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WHAT’S IN A TITLE?
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Three students and a prof weigh in on the meaning of “master.”
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As national attention turned to the Confederate flag still waving above the state’s capitol, Yale undergraduates, graduate students and alumni focused once again on the name of Calhoun College, which many said was as much a reminder of racial prejudice as the Southern flag. A group of law students authored a petition asking the Uni-
Religious Studies professor Stephen Davis’s announcement that he no longer wishes to be referred to as the “master” of Pierson College has initiated a debate over the use of titles at Yale, with some calling Davis’s decision commendable and others arguing that is fails to take into account the history of the term. Some argue that Davis’s announcement, which comes amid ongoing debate over Calhoun College, whose namesake was a staunch proponent of slavery, is a step in the right direction for a campus and a country still torn by racism. But others note that the title’s use at Yale originates from the racially innocuous academic nomenclature of Cambridge and Oxford. There, the title, which is derived from the Latin “magister,” denotes the “head or presiding officer of a society, institution … or of certain colleges” — a definition given by the Oxford English Dictionary that dates back to the 14th century. The dictionary’s definition for the word “master” in this sense specifically cites Yale as one place where the word is used this way. The same word “master” is used to signify an advanced degree of study, such as a master of arts or master of science.
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Stay classy, Yale. Yalies do, however, seem to get just as excited about picking classes as they do about the presemester frivolity. Bluebooks line the shelves of the Yale Bookstore, and CourseTable is live. Bear in mind that a draft of your schedule is due on OCS by Sept. 1.
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welcome back to those of you who’ve been around long enough to appreciate this gloriously mild weather. Which works out well because CVS seems to be sold out of box fans at the moment.
always something to do during Camp Yale, ranging from the University-sanctioned “Social Activities” to those that are more under-the-radar. Go forth and discover everything that this campus has to offer.
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Campus called to reflect on race, tradition Davis drops “master” title, spurring debate
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iJohn C. Calhoun, a prominent anti-abolitionist, is depicted here, on a window in the common room of Calhoun College.
Title, college names come under scrutiny BY TYLER FOGGATT, EMMA PLATOFF AND VIVIAN WANG STAFF REPORTERS The start of the fall semester will open a campus-wide debate over names and titles that have drawn new and criticism for their racial undertones. When Stephen Davis, a religious studies professor who heads Pierson College, asked on Aug. 14 that his
students cease calling him “master,” he added a new dimension to ongoing campus conversation about racially charged names and symbols. Calhoun College, whose namesake was a fervent advocate of slavery, has long been a contentious topic on campus, but debate surrounding the college’s name was reignited this summer following the shooting in Charleston, S.C. that left nine black churchgoers dead.
Safety first. Above all,
watch out for your personal well-being. Just yesterday, members of the University community received two campus safety alerts from Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins, sandwiching a note from Deputy Vice President for Human Resources and Administration Janet Lindner that emphatically warned all to leave their weapons at home.
Gunning for the top. While you were away, two former Elis continued their quest for the presidency. Much as Wharton grad Donald Trump has stolen the show of late, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 and neurosurgeon Ben Carson ’73 remain active on the campaign trail. Though, according to the results of our survey, the class of 2019 has someone else in mind. Read on to find out who! Not yet at the bottom. The
financial markets, another destination for Yale’s most “driven” alumni, have taken a turn for the worse in the past few days, and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller claims that the worst has yet to come, despite signs of stabilization. “It isn’t over yet,” the Yale economics professor told Fox Business.
Building an empire. Yesterday,
New York City’s Empire Hotel played host to an Ivy League Rooftop Summer Social for the Ancient Eight’s recent graduates. But how exclusive could it really have been, if almost 4,000 people attended?
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n Aug. 12, the News sent all incoming freshmen a survey with questions running the gamut from family life to post-graduate plans. This is the first in a four-part series on the results. STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE and EMMA PLATOFF report. Moving trucks and minivans crowding Elm Street, sweaty upperclassmen in colorful t-shirts, tearful parents not yet ready to let go — such are the hallmarks of freshman move-in. Today, hundreds of
new undergraduates will begin their four years at Yale. They were carefully chosen from a pool of 30,227 applicants in the second-most competitive admissions cycle Yale has ever seen.
Ward 1 race heats up as primary looms BY NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH STAFF REPORTER Most Yalies have been absent from the Elm City for four months, but that hasn’t stopped the three-way race for Ward 1 alder from heating up, with the Democratic primary only weeks away. The candidates — sitting alder Sarah Eidelson ’12, her Democratic challenger Fish Stark ’17 and their Republican opponent Ugonna Eze ’16 — have been active throughout the summer, making their cases to both incoming and returning students. For Eidelson and Stark, the urgency is particularly acute, as voters will head to the polls on Sept. 16. Eidelson has retained an active presence in New Haven over the summer. In June, the election of the first students to non-voting seats on the Board of Education took place, representing the fruition of a project Eidelson has worked on throughout her four years as alder. Earlier this month, she
organized a community cleanup effort in downtown and Wooster Square. Stark was also in New Haven this summer; he worked fulltime as a teaching fellow at Calvin Hill Daycare in Prospect Hill on a fellowship from Yale. Eze’s campaign has been less active than those of his two Democratic opponents this summer. Eze spent the summer in Washington, D.C., where he studied political philosophy through the Hertog Political Studies Fellowship. He said in an interview that he returned every weekend to New Haven to campaign, which he said involved talking with members of the Yale and New Haven communities. He emphasized the “unique perspective” that he will bring to the race. “I think the more voices in this race the better because we get these unique perspectives on the issues. Fish, Sarah and I come from very different backSEE WARD 1 PAGE 8
To get a sense of their backgrounds and views and expectations of Yale, the News distributed a comprehensive survey to the members of the class of 2019. Eight-hundred fifty-three responded. The
results are presented here .
THE BASICS
Many students said they were looking forward to being part of a diverse student body at Yale, both in terms of upbringing and interests. Five-hundred eighteen freshmen identified as Caucasian, 112 of which also indicated a second ethnicity. Asian-American and East Asian students made up the second largest group, totaling
175 students, with 14 identifying as mixed race. The freshman class also demonstrated socioeconomic diversity. One-hundred ten students reported coming from households with a combined income level of below $40,000 per year. On the opposite end of the spectrum, 95 students reported having household incomes of more than $500,000 annually. Half of the SEE SURVEY PAGE 6
Stress clinic closure leaves fewer mental health options
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The closure of the Yale Stress Center’s clinical side was announced just over a month in advance. BY AMAKA UCHEGBU AND VIVIAN WANG STAFF REPORTERS Nearly two months after the Yale Stress Center closed its doors to patients, members of the Yale community who are ineligible for many of Yale’s on-campus mental health resources are still struggling to find a replacement. The clinical side of the Stress Center, an
interdisciplinary research center that had been run by the Yale Medical Group and department of psychiatry, was shut down because it was running at a significant financial loss each year, said University spokeswoman Karen Peart. The research side of the center is still operative. The June 30 closure, which was announced SEE STRESS CENTER PAGE 8
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n June of 2011, few would have been able to predict the book at the top of The New York Times best-seller list. Adam Mansbach, the book’s author, had spent one too many nights pleading with his twoyear-old daughter to go to bed and decided to write what he has called “a bedtime story for parents.” He called it “Go The **** to Sleep.” Combining vibrant tiger illustrations and profanity, the book sold more than 275,000 copies in less than two months. Today, you can listen to Samuel L. Jackson read the book’s rhyming stanzas on YouTube. While GTFTS was originally a directive for stubborn toddlers, the book also offers valuable advice to Yale undergrads. “Whenever I need a laugh line at a group presentation, I tell students that they should sleep more,” said Melanie Boyd, assistant dean of student affairs. (Full disclosure: I’m a Communication and Consent Educator, so Boyd is my boss.) It feels like everyone at Yale takes that fifth class, joins that third club, goes to Woads and makes everything fit by cutting back on sleep. This behavior is as common as it is self-defeating and unhealthy. People don’t succeed at Yale because of how little they sleep. They succeed in spite of it. Sleep keeps you sharp. According to Dr. Josna Adusumilli, a neurologist and sleep expert at Mass. General Hospital, “Sleep is a vacuum cleaner. It gets rid of all the unnecessary details, filters out what is important and consolidates what is learned during the day.” Without it, the lines between a lecture’s central point and a peripheral footnote become blurred.
WHEN WE DON'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP, THINGS GET MESSY When we don’t get enough sleep, things get messy. A 2000 study from the University of New South Wales found that even “moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to legally proscribed levels of alcohol intoxication.” Earlier this spring, the New Yorker’s Maria Konnikova wrote that even getting six hours of sleep, over the course of two weeks, has us acting like we have a 0.1 blood alcohol concentration. We’re doing the metabolic equivalent of pregaming our rehearsals, regattas and econ problem sets. Our emotional intelligence also tanks when we don’t get enough sleep. Sleep deprivation inhibits our ability to process strong or complicated emotions, both ours and other people’s. Most people know this from personal experience, but there’s clinical evidence too. A 2015 UC Berkeley study found that sleep
affects our ability to read faces, often leading us to see friendly or neutral expressions as threatenNATHAN KOHRMAN ing.You will meet, or At the seam a l r e a d y know, really smart people who say they can work with 4 or 5 hours of sleep (you might even be one of these people). This isn’t impossible, but it’s more likely that they’re running on fumes and don’t realize it. According to research by Dr. David Dinges of the University of Pennsylvania, chronically sleep-deprived people lose the ability to appraise their own fatigue. When your lab partner tells you that they’ve recovered from their all nighter with a nap and a Red Bull, take it with the same grain of salt as the classmate who stumbles up to you at Toad's and slurs he or she is “not drunk at all.” Sleep also keeps us healthy. Though the magnitude is unclear, a consensus has emerged within the medical community that sleep deprivation has an adverse effect on several of the body’s major organ systems. For one, it taxes our circulatory systems. A 2010 study from the American Physiological Society found that when men with no history of heart problems were subjected to sleep deprivation, their blood pressures and heart rates increased in a matter of days. The nervous system is affected too. A 2013 study out of Rochester University, offering an explanation for sleep’s role in neurocognitive maintenance, found that “metabolic waste products of neural activity were cleared out of the sleeping brain at a faster rate than during the awake state.” Sleep gives our brain a chance to flush itself of toxins like beta-amyloid, a molecule linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Sleep deprivation also affects our endocrine system. A 2011 study on the link between sleep deprivation and obesity found that not getting enough sleep makes it difficult for our bodies to both break down common sugars like glucose and also regulate our appetite. Maybe our late-night Wenzel orders are a sign that we all need to get more sleep. The common Yale attitude that you can’t afford seven-anda-half hours of sleep has it backwards. You can’t afford not to sleep. This time is a small price to pay for health and full-functioning minds. It’s what the average adult needs. The Yale community doesn’t like to think of itself as average, but in this respect we are. NATHAN KOHRMAN is a senior in Saybrook College. His column runs on alternate Thursdays. Contact him at nathan.kohrman@yale.edu .
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n retrospect, his words seem bitterly ironic. The vice president, Joe Biden, describing the satisfaction he found in the success of his eldest son, Beau Biden, in remarks in May for the graduating Yale class of 2015. Two weeks later, his son died of brain cancer. We don't recall Biden's speech to peer into his personal tragedy. Or to stoke public speculation about a possible bid for the presidency. We dwell on his valediction for the class of 2015 in welcoming the class of 2019, offering a bit of advice as you begin college. Biden's speech holds lessons relevant not only for freshly minted graduates but for freshmen who arrive on campus today as new students — imagining the next four years of your life unfolding along these flagstone walkways and between these arched gates. Welcome. We're thrilled to have you. What Biden said about life after Yale is that success involves balancing ambition and happiness and putting aside conven-
tion in service of what is important. The same seems true for the brief four years we spend at Yale. All of you have worked hard to get to this point. Some of you have surmounted formidable geographical, financial or cultural barriers to come here. You've withstood the blood sport of standardized testing and college admissions. And now you take your place at Yale. How will you live here? The vice president's words are instructive. "There's nothing particularly unique about me," Biden said. You are a small fish in a big pond. There are more than 12,000 students here, across the college, the graduate school and the professional schools. Groundbreaking research is being conducted as you read this. New insights are being made into centuries-old texts. A city filled with promise but beset by many difficulties lies beyond the gates of your residential college; New Haven can't be ignored. Let your smallness inspire you. You have an immense amount to
learn. Listen carefully. Ask questions. And then question the answers you get. If you don’t like the standards your parents, peers or high school teachers have set for you, set your own. As Biden said, "Neither I, nor anyone else, can tell you what will make you happy, help you find success." Search for classes and friends and activities that will invigorate you. Take time to think, to correct your mistakes. Let yourself be surprised, outraged and impassioned. Above all, search for understanding not merely in your course work but in your relationships with others. Let people in, and aim to know them in return. “Seek to find that sweet spot that satisfies your ambition and success and happiness.” It’s a tall order, but it’s why you’re here. It’s why, Biden said, he was able to endure the death of his daughter and his first wife. “Ambition without perspective can be a killer.” Perspective means being willing to depart from the path that has been laid for you. It means
being willing to buck tradition and the expectations of others when something important is at stake. Creativity is prized at Yale. We all want to be unique. But there is also a powerful urge to conform — to take this type of class, pursue that career goal, run in a certain social circle and see the world in a certain way. This is perhaps the greatest obstacle to taking full advantage of college. It’s a lot easier to criticize than to engage. Don’t be proud of being jaded. Intellectual passion is not gauche. Don’t apologize for skipping a night out in favor of a book or a long night of sleep. And don’t apologize for doing the opposite. “Some of the things your heart will tell you to do, will make you among your peers look foolish, or not smart, or not sophisticated,” Biden said. “But we’ll all be better for people of your consequence to do it.” This was the vice president’s final message to the class of 2015, and it’s the note on which we’ll leave you as well. Take risks. Trust your instincts. Try again.
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Flimsy logic on the Iran deal A
fter U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York, announced his opposition to the Iran deal, English Professor David Bromwich wrote an article for the Huffington Post titled, “Netanyahu and His Marionettes.” The piece describes a “plan” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American “neoconservatives” and political donors to achieve Israeli hegemony in the Middle East, and sources opposition to the Iran deal to loyalty to Israeli interests. Sadly, Bromwich impugns the motives of his opponents while providing scant evidence for his claims. Bromwich’s first piece of proof is the “Clean Break Paper,” written in 1996 by “neoconservative war propagandist Richard Perle, along with a small committee of others,” to convince Netanyahu, newly elected at the time, to, in Bromwich’s words, “curtail [Israel’s] efforts to negotiate with Palestinians toward the creation of a state and give up the idea of joining a neighborhood of nations in the Middle East.” Bromwich’s view is a misrepresentation. The Paper calls for Israel to “embrace negotiations, but as means, not ends [italics omitted]” of Israeli foreign policy. It advocates that Israel work “with Turkey and Jordan to … roll-back some of its most dangerous threats.” Bromwich claims that the Paper’s purpose was to help Israel “stand alone as the dominant power … [and] to achieve this end, three countries had to be
undermined, subdivided or destroyed: Iraq, Syria and Iran.” Bromwich continues, “so far, things have gone roughly COLE to ARONSON according plan. Iraq and Syria are out Necessary of the picand proper ture.” Which picture? What plan? ISIS, hostile to Israel, controls much of Iraq. Syria’s Bashar Assad, hostile to Israel, has weathered a popular rebellion. Bromwich calling the Paper a “plan” (later, “strategy”) deserves some parsing. The Paper was written by one man in 1996 (in fact, it was David Wurmser, not Perle). The parts of it to which Bromwich alleges things have “gone according” include the subjugation of Iraq (done by America in 2003 without Israeli help, and undone by ISIS) and Syria, which has not been subjugated! Bromwich’s claim that both are “out of the picture,” and this the result of a “plan” for Israeli hegemony, is to accuse, on little evidence, many American officials of loyalty to Israel. Bromwich then focuses on Schumer for criticism. In his statement, Schumer barely mentions Israel. Amazingly, Bromwich infers Schumer’s intent from this omission: “Depend on it, Israel was on Schumer’s mind.”
The evidence? Schumer is proud that his surname means “guardian” in Hebrew. While Schumer’s support for the Iraq War was based on a “rationale similar to the one he now urges,” Bromwich argues that Schumer “may or may not recognize that he is only assisting the Likud and the neoconservatives with part three of the Middle East ‘clean break strategy.’" According to Bromwich, Schumer appears to be either an unwilling tool of a Likud-American “neoconservative” axis, or an eager participant. Either way, Schumer is not to be believed because his support for Israel — mirrored by politicians of both parties and opponents and proponents of the Iran deal alike — disables him from reasoning clearly about the deal. Unkind words are also directed at the 58 members of Congress who, Bromwich writes, “obeyed the command of Prime Minister Netanyahu to visit him instead of their own constituents in early August if they want the support of Jewish donors.” Such a visit did take place, and was, as Bromwich writes, “paid for the charitable arm of AIPAC.” But Bromwich provides evidence of no such “command,” and many political organizations sponsor such trips. And what proof that Jewish donors parrot whatever Netanyahu thinks? Of this last connection, Bromwich writes: “The relations today of Netanyahu to many of the biggest American Jewish donors, and of the same
donors to the Republican Party — these linkages are so extended and tangled that lesser actors can barely account for their actions.” Such coordination is merely alleged, never proven. The “lesser” actors are duped or paid by the brains of the conspiracy. The implication, again, is that opposition to the Iran deal can be based only on unpatriotic intentions (subordinating American interests to Israeli ones), corruption or ignorance. Bromwich uses various terms for the American members of the anti-Iran-deal conspiracy such as “neoconservatives” or “influential persons.” But excepting Schumer, he does not name them or refute their substantive arguments. He asserts that a 1996 document written by one man and an AIPAC-sponsored trip prove that they will kowtow to Israeli hawks' every demand. To Bromwich, their opposition is not based on an evaluation in which American interests coincide with Israeli ones, but on their fidelity to a “plan” for Israeli domination. Bromwich even calls them bloodthirsty, writing that they “are good at nothing except starting wars.” An important matter like the Iran deal deserves honest and charitable debate. Bromwich’s conspiracy theorizing, accusations of dual loyalty and charges of ignorance provide neither. COLE ARONSON is a sophomore in Calhoun College. His column usually runs on Monday. Contact him at cole.aronson@yale.edu .
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On Oxbridge and Pierson Our honorable masters
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ost reading this have already formed firm opinions on Stephen Davis’ decision to remove the title “master” from Pierson College’s operational lexicon. I ask only that you enter this conversation open to hearing another perspective. I will address the topic specifically as it pertains to Pierson, and without outlining its contextual implications within the other residential colleges. Still, I believe that a justified structural change in Pierson College would necessitate uniform change across them all. The term “master” at Yale was not coined with the intent of carrying any racial weight. To claim that the term is inherently racist is patently false. As it pertains to our University’s 12 residential colleges, the title “master” is plainly rooted in the British Oxbridge system. Within such a system, the term applies exclusively to the head of an educational institution in an indiscriminate, non-racialized fashion. However, it is important to ground this discussion within the framework of the larger conversation on race taking place right now in America. The U.S. is a country in the process of rethinking its own identity. Contemporary social pressures call on citizens to consistently and systematically question the cultural origins of structures, institutions and formalities. We exist in an era where interpretations of history itself are being revised to reflect the struggles of the many communities fighting for a voice in the budding American attempt at a fully inclusive society. For many Yalies of color, such struggles are directly linked to residential college vernacular. A friend who grew up surrounded by plantations in Fayetteville, Georgia, told me she finds it impossible to separate the various meanings of “master,” having been raised in a Southern culture where its meaning is inextricably tied to slavery, violence and oppression. This is
the type of perspective that must be institutionally recognized and accounted for if we hope to advace as an inclusive community. That is not to say, however, that the discomfort of one individual is justification for the abolishment of a contextual term established within a non-marginalizing system. But the fact that a term with several meanings exists within a residential college with a particularly racist history should prompt discussion. On the Facebook group Yale Political Discussions, one Piersonite wrote, “the use of the word “master” […] could be offensive in a certain context, but the way it’s being used here has no real relation to that offensive context.” For those who agree with Davis’ decision, failure to distinguish between the two distinct frameworks outlined above is every bit as counterproductive as it is polarizing. The student went on to quip that taking grievance with the word’s usage at Yale “would be like if there was a building named ‘Lee Hall’ after Bruce Lee,” and someone found the name offensive because “Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general.” Though valid and soundly reasoned on its surface, this argument fails to account for the deeply ingrained emotional and psychological implications of U.S. racial history on contemporary students of color. Ten of Yale’s 12 residential colleges are named after known slave owners or men who supported slavery. Coincidentally, Pierson College has perhaps the most racially charged history of all. Until 1960, Pierson’s unofficial mascot was quite literally a slave. The college’s weekly publication was aptly titled “The Pierson Slave.” A “Bring a Slave” party was hosted onsite. Lower Court was referred to as “the Slave Quarters” until a Black Student Alliance at Yale protest in 1980 — long after the Civil Rights Movement. The context of a word matters indeed.
Though the residential college title “master” is not literally racialized or marginalizing, it is imperative to recognize that Yale’s adapted Oxbridge system does not exist within a historical vacuum. A word’s context is defined not only by its established origin and intent, but by the social, cultural and political forces acting alongside it as well. When considered alongside the history of Pierson College, the title “master” assumes an additional layer of significance that cannot be accounted for by the Oxbridge model. Associative overlap exists between the two verbal contexts. In referring to an authority figure as “master” in such a landscape, one cannot help but think of the Pierson College of 35 years ago. One cannot help but think of Fayetteville, or question whether to say “the master of my college” or “my master.” One cannot help but fight the hint of visceral discomfort welling in the depths of the gut. The vernacular change in Pierson requires a shift across the board. While every college does not reflect Pierson’s specific past, each shares the overarching racial narrative of both our University and this country. This is neither a matter of hypersensitivity nor political correctness. This is the result of a holistic consideration of the many ways that weighted history can subtly and unintentionally seep into the social fabric of otherwise benign practices, traditions and formalities. Such is the reality of a residential college system — and a nation — coming to terms with the full extent of its cultural complexity. Davis’ decision represents a firm step forward for our University. Tradition and history notwithstanding, there is no substitute for progress. JT FLOWERS is a junior in Pierson College. Contact him at javaughn.flowers@yale.edu .
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he master of Pierson College has declared that he wishes no longer to be called “master” by anyone who might otherwise be inclined to address him as such, out of courtesy or a respect for tradition. His decision is of such little consequence that were larger interests not at stake, it would hardly deserve a reply. But his ill-considered judgment reflects wider currents of feeling that present a real danger to our community. To begin with, I must object to what seems the procedural irregularity of Master Stephen Davis’ pronouncement. Procedure can be the enemy of conscience. But it is also the guarantor of many values we cherish. “Master” is not a designation enjoyed by the master of Pierson College alone. He shares it with many others. Before any individual master takes the presumptuous step of declaring the title morally offensive, would it not be appropriate to raise the question with his or her fellows (and perhaps even to put it to a vote) before unilaterally declaring his own moral contempt for the title? Is his position so like that of the brave abolitionists who declared their conscientious opposition to slavery that he too is properly deaf to the judgments of others? His is an act of insufferable arrogance, unbecoming the dignity of one who is supposed to exemplify the spirit of open mindedness that is the lifeblood of Yale College. It reflects the enervating spirit of all-too-ready offense that has deformed our culture and produced the absurd demand for “trigger warnings” that seems, against all belief, to be gaining ground in America’s colleges and universities. As to the substance of the matter, “master” is a word with many meanings. It is what slaves called their owners. It is also what students have for centuries called their teachers. What the word means at Yale ought
to be determined by the context most relevant to its construction. Can there be any doubt that the right one is the academic setting in which the title is conferred and used? It may be that those who designed Yale’s residential college system were guilty of an anxious wish to emulate the Oxbridge model. But can anyone seriously contend that their use of the word “master” was meant to endorse the very different system of authority that underlay the antebellum plantation? Some will respond — this is Master Davis’ position — that it makes no difference so long as one possible meaning of the term is the offensive one that a single student places upon it. But those who make this their standard substitute for a democratic rule the requirement of unanimity (or, to put it pejoratively, the heckler’s veto). But such a requirement is hopelessly impractical (except, perhaps, around the kitchen table). In larger and more diverse communities, it produces mediocrity and quiescence. And if not constrained by some conception of reasonableness, it stifles democracy, debate and the habit of living with others who see things differently. It may masquerade as courage but is cowardice in fact because it cannot stand to live with disagreement. How small and unworthy of Yale. An undergraduate education at Yale is premised on the assumption that young people ought to challenge the traditions they have inherited. That is more than sound; it is indispensible to their growth as self-respecting men and women. But there is another side to the question. None of us comes into the world naked. We are all the beneficiaries of the traditions we inherit. Science is a tradition. Respect for equality is a tradition. And it has been a tradition at Yale for the better part of a century to call those who are responsible
TONY KRONMAN is the Sterling Professor of Law and a former dean of Yale Law School. Contact him at anthony.kronman@yale.edu .
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for overseeing the welfare of the students living in our residential colleges, “master,” regardless of race, sex or anything but the academic and personal distinction that has presumably led the president of Yale to entrust them with this duty. This is a tradition that should not be thrown away casually. Yes, there are rotten traditions. But is this one? I don’t see it, and Master Davis’ failure to give the question the consideration it deserves suggests that his reflections are not the ‘soulful’ ones they seem, but in reality self-serving and thoughtless instead. But that is hardly important. Master Davis is only one man, inflated by a sense of his own moral prestige. The troubling thing is the general devaluation of tradition his decision implies. When tradition becomes suspect for no other reason than that it carries the dead hand of the past, god help us. For then we are but the “flies of a summer” living in the self-indulgent glow of a moral certitude that has nothing to do with our connection to those who prepared the way for us and will follow us soon enough. Is this really a human way to live? Is it the way Yale College aspires to teach its students to live? I hope not, and with all my heart hope that those most immediately touched by Master Davis’ puerile declaration declare themselves with equal vigor in favor of procedural regularity, a sensible interpretation of words and the value of preserving Yale’s honorable traditions in a world that increasingly views all traditions with suspicion and erases them whenever it can, so that we may at last dwell in righteousness as the history-less citizens of Kant’s kingdom of ends.
GUEST COLUMNIST ESHE SHERLEY
GUEST COLUMNIST ISAAC COHEN
Small terms, large impact
Master your emotions
s many of us have now heard, Stephen Davis, a religious studies professor and the head of Pierson College, recently asked the Pierson community to no longer refer to him as “master.” When I first heard about the announcement, my initial response was: That’s nice, but not that big of a deal. Then I thought about many of the experiences that I and other black Yalies have had over the years. I remembered the time my friend sat down to lunch with two white guys in her college and one of them commented that black Yalies and athletes were basically the same group of people. Or when an all-white group of “counter protestors” came to the Unite Yale rally and told us, while yelling over the testimonies of students of color and students struggling with mental illness, that we should just quit whining. Or all the times someone said something blatantly ignorant in section or seminar and it was up to me to expend valuable energy to set them straight. And I realized that the small stuff, taken together, is important. Professor Davis’ logic that we ought to stop calling him “master” rests on the insight that racism can operate through the small and constant ways that we structure daily human interactions. Part of this dynamic has been termed “microaggressions” — where people in dominant groups intentionally or unintentionally marginalize other groups through everyday interactions. But it is also broader than the interpersonal — racism also operates through the institutional ways
that communities indicate who is a part of the community, and who isn’t. For some, the Yale convention of calling their head of college “master” makes them feel outside of the community. When we open up the question of “masters” at Yale to uncover this broader principle, it reveals a greater opportunity for our campus to become a more hospitable place for black students and other students of color. If we were content having a more narrow conversation, we could all call Davis “head of college” and pat ourselves on the back. But once we open up the broader question, there is no room for complacency; it forces us to not only reckon with how racism structures every facet of university life, but also with our responsibility to change it. Racism is a pervasive part of United States culture. Odds are, you have had a thought, or acted in a way, that helps create and recreate the racist culture that we all live in, even at Yale. But that doesn’t mean each of us should not actively commit to combating even the small ways racism manifests itself in our everyday lives. Today, the class of 2019 will step onto Yale’s campus. They’ll be full of anxiety, expectations and hope about what this place has in store for them. As a community, we have a responsibility not to let them down. Professor Davis’ decision to publicly ask students not to refer to him as “master” reflects a commitment to fighting the small but important battles against racism on this campus. It is a challenge to not merely intellectualize
about how racism pervades everything, but to do something about the pieces of it we can control. This doesn’t let us off the hook for dealing with the often intractable systemic issues that students of color face. Even if we worked tirelessly to reflect anti-racist values on a smaller scale, we would still have work to do. This is a principle that extends beyond racism. Sexism, homophobia, transphobia, classism and all other forces that marginalize our fellow students have a way of constantly shaping our interactions, our relationships to one another and to Yale. It is when a trans Yalie can’t get anyone to call them by their proper pronouns. It is when Yalies, particularly women, must endure flippant comments about sexual assault. And it is when a Yalie with a disability isn’t able to access many of the spaces on Yale’s campus. There are many things about how oppression functions that we can’t immediately address on this campus. There’s no way around that. But there’s also no way around the fact that there are many things we can control — within Yale as an institution, within our extracurricular clubs and within ourselves, in order to make this the kind of place where all of us can feel as respected as possible. As the newest Yalies arrive on campus, we owe them, and ourselves, at least that. ESHE SHERLEY is a senior in Morse College. Contact her at eshe.sherley@yale.edu .
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t matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. That is the last stanza of “Invictus,” a popular Victorian poem by the English poet William Ernest Henley. This ode to perseverance has inspired many: Nelson Mandela is said to have kept it scrawled on a scrap of paper in his cell on Robben Island, and Winston Churchill paraphrased its closing lines in a speech to Parliament in 1941. Is “Invictus” now toast? Its famous last couplet uses that now infamous word: master. This word, we are told, is “offensive” and hurtful. It is “deeply problematic”; it carries “racial and gendered weight”; students forced to use it have been “viscerally marginalized.” Never mind that the title “master,” as we use (or once used) it at Yale, has nothing to do with American slavery or with the subjugation of black people. But the decision has already been made, and we must fall all over each other to get in line. Out with “master,” in with “head of college.” Few will say it, but many will think it: This is deeply silly, and it is unbecoming of Yale’s students and its faculty. Ousting the word “master” will impoverish our language and our thoughts. “Master” connotes much more than the master-slave relationship. It is a fine word, rich with meaning. “Master” originates with the Latin “magister,” meaning “teacher.” The word connotes erudition, skill and wisdom, which is often hard won. A master is a person who has developed expertise in
some area, who has honed his or her talents to a high degree or who has learned something useful about leadership or life that elicits the admiration of others. There are golf masters, concertmasters and master builders. “Master” is often what we call little boys, whom we adore, before they become men, perhaps in anticipation of the men we hope they will become. The word “master” also bespeaks courage, self-discipline and self-control — mastery over oneself and one’s mind. It is this connotation that I would invite my fellow Yalies to ponder. Black men and women are woefully underrepresented in computer science, math, economics, medicine, academia and so many other vital fields. It is not the use of words like “master” that prevents them from entering these arenas in greater numbers. Common sense dictates that study and scholarship are far more likely to help than a university-wide kumbaya about our “sensitivity” and our “compassion.” Some will answer that sensitivity and achievement are not mutually exclusive. A few students are upset. Does it hurt to indulge them? Actually, I think it harms them, and the rest of us, a great deal. We only have so much time at Yale, and only so much mental and emotional energy to spare. Are we to spend it nursing feelings of offense and hurt in response to such a rich, meaningful and ultimately benign word? Are we to spend it banishing “master,” or developing mastery? In his email explaining his decision to drop the title “master,” Professor Davis said that he had “heard stories and wit-
nessed situations involving members of our community … who have felt it necessary to move off campus their junior or senior year to avoid a system where the title ‘master’ is valorized.” Are these Yale students of whom he writes? How, with all due respect, do they ever get anything done? Are they mastering game theory, biochemistry, public policy, literature, the arts or some other subject of their choice? How will they function in graduate school? As scientists, writers, lawyers, doctors, civil rights advocates? How will they govern? Purging the title “master” from our lips is not a step forward. It is certainly not progress. It is a step backward — to petty distractions, to navel-gazing and most of all to solipsism. In pouring our efforts and energy into eliminating this title, we allow self-obsession to substitute for true achievement and for real progress — the improvement of human abilities and minds. Sadly, this move represents not only individual selfobsession, but also a community’s self-obsession — the Yale community’s. We do not seem to be encouraging our peers to be the masters of their fates and the captains of their souls. We seem rather to be nurturing a childlike parochialism — that vain urge to peer first into one’s own feelings and emotions, putting inner states ahead of an outward focus on the wider world. I wonder: Can Yale students master their emotions, or will their emotions master them? ISAAC COHEN is a senior in Davenport College. Contact him at isaac.n.cohen@yale.edu .
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“Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.” ROBERT BENCHLEY HUMORIST
Davis draws praise, criticism for dropping “master” title MASTER FROM PAGE 1
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Head of Pierson College Stephen Davis’ decision to no longer use the title of “master” has spurred an ongoing campus debate.
The title is also used at Harvard, where leaders of the residential Houses, the equivalent of Yale’s residential colleges, are called house masters. These leaders were initially just called masters, like at Yale, but the word “house” was added in front years ago to “deflect any unfortunate associations,” according to Currier House Master Richard Wrangham. Diana Eck, house master of Lowell House, said the word has not been a topic of much contention at Harvard. One reason for the difference, she said, may be that very few of the house masters are called by that title, unlike at Yale. She and her wife, for example, go by their first names, and students at Leverett House call their house masters “chief” and “coach.” “No one ever calls us (or has ever called us) ‘master,’” Quincy House Master Lee Gehrke wrote in an email to the News. Still, others argue that the title’s origin is irrelevant given its undeniable connotations of slavery and racial hierarchies. Davis addressed these associations in his email when he asked Pierson students to change the manner of address they use with him. “I think there should be no context in our society or in our University in which an AfricanAmerican student, professor, or staff member — or any person, for that matter — should be asked to call anyone ‘master,’” Davis wrote in his announcement. “And there should be no context where male-gendered titles should be normalized as markers of authority.” In his email, Davis said there have been instances when the title has made students, faculty and guests uncomfortable. Calling the leaders of residential colleges “masters,” he said, “undercuts our common effort to cultivate a spirit of welcome and hospitality.” The change in terminology will extend beyond Davis and
his wife, Jenny Davis, who has previously been referred to as an “associate master.” Davis said he and his staff will begin calling his student employees “Pierson Aides” instead of “Master’s Aides,” and “Master’s Teas” will now be known as “Pierson Teas.” Several students interviewed agreed. Abdul-Razak Zachariah ’17 said that when he was an incoming freshman, he recognized the term to be simply a marker of authority for the head of his college. But when he arrived on campus and actually had to say the word out loud, he felt “extremely uncomfortable.” “[Former Timothy Dwight College Master Jeffrey Brenzel] acted as a mentor and a friend, but I kept thinking I was degrading myself just to talk to him with the use of his Yalesanctioned title,” Zachariah said. When asked if she had ever felt uncomfortable addressing Davis by his title of master, Pierson College student Dara Huggins ’17 responded, “I think the more interesting question to ask is, who hasn’t felt uncomfortable using that title? More importantly, why? The answer you’re most likely to receive isn’t a coincidence. The latency in addressing this issue isn’t a coincidence either.” The conversation about the title will continue into the fall, as the Council of Masters has scheduled a September meeting to discuss the title of “master.” Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway noted that among the 12 masters, there is “not unanimity on either end of the spectrum” on the use of the word. All 12 college masters, including Davis, either declined to or did not return requests for comment. Contact EMMA PLATOFF at emma.platoff@yale.edu and VIVIAN WANG at vivian.y.wang@yale.edu .
Charleston shootings spur discussion of Calhoun’s namesake CALHOUN FROM PAGE 1 versity to change the name of the college. “Like the official display of the Confederate flag in South Carolina, Calhoun College represents an indifference to centuries of pain and suffering among the black population,” the petition said. “It conveys disrespect toward black perspectives, and serves a barrier toward racial inclusiveness. Calhoun College will always preclude minority students from feeling truly at home at Yale.” To date, nearly 1,500 people have signed on in support. Student interest in the issue has been prolific, but opinions have differed over whether Calhoun’s name should be erased completely, modified or left alone as a reminder of the painful legacy of slavery in this country. Esther Portyansky ’16 said she has heard many students describe their “discomfort, anger and resentment” at walking through the halls of Calhoun College. She said she recognizes that various historical figures, including other individuals who have eponymous residential colleges, supported slavery, but asserted that Calhoun was unique in his fervor for defending the institution. “Whether John C. Calhoun’s values strike at us personally or not, having a residential college named in his honor is undeniably a sign that we do not find his values problematic,” she said. “The fact is, Yale did not find his values to be problematic in 1931, when the college was named. But today is not 1931.” Charlotte Brannon ’19 said she does not think the solution is to erase Calhoun’s name from the college, thereby ignoring an important part of America and Yale’s histories. If anything, Brannon said, it is crucial to remember that part of history to prevent it from being repeated in any form. Still, she added, the University administration must do something to make current and future students comfortable with what they are honoring. Though the
petition supports the full-fledged removal of Calhoun’s name from Calhoun College, Brannon suggested adding a contemporary name alongside Calhoun’s — an idea that has been voiced in the past, and is even mentioned on the residential college’s website. Rather than honoring Calhoun as an individual with a questionable legacy, Brannon said, the college’s name can depict him as part of a rich history filled with adversity and change. Jasmine Benjamin ’17, an African-American student in Calhoun, said that as a history major, she sympathizes with the argument of leaving Calhoun’s name on the college in order to “preserve historical memory.” However, she said having a residential college named after Calhoun has not influenced students to talk constructively about the past. “I’m all for being able to discuss uncomfortable things about the past,” Benjamin said. “But I don’t think having a college named after Calhoun is doing that. If anything, it’s making people treat the past comfortably. We’ve detached Calhoun’s name from everything that he stood for, so it loses significance.” When students want to show residential college spirit, she said, they put on “Calhoun” shirts without thinking about the legacy of racism and intolerance left behind by the person whose name they wear. The name is not encouraging people to have complex conversations about history, Benjamin said, and therefore should be changed. After all, she added, it is strange to have a college named after someone who “seems to stands for everything that Yale does not.” Ultimately, the power to change a college’s name rests with the Yale Corporation. Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway said he “fully [expects]” the issue to arise this semester, especially as the Corporation will be selecting names for the two new residential colleges. In the meantime, there are already plans for both formal and informal discussions of racially charged symbols on
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To date, a petition calling for the removal of John C. Calhoun’s name from Calhoun College has garnered nearly 1,500 signatures. campus, especially after Davis’s announcement brought the title of “master” under broader scrutiny. Ten days after Davis’s email, the Council of Masters announced a September meeting to discuss the usage of the word, adding that students are free in the meantime to address them by whatever professional title they wish. Similarly, Calhoun College Master Julia Adams has sched-
uled a Sept. 9 Master’s Tea with history professor David Blight, saying she hopes to take a historical perspective on the debate. On Sept. 21, Blight will moderate a lecture at the Gilder Lehrman Center entitled “Charleston and its Aftermath: History, Symbols, Policy” which will feature Holloway — a scholar of African American history — and several other Yale professors. For some on campus, the con-
vergence of the two debates is a sign of a broader shift away from racially fraught language. Abdul-Razak Zachariah ’17 said a change in one area could lead more students to question potentially loaded traditions and titles on a campus that is filled with them. “I honestly don’t know how much a sweeping change of using the term ‘master’ could lead into a change of the name ‘Calhoun,’”
Zachariah said. “But I know that if students see this initial change through until its total success, then the possibility of eliminating Calhoun’s name will increase exponentially.” Contact TYLER FOGGATT at tyler.foggatt@yale.edu, EMMA PLATOFF at emma.platoff@yale.edu and VIVIAN WANG at vivian.y.wang@yale.edu .
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“Commitment is an act, not a word.” JEAN-PAUL SARTRE FRENCH PHILOSOPHER AND WRITER
Yale aims to hire 500 city residents in two years
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Yale’s ability to meet its goal of hiring 100 New Haven residents to work for its contractors on construction projects depends on the number of available residents in the skilled trades unions. BY NOAH KIM STAFF REPORTER Bruce Alexander ’65, vice president for the Office of New Haven and State Affairs, announced in a letter in early June addressed to New Haven city officials that Yale plans to hire 500 New Haven residents within the next two years. In the letter, sent to Mayor Toni Harp and Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker, Alexander wrote that the University has made a commitment to hire at least 100 New Haven residents to work for its contractors on construction projects and 400 to work regular University jobs. “We realize how important
high quality jobs are to this process, not only in improving the economic vitality of the city, but also and especially to support the well-being of New Haven residents and their families,” Alexander said in the letter. Alexander said the University plans to conduct the hiring through New Haven Works, the “jobs pipeline” program that, as of 2014, had helped 117 Elm City residents find jobs. Alexander also underscored that Yale’s ability to meet its goal of hiring 100 construction workers would depend on the number of available New Haven residents in the skilled trades unions. He noted that he hoped Yale’s new commitment to employing city residents would
motivate external employers to hire within New Haven. In a press release, Harp said she believes this contribution can help jumpstart the local economy. “Yale’s pledge to hire 500 more New Haven residents over the next two years is a most welcome commitment from what is already the city’s largest employer to continue collaborating with the city to create local jobs for local workers,” Harp said in the statement. “New Haven will thrive and continue making public safety advances to the extent its employable residents can work and earn a living wage.” The high unemployment rate in New Haven has been a signif-
icant point of controversy this summer. Two days after Alexander’s announcement in June, over 1,000 New Haven workers gathered outside City Hall, calling on developers and employers to create more employment opportunities for residents in the city. Though the University announced just two days earlier its plans to hire 500 New Haven residents, protestors called on Yale and Yale-New Haven Hospital to create more jobs for underemployed groups. Yale unions Local 34 and 35 joined New Haven Rising, a grassroots labor organization advocating for economic and social justice, to organize the event. The unemployment rate in the
Yale looks to matriculate veterans BY TYLER FOGGATT STAFF REPORTER In June, the University joined an initiative to bring more high-achieving military veterans to Yale College. The program, titled VetLink, identifies qualified veterans and assists them in navigating the admissions process at top-tier schools. The program is part of a wider organization called Service to School, which provides college counseling to military veterans. Tim Hsia, co-founder of Service to School, described VetLink as “groundbreaking,” since it is the first program of its kind working with elite universities. “We’re trying to help schools like Yale, Smith, Cornell, Williams and MIT,” Hsia said. “The idea is to find and identify veterans, help them get in and provide the full context of these veterans to the schools.” Hsia is a military veteran himself, having served in the US Army as a platoon leader, an executive officer and a battalion logistics officer. He is also a Pat Tillman Scholar and a graduate of Stanford’s JD/MBA program. Hsia said VetLink aims to be a “QuestBridge for veterans,” as the program embraces the notion of helping schools identify high-achieving veterans, while also helping these veterans with the technical details of the application process. The organization is currently working with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to help identify and showcase high-achieving veterans while also helping those former service members with their applications. Currently, veterans make up less than 2 percent of the undergraduate population at Yale. On a national scale, veterans make up roughly 7.3 percent of the U.S. population. Hsia said that while there is currently a core group of veterans at Yale graduate schools, the same is not true of Yale College. As a whole, he added, veterans are underrepresented at
most undergraduate schools. Part of the issue is that many veterans lack an awareness of their own potential, Hsia said, and do not have someone to guide them through the college search and admissions process. Some veterans neglect to mention their military background or major experiences in their life, such as their deployment or being injured in combat, Hsia said. He added that those who work with VetLink can receive help framing their application or picking an essay topic.
I want VetLink to thrive, but more importantly, I want Yale to thrive. TIM HSIA Co-founder, Service to School
“Many veterans say they’re going to the army and plan to get a college degree afterward, but after 15 years of service with or without deployments, they don’t know what to do,” Hsia said. “They don’t have a guidance counselor, they don’t have someone telling them, ‘This is your background, this is what will work for you.’” Rob Henderson ’19 , an Air Force service member who will attend Yale this fall, said the assistance he received from Service to School with his application was tremendously helpful in answering questions he had about the admissions process. The process reinforced his belief that veterans and members of the military are capable of getting into highly selective schools, he said. Zach McDonald ’15, a recent graduate of the Eli Whitney Scholars program and co-leader of the Service to School undergraduate team, said he had a lot of questions about the application process when he applied to
Yale. He was unsure of whether his military record would factor into his admissions decision, or if it would make up for not being a good student in high school. McDonald now works with veterans applying to college and mentors them throughout the process. McDonald said his time in the military had a substantial impact on his academic experience. He majored in political science while at Yale with a focus in international relations and was able to contribute to many class discussions with information about his experience in the military. For instance, McDonald said he took a “New Iraq” course last year, and having served time in Iraq, he did a Q and A session with the other students in the class. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan said VetLink would allow for more opportunities like this at Yale: chances for students to learn from veterans during class and benefit from their specialized knowledge. He added that most of the veterans working with VetLink will apply though the Eli Whitney Students Program, which admits a small group of people and allows them to pursue a B.A. or B.S. degree more flexibly than the average undergraduate. Although VetLink will provide assistance to schools and veterans, Hsia stressed that schools will make the final decision about the applicants. “I want VetLink to thrive, but more importantly, I want Yale to thrive,” Hsia said. “I want Yale to have a critical mass of veterans so that they don’t need VetLink. If this works as we envision to work, it’s a win-win — it’s a win for the students, a win for the school, and it’s a win for society. These veterans are going to come to school and continue their notion of service on campus.” Contact TYLER FOGGATT at tyler.foggatt@yale.edu .
Elm City is 14.6 percent, almost three times the national average of 5.5 percent. The city’s unemployment rate for minorities is more than double the unemployment rate for white residents, which is 7.7 percent. In an interview with the News, Walker said she was worried that Yale’s promise would not affect geographic and ethnic inequality in the city. New Haven Rising co-founder Reverend Scott Marks shared his concerns. “The jobs crisis in New Haven disproportionately affects people in communities of color, where unemployment is at 20 percent. Yale needs to engage with this reality and hire more people specifically from the neighborhoods of need.”
Yale University and Yale-New Haven Hospital are two of city’s largest employers. City Hall spokesperson Laurence Grotheer said that the city has not been in additional contact with the mayor’s office about the letter. However, since Yale, as a private institution, is autonomous in its hiring process, this is not abnormal. “The city was certainly happy to receive that pledge from the university and welcomes the university’s part in fulfilling that pledge,” he added. Approximately 4,000 of Yale’s 13,000 employees are New Haven residents. Contact NOAH KIM at noah.kim@yale.edu .
New film depicts D. F. Wallace’s hardships BY ROHAN NAIK STAFF REPORTER In his new film, screenwriter Donald Margulies explores the psychological struggles that artists must face in telling the tale of a 20th-century literary icon. Margulies, a professor of English and theater studies, wrote the screenplay for “The End of the Tour,” which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and had its release in the United States on July 31. The film, which will be screened on Sept. 3 at the Whitney Humanities Center, follows David Lipsky, a Rolling Stone reporter played by Jesse Eisenberg, as he spends five days traveling on a book tour with the renowned writer David Foster Wallace, played by Jason Segal. The film’s storyline is set shortly after the release of Wallace’s most famous work, “Infinite Jest.” After Wallace’s death by suicide in 2008, Lipsky wrote a book entitled “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace.” Margulies’s manager, David Kanter, sent him the book as a potential idea for a screenplay. “When I saw the end of the movie … I saw how much it looked like my intention at the end of page,” Margulies said. “It’s rare for a screenwriter to realize on screen that which the writer saw in his or her imagination.” Margulies noted that the themes he saw in Lipksy’s book were consistent with themes that have interested him throughout his career. He added that in his own way, he related to Wallace’s struggle to reconcile creative integrity with success. In preparation for writing the film’s screenplay, Margulies said he conducted several hours of interviews with Lipsky in order to gain further informa-
tion about his interactions with Wallace that were not recorded in the book. Margulies added that he approached his former student James Ponsoldt ’01 to serve as film director. Margulies explained that he constructed a compelling narrative out of the conversations between Lipsky and Wallace for the film, as the original conversations were undramatic. This strategy required extensive editing, he said, and the elevation of Lipsky’s character to a more prominent position in the film, as the plot is witnessed through his eyes. Margulies said he does not believe that the film’s intended audience is restricted to those who are familiar with Wallace’s life, but he ideally wants audiences to watch the movie and then “order Wallace’s book on Amazon.” The upcoming screening of the film will be co-sponsored by the Yale Film Society, the Films at the Whitney program and the Departments of English and Theater Studies. Charlotte Juergens ’16, co-president of the Yale Film Society, said she believes that many students in Yale’s writing community would be attracted to the event due to its focus on Wallace. Iason Togias ’16, also co-president of the Yale Film Society, who has already seen the film, characterized it as “a really interesting, funny and ultimately touching portrait of one of the most brilliant writers of our generation.” Togias said he thinks that because both the screenwriter and director of the film are affiliated with the University, students would be particularly interested in seeing the film. “The Pale King,” Wallace’s unfinished novel, was a nominee for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Contact ROHAN NAIK at rohan.naik@yale.edu .
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SURVEY FROM PAGE 1 respondents receive no financial aid from Yale, while onefifth receive more than 90 percent aid — for the most part, these students were satisfied with their award. Still, 62 of the 420 students receiving aid were unsatisfied, with one such respondent calling the University “stingy” with award packages. Eight percent of students ranked relative affordability as the most important factor in their decision to matriculate to Yale. More than half of respondents attended a public, noncharter high school, with 42 percent attending a private school. No respondents were homeschooled in high school. In keeping with the rest of the Yale student body, members of the class of 2019 tended toward the left end of the political spectrum. Sixty-six percent of responding freshmen described their views as either “very” or “somewhat liberal,” with only
12 percent identifying as “very” or “somewhat conservative.” The remaining 184 respondents identified as “moderate.” Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was by far the most popular presidential candidate among responding freshmen, garnering the support of 38 percent of the class’s votes. In comparison, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 and Donald Trump, the candidates currently leading most national polls for primary elections, received just 23 and 1 percent, respectively.
THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND
The campus’s Gothic buildings and social atmosphere could not match the University’s world-class array of academic offerings in attracting freshmen to matriculate, according to survey results. “Coming from an environment [that undervalued education], I am beyond excited to be learning in an environment so
conducive to education itself,” one student wrote. Eighty percent of the class said academics will take priority over extracurricular activities, with 31 percent stating that academics will be “significantly more important.” As was the case with the class of 2018, none of the respondents said that their social life would be “significantly more important” than their studies. Yet, despite this prioritization of academics, 25 percent of the class said they feel unprepared for the workload, and the majority of respondents listed workload as their most pressing source of anxiety. Further, there appeared to be a stark divide between genders in this group, 80 percent of which was female. One student wrote they were anxious about “not being able to stand out academically in a competitive environment,” a sentiment that many respondents echoed. “I don’t think I am prepared to study alongside people who
attended the best and most rigorous high schools in the world, and that is what makes me anxious about going to Yale,” another wrote. One in four incoming freshmen revealed that they had cheated in some way during their respective high school career. Three percent of students said they had taken a drug to enhance academic performance during the same period. Outside the classroom, community service organizations drew the most interest from freshmen, followed by athletics and performing arts. Only 14 percent of the class indicated an interest in Greek life, comparable to the statistics within the larger student body. Twenty-nine percent of students said they have never consumed alcohol, compared to the 17 percent who said they drink regularly. All of the students who have never consumed alcohol said they have also never taken recreational drugs, including marijuana. Overall,
only 25 percent of the class said they have used drugs in the past. Although roughly two-thirds of the class said they have never had sexual intercourse, 40 percent of these students said they anticipate having sex before they graduate. Seventy-four percent of the incoming class are currently single, 81 percent of whom said they anticipate being in a romantic relationship while at Yale. Challenging the old refrain of “One in four, maybe more,” only 5 percent and 7 percent of respondents identified as homosexual or bisexual, respectively.
ON THE ISSUES
Over the past year, Yale has come under wide scrutiny for its financial aid, sexual misconduct and mental health policies; however, when asked about these campus issues, most incoming freshmen said they did not feel informed enough to express an opinion.
Students felt particularly uninformed on issues of sexual misconduct and mental health policy, with 73 and 77 percent, respectively. But of the 230 students who reportedly did feel sufficiently informed on the topic of sexual misconduct, 155 described the University’s policies as either “highly effective” or “generally effective,” and only nine considered the policies “highly ineffective.” Fifty percent of the incoming class said they do not think that students receiving financial aid should be expected to work a paid, part-time job as part of their student contribution requirement, compared to 27 percent who agreed with current campus policy that expects students to work to fill their financial aid package. Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu and EMMA PLATOFF at emma.platoff@yale.edu .
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“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” JANE AUSTEN ENGLISH NOVELIST
Endowment spending draws criticism BY LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTER A recent New York Times op-ed calling upon Yale to spend more of its endowment has prompted renewed debate — both on campus and among experts — over how the University should invest its money. On Aug. 19, University of San Diego law professor Victor Fleischer published an opinion column in The New York Times in which he accused Yale, along with other educational institutions of its kind, of “hoarding cash” and valuing investment returns over financial support for students. Fleischer argued that the University should increase its annual spending from the endowment to fund educational purposes rather than placing more money in the hands of asset managers, which Yale uses to manage its endowment. According to Fleischer, about $480 million of Yale’s roughly $24 billion endowment was paid to private equity fund managers as compensation last year, while only $170 million was directed to such things as tuition assistance, fellowships and prizes. “We’ve lost sight of the idea that students, not fund managers, should be the primary beneficiaries of a university’s endowment,” Fleischer wrote in his piece. “The private-equity folks get cash; students take out loans.” Fleischer specifically called for a law requiring universities with endowments of over $100 million to spend 8 percent of their endowments annually, nearly three percentage points higher than what Yale aims to spend. Following the publication of the piece, strong criticism emerged from across the web calling upon Yale and other institutions listed — including Harvard, the University of Texas, Stanford and Princeton — to reform their endowment management policy and direct more funds toward scholarship and research. Most notably, Malcolm Gladwell — bestselling author of “The Outliers” and a New Yorker staff writer — published a stream of tweets in which he accused Yale of focusing more on its money management business than its “declining legacy educating business.” “I was going to donate money to Yale,” Gladwell wrote from his account, which has over 300,000 followers. “But maybe it makes more sense to mail a check directly to the hedge fund of my choice.” In an interview with the News,
Fleischer said the purpose of his article was not to condemn the work done by the Yale Investments Office or its chief investment officer, David Swensen, whom he described as a terrific investor. Rather, he said the goal was to force trustees and other leaders at colleges and universities to ask difficult questions about the allocations of their endowment. “It is really a question of priorities and whether Yale should be spending more to benefit the current generation of students and faculty and scientific research,” he said. But in the wake of the article, several financial experts, alumni and current students have come to the defense of the Yale Investments Office, arguing that a large increase in spending would not only harm Yale’s portfolio, but also financially disadvantaged students and faculty in the long run. Some financial experts said they believe that an increase in cash flow out of the endowment may be shortsighted for educational institutions such as Yale, whose assets are intended to exist in perpetuity and maintain their value in the long term.
[F]ailing to hire — and pay — the best investment managers … means less money available for spending on students. BERNARD STANFORD ’17 Dan Primack, senior editor at Fortune and author of Term Sheet — a daily newsletter about private equity — said that criticizing Yale’s private equity managers overlooks the fact that many of the fees are tied to performance. As a result, cutting off these investments would mean losing billions of dollars for the University, and more generally, decreasing student payouts. “The reason that Yale is able to afford year in and year out to spend the amount that they do on student aid, on facilities, on faculty and all the other things that come with going to Yale … is because it has an endowment that performs really well,” Primack said. “The endowment is not automated, it is not something that just sits there and collects interest, it is invested and it is invested well.”
On “Overheard at Yale,” a popular Facebook group in which the article was shared and hotly debated, roughly a dozen students voiced concerns about what they felt was an unfair distribution of funds away from campus and into the hands of Wall Street investors. Others, however, remained skeptical of the arguments made by the piece. Bernard Stanford ’17 said that while it is true that the University spends a large sum on financial professionals, these payments made to firms cannot be viewed in isolation. “Since Yale’s endowment contributes a full third of the University’s budget, building up the endowment is incredibly important, and failing to hire — and pay — the best investment managers out there ultimately means less money available for spending on students, faculty and facilities,” he said. “People critical of Yale’s endowment strategy need to see [private equity] fund fees for what they ultimately mean to the University: more professors, better buildings and higher financial aid.” Alex Fisher ’14 said those who are attacking the compensation arrangements of fund managers are creating a false comparison since that money cannot simply be redistributed to students. He added that it would be impossible to remove these management fees and expect the endowment returns to go unchanged without these investors’ contributions. “Fund managers are not charities, and if Yale won’t pay market rates for their work, somebody else will use their expertise instead — if you want a quality product, you have to pay for it,” he said. “Perhaps some would feel ethically pure were the University to invest only in low-yield government bonds, but I doubt that the students of tomorrow would thank them for it.” Isa Qasim ’15, a former opinion columnist for the News, said that while there are reasonable arguments to be made about fees paid to money managers and the money directed to financial aid, the true purpose of the endowment is to maintain its purchasing power for future generations, and as a result, spending must be kept conservative. According to the 2014 Yale Endowment report, the target endowment spending rate approved by the Yale Corporation is 5.25 percent. Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .
Dismembering case remains unsolved BY STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE STAFF REPORTER The family and friends of Ray Roberson, whose dismembered body parts were found across New Haven this summer, have yet to find peace, as the cause of his death remains unknown. On July 15, the New Haven Police Department discovered two severed legs by the State Street train station. Later that day, officers also discovered two handless arms. Both these body parts were identified as belonging to Roberson, a local homeless man who had last been seen alive on May 20. After the NHPD discovered that Roberson spent time in the old Salvation Army building at 301 George St., which is known as an unofficial shelter for the city’s homeless population, they searched the building and found a headless human torso next door at 274 Crown St. The torso has not yet been identified as Roberson’s, but NHPD spokesman David Hartman said that it would be disturbing if the discoveries were found not to be linked. “We don’t know if these body parts have been here for a week, or for a month,” Hartman said when the limbs were first found. Uncertainty continues to prevail, as police have not yet found any other body parts that could be linked to this case, and no suspects have been revealed to the public at this time. One man found in the old Salvation Army building was arrested for criminal trespassing. Although he knew Roberson, he is not being held in relation to Roberson’s death, Hartman said in a release on July 31. The case, which was originally considered to be the result of a train accident, is now listed as the city’s ninth homicide of 2015. While Hartman has maintained that there is no information indicating where the homicide or dismemberments occurred, he said after the discovery of the torso
that the case appears to be a personally motivated crime. Roberson was identified after samples of the discovered body parts were compared to DNA samples of convicted felons. According to the state’s judicial branch, Roberson was arrested in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2012 for counts that include disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and violation of a protective order. He has also served multiple jail sentences. On May 5, according to state records, Roberson was arrested by the Yale Police Department for a breach of peace in the second degree. He was released with a promise to appear in court on June 17, but he failed to appear in court. His next court appearance was scheduled for Aug. 3.
We don’t know if these body parts have been here for a week, or for a month. DAVID HARTMAN Spokesman, New Haven Police Department Roberson was a graduate of Wilbur Cross High School and a former employee of Yale Dining. Roberson is survived by his six siblings. The family could not be reached for comment. A memorial service will be held this coming Saturday at Christ Chapel New Testament Church at 11 a.m. Sherell Nesmith, one of Roberson’s sisters, told the New Haven Register that she wanted her brother’s memorial to be a joyous celebration of his life, as opposed to a reminder of its horrific end. “We wanted to remember the Ray we knew all our lives,” she said. Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu .
Summer business openings diversify downtown
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Salsa Fresca, a casual Mexican restaurant on Broadway, is one of four new dining establishments available near campus. Two more are expected to open in next two weeks. BY CAROLINE HART STAFF REPORTER A series of recent and upcoming business openings in downtown New Haven are diversifying the food options near campus. Since students left Yale for summer break, four new businesses have opened on the perimeter of campus, and two restaurants are set to open in the next two weeks. In the Broadway shopping district, fast-casual Mexican restaurant Salsa Fresca opened in July, while Chinese restaurant Junzi Kitchen is set to open in two weeks. On Chapel Street, Florian Atelier — an upscale seafood restaurant —
opened in the early summer, and candy store Canditopia opened on Aug. 4. On the opposite side of campus, behind Silliman and Timothy Dwight Colleges, New Haven-based crepe truck Crepes Choupette will open a brick-andmortar location at 44 Whitney Ave. on Sept. 3. “I think it is really good to have more businesses come to the area,” said Salsa Fresca Marketing Manager Katie George. “It will draw more students and locals downtown.” George added that Salsa Fresca has plans to draw students — from the University of New Haven and Quinnipiac, in addition to Yale — to the restaurant by ultimately
launching itself as a late-night food option, joining the ranks of Yorkside Pizza and Good Nature Market just down the street. Currently, the business is open until 10 p.m., but they may eventually stay open until 3 a.m., George said. The restaurant has also run promotions, such as advertising free tacos, to introduce students to the restaurant. The founders of Junzi Kitchen, which was created as a studentrun enterprise with funding from the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, are also hoping to attract students to the restaurant, which will serve Northeastern Chinese food in a Chipotle-style service line.
Yong Zhao FES ’15, a cofounder of Junzi Kitchen, said that construction delays pushed back the opening of the restaurant from last spring to this fall. Zhao said his team is planning an invitation-only trial of the menu in the next two weeks, followed by a soft opening. He added that the restaurant is planning events with Y Pop-Up, a non-profit student-run food business. Alex Herkert ’17, a member of Y Pop-Up, said he is excited to see the opening of an affordable dining option near campus. “It’s always good to have more authentic Chinese options in New Haven,” Herkert said. “I
hope students give it a chance because it sounds like a unique concept.” Another unique concept that opened on the other side of campus is Canditopia, a bag-yourown candy and confectionary shop at 1022 Chapel St., a University-owned property. The store is located above Sushi on Chapel in the space formerly occupied by Peter Indorf Jewelers, which closed in December after owner Peter Indorf retired. Offerings include chocolates, jelly beans, gummy candies and lollipops, as well as nut-free and gluten-free products. John Piazza, an employee at Canditopia, described the store’s
target demographic as “anyone who likes candy” and said that the shop has seen a variety of customers, including families and athletes on Yale sports teams. In the coming weeks, students can expect to see an elaborate grand opening event at Crepes Choupette, said the food cart’s co-owner Adil Chokairy. The cart operated on the corner of Wall and Chapel last year, and will move into a storefront next week, where they will serve not only crepes, but also coffee and raclette, a Swiss cheese-based dish. Contact CAROLINE HART at caroline.hart@yale.edu .
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“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” WILLIAM JAMES AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER
Stress Center closing too abrupt, clinicians say STRESS CENTER FROM PAGE 1 just over a month before the planned closing, left patients scrambling to find new providers, according to patients and clinicians interviewed. “In light of the need to assure that clients have adequate and appropriate referrals, I do think more time could have been given between the announcement and the expectation of when patients would complete their treatment at the clinic,” said Rachel Hart, a counselor at the Stress Center, in a June email. She noted that no other clinic in New Haven offers an integrative treatment model for stress, making it even more difficult for patients to find a comparable replacement. But John Krystal, chair of the Psychiatry Department and chief of psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital, said most of the clinic’s treatment programs were shortterm. A one-month notice gave patients sufficient time to finish their treatment regimens, he said. Rajita Sinha, the center’s director, said the center had enough time to give every patient an individualized discharge plan. Though she noted the closure came as somewhat of a surprise, she said the clinic’s contract was reviewed on an annual basis and management was aware that its economic model might not last. The center, which opened in 2007 and launched a clinical side in 2012, employed 15 clinicians, who provided treatment to Yale employees as well as New Haven residents. Yale’s health plans cover some but not all staff members, so many employees need to search elsewhere for care. According to Krystal, the clinic was expensive to operate because, in addition to traditional treatment methods, it offered relaxation, breathing training, acupuncture and other unconventional methods, which are reimbursed at a lower rate.
Peart said the Yale Medical Group is exploring other ways to offer some elements of the clinic. Still, for some, the steps Yale took during that month were not enough. A research assistant at the medical school who asked to remain anonymous for fear of damaging future job prospects said she has called eight providers since she found out about the closing. Four never responded, and the other four are not accepting new patients, have prohibitively long waitlists or are unwilling to continue her medication, she said. Her options are limited by her insurance — the Stress Center was one of the few providers in the area that accepted Magellan, Yale’s employee insurance — and her diagnosis of adult attention deficit disorder. To tide her over while she searched, the research assistant said, her Stress Center therapist wrote her a three-month prescription before the center’s closing. That prescription will expire in a month. “If I don’t hear back from someone soon, I have to decide if I want to pay out of pocket or try to rough it without my medication until I can get an appointment with someone,” she said. The abrupt ending has also negatively affected some of the clinic’s employees. Mary Savoye, a dietician at the clinic, said the loss of income from the center removed 10 percent of her paycheck; the rest of her income comes from other sources. She had to quickly find another nutrition services clinic to make up for the loss before the center’s closure. She said other clinicians have mentioned now needing to set up their own practices. Sinha said that despite the short notice, all the clinic staff members who left have found employment in the Yale system or elsewhere. She noted that while it is espe-
cially difficult for patients being treated for mental health issues to switch therapists, some of the Stress Center’s patients have been able to follow their provider into private practice and maintain their services. “We can’t determine all the other factors that go into closures,” Sinha said. “But from a clinical perspective, we did everything possible to connect patients to the
best available care.” The center has not conducted an exit survey, so the exact number of patients who have found other treatment options is unknown, Sinha said. Though all former staff members have found new employment, private practices — where some of them are now — do not allow for the same level of experimentation as the center’s clinic did.
“[The center] has been a home for clinicians like myself who take an integrative approach to health care,” said Anne Dutton, another clinician. “It was unique in that we provided cutting edge, evidencebased clinical services that cannot be found elsewhere at Yale.” Krystal hopes future circumstances will allow the University to reintroduce the strengths of the clinic in a more economically sus-
tainable manner. “We are very proud of what the Clinic was able to achieve. But we have learned that we have to do it in a different way,” he said. “I suspect it will take us some time to figure this out.” Contact AMAKA UCHEGBU at amaka.uchegbu@yale.edu and VIVIAN WANG at vivian.y.wang@yale.edu .
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The Yale Stress Center’s 15 clinicians provided treatment to both Yale employees and New Haven residents.
Ward 1 race kicks into high gear WARD 1 FROM PAGE 1 grounds,” Eze said. “All three candidates are well-versed in the political culture on campus but I think what I have to bring is that I’m involved in a lot of activities outside of the political culture.” Because he will only be running in the general election and will not face a primary challenger, Eze has more significantly more time to make his case than do Stark and Eidelson. Though Eidelson is the incumbent, neither she nor Stark has
been endorsed by the Ward 1 Democratic Committee, which declined to hold an endorsement vote in May. “It’s tradition in Ward 1 not to have an endorsement vote,” Jacob Wasserman ’16, co-chair of the committee, said. “In general, it’s more democratic that way — not to have a small vote decide when we could have a full election.” The lack of a ward committee endorsement meant that both Stark and Eidelson had to petition to reach the primary ballot, which they both did successfully.
But in mid-August, after petitions were due, it was reported that Eidelson had filed to run in the general election as an independent as well as in the Democratic primary. This would give her a backup plan in case she loses to Stark in the primary — a similar plan to the one Ella Wood ’15 pursued two years ago, when she lost the Democratic primary in Ward 7 to incumbent alder Doug Hausladen ’04, and campaigned for the general election until dropping out a month before the vote. Eidelson said she decided to
file to run in the general election because of her concerns with the timing of the primary. Because freshmen arrive on campus only three weeks before the primary, she said that delaying the final say in the election until November would give freshmen more time to learn about the candidates and begin to involve themselves on campus. “We need to give people a chance to vote; otherwise it feels like disenfranchisement,” she said. Stark took an opposing view.
He strongly condemned Eidelson’s move, describing it as “very disappointing,” and vowed to stick by his pledge not to pursue a run in the general election in the event of a defeat in the primary. “I definitely agree it’s important for people to be informed about the issues before making a decision,” he said. “That’s why we have been working since March to educate people about the issues.” Tyler Blackmon ’16, president of the Yale College Democrats, said the Dems will not make an
endorsement in the primary and will instead wait until after the primary to begin campaigning. He said the Dems will support the winner of the primary, regardless of the candidate. “I think they’re both good candidates,” he said. “Sarah has her strengths, and Fish has his strengths as well, and I think we’re going to win no matter what … I want this thing to be over as quickly as possible so that we can gear up for whatever comes next.” Stark has secured the endorsements of six sitting alders and former mayoral candidate Justin Elicker SOM ’10 FES ’10. In an interview earlier this week, Stark noted that Eidelson was endorsed by only three sitting alders in her campaign in 2011. The endorsement from Upper Westville Alder Darryl Brackeen Jr. may prove especially important. Eidelson works for Local 34 and Local 35 — the Yale unions that backed her 2013 re-election campaign. Because Stark has no union backing in the race and Brackeen has endorsed union-backed candidates in other current aldermanic races around the city, Brackeen’s endorsement might upset the traditionally solid union bloc. In addition to his endorsements, Stark has released policy proposals over the last week via posts on the Yale Ideas Facebook group and on his campaign’s website. Among his positions are increased support for earlychildhood education, divestment of the City of New Haven from fossil fuels and the establishment of a fully independent civilian review board to oversee police conduct in the city. He has also advocated for “responsible development” throughout the city, especially in the area around Yale’s campus. Stark said that, so far, he has raised $3,500 for his campaign from 58 donors, of whom 75 percent were in-state. The average donation size to his campaign, he said, was about $60. The official numbers for summer fundraising will not be available until the Sept. 9 filing date. Erica Pandey contributed reporting.
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Sitting Ward 1 Alder Sarah Eidelson ’12 stayed active in New Haven this summer by planning a community cleanup and overseeing the election of students to the Board of Education.
Contact NOAH DAPONTESMITH at noah.daponte-smith@yale.edu .
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“A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usually a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work.” TOM FRESTON ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE
FAS Senate gears up for first year BY LARRY MILSTEIN AND EMMA PLATOFF STAFF REPORTERS Though the semester has yet to officially begin, the 22 members of the newly formed Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate are already gearing up for their first term in office. The senators have communicated frequently throughout the summer and are planning for a full meeting in two weeks. Much of the group’s work in the months following elections has been internal organization. The governing body, which was officially established by the FAS in December 2013, held elections at the close of the spring semester, and on June 19 selected six of the 22 senators-elect to serve on the executive committee. In early July, the senate elected two members of the executive committee — History Department Director of Undergraduate Studies Beverly Gage ’94 and economics professor William Nordhaus ’63, who served as University provost from 1986 to 1988 — as chair and deputy chair, respectively. In selecting Gage and Nordhaus for these two leadership positions, senators met the requirement that the chair and deputy chair would come from different academic divisions, furthering the senate’s focus on diversity within its ranks. As per the guidelines laid out in the December 2014 FAS Senate Implementation Report, the senate includes six senators each from the humanities and sciences, four senators from the social sciences and six senators “at-large,” who represent the FAS as a whole. The senate also includes both tenured and untenured faculty members. “We really wanted diversity of rank, we really wanted diversity of discipline, and we’ve certainly gotten that,” Gage said. “We were also hoping elections would produce other kinds of diversity as well — gender diversity, as much racial diversity as possible — and I actually think it is all of these things at once.” Likewise, political science professor Steven Wilkinson — who chaired the FAS Senate Nomination Committee — told the News in July that the com-
mittee worked to encourage a wide array of candidates to stand for office. Still, Wilkinson said, no group of 22 people could represent the diversity of all FAS faculty. At the senate’s first full, formal meeting on Thursday, Sept. 10, senators will continue to focus mainly on internal workings and operating procedures. Gage said the senate will likely form subcommittees which will convene “as much as they need to” to tackle individual issues. Much of the senate’s work will happen in these smaller committee settings, Gage said. While the specific content of that work has yet to be defined,
in broad strokes the body aims to facilitate better communication between the FAS and the administration, Gage said. She added that the senate is meant to provide University leaders with robust and diverse feedback, as well as to serve as an advocacy group for faculty issues. Professor of chemistry and senator-elect Charles Schmuttenmaer wrote in a July email to the News that his goals for the coming months are to understand the issues that are important to his colleagues and make sure they are discussed during the meetings. Schmuttenmaer said some topics for upcoming meetings
may include discussion about the recruitment, promotion and retention of faculty, diversity within the faculty and the economic status of faculty. He also said that as an inaugural senate, the group will need to consider the best ways to facilitate communication between the FAS and the administration. “My long-term hopes are that [the senate] will provide a robust two-way dialogue between the faculty and the administration,” Schmuttenmaer said. “Issues that are important to the faculty can be brought to the attention of the administration in a nonad hoc manner. I see this as a way to truly strengthen the relation-
ship between the faculty and the administration.” At its heart, the senate is intended to be an independent body that communicates with — but does not answer to — the University administration, Gage said. FAS Dean Tamar Gendler said that over the summer, she met with senate leadership several times and corresponded with them to discuss major concerns for the coming year and consider ways in which the FAS dean’s office could provide support to the body in its inaugural year. “[The FAS Senate] will bring ideas to me, and I will, to the extent possible, help them with
the execution of those ideas,” Gendler said. “So I see our roles as deeply mutually supporting.” Gage said the creation of the FAS will allow for greater communication between faculty and University leadership. “I’m very excited about it — I think it’s a huge opportunity to improve the climate on the Yale campus and to really contribute to the faculty’s role,” Gage said. “It’s a remarkable opportunity to create something that hasn’t existed at Yale before.” Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu and EMMA PLATOFF at emma.platoff@yale.edu .
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The FAS Senate will help encourage communication between members of the faculty and the University administration, said History professor and DUS Beverly Gage ’94.
OCS rolls out new career network BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER
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The new Yale Career Network, launched in July, will help facilitate connections between students and alumni.
For students and alumni looking to interact via Yale’s online databases, an upgraded service from the Office of Career Strategy may provide expanded opportunities. With the launch of the improved Yale Career Network in July, students and alumni gained the ability to connect throughout the entire University. OCS Director Jeanine Dames said the new YCN is the only alumni database available to Yale students that allows them to search for alumni across all Yale schools. Unlike the previous version of the database, which was hosted solely by the Association of Yale Alumni on a different software system, the new system allows users to incorporate social media into their accounts and integrate LinkedIn profiles. She added that the new system will be easier to navigate. “A Yale College student can connect with a medical school alumnus, and a Yale Law student can connect with a Forestry alumna,” Dames said. “As [the YCN] grows, I believe it will become one of the best career resources available to Yale students and alumni.” The previous system hosted approximately 15,000 alumni profiles, which were migrated into the new software this summer, Dames said. After those alumni were contacted and asked to update their information, the system went live to students mid-summer. Each student received an email informing them about the new system, and students in Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences were automatically registered. Students in the professional schools must complete a brief registration process. The new YCN, which is co-hosted by OCS and the AYA, already has registered alumni from each of the professional schools, said Robyn Acampora, director of Strategic Initiatives and Public Service Careers at OCS. The largest percentage of alumni in the database are from Yale College, followed by those coming from the Graduate School and the School of Management, she said. Acting Executive Director of the AYA Jeanette Chavira ’89 said the vendor for the old YCN platform had not made any upgrades to the career module in some time, leaving the system outdated and dif-
ficult to manage. Now that the YCN has been moved onto Symplicity, the system has a more contemporary user interface and allows for greater flexibility in terms of architecture and design. Chavira added that AYA’s focus since the launch has been on helping OCS ensure that existing users can easily access the new platform. Once all the “wrinkles” have been worked out over the coming months, AYA will begin targeting broader alumni groups, she said. Dames said OCS specifically collaborated with the Yale athletic community and Dwight Hall to reach out to as many alumni communities as possible. Director of Athletics Development Alison Cole ’99 said her department planned on emailing all Yale athletic alumni immediately after Labor Day to encourage mentorship to current students. Three of the four alumni interviewed had heard about the new YCN, though none had set up accounts or explored the site extensively. All four said they are impressed with OCS’ efforts to connect students with Yale graduates, particularly for career guidance. “Networking with alumni is a huge benefit in a job search of figuring out what you want to do after graduation or beyond,” said Harry Mattison ’94, who said he used a “paper and telephone based” career network when he was a student. Darcy Pollack ’87, who previously served on the AYA Board of Governors, said a centralized database that connects all Yale students and alumni would positively influence how those across the University interact with one another. Elsie Yau ’17, who found her summer internship through Symplicity, added that OCS’ services have consistently helped her find summer housing and connect with alumni for post-graduation guidance. But Joyce Guo ’17 said she does not think students are generally aware of new initiatives run by OCS, despite regular newsletters and campus-wide emails. “I had no idea that they were rolling out a new version, and that was something I’d definitely want to know about, so I better start reading my emails,” Guo said. Plans for the YCN upgrade began three years ago. Contact RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .
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“I can’t worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it’s just their opinions.” CARMELO ANTHONY EIGHT-TIME NBA ALL-STAR
Bulldogs stray from home in 2015 FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 14 game stems from a scheduling request from NBC Sports Network, which will be televising the game, according to Steve Conn, associate director of athletics sports publicity. The 101-year-old Yale Bowl, currently the only Ivy League football field without stadium lighting, will need a temporary lighting system installed for the contest. Conn said that when NBCSN was informed about this complication, the network offered to handle the lighting addition. Yale’s matchup against Penn is one of seven Friday night games on the schedules of Ivy League teams this year. Five of those games, with representation from all Ivy teams and including Yale’s contest against the Quakers, will be broadcast on NBCSN’s “NBC Live Extra” streaming service. “All of this is a result of the package put together by the Ivy League,” Conn said. “Some of the TV networks have made it known that moving games to Friday nights could be an attractive option for them.” Conn verified Little’s point about increased student excitement for night games, adding
that attendance by students has been “quite positive” in past Ivy League games played under the lights. The 2015 season will also feature an unusual home to away game breakdown, as the Bulldogs will play just four of the 10 home games at the Yale Bowl. The Elis will play on the road for all three of their non-league games, at Colgate, Lehigh and Maine. The six away games balance the four away games that Yale played last season, during the 100th anniversary of the Yale Bowl. Despite the unusual elements of the Elis’ upcoming schedule, Little noted that the team is not focused on these details early in the preseason. “The way we think, we’re only focused on one game at a time, so we’re always just trying to get better tomorrow,” Little said. “We constantly harp on the process. Every single day we try to get a little bit better.” Yale, ranked third in the Ivy League media preseason poll, will open its season at Colgate on Sept. 19. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. Contact GREG CAMERON at greg.cameron@yale.edu .
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M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 14 24th in the nation — four spots ahead of national champion, and 2015–16 opponent, Duke — and tops in the Ivy League. Yale’s final showdown occurred in Sydney, where the Bulldogs closed out the trip with a 95–69 win against Manly Warringah on Aug. 18. The Elis controlled the contest from the outset and led 23–8 after the first quarter. Four Yale players scored in double figures: Sears, captain Jack Montague ’16, Downey and guard Landon Russell ’18. Throughout the trip, Jones started different players for every game, providing an opportunity for each player to see ample court time. “[These four games] were meant for everyone to play extensively and for us to basically get four extra games under our belt before the preseason even starts,” Montague said. “[W]e looked better each game we played and it was very encouraging for this group of guys leading in to a big year for us.” Two players who were hampered last season due to injury, guard Nick Victor ’16 and forward Sem Kroon ’19, were singled out by Montague as having especially productive experiences. Victor started 30 games in his sophomore campaign, finishing 10th in the conference in steals per game, before a PCL injury limited him to just six games in 2014–15. But the Dallas native played in all four contests in Australia, and Montague said that he looked “physical, athletic and explosive.” Kroon, meanwhile, was reclassified as a member of the class of 2019 following an unspecified injury that prevented him from playing in any games last year. He posted 10 points and pulled down four rebounds in the team’s Australian opener. “I thought it was [a] great experience for Kroon,” Montague said. “He was hurt last year as a freshman, so he had to medically redshirt. For him to get some competition in before this next
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Yale finished 3–1 in Australia, with its lone loss coming in the opener against the Ringwood Hawks. season was huge for his development.” Though the Bulldogs played four games in Australia, the trip also gave players an opportunity to experience the culture Down Under and sightsee. In Melbourne, the Elis helped run a clinic with Helping Hoops before their first game, playing games with disadvantaged or disabled kids. The Bulldogs also visited the Eureka Skydeck, the tallest building in the city, and attended an Australian Football game. In Sydney, the team climbed to the top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge and enjoyed both Bondi Beach and Gap Park.
The trip was supported by an endowment created by alumnus John J. Lee ’58, whose name continues to grace the Bulldogs’ home court. The Bulldogs now return to campus for preseason training before the season opens on Nov. 13 against Fairfield as part of the Connecticut Six Classic. The Ivy League season begins Jan. 16 at home against Brown, as the Elis look to defend their Ancient Eight crown. James Badas contributed reporting. Contact ASHLEY WU at ashley.e.wu@yale.edu .
Eight — the Elis’ best standing since the 1988–89 season. “I believe that Yale is a representation of everything that is good and right in college athletics,” Guth said earlier this summer. “I’m most excited about … getting a chance to work with these amazing young women and studentathletes.” After leaving Yale in 2012, Guth served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference. The first class that Guth put together for the Wildcats was highly regarded by recruiting services, with ESPN ranking it the No. 2 class in the conference and the No. 17 group in the nation. Northwestern also found success on the court with Guth on its staff. The Wildcats finished 23–9, with a 12–6 record in the Big Ten, and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1997. One of Guth’s first recruits, forward Nia Coffey, served as Northwestern’s leading scorer and rebounder in each of her first two years on campus, and she was also named to the First Team All-Big Ten in each campaign. “I am excited about having coach Guth as our new head coach because she knows Yale really well and is familiar with the way we have played under Coach Gobrecht, but also brings her own flavor of basketball philosophy to the table,” guard Nyasha Sarju ’16 said. “I think her experience at Yale and her knowledge of the Ivy League, combined with her other coaching experiences, her reputation for integrity and her [ability] to connect with players, will be a great win for the Yale program.” Captain Whitney Wyckoff ’16 agreed, saying that she has confidence
in Guth’s basketball knowledge as well as her ability to take the team to the next level. During her time at Yale, Guth recruited and coached former captain and all-Ivy guard Sarah Halejian ’15, who finished her Yale career ranked 10th in scoring in program history. Both Sarju and center Emmy Allen ’16 cited Guth as a vital factor in their decisions to come to Yale. “Coach Guth was the main coach who recruited me while I was in high school, and she is the reason that I am at Yale today,” Allen said. “I am so grateful and happy that I have the opportunity to play for her and our awesome new coaching staff my last year at Yale.” Three assistant coaches — Melissa D’Amico, Jacinda Dunbar and Roman Owen — round out Guth’s staff at Yale. Both D’Amico and Dunbar have served as assistant coaches in the past, with D’Amico spending two years at Colgate and Dunbar acting as an assistant at Wesleyan for two years as well. Owen, meanwhile, comes to New Haven from a position with the University of Oklahoma as the women’s basketball team video coordinator. He played for four years at Southwestern Christian University, leaving the program as its all-time leading scorer. “Coach Guth and her staff are a perfect fit for our team and playing style,” forward Katie Werner ’17 said. “Her high energy and dedication to the game will help us reach the next level and hopefully our goal of winning the Ivy League.” The Elis went 13–15 last season and tied for third place in the Ivy League with a 7–7 conference mark. Contact GREG CAMERON at greg.cameron@yale.edu and JULIA YAO at julia.yao@yale.edu .
Bulldogs claim major victories on the water CREW FROM PAGE 14 regatta in seven years, and despite the hardware back home, Gladstone said losing to Harvard would have put a black mark on the season. “Coach wanted to build towards [the Harvard-Yale regatta]” Carothers said. “Winning Eastern Sprints was big, but the biggest statement for our program was beating Harvard.” The Bulldogs’ first varsity boat finished 16.7 seconds ahead of the Crimson en route to setting a new course record in the four-mile. The second varsity boat also beat Harvard in the three-mile race, winning by 4.3 seconds. “Coming in to the end and hearing the crowd was exhilarating,” Carothers said. “We had three times as many fans [as Harvard], and there was a huge yacht that had a bunch of our team-
mates as well as family, friends and alumni. You could hear the chants, the crowd going nuts.” Goodman, along with two freshmen, had not raced at The Ferry before. Although the race felt different, Goodman said he fed off his teammates. Thanks to a strong rhythm, Yale snagged an early lead and held steady for the first three miles before separating from their Cantab counterparts in the last mile. “In a long race like that, we just try to go out there right away and take the other crew by force,” Cole Tilden ’18 said. “Rowing is a sport that’s very hard on the body. The mental game is such an advantage.” Traditionally, the winner of the Harvard-Yale regatta paints a large rock that sits near the finish line in its school colors. This year, for the first time since 2008, the rock will be blue instead of crimson.
Blue rocks and hardware aside, the wins at Eastern Sprints and Harvard-Yale will also benefit Yale’s standing, Carothers noted. “We showed the rowing world that Yale is back and we’re ready to become a powerhouse,” Carothers said. “To be able to win those races gives us bragging races in America … and sets us apart.” While local races helped Yale’s standing in the States, Carothers added that the win at Henley will help international recruiting. The Henley Royal Regatta, which draws the best collegiate, club and national teams from around the world, is among the most prestigious regattas in the sport. This year, 526 crews from 18 different countries competed. Yale originally intended to enter two eight boats, but ended up entering three due to a rule that forbids rowers who have previously competed in a first varsity
boat from entering the second varsity race. The second varsity eight split into two fours, one coxed, one coxless, and competed in two separate events. The coxed four made it to the finals of the Prince Albert Cup before falling to the University of Washington. The first varsity eight took on Germany’s Ruderclub Germania Düsseldorf von 1904 and the hometown Leander Club. After beating Leander, the Bulldogs found themselves up against a familiar foe in the finals: Washington. “It was like a second chance,” Carothers said. “We knew what we did wrong the first time around. We weren’t going to race Washington’s race. We had nothing to lose.” Goodman added that, at the IRAs, he worried about results, but at Henley, he worried about executing Yale’s race. That meant
getting off to a fast start and not allowing a late Washington surge to throw off the team. Yale finished the 2,112-meter course in 6:34, a length and threequarters ahead of Washington. The race was also the Huskies’ first major defeat in five years. Despite the successes of the 2015 postseason, the heavyweights still feel like there is work to do. With only five athletes lost to graduation, and all nine members of the first varsity boat returning, the Bulldogs are looking to increase the depth of the team. There are at least 12 members from the class of 2019 joining the team, with the possibility of more walk-ons. “We won Eastern Sprints, we won Harvard-Yale, we won Henley, but what’s bothering us is we didn’t perform at the level we’re capable of at IRAs,” Trzybinski
said. “That was disappointing for every guy on the team, because we knew we were better than our performance.” Carothers and Goodman echoed Trzybinski, calling the IRAs “a big goal,” noting that the team still has much to prove and is not yet “the top dog.” Still, the heavyweights have an excellent foundation on which to build. “These next four or so years, Yale is going to be very talented,” Tilden said. “The national champions from these last few years are graduating half their entire boat … We’re only graduating two seniors from our top 16 rowers, which is insane. [Coach] Gladstone came in five years ago and did an amazing job recruiting, so we have a lot of young talent.” Contact MAYA SWEEDLER at maya.sweedler@yale.edu .
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Women’s hoops names Guth head coach BY GREG CAMERON AND JULIA YAO STAFF REPORTERS Following the departure of head coach Chris Gobrecht in April, the Yale women’s basketball team announced on May 21 that former assistant coach Allison Guth will be the 10th coach
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This year’s edition of Harvard-Yale will kick off at 2:30 p.m. BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER Fans of the Yale football team will notice several changes on the field for the 2015 iteration of the Bulldogs — a new starting running back, the addition of transfer wide receiver Bo Hines ’18 and a bolstered defense under a refreshed coaching staff, to name a few. But one notable change that will be seen in the upcoming season will not be on the field, but just outside of its perimeter: stadium lights.
Due to a pair of scheduling decisions made during the offseason, the Elis will be under the lights in two historic contests this year. Yale’s game at Penn will be on a Friday night at 7 p.m., while the 132nd rendition of the Harvard-Yale game will require temporary lighting at the Yale Bowl because of a 2:30 p.m. starting time, two hours later than The Game’s usual kickoff. The Friday night game at Franklin Field, slated for Oct. 23, will be Yale’s third ever game on a Friday, and its first in 18 years. But this year’s Harvard-Yale
Elis enjoy trip Down Under BY ASHLEY WU STAFF REPORTER Following a historic season in which the Yale men’s basketball team went 22–10 en route to its first Ivy League title in over a decade, the Bulldogs spent 10 days in Australia practicing and playing four games against international competitors.
MEN’S BASKETBALL During the trip abroad, which began on Aug. 11, the Elis finished with a record of 3–1 against a combination of professional teams and junior all-stars. “The trip was a fantastic opportunity to get more court time for all of our guys, but perhaps more importantly, it was another great chance for us to spend time together as a team,” forward Sam Downey ’17 said. “We’ve always been a very close-knit group but our experiences in Australia will only strengthen our camaraderie and the benefits of that will show on the court come November.” The Bulldogs began their journey in Melbourne and faced the Ringwood Hawks, who were coming off a regular season championship of their own, on Aug. 12. Only a day after the Elis spent nearly 20 hours on a plane, Yale dropped its first game 85–75, shooting 39.5 percent from the field and 16.7 percent from behind the arc. The Bulldogs also had to adjust to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) rules, which feature 10-minute quarters and a 24-sec-
ond shot clock as opposed to 20-minute halves and a 30-second shot clock under NCAA regulations. “One thing that we saw in Australia that excites us for the upcoming season is their use of the 24-second shot clock,” forward Sam Downey ’17 said. “It forced us to play faster and looser than in previous years, and I believe we’ll be seeing even more of that during the season when we have to adjust to the new 30-second shot clock.” With a day to rest and regroup, the team bounced back in its second game against the Victorian Junior All Star team, using a strong third quarter to power an 86–70 victory on Aug. 13. Forward Justin Sears ’16, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, led the team with 26 points. The Bulldogs were impressive again in their next game on Aug. 16 against Diamond Valley, defeating the Australian professional team 86–68 as Sears dominated with 30 points and 15 boards. “The people were amazing and very accommodating,” Sears said. “What made the trip even better was Australian people loved basketball, and were not shy to show their appreciation for having an American team over.” The Elis out-rebounded their opponents 57–30, continuing to excel on the glass, which defined Yale’s play last season as it has throughout the tenure of head coach James Jones. Yale’s +5.7 rebounding margin was good enough for SEE M. BASKETBALL PAGE 10
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contest will be even more historic, as Nov. 21, 2015, will mark the first time ever that lights are used for a game at the Yale Bowl. “I know that type of change, especially in a game under the lights, always brings a little bit more crowd energy, just because it’s such a different feel,” tight end Sebastian Little ’16 said. “That’s really what I’m excited for, getting people in the seats involved and having a lot of people at the games.” The unusual time of the Harvard-Yale SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10
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Allison Guth is the 10th head coach in program history.
Crew captures Ivy, international glory BY MAYA SWEEDLER STAFF REPORTER The Yale heavyweight crew team concluded its historic season atop the podium at one of rowing’s most historically significant locations: the Henley Royal Regatta in England.
HEAVYWEIGHT CREW “It was a breakthrough season,” coach Steve Gladstone said. “The athletes showed great resiliency throughout the course of the season. I’m really proud of them.” The first varsity eight went undefeated during the regular season and was thus seeded first when they entered the 70th Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Sprints in Worcester, Mass., on May 17.
With a first-place finish at Eastern Sprints — the team’s first since 1982 — the Elis took both the Ivy League and EARC titles. After Eastern Sprints came the IRA National Championship Regatta, a larger competition that includes west coast teams like perennial powerhouse University of Washington. The Bulldogs raced the Huskies in the semifinals, ultimately falling to the then-four-time-defending national champions. “Throughout the regular season, we went into each race not caring who we were racing, but putting out our best possible race and taking the outcome as it came,” coxswain Chris Carothers ’16 said. “In the semifinals, we had a switch in attitude and tried to race Washington.” Despite a fast start, Yale struggled
to find its rhythm against Washington, captain Hubert Trzybinski ’16 said. The Bulldogs led for about 300 meters, but the Huskies, well-known for a punishing mid-race pace, came back to win the heat. Washington went on to win its fifth consecutive national championship. But Yale did not dwell on the loss — the varsity boat’s first of the season . “It was about confidence,” Nate Goodman ’17 said. “We had a discussion, the nine of us and Coach Gladstone, where we said that race doesn’t define the season for us.” A week after IRAs, the team took on Harvard in the 150th iteration of the Harvard-Yale regatta at The Ferry near New London, Conn. The new champions had not won the Harvard-Yale SEE CREW PAGE 10
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The heavyweight crew team won its first Ivy League title since 1982 in May.
THE NUMBER OF GAMES IN YALE FOOTBALL’S HISTORY PLAYED ON A FRIDAY, INCLUDING THIS YEAR’S UPCOMING GAME AGAINST PENN. The Bulldogs last played on a Friday in 1997, when Yale beat Valparaiso 34–14 for its only win of the season.