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Life after Yale? A recent article from The Atlantic declares, “Businesses Don’t Care If Their Employees Went to Yale.” The claim is based on a recent Gallup survey that found only 9 percent of business leaders say the school on a candidate’s diploma is “very important,” compared to 84 percent who emphasized knowledge in the field. The study also notes that 96 percent of college provosts say students are prepared after graduating, compared to only 14 percent of the public.

Humble origins. According

to a recent article in The Courant, Lupita Nyong’o’s DRA ’12 former teachers were not surprised at her rapid rise to fame. Ron Van Lieu, chairman of the acting program at the School of Drama, said accepting her was a “no-brainer” according to the piece. Nyong’o originally auditioned for the School of Drama playing Juliet in a scene from “Romeo and Juliet.”

Freshman year ramblings. The Daily Princetonian published an online post making fun of their class of 2018 Facebook page. The piece, titled “Why you should check out the Class of 2018 Facebook page,” calls out Princeton freshmen for posting questions such as –“If you had a red notebook, what subject would it be?” and “Do we have to submit our midyear grades?”

BY ADRIAN RODRIGUES STAFF REPORTER Yale defended its investment strategy and forecasted strong long-term growth rates in an annual report released by the Investments Office last week.

In the 24-page document, the Investments Office repudiated criticism of the Yale Model — a style of investing that emphasizes diversification and active management of nontraditional asset classes — and said its risk-adjusted growth rate remains strong. Though Chief Investment Officer David Swensen declined to comment, outside financial experts interviewed echoed the report’s conclusions. In the report, the Yale Investments Office said its investment strategy is not for everyone, but works well for the University.

“Performance over longer horizons demonstrates the strength of Yale’s investment program,” the report said. “Although the endowment produced painful losses in fiscal 2009, the results of any one-year period tell very little about the efficacy of a long-term investment SEE INVESTMENTS PAGE 6

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BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER Mayor Toni Harp pitched a $510.8 million budget on Friday — asking taxpayers to chip in an additional 3.8 percent for a spending plan she said will stabilize the city’s finances while protecting core services.

Harp’s proposal calls for a 2.7 percent increase in spending over last

year’s $497-million budget. Much of the increase stems from rising fixed costs, Harp said: debt service, pension liabilities, medical benefits and contractual salary increases. The budget also sets aside an additional $1.5 million for the Board of Education and $2 million for a five-year financial plan, which would also SEE HARP PAGE 6

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ith its first academic year nearing completion, Yale-NUS looks to be on stronger footing than at any time in the past. But just how much of Yale’s DNA has worked its way into the administration of the first Singaporean liberal arts college?

MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS AND LAVINIA BORZI report.

When the Yale Corporation met on the second floor of Woodbridge Hall last week, it turned its attention to an institution on the other side of the world: Yale-NUS College.

The leadership team of Yale-NUS — the liberal arts college established by Yale and the National University of Singapore — had traveled to New Haven for the weekend to update the 15 Corporation members on one of the most ambi-

tious projects to come out of former President Richard Levin’s tenure, and one that will continue to define Yale’s efforts to internationalize.

“What most impressed me was [the Yale-NUS leadership’s] seriousness of purpose when it comes especially to curricular matters and their commitment to providing a new kind of educational SEE YALE-NUS PAGE 4

Faculty split on FAS Dean position

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

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In the wake of last week’s announcement that the University will add a new dean position to oversee the faculty of arts and sciences, faculty members have expressed mixed opinions.

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Culture takes the stage.

The International Students’ Association hosted what it declared to be Yale’s biggest cultural show this weekend.

Ten student groups performed at “Fireworks!” including Yale Jashan Bhangra, Asemp! and Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Yale. The event also included hundreds of dollars of free regional food.

t yesterday night’s Academy Awards, Lupit a Nyong ’o DRA ’12 won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “12 Years a Slave.” Other Yalies recognized include Robert Lopez ’97, who won Best Original Song for “Let it Go.” The win made him the 12th person in history to “EGOT,” having now won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony in his lifetime. Meryl Streep DRA ’75 received her 18th nomination, and Thomas Newman ’77 MUS ’78 and Adam Stockhausen DRA ’99 were also recognized.

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The Broadway Merchants’ Association gave $5000 to JUNTA for Progressive Action on Friday. The donation followed a promotional event in February that raised money and drove foot traffic to shops and restaurants on Broadway.

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Yalies honored at Oscars

On Sunday night, Whim ‘n Rhythm — Yale’s all-senior, all-female a cappella group — selected its newest class.

Current Business Manager Mary Bolt ’14 said that the number of students who auditioned this year is the highest in the group’s 34-year history.

Bouchet 1876 has long been thought to be Yale’s first African-American graduate, newly discovered documents show that Richard Henry Green 1857 may have that distinction instead. Green was a New Haven native, the son of a local boot maker. The documents were discovered by Rick Stattler when examining his family papers, set to be auctioned in April.

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Some faculty members described the new position as providing major benefits for the University — notably, making the jobs of Yale College dean and University provost more manageable — while others characterized it as an unnecessary expansion of the administration. Many still said they had little opinion on the

matter.

Most faculty members who supported the new dean position justified the addition by pointing to the plethora of responsibilities currently held by the Yale College dean.

“I think that the dean of the faculty position could help relieve some of the pressure on the deans

of the college and grad school, who currently are responsible both for student life and for overseeing all faculty searches and promotions,” said French professor Maurice Samuels.

Similarly, English professor David Bromwich said that the Yale College dean currently has plenty of responsibilities with-

out taking on the interests of faculty as well, echoing sentiments expressed by administrators over the past month.

While Spanish professor Aníbal González-Pérez GRD ’82 said he was concerned about the current trend towards higher SEE FAS DEAN PAGE 4

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.COMMENT “It's exciting to see the administration solicit for student opinion.” yaledailynews.com/opinion

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know it feels as if President Salovey just began his presidency, but one day he will retire. And on that day, many of us will tremble with impotent fury. For last weekend a dangerous precedent was set — by both the Yale administration and the Yale College Council. We should be worried for the future of our school.

On Feb. 18, President Salovey emailed YCC President Danny Avraham ’15 to ask him to nominate a student to sit on the advisory committee for dean selection. Five days later, on Feb. 23, the YCC voted to appoint that student representative by itself, with virtually no input from the student body at large. I won’t bother reprising the troubling details of this vote, as that has already been eloquently done across campus and within these very pages. Instead, I look to the future.

One day Salovey will retire, and students will demand a voice on the committee that proposes his replacement. Thankfully, we can look back to this instance and say, “See, there’s a precedent!” Even if the administration wanted to, it would be hard to undo something as important as putting a student on the selection committee. With that precedent in place, we should all feel a tiny bit more respected.

But it is the precedent of how this single student advisor was chosen that should make us worry — and reveals to us how little respect the student voice is accorded.

President Salovey emailed Avraham on a Tuesday, asking for a decision by the next Monday. Avraham thus had less than a week to decide on a procedure to select the student representative. Wisely, Avraham vested that power in the YCC, but the problem remained that the YCC had mere days to solicit applications, select a candidate or conduct an election. Regardless of which policy you think was correct, there was simply not enough time.

And there was absolutely no reason for such a tight deadline. When Salovey emailed Avraham, the committee was not scheduled to meet for several weeks. If this tight timing was intentional, it was a deliberate attempt to prevent students from choosing their representative in an informed manner. If this timing was unintentional, it was simple negligence that nonetheless placed the YCC in a terrible bind.

The Yale administration, in all its beneficence, gave students a voice but made it nearly impossible to fully realize that voice.

When Salovey retires, or when Miller’s replacement retires, we cannot let the administration dictate the terms of that voice in such a stifling way. We cannot allow this tight timeline to become precedent.

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diately recognized that they were being pressured into a hasty decision, and they should have SCOTT objected.

STERN They could have asked A Stern for more as Perspective time, the Graduate Student Assembly did. They could have immediately emailed students, asking for their input on the procedure they should follow.

Instead, they held a meeting a mere two days before their decision was due — at which point the feasibility of an election had become more difficult.

They then decided forego even soliciting applications from the student body at large. Rather, they decided to simply nominate and appoint the representative internally.

In the future, when we are accorded a seat at the table, we cannot allow our representatives to cite this weekend as a reason for them to ignore the student voice and supplant their own judgment. We elected them to make certain decisions, but not to help choose the next dean. YCC members have convinced themselves that they are the sole embodiment of the student voice, that they are capable of accomplishing change while working within a structure that systematically suppresses the student voice. At a university that treats its students with such little respect, and with so many competing student interests, the YCC has made itself believe a pleasant fiction.

The administration set this whole twisted process into motion, but the YCC did nothing to stop it. In the future, we must remember this and refuse to passively going along with decisions guided by naïveté or condescension or an unwillingness to rock the boat.

What is done is done. We should work with Avraham to help choose the best dean possible. But we cannot forget the insults of the past, and we cannot remain complacent.

Throughout this ordeal, both the Yale administration and our own student government told us, over and over again, “Calm down, don’t worry. We know better.” To them we declare, “We will not calm down, we will not relent. You do not know better.”

We will not let either of these dangerous precedents stand.

Administrator or student representative — it doesn’t matter. If you don’t respect our voice, then we don’t respect yours.

SCOTT STERN is a junior in Branford College. His columns run on Wednesdays. Contact him at scott.stern@yale.edu .

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GUEST COLUMNIST DANIELLE BOLLING

OCD and Yale’s silence

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s a graduate student in the Child Psychiatry Department at Yale, I am well informed about mental health and surrounded by worldrenowned psychiatrists. I used to believe that I would be well positioned to navigate Yale’s mental health services. I don’t believe that anymore.

My symptoms began with worries that crept in surreptitiously. Double-checking statistics? Normal. Triple-checking statistics? Normal. Being convinced that I may have committed academic fraud by falsifying data because I could not find concrete evidence that I didn’t falsify data? Not ideal. Sitting at home trying to block out the thoughts in my head that a girl who fell down under my supervision had appeared fine but died in her sleep from a brain hemorrhage? Not OK. I called Yale’s Mental Health Department. When I first explained my obsessive worrying to my assigned therapist, he seemed genuinely concerned.

One night, I was struck by the fear that I had hit someone with my car. I would call it a “realization,” except for the fact that it wasn’t real. I contacted a friend, who advised me to call Yale Mental Health. My therapist was away, so I called the emergency line.

After establishing that I wasn’t suicidal, the emergency responder replied, “Well, what do you want me to do?”

So I wasn’t going to kill myself, but what was I supposed to do about the fact that I might have killed someone else? While browsing the Internet for news of local car accidents, I learned

that I was experiencing common symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The recommended treatment for OCD is cognitive behavioral therapy, which includes planned exposures to anxiety-inducing situations and homework assignments in which patients record their worrying thoughts.

Guidelines for treatment of OCD suggest CBT and medications such as Prozac as first-line treatments.

After a long run of therapy that was not CBT, fast-forward to me causing a real car accident. While leaving a gas station, my car was hit from behind, coming to a full stop as it hit a telephone pole. My parents came from New York to pick me up. My lethargic, silent ruminations seemed to them like a normal reaction to the accident. I didn’t tell them that that was how I had spent the last several months of my life.

In the back of a book on my nightstand, I wrote a list: “For when I die.” It included where to scatter my ashes and how to tell people I died: “If I kill myself, don’t tell [my students], make up some other cause of death PLEASE.” Desperate, I told a consulting psychiatrist I wanted to try medication.

Many, many milligrams of Prozac later, I began to feel like a normal person again. Actually, that’s not true. I felt completely abnormal. I lost 25 pounds. I slept through most of the day. Occasionally at night, I would wake up with nausea that felt like food poisoning. But Prozac helped the worries. I still thought about car accidents, but now this worry could be pacified by carefully checking my car for scratches.

My Yale Mental Health therapist finally gave me an assignment to get a notebook to record my worries.

Two weeks passed with no mention of the homework, so I pulled out the notebook at the end of the session.

He took the notebook from me and began reading out loud.

He paused and addressed me directly.

“You were afraid you hit someone with your car at a gas station?

Isn’t your car not even moving when you are getting gas?”

During our next session, he again forgot to mention my notebook, and I articulated my frustration with his services. He called me to apologize, and told me I had distracted him during the session with my complaints of feeling faint. I called the patient representative at Yale Health and asked for a different therapist.

Therapist #2 was nice. I asked her specifically for CBT. What I got was a 30-minute session once a week with no structured exposures and no written homework. My reaction? “Student mental health is unequipped to offer standard CBT treatment for OCD, so I’d like a referral to an outside therapist please.”

“We don’t give referrals.”

I was confused. The student handbook says “If in the course of medical evaluation and treatment, a member requires outpatient services not provided at the Yale Health Center, the member’s primary care clinician may make a referral to an approved specialist in the Yale Health network outside the Yale Health Center.” Was mental health different from physical health? Last time

I checked, my mind was part of my body. I emailed my concerns to Dr. Lorraine Siggins, Chief of Mental Health and Counseling.

No response.

A new semester started, and I felt like giving up. I inquired about a medical leave.

On leave, I would have no main source of income, since graduate school is my full-time job. I would also have no health care (being over 26, my parents’ healthcare wouldn’t help). When I asked Dr. Siggins to approve my medical leave in time for Yale to avoid paying my semester’s tuition, I finally got a meeting with her.

During the confusion of arranging a leave, therapist #2 switched me to a third therapist whom I was scheduled to meet one day before meeting with Dr. Siggins. Dissuaded by the financial impracticality of taking a medical leave, I called Dr. Siggins the morning of our meeting to cancel. I am currently enrolled as a full-time graduate student.

I’m not better. Despite knowing exactly what treatment to ask for, it took nearly a year to receive what I hope will be acceptable care at Yale Health. I feel that someone without my level of knowledge, arriving at Yale Mental Health needing treatment for serious mental illness, would have little hope. If you require more than brief weekly sessions of generalized therapy, Yale Mental Health is probably not the place for you. And they don’t make referrals.

DANIELLE BOLLING is a third year student in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Contact her at danielle.bolling@yale.edu .

GUE ST COLUMNIST BECHIR-AUGUSTE PIERRE

Representing responsibly O

n Tuesday, Feb. 18, President Peter Salovey emailed Yale College Council President Danny Avraham and Graduate Student Assembly Chair Brian Dunican with a pressing matter: He tasked their respective councils to nominate a student to serve on the 15-person Deans Search Advisory Committee. President Salovey stressed that a student must be nominated

by Monday, since the committee would commence its work that week due to the stringent timeline of the selection process.

On Thursday, Feb. 20, Avraham reached out to Tyler Blackmon ’16 and Scott Stern ’15, as they had both previously written pieces in the News arguing the necessity of having a student on the Deans Search Advisory Committee. Diana Rosen ’16, a columnist for the News who had expressed interest in the topic, was also invited.

During an early meeting with Avraham on Saturday, Feb. 22, the three invitees requested a campus-wide election to select the undergraduate representative on the committee — the first time such a request had been made to Avraham. He added their request to the YCC’s agenda and invited them to attend the regularly scheduled council meeting later that day. Despite a lengthy discussion in which Blackmon, Rosen and Stern reiterated their request for a campus-wide election, YCC voted to proceed with President Salovey’s original request that the council members nominate a representative, and they voted to nominate Avraham.

Over the past week, it has been frustrating to see the publication

of ill-informed responses to this nomination, which has contributed to the community’s confusion about the council’s decision.

Although the advisory committee is expected to propose several candidates for the three open dean positions, President Salovey will eventually select and appoint the deans.

As a voting member of YCC, what follows is my take on our decision-making process.

For over an hour, YCC thoughtfully considered all voices present, and all were given the opportunity to plead their case for or against a campus-wide election — a procedure that would have deviated from President Salovey’s initial request, which had specified that the council nominate a representative.

Given the time frame stressed

by President Salovey, holding a campus-wide election would be impractical and would risk the election of a student who would not represent the needs of all undergraduates. Candidates would be pressed to engage the campus in at most two days in the midst of midterm season. In comparison, standard YCC campuswide elections are held in a twoweek time frame at the beginning or end of the year. Such an abbreviated and strictly symbolic election would be a disservice to voters, as they would be unable to become appropriately familiar with the issue and the candidates running.

In conversations that I and fellow YCC members have had with students across campus, it seems that, though a vocal minority supports a campus-wide election, an overwhelming majority

is unfamiliar or even indifferent to the process. In the event of an election, such conditions would allow certain groups to promote a candidate with narrow interests, resulting in representation antithetical to the collective needs of students.

Despite an awareness of the potential for backlash, the council voted in favor of a nomination process and subsequently decided to nominate Avraham in an almost unanimous vote.

Informed by council members, campus-wide surveys and other outlets, Avraham consistently advocates for student interests to the Yale administration. He has the ability to provide the Deans Search Advisory Committee with invaluable and unique insights on the dynamics of the Dean’s Office and its relationship with students. The student on the committee is not only expected to list student requests; he must also be able to persuade the administrators and faculty members present.

President Salovey directly requested that YCC nominate a student to the Deans Search Advisory Committee, a request that YCC honored. The council followed standard procedure, as it nominates dozens of students to various critical University committees each year. The GSA independently reached the same conclusion as YCC; it conducted an internal selection process and appointed its chair, Brian Dunican. In recent cases at peer institutions, the president of the student body has served in a similar capacity on selection committees.

All voting members of YCC are

elected in an open and fair manner that neither excludes undergraduate students from declaring candidacies nor from casting votes. Attempts to undermine the legitimacy of such fairly held elections are irresponsible. As a democratically elected body, YCC represents students to the Yale administration on a constantly evolving set of issues. As a result, it continuously makes efforts to address any gaps in representation. This past year, for example, YCC instituted a referenda process to allow the entire student body to collectively voice its opinions to the administration on specific policy proposals. It was in this spirit that Avraham reached out to outspoken students to hear their ideas.

Representation requires understanding the varied opinions and requests of constituents, but it does not necessitate yielding to those with the loudest voices, particularly if they are in the minority. At the meeting, Blackmon, Rosen and Stern spoke vehemently in favor of the campus-wide election despite acknowledging the shortened time period, and they threatened electoral retribution against those who voted against the cause they championed. The representatives that voted against a campus-wide election did what they believed was right for the student body. By refusing to yield to these threats, YCC prioritized its responsibility to students over positive publicity.

BECHIR-AUGUSTE PIERRE is a junior in Jonathan Edwards College. Contact him at bechir-auguste. pierre@yale.edu .

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CORRECTIONS

Luther House expands activities

TUESDAY, FEB. 25

The article “YEI, students build Yale startup culture” incorrectly stated that Silvia Terra is a nonprofit organization.

FRIDAY, FEB. 28

The article “Hausladen: the road to Transit Chief” incorrectly stated the year Hausladen was elected. It also misstated the year of his return to New Haven.

The article “Yalies raise awareness in Sochi” misstated the number of op-eds published through the team’s work. It also omitted the Yale College class year of Bo Uuganbayar ’12 FES ’14.

Students organize law conference

BY LILLIAN CHILDRESS STAFF REPORTER This Saturday, students from Yale College, the graduate and professional schools and universities in the surrounding area gathered in Kroon Hall for the 4th annual New Directions in Environmental Law Conference.

The conference, which was organized entirely by graduate students in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Law School and a few area universities, was entitled “Breaking the Stalemate,” which refers to political inaction on environmental issues on the part of both American and international legislative bodies, according to Noah Kazis LAW ’15, one of the organizers of the conference.

The daylong conference featured 10 workshops covering a wide range of environmental issues, two panels and an address by keynote speaker Jim Gordon, CEO of Cape Wind, an offshore wind energy company.

“It’s not that we don’t know how, it’s that we don’t have the politics to do it,” Kazis said, referring to the gridlock that has characterized Washington’s approach to climate change and environmental issues in general.

According to Kazis, while over 360 people registered, around 200 ended up attending. However, this attendance was equal to or greater than attendance in previous years, according to Zach Arnold LAW ’15, who was in charge of publicity for the conference. Arnold also said that the conference had never had such strong attendance from regional schools, which included UConn, Quinnipiac, NYU and Pace.

Both organizers and attendees commented on the diversity of the workshops and panels.

The morning panel included speakers such as Daniel Esty, a Yale Law School professor and former commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Policy, and Josh Silver, CEO of United Republic. The range of speakers offered local, state, national and international perspectives on environmental law, not to mention perspectives from both the public and private sector, Kazis

said.

“With just one panel, we had pretty much the entire range of experience covered,” he said.

Topics from the workshops included fossil fuel divestment, local food and environmental law in India. Each of the 10 workshops was planned by FES and Law School students, with assistance from students from New York University Law School, Columbia Law School and Pace Law School.

With just one panel, we had pretty much the entire range of experience covered.

NOAH KAZIS LAW ’15

Kazis said the individual visions of each student were really able to take off in the workshops.

Lynsey Gaudioso LAW ’16 said she thought that both panels were great, but particularly enjoyed the workshop on Indian law. She also commented that Kroon Hall was an excellent venue for the event.

“The second panel was a refreshing focus on 21st century environmental policy solutions and coalition building,” said Dena Adler LAW ’16, who both helped plan and attended the conference.

Kazis said he hopes the conference gave voice to those who have been able to “break the stalemate” innovatively, and that it will be a place for inspiration in environmental law to take place both this year and in years to come. “[Cape Wind] has been involved in a 13-year legal battle, and they’re still not done,” said Lauren Sanchez FES ’14, the other lead organizer of the conference, describing the speech as “incredibly motivational.”

The student planning committee for the conference was made up of 27 students.

Contact LILLIAN CHILDRESS at lillian.childress@yale.edu .

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Dwight Hall and Luther House will come together to coordinate a service-based, social justice-themed community on campus.

BY SARAH BRULEY STAFF REPORTER This year, members of Dwight Hall are turning a nine-bedroom house on High Street, into a social justice-themed community.

The house belongs to the Luther House, a campus ministry organization that coordinates weekly Lutheran religious services and tutoring. Starting next fall, nine service-minded Yale students will move into the house as a part of Dwight Hall’s efforts to expand its relationship with the Luther House.

“At Yale I think it’ll get a lot of the campus to realize that the ground works of community service is still a very prominent part of the Yale experience for a good portion of the student body,” said Sterling Johnson ’15, Dwight Hall’s cocoordinator. “When in discussions of campus culture, students act as though community service groups aren’t a collective body on campus, when they really are.”

Members of the new social justice community will each work on an individual project and collaborate to coordinate service projects within the house, Johnson said. Future residents interested in food sustainability have already made plans to create a community garden in the backyard, and others have expressed interest in hosting speakers in the living room, he added.

While the Luther House organization runs Lutheran worship services, mem-

bers of the house are not expected to participate in religious activities, said Rev. Kari Henkelmann Keyl — the pastor living in the Luther House — adding that putting religious and non-religious members in conversation with one another will be mutually beneficial for both communities.

Having that kind of community is a beautiful think to have alongside a religious community.

REV. KARI KEYL Pastor, Luther House “I think having that kind of community is a beautiful thing to have alongside a religious community because that’s the way it is in the world,” Keyl said. “We’re always alongside people of different faiths and different beliefs, so I think the two can benefit one another.”

The Luther House’s latest service venture stems from the organization’s longstanding relationship with Dwight Hall.

The groups have previously collaborated on tutoring services and YHHAP, said Keyl.

Creating a social justice community in the house is a natural progression from Dwight Hall’s existing partnership with the Luther House, said Drew Morrison ‘14, a member of both Dwight Hall and

the Luther House organization..

The Luther House organization has already accepted six people to occupy the house next year, a group that comprises a combination of Yale undergraduate and graduate students, Johnson said.

Most applicants for the remaining three positions are graduate students from the Divinity and law schools who are seeking to further their community involvement and escape the high cost of living in housing owned by Pike International, he added.

Dwight Hall members attribute the high proportion of graduate students applying to live in the Luther House to its central location and the opportunity to work in fields that the students are considering entering upon graduation, Morrison said.

The house will also host weekly meetings with facilitated discussion or speakers who are working in New Haven on a variety of social justice issues, said Drew Morrison.

“I think the best part is that you don’t have to have meetings to make things happen,” said Nikki Feldman ’15, an undergraduate living in the Luther House next year. “Because you’re all living together, projects will happen organically.”

The Luther House has been home to the Lutheran on-campus church for about 60 years.

Contact SARAH BRULEY at sarah.bruley@yale.edu .

King talks nonviolent social change

BY AUDREY LUO CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The civil rights movement must extend to human rights, according to Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. In an address entitled “Conversation on Civil Rights …

Then and Now,” King spoke to about 30 local Republicans and university students on Saturday morning in Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall. A national spokeswoman for Silent No More Awareness — a Christian campaign that spreads awareness of the physical and emotional harms of abortion — and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives, King spoke about nonviolent conflict resolution and her pro-life

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stance on abortion.

King emphasized the importance of following one’s morals rather than a political agenda.

She criticized the self-promoting nature of today’s politics and urged the audience to put their morals before ambition.

“Sometimes I believe that spirit of competition of winning is so strong that you forget what’s right,” King said.

“Nobody goes to war unless you count the cost. If you won’t win, you won’t do it.”

Though leaders usually know what is right, King said they often say, “Let’s not take that shot” because they fear risking their positions or career.

According to King, leaders have to be reminded that politics should not be treated as a game of golf or of chance.

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King said she was not always a Republican. As a young woman, she saw Republicans as rich white men, smoking cigars.

Though she served on the Georgia House of Representatives as a Democrat, she later realized that her values did not align with those of the Democratic Party.

She became an independent and eventually became a Republican.

When King discussed her prolife views, she mentioned that she was once pro-choice, but after her second abortion, she said she realized that Planned Parenthood had manipulated her and had inflicted damage on her cervix. She then learned that her grandfather, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr., had convinced her mother not to choose abortion when her mother was pregnant with her.

“Everyone should be allowed to be born no matter what their philosophies will become,” King said.

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Nobody goes to war unless you count the cost. If you won’t win, you won’t do it.

DR. ALVEDA KING Babies should be not aborted based on sex or race, she said, adding that more AfricanAmerican babies are being aborted than are being born in places like New York City.

Conflict resolution for social issues like abortion should be nonviolent, King said. She

alluded to the Bible as well as to C.S. Lewis in her rally against aggressive tactics for creating social change.

“Mamma King,” her grandmother, used to tell King to love her enemies because “it’ll drive them crazy,” she said.

King said her principles include accepting suffering without retaliation, avoiding violence within groups and being courageous but nonviolent.

Audience members interviewed said they were inspired

by King’s talk.

“These are issues that should be talked about on a regular basis,” said Sandra James, a Connecticut resident. “My concern is that the talk continues but actions are far and few.”

Andrew Johnian, secretary

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of the Fairfield University College Republicans, said he agreed with King about the importance of having a moral compass. In an increasingly secular world where people care more about selfpreservation than the common good, people need to remember to respect the dignity of all mankind, he said.

Emily Baczyk ’17 said King’s talk had the ability to resonate with a larger community, regardless of background.

King’s talk was hosted by the Connecticut Black Republicans and Conservatives. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Thomas Foley and head of Connecticut College Republicans Nick Givas gave the opening speeches.

Contact AUDREY LUO at audrey.luo@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“At a time when politics deals in half truths, truth is to be found in the liberal arts.”

JOYCE CAROL OATES AMERICAN AUTHOR

Salovey and Lewis lead change

FAS Dean questioned FAS DEAN FROM PAGE 1

YALE-NUS

As the first academic year begins at Yale-NUS, many questions remain about its relationship to Singapore, and Yale’s relationship to it.

YALE-NUS FROM PAGE 1 experience to the 150 freshmen who have started at Yale-NUS College this year,” University President Peter Salovey said.

Ever since the Yale Corporation approved the creation of Yale-NUS College, students and faculty alike have questioned the extent to which the Singaporean liberal arts college, now in its first academic year, can or should resemble Yale. Though Yale-NUS President Pericles Lewis said he does not communicate frequently with his Yale counterpart outside of the Yale-NUS board meetings, administrators interviewed said many of Yale-NUS’s decisions regarding student life and administrative structures are informed by the way Yale operates. Nevertheless, the Singaporean liberal arts college has departed from its parent institutions’ traditions on several fronts.

“I don’t think any of us are deliberately imitating our counterparts at Yale or NUS,” said Yale-NUS Dean of Faculty Charles Bailyn. “But since much of the Yale-NUS leadership have emerged from careers at our parent institutions, I suppose it’s natural that we have some things in common.”

PRESIDENT TO PRESIDENT

One might expect the respective presidents of Yale and Yale-NUS — Salovey and former Yale English professor Pericles Lewis — to be in close communication. They both stand at the helm of institutions deeply tied together, as it was a Yale Corporation decision that allowed for the creation of Yale-NUS. They are also both new to the job, and leading institutions in transition. While Salovey is entering his ninth month as University President, Lewis is overseeing Yale-NUS’s first academic year.

For Salovey, the construction of two new residential colleges, the subsequent first major expansion of the student body in decades and the reshaping of faculty governance provide challenges. For Lewis, the goal is to establish a lasting institution from the ground up.

But according to both Salovey and Lewis, there is no regularly scheduled communication between the two presidents beyond the Yale-NUS board meetings.

Salovey said the primary conduit of communication between him and Lewis is Salovey’s position on the YaleNUS board, which brings him to Singapore twice a year.

Still, Salovey said he would never hesitate to email Lewis if he felt the need to. The two presidents know each other

well from their time on the Yale faculty, he added.

“It’s been instructive to watch President Lewis build a team from scratch and create an organizational culture,” Salovey said. “I’m very interested in those kinds of issues as a social psychologist, but they also have some bearing on ideas I have about evolving the leadership team at Yale.”

I don’t think any of us are deliberately imitating our counterparts at Yale or NUS. CHARLES BAILYN Dean of Faculty, Yale-NUS According to Lewis, Salovey will be in Singapore over spring break, when the Yale-NUS board holds its next meeting.

Other notable Yale figures also hold spots on the YaleNUS board, including former President Richard Levin, University Vice President for Strategic and Global Initiatives Linda Lorimer, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Dean Peter Crane and former Yale Corporation fellow Roland Betts.

Lorimer, however, communicates more often with Lewis.

They email once or twice a week and have a scheduled call once a month, Lorimer said.

“As a former liberal arts college president myself, I have also tried to be a sounding board for Pericles to try out some of his ideas about policies and programs,” she said.

ADAPTATION, NOT IMITATION

While Yale-NUS does not make decisions with the intention to copy Yale or NUS, there are bound to be some similarities between the three schools, Yale-NUS Dean of Faculty Charles Bailyn said.

In forming the roles of deans at Yale-NUS, for example, Lewis said the Yale-NUS administration benefited from advice from Yale administrators and faculty. Similarly, YaleNUS’s Centre For International and Professional Experience has been modeled after Yale’s Center for International and Professional Experience, Lewis said.

Lewis added that the YaleNUS administration is now in the process of recruiting leaders for its residential colleges, which will open in 2015 once Yale-NUS’s new campus — currently under construction — is complete. Known as “rectors” and “vice rectors,” these positions will be equivalent to

those of masters and deans at Yale, he said. Yale-NUS has been in close contact with masters and deans at Yale to receive advice about formulating and recruiting for these roles, he said.

“Yale’s residential college model is an inspiration for our work in Singapore and it is helpful to talk to my colleagues that are imbedded in that system,” said Yale-NUS Dean of Students Kyle Farley.

Farley said he speaks to the deans of residential colleges and cultural houses at Yale to ask them for recommendations about the creation of Yale-NUS’s residential colleges. Specifically, he said, he asks Yale deans for references for Dean’s Fellows — university graduates who serve as mentors and counselors to Yale-NUS students for one year.

Still, administrators emphasized that Yale-NUS and Yale are not the same school. Lewis said that because Yale-NUS is much smaller and does not have graduate or professional schools, its administrative structures cannot be the same as Yale’s.

“We mostly look at how small liberal arts colleges are organized,” Lewis said. “Yale is much larger and has a graduate school — we didn’t just want to imitate [them].”

The two institutions also use different methods to fill the ranks of their faculties, despite the fact that three Yale professors are playing major roles in Yale-NUS faculty searches.

According to Bailyn, Yale faculty members — including political science professor Steve Wilkinson, economics professor Joe Altonji and art history professor Robert Nelson — sit on the Yale-NUS faculty search committee. Wilkinson said the group meets over Skype every couple of weeks.

“What’s different is that Yale-NUS is looking for the type of candidates that would be competitive at a top [liberal arts college] in the USA, which is a somewhat different type of candidate than would normally be hired here at Yale,” Wilkinson said. “There’s a bit more emphasis for instance on teaching and a commitment to a residential learning environment at the initial hiring stage.”

Wilkinson added that unlike at Yale, there are no firm department slots at Yale-NUS, meaning that hiring is done in an interdisciplinary manner.

Still, Wilkinson said, the procedure for actually hiring tenured faculty is similar at both institutions.

Unlike Yale, Yale-NUS also maintains a common curriculum for all its students. YaleNUS students in their first year all take the same four classes,

and are able to choose one elective in their second semester. Faculty and administrators have said that this curriculum is designed to give students a strong base in different fundamental disciplines.

FACULTY TO FACULTY

As Yale-NUS’s first academic year nears completion and the school becomes more independent, administrators interviewed said the relationship between Yale and Yale-NUS will be mostly faculty-driven.

“Several Yale faculty are actively collaborating with Yale-NUS faculty on both research and pedagogical matters,” according to psychology professor Marvin Chun, chair of the University’s Yale-NUS advisory committee, a faculty group that provides advice to Yale on Yale-NUS. Next semester, a few Yale professors will be traveling to Singapore to teach temporarily.

Tina Lu, who teaches East Asian languages and literatures at Yale, will be exploring different pedagogical methods with Yale-NUS students, Lewis said. He added that he hopes Lu might be able to learn something in Singapore that could be useful to her in New Haven. Frank Slack, professor of molecular and cellular biology, and Carol Bascom-Slack, a lecturer in the same department, will help teach the integrated science course at YaleNUS. Lewis said he hopes to increase the number of faculty visits between the two institutions. Still, he said he does not expect any long term exchanges, especially on the part of Yale-NUS. Though Yale-NUS faculty may visit Yale while they are on leave, they are occupied with their own research and will likely not do any full time teaching in the United States, Lewis said.

“If someone at Yale invited someone at Yale-NUS to come and teach, then we could work that out, but that’s not part of the general plan,” he said.

Lewis also said he hopes to increase faculty research collaboration between Yale and Yale-NUS. “I would think that there would be some areas where faculty at Yale would like to make research with faculty at YaleNUS,” he said.

Faculty on the Yale-NUS advisory committee also plan to visit Singapore this month over spring break, according to Chun.

Contact LAVINIA BORZI at lavinia.borzi@yale.edu and MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu .

administrator-to-tenured faculty ratios in academia, he added that the relationship between many departments and the administration was often unstructured, fragmented and lacking in transparency. González-Pérez said the autonomy granted to individual departments can foster innovation, but can also lead to insularity and abuses of power.

“A Dean of FAS with strong oversight authority over departments would serve as a counterweight to the abuse and mismanagement that occurs when departments are given administrative free rein and are not held to the high university-wide standards that strong deanships can put in place and enforce,” González-Pérez said. “It’s time Yale left behind its Colonial-era style of administration and at least entered the twentieth century, if not the twentyfirst.”

But other faculty members voiced a concern about the administration expanding in size. English professor Murray Biggs said he is “somewhat reserved” whenever a new figure is added to the University administration. Philosophy professor Karsten Harries GRD ’62 said though he has no strong opinions on the matter, the previous structure seems to have served the University well without the addition of a third dean.

Political science professor Steven Smith noted that because the third dean will come from the faculty, this move will reduce by one the number of faculty seriously engaged in their academic work.

Though he admitted that the dean’s position may be necessary due to the upcoming expansion of the University’s student body, Smith called the move a “net loss to the faculty, no matter what the reason for creating the position.”

Others, though, expressed stronger sentiments.

“I have no idea why anyone would want to add one more dean to the administrative structure and am just baffled by this proposal,” said English professor Leslie Brisman.

But some faculty members expressed little to no opinion on the matter, and many declined to comment because they had not been closely following the issue. Newer faculty members cited their short time at Yale as reason for not having a strong opinion on the matter.

Although they will ultimately report to the dean, some non-ladder faculty said that they have had little interaction with deans and are uncertain how the new structure will impact them.

“As a half-time lecturer teaching only a couple of classes in each year, I’ve had very little contact with deans at all,” said English senior lecturer John Crowley. “Though I know that they are vital to the smooth running of the University, I don’t really know much about what they exactly do or how they do it.”

Though the creation of a third dean is now a certainty, the specifics of the new administrative structure have not been entirely flushed out. On Friday, University President Peter Salovey said the administration has not yet decided whether or not to adopt a part of the original faculty proposal for a faculty dean, which would add several “divisional dean” positions that report to the faculty dean. Salovey added that he wants the individual who takes the faculty dean position to help decide on whether or not to adopt the divisional dean positions.

The faculty of arts and sciences is currently divided into four divisions — physical sciences and engineering, biological sciences, humanities and social sciences.

Contact MATTHEW LLOYDTHOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu and ADRIAN RODRIGUES at adrian.rodrigues@yale.edu .

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“Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.”

JOHN DEWEY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER

Common Core debated

BY POOJA SALHOTRA STAFF REPORTER The Common Core State Standards curriculum has recently been a subject of controversy among educators, politicians and parents nation-wide. But CCSS advocates defended the curriculum at an informational forum held at the state capitol Friday.

Controversy surrounding the CCSS — a set of minimum requirements in English, language arts and mathematics students must meet in order to move on to the next grade level — has gained momentum over the past few months as districts prepare to roll out the Smarter Balanced Assessment. The standardized test is linked to the Common Core State Standards, and some teachers are concerned that these tests will unfairly assess performance, since teachers, students and administrators are still in the process of transitioning to the new standards.

But during Friday’s forum, Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor ’93 LAW ’98 told the Education Committee that though implementing Common Core has caused anxiety amongst educators, the CCSS will ultimately help students graduate high school fully prepared for college or a career.

“Our youngsters are not yet reaching the standards we want for them,” Pryor said. “Common Core is

going in the right direction.”

Pryor cited statistics, such as the fact that 75 percent of Connecticut’s community college students require at least one remedial class, as evidence that college readiness is a problem among Connecticut students.

The same week as the Education Committee forum, Minority House Republicans secured the 51 signatures needed to force public hearings on Common Core. Republicans also successfully petitioned two bills that would freeze implementation of the Common Core curriculum and create a subcommittee to review the new teacher evaluation system.

That same Wednesday the Connecticut Education Association, the largest teachers union in the state, held a press conference to demand major changes to the rollout of Common Core. CEA released a survey last week that found that 55 percent of CEA members rated their schools as failing to successfully implement the Common Core.

CEA Executive Director Mark Waxenburg said teachers have not had a chance to weigh in on the standards and that schools are illequipped to administer the Smarter Balanced Tests.

“Teachers always have and will continue to support high standards, but the enormity of the botched CCSS rollout has caused

wide-spread frustration,” Waxenburg said in a statement. “Teachers are demanding that Connecticut get this right.”

Our youngsters are not yet reaching the standards we want for them. Common Core is going in the right direction.

STEFAN PRYOR ’93 LAW ’98 Commissioner of education, State of Connecticut Among the teachers’ complaints are that schools do not have enough computers or fast enough internet bandwidth to support the new standardized tests, which must be administered online. The CEA survey also suggests that teachers are concerned that there is too much standardized testing and that schools should prioritize learning over testing.

Pryor told legislators the state is trying to be flexible with the implementation because he knows districts are struggling to adjust to both the Common Core and the new teacher evaluation system, which was piloted in the 2012-2013 year.

He said the state has lined up $8.3 million to support Common Core

initiatives, such as teacher training and a comprehensive website.

Chris Minnich, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, which helped draft the standards, emphasized at Friday’s forum that the standards were originally created by educators who recognized that high school graduates are not prepared for the next stage of their life. 56 percent of surveyed businesses, Pryor said, are having trouble finding qualified workers in Connecticut. Minnich added that 73 percent of teachers support higher standards.

Because each school district has had the flexibility to establish its own curriculum, some districts are more prepared for the standardized tests than others. Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction in New Haven Public Schools Imma Canelli said that her district is well-prepared for the field tests that will start next month.

“When [Common Core] first came out, we jumped on it and we started revising our curriculum,” Canelli said. “We are not in the place where other districts are because we started implementation three years ago.”

New Haven Public Schools will administer Smarter Balanced field tests from April 28 until June 6.

Contact POOJA SALHOTRA at pooja.salhotra@yale.edu .

Fence Club sees increase in rush numbers

BY CAROLINE WRAY STAFF REPORTER Fence Club, the coed fraternity on High Street, has been gaining steam in its recruitment and campus presence.

Since its rebirth in 2007, and after it began admitting women in 2009, the organization has seen a steady rise in popularity. According to several members, Fence Club — which completed its 2014 rush process on Feb. 12 — saw an unusually high number of students rush this year. Though interest has been increasing, Fence Club President Julia Lee ’15 said the organization does not keep formal numbers on how many people rush the fraternity.

“Looking at the history of Fence, interest has increased in the long run,” Lee said. “The longterm increase in interest is most likely due to Fence developing and stabilizing over time.”

The organization was originally founded as a chapter of the national fraternity Psi Upsilon, which closed at Yale in 1973. Members of the class of 2007 reinstated the chapter, but in 2009 members severed national ties by accepting female members. The name was changed to Fence Club — an allusion to the fraternity’s historical presence on campus.

There are singers, athletes, hipsters and fratty kids all hanging out together.

SETH MCNAY Member, Fence Club Lee said interest in the organization was fairly low when Fence was in “its nascent stages,” adding that it has developed and solidified only in recent years.

Out of 17 students interviewed, 10 students said they knew of Fence Club’s existence as a coed fraternity — either through attending a party at the Fence Club house, or hearing about one from a friend who attended. Six of the 10 were juniors and seniors who said they only heard about Fence Club after completing their freshmen years.

The diversity of the club makes it hard to pin down its specific identity or mission, members said, differentiating it from traditional Greek organizations. In addition to being coed, Lee said, Fence Club is more amorphous than traditional fraternities or sororities because it lacks the same established structures. This ambiguity “opens [the group] up to more change” whenever a new class of members is accepted, Lee added.

Michaela Macdonald ’17, who went through some of Fence Club’s rush events this year but ultimately chose not to complete the rush process, said she enjoyed the process and the members she met.

“It’s hard to peg down a stereotype [of the organization], which is a good thing,” she said.

According to members, Fence Club’s rush events are open to all members of the student body. This year, the rush events spanned three weeks and included large events such as brunch and also smaller meetings between current members and potential new members.

But the laid-back nature of the events also discouraged some students from joining. Sarah Sutphin ’17, a copy staffer for the News, said she considered rushing Fence Club, but ultimately chose to rush a Greek organization instead because Fence Club’s rush process was not as publicized as those of Yale’s sororities.

New Fence Club members described the rush process as organic and casual. Benjy Steinberg ’17 and Seth McNay ’17 both said the most appealing part of the organization was the diversity of personalities represented within.

“There are singers, athletes, hipsters and fratty kids all hanging out together,” McNay said.

Fence Club’s current house is located at 15 High St., a few hundred yards away fraternities including Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Phi Epsilon.

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The largest teachers’ union in Connecticut has called for changes in the implementation of the new Common Core standards.

Contact CAROLINE WRAY at caroline.wray@yale.edu .

Murphy requests financial literacy program

BY JOYCE GUO CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After learning that one in seven New Haven households used check-cashing services rather than bank accounts, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is requesting a New Haven financial literacy program.

In a letter to the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, Murphy requested federal resources to implement a program called “Your Money, Your Goals” that would reduce the number of unbanked residents, or residents without a bank account. According to the Brookings Institute, a nonprofit public policy organization based on Washington, D.C. a worker can waste nearly $40,000 in his lifetime on check-cashing

fees. Murphy said that this is a “financial burden” given that 26 percent of New Haven residents live below the poverty line.

“We know that thousands of individuals don’t have bank accounts in New Haven and it’s going to cost them tens of thousands of dollars over their lives if they don’t have a greater amount of financial literacy” Murphy said. “I understand a program like this isn’t going to change the world, but I do think that it could be a good resource for New Haven.”

The Consumer Finance and Protection Bureau has already implemented “Your Money, Your Goals” in a number of cities across the country, one of which is Hartford, Conn. The program includes training related to budgeting, credit, debt, choos-

ing financial products and consumer financial protection. For New Haven, the program has the potential to work with existing non-profits to help people get bank accounts.

We know that thousands of individuals don’t have bank accounts in New Haven.

CHRIS MURPHY Senator, State of Connecticut Many unbanked residents are low-income employees who are new to the country and are unfamiliar with the American banking system. A lot of the times they end up relying on check-

chasing services simply because they are unaware of the other options available, or because they do not trust banking institutes.

Sister Mary Ellen Burns of the local nonprofit Apostle Immigrant Services said the financial literacy program should present banking as a safe and trustworthy option. She added that the program can accomplish this by explaining how institutions like the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation work.

“I’m sure it would be helpful for people who might not be aware of the options that are open to them here and who might not have had similar systems in their country,” Burns said.

Will Kneerim, a manager at the Integrated Refugee and

Immigrant Services in New Haven, also advocated for “Your Money, Your Goals”.

According to Kneerim, even well-educated immigrants lack knowledge of the American financial system. A program like “Your Money, Your Goals” would help smooth their resettlement process.

New Haven workers interviewed had mixed reactions to Murphy’s CFPB request. Downtown Ambassador Troy Smith thinks a program to promote banking would be a welcome addition to the community. But Smith said that if the program is going to be successful, it will need to be well-marketed to residents.

“I would like to see some type of presentation or activity at a local spot somewhere down-

town” Smith said.

But Erasmo Olivar, an employee at a local restaurant, was skeptical about the need for a financial literacy program in New Haven. He viewed checkcashing services as more beneficial to the employee. Though he currently does not have a bank account, Olivar said he is open to getting one if the switch would save him money.

Murphy has put in the request for the financial literacy program, but has not yet received a response from the CFPB because the bureau is still investigating the resources required.

There are more than 6,000 unbanked households in New Haven.

Contact JOYCE GUO at joyce.guo@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT Harp rolls out budget HARP FROM PAGE 1 begin replenishing the city’s depleted rainy day fund.

To cover costs, Harp proposed a mill rate increase of 1.56 for the fiscal year beginning July 1. That would hike up the amount homeowners pay per $1,000 of assessed property value from $40.80 to $42.36. Harp estimated that someone with a home valued at $150,000 would pay an additional $170 per year.

Asked how she would defend the increase to a disgruntled resident, Harp said taxes are the cost of expecting 21st-century city services.

“We’ve got to be realistic about what it is we want in terms of services from the city and realistic about how much they cost,” Harp said.

Staff cuts and dwindling resources over the past 20 years have left the city ill-equipped to meet its current needs, said Harp, who took office Jan. 1.

She said New Haven’s mill rate is “much lower” than the rates maintained by cities of comparable size, including Hartford and Bridgeport.

Harp said she gets complaints “every day” about inadequate services, including snow removal in the wake of the recent spate of snowstorms. The city’s financial straits go deeper than aging snow plows, though. A series of short-term solutions designed to mask longer-term difficulties have “left the city in a hole,” Harp said.

She said her budget is meant to “hold the line” in the face of a $600,000 general fund deficit, a drained rainy day fund and multiple credit rating downgrades. Harp said she was “surprised” to learn just how shaky the city’s fiscal footing was when she assumed office just under two months ago.

Citing a direct contrast with past strategies, Budget Director Joe Clerkin said the most notable aspect of the proposed budget is its structural soundness. The city will no longer depend on short-term revenue boosts or one-time cuts, he said.

“There are no gimmicks in this budget,” said City Controller Daryl Jones.

Jones said the budget proposal attempts to move away from a “crisis management” mode and begin a process of strategic planning. The portion of the 2.7 spending increase that does not go to fixed costs or education represents the first installment of a five-year financial plan designed to cover long-term obligations. Half of the $2 million goes toward restoring the general fund balance. Of the remaining sum, $500,000 is set aside for postemployment benefits, and the final $500,000 goes to a “pay as you go” fund for future capital projects. That way, the city will be able to pay for needed infrastructure upgrades with cash on hand, and not through bonding, which multiplies debt.

Though the details of the financial plan are preliminary, Clerkin and Jones said, the

strategy itself marks a significant change in New Haven’s financial scheme.

“It’s very important to set those parameters because now the rating agencies are saying, ‘Oh wow, you guys are starting to handle your business,’” Jones said. “It’s a way to guide and establish a vision.”

We’ve got to be realistic about what it is we want in terms of services from the city and realistic about how much they cost.

TONI HARP ARC ’78 Mayor, City of New Haven Harp said she had recommended numerous spending cuts, which staved off a more sizable tax increase.

All city department heads were asked to trim two percent from their budgets. Whether they succeeded or not, Harp said, small cuts were made across the board. The proposal also trims $1.8 million — roughly 25 percent — from spending on police and fire overtime.

Harp said the budget demonstrates strong commitment to youth services and education. She was able to give $1.5 million more to the Board of Education, although they requested $5.3 million. She increased spending by 40 percent for the Youth Services Department and by 55 percent for the Commission on Equal Opportunities, the city’s civil rights agency.

Under the proposal, the mayor’s office would see its funding increase by nearly 50 percent, from $900,000 to $1.3 million. The increase owes largely to the addition of six positions, including employees in a new grants-writing office and a bilingual receptionist.

Altogether, the proposal calls for the creation of more than a dozen new City Hall positions and the elimination of six current ones, all of which are currently vacant. An assistant city clerk and a food system policy director are among the requested additions; a tree trimmer and a public works project manager are among the jobs Harp wants to ax.

Harp set her capital budget — money for large development projects separate from the $510,795,912 general fund budget — at roughly $44.4 million. It includes funds for the redevelopment of the Coliseum site, new public works vehicles and upgrades to Tweed Airport.

The proposal now goes to the Board of Alders’ finance committee, which will debate and revise the budget before it passes along a final recommendation to the full body for a vote.

Ward 19 Alder Mike Stratton lit into Harp’s proposed budget on Saturday, calling it “irresponsible” and in defiance of “basic economics.” He pledged

to vote against any budget that includes a tax hike.

“My view is that the worst thing we can do for job growth in the city is to raise taxes,” Stratton said. “The cost of raising taxes even a dime is enormous — a simple economics course shows you that you devalue the homes, drive away businesses and devastate the grand list.”

Comparing New Haven’s mill rate to the rate in Hartford and Bridgeport is to suggest the city should measure itself against places that, financially, resemble “devastated thirdworld countries,” he said.

Stratton, who represents Prospect Hill and Newhallville, said the roughly $10-million rise in fixed costs could be absorbed through more strategic downsizing.

Stratton decried cuts to police overtime and the number of city tree trimmers, saying Harp is sacrificing necessary spending for the sake of “patronage” jobs and duplicative city departments. He called for the combination or elimination of departments including community services, health, youth, disability and elderly — arguing that the services they perform could be executed by other levels of government or via grants to the school district, to police or to nonprofits.

He further suggested privatizing the city’s information technology services and hiring an outside company to handle payroll and workers’ compensation currently administered by the finance department.

Most troubling of all, Stratton said, is Harp’s proposed expansion of her own office.

“She has refused to make any hard choices while raising her own budget by 49 percent,” Stratton said. “It’s completely selfish. It’s nauseating.”

Ward 22 Alder Jeanette Morrison struck a more conciliatory note, emphasizing that the mayor’s budget is merely a proposal. She said the finance committee has the power to make significant changes based on public testimony.

Morrison, who represents Dixwell and four Yale residential colleges, shared Stratton’s concern about the tax burden but said Harp is in a tough spot.

“She has a responsibility to propose certain things to keep services in place,” Morrison said. “No one likes paying more money. I don’t want to pay more money. But we want services.”

Ward 10 Alder Anna Festa said she is already receiving anxious phone calls and emails from constituents in East Rock who are “tired of getting slammed every year.” If taxes get too high, Festa said, people will leave the city. She said the solution is simple, even if it is not pleasant: “curb our spending.”

Ward 9 Alder Jessica Holmes said she needs to understand Harp’s rationale before passing judgment.

Contact ISAAC STANLEYBECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

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Yale model defended FISCAL YEAR 2013 OPERATING BUDGET REVENUE Other Incomes and Transfers

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The report said that while Yale could have used a traditional strategy of a 60 percent U.S. equity and 40 percent Treasury bond portfolio since 1988 — a strategy that would have protected Yale’s assets during the crisis — this tactic would have yielded a current endowment value of $9.11 billion, which is less than half its actual total today.

Financial experts agreed with the success of the Yale Model, adding that Yale’s strategy of carefully balancing risk and return helps to produce longterm endowment success. William Jarvis ’77, managing director of the Commonfund Institute, said managing university endowments is not a one-year, or even five-year, game.

Though smaller endowments with less than $25 million in assets have outperformed larger endowments over the past five years, according to the 2013 NACUBOCommonfund Study of Endowments, Jarvis said the current policy environment is not normal. “[People are saying] all you need is stocks and bonds — and that’s just not true,” he said.

“These people are taking a very short-term, frankly distorted, look at a policy environment since 2009 and pretending it’s a normative environment and it’s not.”

According to the report, Yale’s mix of assets under current management produces a portfolio

expected to grow at 6.2 percent with risk of 14.8 percent.

According to Jarvis, the equity risk premium — the excess return that equities provide over treasury bonds — has been around six percent over the last 150 years. Jarvis said the “holy grail” is to attain that kind of long-term equity risk premium without the volatility of investing in a pure equity portfolio.

“What [the Investments Office is] saying in technical terms is that they’ve gotten quite close to achieving that goal,” he said. “This is why Yale is so good.”

The Investments Office defended its ability to beat market returns. As endowments, foundations and other institutional investors have flocked towards private equity, hedge funds and real assets over the last decade, these alternative asset classes have become more crowded, the report said.

Still, Yale’s access to top-quartile venture capital, leveraged buyout, natural resources and real estate managers has contributed to its strong performance, according to the report.

“The Yale Model of endowment investing is not appropriate for everyone,” the report said.

“Only those organizations with a true long-term perspective and sufficient staff resources should pursue an active, equity-oriented, alternatives-focused investment strategy. The costly game of active management guarantees failure for the casual participant.”

School of Management professor Roger Ibbotson argued that

Yale actually owes its success not to the model, but to the Investments Office personnel and other money managers.

“It’s like driving a race car,” Ibbotson said. “If you have a great race car driver, you’ll do great.

But if you have an ordinary driver, you’re better off not driving a race car.”

According to the NACUBO study, the average return of 835 universities and colleges in the United States was 11.7 percent in fiscal 2013. Yale generated a return of 12.5 percent over the same period and added over $7 billion to its endowment relative to the average return of universities during the past decade.

Over the past 10 years, the endowment has grown by nearly $10 billion. Similarly, spending from the endowment to support the University’s operating budget grew from $470 million to $1.02 billion over the past decade.

Jarvis said that just the existence of such a comprehensive report is impressive.

“When this report first came out in 1995, I remember reading it and thinking … this is the most incredibly impressive thing,” he said. “It is by far the most open and detailed revelation of what any leading endowment is doing. Harvard doesn’t publish anything like this.”

In fiscal 2013, the endowment generated an investment gain of $2.29 billion.

Contact ADRIAN RODRIGUES at adrian.rodrigues@yale.edu .

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‘12 Years a Slave’ wins best picture

Jury selection starts for Bin Laden son-in-law

BY LARRY NEUMEISTER ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Director Steve McQueen, left, congratulates Lupita Nyong’o on her win for best actress in a supporting role for “12 Years a Slave.”

BY JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama “12 Years a Slave” best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards.

Steve McQueen’s slavery odyssey, based on Solomon Northup’s 1853 memoir, has been hailed as a landmark corrective to the movie industry’s long omission of slavery stories and years of whiter tales like 1940 best-picture winner “Gone With the Wind.”

McQueen dedicated the honor to those who suffered slavery and “the 21 million who still endure slavery today.”

“Everyone deserves not just to survive, but to live,” said McQueen, who

promptly bounced into the arms of his cast. “This is the most important legacy of Solomon Northup.”

A year after celebrating Ben Affleck’s “Argo” over Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this time opted for stark realism over more plainly entertaining candidates like the 3-D space marvel “Gravity” and the starry 1970s caper “American Hustle.”

Those two films came in as the leading nominee getters, and “Gravity” still triumphed as the night’s top awardwinner. Cleaning up in technical categories, it earned seven Oscars including best director for Alfonso Cuaron. The Mexican filmmaker is the category’s first Latino winner.

But history belonged to “12 Years

a Slave,” a modestly budgeted drama produced by Pitt’s production company, Plan B, that has made $50 million worldwide — a far cry from the more than $700 million “Gravity” has hauled in. It marks the first time a film directed by a black filmmaker has won best picture. Its graceful breakthrough star, Lupita Nyong’o, also won best supporting actress and John Ridley won best adapted screenplay.

The Oscars fittingly spread the awards around, feting the starved stars of the Texas AIDS drama “Dallas Buyers Club,” Matthew McConaughey (best actor) and Jared Leto (best supporting actor), and the Australian veteran Cate Blanchett for her fallen socialite in Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” (best actress, her second Oscar).

NEW YORK — Amid unusually tight security, Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law goes to trial Monday on charges he conspired to kill Americans in his role as al-Qaida’s mouthpiece after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Spectators at the trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith — the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to face trial on U.S. soil since the attacks — will pass through a metal detector before entering a Manhattan courtroom where prosecutors will try to prove to an anonymous jury that the onetime terror network spokesman tried to rally others to kill Americans.

Prosecutors say they plan to show jurors during their opening statement a picture of Abu Ghaith seated with bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders on the day after Sept. 11, 2001, as they make statements about the attacks. They say Abu Ghaith described the circumstances of the filming in his post-arrest statement.

Also during the trial, prosecutors will show jurors post-9/11 videos in which the charismatic bearded man promises more attacks on the United States as devastating as those that demolished the World Trade Center.

“The Americans must know that the storm of airplanes will not stop, God willing, and there are thousands of young people who are as keen about death as Americans are about life,” Abu Ghaith said in an Oct. 9, 2001, speech.

In one widely circulated propaganda video, Abu Ghaith can be seen sitting with bin Laden and current al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri against a rocky backdrop.

Defense lawyers for the balding and bearded defendant are offering some surprises in the case, including an assertion last week that some of the government’s evidence relates to a detainee at Guantanamo Bay with a similar name to Abu Ghaith rather than to the defendant who has pleaded not guilty.

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Friday called the mistaken identity claim “utterly meritless.”

His attorneys are also trying to enlist help from professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed to bolster the case for acquittal, though it hasn’t come fast enough for them to gain permission from Kaplan for Mohammed to testify, perhaps through a video link to Guantanamo Bay. If convicted, Abu Ghaith could face life in prison.

Defense attorneys said Friday that Mohammed had provided a 14-page response to written questions, but his lawyer was refusing to turn it over unless there was a guarantee that military lawyers at Guantanamo wouldn’t review it. The judge refused to consider the matter further.

The Kuwaiti-born defendant was flown to the United States a year ago from Jordan, where he was captured as he headed to Kuwait, which had revoked his citizenship after the Sept. 11 attacks.

In an affidavit filed last year as he tried to suppress a 22-page statement he made to authorities, Abu Ghaith said he left Afghanistan in 2002 and entered Iran, where he was arrested and held in prisons and interrogated extensively.

Abu Ghaith said he was released from Iranian custody on Jan. 11, 2013, when he entered Turkey, where he was detained and interrogated before his Feb. 28, 2013, release. He said he was heading home to Kuwait on a plane to see family when the flight landed instead in Amman, Jordan, where he was handcuffed and turned over to American authorities.

Abu Ghaith is married to bin Laden’s eldest daughter, Fatima, one of nearly two dozen children bin Laden was believed to have fathered before he was killed in Pakistan by U.S. special forces in 2011.

Before heading to Afghanistan in 2000, Abu Ghaith was an imam at a Kuwaiti mosque and taught high school religion classes until 2000.

When he was brought to the United States for trial, some criticized the move, saying alQaida leaders should not receive the protections offered by a civil court trial.

But numerous pre-trial hearings have gone on without a hitch in a courthouse that has featured more than a half dozen major al-Qaida-related terrorism trials over the last two decades stemming from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, a 1993 plot to blow up New York City landmarks including the United Nations, the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa and a plot to blow up a dozen U.S. airliners over the Far East in 1995.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced in November 2009 that Mohammed would be tried in federal court in New York City in the Sept. 11 attacks, but the decision was reversed months later after city officials complained that the trial would impose large security costs on

CA farmers hire dowsers to find water

BY JASON DEAREN ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. HELENA, Calif. — With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches.

Practitioners of dowsing use rudimentary tools — usually copper sticks or wooden “divining rods” that resemble large wishbones — and what they describe as a natural energy to find water or minerals hidden deep underground.

While both state and federal water scientists disapprove of dowsing, California “witchers” are busy as farmers seek to drill more groundwater wells due to the state’s record drought that persists despite recent rain.

The nation’s fourth-largest wine maker, Bronco Wine Co., says it uses dowsers on its 40,000 acres of California vineyards, and dozens of smaller farmers and homeowners looking for wells on their property also pay for dowsers. Nationwide, the American Society of Dowsers, Inc. boasts dozens of local chapters, which meet annually at a conference.

“It’s kind of bizarre. Scientists don’t believe in it, but I do and most of the farmers in the Valley do,” said Marc Mondavi, a vineyard owner whose family has been growing grapes and making wine since the mid-20th century in the Napa Valley.

Mondavi doesn’t just believe in dowsing, he practices it.

On a recent afternoon, standing in

this family’s Charles Krug vineyard holding two copper divining rods, Mondavi walked slowly forward through the dormant vines.

After about 40 feet, the rods quickly crossed and Mondavi — a popular dowser in the world famous wine region — stopped. “This is the edge of our underground stream,” he said during the demonstration. Mondavi said he was introduced to “witching” by the father of an old girlfriend, and realized he had a proclivity for the practice.

After the valley’s most popular dowser died in recent years, Mondavi has become the go-to water witch in Napa Valley. He charges about $500 per site visit, and more, if a well he discovers ends up pumping more than 50 gallons per minute.

With more farmers relying on groundwater to irrigate crops, Mondavi’s phone has been ringing often as growers worry about extended years of dryness.

He had six witching jobs lined up over a recent weekend, three homes whose springs were running dry and three vineyards. It’s so popular that he’s even created a line of wines called “The Divining Rod” that will be sold nationwide this year.

While popular, scientists say dowsers are often just lucky, looking for water in places where it’s already known to likely exist.

“There’s no scientific basis to dowsing. If you want to go to a palm reader or a mentalist, then you’re the same person who’s going to go out and hire a dowser,” said Tom Ballard, a hydrogeologist with Taber Consultants, a geological engineering firm based in West Sacramento.

“The success is really an illusion. In most places you’re going to be able to drill and find some water,” he said.

Still, the consistent interest in water witches nationwide even spurred The U.S. Geological Survey to officially weigh in on the fairly harmless practice.

Dowsing has not held up well under scientific scrutiny, the USGS said, adding that dowsers are often successful in areas where groundwater is abundant.

“The natural explanation of `successful’ water dowsing is that in many areas water would be hard to miss. The dowser commonly implies that the spot indicated by the rod is the only one where water could be found, but this is not necessarily true,” the survey said in its report.

Christopher Bonds, senior engineering geologist for the state Department of Water Resources, said his agency does not advocate using witchers.

“DWR is an advocate for having qualified and licensed water professionals locate groundwater resources using established scientific methods,” Bonds said in an email.

Don’t tell that to John Franzia, coowner of Bronco Wine Co., the nation’s fourth-largest wine producer based on sales. It makes wine under hundreds of labels, including the famous “Two Buck Chuck.”

Bronco also owns more vineyard land in California than anyone else, and when it needs a new well there’s a good chance a dowser will be employed.

Franzia said the company uses many technologies to find water on its 40,000-acres, but turns to dowsers often and with great success.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Proprietor Marc Mondavi demonstrates dowsing with “diving rods” to locate water at the Charles Krug winery in St. Helena, Calif.

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ON CAMPUS MONDAY, MARCH 3 3:00 p.m. German Kaffeeklatsch (coffee hour). If you want to polish your German a little or just want to get some practice, meet us in the lounge at WLH for an hour of entertaining conversation.

All levels of German welcome! William L Harkness Hall (100 Wall St.), Lounge.

8:00 p.m. Faculty Artist Series. Come hear pianists Sarita Kwok and Wei-Yi Yang play music by Janácek, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Ravel. Sprague Memorial Hall (470 College St.), Morse Recital Hall.

TUESDAY, MARCH 4 1:00 p.m. “The Bladder matters.” Drs. Chai and Rickey will discuss the most common types of urinary incontinence; causes and risk factors; and prevention strategies and treatments, including behavioral modification, exercise and minimally invasive surgical options. Sterling Memorial Library (120 High St.), Lecture Hall.

SCIENCE HILL BY SPENCER KATZ

4:30 p.m. “Wives, Husbands and Lovers: Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Urban China.” This book talk is in association with the newly installed exhibit “Recent Publications by Yale’s East Asia Faculty, 2012-2013.”Desserts and drinks will be provided. Sterling Memorial Library (120 High St.), International Room.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 3:00 p.m. “At the Crossroads of Hope and Despair: America Since the Crash.” Come see photographs by Matthew Frye Jacobson. Whitney Humanities Center (53 Wall St.), Room 108.

DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU

4:30 p.m. Robert G. Crowder Memorial Lecture. Dr. Alfonso Caramazza, Harvard University will explore the organization of object knowledge in the brain. Dunham Laboratory (10 Hillhouse Ave.), Rm. 220.

6:30 p.m. CMES Cinema. Buried Alive (Israel, 1996) Hebrew with English subtitles. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Aud. Free admission.

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very street is full of people, and every person is full of stories. This week’s through the lens features some of the people who surround us every day as we walk around the Elm City. SARA MILLER reports.

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NBA Chicago 109 New York 90

NBA Toronto 104 Golden State 98

SPORTS QUICK HITS

KEVIN DOONEY ’16 TRACK AND FIELD The sophomore distance runner blew away the Yale school record in the indoor 5,000 meter this weekend, finishing in 13:59.06. The time was good for third in the event at the Ivy League Championships, where the Bulldogs finished eighth overall.

NBA Indiana 94 Utah 91

NBA Orlando 92 Philadelphia 81

NCAAM Iowa 83 Purdue 76

MONDAY

PHOEBE STAENZ WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY The forward from Zurich was named as a finalist for ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year Award. Not only did Staenz lead the Bulldogs in points this season, but she also played for Switzerland at the Sochi Winter Olympics. The award’s winner will be announced March 7.

“I just got a burst of speed from God, I laid out and caught it, and it was the greatest feeling ever.”

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Yale victory on Senior night

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Outfielder Green Campbell ’15 (No. 3) went 2–3 against LSU on Sunday competing in his home state of Louisiana.

BY GRANT BRONSDON STAFF REPORTER On paper, the game could not have been more of a mismatch. The Yale baseball team, coming off a 13–25 season last year, was up against No. 3 Louisiana State Tigers in Baton Rouge, La. yesterday afternoon. The Tigers, just five years removed from a national championship, routed the Bulldogs 19–0 on Friday and held the Elis to a measly four hits on Saturday in a 3–0 victory.

But Sunday, Yale turned the tables on the Tigers, charging back from a 6–0 deficit to shock the college baseball

world and beat LSU 8–7. The victory is Yale’s first against a top-five team since taking out No. 5 South Carolina in 2008, and likely the first win over a top-three team in school history, though no such official data exists.

“This is an unbelievable win for our program,” said outfielder Eric Hsieh ’15.

“Heading into Florida and Ivy League play, it’s a great way to start because we’re all pumped up and now we really know that we can play.”

The upset seemed unlikely from the get-go. Starting pitcher Michael Coleman ’14 yielded four runs in the first inning after allowing the first six batters

to reach base. Two unearned runs scored in the fourth following an LSU triple and a sacrifice fly, and Coleman left after the frame.

Things were not much better for the Bulldogs (1–2, 0–0 Ivy) when at bat against the Tigers (7–2, 0–0 SEC). It wasn’t until the fourth inning that the Bulldogs could muster a hit, and even then, leadoff singles by second baseman Nate Adams ’16 and Hsieh were squandered.

During the fifth inning, however, bounces started going Yale’s way. CapSEE BASEBALL PAGE B3

Elis shine in loss to Harvard

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Goaltender Jamie Leonoff ’15 (No. 32) made 55 saves in Yale’s 3–2 victory over Harvard on Feb. 28.

BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER The Yale women’s hockey team was one double-overtime goal away from moving on to the semifinals of the ECAC playoff tournament, but in the end it will be No. 5 Harvard advancing to the next round to face No. 6 Cornell next weekend.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY The Bulldogs (9–16–7, 7–11–7 ECAC) went up 1–0 in the series with a 3–2 double-overtime victory on Friday, but Harvard (23–5–4, 18–4–3) turned the tables the next day and won by the same score,

also in double overtime. Harvard took the rubber game yesterday, 4–0, with one of the goals scored on an empty net at the end of the contest.

The series ended an historic season for a steadily improving Yale women’s hockey program. The Bulldogs finished with their best conference record since 2008, made the postseason for the first time since that year and won their first playoff game since 2005.

“The effort was there, but we just couldn’t find a way to bury the puck and Harvard could,” forward Jamie Haddad ’16 said in an email. “We had a great team and a great season this year compared to previous years.”

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Forward Janelle Ferrara ’16 netted the game-winner on the power play Friday to end almost 100 minutes of hockey. She was assisted by defender Kate Martini ’16 and forward Jackie Raines ’15. Harvard forward Miye D’Oench returned the favor the next night, tying the series with her second goal of the game.

Goaltender Jaimie Leonoff ’15 was a major reason why the Bulldogs were able to skate so closely with their rivals. On Friday and Saturday, Leonoff turned in two career performances with 55 and 53 saves, respectively. “[Leonoff] played unbelievably this SEE WOMEN’S HOCKEY PAGE B3

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The men’s hockey team lost 2–0 to Union on Friday before rebounding for a 5–0 trouncing of RPI on Saturday.

BY GRANT BRONSDON STAFF REPORTER In an important weekend for the No. 15 Yale men’s ice hockey team’s postseason hopes, the Bulldogs followed up a tough 2–0 loss to No. 3 Union on Friday with a resounding 5–0 victory over Rensselaer on Senior Night.

MEN’S HOCKEY But the Elis’ chances of making the NCAA Tournament rest on a strong showing in the conference tournament, where they will face Harvard in a best-of-three first round series next weekend at Ingalls Rink.

“I like the way we played Friday night, even though we didn’t get the result,” said captain Jesse Root ’14. “It was great that we got a lot of chances. Eventually they’re going to go in, and we saw that [Saturday] night. Hopefully we can become a little more consistent in our scoring.”

Heading into the final weekend of conference play, Yale (15–9–5, 10–8–4 ECAC) hoped to sweep the Dutchmen and Engineers and clinch a first-round bye in the ECAC tournament. Union (24– 6–4, 18–3–1), however, has been a powerhouse all season, ranking first in the conference in both team offense and team defense.

After an early lapse that allowed Union’s Sam Coatta to get space and score on Yale goaltender Alex Lyon ’17, the Bulldogs buckled down and put up 49 shots against the Dutchmen. That number was the most Union had allowed all season.

Despite those opportunities, including a frantic second period that saw the Elis take 20 shots, the Bulldogs were unable to capitalize. Union found the scoreboard again just 39 seconds into the third period to bring its lead to 2–0, where it would remain.

The loss ensured that the Bulldogs would host a series in the first round of the ECAC tournament next week—missing out on a first round bye—but Yale’s seeding still depended on Saturday’s result against Rensselaer (14–14– 6, 8–9–5).

Saturday’s game was the final regular season home match for Yale’s three seniors: Root, defenseman Gus Young ’14 and forward Kenny Agostino ’14. With 81 wins, a conference championship and a national title over four years, the 2014 seniors are among the most decorated classes to skate at Ingalls.

“They kind of mean everything right now,” Obuchowski said. “Throughout the years our seniors have done a good job of leading. They’re a great class on and off the ice.”

But the additional emotion stemming from the pregame introductions of those seniors may have started Yale on the wrong skate. The Bulldogs managed just nine shots in the first period, and more glaring was the Bulldogs’ inability to convert on two power plays.

But whatever head coach Keith Allain ’80 said during the first intermission worked, because the Elis came out firing. Yale allowed just three shots during the second period and garnered 18 of its own, including a rebound shot from Root that found the back of the net and gave the Bulldogs a 1–0 lead at the 9:12 mark.

“The result was just a bit better, but our process remained the same,” Root said. “We’ve been focusing on our forecheck structure for a while and it’s just coming together for us. It was a hard fought first period and we wore them down a little bit, and that paid off in the second and third periods.”

SEE MEN’S HOCKEY PAGE B3

RUNS SCORED BY THE YALE BASEBALL TEAM IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING DURING THE TEAM’S GAME AGAINST LSU ON SUNDAY. The big inning helped the Elis to an 8–7 upset victory over the Tigers, the third-ranked team in the nation.

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Princeton. They got us with a couple of back door cuts and it really opened the offense.”

Duren finished with 13 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Sears had 22 points to go along with his nine boards and three blocks. The rest of the Elis had a tough time; no Bulldog recorded more than one made field goal or scored more than three points.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs met the Quakers (6–19, 3–8). After losing the previous night, Duren said the Elis were determined to play better and focused on not letting their past errors affect their play.

“We think of each game as a one-game playoff,” Duren said. “Given that we lost on Friday, we didn’t want to let that affect our play on Saturday. In the Ivy League, it’s a quick turnaround, so you have to be mentally prepared for that. I think we did a good job.”

For the Elis, it would be Sears and Duren leading the show again. Sears turned in another masterful performance, decimating the Quakers to the tune of 24 points and forcing Penn’s frontcourt of forward Fran Dougherty and center Darien Nelson-Henry into nine fouls. Duren continued to contribute on multiple fronts, leading all starters in rebounds, assists, threes and free throws made.

Yale fell behind early, but clawed its way back. After Penn guard Tony Hicks hit a three to bring the Quakers within one possession, Duren answered back by nailing a three of his own to give the Elis a 33–27 lead at the break.

The Elis never trailed in the second half, but the game remained close. Penn got within two points after Hicks nailed a three with 25 seconds

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18

14

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8

4

24

15

9

5

0.603

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5

21

14

14

6

0.500

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11

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18

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17

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remaining to bring the score to 65–63, but the Elis kept their cool and hit their free throws to ice the game at 70–63.

Sears had two blocks and four rebounds to compliment his game-high 24 points.

Duren finished with 14 points, five boards, six assists and two steals. Guard Nick Victor ’16 also turned in a strong allaround performance with six points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals.

The Elis will now prepare to host the league-leading Crimson this upcoming Friday. The game will be shown on NBC Sports Network and will feature the Ivy League’s

two best teams, as well as its best rivalry. Sears and Duren both said the team is confident in its ability to repeat its strong performance from Yale’s last matchup with Harvard.

“We feel great,” Duren said.

“It’s one of those games you circle on the calendar before the season starts. Now it’s

here. We have a great level of confidence on our team. As long as we stay focused and stick to what we do best, I like our chances.”

The Elis tip off against Harvard this Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the John J. Lee Amphitheater.

Contact DIONIS JAHJAGA at dionis.jahjaga@yale.edu .

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18

7

0.720

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19

7

0.731

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6

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12

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12

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20

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Guard Sarah Halejian ’15 leads the Bulldogs with an average of 15.9 points per game.

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The men’s lacrosse team will continue its season next weekend, traveling to Fairfield.

MEN’S LACROSSE FROM PAGE B4 was named to the Tewaaraton Award watch list last Thursday, added two assists as well.

Bryant would not go away in the game, however, scoring five of the next seven goals in the contest — in large part thanks to fine play from face-off specialist Kevin Massa and goaltender Gunnar Waldt.

Massa, who has 60 percent success rate, beat Dylan Levings ’14 on the day, winning 14 of 21 draws. In net, Waldt had 15 saves on the day, holding the Bulldogs to just three goals in the last 45 minutes of play despite facing 55 shots.

“It’s great to come out of that game with a tough W,” Mangan said. “However, we need to play better as the season goes on, especially in the shooting depart-

ment. Nine for 55 shooting is not good enough.”

Yale stayed in the game thanks to tough defense, forcing 19 turnovers and picking up 35 ground balls. Second year starter Eric Natale ’15 posted 10 saves, four of which came in the first quarter. Yale’s netminder has double digit saves in both of the Elis’ contests this season. Short-stick defensive midfielders Mark Glicini ’16 and Alex Otero ’15, who picked up four ground balls, had two controlled takeaways each.

Yale found the final offense it needed through midfielder Colin Flaherty ’15, who also tallied a hat trick on the day.

The preseason all-NEILA selection hit the back of the net on several long shots, including the game-winner with 5:31 left in the fourth quarter.

“To beat a skilled and well coached

W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B4 team like Bryant is a great feeling but we still have a lot of room for improvement,” Flaherty said. “Next week will be another great test as Fairfield is a good team and it is going to take another great week of practice to get us ready for Saturday.”

The Bulldogs again play on the road next Saturday against Fairfield. Face-off is set for 3 p.m.

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

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The distance between the two teams would only continue grow as Penn opened a 22-point lead with 7:10 remaining in the game.

The Bulldogs made a valiant effort to close the gap, outscoring the Quakers 13–7 over the last 6:26 of the game, but Yale still came up short and lost by 14.

“We’re just not playing well right now,” said head coach Chris Gobrecht. “I don’t think we’re necessarily better than Penn or Princeton, but I think we’re better than what we’re playing.

That’s the discouraging part.”

The Elis will look to end their season on a high note. The Bulldogs can reach the 0.500-mark for the season and finish conference play with a winning record with a road sweep next weekend

against Harvard and Dartmouth on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Both games will begin at 7 p.m.

Contact ASHLEY WU at ashley.e.wu@yale.edu .

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SPORTS

Tiger backs out Citing back problems, golfer Tiger Woods withdrew from the Honda Classic 13 holes into his final round yesterday. Woods was +5 after 13 holes on Sunday, but had entered the day -5 after three rounds, just six stokes back of then-leader Rory McIlroy. Russ Henley won the event with a score of -8 after winning a one-hole playoff.

Baseball beats no. 3

Hockey to host Harvard MEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE B1 In the third period, the Bulldogs made their move. Just 2:25 into the stanza, forward Anthony Day ’15 took the puck on a two-on-one advantage and wristed a shot above RPI goaltender Scott Diebold. Ten minutes later, the Bulldogs struck again when defenseman Matt Killian ’15 unleashed a long pass from deep in the Yale zone to the blue line.

Forward Frankie DiChiara ’17 collected the puck, skated down and put a shot on goal, which was mishandled by Diebold into the net to extend the Yale lead to 3–0 with 7:40 left.

In the final two minutes, the Elis poured it on, scoring two more: a power play goal from forward Mike Doherty ’17 and a slapshot from defenseman Ryan Obuchowski ’16.

Goalie Alex Lyon ’17 registered his second career shutout with 18 saves in the game, but just ten of those came in the final two periods as the Yale defense snuffed out many Engineer opportunities before they developed into shots.

“We played excellent team defense,” Obuchowski said. “Lyon played a good game, making stops when he needed to.

We’ve been focusing on our defensive zone coverage and the game against RPI was a culmination of our hard work.”

Despite the Yale victory, Clarkson’s tie with No. 8 Quinnipiac means the Bulldogs and the Golden Knights are tied for fifth in the conference. Becase over-

all conference wins serve as the second tiebreaker, the Elis will take on rival Harvard in the conference tournament’s first round instead of facing league-worst Princeton, which has just four conference wins.

Yale has already faced Harvard three times this season, coming away with a tie and a victory in conference play and a win at Madison Square Garden in the inaugural Rivalry on Ice game.

“I think it helps to know your opponent, but at the end of the day it’s playoff hockey,” Root said.

Friday and Saturday’s games will be at Ingalls Rink at 7:00 p.m. Sunday’s game, if necessary, will also be at 7:00 p.m.

Contact GRANT BRONSDON at grant.bronsdon@yale.edu .

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Pitcher Michael Coleman ’14 (No. 35) started yesterday’s game against LSU.

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The men’s hockey team will host Harvard in the first round of the ECAC playoffs this weekend.

tain Cale Hanson ’14 opened the inning with a single off LSU starter Cody Glenn, and center fielder Green Campbell ’15 followed that with another single through the left side.

Three more singles from third baseman Richard Slenker ’17, catcher Robert Baldwin ’15 and Adams put Yale on the board, and after a fielder’s choice and a sacrifice fly, the Elis found themselves down just 6–4. “[Before the fifth inning], someone in our dugout said ‘We’re playing for pride, let’s go square something up,’” Hanson said. “Then I hit a single. Campbell hit a single. We had [a total of] five singles in a row. We were looking around like, ‘Why not?’”

After loading the bases with no outs, right-hander Chris Moates ’16 escaped the fifth allowing just a single run following a double play and a lineout.

In the sixth inning, outfielder Brent Lawson ’16 singled to chase Glenn from the game, and after a throwing error by the LSU third baseman and a sacrifice groundout, the Bulldogs found themselves with runners on second and third and one out. An attempted squeeze

by Slenker resulted in Lawson getting caught at the plate, but Baldwin bailed out the freshman by hitting an RBI single to score Hanson.

Yale tied the game in the seventh inning by showing off its power-hitting ability. A leadoff walk by Hsieh and a double by first baseman Jacob Hunter ’14 set the table for desig-

nated hitter Kevin Fortunato ’14, who doubled down the left-field line to tie it up at seven. Another failed squeeze, however, meant that the Bulldogs were unable to take the lead.

LSU had its own base-running troubles in the seventh. On a single

by Christian Ibarra, designated hitter Jake Fraley attempted to go from first to third, and Hsieh nailed him to get the second out of the inning.

Chris Lanham ’16 then induced a lineout with two runners on base to end the Tigers’ scoring threat.

“We made some outstanding plays in big moments,” Campbell said.

“Eric Hsieh with the outfield assist at third base, Bob Baldwin throwing out runners at second base … it was a great team effort.”

With the game tied at seven in the top of the eighth, Campbell reached base through a bunt single down the third base line. Slenker bunted him to second, and a groundout to shortstop from Baldwin moved Campbell to third. But Campbell eventually scored on a throwing error by LSU reliever Parker Bugg on a ground ball from Adams.

The bottom of the eighth ended on perhaps the most clutch defensive play the Bulldogs will have all season. Following a two-out double, Campbell tracked down a fly ball in the left-center gap and made a fullextension dive to maintain the Yale lead.

“It was easily the best catch I’ve ever seen a Yale outfielder make,” Hanson said. “If it doesn’t make the

SportsCenter Top 10, I’m going to be really upset. … He just should not have even been close. It was ridiculous.”

Campbell, who is from Shreveport, La. and grew up an LSU fan, said it was a dream come true to play in front of the LSU crowd and over 100 of his friends and family members.

He also said he made the catch thanks to divine intervention.

“I got a great read on it, but I honestly didn’t think I was going to make it,” Campbell said. “I just got a burst of speed from God, I laid out and caught it, and it was the greatest feeling ever.”

In the ninth inning, after the Bulldogs failed to score on a sacrifice fly

by Hanson, Lanham got two outs before a pair of hits led Yale coach John Stuper to move Hanson from shortstop to the mound. On a 1—2 pitch, Hanson completed the upset by getting Tyler Moore to fly out to Lawson in right field.

Yale’s other two games against LSU did not go as well, as they fell 19–0 on Friday and 3–0 on Saturday.

The latter game featured the debut of heralded pitcher Chasen Ford ’17, who threw 6.1 innings and allowed just two earned runs.

The Bulldogs play the University of New Haven on Wednesday at Yale Field before heading down to Florida for the RussMatt Invitational this weekend.

Contact GRANT BRONSDON at grant.bronsdon@yale.edu .

Women’s hockey clipped by Crimson WOMEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE B1

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Forward Janelle Ferrara ’16 (No. 12) scored the game-winner in double overtime against Harvard.

weekend,” Haddad said. “She came up with some really huge saves that kept the score even and gave us a lot of momentum … Jaimie battled through a lot of injuries this weekend and still put up an incredible performance. It just goes to show you how unbelievable of an athlete she is.”

Leonoff’s play in Game One narrowly one-upped the performance of Harvard goalie Emerance Maschmeyer, the Ivy Co-Player of the Year, who stopped 45 of the 48 shots she faced. Brianna Laing replaced Maschmeyer for the latter two games of the series.

The Bulldogs came out slowly in the opening game, putting just five shots on Maschmeyer in the first period, while the Crimson poured 15 on Leonoff.

Harvard also out-shot Yale 14–9 in the second period, but Yale came away with the advantage in goals, as the score was 2–1 after two thanks to goals

by Raines and Haddad. Raines would either score or assist on all three Yale goals Friday night.

Harvard tied the game early in the third period, and it took 54 more minutes of hockey to decide a winner. The tables turned offensively by the end of the game, as Yale out-shot its rival 17–8 in the second overtime period.

The Bulldogs continued their momentum the next afternoon, as forward Phoebe Staenz ’17 scored early in the first period, her first goal since scoring for Switzerland in the bronze medal game of the Olympics.

Yale killed off three penalties over the first two frames, including one 5-on-3 Harvard power play late in

the first. Harvard killed off three of its own, and neither team could score for the remainder of the first or second periods.

Harvard’s D’Oench scored to tie the game in the third, firing a slapshot into the net while Leonoff was screened by another forward. Staenz retaliated five minutes later with her second goal of the game, but two minutes later Harvard tied the game again.

Yet another grueling overtime period followed, and D’Oench eventually won the game for her team with a goal off of a rebounded shot.

“We had chances to bury the game on Saturday and couldn’t capitalize on it,” Haddad said. “Harvard found a way in the last bit to tie it, and then it was anyone’s game in overtime. All weekend both teams had chances to score.”

After firing 48 shots at Harvard the night before, the Bulldogs tallied just 34 in the second game, while the Crimson had 56 in 84 minutes of play.

Harvard’s offense seemed to show fatigue in the final game, however, putting just 27 shots on Leonoff.

The Bulldogs out-shot the Crimson with 30, but Laing stopped all of those. Three of Harvard’s shots got by Leonoff before a fourth went in on an empty net.

“I think we had legs, but sometimes the bounces just don’t go your way,” captain and defender Tara Tomimoto ’14 said in an email. “We definitely outplayed them in the last two periods but they found a way to finish.”

“We came out flat on Sunday, and they took advantage of that, but we came out really strong in the second and third,” Haddad said. “Unfortunately, we couldn’t put one in even though we played so well in the second

half of the game.”

The game marked the end of Yale hockey for the team’s seniors — Tomimoto and forwards Patricia McGauley ’14, Paige Decker ’14 and Ashley Dunbar ’14. Decker and Dunbar both missed the end of the season due to injury.

The four seniors have appeared in a combined 335 games in their Yale careers.

“It’s been an incredible honor,” Tomimoto said about captaining the Bulldogs this season. “This team played their hearts out tonight and I couldn’t be prouder.”

Harvard will play No. 6 Cornell next weekend at Clarkson.

Contact GREG CAMERON at greg.cameron@yale.edu .

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SPORTS

“The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.”

STEVE NASH PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER

Men’s lacrosse tops Bryant

Basketball splits

WILLIAM FREEDBERG/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Forward Justin Sears ’16 (No. 22) averaged 23 points and 6.5 rebounds over two games this weekend.

BY DIONIS JAHJAGA STAFF REPORTER Last season, the Elis swept the season series against both Princeton and Penn for the first time since the official start of the Ivy League in 1956–’57.

MEN’S BASKETBALL IHNA MANGUNDAYAO/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

The men’s lacrosse team topped Bryant 9–8 on Saturday, winning its second game of the nascent season.

BY FREDERICK FRANK STAFF REPORTER The No. 12 men’s lacrosse team used six first-quarter goals and solid fundamentals throughout the game to hold off Bryant’s late comeback and register the Elis’ second win of the young season. The Yale Bulldogs (2–0, 0–0 Ivy) beat the Bryant Bulldogs (2–2, 0–0 NEC) in shots, ground balls, clears and turnovers to ensure a hard fought 9–8 win.

MEN’S LACROSSE “I am very happy with the way that the team played,” defenseman Michael Quinn ‘16 said. “We had to fight through a lot of adver-

sity and buckled down at the end of the game when it all mattered. It definitely was not the prettiest game and we did not execute on defense as efficiently as we hoped. We came out with the W and that’s all that matters at the end of the day.”

The opening quarter of the game saw nine of the 17 goals scored. Attackman Conrad Oberbeck ’15 scored a hat trick in the last five minutes of the period, giving Yale a 6–3 lead going into the second quarter. The junior had a team-high four points and 10 shots against Bryant. The Eli attack unit posted nine points with Brandon Mangan ’14, Jeff Cimbalista ’17 and Austin Rocco ’17 scoring. Mangan, who SEE MEN’S LACROSSE PAGE B2

After blowing out Penn and toppling Princeton in overtime last month, the Bulldogs entered last weekend with a chance to sweep the season series again.

They succeeded against Penn, winning 70–63, but not before stalling against Princeton the night before, falling 57–46.

The Elis (15–11, 9–3 Ivy) continue to dominate on the boards and are still holding opponents to below average shooting from beyond the arc, but they have struggled as of late to produce scoring opportunities around the basket.

Opposing Ivy League teams have taken note of Yale’s strong inside game and are crowding the paint with multiple defenders in an effort to discourage the Elis and their number one offensive

option, forward Justin Sears ’16, from scoring down low.

“It’s been a little bit different,” Sears said. “Teams are packing it in now. They’re sending two guys at me after the primary defender.

I’ve been working on the midrange game to extend the defense, but it’s hard to score right now.”

Guard Javier Duren ’15 returned against Princeton after missing last week’s matchups with Cornell and Columbia due to an ankle injury.

Duren had 10 assists to just three turnovers this past weekend, in addition to nine boards and five steals. Duren struggled shooting from the floor, however, going a combined 5–24 over the weekend, but he said there may be a silver lining in the injury.

“This ankle injury is forcing me to be productive in other ways,” he said. “I’ve been looking for ways to get my teammates involved.

I’m finally understanding how defenses are playing us and seeing the openings where I can get my teammates going instead of forcing my shot or forcing the action.”

On Friday, the Elis took on the Tigers (17–8, 5–6). The last time Yale and Princeton faced off on

Feb. 15, the result was an instant classic. In that game, the Elis got the better of their opponents after Sears scored following an offensive rebound with just 4.4 seconds left in overtime, giving Yale a one-point victory and extending its winning streak to six games.

Much of the first half on Friday resembled that last matchup; neither team was able to gain much of an edge. The Elis struggled to score as a team, but Sears kept Yale in it with an impressive 19 points on 7–9 shooting as Yale went into halftime down 27–26.

In the second half, Princeton got to the line 19 times after taking just four attempts from the charity stripe in the first half. The Tigers also succeeded in limiting Sears to just three points on 1–3 from the field, while Princeton guard T.J. Bray scored an efficient 12 points to push his team ahead.

Duren chipped in 11, but those points came on just 3–9 shooting.

“It was kind of neck and neck the entire time,” Duren said. “You knew one team was going to break away and unfortunately it was SEE M. BASKETBALL PAGE B2

Women’s basketball honors seniors

BY ASHLEY WU STAFF REPORTER Though the Elis had a chance to disrupt the Ivy League leaderboard this weekend, the women’s basketball team fell to conference leaders Princeton and Penn in its final home games of the year.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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Captain Janna Graf ’14 was honored Saturday as the 18th player in Yale historywith 1,000 career points.

The Bulldogs (12–14, 6–6 Ivy) were unable to keep up with the high-powered Princeton (18–7, 9–2) offense on Friday night, falling to the Tigers 85–63. The Elis then lost to Penn (19–6, 9–2) the next evening 62–48.

On Friday, Yale — shooting only 30.3 percent from the field — could not match the shooting prowess of Princeton, which shot 61.1 percent that evening.

The Tigers had five players score in double figures, including forwards Alex Wheatley and Kristen Helmstetter and guards Blake Dietrick, Michelle Miller and Amanda Berntsen.

Princeton led the Elis from the beginning, starting off on a 4–0 run. Minutes later with 17:43 remaining in the half, the Bulldogs would close the gap to 7–6, but that would be the closest Yale would get for the rest of the game.

The Tigers’ offense exploded with a 9–0 run that pushed the lead to double figures in the span of about two and a half minutes.

But the offensive spurt did not end there, and the Bulldogs could not find an answer as Princeton continued to extend its lead to 20

points, 31–11 with 9:31 left in the half.

The Elis would never fully recover, heading into the locker room at halftime trailing 48–26.

Guard Sarah Halejian ’15 tried her best early in the second half to bring Yale back into the game, scoring the first seven points for the Elis.

However, Princeton built on its momentum and had its largest lead of the game with 9:30 remaining, 72–37. The Bulldogs held the Tigers to only one field goal in the final five minutes, but it was too late. Although Yale matched Princeton in the second half with each team scoring 37 points, the Tigers’ first-half surge proved to be too much for the Elis to overcome, leading to an 85–63 defeat.

Halejian had a game-high 18 points, becoming just the 19th player in Yale history to surpass 1,000 career points on the same night when Yale honored captain and guard Janna Graf ’14 for becoming the 18th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points. Graf accomplished the milestone against the University of Kansas on Dec. 29, 2013.

Although she had just 53 career points to name before tipoff, guard Whitney Wyckoff ’16 played like a salty veteran, netting a career-high 12 points for the Bulldogs.

The next night, the team celebrated the contributions of its four seniors, Zenab Keita ’14, Alexandra Osborn-Jones ’14, Amanda Tyson ’14 and Graf.

“I’d say it was a pretty surreal night,” Osborn-Jones said in an email. “The whole night, I was constantly thinking ‘This is the last time I’ll be able to do this here, in [Payne Whitney Gymnasium], in front of my friends and family,’ and it just makes you go harder each and every play. It made me realize just how much every game matters, and how you really have no reason but to play your heart out.”

Unfortunately, the Elis were unable to deliver one last home win for the class of 2014 against the Quakers. Both teams shot well from behind the arc, with the Bulldogs scoring at a 50 percent clip (8–16) from downtown and the Quakers posting a 63.2 percent mark (12–19) from long range. In addition to making four more 3-pointers, Penn also got separation on defense.

Penn’s nationally ranked defense did its job on Saturday night, holding Yale to 29.7 percent shooting from the field. The Quakers, on the other hand, shot 42.6 percent from the floor and outrebounded Yale 44–34.

The two teams traded leads in the opening minutes of the game. But once Penn went ahead 9–8 with 15:23 remaining in the first half, it did not relinquish its advantage. The Quakers extended their lead to double digits with 3:43 remaining in the opening half, 31–19, and Yale trailed 36–24 heading into the break.

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