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Arson suspected in AEPi fire

At this rate... We know that everyone who has been running around from finance info session to finance info session has been keeping tabs, but, for the rest of you: The Federal Reserve elected to keep interest rates at their near-zero levels yesterday. And, in doing so, Fed Chair Janet Yellen GRD ’71 will spend the next three months under heavy scrutiny as the world begins to wonder if she will ever raise rates.

Check back in December.

Public display. On the

other end of the spectrum is the public sector, job opportunities that will be on display this afternoon in the Sterling Memorabilia Room for the Office of Career Strategy’s “Government Networking Event.” Represented offices include the Central Intelligence Agency, State Department and Peace Corps.

Room for debate. Among the issues currently weighing on government higher-ups is the Iran nuclear deal. Bringing the discussion to campus, various groups are hosting a debate this weekend on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between Council of Foreign Relations Fellow Philip Gordon and Foundation for Defense of Democracies Executive Director Mark Dubowitz.

Abstract concrete. The New York Times paid a visit to the Yale University Art Gallery to write a story about how the museum’s juxtaposition of ceramics with the more traditional mounted paintings has cultivated a unique viewing experience. Fortunately, you’re all in a position to see it for yourself, rather than having to live vicariously through the article’s photos.

“And chill.” Movie marathons

seem to be in vogue, with at least two colleges — Morse and Timothy Dwight — hosting outdoor screenings in their respective courtyards and the Yale Film Study Center showing “Being John Malkovich” tonight.

City celebration. Between

“Apizza Feast” and the “NHV Block Party,” appreciating New Haven’s goodness is also all the rage this weekend.

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Ready to go. Football team looks for first victory this weekend.

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Alexander, poet and professor, to depart DEPARTURE HIGHLIGHTS YALE’S STRUGGLE TO RETAIN DIVERSE FACULTY

BY LARRY MILSTEIN AND EMMA PLATOFF STAFF REPORTERS

fire on the exterior of the property, and other fires on the exteriors of 397 Crown St. and the AEPi fraternity house at 395 Crown St. David Ribot ’17, president of AEPi, said

Famed poet and English professor Elizabeth Alexander ’84, who recited a poem at the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama, will leave Yale for Columbia at the end of this academic year.

Alexander’s departure is just one of three departures of black professors affiliated with the African American Studies Department announced in the last few months. Those departures have led many to question the University’s ability to not just hire, but retain a diverse faculty.

“The English Department at Columbia, where I’ll be housed ... has an extraordinary community of African-Americanists who are long-time collaborators with me and many of my wonderful Yale colleagues,” Alexander said.

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies professor Vanessa Agard-Jones ’00 will leave for Columbia alongside Alexander. Likewise, Anthropology, African American Studies and American Studies professor Jafari Allen will also depart at the end of this year for the University of Miami. Several professors attributed these departures to systemic problems with Yale’s

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Financial vanguard. Speaking

of finance, MarketWatch revisited a Baltimore Sun column recently written by former Yale Corporation member Charles Ellis ’59 on the regulatory loopholes historically exploited by financial advisers, costing American retirement savers around $17 billion per year.

Ellis — whose lengthy resume includes serving as a board member for Vanguard Group — used the piece to bring to light the need to defend unaware investors from such exposure.

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City authorities are investigating recent fires at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, above, and other Crown street properties.

BY STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE STAFF REPORTER Overnight fires on Crown Street, which displaced students living in off-campus housing and members of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity,

may have been started intentionally.

Around 2:40 a.m. Thursday morning, the New Haven Fire Department arrived at the corner of Crown and Park Streets after residents of 401 Crown St. reported a

Stark supporters divided on backing Eidelson

BY ERICA PANDEY STAFF REPORTER On the heels of a forceful Ward 1 Democratic primary win by Sarah Eidelson ’12, supporters of former challenger Fish Stark ’17 are split on whether or not they will support the incumbent in the general election.

During the primary, the Yale College Democrats did not canvass for either candidate, and the Ward 1 Democratic Committee declined to make an official endorsement in the race — although Stark independently solicited the support of 19 of 37 members of the committee. Following Eidelson’s primary victory, however, the Dems have thrown their weight behind her.

“Although the majority of our board

volunteered with Fish’s campaign, we have a duty as the official arm of the Democratic Party on campus to support the winner of the primary,” said Maxwell Ulin ’17, elections coordinator for the Dems.

Ulin added that, while the Dems had decided to remain neutral in the election when Stark declared his candidacy in March, Republican Ugonna Eze’s ’16 entry into the race in April changed that decision. The Dems agreed in the spring, Ulin said, to back the victor of the primary election.

Jacob Wasserman ’17, co-chair for the Ward 1 committee, said that both the ward’s committee and the town’s Democratic Committee would officially endorse Eidelson in November. He added that SEE ELECTION PAGE 4

Prof. students face high healthcare costs

BY AMAKA UCHEGBU STAFF REPORTER Roughly 10 years after the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences began paying the full price of Yale health insurance for students with families, few professional schools at Yale have followed suit.

The graduate school Health Award, as it is called — a subsidy that covers the full cost of Yale Health insurance for graduate students with families — was initiated by former Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Jon Butler after the school’s administration realized those students were turning to social services for health insurance. At Yale, all students are eligible to purchase Yale Health Specialty insurance at an annual fee of $2,176. But the price of Yale Health insurance jumps to $8,098 when a spouse is added to the plan. The family insurance plan, which covers a spouse and children, costs a further $5,488, bringing the

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Republican candidate for Ward 1 Ugonna Eze ’16 has started campaigning for the upcoming general election in November.

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cost of health insurance for a graduate student with a threemember family to $13,586.

Students can only stay on their parents’ insurance plan until they turn 26. As a result, Yale students with children must shoulder the cost of the health insurance for both themselves and their whole families, while living on a student budget.

“For the normal healthy typical adult, you don’t need to worry about insurance,” said one professional student who is on Medicaid and WIC but asked to remain anonymous to avoid the stigma associated with those services. “But after getting pregnant, the chances of me having a health issue goes up by a lot, along with the cost of insurance.”

Each Yale professional school has a different financial aid arrangement, but only the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will pay the full

Arina Bykadorova ’18, a mechanical engineering major, sent out more than 20 resumes to different companies in New York City last spring. She received only one reply.

She ended up at Con Edison, an internship that she had found with almost no help from the Yale Office of Career Strategy. She had perused the OCS website during the application season, finding few jobs that matched her interests. She applied for one job that was writing-oriented, but turned it down. She felt that Symplicity, the website that OCS uses to post job and internship openings, did not have much to offer her and her fellow engineers.

“I think it would be great if there were more opportunities for mechanical engineers, especially since anyone who is younger than a junior or senior year finds it difficult to get an engineering job unless they have a really strong recommendation,” Bykadorova said,

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Drop the small talk Y

alies are obsessed with small talk, though we don’t start out that way. It takes a few weeks until the freshmen pick up on the unique idioms that characterize what I affectionately dub “Yale-speak.” Pretty soon, they'll also become masters of the art of prolonging inane conversations and masking our latent insecurities.

For those who aren’t privy to the lingo just yet, here’s a brief primer on what sorts of phrases are acceptable when you run into a Yalie whom you vaguely know on Cross Campus: “Hey, how are classes; what are you taking?” — this is the quintessential opening. The correct response here is to list the most difficult or work-intensive class you’re currently taking. This way, both of you can commiserate over the struggles of writing papers, finishing problem sets and tackling mountains of reading.

“How are you?” — There is only one answer to this one: “I’m so busy,” perhaps with an “OMG” for good measure. If you really want to be edgy, you can even list a club or two that is weighing you down with work.

And my personal favorite: “Let’s get a meal” (along with its common addendum, “But actually though!”) — If you don’t say this before leaving, it’s almost rude. It’s highly important that you intimate your willingness to pencil in the person you’re talking to for coffee three weeks from now.

Never mind the fact that you probably don’t have his or her phone number and will have no recollection of this interaction 30 minutes later.

I’m not against small talk.

Sometimes there really isn’t much to say, and it’s nice to have some go-to phrases to keep conversations from becoming awkward. I do think, however, that our responses say quite a bit about the social atmosphere we’ve created on campus. We have a certain obsession with appearing successful or, more accurately, looking like our calendars are full. The number of club-related obligations we have has turned into a sort of heuristic to help us determine our social status.

I find it highly problematic that at a school filled with people passionate about so many different subjects, we can’t come up with anything more creative to say than “I’m busy.” We define ourselves by the extracurricular activities we join and the classes we take. Many of us have designed our course schedules around a cappella, athletic teams or student publications; we’re willing to sit through hours of practice or dedicate our weekends to getting better

at activities because we’re just that in love with what we do. Yet we leave our small talk SHREYAS at two little TIRUMALA words.

N o t e n o u g h Rhyme and Y a l i e s , m y s e l f reason included, are willing to just relax for a while. There should be no reason why our small talk invariably revolves around how little time we have. Most of us aren’t really so busy that spending a couple of minutes talking with candor about our lives would be cumbersome. When we say “Let’s grab a meal” to one another, it’s unfortunate that many of us have no intention of doing so. But we say it anyway, mostly because it makes us seem close. We create this illusion of intimacy because we don’t have the patience for actual intimacy. Actual intimacy is too hard. It takes effort and, more importantly, time.

We can do better. If we’re willing to stop and chat when we see an acquaintance on the street, we may as well make those conversations interesting. On the other hand, if we’re simply talking to one another out of social necessity (which I highly suspect is the case), we need not extend trite invitations to dinner or pretend that we’re actually willing to discuss what’s going on in our lives. It’s insincere and it creates a culture where people prioritize productivity over happiness. It sets us up for a rat race that never ends and we can never win.

But most dangerously, the phrase insulates us from the realization that we’re neglecting potentially meaningful relationships in favor of expressing what is little more than a humblebrag. In our minds, we associate busyness with self-worth. We must be so driven and so talented if we’re busy. It means we hold high positions in demanding extracurriculars or are smart enough to get into the most challenging seminars.

If we substitute these cliches for genuine conversation, perhaps we’ll be forced to confront these harsh realities. I don’t expect everyone will drop their third club or fifth course, but perhaps a few of us will make time for one another. At the very least, it’ll make Overheard at Yale more interesting.

SHREYAS TIRUMALA is a sophomore in Trumbull College. His column runs on alternate Fridays.

Contact him at shreyas.tirumala@yale.edu .

of trying to sanitize it.”

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The need for nuance

n Tuesday, the Yale Political Union invited the controversial Israel critic Norman Finkelstein to debate the U.S.-Israel relationship and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more broadly. I applaud the YPU for seeking to tackle an important and contentious topic. However, the manner in which the speaker addressed this topic proved disappointing. Finkelstein’s speech reflected problems endemic to all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conversation today — a lack of appreciation for the situation’s complexity, a proclivity towards oversimplification and a tendency to hold the relevant parties to differing standards of conduct.

Finkelstein supports a twostate solution for Israel and Palestine and perceives Israel’s conduct as the primary roadblock to this vision’s realization. In his view, Israel’s policies toward Palestine — from military strikes to occupations and blockades — are immoral, illegal and purely vindictive: “The goal [is] to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian population.” Finkelstein cites statistics such as civilian deaths and building demolitions to demonstrate Palestinians’ disproportionate suffering.

Thanks to superior technological and military capabilities, Israel can sustain low civilian casualty rates in conflict. In 2014, the Palestinian-Israeli civilian death ratio was tallied at approximately 260 to one. But other facts are worth

observing here too. If we consider the ratio of civilians to combatants killed, then Israeli military operations look more limited in comparison to nearly all NATO or other Western military operations. During the 2008–09 Gaza War, the Palestinian civilian-combatant casualty ratio was between three to 10 and six to 10, depending on your sources. In comparison, Iraqi civilians died at an eight-to-10 ratio over the course of the war. NATO's invasion of Yugoslavia yielded a rate between four to one and 10 to one according to most sources.

Death toll comparisons alone can leave the impression that Israel acts only with vindictiveness against Palestine. But this understanding that Israel goes to great lengths to minimize non-combatant deaths, to the point where it achieves greater success than nearly any other western nation, reveals reality is clearly more complex than the picture Finkelstein paints. At a minimum, not observing these relevant facts serves to hold Israel to a different standard from what generally applies to actors internationally.

Finkelstein isn’t wrong to impose high standards for Israeli conduct, nor to observe that Israel doesn’t always abide by its own best practices. However, he does this conversation a disservice when he ignores information that sheds light on an actor's motives and tactics.

He argues Israel's reliance on airstrikes in response to Hamas'

rockets is unwarranted in the first place because Jerusalem has the means to end the conflict peacefully by lifting the blockade on Gaza. Israel views the blockade as a means of preventing weapons and militants from flowing across the border. However, Finkelstein notes blockades have also restricted benign goods such as chocolate and potato chips.

Israel's blockade is certainly harsh and linked with human rights abuses; these policies ought to be open to reasoned criticism.

However, what seems unreasonable is casting Israel as an irrational, wholly malicious actor as Finkelstein did: “If Israel wanted to stop [Hamas’] rocket attacks, it merely had to obey international law [by ending the blockade],” he claimed, implying no motive other than “just revenge” could incentivize Israel to act as it does.

This analysis seems overly simplistic. For one, others share Israel’s assessment that Hamas-controlled Gaza is dangerous. Egypt, too, enacted a partial blockade and restricted access to Gaza in 2007, fearing militancy overflow — even without Hamas vowing to destroy Egypt as it has Israel. Statements from Hamas officials better warrant security concerns. According to one ranking Hamas official in 2009, Hamas projects impressions of wanting talks for reconstruction and reconciliation but “the hidden picture is that most of the money and effort is invested in the resistance and military prepa-

rations.”

Focusing on Israel’s unreasonable blockade restrictions is important. But focusing just on those things, and insisting there’s no motivation for a blockade beyond pure vindictiveness, distorts reality.

Similar inaccuracies characterized Finkelstein’s discussion of Israel’s destroying tunnels dug from Gaza. Finkelstein asserted that “no reason whatsoever” exists to think Palestinians use tunnels for violence. This, however, is false. Hamas has used tunnels to launch attacks against Israelis multiple times in 2014 alone.

As early as 2006, Hamas militants used tunnels to transport an Israeli soldier to Gaza.

Certainly, there are more moral courses of action that Israel should pursue in the current conflict — including in areas not raised here, like Israel’s torture record. We as a society must hold critical conversations regarding all these topics. Regrettably, Finkelstein’s approach precluded this critical dialogue and served to reinforce mutual misunderstandings.

The YPU, and other organizations on campus, should keep inviting influential participants in our nation’s discourse. But we should hold them accountable, much like we would rigorously scrutinize their writings in a seminar.

BEN DELLA ROCCA is a senior in Davenport College. Contact him at benjamin.dellarocca@yale.edu .

First doctor, standing firm T

he next time you pop open a bottle of Barefoot, check for a warning. "According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy." You've probably seen this before.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy MED ’03 SOM '03 visited campus this past Wednesday to talk about his time on the job thus far and the issues he's been focusing on.

One of the central themes of Murthy's work is his focus on preventative medicine. In a culture that treats chronic disease after it takes hold, Murthy thinks about ways in which diseases like obesity and diabetes can be preemptively stopped. At the talk I attended, he stressed the importance of nutrition education and physical activity, and how he’s working with business leaders and city planners to prioritize walking to combat diet-related disease. He's shining a spotlight on mental health, aiming to reduce the stigma and shame associated with mental illness.

I can't help but feel like Murthy could be more radical, using his position as the foremost public health official in the country, and his potential celebrity, to more forcefully campaign for the public’s health. Past surgeons general

have used their post to such effect — so can Murthy.

By 1988, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop was a household AUSTIN After BRYNIARSKI name.

Reagan failed to address the Guns & climbing death toll of the HIV/ butter AIDS crisis, Koop mailed a pamphlet to every household in America, which he used as a platform to speak frankly about a disease that Americans may not have been "used to discussing openly," given its reputation as a "gay disease."

"In spite of what you may have heard," Koop explained, "the number of heterosexual cases [of AIDS] is growing." His recommendations were controversial, and not without criticism — his suggestion that people use condoms more frequently, for example, didn't jibe with the socially conservative milieu within which he found himself. To promote the public's health, Koop was unafraid to rock the boat.

Murthy is no stranger to con-

troversial statements. In 2012, he tweeted that gun control should be considered a public health issue. A year later, President Obama nominated him for the post. During his confirmation hearings, the tweet was used against him, and partisan critics feared he would use the seat to play politics rather than public health. It's understandable that such an episode — one that prolonged the confirmation process to a little over a year — would keep Murthy from taking a more activist role.

But I think he can still rock the boat. At his talk, he discussed how his office sought out partnerships with large employers that could work to promote healthy eating and physical exercise in the workplace. Were he to go a step further, he might critique the role these companies play in contributing to the obesity crisis in the first place. Are processed food companies like PepsiCo, for example, guilty for peddling junk food? Or should Johnson & Johnson, a company that recently joined the Surgeon General's "Let's Get Moving" partnership to promote exercise, ensure the drugs it markets are safe? (Check out Steven Brill's series on Johnson & Johnson in Huffington Post — it's scathing.)

Murthy doesn't strike me as risk

averse. He's led nonprofits that have promoted health education.

Ever the MBA, he founded a tech startup that has "disrupted," so to speak, the way medical research is done. He can bring this verve he’s had in all of these other experiences to Washington.

Sure, Murthy can partner with businesses, but he can hold them accountable too. The surgeon general has a relatively toothless role. He can't legislate, and he can't regulate. But he can use his celebrity and authority to set a public discourse on health that is urgent without being overly controversial. He's already appeared alongside Elmo on Sesame Street, discussing the importance of vaccination in preventing the spread of infectious disease. He can do more.

Murthy's still got time at his post to make more waves. In a country where a presidential candidate can actively perpetuate anti-vaxxer misinformation, or where an industry can still get away with shady behavior that threatens public health, we need a First Doctor who will stand firm.

AUSTIN BRYNIARSKI is a senior in Calhoun College. His column runs on Fridays. Contact him at austin.bryniarski@yale.edu .

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The limits of wellness

ast week, the University announced several initiatives to improve student wellness, including “The Wellness Project” and the expansion of mental health services. Wellness is an important part of the college experience because it is interlocked with issues ranging from alcohol use to sexual assault to free speech. While the administration seems to be making a sincere effort to respond to student feedback, we must remain cognizant of the conceptual limitations of wellness.

First, we should not allow the emphasis on individual wellness to obfuscate the structural factors that affect mental and physical health. College is stressful for everyone. But the burdens of college disproportionately affect specific communities, according to racial, gender and socioeconomic lines. For example, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders face unique challenges in accessing mental health services, due to reasons of stigma and cultural differences. Similarly, sexual

misconduct, an issue that overwhelmingly affects women, is inextricably linked with broader questions about mental health care provision for survivors.

Furthermore, a focus on personal wellness risks ignoring underlying questions about our campus culture. Pressure to succeed generates anxieties — and we need to examine the ways in which Yale perpetuates those strains.

Yes, we can all choose how many extracurriculars to get involved in or how many internships to apply for; but those choices are often influenced by the incentives and norms of our environment. Somehow, we are all expected to maintain a decent GPA, juggle multiple extracurricular commitments and spend our summers “meaningfully” (read: in a way that looks good on a resume). Even as the University promotes the need to focus on wellbeing, we must continue to think critically about the extent to which our campus environment is the culprit here.

We should also consider the possibility that wellness should

not always be an end in itself.

There are circumstances in which being “unwell” can be valuable.

Yale students, like all socially conscious citizens, should be aggrieved by cases of police brutality, upset by the global refugee crisis and perturbed by injustices big and small that all too often permeate our everyday lives. As the conversation on campus wellness develops, it must examine the legitimate role of “negative” feelings in the individual, rather than seek to eradicate them. This is vital, because psychology as a discipline has historically been manipulated to delegitimize those who challenge the status quo.

Given that the wellness movement is deeply tied to the field, it deserves a dose of heightened scrutiny.

Similarly, a state of blissful content is sometimes undesirable.

Stress can be a sign of something positive: the intellectual stretch which results from one taking a difficult class, or the personal growth one experiences when living away from home for the first

time. College should be a time for challenging ideas and beliefs, lest we unknowingly slip into selfabsorbed complacency. And that process is often discomforting.

Accordingly, we must recognize the distinction between being well and being happy. College should never be merely about making students happy — that is the job of Disneyland.

To be clear, wellness is an important personal and communal goal. Unless we seek to condemn ourselves to a perpetual state of existential doubt, or intend to stage a revolution, we must equip ourselves with the skills and resources to cope with the world as it currently exists. In this regard, the University’s initiatives are to be welcomed. But policy alone cannot resolve mental health problems in higher education. Even as we learn to regulate our feelings, we will need to do a fair bit of thinking.

JUN YAN CHUA is a sophomore in Saybrook College. Contact him at junyan.chua@yale.edu .

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Peculiar case sheds light on reinstatement

BY VIVIAN WANG STAFF REPORTER Months of debate last semester surrounding Yale’s mental health policies revolved around the process and challenges of admitting withdrawn students back to school. Less attention, though, focused on what happens when those students actually return, and how they might reintegrate into the high-pressure environment that may have driven them to leave in the first place.

The exceptional case of one student who was reinstated this semester, after withdrawing in fall 2014 for medical reasons, illustrates the ways in which Yale’s academic credit structure can increase stress upon students who have just spent an extended amount of time away from the University. At the time that he withdrew as a first-semester sophomore, the student thought he had completed 11.5 credits: four-and-a-half during his first semester, five during his second and two during a summer program. The student — who asked to remain anonymous because he is still appealing his case with the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing — had intentionally taken a heavy course load earlier on in his Yale career, he said, because he wanted to be able to focus on his upper-level classes in later years.

In April, when he requested reinstatement materials from the Yale College Dean’s Office, he received a letter from Pamela George, assistant dean of academic affairs and reinstatement committee chair, confirming that he had completed 11.5 credits and would thus be granted six additional semesters to complete the 24.5 remaining credits, for a total of nine semesters at Yale.

He could take four classes every semester, with the exception of one — a relatively painless way to ease back into life at Yale and the

challenges of his major.

“There weren’t any disclaimers to that [letter], it obviously doesn’t seem very ambiguous,” he said. “Everything that I understood from that letter also reflected what I’d understood from my dean and everybody else at the time of my leaving.”

According to George, reinstated students are granted a certain number of semesters based on the amount of time they would need to complete the 36-credit requirement for graduation — usually eight and sometimes even nine semesters total, which most reinstated students interviewed said is plenty. But in August, when George notified the anonymous student of his successful reinstatement, she also wrote that he had actually completed 12 credits before he withdrew and would thus only be granted five additional semesters.

That would mean four semesters of five classes, with only one semester of four — a significantly heavier course load.

The discrepancy was the result of a clerical error. The YCDO had missed a half credit because the student had withdrawn very close to the end of the fall semester — so close, in fact, that he had actually taken, and passed, a final for his lab credit. He received half a credit for that final — and that semester would now count as one of his eight total — even though he did not take the rest of his exams and did not finish out the term. With 12 credits, he had passed a credit threshold and could be promoted to a secondsemester sophomore.

While the student considers this to mean he only receives seven semesters at Yale, since he never actually finished that sophomore fall semester, the University contends the five additional semesters would bring his total to eight.

Either way, the student says the reduced number of terms increases academic pressures

during his upcoming semesters.

“I didn’t want to take a maximum course load right off the bat,” he said. “I wanted to make sure everything is good and get back into things.”

The student’s case was exacerbated by the reinstatement requirement that withdrawn students complete two course credits at a four-year university as evidence that they are ready to return to school. These credits can also count as Yale credit, which is intended to mitigate the effect of semesters lost to withdrawal.

But the student had secured permission from George to fulfill his two-course requirement at a community college for financial reasons. While George’s approval allowed him to fulfill the reinstatement requirements, the summer community college credits still could not count towards his diploma because of the University regulation. Ironically, this show of administrative flexibility actually set him further back, preventing summer courses from easing his credit burden.

“I had to do it for financial reasons. It wasn’t really a decision,” the student said. “But [had I known], it would’ve changed my decision to take that [lab] final.”

His case is certainly abnormal and may even be unique. Other recently reinstated students had far fewer credits when they withdrew and thus encountered no problems securing a ninth semester. Ilan Belkind-Gerson ’19, who withdrew after suffering a concussion, said that as far as he understands, “nine semesters is perfectly normal.”

The anonymous student also emphasized that the problem is not with individual administrators — who he said have been accommodating — but rather with the inflexible policy. He said his situation illustrates the need for clear communication during a process already fraught with misunderstandings, emotions

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Reinstated students are granted a certain number of semesters to complete their remaining course credits. and uncertainty. In addition to readjusting to life at Yale, he is in the midst of an appeals process to secure an extra semester.

“I think it’s added a lot of extra

stress that doesn’t necessarily need to be there,” he said. “I think it’s going to turn out fine, but I think that the most important thing is just to be more explicit

Eidelson, other alders aim to rectify CRB’s absence

BY STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE STAFF REPORTER Guests to the city of New Haven’s website may presume that the Elm City has an active Civilian Review Board, which tackles conversations of police misconduct across the city and seeks to address citizens’ concerns. However, the reality is quite the opposite: The board has not met in over a year, and nobody is quite sure when it will meet again.

The board’s absence was highlighted by both candidates during the Ward 1 Democratic Primary race this past week. Sarah Eidelson ’12, who ultimately won the nomination, told the News that she was one of the alders who strongly pushed for the board to be included in the city’s charter in 2013, adding that it is an imperative institution for the city moving forward.

After the board was suspended for review starting this past January, Eidelson’s focus shifted to understanding how the board could actually have a lasting impact. Currently, Eidelson said, the Board of Police Commissioners decides which officers actually receive disciplinary measures. She underscored that this structure needs to change.

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officers can’t be given to the police officers,” Eidelson said, pushing for the new reformed board to have the power to investigate and discipline.

While Eidelson hopes for the board to move forward in this way, Michael Jefferson, the founder of the board, said the original grassroots approach had always worked well.

In 1995, Jefferson, then a radio show host, began the All Civilian Review Board with a group of volunteers from across the city. Their mission was to address issues of police misconduct, particularly with respect to police treatment of African-Americans, and to begin a conversation with the rest of the city on how to respond. The group, made up entirely of volunteers, ran a 24-hour hotline which residents could call with their concerns. While this did not happen too often, Jefferson said, there was a sense of support.

“I could bring the individuals on the air and get them to tell their side of the story,” he said. “[These issues] did not get swept under the rug … we made a difference.”

Changes took place in 1997 when Malik Jones, a young African-American man, was killed by a police officer. Communities began to rally for a formalized board, and the public eye fixed itself on the New Haven Police

Department.

A decade later, the board became part of the charter.

But, “It lost most of its teeth at that point,” Jefferson said.

In January, over 200 people appeared in the aldermanic chambers of City Hall to testify that the Civilian Review Board needed more power, as Eidelson has proposed in her candidacy for Ward 1.

Chris Garaffa of the Connecticut branch of the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, who was present at the January meeting, said it has been frustrating to see continuous conversation but little action.

“Unfortunately, I feel like City Hall and Union Avenue are keeping the city in the dark on this,” he said.

Both Garaffa and Jefferson said it is important to see one particular proposal implemented: the MALIK/ Dawson proposal. The document, which was written in the months after Jones’ death, pushes for a formalized version of the ACRB that Jefferson was already working on. Under the proposal, the board would be entirely independent of the New Haven Police Department and composed entirely of civilian members. They would also have the power to subpoena testimony from officers and the authority to recommend discipline and sanc-

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tions to officers brought before the board.

The proposal was brought to the city in 2001 when DeStefano issued an executive order for the introduction of some kind of CRB, but it has yet to receive a full response.

“We cannot wait; now is the time for all of us who stand for what is right and just to take action,” Jones’ mother wrote in the 2001 proposal.

The lack of immediacy on the issue is what worries Garaffa, and other members of ANSWER, the most. Eidelson said the same, as did her former challenger Fish Stark ’17, making it a key issue in the run-up to Wednesday’s primary.

The timeline on the future of the board remains unclear. Both Stark and Eidelson said, ahead of Wednesday’s election, that they did not have a concrete timeline for the board.

Alder Brian Wingate, chair of the Public Safety Commission, did not respond to a request for comment.

“The people of New Haven have been demanding a board for decades now,” Garaffa said. “For all the talk and all the political maneuvering, we don’t have anything.”

Garaffa said it was encouraging to see conversations about bringing back the board, but he was discouraged to hear both candidates talk about having more officers on the street. He added that increasing the number walking beats would provide even more opportunities for harassment by officers on the streets.

For Jefferson though, it is not the nature of those on the beats but those on the Board of Police Commissioners. Jefferson commended current board members, Kevin Diaz and former Alder Greg Smith, for their active work to address police misconduct.

While Garaffa and other activists in the city have protested decisions made by NHPD Chief Dean Esserman, Jefferson said Esserman has done “a very credible job.”

Moving forward, he said finding the best people for the board should be the priority of the city.

“You have to have individuals on the board whom people trust: individuals who have a pulse on the community,” he said. “You don’t need a CRB if you have an effective police commission, a chief invested in the community and a good internal affairs unit.”

Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu .

about [the credits] policy and communicate it better.”

Contact VIVIAN WANG at vivian.y.wang@yale.edu .

Genecin clarifies MH&C hiring

BY AMAKA UCHEGBU STAFF REPORTER Administrators at Yale Mental Health & Counseling have confirmed that waiting times for appointments will be shorter this academic year than last.

In a Sept. 9 college-wide email, Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin announced that the center has hired three new clinicians. Though the departures of a number of clinicians last year and over the summer led to a decrease in the total number of clinicians — even after accounting for the new hires — from 28 to 27, MH&C will now have more fulltime psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers, University Deputy Press Secretary Karen Peart said in a Friday email.

In February, MH&C employed 28 clinicians who, together, clocked in the hours of 23.7 full-time clinicians. This month, although only 27 clinicians are listed on the MH&C website, those 27 will put in 26.2 full time clinician hours. A further 1.6 full time clinicians will join MH&C’s staff when hiring is finalized in early October.

“With three additional clinicians, it is expected that wait times will be less than last year,” Peart said.

With 27.8 full-time clinicians, MH&C will have a student-to-clinician ratio of 444-to-one by the start of next month. Though that comes nowhere near the access that students at Princeton, with a 396-to-one ratio, have, it far outpaces the ratios at Harvard and Cornell, where the student-to-clinician ratios are 754-to-one and 793-toone, respectively.

Genecin added in his email that MH&C will continue to actively recruit clinicians. He did not state how many more the center plans to take on.

Contact AMAKA UCHEGBU at amaka.uchegbu@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT Eze: “It’s really a bipartisan campaign”

“Winning is every girl’s dream. But it’s my destiny.” LESLIE KNOPE FICTIONAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE

Prof. students struggle with healthcare costs GRAD HEALTH FROM PAGE 1 cost, and then only for full-time doctoral candidates with families. For schools without such an arrangement, students who lack the money must turn to Connecticut’s health care exchange for a cheaper option and in extenuating circumstances, Medicaid.

The student who asked to remain anonymous said she had to resort to Medicaid because the professional school she is enrolled in does not have a financial aid policy that adequately supports students with families.

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Incumbent Ward 1 Alder Sarah Eidelson ’12 bested challenger Fish Stark ’17 in the primary election on Wednesday.

ELECTION FROM PAGE 1 while details regarding canvassing have not yet been finalized, members of the Ward 1 committee will volunteer for Eidelson’s campaign.

Stark, who pledged his support to Eidelson after primary results were released Wednesday night, said he is not yet sure whether he will canvass on her behalf.

“I haven’t given it much thought yet, but I’m supporting Sarah, and I want to make sure people know that,” he said.

Eidelson will face Eze in the general election on Nov. 3. Eze’s status as a Republican candidate in an overwhelmingly Democratic ward, he said, has not proven a challenge thus far.

“Even though we’re running under the Republican label, people see that our campaign staff is 50 percent Democrat and 50 percent Republican and that it’s really a bipartisan campaign and a bipartisan message,” Eze said.

Eze added that his team will hold events — like last week’s event on sustainability at Yale and in New Haven — highlighting each of his platform’s other central issues including homelessness, unemployment, education reform and

public safety.

Meanwhile, some Stark supporters — including members of the Board of Alders and students unaffiliated with the Dems — remain uncertain as to whether they will back Eidelson in the general election.

Rafi Bildner ’16, a Democrat but not a member of the Dems, said he will not be supporting Eidelson in November.

Although Bildner is a resident of Ward 2, the Dwight neighborhood, he has been an active supporter of Stark’s candidacy, canvassing for him and standing with him at the Ward 1 polling place on Wednesday. Bildner, who formerly lived in Ward 1, said he will not be backing Eidelson because he was not satisfied with her work as his alder over the past two years. He also does not intend to support Eze. “I’m going to stay out of it,” Bildner said. “Just because someone has a ‘D’ next to their name doesn’t mean I’m going to be intimidated into supporting them if they’re not doing their job.”

Alders who endorsed Stark are also on the fence as to whether to support Eidelson going forward.

Newhallville Alder Brenda FoskeyCyrus, for instance, said she may support Eidelson, but will only decide whether or

not to do so if the Ward 1 alder approaches her for an endorsement. Foskey-Cyrus was not aware that Eidelson will face a Republican challenger She declined to comment on whether she would be open to endorsing Eze if he sought her support.

East Rock Alder Anna Festa, who also endorsed Stark, said she would likely remain neutral in the Ward 1 general election.

Despite any challenges in securing the endorsement of some members of the Board of Alders, Eidelson said she looks forward to leveraging the Dems’ support.

“We are definitely excited for more people to get involved,” she said. “We’ll have time to be able to reach even more students.”

The timing of the primary, which took place just two weeks after the first day of classes, made it difficult to reach a large volume of students but successfully generated buzz on campus about the election and about Yale’s relationship with New Haven, Eidelson said.

The Yale Dems canvassed for Eidelson in 2013, when she faced Republican challenger Paul Chandler ’14.

Contact ERICA PANDEY at erica.pandey@yale.edu .

When a graduate student works in a medical school laboratory, we pay all expenses.

ROBERT ALPERN Dean, Yale School of Medicine The School of Medicine is one of the professional schools whose health insurance financial aid policy makes it difficult for low-income students with families to fund health care. At the medical school, students’ financial aid packages only increase by $4,320 for the first child added onto the Yale Health Plan and $3,040 for each additional child.

With each additional child, the cost of the Yale Health Plan outpaces the rise in financial aid the University offers by roughly $1,168. For students not covered by their spouse’s health insurance, financing health care for

their whole family can become difficult.

“The only other option for additional funding above the student budget calculated by the school is a wealthy family to help you out or high-interest private loans,” the student said.

The student interviewed said she rarely discusses her situation with others because she has had negative experiences with the Yale administration, which she said was insensitive to her need to use social services. She further noted that the same stigma makes it hard to know just how many graduate student families this issue affects.

“I ran into an MBA student family at a Medicaid and Free Care Clinic,” she said. “That’s how I know I’m not the only one.”

University Spokesman Tom Conroy said his office does not have statistics on the number of students at the University who have spouses and children or the number who are using social services, and referred questions to the graduate and professional school administrations.

However, Dean of the School of Medicine Robert Alpern said he does not know the numbers of students at the school who have children.

Laura Ment, medical school associate dean for admissions and financial aid, and Nancy Angoff, associate dean for student affairs at the school, did not respond to requests for comment Thursday.

A year of tuition at the School of Medicine costs $55,680.

Contact AMAKA UCHEGBU at amaka.uchegbu@yale.edu .

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Engineers lament lack of career resources ENGINEERING FROM PAGE 1 adding that submitting applications on her own made her wish there were Yale connections to help her.

Associate Director of OCS Brian Frenette said that over the past several years he has heard concerns from engineering students who feel that OCS offers them little by way of internship opportunities. But he also said that OCS has tried, especially this year, to facilitate more connections between Yale and engineering companies, with the aim of increasing job placement in those organizations. According to the preliminary results of the class of 2015 Final Destination Survey, 11 percent of graduates said they were working in the technology sector, making this the first year that tech has been one of the top five industries in which Yale alumni work.

Similar to Bykadorova, Dante Archangeli ’17, a mechanical engineering major, said he found “very little, maybe nothing” posted on Symplicity that had to do with actual engineering.

Instead, he found listings related to consulting and coding.

“The best way it seems you can get an engineering internship through Yale is to keep your ears [open] for when a company is coming by and speaking with their reps, or getting an in through a professor,” Archangeli said, adding that landing an internship through a professor is unlikely because most have backgrounds in research and not industry.

Marcie Tran ’17 agreed with Archangeli that the only real engineering jobs offered on Symplicity were software engineering jobs. While she thinks Yale does a good job bringing companies to campus for information sessions, the University’s online resources are not up to par.

OCS’s move to increase the number of engineering internships has yet to be felt by the stu-

dent body, Frenette said, adding that he “empathizes with their frustrations.” But OCS has faced more problems working with the engineering industry than with other industries, he added.

According to Frenette, most engineering companies have historically offered internships based on the co-op program

method, an internship which lasts from six to nine months — an employment period that is not feasible for the average Yale student. In response, OCS has had to work with those companies to adapt the model to accommodate Yale students.

Moreover, large engineering companies like Aviya Aerospace

Systems do not need to rely on recruitment techniques of posting to University sites because they are prestigious enough to attract applicants through their own website, Frenette said. They are stuck in a very “traditional” recruitment style in which they target larger tech schools, where they are more likely to find their

recruits, he added.

On Sept. 29, OCS will host an engineering panel with 16 different large tech companies, such as Alcoa Inc., Duracell, Ancera and the U.S Air Force. Meanwhile, 21 companies will appear at OCS’s software engineering event later this fall. Despite this disparity, Frenette said there has been

improvement — only nine companies were present at the engineering panel in 2013.

In the 2014 First Destination Survey, 7.3 percent of Yalies declared that they were working in tech.

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

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“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” H. G. WELLS ENGLISH AUTHOR

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New Haven will host its first-ever Grand Prix bicycle race today, with racers competing on a three-quarter mile loop through downtown.

BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI AND WILL REID STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER New Haven residents and Yale students can expect to see tightfitting, neon clothing today as the Elm City gets ready to host its first-ever Grand Prix bicycle race.

Racers will compete on a downtown course that starts heading north from the intersection of College and Chapel Streets, cuts through Yale’s campus on High Street, heads down Elm Street, and takes Temple Street through the New Haven Green before turning back on Elm. One hundred cyclists have registered across three heats — juniors, men’s amateur and women’s pro, and men’s pro —

which will complete 27, 36 and 40 laps of the three-quarter mile loop, respectively. The Grand Prix, the brainchild of Mayor Toni Harp and Economic Development Administrator Matthew Nemerson SOM ’81, is a part of the city’s push to make biking a more popular method of transportation for New Haven residents.

“They thought this would be a good idea to activate downtown, highlighting cycling culture and the work we’re doing in New Haven in improving cycling,” Director of Transportation and head of the New Haven Parking Authority Doug Hausladen ’04 said.

That work includes newly painted bike lanes around down-

town and Go New Haven Go, a monthlong contest organized by Harp and Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 challenging individuals and businesses to use sustainable forms of transportation during the month of September. The race today builds off of those previous efforts, and organizers said they hope the excitement generated by the event will raise awareness about biking as an alternative form of transportation in the Elm City.

In recognition of the city’s work to promote biking, the League of American Bicyclists awarded the city a bronze-level Bike-Friendly Community designation last November. The league awards the prize based on interviews with local cyclists,

an evaluation of the city’s biking amenities and an application submitted by the city.

Twenty years ago, I got made fun of riding my bike. Now, New Haven is considered a biking city.

MATTHEW FEINER Owner, Devil’s Gear Bike Shop “Twenty years ago, I got made fun of for riding my bike,” owner of the Devil’s Gear Bike Shop Matthew Feiner said. “Now, New Haven is considered a biking

city. I’ve heard that people have moved here because the biking is great.”

Devil’s Gear will provide mechanical support for riders during the race.

Yale’s own cycling team will also be involved with the race.

Team captain Mike Grome GRD ’19, assistant professor of English Justin Neuman and Professor of Psychiatry Michael Serynak of the Yale Medical School will compete, and other members of the team are volunteering their time to help run the event. The team will also have a booth set up where students can talk to team members and purchase teambranded gear.

“We wanted to use this event as a recruiting event,” said Grome.

In addition to the bike races, the Grand Prix also boasts a beer garden, a local pizza festival hosted by Taste of New Haven and three live music acts, all held on College Street.

To market the event, organizers have advertised by placing stickers on streets around downtown and by promoting the race over the air via local news station WTNH — what Hausladen called an “aggressive media strategy.”

Access to Old Campus will be limited to crosswalks manned by crossing guards during the race.

Contact DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu and WILL REID at william.reid@yale.edu .

Gag order lifted for Internet entrepreneur

BY ANDI WANG STAFF REPORTER Eleven years after receiving an FBI request for his private customer information, Internet entrepreneur Nicholas Merrill may now be able to speak openly about the national security letter sent to him by the bureau in 2004.

The Tuesday ruling in a federal district court would allow Merrill, represented by Yale Law School students and supervising attorneys, to speak openly about the national security letter that he received, so long as the government does not appeal the decision in 90 days.

National security letters are requests by the FBI to “demand personal customer records from Internet Service Providers, financial institutions and credit companies without prior court approval,” according to the American Civil Liberties Union. National security letters mandate lifelong gag orders that forbid recipients from talking openly about the letters, even to the closest relatives and friends.

It is a bit frustrating that I spent a quarter of my life fighting this unconstitutional attempt to search and gag.

NICHOLAS MERRILL Merrill, who was an Internet service provider in New York and whose client’s information was requested by the FBI for reasons still unknown, was the first to challenge the procedure in court under the legal counsel of the ACLU and, later, the Yale Law School Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic.

“It is a bit frustrating that I spent a quarter of my life fighting this unconstitutional attempt to search and gag, but I don’t regret having done this at all,” Merrill said.

Merrill said his primary intention in filing the suit was to start a public debate about how much information the FBI can request without a warrant. He said that not only the public, but also Congress, was effectively prevented from knowing the FBI’s scale of operations. It is important for America’s democracy to have a fully informed legislature and public that

knows what the government does, he said.

The decision reached by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero stated that part of the reason that the court ruled in Merrill’s favor was because disclosing the letter would pose no perceivable threat to national security. Specifically, Marrero stated that there is no good reason for suspects in national security investigations to behave different after a letter’s disclosure so as to evade investigation.

“No terrorists would be surprised that the government is trying to monitor their communications,” said Alex Abdo ’03, who served on the ACLU legal team that represented Merrill 2004 to 2010. “Most people who are kept in the dark are the public.”

Lulu Pantin LAW ’16, who was one of the law students representing Merrill, said it is important for Merrill to reveal the contents of the letter because the public knows little about the FBI’s sense of authority in requesting information. Citizens should be allowed to comment on such government policies, she added, providing that they are aware of the policies to begin with.

Alex Abdo ’03, who served on the ACLU legal team that represented Merrill from 2004 to 2010, said the authority of the national security letters are too broad and are being abused. Abdo added that one of the problems with the letters is that they are so shrouded in secrecy that they essentially cannot be reviewed by the courts.

Amanda Lynch LAW ’16, another law student representing Merrill, said national security letters are issued without judicial review or order, adding that it is still unclear if the letter was issued for national security purposes.

Merrill said he is working on a new type of Internet system he calls “secrecy by design,” by which standard designers of Internet services use encryption to leave private information solely in the control of customers. This way, service providers like himself cannot be requested information by any third party.

Ultimately, Merrill said Internet privacy and cybersecurity go hand in hand. By leaving private data in the hands of customers themselves, cybersecurity problems such as identity theft can be effectively resolved while also meeting the goals of Internet freedom activists, he said.

From 2003 to 2006, nearly 200,000 national security letters were issued.

Contact ANDI WANG at andi.wang@yale.edu .

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Internet entrepreneur Nicholas Merrill may now be able to speak openly about the letter sent to him by the FBI in 2004.

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FROM THE FRONT Profs call for action to retain faculty issue — action some professors said they would like to see brought to New Haven. In April, Columbia announced it will commit an additional $33 million to its faculty diversity initiative, started in 2012 with $30 million.

Yale, meanwhile, is still catching up.

“We have not made nearly enough progress on diversifying the faculty, and my colleagues in the higher administration know that I have long believed we need to have powerful commitments from on high, both in continued, stated vision and also with extensive resource allocation,” Alexander said. “Yale lags behind its peers where we should be leaders, and [faculty diversity] goals, in my opinion, should be a priority, as they are elsewhere, including Columbia.”

The University took a significant step in November when it appointed Anthropology Department chair Richard Bribiescas the first deputy provost for faculty development and diversity. His appointment came on the heels of the release of the February “Yale Diversity Summit Report of Discussions and Recommendations,” which was circulated to faculty by the Provost Benjamin Polak in November 2014.

But 10 months into his tenure, Bribiescas has not publicized any specific benchmarks in regards to diversity hiring. And faculty have taken notice.

“Junior faculty of color don’t stay and senior people don’t come unless they see indications of a welcoming and supportive environment,” History, American Studies and African American Studies professor Glenda Gilmore said. “Meanwhile, our peer institutions have executed robust plans to increase diversity on their faculties, and they have succeeded at our expense.”

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Agard-Jones said Yale excels at hiring diverse faculty members, but its retention rates for black faculty in particular have been “strikingly poor.”

“I am dismayed that rather than identify these losses as part of a structural pattern, [departures of diverse faculty members] are instead chalked up to attrition at the whims of individual choice,” Agard-Jones said. “I know that my alma mater can do better, and I encourage all of us to continue to think about ways to create a thriving environment for scholars of color at Yale to become leaders in their fields — while also having the support they need to become university leaders.”

While Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Tamar Gendler said that faculty turnover is inevitable, Yale’s peer institutions are taking concrete action to address the

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“What is most important, beyond benchmarks, and even resources, is proactive buy-in and commitment by the University community. Commitment to faculty diversity and gender equity is resolute at all levels of the Yale leadership,” Bribiescas wrote in an email to the News. “However the success of faculty diversity and gender equity efforts will hinge on crucial conversations in search committees, hallways, classrooms and offices across campus.”

But these abstract goals have not kept professors of color on campus. English professor and African American Studies chair Jacqueline Goldsby GRD ’98 noted that Columbia recruited several professors specifically away from Yale, since their new efforts appeal to professors looking for greater job security.

If part of Yale’s charge is to recruit and retain underrepresented faculty, Goldsby said, there need to be real resources behind that effort to make it a reality.

“I don’t think we should be embarrassed or shy about having a goal and being able to hit it, just like we had a five year plan to recruit more students in STEM, for example,” she said. “Still, I want it to be sustained … I would rather us build steadily and strongly, and with an open mind for many years to come.”

“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”

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Fires damage AEPi house ARSON FROM PAGE 1 Thursday morning that one of his fraternity brothers had smelled smoke and woke up the rest of the people living in the house. When they left the house, firefighters were already extinguishing flames on the exteriors of the building and the two adjacent houses.

“I would say we have the worst damage, in the sense that there is now a large hole on the front of our house,” Ribot said.

Members of the men’s varsity swim team live at 397 Crown St., and graduate students live at 401. Each of the scorched houses is owned by Pike International, and Pike representatives did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.

The fire’s damage did not extend within the house, Ribot said. Even though the fire ultimately had little impact, firefighters had to break down part of the front of the house in order to determine how deep the fire was spreading. A state police arson dog was also brought to the scene in an effort to track down whether accelerants had been used.

A Yale junior who lives in the AEPi house said on the condition of anonymity that officers told him that it appears someone went along the side of three houses, lighting them intentionally.

Ribot said he could not comment on the information, as the investigation is ongoing, but Yale Police Department Chief Ronnell Higgins sent an email telling the campus that the fire may have been intentional. Higgins’ email, sent shortly after 11 a.m., con-

firmed that students who live in the affected buildings were not harmed and were allowed to return to their buildings late Thursday afternoon.

Ribot said in a Thursday night text message that the fraternity has received support from the local authorities and their residential colleges. He added that there is not much internal damage to the house, and the hole in the front of the house will be repaired by the landlord tomorrow.

“We’re mostly just thankful that everyone is okay and that this was resolved pretty quickly,” Ribot said. “Everyone who lives in the house has been back, and things are starting to return to normal.”

The fire that occurred on Crown Street was not the only call that the NHFD received in the early hours of Thursday morning. New Haven Fire Marshall Robert Doyle said in a Thursday press conference that a total of four fires were extinguished — technically seven, if the Crown Street fires are counted as three.

In regards to the fires on Crown Street, Doyle said he is confident that the NHFD will be able to determine the origin of the fire and move toward a full investigatory report.

“It’s going to be a long day,” he said.

As of Thursday night, the fires remain under active investigation, and those with information are encouraged to contact the New Haven Police Department.

Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu .

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Illegal juvenile seclusion sparks outrage

BY SARA SEYMOUR STAFF REPORTER Following the release of videos documenting illegal treatment of youths held at two Connecticut juvenile prisons, lawmakers in Hartford spent hours yesterday discussing alternatives to juvenile prisons.

The Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee, headed by state Rep. Toni Walker, began its September meeting by examining how youths are incarcerated in the state. Part of the discussion focused on questioning policies that result in the restraint and seclusion of youths who have been detained.

Representatives from the Department of Children and Families then provided an update on their efforts to reform the Connecticut Juvenile Training School and Pueblo Unit — the sites of the footage documenting illegal seclusion of incarcerating youth. The videos released Tuesday by the Office of the Child Advocate served as part of an addendum to an 18-month investigation into DCF facilities.

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Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy Daniel Esty LAW ’86 will attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris.

BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER As the world’s top governmental leaders convened for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009, a sense of hope for international agreement on climate change was in the air. Eleven days later, on the last day of the conference, newspapers worldwide described the climate talks as being in total disarray. Blame was placed on developed and developing countries alike.

But as the 2015 UNCCC, scheduled to take place in Paris at the end of the November, looms closer, a team of researchers at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy — a joint undertaking between the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Yale Law School — are working toward a different outcome. Hoping to move beyond Copenhagen and capitalize on what they describe as growing momentum for a lasting climate change agreement, professors and students alike will present their research at the 21st annual Conference of the Parties, a yearly session which is part of the UNCCC. “The critical thing about the COP is it’s a chance for the political players to gather and to discuss whether they’re on track in terms of the commitments they’ve made,� said Daniel Esty LAW ’86, a professor at the Law School who directs the YCELP. “Once every five years or so you aim to do something big and create a new agreement. This is six years since the last attempt, so there is an effort being made to fundamentally rebuild the agreement.�

Over the summer of 2014, after a three-year stint as commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and

Environmental Protection, Esty began collaborating with other climate change thought leaders on how best to shift away from negotiation frameworks that relied heavily on parties at the highest level — primarily nation-states — to settle on climate change agreements. Esty’s research proposes engaging those at subnational levels — governors, mayors, chief corporate executives and business leaders — to help define courses of action moving forward.

As detailed in a white paper published by the YCELP’s Yale Climate Change Dialogue, Esty and dozens of other thought leaders from around the world have identified three main areas of focus. First, the paper calls for a bottom-up course of action, one that focuses on non-state actors who can commit to their own climate change contributions. Second, such non-nation-state contributions should be tracked through more innovative metrics that allow progress toward climate goals to be more easily evaluated, the paper said. Third, the paper calls for the scaling up of clean-energy financing strategies through the flow of private capital, rather than by relying on public funding. “The 20th-century view of the important decision makers being national government leaders missed the reality that presidents and prime ministers don’t have much day-to-day authority over the things that determine the carbon footprint of a society,� Esty said. “If you really want to get at the critical decision makers, you need to talk to governors and mayors and CEOs and a broader set of civil society leaders.�

Dena Adler FES ’17 LAW ’17, who served on the white paper’s research and writing support team, said that in the

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time since the Copenhagen summit, the YCCD team has focused on how bottomup strategy can increase the ambition and capacity of the 2015 Paris agreement. Esty agreed, noting that significant progress in mitigating climate change is already being made below the nation-state level. In an op-ed published in The New York Times last year, Esty highlighted how mayors in Barcelona, Melbourne and the Brazilian city of Curitiba are expanding public transportation, while British Columbia and Quebec have introduced cap-andtrade programs that put a price on greenhouse gas emissions, for example.

Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program Josh Galperin FES ’09 said that joint projects through the center help unify the Law School and F&ES. Projects like Esty’s can bring the best from those at either school to work toward mitigating climate change, Galperin said. In this instance, he added, while some students and faculty can contribute real-world economic experience, others can use legal analysis skills and international connectedness to address climate change.

Larry Rodman FES ’16, who stopped practicing law after 41 years to go back to school and work on climate change policy, said that working on Esty’s research strikes a personal chord. Rodman will attend the COP in Paris along with Esty, Adler and others in the hope that Paris will be more fruitful than Copenhagen was six years ago. “I think my children will probably live out their lives in a world similar to mine, but I doubt my grandchild will,� Rodman said. “I think it will all change radically, and that makes me really sad.�

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The OCA report notes that CJTS and Pueblo Unit lack adequate suicide prevention and crisis management and also lack appropriate support and training for staff.

In a video released by the OCA, a juvenile held at Pueblo Unit is restrained for refusing to leave the common area of the hall. The juvenile screams that she has been “set up,� but several staff members restrain her, put her into the prone position and then put her into a solitary room, where she continues to scream.

The door closes and one of the staff member notes that the juvenile is ripping the hair out of her head.

The girl then disappears from the view of the camera into a blind spot. During that time, two staff members go outside to observe the juvenile through a window; text overlaying the videos states that at this point, she has “a shirt tied around her neck, her face bright red and her head swaying.�

It is at this time that the staff is instructed to enter with a J-hook. “How is this happening in the care of an agency that has been given guardianship over kids who have been taken out of their

homes because they have suffered trauma, because they do suffer from mental illness?� State Representative Robyn Porter asked at the meeting.

Kristy Ramsy, the assistant superintendent of the CJTS, explained that the video does not show the full context of what had previously happened at the facility, but still acknowledged that this was not the best way to handle this situation. Ramsy also noted that this video was taken 14 months ago, and that CJTS has since been reforming their procedures for restraining and secluding juveniles.

The OCA’s report states that the DCF is currently working to improve the facility, with efforts including eliminating unlawful restraint and seclusion in the facilities and improving suicide prevention protocols.

Abby Anderson, the director of the Juvenile Justice Alliance, stressed in an interview with the News that while the state’s first priority is the youths’ safety, the state must ultimately begin implementing a long-term plan to address the problem. She said the fundamental problem is confinement, not the specific facilities shown in the videos. Anderson added that juvenile facilities should house fewer juveniles in order to adequately address the needs of the youths.

The OCA notes in its report released in July that the primary purpose of their juvenile facilities is to improve public safety by rehabilitating delinquent youth, but this sort of paradigm is exactly what some say is causing the juvenile justice system to fail.

The OCA acknowledges this tension in its report, citing research finding that separating juveniles from their family and community can be detrimental. “For more than a decade we’ve tried to operate the system with two separate goals,� director of the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Jeffrey Butts said during the meeting. “We expect it to be a public safety system, but we also use words and labels to reflect that we hope that it helps [youths] stay out of criminal life styles and get back on a path towards a successful adulthood.

Those two values are not always compatible and inevitably when they come into conflict the public safety mission always wins out.�

Experts suggested following the courses of action taken by some other states: shutting down juvenile prisons and re-allocating that money towards communitybased programs. “Anything that we can do at an institution we can in a community if the community has the resources, and we can do it much better in the community,� said Shaena Fazal, the national policy director for Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. The DCF was founded in 1969.

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Elis, Raiders to clash

Running game crucial for Yale KEYS FROM PAGE 1 Reno identified senior Demetrius Russell as a back to watch, but last season, it was John Wilkins who punched in two touchdowns against Yale. The two tailbacks combined for 128 yards on just 21 carries in the 2014 game against the Elis. The defensive line must hop off of the line quickly if the Bulldogs hope to slow down the Raiders’ run game.

On the other side of the ball, Yale’s running game should have a productive week. Following a game in which New Hampshire earned 222 yards on the ground, Colgate’s defense gave up 390 rushing yards to Navy. If Yale’s offensive line continues to dominate as it did last year, running back Candler Rich ’17 and the rest of the Eli running game will rack up yards.

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Yale beat Colgate 45–31 last season after running back Tyler Varga ’15 scored four touchdowns in the second half.

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Reno noted that beginning the season with two strong opponents will help Colgate become a better team this year.

Champion added that the Bulldogs also have in-game experience heading into Week 1 — but in a different way.

“We played a couple preseason games, and we might look at them differently, but we created a game-type atmosphere for those,” Champion said. “That really helps us out competing against teams that have one or two exhibition games under their belt. I don’t think [Colgate’s two games before Yale’s opening week are] really an advantage.”

The Raiders, who tallied 31 points and 173 rushing yards against Yale last season, return their top two quarterbacks, top three running backs and top three pass catchers in terms of yardage from 2014.

Though Colgate ranked fifth out of seven teams in the Patriot League in scoring offense, its rushing ability was much stronger, with a conference-leading 181.0 rushing yards per game. Starting quarterback Jake Melville, who was absent due to sickness against Yale last season, was a major part of the ground attack with 435 rushing yards in just seven games, as was running back Demetrius Russell, who totaled 703 yards in 2014.

“I’m very concerned about Colgate’s offense,” Reno said. “They’ve got a big strong back [in] Russell. He was tough for us to tackle last year in the Bowl, and I’m sure it’s going to be similar [this year]. Their quarterback [Melville] is a very athletic guy. He moves really well in space. He can create some problems on

the perimeter.”

Though Yale’s offense clearly had the upper hand a year ago, that reputation will be evaluated tomorrow when an entirely new set of targets for Roberts steps out onto the field.

Rich found success as a backup to Varga last season, averaging 7.5 yards on 67 carries, but his production potential as a starter remains to be seen. Reno noted that Rich will receive “the lion’s share” of the carries this season, and his ability to continue Yale’s rushing dominance will likely be a major determinant in not only the Elis’ first game, but also their entire season.

Wide receiver Robert Clemons III ’17 will be the most familiar pass catcher, having served as the third receiver last season and returning as a leader of the corps this season. Michael Siragusa ’18 will start as the other wideout after recording just seven receptions for 89 yards in his freshman campaign.

At the slot receiver position — in which last year’s starter, Deon Randall ’15, broke a Yale record for career receptions — Myles Gaines ’17 and North Carolina State transfer Bo Hines ’18 will both see the field while fighting for the starting job. Though Gaines is listed as the starter, Reno said this decision is not necessarily indicative of the share of playing time they will receive in Week 1.

Little and fellow tight end Stephen Buric ’16 will also add experience to the offense after missing large chunks of last season.

“It’s been a long wait,” Little said.

“It’s good to be back on the field with my teammates again.”

Defensively, Colgate and Yale enter tomorrow’s game in similar situations, as both are looking to improve from

2014 by capitalizing on upperclassmenstacked units.

Yale will look to take advantage of its veteran secondary with four twoyear starters — Champion, safety Foye Oluokun ’17 and cornerbacks Spencer Rymiszewski ’17 and Dale Harris ’17 — all returning to the field. Rymiszewski will step onto the field for the first time since being injured with a spinal cord concussion in Week 6 last season.

Up front, Yale was fifth in the Ivy League against the rush last season, but will look to improve on that mark this season behind the leadership of defensive end Marty Moesta ’16, defensive tackle Copache Tyler ’17 and linebacker Andrew Larkin ’16. The unit’s ability to excel this season will be tested tomorrow against both strong running backs and an elusive quarterback.

Colgate’s defense has had a rocky start to the season against tough competition, meanwhile, with 74 total points allowed to Navy and New Hampshire. The Raiders, who have nine upperclassmen listed at the top of their depth chart, will look to this game as an opportunity to prove the ability of their experienced 3–4 defense.

“Defensively, they’re an odd front, so that’s always interesting when you face an odd front early in the season,” Reno said. “You see a lot of pressure.

I’m always concerned about our zone schemes, being consistent and picking up pressure on the odd front.”

Yale’s start to the season will kick off tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Hamilton, New York. The game will be streamed on the Patriot League Network.

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Yale gets started on road

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Yale’s top player, three-time All-Ivy player and 2015 Ivy Player of the Year Marika Loiu, graduated in the spring.

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Last season, the volleyball team competed in Southern California, while this weekend, it is making the trip to Northern California.

Dons’ roster includes one of each player’s former high school teammates.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs first face North Dakota State. The Bison also enter the tournament on a hot streak, winning four of their last five games including a five-set victory over UC Irvine. Yale will look to tarnish North Dakota State’s perfect 4–0 neutral-site record, but to do so they will have to overcome powerful outside hitter Jenni Fassbender, who has compiled 142 kills thus far this season.

Yale finishes the tournament with what should be an easier game against Cal State Fullerton. The Titans enter this weekend still seeking their first win, having dropped all three games at their home

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Elis look to continue hot streak have our routines that we do every time.”

Additionally, this experience has special significance for a number of Yale players. More than half of the Bulldog roster hails from California, and many players’ parents will be in attendance, a rarity during Yale’s home contests.

Having family attend matches adds a further level of excitement, according to players on the team.

“I think traveling far distances is always hard,” middle blocker Lucy Tashman ’17 said. “But we are so excited for this tournament.”

Tashman hails from Atherton, less than an hour’s drive from the University of San Francisco campus.

As the Bulldogs played in a Southern California tournament last season and stayed on the East Coast in 2013, this marks Tashman and other Bulldogs’ first chance to play in front of a true hometown crowd.

“People are really excited to be going home and family is coming out to visit,” Feeley said. “It’s a tournament that we don’t necessarily do every year but people get the most excited because they know people there and grew up there.”

Yale begins the tournament against the host Dons, who enter the game with a sterling 10–0 record. San Francisco has dropped only four sets in their 10 matches thus far, setting up a daunting contest for the Bulldogs.

Beyond the challenge of facing such an experienced and dominant squad, the game has further significance for Feeley and middle blocker Jesse Ebner ’16, as the

One of the big themes of Yale’s offseason has been the uncertainty surrounding several key positions, most notably wide receiver. With the graduation of former captain Deon Randall ’15 and fellow stand-

out Grant Wallace ’15, the team lost both of its top two wideouts. Robert Clemons III ’17 and transfer Bo Hines ’18, among other options, could potentially fill their shoes, but nobody is yet the clear star. Until the Bulldogs actually take the field, the offense is still unproven.

On the other side of the ball, Yale will be fronting a young but experienced defense. Matthew Oplinger ’18, who recorded the third-most sacks as a freshman last season, made the move from inside to outside linebacker. He will rejoin defensive linemen Jack Rushin ’17 and Earl Chism ’18, and anchor a front seven that was fourth in the Ivy League in sacks last year. The Bulldogs’ secondary will be bolstered by the return of cornerback Spencer Rymiszewski ’17, who will be playing opposite captain and strong safety Cole Champion ’16. If Yale can balance the unknowns on the offense with the consistency of the defense, it should be able to rebalance the team as it seeks its first Ivy League title since 2006.

invitational before losing six more in their two subsequent tournament appearances.

The Bulldogs played in last season’s Titan Invitational, defeating the hosts in four sets. Yale was led by 14 kills from setter and outside hitter Kelly Johnson ’16 and 42 assists and 11 digs from setter Kelsey Crawford ’18, both of whom will look to build upon last weekend’s alltournament performances and dominate the Titans once again.

Yale will take on San Francisco tonight at 9:30 p.m. to open the San Francisco Classic.

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(+10) the previous year. Fellow junior Wongwaiwate has notched seven top-10 tournament finishes over the last two seasons, while Peng was the 2015 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

“I have confidence. I am not really scared going into tournaments anymore because I have been there before,” Bernabe said.

“When you see some familiar faces out there and you know that you have beaten them, that gives me confidence. My teammates [and I] have to remember that we are just as good as any other golfer.

We can win and we can do well.”

Song is the lone senior on the roster, and returnees Sara Garmezy ’17, Jayshree Sarathy ’18 and Julia Yao ’17, a staff reporter for the News, will also look to contribute to the Elis’ success. For Garamezy, a Nashville native, the tournament is a homecoming of sorts.

The remaining spots on the roster belong to three newcomers: Julie Luo ’19, Sabrina Long ’19 and Sydney Babiak ’19. Babiak is a highly touted golfer from California, where she made it to the semifinals of the state’s Women’s Amateur Championship. She also served as the captain of her high school boys’ golf team during her junior and senior years. Luo is a four-time all-state selection from

Virginia, and Long competed in the 2014 United States Girl’s Junior Tournament and won two state championships in Georgia.

Bernabe, Peng, Garmezy, Luo and Long are representing Yale today in Nashville. The 17-team tournament field features such perennial powers as Baylor, Alabama, Louisiana State, Northwestern, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Virginia, each of which is ranked in the top-25 in the country. The Bulldogs enter the tournament ranked No. 64 in the nation, but could improve with a good showing against the tougher competition.

“The team and I cannot express how excited we are to be playing at Vanderbilt,” head coach Chawwadee Rompothong ’00 said. “It is one of the premier events in college golf. This will be great for our team to be able to compete side-by-side with the best players in college golf. Hopefully, we will be able to show them that we can play too and at worst, the team will know what to work towards as we try to climb up the rankings.”

Rompothong added that she would like to see her team shoot below 300 each time they tee up this season.

The three-day Vanderbilt Invitational will conclude on Sunday.

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BY MAYA SWEEDLER STAFF REPORTER The Yale football team opens its 2015 season against Colgate (0–2, 0–0 Patriot), a team whose record belies its depth and capabilities. Though the Raiders have been outscored 74–18 thus far, they have faced two tough opponents — Football Bowl Subdivision team Navy and 2014 Colonial Athletic Association champions University of New Hampshire. If the Bulldogs can put pressure on Colgate’s dual-threat quarterback, match the Raiders on the ground and answer questions at key positions like wide receiver, they could leave Colgate with their first win of the season.

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Defensive back Foye Oluokun ’17 was named to the All-Ivy second team in 2014.

BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER Until this point, questions about the 2015 Yale football team were met with speculation — whether quarterback Morgan Roberts ’16 can still excel with a new corps of wide receivers, whether running back Candler Rich ’17 can fill the hole left by current NFL running back Tyler Varga ’15 or whether an experienced defense, led by captain and safety Cole Champion ’16, can finally

improve on an unremarkable performance last season.

Starting tomorrow at 1 p.m., coaches, players and fans can finally begin to answer those questions.

In Week 1 of Yale’s season, the Bulldogs (0–0, 0–0 Ivy) play tomorrow at Colgate (0–2, 0–0 Patriot), an opponent which, more experienced and perhaps better in every phase than its 2014 iteration, will prove a strong diagnostic for an Eli squad.

“We’re excited to finally get out

and play,” tight end Sebastian Little ’16 said. “We’ve been smashing each other a lot, especially when the offense and defense go at it. We’ve been very competitive this preseason, but we’re excited to finally get another jersey color in there.”

Last season, Yale’s high-powered offense — namely four touchdowns

by Varga — led a 45–31 victory over the Raiders, beginning a five-game winning streak With nearly all of Colgate’s starters having returned to the field this year, the Bulldogs

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will be able to test their offense and defense against a known non-conference opponent.

Though Colgate has already played two games, the Raiders will likely be using the contest for a similar purpose. After losing 48–10 to Navy, a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent, and then dropping last week’s matchup 26–8 to No. 13 New Hampshire, Colgate’s third matchup will be its first that is ostensibly level

Currently his team’s leading passer and second-leading rusher, Colgate quarterback Jake Melville is a serious threat. Melville put up respectable passing and rushing yards last year before missing five games, including the Raiders’ contest against Yale, due to an illness. His return creates serious issues for a Bulldogs defense that must both apply pressure to all sides of the pocket and contain Melville in the backfield.

However, containing him will not be enough. Melville has yet to throw an interception this year, and giving him time in the pocket will allow him to look deep. Colgate already has three receivers with at least one 20-yard catch, so Yale must simultaneously shut down deep threats while keeping Melville on his toes. Preventing read-option plays and forcing Melville to release the ball quickly should help contain the Raiders’ offense.

GROUND AND POUND

Colgate’s backfield has experience on its side: the three top running backs from 2014 have all returned. Yale head coach Tony

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Elis tee off in Nashville

BY JONATHAN MARX STAFF REPORTER

BY JACOB MITCHELL STAFF REPORTER

For the Yale volleyball team, putting together a perfect 3–0 record at last weekend’s Colgate Classic was an indicator of the team’s sky-high potential. As a result, the Bulldogs (4–2, 0–0 Ivy) see a higher possible peak for their performance come Ivy season.

After a tough ending to its 2014–15 season, the Yale women’s golf team will hit the links again today for the opening round of the Mason Rudolph Championship at Vanderbilt University.

WOMEN’S GOLF

VOLLEYBALL This weekend, Yale heads out west to San Francisco, spending their final set of nonconference preseason games facing tough competition in an unfamiliar environment. The Elis will face San Francisco (10–0, 0–0 WCC), North Dakota State (7–3, 0–0 Summit) and Cal State Fullerton (0–9, 0–0 Big West).

Not only have all three opponents played at least three more games than the Bulldogs, but Yale must face them all in a span of less than 24 hours, testing the team’s endurance and depth more than the season’s other tournaments.

The combination of the grueling schedule, hectic travel arrangements and time differences make the San Francisco Challenge especially difficult for the Bulldogs, but some members of the team are unfazed.

“It’s a chance to prove ourselves in an uncomfortable environment, but it won’t be that different from any other tournament,” middle blocker Claire Feeley ’17 said. “As a team, we’re pretty accustomed and well-prepared to traveling, and we SEE VOLLEYBALL PAGE 8

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The Bulldogs are on a three-game winning streak, but they have played at least three games fewer than than every team they play this weekend.

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The Bulldogs came within one stroke of winning the 2015 Ivy League Championship in April. Yale (+60) finished behind rival Harvard (+59), narrowly missing an automatic berth to the NCAA Regional Tournament. Since then, though, the Bulldogs have lost some of their most talented players.

During the competition, the Bulldogs were led by then-captain Marika Liu ’15, who was named the 2015 Ivy League Player of the Year. She tied for the lowest score (+11) at the tournament and she also won the Princeton Invitational in fall 2014, competing against 11 other teams, including five Ivy schools. Liu was a firstteam All-Ivy selection for her final three years on the team.

In addition to Liu, the Elis will also be without fellow graduates Shreya Ghei ’15 and Carolina Rouse ’15.

“All of last year’s seniors were crucial players in creating a great team atmosphere and in keeping morale high, which are very important to the success of a team,” captain Deanna Song ’16 said.

“They were also some of my closest mentors so I definitely miss their presence.”

Although it will be difficult to replace

the trio of Liu, Ghei and Rouse, the Bulldogs are returning a solid, experienced core from last season of Elisabeth Bernabe ’17, Sandy Wongwaiwate ’17 and Jennifer Peng ’18. Over the course of her freshman and sophomore campaigns, Bernabe played her best golf in high-pressure situations, finishing eighth (+15) at the Ivy League Tournament last season and third SEE WOMEN’S GOLF PAGE 8

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The Bulldogs start their season today at the Mason Rudolph Championship, which is hosted by Vanderbilt University.

THE NUMBER OF COLGATE RECEIVERS THAT HAVE AT LEAST ONE 20-YARD RECEPTION THIS SEASON. Not only will the Elis have to defend Colgate’s passing attack, they will also have to stop mobile quarterback Jake Melville.