s campus — require at least 18 months of planning in advance. Yale Summer Session offered on-campus housing in Calhoun College and Ezra Stiles College this summer, although most students were also given the option to find their own housing off-campus. Contact AMY WANG at amy.wang@yale.edu .
CT mental health services underused BY MICHELLE HACKMAN STAFF REPORTER Though Connecticut has one of the most robust child mental health care systems in the nation, many of the state’s services are underused, according to a study published last month by the Child Health and Development Institute. The report, which focuses on school-based care as a model of increasing access to children across Connecticut, finds that the availability and use of mental health services vary vastly between school districts. In districts that fail to meet students’ mental health issues, the report notes, students are more likely to perform poorly in class, exhibit disruptive behavior and end up in the juvenile justice system. In the past decade, educators and mental health providers have noted an anecdotal but pronounced rise in the prevalence and intensity of mental health issues in young children, according to Jesse White-Frese, executive director of the Connecticut Association of School-Based Health Centers. Based on national statistics, the report’s authors estimate that 160,000 children in Connecticut — one in five — exhibit mental
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health issues, and about 20 percent receive the level of care they require. If these projections are accurate, nearly 125,000 children do not receive adequate care. “One of the challenges is that things in Connecticut happen in isolation,” said Jeana Bracey, senior associate at the Child Health and Development Institute. “There are a lot of really great services, but they’re all happening in a vacuum.” The report cites a program known as the School-Based Diversion Initiative, or SBDI, as a model for linking the array of available child services across a community under the schoolhouse roof. Though the initiative has a targeted goal of reducing the number of arrests in schools, the hub of children’s mental health services it creates has considerably increased the use of available mental health services in the districts where it is run, Bracey said. “The report highlights the need and the opportunity for schools to be the center for delivering mental health care by virtue of the fact that it’s where kids spend a majority of their time,” said Sara Frankel, public policy director for children and young adults at the National Alliance of Mental Illness Connecticut. “It doesn’t mean [the services] have to be
through school personnel.” The Child Health and Development Institute manages SBDI programs in nine school districts across the state, but its small staff is not equipped to run more programs, Bracey said. In addition, the state opened 13 school-based health care clinics that offer students medical and psychological services regardless of their ability to pay. But due to lack of funding, the state did not open any additional clinics until this fall, when four new clinics — a line item in Gov. Dannel Malloy’s 2012 education reform package — opened their doors. Still, the report notes, some districts lack even basic mental health personnel. About 15 percent of the state’s school districts do not employ a social worker, according to the report. Many of the state’s teachers have not been trained in mental health first aid, so they often resort to suspension, expulsion or arrest when faced with a behavioral crisis, the report notes. Under the mental health legislation that arose in May from the shooting at Sandy Hook, all educators will now be required to be trained in mental health first aid. The disparity can be seen in the differing use of Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services, or EMPS,
a psychiatric crisis hotline free for all children in Connecticut. Though schools are the secondmost frequent users of this service after families, some schools use it only sparingly, and some do not use it at all. “There’s this conception that the service is just for students who say, ‘I want to hurt myself right now,’” Bracey said. One of the largest barriers to access, according to the report, is the lack of a connecting structure run at the statewide level to link different state-funded mental health services to one another. Many school districts lack adequate mental health staff, but do not connect students to community-based providers. When a student is treated by EMPS, mental health providers at his or her school are not informed. “We’re ahead of other states in the services we offer,” Bracey said. “And so having a statewide oversight of that, a statewide framework, will help make that a smoother system overall.” In a 2009 report, the National Alliance on Mental Illness rated Connecticut’s mental health system as a B, higher than the national average of a D. Contact MICHELLE HACKMAN at michelle.hackman@yale.edu .
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ARTS & CULTURE
“The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead.” IGOR STRAVINSKY COMPOSER OF “RITE OF SPRING”
YSD, Yale Drama Coalition seek collaboration
Grooms exhibit debuts at the YUAG BY SARA JONES CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Tucked away in a corner of the Yale University Art Gallery’s fourth floor is a witty foray into 20thcentury art. Organized by curator Lisa Hodermarsky, “Red Grooms: Larger Than Life” — which opened its doors last Friday — is a visually arresting mélange of color, form and the artist’s trademark humor. The exhibit features three wallsize murals and more than a dozen studies which span three decades of Nashville-born Grooms’ career. Though perhaps more often celebrated for his three-dimensional work, this single gallery exploration draws from a lesser-known segment of his portfolio. An artistic innovator with a taste for an eclectic and ever-changing range of media, Grooms has dabbled in experimental film, performance art (“Happenings”), installation and sculpture as well as painting, which forms the core of the YUAG’s exhibit.
I hope that K-12 students — and Yale students as well — will be spurred on to reimmerse themselves in some bit of history they’ve forgotten. LISA HODERMARSKY Curator, “Red Grooms: Larger Than Life”
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The new YSD Collaborators program seeks to strengthen the relationship between School of Drama students and the undergraduate drama community through mentoring, social events and theatrical collaboration. BY ANYA GRENIER STAFF REPORTER For the first time in five years, undergraduate theater students this semester will have the chance to seek formal mentorship from their counterparts at the School of Drama. The YSD Collaborators program, which was jointly organized earlier this year by Eric Sirakian ’15 and Ryan Davis DRA ’14, kicked off with an ice cream social at the end of last semester. Davis and Sirakian — who is now serving as Yale Drama Coalition liaison to the School of Drama — said they hope the program will foster mentorship and collaboration between the School of Drama and the undergraduate drama community. “A lot of Drama School students have told me, ‘We don’t even feel like we go to Yale.’ This is an opportu-
nity [for School of Drama students] to branch out and feel they are part of the larger community, to offer advice and ideas,” Sirakian told the News in April. “We inhabit the same space, we use the same theaters, we often see each other’s work, and still we feel kind of disconnected.” The program will pair together School of Drama and Yale College students based on common interests and will encourage them to meet up and learn about one another’s projects throughout the year, in addition to hosting gatherings and celebrations, Sirakian said. Davis said that when he first arrived at the School of Drama in 2008, a “very slipshod” incarnation of a similar program existed but quickly petered out. He added that leadership on the Drama School side was lacking at the time, so the program did not have much visibility among graduate
students. Adela Jaffe ’13, who served as the Yale Drama Coalition liaison to the School of Drama before Sirakian, said that in her last semester at Yale, she and Davis began developing the idea for a mentorship program that would focus more on getting students involved in one another’s productions rather than simply meeting in a social context. “We wanted something with a little more form than what had been done in the past, where both [undergraduates and drama students] would be making a commitment to each other’s work,” Jaffe said. “I think seeing [School of Drama students’] work is very inspiring. They’re still students, so they’re not as far removed as professionals. Seeing shows [at the Drama School] really encouraged me to think big in my own productions.”
Shannon Gaughf DRA ’15, who signed up to be a mentor, said the two schools’ separate and busy schedules mean she does not normally have much interaction with the undergraduate theater community. Jaffe said that scheduling difficulties, rather than lack of interest, have been responsible for stalling efforts to integrate the two communities in the past. Davis said about 32 students are already signed up for the program, and more interested students are trickling in. He explained that since the undergraduate theater curriculum focuses on the theoretical side of the discipline, he hopes the Drama School mentors will be able to offer practical advice on anything from lighting techniques to theater-specific resume building. Freddie Ramos ’15, who was matched with another playwright, said he looks forward to the opportu-
nity to work with someone closer to beginning their career. “The person I’m going to be working with is maybe 10 years older than me, so she has a little bit of a better understanding of where I’m coming from and where I’m going to,” Ramos said. “When you have professors who have been in the field for years and years … that gives me something to aspire to, but I also want to know where I’m at now, and [what that looks] like for me.” Ethan Heard ’06 DRA ’13 said that while he had attended mixers between the two schools in the past, he feels he has only forged relationships with undergraduates after working with them on his own shows. Heard’s thesis project — “Sunday in the Park with George” — was one of few School of Drama shows to include undergraduate students in its cast and was assistant directed by Sirakian.
“It’s been an ongoing effort and ambition to integrate the schools,” Heard said. “I think these kind of social gatherings haven’t really led to mentoring … but I feel like [Sirakian] and I will have a relationship that will last for a long time because he’s been involved with two of my shows.” Davis said he hopes the program might eventually involve a more active component, such as a planned theatrical collaboration. “This is sort of a trial run, and hopefully it will be something that lasts after I go and after [Sirakian] graduates,” Davis said. “Hopefully it’s something that … becomes kind of expected.” The Yale Drama Coalition was founded in 1999.
The first of the exposition’s three “anchor” pieces is “Cedar Bar” (1986), which depicts the artist’s vision of the eponymous watering hole in its heyday, during which time it was a popular hangout among the Abstract Expressionists he so admired, Hodermarsky said. She added that Grooms’ is quite an accurate vision, down to such minutiae as the arrangement of the liquor bottles on the counter and detailing on the bar’s cash registers and stools. In spite of this faithfulness of rendition, Grooms is able to “make
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Red Grooms’ “Studio at the rue des Grands-Augustins,” painted between 1990 and 1996, makes visual reference to Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica.” the space his own,” Hodermarsky continued, incorporating many of his role models into scenarios that, while perhaps informed by reality, are in fact products of his typically satiric imagination. For instance, Grooms presents Pollock and de Kooning, well-known rivals, at each other’s throats — literally — though there is no proof that the sparring between the two actually occurred. The second major work featured, “Studio at the rue des Grands-Augustins,” incorporates similar flights of fancy and pays homage to another of 20thcentury art’s great masters, Pablo Picasso. Painted between 1990 and 1996, at the height of the genocide taking place in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the image makes visual ref-
erence to Picasso’s Guernica, to the extent that it actually includes large chunks of the original, albeit reproduced and rearranged. In so doing, Hodermarsky said, Grooms is putting his reaction to these present-day atrocities in the context of Picasso’s powerful visual critique of the bombing of the Spanish village Guernica decades before. The third and final of the exhibition’s kingpins is another Picasso tribute, entitled “Picasso Goes to Heaven” (1973), a tableau in which the artist’s contemporaries and forebears mingle with Renaissance-era luminaries on a backdrop of vivid vermillion, with the Cubist maestro himself, barechested and grinning, in the center. “[It is very much a rendition of
Grooms’] vision of what Picasso’s heaven might look like — and, in some sense, also what [his own] heaven might look like,” Hodermarsky said. In addition to creating the three major murals that form the exhibit’s backbone, Grooms was also responsible for the painted curtains adorning the gallery’s entranceway and the decorative archway occupying one corner, themed “ParisNew York” to correspond with the paintings’ settings. These additions were designed exclusively for the exhibit, prompted in part by Hodermarsky’s belief in including artists when possible in the planning and execution of their own expositions, she said. Hodermarsky said she hopes the exhibit will serve as a learning
experience. “Well, I hope that K-12 students — and Yale students as well — will be spurred on to reimmerse themselves in some bit of history they’ve forgotten,” Hodermarsky said. Two spectators interviewed agreed that they found the context of Grooms’ work intriguing, if at times overwhelming. “It’s really exciting for me to be able to see, in person, these famous works that I’ve seen reproduced so many times, whether online or in print,” Samantha Berenblum ’17 said. The exhibit runs until March 9, 2014. Contact SARA JONES at sara.l.jones@yale.edu .
Contact ANYA GRENIER at anna.grenier@yale.edu.
Undergrad jazz culture grows BY DANA SCHNEIDER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The jazz movement at Yale that was reawakened last year has not lost steam: Jazz is here to stay. On Monday night, the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective, a group of undergraduate musicians and jazz aficionados, sponsored a showcase and jam session. Over 60 freshmen filled the Saybrook Underbrook theater for an evening of standard jazz, jazz fusion, swing and more. The group’s organization and ability to drum up interest in the genre speaks to the success of a series of initiatives begun last year to promote jazz on campus, Jazz Collective President Will Gearty ’14 said. “[We’re] trying to increase awareness of jazz on campus … to bring jazz to Yale for everyone,” Gearty said, adding that the organization is as open to listeners as to active jazz musicians. To increase its campus presence, the Jazz Collective will host a small festival this fall, preceding a larger festival in February. The fall festival, which will take place from Oct. 17 to 19, will center on renowned jazz pianist David Hazeltine. Recruited through School of Music jazz professor Willie Ruff, Hazeltine will officially serve as a “threeday resident” during the festival and participate in events including a concert, a master class and a Saybrook College Master’s Tea, Gearty said. Gearty added that the group also hopes to host a large festival each year. This February’s festival is the Jazz Collective’s second annual jazz festival and will open with the University-sponsored Yale Jazz Ensemble. The Ensemble, organized by
Yale Bands Director Thomas Duffy, plays only “big band music,” said Alexander Dubovoy ’16, vice-president of the Jazz Collective. “Big band” jazz is more standard and organized than some other jazz styles that emphasize smaller groups and more improvisation. Since the University does not sponsor any small combo groups, Dubovoy said the Jazz Collective was instrumental in creating opportunities for him to meet other musicians, in addition to sponsoring master classes and jam sessions.
[We’re] trying to increase awareness of jazz on campus … to bring jazz to Yale for everyone. WILL GEARTY ’14 President, Yale Jazz Collective “The Jazz Collective changed my life as a freshman,” Dubovoy said. The Jazz Collective’s Monday event opened with Julian Reid ’13, the group’s former vice-president, playing an original composition for solo piano. He was followed by three student groups: two small jazz combo groups — “Tonic” and the “Bluebird Jazz Trio” — and the a capella blues group “Redhot and Blue.” Some freshmen brought instruments to the showcase, and played together in a jam session after the scheduled performances. “I came tonight because I have an appreciation of jazz, and to see how I can improve myself,” said Madison Masters ’17,
a freshman who participated on Monday. Isaac Morrier ’17, another jazz musician, had seen the Jazz Collective on the Musicians at Yale Facebook group before coming to Yale. “I’m here to find other musicians to play with,” Morrier said. At least a dozen of the freshmen attendees came solely to listen. Dubovoy said he was “astounded” by how much interest he has seen in jazz over the past week, from musicians and listeners alike. Saybrook College Master Paul Hudak said he supports the Jazz Collective by helping the group request funding from the Undergraduate Organizations Committee, the Arts Council and Saybrook College itself. He added that the college has been revamping the Saybrook Underbrook Theater — most recently through refurbishing its piano — where the Jazz Collective will host biweekly concerts this year. These performances, called “Jazz at the Underbrook,” will feature performances by professional groups from New Haven and New York, as well as student groups. On off weeks, the group will host open jam sessions in the Saybrook common room. Hudak explained that while jazz performances at the Underbrook used to be combined with Saybrook’s CoffeeHouse Coda arts showcase, the event’s length often dissuaded audience members from staying the entire time. The next Jazz Collective event will take place in the Saybrook Underbrook on Sep. 20. Contact DANA SCHNEIDER at dana.schneider@yale.edu .
YALE UNIVERSITY
“Cedar Bar” (1986) depicts Red Grooms’ vision of the eponymous watering hole in its heyday, during which time it was a popular hangout among the Abstract Expressionists he so admired.
Stravinsky centennial project receives funding BY ERIC XIAO STAFF REPORTER
MARIA ZEPEDA/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
The Yale Jazz Collective will host biweekly “Jazz at the Underbrook” events throughout the year.
One hundred years after its controversial premiere, “The Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky continues to be an inspiration to musicians, composers and conductors alike. The RiteNow Project, a collaborative orchestral work commissioned and led by conductor Paolo Bortolameolli MUS ’13, raised over $10,000 through a 28-day Kickstarter campaign that ended on Aug. 31. The project features the work of eight composers, each of whom has written a “Rite of Spring”inspired piece to commemorate the centennial of Stravinsky’s original composition. The pieces will be combined into one work, which will be performed at Woolsey Hall on Nov. 17. “There are not many pieces in history that have become the favorite piece of so many people — even jazz musicians and pop musicians love this piece,” Bortolameolli said. “You don’t have to be a classical musician to like it.” After presenting the idea for the project in a weekly Yale School of Music meeting in November 2012, Bortolameolli told the eight composers who were interested in contribut-
ing to compose their pieces completely independently of each other. “I want the most eclectic piece we can get. … I told them to not talk to each other because I wanted unique, separated styles,” Bortolameolli said. With its plot based on an ancient pagan tradition of sacrificing a female virgin, “The Rite of Spring” has inspired several of the composers in the project to explore the themes of pagan rituals and sacrifice. Composer Justin Tierney MUS ’12 explained that each composer interpreted the instruction to be “inspired” by “The Rite of Spring” differently. He explained that he interprets the piece as depicting a tradition in which a young girl is sacrificed to ensure the coming of spring, and that his composition portrays an ancient pagan environment, employing the idea of music as ritual. Another composer, Polina Nazaykinskaya MUS ’13, said her part will also explore ritual themes in addition to Russian folk melodies. But unlike Tierney, Nazaykinskaya said she was not inspired by the theme of sacrifice in composing her part. Bortolameolli explained that though the topic of human sacrifice in “The Rite of
Spring” may be grotesque to some, many are nonetheless attentive to it due to its historical significance.
There are not many pieces in history that have become the favorite piece of so many people — even jazz musicians and pop musicians love this piece. PAOLO BORTOLAMEOLLI MUS ’13 Conductor, RiteNow Project “We are talking about one year before World War I. What is happening onstage? The sacrifice of a chosen one. We are foreseeing what would happen in a few months when the world began to sacrifice humanity,” Bortolameolli said. Though only a few months remain before the performance, Bortolameolli and the three
composers interviewed — Gleb Kanasevich MUS ’13, Nazaykinskaya and Tierney — said there remain uncertainties in how the project will be finalized. Nazaykinskaya said the group does not yet know what will happen when the pieces come together. Tierney said the plan has been to play the pieces one after the other in a tableau-like succession, though Bortolameolli explained that the composers may need to write a few more bars of music to bridge certain sections if necessary. Tierney added that part of this uncertainty comes from the vastly differing styles of each composer, which range from neo-romantic to avant-garde. Kanasevich said the group is using an extremely large orchestra — over 120 musicians — reflective of the size of the orchestra needed to play Stravinsky’s original piece. Coordinating with such a large group with limited rehearsal time will present a challenge, he explained. The original “Rite of Spring” was composed for the Ballets Russes company and had its world premiere in Paris in 1913. Contact ERIC XIAO at eric.xiao@yale.edu .
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ARTS & CULTURE
“The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead.” IGOR STRAVINSKY COMPOSER OF “RITE OF SPRING”
YSD, Yale Drama Coalition seek collaboration
Grooms exhibit debuts at the YUAG BY SARA JONES CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Tucked away in a corner of the Yale University Art Gallery’s fourth floor is a witty foray into 20thcentury art. Organized by curator Lisa Hodermarsky, “Red Grooms: Larger Than Life” — which opened its doors last Friday — is a visually arresting mélange of color, form and the artist’s trademark humor. The exhibit features three wallsize murals and more than a dozen studies which span three decades of Nashville-born Grooms’ career. Though perhaps more often celebrated for his three-dimensional work, this single gallery exploration draws from a lesser-known segment of his portfolio. An artistic innovator with a taste for an eclectic and ever-changing range of media, Grooms has dabbled in experimental film, performance art (“Happenings”), installation and sculpture as well as painting, which forms the core of the YUAG’s exhibit.
I hope that K-12 students — and Yale students as well — will be spurred on to reimmerse themselves in some bit of history they’ve forgotten. LISA HODERMARSKY Curator, “Red Grooms: Larger Than Life”
HENRY EHRENBERG/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The new YSD Collaborators program seeks to strengthen the relationship between School of Drama students and the undergraduate drama community through mentoring, social events and theatrical collaboration. BY ANYA GRENIER STAFF REPORTER For the first time in five years, undergraduate theater students this semester will have the chance to seek formal mentorship from their counterparts at the School of Drama. The YSD Collaborators program, which was jointly organized earlier this year by Eric Sirakian ’15 and Ryan Davis DRA ’14, kicked off with an ice cream social at the end of last semester. Davis and Sirakian — who is now serving as Yale Drama Coalition liaison to the School of Drama — said they hope the program will foster mentorship and collaboration between the School of Drama and the undergraduate drama community. “A lot of Drama School students have told me, ‘We don’t even feel like we go to Yale.’ This is an opportu-
nity [for School of Drama students] to branch out and feel they are part of the larger community, to offer advice and ideas,” Sirakian told the News in April. “We inhabit the same space, we use the same theaters, we often see each other’s work, and still we feel kind of disconnected.” The program will pair together School of Drama and Yale College students based on common interests and will encourage them to meet up and learn about one another’s projects throughout the year, in addition to hosting gatherings and celebrations, Sirakian said. Davis said that when he first arrived at the School of Drama in 2008, a “very slipshod” incarnation of a similar program existed but quickly petered out. He added that leadership on the Drama School side was lacking at the time, so the program did not have much visibility among graduate
students. Adela Jaffe ’13, who served as the Yale Drama Coalition liaison to the School of Drama before Sirakian, said that in her last semester at Yale, she and Davis began developing the idea for a mentorship program that would focus more on getting students involved in one another’s productions rather than simply meeting in a social context. “We wanted something with a little more form than what had been done in the past, where both [undergraduates and drama students] would be making a commitment to each other’s work,” Jaffe said. “I think seeing [School of Drama students’] work is very inspiring. They’re still students, so they’re not as far removed as professionals. Seeing shows [at the Drama School] really encouraged me to think big in my own productions.”
Shannon Gaughf DRA ’15, who signed up to be a mentor, said the two schools’ separate and busy schedules mean she does not normally have much interaction with the undergraduate theater community. Jaffe said that scheduling difficulties, rather than lack of interest, have been responsible for stalling efforts to integrate the two communities in the past. Davis said about 32 students are already signed up for the program, and more interested students are trickling in. He explained that since the undergraduate theater curriculum focuses on the theoretical side of the discipline, he hopes the Drama School mentors will be able to offer practical advice on anything from lighting techniques to theater-specific resume building. Freddie Ramos ’15, who was matched with another playwright, said he looks forward to the opportu-
nity to work with someone closer to beginning their career. “The person I’m going to be working with is maybe 10 years older than me, so she has a little bit of a better understanding of where I’m coming from and where I’m going to,” Ramos said. “When you have professors who have been in the field for years and years … that gives me something to aspire to, but I also want to know where I’m at now, and [what that looks] like for me.” Ethan Heard ’06 DRA ’13 said that while he had attended mixers between the two schools in the past, he feels he has only forged relationships with undergraduates after working with them on his own shows. Heard’s thesis project — “Sunday in the Park with George” — was one of few School of Drama shows to include undergraduate students in its cast and was assistant directed by Sirakian.
“It’s been an ongoing effort and ambition to integrate the schools,” Heard said. “I think these kind of social gatherings haven’t really led to mentoring … but I feel like [Sirakian] and I will have a relationship that will last for a long time because he’s been involved with two of my shows.” Davis said he hopes the program might eventually involve a more active component, such as a planned theatrical collaboration. “This is sort of a trial run, and hopefully it will be something that lasts after I go and after [Sirakian] graduates,” Davis said. “Hopefully it’s something that … becomes kind of expected.” The Yale Drama Coalition was founded in 1999.
The first of the exposition’s three “anchor” pieces is “Cedar Bar” (1986), which depicts the artist’s vision of the eponymous watering hole in its heyday, during which time it was a popular hangout among the Abstract Expressionists he so admired, Hodermarsky said. She added that Grooms’ is quite an accurate vision, down to such minutiae as the arrangement of the liquor bottles on the counter and detailing on the bar’s cash registers and stools. In spite of this faithfulness of rendition, Grooms is able to “make
CARLY LOVEJOY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Red Grooms’ “Studio at the rue des Grands-Augustins,” painted between 1990 and 1996, makes visual reference to Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica.” the space his own,” Hodermarsky continued, incorporating many of his role models into scenarios that, while perhaps informed by reality, are in fact products of his typically satiric imagination. For instance, Grooms presents Pollock and de Kooning, well-known rivals, at each other’s throats — literally — though there is no proof that the sparring between the two actually occurred. The second major work featured, “Studio at the rue des Grands-Augustins,” incorporates similar flights of fancy and pays homage to another of 20thcentury art’s great masters, Pablo Picasso. Painted between 1990 and 1996, at the height of the genocide taking place in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the image makes visual ref-
erence to Picasso’s Guernica, to the extent that it actually includes large chunks of the original, albeit reproduced and rearranged. In so doing, Hodermarsky said, Grooms is putting his reaction to these present-day atrocities in the context of Picasso’s powerful visual critique of the bombing of the Spanish village Guernica decades before. The third and final of the exhibition’s kingpins is another Picasso tribute, entitled “Picasso Goes to Heaven” (1973), a tableau in which the artist’s contemporaries and forebears mingle with Renaissance-era luminaries on a backdrop of vivid vermillion, with the Cubist maestro himself, barechested and grinning, in the center. “[It is very much a rendition of
Grooms’] vision of what Picasso’s heaven might look like — and, in some sense, also what [his own] heaven might look like,” Hodermarsky said. In addition to creating the three major murals that form the exhibit’s backbone, Grooms was also responsible for the painted curtains adorning the gallery’s entranceway and the decorative archway occupying one corner, themed “ParisNew York” to correspond with the paintings’ settings. These additions were designed exclusively for the exhibit, prompted in part by Hodermarsky’s belief in including artists when possible in the planning and execution of their own expositions, she said. Hodermarsky said she hopes the exhibit will serve as a learning
experience. “Well, I hope that K-12 students — and Yale students as well — will be spurred on to reimmerse themselves in some bit of history they’ve forgotten,” Hodermarsky said. Two spectators interviewed agreed that they found the context of Grooms’ work intriguing, if at times overwhelming. “It’s really exciting for me to be able to see, in person, these famous works that I’ve seen reproduced so many times, whether online or in print,” Samantha Berenblum ’17 said. The exhibit runs until March 9, 2014. Contact SARA JONES at sara.l.jones@yale.edu .
Contact ANYA GRENIER at anna.grenier@yale.edu.
Undergrad jazz culture grows BY DANA SCHNEIDER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The jazz movement at Yale that was reawakened last year has not lost steam: Jazz is here to stay. On Monday night, the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective, a group of undergraduate musicians and jazz aficionados, sponsored a showcase and jam session. Over 60 freshmen filled the Saybrook Underbrook theater for an evening of standard jazz, jazz fusion, swing and more. The group’s organization and ability to drum up interest in the genre speaks to the success of a series of initiatives begun last year to promote jazz on campus, Jazz Collective President Will Gearty ’14 said. “[We’re] trying to increase awareness of jazz on campus … to bring jazz to Yale for everyone,” Gearty said, adding that the organization is as open to listeners as to active jazz musicians. To increase its campus presence, the Jazz Collective will host a small festival this fall, preceding a larger festival in February. The fall festival, which will take place from Oct. 17 to 19, will center on renowned jazz pianist David Hazeltine. Recruited through School of Music jazz professor Willie Ruff, Hazeltine will officially serve as a “threeday resident” during the festival and participate in events including a concert, a master class and a Saybrook College Master’s Tea, Gearty said. Gearty added that the group also hopes to host a large festival each year. This February’s festival is the Jazz Collective’s second annual jazz festival and will open with the University-sponsored Yale Jazz Ensemble. The Ensemble, organized by
Yale Bands Director Thomas Duffy, plays only “big band music,” said Alexander Dubovoy ’16, vice-president of the Jazz Collective. “Big band” jazz is more standard and organized than some other jazz styles that emphasize smaller groups and more improvisation. Since the University does not sponsor any small combo groups, Dubovoy said the Jazz Collective was instrumental in creating opportunities for him to meet other musicians, in addition to sponsoring master classes and jam sessions.
[We’re] trying to increase awareness of jazz on campus … to bring jazz to Yale for everyone. WILL GEARTY ’14 President, Yale Jazz Collective “The Jazz Collective changed my life as a freshman,” Dubovoy said. The Jazz Collective’s Monday event opened with Julian Reid ’13, the group’s former vice-president, playing an original composition for solo piano. He was followed by three student groups: two small jazz combo groups — “Tonic” and the “Bluebird Jazz Trio” — and the a capella blues group “Redhot and Blue.” Some freshmen brought instruments to the showcase, and played together in a jam session after the scheduled performances. “I came tonight because I have an appreciation of jazz, and to see how I can improve myself,” said Madison Masters ’17,
a freshman who participated on Monday. Isaac Morrier ’17, another jazz musician, had seen the Jazz Collective on the Musicians at Yale Facebook group before coming to Yale. “I’m here to find other musicians to play with,” Morrier said. At least a dozen of the freshmen attendees came solely to listen. Dubovoy said he was “astounded” by how much interest he has seen in jazz over the past week, from musicians and listeners alike. Saybrook College Master Paul Hudak said he supports the Jazz Collective by helping the group request funding from the Undergraduate Organizations Committee, the Arts Council and Saybrook College itself. He added that the college has been revamping the Saybrook Underbrook Theater — most recently through refurbishing its piano — where the Jazz Collective will host biweekly concerts this year. These performances, called “Jazz at the Underbrook,” will feature performances by professional groups from New Haven and New York, as well as student groups. On off weeks, the group will host open jam sessions in the Saybrook common room. Hudak explained that while jazz performances at the Underbrook used to be combined with Saybrook’s CoffeeHouse Coda arts showcase, the event’s length often dissuaded audience members from staying the entire time. The next Jazz Collective event will take place in the Saybrook Underbrook on Sep. 20. Contact DANA SCHNEIDER at dana.schneider@yale.edu .
YALE UNIVERSITY
“Cedar Bar” (1986) depicts Red Grooms’ vision of the eponymous watering hole in its heyday, during which time it was a popular hangout among the Abstract Expressionists he so admired.
Stravinsky centennial project receives funding BY ERIC XIAO STAFF REPORTER
MARIA ZEPEDA/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
The Yale Jazz Collective will host biweekly “Jazz at the Underbrook” events throughout the year.
One hundred years after its controversial premiere, “The Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky continues to be an inspiration to musicians, composers and conductors alike. The RiteNow Project, a collaborative orchestral work commissioned and led by conductor Paolo Bortolameolli MUS ’13, raised over $10,000 through a 28-day Kickstarter campaign that ended on Aug. 31. The project features the work of eight composers, each of whom has written a “Rite of Spring”inspired piece to commemorate the centennial of Stravinsky’s original composition. The pieces will be combined into one work, which will be performed at Woolsey Hall on Nov. 17. “There are not many pieces in history that have become the favorite piece of so many people — even jazz musicians and pop musicians love this piece,” Bortolameolli said. “You don’t have to be a classical musician to like it.” After presenting the idea for the project in a weekly Yale School of Music meeting in November 2012, Bortolameolli told the eight composers who were interested in contribut-
ing to compose their pieces completely independently of each other. “I want the most eclectic piece we can get. … I told them to not talk to each other because I wanted unique, separated styles,” Bortolameolli said. With its plot based on an ancient pagan tradition of sacrificing a female virgin, “The Rite of Spring” has inspired several of the composers in the project to explore the themes of pagan rituals and sacrifice. Composer Justin Tierney MUS ’12 explained that each composer interpreted the instruction to be “inspired” by “The Rite of Spring” differently. He explained that he interprets the piece as depicting a tradition in which a young girl is sacrificed to ensure the coming of spring, and that his composition portrays an ancient pagan environment, employing the idea of music as ritual. Another composer, Polina Nazaykinskaya MUS ’13, said her part will also explore ritual themes in addition to Russian folk melodies. But unlike Tierney, Nazaykinskaya said she was not inspired by the theme of sacrifice in composing her part. Bortolameolli explained that though the topic of human sacrifice in “The Rite of
Spring” may be grotesque to some, many are nonetheless attentive to it due to its historical significance.
There are not many pieces in history that have become the favorite piece of so many people — even jazz musicians and pop musicians love this piece. PAOLO BORTOLAMEOLLI MUS ’13 Conductor, RiteNow Project “We are talking about one year before World War I. What is happening onstage? The sacrifice of a chosen one. We are foreseeing what would happen in a few months when the world began to sacrifice humanity,” Bortolameolli said. Though only a few months remain before the performance, Bortolameolli and the three
composers interviewed — Gleb Kanasevich MUS ’13, Nazaykinskaya and Tierney — said there remain uncertainties in how the project will be finalized. Nazaykinskaya said the group does not yet know what will happen when the pieces come together. Tierney said the plan has been to play the pieces one after the other in a tableau-like succession, though Bortolameolli explained that the composers may need to write a few more bars of music to bridge certain sections if necessary. Tierney added that part of this uncertainty comes from the vastly differing styles of each composer, which range from neo-romantic to avant-garde. Kanasevich said the group is using an extremely large orchestra — over 120 musicians — reflective of the size of the orchestra needed to play Stravinsky’s original piece. Coordinating with such a large group with limited rehearsal time will present a challenge, he explained. The original “Rite of Spring” was composed for the Ballets Russes company and had its world premiere in Paris in 1913. Contact ERIC XIAO at eric.xiao@yale.edu .
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FROM THE FRONT
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” RAY BRADBURY AUTHOR OF DYSTOPIAN NOVEL “FAHRENHEIT 451”
Yale professors throw Elicker fundraiser door neighbor, Jim Barnes, said that he was sure if Elicker were elected, “We will get 125 percent out of him.” While speaking to the crowd, Elicker said that what distinguished him from the other candidates was a commitment to a “new way” of government, which he characterized as more open and transparent than the “old way” based on donations and favors. Elicker has raised a total of $170,000 as of Tuesday, trailing Harp and Fernandez who have raised $287,413 and $265,361, respectively. Unlike Fernandez and Harp, Elicker has elected to participate in New Haven’s Democracy Fund for campaign financing, which allows a maximum donation of $370 per individual. Though he lags behind competitors in the fundraising race, Elicker said that his participation in the Democracy Fund is an example of the new style of government that he plans to bring to City Hall. The Democratic mayoral primary will take place on Sept. 10.
ELICKER FROM PAGE 1 years,” given the city’s rapidly rising pension costs. “We need great strength in that office,” Rae said. He added that while Yale professors are not usually very attentive to local politics, SOM professors are split between Elicker and former city economic development administrator Henry Fernandez LAW ’94. Most other Yale professors at the event were supportive of Elicker including Smith, Fry and Ibbotson. As an SOM professor himself, Ibbotson said he was excited to see an SOM graduate in the mayoral race. Fry called Elicker’s positions “sensible,” as he filled out a donation before leaving Rae’s house. Alan Plattus, who was at the event and teaches the popular political science course “New Haven and the American City,” said he is undecided about who he will support in the mayoral election and used this event to gather information about the candidate. Supporters also mentioned Elicker’s responsiveness to constituents as one of his most positive attributes. Rae’s next-
Contact MONICA DISARE at monica.disare@yale.edu .
YDN
Several Yale professors expressed their support for New Haven mayoral candidate Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 at a Wednesday campaign event.
Elicker counts most individual donors FUNDRAISING FROM PAGE 1 Harp also led the field in spending. Having emptied $216,253 from campaign coffers during the reporting period — over $40,000 more than she took in — the state senator is left without a deep war chest ahead of the general election. Scully said that Harp’s rapid expenditures are a function of her late entry into the race — Harp announced her candidacy in April, whereas Elicker joined the race in January. Harp’s significant campaign spending allowed her to catch up in educating New Haven residents about her platform, he said. Scully also pointed to his candidate’s late entry as the cause of another significant difference in fundraising between the candidates: the Democracy Fund. Both Harp and Fernandez opted out of the program, whereas Elicker and Carolina, whose fundraising totals are significantly lower, chose to participate. “She wouldn’t have been as competitive as she is with the Democracy Fund,” Scully said. The fund, established in 2007, delivers city funds to qualifying New Haven mayoral candidates, provided they do not accept contributions larger than $370 or contributions from political committees or business entities. Candidates are given a one-time grant of $19,000 and other funds of up to $125,000, which are rewarded through a system that doubles the first $25 of donations from $10 to $25 and provides $50 for contributions between $25 and $370. Harp has expanded her fiscal base
well beyond New Haven, reflecting her connections formed across Connecticut in her time as a state legislator. According to the most recent filings, 700 individuals donated to the Harp campaign during the filing period. Of those, only 288, or 41 percent, live in New Haven, although 680, or 97 percent, reside in Connecticut. Beyond the location of her donors, Harp’s choice to forgo the Fund has also allowed her campaign to take contributions of more than $370, bringing her average contribution to $217. Sixty-eight people donated $1,000, the maximum allowable donation from an individual, during the reporting period. Elicker has made Harp’s use of large contributions and money from beyond the city a key point in his campaign pitch. With 850 individual contributions and 79 percent of his total funding coming from inside the city, the Ward 10 alderman has consistently argued that the differences in fundraising tactics suggest differences in how the candidates will govern. The average donation to Elicker’s campaign was $80 in July and August; among those who gave the maximum donation of $370 to Elicker is psychology professor Paul Bloom. Fernandez, who did not participate in the Democracy Fund, had the lowest proportion of donors from inside New Haven, less than a quarter of the 269 who donated. He also had the highest average donation, at $321. Forty-five of those donations were of $1,000. “Unfortunately, we knew we would have to compete with Sen.
Harp, an establishment candidate who would raise money from special interests, lobbyists and people with business before the Appropriations Committee and the State Legislature, which she controls,” Fernandez’s Communications Manager Danielle Filson said. “We needed to match Sen. Harp dollar for dollar, and the Democracy Fund would not have allowed us to do that.” Meanwhile, Hillhouse High School Principal Kermit Carolina lagged far behind his opponents with just over $5,000 raised, bringing his total to $38,695, not including Democracy Fund money. Although his fundraising totals were significantly smaller than the others, Carolina maintained the highest proportion of Elm City residents in his donor rolls: nearly 97 percent. The average contribution to his campaign, $35, was also the lowest of any candidate. “Not only are more than 90 percent of our contributors New Haven residents, but the vast majority of our donors have given us relatively small amounts,” the campaign said in a statement released late Tuesday night. “A person’s ability to impact the city’s leader should not be correlative with the amount of money a person can raise or donate.” In addition to receiving more contributions from individuals outside New Haven, Harp’s decision not to use the Democracy Fund has provided her the freedom to take contributions from political action committees and businesses, from which she took 12.5 percent of her fundraising total in July and August.
The groups included several unions — Central CT Carpenters Union, Carpenters Local 43, Sheet Metal Workers Local, CT Council of Police Unions and Yale’s Local 34 and 35 — many of which have endorsed Harp. In addition, Democratic Voices for Change, Realtor’s PAC and Prosperity for Connecticut, among other organizations, donated. Washington, D.C.-based polling firm ThirtyNinth Street Strategies, which gave $2,500, contributed more than any other organization. Unlike Harp, Fernandez did not make significant use of PACs or businesses. Meanwhile, Elicker, who claims that internal polling conducted by his campaign shows that the race is between himself and Harp, frequently takes aim at the state senator’s decision to take contributions from PACs and businesses. “The fact that Toni raised so much money from PACs and special interest groups,” Elicker said, “is exactly what is wrong about politics in New Haven.” In response, Scully said that the campaign was “proud of where the money comes from,” adding that the contributions from beyond New Haven were indicative of the candidate’s track record in the State Legislature. As of Aug. 23, the Democracy Fund distributed $102,660 to Elicker, Carolina and former challenger Gary Holder-Winfield, the three candidates who opted into the program. Contact MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu .
GRAPH FUNDRAISING TOTALS FOR MAYORAL CANDIDATES $200,000 $176,082
$179,056
Pre-July fundraising total July/August fundraising total
150,000 $127,939 $111,341 100,000
$86,305
50,000 $29,254*
$33,435 $5,260*
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Toni Harp
Henry Fernandez
Justin Elicker
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Texas Guard refuses to process same-sex benefits BY CHRIS TOMLINSON ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas National Guard refused to process requests from same-sex couples for benefits on Tuesday despite a Pentagon directive to do so, while Mississippi won’t issue applications from state-owned offices. Both states cited their respective bans on gay marriage. Tuesday was the first working day that gays in the military could apply for benefits after the Pentagon announced it would recognize same-sex marriages. The Department of Defense had announced that it would recognize same-sex marriages performed in states where they are legal following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that threw out parts of the Defense of Marriage Act. Texas and M ississippi appeared to be the only two states limiting how and where same-sex spouses of National Guard members could register for identification cards and benefits, according to an Associated Press tally. Officials in 13 other states that also ban gay marriage — including Arizona, Oklahoma, Florida, Michigan and Georgia — said Tuesday that they will follow federal law and process all couples applying for benefits the same. Maj. Gen. John Nichols, the commanding general of Texas Military Forces, wrote to service members in a letter obtained by the AP that because the Texas Constitution defines marriage as between a man and a woman, his state agency couldn’t process applications from gay and lesbian couples. But he said the Texas National Guard, Texas Air Guard and Texas State Guard would not deny anyone benefits. Nichols wrote that his agency, which oversees Texas’ National Guard units, “remains committed to ensuring its military personnel and their families receive the benefits to which they are entitled. As such, we encourage anyone affected by this issue to enroll for benefits at a federal installation.” He then listed 22
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Members of the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas Army National Guard participate in a ceremony in the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. bases operated by the Department of Defense in Texas where service members could enroll their families. A spokesman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry said the Texas Military Forces, as a state agency, must obey state law. Mississippi National Guard spokesman Tim Powell said the main factor in determining where same-sex spouses could apply for benefits came down to the property owner. Powell said only National Guard offices on federal property would accept the applications in Mississippi, which also constitutionally bans gay marriage. “It is our intent to provide benefits and services to our men
and women in uniform and at the same time abide by federal and state statutes,” Powell said. Pentagon officials said Texas appeared to be the only state with a total ban on processing applications from gay and lesbian couples. Spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen said federal officials will process all applications from same-sex couples with a marriage certificate from a state where it is legal. Alicia Butler said she was turned away from the Texas Military Forces headquarters in Austin early Tuesday and advised to get her ID card at Fort Hood, an Army post 90 miles away. She married her spouse — an Iraq war veteran — in California in 2009,
and they have a 5-month-old child. “It’s so petty. It’s not like it’s going to stop us from registering or stop us from marrying. It’s a pointed way of saying, `We don’t like you,’” Butler said. She said she was concerned the state would withhold survivor benefits if something happened to her wife while she was activated on state duty rather than on federal deployment. “People say, `Why don’t you live somewhere else?’” she said. “Well, my ancestors came here five generations ago to get away from this kind of stuff, and this is my state and I’m not going to go away.” The American Military Part-
ner Association, which advocates for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people in the armed forces, gave the AP a copy of Nichols’ letter. “It’s truly outrageous that the State of Texas has decided to play politics with our military families,” said Stephen Peters, the organization’s president. “Our military families are already dealing with enough problems and the last thing they need is more discrimination from the state of Texas.” In Florida, where gay marriage is banned, state Department of Military Affairs spokesman Lt. Col. James Evans said he was unaware of any policy that would prohibit accepting a request for
processing benefits. Requests for benefits for same-sex couples in Oklahoma, where gay marriage also is illegal, will be handled like those from heterosexual couples, said Oklahoma National Guard spokesman Col. Max Moss. So far, only one National Guard soldier has inquired about receiving benefits for her same-sex partner, but she didn’t have a valid marriage license from a states that authorizes same-sex marriages, Moss said. “As long as the soldier presents that marriage certificate or license, then we would treat that claim just like we would any other soldier that brings in a marriage license or certificate,” Moss said.
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Christie claims rival mocked weight BY ANGELA DELLI SANTI ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accused his Democratic opponent Tuesday of making a mocking reference to his weight when she suggested that the image of him “frolicking on the beach” was not a boost to tourism. State Sen. Barbara Buono denied taking aim at Christie’s size. Her campaign said she was questioning the effectiveness of tourism-promotion commercials featuring the governor and his family that ran all summer in an effort to bring visitors back to the Jersey Shore, parts of which were devastated by last fall’s Superstorm Sandy. In a clip from a campaign event posted on YouTube last week, Buono says: “I don’t know about you, but seeing Chris Christie frolicking on the beach is not going to drive me to go to the shore.” Christie, the 50-year-old Republican governor and potential 2016 presidential contender, has long struggled with his weight — and joked about it, too. During an appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” he pulled a dough-
nut out of his suit pocket and took a few bites. “I’m very disappointed that she decided to go down that road, for me and for other folks across New Jersey, many folks, who are challenged by their weight,” said Christie, who is noticeably slimmer since undergoing gastric band surgery in February. “The fact that someone running for governor would make derisive comments about someone’s physical appearance is really beneath the office she’s seeking.” Buono’s campaign said she was trying to call attention to problems at the shore 10 months after Sandy caused billions of dollars in damage. “It’s time for the governor to toughen up and face the facts: His bluster and self-promotion have left business owners and residents across the state with one of the worst economies in the nation,” said her campaign spokesman, David Turner. Democrats have criticized Christie for spending $2 million in federal Sandy recovery funds on the tourism commercials, which ran as part of a campaign to highlight the shore’s restoration. The
ads featuring Christie and his family show them sitting near a beach, but not in beach attire. “Governor Christie seems to think that everything is about him. First, he defended his starring role in a federally funded ad campaign as absolutely essential to storm recovery,” Turner said. “Now, as businesses question the effectiveness of the campaign, he says that anyone who dares to question him is somehow attacking his weight.” Christie said the comments showed that Buono, who has trailed the governor by more than 20 percentage points in public opinion polls, is willing to mine the same ground as former Gov. Jon Corzine, his opponent in 2009. Corzine ran an ad accusing Christie, a former U.S. attorney, of “throwing his weight around,” part of an allegation that he used the power of his position to gain favorable treatment after a motor vehicle accident. Corzine maintained the ad was about Christie’s conduct, not his weight, and that he had simply used a poor choice of words. Christie did not buy the explanation.
WASHINGTON — A female U.S. Naval Academy student was highly intoxicated on the night last year when she was allegedly sexually assaulted by three midshipmen, a military prosecutor said Tuesday night as he urged an officer to move forward with a court-martial of the men. But defense attorneys said the woman lied repeatedly about her actions during and after an offcampus party in 2012, and that there was no evidence of a forcible sexual assault. The woman spent five days testifying during the proceeding, known as an Article 32 hearing. She has said she drank heavily and has no memory of having sex with the midshipmen, but became concerned after hearing gossip shortly after the party that she had had sex with multiple people. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name those who authorities say were victims of sexual assault. Lt. Cmdr. Phil Hamon, a prosecutor, said in his closing argument Tuesday that the woman was “substantially incapacitated” from drinking too much alcohol. Andrew Weinstein, who is representing Midshipman Tra’ves Bush, said the woman had lied repeatedly. He also said no one at the party saw her passed out or acting as intoxicated as she claimed. “Blackout is a function of memory,” Weinstein said. “It is not an attribute of capacity.” Weinstein said the three former Navy football players - Bush and Midshipmen Eric Graham and Josh Tate - never should have been charged. “She has no credibility,” he said. Lt. Cmdr. Angela Tang, who is representing Graham, said there was no evidence anyone used force. “Drunk sex is not sexual
assault,” she said. Cmdr. Art Record, who is representing Tate, said investigators relied on rumors and innuendos instead of evidence. “There’s not a scintilla of evidence,” Record said. The hearing wrapped up Tuesday night, a week after it began. The investigative officer who presided over the case will now review the evidence and make a recommendation to the academy’s superintendent on whether the men should be court-martialed. Such reviews generally take days or weeks to complete. Tate, Graham and Bush declined to speak in court Tuesday when asked by the investigative officer. Graham has been charged with abusive sexual contact, while Bush and Tate have been charged with aggravated sexual assault. All three also are charged with making a false statement. The case has drawn attention as the White House, Congress and the Pentagon have been focusing on the issue of sexual assault after a string of cases in the military this year. President Barack Obama highlighted the importance of the issue at the Naval Academy’s graduation ceremony in May. Earlier Tuesday, an investigator testified that the alleged victim said in an interview that she couldn’t remember whether sexual encounters with the men charged in the case were consensual or not. Speaking from Bahrain by video teleconference, Special Agent Michelle Robinson testified that the woman told her in an interview that she wasn’t sure whether she had consented to the encounters. Robinson also testified that Graham told her he had oral sex with the woman in a car outside the party. Graham made the statement in an interview during the investigation.
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In Boehner, Obama gains Syria-strike support BY DAVID ESPO AND BRADLEY KLAPPER ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama gained ground Tuesday in his drive for congressional backing of a military strike against Syria, winning critical support from House Speaker John Boehner while administration officials agreed to explicitly rule out the use of U.S. combat troops in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack. “You’re probably going to win” Congress’ backing, Rand Paul of Kentucky, a conservative senator and likely opponent of the measure, conceded in a late-afternoon exchange with Secretary of State John Kerry. The leader of House Republicans, Boehner emerged from a meeting at the White House and said the United States has “enemies around the world that need to understand that we’re not going to tolerate this type of behavior. We also have allies around the world and allies in the region who also need to know that America will be there and stand up when it’s necessary.” Boehner spoke as lawmakers in both parties called for changes in the president’s requested legislation, rewriting it to restrict the type and duration of any military action that would be authorized, possibly including a ban on U.S. combat forces on the ground. A new resolution was written Tuesday by Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn. It could get a vote by the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee Wednesday. Menendez is the chairman and Corker is the top Republican on the panel. “There’s no problem in our having the language that has zero capacity for American troops on the ground,” said Secretary of State John Kerry, one of three senior officials to make the case for military intervention at the committee’s hearing.
This is not the time for armchair isolationism. This is not the time to be spectators to slaughter. JOHN KERRY U.S. secretary of state Kerry had said earlier in the hearing that he’d prefer not to have such language, hypothesizing the potential need for sending ground troops “in the event Syria imploded” or to prevent its chemical weapons cache from falling into the hands of a terrorist organization. “President Obama is not asking America to go to war,” Kerry said in a strongly worded opening statement. He added, “This is not the time for armchair isolationism. This is not the time to be spectators to slaughter.” Obama said earlier in the day he was open to revisions in the relatively broad request the White House made over the weekend. He expressed con-
fidence Congress would respond to his call for support and said Assad’s action “poses a serious national security threat to the United States and to the region.” The administration says 1,429 died from the attack on Aug. 21 in a Damascus suburb. Casualty estimates by other groups are far lower, and Assad’s government blames the episode on rebels who have been seeking to overthrow his government in a civil war that began over two years ago. A United Nations inspection team is awaiting lab results on tissue and soil samples it collected while in the country before completing a closely watched report. The president met top lawmakers at the White House before embarking on an overseas trip to Sweden and Russia, leaving the principal lobbying at home for the next few days to Vice President Joe Biden and other members of his administration. Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sat shoulder-to-shoulder at the Senate committee hearing while, a few hundred miles away, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged caution. He said any punitive action against Syria could unleash more turmoil and bloodshed, and he advised that such strikes would be legal only in self-defense under the U.N. Charter or if approved by the organization’s Security Council. Russia and China have repeatedly used their veto power in the council to block action against Assad.
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Egypt’s President Mansour said that returning to democratic rule, restoring security and improving the economy are his top priorities. BY SARAH EL DEEB STATUS LINE CAIRO — Egypt’s interim president defended the military’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, saying the toppled leader failed to deliver on campaign promises and was forced out by the will of people not by a coup. In his first interview since taking office after Morsi’s July 4 ouster, Adly Mansour said that a return to democratic rule, restoring security and improving the country’s ailing economy are his government’s top priorities. Speaking on Egyptian state television in a pre-recorded interview aired late Tuesday, Mansour also said that the fate of the ousted president’s Muslim Brotherhood group was in the hands of the judiciary. He also defended reinstating emergency rule, which gives authorities sweeping powers to arrest, and said the country is defending itself against acts of terrorism by extremists. Earlier Tuesday, an Egyptian court ordered Al-Jazeera’s local affiliate and three other stations to stop broadcasting, part of an expanding government crackdown against media seen as supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. In another legal move, a military tribunal issued the first verdicts against backers of Morsi, sentencing one to life in prison and handing sentences of five to 15 years in prison to 51 other defendants for assaulting troops during riots in the port city of Suez last month. The riots were part of a nationwide wave of violence sparked when security forces cracked down on pro-Morsi camps in Cairo, killing hundreds. Egypt’s new military-backed government has moved on multiple fronts to put
down Morsi supporters, who continue to challenge the popularly supported military coup that removed the country’s first elected president. Hundreds of supporters, including leading members of the Brotherhood and its allies, have been detained or face prosecution on charges ranging from inciting violence to possession of weapons and murder. Morsi himself has been held in an undisclosed location since the July 3 coup, and has been referred to trial for inciting the murder of his opponents. No date has been set. Despite the crackdown, Morsi supporters planned protests Tuesday to commemorate two months since he was ousted. At the same time, the military is stepping up its campaign against Islamic militants, who have escalated attacks in the tumultuous Sinai Peninsula since Morsi’s toppling. On Tuesday, helicopter gunships rocketed houses and cars in several villages, targeting what the state news agency MENA said were hideouts of militants. At least eight suspected militants were killed and 15 wounded, it said. Pro-Morsi protests have waned in recent weeks, and a large margin of the public has backed the crackdown, growing weary of violence and hostile to the Brotherhood. The military-backed interim government is charging ahead with their transition plan, appointing a committee to review the constitution passed under Morsi. A new version is to be put to a popular referendum within two months, and if passed, it would open the way for presidential and parliamentary elections. With little sign of reconciliation with Morsi’s Islamist backers, authorities have targeted media outlets deemed sympathetic with the former leader — particularly the local affiliate of Qatar-
based Al-Jazeera. Al-Jazeera has repeatedly denied any bias, and continued its critical coverage of the developments in Egypt. The administrative court Tuesday accused Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr and three other stations of violating broadcasting conditions and ordered their offices closed and broadcasts halted. The court said in its ruling that the stations “hurt national security,” as well as “broadcast lies to the Egyptian people, defamed the armed forces, violated the professional code of conduct, and incited foreign countries against Egypt,” according to MENA. It accused the stations of fabricating news and claiming that footage and pictures from the Syrian conflict were from Egypt, labeling Morsi’s ouster a coup and denying that millions of Egyptians protested to demand his fall. Al-Jazeera officials were not immediately available for comment. After the Tuesday decision, Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr was still on air. It broadcast an amateur video of an alleged survivor from a prison truck which police fired at and threw in it tear gas canisters, killing 36. Those killed were mostly pro-Morsi detainees, and the incident caused serious embarrassment to authorities. Shaimaa Abu ElKhir, of the Committee to Protect Journalists based in Cairo, said authorities are using incitement accusations to prosecute stations even though there is no law defining what constitutes incitement. This legal vacuum “is used to stifle journalists,” she said. CPJ said Friday that authorities are trying to undermine coverage of Morsi supporters’ activities by harassing and detaining journalists from media critical of the military-led government.
LUDWIGSBURG, Germany — The German special prosecutors’ office that investigates Nazi war crimes said Tuesday it is recommending charges against dozens of alleged former Auschwitz guards, opening the possibility of a new wave of trials almost 70 years after the end of World War II. Federal prosecutor Kurt Schrimm, the head of the office in Ludwigsburg, said an investigation of 49 suspects turned up enough evidence to recommend that state prosecutors pursue charges of accessory to murder against 30 people in Germany who were stationed at the death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. Another seven suspects who live outside the country are still being investigated, two could not be found, and one further case has already gone to prosecutors, he said. Those living abroad are in Austria, Brazil, Croatia, the U.S., Poland and even one in Israel, Schrimm said without giving further details. The names and hometowns of the suspects were not released. Schrimm said the oldest suspect was born in 1916 and the youngest in 1926, meaning they could range in age from 86 to 97. The cases are being sent to the responsible state prosecutors’ offices in 11 of Germany’s 16 states. It will be up to them to determine whether the elderly suspects — primarily men but also some women — are fit to stand trial and whether to bring official charges. “The biggest enemy is time,” Schrimm told reporters. Accessory to murder charges can be filed under the same legal theory that Munich prosecutors used to try former Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk, who died in a Bavarian nursing home last year while appealing his 2011 conviction on charges he served as a Sobibor death camp guard, Schrimm said. Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk was the first person convicted in Germany solely on the basis of serving as a camp
guard, with no evidence of involvement in a specific killing. Under the new legal argument, anyone who was involved in the operation of a death camp was an accessory to murder. Demjanjuk steadfastly maintained that he had been mistaken for someone else and never served as a camp guard. Efraim Zuroff, the top Nazi hunter at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem, said the decision could mean even more cases will be opened against guards at the other five main death camps established by the Nazis. “We commend the (prosecutors) for seeking to apply the precedent as widely as possible and hope that they will be able to find as many perpetrators as possible,” he said in a telephone interview. “It’s only a shame that this kind of legal reasoning was not applied previously, because it would have led to many, many more cases of people who definitely deserved to be brought to justice.” Schrimm said that even guards who worked in a death camp’s kitchens played a role in the facility’s function as a site that existed for the purpose of mass murder. Schrimm cautioned that the health of the suspects — and of possible witnesses — would make bringing them to trial difficult. “I don’t want to raise excessive expectations,” he said. The Nazis built six main death camps, all in occupied Poland: Auschwitz, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor and Treblinka. The Auschwitz and Majdanek complexes also had labor camps associated with them, but Schrimm said the suspects in the current investigation all worked in the main death camp, known as Auschwitz-Birkenau. As part of the investigation prosecutors surveyed anew the AuschwitzBirkenau camp and concluded no one could have been there for more than a day or two without learning that people were being gassed to death and their bodies incinerated at the site, he said.
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Eight rowers compete at U-23 Worlds BY ASHTON WACKYM STAFF REPORTER For a few Yale rowers, the 2013 Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria, marked their first time competing internationally. For veterans of the international circuit, it was another chance to earn recognition for God, for Country and for Yale.
HEAVYWEIGHT CREW From July 24–28, eight Yale rowers, including three from the heavyweight team, two from the lightweight team and three from the women’s team, competed at the 2013 annual international championships in Austria. Though they faced challenging conditions — including a flood-damaged regatta area — the Bulldogs enjoyed representing their countries and realizing a long-term goal of participating in a global competition. “When you start, you have your goals and expectations,” Hubert Trzybinski ’16 said. “And in the weeks ahead, that tension builds, and it’s tiring. When you cross that finish line, it’s relieving.” For the men’s heavyweight team, Trzybinski took the gold medal in the single scull for Ger-
many, while Simon Keenan ’15 finished fourth in Australia’s coxed four and Germany’s Stephan Riemekasten ’17 finished fifth in the double. Matthew O’Donoghue ’14 and Joseph Hanlon ’14 represented Yale’s lightweight crew team by taking sixth in the grand finale for USA in the coxless four. On the women’s side, Maddie Lips ’14 placed 11th in the single scull, Kim Szokol ’14 took eighth in the women’s four and Kristina Wagner ’15 finished 12th in the women’s pair, all representing the United States. While many Elis competed at the U-23 championships, not a single one faced a Bulldog teammate as each raced in a separate category. Still, each athlete had to make the most of tough conditions due to a flood that stormed the regatta area just over a month before the start of the championships. According to Riemekasten, the site’s river was overflowing with mud, and over a meter had to be removed before the start of the competition. Dried mud on the side of the course turned to dust, which made it difficult for rowers to breathe. However, Bulldogs have overcome challenging conditions in the past, and many members of the
Yale delegation were not strangers to the international stage. Trzybinski was competing for Germany for the sixth time while Riemekasten wore the black, red and gold for the fifth time. Owen Symington ’14 won the silver medal in the coxless four for Australia in 2012 and Tom Dethlefs ’12 won the U-23 gold medals in the USA men’s eight in both 2011 and 2012. “The number of Yale athletes competing at the U-23 Championships shows that the entire rowing program at Yale is going in the right direction,” Keenan said. “When the whole team does well, it really speaks well for the coaches and the rowers.” Trzybinski said that without the support and coaching he received at Yale, he would not have been able to compete at the same level on the international stage. After sweeping nearly the entire season for the Bulldogs, Trzybinski returned to Germany just 10 days before the time trials began and transitioned to a single sculling boat, hoping to compete in the U-23 circuit for his last time. As most teams had been decided during the spring, he knew that the only way for him to qualify for the team would be to race by himself and win. In the end, he was six
New coach brings defensive prowess to Elis MEN’S LACROSSE
YALE ATHLETICS
Reigning Division II coach of the year Andrew Stimmel will join Yale as a goaltender coach this year. goaltender Jack Meyer ’14 said he loves the energy his coach exudes. He said his new coach already has started to plan workouts for the goalies and has been impressive in his understanding of the mental toughness needed to play goalie in lacrosse. “Goaltending in lacrosse is a very mental thing and he seems to understand that side of the game very well,” Meyer said. Captain Jimmy Craft ’14 added that he believes the coaching transition will be smooth for Eli goaltenders. In his conversations with Stimmel, Craft said the new hire shares a similar coaching style and philosophy with his predecessor. Stimmel said that energy and passion is what he wants to bring to the program. He added that it takes a tremendous amount of effort to avoid becoming complacent over the course of an entire season and that he hopes to work with the goalies to avoid those pitfalls. Stimmel was drafted by the Ohio Machine in the Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft, and has served as the director of curriculum and co-director of recruiting for Low and Away Lacrosse Camps in Pittsburgh. Contact J.R. REED at jonathan.t.reed@yale.edu.
“Stephan is an example of the type of athlete that is now choosing Yale,” Gladstone said. In spite of the success that members of the Yale crew team experienced over the summer, the Bulldogs are excited to be back on campus. “It’s an honor that you represent your country and also your university, and we are very grateful for that,” Trzybinski said. “But we also do crew because we enjoy
rowing, the team spirit of it, and because we dedicate ourselves and work really hard as a team for a common goal.” The women’s and heavyweight crew programs will open up their fall seasons with competition at the Head of the Housatonic Oct. 12. Contact ASHTON WACKYM at ashton.wackym@yale.edu .
Bulldog days of summer BY CHARLES CONDRO STAFF REPORTER
BASEBALL
Coming off of an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament last spring, the men’s lacrosse team added another weapon to its coaching arsenal this summer.
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seconds faster than the rest of the competitors in the German trials and successfully qualified for the squad. International Eli recognition brings success to Yale and its athletes, but it also helps the future of Yale Athletics, heavyweight crew head coach Steve Gladstone said. An incoming freshman, Riemekasten competed at the championships before stepping foot on Yale’s campus.
The last out of Yale’s season was made back in April, but the Bulldog Boys of Summer were just getting started.
BY J.R. REED STAFF REPORTER
This August, Yale head coach Andrew Shay introduced former Ohio State (OSU) lacrosse captain Andrew Stimmel as the Bulldogs’ new goaltending coach. Stimmel spent the past two seasons as head coach for the Grove City College lacrosse team, where he led the Wolverines to an Elite 8 appearance in the 2013 Division II national tournament. Leading Grove City to a 10–2 overall record last season, Stimmel earned Division II National Coach of the Year honors. “Coach Shay has a reputation in the lacrosse community as being one of the best coaches in the game and [assistant coaches Graham] Niemi and [Andrew] Baxter have had incredible success as offensive and defensive coordinators,” Stimmel said. “Being around that caliber of staff coupled with the unique team culture they’ve developed made it a phenomenal opportunity at one of the best universities in the world.” Stimmel joins the Elis with plenty of defensive experience, including his work helping coach the goalies at Grove City. As a defensive midfielder for the Buckeyes in college, Stimmel earned the 2010 Team Defensive MVP award. There, he actually played under then-OSU assistant coach Baxter, the Bulldogs’ current defensive coordinator. Stimmel said he believes his experience playing the defensive midfield position has helped him learn how to organize a defense and recognize which shots a goalie feels confident seeing. “Having played a two-way role at times in college really aids in understanding what the offense is trying to accomplish, what part of the field they like to attack,” Stimmel said. “Along with that, as a midfielder in college, you’re watching film and breaking down the goalie scouting report on a weekly basis so it really ends up being a well rounded experience that allows you to bring a unique perspective to the position.” In his limited time working with Stimmel,
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Hubert Trzybinski ’16, right, took the gold medal in the single scull for Germany at the U23 Championships.
After a long 38-game spring season, most Yale baseball players continued polishing their craft after classes ended in some of the top collegiate summer leagues across the nation. Southpaws Rob Cerfolio ’14 and David Hickey ’14 continued the dominant seasons they had on the mound for the Elis. Hickey authored a 2.15 earned run average for the season and did not allow an earned run in Ivy League play, while Cerfolio posted a 2.94 ERA. “The New England Collegiate Baseball League helped me to improve as a pitcher because it allowed me to play in an environment different from the spring season,” Hickey said. “Composed of players across the country, there was a range of talent and personalities on my team and the other teams in the league. Summer ball is great in this way as it is a break from the rigidity of the spring season.” Hickey picked up right where he left off during the Ivy season for the Vermont Mountaineers. After striking out 35 in 37.2 innings for Yale, Hickey was even more overpowering in the NECBL. He sat down 34 batters on strikes in just 30.1 innings of work. In seven games, including six starts, Hickey engineered a miniscule 1.78 earned run average and allowed fewer batters to reach base (20 hits and four walks) than innings pitched. Cerfolio, who was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 33rd round of the MLB Draft in June, started three games for the Moondogs of Mankato, Minn. before his summer was cut short
by injury. “I was playing in the Northwoods League [of the upper Midwest and southern Canada] at the beginning of the summer until I fractured my ankle,” Cerfolio said. “It was unfortunate, but I’m getting better.” His best performance came against the Thunder Bay Border Cats on June 3, when he surrendered just two earned runs over six-and-two-thirds innings pitched. Pitcher and outfielder Eric Hsieh ’15 said that the experience gained from playing summer ball benefits the roster from top to bottom. “For the guys who want to get drafted, it gives them more exposure,” Hsieh said. “It gives fielders the chance to see more live pitching and gives players who saw less action during the season a chance to get in more reps and work towards competing for starting jobs next season.” Hsieh played in the Orange County Collegiate Baseball League and said that the summer gave him more chances to work on his pitching. Hsieh stepped off the mound last season to spend most of his time patrolling the outfield for the
Elis, where he batted .280 with a .366 on-base percentage and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. Several Elis excelled in their leagues, earning all-star appearances. Hickey represented the Mountaineers in the NECBL AllStar game, while outfielder and pitcher Green Campbell ’15 played in the Beach Collegiate Baseball League for the Myrtle Beach Stars. Unable to play the field because of a lingering ankle injury, Campbell said that he was able to concentrate on pitching as the Stars’ closer. “Without having to worry about hitting and playing the outfield I was able to focus exclusively on pitching,” Campbell said. “I saw that I am able to pitch at the collegiate level and I gained confidence going into next season.” Campbell was lights out for the Stars on the mound, surrendering a lone run in 16.2 frames while slamming the door on eight saves. The righty was not alone on the Stars, as he was joined by Bulldog teammates catcher/outfielder Brent Lawson ’16 and pitcher Chris Moates ’16. Contact CHARLES CONDRO at charles.condro@yale.edu .
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Brent Lawson ’16 joined two Eli teammates playing for the Myrtle Beach Stars over the summer.
KENDALL POLAN ’14, CAPTAIN OF THE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM. The setter, who was showcased in the Total Mortgage Athlete Spotlight of the Week, will look to build on her 2,416 career assists and lead the Elis to a fourth-straight share of the Ivy crown.