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City rails against new Amtrak line

AIR FORCE ROTC WELCOMES NEW CADETS

One more time. A speech

from President Barack Obama closed this year’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, drawing more than 100 students to a watch party hosted in the Calhoun Buttery by the Yale College Democrats.

BY BEN PRAWDZIK STAFF REPORTER

Not all roses at the DNC.

Connecticut first lady Cathy Malloy is under media scrutiny for comments she made at the DNC, crying foul over the treatment the American public and media give to politicians and their families. She has since apologized.

Also under fire. U.S. Rep.

Chris Murphy, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate who’s facing off against Republican Linda McMahon, is facing questions about a foreclosure on his home in 2007, and on a lawsuit alleging he failed to pay rent in 2003.

The race goes on. The

McMahon and Murphy camps have agreed to four debates in October, though none will be in New Haven. Murphy is pushing for more debates.

Make your voice count.

Former Yale College Council President Brandon Levin ’14, who is responsible for providing student feedback to the committee searching for University President Richard Levin’s successor, sent an email to Thursday afternoon announcing that he’ll host office hours next week to solicit student input.

Are we really number 2? A

new set of college rankings out from CrowdRank — the self-proclaimed “Wikipedia of rankings” — lists Yale as the number two bachelor degreegranting University in the nation, behind only Harvard.

The rankings draw on “the over 3 million community votes already cast to bring the crowdsourcing revolution to rankings,” not only the voices of college counselors, according to a press release.

Stanford came in third, followed by Cornell and the Naval Academy.

Great faculty support.

Harvard students may not be the only ones cheating up North: Former Harvard psychology professor Marc Hauser is guilty of six cases of data fabrication or manipulation in work supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, according to a report released Wednesday by the federal Office of Research Integrity.

Franco GRD ’16 faces suit.

James “Does-He-EvenGo-Here” Franco GRD ’16 is facing a lawsuit from a former professor who claims Franco publicly disparged him after receiving a “D” in the class.

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‘I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION’ Yale’s new Air Force ROTC unit administered the Oath of Office to eight new cadets Thursday morning on Beinecke Plaza. Representatives from the University of New Haven and Southern Connecticut State University were also in attendance.

Students hope for broadening of Yale’s reach

BY CAROLINE TAN STAFF REPORTER Throughout his nearly 20-year tenure, University President Richard Levin has sought to expand Yale’s presence abroad.

But with a new president taking the helm in the next academic year, some students are hoping to see the scope of those efforts broaden.

Several of the initiatives Levin has launched to increase Yale’s presence abroad in recent years — such as an exchange program with Peking University in Beijing and a partnership with the National University of Singapore to build a liberal arts college — have focused on forging connections with Asian countries. Though few debate that Levin has succeeded in growing the University’s brand on an international stage, some cultural group leaders in the Latin American, African and Middle Eastern communities feel the president’s agenda has focused disproportionately on Asia at the expense of other regions.

“I did get this perception that [Levin] was pushing this Asian agenda a lot,” said Murat Dagli ’14, president of the Latin American Student Organization. “It was always China, always Singapore.”

Levin said in a Thursday email that the University has increased its presence “on every continent,” citing heightened healthrelated work in Africa and expanded alumni involvement in Latin America. He added that Yale has “hundreds” of research partnerships and exchange programs in Europe, including the Yale-University College London exchange program for doctoral students.

Still, other efforts have focused strongly on Asia. In addition to creating Yale-NUS College and the Yale-PKU program, which was cancelled over the summer due to low enrollment, Yale has also placed an emphasis on the region in its Visiting International Student Program. Launched at the start of the previous academic year, the program initially brought students from Mexico and Singapore to study at Yale for one year. It SEE LEVIN PAGE 6

After Amtrak announced the route for its proposed new high speed rail line in the Northeast — which promises to deliver passengers from Boston to Washington, D.C., in just over three hours — city officials began a vigorous campaign against a program that they argue will leave New Haven in the dust.

The current railroad infrastructure in the Northeast Corridor — the main rail artery north of Washington — runs through New Haven, Stamford and Bridgeport on its way to Boston. But in late July Amtrak announced it wants the new $151 billion high speed line, jointly developed with the Federal Railroad Administration, to bypass the three coastal Connecticut cities and stop in Danbury, Waterbury and Hartford instead. With the Sept. 14 deadline to submit project comments to the FRA rapidly approaching, city officials are working to build grassroots opposition to a project that they say could damage the Elm City economy and cripple Union Station, currently the tenth busiest rail station in the U.S. with over 700,000 annual passengers.

“The best way to grow jobs and strengthen New Haven is to get us to New York in one hour. With high speed rail, that is possible,” said Elizabeth Benton ’04, City Hall spokeswoman. “The City of New SEE AMTRAK PAGE 4

Without Levin, Yale-NUS leadership evolves

BY GAVAN GIDEON AND TAPLEY STEPHENSON STAFF REPORTERS When Yale-NUS College has faced criticism in the last two years, University President Richard Levin has been the first to come to its defense.

But with Levin’s departure set for June 30, 2013, administrators at both Yale and the National University of Singapore say the new college’s administration is prepared to lead on its own — and overcome any challenges it may encounter along the way.

Even after he steps down, Levin will retain an advisory role as a member of the Yale-NUS Board of Governors for at least three years. Levin told the News Aug. 30, the day he announced his planned departure, that Yale-NUS is ready to begin its first academic year without him. It has a senior administrative team in place, roughly 40 faculty hired and an

admissions process well underway.

There’s always been the intention… to back off when the new president was appointed and let the person carry on the project.

RICHARD LEVIN University President Levin also said he expects his successor to be less involved with the college than he was.

“My involvement came at a time when there wasn’t a Yale-NUS president,” he said. “There’s always been the intention between [NUS President Tan Chorh Chuan] and me to

back off when the new president was appointed and let the person carry on the project.”

In the past, administrators of the Singaporean liberal arts college — a joint venture between the two universities — often deferred to Levin on questions about the planning of Yale-NUS and freedom of expression in Singapore. This August, for example, Yale-NUS President Pericles Lewis said Levin would be better able to address the question of who will enforce a ban on political parties and protest at Yale-NUS: the college itself or the Singaporean government.

Still, Lewis said Tuesday that as the Yale-NUS administration grows more independent, he does not think Yale’s next president is “going to be in a position of constantly defending the project.”

“By the time the successor takes SEE YALE-NUS PAGE 4

Obama camp hopes to energize local support

BY LORENZO LIGATO STAFF REPORTER As Barack Obama took the stage in Charlotte, N.C., to accept the Democratic party’s nomination for president Thursday night, his campaign organized a watch party that drew dozens of New Haven supporters.

Around 80 New Haven residents from across the city gathered at 100 York St., in the apartment of Lydia Bornick, executive director of the New Haven Public Education Fund, to watch the final night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Active involvement in New Haven’s grassroots efforts supporting Obama’s re-election has not reached the same level as it did four years ago — prompting organizers of the party to view it as an opportunity to recruit volunteers and plan for the last stretch of the campaign.

“Today is about celebrating Obama’s re-nomination together SEE OBAMA PAGE 6

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New Haven Democrats gathered Thursday to watch the final night of the Democratic National Convention and plan next moves in Obama’s campaign effort.

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MEIER’ ON ‘FRESHMEN SHOW RECORD INTEREST IN STEM FIELDS’

GUE ST COLUMNIST DIANA ROSEN

GUEST COLUMNIST COURTNEY HODRICK

Don’t scare the freshmen

Consent and conversation

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amp Yale gave the class of 2016 many new experiences — getting repeatedly lost in a four-block area, Yale Night at Toad’s, more sex talks than one could have imagined and, among other happenings, a public safety meeting.

Now I have to admit something: I fell asleep during that event. SSS — that big hall across from Commons, as I then thought of it — was way too hot, and after the cheesy safety video ended, something within me decided I would be better off catching up on the sleep inevitably lost during the first few days than listening to the presentation.

So, obviously I am not completely sure about everything that was said during that public safety meeting, but I do know that as I exited the building with hundreds of other talkedat freshmen I heard murmurs all around me.

“Do you think we’ll be safe walking over to Toad’s tonight or is that too far off campus?”

“I bet they don’t have to do this in Cambridge.”

From what I could pick up, students felt less safe than before the talk. They had suddenly become aware of New Haven as a dangerous, crimeridden city that they would have to deal with during their four otherwise fantastic years at Yale.

The safety meeting was by no means the only mention of the dangers of New Haven during Camp Yale. Freshmen were given constant reminders not to walk alone or carry their cell phones visibly.

I found it hilarious how many times we were told to “practice common sense.” If it was, after all, just common sense, then why did we need so many reminders? At the same time, very little information about alcohol safety was given to us, and what vague tips we were given varied significantly from college to college. A few days ago I witnessed multiple freshmen physically carried out of my building by frocos due to their high levels of intoxication. I have not heard of any street crime against freshmen.

It seems that our safety information may have been concentrated on all the wrong concerns.

But the damage has been done. Walking around what many Yale freshmen consider the streets of New Haven (and by this I mean Broadway), students whisper about how scary the homeless people are, warn each other not to go down the “sketchy” blocks and bitterly complain about how much New Haven sucks outside of

Yale’s gates. I even had someone tell me that my decision to walk across the street from Bass Library to L-Dub alone late at night was way too risky and that I should never do it again.

Where else am I supposed to do my homework safely?

A few days ago I finally had the chance to explore the New Haven on the other side of the Green, the side very few freshmen have even contemplated. I met up with a recent Yale alum still living in the area and walked around for an hour. She took me to Woodland Coffee, showed me the small bakery with the best cannoli she had ever tasted and walked me through Wooster Square. I could not believe that this all existed. Coming from Chicago, I had already begun to feel claustrophobic in the small bubble of the Yale campus.

Walking around on the other side of the Green felt like being back at home.

Yes, New Haven is a city

FRESHMEN ARE TAUGHT TO FEAR NEW HAVEN’S NEIGHBORHOODS RATHER THAN EXPLORE THEM.

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t started with two jokes. “The only thing I’ve been forced to do at Yale is go to a consent workshop,” one student quipped.

“I guess they think you still need to learn that no means yes and yes means anal,” another responded.

Two years after DKE pledges chanted those words, students who were just beginning to study for the SAT at the time recognized the words without need for an explanation. This scar of the darker side of Yale’s recent history resonates through our collective cultural consciousness as loudly as “For God, for country and for Yale.”

I was not the only one whose patience for mandatory events was wearing thin by the time Saybrook freshmen trooped into WLH for our consent workshop.

Nevertheless, despite my frustrations at all the Camp Yale events and the jokes of the students in my group, the consent workshop went tremendously well.

Using frozen yogurt as a metaphor, we proved that people are actually incredibly capable of recognizing when someone doesn’t want to do something. The exercises didn’t reinforce traditional tropes of gender or situation and engaged nearly everyone.

But no workshop can magically erase that chant from our minds. I was confused that the communication and consent educators attempted to lead the workshops as if in a vacuum.

From the 2009 preseason scouting report to the 2010 DKE chant to the 2011 Title IX investigation, our school has a recent history of sexual misconduct that went unspoken. I wondered why nobody had bothered to inform the freshmen.

I walked into Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Melanie Boyd’s office yesterday with two goals, both related to that very question. I went as a reporter sent to gather an administrative opinion. But I also went as a student who has long been fascinated by issues of gender and sexuality — okay, I’ll say it: a feminist — who was confused as to why an obvious problem was not being discussed. The reporter expected canned answers and lines to read between, while the student was not sure what to expect from a dean.

Over the course of an hourlong conversation with an incredibly open administrator, Boyd and I discussed both the theory behind the details of the consent workshop and the specific mistakes Yale has made in past dealings with sexual misconduct.

Afterwards, she emailed me a JSTOR article about the reification of masculinist violence — this was two feminism nerds in action.

Somewhere around “reification,” I remembered how excited I am about these questions, and I realized I had been entirely convinced that the consent workshops would successfully introduce freshmen to and work toward changing Yale’s sexual culture without reinforcing stereotypes.

LESSONS FROM A MEETING WITH A DEAN I went wondering why no mention had been made of scandals like the DKE chants. Boyd convincingly argued that to tell freshmen these are things that happen every year would perpetuate the belief that these are things that happen every year — and are therefore okay.

Fundamentally, the workshops are not about teaching girls to survive frat parties; they are about teaching Yale students to communicate respectfully in

all aspects of their relationships and to trust their gut instincts when they find themselves being disrespected.

Administrators and students are working to create positive change in the culture rather than temporary BandAid solutions after controversial events.

I learned two lessons yesterday. I was incredibly close to the faculty and administrators in my high school, but it took my conversation with Boyd for me to realize that the adults running Yale are just as open to talk to students. A little bit of initiative can lead to an incredible conversation (and extra assigned reading … ).

These conversations, meanwhile, have an incredible power actually to change your mind and your opinion, if you are open to letting them be changed. I walked out of Boyd’s office fully in agreement with her arguments about the consent workshop, and with two thoughts in my mind.

First: There goes the column I was going to write.

Second: That’s why I chose Yale.

COURTNEY HODRICK is a freshman in Saybrook College. Contact her at courtney.hodrick@yale.edu .

S TA F F I L L U S T R AT O R K A R E N T I A N

The paradox of choice

and cities have crime. But the amount of reminders we get of this fact is absolutely ridiculous. Sure, a quick overview of how not to make yourself a target for theft would be fine for those of us who did not have the pleasure of growing up in a city. But there is a distinct difference between telling us not to be stupid and making us feel unsafe.

It is very unfortunate that most Yale freshmen won’t ever really explore most of New Haven. After all, with the amount of danger warnings we are given, why would we not choose to occupy our time with the countless activities going on just a block or two from Old Campus? Yale has a tense relationship with New Haven residents as it is, and this pushed segregation of us privileged students from the real city only exacerbates this fact. New Haven is our new home now too, not just Yale. It’s time to treat it that way.

DIANA ROSEN is a freshman in Pierson College. Contact her at diana.rosen@yale.edu .

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t happens to all of us. We are walking down the streets of New Haven talking on the phone or alongside some friends and out of the corner of our eye, we see him. He is wearing disheveled clothes, looks like he has not showered in months and is holding a cup. You look at him, and inevitably hear the question: “Can you spare some change?”

What is the right thing to do?

Should you give money to the homeless man or woman asking for help?

Many of us who live in New Haven encounter these questions every day, but few of us take the time to develop a clear and coherent personal policy.

Recently, I have decided that I simply cannot give. I have decided this for a few reasons.

First, giving perpetuates the incentives for individuals to stand on street corners begging or panhandling. Second, multiple studies indicate that 80 percent of the money given to people on the street goes to alcohol, drugs or lottery tickets. Finally, as far as I can tell based on my

experience in the New Haven community, there are enough soup kitchens and food pantries in New Haven to meet the homeless’s most basic needs.

THE MORAL DILEMMA OF CHARITY But I don’t feel justified just turning my head and walking away. I am an Orthodox rabbi who strives to live by the values and laws of the Jewish tradition, which espouses a strong ethos of providing for the poor of one’s city. The ethical encounter described above is therefore exceptionally painful. A tug-ofwar erupts between my heart, my head and my hands. My instinct is to try to alleviate the immediate suffering before my eyes, but I know the donation might encourage, rather than relieve, the downward spiral of

homelessness. This is the moral dilemma that tugs at my soul.

My faith tradition teaches that all human beings are created in the likeness of God, and this compels me to consider each individual’s inherent dignity. I feel that, as a rabbi, my calling is to use my gifts to ennoble those around me. The homeless person is no exception. He needs material things to help turn his life around, but he also needs a boost in honor and selfworth, both of which can come, at least in part, from the unexpected kindness of a stranger.

Living in New Haven and occasionally strolling across the Green has forced me to develop my own approach to this fartoo-frequently encountered conundrum. My approach has many shortcomings, but it has provided me with an honorable and compassionate framework within which to operate.

If I have a few minutes, I ask the person asking for money: “Can I buy you something to eat?” If the person agrees, I accompany him to the closest food store and buy him a meal

or some groceries. The food is only a small part of what I try to offer. On the way to the store, I do my best to engage the person seriously, asking for his name and about his interests and hobbies. Occasionally, if I have a few more minutes, I offer to sit with him and break bread.

More often than not, I am rushing and don’t have time for the ideal treatment outlined above, but I still make an effort with small things. I smile, offer a warm greeting, ask for the person’s name or just comment about the weather. I attempt to acknowledge his humanity at the same time that I fight off the impulse to objectify and pass harsh judgment on him.

I do not know how to solve the immense poverty and homelessness around our campus, but I do know that we do not need to wait for the world around us to change. We can, as Mohandas Gandhi said, be the change we wish to see in the world.

NOAH CHESES is an associate rabbi at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale.

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DAVEY JOHNSON “Once you start winning, ... you don’t want to stop.

You don’t want to lose.”

YALE TALKS PRESIDENT LEVIN GUEST COLUMNIST XIUYI ZHENG

Toward a truly global University W

hen I first heard that President Levin was going to step down at the end of the school year, I was shocked.

As an international student, I appreciate the accomplishments of the Levin administration even more strongly than most. In the past 20 years, international students might have benefited from Levin’s tenure more than any other student group on campus.

The international student page on the Yale admissions website features the following quote from Levin: “As Yale enters its fourth century, our goal is to become a truly global university — educating leaders and advancing frontiers of knowledge not simply for the United States, but for the entire world.”

The line captures two impor-

tant ways in which Yale has evolved during Levin’s tenure: the increased presence of international students on campus and heightened interaction between the University and the world.

I remember the first time I saw Levin. It was not at Yale, not in New Haven, but on the living room television screen in my house in Shanghai, China. He was speaking on a Chinese talk show program on the English channel of CCTV, the state-sponsored central television station.

I had just been admitted to Yale and was still gushing with awe and enthusiasm for anything that began with the capital Y. The specifics of Levin’s interview have already faded from my memory, but I won’t forget the excitement and sense of pride I derived from his presence in my

home country. At that moment, I felt more than an international student going to an American school. I had become a member of a global institution with a worldwide reach.

After coming to Yale, I enrolled in Directed Studies and was lucky enough to be placed in professor Jane Levin’s literature section. At the end of the semester, she invited our entire section to the President’s House for dinner.

Besides wolfing down shrimp ravioli in vodka sauce and staring at the Degas piece on the wall, we enjoyed a lengthy two-hour conversation with Rick and Jane.

During the conversation, I raised the topic of Yale-NUS. Mind you, this was the spring of 2011, when the decision to establish a joint liberal arts college in Singapore had just been

Thinking big after Levin A

s soon as President Levin announced that he would be stepping down, rumors began to circulate about who would take his place. The almost eulogistic tributes to Levin — the man has, after all, been president for 19 years — soon gave way to debates over who should be on the committee to pick his replacement. Students and faculty have been asking questions about the formation of the search committee: How long we should take to decide who will be on the committee, whether there would be enough representatives of the humanities or too many of big business and even whether scholarship on the history of sexuality makes a professor an inherently “political” choice. Against this backdrop, those of us who like to act in the know yawn and say that none of it matters anyway, because Provost Peter Salovey will be Yale’s next president no matter who has the honor of picking him.

Salovey, as provost, is second only to Levin in Yale’s administrative hierarchy. Add that to his previous experience as a former dean — not just of Yale College but also of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences — and the true depth of his qualifications for the job become clear. Still, it is not the job titles he has held that make Salovey the overwhelming favorite — it’s the fact that he, more than anyone else, offers us the potential of a continued Levin administration.

Levin took charge of a Yale that was floundering financially and academically. Much of Yale was quite literally falling apart, plans had been made to lay off large numbers of Yale’s faculty, our endowment lagged behind Princeton’s and relations with New Haven and our own unions were

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rockier than ever. He will leave it in good physical and financial condition and in relative peace with its unions, host HARRY city, students LARSEN and, except on a few issues, Nothing In faculty.

E v e n Particular beyond his concrete accomplishments, Levin has come to symbolize a constant and steady march forward.

While Yale’s endowment, its global footprint, its role in New Haven and its construction have all increased dramatically under Levin’s leadership, Yale’s strong emergence from the global financial crisis has proved that its gains have not been temporary or illusory. Levin has given Yale not just a better but a more stable future.

To incoming students, Levin appears as another longstanding Yale tradition, as much a part of this school as the buildings he’s renovated.

The idea that Levin is leaving is thus strange and a little scary. The impulse to settle as soon as possible on Salovey as Levin’s heir marks not just a faith in our provost’s record and future promise, but also a desire to pretend that Levin will not really be gone next year. We hope that Salovey, as Levin’s lieutenant, can offer us not just Levin’s policies or even his expertise, but also that masterfully capable, steady and lowkey leadership that Levin has practiced to such effect for nearly 20 years.

This is not such a bad or even unrealistic hope, but it’s worth

Don’t be down on YaleNUS In recent discussions of President Levin’s legacy, Nathaniel Zelinsky (“Five quick takes on Levin’s retirement,” Aug. 30) and others suggest that Yale-NUS College is an exception — a misstep in an otherwise great career. I and others actively involved in Yale-NUS, believe, as does Levin, that Yale-NUS will prove to be one of his greatest achievements and that negative statements about the project will eventually look as foolish as the objections to the admission of women to Yale College half a century ago.

I hope and expect that Yale-NUS will create an inspiring and supportive community of learning for its students and faculty, extend the influence of the liberal arts ideal in Asia and the world and broaden and strengthen the education we offer here in New Haven. Others suggest (I trust they do not hope for this) that external constraints on political expression might lead to failure. My interactions thus far with those involved in Yale-NUS in Singapore, including faculty, students, staff and admin-

remembering that while a leader’s strategy can be re-articulated, his style of leadership almost never can. We w will not know exactly how Yale’s next president will lead until Yale has its next president, nor will we know what challenges he or she will have to deal with or how he or she will respond to those challenges. The presidential search committee should bear this in mind as it commences its search.

It should demand from all candidates a persuasive vision for the University. It should ask candidates what sort of role they envision Yale playing in the proliferation of higher education on the Internet and how they will keep a Yale education meaningful in a day and age when access to the world’s best professors is a Google search away. It should ask candidates not just for their views on Yale-NUS, but how they plan to open Yale to further international exchange when interest in Yale-PKU has been so low as to bring about the program’s end. It should ask candidates not just how they plan to raise the remaining money needed for the new residential colleges, but how they plan to maintain academic standards when the new students arrive and how the increased size of the student body can be made to strengthen the College and University.

When the time comes to make its decision, the committee should make its choice not because of the jobs a particular candidate has had or who he worked with, but because of what he promises to do for Yale’s future.

HARRY LARSON is a junior in Jonathan Edwards College. His column runs on alternate Fridays. Contact him at harry.larson@yale.edu .

istrators at Yale-NUS, NUS and beyond, suggest that the former outcome will be much closer to the truth than the latter.

But time will tell; this aspect of Levin’s legacy will be determined by events on the ground in Singapore after the College opens next year.

CHARLES BAILYN AUG. 31 The writer is the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Astronomy & Physics and Inaugural Dean of the Faculty at Yale-NUS College.

Traditional families can teach us what love means Klara Wojtkowska (“A more universal family,” Sept. 6) proposes a definition of family in which anyone from mentors to friends can be called family in lieu of parents. Although we need loving friends, to propose that there is no

announced. The curriculum was all up in the air. Funding had yet to be secured. How would the faculty be hired and students recruited? What would be taught in the classroom?

In his replies to my questions, President Levin outlined his vision for how Yale would be able to educate people of all nations not only in America, but in their home countries as well. He spoke fondly of creating at Yale-NUS a mandatory two-year, D.S.-like liberal arts program that would combine study of the Western canon with the classics of the East.

The spark in his eyes and the conviction in his voice left a deep impression on me. Levin’s passionate desire to expand liberal arts education to where the world needs it most is genuine, and

I agree with that vision. Yale’s global expansion is not a marketing ploy or a corporate gamble — it is consistent with its status as one of the world’s greatest universities and her unique ability to nurture the next generation of global citizens.

Levin began to fulfill his goal of making Yale a global university right here in New Haven. During his tenure, the international student population more than doubled. Yale College students now represent 88 countries around the world, and the benefits from increased diversity on campus are myriad and obvious.

One might argue that increased campus diversity is a common trend among American colleges and is nothing special. However, Yale went further than almost all of its peer institu-

tions by extending its need-blind financial aid policy to cover every international student. If it were not for this policy, I would never had been able to come to New Haven.

Although I am saddened to see Levin go, I am not worried about the future of international students at Yale. Our campus is more diverse than ever before, and Yale has brought its brand of liberal arts education to the world stage. The success of these strategies is for all to see.

I am confident that, whoever he or she may be, the next president will continue and further Levin’s vision of shaping Yale into a truly global university.

XIUYI ZHENG is a junior in Davenport College. Contact him at xiuyi.zheng@yale.edu .

GUEST COLUMNIST MICHAEL FISCHER

Restoring collegiality T

he passing of the Yale mace to a new president is a time for reflection and renewal.

During my 31 years teaching at Yale, I have seen the campus gradually shift away from a model of collegiality and mutual respect between administration and faculty to a more hierarchical corporate model where decisions are made by the administration and imposed on the faculty.

THE FACULTY ARE THE HEART OF YALE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH SHOULD REFLECT THAT. When I arrived, the Yale College faculty were widely regarded as central to the life and essence of the University. Highly respected faculty leaders passed on the Yale traditions for academic integrity and excellence to newer members of the community. The administration looked to the faculty for wisdom and advice about issues of the day. Major decisions were studied in depth by faculty committees that prepared lengthy and thoughtful reports for consideration by the whole faculty, who then discussed and voted on the committees’ recommendations. Most often the faculty ratified the proposals, but not uncommonly they raised additional concerns that required further consideration and review.

Over the years, faculty involvement has gradually declined.

difference between a loving community and a family is to neglect the unique and irreplaceable love that biological family provides.

Her comments are based on a rebuttal of the traditional definition of family, which she says does “not allow for all of the important relationships that help everyone navigate their lives.”

It is mistaken to say that support for the traditional family denies the possibility of loving relationships. On the contrary, the traditional family is the foremost school of selfless love, and we will have a less loving society without it.

Family is the first place in which we learn to sacrifice other exciting options and devote ourselves to someone. For the parents, “me” is replaced by “us” and “you.”

For a child, the continued commitment of the parents gives an example to be imitated. Additionally, the reassurance that there is a dependable permanence in the love which brought her into being

Much early-stage planning for new initiatives has been taken over by an expanded administrative staff. While often operating with the best of intentions, they have little contact with faculty and even less understanding of their diverse needs and opinions across campus. When faculty are involved, it tends to be later in the process, after the administration has proceeded so far down one path that to change direction would be costly and disruptive.

To the extent that the administration does talk to faculty, it tends to be to those it has chosen to serve as department chairs, directors and committee members. The faculty not in this inner circle have little opportunity for their voices to be heard. The administration may be largely unaware of widespread concerns of the remaining faculty, and it tends to dismiss those few who have the courage to speak up as malcontents who have only selfish interests at heart.

A consequence of this breakdown in collegiality is a growing use of words like “we” to refer not to the Yale community but to one’s own group within that community. Faculty and administrators alike are beginning to use language suggesting the two constituencies are opponents in some kind of a battle over power.

This is not unlike the friction that exists in many corporate environments between management and labor.

Where there is lack of mutual respect, people naturally resort to deceit, manipulation and power plays in order to have their legitimate needs met. This is destructive of the very fabric of a great university, which requires respect for diversity of opinion, tolerance of differences, freedom

of expression and academic honesty in order to truly seek light and truth.

The most important job of the new president will be to restore collegiality on campus and to put an end to the bad publicity Yale is getting in the world press. To do this, the new leader must have a deep understanding of how an academic enterprise operates and how it differs from for-profit corporations.

An exemplary presidential search committee can and should be the first step in this process.

The new president will be off to a much better start if every constituency on campus believes its views were seriously considered in the president’s selection.

This requires that the search committee, too, reflect the same qualities of respect for diversity of opinion, tolerance of differences, freedom of expression and academic honesty desired in the new leader. The Yale Corporation should seek people for the search committee who can truly understand and represent the full spectrum of faculty opinion. This will require looking outside of the usual inner circle for faculty representatives on the committee and selecting more faculty committee members than has been announced.

Collegiality is necessary to restore Yale to a vibrant and functional institution that is able to adapt to the challenges of the 21st century while retaining the 300-year-old traditions that have made it great. Now is the time for the Yale Corporation to take the first step in restoring the collegium.

is the very essence of a healthy environment for a child.

In a broken world, friends and community should play a heroic role in bringing love where it is missing. But we should not forget that the traditional family is irreplaceable because it uniquely testifies to and sustains the permanence of self-giving love.

mocked and trivialized both the Yale Divinity School and its curriculum.

Sister Margaret was a respected faculty member when I was a student (’76–’80) and continued to teach there until her retirement a few years ago.

It is clear from this article that her influence (and, by extension, Yale Divinity School’s influence) has had a world-wide impact in the realm of religious ethics. The Vatican finds that to be the case and attempts to snuff that influence out.

I suggest that those who would criticize Yale Divinity School and its curriculum need to look closer at the history of its leadership in the religious and ethical revolutions of the world which proceed quietly, unseen by the media but felt by millions.

EDUARDO ANDINO SEP. 6 The writer is a senior in Trumbull College.

Margaret Farley’s influence The New York Times (“Vatican Scolds Nun for Book on Sexuality,” June 5) recounts the Vatican’s displeasure at the book “Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics” by Sister Margaret Farley and puts the lie to all of those on the Yale Daily News web site’s posting board who have

MICHAEL FISCHER is a professor of computer science.

PAUL KEANE JUNE 5 The writer is a 1980 graduate of the Divinity School.

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“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.” OSCAR WILDE ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHT

Elm City residents mobilize against bypass AMTRAK FROM PAGE 1 Haven and the New Haven Economic Development Corporation are working to make residents and businesses aware that current plans bypass New Haven, and to alert residents to opportunities to voice their views on the matter.”

The best way to grow jobs and strengthen New Haven is to get us to New York in one hour.

ELIZABETH BENTON ’04 City Hall spokeswoman In a July letter explaining the new rail line, Amtrak president and CEO Joe Boardman said the route was designed to “accommodate more trains, operate at faster speeds with significantly reduced trip-times, and improve service and reliability to meet long-term mobility and economic development needs.”

But local critics said that by rerouting the line through inland Connecticut cities — which may allow for faster and cheaper construction due to more open terrain — project administrators are prioritizing cost over ridership.

While Amtrak said it plans to continue investing in the older line through 2025, and expects to complete the new line by 2040, city officials said they are concerned that a new line will eventually lead Amtrak to ignore existing infrastructure along the shoreline.

“We have the highest percentage of people who take alternative transportation to work in the state,” said Ross Hicks, who works at the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven. “You can put a train anywhere and make it go really fast, but it doesn’t matter if no one rides it.”

To fight the proposed route, City Hall, local government offices and community activists have begun what Hicks calls a “coordinated effort” to get the message out. Those involved are targeting New Haven residents and businesses to explain the issue and direct letters, phone calls and comments to the FRA. As part of the outreach effort, the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven is circulating a letter among locals that states “the city is very concerned about any route which skips New Haven and they strongly encourage you to

write a letter to the FRA to provide your thoughts.” The EDC’s mailing includes a template letter addressed to the FRA that voices strong opposition to the plan under consideration.

Hicks said the outreach has generated “much better responses than anticipated,” with calls coming into his office immediately after the mailing was first sent out. He added that although “the Feds are open to hear us out,” the government’s reaction to the public sentiment has been subdued.

“It’s been very quiet. The FRA scheduled most of the public hearings in late August which is when most people are on vacation,” Hicks said. “The project has been kept mostly under wraps at the Federal level so now we are starting to ramp up.”

The next-generation rail project would erect 427 miles of two-way rail track capable of accommodating trains at speeds up to 220 mph.

Contact BEN PRAWDZIK at benjamin.prawdzik@yale.edu .

AMTRAK

The trains for Amtrak’s Next Generation high speed rail service, pictured in this projection, will be capable at traveling up to 220 mph.

For Levin successor, Yale-NUS to be smaller commitment S E A R C H C O M M I T T E E U P DAT E Charles Goodyear IV ‘80 will chair and four faculty members will serve on the committee charged with picking University President Richard Levin’s successor, Yale Corporation Senior Fellow Edward Bass ’67 announced in a Thursday evening email.

Bass invited the Yale community to provide input through Tuesday at noon, and received over 800 letters from faculty, students, staff and alumni nominating more than 200 faculty to serve on the search committee. Two days later, Bass appointed the following four faculty to serve: Judith Chevalier ’89, William S. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Economics Amy Hungerford, Morse College master and professor of English and American studies Richard Lifton, Sterling professor of genetics and professor of medicine Anna Pyle, William Edward Gilbert professor of molecular, cellular & developmental biology Bass also appointed Michael McBride, Richard M. Colgate professor of

chemistry emeritus, and Ruth Bernard Yeazell GRD ’71, Chace Family professor of English, to serve as faculty counselors to the search committee and solicit faculty input throughout the process. He said the deans of Yale’s professional schools, graduate school and college have reviewed the nominations, along with the current and former divisional directors in the faculty of arts and sciences. All four appointees accepted their positions.

“On behalf of the Corporation, I want to thank all of those who have agreed to serve as members of and Counselors to the Presidential Search Committee,” Bass said. “We are truly grateful to them for agreeing to commit what will surely be considerable time and effort to the benefit of Yale.”

Paul Joskow, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will serve as vice-chair of the search committee under Goodyear, who has held several top positions at investment firms.

– Tapley Stephenson

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With Yale-NUS College set to open next fall, working on the school’s day-to-day operations will be less of a role for the next University president.

YALE-NUS FROM PAGE 1 office a year from now, we’ll be just about to open the college, and the true impact of our educational mission will become quite apparent,” Lewis said. “That will also mitigate … some of the political criticisms, because people will see there is a broad political discourse on the campus.”

Lewis said he expects Levin’s successor to be someone famil-

iar with “existing Yale policy and endeavours” and “very involved” with Yale-NUS, though he said the college will require less dayto-day attention from the next Yale president. Sociology professor Deborah Davis, who was chair of the social sciences faculty search committee for YaleNUS, said she anticipates Levin’s successor to be significantly less involved.

“What is the next presi-

dent supposed to do? I don’t think there’s any ongoing project or issue for the president to assume,” Davis said. “It’s not Yale’s college; it’s not a Yale branch. It’s a stand-alone Singaporean institution, and they’re really capable of moving it.”

NUS President Tan Chorh Chuan said the college is working with Levin to see if he can teach classes to the school’s first cohort. Levin, a former chair

of Yale’s Economics Department, said he has no other activities planned for his sabbatical besides writing on the economy and higher education.

All 10 members on the YaleNUS Board of Governors serve for three-year terms.

Contact GAVAN GIDEON at gavan.gideon@yale.edu and TAPLEY STEPHENSON at preston.stephenson@yale.edu .

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“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”

“DON QUIXOTE” BY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

For some, D.S. influenced college choices

CORRECTION WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5

The article “Colleges to see big gifts” misstated the cost of the School of Management’s new campus, Edward P. Evans Hall, as $322 million. In fact the building costs a total of $222 million.

Emails caught in EliApps spam filters

BY LIZ RODRIGUEZ-FLORIDO STAFF REPORTER Students likely have some Yale-related emails sitting in their spam folders due to Google’s tightening of its spam security system over the summer.

Google, along with other email services such as Yahoo, began blocking more Yale messages because frequent phishing attacks against Yale email accounts hurt the “reputation” of Yale-affiliated emails last year, said Loriann Higashi, manager of the Student Technology Collaborative. ITS administrators said they addressed the problem in mid-July by collaborating with Google to prevent legitimate Yale-related emails from being sorted in EliApps spam folders, and in August, the University adopted a new virus and phishing service, Proofpoint, designed to detect and discard phishing emails before they enter a user’s inbox.

Blocked messages included University-wide announcements, notices to students of electronic tuition payments and emails from professors and student organizations, Higashi said.

Students who forward their email from EliApps to a thirdparty mail provider, such as Gmail, do not receive any emails filtered into EliApps’ spam folder. Though ITS has largely resolved the spam filtering problem with EliApps, these students still have to face their Web client’s spam features, such as Google’s tightened spam security system, said Adam Bray ’08, assistant manager for the Student Technology Collaborative.

Summer Baxter ’15 said she missed emails from her editors at the Yale Undergraduate Law Review, and Hayden Latham ’15 said a week passed before she read information about a program she was taking part in this

summer in New Haven.

“At first I was just anxious that I had missed something so important, and then I was just relieved that I caught it early on,” Latham said. “I have a friend who missed weeks worth of email because of the spam filters. Now I’m still paranoid about checking my spam every so often.”

Hannah Albert ’15, who forwards her mail to a Gmail account, said after she found an announcement from a professor in her spam folder, she went onto her EliApps account and found several messages which had gone unnoticed throughout the year.

ITS administrators said they hope the new phishing protection service, Proofpoint, will result in a reduction in actual spam. All Yale email account holders have their emails screened through the service, which automatically discards all messages marked as phishing attacks or malware.

Now I’m still paranoid about checking my spam every so often.

HAYDEN LATHAN ’15 In the past, ITS used the a service called Cloudmark to tag spam and another service, Clam AV, to identify viruses and malware, but Proofpoint now acts against all of these threats, Higashi said, adding that it is already apparent that Proofpoint is a significant improvement over the previous system.

Other companies such as U-Haul, PETCO and Burlington Coat Factory also use Proofpoint.

Contact LIZ RODRIGUEZFLORIDO at liz.rodriguez-florido@yale.edu .

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Directed Studies, the intensive humanities program for freshmen, proved to be a substantial factor in the decision to come to Yale for many in the class

BY ANDREW GIAMBRONE AND GRACE LEE STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER For some Directed Studies students finalizing the first of their weekly five-page papers today, the decision to matriculate at Yale and join the D.S. program were inextricably linked.

Each year, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions works closely with the program to recruit applicants who demonstrate both a strong academic record and an interest in the humanities, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeffrey Brenzel said Wednesday.

Though the majority of the 125 spots in D.S., which focuses on the major works in the Western canon, are reserved for incoming freshmen who apply for it over the summer, about 30 to 50 students are offered guaranteed admission to the program before arriving on campus, he said.

Four of six freshmen interviewed who were offered a guaranteed spot in the program said their early admittance played a significant role in their decision to matriculate at Yale, and

four of nine students who were not admitted early also said the potential to join D.S. pushed them toward choosing Yale last spring.

“This is part of our efforts to recruit the most competitive applicants to Yale,” Brenzel said. “Having taught in the D.S. program in the past, I can say we are just as interested in attracting the top humanities students

We are just as interested in attracting the top humanities students to Yale as we are the top science and engineering students.

JEFFREY BRENZEL Dean, Office of Undergraduate Admissions to Yale as we are the top science and engineering students.”

Brenzel added that students preadmitted to D.S. are contacted by current freshmen in the program to see if

they have any questions, and they are encouraged to attend D.S. classes during Bulldog Days, Yale’s three-day event for admitted students in April.

Jessica Leao ’16, who learned of the program only after receiving an invitation to participate, said D.S. made Yale a more attractive option compared to other top schools.

“D.S. encompassed much of what I liked from the humanities sequences and core curriculum of other universities I was accepted to,” Leao said. “Focusing on what I truly enjoyed studying and having the D.S.Yale community was a great start for freshman year.”

For Isaac Hudis ’16, who was not preadmitted to D.S., the program still factored into his decision to come to Yale, as D.S. was “indicative of the environment he wanted to be a part of in college.”

Darcy Tuttle ’16, another student who applied over the summer, said though she did not know about the program when she was applying to college, Yale became her “first choice” after she learned about D.S. in her alumni interview.

But Brett Davidson ’16, who also was not preadmitted, said D.S. did not factor into his college choice at all, adding that he is happy he ultimately decided to apply over the summer.

Yale College Dean Mary Miller said D.S. went through an expansion about a decade ago — when Yale did not have freshman seminars — in order to allow more freshmen to participate in the program. Even after the expansion, the program’s content has not changed much since its inception in 1946.

“Directed Studies plays a key role in being able to have this intense, scripted intellectual experience,” Miller said. “It still remains absolutely the best way for undergraduates to immerse themselves in history, literature, philosophy, politics of the greatest classics that the Western world has ever produced.”

D.S. comprises three lectures and six seminar meetings per week.

Contact ANDREW GIAMBRONE at andrew. giambrone@yale.edu and GRACE LEE at grace.s.lee@yale.edu .

Honors cutoffs rose for 2012 graduates

BY EMMA GOLDBERG AND LINDSEY UNIAT CONTRIBUTING REPORTER AND STAFF REPORTER For the second year in a row, the minimum GPA required for Yale College graduates to earn Latin honors increased in the spring.

Members of the class of 2012 needed a 3.95 GPA to graduate summa cum laude, a 3.89 to graduate magna cum laude and a 3.80 to graduate cum laude, according to data from the Yale

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College Dean’s Office. Those figures marked the highest GPA requirements for Latin honors in recent years — up slightly from the previous spring’s numbers of 3.94, 3.87 and 3.78, respectively.

Since 1988, the University has limited the students receiving Latin honors to those in the top 30 percent of the graduating class: 5 percent graduate summa cum laude, 10 percent graduate magna cum laude and 15 percent graduate cum laude. Seniors do

not learn if they have made Latin honors cutoffs until just before commencement exercises begin in May, according to the Dean’s Office.

Several 2012 graduates and current seniors interviewed said they do not feel like Latin honors are a major focus for students at Yale. Three of the 2012 graduates interviewed — none of whom graduated with Latin honors — were also unaware of the GPA cutoffs for their class, though they estimated the fig-

ures were around 3.8.

“People want to make good grades generally, but they don’t think about Latin honors that much,” Jason Douglass ’13 said.

He added that students tend to be more competitive about distinctions such as Phi Beta Kappa.

While Yale strictly limits the number of graduates who receive Latin honors, other Ivy League schools are more lenient.

Up to 50 percent of Harvard students are permitted to graduate

with Latin honors, and Princeton usually allows around 40 percent to graduate cum laude or above.

Most students interviewed praised Yale’s rigorous standards, saying they make the distinctions more meaningful than at peer institutions.

“We have to actually work hard to receive these honors,” Andrea Ramos ’13 said. “At Yale, it’s not just a title that you get.”

Andres Fuentes-Afflick ’13 said he feels that a lower GPA

GRAPH GPA CUTOFFS FOR LATIN HONORS BY YEAR Summa cum laude (5%)

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cutoff for Latin honors would dilute the sense of achievement attached to these awards. When 50 percent of a class receives the distinctions they seem less significant, he said.

But Paige Fedon ’12, who graduated with a GPA higher than 3.7 but missed the cum laude cutoff, said she thinks the 30 percent cap is excessive and diminishes the importance of Latin honors at Yale since so few students receive them.

Ramos and Douglass suggested that the system for awarding Latin honors be amended to take into account courseload, with more lenient requirements for students who graduate with more than the required 36 credits. They also speculated that current competition over Latin honors may increase as graduation approaches.

Fuentes-Afflick said Yale seniors do not need Latin honors to feel a sense of academic achievement.

“Regardless of whether you graduate with honors, it’s what you make of your Yale education that counts,” he said.

The cutoffs for Latin honors held fairly steady between 2007 and 2010: the summa cum laude and magna cum laude cutoffs remained at 3.93 and 3.85, while the cum laude cutoff fluctuated between 3.75 and 3.77.

Contact EMMA GOLDBERG at emma.goldberg@yale.edu and LINDSEY UNIAT at lindsey.uniat@yale.edu .

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2025

The year China’s economy is projected to eclipse that of the United States

By 2050, however, it is estimated that the country with the fastest-growing economy will be Vietnam; with Nigeria, Egypt, the Phillipines and Bangladesh trailing close behind.

Some hope for focus beyond Asia

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As Levin’s last year at Yale begins, some students are seeking a more varied approach to the internationalization of Yale’s brand, hoping that the next president will make strides in emegering economies like those of Latin America.

LEVIN FROM PAGE 1 added Hong Kong this year and plans to include another Asian country — Japan — for the 2013’14 academic year, according to Melina Sánchez ’14, the student liaison for the program.

The availability of opportunities for East Asian study has raised concerns among some cultural group leaders who fear Yale’s focus on Asia may take away from the study of other regions.

“If I wanted to go to China, I’d be all set,” said Diana Enriquez ’13, a leader at the Latin Ameri-

can group MEChA. “If you are really serious about Latin America in general, the only way to do it is to know people or find people who have worked [there] in the past. Yale doesn’t really have a solid network there.”

Of more than 1,300 Yale students who studied abroad during the 2010-’11 school year, over 700 went to Europe and more than 300 went to Asia, according to the Center for International and Professional Experience.

That same year, only 138 studied abroad in Latin America, 81 in Africa and 27 in the Middle East.

Brian Mwiti ’13, a leader at the

Yale African Students Association, said he thinks the “disproportionate” emphasis on Asia may have hindered the studies of other regions.

“In my three years at Yale, the African Studies Department has seen its budget progressively cut, hampering its capacity to increase discussion and study opportunities on campus,” said Mwiti, who is abroad in Kenya, in a Thursday email. “Africa is poised as the new frontier of socioeconomic development and Yale should be seen to be central to this development.”

But other cultural group lead-

ers said they appreciate Levin’s work to internationalize Yale’s brand and did not feel that their regions have been marginalized as a result. And even those who criticized the direction of his international efforts said they can understand the desire to forge ties in Asia given its rapid growth.

Samer Sabri ’13, the former president of the Arab Students Association, said he thinks the focus on Asia “makes sense” and does not detract from other regions. He added that he recognizes that it may be difficult for the University currently to

Africa is poised as the new frontier of socioeconomic development and Yale should be seen to be central to this development.

BRIAN MWITI ’13 “engage with the Arab world,” but reaffirmed the importance of expanding Yale’s international presence more broadly.

Diego Salvatierra ’13, former president of the Latin American Student Organization, said he does not think Latin America has been left out, though he did say he wished there were more Latin American students on campus.

The top six countries represented in Yale’s international student population are China, Canada, India, South Korea, Germany and the United Kingdom, according to the Office of Institutional Research.

Contact CAROLINE TAN at caroline.tan@yale.edu .

Obama camp uses party to organize New Haven support OBAMA FROM PAGE 1 and energizing people to volunteer,” Bornick said. “This party is one way to get New Haven residents to actively take part in this presidential campaign.”

Bornick, who campaigned for Obama in the 2008 presidential race, said the president can count on an “amazingly strong” volunteer base in New Haven.

In the past four years, she said, the city Democrats have been supportive of the Obama administration, particularly his landmark healthcare reform law. Though Obama supporters in New Haven — a city in which 30 out of 30 aldermen are Democrats — are united by their belief in the president’s ideas, Bornick added, they have yet to coordinate their efforts through one entity this election season.

Raymond Zheng, a member of the Obama campaign based in West Hartford, attributed this decline in direct involvement to loss of contact between local volunteers and the national campaign. He added that after Obama’s victory in 2008, the campaign did not continue to reach out to volunteers in the area because of a lack of funding and resources, causing them to become less active.

“The majority of volunteers felt left out,” Zheng said. “[The lack of involvement] is a great frustration and my job right now is to work with volunteers here to try to re-establish what we had before.”

At the party, attendees planned specific initiatives intended to reach out to as many donors and volunteers as possible in the New Haven area. They said they will hold weekly voter registration drives in the New Haven Farmer’s Market in front of City Hall on Wednesdays, as well as phone-banking events on

Tuesdays and Thursdays. They will also be coordinating canvassing operations in key states like Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, and local Obama supporters are advocating the establishment of an Obama re-election headquarters in New Haven, Bornick said.

Three volunteers interviewed said that during the four years of his administration, Obama has begun to address the needs of New Haveners, including high-quality public education, new job opportunities and the integration of minorities and youth into the political system.

“That’s why I think it’s very important that President Obama be reelected,” said Pia Pyles, an attorney and a New Haven resident. “He needs to be able to continue what he started.”

In particular, Pyles added, one of the major issues at stake is the Affordable Care Act that Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010. Pyles said that as a woman living in New Haven, she is very excited about the benefits provided to women by the law, including no-cost access to mammograms, screening for cervical cancer, contraceptive counseling and breast-feeding support.

Pyles, who was also active in Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, echoed the hopes of the party’s organizers that more residents of New Haven would pledge their active support in this “crucial” race through door-to-door campaigning and phone-banking.

“We’re in the home stretch,” she said.

“Obama does need our help.”

Obama will face off against GOP nominee and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the general election on Nov. 6.

Contact LORENZO LIGATO at lorenzo.ligato@yale.edu .

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“We’re not anti-police … we’re anti-police brutality.” AL SHARPTON CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Police abuse complaint process draws scrutiny

BY AMY WANG CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

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The legislation committee convened Thursday night to hear public testimony about the process of filing a complaint about police misconduct.

Police brutality took center stage at City Hall Thursday night.

At a meeting of the legislation committee, during which committee members heard from the Civilian Review Board, the City of New Haven Peace Commission, the New Haven Police Department and the public, residents said they found the current system for filing police-abuse complaints ineffective and inaccessible, while representatives from the NHPD defended it.

Alfred Marder, chairman of the City of New Haven Peace Commission, said that while the complaint forms are easily accessible, it can be daunting for citizens to fulfill the in-person interview portion of the complaint process, which requires them to go to the NHPD and speak faceto-face with an officer.

“A lot of the investigations aren’t completed because the filer of the complaint doesn’t follow through, and there are quite a few in which they haven’t been able to be contacted,” Marder said.

Marder added that the Civilian Review Board — which was established as an independent agency to review and act upon citizens’ complaints of police misconduct — has faced a heavy reduction in staff in recent years, with all of its full-time staff members reduced to working part-time.

The committee also heard from several members of the public who claimed that they had personally encountered police brutality. New Haven resident Abel Sanchez said he was thrown against a wall and beaten by a NHPD officer after inquiring

after his brother-in-law’s arrest, recalling that the police officer repeatedly called him “stupid” and threatened him with a night in jail.

I made a complaint, but the police station and internal affairs — they never do anything.

We need somebody to hear us, because when we go to the police department, they don’t pay attention to us, and that’s not fair.

ABEL SANCHEZ New Haven resident “I made a complaint, but the police station and internal affairs — they never do anything,” Sanchez said. “We need somebody to hear us, because when we go to the police department they don’t pay attention to us, and that’s not fair.”

Representatives of the NHPD — comprised of chief administrative officer Robert Smuts and three other department members involved in the Internal Affairs department — said the NHPD “does not tolerate abusive behavior” from its officers and takes all civilian evidence of police abuse seriously. Lieutenant Tony Duff, the head of NHPD’s Internal Affairs Unit, said

that if people call to report abusive police actions, the NHPD guides them through the proper complaint-filing process.

Duff added that even if citizens do not observe immediate results based on their testimony, every complaint is recorded in a computer program that tallies the number of allegations filed against individual police officers. If an officer gets a certain number of complaints within a certain time period, Duff said, the NHPD stops sending him or her on patrol and begins a process of mediation.

Still, some present at the meeting were dissatisfied with the current system of intervention in place.

New Haven-based lawyer Paul Garlinghouse, who has represented clients alleging police abuse, criticized the NHPD for allowing officers to accumulate multiple offenses before taking action. Ward 22 Alderwoman Jeanette Morrison said the complaint process was “not userfriendly” — in large part because citizens are intimidated by police officers — and should be revised. Sanchez said the police officer who assaulted him is still working on the street.

“The only thing I want is justice,” he said. “I don’t know what else we have in this country.”

Over the summer, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began and then dropped a probe into the conduct of NHPD Sgt. Chris Rubino, who allegedly beat a handcuffed 24-year-old man who had been fighting with officers during a June 2 arrest on Temple Street.

Contact AMY WANG at xiaotian.wang@yale.edu .

In ‘Sisyphean’ struggle, architects remain hopeful

BY CARLEE JENSEN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The first image in the slideshow sent a ripple of laughter through the packed auditorium: a tiny stick figure, labeled “Architect,” pushing a massive boulder up a steep vertical incline. The boulder was labeled “Power.”

“This is my favorite diagram these days,” Amale Andraos, cofounder of the New York-based WORK Architecture Company, said before an audience of students, faculty and design enthusiasts at the Yale School of Architecture’s Hastings Hall on Thursday night. The talk, which Andraos presented with her WORKac cofounder Dan Wood, was called “Nature-City.” The title referred both to the partners’ acclaimed design for a sustainable suburb by the same name, which was featured in a recent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and to their extensive exploration of urban design that integrates productive elements of the natural landscape into a city’s built structures.

“We don’t believe architecture can solve anything,” Andraos said of the relationship between environmentalism and design in WORKac’s creations. “Rather, we feel this is a question of impacting

culture. In the architect’s Sisyphean relation to power, we believe in the visionary, and his agency to radicalize and to move culture.”

We believe in the visionary, and his agency to radicalize and to move culture.

AMALE ANDRAOS Co-founder, WORK Architecture Company Andraos and Wood presented blueprints, sketches, maps and models of the buildings and cities with which they hope to inspire that radicalism. Their talk explained the logic and idealism behind several of the duo’s sustainable designs — plans for everything from a biodegradable public garden built 30 feet above a Queens sidewalk to a skyscraper in Shenzhen, China, where a small farm could thrive on the 20th story.

Wood described the projects as presenting a “new sense of what a landscape can be.” He spoke of the need to make public space productive, turning urban roofs into organic farms and suburban

neighborhoods into composting centers, and of the desire to insert “moments of nature” into urban spaces.

WORKac’s designs have contributed to development of activist-chef Alice Waters’s “Edible Schoolyard” in New York City, the revitalization of Houston’s Blaffer Art Museum and the transformation of an abandoned Russian naval post into a cultural center. Many of Wood and Andraos’ designs, however, will never be realized — that is not their purpose, the architects said. During the talk, they presented designs for an “aqua-ponic network” that would allow fish farming beneath the streets of Brooklyn, and an artificial hill that would serve simultaneously as an apartment building, a composting facility and a public garden. Designs like these present themselves as a vision of what is possible, rather than a plan for the immediate future.

“It’s interesting to see an architecture firm that’s undertaking such ambitious projects without intending that any of them should ever be built,” said Chenoe Hart ARC ’15.

Other students attending the talk enjoyed imagining themselves in a future created by WORKac, however far away it may be.

“I remember seeing the

[“Nature-City”] exhibit at MoMA and choosing which of the houses I wanted to live in,” said A.J. Artemel ARC ’14.

Visions like Artemel’s are, by Wood and Andraos’ account, one of the most important products of their hypothetical urban designs.

“We don’t want to just reply to demand … We want to also create demand, and create a desire for something else,” Andraos said.

Or, as Wood put it, “Who invented the large soda? Was it the demand of the people, or of the people who were selling the soda?”

Robert A. M. Stern, dean of the School of Architecture, said WORKac’s vision of a sustainable future parallels Yale’s own efforts to reduce its environmental impact.

“We’re all rowing in the same direction,” Stern said. “These young architects are sharp, and they’re good. That’s why they’re here.”

WORKac has previously designed buildings for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the offices of fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg and the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille, France.

Contact CARLEE JENSEN at carlee.jensen@yale.edu .

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BY DAVID ESPO AND ROBERT FURLOW ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE, N.C. — His reelection in doubt, President Barack Obama acknowledged slow progress toward solving the nation’s economic woes Thursday night but declared in a Democratic National Convention speech, “Our problems can be solved, our challenges can be met.”

“The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place,” he said in excerpts of his prime-time speech released in advance.

His speech was the final act of his national convention, and the opening salvo of a two-month drive toward Election Day in his race against Republican rival Mitt Romney. The contest is close for the White House in a dreary season of economic struggle for millions.

With unemployment at 8.3 per-

cent, Obama said the task of recovering from the economic disaster of 2008 is exceeded in American history only by the challenge Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced when he took office in the Great Depression in 1933.

“It will require common effort, shared responsibility and the kind of bold persistent experimentation” that FDR employed, Obama said.

In an appeal to independent voters who might be considering a vote for Romney, he added that those who carry on Roosevelt’s legacy “should remember that not every problem can be remedied with another government program or dictate from Washington.”

The convention’s final night also included a nomination acceptance speech from Vice President Joe Biden, whose appeal to blue collar voters rivals or even exceeds Obama’s own.

The president was to be introduced by first lady Michelle Obama, who also spoke on the convention’s opening night as the Democrats sought to capitalize on her popularity.

Delegates who packed into their convention hall were serenaded by singer James Taylor and rocked by R&B blues artist Mary J. Blige as they awaited Obama’s speech.

Actress Eva Longoria was on the program, as well. “No empty chairs,” she said, a reference to actor Clint Eastwood’s mocking reference to Obama at Romney’s Republican National Convention last week in Florida.

As part of the excerpts released in advance, Obama’s campaign said he would set a goal of creating one million new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016 and push for more aggressive steps to reduce American dependence on foreign oil.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — They are the missing pages of a convention story line, ideas and initiatives once prominently featured in President Barack Obama’s agenda.

Climate change. Economic stimulus. The massive bank bailout known as TARP. The stimulus and the bailout remain politically poisonous while regulatory remedies for climate change have receded as a priority in a poor economy.

All three were central elements of either Obama’s last campaign or his first years in office. But at the Democratic National Convention, they don’t rate a mention, even as they complement or undergird some of the president’s top policy goals: shoring up the economy, reversing a financial crisis and achieving energy independence.

Those are the most obvious pieces wiped away from the Democrats’ image-making this week.

Some initial blank spots, however, were ultimately filled.

Convention delegates had to hurriedly insert references to God and Jerusalem in the party platform after their omission threatened to become politically explosive. Nudged by Obama, party officials pushed through a reference to workers and their “Godgiven potential” and restored language from the 2008 platform asserting that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

Other issues weren’t given a second thought.

For a party that once declared a “war on poverty,” the poor received little mention. It took former President Bill Clinton to address the plight of the needy, not with a renewed call to help them but to decry Republican measures he said would hurt the poor and their children. There also was virtual silence on gun control, an issue that attracted attention after recent mass shootings across the country but

has bedeviled Democrats since a 1994 crime bill many say cost them congressional seats.

There are faces absent from the picture as well. Conservative Democrats haven’t been prominent at the convention. Former vice president and presidential contender Al Gore has not been seen. Disgraced vice presidential candidate John Edwards, who represented North Carolina in the Senate, has stayed away.

And then there’s the attention to climate change, which has, well, changed.

The Democratic platform tempers its language on climate change, compared to the 2008 party document.

Four years ago, Democrats called climate change “the epochal, manmade threat to the planet.” The current platform takes it down a notch, referring to climate change as one “of the biggest threats of this generation - an economic, environmental and national security catastrophe in the making.”

Four years ago, the party called for a cap-and-trade system that would blend limits on pollutants with the ability for utilities and manufacturers to trade pollution allowances. The current platform approved Tuesday doesn’t mention cap-and-trade.

Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney has criticized past Democratic efforts to adopt cap-and-trade, saying such a system would hurt the economy and drive away manufacturing jobs.

Convention speakers also have drawn attention to Obama’s efforts to expand sources of alternative energy.

But the cap-and-trade plan that Obama failed to push through Congress is absent from the discussion. In written answers to questions posed by the scientific website Sciencedebate. org and posted this week, Obama sidestepped cap-and-trade while emphasizing his administration’s effort to limit car pollution and advance clean energy initiatives.

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According to data compiled in 2009 by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there are approximately 1.2 million people in the United States who have been diagnosed and are living with HIV.

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BY RADHIKA JAIN STAFF WRITER After a two-year federal investigation, the Office of Research Integrity found former Harvard psychology professor Marc D. Hauser responsible for six counts of research misconduct, including fabrication of data, doctoring of results, and misrepresentation of research methods in his Harvard lab.

In a public statement, Hauser said that although he does not agree with the entirety of the report, he accepts full responsibility for errors made when he was head of the laboratory.

He attributed many of those faults to his taking on too much responsibility at the University.

“I tried to do too much, teaching courses, running a large lab of students, sitting on several editorial boards, directing the Mind, Brain & Behavior Program at Harvard, conducting multiple research collaborations, and writing for the general public,” he wrote. “I let important details get away from my control, and as head of the lab, I take responsibility for all errors made within the lab, whether or not I was directly involved.”

The two-year inquiry came to an end today when the Department of Health and Human Services posted its official notice online. According to the report, Hauser’s research misconduct affected work—both published and unpublished—funded by four different national agencies, including the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Hauser, whose research primarily concerned animal cog-

nition and moral psyc h o l o g y, maintains that much of the doubt s u r ro u n d ing his HARVARD research is unmerited.

“I am saddened that this investigation has caused some to question all of my work, rather than the few papers and unpublished studies in question,” he wrote. “Before, during and after the investigation, many of my lab’s research findings were replicated by independent researchers. I remain proud of the many important papers generated by myself, my collaborators and my students over the years.”

Harvard conducted an internal review of Hauser’s work that preceded the national investigation by three years. After the Boston Globe announced that Hauser was taking a one-year leave of absence due to an investigation into the integrity of his work, Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith confirmed in Aug. 2010 that a Harvard committee had found Hauser “solely responsible” for eight instances of misconduct.

Since Harvard’s investigation, Hauser retracted or corrected three of the published articles found to be problematic. In more than one case, he and his associates also replicated findings and published their work again.

The new ORI report acknowledged these changes but still found the original papers faulty.

BY JEFF STEIN STAFF WRITER Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College cheated the federal government by misusing, and then lying about, funding intended for HIV/AIDS research, three federal appeals court judges said in a unanimous ruling issued Wednesday.

The University is ordered to pay $855,714 in damages. Coupled with mandated legal fees, Weill could pay more than $1.7 million, said Michael Salmanson, the lawyer for plaintiff Dr. Daniel Feldman.

Feldman, a former Cornell fellow, brought the suit against the University under the False Claims Act. Feldman said that while at a program funded by the National Institute of Health, he and other fellows spent less than half of their research time studying HIV/AIDS and instead often

worked on “medicolegal” cases.

We i l l ’s g ra n t application for the program stated that “‘the majority of [the fellows’] clinical work will be with CORNELL persons with HIV infection,’” according to Wednesday’s ruling. But, as the court’s decision continues, only three of the 163 patients seen by the fellows were HIV-positive.

“Several fellows testified that much of the research that they performed under the grant program had no relation to HIV or AIDS at all,” the appeal’s court ruling states.

Feldman produced evidence of several wrongdoings that the three judges found credible.

“Several core courses identified in the application were not regularly conducted for fellows, and fellows were not informed that these courses were a required component of the program. Moreover ... fellows were never evaluated or supervised by the training committee referred to in the grant application,” the ruling states.

In 2010, a lower, district court ruled that Weill and Dr. Wilfred van Gorp — who ran the program but no longer works at WCMC — falsified claims on three separate occasions from 2001 to 2003.

Cornell appealed the ruling.

“There were some serious mistakes made during the course of the trial, and we continue to believe that this was an excellent training program that did exactly what it was supposed to do,” James Kahn, deputy counsel for WCMC, told The Sun in April 2011.

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President Folt transitions smoothly

BY LINDSAY ELLIS STAFF WRITER The first two months of interim College President Carol Folt’s time in office have been marked by a smooth transition and effective engagement with students, according to faculty and students interviewed by The Dartmouth. Folt, who previously served as provost, assumed her current position on July 1.

Inter-Fraternity Council president Tim Brown ’13, who was not in residence for the summer term, said he was impressed

by Folt’s communication with off-campus students. Her announcement regarding the death of Stephanie Pignatiello ’12, for example, was timely and “sensitive,” he said.

“That was tragic, and she emailed us right away and followed up,” Brown said. “She handled it with care.”

Several student DARTMOUTH leaders had lunch with Folt on Aug. 2 to facilitate communication and interaction between students and the administration, according to Kwame Ohene-Adu ’14.

“To get to talk to her in such an environment, I feel like that’s useful because you’re not going in trying to fight something — you’re getting to exchange ideas,” he said.

Ohene-Adu said he hopes Folt will be

more visible around campus and that he would like her to host similar events in future terms.

“All you hear about Parkhurst is that you don’t want to be in there,” he said.

“But she was really engaging. It was a relaxed setting.”

The group spoke about welcoming members of the class of 2016 and about the role of upperclassmen, according to Odene-Adu. Andrew Longhi ’14, who served as Student Assembly president during summer term, said he appreciated Folt’s effort to meet with campus leaders. The best measure of Folt’s success will be her level of engagement with campus when the majority of students return for the fall term, he said.

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS ART MODELL Art Modell passed away at the age of 87 on Wednesday. During 43 years as an owner in the NFL, Modell moved the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore, served as league president and helped craft the first Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Bulldogs head to the Windy City

BY DINEE DORAME CONTRIBUTING REPORTER As the women’s soccer team gears up for its pair of away games this weekend, it is looking to make the most of nonconference play.

The Bulldogs (2–1) will head to Chicago, Ill. to face the Loyola Ramblers (1–4) on Friday night and the Northwestern University Wildcats (2–2–1) on Sunday afternoon.

WOMEN’S SOCCER The Bulldogs will not see their first Ivy League matchup until Sept. 22, when they take on Princeton.

“We have a lot of great players this year, but it’s still early in the season,” head coach Rudy Meredith said. “I’m hoping that these games will give us an opportunity to really start playing together, as one team.”

Yale is heading to Chicago with some confidence following a 3–0 defeat over Sacred Heart earlier this week. Forward Melissa Gavin ’15 and midfielder Muriel Battaglia ’15 both had second-half goals on Tuesday night leading the Bulldogs to victory.

“Our team has plenty of young talent, and we are hoping to pull off both wins,” Meredith said. He added that it is difficult to predict the outcome for this weekend’s matchups because the team has some external factors working against it, including long hours spent traveling and having to play two games within 48 hours of each other.

Gavin will be a key player to watch. She was Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2011 and has been a consistent scorer for the Bulldogs since last season.

Goalkeeper Adele Jackson-Gibson ’13 continues to lead the team as well, with three game starts and a 1.35 goals-against average this year. She left the victory over Sacred Heart with an injury, how-

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Midfielder Kristen Forster ’13 has scored one goal, has two points, and has taken five shots for the women’s soccer team so far this season. ever.

Loyola will enter its home opener coming off of a fourgame losing streak over the past few weeks, most recently falling to Northern Illinois. Junior mid-

fielder Trisha Stonebraker is the team’s sole scorer this season, with one goal. The Ramblers have been unsuccessful on the road, suffering through four straight shutouts.

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each other in regular season competition in nearly a decade.

Northwestern will be taking on the Bulldogs after its recent 2–2 double overtime deadlock with the University of Colorado. Junior

Kate Allen and sophomore Georgia Waddle are the Wildcats’ leading scorers with three goals apiece.

Kickoff against Loyola is set for 8 p.m. Eastern time on Friday night at the Loyola Soccer Park.

Yale will then travel across the city to play Northwestern at 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

Contact DINEE DORAME at dinee.dorame@yale.edu .

Yale to face Raiders, Stags MEN’S SOCCER FROM PAGE 12 significant role in boosting the team’s offensive power, recording six shots out of the 20 shots Yale has taken this season. Freshman forward Avery Schwartz ’16 also has contrib-

uted four shots.

Fox said the team will be playing flying V for the game.

“We know that we are a better team than our previous matches have shown, and we want to show that on Friday,” Jacobson said.

The game starts at 7 p.m. tonight.

On Sunday, the Bulldogs will head to Fairfield for a 1 p.m. game.

Contact EUGENE JUNG at eugene.jung@yale.edu .

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The field hockey team is coming off of a 3-2 win over Quinnipiac last Sunday.

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The Bulldogs are looking for another big victory at home before playing their next two games on the road.

In two weeks, Yale will return home to take on No. 4 Princeton.

The Bulldogs will take on Hofstra at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Johnson Field.

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Tournament time in New Haven

BY KEVIN KUCHARSKI STAFF REPORTER It’s going to be cats versus dogs in the John J. Lee Amphitheater this weekend. After a strong start in last week’s Yale Classic, the volleyball team (2–1) hopes to maintain its momentum when it faces Wildcat foes from both Villanova and Northwestern in this weekend’s Yale Invitational. The team will use the matchups against its feline foes to continue preparing for its Ivy League schedule, which begins on Sept. 22.

BY ASHTON WACKYM CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The field hockey team is looking for its sixth straight victory over Hofstra (3–1) this weekend.

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“The preseason matches are great for us to learn to play together as a team,” outside hitter Mollie Rogers ’15 said. “Especially with so many freshmen, it helps us get into a rhythm as a team. You learn how everyone else plays and how that relates to your playing style, which is really helpful.”

Leading the charge for Yale will be setter Kendall Polan ’14, who picked up right where she left off last season by winning this year’s first Ivy League Player of the Week award. Polan averaged almost 11 kills, over 22 assists and exactly 11 digs per match and hit an astounding .424 to anchor the Bulldogs.

But the Elis will need everyone to step up this weekend against two tough foes from major conferences.

Although she commended the team’s performance after its first three matches, head coach Erin Appleman said that the team still is not quite where she wants it to be.

“We’re still trying to figure out what lineups we’re going to be using and trying to improve,” she said. “I don’t think we did as well as we should have in passing and serving last weekend, and we need to get better there.”

The weekend’s first challenge comes on Friday night against Villanova (4–2), which belongs to the Big East conference and went 17–13 last season. However, the Wildcats are dealing with the loss of libero Kim Maroon, who graduated in the spring. Maroon led the Big East in digs and was named a Third-Team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association last year.

On Saturday, Yale will play host to the Northwestern Wildcats (5–0). The Wildcats are members of the Big Ten conference, indisputably the strongest in the nation. The Big Ten boasts six teams in the nation’s top 25, including the top two squads, Nebraska and Penn State. Although Northwestern is not considered one of the conference’s strongest teams, the Wildcats picked up quality wins over No. 15 Minnesota, No. 22 Ohio State and No. 2 Nebraska last season.

“Northwestern is very athletic,” Appleman said.

“They’re used to good competition, and I think they’re going to be very talented. It’s a great opportunity for us to have a Big Ten team on campus.”

Northwestern’s biggest threat will be junior and outside hitter Stephanie Holthus, the only Wildcat to be named to the preseason All-Big Ten team. Holthus notched at least 15 kills in 18 contests last season and was named to the All-Big Ten squad for the first time.

The action tips off at 7 p.m. on Friday night when the Elis host Villanova.

Contact KEVIN KUCHARSKI at kevin.kucharski@yale.edu .

Elis aim to keep momentum

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Middle blocker McHaney Carter ’14 had a .385 kill percentage in last Friday’s match against Texas A&M.

Both the Pride and the Bulldogs (1–1) are coming into this matchup with very different wins. The Bulldogs won their home opener with just under five minutes left against Quinnipiac last Sunday, while the Pride won handily, scoring five unanswered goals against St. Joseph’s.

While the Bulldogs have edged over the Pride in each of the past five matchups by an average of 2.4 goals, each game has been a hard-fought win.

With six graduating starters, fresh talent will have to jump immediately in alongside some of the more experienced players.

Yale will look for new scoring forces this year after four of six leading scorers graduated from last year’s Ivy League Championship team. Sophomore Jonel Boileau will lead the scoring charge for Hofstra after a hat trick last game and a season total of six goals.

While the Bulldogs have been enjoying scoring from several contributors, they have been working incessantly to improve team defense.

“In addition to working on our corner play regularly, we have really been focusing on team defense all over the field this week,” head coach Pam Stuper said.

The Bulldogs and the Pride look similar in goal with Yale’s Emily Cain ’14 making 21 of 27 saves on the season, and Hofstra’s Kaitlyn De Turo stopping 25 of 30 shots this year.

“We’ve enjoyed competing against Hofstra the last five years,” Stuper added. “They are always a strong team that is consistently in and out of the top SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 11

After scoreless start to season, Elis chase first win

BY EUGENE JUNG STAFF REPORTER After going scoreless against Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) and Albany last weekend, the Bulldogs will attempt to take their first victory of the season against Colgate tonight.

MEN’S SOCCER “Our goal is to go into this game with our previous losses behind us and get our first win in order to build momentum for the rest of the season,” forward Peter Jacobson ’14 said.

Despite experimenting with various offensive strategies, the Bulldogs have not yet translated their plays into goals. In their match against Albany, the Elis took 17 shots.

“We can play with anyone in the country, we just have to get the winning-mentality ball rolling,” for-

ward Jenner Fox ’14 said.

Yale (0–2) has not faced Colgate (1–2–1) in the last three years, so none of the current players from either team have played against each other.

“Colgate is a very hardworking team, and they play good compact and disciplined defense,” Jacobson said.

Fox added that Yale has been focusing on Colgate’s weaknesses and how best to exploit them.

Defending Patriot League champion Colgate has so far recorded a total of four goals this season, with midfielder Mike Reidy being responsible for half of those goals. Last season, he was the third-highest scorer for his team and contributed significantly in the win over American in the Patriot League Championship. Other players to watch are forward Tanner Schilling and midfielder Mike Garzi, as they have already scored a goal apiece this

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season. Garzi is also a key member in Colgate’s returning lineup. He was instrumental in taking the Raiders to the NCAA tournament last year and was named to the 2011 Patriot League All-Tournament team.

Jacobson said the Bulldogs should be technically sound, move the ball quickly and have good off-the-ball movement to overtake the Raiders’ defense.

Besides the team’s defensive strategy of focusing on hard-pressure ball and defending as one unit, Yale has captain and goalkeeper Bobby Thalman ’13, who has recorded 13 saves with a save percentage of 0.765, to close off the team’s goalposts. Thalman was placed on the Ivy League Honor Roll on Monday.

The Elis also have last season’s honorable mention All-Ivy winner Jacobson. He has been playing a SEE MEN SOCCER PAGE 11

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The men’s soccer team is after its first wins of the season against Colgate and Fairfield this weekend.

THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE GAMES THE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM HAS WON AGAINST HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY. The Bulldogs, who are coming off a 1–1 opening weekend in which they rebounded from a bad loss at Fairfield with a close win over Quinnipiac, will face the Pride on Saturday.