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One year after the introduction of a new campus security service for smartphones, student reaction remains uncertain. Launched in August 2011, Bulldog Mobile is a service that allows students, faculty and staff to use their phones as personal security devices thanks to a GPS tracking technology implemented by the Yale Police Department. While University administrators said several hundred students have registered for the service since last fall, students interviewed were divided about the effectiveness of Bulldog Mobile as a personal safety tool. “Bulldog Mobile gives students, faculty and staff an effective way to coordinate with Yale Police via mobile device to help provide a safe and secure campus environment,” YPD Assistant Chief Steven Woznyk said. Bulldog Mobile is an opt-in system in which users can register their phones online and create personalized profiles, with all data provided encrypted to protect the privacy of the user. If a registered student calls the YPD from his or her cellphone, a dispatcher will instantly access

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Connecticut residents suffering from a variety of severe illnesses can now legally purchase medical marijuana due to a law that went into effect Oct. 1. The act, which the state General Assembly passed on May 5 and signed into law several weeks later, makes Connecticut the 17th state to permit medicinal marijuana use. According to the law, patients who wish to use medical marijuana prescriptions must first be diagnosed with at least one of several conditions enumerated in the law and then complete an online registration process before they can legally purchase the drug. Eligible patients, however, will have to wait several months before purchasing marijuana in Connecticut, as the state has yet to license any dispensaries. “There are thousands of people in Connecticut who will likely benefit from this legislation as they struggle with debilitating and life-threatening illnesses,” Gov. Dannel Malloy said in a May press release. Under the law, conditions that make one eligible for medicinal marijuana prescriptions include cancer, glaucoma, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epi-

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edly brought information concerning violations of Title IX and related laws to University administrators but was repeatedly met with hostility or indifference. The complaint claims that Burhans uncovered several University policies over the past decade that promoted a hostile sexual climate on campus and warranted overhaul. Despite her attempts to alert officials of her

attempts to notify administrators of the University’s noncompliance with Title IX led to her unfair dismissal. Wendy Murphy, an attorney on Burhans’ legal team, said the case is framed as a Title IX retaliation suit, as Burhans alleg-

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performed for Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars” last Saturday as part of a benefit concert supporting autism programs. The group performed “Fight the Power” alongside Tom Morello, the guitarist for musical group Rage Against the Machine, and shared the stage with a series of other celebrities, including host Jon Stewart, Amy Poehler, Stephen Colbert, Katy Perry and Carly Rae Jepsen. nd

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Live music was played at the Peabody’s “Fiesta Latina” this weekend, which embraced Latin American cultures. BY HAYLEY BYRNES CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Sixteen-month-old Thomas Bonacci said the word “octopus” for the first time on Saturday, as he gazed at a tentacle in the Invertebrate Hall of the Yale Peabody

Museum of Natural History. Bonacci was one of at least 200 people who attended the Peabody’s 10th annual “Fiesta Latina” this weekend. The free festival, open to all New Haven residents, aimed to bring more members of the Latino population to the museum

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The presidential search committee should not be surprised that few students have proposed a vision for Yale’s next president. When Yale Corporation Senior Fellow Edward Bass ’67 ARC ’72 created the role of a student counselor to the search committee, he had the opportunity to legitimize the search process and humanize the Corporation. Inviting students to elect a representative, rather than appointing a counselor, would have had practical and symbolic value. Not only would an election have created necessary student dialogue surrounding the search process, but it would also have shown students that the Corporation — longviewed as a distant body isolated from undergraduate life — was willing to heed the input of the student body. Instead, the Corporation decided not to trust student judgment. By failing to ask students for input on the identity of their counselor, Bass created unnecessary mistrust between some students and their counselor. That original disconnect led students to disengage from the search process altogether. We do not believe Bass aimed to alienate students when nominating the student counselor, but regardless of his intentions, this unilateral appointment sent a clear message to students: Their input would not be considered thoroughly. But now, the search process is progressing, and the presidential

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search committee has an opportunity to repair its relationship with the student body. The focus of the committee will soon shift from collecting input to discussing candidates, and these discussions are where many students want to have the greatest impact. Yet the committee has failed to articulate how students will be represented in these discussions — or if they will be represented at all. It remains unclear if a student representative will be present in the closeddoor discussions of candidates. It remains unclear how student concerns will be addressed as candidates are vetted. And it remains unclear when the Corporation will seek student input once this new stage of deliberation begins. These questions must be answered. The Corporation should take this opportunity to clearly outline how students will be represented in the upcoming stages of the presidential search. The Corporation should reflect on the lessons learned in the past several weeks, and strive to create an effective and transparent method of representation that reflects student views. If the Corporation can provide students with this continuing role in the search process, the student body must direct its discussion to provide tangible, credible and substantive suggestions. Only then will the Yale student body feel invested in the presidential search process, and, in turn, the next president of Yale.

alaise” has become the watchword of this political season. Young people, so energetic in 2008, have grown subdued four years later. Voters on both sides are disenchanted, let down by the president and skeptical of his opponent. I had always thought that Yale, in particular, would remain immune from apathy. After all, we’re highly educated, which usually correlates with political engagement. But, by all accounts, some Yalies are suffering bouts of ambivalence toward the upcoming election. This past weekend, a friend — normally a smart and thoughtful woman in all respects — asked me why she should vote come November. The question took me by surprise. I launched into the standard, non-partisan spiel: Voting is a natural right, denied to a majority of the world’s population. Exercising that right for its own sake is important, even if the choices are unappetizing. (Yada yada.) After our exchange, I started talking to others. Did they, too, consider staying at home this election? A shockingly high percentage of my friends had not registered to vote. Strangely, these (mostly liberal) Yalies view the election as

extremely important. Some have drunk the media KoolAid, convinced that Governor Mitt Romney’s NATHANIEL policy priority restricting ZELINSKY isabortion. Others think that On Point Congressman Paul Ryan wants to kill Grandma. For them, the situation is dire. They support Obama. So why won’t they go to the polls? The answer lies in our own education. In this election, particularly in the debates, the candidates rely on unrealistic policy promises. They are presumptuous. But in them, we see ourselves and our delusions of policy grandeur. And so Yalies choose to ignore the election entirely, preserving their academic self-worth in the process. Popular majors teach students that they can fix complex problems with simple solutions. At its inception in 2011, Global Affairs touted the capstone projects, in which students could actually combat pressing international problems. Deliver a presentation and cure AIDS. To get into Ethics, Politics and Econom-

ics, applicants come up with concentrations that tackle buzzwords (“security,” “sustainability”) with little more than a thesis. The emphasis in these majors: solve the sexy problems on the front page of the New York Times magazine in a 30-page paper.

IN THIS ELECTION, WE SEE THE FAILURE OF OUR STUDIES Of course, these majors address important issues. But in their attempt to sell themselves, the departments aspire to grandiosity and undermine the complexity of the issues they study. Students think they understand energy policy after a seminar. We say, “I study global health,” or “my focus is on terrorism” as if we are professionals in the field. But how does this tie into the election malaise? When Yalies watch the debate, they hear outstanding and precise policy predictions — suspiciously similar to their majors. Mitt Romney will create twelve million new jobs. Not eleven. Not ten. Twelve mil-

lion, on the nose. Barack Obama will reduce the deficit by four trillion dollars just by saying so. The two campaigns reject modesty and predict the future with a familiar certainty. We can see the emptiness of these promises and forecasts. Our complex world does not boil down to talking points. Neither candidate can control the monthly unemployment numbers. But both Obama and Romney sure pretend they can. And so, in this election, Yalies see themselves. We see our projects and majors in a new light. We see the brashness of our thinking. We see the chutzpah in assuming that an undergrad can understand — let alone solve — the world’s problems via PowerPoint. By ignoring the election, some of us ignore the limits and flaws of our studies. We safeguard the image of ourselves as budding policy makers, ready to step into an NGO or the Executive Office after graduation. Pay attention over the next few weeks. Vote. The country will benefit — you will too. It might, though, be just a little uncomfortable. NATHANIEL ZELINSKY is a senior in Davenport College. His column runs on Mondays. Contact him at nathaniel.zelinsky@yale.edu.

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ast year, I spontaneously decided to study abroad in Argentina. Three weeks before the deadline, I found out that I was eligible and signed up without telling my parents. I spent the next semester trying to convince them that it wasn’t a decrepit third world country, and that I shouldn’t go to China just because its government has a lot of money. As I explained the decision to my friends and classmates, I kept coming across the same three reactions that didn’t make sense. First, everyone who studied abroad raved to me about how it was so life changing and that I should absolutely do it. Then, almost everyone else who hadn’t studied abroad said they really wanted to and seemed jealous that I would have this chance. Yet strangely, none of these envious peers were willing to seriously consider the option. In fact, only a tiny fraction of Yale students study abroad during the school year. The most interesting conclusion I drew from my rigorously non-scientific survey is that all the Yale students I talked to kept giving me the same three reasons against studying abroad.

Many justify not going abroad by saying they would do it over the summer. But eight weeks is not enough time to understand what gives a country its identity or makes its people different. It’s not enough time to empathize with the daily challenges that the people of that country face. When you spend all your time speaking in English and hanging out with Yale students, you don’t ever need to figure out what it takes to be a native or what part of your outfit screams America.

YALIES, IT’S TIME TO LEAVE THE OLD REASONS BEHIND In fact, I would say that it takes at least eight weeks to get out of the honeymoon and tourist period, to start experiencing the country as a local. It takes at least eight weeks to figure out the public bus system in any major city. And you cannot appreciate a city by driving around in cabs. Students also avoid studying abroad because of academic

requirements. This can be carefully navigated based on the program you choose and the major that you have. You can often transfer credits towards your major and your distributional requirements (if you’re pre-med, good luck). There’s a misconception that the caliber of education at other universities does not compare to that offered at Yale. While Yale classes are certainly rigorous and Yale professors spectacular, I have to say that the best economics course I have ever taken was my Argentine Economic History class at la Universidad Torcuato di Tella. If you are daunted by the prospect of taking courses in another language, don’t worry. In other countries people are more lenient with foreigners and your grades won’t be factored into your GPA. Finally, the most common excuse is “I don’t want to miss out on a semester at Yale.” Students worry that if they leave Yale for just a semester, all of their friends will leave them and they won’t recognize anyone at Bass Café anymore. They don’t want to miss out on a semester of “the best four years of our lives,” chicken tender days and of course those really

awkward moments when you walk by somebody and you don’t know whether you should pretend to recognize them or not. But the idea that whatever happens at Yale is more thrilling and provocative than a semester out in the world is kind of narrow-minded. Do you know what it feels like to spend three hours eating dinner without constantly having to check your iPhone for emails? Have you even had time to eat lunch today? Your friends will still like you even if you leave for a semester. Personally, after I returned I ended up becoming a lot closer to the people who meant the most to me. I realized how much time I devoted to unfulfilling activities and random 20-minute lunches crammed between meetings. Your time abroad is so formative that you have a renewed energy and sense of purpose that allows you to appreciate Yale upon returning, without burning out. Coming back, the hardest part is knowing that so many Yalies will never even know how much they are missing. JUNGWON BYUN is a junior in Berkeley College. Contact her at jungwon.byun@yale.edu .

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Don’t just dump your high school girlfriend A

mong the flood of advice given Yale freshman, one suggestion is made again and again: Break up with your high school girlfriend. In my few weeks here at Yale, I’ve noticed that the discussion around long distance relationships, especially ones originating in high school, is dominated by this single point of view. Print publications made sure to warn me that, because of my high school girlfriend, my precious first year at Yale will be ruined by too many hours Skyping, worrying and refraining from hooking up (an essential part of the Yale experience, they said). In casual conversation, fellow freshman and seasoned upperclassmen voiced their opinions that the best way to experience Yale is without limitations. The high school relationship should be dropped because this university offers, even guarantees, four years that will be packed with opportunities nothing short of life changing. My girlfriend would only keep me from enjoying Yale to the fullest. Though Yale can provide engaging classes and lifelong friendships, Yale cannot promise

a meaningful relationship. Yes, some freshmen would be better off ending their high school relationships. For some, these relationships may be a relic of a different, bygone self. Others might be afraid of leaving that feeling of security that a relationship provides. So I understand that such advice is not without basis. However, using this guidance as a general principle does not fairly acknowledge the reality that there are freshmen, like me, who plan on staying with their high school girlfriend for no other reason than love. When I started dating my girlfriend the summer after my junior year in high school, neither of us planned for the relationship to continue into college. We did what I think most couples do: We took it day by day. Every so often, we asked ourselves, “Is this what I want?” While I did occasionally imagine us in the future, all these thoughts were grounded in my immediate emotions, how I felt about her and us right then. Since we have no reason to break up — and all the reason to stay together

— we are still dating to this day, even though I’m in New Haven and she’s in Cambridge (Relax. She goes to MIT). Staying with her has not kept me from exploring and enjoying Yale. Yes, I do spend time calling her. Yes, I don’t go to Toad’s to participate in sloppy make-out-sessions (something I wouldn’t do anyway). I’ve been around campus and met many unique, interesting students. I’ve attended lectures by famous speakers and signed up for strange clubs. My long distance relationship has not hindered me or blinded me in any capacity. I still go out and socialize on weekend nights. I even still notice the attractive girls around campus. And I’m not the only one. I’ve met many freshmen, more than I expected, who are continuing their high school relationships and are willing to put in the necessary extra effort. They don’t seem like naïve people to me. I’m not suggesting that high school relationships should always be continued. Rather, a couple should not break up because of an unfair, overarching claim. And here, ironically, a gen-

eral principle can be stated with certainty: Relationships should be evaluated circumstantially, because each one is distinct and deserves to be recognized independently of general trends. After all, love is oftentimes irrational, and at the very least, it is definitely emotional. Even as a banal platitude, the saying “follow your heart” reminds us that we need to be mindful of our instincts and emotions, as they are essential in romantic relationships. Advice such as “break up with your high school girlfriend,” especially when so assertively expressed and carelessly generalizing, should not be the loudest voice in the discussion about a topic that is so personal. Another side of the story needs to be told as well as heard: Meaningful long distance relationships can happen without diminishing the Yale experience. True relationships are too valuable to simply discard because of what popular culture seems to tell us. HARVEY XIA is a freshman in Berkeley College. Contact him at harvey.xia@yale.edu .

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“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.” CHARLES DE GAULLE FRENCH GENERAL AND STATESMAN

CORRECTIONS AND C L A R I F I CAT I O N S WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10

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The article “Yale-NUS develops student group policies” stated that groups showing disrespect for specific religions or racial groups will not be allowed on campus. In fact, YaleNUS President Pericles Lewis said groups “promoting racial and religious strife” will not be allowed, adding that those showing disrespect will not be allowed if they target specific religious or racial groups. FRIDAY, OCT. 12

The article “Students weigh voting options” mistakenly stated that Annie Schweikert ’15 is a registered Democrat. In fact, she is not registered with any political parties. FRIDAY, OCT. 12

The article “Family Weekend breeds a cappella stress” misquoted Emefa Agawu ’15. It mistakenly stated that she referred to the “intense tech-week rehearsal schedule” of Redhot & Blue’s Family Weekend concert, when in fact she was referring to the tech-week of the group’s Singing Dessert and Jam concerts. FRIDAY, OCT. 12

The article “Yale heads north” misidentified the class year of Madison Sharp ’13.

Conservative pundit criticizes Obama

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Dinesh D’Souza defended American exceptionalism in a Friday talk. BY JACK NEWSHAM CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza came to Yale on Friday to discuss American exceptionalism and President Barack Obama’s “anti-colonial” agenda. During D’Souza’s visit, which was sponsored by the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program, he participated in a small conversation group with roughly 12 students and gave a lecture to a larger audience. D’Souza recently directed a documentary film, “2016: Obama’s America,” which has garnered national attention for criticizing Obama’s ideological upbringing. While the seminar focused on religion in America, his lecture — entitled “What’s So Great About America?” — drew nearly 80 students, parents and Connecticut residents to William L. Harkness Hall to hear D’Souza speak about the way in which he thinks Obama betrayed the American dream. “Countries go up and countries go down,” D’Souza said. “But never before have we had a president who seeks decline — for whom decline is a moral objective.”

It’s easy … to make these broad statements about Obama’s true motivations when you’re completely ignoring all of his policies. JONATHAN SILVERSTONE ’15 D’Souza, who is a native of India, explained how the American dream drew him to the United States. He said the American identity is based on the acceptance of certain ideals, unlike other countries, where nationality “is a function of birth and blood.” Citing historical examples, D’Souza said the values of entrepreneurialism, individualism and idealism in the foreign-policy arena make up the central tenets of American exceptionalism. But D’Souza said Obama does not embrace American exceptionalism. Instead, he argued, Obama endorses the ideology of anti-colonialism — an ideology that he said rejects entre-

preneurship and capitalism. According to anti-colonialists such as Obama, D’Souza said, “America is the leading rogue nation in the world.” In the Middle East, President Obama’s agenda has allowed “radical Muslims” to bring down “America’s closest allies,” D’Souza said. But in the United States, he added, Obama has sought to impede fossil fuel development, while continuing to champion oil drilling abroad. D’Souza said unlike past Democratic presidents, Obama’s failures are intentional, adding that he is “the architect of American decline.” “Is he an America-hater? Is he a traitor? Is he a Manchurian candidate being controlled by some cabal? Is he a secret Muslim? No, no, no and no,” D’Souza said. “[Obama] subscribes to an ideology that sees America as wrong … and he sees his job, and he’s very good at it, at cutting America down to size.” At his seminar earlier in the day, D’Souza spoke about the rise of secularism and the role of faith in the public sphere, said Bijan Aboutorabi ’13, a student who attended the discussion group. The audience’s reactions to D’Souza’s talk were mixed. Harry Graver ’14, vice president of the Buckley Program, said he was happy that the event featured a healthy exchange of views, providing a good opportunity for students to interact with D’Souza. But he added that he was “definitely surprised” at how much D’Souza’s lecture focused on Obama instead of offering a historical perspective. But Jonathan Silverstone ’15, who exchanged remarks with D’Souza about Iran during the lecture, said he was disappointed with D’Souza’s responses. “It’s easy … to make these broad statements about Obama’s true motivations when you’re completely ignoring all of his policies,” Silverstone said. Michael Geiser, a parent of a Yale student, said D’Souza “sounded like a politician.” Rosemarie Geiser, his wife who also attended, said she did not agree with D’Souza’s message, though “it was good to hear the opposition.” D’Souza was the fourth guest brought to Yale by the Buckley Program this year. Contact JACK NEWSHAM at jack.newsham@yale.edu .

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Keller Easterling, architect, urbanist, writer and teacher, was one of four speakers at TEDxYale’s first event of the year. BY RISHABH BHANDARI CONTRIBUTING REPORTER In its first event of the year, TEDxYale hosted four speakers who explained their visions for the future of cities. TEDxYale — the University’s chapter of the global TED program — hosted a conference Saturday on the theme of “Cities 2.0.” Four speakers discussed for over an hour total how the audience could shape the cities of tomorrow, briefly participating in a question and answer portion after they finished. TED awards a $100,000 prize each year to an individual or idea that can best use the prize money and inevitable accompanying media attention to further one cause. This year’s winning idea was “Cities 2.0,” and TED recommended that TEDx chapters should “pursue the topic of the future city” to celebrate the idea, said Grier Barnes ’14, who co-curated the conference. This year is TEDxYale’s second on campus, and the organization wanted to “start the year with something pretty big” that would not overshadow their main conference in February, according to Paul Fletcher-Hill ’15, the other co-curater. Yale Sustainable Food Project Director Mark Bomford, the first speaker of the afternoon, spoke of how today’s cities are “alarmingly disconnected” from where their food comes, explaining that society’s food “comes from a global everywhere and nowhere.” Urban agriculture is one way we can combat these issues, Bomford said, adding that reconnecting to farms can “avail us of all the social ills that have been

plaguing the urbanized environment.” The second speaker of the afternoon was architecture professor Keller Easterling, who said that “repeatable formulas” of urban systems make most of the urban environments we are accustomed to in the world. Architecture and urban planning can design systems to handle systems, she said, citing the example of a “free zone” that has been utilized across the globe. Madeline Yozwiak ’14, the third speaker, spoke about her frustration with small-scale activism. “Our generation knows what it’s like to grow up scared. With all our problems in our world, we have this sense that our future won’t be as bright as those of our parents,” Yozwiak said. “The worst part is that even when we stand up, we can end up feeling more hopeless than when we started.” Her frustration ended, however, when she came across a magazine article detailing the UN’s Millennium Villages Project. She realized the project could be used as a scalable model. As the president of Project Bright, a group that promotes and actively installs solar panels across campus, she said she sees the group as a way for students to get involved for the sake of getting involved. The final speaker, Carnegie Mellon Professor Norman Sadeh, explained how technologies like Twitter and Foursquare are helping society better understand cities. By tracking where people tweet from and check-in on Foursquare, Sadeh’s research team “can better understand the social dynamics, structure and character of cities.”

After the talk, three students interviewed said that they liked the conference, particularly the final speaker. One student, though, did not agree with the breadth of the talks. “I understand that [the TEDx talk] was about the city of the future, but it didn’t seem particularly coherent,” Paul Froese SOM ’13 said, adding that the four speakers didn’t address one another’s concerns. He also said that most of what the speakers said was “generic” knowledge, but he added he was impressed with Sadeh’s talk.

Even when we stand up, we can end up feeling more hopeless than when we started. MADELINE YOZWIAK ’14 Organizers, however, said they were happy with how the conference went, selling over 150 tickets, according to FletcherHill. “I think attendance was a little disappointing but we scheduled this event during Parents’ Weekend,” TEDx Yale graphic designer Glorianna Tillemann-Dick ’14 said. “Nevertheless I think we did a great job of getting this together and we’re really pleased with how this went.” TEDxYale will host their major conference of the year on Feb. 23. Contact RISHABH BHANDARI at rishabh.bhandari@yale.edu .

Conference discusses women, education BY TIANYI PAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Students from six colleges descended on Yale this Saturday to discuss creative ways of giving women in developing countries access to education. The Yale chapter of Circle of Women, an organization started at Harvard in 2006 dedicated to advancing women’s issues around the globe, held the group’s first national conference entitled “Girls + Education” at Yale this weekend. The event brought together roughly 25 students, faculty and experts from across the country to discuss a variety of topics including women’s schooling in the Islamic world. Evie Freeman ’14, a co-director for the conference, said giving women greater access to education helps improve their standard of living and often leads to a more stable family life. “It was great to have varied opinions on an issue that has so many different facets,” Lauren Hoffman ’14, a co-director for the conference, said. “We were able to open up dialogue, which is the first step in creating positive change.” The conference kicked off with an introductory address by Kara Gustafson, a representative of the Goldman Sachs Office of Corporate Engagement involved in the 10,000 Women project. Started in March 2008, the initiative provides training programs for businesswomen in over 20 countries across the world. Eighteen months after their participation in the program, 80 percent of women saw their revenues increase, 66 percent created new jobs and nine out of 10 began to mentor their female peers, Gustafson said. Gustafson said programs aimed to empower women often affect more people than just their participants. “One of the most effective ways to boost the economy and promote prosperity is to increase the participation of women in the labor force,” she said. The conference featured four workshops on different areas of women’s issues. One workshop, “Islam, Women and Education” — led by visiting professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies Sallama Shaker, a

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“Girls + Education,” Circle of Women’s first national conference, was held at Yale this weekend. former Egyptian assistant minister of foreign affairs for the Americas — discussed misperceptions about Muslim women. Rana Dajani, a visiting professor of genetics from Hashemite University in Jordan, said the workshop shed light on the importance of understanding cultural context when analyzing women’s issues.

We were able to open up dialogue, which is the first step in creating positive change. LAUREN HOFFMAN ’14 “Professor Shaker’s speech explained what Islam really is,” Dajani said. “It has been misrepresented by the media. We need more voices of Muslim women to speak of their opinions, their successes.” Students who attended the conference — from Harvard, Georgetown, Princeton, Cornell, Brown and Holy Cross — said they

enjoyed the workshops. Alana Downing and Sophia Haggerty, members of the Circle of Women chapter at Holy Cross, said the conference inspired them to think differently about the issues and initiatives their chapter will undertake. With the conference over, Hoffman and Freeman said they are already looking ahead to the next Circle of Women project: a financial literacy campaign called LearnLend. Hoffman said the program will launch in spring 2013 in South America and will provide high school girls in developing countries with access to financial services education through interactive, graphic presentations. The other workshops this weekend included “Women’s World Banking,” led by a Women’s World Bank Senior Associate Anjali Banthia, and a video address by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Director of the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Wilson Center. Contact TIANYI PAN at tianyi.pan@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT Marijuana law outlines required conditions MARIJUANA FROM PAGE 1 lepsy and post-traumatic stress disorder. The specificity of Connecticut’s requirements is a response to what many legislators and activists felt were lax requirements in other states, such as California and Colorado. Restrictions in the law include banning the prescription of medical marijuana to those under 18 and an application fee of $25,000 for dispensaries. “When I looked at some of the other states that took what I thought was almost a wild, wild west approach of allowing people to grow plants at home and the lack of oversight and regulation, I did not believe that [taking the same approach] was the right thing for Connecticut to do,” Connecticut State Senate President

Donald Williams told the Hartford Courant. According to the Medical Marijuana Program, only registered pharmacists will be able to obtain the dispensary license necessary to sell marijuana, but the state has not disclosed when the applications for such licenses will be released. The law also includes provisions for the authorization of up to 10 cultivation facilities for marijuana, but a timeline for their establishment is also currently unavailable. For the moment, patients granted licenses are allowed to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana per month. Although many Democratic legislators, along with Malloy, have celebrated the passage of the law as a step toward aiding Connecticut’s ill, many across the state have spoken out against it,

citing the logistical difficulties other states have faced as well as the potential for non-legitimate drug use. David Melillo, the director of the Youth and Family Ser-

Marijuana is not criminogenic … The effect on crime rates, if any, would be downward. STEVEN DUKE Professor, Yale Law School vices community center in Madison, Conn., noted in a speech to the Madison Board of Selectmen that medical marijuana users do

Suit cites OCR investigation TITLE IV FROM PAGE 1 “[Burhans]’s suit is focused on the retaliation she experienced over a period of many years,” said Murphy, who is a an adjunct professor at New England Law in Boston and a well-known victims’ rights advocate. “She was either rebuffed or punished for trying to fix problems at Yale. She really has suffered as a person and watched people on campus suffering, and she found it unacceptable.” The suit filed Friday states that throughout a 10-year period, Burhans noticed an unhealthy sexual climate relating to alcohol abuse and inadequate resources to report cases of sexual misconduct. When Burhans allegedly notified Associate Vice President Martha Highsmith, then deputy secretary of the University, that Yale was underreporting cases of sexual misconduct, Highsmith and other administrators prevented Burhans from establishing new programs to promote a safe environment in compliance with Title IX and related laws, according to the complaint.

[Burhans] was either rebuffed or punished for trying to fix problems at Yale. WENDY MURPHY Attorney, Burhan’s legal team Burhans’ position as a security education coordinator was terminated in March 2010. She was later rehired as a project manager with no responsibilities related to Title IX. That position has also since been terminated, effective in November. Burhans has previously sued the University regarding her employment. In May 2009, she filed suit in Connecticut Superior Court against the University on two counts of violation of the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act. Burhans alleged at the time that she was asked to interview with an all-male, four-person panel — an instance of possible gender discrimination — and that she never received any of the several promotions with increased compensation she was promised. The 2009 suit claimed that after filing complaints with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the Equal Employment Opportu-

nity Commission, administrators began to take away her responsibilities. Connecticut court records show that her 2009 allegations were deemed insufficient to constitute a hostile work environment claim, but similar allegations are repeated in the current complaint. The new suit repeatedly points to Yale’s July 2012 “voluntary resolution agreement” with the OCR as evidence, said John Williams, Burhans’ New Haven-based attorney, because the report confirmed the University’s accountability for the same issues that Burhans brought to administrators’ attention many years prior. “Yale at the end of the day admitted they were doing these things,” Williams said. “These [are] very things Susan warned them about and tried to fix.” While the OCR did not find Yale in noncompliance with Title IX, its report said the University had provided inadequate resources for the reporting of sexual misconduct incidents, failed to make students aware of its existing programs and had severely underreported cases of sexual assault and harassment in recent years. Peter Lake, director for the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University, said that in the aftermath of Yale’s Title IX controversy, he is not surprised that employees would try to bring employee disputes to the federal level through claims of Title IX violations. “The tough job for the court is to sort out what rises above the level of messy employment disputes,” he said. Though Murphy said much of the evidence in the suit could support a case for a violation of Title VII — which prohibits employee discrimination based on sex — she added that Title IX is more applicable to the case because it involves the prevention of Burhans from implementing programs essential to improving sexual climate. “Title IX is very broad in scope in terms of [whom] it means to protect, meaning both students and all people in the campus environment, from both sexual harassment as an individual harm and any kind of retaliation in the effort to reduce that harm,” Murphy said. The OCR’s investigation began in April 2011 when 16 students and alumni filed a complaint alleging Yale had allowed a hostile sexual environment to persist. Contact CYNTHIA HUA at cynthia.hua@yale.edu .

not always suffer debilitating illnesses. “The prototypical medical marijuana user is a 37-year-old white male with no history of the designated illness and who has a history of drug arrests,” Melillo said. In response to such criticisms, supporters of the law have noted the other drugs that anyone with a prescription has legal access to. Senator Anthony Musto said in a statement the drugs “that many of us have in our medicine cabinets right now are more addictive and dangerous than marijuana.” Though the law’s full effect in New Haven is still uncertain, Steven Duke, a professor at the Yale Law School, said the law is unlikely to cause a spike in city crime. “Marijuana is not crimino-

genic. If, as is unlikely, medical marijuana legislation were to increase the consumption of marijuana in New Haven, there is a chance that this would reduce consumption of alcohol, heroin, cocaine or amphetamines,” Duke told the News. “If that occurred, the effect on crime rates, if any, would be downward.” The legalization of medicinal marijuana in California, however, stands in stark contrast to Duke’s claim. According to Zev Yaroslavsky, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, medical marijuana has had a “debilitating impact” on the city by allowing those without severe illnesses to gain access to the drug. This, Yaroslavsky said, is due to poor regulation and has in turn promoted crime and drug use

throughout Los Angeles. “There has been a proliferation of dispensaries in L.A. which has really torn apart communities,” Yaroslavsky said. He added that the local government has not been permitted to regulate construction of dispensaries, and their proximity to schools and residential neighborhoods has been a source of controversy in the city. New Haven Mayor’s Office Spokesperson Elizabeth Benton declined to comment. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize the use of medical marijuana. Contact EMMA GOLDBERG at emma.goldberg@yale.edu . Contact MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu .

Residents canvass city BOOST! FROM PAGE 1 vassers said taking these programs directly to people’s front doors — in the form of flyers, brochures and volunteers — is an important step in creating a “college-going culture in New Haven,” city officials said. “If the school sends a flyer home [with a student], who knows if it ever makes it out of the backpack,” said Betsy Yagla, the communications and research coordinator for New Haven Promise. She added that, to reach parents, “each month we went out and canvassed, and each month there was a different focus.” Boost! is a program designed to promote student’s physical and behavioral well-being through initiatives like Squash Haven and Big Brothers Big Sisters, and New Haven Promise awards college tuition scholarships to New Haven public high school graduates who meet certain academic and disciplinary standards. The first canvassing drive took place in August and targeted parents of kindergartenaged children. With 219 volunteers knocking on about 1,500 doors, the community showed up in force — welcoming kindergarten parents to the school district while answering questions ranging from dress codes to bus schedules, Yagla said. And in a second canvassing event last month, nearly 80 volunteers reached 783 homes to inform locals about Promise and Parent University, a daylong series of workshops for parents about college. On Saturday, Boost! and Promise were the focus of canvassing efforts. Now in its second year, Boost! is present at 11 participating schools in New Haven. While each school offers different programs, all of the programs, which include afterschool activities, tutors and clubs, are focused on healthy, after-class development.

“The reality is that many students come to school each day experiencing challenges in their outside-of-school lives,” said Betsy Pellegrino, Boost!’s director, “I feel that it’s our responsibility to acknowledge that that exists and embrace all students and families.” The Boost! program added five additional participant schools this year, which Pellegrino said is a testament to the program’s success.

I haven’t seen the community so together and so focused on a goal in the last three decades. WILLIAM GINSBERG CEO, The Community Foundation With the program’s growth in mind, volunteers split into teams of two to three canvassers wearing Promise and Boost! T-shirts and carrying maps, Spanish and English brochures and the morning’s Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. The chilly streets of Fair Haven proved less cozy than Hill Career Regional High School’s heated cafeteria. After several hours of canvassing and knocking on 18 doors, one of the canvassing groups, which consisted of William Ginsberg, the CEO of the Community Foundation, Shelia Brantley, the Comer facilitator, and Seth Ricardo Ortiz, a New Haven student, had only spoken to three families. “I’m a little disappointed we didn’t see more families, but I think outreach is really important,” Ginsberg said. Oma Amrit-Singh, a New Haven parent who was spoken to by this group of canvassers, said she was glad she opened her door to the volunteers. With a daughter in kindergarten at

the Truman School, AmritSingh said she had not heard of Boost! or Promise before Saturday. She added Boost!’s afterschool programs immediately perked her interest because, as a nursing student with a working husband, she has difficulty watching her daughter immediately when school lets out. When Ginsberg told her about the potential for a full-ride college scholarship through Promise, she was so excited for her daughter she said she had “goosebumps.” But there is still a large gap between a room of smiling volunteers and a successful college education. When asked if students at his school talk about Promise, Ortiz, a junior at The Sound School, said, “We know about it more than we talk about it.” He explained that the majority of the kids at his school are not from New Haven, which makes them ineligible for the scholarship, and most students from the city “aren’t typically doing that well.” But Ortiz, who spent his Saturday morning volunteering, is also a reminder that these programs can make a difference. Ortiz is a member of Squash Haven and wants to go to Yale when he graduates. He has already marked down out a Yale information session he plans to attend. As the group of volunteers on Saturday morning demonstrated, the successes of these programs depends on support from the community. Ginsberg said this may be the right time for education reform in New Haven. “I haven’t seen the community so together and so focused on a goal in the last three decades,” Ginsberg said. Promise granted 132 scholarships to the class of 2012. Contact MONICA DISARE at monica.disare@yale.edu .

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“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” JOHN DEWEY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER, PSYCHOLOGIST AND EDUCATIONAL REFORMER

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This weekend’s 10th annual “Fiesta Latina” at the Yale Peabody Museum included events in both English and Spanish. PEABODY FROM PAGE 1 American countries. “We try to hit as many [Latin American] cultures as we can,” said Josue Irizarry, events coordinator for the Peabody. The festival began in 2002 as a collaboration between the museum and the Junta for Progressive Action, the city’s oldest Latino, community-based nonprofit. Yale anthropology professor Richard Burger, the curator of the museum at the time, hoped that the event would bring more of the Latino community to the Peabody, said David Heiser, the museum’s head of education and outreach. Irizarry said that the event is typically held during Hispanic Heritage Month, which occurs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. This year’s celebration marks the first time the event has coincided with Family Weekend at Yale. The Peabody relied on a diverse group of volunteers ranging from high school students to 90-year-olds to run the event, said Mary Anderson, the Peabody’s volunteer coordinator. Volunteers, Anderson said, were encouraged to speak

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in Spanish if they were bilingual. Theresa Bailey ’14, who volunteered at the festival for the first time this year, said the event exposes the Peabody to Yale students as well as members of the New Haven community. “There’s salsa and chips and face painting overlaying the deeper history and the artifacts [of the Peabody],” Bailey said.

There’s salsa and chips and face painting overlaying the deeper history. THERESA BAILEY ’14 “Fiesta Latina” volunteer As part of the event’s 10th anniversary, the museum incorporated its exhibit “Big Food: Health, Culture and the Evolution of Eating” to promote the general theme of healthy living. The festival offered a free Zumba class, a puppet show hosted by the Hispanic Health Center entitled “Tommy Enjoys Exercising” and a “My

Plate” craft activity that taught healthy portion sizes. Longtime New Haven resident Natalie Coe, who has attended the event with her son Cassius for several years, said she found the healthy living theme of the event valuable. She said her favorite event was the Peruvian dance performance, adding that she and her son plan to attend the festival again. Coe said she could not think of any ways to improve the celebration, though her seven-year-old son Cassius was quick to complain that the music was too loud. Not all of Saturday’s Peabody visitors were aware of “Fiesta Latina.” Danbury resident Marlene Bonacci, who attended with her husband and son, said they did not expect the museum to be hosting a special event. She added that she would probably come back for the Peabody itself, though not necessarily for the festival. The festival concluded with a performance by Hartford’s Mariachi Connecticut band. Contact HAYLEY BYRNES at hayley.byrnes@yale.edu .

the user’s profile information — including physical description, residential college, class schedule and medical conditions — and will be able to track the GPS location of the phone call. The service only activates when a person places a phone call to the YPD, Woznyk said, and police are never able to see registered users’ information or track their GPS locations unless the YPD receives a call. “In an emergency, [Bulldog Mobile] is another way to get help quickly and for the police to have important information when they are responding,” said Janet Lindner, associate vice president for administration. For instance, if a student has mobility needs, emergency responders could take appropriate action in their response, Lindner said. “It’s an enhancement to traditional calls, in which the dispatcher would have to ask for your name and location,” she added. In addition, Bulldog Mobile allows students to set a timer for reaching a target destination and leave a voicemail message informing the YPD about their current location, intended destination and course of travel. If the timer is not deactivated upon reaching the destination or after a series of reminders, the YPD is notified and can take response actions. Bulldog Mobile was promoted at campus safety sessions during freshman orientation this and last fall as well as at meetings with students and in safety advisories to the entire community, Lindner said, which resulted in spikes in registrations. According to YPD Chief Ronnell Higgins, 2,055 users — Yale students, faculty and staff — are registered on Bulldog Mobile. While Bulldog Mobile has not yet been used to report any emergencies, Lindner said she hopes more students will register online for this service, “as it gives you one more tool to help you stay safe.” “Just as with all safety tools,

the more we promote [Bulldog Mobile], the more people will use it, so we’ll continue to communicate about the tool throughout the year,” Lindner said. But students’ response to this new safety service has been mixed. Out of 10 students interviewed, only two said they had registered for the system, one said he intended to sign up for the service and the others said they have not registered and do not feel the need to do so in the future.

I don’t really feel that unsafe, but it probably wouldn’t hurt to have an additional peace of mind. ROHAN GOSWAMI ’15 Jéssica Maguilnik Leão ’16 activated Bulldog Mobile on her phone when she arrived on campus in August but said she is disappointed with the service, explaining that when she called the YPD to request assistance, security escorts took 15 minutes to arrive to Old Campus. “In the case of emergency, it’s definitely a [time frame] that allows for bad things to happen,” Leão said. “I can’t imagine that security at Yale can’t afford to make the service more readily available.” Rohan Goswami ’15 said that, although he does not have serious concerns about his personal safety on campus, he might opt into Bulldog Mobile soon. “I don’t really feel that unsafe, but it probably wouldn’t hurt to have an additional peace of mind,” Goswami added. Bulldog Mobile is a product of Rave Guardian, a New Yorkbased company that provides software safety apps for several institutions nationwide, including Brown University and University of Pennsylvania. Contact LORENZO LIGATO at lorenzo.ligato@yale.edu .

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 11:30 AM Seeking Asylum, Finding God: Korean Chinese Migration to the U.S. Jaeeun Kim, a postdoctoral fellow at Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. The talk will examine the migration careers, settlement patterns and legalization strategies of ethnic Korean migrants from northeast China to the United States. Hosted by Council on East Asian Studies and part of the Korea Colloquium Series. Department of Sociology (210 Prospect St.), Room 203.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 7:00 PM Yale-China Teaching Fellowship Info Session The Yale-China Association is seeking applicants to the Yale-China Teaching Fellowship, a 103-year-old tradition. Fellows are placed at one of three teaching sites in mainland China and Hong Kong where they live as members of the local community and teach English. All Yale undergraduate, graduate and professional students who will graduate in 2013 or have graduated within the past five years are eligible to apply. No previous study of Chinese language is required. Linsly-Chittenden Hall (63 High St.), Room 104.

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Skydiver breaks sound barrier BY JUAN CARLOS LLORCA ASSOCIATED PRESS ROSWELL, N.M. — In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever — a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert. Felix Baumgartner hit Mach 1.24, or 833.9 mph, according to preliminary data, and became the first man to reach supersonic speed without traveling in a jet or a spacecraft after hopping out of a capsule that had reached an altitude of 128,100 feet above the Earth. Landing on his feet in the desert, the man known as “Fearless Felix” lifted his arms in victory to the cheers of jubilant onlookers and friends. “When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data,” he said after the jump. “The only thing you want is to come back alive.” A worldwide audience watched live on the Internet via cameras mounted on his capsule as Baumgartner, wearing a pressurized suit, stood in the doorway of his capsule, gave a thumbs-up and leapt into the stratosphere. “Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are,” an exuberant Baumgartner told reporters outside mission control after the jump. Baumgartner’s descent lasted for just over nine minutes, about half of it in a free fall of 119,846 feet, according to Brian Utley, a jump observer from the International Federation of Sports Aviation. He said the speed calculations were preliminary figures. Baumgartner said traveling faster than sound is “hard to describe because you don’t feel it.” With no reference points, “you don’t know how fast you travel,” he said. The 43-year-old former Austrian paratrooper with more than 2,500 jumps behind him had taken off early Sunday in a capsule carried by a 55-story ultra thin helium balloon. His ascent was tense at times and included concerns about how well his

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Former Senator Arlen Specter dies BY PETER JACKSON ASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania’s longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though often at odds with the GOP leadership. He helped end the Supreme Court hopes of former federal appeals Judge Robert H. Bork, who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Decades later, he was one of only three Republicans in Congress to vote for President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus. His breaks with his party were hardly a surprise: He had begun his political career as a Democrat and ended it as one, too. In between, he was at the heart of several major Ameri-

can political events. He rose to prominence in the 1960s as an assistant counsel to the Warren Commission, developing the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. He came to the Senate in the Reagan landslide of 1980 and was a key voice in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of both Bork and Clarence Thomas. Specter died Sunday died at his home in Philadelphia from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, said his son Shanin. He was 82. Over the years, Specter had fought two previous bouts with Hodgkin lymphoma, overcome a brain tumor and survived cardiac arrest following bypass surgery. Intellectual and stubborn, Specter took the lead on a wide spectrum of issues and was no stranger to controversy.

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he hugged in celebration. Coincidentally, Baumgartner’s feat came on the 65th anniversary of the day that U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first man to officially break the sound barrier in a jet. At Baumgartner’s insistence, some 30 cameras recorded his stunt. Shortly after launch, screens at mission control showed the capsule as it began rising high above the New Mexico desert. Baumgartner’s team included Joe Kittinger, who first tried to break the sound barrier from 19.5 miles up in 1960, reaching speeds of 614 mph. With Kittinger inside mission control, the two men could be heard going over technical details during the ascension.

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Thousands rally for girl shot by Taliban BY ADIL JAWAD AND SEBASTIAN ABBOT ASSOCIATED PRESS KARACHI, Pakistan — Tens of thousands rallied in Pakistan’s largest city Sunday in the biggest show of support yet for a 14-yearold girl who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education and criticizing the militant group. The Oct. 9 attack on Malala Yousufzai as she was returning home from school in Pakistan’s northwest horrified people inside and outside the country. At the same time, it gave hope to some that the government would respond by intensifying its fight against the Taliban and their allies. But protests against the shooting have been relatively small until now, usually attracting no more than a few hundred people. That response pales in comparison to the tens of thousands of people who held violent protests in Pakistan last month against a film produced in the United States that denigrated Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. Demonstrations in support of Malala — and against rampant militant violence in the country in general — have also been fairly small compared with those focused on issues such as U.S. drone attacks and the NATO supply route to Afghanistan that runs through Pakistan.

Right-wing Islamic parties and organizations in Pakistan that regularly pull thousands of supporters into the streets to protest against the U.S. have less of an incentive to speak out against the Taliban. The two share a desire to impose Islamic law in the country — even if they may disagree over the Taliban’s violent tactics. Pakistan’s mainstream political parties are also often more willing to harangue the U.S. than direct their people power against Islamist militants shedding blood across the country — partly out of fear and partly because they rely on Islamist parties for electoral support. One of the exceptions is the political party that organized Sunday’s rally in the southern port city of Karachi, the Muttahida Quami Movement. The party’s chief, Altaf Hussain, criticized both Islamic and other mainstream political parties for failing to organize rallies to protest the attack on Malala. He called the Taliban gunmen who shot the girl “beasts” and said it was an attack on “the ideology of Pakistan.” “Malala Yousufzai is a beacon of knowledge. She is the daughter of the nation,” Hussain told the audience by telephone from London, where he is in self-imposed exile because of legal cases pending against him in Pakistan. His

party is strongest in Karachi. Many of the demonstrators carried the young girl’s picture and banners praising her bravery and expressing solidarity. The leaders of Pakistan’s main Islamic parties have criticized the shooting, but have also tried to redirect the conversation away from Taliban violence and toward civilian casualties from U.S. drone attacks. Cyril Almeida, a columnist for Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper, said this type of “obfuscation” prevents Pakistanis from seeing “there is a continuum from the religious right to violent Islamism.” “The religious right creates an enabling environment for violent Islamism to recruit and prosper. And violent Islamism makes state and society cower and in doing so enhances the space for the religious right,” Almeida wrote in a column Sunday. Malala earned the enmity of the Pakistani Taliban for publicizing their behavior when they took over the northwestern Swat Valley, where she lived, and for speaking about the importance of education for girls. The group first started to exert its influence in Swat in 2007 and quickly extended its reach to much of the valley by the next year. They set about imposing their will on residents by forcing men to grow

Syria accused of bomb use BY KARIN LAUB ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The Syrian regime was accused Sunday of dropping cluster bombs — indiscriminate scattershot munitions banned by most nations — in a new sign of desperation and disregard for its own people. The international group Human Rights Watch cited amateur video and testimony from the front lines in making the allegation against the government of President Bashar Assad. Syria and Turkey, meanwhile, declared their skies off-limits to each other amid mounting cross-border tensions in Syria’s 19-month-old conflict, now a civil war. Turkey is an outspoken backer of rebels trying to oust Assad. The weekend’s mutual ban on overflights is part of Turkey’s increasingly assertive stance toward Syria that has stirred concerns about a regional conflagration. In the past two weeks, Turkey has retaliated for stray Syrian shells and mortar rounds, intercepted a Syrian passenger plane on suspicion it carried military equipment, and — according to a Turkish newspaper Sunday — sent more warships to naval bases north of the Syrian coastline. Inside Syria, rebel fighters and regime forces have been locked in a bloody stalemate for weeks, with rebels holding large rural stretches in the heavily populated western area, but unable

to dislodge Assad’s troops from urban centers. During the summer, the regime escalated shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held neighborhoods. Human Rights Watch said new amateur videos and interviews with residents suggests the Syrian air force has dropped cluster bombs in the past week, mainly along a main north-south highway in western Syria that runs through Maaret al-Numan, a town captured by rebels after fierce fighting.

[Cluster bombs] are weapons that are really beyond the pale. STEVE GOOSE Arms expert, Human Rights Watch Cluster bombs open in flight, scattering smaller bomblets over a wide area. Many of the bomblets don’t explode immediately, posing a threat to civilians long afterward. Steve Goose, an arms expert for the New York-based human rights group, said most nations have already banned cluster bombs and that many of those who haven’t, including the United States, said they would do so soon. “These are weapons that are really beyond the pale,” Goose said in a phone interview. “This

is a weapon of desperation (for Syria) at this point in time. Only those governments and political leaders who are willing to thumb their nose at international opinion will use these weapons.” The Syrian government had no immediate comment. First word of cluster bombs being dropped by the regime emerged in July, but the recent reports indicated a more widespread use, said Nadim Houry, a Lebanon-based researcher for Human Rights Watch. Sunday’s report said activists posted at least 18 videos in the past week showing remnants of the bombs in or near the central city of Homs, the northern cities of Idlib and Aleppo, rural areas near the town of Latakia and the eastern Ghouta district close to the capital of Damascus. The group also spoke to residents in the towns of Taftanaz and Tamane who said cluster bombs were dropped in their areas on Tuesday. There was no immediate report of casualties from the recent cluster bombs, the report said, adding that the munitions shown in the videos were made in the Soviet Union, a major arms supplier to Syria before its collapse in 1991. Amateur videos cannot be confirmed independently because Syria restricts access to foreign journalists and the government keeps a tight lid on news related to the conflict, which it blames on a foreign conspiracy.

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A supporter of the Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement holds a poster of a 14-year-old schoolgirl. beards, preventing women from going to the market and blowing up many schools — the majority for girls. Malala wrote about these practices in a journal for the BBC under a pseudonym when she was just 11. After the Taliban were pushed out of the Swat Valley in 2009 by the Pakistani military, she became

even more outspoken in advocating for girls’ education. She appeared frequently in the media and was given one of the country’s highest honors for civilians for her bravery. The military carried out its offensive in Swat after a video surfaced of a militant flogging a woman who had allegedly com-

mitted adultery, which helped mobilize public support against the Taliban. Many hope the shooting of Malala will help push the military to undertake a long-awaited offensive in the Pakistani Taliban’s last main sanctuary in the country in the North Waziristan tribal area.

Libya congress elects lawyer prime minister BY ESAM MOHAMED ASSOCIATED PRESS TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s Congress elected a human rights lawyer as interim prime minister on Sunday, a week after his predecessor was sacked for failing to present a Cabinet line-up that political factions could agree on. Ali Zidan, also a former independent congressman, won 93 votes, securing a majority of those who voted in a poll to determine the country’s leader for a transitional period of around 20 months. Zidan’s top priority will be to name a new government that congress approves. The Cabinet will be faced with the daunting task of disarming thousands of young men who fought in last year’s eight-month civil war that led to the capture and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The ministers will also be pressed to provide basic services, restore security by creating a military and police force capable of asserting authority over disparate militias left over from the war, and unifying the country’s tribes and towns. One such militia, a radical Islamist group that now claims to have dissolved, has been linked to the attack last month on the U.S. Consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi that killed the American ambassador and three others. Feuds between cities and towns also flare up frequently. Militias are currently deployed on the outskirts of the mountain town of Bani Walid, one of the few remaining strongholds of Gadhafi loyalists. The possibility of an outbreak of violence there highlights the highly polarized atmosphere. Any prime minister who wants to impose

his authority on the militias will need broad national support for his government — but such support is hard to obtain. The 200-member congress selected Zidan following last week’s dismissal of Mustafa Abushagur after just 25 days in the post for failing to present a Cabinet list that satisfied legislators. Some parliamentarians argued that Abushagur’s Cabinet choices were not diverse enough, involved too many unknown individuals for key posts, and also had too many names from the previous interim government, which was seen by some Libyans as weak and corrupt. Zidan was a diplomat under Gadhafi before defecting in the 1980s and joining Libya’s oldest opposition movement, National Front for the Salvation of Libya, from Geneva where he lived. On Sunday, he edged out Minister for Local Government Mohammed Al-Harari by just eight votes to win. Harari appeared to be the Islamists’ choice for prime minister. Zidan, born in 1950, holds a master’s degree in international relations. He had previously run as a candidate for Libya’s interim presidency, but lost to former opposition leader Mohammed el-Megarif by 28 votes in Congress. The two biggest blocs in parliament, the Alliance of National Forces led by liberal wartime Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril and the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, The Justice and Construction Party, held meetings over the past week to try and agree on a candidate after Abushagur’s dismissal. Zidan had been Jibril’s preferred candidate against el-Megarif for the post of president when he lost.

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MLB ALCS Detroit 3 N.Y. Yankees 0

NFL N.Y. Jets 35 Indianapolis 9

SPORTS QUICK HITS

TITLE IX CELEBRATION AT BROWN PANELS DRAW INDUSTRY LEADERS Last Wednesday, Brown’s Department of Athletics hosted two panel discussions commemorating the 40th anniversary of Title IX. Guests included Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris and Doris Burke, a commentator currently working with ESPN and ABC.

NFL Seattle 24 New England 23

COLLEGE FB Texas Tech 49 No. 5 W. Virginia 14

COLLEGE FB No. 9 LSU 23 No. 3 S. Carolina 21

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY WIN EXHIBITION GAME 2–0 In a warm-up exhibition game, the women’s hockey team defeated the Toronto Junior Aeros 2–0 on Saturday afternoon. Junior Ashley Dunbar and freshman Jamie Haddad were responsible for the two goals. The regular season begins Friday at Robert Morris.

“It was really something special. Definitely the biggest race I’ve been in, in college.” KEVIN LUNN ’13 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY YALE DAILY NEWS · MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012 · yaledailynews.com

VOLLEYBALL

YALE TAKES FIRST After dropping the first set of Friday’s match against Princeton, the Bulldogs stormed back to win 3–1 and claim sole possession of first place. PAGE B2 SARA MILLER/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Kelly Johnson ’16, the current Ivy League Rookie of the Week, dominated the court against Penn on Saturday by contributing 13 assists, nine digs, eight assists and four blocks.

Bulldogs fall after halftime lead BY CHARLES CONDRO STAFF REPORTER Yale’s search for its first home win of 2012 will have to continue at least one more week.

FOOTBALL

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Combined, Mordecai Cargill ’13 and Tyler Varga ’15 nearly broke the 200-yard mark with 198 total rushing yards

STAT OF THE DAY 8

Elis claim first Ivy win

On Saturday’s game at the Yale Bowl, the Elis blew a 10–7 halftime lead to fall 20–10 to Lafayette. Quarterback Eric Williams ’16 threw two interceptions in the first quarter, but each time the Bulldog defense forced a punt on the ensuing Leopard drive. “We took a shot down the field and a kid made a nice play on the ball,” head coach Tony Reno said. “What you’re seeing is the maturation of a young quarterback … There’s a couple of throws he wished he had back.” Yale (1–4, 0–2 Ivy) went up 7–0 30 seconds into the second quarter when Williams hit tight end Michael Leunen ’14 with a 25-yard pass and Leunen forced his way into the end zone. With eight minutes remaining in the second quarter, Lafayette quarterback Andrew Shoop evened the score at seven apiece with a fiveyard toss to fullback Greg Kessel. The Elis would retake the lead when kicker Philippe Panico ’13 drilled a 24-yard field goal with 4:39 left in the half. But the second half would be all Lafayette. After both teams traded punts at the start of the half, the Leopards drove 78 yards on a 12-play drive that ended with a 10-yard Mark Ross touchdown reception. Shoop attributed his connection with Ross to their relationship both on and off the field. “We’re on the same page all the time,” Shoop

On Saturday at Berman field, Yale (6–6, 1–3 Ivy) took down Cornell (1–11–1, 0–3–1 Ivy) 1–0, for its first conference shutout. With just under six minutes left in the game, midfielder Frannie Coxe ’15 fired a corner kick into the box while the Bulldogs created chaos in front of the net. Lost in the confusion, a Cornell defender deflected the ball just inside the near post to give the Elis the only goal of the game. “Everyone worked really hard,” forward Anne Song ’13 said. “It was one of the keys coming into the game.” After losing their last three straight, the Bulldogs worked in practice to tweak lineups and put in the extra effort to get the season back on track. The Bulldogs worked on team defense last week in practice, but also on individual play, according to head coach Rudy Meredith. He added that practices focus on each individual’s contribution to

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SEE WOMEN’S SOCCER PAGE B3

BY ASHTON WACKYM CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After a bit of soul-searching during practice last week, the Bulldogs fought for their first win in the Ivy League to snap a threegame losing streak.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE GAMES WON BY THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM. During a weekend of crucial matchups, the team defeated both Princeton and Penn at home to maintain its perfect 7–0 record in the Ivy League.

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS DEREK JETER The Yankees captain and shortshop fractured his left ankle Saturday during Game 1 of the ALCS. The injury will keep him out of the lineup for the rest of the playoffs, ending his 16-year streak of appearing in 158 consecutive Yankees postseason games.

Volleyball maintains undefeated record BY KEVIN KUCHARSKI STAFF REPORTER The Bulldogs are back on top. After a hard-fought 3–1 win over Princeton on Friday night, the volleyball team (11–5, 7–0 Ivy) gained sole possession of first place in the Ivy League for the first time since the end of the 2011 season, when the Bulldogs won the conference title. The Elis followed up Friday’s effort with a 3–0 sweep of Penn on Saturday to remain the league’s only undefeated squad halfway through the Ivy season.

VOLLEYBALL “It was such a great weekend,” setter Kelly Johnson ’16 said. “We prepared so much and just to know that it’s behind us and we can focus on the next half of the Ivy schedule is a great feeling.”

[The match] showed our resiliency. It also showed our confidence, that we knew we could come back and beat them. KELLY JOHNSON ’16 Setter, volleyball

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Kendall Polan ’14 had 43 assists against Princeton on Friday, the highlight of her sixth triple-double this season.

Bulldogs win in OT FIELD HOCKEY FROM PAGE B4 more pressure on Vermont and playing more aggressively,” Stuper said. The Bulldogs responded, capitalizing on a penalty corner earned in the final minute of play. Midfielder/back Mary Beth Barnham ’13 scored on a deflection assisted by Molly Wolf ’16 with 27 seconds remaining, sending the two teams to sudden death. “When overtime began we had all the momentum from scoring the last minute goal,” forward/ midfielder Emily Schuckert ’14 said.

By halftime, we realized we had to turn things around and start attacking. EMILY SCHUCKERT ’14 Midfielder, field hockey Three minutes into overtime, forward Brooke Gogel ’14 and forward/midfielder Nicole Wells ’16 executed a give-and-go on a breakaway. Gogel, who is coming off a back injury that ended her sophomore season prematurely, finished it off with a goal in 72:40. “My back is feeling good and I’m happy to be helping the team,” Gogel said. “I think this win will give us a lot of momentum going forward. I’m excited for the next few games and I think we can capitalize on all of our strengths to finish the season strong,” she added. The Bulldogs outshot Vermont 29–18, and goalkeeper Emily Caine ’13 had five saves for the victory.

An explosive first half for Dartmouth’s offense put Yale back three goals at the end of 35 minutes. Though the Elis responded two minutes after the first goal with a deflection by Gogel (10:49), Dartmouth scored a total of three more goals within six minutes to end the half. “We came out in the first half back on our heels and Dartmouth definitely took advantage of it,” Schuckert said. “By halftime, we realized we had to turn things around and start attacking.” Yale’s comeback bid started in the 47th minute with a goal by forward Jessie Accurso ’15, who gathered a loose ball in the circle and beat Dartmouth goalkeeper Ellen Meyer. Accurso also notched an assist to Borgo, who put away her centering feed with a one-timer on a fast break. But despite its efforts, the team could not find the equalizer. “In terms of what went right and wrong, I think that we did a great job battling back from a deficit at the half, [but] didn’t come out in the first half as hard as we did in the second,” Accurso said. After scoring a total of six goals this weekend, the Bulldogs have put an end to their scoring drought. The team has played a number of top-tier opponents with strong defenses in recent weeks, falling to all of them. Stuper said the team has worked on shooting early and often in the circle rather than passing off to one another. The Elis return to Johnson Field this weekend and will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Yale Field Hockey with games against Penn and Albany. Contact GIO BACARELLA at giovanni.bacarella@yale.edu .

A total of 542 excited fans showed up for Friday night’s showdown with Princeton (9–8, 6–1 Ivy), the best attended match since the season opener against Texas A&M on Aug. 31. But the Elis did not give the Yale faithful much to cheer about in the opening set. They jumped out to quick 3–0 and 8–4 leads but then committed a series of errors to spoil the fast start. With the Bulldogs leading 9–5, Princeton went on an 11–2 run fueled by seven Yale errors and took a 16–11 lead. Although the Elis managed to pull within 23–22 toward the end of the set, the Tigers took a 25–22 win and a 1–0 lead in the match. “I don’t think we were playing Yale volleyball,” head coach Erin Appleman said. “I thought we were a little bit nervous and a little bit tight.” In a crucial second set for the Bulldogs, it looked like Yale might again fall just short of victory when a Chelsea Parker service ace gave Princeton a 21–19 lead. But Johnson responded for the Bulldogs by slamming three kills and leading a 6–1 run to give Yale the victory 25–22 victory. That outburst was part of another

stellar performance for Johnson. Coming off her second Ivy League Rookie of the Week award, Johnson notched a team-high 19 kills on .421 hitting to go along with 18 assists and 11 digs for her third triple-double of the season. “She’s definitely established herself as an offensive threat,” Appleman said. “She seems to be playing with a lot more confidence out there right now.” After a 25–19 third-set win gave Yale a 2–1 lead, the drama picked back up in the fourth game. The two sides were again neck-and-neck, tying the set at both 18 and 20 points. But when it counted most, outside hitter Erica Reetz ’14 went head-to-head with Princeton’s star outside hitter Lydia Rudnick to give Yale the victory. With the score tied at 21, Reetz hit two kills while Rudnick committed two attack errors to launch the Bulldogs to a 25–22 triumph in the fourth set and a 3–1 victory overall. “[The match] showed our resiliency,” Johnson said. “It also showed our confidence, that we knew we could come back and beat them. We worked so hard and really grew as a team.” The Elis continued to build momentum with a 3–0 sweep of Penn on Saturday. The Quakers’ (9–9, 4–3 Ivy) stout defense, which leads the nation in digs per set, was neutralized by the versatile Yale offense. Five players recorded at least six kills, topped by 10 from Reetz. Libero Maddie Rudnick ’15 even got in on the action with her first kill of the season and just the fourth of her career overall. “To be honest, I don’t even remember hitting [a kill],” Rudnick said. “It must have been a pass over the net or something. But just the fact of contributing to the team in any way possible is important to me.” The first set provided the most stressful moments of the match for Yale. The opening game went down to the wire but with the score tied at 24, Yale managed to score two straight for the 26–24 victory. In the second and third sets, the Elis prevailed with solid 25–19 and 25–17 wins. Including this weekend’s results, Yale has won eight straight matches. During that streak the Bulldogs have dropped just three sets, one each to Brown, Dartmouth and Princeton. The Elis will be back in action this weekend as they welcome Brown to the John J. Lee Amphitheater. The match tips off at 5 p.m. Friday night. Contact KEVIN KUCHARSKI at kevin.kucharski@yale.edu .

Without Jeter, October not the same

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New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter reacts after injuring himself in the 12th inning of Game 1 of the ALCS. BY RONALD BLUM ASSOCIATED PRESS A player stood at shortstop at Yankee Stadium, yet the shortstop was missing. For 16 years and 158 consecutive games, Derek Jeter had been in the New York Yankees’ postseason lineup, the Lou Gehrig and Cal Ripken of October. “When you think of postseason, you think of Derek Jeter,” Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. And now Jeter was absent for Game 2 of the AL championship series against the Tigers on Sunday, off undergoing tests after his left ankle cracked during another stressful moment in another sapping game. Taking the captain’s place was Jayson Nix. Jeter’s body gave out Saturday on one of those autumn nights that has defined him, transformed him from a strongwilled student to revered statesman. Trailing the Tigers one game to none, the Yankees faced the troublesome task of regrouping without their longtime leader. First Mariano Rivera, whose knee tore during batting practice in May. Then Jeter. Not since Game 6 of the 1981 World Series had the Yankees played in the post-

season without both Jeter and Rivera “We had to move on from a lot of different things this year,” manager Joe Girardi said. “We’ve lost the greatest closer of alltime, where people left us for dead. People left us for dead in August and September, said we were panicking. And we laughed at it, and we said no, we’re going to be fine. We won more games in the American League than anyone.” Moving on minus the slumping Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees did that. But this is Jeter, as much a part of Yankee Stadium as the pinstripes, monuments and 27 World Series banners. Not since rookie Mickey Mantle’s knee buckled during Game 2 of the 1951 World Series had such an integral part of the team gotten hurt so severely during a postseason game. “He’s indestructible,” former Yankees manager Joe Torre said in front of Detroit’s dugout. Maybe at 25. Maybe at 30. But not at 38, when more gray can be seen around the temples, when the muscles get more sore and the bones become more brittle. Jeter had scans Sunday, which confirmed the fracture. He was in a splint

and on crutches, and will soon see foot specialist Dr. Robert Anderson in Charlotte, N.C. Jeter will not accompany the Yankees to Detroit, and his recovery is expected to take three months. Jeter also texted Nix, hoping he would produce in this unexpected opportunity. “He just said good luck,” said the understudy, thrust into a lead role. “He said he believes in me, and go get `em.” This wasn’t the first time Jeter had trouble with his left leg in the last month or so. Girardi pulled him from a game at Boston on Sept. 12 because of what Jeter said was a sprained ankle. Jeter was a designated hitter for the next four games. Jeter fouled a ball off his left foot in Game 3 of the division series, again was taken out early, and was at DH the next day before returning to shortstop. Without Jeter, there’s little core left in the Core Four, with only Andy Pettitte still in uniform and Jorge Posada watching from retirement. Jeter’s injury literally changed the sound at Yankee Stadium, and not just because he caused a collective gasp when he sprawled on his stomach, immobile on the infield dirt.

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Kentucky basketball spends $300,000 — on pep rally lighting College basketball practice officially began at midnight on Friday, and many universities choose to mark the occasion with a pep rally. The University of Kentucky, 2012 NCAA tournament champions, hosted its own event dubbed “Big Blue Madness.” It was “big” indeed — Deadspin.com and blog Bleed Blue Kentucky reported that the university spent nearly $300,000 just on lighting for the event.

Elis take down Cornell

S C O R E S & S TA N D I N G S

FOOTBALL IVY 1

OVERALL

SCHOOL

W L

Harvard

1.000

Princeton

1.000

0.600

Penn

1.000

0.400

Cornell

0.500

0.600

Dartmouth

0.500

0.600

Brown

0.000

0.600

Columbia

0.000

0.200

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THIS WEEK

SATURDAY, OCT. 13 Dartmouth 34, Yale 14

SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Yale vs. Penn, 12 noon

VOLLEYBALL IVY

OVERALL

SCHOOL

W L

Yale

1.000

0.688

Princeton

0.857

0.529

Penn

0.571

0.500

Harvard

0.571

0.389

Columbia

0.429

0.500

Cornell

0.286

0.333

Brown

0.143

0.294

Dartmouth

0.143

0.118

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SATURDAY, OCT. 13 Yale 3, Dartmouth 1 Yale 3, Harvard 0

SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Yale vs. Brown, 5:00 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER IVY

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Midfielder Frannie Coxe‘s ’15 corner kick deflected off a Cornell defender and went straight into the goal net. WOMEN’S SOCCER FROM PAGE B1 strengthen team play. Both Meredith and his players said the Elis gained an edge over the Big Red by focusing on getting the second defender to the ball and recovering from turnovers. “It was definitely a full team effort,” captain and midfielder Jenny Butwin ’13 said. “The mentality was we need to cover for each other, and we need to work for each other.” Relentless defense contributed to the Bulldogs’ shutout. Goalkeeper Rachel Ames ’16 stopped four of four shots on goal to win her first collegiate shutout.

Despite being outshot 14 to 6 during the game, the Elis were able to hold the ball for longer than the Big Red.

We definitely took a step in the right direction in terms of fluidity and being more threatening on the attack. ANNE SONG ’13 Forward, women’s soccer “We did a better job of keeping the ball in possession,” Meredith said. And with the ball in their

possession, the Bulldogs were able to create scoring chances, which the Elis had struggled to do the past couple of games. Song said the team made strides in its play on the offensive side of the field. “We could have put a few away,” Song said. “We definitely took a step in the right direction in terms of fluidity and being more threatening on the attack.” The Bulldogs also succeeded in putting pressure on Cornell when the Big Red defenders were in possession. This pressure is what eventually led to the Bulldogs’ game-winning goal. “We were able to get numbers

Football falls at Yale Bowl FOOTBALL FROM PAGE B1 said. “I have faith in him to make every single play no matter where I put the ball.” That connection would pay off again for the Leopards in the fourth quarter. Trailing just 14–10 with three minutes remaining in the game, nose guard Chris Dooley ’13 sacked Shoop to bring up fourth and 12 for Lafayette. With Lafayette attempting the fourthdown conversion on the next play, Ross dove and caught Shoop’s 32-yard lob to set up first and goal on the Yale twoyard line. Two plays later, tailback Ross Sheuerman powered his way over the goal line to increase Lafayette’s lead. The lead would stay at just 10 after nose guard Nick Daffin ’13 blocked the point after. Turnovers cost the Bulldogs in the final quarter. After a Leopard three-and-out midway through the quarter, Yale drove all the way to Lafayette’s 15, but Williams was intercepted by defensive back Shane Black for the second time on the day. Black stated that he had not had a two interception performance in years. “It’s been a while,” Black said. “I’d have to go back and look at the high school stats.” The final drive for the Bulldogs ended with Williams’ fourth and final interception of the day. Lineback Chris Brockman picked him off with 38 seconds remaining to seal the victory for Lafayette. Williams threw a career-high four

interceptions while his Lafayette counterpart Andrew Shoop passed for 243 yards and two touchdowns.

We’d been preparing all week to really pound the rock and run the ball … which is kind of our identity as an offense. MORDECAI CARGILL ’13 Running back, football

around the box,” Meredith said. “You make them make a mistake because of the pressure you put on them.” The combination of the Bulldogs’ team defense and persistent attack gave the Elis enough ball possession and scoring opportunities to come out on top for their first Ivy win. “The small things in soccer make the difference,” Butwin said. The Bulldogs will compete in their next Ivy game Saturday, Oct. 20 at home against the University of Pennsylvania.

SCHOOL

W L D %

W L

D %

Cornell

1.000

Brown

0.833

Dartmouth

0.667

0.500

Princeton

0.667

0.545

Columbia

0.500

0.375

Yale

0.167

0.375

Harvard

0.167

0.227

Penn

0.000

10 0

0.167

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CROSS COUNTRY FROM PAGE B4 Demetri Goutos ’13, captain Kevin Lunn ’13 and Kevin Dooney ’16 finished 184th, 216th and 221st, respectively. John McGowan ’15 rounded out Yale’s top five, placing 290th overall. “[The meet] was really something special,”

For us really the goal is just taking one race at a time and not getting too hung up on what the ranking actually is.

Running back Tyler Varga ’15 led the Bulldogs with 100 rushing yards in his return to the field. Yale had withheld Varga from last week’s 34–14 loss to Dartmouth while the NCAA investigated his eligibility following his transfer from the University of Western Ontario. “We’d been preparing all week to really pound the rock and run the ball,” Cargill said, “which is kind of our identity as an offense.” Varga added that the offensive line’s ability to open holes in the defense was crucial to the backs’ success. Yale will be at home for the fourth week in a row next Saturday against Penn (2–3, 2–0 Ivy).

Lunn said. “Definitely the biggest race I’ve been in, in college.” Lunn added that the Bulldogs faced the best competition of his college career. Despite finishing 40th overall, the Elis did manage to top Ivy rivals Cornell and Brown, while Dartmouth and Harvard remained in reach. Lunn remarked that the Ivy League appears to be quite competitive this year. The men’s and women’s cross country teams continue their seasons next weekend at the CCSU Mini Meet.

Contact CHARLES CONDRO at charles.condro@yale.edu .

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

THIS WEEK

SATURDAY, OCT. 13 Dartmouth 1, Yale 0

SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Yale vs. Lehigh, 7:00 p.m.

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Contact ASHTON WACKYM at ashton.wackym@yale.edu .

Women place 13th

LEAGUE

OVERALL

SCHOOL

W L D %

Princeton

1.000

0.731

Dartmouth

0.750

0.692

Penn

0.750

0.577

Harvard

0.625

Columbia

0.500

0.462

Yale

0.250

0.500

Cornell

0.125

0.115

Brown

0.000 6

0.500

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THIS WEEK

SATURDAY, OCT. 13 Dartmouth 3, Yale 1

SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Yale vs. Penn, 5:30 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY IVY

OVERALL

SCHOOL

W L

Princeton

1.000

0.917

Columbia

0.750

0.615

Dartmouth

0.750

0.583

Cornell

0.750

0.500

Penn

0.250

0.500

Yale

0.250

0.333

Harvard

0.250

Brown

0.000

.0273

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SATURDAY, OCT. 13 Virginia 4, Yale 0

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SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Yale vs. Penn, 12 noon

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“We’re not the prettiest girl at the dance. We’re like a ‘four’ or a ‘five,’ but we dance like an ‘eight.’” DARYN COLLEDGE GUARD, ARIZONA CARDINALS

Elis excel at major meet

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Four members of the men’s cross country team finished with times under 25 minutes on Friday. BY ALEX EPPLER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Near the one-kilometer mark of the women’s collegiate race at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, a group of runners fell directly in front of Caitlin Hudson ’13 and Kira Garry ’15. Unable to stop their momentum, the Bulldog athletes tripped, falling over the pack and getting trampled by other runners. Hudson and Garry recovered to finish sixth and seventh, respectively, for the Elis. But their fall was one of the only stumbles for the No. 30 women’s cross

country team on Saturday, which defeated seven ranked teams and finished in a tie for 13th place with Toledo out of 48 teams at the highly competitive meet. Nineteen of the top 30 women’s teams in the country competed in Madison, Wis. this weekend. The men’s team raced to a solid 40th place finish out of 45 teams, defeating Ivy League rivals Brown and Cornell in the process.

CROSS COUNTRY “The meet went really well,” women’s team captain Nihal Kayali ’13 said. “It was a racing environment that none

of us have ever really been in because it was so many really, really high-quality teams and so that was different both in terms of how much good competition there was and also in terms of physical crowding.” The women’s team scored 469 points, defeating not only seven ranked teams but also every other Ivy League opponent except for No. 9 Cornell. Millie Chapman ’14 and Liana Epstein ’14 led the way for the Bulldogs, covering the six-kilometer course in 20:27 and 20:30, respectively, to place four spots apart in 49th and 53rd. Kayali, Emily Stark ’16 and Elizabeth Marvin ’13, who

finished 98th, 105th and 164th overall, respectively, followed. Head coach Amy Gosztyla remarked that Chapman, Epstein and Stark ran especially strong races. With the high finish, the Bulldogs continue to establish themselves on the national stage just two weeks after climbing into the top 30 rankings for the first time in seven years. Kayali noted that while at the start of the season the team felt that it had the potential to compete with nationally-ranked teams, the Elis have been fortunate to have raced at a consistently high level throughout the season.

Still, Gosztyla cautioned against reading too far into the rankings. “At the end of the day, they’re just rankings,” she said. “For us, really, the goal is just taking one race at a time and not getting too hung up on what the ranking actually is.” Running after the women’s race, the men’s team scored 1042 points en route to a 40th-place finish. Matt Nussbaum ’15 paced the Elis, running the eightkilometer course in 24:26 and finishing 131st overall. Three other Bulldog runners finished in less than 25 minutes: SEE CROSS COUNTRY PAGE B3

Bulldogs end losing streak BY GIO BACARELLA CONTRIBUTING REPORTER A win over the Vermont Catamounts this weekend marked an end to the field hockey team’s four-game losing streak and fivegame stretch on the road.

FIELD HOCKEY After falling to the Dartmouth Big Green in Hanover on Saturday by 4–3, the Bulldogs bounced back and defeated the Catamounts in Burlington on Sunday 3–2. The Bulldogs (4–8, 1–4 Ivy) struck first against Vermont (1–13, 0–3 America East). Midfielder Erica Borgo ’14 scored an early, unassisted goal (2:21) when she gained possession of a loose ball in front of the net and spun to put it away. The team continued to keep pressure deep in the offensive zone, recording seven more shots (13–6) than the Catamounts. But the opponent answered back with the second goal of the first half at 22:23. Late in the second half, Vermont midfielder Whitlee Burghardt managed to find the net, putting the Catamounts on top with just 3:22 left in regulation time. Head Coach Pamela Stuper called a timeout. “We changed the system that we were in, providing a little bit SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 2

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In Sunday’s win against Vermont, the Bulldogs outshot Vermont 29–18 and won with a goal three minutes into overtime.