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CROSS CAMPUS 4–0. Don’t ever forget, QPac. Tonight, the men’s hockey team squares off against Quinnipiac with a lot on the line, even if it’s not a national championship. Our friends in Hamden seem pretty excited: Student tickets sold out within five minutes of their Tuesday night release. Then again, there really isn’t much to do in their town, or else they wouldn’t be invading New Haven every Saturday night.

DIVERSITY MORE THAN JUST CULTURAL HOUSES

ONE LAST CIGAR

PALACE TENSIONS

Owl Shop manager’s death marks end of an era for the smoke shop.

IN EMAILS, CITY, UNIV. SPAR OVER NEW MUSIC HALL.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL After two-game sweep last weekend, Yale faces Cornell and Columbia.

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Students skeptical of mental health changes YALE TO ADD MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS

BY AMAKA UCHEGBU STAFF REPORTER Yale Health will hire more psychologists, psychiatrists and clinical social workers, Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin announced in a Thursday campus-wide email.

The changes follow weeks of heightened criticism surrounding the accessibility of mental health services, prompted by the

suicide of Luchang Wang ’17.

But while Genecin outlined additional changes, such as streamlining the referral process for new patients and creating new helplines for students with mental health complaints, students interviewed were left perplexed by the lack of clarity in Genecin’s proposals.

“Overall, there was a lack of specifics,” said Geoffrey Smith ’15. “The email … mostly hinted at reforms in other contexts that sound promising but may or may not be substantive.”

Yale Health’s Mental Health

and Counseling Department currently employs 28 clinicians.

How many will be added, though, is unclear.

This, along with the fact that Genecin’s email did not elaborate on how the new referral system will differ from the current one, made the announcement underwhelming, Smith said. He added that it did not address what he considers to be high-priority issues, such as withdrawal and readmission policies.

Although Genecin and MH&C Director Lorraine Siggins held “listening sessions” at several

residential colleges last spring to collect student feedback on Yale Health’s MH&C provisions, Smith and other students interviewed suggested that their concerns have not been heard.

In addition to expanding its staff, Yale Health will streamline the transition process between patients’ first MH&C appointments and the start of their treatments. Now, Genecin said, clinicians will spend each student’s first visit to MH&C discussing their concerns, preferences and goals, in addition to advising on the next steps for treatment,

making intake sessions more similar to therapy than they currently are.

“In a very real sense, this first appointment is now also the start of treatment,” Genecin wrote in the email.

Yale Law School Mental Health Alliance member Rachel Dempsey LAW ’15, who coauthored a survey at the Law School about mental health services at Yale, said she thinks that the long wait times between a student’s initial appointment and SEE MENTAL HEALTH PAGE 4

Vic-tory party at Toad’s. A

win on the ice would mean taking back everyone’s favorite dance floor for ourselves.

Tonight would be a good one for that because Vic Mensa, a friend of Chance the Rapper’s (remember him?), takes the Toad’s stage at 9 p.m. Here’s to celebrating an Eli win with some “Orange Soda.”

Activists protest two wage theft cases

The Golden Rule. The class

of 2018, however, is probably too preoccupied with plans for Saturday’s Freshman Screw to notice everything else that’s going on this weekend. To those of you still setting up your suitemates, remember: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

BY AMAKA UCHEGBU STAFF REPORTER

the wage theft allegations, multiple protestors and an attorney said the protests demonstrate that Latino immigrants are more likely than other populations to suffer from unfair labor practices.

“Wage theft is not limited to immigrant workers or low-wage workers by any means, but those groups are particularly vulnera-

Physicians at the Yale School of Medicine are calling for improvements in the way the Food and Drug Administration informs the medical community about research misconduct.

In an editorial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, physicians used data collected by journalist and New York University professor Charles Seife GRD ’95 to show that 57 of the 600 clinical trials published from January 1998 and September 2013 showed significant evidence of research misconduct. That misconduct ranges from outright fraud — such as a case in which research a study reported an X-ray that never occurred — to instances where patients are not informed of the risks and benefits of a study. The FDA does not report research misconduct directly to the journals that publish the studies, said Robert Steinbrook, associate editor for JAMA Internal Medicine. Though rare, misconduct does not get reported when identified because there is no systematic way for the FDA to inform the medical community, Seife said.

“The FDA needs to stop treating wrongdoing as confidential information,” Seife said.

“Treating it as such is covering up fraud.”

Of the total instances of research misconduct, 39 percent involved falsification or

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Intergalactic Council.

Upperclassmen looking to get their semi-formal fix can do so at Night at the Planetarium tonight. Good for the YCC for trying new, far-out things.

“Yale has helped shape me.”

So says the Tyler Varga ’15, who showed plenty of love for Yale by telling his own story to Bleacher Report yesterday.

Varga’s inner Eli came out in the piece’s intro, in which he pointed out that “there aren’t enough hours in the day,” something that athletes and normies alike here can wholeheartedly agree on.

Take me to church. Lent

is upon us, and Huffington Post took the occasion to remind us of the impressive collection of religious artifacts scattered across Yale’s campus.

“15 Religion Treasures at Yale” ventured through the Beinecke, the YUAG and more to find gems like the Gutenberg Bible and William Blake’s “Virgin and Child.”

‘Show ’em a clean one.’

Yesterday, the Washington Post published a letter that George H.W. Bush ’48 wrote to his sons in 1998. In it, the elder Bush expressed both his desire to see his sons carve new paths and his deep love for them. And though both George W. ’68 and Jeb also ended up gunning for the Oval Office, we’d imagine that they still love their pops back. Aw.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

1978 Two Silliman seniors, Susan Howe ’78 and Elva Mapp ’78, finally emerge from a squash court in Payne Whitney after 12 hours of being stuck inside with no heat or light.

Due to the conditions, Mapp even attempted, to no avail, to build a fire by rubbing squash racquets together.

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Immigrants’ rights activists protested alleged wage theft at local businesses in Orange and West Haven yesterday.

BY FINNEGAN SCHICK STAFF REPORTER Immigrants’ rights activists stood with signs outside two businesses in Orange and West Haven yesterday afternoon, condemning the alleged wage theft and abuse of Latino workers Armando Rodriguez and Alberto Saldana.

Most of the protesters were members of Unidad Latina en

Accion, a New Haven-based immigrant’s rights organization. The protest started at A Cleaners in Orange, where Rodriguez worked for six years and was paid below the minimum wage before quitting. It then moved to A-1 Diner in West Haven, where Saldana was allegedly fired after requesting his overtime wages, which summed to nearly $2,000. Although the owners of the two businesses dispute

Tweed considers flights to D.C.

BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI STAFF REPORTER Getting from the Elm City to the nation’s capital may soon be a lot easier.

City officials met with major businesses and Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport officials on Wednesday to discuss a proposal to add a direct flight to Washington-Dulles International Airport.

At the meeting, the TweedNew Haven Airport Authority presented their plan to the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven, the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce, major businesses and institutions, including Yale.

The new service would consist of three round-trip flights per day on a 19-seat aircraft operated by Buzz Airways, which currently only has flights out of Branson, Mo. Tickets would cost between $99 and $299, depending on the day of purchase.

The flights, if approved,

would compete with Amtrak Acela, an express train that offers tickets to Washington, typically starting at roughly $150, and currently accounts for 56 percent of passenger travel between New Haven and the D.C. area, according to the Airport Authority’s presentation on Wednesday.

“Because of our price structure, we would offer a better value than the Amtrak Acela,” Executive Director of the Airport Authority Tim Larson said.

Six Yale students interviewed who are from Washington, D.C. said they currently use Amtrak to travel home at least three times per year. However, all six expressed interested in flying home as long as ticket prices are lower than Amtrak Acela.

Austin Campbell ’16 said his decision about whether to take the train or a flight home would be based solely on price, since SEE TWEED PAGE 6

For Yale’s highest body, secrecy is the rule

BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER In the coming week, the 17 members of the Yale Corporation will gather around the oval table in Woodbridge Hall.

The Corporation, which gathers on campus four to five times each year, is responsible for the biggest decisions at the University, ranging from the selection of a new University president to the construction of two new residential colleges.

But what they discuss at any particular meeting is a secret. University President Peter Salovey, who is a member of the Corporation, is the only administrator authorized to speak on decisions reached during Corporation meetings, and the Corporation’s minutes are kept sealed for 50 years.

Even the exact dates of the Corporation’s meetings are kept under wraps.

KEEPING THINGS QUIET

While high-level University administrators and Corporation members maintain that they have made efforts to increase the Corporation’s visibility and accessibility in recent years, faculty and students interviewed are split between when an appropriate level of privacy crosses over into excessive insularity.

University Secretary and Vice President for Student Life Kimberly Goff-Crews said the University has pushed for more accessibility in recent years, most notably through meetings with students during the presidential search, Master’s Teas and University Teas, organized like master’s teas but hosted

by Office of the Secretary. Goff-Crews added that the Corporation has annual meetings with the leadership of the Yale College Council, Graduate Student Assembly and the Graduate and Professional Student Senate.

Salovey echoed the sentiment, adding that it is not uncommon for department chairs and other academic administrators to interact with Corporation members around the annual meetings.

Sociology Department Chair Richard Breen, however, said that in his one and a half years in the position, he has had no interaction with the Corporation, adding that “department chairs rarely, if ever, do that.”

Meanwhile, Salovey cautioned against ignoring the distinction between necessary confidentiality and insularity.

“For as long as I’ve been at Yale, the schedule of meetings and the agendas for SEE YALE CORP PAGE 6

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he University’s decision to address problems with Yale Mental Health and Counseling is sensible and heartening. It represents a swift and fairly thorough response to the public outcry over the failure to provide students adequate mental health care.

What’s more, it does justice to the memory of Luchang Wang '17, who took her life last month, indicting mental health policies in a note she posted to Facebook just before.

Coupled with the work of Yale College’s committee on withdrawal and readmission, the changes outlined in a Thursday email from Paul Genecin, director of Yale Health, could yield important progress. We say “could” because this marks the beginning, not the end, of the process — and because there are early signs that many of the changes are shallow.

Most substantively, Yale Health is hiring more psychologists, psychiatrists and clinical social workers. Currently, the center employs 28 clinicians, in addition to Lorraine Siggins, who heads the department. It’s become clear that this is woefully inadequate.

Nearly 40 percent of undergraduates use mental health resources before graduating, according to data collected by the Yale College Council. Yet many report significant barriers to access: long waits for appointments, last-minute cancellations, poorly explained caps on visits. Especially troubling are cases of students being told their problems are not sufficiently dire to warrant regular treatment. This puts them in a bind, according to students who’ve shared their stories with us: If you admit you’re desperate, perhaps even suicidal, you risk being forced to leave, yet if you say you need help, but can get through the day, you’re an afterthought.

We’re optimistic that many of these problems can be allayed by a staffing increase. Yet we wish Genecin had been more specific, perhaps shedding light on the scale of the increase we might expect. Surely specific details are subject to change, but “more” is ultimately an empty promise. A reporter who sought clarity on this question from Genecin and Siggins heard nothing by way of response.

Of the other improvements Genecin touts, many of which are new ways of describing existing resources, the confidential telephone line is an encouraging move. Students who are dissatisfied with MH&C now have a clear avenue to report com-

plaints about their care. Daniel Champagne has taken on the role of student advocate and can be reached at 203-436-9503.

Students can also send him confidential messages at MHCStudentAssistance@yale.edu.

And yet, two calls placed to this number Thursday went to voicemail. An email to Champagne returned an “out of the office” automated message. This is not an auspicious start.

Even so, we are glad that University administrators have seen fit to hold a forum allowing students to voice complaints and give input on these changes.

Next Wednesday, Feb. 25, Genecin and Siggins will join Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway and Secretary and Vice President for Student Life Kimberly Goff-Crews for an open forum on mental health. John Rogers '84 GRD '89, an English professor chairing the committee on withdrawal and readmission, will also attend the hourlong forum, from 6 to 7 p.m. The value of this public event cannot be overstated, not least because it acknowledges that issues with day-to-day resources and care cannot be divorced from the policies governing withdrawal and readmission.

Holloway should be lauded for forming the committee that is currently examining these policies, reforms to which are long overdue. He has also made efforts to be responsive to students who’ve written to him directly to request changes. We welcome Holloway’s leadership on this issue.

The most important implication of Genecin’s note is the possibility that more members of the Yale community may get the help they need. But it’s also a ringing endorsement of the power of students to demand more from their University Remember that you are owed respect and attention as a constituent of Yale, a presence on campus for at least four years.

“We value your contributions as we strive to expand and improve student mental health services,” Genecin wrote in Thursday's email. “We are fortunate to work with a team of mental health professionals in [Mental Health and Counseling] who are committed to the mental health of all Yale College students.”

So, too, is the University fortunate to have students who refuse to be silent, bent on making Yale a better place.

“We want to hear from you; please come talk to us,” Genecin concluded.

We’ll see you on Wednesday evening.

any graduate and professional students do not publicize the difficulties and challenges they face with the Yale community in the Yale Daily News. In a competitive environment where jobs are scarce and support from advisors is essential to professional success, you will rarely hear graduate and professional students expressing their concerns in public forums.

However, graduate and professional students often deal with crippling depression and anxiety, which is compounded by their isolated working environment and constant pressure.

Graduate and professional students depend on the services of Yale Mental Health and Counseling, which are the only mental health resources available to students receiving health care from the University.

Approximately 50 percent of graduate and professional students will visit MH&C during their time at Yale. Each year, 25 percent of graduate and professional students seek care for mental health issues. Many more have reported wanting mental health treatment but not seeking

assistance because of the long wait times before being assigned to a therapist and the difficulty of scheduling appointments.

Unfortunately, these services are often too little and available too late. Consistent student feedback to Graduate and Professional Student Senate representatives and survey data highlight the long wait times between intake and first appointment, rapid turnover in care providers and lack of long-term therapy options.

In a recent survey, 46 percent of graduate students who sought assistance from MH&C reported waiting more than one month before being assigned to a mental health care provider; half of those waited more than two months. Based on yearly surveys of graduate and professional students, we have seen a 25 percent increase in dissatisfaction with mental health services over the last two years.

It was with both interest and dismay that we learned about today’s announcement to changes in MH&C, which the University notably did not share with graduate and professional students. While we are excited

to hear about changes to the system, we are startled by the exclusive focus on Yale College. Graduate and professional students have shared their concerns and proposed solutions to MH&C over the past several years. Graduate and professional students' Mental Health & Counseling Advisory Committee has been meeting with MH&C throughout the year, recommending many of the changes that were announced in today’s email. The recommendations have included increasing access, hiring additional clinicians and developing statistics and benchmarks to assess improvement.

We are truly excited to read about the new features of MH&C, such as the role of Daniel Champagne, assistant manager of member services, as student advocate, the addition of new phone numbers for aroundthe-clock communication with clinicians and the streamlining of processes to switch treatment providers. However, we are dismayed that these changes have not been communicated to and currently appear to be unavailable to the graduate and professional student population.

If the new services highlighted in today’s email are available to graduate and professional students, we are unaware, and it would seem at this point that we are excluded from these new resources. Additionally, we would appreciate the opportunity to engage in school-wide forums with Yale Health, akin to the one offered to members of Yale College next Wednesday.

We welcome the changes that the University is making to MH&C on behalf of Yale College students. We are hopeful that this indicates a greater willingness to engage with mental health issues on campus. We urge Yale to include graduate and professional students in these reforms.

We need your help. Yale should not wait to implement changes to mental health services until it sees a news story of another student, either graduate or undergraduate, adversely affected due to insufficient options.

LAUREN TILTON is a Ph.D. student in American Studies and the chair of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate Advocacy Committee. Contact her at lauren.tilton@yale.edu .

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’m addicted to the board game The Settlers of Catan. For some reason, looking at my cards and seeing enough ore and wheat to build a city is one of the most satisfying feelings in the world. Cities, man, cities.

I also love cribbage. Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen six, a pair for eight and nobs for nine.

It’s gotten so bad that I’m playing cribbage at dinner, dropping cards on my food and taking two times too long to eat a burger and a bowl of soup.

I can’t get enough of backgammon, either. Rolling boxcars in backgammon is pretty damn exciting. It doesn’t hurt that the learning curve is quick and the games quicker.

At first, I figured I was drawn to the competition and strategy of the games themselves.

But there’s only so much skill involved in cribbage and backgammon. No, the more I think about it, the more I realize that I’m not addicted to the games; I’m really just hooked on the people that play them and the communities they create.

But this is sounding too much like a college application essay.

Bromides and cute phrasing aside, games have begun to take

up a not-so-insignificant slice of my time here at Yale.

When I stop and think about why this is, I reach a couple of conclusions. The first is that playing games with people is different from most of what I do here. After a game of Settlers, I haven’t gained anything tangible.

I haven’t learned anything for a class, contributed to the broader Yale community or completed a nagging pset. What I have done is invested in the people around me.

Deciding to devote a couple of hours to a game with friends is like saying “you’re important, you matter and I would rather spend time with you than do my reading for class tomorrow.” Neglecting assignments isn’t the best thing in the world, but we all finish them eventually, right? It feels good to spend time doing stuff with other people that won’t further my academic or professional goals. Maybe that sounds lazy. Who cares?

A couple of times this semester, I’ve felt suffocated by this place. It demands that we take it on full bore, forces us to invest more in ourselves than anyone else and emphasizes the future so much that you’d think we’re living in it.

I think that I’ve started to play Settlers so much because it creates an organic community in a way that other activities here sometimes fail to do. What I mean is that spending time with people doing nothing particularly important — shooting the breeze, so to speak — permits us to tone ourselves down a notch.

And while it’s our hyperactive selves that may have gotten us into Yale, I’m not sure that it’s our hyperactive selves that create sustaining relationships and vibrant communities.

My friend from home just visited for the weekend. Before he left, he made the comment that it seems like extracurriculars aren’t quite extracurriculars here; they’re really just curriculars. I tend to agree with him. I don’t know whether or not this is a problem, or whether such a distinction even matters. What I do know is that if he’s right, games might be my true extracurricular.

It’s easy to bemoan the hectic schedules and stressful weeks that this place generates. I do it all the time. I don’t think that complaining about it is necessarily bad. For me, it’s a way to vocalize some sort of frustration that I have with my own desire to push

myself to the limit, even when it means sacrificing my mental and emotional well-being. So I might just keep on complaining.

What I will not continue to do, however, is to sacrifice lasting communities for the sake of a class, an extracurricular or an abstract future. The other day I played Settlers in my suite instead of doing my reading. It was a tight game, and for two hours my universe shrank to the size of the room where we were playing. I eventually lost. Then I did my reading. Or at least some of it.

My point is that we’re all very good at putting in the necessary work. More often than not, we complain about our workloads when we’ve done half of the reading already. Acknowledging our tendency to approach much of life full bore doesn’t mean that we need to stop being so hyperactive and assertive. I just think it might mean that we should spend a little more time doing nothing in particular. That’s not a new idea at all. Just one that may be a bit too dusty.

EMMET HEDIN is a sophomore in Pierson College. Contact him at emmet.hedin@yale.edu .

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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE “Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.”

Chinese is not hard

he first sentence I learned to say in my Mandarin class was "Zhongwen hen nan," or "Chinese is really hard." My teacher made the class repeat the phrase over and over. Chinese is really hard. Chinese is really hard. The spindly characters, the singsong tones: To any monolingual English-speaker, Chinese seems as foreign as a foreign language can get.

As an adage, “Chinese is really hard” doesn’t tell you very much.

Learning any language is hard. But if you think of the phrase as shorthand or euphemism, it reveals an unflattering attitude that Westerners hold regarding other cultures.

“Chinese is very hard” is less of a mouthful than, “Becoming proficient in Chinese is harder than becoming proficient in a Romance language.” The latter is more precise. Spanish and English have much in common: cognates, an alphabet, similar sentence structure. By the time you conjugate your first "-ar" verb, the most common type of regular verb in Spanish, proficiency is in sight. You don’t get such a head start studying Chinese. English offers no preparation for pronouncing "qi’s" and "xi’s." Chinese and English share neither alphabet nor cognates. They

don’t even pronounce chow mein the same way.

But proficiency is just one step. We can’t and shouldn’t appraise someNATHAN thing as complex KOHRMAN as foreign language learning At the seam in such simple terms. It’s shortsighted.

With Chinese, we stare up at the learning curve, unable to see that the trek from proficient to advanced Mandarin is relatively rapid and flat. With Spanish and other romance languages, we underestimate the tricky climb from passable adeptness to idiomatic ease — not just knowing the difference between "por" and "para," but hearing it. We don’t judge other disciplines so quickly. No one says learning the violin is hard because, in comparison, you can play piano scales without a single lesson.

The front-loaded difficulty of Chinese scares many people away, but at Yale, many gravitate towards difficulty. Some study Chinese not for an interest in the culture of a

fourth of the world’s people, but precisely for the challenge. This isn’t a sustainable reason to take on as big an endeavor as learning a foreign language.

An intensive summer program in Beijing (and it’s always a summer program in Beijing) can be oppressive. The pollution, the culture shock, the tide of daily quizzes — it’s too much to slog through if you’re just doing it to prove you can.

When we fixate on how hard Chinese is, I fear we slip into our lesser, more xenophobic selves. “Chinese is really hard” also serves as a euphemism for “Chinese people and Chinese culture are weird and I could never understand them.” It fits in with the attitude that learning about non-Western cultures is burdensome and choosing not to learn about them is okay because it’s hard. But learning about other people is always hard.

There is so much to enjoy about Chinese: the crass idioms and spitfire cadences, the elated Beijingers who assume blond people don’t know more than "ni hao." My Mandarin is still far from fluent. At times I am proud of my progress, and at other times I’m frustrated at how far I have to go. But ultimately Chinese is

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so many other things to me: It’s succinct and funny and elegant before it is hard.

We should be aware of cultural barriers, but we shouldn’t fixate on them. In my experience, Americans and Chinese have a lot in common.

We want to earn a living and we want to be loved. We laugh at dumb jokes and sometimes we are close-minded.

There are an estimated 300 million Chinese people learning English right now. With so many people making the effort to understand me — learning English isn't a breeze either — who cares if Chinese is hard?

I want to understand them back.

Faced with people who look different and speak a different language, even a different type of English, our default should not be, "It’s hard to understand," but "I want to understand." We cannot master every language, or empathize with every person, but wanting to understand is more than half the battle. As the world gets smaller, the stakes of pursuing this understanding continue to grow.

NATHAN KOHRMAN is a junior in Saybrook College. His column runs on alternate Fridays. Contact him at nathan.kohrman@yale.edu .

Bechdel Test your life M

ost likely, you have a full and robust understanding of the Bechdel Test, but, just in case, let’s assume you don’t. The Bechdel Test is a metric introduced to evaluate the strength of female characters in film. It consists of three components: Does the movie include more than two named female characters? Do said characters speak to each other? Does their conversation address anything or anyone aside from a male character? Shockingly few films pass the test, though perhaps surprisingly, Fifty Shades of Grey does.

When I go to the movies, I like to play a game with my brother wherein we guess which previews will play based on whatever we’re seeing.

This is fun. Once the movie actually starts, the amusement of running a Bechdel Test in real time quickly fades to frustration. I tend to opt out, enjoy the plot, reflect and consternate later.

But in the wake of Valentine’s Day weekend, I decided to do the “if my life were a movie” thought experiment, and Bechdel Test my life, if you will. I passed the first and second rounds with flying colors — all my female friends have names!

And we all speak to each other! Frequently! Having established that the

film version of my life includes an adequate number of female roles, I began to look into our conversations.

(It’s worth noting that this is a comCAROLINE pletely anecdotal analysis based on SYDNEY absolutely no hard numbers.)

SelfA sampling of dialogues from absorbed yesterday include: a quick exchange about where I was going after class, encouragement from a friend while working on a programming pset, a debate on gauging the sexuality and flirtyness of a TA, a check-in with a friend going through a rough patch, a discussion of details for next year’s housing, delegating tasks for organizing an event and a little bit of romantic advice. Examining my Bechdel results given this surely incomplete tally, I don’t feel like an Aaron Sorkin character, but I’m certainly no Heather.

To address this issue, I tried to look for trends that could ultimately lead to strategies that would minimize male-centric conversations.

Via text, I had only one conversation

about a man, so perhaps I could limit face-to-face interactions (obviously not a solution, but it does say something about a desire to have conversations about one’s personal life in person, which is probably a good thing.) It seemed the later into the day, the more likely I was to speak about the men in my life. I’m tired, I had a serious discussion in a seminar — I crave a conversation high in calories and low in nutritional value.

Simply the deeper I was into a conversation, the more likely it became for the topic of discussion to turn to a man.

LET’S MINIMIZE MALE-CENTRIC CONVERSATIONS For some people, this operates like a verbal tick. I have one friend who peppers the second half of her conversations with probing, “So… how are things?” her signature conscious or subconscious attempt to guide the conversation toward matters of the heart. Once I recognized that she employed this particular prompt, I

became better able to stay the conversational course and continue our discussion of books we’re reading and trips we want to plan.

I realized that I have essentially restricted my analysis primarily to conversations that place men in a romantic context. That’s not because choosing to talk about male friends, family and co-workers is Bechdel acceptable, but rather because many of my conversations involving men tend to take up romantic themes. And it is this type of exchange that I find to be the least productive, the most clichéd and frankly, a bit cloying. I tell people about my intense eye contact experience in line at Blue State on Tuesday night, but wouldn’t it make more sense to just start a conversation with said eye-contactor while waiting for our drinks? (That said, 12 oz. capp, if you’re reading this, my email is below.)

So this awards season, let’s talk about the opposite sex less. If my performance is up to the test, perhaps there will be an Oscar — I mean an Academy Award — in my future.

CAROLINE SYDNEY is a junior in Silliman College. Her column runs on alternate Fridays. Contact her at caroline.sydney@yale.edu .

G U E S T C O L U M N I S T M O N I C A WA N G

Navigating cultural identity A

solemn atmosphere pervaded LC 102 this past Sunday night.

On the raised platform sat three of Yale’s top administrators: Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway, Dean of the Graduate School Lynn Cooley and University Secretary and Vice President for Student Life Kimberly Goff-Crews. Scattered throughout the front few rows, a small but passionate assembly of Yalies attended the town hall meeting, one of two scheduled for this week to address an external review of the cultural centers commissioned by the administration.

I came to this meeting excited to hear what my peers had to say about the external review. Yet in the ensuing days, I felt increasingly disillusioned; I’m not sure if the heartfelt thoughts communicated within LC 102 had any impact beyond the walls of the room. After all, how many students even know about the external review? How many students have actually set foot in the Asian American Cultural Center? Even Holloway admitted that he has never been to the AACC. Of course, coming from a Chinese background, I am mainly focusing my attention on the AACC. Still, I think that we share a lot of the same experiences with other cultural groups here. With that in mind, let’s rewind back to the first time I visited the AACC during Bulldog Days.

Amidst the insane overlapping of Bulldog Days events, I decided to take

a break and visit the AACC. So along with a few companions, I pinned down the location of the AACC on the bottom-left corner of our campus map and ventured toward Crown Street, expecting the journey to be short and sweet. Sadly, experience proved us wrong. The AACC — along with the Native American Cultural Center and La Casa — were a trek from central campus.

HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE EVER EVEN SET FOOT IN THE ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER? The first thing I noticed, upon entering the AACC, was the weird structure of the building. A solid wall separated the space into two, and the various student groups assembled were finding it difficult to accommodate all the eager prefrosh in a single area. While we were all still in the same house, we were not sharing the same space and communicating with one another. Immediately, Lincoln’s famous “a house divided against itself cannot stand” speech came to mind, and the words have stuck with me till this day whenever

I think about the architecture of the center.

Indeed, the AACC is marginalized, fairly decrepit inside and lacking in large gathering spaces. And these physical aspects only exacerbate a deeper psychological problem. The truth is, it’s tough for students to navigate their cultural identity. Even if an individual is of Asian heritage, she may not identify with the AACC. During the town hall meeting, someone mentioned that international students from Asia have negligent ties to the center. I wonder whether the AACC could make the divide between international and domestic students less explicit.

Unfortunately, many of us choose to opt out of our heritage, perhaps hoping to be released from our minority status. Identity becomes something we are no longer proud of, something that is chaining us down instead of powering us forward. We identify in many different ways: our class year, our residential college, the extracurricular activities we participate in and even where we are from geographically. But culture and heritage are often missing from the picture. Maybe the model minority myth has really kept us quiet and soft-spoken, depriving us of an opportunity to voice our concerns like our counterparts in the Ferguson protests. But I think it’s time to speak up.

With the help of the administration and the student body, we might

actually be able to address some of the difficulties at hand. Attention and financial support from Yale can improve at least the physical appearance and accessibility of the AACC and other centers.

At Sunday’s meeting, one student suggested setting up shuttle stops along Crown Street so that students would not be deterred by the long distance from visiting the cultural houses. In the long run, the administration should consider building new houses situated in better locations to accommodate the centers — anyone who visits the AACC can sense that the building is not exactly in the best state. Student participation is another crucial factor. Everyone should visit the cultural centers at least once in their four years here.

We come to college to learn new ideas and be exposed to new experiences. Finally, I ask that we all think twice before shirking our cultural identities, for that is denying a substantial part of ourselves.

Still, it’s encouraging that the administration is doing something — at least there were town hall meetings to give students a chance to express their opinions. It’s definitely not a lost cause, and I hope that sooner rather than later, the views and beliefs of the people gathered in LC 102 will be able to break through the confining walls.

MONICA WANG is a freshman in Trumbull College. Contact her at monica.wang@yale.edu .

Cause for concern F

or Chinese students, it is that time of the year again, a time to miss loved ones at home, a time to crave for red envelopes, dumplings and firecrackers and, above all, a time to indulge in fond memories of home. But home always carries a paradoxical meaning for this generation of Chinese students, especially those from the mainland. On the one hand, China is the place that we know so well. On the other hand, China is the home that we have never been able to fully understand and a place from which we are growing increasingly detached.

While we grew up in China, we could dwell in our own successes and do our own things without the hassles of the outside world. In the meantime, we ignored that our lives were also closely linked to the broader social system that surrounded us. Chinese students on American campuses, especially those here at Yale, constitute the elite of our generation, in part because of their hard work and in part because of their privileged backgrounds. However, these elites have never seen how the other half lives and are prone to indifference toward the realities at home.

In a way, it was lucky for us to have avoided exposure to the most unfortunate in China. Children from the countryside or even just a mediocre school in an obscure city are extremely disadvantaged. Attending a renowned university often requires the resources that are only available in the big cities, and some of the best schools in those cities more specifically. But we, the lucky few Chinese students attending schools such as Yale, must believe that their hardship is our own hardship. If the elites show nonchalance toward the concerns of their countrymen, then soon enough life will be hard for the entire society.

The elite’s apathy stems from the distinctive apoliticism of this generation of Chinese youth. Due to the “lessons” taught by the Chinese authorities to the general public in the late 1980s, independent mass politics or any kind of social activism is discouraged from above and avoided from below. Rather than pursue paths in politics, many seek more individualistic careers in entrepreneurship and business.

VERY FEW OF US EVEN FOLLOW THE NEWS AND EVENTS IN CHINA, LET ALONE RESOLVE TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS As a result, even when social issues are affecting the lives of millions of Chinese people, the elites often find themselves devoid of the institutions necessary to address these problems. Now when we think about home, all we have is our family and friends, home cooking, some know-how about living in China and some knowledge about Chinese history and culture. As for the vital issues concerning society, as talented as the Chinese students here are in so many fields, very few of us actually follow the news and events in China and even fewer would make the effort to learn about the challenges and politics of the pressing issues at home.

These issues seem distant but are in fact close to our everyday lives. In the past couple of years, China has seen great intolerance towards some of the values we cherish as dearly as the broader Yale community: the freedom of the press and the freedom of expression.

This harsh censorship extends even to a forceful rhetoric against Western values.

For Chinese students, there should be a degree of alertness and concern as we think about home, even on occasions such as the Lunar New Year holiday.

Activism is not necessarily feasible at the moment, but a general sense of awareness is necessary for the Chinese identity. To nurture this awareness, we should spend time reading, learning and discussing what really matters to our country. Only by actively concerning and familiarizing ourselves with the important issues can we combat indifference, cynicism and blind nationalism in our home away from China.

The famous Song Dynasty poet Fan Zhongyan once wrote what he believed to be the ideal attitude of the elite, “Show concern before all others; enjoy yourself after all others.” As we celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday and think about home, we should also start caring about the many concerns at home.

YIFU DONG is a sophomore in Branford College. Contact him at yifu.dong@yale.edu .

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“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AMERICAN POLITICIAN

ULA protests immigrants’ wage theft in Orange, West Haven

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Protests took place in Orange and West Haven yesterday afternoon to condemn alleged wage theft and abuse of Latino workers Armando Rodriguez and Alberto Saldana. The rallies were sponsored by immigrant rights activists.

RALLY FROM PAGE 1 ble,” said attorney Christopher Marlborough, who specializes in wage theft.

Rodriguez claims that his boss — Charles Jung, who owns A Cleaners — owes him $16,662 in unpaid wages. From May 2009 to June 2014, Rodriguez said, he worked 77 hours a week on average at $7.50 per hour. Connecticut’s minimum wage is $8.70.

Rodriguez also said Jung beat him in June 2014. The resulting injuries required a trip to the emergency room and an overnight stay in the hospital,

both of which were paid for by Jung. Jung was arrested nearly a month later on Aug. 12 and was given two years of probation for the beating.

The morning of the protest, ULA member John Lugo received a phone call from Jung’s lawyer formally offering Rodriguez $5,000 compensation for unpaid work. Luis Luna, a member of ULA, said he sees this monetary offer as a victory for his organization.

Karim Calle, an active member of ULA, expressed more skepticism, explaining that this offer does not come close to cov-

ering the full $16,000 Rodriguez is owed.

Calle emphasized that ULA does not make money from acting on behalf of victims of wage theft, and that they prefer negotiation to protest.

“We really don’t want to be this scandalous, but we really don’t have any other choice but to come out and protest,” Calle said.

After spending a half-hour outside A Cleaners, the protesters drove to the nearby parking lot of A-1 Diner. ULA protested on behalf of Saldana, who had been working 60-hour weeks at

the diner and who claims he was not compensated for working during his one-hour lunch break each day.

George Tsiorvas, the general manager of A-1 Diner, told the News he does not owe overtime pay to Saldana since employers are required by law to provide lunch breaks. Tsiorvas added that Saldana often failed to show up to work and had rejected the $600 and summer employment he had offered Saldana at a meeting in his office on Tuesday.

Tsiorvas threatened to call the police if the protestors did not leave his property within five

minutes.

Marlborough sided with Saldana in this case. As long as an employer is aware that an employee did not take a designated break, the employee has a right to overtime wages, Marlborough said.

“If he knows that people are working through the break, he’s stealing their money,” Marlborough said.

A private or class action lawsuit against an employer over wage theft can win up to twice the amount of the wages owed.

Marlborough said there are currently no laws protecting

immigrant employees from wage theft, but more attorneys general have begun to take the issue seriously.

Calle said she hopes these protests will encourage more Latinas to speak out against unfair labor practices.

By state and federal law the employers are liable to pay the workers two years of unpaid minimum and overtime wages.

Mrinal Kumar contributed reporting to this story.

Contact FINNEGAN SCHICK at christopher.schick@yale.edu .

Promised expansion of MH&C spurs student suspicion

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the start of treatment are a more pressing concern than what is discussed at the first appointment. “[Survey respondents] said it was very painful to go to the first appointment, lay bare their problems and not hear anything back for months,” Dempsey said.

One student who uses Yale Health’s MH&C services, but asked to remain anonymous because he wants to keep his mental health issues private, echoed Dempsey’s sentiments, adding that he had to wait one month between his initial appointment and his first therapy visit.

“You only get half a year’s worth of therapy and I didn’t find that out until I was three quarters of the way through [my allotted visits],” he added.

The email also announced the establishment of a confidential telephone line for students to inform Yale Health about any issues they may have with their treatment. Assistant Manager of Yale Health Member Services Daniel Champagne, who will act as an advocate for students dissatisfied with their care, will be available to students on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Genecin wrote.

Champagne could not be reached for comment at the hotline number on Thursday — the day the number was slated to begin operating — because, according to an email auto-reply, he was out of the office.

An additional telephone number was also designated for students who did not feel comfortable with their assigned therapist. In his email, Genecin announced that students will now be able to change therapists through MH&C Associate Director Howard Blue, instead of having to tell their therapist directly. Students who request a switch will face no adverse consequences, Genecin said.

The number for this service is also the front desk number for Yale Health MH&C. Students interviewed expressed concern that the number will add a counterproductive layer of bureaucracy to an already inefficient process.

According to the student who asked to remain anonymous, students who are already hesitant to ask for help with mental health issues will be further deterred from asking for support if they must speak with multiple people before being able to switch therapists.

To offer immediate help to students and friends of students experiencing mental health emergencies, the email also listed an emergency line that students can access on

weekdays, as well as a separate number for weeknights and weekends.

The number for weekday mental health emergencies is also the main number to Yale Health’s MH&C Department. The number for nights and weekends is already the center’s Acute Care Department’s number.

Dempsey said she thinks that an emergency helpline is not the best long-term approach to preventing mental health crises at Yale.

“We’d rather have solid mental health care than a last ditch safety net,” she said.

Still, several students interviewed expressed optimism about the proposals outlined in the email.

According to one female sophomore who receives treatment for Attention Deficit Disorder and asked to remain anonymous praised the change to how students can switch therapists.

In order to change therapists, students previously needed to tell their existing therapist that they wanted to switch to a new one.

The previous system for changing therapists was an obstacle to effective treatment since students often feel awkward about confronting their therapists so directly, the student said.

Genecin will also host a public forum next Wednesday — which will feature Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway, University Secretary and Vice President for Student Life Kimberly Goff-Crews, Siggins, Blue and English professor John Rogers ’84 GRD ’89, who chairs Yale College’s withdrawal and readmission committee — to discuss outstanding student concerns with Yale Health’s MH&C provisions.

“Dr. Siggins and I have been following the public discussion, just as many of you have,” Genecin said in the campus-wide email, adding that he wants the conversations on mental health issues on campus to continue through the forum.

But Dempsey expressed concern that dialogue surrounding mental health issues was not being shared with the graduate school community, despite the results of a Yale Law School survey from last December, which reported that 206 students in a sample of 296 students had experienced mental health challenges while at the school. Genecin’s email was not sent to Yale Law School students, Dempsey noted.

Students under the Yale Health basic coverage plan are entitled to a maximum of 12 therapy visits a year.

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“I’m a bit of a night owl because that’s when I feel the most creative and alive.”

CHRISTINA AGUILERA SINGER-SONGWRITER

CORRECTIONS THURSDAY, FEB. 19

A previous version of the article “Perez’s departure leaves void in Board of Alders leadership” incorrectly stated that Darnell Goldson served as a legislative liaison in 2012, when in fact he did so from 1997-2001. It also stated that Goldson left his position as alder in 2012 when, in fact, he was unseated in 2011.

A previous version of the article “Graduate students voice security concerns” misspelled the last name of GSA Transit and Security Committee Chair Ankit Disa GRD ’16 A previous version of the article “Alders endorse plan for Board of Ed student elections” incorrectly named Ward 9 Alder Jessica Holmes, who represents East Rock, as Sarah Holmes.

Manager’s death leaves void at Owl Shop

Simulation Center provides hands-on training

BY ERIN WANG STAFF REPORTER The Yale Center for Medical Simulation, which opened on Jan. 26, will provide Yale School of Medicine students and YaleNew Haven Hospital residents with the opportunity to practice surgery and emergency medicine scenarios.

Administrators and students interviewed said the center would help students translate their theoretical training into practical skills. Once a week, over a 12-week period, every third-year student at the medical school visits the center to participate in 15 to 20-minute training exercises followed by discussion and evaluation by medical faculty.

Simulation fellow Tiffany Moadel, an instructor in emergency medicine at the School of Medicine, said the center is a marked improvement from the one cramped room where students previously had to undergo simulation training. The training is an important part of a student’s education, she said, because it pushes students to make decisions according to clinical management, which does not always happen in their clerkships.

All three students interviewed echoed Moadel’s statements.

“The best way to learn is doing it hands on,” said David Zhu MED ’16.

Charles Li MED ’16 said the center was useful because students have not been put in any decision-making roles before.

During the exercises, groups of four students take turns diagnosing and operating on high-tech mannequins.

“It started an hour ago when I was watching the news,” 68-year-old “Mr. Parker” complained to four medical students gathered around his hospital bed. “It’s this terrible shooting pain down my back.

I was hoping to watch Ellen DeGeneres.”

“Mr. Parker” is one of the mannequins at the YCMS. In each simulation, one student serves as the team leader.

He or she must process all incoming information and quickly make decisions. A resident doctor playing the role of the patient’s family member or a nurse is always present in the room as well.

In the control room, two School of Medicine surgeons or emergency medicine doctors monitor the students through a viewing glass and control the mannequin’s vital signs. Usually, one of the doctors acts as a consultant, assisting the students with diagnoses or inter-

preting various scans. The other doctor speaks as the patient and adjusts his or her heart rate, breathing and pupil size. The mannequins also have the ability to blink, seize, bleed, sweat and even foam at the mouth.

Students can listen to their breath and heartbeat, insert catheters and chest tubes, and perform CPR on them if the situation calls for it.

“It’s kind of like a recipe book. There’s a lot of functionality and we pick and choose the ones we want for each case,” Moadel said.

During the simulations, students are completely in charge.

They reassure the patient that they will provide them with the best care, discuss whether they are stable enough to move to another hospital, and decide to call a radiology consultant to confirm the presence of a tortuous aorta on a chest x-ray.

One of the major goals of simulation training is to i m p rove co m m u n i ca t i o n between the doctor and the patient. Students often have to deliver bad news to the patient and his or her family members during these scenarios, allowing them to hone their bedside manner and conflict resolution skills.

“Sometimes, you think ‘This is medical school,’ and it’s easy

to forget about the patient, a human being who is scared to be there,” professor of vascular surgery and diagnostic radiology Richard Gusberg said.

After the simulation is over, students gather in the debriefing room and review their performance with School of Medicine faculty members. They discuss how to deal with situations where they feel like they have lost control of the situation at hand, or where their orders conflict with the patient’s wishes.

According to Moadel, the YCMS is currently discussing the possibility of creating simulations for all eight clerkships, which would add medicine, neurology, psychiatry, primary care, OB/GYN and pediatrics to the current surgery and emergency medicine simulations.

Additionally, two more faculty will join the existing directors and simulation fellows next year to help expand the simulation center’s services.

The Yale School of Medicine has the largest clinical simulation program for third-year students in the United States, according to the Yale School of Medicine Simulation Medicine website.

Contact ERIN WANG at erin.wang@yale.edu .

City, University resolve land disputes

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Joseph F. Lentine, manager of New Haven’s Owl Shop, died on Feb. 12.

BY NOAH KIM STAFF REPORTER Joseph Lentine, manager of New Haven’s historic Owl Shop, died unexpectedly at his home in Hamden on Feb. 12.

Lentine, who held the position as head tobacconist at the cigar shop, was 70 years old.

Glen Greenberg, the Owl Shop’s owner since 1998, called Lentine irreplaceable but said the shop would continue to operate in more or less the same way. The Owl Shop’s co-manager, William Raffaele, will take Lentine’s place as head tobacconist.

He just brought happiness to everyone who worked here and to all the customers.

WILLIAM RAFFAELE Co-manager, Owl Shop “We’re going to be going about business as usual,” Greenberg said.

The Owl Shop — a cozy lounge filled with battered leatherbacked chairs and a rugged dark wood-paneled floor — has been a Yale and New Haven mainstay since its opening, located less than a block away from Old Campus at 268 College St. Lentine worked at the lounge for 50 years as an employee and eventual manager.

According to Raffaele, Lentine remembered the tobacco pref-

erences of three past Yale presidents and the playwright Athol Fugard, all of whom he had served over the course of his employment at the shop.

The establishment on College Street today was the Owl Shop, which opened due to the popularity of the first shop on Wall Street. In 1951, five Owl Shops in New Haven condensed to the current College Street location.

Lentine began working at the College Street Owl Shop when he joined staff in 1964.

The Owl Shop also serves as a music venue and bar, featuring local New Haven artists regularly.

“He was loved by everyone on the staff. He just brought happiness to everyone who worked here and to all the customers,” Raffaele said.

Lentine attended Southern Connecticut State University, where he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Spanish Literature with the intention of becoming a professor. He worked at the Owl Shop part-time during his college years. Raffaele said that Lentine once quipped that he eventually opted out of getting his Ph.D because the cigars wouldn’t respond to him if he spoke to them in Spanish.

Raffaele said that many of the Owl Shop’s regular customers continued to come back to the shop exclusively to see Lentine.

“I love the Owl Shop,” said Zak Schlesinger ’17. “Yale students like it on the weekends; it’s a good mix of New Haveners and Yalies.”

Contact NOAH KIM at noah.kim@yale.edu .

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Legal issues surrounding the renovations of the Palace Theater have been resolved. The theater has been a top priority for Mayor Harp.

BY MALINA SIMARD-HALM STAFF REPORTER Though land disputes between City Hall and Yale delayed the renovation of the Palace Theater on College Street last November, all legal issues have since been resolved.

Upon taking office, Mayor Toni Harp made renovating the Palace, which has been vacant for 12 years, a top priority. However, email correspondence between Yale officials and City Hall Development staff obtained by the New Haven Independent through a Freedom of Information request have revealed that finalizing the renovation was no easy task.

In those exchanges, Bruce Alexander, vice president for New Haven and state affairs, sought to maintain Yale’s legal right to terminate the easement — the right to use Yale’s property, the alley adjacent to the theater, in the event of an emergency — with only five days notice, which was drawn up in a 2005 license agreement.

But, attorney Steven Mednick proposed an agreement that

would require 13 years notice of any cancellation, because, if the Palace had to close within five days, they would lose their business entirely.

“In any negotiation there are obstacles that need to be overcome and at times, there are sticking points,” said City Hall spokesman Laurence Grotheer.

To go ahead with the renovation and obtain a building permit, City Hall needed to establish an easement agreement with Yale, which would give the Palace Theater the right to use the adjacent alley in the event of a fire.

In an email exchange b e twe e n A l exa n d e r a n d City Economic Development Administrator Matthew Nemerson SOM ’81, first published by the Independent, miscommunication over the easement agreements led to tensions.

“The university has in no way agreed to the use of our property and he is proceeding totally at his own risk,” Alexander wrote in caps lock on Nov. 20, 2014, in reference to Mednick. “This is not the way to get the University’s cooperation.

Perhaps he has decided he does not need our property.”

In the extended email conversation surrounding the easement, Alexander cited his specific concerns with the theater’s reopening.

In a Nov. 12 email, Alexander specifically noted he was concerned the opening of the theater may adversely affect other businesses in the vicinity, most notably the Shubert Theater, which stands on the other side of College Street.

Alexander added that granting an easement might prevent the University from eventually developing the area around the property in the future.

University spokesman Tom Conroy said the multitude of lawyers and parties involved contributed to the dispute.

“There were several different lawyers involved, some of whom did not have the full history of the agreement previously entered into in 2006 between the University and the non-profit entity that owns the Palace Theater,” Conroy said.

Despite the emphasis placed on using the fire escape as an easement, the Palace Theater

did not ultimately need to use the alley owned by Yale in the event of an emergency, and therefore the easement became unnecessary. Still, the theater has since reached a different legal agreement with the University regarding parking space usage.

All misunderstandings and issues have been resolved, according to Conroy, and an agreement that “accommodates the needs” of the Palace is awaiting signature.

“The proposal to resurrect the theater reflects the great progress that has been made in downtown New Haven in the last 15 years or so, and the productive relationship between the City of New Haven and Yale has contributed significantly to that progress, and helped make New Haven more attractive to various types of development,” Conroy said.

The Palace Theater is slated to reopen in May and the name will be changed to College Street Music Hall.

Contact MALINA SIMARDHALM at malina.simard-halm@yale.edu .

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“It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.” NOËL COWARD ENGLISH ACTOR

City, airport authority push for direct to D.C. TWEED FROM PAGE 1 travel time is about equal. He said that air travel takes equally long as the train when factoring in the time for security checks.

The proposal, however, also addresses this potential increase in travel time. Because the proposed flights are charter flights, passengers would not have to go through security to reach their gates. Instead, passengers would take a mobile lounge to their aircraft and would only be required to present an acceptable form of ID to board the plane.

We got a great response [to the proposal] from the business community.

TIM LARSON Tweed Airport Authority, Executive Director

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Officials at Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport are considering the addition of a direct flight Washington-Dulles International Airport.

On everything, Corporation keeps quiet YALE CORP FROM PAGE 1 the Yale Corporation have been confidential,” Salovey said. “The members of the Corporation take their responsibility as Yale’s fiduciaries very seriously, and I think they would feel that they can play that role more effectively if they can raise any issues that’s on their mind without concern about a public reaction.”

Corporation Senior Fellow Margaret Marshall LAW ’76 said the Corporation’s policies on confidentiality are no different from those of the governing bodies of other major universities.

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Both GSA Chair Joori Park GRD ’17 and GPSS President Gregg Castellucci GRD ’17 said they felt their meetings with the Corporation in December were productive and provided an open line of communication. Both also highlighted the Corporation’s approval of new graduate housing on Elm Street as an example of the group’s willingness to respond to student voices.

But YCC President Michael Herbert ’16 said that considering Yale’s size, student interactions with the Corporation are in fact very minimal.

“I think it would be disingenuous to say student voice plays a big part in the Corporation’s dealings,” Herbert said. “We meet with them once a year for a couple of hours. I don’t think that constitutes active engagement between students and the Corporation.”

Still, Herbert added that he does not see increased access to the Corporation as a major concern within the student body. He said he does not see students approaching the YCC with complaints about the Corporation’s lack of visibility.

Of 35 students interviewed, only three could identify the Corporation as the University’s governing body.

Others either did not know what the Corporation was or said it was responsible for managing the University’s endowment.

Additionally, no students interviewed said they knew how to directly contact the Corporation to voice an opinion or concern.

“I think [the fact that students don’t know about the Corporation] says that there’s a lack of

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transparency, and when you don’t have transparency, you don’t have accountability,” Sukriti Mohan ’17 said.

Outside of student government leadership, Goff-Crews said University and Master’s teas provide an opportunity for students to have an informal conversation with Corporation fellows. Four University Teas have taken place since the series launched in February of last year — one each with fellows Marshall, Joshua Bekenstein ’80, Indra Nooyi SOM ’80, and Charles Goodyear IV ’80 — and 11 fellows have participated in University events outside Corporation meetings in the past year.

It would be disingenuous to say student voice plays a big part in the Corporation’s dealings.

DECADES PAST

MICHAEL HERBERT ’16 President, Yale College Council Aaron Gertler ’15 said that when he attended the University Tea with Marshall last February, he sought to gain a better understanding of how the Corporation makes such significant decisions without being immediately tied to the student body.

“There’s a part of me that wants the administration and the Corporation to be 100 percent open at all times,” Gertler said. “I wonder about whether the person on the Corporation who most represents students’ interests is accessible enough to students, and are their concerns communicated to the Corporation?”

Twelve faculty members interviewed unanimously agreed that the Corporation should be accessible, but cautioned that total visibility would disrupt the Corporation’s professional obligations.

“A degree of informal accessibility while they’re visiting at Yale does seem like a good idea,” said English professor David Bromwich. “That isn’t the same as total transparency, and needn’t militate against the need for confidentiality in their proceedings.”

Mathematics professor Roger Howe agreed that transparency is

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generally the best option, especially when it comes to ensuring the Corporation understands enough about students and faculty to inform their decisions.

But, Howe said, this still might not be enough to ensure the Corporation remains in touch with the University at large. Howe pointed towards the Corporation’s awarding of million-dollar bonuses to Vice President for Global and Strategic Initiatives Linda Lorimer and Vice President and General Counsel Dorothy Robinson “at a time when the provost was telling the faculty that the time of budget stringency, which impacted departmental operations and life in many negative ways, was not over.”

Still, Director of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs James Levinsohn said members of the Corporation have contacted him for meetings over the past few years, and their conversations on the activity of the Jackson Institute had been productive.

Discussions surrounding the Corporation’s lack of accessibility seem a far cry from the later half of the 20th century when the dates of all Corporation meetings were published and fellows stayed in residential colleges during their time on campus, according to longtime administrator Henry “Sam” Chauncey ’57, who served as secretary of the Corporation for two decades. Chauncey said there was a “rule” that every Corporation member had to meet with students or faculty whenever on campus, usually over breakfast or lunch on the weekends.

But, as Chauncey’s successor and former Dean of Students John Wilkinson ’60 GRD ’63 put it, the University has grown significantly in recent decades, perhaps making it more difficult for members of the Corporation to remain as involved.

“As an administration gets bigger, it becomes less efficient, it moves more slowly, and it can’t be as responsive because there are too many spokes in the wheel,” Wilkinson said. “It may well be that the place is not as responsive as it used to be.”

Contact RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .

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“In actuality, it’s no different than getting on a bus or train,” Larson said. “This would make a very speedy and expeditious trip. You will get to the airport 10 minutes before your flight leaves, walk on the facility and get on the plane.”

Tweed Airport is already prepared to deal with an increasing number of flights and passenger flow, according to City Hall spokesperson Laurence Grotheer. He added that the state is working towards runway improvements that would enhance Tweed’s ability to

accommodate more flights and provide better service.

Still, the added flights to D.C. are not yet finalized. The Airport Authority is currently seeking sponsors to help fund the expansion and demonstrate that the community supports the added flights, Larson said. He added that part of the goal of Wednesday’s meeting was to reach out to businesses in the Greater New Haven area that could potentially serve as sponsors.

“We got a great response from the business community,” Larson said. “They understand the value of the trip to and from Washington, D.C.” Larson said the flights would specifically benefit Yale because the flights would land in the international wing of Dulles Airport, and Yale has a significant number of international travelers.

Richard Jacob, Yale’s associate vice president for federal and state relations, who travels to Washington on a regular basis, said a number of University faculty and staff have welcomed the idea of direct flights to the Washington, D.C. area.

Going forward, the Airport Authority will gauge community interest in the project and work alongside the city to further develop the plan and schedule a date for its implementation, according to a press release from the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven.

Contact DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu .

FDA tends not to report research misconduct RESEARCH FROM PAGE 1 submission of false information, 74 percent involved protocol violation, 61 percent involved inadequate or inaccurate record-keeping and 53 percent involved a failure to protect the safety of patients and obtain informed consent.

Seife said he believes the FDA is intentionally making it difficult for journals and researchers to find out when research misconduct happens. Officials at the FDA think the disclosure of such information would damage the reputation of drug companies, he added.

Steinbrook offered the example of a clinical trial in which a patient’s leg was amputated two weeks after being told they were doing well. Despite being detected by the FDA, that information does not appear in the medical journal in which the study was originally published or anywhere outside the FDA’s internal documents.

Steinbrook warned that the FDA’s refusal to ensure that fraudulent data is identified may have unintended negative consequences for public health. If the information from a study is being used to decide which treatment is best for a patient and this information is flawed, it can lead to bad decisions, he said, adding that some studies that the FDA has deemed completely unreliable are still in circulation.

Seife said he can point to several data points on FDA-approved labels that are based on fabricated data. Of the clinical trials the FDA inspected, 2 percent were found to have “objectionable conditions or practices.” Of those trials, only 4 percent saw the objections reported in peerreviewed literature.

“We were very broad in our interpretation of any mention — even if it was hinted at, we would include it,” Seife said.

According to Steinbrook, the FDA does not make evidence of proven research misconduct readily available to journal editors. While the information is available via Freedom of Information Act requests, editors and peer reviewers cannot feasibly sift through the hundreds of pages of documentation that would tell them if misconduct had occurred.

It is difficult to identify fraud using this process, professor of medicine and public health and associate editor at JAMA Internal Medicine Joseph Ross MED ’06 added.

“The FDA documentation is challenging to dig though. With every new drug approval, there is a dossier spanning hun-

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dreds of pages,” Ross said He added that the question of whether or not misconduct has occurred does not produce a quick yes or no answer because there are so many complex questions involved.

Seife said he thinks the FDA’s lack of transparency may be partially explained by conflicting interests. The FDA has an interest in making sure drugs on the market are effective, but the agency is also under pressure from Congress, drug manufacturers and the public to approve drugs quickly, he added.

When patients are sick and there is a drug with the potential to improve their condition, he explained, the agency is under pressure to make approval process swift.

“People are hammering down the door of the FDA, asking them to ‘approve our drugs,’ ” Seife said.

Drug companies must pay the FDA in order for their drugs to go through the approval process, and members of the medical community believe that this makes the FDA more likely to approve drugs than they otherwise would be, Seife said. But he thinks that regulatory capture — when, over time, a regulatory body becomes more sympathetic to the industry it is overseeing — is a bigger problem.

The FDA did not respond to requests for comment.

Steinbrook said the FDA’s reluctance to be transparent about research misconduct leads to a broader problem of people not trusting the government’s medical advice.

Seife agreed, citing the growing antivaccine movement as an example. “[The anti-vaccine movement], which I am very against, is predicated on the idea that the FDA is lying to us,” Seife said.

He explained that the public’s trust in the agency has been undermined because of a track record that is far from perfect.

In his editorial, Seife recommended that journals require authors to disclose research misconduct, just as they already do with conflicts of interest.

“Fifteen years ago, no one really disclosed their conflict of interest, and now it is standard,” Seife said Something similar could happen with research misconduct, he said.

FDA inspection involves officials visiting a trial site and auditing the records kept there.

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“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.” ALDOUS HUXLEY ENGLISH WRITER

Dems support bill for undocumented students

BY STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE AND JOEY YE STAFF REPORTERS The Yale College Democrats are advocating for a new bill that would allow undocumented students to access public financial aid.

The bill, introduced by state Rep. Roland Lemar, would require the state Office of Higher Education to amend existing policies that currently prevent undocumented students from participating in Connecticut student aid programs for public higher education. While undocumented immigrants who completed their high school education in Connecticut qualify for in-state tuition prices at public state universities, they are not eligible for state financial aid.

Last week, the Dems began collecting signatures from

undergraduates to help generate support for Lemar’s bill. Already signed by 642 Yale students, the petition will be brought before the Connecticut Higher Education and Employment Committee at a hearing next Thursday.

Hedy Gutfreund ’18, communications director for the Dems, said the group plans to send its president, legislative committee captains and other members to the hearing, adding that the initiative was their most successful campaign this semester. The Dems would continue advocating until the bill passes, he added.

“We’re really optimistic about this bill passing because similar bills have already been passed in other states like California,” Gutfreund said. “There are even some people who have joined the Dems just because they are interested in this specific issue.”

Univ. implements new administrative system

BY JED FINLEY AND LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTERS For the first time in over a decade, Yale’s administrative software system, which controls the University’s core financial and human resources systems, will be replaced.

In July 2015, Workday@ Yale — a cloud-based platform for financial management and human capital management applications — will begin to gradually replace Yale’s current system, Oracle E-Business, which was installed over a dozen years ago. Though discussions to upgrade Yale’s system in 2008 were shelved by the financial crisis, the University formally selected Workday as its replacement in fall 2012 and has worked over the past two years to adapt the software to Yale. Still, with only a few months remaining until the formal launch, which will include the initial release of Yale’s human resources and payroll platform, all faculty interviewed remained either ambivalent or unaware of the changes to come.

“Yale’s transition from Oracle to Workday is a major step towards providing the University community with a contemporary and easy-to-use tool to support the administrative work of the University,” said Nancy Creel-Gross, assistant vice president for human resources operations and program lead for Workday@Yale, said.

“Our existing Oracle platform is at the end of [its] life, and this transition will serve to move us from this older technology to a very modern technology platform,” she said.

Creel-Gross said the benefits of the new system will include a simpler and more streamlined process for managing individual employees’ information, payrolls and benefits. In addition, Workday’s cloud-based online storage capacity means Yale no longer needs to build and maintain computer data centers to run the software, she added.

Vice President for Finance and Business Operations Shauna King, who serves as executive sponsor for the implementation phase of the project, said several peer institutions have similarly adopted Workday systems, including Brown University, the University of Southern California, Cornell University and Georgetown University. The platform is broadly considered the best choice for complex and large institutions like Yale, she added. “[Workday@Yale leaders] have made a deliberate effort to engage literally hundreds of people from throughout campus in the design, testing and user acceptance of Yale’s new systems,” King said. “With much work yet to finish, we are wellpositioned to be successful with this important effort.”

Over the past year, the University has set up a new website specifically designed to introduce the new platform and address concerns or questions. Further, the implementation team has sent out monthly

e-newsletters to faculty with updates and has arranged a series of “community meetings” designed to familiarize faculty with the transition.

This outreach effort stands in stark contrast to the 2012 implementation of Shared Services, a financial management and transactional processing service platform, which many faculty criticized at the time for being executed without sufficient consultation.

Despite the broad-range impact of the new platform, faculty interviewed said they were either under-informed or skeptical about the transition to the new platform.

Of the six professors interviewed, which include two directors of undergraduate studies, only three said they were aware of the coming changes regarding Workday@Yale. One faculty member said many staff members were wary about the new system and other platforms that have been recently introduced by the Yale administration.

“Department staff in more than one office are apprehensive about the system,” Latin professor Christina Kraus said.

“Shared services and other recent ‘improvements’ such as CourseLeaf have been unreliable, stressful and generally disliked.”

Meanwhile, a State Senate bill addressing a similar issue is in the early stages of the legislative process. In January, state Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney proposed legislation that would assist undocumented students in funding their college tuition.

Students would be eligible for the funding if declared exempt from deportation by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a 2012 immigration policy initiated by United States President Barack Obama.

Two years ago, however, state Sen. Andres Ayala proposed a similar bill that never even made it to a public hearing.

And last year, a petition submitted by “Connecticut Students for a Dream” that advocated for undocumented student access to financial aid was also rejected by state officials because its stipulations were beyond their

authority, a notion that C4D co-founder Carolina Bortoletto pushed back against in April.

According to Daniel Hamidi ’18, education legislative captain for the Dems, C4D is among the groups, such as the Yale Law Worker and Immigrant Advocacy Group, working with the Dems to support the bill, which he said he believes is more comprehensive than previous policy in the area.

“You can’t expect [undocumented students] to pay for college without any aid when [they may] already have financial problems,” he said, referencing the 2011 DREAM Act, which allowed undocumented students to attend state universities.

Yale Director of Financial Aid Caesar Storlazzi said in an email that Yale has been providing institutional aid to undocu-

mented students for years. But the University’s support has to be limited because these students neither receive federal aid nor take a job and must instead consider taking out student loans.

We’re really optimistic about this bill passing because similar bills have already been passed.

HEDY GUTFREUND ’18 Communications director, Dems Andrea Villena ’15, who recently acquired American citizenship, said the inability of undocumented students to gain employment can be diffi-

cult because of the importance of the student contribution to the financial aid package. Additionally, Juan Carlos Cerda ’15 noted other financial challenges undocumented students face, such as applying for opportunities like study abroad programs.

“I had to fend for myself because the study abroad office didn’t know how the process worked in my case,” Carlos said.

“I’ve been approached for help by a lot of other undocumented students who also want to study abroad.”

According to the College Board, there are 65,000 undocumented students in the United States.

Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu and JOEY YE at shuaijiang.ye@yale.edu .

New group promotes undergrad research

BY BRENDAN HELLWEG STAFF REPORTER The student-faculty ratio in the sciences at Yale is 3:1, but the process of finding research opportunities can be daunting, particularly for freshmen. The Yale Undergraduate Research Association is looking to change that.

The student group kicked off its first on-campus meeting during YES-Weekend, presenting to prospective Yale students about the University’s research opportunities, and plans to expand its program over the coming months to classes, databases and mixers.

“One of the goals is to introduce people to how you can get involved in research,” said YURA co-founder Juliana Coraor ’16. “But, also, we want to build a community around research, because undergraduate research at Yale is a very solitary thing.”

The student group seeks to build a more cohesive system for finding research opportunities on and off campus by developing a database of all professors interested in undergraduate researchers, along with the contact information of students who have held the positions in the past. By reaching out to these students, interested candidates can get a sense of the working environment of the lab and the degree to which the professor gives meaningful assignments, Coraor said.

The organization is similar to undergraduate research organizations at other universities, such as the Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association, started in 2007, and the Seattle Univer-

sity Undergraduate Research Association. These organizations allow students from those universities to build networks with other schools, as well as work within their college.

HCURA, for instance, hosts a yearly conference called the National Collegiate Research Conference, offering workshops, panels, speakers and competitions to students nationwide. Suryabrata Dutta ’18, a co-founder of the Yale student group, went to the conference to better understand how student groups at other universities fulfilled similar missions.

According to Jingjing Xiao ’18, a third co-founder, in addition to expanding its database of research opportunities, the group has three goals: recruiting more Yale students into conducting research, getting them to form a cohesive community through mixers and social events, and offering classes on research procedures taught by graduate students, upperclassmen and professors.

They hope to roll out the first workshop, Research 101, next semester.

The group has already secured $2,000 in funding from Yale’s chapter of Sigma Xi, a national scientific association, and is applying for an additional $2,000 from the University. Additionally, the group has made partnerships with the Yale Undergraduate Society for the Biological Sciences and the Physics Interest Group, Xiao said.

“We want to communicate with all of these existing student organizations and have them represented within YURA, so that we can make all of the opportunities that they make available to their students open to a wider audience,” Xiao said.

The main goal for this coming semester is a housing mixer meant to make it easier for students engaging in summer research to have a network of friends during the summer, when the campus population shrinks considerably. Coraor noted that students can have a hard time maintaining and building friendships during that period, and she hopes to help solve that.

Through this organization, she said, she hopes to take some of the arbitrariness out of the process of finding summer research work. Particularly, students often find opportunities such as conferences and even job offers through connections alone, Coraor noted.

Christopher Fu ’18, a Perspectives in Science and Engineering student, had a similar experience. While PSE students typically have an easy time securing research, he found his research opportunity through a connection of his advisor.

Had his freshman advisor not known that particular professor, he may not have discovered that lab, he said.

Coraor experienced something similar as an underclassman when she stumbled into the discipline that would become her passion — biophysics.

“I happened upon it by chance, and it would be nice to have an organization that introduces student to these interdisciplinary opportunities that they may not find in their coursework,” he said.

There are more than 800 labs at Yale College and the graduate and professional schools.

Contact BRENDAN HELLWEG at brendan.hellweg@yale.edu .

Shared services and other recent ‘improvements’ such as CourseLeaf have been unreliable, stressful and generally disliked.

CHRISTINA KRAUS Professor of Latin Kraus added that the recent complicated office software even caused the retirement of two senior administrative assistants in the Classics Department.

Though the software changes may present challenges to some faculty, others claimed that the new developments have caused little disruption within Yale’s academic departments.

“To my knowledge, this has had zero impact on me and I think on our department as well,” Archaeology Director of Undergraduate Studies William Honeychurch wrote in an email.

“To be frank I barely even know what it is.”

But King and Creel-Gross said the Workday@Yale team has pushed for wide community involvement, by including over 350 administrative staff members in several meetings for feedback solicitation.

Though the first stage of the launch was previously scheduled for April, Creel-Gross said the University now plans to end the current fiscal year with Oracle.

Contact JED FINLEY at james.finley@yale.edu and LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .

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SPORTS

“You will see who can skate and who can’t.” MIKE MODANO EIGHT-TIME NHL ALL-STAR

Bulldogs play home pair M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 seven games, compared to just two such games before that stretch. He likened his role on the team to a shot of energy off the bench.

Sears also noted Mason’s developing maturity, as well as the growing intensity and invaluable impact of captain Greg Kelley ’15.

“It’s Greg’s last go-around, and you can see that in his sense of urgency,” Sears said.

Regarding preparations for this weekend’s matchups, Townsend said forcing Columbia to take different shots and limit its opportunities from long range will be key.

As for the Big Red, both Townsend and Mason agreed that breaking Cornell’s defensive pressure is paramount on Friday.

“Cornell likes ball pressure. We’ve been working in practice on handling that full court press,” Townsend said.

Mason agreed, commenting on the Cornell players’ athleticism. He added that there has been an emphasis in practice on moving the ball around and getting guys open shots — something that proved to be a struggle in Yale’s lone conference loss against Harvard.

Though it is hard to predict how either competitor will fare this weekend, one thing is for sure: With Cornell’s away record of 2–5 and Columbia’s at 5–5, the Bulldogs will be sure to try and take advantage of these two teams’ road game woes.

Yale has certainly realized a strong home-court advantage this season — having gone 6–2 in contests at Payne Whitney — especially with the prospects of an Ivy League title and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament at hand. The Elis currently control their own fate in the Ancient Eight and do not need to rely on any upsets or Harvard’s misfortune to get a berth to

the Big Dance for the first time in over 50 years.

However, guard Javier Duren ’15 maintains that there has been no change in strategy as a result of this potential title.

“Coach [James Jones] has constantly told us that our focus shouldn’t be an Ivy League title but on the next game,” Duren

said. “In that, we’ve been able to remain humble and take it one game at a time.”

The tip off for both Friday and Saturday’s games will be at 7 p.m. in the John J. Lee Amphitheater.

Contact ALEXANDER GERSZTEN at alexander.gerszten@yale.edu .

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Three weeks ago, Yale defeated this weekend’s opponents — Cornell and Columbia — in tight road contests.

Elis take on Terrapins M. LACROSSE FROM PAGE 12 ing the team for its showdown with Maryland this weekend.

“We have one game under our belt. Hopefully we can get over our pre-game jitters and come out against Maryland more confidently,” Oberbeck said. “Each player now has more game experience, and we hope that can translate to more maturity out on the field, especially if the pressure and the stakes are raised.”

For Maryland, a program which has reached 12 consecutive NCAA tournaments and began their 2015 season with a dominant 8–1 victory over Navy, early-season non-conference wins have been the norm. The Terrapins are 37–2 all-time in February games, and they have also won their past 10 matchups with the Bulldogs. Most recently, when the two teams faced off in College Park in 2013, Maryland escaped with an 8–7 victory.

“They are a very good team that we respect highly,” Reese said. “We know that in order to be successful, we have to be very good at being tough off the ground and disciplined with the ball.”

In many ways, the Terrapins provide an especially tough matchup for the Elis.

Although they graduated two first team All-American midfielders and the first team AllAmerican goalie, the Terps still return many key pieces from last year’s third-ranked defense and will look to shut down the high-powered Bulldog attack. Additionally, Maryland employs a preseason All-American face-off specialist, Charlie Raffa, who

won over 68 percent of his face-offs in 2014 and should provide a significant test for the unproven Bulldog faceoff corps.

Regardless of the game’s outcome, Yale’s veterans understand the importance of learning and gaining experience from high-intensity contests like this one.

“They have a really talented and well balanced offense, a strong face-off guy and a goalie who’s saving 90

Yale faces Cornell, Columbia W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 ward Katie Werner ’17 said.

The Big Red (14–8, 5–3 Ivy) is currently tied with Yale (11–11, 5–3) for third in the Ivy League.

Leading Cornell in scoring is sophomore forward Nia Marshall, who tops the Ivy League with an impressive 17.7 points per game average. Marshall won Ivy League Player of the Week for the fourth time this season, and the fifth time in her career, after scoring 51 total points against Harvard and Dartmouth a week ago.

In the team’s latest game against Harvard, Marshall was 9-of-10 from the charity line and achieved a 27-point, 10-rebound double-double.

Following Marshall is fellow sophomore forward Nicholle Aston, who averages 12.1 points per game, 3.2 points more than the average of Yale’s leading active player, guard Tamara Simpson ’18. The 6’2” forward logged double-digit points in both games last weekend and ranks fourth in rebounds in the Ivy League with eight boards per game.

“We are excited and ready to bounce back tomorrow against Cornell,” guard Mary Ann Santucci ’18 said. “We know they are going to be as fired up as ever and full of energy, so our goal is to bring that same level of energy from the get go.”

On Sunday, the Bulldogs will head to New York City to take on Columbia.

Although the Lions (7–15, 1–7)

currently rank last in the conference, they will not be an easy opponent, having just defeated the Crimson last Friday 59–43.

Sophomore forward Tori Oliver ranks third in scoring in the Ivy League at 17 points per game, and she will likely pose the biggest offensive threat against the Bulldogs. In Columbia’s previous matchup against Yale, Oliver scored 11 points and was 3-of-6 from the free throw line and 4-of-10 from the field.

Defensively, senior forward Amara Mbionwu leads the team in rebounds with 7.9 per game, 1.4 more than Werner — Yale’s leading rebounder — and enough to rank fifth in the conference.

Werner added that since both Cornell and Columbia have great post players, the Elis, in their preparation for this weekend, are especially focused on their post defense and help rotation.

While the team is eager to get back into the winning streak, it is choosing to focus on the process rather than the outcome, according to guard Nyasha Sarju ’16.

“We definitely want to get back on the winning train but I think we are just taking it day by day,” Sarju said. “[We are] trying to focus not on the outcome but on what is in our control — like our defensive effort, taking smart shots, running the floor, rebounding and stopping other teams’ transitions.”

The Bulldogs have just six games left in the regular season.

Contact JULIA YAO at julia.yao@yale.edu .

percent on the year,” defenseman Mike Quinn ’16 said.

“This is going to be one of our biggest tests we face this season, and having a game like this so early on will be a good benchmark for us moving forward.”

The Bulldogs take on Maryland at Reese Stadium on Saturday. Face-off is set for 12 p.m.

Contact JONATHAN MARX at jonathan.marx@yale.edu .

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In 2013, the Bulldogs dropped a close match to the No. 7 Terrapins 8–7 in College Park.

The Bulldogs’ leading active scorers are Tamara Simpson ’18, Nyasha Sarju ’16 and Katie Werner ’17.

Yale travels for ECAC tests M. HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 the four points on the table this weekend.”

While Yale has defended well against star offensive players this season, notably shutting down Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey, the No. 3 point producer in the ECAC, Quinnipiac is an offensive juggernaut that manages 2.8 goals per game, with nine players posting double digit point totals on the season. Furthermore, Anas is not the only standout forward Yale will have to contend with. Matthew Peca sits just three total points behind Anas with 30, and has produced more assists than Yale’s top two providers, John Hayden ’17 and Ryan Hitchcock ’18, combined.

“We’re preparing like any other week for a big week ahead,” Doherty said. “Right now our focus is on Quinnipiac and we can’t wait to get going Friday in a big game.”

Against Princeton, however,

Yale is the favored squad. The Elis have 22 points compared to Princeton’s six and posted a dominant 4–0 shutout win over the Tigers in their last matchup.

While Yale will have to be careful not to fall into a trap against Princeton, the Elis, given their recent 4–1–1 performance over the last six games, will be a tough team to beat for an overmatched Princeton team.

“Both games this weekend have huge pairwise indications, so we need to be ready to go from the drop of the puck,” forward Frankie DiChiara ’17 said. “As far as the game plan we just need to play a full 60 minutes of Yale Hockey. We need to show our opponents respect but not too much.”

Yale’s final home matchups of the regular season come on the weekend of Feb. 27 against Cornell and Colgate.

Contact MARC CUGNON at marc.cugnon@yale.edu .

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Quinnipiac, who the Elis face on Friday, is currently the top-ranked team in the ECAC and sits nine points ahead of Yale.

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“I don’t like the idea of ‘understanding’ a film … Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn’t.” FEDERICO FELLINI ITALIAN DIRECTOR

Annual homeless count collects new data

BY EDDY WANG STAFF REPORTER Volunteers dispersed across Connecticut on Wednesday night to survey the homeless for the annual Point-in-Time Count, a nationwide homeless survey that is mandatory for communities applying for funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

This year’s PIT report, which includes the numbers of homeless people both in shelters and on the streets, is due to be released in April, according to volunteers.

This year’s survey was bolstered by additional data collection on the specific housing needs of the homeless population. Despite this addition, homeless assistance

organizations acknowledged that the PIT is not exhaustive, leaving out data such as incidents of repeat homelessness, new homelessness and the amount of time it takes for the homeless to find housing. “[The PIT] is not a comprehensive way to understand homelessness, [...] but it is an indicator that is standard across the country,” said Lisa Bates SOM ’09, executive director of the nonprofit Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, which coordinated the state’s PIT count. “It becomes a useful snapshot of where we are in relation to last year, and the year before, and the year before that.”

This year’s additional data about homeless individuals’ specific housing needs will be given

to providers of homeless services, said Bates. She explained that the new information will help distinguish between different kinds of homeless people, including those who have been homeless for months and have severe mental disabilities and those who have been homeless for 10 days because they lost their job.

For those in the latter group, providing job search assistance and helping cover the first month’s rent may be enough to get them into permanent housing, Bates said, adding that other homeless individuals may need in-home supportive services that would help them deal with mental illness or substance abuse.

Workers at homelessness assistance organizations in New Haven

echoed Bates’ assessment of the PIT, noting that it does not cover some important indicators of homelessness.

Kellyann Day, CEO of New Reach — an organization that provides shelter and services to the homeless — said that while the PIT is a good snapshot of the number of individuals living both in shelters and on the streets, it is not as effective at identifying youth or families that are homeless.

John Bradley, executive director of Liberty Community Services, a supportive housing and service organization, said he expects the number of chronically homeless individuals to be down compared to last year in light of the “100Day Challenge to End Homeless-

ness” that took place this past summer. According to the New Haven Independent, 102 chronically homeless persons were housed as a result of the “100-Day Challenge,” a collaboration among 28 state and local agencies to end chronic homelessness.

Sue Xiao MED ’18 volunteered in the count for the first time. She was put into a group of five that included another Yale student, two homelessness assistance organization workers and a community member. After initially surveying West River Memorial Park in West Haven, her team leader drove them through areas in New Haven where homeless people usually gather, beginning three blocks from the Yale Medical School and continuing beyond

St. Raphael’s Hospital.

“I felt almost embarrassed that I had been on campus for more than a semester, and I wasn’t really aware where the homeless populations were and the resources they used, ” Xiao said.

“I’m still trying to understand what to do with the situation.”

Xiao noted that homelessness has never come up in any conversations among her peers. She said that even if one does not directly combat homelessness, part of being a good citizen is knowing one’s surrounding area.

Approximately 100 volunteers were recruited to participate in the count in New Haven.

Contact EDDY WANG at chen-eddy.wang@yale.edu .

Filmmakers can choose between two majors before you in filmmaking is the same as a painter studying the styles of different painters that came before her; it’s important, but it’s not the same as learning to paint,” said Sandra Luckow ’87, a documentary filmmaking professor based in the Yale School of Art. “Theory, in the way that it’s presented at Yale, does not have much of an impact on production.”

Gonzalez added that while he thinks the production-oriented course offerings within his major are expanding, it is nonetheless difficult for the program to relax its focus on academic theory in order to strengthen its production side.

Connor noted that a substantial portion of the material in screenwriting classes involves learning what makes screenplays successful in the professional world, rather than the craft itself.

He added that roughly two-thirds of Film & Media Studies majors are production concentrators, and that half of production concentrators write feature-length screenplays as their senior theses.

“Some of our seniors make movies that would gladly be projected in a gallery, but more of them are going to want to learn how to write a pilot for a TV series,” Connor said, adding that he thinks the opposite may be true of filmmaking concentrators within the art major.

As of now, there are two sophomores who have officially decided to pursue the Art major’s filmmaking concentration.

Contact ROHAN NAIK at rohan.naik@yale.edu and CAROLINE WRAY at caroline.wray@yale.edu .

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As underclassmen plan to declare their majors at the end of the semester, those who want to study filmmaking will have two options this year instead of one.

Although filmmaking classes have been offered in Yale’s Art Department for decades, this is the first academic year that the department has offered “filmmaking” as one of its five concentrations. Previously, students interested in pursuing filmmaking curricularly were restricted to the “production” track within the Film & Media Studies major.

According to Russell Cohen ’17, a Film & Media Studies major, the creation of the new concentration may attract students who otherwise would have immediately decided to major in Film & Media Studies.

“I could see people having to put more thought into [their decision], though for many people it wouldn’t be a super hard choice,” Cohen said.

J.D. Connor, the director of undergraduate studies for Film & Media Studies, said he believes that the existence of two concentrations allows for students to study the aspect of filmmaking that appeals most to them. According to Emily Murphy ’17, a Film & Media Studies major, students interested in the technical aspect of filmmaking may lean towards the concentration in the art major.

Film & Media Studies professor Charles Musser ’73 said he thinks the change has led more students to take classes in both programs.

Faculty members in both programs

highlighted that the tracks are largely different from one another, noting that Film & Media Studies production track is grounded in critical theory and film history while the filmmaking concentration in the art major places filmmaking in a larger artistic context.

Travis Gonzalez ’16, a production concentrator within the Film & Media Studies major, said that, were he able to go back and select between the two options, he would choose the track within the Art major.

“It’s one thing to be a critic, and everyone at Yale tends to be a really good critic, but it’s entirely different to go and make something in production,” Gonzalez said. “When it comes to production, the opportunities in the art major are just better right now.”

The production concentration within the Film & Media Studies major requires six credits in film production, which can consist of combinations of filmmaking, photography or theater courses. On the other hand, the six credits that make up the filmmaking concentration in the art major are specific and involve either documentary or fiction film.

Connor and Musser said they think it is important for filmmakers to have a knowledge of film history and an ability to evaluate films from an academic perspective.

According to Andrews, the department’s filmmaking concentration is for students who want to focus on the art and practice of filmmaking, rather than on the history and theory behind the discipline.

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“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.”

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Dog therapy comes to medical school

BY AMANDA BUCKINGHAM STAFF REPORTER For rough days, a therapy dog program at the Medical Library can help with students’ stress levels.

Now a year after its establishment in early 2014, the therapy dog program at the Harvey Cushing and John Hay Whitney Medical Library is fully enmeshed in student life at the School of Medicine. This semester, Finn the therapy dog, will be in the Medical Library rotunda for “Finn Fridays,” which last from roughly 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Finn also participates in special events at the library, visits the School of Public Health and is involved with research on campus.

“I think having a dog [at the library] changes the space, from a work space to a home space,” curator of the Cushing Center and staff photographer Terry Dagradi said. “You drop your guard and relax — Finn is so nice and comforting.”

Interim Director of the Medical Library John Gallagher said he has noticed a national trend in libraries increasingly offering therapy dog programs.

Molly Crossman GRD ’19 said in an email there are over 925 programs like the one at the Medical Library. Given the issue of “psychological distress” among students, she said library therapy dog programs are one way of giving students support.

Anecdotally, dogs have been attributed to reduce stress, but little empirical evidence has validated these claims, associate professor of psychology and director of Yale’s Canine Cognition Center Laurie Santos said.

As a result, Crossman conducted a study of the Medical Library’s therapy dog program in which participants were divided into three groups: one interacted with Finn, one saw pictures of Finn and one had no time with Finn.

“Those who interacted with the dog experienced significantly greater improvements in anxiety and mood

than those in the other conditions,” Crossman said. “What we still don’t know is what about the dog causes those changes, how long the effects last or whether those subjective experiences are reflected in biological or behavioral changes, but those will be questions for future work in this area.”

Finn is also involved in other research on campus. At the Canine Cognition Center, Finn participates in studies involving human cues and morality, Santos said. And in addition to his regular presence at the Medical Library, Finn is involved in a variety of events at the School of Medicine, Head of Access and Delivery Services Melanie Norton said. She added Finn is a source of “warm fuzziness” during highly stressful times, such as Match Week, during which students find out about residency placement.

“Finn pulls the whole library — and people from all the different departments [at the School of Medicine] — together as a unit,” Norton said.

Before Finn started coming regularly to the Medical Library in 2014, he participated in therapy dog programs in Boston, said Krista Knudson, Finn’s owner. Once she moved to New Haven, Knudson said she was inspired by the therapy dog program at the Law Library to coordinate with the School of Medicine for a similar program.

Knudson said her progress to the library is often halted by a “gaggle” of students, who routinely wait on the front steps of the School of Medicine for Finn.

“In the fall semester, my friends and I would always come to the library after class to see Finn,” Laura Mark SPH ’16 said. “He’s a great reminder of things that we’re supposed to enjoy that can often be overshadowed.”

Finn was featured on the “For the Love of Pets” segment of the Today Show in 2014.

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Finn, who has been featured on the Today Show, will visit the Medical Library on Fridays for dog therapy.

STEM clubs face challenges

BY BRENDAN HELLWEG STAFF REPORTER From the Yale International Relations Association to the Yale Political Union, Yale’s campus is dominated by liberal arts-focused student groups and dozens of arts groups. But there are fewer STEM-based student groups at Yale, and many of those that exist encounter difficulties in attracting students and funding events.

Most student groups face the challenge of funding, but the task can be particularly difficult for STEM groups because of the money-intensive projects they work on. Student groups apply for funding through the Undergraduate Organizations Committee and may receive one of three grants — the administrative grant, the event grant and the publication grant. The former is capped at $400, and the latter is only for funding the regular release of media. The event grant is uncapped, but must be used for open events for Yale students. Students interviewed said the University could do more to foster STEM extracurriculars, especially by increasing investment in them.

“Revamping UOC funding policies would likely help ease some of the strain placed on groups by costs unique to being STEM focused,” said Zach Gardner ’17, co-president of the Yale University Society for the Biological Sciences. “Biology is an experimental science, and actually doing biology tends to be quite expensive.”

Manjari Randiera ’16, co-

president of the Yale Physics Society and president of the Yale Drop Team — a zero-gravity research group that collaborates with NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Program — said her organizations obtain funding largely outside of the University’s usual paths, such as sponsors or funding from the Physics Department.

Particularly for the Yale Drop Team, standard funding through the UOC is not sufficient for larger projects, Randiera said. The group applies for grants from $1,000 to $8,000 through the Connecticut Space Consortium in order to supplement Yale funding.

In the spring of 2014, UOCapproved grants for STEM student groups were outnumbered roughly six to one by nonSTEM student groups.

Additionally, fewer students take part in STEM-based student groups than in liberal arts groups, a fact Gardner attributes to the greater number of humanities and social science students at Yale.

Sherry Lee ’18, a member of the Yale Science Olympiad, attributes this distribution in student group focus to the more singular focus of STEM majors in their classes, leading to less of a need for STEM activities outside of the classroom.

“STEM is seen as a more substantial pursuit and more legitimate as a primary career focus,” Lee said. “There’s more plurality in liberal arts extracurriculars because they’re strategically more useful in fleshing out a diversity of ‘other’ interests that can make someone appear

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Lee added that STEM students were likely drawn to similar extracurricular activities as liberal arts students because their interest in STEM work is largely fulfilled in the classroom and in assignments.

Gardner agreed, adding that YUSBS has struggled with low student interest.

“We’re currently in the process of exploring partnerships with area biotech companies and have regrettably been met with only limited success despite the relatively concentrated nature of that industry in Connecticut,” he said. “We couldn’t find enough interested undergraduates to participate.”

Daniel Chenevert ’18, a prospective math major, said that while there are fewer options in the STEM extracurricular community, that lack of diversity comes from the nature of the field.

“The field as a whole lends itself to a narrower scope of activities, at least early in one’s STEM career,” he said.

Randiera noted the more strongly institutionalized nature of humanities-centered groups.

Since they were more deeply engrained in the culture of Yale, she said, they have a stronger pull on incoming freshmen and undergraduates as a whole.

In an April 2014 News survey, half of participants at Yale noted that they spend equal or more time on extracurricular activities than on academics.

Contact BRENDAN HELLWEG at brendan.hellweg@yale.edu .

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10:00 AM Lunarfest 2015. Lunarfest is a day-long event offering arts and cultural programs for adults and children of all ages in celebration of the Lunar New Year. The day kicks off with the Lion Dance down Whitney Ave. Free admission; register in advance with the Yale-China Association. New Haven Museum (114 Whitney Ave.) and Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.).

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Yale continues title chase at home

BY ALEXANDER GERSZTEN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The Yale men’s basketball team will host Cornell and Columbia this weekend at the John J. Lee Amphitheater, looking to complete its second two-game sweep in as many weekends.

Both opponents sit at the middle of the Ancient Eight table with six games to play, and both epitomize the unpredictable results of Ivy League play so far this season.

The Elis (18–7, 7–1 Ivy) will first face fourth-place Cornell (12–12, 4–4) on Friday, which is coming off a roller-coaster weekend on the road. The Big Red defeated now last-place Dartmouth in an 81–72 overtime thriller, only to be easily handled 61–40 by a strong Harvard team that appears to be hitting its stride at the right time, having won its last six games.

Columbia (11–11, 3–5), which rests one spot behind the Big Red in the standings, had a frustrating pair of games a week ago after tak-

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ing Harvard to the wire only to lose by four, and falling by 12 to Dartmouth.

The Bulldogs are coming off of a hot-shooting road sweep, blowing out Penn on Friday night by 27 and holding off a ferocious Princeton comeback on Saturday to win by eight.

Standout forwards Justin Sears ’16 and Matt Townsend ’15 credited the bench play for much of the success over the weekend. In particular, Townsend praised the composure of guard Makai Mason ’18 in the second half of the Princeton game.

“Makai hit some big-time shots down the stretch in our second half comeback,” Townsend said of Mason’s 5–5 effort against Princeton, which complemented his 14-point outing the night before against the Quakers.

Mason has seen much more court time as of late, playing at least 20 minutes in six of his last SEE M. BASKETBALL PAGE 8

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The Bulldogs swept Penn and Princeton last weekend after a tough home loss to Harvard.

Bulldogs hope to snap skid

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nell 60–53 and Columbia 55–47 three weeks ago.

After coming just short of snapping Princeton’s undefeated 22-game start to the season, the Yale women’s basketball team will travel to Cornell and Columbia this Friday and Sunday. Currently on a three-game losing streak, the Bulldogs hope to repeat history this weekend, having just defeated Cor-

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL “The disappointment of losing last weekend will serve as fuel for us to come out with intensity on Friday and Sunday as we look to gain two more wins,” forSEE W. BASKETBALL PAGE 8

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Yale has lost three straight contests after winning its first five Ivy games.

Elis roll in hot vs. Maryland

BY JONATHAN MARX CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Coming off of a dominant seasonopening win at home against an overmatched UMass-Lowell, the No. 14 men’s lacrosse team will play host to a significantly tougher opponent this weekend — No. 7 Maryland. This Saturday, the Bulldogs (1–0, 0–0 Ivy) host Maryland (1–0, 0–0 Big Ten), a traditional national powerhouse and a tough early-season test of this team’s ability to compete with the country’s best programs.

MEN’S LACROSSE “As a team, we feel as though our biggest key is just to play fundamental lacrosse for 60 minutes,” midfielder Jonathan Reese ’16 said. “We can’t try and get too flashy or out of character, because then we get away from our process that makes us successful.”

Last weekend, the Bulldogs quickly took care of business against the River Hawks, a team entering Division I competition for the first time in program history. After surrendering a surprise early goal, the Elis fired off 12 straight tallies to take a commanding lead heading into the locker room, allowing many of their younger or lessexperienced players a chance to get a feel for the game in the second half.

Against UMass, both returning stars and promising newcomers made an impact for the Bulldogs. Attackmen Conrad Oberbeck ’15 and Ben Reeves

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No. 7 Maryland has won the last 10 matchups they have played against the Bulldogs. ’18 tied for the team lead with six points each, and midfielder Michael Keasey ’16 and attackman Jeff Cimbalista ’17 added another five goals between the two of them. Face-off specialists Reese and Conor Mackie ’18 combined to win 17 of 20 face-offs as well, a promising sign for a team worried about replac-

ing star face-off specialist Dylan Levings ’14.

While the tune-up against UMassLowell was not a competitive matchup for the Bulldogs, players still feel it served an important role in preparSEE M. LACROSSE PAGE 8

Yale prepares for vital ECAC contests

BY MARC CUGNON STAFF REPORTER With just four games remaining in the regular season schedule, the Yale men’s hockey squad will face a challenging twogame stretch on the road this weekend.

MEN’S HOCKEY In two contests, the Elis (15– 7–3, 10–6–2 ECAC) will battle the cream of the ECAC crop, when they take on first place

Quinnipiac (20–8–2, 15–2–1 ECAC), and the conference’s hungry last-place squad, Princeton (4–17–3, 2–14–2 ECAC).

With the season coming to a close, and NCAA tournament bids and ECAC hardware still left up for grabs, this weekend carries particular importance for Yale.

The Elis will begin their weekend road trip by taking on the Quinnipiac Bobcats in Hamden during a premier matchup between the ECAC’s first- and third-place squads. Though the

Bobcats have a commanding nine-point lead over Yale in the ECAC standings, the Elis can go a long way toward closing that gap with two wins this weekend.

Currently, the Bobcats are streaking through the division.

Quinnipiac is riding a fourgame win streak and has lost just twice in the division this season. Furthermore, the Bobcats’ Sam Anas is currently fourth in the ECAC with 33 points in 30 games. Given his prominence — in comparison, Yale’s top scorer, forward Mike Doherty ’17, has 18

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points in 25 games — Yale will have to contend with a premier offensive threat if they hope to take down Quinnipiac on its home ice.

“At this point in the year every game is a big one and every point could have large implications in the Ivy League and ECAC playoffs coming up,” defenseman Rob O’Gara ’16 said. “Sticking to our strong team defense and playing fast with support all over the ice will be vital in taking SEE M. HOCKEY PAGE 8

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The last time the Bulldogs took on Princeton, they shut the Tigers out 4–0.

THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE MATCHUPS THE MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM HAS DROPPED AGAINST NO. 7 MARYLAND. This weekend the Elis will have the opportunity to reverse the trend when they host the Terrapins at home on Saturday.