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NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT · THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 · VOL. CXXXVII, NO. 6 · yaledailynews.com

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Art after Yale

ADMINS SAY BUDGET CUTS STILL IN UNIVERSITY’S FUTURE

Connecticut’s oldest inn was featured in this week’s episode of Gordon Ramsay’s “Hotel Hell.” The celebrity chef stopped at the Curtis House Inn in Woodbury, which was built nearly three centuries ago and has become increasingly derelict. Ramsay aided the hotel owners — siblings TJ and Chris Hardisty — with a menu update, adding a braised short rib, as well as new paint and linens. The Hardisty brothers expect plenty of business for the fall, according to Fox CT.

SOM building, Edward P. Evans Hall, came in first on Business Insider’s list of the “9 Best University Buildings Around the World.” The article described the building’s architecture as a “rectilinear jewel box of a home” and a “glass envelope.”

Happy birthday Guilford!

The town of Guilford, Conn. is celebrating its 375th anniversary this month. The town was originally purchased

by English Puritans from the Menunkatuck in 1639 for the price of four kettles, two coats and miscellaneous wares including glasses, shoes, stockings, hats, knives and spoons according to an article in the Daily Nutmeg. New Haven was founded 17 months prior.

Teachers’ pets. The Yale Educator Awards were given out this week to 53 high school teachers and 20 counselors who inspired their students.

Food for fuel. At Brown

University this past weekend, students competed in an Extreme Edible Car Competition. Six teams of participants were given one hour to build miniature cars from edible ingredients. This is the fourth iteration of the annual competition, hosted

by Brown’s Society of Women Engineers.

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1942 Eighty one Elis report for farm duty at local gardens and orchards as part of a war support effort.

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Balanced budget predicted by next year

Bit of a fixer upper.

Snyder’s Palace. The Yale

Atheletic store on Chapel Street to hold grand opening

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Window shopping. Instead of refreshing Facebook in class like most people during shopping period, a student sat knitting on the left side of the room during “Biochemistry and Biophysics” Wednesday morning. The course is an introductory lecture that meets twice a week in Sheffield Sterling Strathcona 114.

Where the Wild Things Are. A bobcat that attacked several Connecticut residents over the weekend was determined to be rabid, according to NBC CT. The bobcat acted aggressively towards multiple families including a couple with a baby in Lebanon, Conn.

Officials have raised concerns because bobcats have been seen in many towns around Connecticut.

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Yale’s Office of Career Strategy has launched an initiative to increase support for students pursuing careers in the arts.

As an emerging playwright in New York City, Theater Studies professor Deborah Margolin faced few difficulties in developing her career. There were many successful regional theaters and it was easy to put up a show, she explained, recalling a time when she wrote a play’s opening monologue while customers filed into the theater on the night of its premiere.

UPCLOSE But that was 30 years ago. Today, Margolin noted, there aren’t many

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he newly rebranded Office of Career Strategy has often been criticized for a lack of diversity in its outreach efforts. Though the office has been making strides to expand their offerings for students hoping to pursue a career in the arts, their impact remains uncertain. ERIC XIAO reports.

artists who make a lot of money — and those that do are exceptions.

Every year, over 100 students graduate with a degree in one of Yale’s seven arts-related majors: Art, History of Art, Music, The-

Final paper deadline extended

BY YUVAL BEN-DAVID STAFF REPORTER For the past two years, Thomas Aviles ’16 noticed a phenomenon: At the end of every semester, he left campus long after some of his friends who major in the humanities.

As a Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry major, Aviles had exams through the end of finals period, while his friends who had only term papers were done before finals period even began because of a University policy that required final papers to be submitted by the end of reading period.

Some faculty were offering late dates, not knowing that it violated policy.

MARY MILLER Former Dean, Yale College “Definitely all the paper people [were] leaving early,” Aviles said.

But at a faculty meeting last May, professors voted to change that policy, moving the latest

due date for final papers from the end of reading period to the end of exam period. Former Yale College Dean Mary Miller said the decision, which will go into effect this semester, was influenced by the shortened reading period of the last two years, which caused students to have less time to write their final papers. While many students are enthusiastic about having more time to work on final projects and papers, others said that the changed timeline may make exam period more stressful.

Miller said that although final papers were officially required to be submitted by the end of reading period before the policy change, many professors did not follow these regulations and gave students more time to write.

“The truth is that some faculty were offering late dates, not knowing that it violated policy,” she said.

With the introduction of a fall break during the 2012-’13 school year, the University adjusted the academic calendar by cutting reading period from five days to three, leaving students with two fewer days to write their final papers. This year, reading period will be slightly longer, lasting SEE ACADEMICS PAGE 6

Despite a multi-million dollar deficit last year, University administrators maintain confidence in the future of Yale’s budget.

In an August email to the Yale community, University President Peter Salovey wrote that he expects the budget to be balanced by fiscal 2016 — the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending on June 30, 2016. In fiscal 2013, the University had a $39 million central operating deficit. As a result, Salovey and Provost Benjamin Polak issued three- and five-year budget targets to units throughout the University, asking them to reduce spending. These targets are the first projections expected to bring the University into the black since before the onset of the 2008 recession.

I am optimistic that [the deficit] will be better than last year, but I don’t want to jinx it.

BENJAMIN POLAK Provost

ater Studies, Film Studies, Architecture and Computing in the Arts.

But while this level of interest in arts disciplines has remained consistent

“With continued diligence, we believe that the University’s budget for next year should be in balance,” Vice President for Human Resources and Administration Michael Peel said in an email. “It is expected that the number of layoffs, which was elevated in the past 12 months, will return to more normal levels in the coming year.”

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With Uber, a new option

BY J.R. REED STAFF REPORTER After the car-sharing service Uber launched across Connecticut this past April, Yalies are sorting out whether the new transportation app will gain traction on campus.

Founded in 2009, Uber connects riders with drivers for hire through a mobile application. Customers request rides via their smartphone app and then track their reserved vehicle’s location. Today, Uber has launched in 70 different cities and is becoming more well-

known among Yale students. Of 30 Yale students interviewed, 12 said they have used Uber before, whether in Connecticut or another state.

An Uber driver, who has been working for the company for four months and asked to remain anonymous because he does not have permission from his employer to speak to the press, said that at the beginning of the semester especially, many Yale students requested Uber rides. He said the level of business fluctuates daily, though he expects that the number of students using the app will increase

around school breaks.

Both drivers and riders are rated based on their driving ability or behavior in the car.

Peter Zhang ’15, who has used the application twice in New Haven, said that his ability to screen drivers makes him feel comfortable using the app.

“On Yale’s campus, I think a lot of people would like it because it’s cheap and convenient for short distances,” Zhang said. “One great example would be getting from the train station to campus.”

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Uber provides convenient transportation but has prompted backlash from local taxi services.

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A new frontier for sexual respect M

oving off campus for the summer didn’t involve much culture shock. I still picked up last minute snacks at G-Heav, ran into my friends on Cross Campus and waited a lifetime for mail to end up in my PO Box. I didn’t anticipate, though, that in spending my summer on Elm Street I would have to face regular catcalls and vulgar remarks. I didn’t fear for my physical safety when walking alone near my apartment, so much as I dealt with the unsolicited sexual advances that strangers yelled at me on the way home.

This kind of provocation isn’t a huge issue where I’m from: it’s certainly not inescapable — a startling 90 percent of women experience street harassment in their lives — but it goes generally unnoticed. But on the periphery of Yale’s central campus, women face wolf-whistles, obscene flirtations, lewd suggestions and ogling looks.

THE YALE COMMUNITY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO TACKLE STREET HARASSMENT For students who choose residence off campus, street harassment might be the final frontier of a still-skewed sexual climate at Yale. Because the issue typically flares up beyond campus boundaries, it’s easy to excuse this kind of activity as not within University jurisdiction or concern. But many Yalies do engage with the surrounding neighborhood; of those who don’t, few make it through four years without a Stop and Shop run or dinner at Sally’s Apizza. Street harassment is essentially an issue of a woman’s ability — or inability — to comfortably navigate the campus area. That makes it a Yale issue.

Dealing with street harassment is tough at best; the challenge is gargantuan, omnipresent and interwoven with social norms in a complex way. Street harassment as a term attempts to describe a huge category of behaviors: the unsolicited and unwelcome evaluation and objectification of the female and transgender body in public spaces, with a particular gendered or sexual motivation.

That can mean anything from a honk directed at a

female runner to sexually explicit, aggressive physical behavior. Bridging those two CAROLINE ends of the harassment POSNER spectrum may seem Out of absurd, but both examLine ples share s i m i l a r motivations and results. Both treat the subject as a sexual item; both aim to reinforce the power of men to evaluate and comment on her physical form without consent. And they belittle, humiliate and disempower women from a young age.

Discussion of street harassment is made all the more difficult by demographic considerations. It’s certainly true that I encounter more street harassment in New Haven than in my hometown of Boca Raton, Florida. But that doesn’t mean harassment correlates to socioeconomic background in any meaningful way — we have to avoid making unjust assumptions.

Despite all of this, I don’t believe that tackling street harassment is a lost cause for the University and our student body. The burden of reform shouldn’t fall on the victims; the entire community must shape a culture of humanity and respect for women and transgender people in public spaces. For bystanders, this means communicating your intolerance when you witness an act of street harassment. For those of us who experience harassment, talking back — terrifying as it may seem — is a powerful way to communicate our refusal to be dehumanized and sexualized. Non-profits like Stop Street Harassment and Hollaback! offer support and advice for both subjects and bystanders.

Yale still has a long way to go in repairing our own sexual climate, and the relationship between Yale and the New Haven community is complicated as-is — so addressing these microaggressions around campus will be no small task. But if we intend to make real changes when it comes to the safety and comfort of women and LGBTQ students, we can’t afford to leave street harassment out of the conversation.

CAROLINE POSNER is a sophomore in Berkeley College.

Contact her at caroline.posner@yale.edu.

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ale University Properties has announced that the lease with Gourmet Heaven deli will terminate in June 2015 and will not be renewed. Responding to a community uproar about sweatshop conditions, the University made the right decision. Now it is up to administrators — and students — to decide what kind of business will take Gourmet Heaven’s place. Another sweatshop, more aptly named “Gourmet Hell”? Or a different kind of business altogether?

Gourmet Heaven stole from its workers. The amount is staggering. Some workers were making less than $6.00 per hour and none received overtime despite working 72 hours a week. During one two-year period, the Department of Labor (DOL) found $218,000 in unlawfully withheld wages. But the total amount stolen over the life of the business likely tops $1,000,000.

Workers who spoke honestly to the DOL or collaborated with community activists were harassed, fired or had their hours reduced. The pressure to stay quiet remains intense to this day.

Despite all of this, the workers brought their complaints forward, and the community responded forcefully. Unidad Latina en Accion and the workers organized pickets. Yale students organized a boycott. The Connecticut DOL sanctioned

Mr. Cho, and when he failed to comply, the State’s Attorney pressed criminal charges, which are currently pending. The Yale Daily News editorial board supported the boycott and called for Yale to terminate the lease.

Our community’s response was well founded. Wage theft is rampant. According to a survey of U.S. cities by the National Employment Law Project in 2007, 26 percent of low-wage workers were paid less than minimum wage in the week prior to the survey, and 76 percent of those who worked more than 40 hours were not paid the required overtime rate. Immigrant communities are particularly hardhit since many employers believe they can easily intimidate immigrant workers into silence.

For most Yale students, it is impossible to put yourself in the shoes of a former Gourmet Heaven worker: going to work at age 16, to be on your feet from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. six days a week, with no time to study for a GED and little savings to send to the family you tragically left behind.

But employers like Gourmet Heaven not only victimize their own employees. They drive down working standards across the community; they cause unemployment for some by forcing others to do the work of two; and they render meaningless reforms like the recent minimum wage hike.

Likewise, wage theft hurts

law-abiding employers. Those employers have a foolproof way to avoid boycotts, criminal charges and the termination of their leases: They pay minimum wage and overtime. They should not have to compete economically with those who don’t.

The termination of Gourmet Heaven’s lease sets an important precedent. Other Yale tenants are now on notice that the Yale community will not tolerate wage theft.

But this problem has not gone away. The time is now for Yale students and administrators to address this problem broadly, so that the courageous efforts of former Gourmet Heaven workers will not be in vain.

Yale should enlist the Connecticut DOL and invest resources to inspect all Yale contractors and tenants for compliance with basic labor rights. Yale has its own police. Why not its own DOL inspector?

There is no way to inoculate Yale against the poverty and violence in New Haven neighborhoods without taking a hard look at the sweatshop jobs that could exist right now on campus.

Many Yale employees, like dining hall workers, enjoy a living wage and benefits like Yale’s homebuyer loan program. But what about the employees of restaurants on Yale Properties earning poverty wages? What about the employees of clean-

ing companies that subcontract with Yale? Can we pretend that they are not part of our campus?

Students and administrators should meet with these workers and find ways to make Yale Properties not only a glamorous place to shop but also a good place for New Haven residents to work.

The departure of Gourmet Heaven is an opportunity for Yale to bring in a business that is truly good for the community.

Why not a worker-owned cooperative, in which workers make decisions and share the profits? Universities like the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. and Case Western in Cleveland, Ohio actively support cooperatives as an economic development strategy. Yale has resources to be an incubator for socially responsible businesses run by the city’s most disadvantaged communities. With vision and courage, Yale could show the rest of the city and beyond that a living wage is possible.

In the meantime, keep exercising your power: Boycott Gourmet Heaven.

MEGAN FOUNTAIN is a 2007 graduate of Trumbull College and a volunteer and member of Unidad Latina en Accion, a grassroots immigrant organization that defends human rights and workers’ rights in the greater New Haven area. Contact her at megan@ulanewhaven.org .

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here’s a certain archetypal structure to the first few weeks of college. Hordes of students arrive from all over the globe, and shortly after initial bewilderment they gradually learn their way around the campus. They memorize each college’s location, figure out the quickest route from the Whitney Humanities Center to Starbucks and back again and find their favorite seascapes in the Art Gallery. This is how it is supposed to be.

I consider myself a local here.

I grew up in Stratford, a short train ride down the coast. My high school sits a scant two miles west of my L-Dub suite. Most of my friends from the last four years hailed from New Haven; I could walk to their houses and say hello if I wanted to. I’ve spent countless hours with them walking through nearly every neighborhood in the city and exploring the incredible communities contained within. I follow New Haven politics and local news closely. I’ve never lived here, but I know this city as well as an outsider can.

I should emphasize that word.

Until last Friday, I was an outsider — I lived elsewhere, I couldn’t vote in its elections, I could never call myself a proper New Havener. My experiences of the city occurred entirely during the day and the early hours of the night, meaning that I had only ever seen one side of life here. I had never experienced the eerie emptiness of downtown streets early on a Sunday morning and I had never been woken by trucks revving on High Street.

And the gates of the Yale colleges remained locked to me, so while I knew the streets and the outlying areas well, the colleges had always appeared as a mystery in my mind. Walking through them for the first time was a surreal experience — sitting in the middle of a city I claimed to know well were areas entirely unknown to me.

That has all changed now. I am, of course, still wary of calling myself a New Havener, but I can confidently and proudly say that this city is now my home. Living in New Haven has brought a heightened sense for detail: a way

to make the quotidian less mundane, perhaps, or maybe just the result of starting to see past the aspects that once commanded my full attention. I was formerly captivated by the structure of buildings as a whole; I now focus on the small bits — minute differences in columns, the gabling of the roofs, the reliefs and inscriptions that dot so many surfaces in the colleges. And as my classmates explore the streets, I find myself wandering through the tunnels, finding them inexplicably captivating.

Moving into Yale has also effected another shift in my perception of the city. When I lived in Stratford, New Haven — compact, dense, diverse and vibrant — epitomized all that is great about Northeastern small cities, which their larger counterparts often overshadow. But as I have begun to experience the city as a resident, that satisfaction with New Haven as an urban center has begun to wear off. Chapel Street no longer seems quite as bustling and the food scene no longer seems quite so wide-ranging, and the grandeur of the now-

routine architecture no longer exerts the same impact on me.

I must not exaggerate the extent of this shift in my perception of New Haven: I have not lost interest in the city and I know that I will not. That would be impossible in a city with such a fascinating mix of stunning diversity and one-party politics.

And the magnificence of looking south onto Hillhouse Avenue from the base of Science Hill at sunset as the western side of the street glows a brilliant orange still makes me pause and appreciate the setting.

But this city is now home, and has begun to feel like home far more quickly than I had imagined. The places in which we live lose their luster as we become more familiar with them. I have felt the beginnings of this happening to me in New Haven. By no means do I regard this as bad — only by living here can I experience the city completely.

NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH is a freshman in Berkeley College.

Contact him at noah.daponte-smith@yale.edu .

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“I like food. I like eating. And I don’t want to deprive myself of food.”

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CORRECTIONS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3.

Due to an editorial error, the photographs acompanying the article “Doubling in size, Yale-NUS student body thrives” in fact depicted the National University of Singapore rather than Yale-NUS. The article “Yale students deepen ties with city over summer” incorrectly quoted William Whobrey on the number of students who took classes during the Yale summer session. It also misstated that the majority of summer session students live off campus to take classes, when in fact only the majority of Yale students do so.

Yale post system seeks efficiency

BY HAN-AH SUMNER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Recent changes in the postal system at Yale will likely have mixed results for students.

In an effort to improve the campus-wide system for picking up mail, Yale Station — the central post office for most students — has opened up delivery truck stations outside of Old Campus.

In another change, Yale’s Student Receiving Center has moved from Elm Street to the corner of Prospect and Sachem Streets on Science Hill.

Yale Station’s new delivery trucks outside of Old Campus are being used to process the purchasing of stamps, rent out P.O. boxes and to hand out keys for those who purchased their P.O. boxes online. The United States Postal Service (USPS) station offered two delivery trucks during the move-in period when new freshmen were arriving on campus, but is now offering only one truck since the initial rush for P.O. box service is over.

Local USPS spokesperson Christine Dugas said in an email that the extra delivery truck “acts as if there is another retail station there.”

With the addition of the delivery truck, Dugas said the station hopes to cut down on the time it takes for students to rent a P.O. box by providing extra personnel to help with the applications.

According to Dugas, the P.O. box renting process this year is more organized than it was before, and the extra personnel at the station have made the process more efficient.

But not all students have felt the effects of these changes.

Many still described their experiences at Yale Station as lengthy and confusing.

In past years, students have experienced delays in parcelsorting at the station, which has led to long lines waiting for package pick-up. This is especially the case during the busy opening weeks of school when there is a spike in the number of packages with students receiving course materials.

Melody Wang ’16 recounted

one past experience in which she ordered a textbook for the fall that did not arrive until November.

But the long lines that students have bemoaned have grown shorter with the new changes in effect, Dugas said.

However, Wang said that packages seem to be arriving at a reasonable time recently, and the line has also improved. Things are much better than the “incredible headache” of last year, she said.

Still, all five students interviewed said they would like for the package delivery system at Yale to be more efficient.

Yale Station is also attempting to facilitate the package-receiving process by asking students, in a paper form, if they would like to receive emails when their packages arrive. This way, according to Dugas, “they do not have to lose any of their valuable study time.”

But though Yale Station has implemented a series of positively received reforms this semester, the relocation of the Student Receiving Center — which used to be located by the New Haven Green and is now on Science Hill — is causing many students to grumble. The center receives mail that is delivered by the United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx, and other carriers, and is particularly used by freshmen who have not yet purchased a P.O. box at Yale Station.

Students interviewed said that having to pick up their boxes at Science Hill is an inconvenience.

Wang called going so far to pick up packages an “incredible nuisance.”

It’s a commonplace problem that a lot of students face,” she said. “Relocating the delivery center impacts everyone in a significant way.”

According to an email from Associate Vice President for Student Life Marichal Gentry, other changes to the campus mailing system that are being implemented this year include delivery of UPS and FedEx packages to Yale Station and free signatureon-file services.

Contact HAN-AH SUMNER at han-ah.sumner@yale.edu .

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The student receiving center has relocated from Elm street to the corner of Prospect and Sachem Streets on Science Hill.

SOM debuts new courses

BY LAVINIA BORZI STAFF REPORTER After opening its new building this year , the Yale School of Management is throwing its doors open to the entire Yale campus.

In an effort to become more integrated with the University, SOM is offering an expanded menu of courses that are open to all students, undergraduate and graduate. These include foundational courses — introductory management classes specifically for non-SOM students — as well as entrepreneurship courses and SOM courses that are crosslisted with other departments .

This year, an expanded “Introduction to Accounting” and a new “Introduction to Marketing” class are being offered as foundational courses. Six new entrepreneurship courses are being launched as part of SOM’s recently introduced Entrepreneurship Program. Among the new cross-listed courses, a new course offered by both SOM and the Jackson Institute called “Global Financial Crisis” is being taught by SOM professor Andrew Metrick in collaboration with ex-U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

SOM Dean Edward Snyder said the school is offering these courses to broaden its involvement with the rest of Yale. But it is up to other schools, especially Yale College, to fully integrate these courses into their curriculums, he added.

“I don’t think there are obstacles with students from other master programs taking our courses, but it will be up to Yale College to decide to what extent they will let students avail themselves of these courses,” he said.

Snyder said SOM is working to increase its offerings and to establish a number of foundational courses that will optimally serve the rest of Yale.

While the traditional MBA

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The Yale School of Management is offering more cross-listed courses to students across the University. core curriculum has a tight structure and is designed to be taken in its entirety, SOM Associate Dean Anjani Jain said the foundational courses allow students from other disciplines to gain exposure to functional domains of management.

SOM professor Rick Antle, who taught an introductory accounting course last year to the entire Yale community and is now offering a section exclusively for Yale College, said it is important to cater teaching to one’s audience. In his current class, Antle said, he may appeal to the liberal arts backgrounds of his students and talk about the importance of an accounting system in civil society.

But Antle cautioned against trying to impose certain materials or courses on students.

“We have to be sensitive to the fact that what we do should fit into the college experience,” he said.

Director of Entrepreneurial Programs at SOM Kyle Jensen said he thinks it is beneficial that SOM’s entrepreneurship courses are open to the entire Yale community. Entrepre-

neurship is inherently interdisciplinary, he said, and having classmates from different backgrounds makes the experience better.

“You don’t start a company with ten MBA’s,” he said.

Alexander Saeedy ’15, an undergraduate who is taking Jensen’s seminar “Start-up Founder Studies” this semester, said the courses fill a muchneeded gap.

“Yale College is designed for an education in the liberal arts — and SOM has much greater resources for those interested in entrepreneurship and business,” he said.

SOM professor Andrew Metrick, who is offering a course cross-listed with Jackson Institute, said cross-listing the course helps drum up interest and increases accessibility for undergraduates.

“I’m not trying to teach tools.

This is more like a course on a topic,” he said. “It just ended up at SOM but it just as easily [could have] ended up at Jackson, or the College.”

Four Economics majors interviewed said they had not heard

about the SOM courses, but three said they had considered them.

Ruchita Gupta ’16 said the courses offered by SOM are useful for acquiring skills often required for internships and jobs in the business field. Taking these classes may help Yale undergraduates compete with applicants from peer institutions, many of which offer business-related courses and majors, she said.

Kimaya Abreu ’15 said SOM courses can also provide some variety to the curriculum.

“SOM courses may inject some energy into the usual set of Yale College economics offerings,” Abreu said. “I’ve found many of the standard [economics] lectures to be quite dry, even when the material is very interesting.”

Among the classes SOM will integrate into the Yale community is a class cross-listed with the Forestry School and another cross-listed with Yale Law School.

Contact LAVINIA BORZI at lavinia.borzi@yale.edu .

Dining sees fresh initiatives

BY LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTER Though summer may have been a break for students, it remained a busy season for Yale Dining, both inside and outside the kitchen.

While catering for commencement and class reunions and providing summer food service to students on campus for Yale Summer Session and other programs, Yale Dining emphasized fresh, locally grown produce this summer. In addition to hosting a weekly farmers’ market on Beinecke Plaza that saw its most successful year yet, the Yale Dining team opened a Culinary Support Center on Winchester Avenue, which has allowed Yale Dining to be more centralized and use more sustainable ingredients.

When crafting menus for YSS meals and special events this year, Executive Director of Yale Dining Rafi Taherian said Yale Dining aimed to use as many fresh ingredients as possible to take advantage of the fact that more locally grown produce is available over the summer. In the Connecticut region, farms experience a short growing season that largely takes place when the University is not in session, he said.

“Each year [over the summer] we build on our menu’s successes and enhance the areas that need our attention,” Taherian said.

Director of Supply Management and Sustainability Gerry Remer said although it was previously logistically difficult for local farmers to deliver directly to Yale, the new Culinary Support Center, which opened in August, has facilitated the use of locally sourced food.

For example, the CSC allows Yale Dining to more easily incorporate local produce in special occasion menus because local farmers no longer have to deliver food to 14 different dining hall locations. Remer noted that Yale recently purchased 1000 pounds of tomatoes from a farm in Woodbridge, Conn. that were first picked by Yale freshmen and then later served at the

freshman dinners.

Yale Dining representatives said the CSC has also enabled Yale Dining to be much more efficient with cold food production.

“Consolidating cold food production at CSC reduces redundant tasks of chopping, slicing, mixing and clean-up that otherwise take place at 14 different locations across campus,” read a Yale Dining statement, Van Dyke provided to the News last month.

Currently, Remer said 55 percent of the produce Yale purchases to serve in dining halls comes from regional growers.

This availability will remain constant until mid-October, after which more local produce — such as local corn, green beans and tomatoes — will need to be frozen for use during the winter months, she said. Other produce, such as winter squash, apples, mushrooms and potatoes are available throughout the year from other regions, she added.

Yale Dining not only served fresh produce this summer — it also sold locally grown produce at a weekly “Uncommon Market” outside of Commons on Fridays. The market sold baked goods from the Yale Bakery along with fresh vegetables and fruit.

General Manager of Commons Dining Hall Maureen O’Donnel-Young, who organized the Uncommon Market, said the produce sold ranged from fiddlehead to rhubarb to peas grown locally in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey or Pennsylvania farms. She added that the market also supported New Haven businesses, including selling bread from local bakery Whole G. Taherian said this year’s market was so successful that it broke previous years’ sales. Yale Dining also had to double its number of cashiers to keep up with demand, he said.

“Our sole objective for this project was … to be providing access to fresh produce with focus on local and regional producers at a significantly low

price,” Taherian said.

He added that since Yale has purchasing power as a large institution, the wholesale savings were then passed onto the consumer.

Customers at the Uncommon market were not the only ones who took notice of Yale Dining’s offerings this summer. In May, the National Association of College & University Food Services honored Yale with the grand prize and gold recognition in the category of large schools for University President Salovey’s Inauguration celebration last fall. Last year, Yale Dining took home the same award for the Freshman Holiday Dinner.

Taherian said Yale Dining aimed to provide top quality meals for the special occasions that took place this summer, including commencement activities and alumni reunions. Over the course of two weekends, Yale Dining was responsible for providing thousands of meals to alumni, which Taherian said his team served in a variety of locations, including inside college courtyards, catering tents and Commons.

The main objective was to

make the alumni feel welcome so that they can form memorable experiences during the events, Taherian said.

“Many people have come up to us to share stories about … the amazing time they have had and about the outstanding quality of the food service throughout the weekend,” said Association of Yale Alumni Senior Director for Yale College Classes Karen Jahn.

Still, Taherian noted that despite the large changes to Yale Dining operations during the summer, Yale Dining still scaled down overall operations to seven dining locations on campus and faced lower production needs overall than it does during the academic year. As this happens every summer, Taherian said Yale Dining workers either opt to take time off or will find alternate positions in the University, including with custodial, grounds, maintenance and athletic departments.

Yale Dining operates 23 residential and retail dining operations on campus during the academic year.

Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .

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Yale Dining opened a new Culinary Support Center to facilitate use of sustainable ingredients this past August on Winchester Avenue.

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FROM THE FRONT

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”

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Arts-minded students seek Yale support

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Some point to Yale’s liberal arts focus, which reduces focus on a student’s art of choice, to explain the difficulties faced by Yale art majors.

ARTS FROM PAGE 4 over the past decade, none of the 11 alumni artists interviewed said they think the University had a formalized process of preparing them for careers in the arts while they were at Yale.

“The arts just get lost in the shuffle, but it seems that there are a lot of resources for people who are pre-med or thinking about going into law,” said Taja Cheek ’12, an artist and arts administrator based in New York.

Yale Office of Career Strategy Director Jeanine Dames said that when she assumed her current position in January 2013, she immediately noticed the potential for the University to play a larger role in assisting students preparing for careers in the arts.

Under Dames’ leadership, OCS launched a four-year initiative during the spring of 2013 that aimed to strengthen the campus resources offered to aspiring artists. For the 2014-’15 academic year, OCS is set to host a number of new events including workshops and panels given by professionals in the arts, with support from Yale’s various arts departments and the Yale College Dean’s Office. OCS also plans to improve its network of artists and organizations in order to identify sources of employment and internship opportunities for students.

Overseeing OCS’s initiative is its Associate Director Katie Volz, who was hired in the summer of 2013 specifically to provide career services to students in the arts.

Dames said that Volz is the first OCS career adviser ever to specialize in the arts disciplines.

But students, faculty and alumni highlighted a few limitations to the University’s efforts to prepare students for becoming professionals in the arts. Yale does not offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in any discipline, and its liberal arts structure has left several arts departments with a shortage of technical classes geared towards helping aspiring artists develop their craft.

And artists today are facing more challenges in securing employment than ever before. But while Volz noted that the University cannot guarantee success for its aspiring artists, she remains optimistic about these students’ chances of building a fulfilling career in an increasingly difficult field.

“It’s always hard as a career adviser to talk to someone about a career that may not work out no matter how much effort one may put in,” Volz said. “But I really feel like these students have a shot.”

TOO UNPREDICTABLE TO PREPARE FOR

As the initiative to improve resources for aspiring artists has only recently been introduced on campus, OCS is faced with a myriad of challenges as it attempts to prepare undergraduates for what students, faculty and alumni have described as a highly unpredictable field — even for well-trained professionals.

Yale School of Music Deputy Dean Melvin Chen ’81 said that changes in the arts fields over time have raised new obstacles for students preparing for careers in such disciplines. Using

the music profession as an example, he explained that 50 years ago, the archetypal aspiring musician practiced all day, won an international competition, became employed by a professional orchestra and was “set for life.” But in recent years, Chen added, the level of competition for musicians has made it difficult to secure employment based on musical skill alone.

“Someone could play some pieces in a recital and 50 other people can play those pieces just as well,” Chen said. “So how can one stand out?”

David Warshofsky, an assistant professor of theatre practice at the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts, said that while theater actors used to be able to financially support themselves solely through acting, they can no longer earn enough money to support even a basic lifestyle, with the exception of those who are continuously employed by Broadway productions. But Warshofsky noted that it is now very rare for an actor to be employed in such a consistent manner by a well-paying organization.

Dames attributed the lack of predictability in professional arts fields largely to the absence of a pre-determined ‘track’ for students in the arts, which she said exists in disciplines such as medicine and law.

Rochelle Feinstein, a professor of painting and printmaking at the Yale School of Art, said that the majority of School of Art students have worked in positions ranging from artist assistants to bartenders before applying there.

Andrew Sternad ARC ’16 said that between 2009 and 2013, he worked in the urban planning sector of neighborhoods affected

by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, adding that he did not know he wanted to continue his education at the time of his graduation from college. He explained that his work experience did not prepare him for architecture school so much as help him realize what his interests were, adding that many other architects he has talked to believe it is not necessary — or even preferable — to exclusively study architecture as an undergraduate if one wants to eventually pursue a graduate degree in the field. Administrators, professors and alumni interviewed agreed that a combination of competitiveness, unpredictability and the absence of a consolidated academic track make arts-related careers difficult to enter.

THE COST OF LIBERAL ARTS

For aspiring artists, a Yale education is an alternative to arts conservatories and B.F.A. programs, which would require them to practice and perform their art more rigorously than Yale does. Students in several of Yale’s arts majors said they think that while artists in liberal arts programs graduate with a broad base of knowledge in different disciplines, such knowledge may come at the cost of technical expertise in their field.

Not all of Yale’s undergraduate artists receive the same type of education from their major. Lisa Kereszi ART ’00, the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art,

said that the Art major consists of primarily “hands-on” training.

The major only requires students to take three courses that are dedicated to art theory and history, she explained, adding that the majority of available classes are all focused on art-making.

But students in other majors said they have found a lack of practice-oriented courses that would prepare them to produce art at a professional level.

Yuxi Liu ’16, a Film Studies major, said that only a few courses in her major teach film production. Most of the curriculum is focused on film theory and history, she added. Film Studies major Christian Noel ’15 added that while Yale may develop students’ theoretical knowledge of the craft more effectively than other arts preparatory programs, students who plan to work as professionals in filmmaking will most likely need to pursue a graduate degree due to the shortage of practice-oriented classes within the undergraduate curriculum.

“The theory stuff is definitely helpful but at the end of the day, you need more production experience,” Noel said.

Ariadne Lih ’17, a Music major, said that most of the performance opportunities that aspiring musicians and singers have at Yale come in the form of extracurricular organizations. But balancing one’s academic schedule with extracurricular commitments can be difficult, Lih added, noting that her music practice schedule is not as rigorous as it would be in a music conservatory.

But other students, faculty and alumni argued that the liberal arts are not always an inferior form of artistic preparation compared to conservatory training programs.

Cheek, an artist and arts administrator based in New York, said that she thinks learning the theory and history behind the arts can be extremely important to students who wish to become professionals in those fields. She explained that employers in the arts are hesitant to hire those who have not studied the work of well-known artists and writers in college, which she said adds value to the liberal arts curriculum that students are exposed to at Yale.

Film Studies professor Marc Lapadula added that certain arts fields, such as film, are heavily dependent on areas outside of film for inspiration, which requires aspiring filmmakers to diversify their academic pursuits and not overemphasize film studies alone. Lapadula said he believes that because filmmaking is influenced by such a large variety of subjects, students that take classes in a broad range of topics will be better prepared to enter the film industry than students who only study film.

“If you’re going to go into film, you have to be immersed in art, literature, politics and even finance, since you need to get your film out there,” Lapadula said.

Associate Dean of the Arts Susan Cahan said she believes that the liberal arts are invaluable to aspiring artists because success in arts professions today

requires more than technical ability, which can make it advantageous for students to develop the sort of broad knowledge base that a liberal arts program offers.

“A person with a liberal arts education and excellent arts training is going to make more interesting artwork and will understand the meaning of what they are doing at a level that is beyond what is possible in a program that is more skills oriented,” Cahan said.

OCS: A GROWING PRESENCE

While the liberal arts model does not allow most arts majors’

curricula to put a primary emphasis on students’ careers, OCS has been trying to guide students in ways their academic programs do not.

Career advising for aspiring artists at Yale has existed for decades, but the resources available to students planning for careers in the arts have traditionally been scarce. Some students said they used to rely mostly on individual conversations with professors and peers rather than consultation with offices such as OCS. Kate Pitt ’12, a humanities program assistant at the Folger

Shakespeare Library, said that when she was an underclassman, looking to fellow students and alumni was the most common means by which aspiring artists sought advice on professional life. She said she thinks there is a greater concentration of career advising resources at OCS now than there was before.

Dames said that with its new initiative, OCS hopes to simultaneously construct a central database of online resources for aspiring artists as well as support the individualized career counSEE ARTS PAGE 6

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“A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.” LEON KRIER ARCHITECT

Plan could connect Wooster Square to Downtown

BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER AND J.R. REED STAFF REPORTERS When Ray Kimsey ’73 ARC ’75 was at school in New Haven 40 years ago, crossing from downtown into Wooster Square was like entering a “no man’s land.”

Four decades later, as president of the Atlanta-based architecture firm Niles Bolton Associates, Kimsey is seeing that area beginning to turn around. The project would redevelop 87 Union St., bringing roughly 285 residential units and several new storefronts to a parcel of land just southeast of the train tracks, three blocks from Wooster Square. The developer, Petra Development, will pitch the project to the City Plan Commission at its Sept. 17 meeting, trying to convince city officials to permit a zoning change that would give the site a classification commonly given to land downtown, but with a minor amendment limiting the height and density of development.

“The whole point is to build a neighborhood, a community,” said Noel Petra, a partner at the development firm. The proposal calls for retail space along Olive and Union Streets, and for a set of townhouse units along Fair Street, which will have a widened sidewalk furnished with trees and ornamental lamp posts. “It will have the same kind of effect as brownstones,” Petra said.

Along Olive Street, the building will be set back to accommodate outdoor seating, he said. Residents have expressed interest in a lunch-and breakfast option or a coffee shop, he added, in addition

to restaurants that will remain active at night, bringing foot traffic to the area.

A plumbing supply company currently occupies the site, which sits across the street from the Union Street Dog Park. Petra said he is considering trying to lure a doggie daycare center or veterinarian to the Union Street side of the apartments to fit with the existing landscape.

The proposal will follow plans for similar development on the adjacent Comcast site at the corner of Olive and Chapel Streets, where Spinnaker Residential is building apartments.

Matthew Nemerson SOM ’81, the city’s Economic Development Administrator, said the Petra project could solidify a trend toward mixed-use development in the untraveled area between downtown and Wooster Square, currently divided by the train tracks and vacant property.

“Oftentimes it’s the second project that proves the theorem,” Nemerson said. “Right now Fair Street is a ghost street. This will create a frontage where there is no urban edge now.”

He added that the twin developments could create a “continuum” to Union Station, a vital component of the broader Downtown Crossing project, which seeks to reconnect downtown to the Hill neighborhood and improve access to the train station.

Petra said he envisions graduate students, hospital employees, Yale professors, scientists and entrepreneurs taking primary advantage of the new housing options.

From studio apartments to three-

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The new development on Union Street aims to revitalize the Wooster Square area with an influx of residents and businesses. bedroom units, he said, the complex will cater to a wide range of residents.

“The project will support Yale and its effort to make New Haven a great place for people to come,” he said, citing enhanced activity in the lower Chapel Street area as an example. “Our own retail will be about activating these streets and creating a community here.”

The proposed apartments draw design inspiration from nearby architecture, including Union Station, brownstones on Court Street and Yale’s Steinbach Hall at 52 Hillhouse Ave. Fair Haven resident Arne Helland, who has lived in New Haven for 40 years and frequents the dog park opposite the site, said the project would help address the

Chapel Street running store opens

BY CAROLINE HART STAFF REPORTER As Connecticut runners flooded Chapel Street for the 37th annual New Haven Road Race this Monday, they passed by Connecticut Running Company, a newly installed running specialty store.

The store, which will hold a series of grand openings this weekend, officially opened last spring selling athletic apparel, footwear and running accessories.

Though the store serves Yale students, faculty and the New Haven community, store manager Christopher Bernhardt said that so far it has been frequented most by faculty members.

The store offers many specialized tests and evaluations for runners, including a treadmill in the middle of the store that helps runners analyze their gait and shoe fit-

tings. Because the store caters to such a specific group of people, Bernhardt said that the business primarily relies on word-of-mouth advertising.

While the Connecticut Running Co. specializes in running gear, Bernhardt said the store also provides general athletic clothing.

“It’s for anyone who is active — whether they run, walk or hike,” Berhardt said.

Students interviewed about the new business raised concerns about the price of merchandise in the store, as well as the location. The store is located at 976 Chapel St., neighboring student favorite burger joint Shake Shack.

Students don’t go to Chapel Street to shop, they go for the restaurants, Alicia Borja Alavarez ’17 said.

Rebecca Modiano ’16 said that she has walked by the store, but has never shopped there.

“It’s a little out of my price range,

but it seems like they have cool stuff,” she said.

Other students said they already buy their running clothes elsewhere.

Alex Herkert ’17 said he buys his athletic clothes at other stores that are more reasonably priced.

The Connecticut Running Co. provides a 10 percent student discount, but Bernhardt said the student discount has not been a focus of advertising.

Bernhardt said the store saw increased business with the influx of freshman during move-in week, and he added that people training for races like the NYC Marathon in early November frequent the store.

The Connecticut Running Company is part of The Boulder Running Company chain, founded in Boulder, CO. Contact CAROLINE HART at caroline.hart@yale.edu .

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The running specialty store on Chapel Street opened in the spring and has since served many faculty members and students.

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lack of businesses across State Street Bridge from downtown.

He added that Wooster Square is already an attractive neighborhood, but that its accessibility to downtown — for work or for shopping — could be vastly improved While East Rock is already highly developed by Yale and other entities, he said Wooster Square and the area near the Medical

School has room for development to accommodate the increasing demand for housing in the city.

Petra Development has had an office in New Haven for 32 years.

Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu and J.R. REED at jonathan.t.reed@yale.edu .

ConnCAN report cards scrutinized

BY SARAH BRULEY STAFF REPORTER As public schools in the Elm City open their doors to students for the new school year, a report released by ConnCAN raises questions about the quality of education in New Haven’s public schools.

This year’s report used data from 2012 and 2013 CMT and CAPT test scores — standardized performance tests administered by the state of Connecticut. The report cards demonstrated a disparity in performance levels among New Haven Public Schools. While a handful of schools were given passing grades or deemed “success stories,” 10 schools received failing grades.

“My take on this is that I don’t feel like the ConnCAN report adds significantly to the conversation here in New Haven,” said Garth Harries ’95, superintendant of New Haven Public Schools. “There is no question that we are not close to, in many of our schools, a place where our students are performing at the levels that we want them to.”

Harries stressed the need for multiple measures of performance to accurately evaluate each school. He pointed to the organization’s methodology in evaluating each school, stating that the reports use data from a test no longer administered in New Haven and do not provide insight into how the schools’ performances have been changing over the recent years.

While the report largely compares test scores, it also brings parents and community members into the dialogue about quality of education, said Yamuna Menon, ConnCAN’s director of research and policy.

Yale’s Director of Public Schools and Partnerships, Claudia Merson also questioned the value of comparing standardized test scores. “[The report card] looks at one variable and it’s a much more complicated issue,” Merson said, adding that ConnCAN has been a great “watchdog” for the public schools, but its report card fails to take into consideration the demographics of both high and low scoring schools.

The last time ConnCAN released report cards was in 2011, Menon said, attributing the three-year gap between report cards to a delay in the availability of state-level data.

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education on a district and state level, she said.

“Initially this project was designed to provide transparency and access to this information, namely the school performance index that we do,” Menon said.

“We hope that this project will be used by parents, community leaders, district leaders and other key policy makers to push for change.”

I don’t feel like the ConnCAN report adds significantly to the conversation here in New Haven.

GARTH HARRIES ’95 Superintendant, New Haven Public Schools

In an effort to improve student performance, New Haven Public Schools have been switching to the Common Core standards, said Abbe Smith, New Haven Public Schools director of communications. This year, the district will particularly focus on two schools, Lincoln-Bassett School and James Hillhouse High School, she said.

This year Lincoln-Bassett will participate in the state Commissioner’s Network, a state network for schools undergoing transformation. Eventually, Lincoln-Bassett will become an extended day community school to provide afterschool programs and family engagement, Smith said.

Hillhouse High School will launch two new academies, a public safety and law academy and the IDEA Academy, which focuses on innovation and entrepreneurialism, Smith said.

While the report highlights an important issue within Connecticut’s schools, it also raises the question of increasing parental awareness about school performance, said Linda Francis, a parent organizer for Families for Excellent Schools in Bridgeport.

“It takes a village to raise a child and a community to sustain it,” Francis said.

“Parents are not really being involved and not holding local boards accountable.”

ConnCAN graded 944 public schools in the state, giving 63 schools failing grades.

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FROM THE FRONT

“A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it’s better than no inspiration at all.”

RITA MAE BROWN AMERICAN WRITER, FEMINIST

Taxi companies react to Uber UBER FROM PAGE 1 While Uber could be used to get to suburbs of New Haven or distant restaurants, Chareeni Kurukulasuriya ’16 said taxi use is low in New Haven because the city is walkable and there are options for late-night shuttles.

She also mentioned that students may prefer Zipcars as a cheaper option. A trip from the corner of York Street and Chapel to Union Station costs $8.25 with Uber, while most Zipcars cost $7-$8 an hour.

As Uber and other ridesharing companies have garnered popularity across the country, they

have riled up many New Havenbased taxi companies. Taxi industry representatives have accused Uber of certain illegal operations, unfair business practices and unsafe procedures. Specifically, they have bemoaned a lack of city vehicle inspections. As of press time, Uber had not responded to a press inquiry.

Jerry Walthall, owner of Heritage Taxi, a small New Havenbased taxi company, said that taxi companies are suffering because Connecticut is not issuing enough taxi licenses. He said he is frustrated because sometimes he is not able to accommodate all potential customers, since he only has seven

licensed cars.

“I’m just hoping that government will allow us to get better work and not turn away customers,” Walthall said.

Walthall added that the Elm City needs more taxis or infrastructure in order to accommodate New Haven’s growing population. Indeed, he said more apartment and corporate complexes are emerging everyday around Yale’s campus.

He added that he thinks institutions, such as Yale University or hotels, will not solicit Uber for customers because there is no way to address issues such as lost luggage or irresponsible driving.

Bill Scalzi, owner of Metro Taxi, said he believes Uber’s problem is public safety, adding that he thinks people are unaware that Uber drivers use their own cars and personal liability insurance.

While many argue Uber charges less than the $2.70 per mile taxis in Connecticut charge, Scalzi noted that rates are not necessarily guaranteed. During peak hours, the rate can double, triple or even quadruple.

“Even if they do save two dollars on a 14-dollar ride, to give up all protections, starting with an unvetted driver, is just astounding to me,” Scalzi said. “It would be simple for Metro Taxi or any cab

company to do just what Uber is doing, but regulations are there for a reason. Innovation should never be at the expense of public safety.”

Scalzi believes that Uber and Lyft, another car-sharing service that has gained traction this year, woo students with their free ride offers and discounted fares, though their actions violate certain regulations. He also said that Uber cars are unmarked, meaning that there is initially no way to tell if the ride is from the company.

New Haven is not the only urban college campus to feature Uber. The application has become popular at the University of Chicago as well, according to Thomas

Healy ’16. While he understands the concern over safety, he said he is not worried.

“Even alone, I’ve found Uber drivers, nearly across the board, treat me more courteously and provide a better ride experience than your average taxi driver,” Healy said. “If we define safety as the chance of your encountering danger or harm, on your ride, then I also feel safer in an Uber simply because they’re better drivers than taxis.”

Uber is headquartered in San Francisco.

Contact J.R REED at jonathan.t.reed@yale.edu .

OCS tries to support aspiring artists ARTS FROM PAGE 4 seling that the University’s various arts departments have been offering to their students.

“Our role is to make sure students know all of the opportunities available to them,” Dames said.

Among the new services that will be offered to aspiring artists is an overhaul of the OCS website’s arts section. Dames said the office plans to add a host of features to its website, which may include recorded alumni presentations, online seminars and an online chat system in which students may interact with arts advisers.

Over the past three years, OCS has also increased its funding of arts related ventures. Michael Protacio ’14, an actor and singer based in New York City, said that during his years as an underclassman, there was one event per year that dealt with careers in the arts — an event that usually attempted to cover many different professions within a single workshop. By the time he was a senior, Protacio observed, the number of such workshops had increased and they were more specialized toward various disciplines within the arts. During the 2014-’15 academic year, OCS plans to work with arts departments across the University to add more career-oriented events.

BEYOND THE YALE BUBBLE

But there is a limit to what OCS — and Yale — can do to prepare undergraduates for the challenges faced by professional artists.

Timothy Cooper ’02, director of the Creative Yale Alumni Network, noted that many finan-

cial and logistical obstacles that working artists face do not exist at Yale. While booking a theater for a show at Yale can be easy and inexpensive, he explained, reserving venues outside of Yale requires purchasing insurance, gathering financial backers and presenting various forms of evidence that demonstrate the profitability of the production one is hoping to stage.

Current students and alumni suggested that undergraduates looking to pursue arts professionally should look outside of the University for a taste of such challenges. They noted that aspiring artists should seek exposure to the realities of the fields they are trying to enter through summer jobs and conversations with alumni in addition to practicing their crafts at Yale.

Liu said that many film majors like herself participate in extracurricular groups such as Bulldog Productions or the Yale Dramat in order to receive more experience in film production, but noted that she did not feel that these experiences adequately prepare aspiring entertainment professionals for the industry.

She highlighted the importance of internships in helping students receive the practical training that they do not necessarily receive at Yale.

“Internships are the most important thing, especially at a place like Yale where everything is so academically and not practically oriented,” Liu said.

John de Mita ’81, a professional actor and Professor of Theatre Practice at the University of Southern California, noted that the experiences he gained from working in regional

Papers due during exam week ACADEMICS FROM PAGE 1 four days both semesters.

Laura Wexler, a professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, celebrated the decision, noting that in her teaching, term papers are more important than examinations and, as such, she is happy to give students as much time as possible to work on them.

The real problem is students waiting until the last minute to write their papers.

EITAN HERSH Political science professor, Yale College For the most part, students were pleased with the extended deadlines.

Emma Goldrick ’17 said the delayed paper due date will ease her stress.

“Reading period is for studying in Bass and gorging yourself in the buttery — not for writing papers,” she said.

But Skyler Inman ’17 called the new deadline a “mixed bag,” noting that while extended time

to work on papers might alleviate stress, the combination of exams and papers during final exam period might be overwhelming.

Political science professor Eitan Hersh dismissed concerns about the concurrent timing of exams and paper deadlines.

“The real problem is students waiting until the last minute to write their papers,” he said. “The timing of deadlines is secondary. The procrastinators will find ways to procrastinate!”

Katayon Ghassemi ’16 noted that the new deadline accommodates the grading breakdown of high-level humanities classes.

She said that many humanities seminars have no final exam, so the bulk of a student’s grade is based on only one assignment.

“It’s nice that there is now the opportunity to spend more time on it,” she said.

At the faculty meeting, faculty members also voted to require that independent studies, with the exception of senior projects, be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.

Independent study advisers are also required to submit a report on the content of the independent study and the student’s performance.

This semester’s reading period begins Friday, Dec. 5.

Contact YUVAL BEN-DAVID at yuval.ben-david@yale.edu .

theaters during the summers of his undergraduate years at Yale were extremely useful to his professional development.

OCS is also trying to help students learn about the challenges faced by working artists through alumni panels and workshops, at which undergraduates can connect with current professionals in their fields of interest. Dames said she believes that speaking with alumni in the arts is one of OCS’s most effective means of preparing aspiring artists for the future.

“We can give advice, but there’s nothing like hearing it right from someone who is actually working in these disciplines,” Dames said.

But alumni who currently work as arts professionals expressed mixed opinions about the effectiveness of these events.

Cooper, director of the Creative Yale Alumni Network, said he attended numerous alumni panels and master’s tea events during his undergraduate experience but never felt like he thoroughly understood what life in the arts would be like until after graduation.

Actor Adam O’Byrne ’01 DRA ’04 noted that he believes academic institutions are limited in their ability to fully prepare students for careers in the arts because hearing professionals talk about such careers does not serve as a substitute for experience in the field.

“Even if you have people tell you what the business is like, you have no idea what that means until you get out there,” O’Byrne said.

Contact ERIC XIAO at eric.xiao@yale.edu .

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Every year, about 100 students graduate from Yale College with a degree related to the arts.

Provost optimistic on budget BUDGET FROM PAGE 1 Peel added that the work of managers and departmental teams throughout the University has lowered costs in the fiscal year 2015 budget. As a result, he said “a significant reduction” will be achieved this year in the size of the annual budget deficits Yale has experienced in the recent past.

While Polak said there is still a lot of work to do to balance the budget by fiscal 2016, he added that he is “quietly confident” that the University can accomplish that goal.

Eliminating the budget deficits that began during the recession has taken time.

After the financial downturn in 2008 reduced the size of the Yale endowment by 25 percent, the University faced a projected $350 million annual deficit in 2009. Since then, Yale has worked to reduce the deficit and has covered the gap between revenue and operating expenses each year using reserve funds. But a deficit of $39.2 million still remained in fiscal 2013.

Even in the context of the University’s large endowment, valued at $20.8 billion in June 2013, the University’s deficit has caught the attention of outside experts in recent years.

A June report on Yale’s finances by Moody’s Investors Service, an independent financial analysis group, noted that Yale has faced three years of modest operating deficits. Still, the report forecasted a stable credit outlook for the University, based in part on the prediction that the deficits would be reduced.

While Polak noted that the actual rather than projected budget deficit from last year has not been calculated yet, he

added that he believes that this year’s deficit will be smaller.

“I am optimistic that they will be better than last year, but I don’t want to jinx it,” Polak said.

Vice President for Finance and Business Operations Shauna King did not respond to requests for comment.

This new hiring will take money, and I do not have high hopes it will be forthcoming with the current budget.

JOEL ROSENBAUM MCDB professor, Yale College In his email last month, Salovey added that the University’s plans forecast small budget surpluses in the years following 2015-’16. The surpluses will fund research and teaching, as well as new initiatives across campus.

While Peel said he is confident that the University is very close to resolving its operating budget imbalance, he noted that strains on Yale’s resources remain.

For the immediate future, administrators said budget cuts must still be made — a prospect that most faculty members are far from excited about.

Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology professor Joel Rosenbaum said recent budget cuts have directly impacted his department’s ability to hire and retain top faculty. For example, he said, Yale lost a professor to Harvard Medical School this summer due to the University’s inability to offer a higher salary.

“This new hiring will take money, and I do not have high hopes it will be forthcoming with the current budget stringency,” Rosenbaum said. “So, I am delighted that Yale might be able to balance its budget in a couple of years, but I would like to know on whose shoulders the cuts required for this balancing are going to fall.”

Other faculty members agreed. Assyriology professor Benjamin Foster GRD ’75 said the University has left certain vacant faculty positions unfilled for too long, practicing a “delayed maintenance” of the faculty.

Though the University predicts small budget surpluses in the coming years, faculty were wary of speculating on uses for the new funds. Rosenbaum said that given the planned expansion of Yale with two new residential colleges, it would be foolish for him to suggest how to direct the budget. For others, the existence of surpluses themselves seems a rarity.

“While I’m told Yale used to be rich, it hasn’t felt that way since I arrived in 2010, and I really haven’t thought hard about where surpluses might go since that’s been akin to wishing for snow in August,” said School of Management Professor and the Jackson Institute Director James Levinsohn.

Still, Levinsohn was quick to add that he thinks the budget is being handled in a sensible manner. He added that Polak has done impressive work to balance the budget while maintaining the University’s focus on teaching and research.

Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth and Cornell all posted budget deficits for the fiscal year that ended in June 2013.

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

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ON CAMPUS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 4:00 p.m. DeVane Lecture: Introduction to Natural Selection and Sexual Selection; and the Darwin-Wallace Debate. Richard O. Prum, the William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology is presenting a series of lectures this semester titled “The Evolution of Beauty: From Warblers to Warhol.” Osborn Memorial Laboratories (165 Prospect St.), Rm. 202.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1:30 p.m. Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire. The Roman Empire was vast and diverse, but the inhabitants of even its most far-flung provinces — Britain, Gaul, Turkey, Syria, Eygpt and Tunisia — were all to some degree “Roman.” This exhibition tour examines the interaction between local traditions and Roman imperial culture through art and artifacts reflecting daily life, politics, technology and religion. This tour is open to the general public at no charge. Yale University Art Gallery (1111 Chapel St.).

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 11:00 a.m. Introductory tour of the Yale Center for British Art. A tour of the newly renovated Yale Center for British Art, the largest collection of British art outside the UK. The tour will be led by a museum docent and is open to the general public at no charge. Meet in the Entrance Court. Yale Center for British Art (1080 Chapel St.).

8:00 p.m. Lux Improvitas Recruitment Show. An annual improvisational comedy show by Lux Improvitas featuring improv games and audience participation. The show is free and open to all students; freshmen interested in improv are encouraged to attend. Linsly-Chittenden Hall, LC 101 (63 High St.).

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SPORTS

“It will take a nation of millions to hold me back.” TIM HOWARD U.S. NATIONAL TEAM GOALKEEPER

The beginning of the end for Tompkins era

BY JAMES BADAS STAFF REPORTER When head coach Brian Tompkins took the helm of the Yale men’s soccer team in 1996, several of his incoming freshmen players had not been born yet. But after this season — his 19th as Yale’s head coach — Tompkins will step down from his role and transfer to the Athletic department’s administration office. His players will look to send him off on a high note.

“I’m approaching the upcoming season as a unique opportunity to reflect on my good fortune and gratitude at having been involved in the lives of so many terrific young people over the years and hope that I have given to them half as much as they have given me,” Tompkins said.

Tompkins enters the season just six wins shy of equaling former Yale men’s soccer head coach Steve Griggs’ school record 143 victories. A successful season for the Bulldogs could put the head coach alone at the

top of the list.

The Elis’ 2013 record may not have done their overall performance justice — the team’s goal differential was only minus seven — but nevertheless, they must improve upon their 4–11–2 overall mark from last season.

Based on the talent and potential I have seen ... I have no doubt we can be Ivy League Champs.

CONNER LACHENBRUCH ’15 Captain, Yale soccer team “Given the potential our team has this year, it is very conceivable that we can make Coach Tompkins the winningest coach in school history,” said defender/ midfielder Pablo Espinola ’16.

“In fact, I think we owe it to him for all that he has done for us individually and this program as a whole.”

Ultimately, what matters more than the final 17-game record is Yale’s performance in the gauntlet that is conference play. After flirting with the top of the Ivy League table through the first few weekends of league competition last season, the Bulldogs sputtered to close with a 2–3–2 conference record and finished fifth in the Ancient Eight.

Several games last season showed the potential that the Bulldogs had, such as a thrilling, final-minute comeback victory over rival Harvard. It was games like that one that have Yale players thinking they can offer a storybook ending to Tompkins’ tenure.

“Based on the talent and potential I have seen thus far, I have no doubt we can be Ivy League Champs,” said captain and midfielder Conner Lachenbruch ’15, echoing the views of his teammates’.

Such a goal is possible if Yale is able to sure up some of its past weaknesses. First and foremost, the team must improve its offen-

sive potency early in the season. Omitting the Bulldogs’ 4–1 trumping of Sacred Heart last September, Yale was outscored 11 goals to two in six games leading up to conference play.

It could prove difficult for the Bulldogs to enter Ivy competition with the confidence and momentum necessary for a title run if they put together a similarly lackluster non-conference résumé. As far as tactical improvements are concerned for the upcoming year, Yale has emphasized efforts to bolster its defensive execution.

The Bulldogs conceded three goals in each of their final four Ivy League matchups, washing away any opportunity to compete for the Ivy crown. Their 13 goals allowed in conference play were not only the most in the Ancient Eight, but they also effectively canceled out the Elis’ 11 goals scored, which was good for second-most in the League.

Yale’s last line of defense, goalkeeper Blake Brown ’15, said he is confident that such defensive play will not plague the

Bulldogs this year.

“Defensive discipline is something we have worked on a lot last spring and this fall,” Brown said. “We have a great combination of veteran players and newcomers to our back line who will positively impact our play.”

Igniting the offense will be forward Cameron Kirdzik ’17 and midfielder Henos Musie ’16, who provided the boot behind the heroic free kick goal that catapulted Yale to victory over Harvard last year. Combined, Kirdzik and Musie found the back of the net seven times and accounted for 64 percent of the goals among returning players from last season.

Midfielder/forward Henry Albrecht ’17 will also be a key cog in the offensive machine, coming off a strong rookie campaign that saw the German native lead the team with four assists.

Beyond offensive and defensive metrics, the presence of a coach not named Tompkins may also prove to be a difference maker on this Yale squad.

Multiple players cited the arrival of recently announced assistant coach Olli Harder, originally of New Zealand, as a major boost to the team’s prospects. It is rare to experience such universal, outspoken clamoring of support by a team for a new assistant coach, but Harder’s hiring may prove to be a momentous decision.

“The most pleasant surprise this season has been the addition of [Harder],” Brown said.

“His passion and knowledge of the game was well received and has made an immediate impact in the mindset of our team.”

The nerves that accompany the buildup to a hopeful season will finally be cast aside in favor of pure adrenaline tomorrow night, when the Bulldogs kick off their season at home.

Action is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. in the friendly confines of Reese Stadium against Sacred Heart University (0–2, 0–0 Northeast Conference).

Contact JAMES BADAS at james.badas@yale.edu .

Soccer Season Preview Brown PATRICK LAUGHLIN 5th season

KEY GAMES @BU SEPT. 7 SEPT. 20 @ FLA. GULF COAST OCT. 4 COLUMBIA NOV. 8 YALE

The Bears enter this season with uncertainty facing them in net after losing goalkeeper Josh Weiner to graduation.

Weiner led the Ivy League in saves and racked up a save percentage of 0.794 in Ancient Eight play last season.

Offensively, the Bears could be on the rise, as leading scorer junior Tariq Akeel continues his development as the main attacking option. With Akeel’s goal-scoring prowess working in tandem with returning offensive star Daniel Taylor, who was among the Ivy League elite in assist production last season, the Bears should have a potent duo spearheading their offense.

Cornell JARO ZAWISLAN 6th season

KEY GAMES SEPT. 5 SEPT. 16 OCT. 18 NOV. 15

@LOUISVILLE @SYRACUSE YALE @COLUMBIA

RUDY FULLER 17th season

KEY GAMES SEPT. 12 SEPT. 14 OCT. 25 NOV. 15

SEATTLE (@UW) @WASHINGTON @YALE HARVARD

KEVIN ANDERSON 6st season

KEY GAMES MICHIGAN @BROWN @YALE @CORNELL

SEPT. 6 OCT. 4 NOV. 1 NOV. 15

CHAD RILEY 2ND season

KEY GAMES SEPT. 5 SEPT. 7 OCT. 11 NOV. 15

@NOTRE DAME INDIANA (@ND) YALE BROWN

The champs return in 2014 with most of their winning core in tact. The Ivy League’s second-leading scorer and Offensive Player of the Year, Duke Lacroix, will return to Penn in his senior season to offer the Quakers a proven striker upon which to build this year’s run at the title. Though Penn is without the services of starting defenders from last season, the squad features a number of promising young players and is headed by Randy Fuller, who is entering his 17th season leading Pennsylvania soccer. With championship-caliber leadership, Penn is certain to be a difficult draw for any of the other teams in the Ivy League, especially given the return of their top striking option, something that cannot be said for every Ancient Eight Squad.

JIM BARLOW 19TH season

KEY GAMES SEPT. 17 OCT. 4 NOV. 8 NOV. 15

GEORGETOWN DARTMOUTH PENN @YALE

Harvard

6-7-4 (1-6-0) 8TH

With seven newcomers, including a collegesoccernews.com Top-150 recruit in Tyler Dowse, the Big Green will look to bolster a relatively young roster that will see most of its leading scorers return. The team is also blessed with good size on the defensive front, boasting seven defenders standing six feet tall or more — a prospect that should make set pieces a maddening experience against the Big Green.

With second-year head coach Chad Riley at the helm, Dartmouth will be in a position to maximize this young talent.

Riley has experience working with top-flight university programs and certainly knows what it takes to win, having spent six years with Notre Dame. Whether that will translate to Ivy League success has yet to be seen, but Dartmouth can only improve upon an Ivy League worst 1–6 conference record in 2013.

Princeton

8-8-2 (5-1-1) 1ST

8–6–3 (1–3–3) 7th

Columbia could be the season’s breakout squad due to a youth movement. Sophomores Andrew Tinari and Nicholas Pappacena, who combined for eight goals and five assists last season, will lead the charge on offense. As their younger forwards develop, Columbia will look to sure up a porous defensive backfield that was primarily manned by underclassmen in 2013. Furthermore, goalkeeper Kyle Jackson, one of the Ivy League’s top keepers, is entering into just his junior season, giving the Lions one more weapon with which to frustrate Ancient Eight attackers.

Dartmouth

8–5–4 (2–4–1) 6th

The Big Red return to Ivy competition with arguably the best goalkeeper in the entire conference, senior Zach Zagorski.

Allowing only seven goals across 11 starts last season, Zagorski will lead the Cornell defensive front as Ivy play unfolds. Last season, the Big Red supported a languishing attack, one that scored only 16 goals in 17 games, with a stout defensive line that produced eight shutout performances. Freshman development and young talent will be key for Cornell to produce enough offensive firepower to improve upon its 2–4–1 Ivy mark from last season. After a year in which the Big Red featured a number of freshmen in its 2013 starting lineups, those players will now have a full year of college experience under their belts as they lace up for this season.

Penn

Columbia

7–7–3 (3–2–2) 4th

PIETER LEHRER 2ND season

KEY GAMES SEPT. 5 OCT. 4 OCT. 25 NOV. 15

@GEORGETOWN YALE @PRINCETON @PENN

Like Penn, the Tigers will be graced with the return of their standout striker, Cameron Porter, who led the Ivy League in scoring with nine goals last season. Furthermore, with seven new recruits from the class of 2018, the Tigers will have an injection of youth — particularly in the midfield where five of these freshmen play. Having a deep well of talented midfielders to serve up passes to Porter could prove the recipe for a successful offensive scheme for Princeton. In a league highlighted by a number of stout defenses, creativity in the midfield could prove a difference maker for the Tigers in tight games this season.

Last season Harvard embarked upon a high-octane campaign in the Ivy League, scoring 11 goals in seven games. The Crimson’s stout defense conceded only eight goals in conference play, good for third best in Ancient Eight competition. Though Harvard lacked a clear top attacking option last season, it was bolstered by the stellar distribution of then-senior Ross Friedman, who led the Ivy League with 10 assists. With Friedman departing, the Crimson is losing a field presence that allowed it to perform at a high level without relying upon a talismanic striker to produce goals.

Fortunately for the Crimson, many of its leading goal scorers are returning. The challenge for Harvard will be how to structure its attacking form without Friedman’s sure foot in the backfield to distribute the ball. Nevertheless, after a promising 2013 season, head coach Pieter Lehrer will have a strong, previously successful core to build upon in his sophomore season at the helm.

Yale

7-9-1 (4-2-1) 3RD

BRIAN TOMPKINS 19th season

KEY GAMES SEPT. 12 OCT. 4 OCT. 25 NOV. 15

@FAIRFIELD @HARVARD PENN PRINCETON

7-8-2 (5-2-0) 2nd

4-11-2 (2-3-2) 5TH

The Elis finished up the 2013 season with an Ivy League worst 4–11–2 overall record, though their play within the Ancient Eight was actually far more impressive than their record indicates. The Bulldogs managed to fire home 11 goals, and can count on the return of their second leading scorer, Cameron Kirdzik ’17. Having young talent capable of scoring will be key for the Bulldogs as they look to emerge from the middle of the Ivy League pack. Furthermore, the team is guided by one of the most successful coaches in Yale history, Brian Tompkins, who will enter his 19th season at the helm of the Eli squad.

Furthermore, the Bulldogs added several new attacking options during the offseason, welcoming an offense-heavy class of 2018. The new recruiting class includes at least two players, Teddy Mauze ’18 and Josh Totte ’18, who should add competition at the forward spot.

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Discover New Haven: Freshman Challenge By now you probably know where to check out a book on campus, but do you know where the best cookies are sold? Using a smart phone app, search for clues around downtown that will help you learn more about New Haven.

Saturday, September 6, from 3–5 pm Registration required: onhsa.yale.edu/register Free t-shirts for all participants who register.

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SURVEY

MEET 2018 In early August, before freshman move-in day, the News issued a 33-question survey to members of the class of 2018. Six hundred and twenty-three freshmen responded, sharing their backgrounds and aspirations for the bright college years ahead of them.

Background >$500,000 15%

$250,000 – $500,000 19%

$125,000 – $250,000 23%

<$40,000 11% $40,000 – $80,000 14%

The 506 American students interviewed yielded a regional distribution consistent with those of previous classes. 34.3 percent said they were from either the Tri-State Area or greater New England, while 15.2 percent said they were from California.

Including the survey’s 68 international students, more than 6 out of 10 freshmen reported being from suburban communities.

$80,000 – $125,000 18%

Almost 90 percent said they lived with 2 parents at home. The highest educational level attained by either parent skewed toward the high end of the spectrum, with 71 percent earning at least a Master’s, professional or doctorate degree. Forty-six freshmen said that no parent had gone beyond graduating high school. Much like family education level, family income levels were generally high for the class of 2018: 314 of the 582 respondents reported an annual household income of more than $125,000, 83 of which eclipsed $500,000 per year.

Still, 25 percent of those surveyed indicated that they were in the bottom two income brackets, earning $80,000 or below annually. Within those brackets, however, 85 percent said they were happy with their financial aid awards, compared to the overall 58 percent who said the same. According to results from a similar freshman class survey conducted by the Harvard Crimson for Harvard freshman, Yale's class of 2018 mirrored Harvard's with similarly distributed income levels and ethnicities. At 58 percent, Harvard did have a larger contingent of public school students compared with Yale’s 55 percent. However, Harvard demonstrated a higher proportion of legacies with 73 percent of Harvard freshman reporting no prior family connection to the university compared with 78 percent at Yale.

Identity In religious beliefs, the Class of 2018 displays immense diversity, with no religion exceeding 18 percent of the class. Protestants, Catholics, atheists, agnostics and Jews made up the lion’s share of the class, with each accounting for between 13 and 18 percent.

True to the adage that college students skew liberal, more than six-tenths of the 569 respondents characterized themselves as either “somewhat” or “very” liberal, while only 14 percent self-identified as “somewhat” or “very” conservative.

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“Adults are just obsolete children.”

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AMERICAN AUTHOR

High School

Academics Other 1%

Public 55%

Slightly more than half of everyone surveyed said that they felt academically prepared for Yale. However, only 49 percent of those coming from public schools reported such confidence, compared with the 66 percent of their private school counterparts.

“I definitely expect to be challenged, but hopefully not overwhelmed,” one student said in the survey’s free-response section. “I know there will be many who are smarter than me, and I expect there to be some relatively friendly academic competition.”

Before Yale, slightly more than half of those surveyed attended a public high school, with the remainder generally attending private schools. Of those attending private schools, 3 out of 5 paid a tuition of more than $20,000 every year.

And now, entering Yale, 71 percent said that they enjoyed at least an above-average high school experience, while only 2 percent said that they did not enjoy theirs.

Social Life Roughly eighty percent of responding Yale freshmen said that classes would be more important to them than their social lives, compared to 86 percent of Crimson freshmen. Among Yale students, none said that social life is entirely more important.

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Of the 563 respondents, 220 indicated that they plan to major in a STEM subject — the department was the most popular for all ethnicities, except for Hispanics, who showed a preference for the social sciences. Fifty-one percent of east Asians and 65 percent of Indians chose the STEM option. One out of three black students said that they wanted to study the social sciences, giving them the highest percentage of prospective students in the department of any ethnicity. At Harvard however, the social sciences won out with Economics and Government capturing the most prospective students at 16 percent and 11 percent respectively.

Sex 42%

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Few students surveyed indicated an interest in participating in Greek life at Yale. Less than one-fifth — 18 percent — of those who responded said they planned to join a fraternity or sorority while at Yale.

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tried alcohol once

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Survey results suggest nearly half of incoming freshmen are virgins as more than four out of every 10 respondents had never engaged in any sexual activity. Thirty-four percent arrive at Yale having already had intercourse and the remainder had engaged in some form of sexual activity though not necessarily intercourse.

Thirty-five percent of those surveyed said they have never been in a relationship. On the flip side, seventeen percent of the respondents had been in three or more relationships before coming to Yale. Twenty-seven percent and 21 percent, respectively, have had one or two relationships. In the free response section, some respondents wrote that they hoped to have lots of sex, while others said they aimed to go through Yale without having any sex.

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The proportion of students who had never used alcohol was roughly equivalent to the proportion that had used alcohol regularly, both making up around a quarter of respondents. On the other hand, most of those surveyed — 72% — had never used drugs before.

The percentage of responding freshmen identifying as straight is 87 percent.

Career

Athletics

Despite 2018’s expressed preference for the STEM departments, only 15 percent reported plans to pursue a career in medicine after Yale. In comparison, 1 in 5 freshmen are set on a career in law, public service or politics. Finance and consulting (8 percent) and academia (7 percent) rounded out the top four categories. Though medicine and public service also took top spots in the Crimson's poll, entrepreneurship and technology/engineering beat out finance, consulting and academia.

Varsity athletes, who made up 14 percent of the surveyed Yale audience, favored finance more than their non-athlete peers did: 11 percent of the former, versus less than 5 percent of the latter, said that they plan to pursue a career in banking or alternative investing.

not sure law, public service, or politics

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Those aspiring to work in medicine or public service/law/politics were more than twice as likely to strongly emphasize their studies than those planning to work in finance (36, 34 and 15 percent, respectively). Half of those aspiring to work in finance said that they were “very optimistic” about their long-term futures, while only 42 percent and 35 percent said the same after choosing medicine or law, public service or politics, respectively.

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Yale Bowl.

BY ASHTON WACKYM STAFF REPORTER In 1914, what was then the largest stadium since the Roman Coliseum was built in New Haven, Conn.

This year, the Yale Bowl will celebrate its 100th birthday with season-long events, festivities and attractions.

Yale athletics administrators, committees and alumni have been working on designing and preparing the celebration of the Yale Bowl for nearly a year and a half. The 100th anniversary committee has cooked up several ways to make the honoring of the Yale Bowl

both memorable and educational, according to Pat O’Neil, associate athletic director marketing and licensing. Above all, however, Yale is working to augment enthusiasm about the Yale athletic tradition.

“We’re looking at how to get people excited about the 100-year celebration,” Director of Athletics Tom Beckett said. “We’re going to do any number of things with artifacts from the past, including bringing out the Heisman trophy and reconnecting people with the 100-year history of the Bowl, and at the same time honor the present.”

Displaying the Heisman — which was won by quarterback

Clint Frank ’38 in 1937 one year after end Larry Kelley ’37 brought home the second-ever Heisman — will certainly attract attention, especially for all six home games of the season — but the Bulldogs marketing team realized that there needed to be an attractive location to exhibit it.

O’Neil worked with Webster Bank, a Waterbury, Conn.founded bank, to create an exhibition center on game days called “The Yale Bowl 100 Tent.”

The tent, which will likely be located near concessions outside the Yale Bowl, will be part of the committee’s aim to create a plaza-like atmosphere where fans

can come to learn about the past, present and future of Yale Athletics, according to associate athletics director of sports publicity Steve Conn.

We’re looking at how to get people excited about the 100-year celebration.

TOM BECKETT Director of Athletics “Fans will be able to come through and see history, memorabilia and buy 100th anniversary

logo material as well as have pictures taken with Heisman trophies,” Conn said.

The tent will not just be on display for the home opener against Lehigh on Sept. 20, but instead will remain a part of the Yale Football game day experience for the entire season. Additionally, athletic administrators have mentioned the possibility of a 100 Tent kick-off party on Sept. 18.

According to athletic administrators, the goal of the tent is to give an educational experience about the storied history of Yale football and the Bowl.

“The tent [will] be a place where no matter your age, fans [will] walk

away from it with a better understanding of the Bowl’s impact on sports in this country,” O’Neil said.

“With displays, photos and artifacts, we hope fans come in during game day and leave saying, ‘I didn’t know the Yale Bowl…’”

Yale will face several Ivy League opponents in the Yale Bowl this year, including Princeton, Penn and Dartmouth. However, Yale will also take on historic rival Army on Sept. 27 — marking the first time Yale has played an Football Bowl Subdivision team since 1998.

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

Volleyball’s Rogers ’15 looks towards title

BY GRANT BRONSDON STAFF REPORTER When the Yale volleyball team opens its season this weekend by hosting No. 18 Minnesota, Albany and Boston College at the John J. Lee Amphitheater, it will do so with stadium-sized expectations. The Bulldogs have won the last four consecutive Ivy League Championships, and the squad posted a conference record 23-game win streak over the past two seasons. The team will take the court this season led by captain Mollie Rogers ’15, an outside hitter from California who earned her third straight first team AllIvy recognition last season. The News caught up with Rogers to discuss the team’s expectations, this year’s squad and her goals for the season.

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The team has won four straight Ivy League championships.

How do you improve upon that this year?

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I think obviously we’re trying to get better every single year.

I think in preseason we’re playing some tough teams, so it will be really nice to take a game off of

those teams or win some of them … In the back of our minds we’re always thinking about how we as a team can get better, because obviously there’s always room for that. do you ward off any kind QHow of overconfidence that the team may have?

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We try to keep pushing ourselves in practice a lot, so our team’s obviously very competitive, [and] our practices show that. In practice we’re always competing really hard against each other on the court … We know that teams are looking to beat us.

kind of things did you QWhat focus on in the offseason, both you personally and as a team?

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It’s a nice time to work on different plays … I think it’s just a great time to improve all aspects of the game. There wasn’t exactly one specific [aspect of the game] we were working on, but it’s more trying to use the downtime to get better as a team because you lose your seniors, so then in the offseason [it’s time to] get used to not having the seniors that were there before and [developing] that new team that [will compete] in the fall of the next year.

four all-Ivy players Do you have any personal or QWith returning this year, how tal- Qteam goals for the season? ented is this team, especially compared to past years?

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It’s always hard to tell because every single team is different, but I think we have a great group of freshmen that came in. We’re excited to see players that come in really ready to play at this level that are going to push you in practice and get time on the court. Obviously, it’s really hard to quantify something like that.

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The goal that we always try to focus on is winning the Ivy League.

you consider this seaQWould son a disappointment if you didn’t win the Ivy League title?

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Absolutely.

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

STAT OF THE DAY 100

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The Elis will begin their season on Friday with high expectations after winning the last four Ivy League titles.

YEARS SINCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE YALE BOWL. The stadium, which served as a model for future bowl-shaped stadiums, was completed in 1914.