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Yale looks to reduce footprint

Pizza perfect. The Daily Meal

released their 2014 rankings of the 101 Best Pizzas in America on Wednesday, and five New Haven pizzerias made the list. Frank Pepe came in 1st place for the second year in a row for its White Clam Pizza.

Sally’s Apizza took 7th place for its Tomato Pie, and Modern Apizza took the no. 11 spot for its Italian Bomb.

Playing admissions office.

This year was no exception to the biannual bloodbath of residential college seminar applications. John Paul Rollert’s “Leadership and Politics” course received 120 applications for 18 spots.

Nicholas Conway said he believes around 75 students applied for 18 spots in his “Hip Hop Music and Culture” course.

Sorry freshmen. Fall tryout season is underway for Yale’s many mildly elitist extracurriculars. The rush period for a cappella has been ongoing since Sunday. Yale Debate Team and Yale Mock Trial tryouts are being held this weekend and MUNTY tryouts will be next week. Auditions are also underway for the Dramat’s three fall plays.

Beyond cheese. Thursday nights are now Hot Dog Night at Caseus, which is stepping outside its comfort zone of cheeses to offer items such as a Chicago Dog. The Chicago Dog on the menu last night was served in a brioche bun with heirloom tomatoes and house made pickles.

Greek, but not High Street.

The 34th Odyssey, a Greek festival, is being held this weekend outside St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Orange and features traditional foods, live music and dancing as well as a Greek marketplace, cooking demonstrations and magic shows.

At other Ivies, other parties.

California-based rapper Schoolboy Q will be the headliner at Princeton’s fall Lawnparties.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

1994 Nearly $30 million is spent on summer campus renovations and students return to find dorms with new bathrooms and a renovated Broadway Avenue.

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Teaching and learning center launches

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of greenhouse gas emissions and the possibility of an internal carbon pricing mechanism. Though many students remain upset by the University’s unwillingness to divest, students and faculty interviewed who are involved in environmental issues said they are excited by the new plans.

In a Thursday campuswide email, University Provost Benjamin Polak announced the launch of the Yale Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), an effort to consolidate tutoring resources and increase instructional support for faculty and graduate students.

Polak said the center will provide a central location for all Yale College and Graduate School services related to teaching and learning. While the CTL currently exists only as a web-based resource, it will move into a physical space in the next 12 to 18 months and may host teaching workshops for instructors and tutoring sessions for students.

“It will be a one stop shop for teaching and learning needs,” said CTL executive director Jennifer Frederick. “The mission of the university is both research and teaching, and this is a visible sign that we support both parts of that mission.”

The CTL will include the Teaching Center, Graduate and Yale College Writ-

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“Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy: A Memoir,” the tell-

all from former Dartmouth SAE member Andrew Lohse, was released Thursday. The book repeats Lohse’s prior detailing of the fraternity’s hazing rituals involving vomit omelets and bodily fluids. Interestingly, in an interview with Rolling Stone, Lohse described a “true bro” as “good-looking, preppy, charismatic, excellent at cocktail parties, masculine, intelligent, wealthy (or soon to become so), a little bit rough around the edges” and not a “douchey, super-polished Yalie.”

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University President Peter Salovey announced new initiatives to reduce Yale’s greenhouse gas emissions.

BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS AND ADRIAN RODRIGUES STAFF REPORTERS Despite its decision not to divest from fossil fuel companies, the University is embarking on a set of new initiatives aimed at reducing Yale’s carbon footprint.

In a Wednesday email to the Yale

community, University President Peter Salovey announced six initiatives intended to mitigate the University’s greenhouse gas emissions.

These include new Green Fellowships, increased deployment of renewable energy, school-specific sustainability plans, a $21 million capital investment for energy conservation, third-party verification

Yale hosts discussion on sexual assault policy

BY WESLEY YIIN STAFF REPORTER U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 and Chris Murphy came to Yale Health yesterday for a roundtable discussion on sexual violence on college campuses.

Blumenthal coauthored the Campus Safety and Accountability Act, a proposed congressional bill that aims to combat

sexual misconduct at universities. The bipartisan legislation, which was introduced this July, includes provisions requiring colleges to have “confidential advisors” to counsel sexual assault victims on their options, to train personnel that work with sexual misconduct cases, and to survey incoming students on their experiences with sexual violence.

After a January report issued

Yale in talks with Chinese donor for major gift

by the White House found that at least one in five women in college have been victims of sexual violence, Blumenthal began a discussion series with university administrators focusing on the best processes and policies surrounding issue of sexual misconduct on college campuses.

The effort to end sexual assault on campuses is a work in progress, Blumenthal said at Thursday’s discussion. He

added that this is why he is soliciting the opinions of students, administrators and experts across many different educational institutions. The forums on the once taboo issue have already inspired positive change in some communities, he said.

“I have seen … a change in attitude on some campuses,” he said, adding that he has witnessed openness in discussions on sexual assault, willingness

of survivors of sexual assault to come forward and speak about their experiences and an appreciation for the complexities of issues related to sexual violence.

“The give-and-take, the listening, the conversation has been itself helpful in changing the culture.”

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Town rejects sailing expansion

BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS STAFF REPORTER The University may soon receive a major donation for financial aid specifically for international Chinese undergraduates.

University Vice President for Development Joan O’Neill confirmed this week that her office has been in touch with Zhang Xin, a Chinese real estate billionaire, about a potential donation to Yale.

If finalized, the donation would provide financial aid for students from China to come to Yale. Zhang’s talks with Yale follow a $15 million donation to Harvard this July, which was also earmarked for international financial aid.

“We have been talking with them about possible support for financial aid for Chinese undergraduates at Yale,” O’Neill said.

Zhang could not be reached for comment, and Director of Financial Aid Caesar Storlazzi referred all questions about the funding for international financial aid to the Development Office.

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Yale had hoped to construct a larger building to store more boats and house staff by purchasing two nearby properties.

BY ABIGAIL BESSLER AND ISABELLE TAFT STAFF REPORTERS Yale formally withdrew a request to expand its sailing center this summer after members of the nearby Branford community of South Beach protested the plans.

The school had drawn up a proposal to expand the sailing center, which is used by both the Yale varsity coed and women’s sailing teams and community members for sailing

lessons, through the purchase of two properties across the street. With the expansion, Yale would have been able to construct a larger building to store more boats and house staff. But after a public hearing with around 200 residents from the area present, Yale attorney Joseph Hammer decided to cancel the request.

“The best course is to withdraw the present application,” Hammer stated at the end of a three-hour hearing held at a fire station in Bran-

ford. “We still think the property does present an opportunity to improve the yacht club without expanding the programs and without expanding the number of boats.”

When the plans were announced at a community meeting earlier this summer, the New Haven Register reported that so many citizens turned out that some had to listen outside through open windows and a SEE SAILING PAGE 6

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Shopping great men S

hopping period is upon us. Some of you might have started avidly adding classes to your schedule the moment that Yale Bluebook finally went online (July 28th? Is that a joke? Moving on …), and some of you might have only begun when you got to campus, trying to delay the frenetic process as long as possible. Well, freshmen (or shoppers of any age), I’m here as your resident crusty old senior to weigh in with some unsolicited advice: reject the ‘great man’ theory of professorships.

Allow me to back up briefly: Everyone has a different theory on how best to shop and how to decide what classes to take.

But one of the most oftenheard pieces of advice is to pick the classes with the best professors. That is undoubtedly true — great course material in the hands of an inept lecturer will do you no good academically (though it may improve your productivity in catching up on your email correspondences).

Conversely, concepts that might never have occurred to you as worthwhile could well change your entire worldview if conveyed by a compelling professor.

My piece of advice, however, is not to confuse a great professor, in the sense of an inspiring and effective educator, with a “great” professor.

We all know the ones — their resumes are replete with books they published in the 1970s; their Wikipedia pages contain accolades from former United States presidents; they wear tweed and fill the YUAG auditorium. The allure of these professors is more than understandable. Coming home for Thanksgiving break and being able to tell your high school teachers and distant family that you’re taking a class taught by the fabled ‘so-andso’ will undoubtedly give you an aura of success. You’re living the Yale dream.

I by no means want to give the impression that these “great professors” cannot also be great professors. (And as an aside, what constitutes a great professor can vary widely from person to person — it’s all subjective.) For many, they are.

But it’s important to remember that their ‘greatness’ does not necessarily make them infallible, nor a good fit for you. I’ve found that too many Yalies fill their schedules with the greatest-hits version of what Yale has to offer: massive lectures taught by storied professors. And students will sit in these lectures halls writing down these men’s (and no, I’m not just picking gender-normative pronouns; let’s be honest, they’re more often than not men) particular views of the world verbatim, too enamored with their clout and social standing to take a moment

to think critically about what it is they are being taught.

When the time comes VICTORIA to write a paper, they HALL dutifully regurgitate PALERM all they have been told, The respectNotorious ing the proV.H.P. fessors’ authority and wisdom too much to dare to disagree.

Not too long ago, I was given the very advice I’m now offering, and by someone whose opinion I respect very highly: my father. When I was considering taking a particular class, which shall go unnamed, I asked my dad for advice.

His response, advice I wish I had followed, is so good that I thought I’d include it. He said to me: “This class is great men pontificating. By the end of the class, you will have learned a great deal about the special way these men view issues.

But will you have been taught a framework that, with the passage of time and the accumulation of greater wisdom, will permit you to come to view issues in a manner that is special to you?”

I took the class anyway, but I don’t regret it, and here is why.

If you, like I did, still insist on surrounding yourselves with the best and the brightest storied professors around, do so with the knowledge that these professors can still be wrong.

They can still make flawed arguments and be blinded by biases. You’re even allowed to find them a little boring at times –they’re not untouchable. Go into these ‘great’ professors’ classes ready to challenge and engage with everything they try to tell you as fact. That way, you’ll be able to truly gain intellectually from the experience.

The fact of the matter is, these ‘great’ professors have a great deal of knowledge and experience on their side, and more often than not they probably will be right. But if you go into their classes alert enough to find the holes in their arguments, you’ll be even better equipped to agree with the pieces of their lessons that withstand your criticism.

Don’t go into a class simply for the sake of hero-worship. “Great professors” are not always great professors, and it’s only by calling their bluff that you’ll learn anything worth holding on to.

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Rethink charter schools A new charter school is coming to New Haven — but the creation of Booker T. Washington Academy is not without controversy. The expansion of publicly funded, privately operated charter schools is a growing topic of national debate. And this particular one is controversial because it was created under dubious leadership and with little oversight.

The issue is especially relevant as November’s gubernatorial elections approach.

Governor Dan Malloy, up for re-election, is a supporter of the charter school movement and has financial connections to both the Achievement First charter school organization and ConnCAN, a charter school advocacy group. Malloy was even challenged by Jon Pelto, a third-party candidate on the left, in large part due to his unwavering support of charter schools.

In the wake of a recent scandal involving BTWA and its initial charter partner company, it is evident that we need to reevaluate the expansion of charter schools across the state.

BTWA, an elementary charter school in Newhallville, was initially supposed to be run by Michael Sharpe, the ex-CEO of Jumoke Academy charter school

in Hartford.

Its creation was approved partially on the assumption that the school would have a relationship with DIANA Jumoke.

ROSEN But a state investigaLooking Left tion in June revealed that Sharpe had both a hidden criminal record and falsified academic credentials. In 1989, Sharpe was given a five-year prison sentence for embezzling over $100,000 and conspiring to defraud California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit District. After violating his probation, Sharpe was forced to return to prison.

He also repeatedly claimed in school materials and legislative testimonies that he received a Ph.D. from New York University, a degree that turned out to be entirely fictitious.

These revelations forced Sharpe to resign as CEO of Jumoke and he was dropped from the BTWA project. Still, the BTWA team chose to proceed with John Taylor as its new director. The school was not required to re-submit a full new application, even though I think

the old application should have been rendered invalid. A full application would have called for a public hearing; instead, the modified application was presented directly to the State Board and approved.

Previously, Taylor ran Green Tech High School, a charter school located in Albany. The school performed shockingly poorly under his leadership, posting a four-year graduation rate of 36 percent and a 29 percent pass rate of the English Language Arts Regents exam.

When a State Board member brought up these statistics, Taylor outright denied them, even though they are easily accessible online through the New York State Education Department.

Connecticut needs to make changes to its current education policies. Charter schools should face a more rigorous application process, and the state should be making a more serious effort to investigate school administrators. There should also be investigation into charter school contracting decisions.

Finally, we should all be seriously evaluating the connections between politicians and charter school operators and advocates. Are politicians choosing to massively expand the number of charter schools in

their districts because they genuinely believe they are improving public education, or is it because they’re getting financial kickbacks? Governor Malloy has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from those in the charter school industry and that should be scrutinized.

The numerous issues around charters are gaining attention nationwide. Given the recent BTWA controversy, New Haven should seriously consider setting a new precedent by changing the policies and politics of its charter schools.

DIANA ROSEN is a junior in Pierson College. Contact her at diana.rosen@yale.edu.

This PDF page has been altered to reflect subsequent changes to this column to remove information upon which the columnist relied that was obtained from opinion columns published by other Connecticut news organizations. The revisions occurred following the receipt of additional information concerning the BTWA contracting process.

The News regrets publishing misinformed and incomplete statements about individuals formerly mentioned in this column.

Our independence I

t was on the second day of my seven-week trip to Italy this summer that I learned the phrase “in gamba.” Though I’m pretty sure the literal translation means something along the lines of “on leg,” I gathered that it is a saying often used to describe somebody who is brave. My hosts endearingly described me as such as they expressed their disbelief that at 19 I was alone halfway across the world.

I spent this summer working on several organic farms in exchange for room and board throughout Italy through an organization called the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. For the most part I was traveling alone. I was nervous but I was supported and encouraged by my peers and professors, being told dozens of stories of other people’s experiences abroad, the emphasis always being on the importance of solitary travel, of gaining independence.

In America, independence is encouraged from a young age, with each birthday signifying a new milestone that pushes us one step closer to total autonomy. We are encouraged to try new things, to be bold, to step outside our comfort zones. It is so common for young Americans to travel the world that

VICTORIA HALL-PALERM is a senior in Berkeley College. Her columns run on Fridays. Contact her at victoria.hall-palerm@yale.edu.

American backpackers have become an international stereotype. We are told that these experiences are ALLY invaluable: DANIELS not just seeing the world Taking the but going at it alone.

Back Ally By the time we are 18 years old, it is the standard that we will move away from home. Many of us relocate to college campuses as our parents become empty-nesters. I have friends whose families live five minutes away from their universities, and yet they still live in dormitories or apartments, seeing their parents only rarely in order to achieve full independence. Many universities, including Yale, make living on campus a requirement, so that these local students couldn’t commute even if they wanted to.

Having been raised in this climate of independence, Italian culture was a surprise. In Italy, reaching 18 doesn’t carry the same connotations that it does for us. University students tend to study at campuses in the cit-

ies in which they live so they can continue to live at home.

Often, students and parents alike return to their homes for lunch to enjoy a midday homecooked meal before returning to their work or studies. There is even a term for the typical Italian mamma’s boy, “mammone” which connotes the shameless — and all too common — full-grown men whose mothers ceaselessly do all of their cooking and cleaning.

This Italian climate rivaled my solitary travels, and I began to question the value of my own independence. Having elaborate four-course family lunches with my hosts every day in Italy was one of my favorite parts of the trip, something that would be impossible to implement with my own family as I live five hours away from them. I recalled my experience moving away from my parents two years ago, and remembered the difficulty of my transition. I began to understand Italians my age living at home: With a problematic economy, why would you pay for another living space if you didn’t have to?

But there are unrivaled invaluables that come with independence. Traveling on my own, I formed close relationships with my hosts not

only because I wanted to, but because I had nobody else to turn to. I learned how to traverse Italian cities on my own, being able to go where I wanted when I wanted. I’ve gained similar experiences living on my own in New Haven, creating an incredible support network of friends and spending my days the way that best suits my interests.

We are lucky to live within a culture that pushes us out of our comfort zones and encourages independence; we gain instrumental experiences and learn important life skills. But it is important to remember — especially as we return back to New Haven and welcome freshmen that might be leaving home for the first time — that we don’t need to choose between the two extremes. We can have independence at 18 while still relying on our families. We can travel on our own and still call home for advice and to share stories.

We must enjoy the opportunities that independence affords us while using the resources available to us. And we must never forget to treat ourselves to a four-course lunch once in a while.

ALLY DANIELS is a junior in Berkeley College. Contact her at alexandra.daniels@yale.edu .

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hen I got into Yale, for a year-long fellowship in the French Department, I was about to finish my undergrad at Cambridge.

After dropping the usual congratulations, other Cantabs began to tell me — with some relish — that Yale was in fact a wannabe Cambridge; that its collegiate system had been copied by US visionaries two hundred years ago and that its buildings were like Oxbridge ones, but newer and brasher. “They wanted the Olde English effect, so chucked acid on the bricks,” I was informed. “And then they knocked noses off statues to make them look fragile.”

I was also told that this faux Cambridge on the other side of the pond was imprisoned by a sketchy urban jungle. New Haven was a certified “dive”, populated by “gangsters” who, when not smarting from the lack of welfare, spent their time assaulting swaggering Yalies. The town/gown divide was so significant that the University provided chauffeurs to drive students back to their rooms at night, thereby saving them from certain death. “Great about Yale,” became the mantra I heard constantly, “bummer

about New Haven.”

So, by the time I got to the States a week ago to begin my first semester here, I was half expecting some sort of Cambridge ripoff. A Disney model of the town I’d spent four years in back in England; a charmingly inaccurate movie set, where professors would hear my accent and assume I was witty and insightful. Yale would look like Cambridge, but would smell of Dunkin’ Donuts, filter coffee and Apple products.

There would be colleges and chapels and libraries, but they’d be shiny and earnest, and their histories would date back to 2003.

The campus would be an oasis of beauty and intellectuality, but it would be surrounded by deprivation and gun-crime. I’d have to use the Yale shuttle daily to return to my apartment. I’d need decoy phones to hand over to thieves when they robbed me. I’d keep my money in my bra.

What codswallop.

What lunacy. What utter, indolent bollocks. New Haven is not a dump.

Yale is not Cambridge on steroids.

The image some Brits have of Yale, of its academic culture and history, is embarrassingly condescending.

Granted, there are architectural similarities between the two universities — many of Yale’s colleges resemble the ones in England, with their grassy quads, austere entrances and decorative stonework. But they could hardly be laid out more differently. Cambridge, it is well known, developed over centuries on a largely unplanned basis; it is therefore curiously tangled, with narrow cobbled roads and spindly bridges. Yale’s layout is organized around the all-American grid, with its one-way avenues and well-kept “sidewalks.” Cambridge is dominated by cyclists and pedestrians; Yale by buses and cars. Try as you might, you can’t find a Louis Kahn building in Cambridge. Some of New Haven’s high-rise blocks are genuinely beautiful, or at least intriguing — whereas Cambridge has no buildings higher than about six floors. To cast Yale aside as Cambridge’s fawning, copycat brother is grossly inaccurate.

As for British perceptions of New Haven, they too need to be updated. Sure, New Haven can get a little dicey at night. But it’s not the Dante-esque hell it’s

commonly perceived to be by people who’ve not necessarily even gone to New York. I’ve only been here a few days, and have been struck at every turn by the total friendliness of all New Haven residents, whether ones sitting behind the desk in Bass Library or those looking for soap in Family Dollar. Homelessness in New Haven is rendered all the more troubling by the politeness of those who ask you for money on the street. One lady who requested a quarter from me yesterday took my refusal with such good grace that we ended up talking for ten minutes. She told me she wanted to start a fashion magazine. I told her that print was doomed. She said she’d start a blog instead.

Discovering that Yale is emphatically not what Cambridge students — and possibly what Brits in general — often believe it to be has been one of the great privileges of coming here.

No doubt the city and university will carry on whipping the carpet from under my feet.

LEAF ARBUTHNOT is a fellow in Yale’s French Department. Contact her at eleanor.arbuthnot@yale.edu.

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Addressing the controversial Times letter To all who have been offended by my August 26 letter published in the New York Times, I would like to say the following: I believe that there is a correlation between the uptick in anti-Semitic violence in the world and the events taking place in Israel/Palestine and Gaza. That said, there is never any excuse for such violence

and the crimes described by Professor Deborah Lipstadt are disgusting and repellant.

There can be little doubt that many who engage in such behavior use the Israel/Palestine dispute as an excuse to mask a much deeper disorder known as anti-Semitism.

AUTHOR OF LETTER RESPONDS TO CRITICISM

PETER SALOVEY “I moved here from northern California; perhaps not surprisingly, my entire wardrobe consisted of blue jeans and plaid flannel shirts.”

I ought to have said this in my letter.

I have been accused of antiAmericanism for my opposition to the Vietnam War in the ’60s and the Iraq War in the ’00s. In fact, my patriotism runs deep, as does my love for Israel and Palestine and for the two peoples locked in a tragic fight over the land. If I seemed to suggest in my letter that only Jews who actively oppose present Israeli policies have a right to feel safe, that was not my intention nor is it my belief. Personal safety and protection by the rule of law is a fundamental right. Nothing done in Israel or Palestine justifies the disturbing rise in

anti-Semitism in Europe or elsewhere. Persons of good will must be concerned as well by the rise of Islamophobia that is now being justified in terms of national security.

This has been a painful time for many of us, but I am a hopeful person and I believe that good will come of it. I have received many letters that offer opportunities for dialogue and understanding, and I trust that I am humble enough to still be taught.

BRUCE M. SHIPMAN Aug. 28 The writer is chaplain of the Episcopal Church at Yale.

GUEST COLUMNIST YIFU DONG

The detained World Fellow

Yale's past: our own history A

t the beginning of our freshman year, we are herded into The Woolsey Hall for convocation. At the end of the Passerby ceremony, we are asked to sing “Bright College Years” and are told to wave white handkerchiefs in an age-old ritual. For many us, this is the beginning and the end of our engagement with the history of Yale.

This campus, though, is dripping with history. Almost every street and building has decades, if not centuries, of memories and traditions associated with it. The repercussions of decisions made in the 18th 19th and 20th centuries still affect the University in meaningful ways today.

But at the same time, Yale, or at least the student body, has a shockingly fleeting institutional memory. Few undergraduates, myself included, can give more than the haziest sketch of the founding of the College.

The same is true for the development of the residential college system. Or the introduction of coeducation. Or the growth of athletics and the varied social organizations on campus. These, and a myriad of other institutions, traditions and sensibilities, come to us as freshmen already fully formed. Far too often we simply accept their existence and leave senior year as ignorant of their origins as when we came in.

Our collective ignorance is unfortunate because of the benefits that can come from a richer understanding. It is unfortunate, though true, that the student body is not as unified as it once was. Students have balkanized into their different extracurriculars and interests — the sense of an overarching community is dwindling. This trend will only continue with the creation of new residential colleges.

ISA QASIM

OUR CAMPUS IS STEEPED IN HISTORY, YET OUR COMMUNITY LACKS AWARENESS OF OUR PAST

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hina Central Television, the golden mouthpiece of Chinese authorities, aired its routine program “Economic News” on July 11 with an empty co-host chair. That empty chair belonged to Rui Chenggang. Rui, a famous TV anchor and a 2005 Yale World Fellow, was detained by police earlier that week for alleged corruption.

But unlike cases of silencing of Chinese journalists and activists, Rui’s arrest had nothing to do with transgressing sacred regulations of Chinese state journalism. According to flagship party newspaper People’s Daily, Rui possessed illegal stocks in a Chinese subsidiary of Edelman, an American public relations firm. It was also rumored that Rui had unfortunate ties to the “tigers” — top ranking party officials who are major targets of the Communist Party’s recent wave of crackdown on corruption.

But what mattered most to people was not Rui’s corruption. Many people applauded his arrest because of the perceived downfall of his hypocritical nationalism.

There are plenty of people raring to climb the social ladder by selling their soul, but few have been as successful as the 2005 Yale World Fellow. Rui’s biography even claimed that former Yale president Richard C. Levin nominated him for the World Fellowship. In addition, Levin

regarded him as “an energetic young standard-bearer of the New China” in an introduction to one of Rui’s books.

In a way, Levin could not be more perspicacious. Nowadays a standard-bearer of China is someone who succeeds and thrives in the system, no matter what he does. Many Chinese Yalies are considered successes by their countrymen for their education in a world-renowned institution. Unfortunately, more and more people in China are starting to believe in the way Rui succeeds.

Rui speaks decent English, always dresses handsomely and speaks eloquently. But while he chants patriotic slogans, he does almost nothing to serve the country.

Rui’s approach is straightforward: championing China’s economic and political systems whenever there is a chance. This approach includes disparaging Western systems and values, such as constitutional law and democratic ideals, as well as nationalistic rhetoric to resolve the “image problem” that Rui believes China faces.

There is no doubt that Rui is an official “standard-bearer” but I’m suspicious whether his role does any good to society. Patriotism, which literally means “country-loving” in Chinese, should involve concrete efforts of love, not malicious acts to

incite hatred or devious machinations to secure personal benefits.

Rui caught the public’s attention in 2007 when he used his blog to kick off a populist campaign to remove a Starbucks in Beijing’s ancient Forbidden City, capitalizing on people’s nationalistic sentiments and loathing of western brands. However, Rui himself always drove a Jaguar to work and never stopped flaunting his Zegna suits. The standardbearer may not have enough faith in China’s own brands, or even if he does, he still prefers western luxury brands.

Rui is also notorious for his question to Gary Locke at the 2011 World Economic Forum in Dalian, China.

He shamelessly asked the former U.S. ambassador to China whether his economy class plane ticket reflected the fact that the United States owed money to China. Locke replied that it was common practice for American officials to fly coach. Clearly, Rui, representing CCTV, intended to embarrass Gary Locke viciously, but his folly and his bloated patriotism only helped expose the corruption of China’s first-class-flying officials.

What’s more, Rui also desires to “represent” more than he is. In 2010, at a press conference of a Group of 20 meeting in South Korea, when President Obama intended to reward the last question opportunity to the

host country, Rui got up and said, “I’m actually Chinese, but I think I get to represent the entire Asia.”

This World Fellow cannot even represent China. He only represents his own type, with vulgar nationalism and deep-seated hypocrisy.

People like Rui claim to love the country but in reality only love their own positions in the country and the privileges that come with it. They don’t love the people; they are afraid to empower the powerless in the country. Many people like Rui believe China has an “image problem,” but this so-called problem cannot be solved through smart aleck cover-ups and shameless doublespeak. If these people have the slightest sense of responsibility for their beloved motherland, they should work to put more children in school, push for environmental protection and advocate for expanded democracy and the rule of law.

And yet, Rui was only detained for his corruption. Therefore, despite the widespread cheers that followed Rui’s arrest, it is not a downfall of Rui’s hypocritical patriotism.

In the foreseeable future, whoever wins Rui’s empty chair may have the last laugh, under the perfect system which Rui loved with all his heart.

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

In order to rebuild our community, we need a sense of shared history. Yale’s history could be a real source of pride, one that binds the campus together. We can bring to life the seemingly distant past with stories — tales of traditions like class football games and campus institutions like the Yale Fence that once stood on Old Campus. We are part of a fabric, and knowing the pattern that comes before gives our own more meaning.

Another benefit is the sense of ownership that history provides. Yale extends far beyond the few short years any of us will spend on this campus, and in order to wrap our minds around it we must take a view larger than that of an undergraduate tenure. Perhaps if we were more connected to our past, we would see less student apathy toward University issues. It is difficult to form an opinion on the evolving administration or the homogenization of the colleges if one does not know what came before and how it changed. History can serve as a teacher, highlighting previous missteps while also emphasizing what is fundamental to the University.

The best way to develop this sense of history is a tricky question.

A good place to start might be sending some kind of packet to incoming freshmen.

Orientation is packed enough as it is, but I know I would have devoured a broad history of Yale in the summer leading up to my freshman year. As it stands now, the administration seems almost embarrassed by its history, with the aforementioned singing of “Bright College Years” being one of few public engagements with it. Of course, a history crafted by the administration is not ideal, but it might serve as a good starting place, a way to pique further interest.

Ultimately, though, we need a change in attitude. We need to take an active interest in this place we call home. Ignorance of Yale’s past should not be a badge of pride, as it is in some circles. If we want to take ownership, if we want to effect change, if we want to get the most possible out of our short time here, we need to come from a place of knowledge.

Freshmen, educate yourselves about the College and the University. Learn what it has represented through time and consider what you would like it to become. Upperclassmen, take the time to learn about how the clubs, groups and organizations to which you have devoted so much time came into being. Doing so will make your time there much more fulfilling and will almost certainly make your job easier. Yale is an incredible place. It would be a shame to miss out because we focused only on our four, short years.

ISA QASIM is a senior in Jonathan Edwards College. Contact him at isa.qasim@yale.edu.

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

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Yale may implement internal carbon tax SUSTAINABILITY FROM PAGE 1 “I think that if [Yale administrators] actually follow through with reducing carbon emissions … that certainly is a good step in the right direction,” said Don Mosteller FES ’15, who wrote a memo on sustainability at Yale that was sent to Salovey’s office last spring.

Calling climate change “the most important issue that faces the world in our time,” Salovey told the News that the University is committed to reducing its impact on the environment.

Of the University’s six initiatives, the possibility of an internal carbon pricing mechanism within Yale has generated the most discussion so far.

According to Salovey’s email, a program such as an internal carbon pricing mechanism could provide incentives for units within Yale “to reduce their carbon footprint in a way that is not administratively or economically burdensome.”

To decide whether an internal carbon pricing system could be implemented at Yale, Salovey has appointed a committee — chaired

by Professor William Nordhaus and called the Presidential Carbon Charge Task Force — to examine whether such a system could be established.

Nordhaus said the task force will begin its deliberations with an open mind about whether to create a system and, if so, what form that system will take.

School of Management professor Sharon Oster, who will serve on the task force, said an inter-

nal carbon tax would generally be designed to help administrators and faculty throughout Yale make decisions while taking the school’s carbon footprint into account.

“The internal tax essentially replaces admonitions and rules with prices as a way to regulate behavior,” Oster said in an email.

“Yale is a forward thinking university in many areas. Why not this one as well?”

Salovey noted in his email that the administration is unaware of any other university that has implemented an internal carbon tax. However a growing list of corporations and municipalities have introduced carbon pricing systems, including Microsoft, Disney and Google.

At Microsoft, all business groups are required to take a carbon fee into account when planning their budgets. This incentivizes groups to reduce their carbon emissions by increasing efficiency and using renewable resources, Microsoft has argued.

Jennifer Milikowsky FES ’15, who proposed the carbon pricing system in a policy memo presented to Salovey’s office, said Yale could assert leadership by implementing such a system, a sentiment Salovey echoed in his email.

“I think it’s a way to really use Yale as a case study to demonstrate how a carbon tax could be designed and implemented, and then study the effectiveness of it,” Milikowsky said.

Yale Law School professor Daniel Esty LAW ’86 echoed Milikowsky’s point, suggesting that the University can catalyze

action on climate change.

Calling the carbon pricing system “the very best way to address the problem of climate change,” Esty noted Yale’s important role in developing policy frameworks that have applications well beyond its walls.

“The possibility of Yale implementing some sort of carbon charge represents a big breakthrough that could have repercussions well beyond the Yale campus and represents significant leadership,” Esty said.

Still, Mosteller noted that Nordhaus’ committee can only make a recommendation. Ultimately, it is up to the administration to follow through.

Nordhaus’ committee will include students. On Thursday, the Yale College Council emailed the student body soliciting applications for spaces on the committee.

The potential carbon pricing mechanism comes together with five other proposals also targeted at reducing the University’s carbon emissions. The University’s current goal is to reduce greenhouse emissions by 43 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels. Thus far, it has reduced them by 16 percent. “[The announcements] are pretty fantastic and ambitious steps,” said Melissa Goodall, the assistant director in Yale’s Office of Sustainability.

The $21 million investment for energy conservation will put $7 million each year into capital projects to improve energy conservation across campus.

Included in those funds will be an “Energy Solutions Fund,” total-

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One initiative to lower the University’s carbon footprint is an internal carbon pricing system to regulate behavior. ing $100,000 per year, earmarked for student proposals focused on energy conservation.

The University will also install a 1.25-megawatt array of solar panels at West Campus, which will cover 350,000 square feet of roof.

Once installed, the panels will help Yale avoid 500 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year.

Furthermore, Yale will become a member of the Climate Registry, a nonprofit aimed at increasing transparency about greenhouse gas emissions by putting them into a single online repository.

Registering will allow for thirdparty verification of Yale’s dis-

closures on its greenhouse gas emissions. Salovey said he will ask other schools within the Ivy League to become members as well.

Salovey will also ask the Sustainability Advisory Council, chaired by Professors Brad Gentry and Michelle Addington, to evaluate whether Yale’s sustainability goals are ambitious enough.

Still, members of Fossil Free Yale — which advocated that the University divest its assets from fossil fuel companies — said that the measures do not go far enough.

“It seems the actions are totally insufficient,” said Patrick Reed

’16, a founding member of Fossil Free Yale. “It doesn’t match up.”

At a candlelit vigil on Wednesday night, members of Fossil Free Yale resolved to continue pressing the University to eliminate its holdings in fossil fuel companies.

Divestment is “not an issue that’s going to go away,” Mosteller said.

In October 2013, Salovey announced a new strategic plan on sustainability through 2016.

Contact MATTHEW LLOYDTHOMAS at matthew.lloydthomas@yale.edu and ADRIAN RODRIGUES at adrian.rodrigues@yale.edu .

Polak announces next step for CTL LEARNING CENTER FROM PAGE 1 ing Centers, the Center for Language Study, the center for Science & Quantitative Reasoning, the center for Scientific Teaching, Educational Technologies and Yale Online. Scott Strobel, molecular biochemistry and biophysics professor and vice president of West Campus, will also serve as the deputy provost for teaching and learning.

Strobel said students will be able to use CTL’s single website instead of navigating each department website individually to find and access tutoring resources in all departments.

The center will be equally dedicated to serving the needs of faculty and graduate students: Frederick intends for the center to first be a hub for showcasing teaching excellence, then to motivate discussion and critical thinking about how teaching could be improved in both the sciences and humanities.

“It will create positive peer pressure for teachers who haven’t had to think a lot about their teaching, or haven’t been encouraged to,” Frederick said.

Teaching workshops like those the center may host, in which faculty discuss successful classroom strategies over

lunch, are already a popular feature of various STEM departments, Frederick said. Similar teaching workshops could be in the works for the social science and humanities departments, Frederick said, adding that she hopes to identify teaching strategies that could function across the disciplines.

Many other universities are home to teaching and faculty support centers, including Yale, whose Center for Teaching will now exist under the CTL. Frederick said she hopes the CTL emulates innovative centers at Stanford and the University of Michigan, both of which elevate teaching to a degree not often seen at research universities.

Frederick said she and her team will survey students during the school year about how the center could serve them best and integrate their responses into their developing vision for what it will offer.

“It’s going to help us be more proactive about teaching, and less reactive,” she said.

Yale College employs 1,155 faculty members.

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CORRECTIONS WEDNESDAY, AUG 27.

Yale borrows $250 million for construction

The article “Computer Science courses to feature appbuilding” incorrectly stated that Computer Science 112 was a requirement for the Computer Science major.

New meal plan offered for off-campus students

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Yale borrowed $250 million to fund projects including renovations to the Hall of Graduate Studies and Sterling Chemistry Laboratory.

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The semester-long plan, created by Yale Dining and the YCC, includes five meals per week, 30 bonus meals and $125 dining points.

BY LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTER Off-campus students have a new option this year when it comes to dining at Yale.

Yale Dining has unveiled a new meal plan designed specifically for students living off-campus, who are not required to buy a meal plan.

Formerly, off-campus students did not have a middle ground between paying per meal in Yale’s dining halls and purchasing a meal plan of at least 150 meals, which costs upwards of $2,325 per semester.

Now, these students can purchase a smaller, less expensive meal plan, formed out of collaboration between Yale Dining and the Yale College Council.

Under the new plan, off-campus students can get five meals a week, a block of 30 additional meals to be used at the students’ discretion and $125 dining points to be spent at dining retail locations for $1,100 per semester.

According to Director of Residential Dining Cathy Van Dyke, the plan provides a discount to meals purchased individually through Eli Bucks and is therefore a lower price packaged than was previously offered to students living off campus. “[The new meal plan] is designed to provide an average of one meal per day throughout the semester while being flexible to student needs,” read a Yale Dining statement Van Dyke provided to the News.

It was great to see Yale Dining make the great effort to meet with us and follow the model that we brought forth.

BECHIR-AUGUSTE PIERRE ’15 Former project manager, YCC After gathering feedback and holding discussions with members of the student body, the YCC made recommendations to Yale Dining, and together they created a meal plan that Van Dyke said meets all the “preferred requirements” identified in the process.

In addition to receiving five meals per week, which reset each Monday before breakfast service, unused block meals and points will automatically carry over to the next semester and expire at the end of the academic year. The plan can be purchased at a prorated rate throughout the year and, if purchased in the fall, will automatically renew for the spring semester unless otherwise canceled by the student.

“It differs from previous options like Eli Bucks because it is a comprehensive meal plan, and, we are excited to say, is a better option financially for students than purchasing the equivalent in meals individually,” said former

YCC project manager Allison Kolberg ’16.

Kolberg said the YCC proposed the core structure of the plan, including the number of meals, the flexibility of the block meals and price breakdown, and then met with Yale Dining to review its feasibility and discuss remaining details. She added that the final product was even more affordable than what YCC initially believed could be implemented.

Still, since the plan is new this term, Van Dyke noted that many students remain unfamiliar with this addition. She added that Yale Dining will send out an announcement to notify students without meal plans about this option.

Kolberg noted that while Yale Dining was accommodating to the needs of students, introducing the new plan was still a long process spanning nearly two years of research and negotiation.

She said she is pleased with the positive feedback she has gotten, adding that students appear excited about the new option.

“It was great to see Yale Dining make the great effort to meet with us and follow the model that we brought forth,” said former YCC project manager Bechir-Auguste Pierre ’15.

Jenna Kainic ’16, who moved off campus this year, said she elected the new meal option because she believed it may be more convenient to eat in a campus dining hall rather than having to walk back to her apartment due to its distance and the potential weather inclemency later in the year.

She added that while she is unsure of her decision at the moment since she has yet to use the plan, she believes the partial meal option may be beneficial as her schedule becomes busier and said she found the pricing to be reasonable.

Kainic also suggested that Yale Dining could improve the plan by advertising directly to students living off campus and by allowing the additional 30 meals and points to be optional, since some may find those extra meals unnecessary. She acknowledged that it is difficult to create a meal plan that caters to every student’s needs.

Still, some students remain loyal to the previous system, citing added convenience and practicality.

“I think Eli Bucks is the most popular option because it’s the most flexible, meals are discounted by 10 percent, and it can be paid using credit card,” said Josh Isackson ’15, who moved off campus this year. “I don’t want to pay for meals that I’m not going to eat, so choosing a meal plan didn’t make as much sense for me, especially when Eli Bucks is such a good option.”

Other undergraduate meal plans include the “Anytime Meal Plan,” “The Full Meal Plan” and the “Any 14 Meal Plan.”

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

BY ADRIAN RODRIGUES STAFF REPORTER In what investment analysts and third-party experts characterized as a routine transaction, Yale borrowed several hundred million dollars this July.

Over the summer, Yale raised $250 million in taxexempt bonds, according to documents provided

by Moody’s Investors Service. The proceeds from the bond issue will fund a range of capital projects on campus, including renovations to the Hall of Graduate Studies, Sterling Chemistry Laboratory and the Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, as well as the turbine replacement for the Central Power Plant and initial costs for the new Yale Biology Building, said Alexander Banker, a director of the Yale Investments Office.

“Yale’s robust financial reserves and history of extraordinary fundraising mitigate the risk of its debt struc-

ture,” Moody’s wrote in a June report. “In [fiscal] 2013, Yale’s expendable financial resources could repay debt and enable the University to operate for nearly five years without additional revenue.”

Under the leadership of University President Peter Salovey and Provost Benjamin Polak, Yale made progress toward balancing its budget in fiscal 2014, the report said. Yale’s consistent success in attracting top students, as well as its status as a leader in research, also contributed to a stable outlook for the University’s financial position, according to the report.

While the report noted that the illiquid nature of many of Yale’s financial resources and a recent history of modest operating deficits posed slight concerns, the University still garnered a AAA credit rating from Moody’s, which is the firm’s highest ranking.

The $250 million in bonds was issued by the Connecticut Health and Educational Facil-

ities Authority (CHEFA). Jeffrey Asher, CHEFA’s executive director, characterized the transaction as routine, adding that “it’s not an unusually large amount to borrow at one time.” By obtaining taxexempt bonds, Asher said Yale saves money by financing through the CHEFA. Both the Moody’s report and experts interviewed said the bonds carry minimal risk.

“The risks associated with this borrowing are minimal in the context of a University with a $21 billion endowment that repaid $750 million in taxable debt over the preceding 12 months,” Banker said in an email.

Though Yale’s official bond documents list the new residential colleges as a potential use of the proceeds from the bond sale, Banker said these funds will not necessarily go toward the new residential colleges. He emphasized that the new residential colleges currently remain 100 percent gift-funded, and that the

new residential colleges were included in the documents to provide “legal flexibility.” If construction costs escalate, for example, funds from the bonds issuance could be used, he said.

“While not planned or considered, this possibility had to be reflected in the bond documents,” he said.

William Jarvis ’77, managing director of the Commonfund Institute, said construction costs could easily rise over the coming years. He characterized the bond issue as a prudent move, noting it is often wise for big capital projects, such as the construction of the two new residential colleges, to have contingency funds.

“You’ve got something that’s going to be there for 100 to 200 years, and you just don’t want to screw up,” Jarvis said.

According to the report, Yale has $3.4 billion of Moody’srated outstanding debt.

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

Candidates debate decline in crime

BY MAREK RAMILO AND ISABELLE TAFT STAFF REPORTERS Two weeks after the governor’s office released a comprehensive report on statewide crime trends, Gov. Dannel Malloy and Republican candidate Tom Foley have begun to discuss their plans to reinforce public safety in Connecticut.

Mike Lawlor, Malloy’s undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning, issued the 2014 Mid-Year Update on Crime Trends on Aug. 12, highlighting a series of statistics that demonstrate significant reductions in violence, arrests and recidivism across the state. Lawlor maintains that such trends are evidence of a safer Connecticut since Malloy assumed office, and pointed to specific legislative efforts as potential reasons for the improvement.

“People are looking for reports on how effective this or that policy initiative has been in the criminal justice world,” Lawlor said. “We’re seeing the first clear signs that things are heading in the right direction.”

One of the report’s key figures is the state’s 86 murders in 2013, its lowest number since 1969. The report goes on to indicate that the aggregate number of murders in the state’s three major cities — New Haven, Hartford and Bridgeport — also dropped, contributing to the broader trend. The three cities collectively saw 81 murders in 2011, and that number fell to 56 in both 2012 and 2013.

It subsequently climbed back to 56 in 2013, but Lawlor said the aggregate decrease in homicides was a reason for optimism.

Also of note was a drop in the

reported index crimes — which include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault and motor vehicle theft — from 86,994 to 79,924 between 2012 and 2013. In comparison, the highest number of reported index crimes in the last 25 years came in 1990, when the state saw 177,068 such cases.

I would say that crime is, at best, a tertiary issue in this campaign.

GARY ROSE Government department chair, Sacred Heart University Though he did not specify any public initiative as the principal cause for these improvements, Lawlor did note that Malloy and his team entered the term with three goals in mind: reducing crime, reducing spending and restoring residents’ confidence in the criminal justice system.

He said that the state has been able to accomplish these goals through directed efforts to engage at-risk youth, restrict access to firearms and enhance imprisonment and parole systems.

“We think that there is a whole assortment of initiatives and policy changes and tactics that have contributed to this [trend,]” Lawlor said. “It’s a mentality that focuses on prioritizing certain types of efforts in the criminal justice system.”

Lawlor added that prioritizing violent crime reduction over victimless crimes like drug possession and abuse have also

resulted from the governor’s changed approach.

Still, some question both the notion that Malloy’s policies have had the desired effect and that crime has, in fact, fallen to the degree that the report suggests.

During the first debate of the general election, held Wednesday night in Norwich, Foley claimed that Malloy could not take credit for declining crime rates in Connecticut because crime is down in the nation as a whole. Foley also pointed to the fact that despite improvements, New Haven, Hartford and Bridgeport are still among the most violent U.S. cities with populations under 200,000.

“For the governor to be going around saying crime is low and it’s not a problem is insulting to those communities,” Foley said.

“In many of these communities people are afraid to leave their homes at night.”

Malloy countered by saying that he was not complacent about the crime that does exist in Connecticut. He credited SB-1160, the gun law he signed in April 2013 in the wake of the Newtown shootings, with decreasing the threat of illegal gun ownership.

The day after the debate, Mark Bergman, a spokesman for the Malloy campaign, said the governor had formed relationships with local police authorities to support community policing programs in cities such as New Haven.

“It’s about being a partner with local communities,” Bergman said. “Things are getting better because we have a governor who’s committed to working with local officials to get guns off the street.”

Bergman said economic growth has also played a role in reducing crime. According to the Connecticut Department of Labor, Connecticut’s unemployment rate has been slowly declining since it reached 9.5 percent in October 2010, a month before Foley and Malloy first showed down at the ballot box.

Foley, however, has repeatedly criticized Malloy for presiding over a slow economic recovery. The state’s 0.9 percent growth in 2013 ranked it 39th in the nation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Gary Rose, chair of the department of government at Sacred Heart University, said most voters will likely prioritize economic concerns when they cast their vote, such as jobs and taxes than on crime. In July, the state’s unemployment rate of 6.6 percent hovered above the nationwide rate of 6.1 percent.

“I would say that crime is, at best, a tertiary issue in this campaign,” Rose said.

Before the debate, Foley released a nine-page document titled “A Plan for Restoring Pride and Prosperity in Connecticut.” The word “crime” does not appear in the document a single time.

Malloy’s campaign website addresses crime under the heading “Quality of Life,” with two paragraphs that discuss the post-Newtown gun law and Project Longevity, the community policing program operating in New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford.

Contact MAREK RAMILO at marek.ramilo@yale.edu and ISABELLE TAFT at isabelle.taft@yale.edu .

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“Wherever you go, go with all of your heart.” CONFUCIUS CHINESE PHILOSOPHER

Senators join sexual assault talks SEXUAL ASSAULT FROM PAGE 1 ings at various schools to discuss sexual misconduct. The meeting at Yale attracted over 30 participants, including students, Title IX coordinators and other administrators that handle sexual assault policy, as well as representatives from nearby universities such as Fairfield University, South Connecticut State University and Albertus Magnus College.

Murphy, a supporter of the bill, was also present at the meeting.

He noted that a significant percentage of college campuses have neglected to conduct an internal investigation of sexual assault over the past several years, calling this an “indifference” that needs to be corrected by law.

“We can do better,” Murphy said. “Yale and a lot of institu-

tions around this table are [positive] examples.”

After an initial discussion, the two senators opened up the floor to comments and questions from other attendees.

Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Melanie Boyd said that while she understood the bill aims to increase reporting rates for more accurate statistics, she does not want it to force students to take action if they are not comfortable doing so.

“It’s very important that we not raise the reporting rates by overriding the wishes of [victims],” Boyd said. “Someone should be able to come in and talk … without pressure.”

One other way to increase reporting, Boyd said, is to build community support for reporting rather than putting stress on

those who have already been traumatized.

Students present at the discussion agreed that focusing on the community is important when it comes to reducing sexual violence on campus. Evan WalkerWells ’14, a former Communication and Consent Educator, cited the videos that his group made last year — which featured details on how to file a formal complaint and otherwise address sexual violence — as an example of how peer education and a preventative approach can change campus climate.

Blumenthal agreed with Walker-Wells’ point, acknowledging that bills are limited in what they can accomplish.

“You can’t really legislate … changes in culture,” he said.

Students also expressed hes-

itation with the bill’s intention to survey all incoming students about their past experiences with sexual misconduct.

Hana Awwad Eidda ’14 proposed another model — requiring universities to have a better plan to distribute the survey and encourage student responses rather than mandating them.

Walker-Wells agreed, adding that preemptively asking incoming freshmen about sexual misconduct might make them more fearful.

“Every time you ask everyone in a room if they feel safe, they feel a little less safe,” he said.

Blumenthal will host another forum today at Connecticut College in New London.

Contact WESLEY YIIN at wesley.yiin@yale.edu .

Yale pulls expansion plans

Gift seeks to aid Chinese students DONORS FROM PAGE 1 husband Pan Shiyi visited Yale over the summer. The couple made their fortune by founding SOHO China, the country’s largest commercial real estate developer. Their combined net worth is valued at $3.6 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Earlier this summer, Zhang and Pan announced plans to donate $100 million to help Chinese undergraduates study at top universities in the United States and United Kingdom. The funds will be donated through the couple’s SOHO China Foundation. Zhang’s gift to Harvard this summer provides support for approximately 60 students from China to spend four years at Harvard.

We are very hopeful but of course that is their decision to make so I would not want to speculate.

JOAN O’NEILL University Vice President for Development After the gift to Harvard, Zhang told Forbes Magazine that the “next target is Yale.”

However, the donation is yet to be finalized.

“We are very hopeful but of course that is their decision to make so I would not want to speculate,” O’Neill said.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Zhang said he hopes the gift will allow universities to recruit more students from main-

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Local residents protested that the expansion of the center would increase congestion and lead to unruly student behavior in the area.

SAILING FROM PAGE 1 fire marshal came to shut it down.

The Civic Association of South Beach is responsible for granting permits, and under the area’s zoning law, Yale University cannot build housing it obtains one.

South Beach residents raised concerns that the expansion would increase congestion in the area and worried that the new structures would tower over existing homes.

At the last meeting, residents wore bright yellow stickers that all read “No Yale Expansion.”

Yale entered a sales contract to purchase the land — which is 20 minutes away from Old Campus by car — from the estate of property owner Barbara Davidson. Property co-owner Eliza-

beth Bailey was the only community member to express support for the plans at the meeting on July 14, according to the Register.

The rest of the residents hired a lawyer to represent opposition to Yale’s plans, who reportedly said the University’s application was “insufficient.”

According to the same Register article, residents also worried that expanding the center would lead to more unruly behavior by Yale students. One woman complained that she had seen students having sex outside the boathouse and a student had insulted her husband.

“If Yale has outgrown their facilities, then I say they have outgrown our neighborhood,” added resident Clarice Begemann at the meeting.

But Zach Leonard, McNay Family Director of Yale Sailing, said he thinks that Yale sailing has a mostly positive relationship with the local community. Leonard believes “old stories” about the team have continued to circulate among neighbors.

He said expansion would have created more parking, allowing more community members to participate in the club’s sailing offerings.

“We’re always trying to find ways to improve our operations here and [the expansion plans were] part of that,” Leonard said.

“It’s been a 20 year-process and we’ve got to keep working at it.”

Sailing team member Megan Valentine ’16 said that while she had been excited by expansion plans, the existing facility meets

the program’s needs. Valentine said she does not think the withdrawal of plans will compromise the team’s training or morale.

She disagreed, however, with residents’ characterization of Yale’s relationship with Short Beach. Valentine lived in New Haven last summer and occasionally attended Tuesday evening regattas open to the community.

She noted that the facility also provides summer sailing lessons.

“For the most part, we got along really well,” Valentine said.

The Yale sailing program has trained at the Branford facility since 1953.

Contact ABIGAIL BESSLER at abigail.bessler@yale.edu and ISABELLE TAFT at isabelle.taft@yale.edu .

land China, rather than admitting Chinese students sent to American high schools by wealthy families.

According to O’Neill, the University has seen growth in donations from international alumni, parents and other benefactors of the University. Increasingly, she added, those donors are looking to make Yale accessible to any student across the globe.

O’Neill also noted that Yale recently formed an alumni volunteer group called the Yale Asia Development Council, which brings alumni, parents and friends of the University together to strengthen Yale’s ties in Asia. Many members of the group, she said, have helped connect the University with potential donors.

But while Yale and other American institutions are enthusiastic about the prospect of receiving gifts from Zhang and Pan, many in China have sharply criticized the couple’s donations to non-Chinese universities.

“They despise their own country and people,” read one post in July on Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like social media site that is popular in China.

“Taking Chinese people’s money and giving it to people who are able to study in America — what a great definition of ‘poverty’!” wrote another.

The donations are not the SOHO China Foundation’s first foray into education.

The foundation previously funded a “Teach for China” program, which brought education programs to rural areas in China.

Contact MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale. edu .

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“Give me a museum and I’ll fill it.”

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Skelly seeks Peabody growth

BY STEPHANIE ROGERS STAFF REPORTER As a child, David Skelly fell in love with the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History after beholding the skeleton of a massive turtle displayed in its Great Hall.

Now, nearly two months into his term as museum director, Skelly is leading multiple initiatives to improve the museum he has known for decades. Skelly took office on July 1 after 14 years as curator of vertebrate zoology at the Peabody.

With the Peabody’s 150th anniversary in 2016, his goals for the museum include renovating many of the exhibit halls and improving the museum’s relationship with the undergraduate community.

“The Peabody is a great museum, but there is a pretty high fraction of it that hasn’t changed since I was a kid,” Skelly said. “It’s like trying to use a mid-century biology textbook to teach people modern biology — you wouldn’t do that. This problem would be really helped along if we could unleash the incredible work of the people here who have already designed some incredible renovation plans.”

In 2013, Skelly’s predecessor Derek Briggs readied plans to renovate halls and double the number of pieces on display, but the efforts were slowed by the lingering effects of the 2008 financial crisis. Skelly said he wants to prioritize restarting the project led by Briggs and has already met with potential donors.

He added that the project will not begin until all the funds are raised.

In a Wednesday email, Briggs said there is an “urgent” need to bring the Peabody up to the standard of the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art Gallery, both of which were recently renovated.

The Peabody has raised half of the $30 million required for the renovations, he said. “[The renovation] will restore the Peabody to its rightful place internationally as a unique destination with up-to-date exhibits that Yale can be proud of,” Briggs said.

Apart from their renovated exhibit halls, Skelly said the Art Gallery exemplifies how to use tour guide programs to increase the interaction between the museum and Yale College. Skelly said he hopes to create a community of undergraduate tour guides at the museum, in addition to bolstering a sense of community for the roughly 50 undergraduates who do research and work at the museum. He also hopes that the Peabody will offer programming for undergraduates, as well as local school children.

In April, a group of artifact repatriation experts criticized the Peabody for antiquated Native American exhibits. Skelly said the Peabody is in dialogue with Yale history pro-

fessor Ned Blackhawk to refine the museum’s representations of Native American cultures.

“We are very anxious to deepen our relationship with the [Native American] cultural center,” said Skelly, adding he hopes to seize the opportunity to look at all exhibits, many of which are decades old.

Skelly’s students said he is skilled at collaborating with individuals from all disciplines.

The Peabody is a great museum, but there is a pretty high fraction of it that hasn’t changed since I was a kid.

DAVID SKELLY Museum director, Peabody Museum of Natural History Doctoral candidate Mary Rogalski FES ’15 studies zooplankton in Skelly’s lab. Although zooplankton is outside of Skelly’s specialty — most researchers in the lab work with amphibian populations — Rogalski said Skelly is adept at integrating her work into the rest of the lab, an interdisciplinary flair that will hold him in good stead at the Peabody. She added that Skelly helped collect her data for experiments with his own rowboat, an act that for Rogalski demonstrates his hands-on nature.

“One of Dave’s biggest strengths is that he is very curious about a lot of things and understands how things fit together, and that helps at the forestry school where it is a very interdisciplinary setting,” she said. “I think the same thing will be true at the Peabody. He is very good at communicating complicated information to the public.”

Skelly has played an active role in exhibit curation at the museum, said David Heiser, head of education and outreach at the Peabody.

In 2009, Skelly was the lead curator of an exhibit that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the publication of “The Origin of Species.”

Heiser said Skelly’s first act as director was to meet with Peabody staff members and administrators, a gesture that Heiser said speaks volumes about his leadership.

“We have close to eighty staff here from the public and collections side, and that takes a lot of time, which I personally really appreciated,” Heiser said.

Skelly is currently serving a fiveyear term as Peabody director.

Contact STEPHANIE ROGERS at stephanie.rogers@yale.edu .

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As the new director of the Peabody, David Skelly (top) has many goals to improve the museum’s space and presence in the community.

Turnover brings Mayor, Board closer

BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER Three years ago, Joe Rodriguez was an alder representing Fair Haven, bringing development projects to Grand Avenue, pushing foreclosure regulations and fighting for grant money for neighborhood nonprofits.

This is his first week back in City Hall — not as an alder but as a mayoral aide managing relations with the Board for the city’s first new leader in 20 years. Rodriguez, 27, replaces Michael Harris ’15 as Mayor Toni Harp’s legislative liaison.

The body of alders Harris has handed off to Rodriguez looks markedly different from the one he first faced at the beginning of the new term in January. From January to June, six alders, two in the same ward, resigned from the 30-member Board.

For some, the reasons were practical; “new opportunities” required Ward 3 Alder JeQueena Foreman to move outside the ward, she told constituents. Others vacated their seats for personal reasons. Ward 27 Alder Angela Russell gave little explanation for her exit, writing to Board leadership in April that she believed she could be more effective as a citizen than as a lawmaker.

The circumstances of Ward 19 Alder Mike Stratton’s withdrawal continue to reveal themselves, as he faces charges of assault and breach of peace surrounding a domestic dispute 11 days before his resignation.

But for half the alders who left their seats in the first six months of the term, a single calling drew them away: an appointment by the mayor to a position in her administration. First

came a job for Jackie James, formerly of Ward 3, as deputy community services administrator. In the spring she became City Hall’s director of minority and small business initiatives, a position Harp created despite legislative pushback.

Doug Hausladen ’04 and Migdalia Castro also resigned from the Board in January in favor of director positions in the Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking and the Elderly Services Department, respectively.

Hausladen said the Board remains vital to his work for the administration, which relies on the direct connection to residents only alders can maintain. He said his experience as a lawmaker also gives him perspective when talking about neighborhood issues.

“I know the feeling of getting 100 calls on any given item,” he said.

Harp’s chief of staff and a former Board of Alders president, Tomas Reyes, said the turnover underscores the collaborative approach the mayor has brought to bear on city governance. He said Harp first expressed reverence for the legislative process and pledged to be the Board’s partner during her campaign last fall. Before running for state office, Harp, too, was an alder.

Reverence went both ways. 18 alders signed a written statement last June pledging their support for the then-state senator and candidate.

Board of Alders President Jorge Perez pointed to this early show of support as critical for bilateral relations between the legislative and executive branches.

“The majority of us supported her, and she saw some talent and skills in

some of those people,” he said. She did not draw exclusively from the pool of alders who supported her. Hausladen, who did not back Harp, was among the alders who received a nod from the administration.

While some alders come and go, others remain. Chief among the long-lasting cohort is Perez, who has served on the Board for 27 years, across four mayoral administrations.

He said uninterrupted service on the Board requires a stable employment situation since being an alder is a part-time job that pays just $2,000 a year.

Perez said the Board is well-served by having members with more experience who can show political newcomers the ropes.

“Nothing happens overnight in a legislative body,” he said. “You need a few years.”

Former mayoral candidate and two-term Ward 10 Alder Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 said the imbalance of experience also creates an imbalance of power. Turnover, while it brings new voices into the political process, also inflates the power of those who stick around, he said.

Indeed the longer-serving alders are the ones with whom Rodriguez, who served two terms on the Board, said he already has relationships.

One of his first tasks will be getting to know some of the newer faces, he said.

Rodriguez returns to City Hall having worked for several years as an “outreach organizer” for U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73.

Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker @yale.edu .

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Texas abuzz about possible Perry-Cruz 2016 battle

BY WILL WEISSERT ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas — Two Texans, one White House. Is the 2016 Republican campaign trail big enough?

After plummeting from prime contender to political punchline three years ago, Gov. Rick Perry has spent months gearing up for a second run. And he’s turned his recent indictment on felony abuse-of-power charges into a campaign rallying cry.

But even as Perry works to convince conservatives that he’ll be better at coping with the national spotlight this time, he’s increasingly bumping up against his state’s junior senator, tea party darling Ted Cruz, whose firebomb approach on Capitol Hill has grassroots activists clamoring for him to make a White House run.

The prospect of a two-Texan presidential tilt is dominating political conversation in the state, even outshining a fiercely contested governor’s race — and starting to get noticed nationally. Perry’s preparations have long been obvious, while Cruz is working to raise his profile beyond just the far-right base and insert himself into the presidential conversation.

Asked about the 2016 prospects of both, Jim DeMint, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, replied, “I think

Cruz even more than Perry right now.”

Though he’s not endorsing either yet, DeMint added, “Ted has become really the national conservative leader.”

Cruz and Perry, along with potential presidential rival Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, are addressing this weekend’s national gathering of Americans for Prosperity, the powerful group backed by the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers. Cruz has made himself the star of such events, sometimes introduced as “our next president.”

At a recent national gathering organized by the conservative blog RedState, hundreds of attendees bowed their heads to pray for him, calling Cruz an instrument of God’s will.

Cruz himself says “time will tell” if he joins the presidential race. Perry has made no secret he’s seriously considering a run.

Two Texans haven’t competed for the presidency since George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot in 1992.

Things got testy that time, as the New England-born incumbent had his true-Texas credentials questioned by the billionaire Dallas businessman, with his exaggerated twang and outlandish axioms like, “If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?”

“I think they’re both running.

They probably don’t like me saying it,” said Texas Republican

Drugs killed inmate in troubled execution

BY TIM TALLEY ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma death row inmate who writhed, moaned and clenched his teeth before he was pronounced dead about 43 minutes after his execution began succumbed to the lethal drugs he was administered, not a heart attack, after the state’s prisons chief halted efforts to kill him, an autopsy report released Thursday says.

Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton had said inmate Clayton Lockett died from a heart attack about 10 minutes after he ordered the execution stopped. It hadn’t been clear whether all three execution drugs administered to Lockett had actually made it into his system, but the independent autopsy performed for the state determined they did.

Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences at Dallas, which performed the autopsy, concluded that the cause of death was “judicial execution by lethal injection.” But the report does not answer why the execution took so long and why Lockett writhed on the gurney.

Lockett’s attorney, David Autry of Oklahoma City, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. But Dale Baich of the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Phoenix, who represents a group of Oklahoma death row prisoners who commissioned an independent autopsy of Lockett, said more information is needed.

“What this initial autopsy report does not appear to answer is what went wrong during Mr. Lockett’s execution,” Baich said in a statement.

Oklahoma and other death penalty states have encountered problems in recent years obtaining lethal injection chemicals after major drug makers stopped selling them for use in executions. That has forced states to find alternative drugs, purchased mostly from loosely regulated pharmacies that custom-make medications. Many states refuse to name suppliers and offer no details about how the drugs are tested or how executioners are trained.

Oklahoma put executions on hold after Lockett’s April 29 execution.

Officials at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester have said Lockett’s vein collapsed during the lethal injection process. The autopsy does not say whether that’s the case, though it does confirm that medical technicians poked him about 12 times as they tried to find a vein before

settling on using one in his groin.

Gov. Mary Fallin has ordered public safety officials to review the events surrounding Lockett’s execution, including state execution protocols that had been changed in the weeks ahead of it. The state Court of Criminal Appeals agreed to not schedule executions for six months. Three are set for November and December.

A spokesman for Fallin, Alex Weintz, said the autopsy report will be part of the full review. “We suspect they are in the final stages of that process,” Weintz said.

He said Fallin still supports use of the death penalty. “But we want our executions to be successful,” Weintz said, adding that Fallin asked the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to recommend possible changes to the execution procedures.

The autopsy report does not include any recommendations about the protocols.

A spokesman for the Corrections Department, Jerry Massie, said prison officials will have no comment until after public safety officials release their findings and recommendations.

In Lockett’s execution, Oklahoma used the sedative midazolam for the first time. The drug was also used in lengthy attempts to execute an Ohio inmate in January and an Arizona prisoner last month. Each time, witnesses said the inmates appeared to gasp after their executions began and continued to labor for air before being pronounced dead.

Patton, the director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, called for a complete “review/revision” to Oklahoma’s execution procedures following the Lockett execution, and said he was willing to adopt other states’ protocols.

Among his concerns were that the state’s current protocol puts all responsibility and decisionmaking in the hands of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary warden.

Patton, who came to Oklahoma from the Arizona Department of Corrections, didn’t specifically mention the drug midazolam or any other formula approved for use in the Oklahoma death chamber.

Midazolam is part of a threedrug and a two-drug protocol in Oklahoma. Lockett’s execution used a three-drug protocol — midazolam, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride.

The state also has a protocol that would use midazolam with hydromorphone, the same combination used in the problematic executions in Ohio and Arizona this year.

Party chairman Steve Munisteri, who noted that Texas’ March 1 presidential primary in 2016 should make it the first to vote among large states, and could leave only one Texan standing.

Both, meanwhile, would be competing at least to start for the same slice of the Republican base, the religious and social conservatives energized by an intense mistrust of President Barack Obama.

Some Texas donors are already bracing for the prospect. “I’d be splitting dollars, no question,” said George Strake, Jr., a former Texas secretary of state and Perry 2012 donor who also served as Houston finance chairman for Cruz’s Senate campaign.

“It’s going to split up a lot of people who used to give to the same one, or who maybe even used to be friends.”

Perry is a monster fundraiser but relies heavily on Texas. Cruz has raised big bucks from a large national base that tends to give in small increments.

Cruz has been unequivocal in standing behind Perry following the governor’s indictment for cutting off state funds to an office investigating statewide corruption after the Democratic district attorney who runs it ignored his calls to resign. But the two Republicans don’t always see eye-to-eye. Perry’s key selling point is his record as a job-creator, overseeing Texas’ white-hot economy. But Cruz counters that

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Gov. Rick Perry pauses as he addresses attendees at the 2014 Red State convention in Fort Worth, Texas. only the free market, not politicians offering tax incentives or pulling policy strings, as Perry has done, can create jobs.

Asked about the possibility that Cruz had outpaced him as Texas’ top conservative, Perry

quipped in June, “Ask me in eight years if Senator Cruz has made an impact.”

At a recent event, Cruz made a subtle dig when he flubbed while counting off a list of his Senate accomplishments: “Vic-

tory number four — five,” Cruz said, adding, “I could say ‘oops,’ but that would make news.” That recalls Perry’s infamous 2011 “oops moment” brain freeze in a 2010 GOP debate that damaged his candidacy.

Friends followed similar path to jihad

BY AMY FORLITI ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS — The two high school buddies loved to shoot hoops and crack jokes with their friends. They both converted to Islam in early adulthood. And both were recruited by terror groups to leave the United States and die for jihadist causes.

It wasn’t immediately clear how Douglas McAuthur McCain and Troy Kastigar were drawn into radicalism after their initial conversion to

the Muslim faith or whether they might have influenced one another along the way.

But the two best friends went down similar paths and met the same end.

Both young men attended Robbinsdale Cooper High School in the Minneapolis suburb of New Hope. Kastigar was in the class of 1999, though he left school in February of that year without a diploma, according to school records. McCain went to Robbinsdale from 1997 to 1999, before transferring to nearby

Armstrong High School. He did not graduate either.

Address records show McCain lived at Kastigar’s house for a period from 2000 to 2001, although that could not be independently verified.

“They were really funny guys. They were goofy. They were just always laughing, hanging out together, joking around. They were just nice,” said Alicia Adams, a former classmate who was friends with both McCain and Kastigar in high school.

There was nothing in their

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Iraqis from the Yazidi community chant anti Islamic militants slogans in front of UN headquarters.

background or behavior to “make you think they would become an extremist or a killer or anything of the sort,” she said Thursday. People who knew the pair were “trying to wrap all of our heads around it.”

U.S. officials confirmed this week that the 33-yearold McCain was killed in Syria while fighting with the Islamic State group. Officials have said that Kastigar was killed in Somalia in September 2009 while fighting with the terror group al-Shabab.

The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it was looking into reports that a second American fighting with the Islamic State group had been killed in Syria.

Anders Folk, a former federal prosecutor who handled the al-Shabab cases in Minnesota, said it’s noteworthy that two converts with no familial ties to Syria or Somalia latched on to the most extreme interpretation of Islam.

“The fact that two guys from the Midwest, from Minnesota, could both be recruited by different terrorist organizations in different foreign countries shows how effective the rhetoric is at converting certain people to the cause,” Folk said. “It also shows that the message isn’t about where you go or what country you go to, but the message is about joining the fight. And that message is resonating with young men in America.”

Both young men had minor criminal records, including charges of disorderly conduct, traffic violations and instances in which they gave false names to police officers.

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Join The Fifth Humour, Yale’s oldest sketch comedy troupe, for its yearly recruitment show(s). Come see some hilarious sketch comedy, meet the group, and find out information about auditions.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 6:00 p.m. Yale Russian Chorus Auditions. The YRC, an a cappella group that focuses on secular and religious music from Eastern European countries, is holding open auditions. All members of the Yale community are welcome! William L Harkness Hall (100 Wall St.), Room 201.

7:00 p.m. Yale Up! Paint your face, don your Yale gear, and come learn some of Yale’s oldest (and newest) traditions. This year is the 100th anniversary of the Yale Bowl, and we want you to be ready to join in the fun. There will be songs and prizes for all. Payne Whitney Gym (70 Tower Pkwy.), John J. Lee Amphitheater.

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Join the Yale Magic Society for a night of magical fun and an introduction to basic magic. No experience necessary. Pierson College (231 Park St.), Common Room.

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Representatives of registered undergraduate organizations will introduce freshmen to student-run activities. The Payne Whitney Gym open house will provide information about intramural and club sports, fitness classes, tickets for varsity events, and Dawg Pound membership. Payne Whitney Gym (70 Tower Pkwy.).

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“The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.” OTTO VON BISMARCK 1ST CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY

Ukraine accuses Russia of sending tanks, armor

BY DALTON BENNETT, JIM HEINTZ AND RAF CASERT ASSOCIATED PRESS NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of entering its territory with tanks, artillery and troops, and Western powers said Moscow had “outright lied” about its role and dangerously escalated the conflict.

Russia dismissed the allegations, describing the fighters there as “Russian volunteers.”

The Kremlin has repeatedly denied arming and supporting the separatists who have been fighting Ukrainian troops for four months in the gravest crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. NATO said at least 1,000 Russian troops are in Ukraine and later released what it said were satellite photos of Russian selfpropelled artillery units moving last week.

Two columns of tanks and other equipment entered southeastern Ukraine at midday, following heavy shelling of the area from Russia that forced overmatched Ukrainian border guards to flee, said Col. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s national security council.

“Russian forces have entered Ukraine,” President Petro Poroshenko said in Kiev, canceling a foreign trip and calling an emergency meeting of his security council.

He urged Ukrainians to remain calm.

“Destabilization of the situation and panic, this is as much of a weapon of the enemy as tanks,” Poroshenko told the council.

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and both leaders agreed Russia must face consequences for its actions.

“We agree - if there was ever any doubt - that Russia is responsible for the violence in eastern Ukraine,” Obama said. “The vio-

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Local residents look at a burned car with three burned bodies, hit by shelling in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. lence is encouraged by Russia. The separatists are trained by Russia, they are armed by Russia, they are funded by Russia.”

He added that Russia “has deliberately and repeatedly violated the sovereignty and terri-

torial integrity of Ukraine, and the new images of Russian forces inside Ukraine make that plain for the world to see.”

But Obama ruled out a military confrontation between the U.S. and Russia. He said Russia’s

activity in Ukraine would incur “more costs and consequences,” though these seemed to be limited to economic pressure that will be discussed when Obama meets with European leaders at a NATO summit in Wales next

week.

At an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council, Western representatives expressed outrage.

“Now we see irrefutable evidence of regular Russian forces

operating inside Ukraine,” said British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant.

U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said Russia “has manipulated. It has obfuscated. It has outright lied.”

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SPORTS

“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”

VINCE LOMBARDI HALL OF FAME FOOTBALL COACH

Elis compete worldwide

M. hockey shines over summer

BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 “These past two years have been great playing in the ProAm,” Sears said. “The level of play is tougher since we are playing elite competition every night. The players are stronger, faster and, most importantly, more experienced than the players [Cotton] and I will encounter in the Ivy League.”

Sears worked around a wrist injury from early in the summer.

He was unable to use his right hand for three months.

According to Sears, the injury proved constructive because he used the disadvantage to

We got to play players with very different skill sets than those of American players.

SAM DOWNEY ’17 Men’s basketball

improve his overall dexterity by practicing with his left hand and figuring out new ways to score on the court.

“I should be fully recovered when the season starts,” he said.

“I hope the summer working on my left hand will prove beneficial on the court.”

The Bulldogs will put their training to the test during the season opener at Quinnipiac on November 14.

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Forward John Hayden ’17 (No. 21) excelled at a camp held by the Chicago Blackhawks this summer.

HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 you need to improve on heading into the college seasons.”

Elsewhere, newly elected captain and defender Tommy Fallen ’15 along with forward Matt Beattie ’16, a seventh-round draft pick, took to the ice for the Vancouver Canucks in July.

Hayden and Hitchock continued to get acquainted later in the summer at the Team USA

camps, where prospects vied for spots on the Junior National Team. Hitchcock is familiar with the USA system, having played in the United States Hockey League with the U.S. National Team Development Program.

The rookie skated in three games while Hayden played in six games, registering four goals and an assist.

“You learn how to be a pro and what it takes to be a pro at the

camps and what the life is like,” Obuchowski said. “When you practice every day against toplevel talent, you improve your game. I know both mine and my teammates’ experiences this summer will help the team as a whole.”

The men’s hockey team starts its season on Oct. 24.

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

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Guard Armani Cotton ‘15 (No. 12) honed his skills over the summer playing in the NYC Pro-Am league.

Cazzetta ’15 readies for season

BY GRANT BRONSDON STAFF REPORTER With the September 20 season-opener against Lehigh less than a month away, the Yale football team’s season has gotten underway with practices and training camp. After earning a spot on a number of preseason watch lists, kicker and punter Kyle Cazzetta ’15 has proved himself to be an Eli to keep an eye on entering the season. The News caught up with Cazzetta to talk about training camp, staying composed under pressure and unknown parts of a kicker’s game.

Q

How has training camp been so far?

A

Camp’s been good. Guys are really excited to be out there.

There’s a good class of freshmen coming in. Spirits are high.

We’ve been growing since Reno took over the program and we’re gonna start to see results from

when he took over — the new ideas that he put into our team.

So just our overall morale of camp is definitely high and guys are just ready to go. there any specific areas QWere that you tried to improve upon over the offseason?

A

Yeah, as a kicker I’m always trying to improve my consistency in any way, shape or form. Just the smallest mistake in kicking can provide the biggest error, so I have been working on some small things to finetune myself in a way to get better.

I didn’t go out and try to change anything huge because I’ve been doing this for so long, but small changes have shown results for me, so I kind of fine-tune myself in areas that I thought I could grow and it’s worked out so far.

that it is HarvardQImagine Yale, a tie game, 8 seconds on

the clock, and you come into the game to kick a 40-yard field goal.

Do you get nervous in that kind of a situation?

A

No, you can’t be nervous in those situations and most guys won’t be nervous because the fact of the matter is that I’ve kicked the ball thousands of times in my life, and that kick is no different from any other kick.

If you treat it like that, then it’s just like you practiced kicking an extra point, so there is no getting away. You just put your head down and do what you know how to do, and I’ve done it so many times before.

Q

Do you have any techniques that you use to stay composed before you get out on the field to kick?

A

Well I think you have a routine. I have a specific routine that I do for every kick, whether it’s a warm-up kick, whether it’s a practice run or whether it’s a game kick. And to be in that same routine, you’re able to — not

block everything out, you can’t block out the distractions that are already there — but by having that routine, you can be in your element and it feels the same way every time. year was your first kickQLast ing with the team — before that you had been punting. How was the transition from just being the punter to being the kicker and the punter?

A

It doesn’t change too much in the fact that I’m going out every day and I’m working getting ready for Saturday. The thing that would change is that when I was specifically punting I would go out with certain goals in mind to become a better punter.

When I started kicking as well, I had different goals as a punter and different roles as a kicker.

You take on a little more workload, but it’s not much at all.

year, you hit a 46-yard QLast field goal in two different

games. What is the longest field goal that you have made in either practice or a game?

A

In high school, I had a long field goal of 51 yards. The longest I’ve had in a goal at Yale was 46 yards. I’m comfortable going to 50 and a little beyond.

Once you get to the 50 point… I don’t feel as consistent anymore.

I like to treat every kick the same way, as I said before, and when we’re inside 50, I feel confident in my ability to be there and be consistent.

something that peoQWhat’s ple don’t know about punters or kickers?

A

I’d say the biggest thing is it’s such a mental game.

Just like golf, so much goes into practice and so much goes into — we take so many reps every day in practice, and it’s not all of the team. We’re on our own a lot… And all of this work goes into Saturday, where a running

back might carry the ball 40 times. At most I’ll have eight kicks and eight punts. That’s 16 reps. So the amount of work I put into, I’m not seeing the same results in terms of how many reps you get on Saturday…

The idea is that when you’re in a game on Saturday, anything can happen… so the swings of a game play a huge factor in your position and being mentally strong is a huge part of it.

A lot of practice that we go into is a lot of mental reps as well, so I’d say the mental side of the game is a huge part of a kicker that — a lot of people say kicking can be an easy job, it’s very stressed at times, but you’re not really working as hard as the positions. And that’s true, whereas my position isn’t really as physical as running back or a linebacker, but the mental reps of the game are so much more important.

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

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Kicker Kyle Cazzetta ’15 was an honorable mention all-Ivy League selection last season.

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Around the world in 112 days

Vancouver Tommy Fallen '15 Matt Beattie '16

Members of the men's hockey and basketball teams honed their skills across the country — and the world — this summer, with some Elis playing in multiple places. Here is a look at where some of those Bulldogs competed.

Chicago

Dallas Nick Victor '16 Landon Russell '18

John Hayden '17 Alex Lyon '17 Ryan Hitchcock '18 Ryan Obuchowski '16

Liaoning Anthony Dallier '17 Sam Downey '17

Tennessee Greg Kelley '15 Jack Montague '16

New York Detroit

Justin Sears '16 Armani Cotton '15

Ryan Obuchowski '16

Chongqing Anthony Dallier '17 Sam Downey '17

Boston Rob O'Gara '16 Mike Doherty '17 Greg Kelley '15

Guangzhou Anthony Dallier '17 Sam Downey '17

M. basketball hones skills

Elis impress at NHL camps

BY FREDERICK FRANK STAFF REPORTER While there has not been a game down at Ingalls Rink since March, seven skaters from the Yale men’s hockey team kept their blades sharp, skating for other teams during the summer months.

HOCKEY During the NHL offseason, each team opens its doors in order to evaluate its draft picks and prospects. The largest contingent of Bulldogs ended up at the Chicago Blackhawks’ development camp. Sophomore class-

mates forward John Hayden ’17, a third-round draft pick of the Blackhawks, and goaltender Alex Lyon ’17, as well as junior defender Ryan Obuchowski ’16 and incoming freshman Ryan Hitchcock ’18 all impressed during the fiveday camp. Hayden in particular shined, finding the net three times in three games. The winger had 16 points in 33 games for Yale last season.

“Seeing three Yale guys out there is a testament to the program at Yale and how we are developing top-level talent,” Obuchowski said. “It really speaks for the job that Keith Allain ’80 and his coaching staff have been doing.”

Obuchowski also suited up for

his hometown team, the Detroit Red Wings, shortly after his time with the Blackhawks.

On the East Coast, Yale defender Rob O’Gara ’16, a fifthround draft pick of the Bruins, and Boston native forward Mike Doherty ’17, participated in the Boston Bruins’ development camp.

“The biggest part about [the Bruins’ camp] was just creating relationships with the guys in the organization and learning what they like and what it takes to become a pro,” Doherty said.

“Playing against great players, you can get a good idea of what SEE HOCKEY PAGE 11

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Defender Ryan Obuchowski ’16 (No. 14) attended camps for the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks.

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BY ERICA PANDEY STAFF REPORTER Several members of the men’s basketball team took their training around the country and across the world this summer.

BASKETBALL The Bulldogs will return to practice this fall with experience playing in New York City, Dallas, China and Europe.

Within the United States, Armani Cotton ’15 and Justin Sears ’16 played in the NYC Pro-Am, a summer basketball league, while Nick Victor ’16 played in the Dallas Pro-Am. Anthony Dallier ’17 and Sam Downey ’17 toured Chongqing, Guangzhou and Liaoning in China with the 2014 World Vision Sports USA Select Team. Seniors Javier Duren ’15 and Matt Townsend ’15 went on an August tour together and played in Europe.

“We got to play players with very different skill sets than those of American players,” Downey said. “The international style of play really helped [Dallier’s] and my game.”

Downey and Dallier competed in a four-nation tournament against teams from Australia, China and Slovenia.

The three-week tour included sightseeing at some major tourist attractions, including the Great Wall in Beijing.

In addition to the tournament, Downey and Dallier’s team also played games against Chinese professional teams.

“Playing basketball there was culturally enriching,” Dallier said. “Just being able to play and hang out with some of

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Forward Justin Sears ’16 (No. 22) competed at the NYC Pro-Am league this summer after recovering from a wrist injury. the players from those countries really opened our eyes to other parts of the world.”

Both Elis agreed that the experience would give them an edge going into this season.

Cotton and Sears brought their play to New York City

to battle seasoned athletes, including other college players and professional players from the NBA and abroad, in the NYC Pro-Am League.

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PLAYERS FROM THE YALE BASKETBALL TEAM THAT COMPETED IN CHINA THIS SUMMER AS MEMBERS OF THE 2014 WORLD VISION SPORTS USA SELECT TEAM. Guard Anthony Dallier ’17 and forward Sam Downey ’17 played on a team that faced squads from China, Slovenia and Australia.