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Happy Monday! Apologies
to those of you who actually have to get out of bed on a Friday this time and to anyone looking to shop a Friday-only seminar. But, hey, who can complain about a three-day weekend?
Camp Yale. Believe it or not,
Yale still has a lot of street cred for giving the world Walter Camp, class of 1882, who is the father of American football. As a result, the country’s best players, the Walter Camp AllAmericans, will be on campus throughout the weekend for a whole circuit of events, culminating in a Saturday dinner in Commons.
Fools rush in. It’s Greek season, but you don’t necessarily have to be rushing to benefit. Sig Chi gets things going with what they’re calling an “ICE RAGE” tonight. AEPi and SAE follow suit with their highly anticipated events on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Speaking of which, we’re in the market for a rush chair — join the News! Parents love us. Heads-up: Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway wrote to your parents yesterday. Don’t worry, it’s not about your plans to partake in the aforementioned festivities this weekend — Holloway just wanted to give an update on how things are going up here in sunny New Haven. But we’re sure everyone back home already knows about the new colleges, the cultural centers, etc. We’ve got them covered. Whiffs in Wethersfield. The Whiffenpoofs are headlining the 22nd Annual Keeney Cultural Series taking place this Sunday in Wethersfield, Conn. “Everyone enjoys them,” one event organizer told the Hartford Courant about the world’s most famous tux-andwhite-glove-wearers. In the flesh. PostSecret isn’t
just a Facebook page for Yalies to vent about grades and girls — it’s also a live performance bit, apparently. A certain Frank Warren takes the stage at Southern Connecticut State University tonight to reveal some of the anonymous postcards that he has received in his project to reach into the depths of people’s thoughts.
Opening day. Beinecke has a
big day today, with three major exhibitions kicking off. Each showcases art and culture from a specific time and place in world history, encompassing Japan, the 1980s East German State and the civil rights era American theater scene. Come see the world.
THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY
1984 The University announces three Yale winners of the Rhodes Scholarship: Roosevelt Thompson ’84, Robert Malley GRD ’84 and Kissee Sandoval ’84, with Sandoval becoming the first Hispanic female to win the prize. Submit tips to Cross Campus
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The Hall of Graduate Studies, whose classrooms and graduate housing have long awaited improvement, will be renovated, according to Provost Ben Polak.
ANALYSIS: A renovation to reaffirm the humanities BY LARRY MILSTEIN AND EMMA PLATOFF STAFF REPORTERS In considering the transformation of the Hall of Graduate Studies into a central home for the humanities starting in 2017, the University — historically known as a humanities-focused institution — appears poised to reaffirm its emphasis on the liberal arts. Still, the difficulty of the HGS refurbishment will not be found only in planning and carrying out the physical restoration and repairs. Rather, the greater challenge rests in
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whether the University can ensure that this “once-in-a-generation” opportunity for change will not go to waste. The leading idea is to convert the complex, which was constructed in 1932 and currently houses 168 graduate students, into a center for the humanities. The building would no longer serve in a residential capacity; instead, the space would become, as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tamar Gendler described, a “hub for intel-
BY LARRY MILSTEIN AND EMMA PLATOFF STAFF REPORTERS The University is set to embark on an ambitious project that may eventually lead to an overhaul of the Hall of Graduate Studies, transforming the complex into a center for the humanities at Yale. On Friday, the University will
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submit a zoning application for a new graduate and professional student housing complex on Elm Street, Provost Benjamin Polak announced in a campuswide email Thursday morning. The new complex, which will have room to house 80 students, will enable the University to start its renovation on the SEE HGS STORY PAGE 4
Former Yale Security employee alleges gender discrimination BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER A lawsuit currently pending against the University is alleging widespread gender discrimination within the ranks of Yale Security, a claim reminiscent of complaints from other Yale
Security employees. Former Yale Security employee Melita Willoughby claims that her 2010 termination resulted from gender-based hostility, which she alleges ran through multiple ranks of the security force. In the complaint — which was filed
Debate over Anchor persists BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI STAFF REPORTER A resolution passed Wednesday night asked that the Anchor Bar and Restaurant’s facade, neon sign and period furniture remain even after a new tenant moves into the space.
Most of these changes have been made in ways that fit the historic character of the district. ANSTRESS FARWELL President , New Haven Urban Design League
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The request was made at a meeting hosted jointly by the New Haven Preservation Trust and the New Haven Historic District Commission, which reviews actions that may affect
the city’s historic districts. The Anchor closed on Jan. 4 after University Properties refused to renew the lease to the bar’s owner, who had not been consistently paying adequate rent. Since the bar shut its doors, some residents have protested its closure, claiming that the building was an essential and characteristic part of the city. Members of the NHHDC highlighted that the Anchor building is part of the Chapel Street National Historic District, and that any work done on it would alter its historical value. “Some facades in the district have changed over time, and most of these changes have been made in ways that fit the historic character of the district,” member of the New Haven Urban Design League Anstress Farwell wrote in a letter read aloud during the meeting. “But this high-style facade SEE ANCHOR PAGE 6
in federal court in Connecticut on May 5, 2014 — Willoughy claims she was subjected to rude and inappropriate remarks by male transit dispatchers, and that she ultimately became the victim of sexual harassment by another male security officer. When she voiced these com-
plaints, according to the complaint, Willoughby was told “that she should not be making complaints about harassment in an uncertain economy.” According to the complaint, the University cited a minor motor vehicle accident involving the plaintiff as cause for her
termination. In a response filed on May 19, the University denied Willoughby’s allegations. In the response, Yale admitted that Willoughby did complain about prior interactions she had with SEE SECURITY PAGE 6
Columbia under Title IX Investigation
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Columbia University is being investigated for alleged Title IX and Title II violations. BY NICOLE NG STAFF REPORTER Columbia University is under federal investigation for alleged Title IX and Title II violations, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights confirmed on Monday.
The investigation — which began on Jan. 8 — was the result of a federal complaint filed against Columbia by 23 students, who alleged Columbia failed to adequately address campus incidents of sexual and dating violence in violation of Title IX, Title II and the Clery SEE COLUMBIA PAGE 6
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city roars, a nation chants, a world cries out — “Je Suis Charlie.” I am freedom, I am bravery, “I am Charlie” and I will not be silenced. But to be silenced, you first must have the bravery to speak. And that is why instead, I say to myself, “je ne suis pas Charlie” — I am not Charlie. Beyond the murk and the controversies and the reactionary sentiments surrounding the tragedy, one particular aspect of the Charlie Hebdo attacks stands out to me: the courage it takes to express one’s views, and the value of such courage. People have labeled the magazine as far from courageous. Some have said that the magazine was disrespectful and offensive. I’m not here to speak on behalf of Charlie Hebdo, but rather, to speak as a staff columnist at the News. I’ve never meant for any of my pieces to be offensive, or disrespectful. Surprising, I know, but I promise that’s not the case. I’ve only ever hoped that my pieces start a discussion, get people talking about an issue and bring it into the light. Now, cries of offensiveness often follow from that. Discussion implies that there are two sides to an issue, and as a columnist, I’m supposed to argue for one of those sides. Naturally, the opposing group isn’t exactly thrilled. But that’s the point. It’s to get people energized enough to talk to each other and do something. Columns shouldn’t be merely read. They should catalyze action. But to write about something worthy of being discussed — worthy of inciting heated debate and an actual response — isn’t easy. Not for me, and if I have the liberty of saying, not for most people, especially at Yale. I don’t say this because I think that the topics to write about are particularly hard to find, or because it takes some kind of special skill to write such columns. Rather, I say this because I think that I, along with many others, lack the courage to express such views in a public forum. I’ve talked to many people, strong in convictions and opinions, who didn’t want to publish anything in the YDN because they were afraid of the consequences. They were afraid of the backlash, the cries of offense. They were afraid of being viewed as a caricature of their actually held beliefs or of their critics misrepresenting their words. But often that fear leads us to only publicly express our most innocuous views. Sometimes we don’t even dare to venture an opinion but choose instead to recite a list of facts or observations. When I’ve
been afraid of rocking the boat, I’ve written columns that — if I’m being honest — lack substance. LEO KIM It might be reaOn Us sonable to cut Friday language classes, the argument of one of my more tepid columns. But who cares? What discussion is that supposed to promote? What’s the point of that column? I might as well have written a column titled “Be nice to people.” Well, of course you should be nice to people! That’s not even deserving of the title of an opinion. But sadly, it’s these kinds of things that I’ve often published — quiet, harmless, quasi-opinions that make sure not to ruffle any feathers. I’m not saying you should go out with the intention of offending people and causing a ruckus. That’s immature and pointless. It’s not brave to hurt other people. What I am saying, however, is that the most valuable discussions will often be the ones that could prove to be upsetting for some people. But that fact alone should not prevent you from expressing your views in a productive manner. A freedom of speech is also a freedom to be criticized. These two are symbiotic and equally essential. But we should try to be braver in the face of criticism. Otherwise we sit in silent stagnation, going nowhere, doing nothing. The tragedy in Paris reminded us of the value of courage. Free discussion and rational debate are critical hallmarks of a civilized society. Even the unappealing deserves to be heard, if only so their ideas can be defeated by reason rather than allowed to dwell unchallenged in the hearts of its holders. It reminded me that while I often shirk the controversial, others voice their opinions knowing the possible ramifications could be far worse than anything that can ever be hurled at me. I am not Charlie. When the stakes are that high, I’m not brave. But everyone is brave enough to speak at the risk of judgment by your peers. At Yale, we prize diversity. Being brave enough to voice our views freely is an essential part of this diversity. We shouldn’t let fear get the best of us. Doing anything less would be a disservice to those who really are courageous. LEO KIM is a sophomore in Trumbull College. His column runs on alternate Fridays. Contact him at leo.kim@yale.edu .
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GUEST COLUMNIST SCOT T REMER
Fully fund public education P
resident Obama had a good idea recently. “[W]hat I’d like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody who is willing to work for it,” he declared in a White House video, introducing a program called America’s College Promise. As usual, he was too timid to fully develop his ideas. I’ll help him out and do so here. It’s pretty uncontroversial to say that society should incentivize the behaviors that it wants to have happen. It’s also fairly obvious that education is a worthwhile endeavor. People afraid to tackle the one percent’s role in spawning America’s skyrocketing wealth inequality tout education like it’s some magical panacea. We can’t agree on much these days, but almost everyone agrees that education is good. A humanist like me believes that education is a basic human right. Knowledge is power. Education connects us to our ancestors, helps us critically examine our society and empowers us to change our lives and world for the better. There is something sacred about learning, something irreducible to cold-blooded calculations of economic value. Dispassionate econo-babble makes me cringe, but at least technocrats consider education a worthy investment. According to the Pew Research Center, people ages 25 to 32 who attain a bachelor’s degree or more
earn, on average, $45,500 a year, those with a two-year degree or less earn $30,000 and people with a high school diploma earn $28,000. Over the course of a career, the difference in earnings between a bachelor’s degree and a high school diploma approaches $800,000. Education makes people better workers — it teaches technical and people skills that enhance economic productivity. Regardless of why you support investment in education, you might look around and wonder: Why on Earth do we have a higher education system that seems to be designed precisely to discourage people from going to college? According to the New York Federal Reserve, total student loan debt was approximately $1 trillion in 2013, quadrupling since 2003. Sixty percent of students take out loans, and student loan debt now exceeds credit card and auto loan debt. Tuition at public universities has soared, increasing 112 percent between 1990 and 2010, according to Demos. At the same time, state funding for “public” universities has plummeted: State subsidies per full-time student in public universities decreased by nearly $2,000 over that same time period and comprises far less than half of most universities’ operating budgets. And I hardly need to mention the astronomi-
cal price of an education at a private, elite university. What’s the solution to this fiasco? Here’s what I propose: Public colleges should be made truly public in terms of their funding, and they should be made free. Private universities’ tuition should be capped at a maximum value to be determined by the federal government. For people who feel college isn’t suitable for them, technical and vocational programs should be expanded and made available gratis. We might also consider a jubilee for the people who are already mired in student debt. I can hear gasps of horror from the econ majors already — what about moral hazard? — but such reforms make perfect economic sense. If we as a society believe education is worthwhile — either as an activity that has a multiplier effect in terms of future economic growth or as an inherently valuable process of self-cultivation — we should put our money where our mouth is. Making college education cheap and easily accessible will allow more people to attend college, and it’ll likely create a social norm where some degree of college education is expected. It isn’t as if such reforms have never been undertaken before. College is free in Sweden, Finland and Denmark, and tuition is much lower than American aver-
ages in most European countries. Giving people who want to go to college a chance to go without burdening them with crushing debt would be a first step toward joining the ranks of civilized Western industrialized democracies. “Where will the money come from?” deficit hawks shriek. In total, student tuition costs at public universities are about $62.6 billion, according to a 2013 Department of Education report. Given that the Pentagon wasted $70 billion according to a 2011 audit, that price tag actually shouldn’t be too much of a concern. Would some people squander their education? Undoubtedly. But many college students already do. The possibility that some people will misuse their time is no excuse for refusing American citizens the opportunity to grow as human beings. Instituting free and universal higher education is affordable. More importantly, it’s the right thing to do. John Adams once wrote, “Laws for the liberal education of youth … are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a human and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant.” Let’s take his words to heart. SCOTT REMER is a junior in Pierson College. Contact him at scott.remer@yale.edu .
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Real talk on real estate
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orcester, Massachusetts is home to nine college campuses that, according to a Jan. 6 New York Times article, have drastically changed the town square’s image. The city of 180,000 residents has recently opened its latest revitalization project, CitySquare, a 12-acre development with a shopping mall and bus station. Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Quinsigamond Community College helped pave the way for the $565 million project by expanding the bounds of campus. Worcester has gained 6,000 new jobs and average wages have increased by five percent. Here in New Haven, the upscale transformation of Broadway may indicate that our city is adopting a Worcester-like approach to business development. Fifty years ago, the University kept its nose in the academic world. But today Yale is concerned with its aesthetic image, along with its academic standards. Sprucing up the appearance of New Haven may be a gradual development, rather than a transformation that the University can directly engender, as was the case in Worcester. University Properties, part of the Office of New Haven and State Affair’s, is the Yale appendage responsible for managing University-owned commercial properties. Since 1996, UP has overseen commercial ventures on Broadway, Audubon Avenue and Chapel Street. Today, it plays the
role of landlord to 85 retail tenants. UP provides guidelines on certain aspects of store ownership, such as daily hours and storefront layout. But enforcement of these guidelines results in UP making many decisions for shopkeepers. UP also threatens the sovereignty of local businesses by setting arbitrarily high rents and misleading inexperienced entrepreneurs. Contention between UP and local entrepreneurs surfaced in the Audubon district in 2011. Matt Feiner, who relocated his bicycle shop, The Devil’s Gear, from Audubon to Orange Street, told me about his difficulties with UP. The investment team coaxed Feiner into renting on Audubon, ensuring him that his shop would receive signage and promotion. But Feiner soon discovered that these were empty promises. The lack of signage and promotion cost him business and, without sufficient revenue to pay UP’s high rent, Feiner was forced to seek an independent landlord. Feiner’s predicament indicates that University Properties may aim to sculpt the neighborhood around campus into a pristine college environment rather than assist aspiring retailers. Audubon lacks sufficient commercial oversight to assist shop owners, as do business districts in other parts of the city. Instead, UP seized this role. On Broadway, UP is forced to work with another
organization composed of local businesspeople, the Broadway at York Square Merchants’ Association. UP has a large stake in Broadway, the home of its Shops at Yale. As a result, UP activity on Broadway usurps the role of the merchants’ association by controlling the aesthetic of storefronts and charging high rents. Commercial associations, like special services districts and merchants’ associations, exist for the purpose of aestheticizing New Haven, independent of the University. UP makes it difficult for these organizations to fulfill this function. On Chapel Street, UP has a more hands-off relationship with the Chapel West Special Services District. Chapel West supervises business-related affairs on Chapel north of York Street, where Yale only owns 10 percent of the property. According to Brian McGrath, the business manager of Chapel West, the University donates a lump sum annually to his organization. Chapel West has induced economic revitalization in the area between campus and the Saint Raphael Campus of the Yale-New Haven Hospital. UP’s inability to strongly influence shops on Chapel Street has allowed the area to develop freely, according to the local market and not the University's standards for suitable commerce. Chapel West has flourished in the area west of campus, and works with local
lawmakers as an advocacy organization. A similar organization exists on Whalley Avenue. These special services districts, no doubt, provide all the supervision necessary for local businesses to stay afloat. The best direction for UP would be to surrender its business investments, recognizing the competence of special services districts and merchants’ associations and instead focus on consulting and donations. UP’s mission statement of “enhancing the quality of life in New Haven through the development of high quality retail and office environments and the revitalization of surrounding neighborhoods” is undoubtedly wellintentioned. But University Properties could do a better job of enhancing existing infrastructure for shopkeepers who may lack some of the entrepreneurial skills to establish a small business. Offering annual donations, such as that given to Chapel West, is a proper commercial stimulus that indicates that Yale's Office of New Haven and State Affairs does, in fact, address the needs of local enterprise. University Properties should take the backseat when other commercial groups or merchants’ associations are present in order to keep the business gears grinding. NATHAN STEINBERG is a sophomore in Timothy Dwight College. Contact him at nathan.steinberg@yale.edu .
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SHIA LABEOUF “I have a hard time with free time.”
GUEST COLUMNIST AMANDA MEI
GUEST COLUMNIST AKASHM SALAM
Living like Parisot S
ometimes I try to fit a year’s worth of work in a month, or a week’s in a day. Because of this, the words of Yale School of Music professor Aldo Parisot resonated with me. Parisot, who sat down with cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Woolsey Hall three days ago for a conversation during an evening concert, asserted that he was 60 years old when — by standard measurement—he was 93. Certainly, he had accomplished much more than many people ever hope to do in their lifetimes, debuting as a 12-year-old in Brazil and performing with some of the greatest American orchestras after only a few years of graduate study at Yale. But he didn’t seem to define his life by these accomplishments. I wonder what distinguishes him in spirit from the millions of other talents who occupy our offices and schools. What separates those who live great lives from those who do great things in life? My real question is broad and fundamental: How should we really live? Of course, I cannot begin to answer any fundamental questions based on experiences of — hopefully — less than a quarter of my
life and an evening’s observation of a single distinguished man. But I’d like to try. I do not think Parisot’s distinction lies in his great ambition (in a lilting accent, “I wanted to do something in my life — I wanted to succeed”) or in his ability to overcome difficulties (such as cleaning the latrines of Yale to earn money for food). Many people would say they have the same qualities. I also don’t attribute his distinction to natural genius, because not every genius lives well. What I think does make Parisot stand out from the proverbial crowd, and what I most admire in the man I saw sitting on stage, is his complete lack of pretense. He does not deceive himself into thinking that he can do more than he can realistically do. It’s simple. And yet in my own life, I know that I often imagine myself doing all the things that I want to and feel like I should do — not the things I can actually do — such as taking six classes and getting enough sleep. I think, or rather feel, that time can be manipulated and endlessly stretched. Parisot, on the other hand, has no such illusion. He
appreciates both the constraints and the expansiveness of time, which is why, after 93 years of life, he “feel[s] 60 years old.” From my understanding of his talk, Parisot views life not with fear that he will not live up to expectations, but with the pleasure that he derives from living and making music. A lifetime to Parisot is not too short to fill with accomplishments but an ample amount of time to live a full life. When presented with a wooden pen for his distinguished career in music and teaching, he took a few moments out of his evening to make sure that it worked. Parisot has also managed to live a
HOW SHOULD WE REALLY LIVE? life without any pretensions about his own abilities, to the amusement of me and other smiling audience members. When speaking about his teaching career, he claimed that he did not know what teaching was when he first began. When asked
about his exploration of visual art, he claimed that despite having made over 3,000 paintings, he had no idea what he was doing. Parisot’s drive in life was not to do and understand everything but to satisfy his curiosity and attain a sense of fulfillment. In his own words, “It doesn’t matter how long who lasts.” Yo-Yo Ma, for his part, demonstrated a remarkable affinity for his colleague, in both the thoughtful questions he asked and playful remarks he made. The two later performed a Haydn concerto, Ma playing his melodies to the fullest extent and Parisot conducting a gentle, unhurried tempo. Maybe I could have done something else more productive during those three hours, but for once in my busy life, I lost track of the inexorable tick of time and enjoyed just listening. In the words of Yo-Yo Ma: “Maybe the final takeaway is [Parisot’s] actually 60 years old.” And certainly when I’m 93, I want to be 60 at heart. AMANDA MEI is a freshman in Berkeley College. Contact her at amanda.mei@yale.edu .
GUE ST COLUMNIST PHOEBE PETROVIC
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re you doing anything else besides mock trial?” She — a fellow freshman, a friend — lobbed the question across the dining hall table. The query had veins of scorn and speculation. “Sure,” I countered, “I have a job at which I work daily and an internship.” “Right, but I mean any other extracurriculars?” As if my other endeavors didn’t suffice. I paused, thought. I could supply her the list of less demanding commitments I’ve made since the extracurricular fair during Camp Yale: Dems meetings, voter registration drives, submissions to various campus publications, participation in an on-campus storytelling group. Instead, I defended my primary obligation. “You know, mock trial could almost be considered a fifth class, especially in the weeks leading up to a tournament. We even have our own Classes*v2 page,” I added. In various forms, this conversation has followed me throughout my time at Yale: seemingly innocent inquiries about extracurricular involvement, raised eyebrows in response and then a lengthy list of my peer’s engagements.
I listen, smile, nod and think to myself: “Did they not listen to their deans during orientation? Did the speeches warning against overcommitment pass unnoticed?”
YALIES MUST STOP FEELING PRESSURED TO DO SO MUCH. Listen to your dean. Do less. It seems counterintuitive, I know. Many of us, participants in and products of the competitive college application process, came to Yale accustomed to the inverse relationship of resume length to free time. And now that we find ourselves standing on the stage for which we have rehearsed throughout high school, the equation should follow that we enhance the interests and activities that brought us here. While theoretically appealing, that logic has little practical worth. New experiences and knowledge remain at the core of a college education. But without time to digest those experiences and synthesize that knowledge, without time to
sleep and care for an active mind, how can we succeed? At the extracurricular bazaar this year, I passed a table on which girls sat cross-legged and barefooted, surrounded by books on poetry and botany, painting their toenails. They ignored the chaos around them, and though they did not speak, their sign did for them, reading something to the effect of: “FREE TIME: the ultimate extracurricular.” I did not stop to talk to these girls. They did not have a sign-up sheet (Why would they?). But they had a point — one I probably failed to comprehend until I experienced a semester of Yale myself. Endless extracurriculars dilute the potency of our experiences and diminish our capacity for understanding them. They stray us from our aims and consume our free time — time in which we could be living. Yalies must stop feeling pressured to do so much. That begins with us not being as concerned about the activities of others. We often are curious and concerned about what others do. But too often curiosity deteriorates to condescension and the comparison of extracurricular lists. During the first weeks of the fall
semester, Rumpus ran a satirical piece with the headline: “NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT YOUR SAT SCORES.” The writers considered that the primary lesson for the Class of 2018. Yet while we readily dismiss SAT score comparison as trivial and annoying, we continue to size up each other’s activities with little hesitation. The eye-roll-inducing intellectual squabbling that comes with score comparison seems akin to evaluating each other’s extracurricular engagements. The next time someone asks you “Is that it?” in response to your list of extracurriculars, challenge them. Is the length of the list of activities really so important? Is how few minutes of peace and clarity you enjoy really a source of pride? Is it all really worth such concern and scorn? The next time someone asks you “Is that it?” evaluate your current list. Do these activities challenge you intellectually and socially? Do they bring you joy? Condense those that don’t, expand the rest and then smile and nod. “Yes, that’s it.” PHOEBE PETROVIC is a freshman in Ezra Stiles College. Contact her at phoebe.petrovic@yale.edu .
GUEST COLUMNIST IAN GARCIA-KENNEDY
Rejecting the shopping game T
ry to imagine something you really want to do, but you shouldn’t. You know you shouldn’t, and every synapse in your brain is telling you not to proceed. But it doesn’t matter. You’re beyond the persuasion of reason. Your critical thinking has abandoned you. Your impulses are taking control. For me, this behavior tends to be associated with junk food and illadvised public dancing. But as it turns out, I now have a new outlet for compulsive behavior: my class schedule. Shopping period gives us the option of test-driving our classes before we take the plunge and spend our life savings on the textbooks. There are two types of people when it comes to course shopping: those who understand the feeling I described in the first paragraph, and those who don’t. The ones who don’t will pick courses that make sense given their schedules. They will choose classes that align with their natural sleep cycles and have manageable workloads. They’re going to love their semester. Then there is the other type of people. The ones bent on selfdestruction via Bluebooking. The ones like me. I actually walked into a class where the professor told us that
there was another class with similar content that was not an early morning class and that had a workload of about half the size. Needless to say, I immediately signed up for the class that would ensure me the greatest amount of future pain and suffering.
THE NEW SCHEDULE IS A BITTERSWEET ONE Within this category, there is a subset of people who actively seek out harder, more intense classes, not necessarily out of love for the subject, but out of a desire to see if they can slay the monster that they have created. It’s a game of chicken and the reward is self-validation: You’ve just proved to yourself and everyone else just how hardcore you are. There are penalties to losing this game. Your GPA might tank and your mental health may even suffer. But even just completing the game, making it to the end of the semester, is a personal success. In retrospect, you’ll cherish that semester and that brutal course load as a medal to
be displayed in a trophy cabinet only you can see. From the outside, the game looks absurd and its participants crazy. One of my friends last semester shopped 15 classes and selected her final schedule exclusively on the basis of which courses would be the most difficult. I’m no stranger to academic masochism, but even I found her final schedule horrifying. She talked about how she shouldn’t submit that schedule, how she probably couldn’t handle the workload and how she would probably be nuts by the end of the semester. Needless to say, one week later, she took the plunge. Whenever I asked how the semester was going, she told me that she was miserable. She also seemed weirdly happy with this response. The impetus for writing this column actually came with my own course shopping. I was trying to convince my friends that taking a 9 a.m. class every single day would be a great idea, and that four classes in a row would be fine. This coming from the kid who physically can’t get out of bed after fewer than eight hours of sleep and can’t summon the focus and self-discipline to read an entire Buzzfeed list, much less “War and Peace” in four straight sittings. When I got off the waitlist for another course and could no longer
take the earlier class, I was almost disappointed. For those like me who have been — through sheer luck or peer intervention — saved from their selfcreated doom, the new schedule is a bittersweet one. It is pretty and well-planned and will set us on the path for a successful and productive semester. It contains neither six credits nor any 9 a.m. lectures. The professors in these classes don’t preemptively warn shoppers of failing grades or overwhelming workloads. Upon reflection, I’m not disappointed that my schedule has been tamed. A little common sense and external advice has pulled me back from the edge. But I also imagine the other students who really would rather make their semester a Herculean task. Their brains tell them they shouldn’t finalize their death-wish schedules. Maybe their impulses will lose out this time, and they’ll do the sensible thing. But deep down, they know something that all people like us know. No one looks back and remembers the sensible schedules or the manageable workloads. IAN GARCIA-KENNEDY is a freshman in Jonathan Edwards College. Contact him at ian.garcia-kennedy@yale.edu .
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n Dec. 10, 2014, gunshots were reported near Toad’s Place. Some, perhaps falsely, associated the incident with Toad’s — wanting the establishment to be shut down. Unfortunately, we have no evidence to link them. But even the weekly disorders that arise from Toad’s are sufficient grounds for its expulsion. The nightclub may serve a superficial function, but it is nothing more than a nuisance to all concerned. Though New Haven’s security has improved, its crime rate is perhaps the biggest deterrent for prospective students from attending Yale and of currents students from exploring the city. Toad’s only adds to this problem. In March 2011, multiple shots were fired inside Toad’s, and two men were hit. The event trapped over 40 Yale students. In March 2013, Quinnipiac students got into a physical brawl around Toad’s, leading to the shattering of Yorkside Pizza and Restaurant’s glass. Most recently, last November, a drunk man from Toad’s assaulted a few Morse students, some of whom are my friends. The intoxicated man found a way to the periphery of Morse and left a student wounded. These incidents occurred because people, too intoxicated and muddled after their Toad’s adventures, could not control themselves. If Toad’s did not provide a venue so close to the heart of Yale’s campus, these events would likely not affect students. New Haven is not the safest of havens. But to allow these kinds of unnecessary events to occur so close to the heart of Yale’s campus without any substantial repercussions is an incredible injustice. It is a slap in the face to all the students who have to deal with these issues on a regular basis. Clearly, administrators want to paint a new image of New Haven to attract prospective students, parents, faculty and visitors. For example, recently opened stores, such as Emporium and Kiko, are marketed to an upscale audience. Yet only a few yards away sits Toad’s, the most dilapidated and morally bankrupt building in New Haven. It’s also a nightmare to walk down York Street to reach Morse or Stiles, especially on Wednesday and Saturday nights. Littered wine bottles, beer cans and plastic bags dominate all the walkways and the streets around Toad’s. I’ve been cursed and I’ve seen pedestrians shoved by the people who linger outside Toad’s. Odors of urine and beer are a weekly staple. Even my shoes get a taste when I mistakenly step on overnight beer or vomit stains. These rowdy scenes do not just desecrate York Street; they infiltrate into the dorms and libraries of Morse and Stiles. We live in a supposedly protected and beautiful campus. Yet, traversing near Toad’s resembles nothing of the sort. I realize that Toad’s is an escape for many students from the stress of everyday life. While I have never stepped into its boundaries, I know many of my friends who have and they have enjoyed their visits. However, it does not mean the social life at Yale will take a blow if Toad’s is no longer present. Most universities don’t have a club in their proximity and their students do just fine. Students who wish to drink can go to self-contained bars such as Box or fraternities on High Street. Furthermore, ridding Yale of Toad’s will allow students to venture into New Haven and discover new places that are currently ignored. There are many bars and nightclubs similar to Toad’s deeper in New Haven that don’t interfere with the lives of students who don’t want to partake in such frivolity. I also understand that Toad’s often partners with clubs to raise money for humanitarian causes. I applaud the owner for his thoughtful actions for our community. However, these deeds are only papering over the larger problems with the establishment. We could find other avenues such as churches or local restaurants that could play host to such fundraisers. Toad’s problems are not new; they have been present ever since it opened in 1976. Like most other students, I lived away from it during my freshman year. Yet, when I moved into Morse, I had to cope with Toad’s disgusting presence because of its proximity to my college. Unquestionably, Toad’s is an incredible problem for Yale’s image, security and, most importantly, students. If administrators are so conscious of Yale’s image and are so inclined to help students, why haven’t we shut this institution down? It’s unfair to students who didn’t ask to live in Morse or Stiles to have to live near an unsafe and rowdy nightclub for three years. Yale has been engaged in legal disputes with Toad’s recently — the University should use this as a pretext to shut the club down. AKASH SALAM is a sophomore in Morse College. Contact him at akash.salam@yale.edu .
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“The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word.” J. IRWIN MILLER AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIST
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of housing some faculty offices in residential colleges in order to facilitate student interaction. The new committee will have to weigh the value in these traditions against the potential advantages of one communal space removed from residential dorms. The role of the committee over the next few years will therefore be to solicit feedback and see which departments are interested in relocating. “We have no sense that HGS can or should house all humanities departments and programs, but we will explore how a mix of those who would like to co-locate could benefit the intellectual life of the humanities,” Hungerford said. Still, Hungerford added there is “substantial interest” in the idea of co-locating several humanities departments in HGS. Another potential difficulty rests on whether the space — in its current layout of single-room dorms and suites — can feasibly be converted into a space for academia. Polak said plans to renovate and return the hall to residential housing were deemed an “exorbitant expense.” It remains unclear, however, how renovating and converting the building to offices and classrooms will be any less costly. “The radical change will be in how psychologically we conceptualize the building,” Gendler said. “The question of how we configure the offices, what are the common spaces, what are the private spaces.” Hungerford said that she hoped imaginative configurations of repurposed living spaces and other parts of the building will create new areas for collaboration and individual or shared office spaces. Ultimately, though, the $100 million may be more about affirming the importance of the humanities at Yale than reconfiguring offices. “The larger issue is that clear signals are needed that Yale actually still cares about humanities,” said history professor Patrick Cohrs. “This may be one.”
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are interested in relocating. Art history professor J.D. Connor said his department is “certainly not moving” given the recent construction of the new Loria Center, where it is housed. However, the change may be more welcome for other departments. Many faculty have echoed the administration’s optimism, and have suggested that unifying departments under one roof may raise the quality of humanities at Yale. History professor Valerie Hansen said history department offices are spread all over campus — a separation that “definitely cuts into collegiality.” Using HGS as a consolidated home for the humanities has the potential to solve problems like these, especially if significant funding is put into the renovations, she said. Physical closeness has succeeded in facilitating interdepartmental connections in the past, according to art history professor Diana Kleiner. Kleiner said during her tenure as deputy provost for the arts, the University brought the History of Art Department and the School of Architecture together in the Loria Center, including the shared Arts Library. Now, the School of Art, School of Drama, the YUAG and the YCBA all comprise a strong arts presence on Chapel and York streets. “[That proximity] has led to what was intended — the kind of exciting and mutually beneficial programmatic interactivity among the arts units that that kind of proximity encourages and makes possible,” Kleiner said. “It’s a great model for the kind of thinking that seems to be about to take place for the humanities.” Indeed, many professors said the opportunity to interact with their colleagues in other humanities departments, and even within their own would be welcomed. Philosophy department chairman Stephen Darwall said he supports the plans to look into configuring HGS as a humanities-centric space, explaining that while current spaces like the Whitney Humanities Center are valuable resources, there are classroom, office and discussion space needs that are not being met. However, there are some barriers to complete consolidation of departments. As history professor Paul Freedman noted, Yale has a tradition
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lectual life.” “The humanities at Yale have always been an area of extraordinary strength — as have social sciences and sciences — but we felt like one of the frustrations in the humanities is that the physical spaces that they have occupied were so widely spread across the University,” Gendler said. “Individual points of excellence were not connected in ways that allowed them to flourish as completely as they could, so the possibility to bring together departments and programs that could benefit from co-locating struck us as an unimaginably exciting prospect.” In a Thursday email to students, faculty and staff, Provost Benjamin Polak described the proposed idea as a “strong statement about Yale’s enduring commitment to the centrality of the humanities”. Meanwhile, the renovation, previously projected to cost $100 million and start in 2013, occurs in the midst of other major capital projects that Yale is currently undertaking. It appears to be no coincidence that the push to strengthen the humanities is timed to begin in 2017, as the two new $500 million residential colleges are scheduled to open. The HGS project will also occur as the University begins its work on a new Yale Biology Building, slated to cost a quarter of a billion dollars, and the ongoing $45 million renovation of Hendrie Hall. The renovation of HGS will do more than change the physical infrastructure of campus. Instead, the renovation will also revise the very purpose the building serves on campus. “The HGS renovation gives us a chance to make humanistic study at Yale even greater than the sum of its parts,” Morse College Master and Divisional Director for the Humanities Amy Hungerford wrote in an email. “Doing so, we hope, could help shape the future of the humanities on campus and beyond.” Hungerford will lead a committee composed of 12 faculty members and one graduate student to explore if the center for humanities is feasible. The HGS Humanities Exploratory Committee will have to tackle major questions that may complicate the lofty mission of unifying the humanities through a centralized location. For one thing, not all departments
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Univ. looks to co-locate humanities departments HGS STORY FROM PAGE 1 Hall of Graduate Studies following the Elm Street project’s completion in 2017. Moving housing away from HGS will likely provide more space for humanities-related use. Currently, HGS houses 168 graduate students and includes classrooms, the Graduate School’s McDougal Center and faculty and staff offices. “This means that when the refurbishment of HGS is completed, we will have a once-ina-generation opportunity to use the space in a new and innovative way,” Polak wrote. By expanding the availability of graduate housing both on University properties and with private projects throughout the city, the University will open up the possibility of using HGS as a “central home for the humanities.” Once it is no longer used as a residential space, the University believes it can avoid “exorbitant expenses” that would otherwise be required to meet both student expectations and building requirements. “[HGS] is a very old building and we know that students, through the housing committee, told us they’d want ... to be [in] much more apartment style living, which makes sense for graduate students of course,” University Secretary and Vice President for Student Life Kimberly GoffCrews said. “Right now, the way the facilities are set up, we’d have to do a major renovation, which is very, very expensive.” The full HGS renovation has been previously projected to cost $100 million and set to be completed by late 2019. As a result, the University has explored other available residential spaces that can be used to offset the displacement of students by the loss of HGS housing. The apartment-style housing complex, for which the University is submitting a zoning application today, will be located in
what is now the parking lot next to Tyco Printing on Elm Street. Polak described the process of formally submitting the zoning application to the city, which will be completed Friday, as a “crucial” first step before being able to begin HGS renovations. “This new [Elm Street] complex will provide the kind of living spaces students have been asking for, including kitchens and common rooms, in a fully modern facility,” Polak wrote. “In addition, we are working with local developers to provide input into a number of private projects that will add further housing that is both high quality and conveniently located.” Graduate School Dean Lynn Cooley said the University administration has worked closely with students in the Graduate School Assembly and Professional Student Senate to consider ways to improve graduate and professional school housing on campus and in New Haven. Marie-Amelie George GRD ’17, who was a representative on the Graduate and Professional Student Advisory Committee on Housing, said there was a broad dialogue among graduate students to discuss housing needs, ranging from size of suites to amenities such as gyms. In addition, the provost noted that Swing Space on Ashmun Street — currently used for undergraduate annex housing — would be converted into Yale Law School dorms and may also house graduate and professional students once the new residential colleges open in August 2017. Juniors who would normally have been annexed to Swing Space will instead populate the two new residential colleges in the first year they are open, according to Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway. Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu and EMMA PLATOFF at emma.platoff@yale.edu .
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Connecicut could be first gigabit state BY ERICA PANDEY STAFF REPORTER Connecticut could become the first gigabit state in the country. Gigabit broadband service, a high-speed internet technology, allows subscribers to upload and download files at one gigabit, or 1,000 megabits, per second — more than 100 times faster than the standard internet speed of nine megabits per second in most homes. In coordination with the mayors of Stamford and West Hartford, Mayor Toni Harp issued a joint Request for Qualifications last September soliciting private firms interested in building gigabit networks in the state. Responses to the RFQ were due Tuesday to State Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson-Katz, who received responses from 10 firms. They ranged from local to multinational and look to start a dialogue with municipal and state leaders about the gigabit project.
We need to start thinking about high-speed internet the way we think about rails and roads. KEVIN LEMBO State Comptroller, Connecticut “The project is about infrastructure,” State Comptroller Kevin Lembo said. “We need to start thinking about high-speed internet the way we think about rails and roads.” New Haven, Stamford and West Hartford are just three out of 46 Connecticut cities and towns that have expressed interest in bringing gigabit technology to their communities. The project, which will be a partnership between interested cities and developers in the private sector, has three main goals, Swanson-Katz said. First, gigabit looks to build networks that can sustain the increased speed and volume of data transfers that gigabit will allow. Once the networks are established, internet service providers can harness the technology and offer it to subscribers. The second goal is to bring high-speed internet to disadvantaged communities within the participating cities for free or at a subsidized cost. Finally, the initiative aims to bring the
service to interested parties in both the private and public sector for $70 to $90 per month. Connecticut businesses are currently paying up to $3,000 per month for Internet services that have gigabit-level capacity, putting them at a national and global economic disadvantage, according to Swanson-Katz. “That so many Connecticut cities have joined this effort is heartening and confirms for me the pent-up demand for highcapacity digital connectivity in support of commerce, research and 21st century life in our state,” Harp said in a statement. Lembo said that the gigabit networks can be built around New Haven’s existing infrastructure. City utility poles are separated into three parts, and while two parts are set aside for electricity and telecommunication cables, the third section can be used for these gigabit network cables. State Senator Beth Bye, who was involved in creating the new legislation giving cities ownership over part of their utility poles, said that high-speed internet should be seen as a necessity for economic development in Connecticut. “Our innovation economy requires this tool to grow and be competitive on a global scale,” Bye said in a press release. After evaluating responses to the RFQ, Swanson-Katz said, the next step is for cities to talk with developers about moving forward with the multi-year project. The state will pay the chosen developer over a 30-year period. “The infrastructure will long outlive any financing,” Lembo said. “These aren’t like roads which have to be maintained every three or four years.” He added that he had already heard from potential consumers of gigabit technology who say the high-speed service will spur growth. One interested business is SeeClickFix — a New Haven company that allows community members to report non-emergency issues in their neighborhoods to city government through an app. Although gigabit speed service is primarily intended for public and private firms, Wi-Fi hotspots for communities may be included as part of the build out, Lembo said. The 46 participating Connecticut cities encompass close to half of the state’s population. Contact ERICA PANDEY at erica.pandey@yale.edu .
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A 7,000 square-foot YMCA opened at 900 Chapel St. on Jan. 7. BY APARNA NATHAN STAFF REPORTER Nine years after New Haven Fitness opened at 900 Chapel St., a new branch of the YMCA is taking its place. The Elm City YMCA opened on Jan. 7 in downtown New Haven near the New Haven Green. Though New Haven Fitness staff and facilities will remain, the location will now be branded as the Elm City YMCA. Over the coming transition months, the 7,000 squarefoot property’s services will be expanded to provide health and wellness programs to the community. “Both organizations share similar philosophies,” said Tyler McCauley, executive director of the Elm City YMCA and the former coowner of New Haven Fitness. The Elm City YMCA will be the second branch of the nonprofit in New Haven, supplementing the New Haven YMCA Youth Center, located on Howe Street. Despite its large facilities, the Howe Street branch does not serve adults, said David Stevenson, president and CEO of the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, the umbrella organization for all of the YMCAs in
the area. “If you asked people in New Haven, they would scratch their head and ask, ‘Is there a Y in New Haven?’”, Stevenson said. “There was no real YMCA for adults.” The new branch’s location will make the gym accessible to more New Haven residents, said Christian Engle, senior vice president and Chief Operating Officer of CCCYMCA. Once the transition period is complete, the gym will have updated strength and cardio training equipment, as well as more classes that reflect current trends in fitness, McCauley said. Members of the Elm City YMCA will also have access to the pool located at the New Haven YMCA Youth Center. The gym will provide health and wellness programs to New Haven residents to address health issues such as diabetes and obesity. The YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program will be expanded in New Haven through the new branch, additions that were previously infeasible for New Haven Fitness due to a lack of resources, McCauley said. Diabetes and obesity were identified as significant challenges in New Haven in Data
Haven’s 2013 Greater New Haven Community Index, but a 2009 Data Haven report showed that diabetes selfmanagement education programs — similar to those offered by the YMCA — produce positive results. Engle noted that the program has been effective in the local communities to which they have already reached out. The Elm City YMCA will also be partnering with local community organizations, including Yale-New Haven Hospital and United Way, to coordinate services. Members of the former New Haven Fitness have automatically become members of the Elm City YMCA, which also gives them access to other YMCAs. The YMCA will also be able to provide need-based financial assistance for memberships, McCauley added. “This will definitely make things more accessible for a lot of people,” McCauley said. The new YMCA is targeting various groups for membership purposes, including people who work in downtown New Haven, McCauley said. McCauley is not new to the YMCA — his grandfather, Duke Faubert, was the president of the Greater
Providence YMCA and is the namesake for the new Health and Wellness Center at the Elm City YMCA. When Faubert passed away a year ago, McCauley realized at his funeral that the YMCA lacked significant presence in New Haven. “I said to myself, ‘This is a community that really needs a Y,’” McCauley said. In the first week since its opening, the new YMCA has retained 550 members from New Haven Fitness, and 10 new members have joined. Stevenson said he is more concerned with longterm retention than temporary bursts of enrollment. He added that many new members in January are temporarily motivated by New Years’ resolutions, and the challenge is making sure they stay on. Current advertising has been limited to pre-existing members of the YMCA and New Haven Fitness, Engle said. Before marketing to the general public, they will have to renovate and rebrand the space in preparation for an official ribbon cutting. The YMCA came to New Haven in 1859. Contact APARNA NATHAN at aparna.nathan@yale.edu .
Obama plan could make Gateway Community College more affordable for students BY PATRICK PEOPLES CONTRIBUTING REPORTER P re s i d e n t B a ra c k Obama’s plan, announced last Thursday, to expand community college funding nationwide could have a significant impact on Gateway Community College, located in downtown New Haven. America’s College Promise — the initiative’s official title — would cover two years of tuition for community college students who maintain at least a 2.5 GPA. Most community colleges are two-year institutions. “It’s something that will manifest in a very revolutionary idea,” Evelyn Gard, director of public relations at Gateway Community College, said. “We understand the philosophy behind it, and, as a community with 70 percent of students on financial aid, we see the need.” The federal government would foot 75 percent of the initiative’s bill, an estimated $60 billion a decade. But before it has any impact on Gateway or other nearby community colleges, the proposed legislation must first get through a divided Congress.
“We will be supportive of any efforts to expand college access,” said Jennifer Alexander, CEO of ConnCAN, an organization that seeks to advocate for and improve Connecticut’s public schools. She added that students need to be supported in the years before college so that they are prepared for challenges they may face when they arrive. Leaders of New Haven Promise — an organization that organizes scholarships covering up to full tuition at a Connecticut public two- or four-year college or university — were also highly supportive of the Obama administrations proposal. “This [plan] is an excellent step in the right direction,” said Patricia Melton, the organization’s Executive Director. “Affordability is a pressing issue for students and families throughout the country as it is here and this policy, this step forward, by the Obama administration raises the visibility of these issues,” Melton said. Contact PATRICK PEOPLES at patrick.peoples@yale.edu .
Gateway Community College could stand to benefit significantly from President Obama’s proposed plan to expand community college funding.
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“At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.” JODI RELL FORMER GOVENOR OF CONNECTICUT
Preservation Trust and Historic Commission push to preserve Anchor
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The NHPT and the NHHDC have passed a resolution requesting that the Anchor Bar and Restaurant’s facade and sign remain even after a new tenant moves in to the space. ANCHOR FROM PAGE 1 is a special case that requires preservation.” Jesse Richards, who organized the online petition against the bar’s closure, said in an email to the News that he will be satisfied as long as the resolution means that the culture and atmosphere of the building is preserved. One person standing against
the resolution is the former owner of Anchor, Charlie Moore, who expressed discontent at the large number of people trying to get involved in what he sees as a personal issue. “It’s disheartening that this group of people could come along and do this,” said Moore. “I see a bunch of people that have no business sticking their noses in my business.”
Although Moore said he has no intention of knocking down the building, he said he wishes he were allowed to make his own decisions about what should happen to it. He added that he would enjoy seeing the business remain open, even if his family is no longer running it. Moreover, Moore emphasized that he can sell his assets, which include the neon sign as well as
the jukebox in the building, at any point. But he said that given his positive relationship with Yale University Properties, he would rather give UP the time they need to find another operator for the Anchor so that the business can keep running. “Our intention is to come up with a way to carry it on in some way, shape or form,” Moore said. Moore’s wishes might not be
Former security officer alleges discrimination Melita Willoughby fired from Yale Security
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realized, however. In a statement to the News, spokesperson from the University’s Office of Public Affairs Karen Peart said that UP has already received many leasing offers for the space. She added that UP cannot control the Anchor name, signage or business operations, and is thus looking at offers from various interested parties. According to Lauren Zucker,
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SECURITY FROM PAGE 1 the male security officer, but that she never suggested she was a victim of sexual harassment. “[The court] has not yet taken Ms. Willoughby’s deposition, and we have until May 1 to finish discovery,” said John Williams, Willoughby’s lawyer and lead attorney at the Law Office of John R. Williams and Associates. Though Williams said he could not speak on whether Willoughby claims gender discrimination is a larger problem within Yale Security, the lawsuit bears resemblance to three other more recent terminations from Yale Security. November 2014 saw three Yale Security employees — Joy McAllister, Darrell Turner and Malu Mulumba — terminated for reasons they deemed unfair. The terminations came just weeks after Yale Security employees voted to leave the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America, a large union with a national span, to form the Yale University Security Officers Association. The new union is only open to Yale Security employees. Like Willoughby, the three former employees claimed they had spotless records and were given little to no warning about their sudden terminations. In addition, the three argued that reasons
given by the University for their terminations, such as the inability of one of them to properly learn to ride a bike, were baseless and lacked substantive backing, as does Willoughby regarding the motor vehicle accident. “Several other security officers, employed by [Yale] and similarly situated to the plaintiff, were involved in comparable or worse accidents and were not terminated,” the complaint states. “The excuse offered by the defendant for terminating the plaintiff was false and a pretext for unlawful retaliation.” University spokesman Tom Conroy declined to discuss personnel matters, as did Janet Lindner, deputy vice president for human resources and administration. When questions first arose about whether the terminations of McAllister, Turner and Mulumba were tied to the formation of the YUSOA, union representative Dwayne Goldman said he and his colleagues at Hanley Law Offices — which first supported efforts to form the new union and now represents YUSOA — were looking into whether a complaint could be filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Since then, the firm has decided not to file NLRB complaints. “After careful consideration, we determined that it would be impossible to prove that these three terminations were
a result of the employee’s union activities,” Goldman said. “The response from Yale was what we expected. They did not offer any valid reasons for the terminations. They simply terminated these employees because they could.” Goldman added that he had no evidence suggesting gender played a role in the three terminations. McAllister, one of the three employees, echoed the sentiment, stating in a text message that she did not believe there was gender discrimination within Yale Security. Joseph Garrison, partner at the Connecticut-based firm Garrison, LevinEpstein, Richardson, Fitzgerald and Pirrotti and specialist in employment law, said blatant gender discrimination is more difficult to prove than subsequent retaliation for voicing her concerns. Successful cases, Garrison added, must also demonstrate that a reasonable employee would not have made the complaint if aware that doing so would result in termination. “Sexual harassment is definitely protected under law,” Garrison said. “If somebody is fired after that complaint is made, then there’s a presumption that, well, there’s probably a connection here.” Contact RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .
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associate vice president for New Haven affairs and University Properties, UP carries out extensive research among consumers before selecting a new tenant. Moore’s family has owned the Anchor bar since 1963.
Act. Columbia joins 94 colleges and universities across the country that are currently under investigation by the OCR on how they handle sexual assault on their campuses. Over the past year, Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown and Harvard have been or are currently subject to OCR Title IX investigations. “The federal government getting involved will make the university realize that things actually have to change,” said Columbia sophomore Rachel Deal. In a statement given by Columbia to the News about the OCR investigation, Columbia noted that the university had already updated its policies and strengthened its procedures. Columbia also stated it was planning additional measures, such as a sexual violence prevention initiative involving students, faculty and gender violence experts. “We are committed to complying with Title IX and have no higher priority than protecting the safety and well-being of all who are part of our university community, and we will fully cooperate with OCR’s inquiry,” the statement said. Between Jan. 1, 2002 and Sept. 22, 2014, 83 complaints have been filed against the Ivy League Schools, 14 of which led to formal investigations, according to documents obtained by the Harvard Crimson through a Freedom of Information Act request. Over these 12 years, Columbia received 16 complaints, while 11 complaints were filed against Yale. Yale University was the subject of an OCR investigation in 2011, after 16 students and alumni filed a Title IX complaint against the University citing an “inadequate response” to public acts of sexual misconduct on campus. If Columbia is found in violation of Title IX over the course of the investigation, OCR will first attempt to obtain voluntary compliance. If voluntary compliance cannot be agreed upon, then OCR will proceed with enforce-
ment action, which may include a referral to the Department of Justice or, when all options have been exhausted, initiating proceedings to terminate Federal funding to the program or activity in which the violation was found. While the 23 complainants awaited a decision from OCR after they lodged their complaint in April, Columbia University unveiled a new sexual assault policy based on guidance from the Department of Education that fall. Yet, the revisions — released in August — drew ire from student groups, as the new policy did not address concerns about existing policies that they had initially raised. According to the student groups that had criticized the preexisting policies, the new policy did not provide adequate support or accommodations to survivors of sexual assault. The appeals process described in the policy was also described as biased in favor of the defendants, the complainants claimed. “People are definitely less trusting of the deans and the process than they were before,” Barnard sophomore Ellie Moriearty said. “There’s a sense of anger and frustration with the administration.” She added that the fact that students at Columbia had taken their stories public and were vocal about their complaints helped draw attention to the university. The investigation follows many visible instances of student activism on the New York City campus protesting how the Columbia administration handles cases of sexual misconduct, including Carry that Weight — a protest by a Columbia senior to carry her mattress around on campus as a protest to her alleged sexual assault and Columbia’s inadequate response. The OCR investigation at Yale four years ago was closed when the OCR and Yale reached a Voluntary Resolution Agreement, in which Yale agreed to make institutional changes before the OCR imposed sanctions. Contact NICOLE NG at nicole.ng@yale.edu .
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“Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in.’” RONALD REAGAN 40TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Latin Honors draw scrutiny, indifference BY VIVIAN WANG STAFF REPORTER Discrepancies in grade point averages across different majors have led the Yale College Council to propose a new method of awarding Latin Honors. In reviewing the results of an academic survey that the YCC distributed to students last semester, representatives noted that students in certain majors — specifically in science, technology, engineering and math disciplines — tended to have lower GPAs than students in other majors, YCC representative Austin Long ’15 said. To combat perceived unfairness in the distribution of Latin Honors, which are currently awarded to students whose GPAs fall in the highest 30 percent of undergraduates, the YCC is proposing to expand Latin Honors to the highest achieving students within each major as well. “We don’t want a system where the ability to get Latin Honors is determined more so by majors than by ability,” Long said.
We don’t want a system where the ability to get Latin Honors is determined more so by majors than by ability. AUSTIN LONG ’15 Representative, Yale College Council Under the proposed hybrid system, the top 30 percent of students with the highest overall GPAs would still receive Latin Honors: Five percent summa cum laude, 10 percent magna cum laude and 15 percent cum laude. However, Latin Honors would also be awarded to the students within each major whose GPAs fell within the highest 20 percent. Such a system would account for variations in grading and evaluation across departments, Long said. YCC representative Adam Gerard ’17 said this type of system already exists at many peer institutions. He added that, compared to schools such as Harvard — which awards Latin Honors to about half of its students — Yale’s system is considerably more competitive, and would remain so even under the pro-
posed reforms. The goal, Long said, is not to diminish the prestige of Latin Honors but to ensure that excellent students in every discipline are recognized — even in majors that tend to have lower average GPAs. Long and Gerard said they have not yet presented their proposal to the administration, but they hope to do so by the end of this semester. But Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway said that in general Latin Honors are “bordering on meaningless.” “If the complaint is that it’s less difficult to get honors at other colleges, they should go to other colleges,” Holloway said. “[Employers] are not losing sleep over magna, summa or cum laude.” He added that while he would not be surprised to hear that students may choose classes or majors based on how easy they think it would be to do well, he would still find this choice to be very misguided. But while Gerard said the survey reported that over 90 percent of students believe it is easier to earn honors in certain majors on campus, students interviewed said that Latin Honors are not a major concern for them. Of six students interviewed, only one — a senior — said she worries about whether or not she will be able to earn honors. The rest said that they either do not care or are too early in their Yale careers to think about it. Still, Rachel Prince ’17 said she personally does not worry about Latin Honors, but she does believe certain majors — including her own, computer science — make it more difficult to earn high grades. Michael Koelle, director of undergraduate studies for molecular biophysics and biochemistry, echoed this sentiment. “There is a concern that in some disciplines, (e.g. STEM) there is a culture of grading more severely, so that students studying these disciplines might be at a disadvantage in getting honors that are given out based primarily or solely on GPA,” Koelle wrote in an email. “I think the STEM faculty would probably be very receptive to a system that tries to take this issue into account to make sure that we succeed in honoring our best students.” Yale’s current system of Latin Honors has been in place since 1988. Contact VIVIAN WANG at vivian.y.wang@yale.edu.
OCS looks to prep students for art careers BY TYLER FOGGATT STAFF REPORTER Career opportunities for students in the arts may be difficult to procure, but they exist, and the Office of Career Strategy is actively working to help students find them. Associate Dean of Yale College and OCS Director Jeanine Dames said there have been four arts workshops offered by OCS between the months of December and January, catering to students interested in different specialty areas ranging from theater to screenwriting. She added that the resources available to students pursuing careers in these areas are perhaps even stronger than those available to students in more traditional career paths, such as finance or consulting. “I think the resources we’re building in the arts are some of the best that there are,” Dames said. “We see ourselves as the people who can get you to the experts and help you navigate the path, and then whichever path you decide to go down is up to you.” Dames said one of the events offered last semester was an audition workshop, where OCS brought in a casting director for those specifically interested in performing. In December, there was an event where students were informed about the different ways to fund their artistic interests and an event for those interested in screenwriting, she said. At the screenwriting workshop, students were able to submit screenplays that were then workshopped by Timothy Cooper ’02, a professional screenwriter. OCS Associate Director for the Arts Kathleen Volz said the approach taken at the screenwriting workshop, a combination of critique and general advice, was appreciated by students who not only sought feedback for their work, but guidance from an individual who has been through the process of acquiring a job in the film industry. “Students want to know what this job search process will look
like after [they graduate], and they’re looking for a very clear set of steps,” Volz said. “And what’s really hard, even for me, is that I can’t say to a student that if you move to LA and write and write and write and then submit, your work is going to be picked up by the 10th submission, because there’s no guarantee. I think the more times students hear it, from alumni and practitioners, they begin to see what the process looks like and whether they have the tolerance to sustain the volatility that this career may or may not present.” Volz added that one of the difficulties with planning events for students in the arts is that student interest varies widely — someone interested in theater may want to become a playwright, or they could be seeking an acting or directing role. It is difficult to hold an event with mass appeal, she said, because there are so many specific areas within each field.
Know that just because [a job opportunity is] not dangling in front of you doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. KATHLEEN VOLZ Associate Director for the Arts, Yale OCS In order to appeal to larger brackets of students interested in broader industries, Volz said OCS will be holding an event on Jan. 30 titled “The Artist and the Industry,” where directors, playwrights, actors and producers will all be present to speak to students about their different careers. “It’ll give students who thought they just wanted to be a performer an opportunity to hear from a producer, because that might be what their calling will be,” she said. According to Volz, OCS will hold a panel in February for stu-
dents searching for careers in music who do not want to immediately go to graduate school. The traditional career path for students interested in music is to attend a school of music after they receive their undergraduate education, she said, and OCS seeks to provide a resource to students who would prefer to go directly into a music career after graduating from the University. Vance Dekker-Vargas ’17, who plans on pursuing a career in studio art, said he has had trouble finding positions and resources that match his artistic interests. “Unlike the overwhelming opportunities offered to students interested in finance, consulting and computer science, there are very few internships and preprofessional summer positions offered to students who wish to pursue studio art as a career,” Dekker-Vargas said. However, Trey Pernell ’17, who hopes to pursue a career in music after graduation, said he has been impressed with the resources available for students interested in the arts, particularly those involved in theater. He added that from what he has seen on the OCS Symplicity website, there are also a great number of internships available for arts students, including those hoping to go into music. Volz said many students may default to the method of using oncampus recruitment to find a job, simply because those jobs seem obvious and available. However, she added, opportunities for students interested in the arts do not necessarily travel to campuses across the country. “[OCS] is here for you, alumni are here for you and faculty are so willing to help,” Volz said. “Know that just because it’s not dangling in front of you doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. It just takes a different approach. You need to tap into all of your resources, instead of the more one-dimensional campus recruiting approach.” Contact TYLER FOGGATT at tyler.foggatt@yale.edu .
SOM grows tech, following national trend BY PHOEBE KIMMELMAN STAFF REPORTER MBA students are becoming more tech-savvy. MBA degrees are commonly associated with finance and corporate strategy skills, as opposed to more technical skills largely under the purview of computer science. But in recent years, more business school programs have been emphasizing the intersection between management and technology. Further, the number of dual-degree programs coupling an MBA with a science or engineering degree is increasing, and more students arrive at business school with some professional experience in computer programming under their belts. The School of Management has also been following these trends. The SOM Associate Dean Anjani Jain said it is engaged in an ongoing effort to expand technology resources for students. “We are thinking of our embedding [within] the larger University, and we want to find areas where we can add complementary strengths,” Jain said. This year, Jain said the SOM recruited two faculty members with expertise in technology and will continue building its technology faculty and course offerings. He added that these courses will fit into the broader array of technology courses offered at the University’s other schools. The SOM administration also plans to expand its Operations subdiscipline — which includes facets of technology and management. The SOM is also offering a new course on big data, the study of extremely large information sets, Jain said. The SOM Director of Entrepreneurial Programs Kyle Jensen said that technology courses are available to the SOM students in many disciplines, ranging from programming and statistics to applied techniques such as spreadsheet modeling. He also said the integration of software into virtually all areas of life and business makes technology especially important for
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The School of Management is engaged in an ongoing effort to expand technology resources for its students. MBA candidates. “Software now is ubiquitous. It’s in your toaster. It’s in your phone. And no matter what you do, there will be a software component to that almost to a certainty, so having an understanding of software — both its production from a technical perspective but also from a management perspective — I think is critical,” Jensen said. Similarly, Bridgette Farrer SOM ’15 said she thinks it is important to fill the technical skill gap that exists for most MBA candidates by learning how industries work in addition to understanding what they do. Farrer also said this is the first
year that she is aware of the SOM students taking University-wide introductory computer science courses. Jeff Hong SOM ’15 said he thinks technical and computer skills are becoming business fundamentals like accounting. However, he said he thinks the students who choose to sign up for most technology classes at the SOM are naturally inclined or good at developing those kinds of skills, making these classes too self-selecting. Hong added that he would want technology classes to play a more active role in the SOM’s first-year core curriculum. However, Jeff Hu SOM ’16
said that even though he does not doubt the value of technology classes, he is unsure of whether or not the SOM should offer classes on highly sophisticated technological subjects, like big data, because they are so new that experts still have many questions about them. “Everyone’s talking about it, but there’s no platform out there for big data,” Hu said. Similarly, Philip Andraos SOM ’15 said that although students may want to take computer classes in their second year, the core curriculum should maintain its focus on more general management skills. The SOM is accepting more
and more students with STEM backgrounds, according to data published on its website. When comparing the SOM classes of 2015 and 2016, the number of students who majored in engineering, information systems or computer science has risen from 17 percent to 21 percent. Similarly, the number of students who majored in math and physical sciences has risen from 9 percent to 12 percent. The SOM Admissions Deputy Director Melissa Fogerty said this escalation is due to the overall increase in STEM degrees over the last few years. “[This increase] creates a growing pool of prospec-
tive MBA students who possess excellent technical skills and are looking to complement those skills with business knowledge and leadership fundamentals,” she said. “On the post-MBA careers side, we are seeing more MBAs looking to enter technology and entrepreneurship fields after graduation over the past few years, [which is] likely both a cause and a result of seeing more STEM students in MBA programs.” The SOM’s student-run technology club has 289 members. Contact PHOEBE KIMMELMAN at phoebe.kimmelman@yale.edu .
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“The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.” EARL WARREN FORMER U.S. CHIEF JUSTICE
THE DARTMOUTH
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Theta continues “shake-out”
Penn Police officer accused of assault
BY NOAH GOLDSTEIN As winter sorority recruitment commences, Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority is undergoing an informal recruitment process with two “shake-out” events on Jan. 11th and 20th. Theta first announced the decision to withdraw from formal recruitment last April, and fall recruitment marked the first time in recent years that the sorority did not participate in the formal Panhellenic Council recruitment process. Theta decided to continue only hosting “shake-out” events after a positive experience in the fall, president Emily Reeves said. “We talked to our ’17s who joined and its so much more casual and less stressful, and I could actually enjoy meeting people,” she said. “Everyone who walked in the door was interested and polite. We don’t have to worry about rudeness violations like other houses have to.”
We care about how women interact and how they’re treated. JULIE SOLOMON These two events, spaced out to accommodate formal recruitment, will be the only way in which potential new members can receive a bid to join the sorority. For Theta members, the main impetus for the change was to make recruitment a more “genuine and enjoyable process” for both prospective and current sisters, Reeves said. In the past, Theta has offered the “shake-out” option along with the formal recruitment process, but after convening with Theta’s Standards Committee last spring, the sorority decided to hold solely “shake-out” events. During the informal recruitment process, which was first implemented fall term, the majority of the 32 girls who were offered bids accepted them, Reeves said last fall. The first event this term occurred on Sunday, and Reeves said that although the turnout was slightly lower than during the fall events, she was still happy with the bids that were handed out. “We’re looking to grow, but not to grow too much because we like being small,” she said. “We think it makes for a better sorority.” Prospective new members can attend the event for however long
they want, with prospective members staying from 15 minutes to over DARTMOUTH three hours, Reeves said. Julie Solomon said she shook out last fall because she liked the high level of interaction during the events. “I think we’re all about empowering women, and so a lot of the policy we do was about trying to have more real conversations and not just superficial exchanges,” Solomon said. “We care about how women interact and how they’re treated.” Solomon also said that she enjoyed how quick and casual the event was. Rather than going through a multi-day process, she attended one of the events for only 20 minutes and was then able to go to Theta meetings that week. Panhell vice president of public relations Jessica Ke said that Theta is still involved with every other aspect of Panhell, and that the recruitment changes were supported by the organization. “We discussed it with them ahead of time and all of the other house presidents, so Panhell and other sorority presidents are very much in support of Theta doing shakeouts.” The remaining seven sororities are not considering informal recruitment at this time, Ke said. Delta Delta Delta sorority president Camila Vigdor said in an email that Tri-Delt needs to continue doing rush according to the Panhellenic regulations due to the mandate of the national organization. Theta is able to implement its own process because it is a local sorority. In order to attend the “shakeout” events, potential new members are required to attend a Greek Letter Organization and Societies hazing prevention education session along with a Dartmouth Bystander Intervention overview session. Potential new members are able to go through the formal recruitment process in addition to attending the “shake-out” events. The offer of a bid from Theta will not interfere with the formal recruitment process. Solomon said she thinks that the new process gives women more control over the rush process. “The problem is women don’t really have a say in their own destiny,” she said. “I know a lot of girls who joined Theta wanted to be in a local. You just have more say in your own future.”
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BY ANNA HESS A Penn Police officer was accused of physical assault in a lawsuit filed on Dec. 30 against the University of Pennsylvania Police Department. Halimah Allen, a 26-yearold currently living in Georgia, is asking for damages and legal costs for a July 23, 2013 incident. She filed a lawsuit against the Penn Police Department and two officers — one Officer Julia Umbrell, and the other unnamed, serving as backup for Umbrell. Allen was inebriated and arrested outside of a bar in the Penn Patrol Zone under alleged trespassing and peace disturbance charges at the time the alleged incident occurred, according to the preliminary hearing. Both Umbrell and Allen then claim that they struggled
in selfdefense d u e to t h e directed a g g re s sion of the other. PENN A l l e n was arrested under a charge of alleged trespassing and assault of a police officer after Umbrell allegedly slammed her against the vehicle and threw her to the ground, according to the complaint filed in federal court. Allen sustained injuries to her neck, back and shoulders in addition to nerve damage and facial lacerations, the complaint said. She was transferred to Mercy Philadelphia Primary Hospital upon her arrival to the police station. At the preliminary hearing on Aug. 12, 2013, the Munici-
pal Court of Philadelphia dismissed all charges filed against Allen. She is now suing the Penn Police Department in federal court for the violation of her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights — namely unlawful search and seizure, excessive force and substantive due process. In the moments before the alleged assault took place, Allen was asleep on a man’s lap in the passenger seat of a parked vehicle near the 3100 block of Market Street, according to Allen’s complaint. Allen claims that the unnamed driver flagged Umbrell for assistance because the driver was too intoxicated to take her home. However, at the preliminary hearing, Umbrell said that the driver did not know Allen and needed Umbrell’s assistance in removing Allen from his car. The driver did not show
up on the date of the preliminary hearing. Almost a year and a half after the incident, Allen decided to file a formal lawsuit this December after Penn Police did not respond to requests from her lawyer to negotiate a settlement, her lawyer said. She claims to suffer from permanent loss of income due to irreparable back pain she says is a result of the incident, hindering her ability to stand for extended periods of time in her job as a cocktail waitress. “When the opportunity came to [the Penn Police Department] to address this issue, they have just been obsolete or totally ignorant and unaware,” Allen’s lawyer, Mu’min Islam said. The Penn Police Department declined to comment because the litigation is still pending.
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Journalist wounded in Charlie Hebdo attack BY GRANT GOLUB Philippe Lançon, an incoming visiting fellow in the Program in Latin American Studies for the 2015-16 school year, was critically injured in Wednesday’s attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. He remains in critical, but stable, condition at a hospital in Paris. It remains unclear if he will still be teaching at the university next academic year. Lançon, a staff writer for the magazine, was attending a weekly staff editorial team meeting at the magazine’s headquarters when the two
gunmen b ro k e into the room and began firing, a c c o rd PRINCETON i n g to an email sent by Spanish and Portuguese professor Rubén Gallo to the university faculty. In an interview, Gallo said that Lançon suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the face, but that none of the bullets reached his brain. Gallo noted that Lançon was the only survivor of the editorial team meeting, and that he
has already undergone several operations to restore his face, but added that it was going to be a slow and complicated recovery process for him. Lançon attended these weekly meetings as a staff writer for the magazine. “It’s very sad for our program and the university,” Gallo said. “We were shocked and saddened to hear the news.” As a visiting fellow, Lancon was to teach a course titled, “Writers and Dictators in Latin America,” next fall and spend the next school year writing and researching a new book on Cuba at the university. In addition to being a staff
writer at Charlie Hebdo, Lançon is also a well-noted literature critic at Libération, a French newspaper, and has conducted a number of interviews with well-known Latin American authors and writers, including Jorge Edwards Valdés and former university visiting professor Mario Vargas Llosa, according to Gallo’s email. Lançon’s most recent work was covering the developments in the thawing of USCuban relations. His last published article was an interview with visual artist Tania Bruguera after she was detained in Havana by Cuban authorities.
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“Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.” DENNIS RODMAN RETIRED NBA PLAYER
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scorer in the Ivy League, averaging 17.0 points per game. After defeating Morgan State on Sunday, Brown comes into the game on a three-game winning streak. One of the Bears’ key additions this season, freshman forward Janie White, is the team’s third-leading scorer at 8.2 points per game. But her major contributions are on the defensive end, where she grabs 7.3 rebounds and blocks 1.2 shots per contest. The Bulldogs, however, are confident and excited to begin playing other teams in the Ancient Eight. “When conference play begins, everything turns up a notch,” guard Lena Munzer ’17 said. “The stakes are higher and we have some young players that have ice in their veins when it comes to games like these.” Gobrecht sees the Elis’ offense as their main weakness at the moment. While Yale averages 62.2 points per game, sixth in the Ivy League, it ranks last in shooting percentage at 36.4 percent. She added that the players needs to become better at seizing the opportunity to shoot when they get the chance. During the last game against Saint Peter’s, Yale’s shooting average was 33.9 percent. Despite a weakened offense, Gobrecht explained that the Elis have a very solid defensive team, which works very hard and very well together. Additionally, the Bulldogs have been very resourceful in making up for Halejian’s absence. Two freshmen, Simpson and fellow guard Mary Ann Santucci ’18, have seen a significant increase in playing time. Simpson scored in double figures in each of the Bulldogs’ games without Halejian, while Santucci has been a major factor on defense, recording two steals in each of the last two games. “I have faith that they will be successful on the court for the remainder of the season,” Halejian said. The game against Brown tips off tonight at 7 p.m. in the John J. Lee Amphitheater.
The Elis have struggled from the field, making just 24.9 percent of their three-pointers and 36.4 percent overall.
Contact DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu .
Elis take on Colgate, Cornell MEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 to sharpen up the little things.” According to Kennedy, the losses over last weekend can partially be attributed to poor starts in the first periods that do not match the strength of the play in later periods. In the last weekend’s matches against Princeton and No. 4 Quinnipiac, the Bulldogs only took a combined 13 shots in the first period, compared to 18 and 19 in the last two periods, respectively. In practice this week, the team worked mostly on teamwork and play in the defensive zone in order to help earn more scoring opportunities for the offense, according to defenseman Mallory Souliotis ’18. “We need to work on playing better as a unit,” Souliotis said. “We’re working on [having] the defense and the forwards communicating more so its a little less chaotic and we can control the puck more.” Yale has played Cornell once before in this season, and the game resulted in a 6–2 defeat for the Elis. In the last match, Cornell used their defensemen often in the offensive zone, something the Yale team was unprepared for. This time, according to Souliotis, the Bulldogs will hopefully be ready to face this unusual style of play. The players feel good about their chance against the Big Red and are hoping for a chance to redeem themselves the second time around. The team is also very positive about a possible
victory over Colgate, who they defeated earlier in the season. “We need to be earning points every weekend,” forward Gretchen Tarrant ’17 said. “I think it is completely feasible for us to sweep both games this weekend, and that is the bar we are setting for ourselves.” However, Cornell will be a tough opponent, as the team has not been defeated since Nov. 22, when the Big Red faced now No. 7 Minnesota-Duluth. Cornell is also averaging 3.31 goals per game and is second-best in the ECAC, behind Harvard. Souliotis echoed her teammates’ thoughts, also mentioning that the team needs four points this weekend, although playing well as a team and working hard are equally important to the team’s success. “We definitely want to make the playoffs for the ECAC tournament,” Souliotis said. “As a team I think we can all agree that where we are is not where we want to be and we want to improve our standings in the ECAC.” According to Tarrant, the team’s goal is to go as far possible, but right now the priority for the Elis is moving up in the standings in order to position themselves for a playoff run. The team is taking the season one game at a time in order to fully prepare to face each opponent, Kennedy said. The Bulldogs will face the Big Red today at 4 p.m. Contact HOPE ALLCHIN at hope.allchin@yale.edu .
From Meehan to the Whale MEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 the upcoming contests against Brown. Currently, Yale ranks seventh in the ECAC with nine points. Brown has come up short in league play this year, having garnered only two points. Should Yale come away with all four points possible this weekend, the Elis could theoretically make the jump to third place. “This weekend is a huge weekend for us not only because there is a possible four points in ECAC standings, but also in Ivy league standings,” forward Chris Izmirlian ’17 said. “We just need
to stick to our structures, high intensity in the game and team play, starting with great defense that is hard to play against.“ Headed into this weekend, three teams — Clarkson, St. Lawrence and Rensselaer — are tied for fourth with 10 points apiece, making the league extremely competitive. However, the Elis are not looking too far ahead. Instead, they are focusing on the task at hand, one game at a time. The first of the two games this weekend, hosted at Meehan, may pose a particular challenge, as Yale has traditionally come up short against Brown on the road.
“We’ve struggled recently when we’ve played Brown up at their rink,” defenseman Matt Killian ’15 said earlier this week. “We need to have a good week of practice and be ready to come out flying both Friday and Saturday nights.” Nevertheless, the Bulldogs are up for the challenge, according to Fallen. With leading scorer John Hayden ’17 back in the lineup after serving as alternate captain for the U.S. World Junior Championships entry, now with a few games under his belt since his return, the team is looking stronger than ever. To be successful, the Elis must keep
Trip to Providence looms for Yale MEN’S BBALL FROM PAGE 12 past two seasons. The Elis are currently the league leaders in scoring offense, averaging 69.5 points per game; rebounding margin, grabbing 7.3 boards more than their opponents each game; and assist-toturnover ratio, at 1.1. That said, turnovers have hampered the Bulldogs often this season, as the team has committed 15 or more turnovers in each of its last four losses. “These past three or four games we’ve turned the ball over quite a bit more than we’re used to,” Montague said. “Hopefully as a team we can recover and get over that, because it’s not necessarily that teams forced us to turn the ball over, it’s basically us turning the ball over on ourselves.” Defensively, Yale will need to contain forward Leland King, who is averaging 14.4 points per game for Brown, a figure good for fifth-best in the Ivy League. Forward Cedric Kuakumensah is another player to watch for the Bears, as he has grabbed at least seven boards in six of his last seven games along with 43 blocked shots this season, the most in the conference. The Bulldogs have had a week to prepare for their Ancient Eight opener and will look to take advantage of their longest layoff between games since the 10 days between Florida and Ver-
mont. Multiple players noted the benefits of having a full week of practice to prepare for Brown. Forward Matt Townsend ’15 mentioned that the team has been able to return to the fundamentals of defense. Montague noted that the layoff has given the Bulldogs a chance to focus their efforts learning the Bears’ plays, personnel and defense. This will be the Elis’ first shot at an Ivy League opponent this season, and they
have their sights set on an NCAA tournament bid. “We have a sense of urgency this year,” forward Justin Sears ’16 said. “We just know we have to play each team like we’re at home and as hard as we can.” Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Providence at the Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center. Contact JAMES BADAS at james.badas@yale.edu and ASHLEY WU at ashley.e.wu@yale.edu .
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Yale’s opponent, Brown, already has a quality win this year, having defeated Big East member Providence.
up the pace they have so dominantly established over the last few games, trumping Harvard 4–1 at Madison Square Garden and going 3–0 against top-20 teams. “We need to continue to play with intensity and speed.” Hayden said. “If we keep playing as a team we should have a lot of success moving forward.” Yale’s next two games against Brown are on the Friday and Saturday; the first at Brown at 7:30 p.m. and the second at Yale at 7:00 p.m. Contact DREW MEGERIAN at andrew.megerian@yale.edu .
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The Bulldogs are 4–6–0 in ECAC play this season while Dartmouth is ranked one spot above them with a record of 5–5–1.
St. Lawrence, Stanford for squash SQUASH FROM PAGE 12 men’s squad’s strength and depth, as they host the No. 4 and No. 1 ranked teams back-to-back. Despite the losses of Kah Wah Cheong ’17 and Zac Leman ’16 due to injuries earlier in the season, as well as a disappointing weekend in which the team dropped a match to Ivy rival Columbia, head coach David Talbott still believes that the team has enough talent to find five wins in the lineup. “Injuries are part of any season, and the key is to move past it and everyone to step up their game,” Talbott wrote in an email to the News. “We feel we have done that and are prepared to meet the challenge.” In preparation for the match, the team has been focusing on cor-
recting the weaknesses evident last weekend according to Talbott. These include doing a better job controlling the center of the court, volleying more and being more effective when taking the ball in short. The team needs to play with patience and cut down on unforced errors. Although the Elis face a formidable challenge, head coach David Talbott is confident his team can win. “We have the depth to do that, but have to play our best throughout the line-up,” Talbott said. “We cannot afford to have any player in any spot not perform to their maximum capability.” The young team will boast five freshmen and two sophomores in the top nine. “I’m a little nervous but we
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The men’s squash program is ranked No. 4 in the nation while the women’s team is currently No. 3.
match up well with them at every spot. We know we’re the harder working team,” Peter Dewire ’16 said. The women’s, meanwhile, team hopes to remain undefeated this weekend, as well as regain their confidence and aggressiveness after winter break. The three opponents this weekend will give the team such opportunities. Middlebury is ranked No. 16, Stanford is ranked No. 6 and St. Lawrence is ranked No. 20. According to Talbott, Stanford will be the toughest opponent for the women’s team because they have considerable depth and are looking to move up in the rankings. Incidentally, Stanford is coached by Mark Talbott, a relative of Yale’s head coach. “The keys to winning are playing with confidence and capitalizing on our fitness and taking advantage of openings that our opponents give us,” Talbott said. The expectation is to sweep these matches and prepare for an upcoming matchup against perennial rival Trinity next Wednesday according to Dewire. Between Jan. 6 and Feb. 6, the men’s and the women’s team will play 10 and 11 matches, respectively. “The team is used to playing the competitive season and big matches close together and have prepared accordingly,” said Talbott. “This is the nature of the college season which makes fitness and mental toughness key to success.” The first match will be on Jan. 17 at the Brady Squash Center. Contact GRIFFIN SMILOW at griffin.smilow@yale.edu .
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Yale embarks on “14-game tournament” MEN’S BASKETBALL
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The Bulldogs embark on Ivy play with an 11–6 record, a school-best for nonconference play.
Squash sets sights on Stanford
The men’s basketball team begins conference play this weekend with an Ivy League title in mind as the Bulldogs travel to Brown for the front end of a home-and-home series. Yale (11–6, 0–0 Ivy) finished off its nonconference schedule with a dominant 102–47 victory over Division III opponent Daniel Webster and will look to carry that momentum into its matchup against Brown (9–8, 0–0). The Elis have performed well early this season, playing a difficult slate of games against power conference teams such as UConn, Florida and Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs hope that this experience will prepare them for the dangerous Ancient Eight opponents to come, since the Ivy League’s NCAA bid goes to the regular season champion. “[The conference schedule] is basically a 14-game tournament,” guard Jack Montague ’16 said. “The importance of every game is very, very high.” Brown also had success against out-of-conference opponents, with wins against Bryant, Provi-
dence and Sacred Heart. But unlike the Bears, the Bulldogs were unable to pull out a win against Providence, falling 72–66 in late November during a stretch of four games in one week. The Bears finished off the first half of their season with a strong performance against Lyndon State, winning 88–42. Predicted to finish fifth in the Ivy League by the preseason media poll, Brown is out to prove that it belongs in the top half of the league following a 7–7 finish and trip to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament last season. “I look at the league this year and how every one has performed [in] nonconference [games so far],” head coach James Jones said at the Ivy League midseason media teleconference. “I think there is more parity in the league than a lot of people believe … There [are] not going to be any easy games.” The Bulldogs, on the other hand, will try to live up to the high expectations set forth by a preseason second place prediction. Yale has struggled at Brown in recent history, splitting the opening series against the Bears the SEE MEN’S BBALL PAGE 10
WOMEN’S HOCKEY Yale (7–9–1, 4–6 ECAC) will host Cornell (7–6–3, 5–2–2) on Friday and Colgate (4–17–0,
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The men’s hockey program is facing Brown both at The Whale and in Providence this weekend.
1–8–0) this Saturday. The Bulldogs are preparing to take down the Big Red and the Raiders in the hopes of remaining in consideration for the playoffs. “We are focusing on strengthening our mental side of the game and sharpening up our systems,” captain and defenseman Aurora Kennedy ’15 said. “At this point in the season, it’s all about the small details. We have all the skill and potential necessary, we just need SEE WOMEN’S HOCKEY PAGE 10
Coming off a dominant Rivalry on Ice win against Harvard at Madison Square Garden last weekend, the Elis look to carry the momentum. The Bulldogs (9-42, 4-3-1 ECAC) and Bears (4-11-0, 1-7-0 ECAC) both have split their last two games, with Brown’s most recent win coming against Providence this past Saturday.
After claiming victory against what was at the time considered the third best Division I team in the country, the Bulldogs are prepared for another ECAC contest. “After the big win against Harvard at MSG, we do feel a bit more confident, but I believe that the confidence does not stem from just a single game,” captain and defenseman Tommy Fallen ’15 said. “The atmosphere and camaraderie has been outstanding and we are continuing to realize how important it is to play hard for each other every single day.” Now in the latter half of the season, every game has a substantial impact on the team’s standing in the ECAC, and no two games epitomize that reality more than SEE MEN’S HOCKEY PAGE 10
Yale aims to de-claw Bears BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI STAFF REPORTER The Yale women’s basketball team is coming off a win to play its first conference game today in New Haven against Brown University.
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After a tough string of conference games over the winter break, the Yale women’s hockey team is preparing for more Eastern College Athletic Conference competition this weekend.
This weekend, the Yale Bulldogs — now 7-2-0 in their last nine contests — will take on Ivy rival Brown in a two-game bout. One will be hosted at the Whale, while the other will be at Meehan Auditorium in Providence.
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Head coach David Talbott will be facing his relative Stanford head coach Mark Talbott this weekend.
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In the next week, the squash program will face five nationally ranked teams — an opportunity for the Bulldogs to set the tone for the rest of the season.
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The women’s hockey team currently sits in eighth place in the ECAC, the lowest possible playoff spot.
Bulldogs face Brown in ECAC matchup
BY GRIFFIN SMILOW CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
This Saturday the Yale men’s squash team (3–1, 1–1 Ivy) will host the University of Rochester squad (5–1). The Yale women’s team (4–0, 2–0 Ivy) will host both Middlebury (6–1) and Stanford (3–3) on Saturday, as well. Yale will then host both St. Lawrence’s men’s and women’s teams, which have records of 7–0 and 2–1, respectively, on Sunday. This weekend will test the No. 3 ranked
Bulldogs pursue playoff positioning
The Bulldogs defeated Saint Peter’s 53–45 on the road this Tuesday, despite the absence of captain and leading scorer Sarah Halejian ’15, who is out due to a torn ACL. In the last non-conference game of the season, guard Tamara Simpson ’18 was crucial to the team, registering three steals and a total of 15 points in the game. “Once we start Ivy League play, we don’t really care about what happened before,” head coach Chris Gobrecht said.
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“This is what matters for all of us.” She added that this Ivy League season is the strongest it has ever been. Currently, the Ivy League is ranked as the 10th best conference out of the 33 in the nation according to the Rating Percentage Index, a metric used in college basketball to rank and judge teams. The league’s top team, Princeton, enters Ivy play with a perfect 17–0 mark, the first time an Ivy team has finished its non-conference play undefeated. The Tigers have climbed to No. 19 in the Associated Press poll, the highest ranking for any Ivy team in history. Yale’s opponent this weekend, Brown, started off the season with a 5–8 record, closely matching Yale’s own mark of 6–8. The Bears will bring with them junior Jordin Alexander, who is the fourth-ranked SEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 10
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After Sarah Halejian’s ’15 ACL injury, guard Tamara Simpson ’18 has averaged 13 points over the last two games.
THE NUMBER OF SHOTS GOALTENDER PATRICK SPANO ’17 STOPPED LAST SEASON. Spano let nine slip by, for a total shot count of 99 and a save percentage of 0.909.