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Campus weathers snow
The Cold War. Eisenhower
and Khrushchev had their moments, but how many New Haven winters have they lived through? In an operatic display of flurry and ice, students took to Cross Campus on Thursday for a snow ball fight of what must have been nuclear proportions given the fury of Winter Storm Pax. The snow wars were organized following a message forwarded around from student inbox to student inbox calling attendees to arms at 4 p.m. yesterday.
The rematch. The campus will
have a chance to relive national championship glory today at Ingalls Rink when Yale men’s hockey takes on Quinnipiac. Tickets for this particular game sold out within 48 hours when they first went on for sale back in September. “OK, so it might not be the same as Taylor Swift selling out Madison Square Garden in 60 seconds,” the New Haven Register commented. “But in the world of college athletics, it’s rare to exhaust an allotment of tickets so fast, particularly a hockey game still six months from puck drop.”
Remember this weather?
Calhoun College is hosting a reunion this weekend because there is nothing that will help alumni remember Yale more than trying to climb up Science Hill in a dozen inches of snow or sidewalks that resemble skating rinks. Remember why you left? A Frozen Heart. Yale Outdoors is giving students the chance to jump into a frozen lake today during their Valentine’s Day Polar Plunge. “Friends, Yalies, Polar Bears,” the message began. Although if you are alone on this special holiday… why not? The group will also be holding a sunrise hike offering “hot chocolate (and hot singles).” Endless Love. Briq is having
a special called “Extending the Love” and offering their Valentine’s Day Special, which includes a free glass of wine for each guest, to Saturday and Sunday as well. Great, now it can feel like Valentine’s Day forever…
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sors the option to cancel classes, some put in extra effort to ensure their classes would go as planned. English professor Alfred Guy, who teaches “Science Fiction,” told his class that he spent the night in a hotel in New Haven on Wednesday night because he was worried he would not be able to make his usual commute from New York City on Thursday morning. Still, some professors did cancel classes, citing the icy roads and
Within 24 hours of the News reporting alumni anger at the University’s lack of communication regarding a proposal to build a new pool for the school last week, University President Peter Salovey reached out to the group of alumni swimmers that spearheaded the proposal. The alumni had complained about what they perceived as a lack of responsiveness from Woodbridge Hall, saying they had not received an answer to various forms of communication, including a letter sent to Salovey in November. Three and a half years ago, a group of Yale swimming alumni came together in an effort to either renovate Yale’s natatorium or build a new facility. They talked extensively with the University and raised $20 million on their own to help pay for a facility located near the Yale Bowl. However, the University has decided that a downtown location would be the best fit to not only meet the needs of the Yale swimming and diving team, but also all members of the Yale community. Director of Athletics Tom Beckett said the University has decided the pool should remain in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, adding that the University has communicated this decision to both the swimming alumni group
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Ain’t no party like a political party. The Roosevelt Institute
is throwing a shindig this weekend titled Boozevelt. According to the even description, when President Roosevelt signed the CullenHarrison Act in 1933, allowing the production and sale of beer and wine after years of Prohibition, he remarked “I think this would be a good time for a beer.” Evidently, the event will feature a variation on pong that requires teams to sign up to “represent your favorite policy area!”
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Winter Storm Pax left the campus picturesquely but inconveniently blanketed in heavy snow. BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS AND POOJA SALHOTRA STAFF REPORTERS Natalia Dashan ’16 spent the snow-covered Thursday morning checking her email every five minutes to see if her afternoon exam would be cancelled. But the midterm, for her large psychology lecture “The Human Brain,” was not. A slew of faculty and staff were unable to make their way to campus because of the winter storm
that pummeled much of the East Coast on Thursday. But though the city declared a snow emergency and many professors cancelled individual classes, most Yale courses carried on. “I almost died four times,” said Edwina Kisanga ’16, who was disappointed that her classes were not cancelled. “It’s slippery and it’s dangerous to be walking, and I feel like more attention should be paid to that because we shouldn’t have to put ourselves at risk.” Although Yale gave profes-
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BY YUVAL BEN-DAVID AND MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS STAFF REPORTERS To begin an overhaul of faculty governance at Yale, administrators are first looking elsewhere. In a couple of weeks, Deputy Provost Tamar Gendler will travel to Stanford University to discuss the most significant change in faculty governance at Yale in a generation. Gendler’s trip is part of a broader administrative push to redraw the organizational flowchart at Yale. The search for a new governance model was prompted by the imminent expansion of Yale College, which will strain the already-overloaded responsibilities of the Yale College dean. A January faculty committee report also pointed to a lack of strategic vision and centralization in Yale College and the Graduate School, with the provost overseeing dual budgets for FAS and the University.
It’s good that the faculty looked at other universities. JOHN BOYER College Dean, University of Chicago The committee report proposed four distinct models for a renovation of Yale’s faculty governance. Though the committee prefers a model that would introduce a dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to report to the provost, administrators have conceded that all four models remain possible. While Yale examines other schools’ models, administrators at both Yale and its peers emphasized that ultimately — as faculty, administrators and the Yale Corporation consider potential changes — the UniSEE DEANS PAGE 6
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A Brooks Brothers employee has confirmed discussion of bringing the store to the currently empty One Broadway Ave. BY POOJA SALHOTRA STAFF REPORTER Nine months after Au Bon Pain left its spot on One Broadway Avenue, the location has remained empty, but an employee at Brooks Brothers confirmed that the University has discussed bringing the clothing store to the coveted Broadway location. Rumors have circulated that Yale is leasing the space to Brooks Brothers — a high-end clothing store headquartered in Manhattan, N.Y. Barbara McGovern who works for the Brooks Brothers’ real estate department confirmed that negotiations with University Proper-
ties are “still on the table,” but she said the company could not comment further about the negotiations with Yale. University Properties said they are still searching for an ideal tenant and have shown the location to multiple interested businesses. Assistant Director for New Haven and State Affairs Lauren Zucker said in an email that finding a business that will be a good fit for the location can take a long time. “We have had numerous showings of the One Broadway space and are looking for a tenant who will complement our existing retail offerings and continue to add to
the overall mix,” Zucker said. “This can be a time-consuming process and of course, we are limited by the size of the space and what retailers would work within those parameters.” She added that University Properties has created a successful retail environment by leaving spaces vacant until a quality tenant arrives. Last May, University Properties unexpectedly chose not to renew ABP’s lease, forcing the popular bakery at 1 Broadway to shut down after serving students and residents for nearly a decade. In SEE BROADWAY PAGE 4
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here are certain words that stay with people for a long time. “Congratulations! It is our great pleasure to inform you that you have been selected for admission to Yale University with a QuestBridge College Match scholarship.” These words, written on a purple backdrop that is Yahoo! Mail interface, have been permanently carved into the inside surface of my memories. On Dec. 1, 2011, I was offered a full-ride to Yale University as a Questbridge National College Match Finalist. Questbridge is a nonprofit organization dedicated to recruiting high-achieving, lowincome students to the top universities in the nation. It provides thousands of high school students with a chance to apply to 35 partner colleges — Yale, UChicago, MIT, Stanford, Williams, just to name a few — free of charge. Being admitted through Questbridge ensures a generous financial aid package.
LOW-INCOME STUDENTS FACE MANY CHALLENGES Recently, President Salovey stated that Yale is set on increasing the number of incoming Quest Scholars per year from 40-50 to 75-80. It may appear that I, a beneficiary of the program, would automatically approve of the statement. But I’d urge Salovey to take a look at the individual Quest Scholar experience as well. According to an analysis of 2013 Quest Scholars, the typical Questie, as they’re affectionately called, has a household income below $65,000. Of the 2013 College Match Finalists, 78 percent are first-generation college students. Yale’s goal of recruiting more Questbridge students means recruiting more low-income students — and especially more low-income first-generation students. This also means, unfortunately, subjecting more individuals to the experiences of being a low-income or firstgeneration student at Yale. The challenges associated with being a first-generation college student are not new. From the News’ article, “Easing the Transition to Yale,” we know first-generation students struggle with cultural and academic gaps between Yale and their upbringing. Hayley Byrnes’ more recent article in the News, “The Road Less
Traveled,” details more of the struggles unique to this demographic. With the inaugural Freshman Scholars at Yale program this past summer, the University has begun to address the gap disadvantaged students face. But this program is mainly focused on academics, not other aspects of the experience such as the financial concerns of a low-income student. People from non-affluent backgrounds generally have more pressing monetary concerns than those from affluent backgrounds. To some Questies I know, it is of primary importance to work: Not only does it pay off the work-study portion of their scholarship, but it also a means to support a home that needs as much financial help as possible. Culturally, students from low-income households will enter a college culture that’s overtly tight-lipped on the issue of class. The reason “We Don’t Talk About It” stems from the reality that household incomes of the student body can be distributed on a logarithmic basis. Dinner table discussions about economic backgrounds usually devolve into excessive sympathy — but not empathy. The probability of hearing “I feel so bad now” or “I’m sorry about your situation” whenever I mention my low socioeconomic status (which occurs perhaps once a semester) is dramatically close to 1. As I detail my experience as a Quest Scholar, I feel that I’m echoing a letter that is addressed to all Questbridge applicants. In his letter, Michael McCullough, the president and co-founder of the organization, perfectly predicts the cultural gap present in our student body. Elite institutions, he explains, do not have advising systems tailored to low-income students. But he urges Quest Scholars not to let it get to them. Indeed, there is no reason to feel sorry for us. We might not have a privileged background, but all of us currently possess an unimaginable privilege: Attending an institution that 99.99 percent of the world cannot ever hope to be admitted into. Unfortunately, I am not heeding his words. Not only do others feel sorry for me, but I too am beginning to feel sorry for myself. I sometimes feel that I’m simply a statistic that increases Yale’s image as a diverse school, a student recruited specially for his disadvantaged background instead of his actual ability. ADRIAN GUTIERREZ is a sophomore in Trumbull College. Contact him at adrian.gutierrez@yale.edu .
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alentine’s Day is an annual reminder of a few things. One: Edible Arrangements are the perfect synthesis of form and function. Two: Winter wreaks havoc on my body — hot chocolate and hibernation are not the best combination. Three, and perhaps most important: It’s not about love — it’s all about the money. I mean, you’ve definitely heard at least one conversation crusading against the consumerism and commercialization of Valentine’s Day. Your trip to the Walgreen’s pharmacy counter brought you into contact with a sea of red and pink and chocolate — what I think can most accurately be called “single shaming.” Everyone hates Valentine’s Day because the only “love” going on is material in nature. This finding, I think, is ripe for extrapolation. Now, if a holiday emblematic of “love” has literally nothing to do with it, then neither should anything else. Leave real romance — the Monica/Chandler or Elizabeth/Mr. Darcy kind — to the nineties and Jane Austen. Maybe our collective misery stems from spending too much time looking for that special someone, when we’re basing “special” on the wrong premise. If we apply this theory to the sacrosanct institution of mar-
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riage, we come to a shocking conclusion. That’s right: Everyone should just marry rich. As the wise songstress Lana del Rey once said, “Money is the anthem of success.” Unfortunately I’m not interested in anything financially lucrative. What if I want to go into public interest law or the nonprofit sector — who will fund me? Who will put me through graduate school? My current lifestyle has me completely accustomed to study breaks of Caseus cheese platters and that’s not a habit I plan on retiring post-graduation. Furthermore, I made this informal agreement where my parents would fund undergrad, and I would pay for anything extra. So my situation is the direst, to say the least.
SATIRE: THE REAL MEANING OF VALENTINE'S DAY I’m a student in the Ivy League, so every decision I make is obviously calculated based on what I learned in AP Micro. This carries over to even the most mundane decisions — slice of pizza now, or hot Myrtle pic later? Let me get back to
On the need for queer-only spaces In the News’ recent column (“Such inclusivity, much wow,” Feb. 10), the author critiqued a poster created by the LGBTQ Peer Liaisons, claiming its message was exclusionary toward heterosexuals. Our society is flooded with straight voices offering their thoughts on queer relationships like mine. Many of them mean well, but none of them have the visceral, internal experience of living as anything other than a cisgender heterosexual. As a result, they often get things wrong. There is a time for explaining — often repeatedly — why they are mistaken and how they fail to understand what it feels like to live as, say, a trans bisexual in contemporary American society. But these conversations are exhausting and usually become irritating very quickly. This is why we need spaces that are queer-only. We need spaces in which we can be ourselves and talk about the issues that intimately affect our lives with people who share similar lived experiences. Such spaces offer critically important respites from a society that still tries to invalidate our existence at almost every turn. That’s why I get so angry when these spaces are criticized for excluding heterosexual individuals. We already live in a society dominated by straight voices;
you after some number crunching and cost-benefit analysis. It seems to me, though, that marrying rich is the rational option. Sure, there are some benefits to marrying someone I love, but the opportunity cost of doing something that risky is just too great. This is Economics 115, people. It's basic. This is also an equal rights issue. If women make less pay for equal work, what’s so bad about doing no work and just living off of Mr. Right? Yale doesn’t have the best MRS program in the country, but with our new president and an incoming new dean, I’d imagine they’re considering expanding it. I’m sure “leaning in” is an effective way to change the system, but you can also reap benefits if you exploit the system. That mom from Princeton Susan Patton was on to something: never again will we be in a school of so many eligible fish, so we better make the most of it. I might as well hold interviews for my prospective spouse at UCS — I’m banking on an investment banker. The News’ opinion section would not be itself if I didn’t mention something about being gay. Since my Facebook friends changed their profile pictures to equal signs, I can now legally marry another dude, and that’s great. I’m pretty sure there’s no requirement that I have to love
him though — right? If I can get all of the wonderful things that come with the right to marry like tax breaks and visitation rights, then I should be able to take advantage of all the negative aspects, too. Like marrying for money. It might seem like there would be a power imbalance in an entirely finance-based relationship. But that dynamic wouldn’t just be a one-way street. I could tell my prospective mate some fun anecdotes on what it was like to go to a public school (I'm so worldly), and he could describe to me the blazer, tie and khaki combination everyone in his class wore as they smoked cigars at graduation. He could tell me about that awkward deb ball moment he had that one time, and I could tell him how my cafeteria was decorated for junior prom. Our conversations would be varied, but they would be endless — it’d keep things interesting. Today, don’t wallow in your singleness because you can’t find your one true love — you’re not looking hard enough. This Valentine’s Day, I’m not looking for love. I’m just looking for whoever can buy me the largest Edible Arrangement.
is it so much to ask for one hour in which we can turn to each other and tell our own stories in our own words?
to emphasize YIRA’s outstanding contributions over the years and the hard work undertaken by its members, which has continued to educate young people on the work of the United Nations and the complex world we live in. In reflecting on recent news about the organization, the important thing is to maintain the bigger picture with respect for YIRA’s members and all they have dedicated to their work. I also run a non-profit organization that I started when I was the Executive Director of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) when it was headquartered at Yale, called the Friends of ACUNS. As its treasurer, I must make annual reports to the Internal Revenue Service according to its 501(c)3 status. Therefore, I also understand that YIRA must keep its non-profit records in good order and protect the appropriate use of its status. I encourage everyone to find a mutually respectful solution to the issue, and retain an understanding of the good work and good reputation of YIRA and its members.
NICK BASKIN Feb. 10 The author is a senior in Ezra Stiles College.
On the Yale International Relations Association
I would like to respond to issues raised in a recent article in the News ("YIRA email sparks controversy," Feb. 12) regarding the Yale International Relations Association (YIRA), an organization I have been involved with as an adviser for 18 years while I have been teaching at Yale, due to our mutual interest in the United Nations and support for Model UN. YIRA has been an outstanding organization at Yale for decades, organizing two Model UN conferences every year, and hosting many events on important issues in international relations. I want
AUSTIN BRYNIARSKI is a sophomore in Calhoun College. Contact him at austin.bryniarski@yale.edu .
JEAN KRASNO Feb. 10 The author is a lecturer and associate research scientist at Yale.
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HARPER LEE “The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”
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he bacchanalia of freely flowing food and wine that some students associate with Shabbat dinner at Chabad is an exaggeration, but not a complete fiction. I have friends who use the shiny new Chabad mansion as a pregame location or even an endgame, coming to dinner with the expectation of not remembering it the next day. Although Chabad may be uniquely festive in certain ways, for me the house functions similarly to other Jewish venues on campus — as a place to come together with friends in a realm apart from our stereotypically busy school lives, where there is just enough pressure from religious observance to keep phones out of hands and minds in the present. While the Chabad-Lubavitch approach to Judaism is different from my own Conservative background, many of the central tenets are the same: community, education, tradition. The Hebrew acronym composing Chabad’s name references “wisdom, understanding and knowledge.” And my Shabbat dinners at 36 Lynwood do indeed serve as forums for
lively discussion on any number of topics. But although Chabad, as well as Slifka, provides the raw materials for rich conversation on matters both religious and secular, in both locations the route to wisdom is a bit obscured by food and fun.
LOOK TO MEOR FOR AN ALTERNATE JEWISH EXPERIENCE But there’s one Jewish group often excluded from campus discourse: Meor. My true Jewish affiliation at Yale lies with this smaller, lesserknown group. Meor is an organization for Jewish learning on college campuses across the United States, with the mission of exploring the “whys” of Judaism; it seeks to illuminate the relevance of Jewish philosophy for modern life. The Yale branch of Meor holds a weekly dis-
cussion group called the Vaad which addresses topics like inner calm and patience — topics that have concrete and practical relevance to existence at Yale and beyond. I have been involved with Meor since my freshman year and was lucky enough to go on last summer’s trip to Israel, a fiveday whirlwind of hiking, rappelling, and cliff jumping, infused throughout with Jewish philosophy. Meor, for me, solves the Goldilocks problem of Judaism on campus. Slifka does hold many educational programs and is my go-to location for Shabbat services and dinner, but I find it a bit too big and the range of program topics a bit too wide. Chabad’s degree of orthodoxy makes it somewhat inaccessible for me. The Vaad provides a cohesive, intimate and beginner-friendly exploration of how Judaism can offer a route to being a better human. With the opening of its new building, Chabad may indeed be expanding this year, and I fully support the growth of various avenues for Jewish practice and education. But for those
who are intrigued by the idea of practical Jewish wisdom, Meor may be a better bet. The rituals within Judaism — like prayer, bar mitzvahs and kosher food — are only one component of what it means to live a Jewish life. Until the Vaad, I had no idea that Judaism has something to say about the little dilemmas we face daily. Jewish study offers wisdom for that moment when you really just want to finish that reading response and go to bed but your suitemate just came home and needs five minutes of attentive presence from you. Judaism can tell you not merely what traits a good person should have but what small, achievable steps you can take to acquire those traits. To me, that is the aspect of Judaism that needs to grow, at Yale and in the world at large: the parts that perpetuate not just ritual and bloodline, but stability and inner growth. REBA WATSKY is a senior in Branford College. Contact her at rebecca.watsky@yale.edu .
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ne afternoon last year, I accused one of my suitemates of leaving no time for anything spontaneous. His rebuttal was prompt. “Tao, you don’t understand. You have to plan spontaneity.” When it comes to young life philosophies, my friend Sam and I register on opposite ends of an amorphous spectrum. I see college as a time to explore, he sees it as a place to build his resume; I value spontaneity and uncertainty, he values security and stability. Sam’s whole concept of “planning spontaneity” was disheartening (and oxymoronic at the very least), but it was also unsurprising. During my time at Yale, I’ve felt frustrated by most of my friends’ inability to do anything on a whim, because everyone is almost always hurrying off to something Very Important, generally a Meeting. Students’ G-Cals are like two-dimensional LEGO fortresses, colorful protection against the menace of passing whims and fancies. Risking the tribulations of being a troglodyte, I early on dismantled my own G-Cal walls and decided to fill my days with only as many things as I could successfully remember. Around the same time last year, another one of my friends told me that he couldn’t wait for senior year, because he would no longer have all his extracurricular commitments and would finally spend some real quality time with friends. It was a mildly depressing statement, suggesting that dedicating time to friends had been demoted to a secondary pri-
ority for three of his four years at Yale. It felt to me like he had been socializing with o rga n i za t i o n s rather than people, groups rather TAO TAO than individuals, and I didn’t really HOLMES grasp the concept of compressing Taoisms everything meaningful into one quarter the time available. Both of these friends have been part of a broader, more insidious culture of postponement — postponement of spontaneity and postponement of people. Yalies often talk about their individual obligations as though they are ensnared against their will, but college is a period when we have more control over our schedules and how we spend our time than we have ever had and possibly will ever have again. Yalies talk about how they don’t have time for all the things they want to do, but wait to squeeze them in right before the end of senior year. Bucket lists are a dicey concept, because they buy straight into this culture of postponement — postponing your first visit to the Harkness bells, trip to the Yale Farm or hike up East Rock. Postponing until there is no time left to postpone. Over the past few years, when adults outside of Yale have asked me how things are going at college, I’ve told them that it’s super busy. Oftentimes, they’ve expressed surprise —
reminiscing on their college days of idle afternoons with friends and lastminute weekend road trips. They ask: “But isn’t the point of college not to be busy? Trust me, you’ll get plenty of that once you’re out.”
SCHEDULED ADVENTURES ARE BETTER THAN NO ADVENTURES AT ALL Perhaps these adults are looking back through a tinted lens, remembering only the things that have remained worth remembering. And busy isn’t unequivocally bad in any way — Yalies are busy because they do some truly laudable stuff, such as write and perform plays, host conferences, publish magazines, volunteer in New Haven. Busy is only bad when it comes at the expense of reflection, relationships and room for the unexpected. Busy for the sake of being busy is spontaneity’s archnemesis. The other week, I received an email from a close friend of mine in the junior class with the subject line: “Adventure is out there!!!” I clicked and kept reading. “We realized that there is an unsatisfactory amount of adventure in our lives and that this is a sad fact because we live in a beautiful place
with exciting people!” The email promised interested recipients one small adventure each week (“on Yale’s campus, in apartments, grocery stores, to natural landmarks, in people’s back yards and in the ocean, in clothes, without clothes, with food, candy and with bourbon”) and was followed by a bevy of energetic reply-alls. The cynic in me doubted whether any of this ostentatious enthusiasm would manifest itself in actual adventure attendance (would anyone find time for the impromptu?), but my inner explorer was also relieved to see sophomores and juniors eager to imbue their time at Yale with a healthy dose of spontaneity, even if it had to be slightly planned. For those who actively choose not to postpone adventure till senior year, bucket lists will nearly always be irrelevant. Visit the carilloneurs today; take a peek around the Beinecke archives tomorrow; sit down tonight with that one friend you love but never see and lose track of your phones for a few hours. I don’t particularly like the idea of planning spontaneity, but better to plan it than postpone it, or rule it out altogether. The longer you wait, the farther in advance you will have to prearrange all your impromptu adventures — and at that point, you run the risk of indefinite postponement. TAOTAO HOLMES is a senior in Branford College. Her columns run on alternate Fridays. Contact her at taotao.holmes@yale.edu .
hen I saw the plywood boards go up on the façade of One Broadway (formerly Au Bon Pain) in the early Fall, I hoped — in vain, it turned out — that Yale Properties was taking measures to protect the structure during renovations. Instead, the building has been altered by a feeble cover-up job and currently sits empty. I have no love lost for Au Bon Pain. I guess I never formed an attachment to the place. What I miss, however, is the original design of the storefront, which had been in place since 1943. The design’s elegance came from its simplicity. Situated at Broadway’s oblique intersection with York Street, the building’s unadorned and curving façade deftly rounded the corner. A thin green racing stripe, punctuated by short vertical hash marks, was its only embellishment. At eye-level, relief pilasters accented the building’s presence on the street and a curved glass foyer drew in passersby. One Broadway was a rare example in New Haven of the “Streamline Moderne” — a late type of art deco architecture that emerged in the 1930s — and a perfect fit for the building’s strategic position. What’s wrong with the new façade? Too much brick, for one thing. A graceless 1920s garage might have inspired the design. The haphazard placement of its desultory uprights and the building’s uneven roofline create an awkward rhythm on the street that makes for an ungainly treatment of the corner. In short, One Broadway has lost its flow. Do old buildings need to be modernized in order to stave off physical obsolescence? Absolutely. Like other parts of Yale’s physical plant, investment in the maintenance of retail properties should be applauded. The question is how to balance rehabilitation with continuity. One factor that positively contributes to the character of a place is a perceivable sense of diversity and evolution over time. Architectural heterogeneity — differences in scale, form, materials and signage — is one indication of the work of time on a commercial street and relates, as well, to its range of enterprises and activities. When a serviceable older storefront is sacrificed (when it might have been restored), some of that valuable and appealing urban patina is scoured away. Over the course of the 1990s, Yale initiated a strategic effort to acquire and redevelop properties on Broadway and to refurbish its streetscape. The signature project, erected in 2001, was a large structure at 29 – 45 Broadway that took the place of several smaller buildings. Yale instructed architects to design three separate façades for the large steel-framed skeleton. One of the façades, Urban Outfitters, was rendered in a “modern” style, while the other two, the shoe store and J. Crew, were dressed in throwback styles of Italianate Neoclassical. It was a crafty move that broke down the building’s monumental scale, on the one hand, and endowed that stretch with a superficial sense of development over time. It is difficult to invent the aura of a place that has accrued over a long period of time. My architectural critique is partly fueled by a sense of nostalgia for the businesses and proprietors of the Broadway district that have fled the scene. It is, for me, a personal ghost town populated by places like the Daily Café, the Yankee Doodle, Cutler’s Record Shop, Quality Wine, the Yale Co-op, Labyrinth Books and Whitlock’s Typewriter Repair Shop, among others — a few of which never overlapped in real time. Some of you will share these references; those that have known New Haven longer will recall a different array of people and places, and perhaps not always fondly. Nostalgia does not pay the bills, however, and there will always be turnover in healthy retail districts. Each generation forms its own attachments. One day, undoubtedly, a group of Yale alumni will conjure memories of good times at “ABP.” Ultimately, buildings are most important for the establishments they house. Observers should take heed, therefore, when a single institution starts to make most of the decisions about the makeup of a retail district. What can Yale do? Most importantly, Yale Properties can attract a tenant that will provide a useful service to students, faculty, staff and the community at large. One Broadway had been occupied for many years by a Liggett’s drug store (with very active signage). We can hope that something just as useful and interesting will take its place on Broadway. On the other hand, Yale should resist installing another apparel store. Enough is enough. There are advantages — for retailers and shoppers alike — to cultivating an agglomeration district of like enterprises. This does not apply, however, to a compact district like Broadway. The current imbalance toward clothiers on Broadway is unnecessary and, frankly, strange; the effect is the surreal and unpleasant sensation of walking through a stage-set outlet mall. ELIHU RUBIN is the assistant professor of Architecture, Urbanism and American Studies and the co-director of the documentary film “On Broadway: A New Haven Streetscape.” Contact him at elihu.rubin@yale.edu .
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“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.” WILL DURANT AMERICAN WRITER
Admins address alumni pool proposal
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Although the Kuputh Pool is outdated, the University has not responded to alumni fundraising plans for a new pool, because it believe that a natatorium located near the Yale Bowl would be inconvenient for swimmers. SWIMMING POOL FROM PAGE 1 and the Yale Swimming and Diving Association. The University believes that a natatorium located near the Yale Bowl would be difficult for other members of the Yale community to access and use on a regular basis, he said. Swimming alumni and member of the Alumni Group Tim Garton ’64 echoed Beckett’s reasoning, adding that a new alumni-funded interim facility near the Yale Bowl
would exacerbate the total maintenance costs Yale would have to pay. Garton first came to the News last week ago to criticize the University’s lack of communication with the Alumni Group — a group of about 150 former swimmers who raised the $20 million needed to build a new pool. Garton said the University administration has been proactive in reaching out to the alumni group over the past week. Salovey has already requested a meeting with the leaders of the pool replacement proj-
ect during which he will explain the reasoning behind its rejection of the alumni’s initial proposal to build a pool near the Yale Bowl. While communication with Salovey’s office had been sporadic, Beckett asserted that communication with the Alumni Group and the athletic department has remained consistent. “The communication has been regular and candid between the University and the Alumni Swimming Group over the past few years while working on this proj-
ect,” Beckett said. “There have been differences of opinions along the way, but there has always been the attempt to keep talking. That remains the case.” Eight alumni interviewed — all of whom have no relations to the alumni group lobbying for the new pool — were skeptical of the claims that the swimming alumni had made. Stephen Blum ’74, the strategic director of the Association of Yale Alumni, said the proposal for the new pool was a complex issue
Brooks Brothers possible tenant BROADWAY FROM PAGE 1 a statement released last May, University Properties said that Yale decided not to renew the lease in order to make “necessary upgrades” to the Broadway location. Since then, Maison Mathis, a locally-owned Belgian bakery, has opened as an alternative to ABP, but the prime spot at the corner of Broadway and York Streets remains vacant. Although some residents agree Yale has successfully improved the environment of Broadway and Chapel Streets, others feel that the University is alienating the community by bringing in only expensive businesses. “The area is going from some-
thing that belongs to everyone in the city to something that belongs only to the people who can afford it,” said James DossGollin ’15, who grew up in New Haven. “Yale is trying to make sure that only certain people are in Yale’s vicinity.” Doss-Gollin explained that only leasing to high-end stores like Brooks Brothers makes some New Haven residents feel unwelcome. He said he would like to see an affordable clothing store, like Old Navy, or a drug store replace ABP. Many students think that the current mix of stores on Broadway and Chapel is too expensive for a student budget and that the University should consider adding more affordable clothing stores to its collection.
In a News story published earlier this month, only 18 of 40 students interviewed had ever shopped in stores at Universityowned properties, and several cited the high prices as deterrent.
Yale does pick businesses that can promote a certain image. PATRICK HARRIS Manager, GANT Zucker said the University considers students’ opinions before making decisions about tenants — University Properties
surveys students to gather feedback and learn about what types of businesses would appeal to them. But because students are gone for five months of the year, Zucker said, tenants must appeal to a broader audience in order to survive. Still, some think that the University tends to pick a certain type of tenant. “Yale does picks businesses that can promote a certain image,” said Patrick Harris, manager of GANT Campus Store. University Properties was established in 1996 as part of Yale’s Office of New Haven and State Affairs and has over 85 retail tenants in its portfolio. Contact POOJA SALHOTRA at pooja.salhotra@yale.edu .
that would invariably make some alumni unhappy. A member of the Yale Sports Federation — a relatively new group of alumni that lobbies on behalf of Yale Athletics — Blum said Beckett had done an outstanding job of communicating with concerned leaders of the YSF in prior meetings. “Occasionally alumni get upset about programs that don’t go their way, but I can tell you the University bends over backwards to accommodate the needs and desires of the alumni,” said Mark
Dollhopf, executive director of AYA. “I think any claim that the University is ignoring or mistreating the alumni is most likely to be absolutely false.” Estimated costs of a new natatorium adjacent to Payne Whitney Gym are in the $45-$60 million range, according to the Alumni Group. Contact ASHTON WACKYM at ashton.wackym@yale.edu and RISHABH BHANDARI at rishabh.bhandari@yale.edu .
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“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” PABLO PICASSO SPANISH PAINTER
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UCS expands artsrelated initiatives BY ERIC XIAO STAFF REPORTER
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Yale Dining recently implemented a new self-swipe system due to safety, sanitation and pragmatic concerns. BY LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTER Yale Dining is putting swiping power in students’ hands. Under the new system, students are encouraged to swipe their IDs through the card reader themselves, rather than handing their IDs to the desk attendants, as was the procedure previously. Director of Residential Dining Cathy Van Dyke SOM ’86 said the self-swiping system evolved from a sideswipe system that was implemented due to a combination of safety, sanitation and pragmatic concerns. Although individual dining halls have incorporated the new technology to different degrees, Van Dyke said the ultimate goal is to have the self-swipe support, rather than replace, the current role of desk attendants. Repeatedly swiping IDs can cause physical stress and potentially lead to such side effects as carpal tunnel syndrome, Van Dyke said, adding that Yale Dining has worked with Yale Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) to create the new system. “[Swiping] once is not a big deal,” she said. “But do it for 800 people at breakfast and 1000 at lunch … now you have someone reaching up and swiping down [hundreds of] times.” Van Dyke said her team and EHS relied upon ergonomics — the science of designing equipment for optimal productivity and comfort — to conclude that the current practice could be improved by introducing a side-swipe system, which later became the selfswipe system. The first small terminal was placed in Commons this fall due to an attendant’s history of back problems, and the self-swipe system emerged from this new technology following a trial in Pierson College, she said.
Van Dyke noted, however, that the new terminals do not have to be used exclusively for self-swiping, rather the original intent was simply to encourage a side-swiping motion rather than the previous up-down motion. The constant up-down motion is similar to factory work and can hurt one’s wrist, student dining hall manager Dennis Tran ’16 said. While self-swiping can be a marginal inconvenience for students, avoiding the risk of injury for the worker is more important, he said. In some dining halls, written directions accompany the card readers to facilitate the new system. However, attendants will remain behind the desk to ensure the process runs smoothly and to handle Eli Bucks and alternate modes of payment, which cannot be run through the system, Van Dyke said. “It is an aid to the desk attendant, absolutely not a replacement,” she said. Though most students interviewed were positive about the new system, some expressed various concerns. Sarika Pandrangi ’17 said she worried that the change could eventually render dining hall workers’ jobs obsolete, not unlike tollbooth operators or ATM tellers. She added that she feels that the dining hall workers in her residential college get annoyed when students swipe themselves, even if it is a more efficient alternative. Student dining hall manager Joyce Shi ’15 said a potential problem with the new system is that students may avoid self-swiping as they enter the dining hall, particularly during lunch time when they can then use their swipe at Durfee’s. Still, she added that the self-swipe system in Davenport College has worked well for breakfast where there is little incentive
to avoid swiping. Van Dyke said data from Pierson College has shown that, rather than swiping less frequently, students have swiped more frequently under the new system. In addition, the new system makes it unnecessary for students to leave their IDs on the counter during breakfast hours when the attendant is away from the desk, Van Dyke said. Rather than leaving their IDs or simply not swiping, students can now use the card reader themselves, she said. A final benefit Van Dyke noted was the prevention of germ transmission. Since one attendant often handles hundreds of IDs in a meal, allowing students to swipe their own card is more sanitary for food service, she said. Still, one dining hall manager, who spoke on the condition on anonymity because he is prevented from speaking to the press under his contract, said the new system is inefficient because the desk attendants still need to be paid. The manager added that the system is also flawed because, if someone swipes too quickly or too slowly, the card reader does not register the ID. Ryan Chan ’15 said that while it took him some time to get used to the new procedure, he thinks that students will eventually become more comfortable with practice. Van Dyke said that the new procedure is still in the pilot stage, and Yale Dining will continue to consider ways in which selfswipe can be improved. With over 23 residential and retail dining operations on campus, Yale Dining is responsible for serving over 14,000 meals per day. Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .
Faculty, administrators and students are working to make the Yale Undergraduate Career Services Center a more reliable resource for aspiring artists. UCS has decided to create a new section of its general website, targeting students interested in pursuing the arts during and after their time at Yale. Yale College Dean of the Arts Susan Cahan said that the new site, which will replace the current “Arts” section, will contain an easily accessible database listing opportunities and guides for students entering arts-related fields. UCS Associate Director Katie Volz, who specializes in arts-related careers and resources, said she has been gathering information for the database from students, faculty and alumni for the past several months. Cahan explained that the new section aims to better serve the needs of arts-oriented students — needs she said are not being fully met by the current website. “The competitiveness in the arts and the informality with which opportunities are created make this process significantly different for students in the arts than for students in other fields,” Cahan said. Cahan explained that most of the opportunities students find out about through conversations with faculty members are currently not available in the form of a central database. Theater Studies DUS Dominika Laster said students also share such information with each other by word of mouth, adding she thinks a formal database would be helpful for students. The online database will formally list opportunities in the arts as well as offer guidance on how students should be preparing for their professional lives as undergraduates. She said the new online guides will recommend on the types of extracurricular activities and summer programs students should pursue in each year of their college careers. Dancer and choreographer Michael Apuzzo ’06, who is working with Cahan and UCS to develop the database, said that as an undergraduate, he did not receive much formal support from UCS when preparing for a career as a professional performer. Apuzzo added that he hopes the new database will also provide resources on practical topics such as writing resumes and contacting photographers to take professional headshots. Several students and faculty members emphasized that the differences between arts-related disciplines and other fields create unique challenges for constructing an online resource database. Cahan noted that many types of arts internships and careers that students wish to pursue do not exist as formal opportunities and must be created. She explained that if a student wishes to work as a
visual artist’s studio assistant over the summer, the student and his or her adviser must personally reach out to artists and ask if they would be interested in having an assistant instead of attending a recruiting event or visiting a company’s website. Mark Sonnenblick ’12, who writes theater pieces and performs with a rock band, said that because many artists are freelancers in their field, creating work considered successful is different from “getting a job.” He added that it is reasonable to expect UCS to focus on helping students seek positions that are already established. “If I wanted to apply for a training program or apprenticeship, I would have gone to [UCS],” he noted. “But you can’t apply to get a show on Broadway.” Cahan added that another challenge in the process of improving arts career services is staging productions that feature Yale undergraduates performing alongside professionals in the performing arts industry. She explained that working closely with professionals, especially Yale alumni, offers undergraduates a way to build a strong network of contacts, which is particularly important for aspiring artists. “Shows like ‘My Fair Lady’ and ‘Kiss Me Kate’ — those projects are also career development opportunities that are far more impactful than standard career services,” Cahan noted. “But projects like these require a large amount of logistical planning and technical expertise.” Four faculty members said that while they support the idea of a permanent online resource database, they believet professors and administrators should inform their students of opportunities in the arts through other means as well. Theater studies professor Deb Margolin said she encourages professors to periodically announce information about such opportunities to their students during class. English professor Fred Strebeigh ’74 said he believes information about opportunities should be categorized based on discipline and sent out as emails to students. Theater studies and music professor Dan Egan GRD ’84 added that he thinks an online database would not be able to replace the personalized guidance that faculty members offer their students. He said he believes that students are capable of finding opportunities in the arts and applying for them, but may not know which option they should choose. “Students are responsible for doing the research on these programs,” Egan said. “I am responsible for telling them which program best suits their interests.” The current Arts section of the UCS website is divided into eight disciplines. Contact ERIC XIAO at eric.xiao@yale.edu .
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The new section of the UCS website will be specifically targeted towards students in the arts looking for employment and other opportunities.
Elicker to head Land Trust BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER Three months after coming roughly 2,000 votes short of securing the job of New Haven mayor, former Ward 10 Alder Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 was named the part-time executive director of the New Haven Land Trust. Elicker, a two-term alder whose good-government campaign promised political renewal for the city, will take the helm of the land conservation and environmental nonprofit starting Feb. 24. He said his new role does not signal a retreat from politics but an effort to make a specific and dedicated contribution to New Haven. “It was important for me to be involved with an organization that is interested in growing and expanding its impact,” said Elicker, who has also worked as an environmental consultant and in 2010 coordinated the Community Carbon Fund project under the Yale Office of Sustainability. Elicker is also teaching a course at Southern Connecticut State University this semester on education and school reform. Elicker was first elected to the Board of Alders in 2009. He served
constituents in East Rock, Cedar Hill, and slices of Newhallville and Fair Haven for four years before making a bid for the mayor’s office last fall. He was the first candidate to formally declare his intention to run and the only one to do so before former Mayor John DeStefano Jr. publicized his plans to step down. Elicker ended up capturing 9,416 votes — or 45.34 percent — falling in a two-way contest to Mayor Toni Harp. J.R. Logan, chairman of the Land Trust’s Board of Directors, said Elicker’s mayoral campaign last fall distinguished him among a pool of 53 contenders for the Executive Director position. He praised Elicker’s charisma and said he has a proven ability to bring people together. The Board’s vote to offer Elicker the job was unanimous, Logan said. Elicker will replace interim director Catherine Bradshaw. Running for mayor made him a more attractive candidate to lead the Land Trust. But when asked if the Land Trust is a stepping-stone to another bid to lead the city in 2015, Elicker kept mum about his political ambitions. “We’ll see,” Elicker said. “I want to focus on the projects that I’m working on now. But I don’t want
to say that I won’t be involved politically. I don’t want to close that door.” Indeed, Elicker has not shied away from political events. He attended the inaugural public meeting of the breakaway People’s Caucus on the Board of Alders at the end of January and then showed up to his old stomping grounds at the Board’s chambers at City Hall to watch Harp deliver her state of the city address at the beginning of February. Elicker said he hopes to “help support the efforts of other people who are involved in positive change in politics.” He declined to give further details. Michael Pinto, an organizer for Elicker’s mayoral campaign, said the job is fitting for the former candidate because it takes advantage of his expertise in environmental and sustainability issues. The Land Trust manages 80 acres of public land and oversees 50 community vegetable gardens in neighborhoods across the city. Elicker will also direct the organization’s volunteer programs and said he hopes to involve more youth in conservation and community building efforts. According to Pinto, the job squares with Elicker’s skills — and
his political profile. “It’s a good job for him, keeping him in the public eye to some degree but doing good work on a day-to-day basis,” Pinto said. “The Land Trust is the type of job that keeps you involved in the political process without being an elected official.” Drew Morrison ’14, the director of Yale for Elicker, said he anticipates Elicker redoubling the Land Trust’s service to New Haven, both
in the form of ecological benefits and public use. The Land Trust does more than preserve wildlife and protect natural ecosystems, Elicker said. Community gardens allow city residents to grow their own food — specifically healthier and cheaper food. “Food security is a major issue in New Haven,” Elicker said. “This empowers people to sustain themselves.”
Both Elicker and Logan said the position may eventually transition into a full-time job. The Board of Directors hired Elicker with the intention of expanding the Trust, Logan said. Founded in 1982, the Land Trust currently operates on an annual budget of about $130,000. Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .
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Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 will head the New Haven Land Trust.
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“As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.” WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHT
Yale examines peers’ decanal structures DEANS FROM PAGE 1 versity will need to focus on what works best for itself, not other schools with different cultures. “It’s good that the faculty looked at other universities, but each university has its own culture,” said John Boyer, the College Dean at the University of Chicago. “They’re all research universities, but their history, their culture, the way they talk about their values — they’re all a little bit different. You need a model that fits the skin of your body politic.”
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Among Yale’s peers, Stanford maintains an administrative structure resembling a cross between two of models proposed at Yale, including the preferred model. Stanford’s structure includes a dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, in addition to a vice provost for undergraduate education and a vice provost for graduate education, all reporting to the provost. The university also has three senior associate deans that oversee the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences and report to the dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences — a structure similar to the preferred model that Yale is considering. Ralph Cohen, who serves as
Stanford’s senior associate dean for the natural sciences, said Stanford’s model is advantageous because faculty are overseen by an administrator with an understanding of their field.
I meet individually with almost every faculty member […] hired. RALPH COHEN Senior associate dean for the natural sciences, Stanford University “When you have an administrator who comes from that discipline, they understand the culture of that discipline or related discipline much more so than a philosopher understanding the culture of chemistry,” Cohen said. Cohen added that the model allows each of the senior associate deans — who currently serve for three-year terms — to get to know faculty members in their respective divisions. With about 550 faculty member divided approximately equally across the divisions, each senior associate dean is responsible for approximately 175 tenure-track faculty. Additionally, faculty appointments and promotions are based on recommendations to the pro-
vost made jointly by two deans. Cohen said he has gotten to know the faculty well in his four years as dean. “I meet individually with almost every faculty member when a new person is hired,” he added.
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According to Yale College Dean Mary Miller, two of the report’s other models are borrowed from Harvard and the University of Chicago, schools that have a more graduate-heavy focus. But both Miller and Boyer noted that Yale’s strong undergraduate traditions might make these two models incompatible with the University. One of the models would, like the preferred one, introduce a Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences reporting directly to the provost — but, the dean would also oversee the deans of Yale College and the Graduate School. The report pointed to clear, streamlined channels of authority in this Harvard-based model as a major advantage. But it raised the concern that this model would add an additional layer of reporting to Yale’s administrative structure and reduce the expertise brought to bear in major University decisions. Members of the Harvard administration could not be
reached for comment. The Chicago model sees four divisional deans with equal status to that of the College dean. Boyer said the idea traces back to former University of Chicago President Robert Maynard Hutchins ’21 LAW ’25, who thought that housing departments in divisional units could mitigate the feudal nature of departments and promote interaction between them. Martha Roth, who serves as dean of the humanities at the University of Chicago, said the Chicago model allows divisional deans to get to know the approximately 180 faculty members they each oversee. Roth said she meets at least once a month with the other divisional deans and that there is a strong tradition of crossdisciplinary cooperation at the school. Still, Boyer noted, the advantages of Chicago’s governance model lend themselves to the sort of interdisciplinary educational that is traditional to the University of Chicago, but not necessarily to Yale. In its report, the committee said the model would be difficult to implement for a range of logistical, organizational and cultural reasons. And despite Roth’s assertion that the model does not unnecessarily divide disciplines, the report suggested that
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Dean Mary Miller will step down at the end of this term, and her departure will usher in an overhaul of faculty governance at Yale. the model could result in “rectifying divisional distinctions, which many would prefer to keep permeable.” Boyer added: “Our model works for us. Yale has different
traditions.” Contact YUVAL BEN-DAVID at yuval.ben-david@yale.edu and MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu .
School stays open despite snow SNOW FROM PAGE 1 high winds stinging the city and campus. Ethan France ’16 walked up Science Hill at 9 a.m. on Thursday to find that two of his classes were cancelled while another was “optional.” Instead of walking back down to his dorm room in Ezra Stiles College, France decided to stay on Science Hill so he would not have to walk up for his lab later in the day. “I just worked on my lab report in an abandoned classroom. There was no way I was going to walk down Science Hill only to come back up three hours later,” he said. Beginning early in the morning, crews from both the University and the city worked to clear roads and pathways with varying degrees of success. Unlike last year, when Winter Storm Nemo left much of Yale impassable in early February, many of the walkways across campus this year were free of snow by the early afternoon. Approximately 75 workers hired by the University were on campus shoveling pathways, some starting at 4:30 a.m. “Getting to [Linsly-Chittenden Hall] at nine in the morning was tough, because there was so much snow on the ground,” Max Bryski ’17 said. “By 11:30 on my way to [the Hall of Graduate Studies], everything was
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Getting to [LinslyChittenden Hall] at nine this morning was tough. MAX BRYSKI ’17
By midafternoon, Mayor Toni Harp declared a snow emergency in New Haven, allowing the city to ask state and federal governments for help with snow removal. This type of aid can come in the form of additional heavy equipment and the manpower to operate it, according to a press release from the mayor’s office. Grotheer added that the major challenge of this year’s snowstorm was the accumulation of snow from other recent storms, little of which had melted by the time Thursday’s snow hit. By the time the new round of snowfall began, roads already had significant amounts of ice built up. Several hours after major precipitation ended, roads near
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Yale’s campus were still covered in ice and snow, and traffic moved at a crawl. According to one employee in the Pierson College dining hall, six colleagues were unable to make it to work yesterday. As a result, several dining employees who arrived at 7:30 a.m. found themselves unexpectedly working through the dinner shift. Several of Yale’s peer institutions cancelled classes Wednesday and Thursday. The University of Pennsylvania was closed Thursday, as was Quinnipiac University. Columbia University cancelled Thursday classes starting after three in the afternoon. Schools across the midAtlantic, unaccustomed to major snowfall but blanketed with upwards of 12 inches, were more disrupted. Duke University has cancelled all classes for the rest of the week. Last year, two days of classes at Yale were cancelled after nearly three feet of snow fell. The last snow day before 2013 occurred in 1978. Greg Cameron contributed reporting. Contact MATTHEW LLOYDTHOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu and POOJA SALHOTRA at pooja.salhotra@yale.edu .
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Murphy urges colleges to go smoke-free BY ABIGAIL BESSLER AND AUDREY LUO STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy urged the state’s college presidents to ban smoking from campuses last week, Gateway Community College joined Quinnipiac’s North Haven location to become the second smokefree campus in the state. Murphy, who sponsored the Clean Indoor Air Act during his time in the Connecticut General Assembly, voiced support for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Tobacco-Free College Campus initiative, which was launched in 2012 to reduce rates of tobacco-related diseases. Currently, nearly 1,200 college campuses across the United States are smoke-free, more than half of which are also tobacco-free, according to an open letter Murphy sent to college presidents. Although Yale has designated certain parts of campus as smokefree, the campus has not made any moves to change its current policy, University Spokesman Tom Conroy said in an email. “Given the social and economic impact of smoking and the important role that colleges can play in reducing smoking, I urge you to join the Tobacco-Free College Campus Initiative,” Murphy wrote in the letter. According to Conroy, smoking is not permitted in Yale buildings and is banned in the Medical School, except for in designated areas. The Yale Health complex is also smoke-free. Though Conroy did not say whether or not Yale will commit to a full ban, he added that the University will respond to Murphy’s call. “If Senator Murphy has sent a
letter to Yale about the issue, he will certainly get a response outlining Yale’s policy,” Conroy said. This is not the first time smoking bans have been brought up at Yale. In 2009, a Tobacco-Free Yale Workgroup committee was formed to investigate whether a campus-wide smoking ban would be feasible. According to a 2011 News survey, 40 of 75 students interviewed said they would support a smoking ban that included designated smoking areas. After Murphy’s letter, Gateway Community College announced that they would implement a smoke-free policy as an effort to create a “go green” ethic to accompany the college’s new environmentally friendly campus, said Evelyn Gard, a spokesperson for Gateway. Gard said student response has been mainly positive. “We didn’t receive many complaints, only some pushback on where [students] can smoke, which is 25 feet away from buildings,” Gard said. “Most buildings are smoke-free anyway and the process was seamless.” Other schools in the state, including Southern Connecticut State University and University of New Haven, are also considering smoking bans, according to university representatives. Quinnipiac’s North Haven Campus has been tobacco-free since August 2012. The university also provided smoking cessation programs for students with cigarette or tobacco addictions when the policy was introduced, according to an email from university spokesman John Morgan. In Connecticut, 19.9 percent of students currently use a tobacco product, according to a 2011 survey of public school students by the Department of Public Health.
An estimated 444,000 Connecticut adults smoke cigarettes, according to a 2010 survey by the same department. According to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 3000 adolescents try smoking per day, and out of the 3000, 700 become daily smokers. Smoking bans can be effective because they make smoking inconvenient, said Dr. Lisa Fucito, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Medical School. Dr. Benjamin Toll, who developed a program to quit smoking at the Smilow Cancer Hospital, said he would support a smoking ban at Yale. “Yale should go smoke-free because it’s the right thing to do,” said Toll, who added that Yale could be a leader in the smokefree movement. “Yale Health needs to provide counseling and first-line drug therapy. If and when Yale goes smoke-free, it will need an infrastructure.” Yale Health, which already offered the American Cancer Society’s Freshstart program to Yale employees and non-student Yale Health members, has made changes since 2011 to better serve the needs of students who want to quit smoking, according to Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin. “After speaking with students and assessing the feasibility of many options including ongoing classes such as Freshstart use of technology and one on one support, we went with a mix of technological resources and support to best meet students’ needs,” Genecin said in an email. This fall, Yale Health began offering a 21-day online course called Craving to Quit for students who want to stop smoking. With Student Wellness subsidiz-
Republicans question Malloy’s ed proposals BY ISABELLE TAFT STAFF REPORTER With Connecticut’s gubernatorial election heating up, Republican candidates claim current Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy is playing politics with education. In late January, the governor recommended delaying the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations until the 2014 2015 school year and the Department of Education’s Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) approved the recommendations. In a statement on Jan. 29, Malloy said he proposed the change in response to criticism from teachers that the state was implementing too many education reforms too quickly, phasing in new evaluations concurrently with new Common Core standards, a nationwide initiative to standardize learning. Republicans, however, claim the change was intended to shore up support among public school teachers and their unions, which have historically supported Democratic candidates. “This change is not something that he believes in his heart and soul,” said Republican State Senator Len Fasano. “It’s because he wants to get reelected in November.” Department of Education spokeswoman Kelly Donnelly said that prior to the change, districts would have been required to evaluate teachers this year via a rubric that derived 22.5 percent of the score from student performance on standardized tests. Districts will now be free to choose other metrics, such as classroom observations, to evaluate teachers. Donnelly said the delay in implementing the full evaluation systems does not delay the implementation of Common Core, which has already taken root in Connecticut classrooms. In a Jan. 28 letter to PEAC, Malloy said that the delay in implementing reforms would improve teachers’ effectiveness by reducing pressure to obtain good test scores. Senate minority leader John McKinney, who is one of six Republicans vying to challenge Malloy in the general election, said he believes the Common Core standards have been implemented with too little input from teachers and administrators. “The governor has been going full steam ahead, forcing Common Core implementation without listening to people who are on the front lines in education,” McKinney said. McKinney added that he felt it would be “naïve” to ignore the political implications of the governor’s move, and that he feels educators have still not
been fully included in the debate about education reform. New Haven Public Schools superintendent Garth Harries ’95 said the state has generally done a good job assisting districts with the transition to new standards and assessments, though districts had to do significant work on their own to train teachers and develop curricula to match the standards. Harries said New Haven has been a state leader in implementing Malloy’s reforms. “What we haven’t done in New Haven is sit and wait for the state to do all the work and hand it to us in a binder,” Harries said.
“This change is not something that he believes in his heart and soul.” LEN FASANO State senator Fasano praised the Common Core’s emphasis on teaching concepts in depth and developing critical thinking skills, but said the state was launching too many changes at the same time. Fasano added that the governor’s State of the State address heightened the sense that Malloy fears unrest among teachers — the governor announced a reduction in the state tax on retired teachers’ pension income. “Why not firemen?” Fasano said. “Why not prosecutors who work in the state for very little pay? Why not public defenders? He picked teachers because he wants to buy them back.” Samaia Hernandez, a spokeswoman for the governor’s office, said Malloy supports pension reform because currently, teachers’ pensions are taxed at a higher rate than social security. Connecticut is one state in which public employees, including teachers, do not qualify for social security. Senate majority leader Martin Looney dismissed Republican criticism of the governor’s announcement. “Republicans always say that everything Democrats do is politically motivated, and will never consider this just a matter of good public policy,” Looney said. “That’s standard for how they play the game.” Connecticut school districts must submit their plans for teacher evaluations to the state by March 30. Contact ISABLLE TAFT at isabelle.taft@yale.edu .
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Gateway Community College joined Quinnipiac’s North Haven location to become the second smoke-free campus in the state. ing the cost of the program, Yale Health offers it for free, Genecin said. Genecin added that at every office encounter, students are asked if they smoke and are offered clinical support to quit if they are interested. Haley McCarthy, a Student Wellness Educator at Yale Health who is Freshstart-certified, said cigarette smoking is more prevalent amongst college students than any other age group. “It is also common for many college age students to identify as social smokers, meaning they may smoke occasionally,” McCarthy said in an email. “This
is significant to note because this type of smoking still has negative health effects and can develop into smoking more often.” When Yale was debating banning smoking in 2011, though, not all students shared McCarthy’s concern. A group of student cigar smokers called the Society for Intellectual Growth and Reinvigoration at Yale (SIGAR) came out against the ban. “We pushed back against that. We were one of the reasons Davenport didn’t push students to smoke on less than savory streets of New Haven,” said Michael Knowles ’12, the former president and co-founder of SIGAR.
But Kate Wiener ’15, a member of the Yale chapter of Colleges Against Cancer organization, said she supports the ban. Wiener said Yale has some specific challenges to becoming smoke-free, saying she doubts the area outside of Toads could ever be smoke-free. She said she believes the push has to come from college masters and deans. Approximately one-third of young adults in the U.S. between the ages of 18 to 24 smoke. Contact ABIGAIL BESSLER at abigail.bessler@yale.edu and AUDREY LUO at audrey.luo@yale.edu .
YCBA hosts four interactive events BY HELEN ROUNER STAFF REPORTER Four interactive events drew crowds to the Yale Center for British Art this Wednesday. On Wednesday, the Center piloted its “Painting in the Galleries” program, conducted the second session of its new “Framed!” series and organized a “Student Night Out in the Study Room” in its newly refurbished Study Room, in addition to hosting a chamber music concert by students at the School of Music. Curator of Education at the Center Linda Friedlaender said the Center did not intend for these programs to fall on one day but that Wednesday’s “constellation of events” illustrated the unprecedented magnitude of event programming taking place at the museum this semester. “There are now so many things going on that there’s not even enough space to conduct all the programs we want to,” Friedlaender said. Friedlaender said that while many museums are building new spaces to accommodate additional programs, the Center’s historic Louis I. Kahn Memorial Building is under strict conservation rules and cannot be expanded. Friedlaender noted that the Center might begin to conduct more programs in its Crown Street space, where some of its offices are located, or in the museum’s space on West Campus. Friedlaender added that the real conversation about the future of the expanding Education Department will take place in 2015, when the museum will be almost entirely closed for the second phase of its building restoration project. “When I began here 16 years ago, I was given a key and an office, and that was it,” said Friedlaender, the Center’s first Curator of Education, adding that the Education Department now consists of four members and that the museum runs about 325 programs a year. Friedlaender explained that while many of the Center’s programs — such as teacher workshops, summer programs for children and gallery talks — have been going on for a number of years, the Center has increased the scale and breadth of its offerings. Assistant Curator of Education Jaime Ursic ART ’02 led Wednesday’s “Painting in the Galleries” program, which, like most of the Center’s programs geared towards the adult public, will take place in three installations. Ursic instructed Wednesday’s 13 participants — some of whom had never drawn before, while others were professional architects or docents at the museum — in drawing
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The Yale Center for British Art celebrated its renovated Study Room. sculptures from the Center’s collection. YCBA Curator for Collections Research and Head of Collections Information and Access Matthew Hargraves led the second of three installments of the Center’s new “Framed!” initiative, a guided tour of the frames holding the museum’s painting collections. Thirty adults from the Yale and New Haven communities attended Wednesday’s event. Hargraves explained that frames have only emerged as a subject of study in museums within the last few years. “Framed!” is the first program at the Center to address the topic and among the first in the world to do so, he said, citing museums in England and Canada as other pioneers in the field. Hargraves added that the Center began creating an online database for its frames about four years ago and finally completed it this past November. Curator of Prints and Drawings Gillian Forrester said Wednesday’s “Student Night Out in the Study Room,” though not directly organized by the Center’s Education Department, is one new endeavor likely to become a regular event at the Center. Unlike many of the Education Department’s programs, this event is not dependent on availability of classrooms or other spaces. The event was meant to encourage undergraduates from Yale and students from other local colleges
to make use of the Rare Books and Manuscripts and the Prints and Drawings Collections housed in the newly refurbished Study Room. In an effort to attract undergraduates to the event, the two departments worked with the Center’s Student Guides to publicize Wednesday’s open house on social media networks, Forrester said, adding that the Center also stayed open late to accommodate undergraduates’ schedules. Friedlaender said the Center does not intentionally reach out to one audience over another but tries to engage a diverse range of participants, including children, families, school groups, undergraduates from both Yale and the surrounding area, Yale faculty and the general public. In addition to providing an opportunity for learning and entertainment, each outreach program is meant to help broaden the museum’s visitor base, Friedlaender explained. She said programs for audiences with special considerations, such as the Center’s monthly “Exploring Artism” event for families with children on the autism spectrum, are the most recent addition to the Department’s offerings. On Saturday, the Center will host “Exploring Artism” as well as both an architectural and a student guide tour. Contact HELEN ROUNER at helen.rouner@yale.edu .
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Judge rejects ‘patient dumping’ lawsuit BY KEN RITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — A federal judge in Nevada rejected a lawsuit Thursday that accuses Nevada officials and the state psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas of violating a patient’s civil rights by giving him a bus ticket and sending him to California. But an American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada lawyer representing patient James Flavey Coy Brown characterized the ruling as a setback, not a fatal blow to the case. It seeks class-action status for Brown and as many as 1,500 unnamed people his lawyers claim were bused since 2008 from Nevada to other states. U.S. District Court Judge James Mahan dismissed the lawsuit, but he left open the option for plaintiffs to rewrite and refile the case in state or federal court, ACLU attorney Allen Lichtenstein said. “We’re going to refile,” Lichtenstein told The Associated Press. “The judge did not — repeat, did not — say Rawson-Neal [Psychiatric Hospital] was in the right and our client did not suffer. He didn’t rule on the merits.” Mahan, in Las Vegas, bluntly rejected as “nonsensical” arguments by the ACLU and California attorney Mark Merin that officials at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas forced Brown to travel to Sacramento, Calif. Nevada state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto issued a statement through her spokeswoman, Beatriz Aguirre, calling the decision well-reasoned. Mary Woods, spokeswoman for Nevada Department of Health and Human
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James Flavey Coy Brown talks during a news conference at the ACLU headquarters in Las Vegas. Services chief Mike Willden, said the department was pleased to learn of the decision and said the ruling spoke for itself. Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval wasn’t named in the complaint, which claimed negligence, sought damages for Brown, and asked the judge to issue an order to stop Nevada from sending psychiatric patients out-of-state. Brown told reporters in June in Las Vegas that he was a victim of patient dumping. He said officials gave him a one-way bus ticket to a city where he had no family, no friends, no contacts and no firm housing arrangements, and put him in a taxi to the bus station.
“Plaintiff ’s complaint does not establish that he was compelled to leave the state,” Mahan wrote, “merely that defendants gave him the resources by which to do so.” The judge added his own emphasis to the word “compelled.” Mahan said Nevada officials are entitled to decide how to allocate scarce psychiatric treatment resources, and he said there was no claim that Brown was threatened with punishment if he didn’t travel to Sacramento. Merin said he still believes Brown has a strong case, but he said an appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco could take months or years.
“The U.S. Constitution prevents state violations of liberty and life, and this appears to be right up there with the worst of them,” Merin said. Rawson-Neal is the only state adult psychiatric hospital in southern Nevada. It opened in 2006 with 190 beds, following years of complaints that mentally ill people clogged emergency rooms at for-profit hospitals in and around Las Vegas. State officials reported in April that Rawson-Neal treated an average of more than 6,000 people per year during a five-year span, and that 1,473 patients had been provided bus transportation out of the state.
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But industry watchdogs say the deal will give the company too much power and ultimately raise the price of highspeed connections. “How much power over content do we want a single company to have?” said Bert Foer, president of the American Antitrust Institute, a Washington-based consumer-interest group. The all-stock deal approved by the boards of both companies trumps a proposal from Charter Communications to buy Time Warner Cable for about $38 billion. It also represents another giant expansion following Comcast’s $30 billion purchase of NBCUniversal, operator of networks like NBC, Bravo and USA, which was completed last March. Comcast says it will continue to operate under conditions the government imposed when it approved that transaction, including a
requirement that it provide standalone Internet service without tying it to a pay TV package, make programming available without discrimination to other providers, and treat all Internet traffic the same, even if it is for video competitors such as Netflix. However, those conditions expire in 2018, and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts was not prepared to voluntarily extend those into the future in a conference call with journalists. “Those Internet conditions would apply on Day One,” he said. “How long that goes is not something I want to speculate on, but many years at the very minimum.” Roberts argued that the cable industry has been losing TV subscribers for the last decade because of increased competition from satellite TV providers that include DirecTV and Dish and telecom companies like AT&T and Verizon. Despite gaining
subscribers in the final quarter of last year, the forecast is to lose more in 2014. “It’s a very competitive business,” he said. “That being said, we’ve expanded for consumers their capabilities and access to content in remarkable ways.” While video services are competitive, they are becoming less important for cable operators as higher programming costs cut into profits. On the other hand, Internet services are highly profitable and in many markets, cable companies offer the best speeds available. “In most places outside of a few big metro areas, you’ve only got cable as the only game in town,” said Craig Aaron, president of Free Press, a public-interest group that focuses on the media industry. “I don’t see there on their list of proposed consumer benefits prices going down.”
This Nov. 2, 2013 file photo shows hip-hop artist Nicki Minaj at the Power 105.1’s Powerhouse Concert at the Barclays Center in New York. BY MESFIN FEKADU ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Nicki Minaj has apologized for using a famous photo of Malcolm X with a rifle in his hands and juxtaposing it with a racial slur for her new song. Minaj posted the photo Wednesday on her website and Instagram page, and received criticism for how she used the Malcolm X image. It’s for her new song “Lookin (Expletive) (Expletive).” The title uses the N-word. After she was roundly criticized on social media circles and beyond for what many saw as disrespect to a revered icon, she offered an apology Thursday on Instagram to the estate of Malcolm X — who was assassinated 49 years ago this month at age 39. She also said that the song’s artwork “is in no way to undermine his efforts and legacy.” “That was never the official artwork nor is this an official single. This is a conversation. Not a single,” she wrote. “I apologize to the Malcolm X estate if the meaning of the photo was misconstrued. ... I have nothing but respect (and) adoration for u.” Still, she sounded exasperated that people were even upset over the issue. “What seems to be the issue now? Do you have a problem with me referring to the people Mal-
colm X was ready to pull his gun out on as Lookin (expletive expletive)?” the 31-year-old asked in her post. “I am in the video shooting (the song) and there happened to be an iconic photo of Malcolm X ready to do the same thing for what he believed in!!!!” “Lookin” is a male-bashing song. The photo of Malcolm X holding the rifle was taken when he was trying to protect his family from death threats (his home had been firebombed). Grammynominated Minaj said in a radio interview Thursday with Hot 97’s Angie Martinez that she wrote the song to empower women because there are too many songs that attack women. “It was almost parallel in my opinion because he has this big gun ready to shoot at a lookin (expletive) bleep, and that’s how I looked at it,” she said. “I looked at it as this is one of the most memorable people in our history, in black history, who voiced his opinion no matter what, and I understand how my intent was overlooked and I definitely didn’t want to offend his family or his legacy.” She added that the song was made “to have fun,” not “to be disrespectful.” A Change.org petition posted online that encouraged the rapper to change the cover artwork had reached more than 1,500 supporters Thursday evening.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 1:30 PM YUAG Highlights Tour. An interactive tour of the gallery’s history, architecture, and encyclopedic collection. Focusing on a handful of objects chosen to showcase both the permanent collection and special exhibitions currently on view. Yale University Gallery (1111 Chapel St.).
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 6:00 PM 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.), Rm. 301.
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WORLD Afghanistan frees detainees BY KAY JOHNSON ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan — Disregarding heated American protests, Afghanistan released 65 accused militants from a former U.S. prison on Thursday, despite warnings that the men are dangerous Taliban fighters and bomb-makers likely to return to killing foreign forces and Afghans. The freeing of the men from the Parwan Detention Center further strains relations between Washington and President Hamid Karzai. The Afghan leader’s increasingly anti-American rhetoric and refusal to sign a long-negotiated bilateral security deal has heightened uncertainty ahead of the year-end withdrawal of most international forces. Outrage over Karzai’s decision also mirrors the mistrust and resentment that has developed between the ostensible allies in recent years. The souring of sentiment has often played out in a tug-of-war over control of the detention facility near the American military’s Bagram Air Field, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) north of Kabul. Karzai reacted sharply to the strong U.S. and NATO criticism over the releases, saying it was not up to foreign powers to determine Afghan justice. “Afghanistan is a sovereign country. If Afghanistan judiciary authorities decide to release prisoners, it is of no concern to the United States,” Karzai said at the end of a summit with Pakistani and Turkish leaders in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Thursday’s move could be a gesture by Karzai to try to woo the Taliban insurgents into joining peace talks with his govern-
ment before he leaves office later this year, since he is unable to serve a third term. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen strongly condemned the release. “This decision, which appears to have been made based on political calculations and without regard for due process before the Afghan courts, is a major step backward for the rule of law in Afghanistan and poses serious security concerns,” Rasmussen said in a statement. For the U.S., the release of the men the American military calls “dangerous insurgents who have Afghan blood on their hands” is another sign of Karzai’s erratic behavior and the weakness of Afghanistan’s justice system. A military spokesman said many of the 65 were captured after Afghan authorities took over the prison last March, and dossiers of evidence had been handed over to try them in Afghan courts. For Karzai, the very existence of a U.S.-run prison on Afghan soil — where hundreds of other prisoners were held without charge as enemy combatants starting in 2002 — had long been a symbol of American arrogance and disregard for his elected government. Karzai has referred to the Parwan prison as a “Taliban-producing factory,” where innocent Afghans have been tortured into hating their country. He called it a “very big step regarding the sovereignty of Afghanistan” when the prison was finally handed over to Afghan control. Karzai, who ordered the 65 detainees released several weeks ago, insisted Thursday that the decision was made by the Afghan judiciary after a thorough review.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Egypt’s Military chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday wished Egypt’s military chief victory in the nation’s presidential vote, even though he has yet to announce his bid - a strong endorsement signaling Moscow’s desire to expand its military and other ties with a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. Putin appeared to be capitalizing on a growing move by Gulf nations - particularly Saudi Arabia - to move the Middle East off its traditional reliance on the United States. Egyptian Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s visit to Moscow comes amid reports of a $2 billion Egyptian arms deal with Russia to be funded mainly by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which is part of Egypt’s shift to reduce reliance on the United States. “The United States’ influence is steadily waning in the region for several years,” said Gamal Abdel-Gawad, a political analyst at Cairo’s Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. “Traditional allies like the Saudis are
becoming more and more suspicious, and U.S. credibility in the region is at stake. Without naming the United States, the Kremlin criticized what it regards as U.S. interference in the internal affairs of other countries. Russia’s ties with the U.S. have been badly strained by disputes ranging from Syria’s civil war, to missile defense plans in Europe, to Moscow’s human rights record. “I know that you have made a decision to run for president,” Putin said at the start of his meeting with el-Sissi. “That’s a very responsible decision: to undertake such a mission for the fate of the Egyptian people. On my own part, and on behalf of the Russian people, I wish you success.” El-Sissi didn’t mention his presidential ambitions in brief opening remarks, but emphasized his focus on ensuring security, saying that the country’s military is capable of providing it. The 59-year old el-Sissi, who rose to prominence after the ouster of elected Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, is popular among a large segment of Egyptians and is widely expected to announce
a candidacy for presidential elections that are likely due in late April. Putin’s statement could be a reflection of widespread predictions in Egypt that the career infantry officer will win a landslide in the presidential vote. It also reflected the Russian leader’s intention to forge close relations with Egypt under el-Sissi. In Washington, the U.S. State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf accused Putin of interfering with Egypt’s internal affairs. “We don’t endorse a candidate and don’t think it’s, quite frankly, up to the United States or to Mr. Putin to decide who should govern Egypt,” Harf told reporters. She said the U.S. will continue to work with all parties to help Cairo advance an inclusive democratic transition of power for the government, but the ultimate decision will be up to the Egyptian people. Harf maintained that the U.S. continues to have a strong relationship with Egypt, citing military and economic capabilities that Washington can offer Cairo.
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Championship rematch at Ingalls MEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 we’re aware that we only have six games left,” Hayden said. “With all the developing and improvement we’ve had over the season, I think we’ve put ourselves in a good position to actually get the four points.” A loss to Princeton has the potential to derail the Bulldogs’ tournament chances. This year, the PairWise rankings were modified to emphasize home losses and road wins over home wins and road losses in the win percentage category, so a home loss to a team in the ECAC cellar like the Tigers would be troublesome. This weekend also marks the return of two very different rivalries. The Bulldogs have played Princeton a total of 248 times, with Yale holding both a 137–102–9 overall lead and a recent advantage, as the Bulldogs have won the last six meetings. Compared to that storied history, the Elis’ rivalry with Quinnipiac is nascent, but still intense. The Bobcats lead the series 10–6–3, having won three of the teams’ four matchups last season and tying earlier this season. That tie was a sellout, with Quinnipiac fans flooding the building hours before the puck dropped. Tonight’s game is also on track to be at full capacity, as the Yale Athletics website has noted that all tickets disappeared within two days. “I know our class wasn’t there last season,
but we’re aware of the history between the two teams,” Hayden said. “College hockey is a short season, so every game there’s a very intense approach and an intense feeling. Any game like this toward the end of the season with one of the top teams in the nation, it’s going to be a little bit heated.” Both games will start at 7:00 p.m. at Ingalls Rink. Contact GRANT BRONSDON at grant.bronsdon@yale.edu .
Quakers, Tigers to host Elis W BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 11 age of 65.5 points per game on 40.4 percent shooting from the field. The Bulldogs rank ahead of the Quakers, scoring 67.2 points per game, but the Elis are making just 38.7 percent of their shots. Yale holds the advantage when it comes to shooting from behind the arc, where the Bulldogs convert 34.9 percent of their threes compared to 30.3 percent for the Quakers. The two teams will have to compete for rebounds all game, as both teams are averaging about 40 per game. Penn also has the top defense in the Ivy League, allowing just 57.9 per game to its opponents. The Elis will need to look out for guard Alyssa Baron, center Sydney Stipanovich, and forward Karen Bonenberger, who are all averaging double figures. Sti-
panovich also leads the team with 7.8 rebounds per game. So far this season, Penn has gone 13–0 when scoring 60 points or more in a game, while posting a record of 1–5 when scoring under that figure. The Bulldogs will look to their defense to stop Penn’s current six game winning streak in Philadelphia on Valentine’s Day. During the second half of its road trip, Yale will look to defeat Princeton, the only team to have defeated Penn so far this year. Princeton’s only Ivy League loss came against Harvard two weeks ago. The Tigers are also on a three-game winning streak, which the Bulldogs will attempt to halt during Princeton’s Play Pink game. The Elis have lost the last nine meetings to Princeton, which currently leads the conference in a number of categories, including
scoring offense with 73.8 points per game, and field goal percentage, as the Tigers shoot a scorching 47.2 percent from the floor. The Bulldogs will also need to look out for three Tigers in particular: guard Blake Dietrick, guard Michelle Miller and forward Kristen Helmstetter, who are all averaging at least 10 points per game. Helmstetter also leads the Tigers with 6.2 rebounds per game. “February is usually when we play our best, so we are excited for [this] weekend ,which is likely to be the toughest weekend to date,” head coach Chris Gobrecht said. “We will battle and the details will improve.” The Bulldogs travel to Penn on Friday and Princeton on Saturday, tipping off at 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., respectively. Contact ASHLEY WU at ashley.e.wu@yale.edu .
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Goalkeeper Alex Lyon ’17 (No. 34) made 48 saves as Yale tied the Bobcats 3–3 on Nov. 9, 2013.
Penn and Princeton come to JLA MEN’S BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 and Harvard coming up, Penn still has time to slip in the standings. “Preseason polls don’t mean anything, nor do they determine the winners of the league,” said forward Brandon Sherrod ’15. “We will always play with a chip on our shoulder because if we don’t, complacency starts to settle in.” Penn has not shown much perimeter shooting ability, but the Quakers have been able to get easy baskets nevertheless. The Quakers lead the conference in assists and are second in field goal percentage. Forward Fran Dougherty leads the team in points (15.6), rebounds (9.0) and shooting percentage (61.5 percent) through five conference games. A deciding factor in the contest could be Dougherty’s matchup with Yale’s leading big man, forward Justin Sears ’16. On Saturday, the Elis will take on the Tigers (13–6, 1–4). After going 11–2 in their nonconference games, Princeton has struggled against conference opponents, losing four of its five Ivy matchups. Although the Tigers are in the midst of a tough stretch in their schedule, they pose a subtle threat as a possibly overlooked opponent for Yale on the second night of a back-to-back. Princeton guard T.J. Bray is second in the conference in scoring, with 17.7 points per game. Yale has dealt with other high-scoring players, including Ivy League-leading scorerguard Sean McGonagill of Brown and Cornell guard Noah Cressler, but Bray combines his
scoring ability with remarkable efficiency (55.5 field goal percentage) and strong all-around play (5.5 assists, 4 rebounds). Duren noted, however, that the Tigers rely heavily on Bray to run their offense. He added that if the Elis can make life for Bray difficult on the court, then Yale can disrupt Princeton’s game plan. “T.J. [Bray] is a great player in our League,” Sherrod said. “We’ll just try to contain him as best we can, and when he looks to make a play, our defense should be able to cover it up. He’s going to get some baskets, but as long as we remain solid, we should be OK.” Bray averaged 13 points against the Bulldogs last season, more than three points above his season average of 9.9 points during the 2012-’13 season. He also averaged six assists against the Bulldogs last season, but averaged just 3.64 assists per game overall. The Elis are playing their best ball of the season right now, but they know that to stay on top, they have to remain focused. “No complacency,” Duren said. “That’s one of the biggest things coach [Jones] has preached to us. We had a great weekend, but that’s over now and we have to focus on our next game.” The Elis tip off tomorrow evening against Penn at 7:00 in the John J. Lee Amphitheater. Contact DIONIS JAHJAGA at dionis.jahjaga@yale.edu .
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Last weekend, the Women’s Ice Hockey team fell to Union and tied Rensselaear. WOMEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 slump, with no wins in the Elis’ past four games. Last weekend, Yale lost to Union and tied Rensselaer, two opponents that it had beaten earlier in the season. Murray attributed the losses to the Bulldogs’ recurring problem of playing worse against weaker teams than they do against more talented opponents. “Often when you know you’re playing one of the top-ranked teams, you have a little bit more stress and a little bit more pressure to perform well,” Murray said. “When you play a team that’s not as highly ranked, you might feel less inclined to prepare carefully. That’s one of our biggest issues right now.” Forward Jackie Raines ’15 added that Yale’s penalties have created problems over the past two weeks. Last weekend, the team accumulated 26 minutes of penalties over the two games, three minutes per game above its average, and allowed Union to score two power play goals.
“Five-on-five we’ve been doing well, but as soon we get penalties it’s really hard to recover,” Raines said. Heading into the weekend, Quinnipiac and Princeton have the advantage both offensively and defensively over Yale. The Bobcat defense ranks fifth in the country with just 1.47 goals allowed per game. Yale’s offense will be challenged even further without its two leading scorers, forwards Phoebe Staenz ’17 and Jamie Haddad ’16. Staenz is at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, playing for Switzerland, where she scored her first Olympic goal on Wednesday against Finland. Haddad will serve a suspension on Friday following a penalty in last week’s game against Rensselaer. Those two have not been the exclusive offensive contributors, however: 10 Eli skaters have scored three or more goals this season. “[The forwards] will have to go to the net more than they usually do,” defenseman and captain Tara Tomimoto ’14 said. “But that’s
definitely something they can accomplish.” Forward Janelle Ferrara ’16 is second on the team in points with 23, and Raines has scored four times in the eight games she has played since returning from injury. Murray, Tomimoto and Raines all said that they were confident in Yale’s ability to secure a playoff spot by placing in the top eight of the ECAC. Raines said the team’s current goal is a fifth place finish, which would require overcoming a sixpoint deficit between Yale and St. Lawrence. “In general, we’re confident going into this weekend and ready to bounce back from the past two weekends,” Raines said. “With four games left in the regular season, everyone’s out and hungry for points.” The puck will drop tonight at 7:00 in Hamden, Conn., and at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow in Princeton, N.J. Contact GREG CAMERON at greg.cameron@yale.edu .
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M. basketball looks to keep streak alive BY DIONIS JAHJAGA STAFF REPORTER Last weekend, the Yale men’s basketball team took its season to new heights when it traveled to Cambridge and thoroughly dispatched the Crimson on its home floor. Now the Elis will look to extend their four-game winning streak against conference foes Penn and Princeton.
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ning both prior meetings. Lyon, however, did not make an appearance in either game, as fellow rookie Patrick Spano ’17 started both contests. With just six games remaining in the regular season, every remaining contest is crucial for Yale, who still harbors hopes of making the NCAA tournament. The PairWise rankings, which determine the tournament field, have Yale tied for the 16th and final spot. It is almost guaranteed that at least one conference will have a team automatically qualify for the tournament from outside the top 16, meaning the Bulldogs would need to finish 15th or higher to qualify. “It is the end of the season and
Since their last loss against Brown on Jan. 25, the Bulldogs (11–9, 5–1 Ivy) have looked like a different team. Before, the Elis were struggling on the boards and giving up high percentage looks from the three-point line. Since then, however, the Elis have outrebounded every opponent and held their foes to below-average shooting from distance, while also picking up their own outside shooting. “We haven’t changed our defense at all,” said guard Javier Duren ’15. “I don’t think before it was for any lack of effort. We just have a greater sense of accountability and urgency. We’re really holding each other up to certain standards now. We’ve really bought in.” Throughout the season, head coach James Jones and the team have reiterated their desire to return to the identity the team had last year as a premier force on the glass. Over the last four games, the The Elis are out-rebounding their opponents by a margin of 12 boards per game. They are third in the Ivy League in rebounds allowed, clocking in at 31.1 per game, just ahead of Harvard’s 31.8. Tonight, the Elis will get a chance to prove that their rededication to the glass is no gimmick when they take on the Quakers (6–13, 3–2), who rank third in the conference in boards. Several players expressed displeasure about Penn being selected to place ahead of Yale in the Ivy League in the in the preseason media poll despite dropping both games to the Elis last season. Though firmly in third place, with a series of tough games against Brown
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Captain Jesse Root ’14 (No. 20) scored an empty-netter in the national championship game against Quinnipiac last season. BY GRANT BRONSDON STAFF REPORTER Although it may be Valentine’s Day, there is certainly no love lost between the No. 13 Yale men’s ice hockey team and its archrival, No. 4 Quinnipiac. The two squads will face off tonight in a battle that holds major NCAA tournament ramifications for the Bulldogs. Yale (12–7–4, 7–6–3 ECAC) takes on the Bobcats (20–5–5, 10–3–3) in only the teams’ second matchup since the Elis whomped Quinnipiac 4-0 in last year’s national championship game. After the Valentine’s Day showdown, Princeton (4–19–0, 3–13–0) comes to town on Saturday to seek redemption after two losses to Yale earlier in the season.
“To get a sweep this weekend, we need to play with Yale hockey speed and improve our toughness and determination,” defenseman Rob O’Gara ’16 said in an email. “If we do these things that we did not do very well last weekend, we will be a very hard team to beat this coming weekend.” The Bobcats have hardly fallen far from last year’s national runner-up team. Despite losing leading point scorer Jeremy Langlois and firstteam all-American goaltender Eric Hartzell, Quinnipiac has reloaded with freshman forward Sam Anas and sophomore goalie Michael Garteig. Anas leads the team in points while tying for second in the conference overall, and Garteig has the lowest goals against average rating in
the nation among goaltenders who have played in at least 20 games. In order to pick up two points, the Bulldogs must improve upon November’s meeting, when they skated to a 3–3 tie against Quinnipiac despite being outshot 51–20. Goaltender Alex Lyon ’17 made 48 saves, holding off ferocious Bobcat assaults in both the third period and overtime. “We start Friday with a tough outing,” said forward John Hayden ’17. “We have a lot of respect for [Quinnipiac] … when we’ve played our best games this season, everybody’s on the same page.” Saturday’s game against the Tigers marks the third time that Yale and Princeton have played each other this season, with the Elis win-
Playoff spot on the line for Elis BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER The Yale women’s ice hockey team will continue its final push towards the playoffs this weekend with contests at No. 10 Quinnipiac and at Princeton.
’15. “For Princeton, I just really hope that we show up, because it should be a fair game and we should have a good chance of beating them.” That first Princeton-Quinnip-
iac weekend was early in the season, and the Bulldogs have gone 7–8–4 since then. Recently, however, the team is back in a SEE WOMEN’S HOCKEY PAGE 11
BY ASHLEY WU STAFF REPORTER The Yale women’s basketball team will be facing two difficult road matchups this weekend as they head south to face Penn and Princeton.
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY The Bulldogs (7–13–5, 5–8–5 ECAC) are still seventh in the ECAC and risk falling out of a playoff spot if they lose their two-point advantage in the standings over ninth-place Dartmouth in the last four games of the season. Yale fell 3–2 to Princeton (12– 9–4, 8–7–3) on Nov. 8, and tied nearby rival Quinnipiac (17–5–8, 8–4–6) in a scoreless matchup the next night. Later that month, the Bobcats got the best of the Bulldogs, 3–2, in the finals of the Nutmeg Classic tournament. “Whenever we play Quinnipiac, it’s always a really fun game, and everyone always works really hard because it’s extra special,” said defenseman Madi Murray
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The Yale women’s ice hockey team is currently in seventh place in the ECAC with four games to play.
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Yale (10–10, 4–2 Ivy) sits in fourth place in the Ivy League conference, just below both Penn (14–5, 4–1) and Princeton (13–6, 4–1), which are tied for second in the Ancient Eight below first-place Harvard. “For next weekend, the goal is definitely to come out of the road trip with a sweep,” said guard Sarah Halejian ’15. “It is definitely possible if we play those games with the mentality that we can compete with two of the top teams in the League.” The Bulldogs swept last season’s series against Penn, but the Quakers have a strong lineup and have defeated a number of opponents the Elis have lost to, including Miami, Army, Cornell and Harvard. Penn has played well against conference opponents so far this season, with the Quakers’ only loss coming against Princeton in their conference opener. Penn is scoring an averSEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 11
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Guard Sarah Halejian ’15 (No. 1) tied her season high with 27 points against Harvard last Saturday.
TOTAL GOALS SCORED BY THE YALE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY TEAM IN ITS PAST TWO GAMES AGAINST QUINNIPIAC. Four of those came April 13, 2013, when the Bulldogs shut out the Bobcats 4–0 in the national championship game.