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brightest Hollywood stars took to the Red Carpet last night with Oscar nominations in hand. Though neither Meryl Streep DRA ’75 nor Edward Norton ’91 managed to bag Best Supporting Actress/Actor awards — for “Into the Woods” and “Birdman,” respectively — “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” which also features Norton, cleaned up.
Second is the best. Over the weekend, Grantland continued its “Who is the top Second Banana?” series, which will eventually crown history’s greatest sidekick. Yale was profiled (lovingly, by one of our own) as “the 1-A, the secondin-command” to Harvard’s pretentious #1. In the seeded tournament, Yale now faces Guns N’ Roses’ Slash after it proved itself a better second banana than VH1. More fun than Harvard. In light of Dartmouth’s recent decision to ban all hard liquor from campus, The Daily Pennsylvanian recently took it upon itself to detail the alcohol policies at each of the Ivy League schools. Survey says: Yale is quite kind, as long as you are 21 years old in the state of Connecticut. If you build it… Yale Engineers
Week kicks off today with Opening Ceremonies at 4 p.m. in the CEID. Over the next few days, the University is hosting several events, including a Google info session and a discussion on Relationships and Sexuality in Engineering.
Help the hackers. In an attempt to help better cater to the technologically curious population on campus, HackYale released a survey on Sunday to solicit interest in a variety of potential course options. We definitely would take a class in Functional Programming for Journalism (hint-hint). Quorum quota. Numerous
boards and commissions in the city of New Haven — such as Homeless Advisory, Aging and Ethics — continue to have vacancies, which have prevented some from achieving a quorum, necessary to conduct business.
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New masters search nears end BY EMMA PLATOFF AND RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTERS As residential college masters welcome the class of 2019 this August, four of the 12 will be freshmen themselves. After the masters of Silliman, Timothy Dwight, Saybrook and Morse colleges announced their intentions to step down at the end of the academic year, administrators have met with four separate committees charged with selecting their successors. Each committee includes undergraduates and fellows who are particularly involved in college life, with one fellow serving as chair. And after soliciting student feedback, these committees recommended between three and eight names to Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway and University President Peter Salovey several weeks ago, the last step in the process before candidates are approached with their respective offers. With the meetings completed, Holloway said the names of two masters will be announced before spring break, and two afterwards. While Holloway acknowledged it is slightly concerning to have so much turnover in so little time, he said it also presents a moment of regeneration for the colleges. “The Council [of Masters] will certainly change, because we’re seeing a lot of experience stepping down over this year and next year,” Holloway said. “But it’s an incredible opportunity for new people to invest their particular perception or notion of what the SEE MASTER SEARCH PAGE 4
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Timothy Dwight Master Jeffrey Brenzel is one of the four masters retiring at the end of this academic year.
BY ERICA PANDEY STAFF REPORTER With Mayor Toni Harp’s budget proposal due to the Board of Alders by week’s end, New Haven will rely on the state’s commitment to municipal aid to bolster the city’s revenue. Gov. Dannel Malloy revealed his proposed budget to the
state’s legislative body last Wednesday. In his address, he reaffirmed his support for Connecticut’s Payment in Lieu of Taxes grant — a program that reimburses cities for revenue lost to tax-exempt properties. City Hall spokesman Laurence Grotheer said the PILOT funding and state aid for the city’s public school system would be
critical sources of revenue for New Haven, which garnered 42 percent of the revenue in its general fund from the state in the 2014–15 fiscal year. “New Haven is extremely dependent on this influx of money from the state,” said Scott McLean, professor of political science at Quinnipiac University. “It’s enough to
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YCC proposes readmissions liaison program In an effort to mitigate concerns about a readmissions process that some students have called confusing and isolating, the Yale College Council has proposed a program that would connect students who have gone through the readmissions process with those who are currently applying to return to the University. The program — which would operate similarly to the existing Peer Liaison program at the cultural centers, the LGBTQ Resource Center, the Chaplain’s Office and the Office of International Students and Scholars — would help students who withdraw from Yale stay connected with the campus community, YCC President Michael Herbert ’16 said. Herbert presented the project proposal at the YCC meeting Sunday evening, where it was unanimously approved. The proposed YCC initiative would allow students applying for readmission to draw on the expertise of students who had successfully completed the process.
determine whether or not the city is fiscally sound for the next year.” The bulk of the city’s operating fund comes from property tax revenue. In last year’s budget, property taxes accounted for 50 percent of the city’s revenue. However, Yale’s status as a nonprofit institution means
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Middletown, however, is perhaps best known for being home to Wesleyan University, where 11 students were hospitalized for overdosing on MDMA Sunday. ALEXANDRA SCHMELING/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
A broken pipe caused water to rain down from the ceiling of the Saybrook dining hall, preventing students from entering the eating or kitchen areas. BY STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE AND LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTERS Several buildings on campus suffered from pipe breakages and water leaks this weekend. One such incident in the Saybrook dining hall caused dinner to be canceled on Sunday evening. Around 5 p.m. on Sunday, mem-
bers of the New Haven Fire Department arrived at the residential college to investigate reports that the room had flooded. A broken pipe caused water to rain down the ceiling, preventing students from entering either the eating or kitchen areas. An email sent by Saybrook operations SEE FLOODING PAGE 6
that all University property is exempt from city taxes. McLean said PILOT funding has helped to fill property revenue gaps in New Haven and other Connecticut cities. McLean added that, while Malloy has pledged not to decrease state funding for SEE BUDGET PAGE 4
Police investigate racially charged letter BY STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE STAFF REPORTER
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NASCAR is more of a southern thing, a New Englander came out on top of yesterday’s Daytona 500. Middletown, Connecticut, native Joey Logano took home the checkered flag to legitimize himself as a rising star in the (kind-of) sport.
1977 Pre-med students at Yale express anxiety over the recently announced changes to the MCAT.
A foot injury sidelines Tyler Varga ’15 at the NFL Combine.
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Connecticut State Police are investigating a racially charged letter that has circulated within the Bridgeport Police Department. The anonymous note, obtained by the News last week, is printed on the official letterhead of the department and begins and ends with the phrase “White Power.” The memo was placed in mailboxes of several police officers, as well as a communal mailbox that can be accessed by all police officers in the department. “These Black Officers belong in the toilet,” the letter reads. The memo also singled out Clive Higgins, an AfricanAmerican police officer who had previously faced charges of police brutality in an incident that became known as the “Beardsley Park Stomp.” In 2011, Higgins, along with officers Joseph Lawlor and Elson Morales, was caught on camera kicking a man in Bridgeport’s Beardsley Park. According to the Connecticut Post, Lawlor and Morales pled guilty in 2011 and received short prison sentences, while Higgins pled not guilty. Higgins’s case went to trial last year and the jury found him innocent, allowing him to return to work after being on paid administrative leave while
on trial. The February letter criticized Higgins for not supporting the other two officers in court, adding that he did not belong in the department. The letter further states that because Higgins was not given a duty weapon upon his return to the police department, he had “better watch [his] back.”
If they are saying this about officers, you can imagine what they are saying and doing to their citizens. ROCHELLE BILAL Vice Chairman, National Black Police Association “We know where you live,” the letter read. The Bridgeport Guardians, an organization for minority police officers, held a press conference Wednesday where they called for the dismissal of those responsible for the letter. Bridgeport detective and vice president of the Guardians Harold Dimbo said in the press conference that the letter was distributed mainly to white offiSEE BRIDGEPORT PAGE 4
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ast December, Yale Law School’s Mental Health Alliance, of which I am a member, released the first-ever large-scale survey of the law school student body’s experiences with mental health and health care. The survey, "Falling Through the Cracks," identified a wide variety of issues related to Yale’s mental health culture, institutional policies and treatment options. But what stood out for many were its stark findings about mental health care at Yale Health. The survey found that while the vast majority of law students who experienced mental health challenges during law school considered seeking treatment, only about half of the respondents did so. Those who did not seek treatment routinely cited wait times and concerns about the quality of Yale Health’s services as reasons for not utilizing existing resources. Meanwhile, nearly half of the law students who did seek treatment reported being dissatisfied or strongly dissatisfied with their Yale Health experience. Students faced a median wait time of one to two weeks for an intake appointment, and then another three weeks to two months after that to be paired with a regular therapist. Many reported that these long wait times impaired their academic performance and personal relationships. And if they did not get along with their therapists once matched, students did not know where to turn. Even if they did establish good relationships, these were limited, as Yale Health appeared to have an unwritten rule capping sessions at around 12 per year. And, of course, students lacked coverage for mental health treatment while they were away from New Haven during the three-to-fourmonth summer break. The reforms that were announced to the undergraduate student body on Thursday, and to graduate and professional students on Friday, represent an important first step in addressing some of these concerns. To the extent that hiring more mental health professionals helps reduce wait times, it is a much-needed fix, and one that MHA supports wholeheartedly. Creating a transparent process for changing therapists is also a major improvement, although it needs to be paired with a reassurance that students will be able to receive new therapist assignments in a timely manner. Yet the impact of some of the other reforms is less clear. For example, Yale Health is right to focus on the transition between the intake and the first appointment. As is, students wait weeks just for an intake appointment. At the intake appointment, they describe the struggles they have
been facing, which for many is a deeply painful process. Then they wait again, for weeks or even months, before being paired with a therapist. For many students, this delay may signal that their problems are not important — a perception that Yale Health’s leaders have reinforced in some of their public comments. Yale Health has promised to “streamline the transition” from the intake to the first appointment, but unless this means providing shorter wait times and more active support in the interim, it is not enough. The reforms also leave unaddressed some of the student body’s most pressing concerns. First, the apparent rule that most students can access only around 12 therapy sessions a year forces students to ration therapy based on when they think they may need it most. Second, Yale Health must do something to address the gaping hole in coverage that students face when they leave New Haven for the summer. Unless they are physically in New Haven, students must travel back for therapy as well as for access to some controlled medications, which is an unreasonable and often impossible burden. Every other law school in Connecticut — as well as every other top five law school in the country — provides students with access to a number of off-campus therapy visits per year, which allows students flexibility in their plans over breaks. Third, the University as a whole must reconsider policies that may exacerbate student mental health issues. For Yale College, this means revisiting withdrawal policies that punish students for addressing ongoing mental concerns and encourage students to avoid seeking treatment. For the graduate schools, whose policies are often different, this means increased transparency about the processes for taking leave. Time will tell if the reforms promised in Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin’s announcement will become realities. We are hopeful that they will mark the beginning of real and desperately needed change at Yale Health, and that this process of change will involve graduate students as well as the undergraduate community. In the meantime, MHA stands ready to work with students, Yale Health and the University administration to ensure that all students have meaningful access to quality mental health care. RACHEL DEMPSEY is a thirdyear student at the Law School and s 2009 graduate of Yale College. She is a founding member of the Mental Health Alliance. Contact her at rachel.dempsey@yale.edu .
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ale’s cultural houses are in a transition period, seeking to bolster the services they offer despite limited resources, and to reaffirm the value of supportive, tight-knit communities as our University prepares to expand. Yet one cultural house, the Afro-American Cultural Center, is plagued by a more particular problem: the failed leadership of Rodney Cohen, assistant dean of Yale College and the center’s director. One hundred and forty-seven students have signed a 69-page petition outlining grievances against Cohen, spanning matters of accessibility, character and financial management. Several students with leadership positions in the house expressed doubt that Cohen even knew their names, which is a disgrace. “The [Af-Am House] is no longer fulfilling its historic mission of serving as a cultural, social and academic space for Black students,” read one statement, among dozens from students appended to the petition. “The apathy and disengagement of Center Director Rodney Cohen is at the center of the issues we face.” Another student put it in equally frank terms: “Finding a supportive black community here at Yale for me has happened not because of Dean Cohen, but in spite of him.” To restore faith in the Af-Am House, Cohen must resign as
director. This is vital not only to the wellbeing of students who rely on the house, but also to the broader mission of rehabilitating the centers. Actions — or rather, inaction — must have consequences, and this is not a first offense on Cohen’s part. Complaints were lodged against him in 2010, in an internal assessment of his first year as director. Students asked that Cohen complete further training and demonstrate improvement over the course of the following year, or risk being removed. Two internal reviews were conducted in the next four years. In February 2014, students submitted an internal petition calling, again, for Cohen to complete further training. No action was taken, at least none apparent to students who spend hours every week at the house. At an open meeting held in November, Cohen said students were ungrateful for the house, which he described as an academic space, not a social one, according to one student in attendance. This is Cohen’s third strike. His position at the helm of the center has become an impediment to its mission: to anchor black students at Yale, to cultivate a strong sense of community and, according to the center’s website, to propel “black Yalies to become some of the Nation’s leading thinkers, activists and professionals.” So, too, does Cohen’s continued directorship impede the
effort to improve the services of all four cultural centers, found lacking in financial and administrative resources by a review board earlier this month. A report, compiled by the external consultants, highlighted uneven resources, deteriorating physical infrastructure and organizational confusion as some of the centers’ primary woes. These are all matters on which Cohen has been, at best, absent and, at worst, deceptive, according to students who have worked under him as staff and depended on him as leaders of organizations subsidized by the center. The News attempted to reach Cohen for comment over the past five days, but he was unresponsive. Dozens of students testified in the petition to Cohen’s pervasive absence, failure to maintain basic upkeep of facilities, inability to answer emails and obstinate refusal to listen to student suggestions and requests. The problem is perhaps a broader one. Students at the Native American Cultural Center encountered similar difficulties with former Director Ted Van Alst. Yet a student who took his complaints to Dean of Student Affairs Marichal Gentry said his name was revealed to Van Alst. His grievance was never addressed, and Van Alst subsequently chose not to fund the student’s NACC organization, the student said. Currently, there is no mecha-
nism that affords students anonymity in voicing concerns about cultural center directors. Without a system that holds directors accountable, students are left wondering if their complaints are taken seriously. Being able to write to Dean Gentry is demonstrably not enough. In the wake of the external review of the cultural centers, many students have highlighted the vexed dual role of the directors. All four directors also serve as assistant deans of Yale College. Some say students rely on cultural center directors as “personal lifelines,” even as therapists. It is difficult to shoulder this responsibility while balancing administrative tasks in the Dean’s Office. One idea students have suggested is to create two separate positions: an administrator in charge of the center and an assistant dean whose obligations lie solely in SSS. We urge Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway to examine this proposal. It is quite possible that Cohen’s role as assistant dean should outlast his directorship of the Af-Am House. Many important decisions await the University with regard to the cultural centers. Some are complex budgetary matters. Others concern the precise job responsibilities of the directors. But this decision — whether Cohen should continue to head the Af-Am House — is a simpler one. Having lost the support of students, his sole constituents, he must go.
Summertime inequality
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summer internship can look great on a resume. Perhaps just as important for many Yalies, it can provide a nifty answer to that inevitable question, “So, what are you doing this summer?” But, like so many other facets of life at Yale, the internship experience is divided along class lines. Central to the internship experience, it turns out, is pervasive inequality. What do I mean? Well, to help answer that question, I turn to Shanaz Chowdhery ’13. Two years ago, Chowdhery wrote her senior essay about summer internships. Though internships have nearly become a “staple” of college life, especially at elite schools, Chowdhery wrote, “very little is known about them: their rise, number and distribution across fields, and perhaps most importantly, the social and economic circumstances surrounding the internship experience.” She was generous enough to share the essay with me, and I thought it was so important that I decided to share it with you (Hey, if David Brooks can abdicate writing to “highlight” social science research, so can I). On Dec. 12, 2012, Chowdhery sent an email to roughly 400 Yale undergrads. She chose to send her email around 9:00 p.m. on the first night of reading period — “a time in which many students are in their rooms searching for sources of procrastination.” She
obtained 148 responses from sophomores, juniors and seniors. Later, in February 2013, Chowdhery personally SCOTT i n te r v i ewe d STERN 20 of these students. A Stern The results Perspective of her survey were simultaneously shocking and not surprising at all. Though 63 percent of respondents had participated in an unpaid internship, fewer than half of those on full or partial aid had done so, compared with 85 percent of students not on aid. Indeed, “students on no financial aid were three times more likely to have an unpaid internship than students on full financial aid.” Predictably, nearly 90 percent of students not on aid receive familial assistance to finance an unpaid internship, while only 43 percent of those on aid could depend on such assistance. This is all predictable enough. But in spite of a bootstraps narrative that might suggest otherwise, when students are paid for their internships, those who do not receive financial aid actually get paid more. Even more disturbingly, students on no aid receive fellowships and/or scholarships to
fund unpaid internships at twice the rate as those on full aid. “[I]t seems,” Chowdhery wrote, “the fellowship process is further contributing to a system which already reproduces and reinforces class privilege.” Chowdhery charted the “informal codes of conduct that are not written down, but rather passed from person to person, that can contribute to the inequalities seen in the internship process.” She noted that, to some extent, the privileges of Yale bridge the divide that separates students on aid and students not on aid; nonetheless, “survey and interview data do reveal discrepancies between those with and without financial resources.” Chowdhery also looked at STEM students participating in research fellowships that are “essentially internships.” Research opportunities, it turns out, are “significantly easier” to obtain than traditional internships. Yet Yale, she found, allocates more than twice the amount of money to students pursuing research opportunities than to those pursuing traditional internships. Chowdhery does not speculate about Yale’s motives in this regard, but I would suggest that Yale STEM departments rely on student-labor to perform the research necessary for the University to obtain government grants, industry funding and prestige. Yale, as always, is acting in its self-interest, and it is low-
income, non-STEM students trying to have meaningful summer experiences who lose out. After finishing Chowdhery’s essay, I was struck by two thoughts. First, many of the inequalities that pervade the internship process are not Yale’s fault; access to social contacts or increased willingness to ask questions of wealthier students reflects a broader societal system of privilege and inequality. Inequality runs deep, and Yale cannot be expected to solve all of the problems of a country riven by unfairness. Yet, as President Salovey memorably said in last year’s freshman address, “Yale is such a great equalizer most of the time.” Not only does Yale have a responsibility to attempt to address pervasive inequalities, but it claims to do so already. The fact that students on no aid receive fellowships and/or scholarships at nearly twice the rate of those on aid is something the University could — and should — address. Further, Yale could follow the University of Chicago’s model and guarantee students on financial aid a paid internship after their freshman year. Summer is coming. And with it, yet more inequality. We can do better. SCOTT STERN is a senior in Branford College. His column runs on Mondays. Contact him at scott.stern@yale.edu .
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Cho to face another lawsuit in RI
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Gourmet Heaven owner Chung Cho is facing three more federal lawsuits for alleged wage theft at his Providence, Rhode Island store. BY JIAHUI HU STAFF REPORTER Three employees at the Gourmet Heaven location in Providence, Rhode Island filed federal lawsuits this past Wednesday against owner Chung Cho for allegations of wage theft. In December last year, the Rhode Island Department of Labor launched investigations into the Providence store, but no workers had filed formal lawsuits. The cases filed against Cho this week include allegations of wage theft extending into the beginning of 2014, even after Cho was arrested for wage theft in his two New Haven stores. The new accusations will not have any implications in the current cases against Cho in New Haven, but lawyers, activists and city officials interviewed said the earlier accusations from the two locations in New Haven encouraged the workers in Rhode Island to file complaints. “Gourmet Heaven employees went out and they took a stand,” said Ward 29 Alder Brian Wingate, a member of the Alders’ Community Development Committee. “When they got some press behind it, other people in the community learned more about the issue and cared more about how other employees were being mistreated.” Neither Cho nor workers at the Providence location could be reached for comment. After the New Haven workers filed complaints, James Bhandary-Alexander, a lawyer with New Haven Legal Assistance who represented Gourmet Heaven workers against Cho, said workers in the Rhode Island location attended a wage theft conference that reassured them of community support. He added that, after his client Adin Morales, a former Gourmet Heaven employee, filed the first complaint, the number of complaints brought against Cho mushroomed. Although some of the wage theft allegations against Cho extend back over a decade and the Rhode Island
Activists celebrate Af-Am history BY SARA SEYMOUR STAFF REPORTER Award-winning student poets, local musicians and social justice activists gathered in the New Haven People’s Center yesterday afternoon to discuss what some are calling the “New Civil Rights Movement.” Connecticut People’s World, a communist news organization, hosted the 41st annual AfricanAmerican History Month celebration and a youth march yesterday to raise awareness about recent acts of violence against African-American youth. The event, attended by roughly 60 New Haven residents, featured guest speaker Zenobia Thompson, a social justice advocate from St. Louis, Mo. Thompson spoke about the situation in Ferguson, Mo. following Michael Brown’s death as well as how communism has changed her world view. Thompson said Ferguson is changing the face of social justice in the United States and supported the notion that the reaction to Ferguson is the “New Civil Rights Movement.” “It’s going to take some time, but Ferguson is going to change things,” Thompson said. “It has significant potential to change the way the police respond to our community.” In her speech, Thompson illustrated the distrust, fear and anger between citizens and police in Fer-
guson as a result of Brown’s death. Thompson emphasized that it is necessary for citizens and legislators to scrutinize policies within the police department. Thompson also spoke about how communism led her to a career in social justice and how it enlightened her about African-American history. Thompson stressed the importance of sharing untold stories and historiography, and encouraged young black members of the community to become historians. “African-Americans are intertwined in the history of this country,” Thompson said. “We have a role in this country that cannot be denied.” Attendees expressed enthusiasm about Thompson’s message, clapping, nodding and cheering throughout her speech. Audience member Baub Bidon, a local poet, actor and playwright, said the event was particularly impactful because it took place at the New Haven People’s Center, which is part of the Freedom Trail. Bidon said celebrating and honoring the young people in New Haven and bringing Thompson to speak was important to him because he wanted to travel to Ferguson following the shooting, but could not. “To have Thompson come down here brings Ferguson to us,” he said. The beginning of the event focused on the role youth play in progressing
social justice and celebrating African-American History Month in the community. Two local youth groups, the New Elm City Dream and the New Haven Young Communist League, led a march through the streets of New Haven sporting banners and signs with slogans about equal justice. “The reason why we did this march was to remind us that black history matters,” said Duron Gaskins, a member of the New Haven Young Communist League. “We’re here to keep the dream alive and to not forget where we came from.” Following the march, six local youths were recognized for their submissions to the Dalzenia and Virginia Henry African-American History Month High School Arts & Writing Competition. The theme of the competition, was “How Do We Achieve Justice For All?” The first and second place projects were poems, and the third place project was a painting. Three other projects were honorably mentioned. “It meant a lot because I wasn’t expecting to win and I’m happy that they appreciated my vision for the project,” said Mama Soumahoro, the first place student from Engineering Magnet High School. The New Haven People’s Center was founded in 1973. Contact SARA SEYMOUR at sara.seymour@yale.edu .
ones back five years, workers began to bring formal accusations to the Department of Labor and file lawsuits in only the last two years. Bhandary-Alexander said the reason for these silences is that workers often do not know their rights and fear retaliation. “A lot of the employers, possibly including [Cho], count on immigrant workers to feel that they have no rights and to feel as if the one sure way to get fired is to assert their rights, and actually … what some of my clients said in their lawsuits is that they got fired collaborating with the Department of Labor investigation,” Bhandary-Alexander said. He added that Gourmet Heaven did not post the legally mandated posters that spell out the workers’ rights pertaining to wages and hours. Other complaints cited harassing and threatening behavior from Cho. Labor rights groups in New Haven and Yale said that the Rhode Island violations are another example of weak laws and law enforcement meant to protect workers. Ava Tomasulo y Garcia ’17, co-coordinator of social justice organization MEChA, added that her group believes that these accusations only make the University’s closure of Gourmet Heaven more necessary, so that University Properties sends a message to its businesses that it will not tolerate such violations. She said MEChA and Unidad Latina en Acción will reach out to UP today in hopes of codifying standards for UP businesses. “Yale has indicated that they’re not going to renew the lease and that’s going to be a very difficult statement for them to backtrack on, and these new allegations in Rhode Island will make it even more difficult for them to backtrack on these statements,” Tomasulo y Garcia said. The Rhode Island Gourmet Heaven is open 20 hours each day. Contact JIAHIU HU at jiahui.hu@yale.edu .
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The annual African-American History Month youth march took place yesterday to raise awareness about recent violent acts.
Task force unveils sustainability winners BY LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTER One solution to reducing Yale’s carbon footprint may be as simple as turning off the lights. On Monday, the Presidential Carbon Charge Task Force — a committee formed in August by University President Peter Salovey to investigate an internal carbon pricing mechanism for Yale — announced the winners of two University-wide sustainability contests, which solicited ideas for reducing energy use at the University. The seven winning proposals, which were selected from 57 total submissions, ranged from installing energy dashboards in campus spaces to developing annual energy-saving competitions between residential colleges. Though task force representatives said they were pleased with the turnout and quality of participation, winning staff and students interviewed said Uni-
versity sustainability can only be improved when the ideas are actually put into practice. “The goal of the carbon charge is to incentivize energy reduction by departments, but the goal of this competition is to find ways to engage the … whole Yale community on an individual level to think about their energy usage,” Jonathan Edwards College Sustainability Service Corps Coordinator Jonah Bader ’16 said. “It is an effective way of brainstorming and getting the collective wisdom of the Yale community since people have different views and see different things.” Bader was one of the six student and staff winners of the first competition, which asked members of the Yale community to propose ways in which energy information and incentives can be used to engage the campus community, reducing Yale’s carbon footprint. He pitched six ideas, which ranged from simple suggestions as turning off lights
in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library after hours to displaying energy emissions associated with dining hall dishes.
It is an effective way of brainstorming and getting the collective wisdom of the Yale community. JONAH BADER ’16 Jonathan Edwards SSC Coordinator Tina Saller, senior administrative assistant in Woodbridge Hall, said her winning proposal similarly dealt with the wasted energy from lights left on. She recommended that Yale install sensor switches across the University, which she said can be purchased for as little as $10. Brandon Hudik ’17, who pitched the creation of a Tynglike cup to be awarded for the
most environmentally friendly college, said he felt this type of competitive format got “the ideas flowing” on campus and provided an incentive for the campus to become more energyconscious. The pitches were evaluated on the basis of creativity and on the practical reality of implementing them,said professor of environmental law and policy Dan Esty, who chaired the sub-committee that hosted the competitions. The $500 prize for the second competition, which asked the Yale community to search for best practices for promoting energy conservation, was awarded to Eric Traester of Yale Security for his suggestion to utilize existing sensor technology to integrate and automate lighting controls with heating and cooling controls in campus buildings. “One of the things we realized that is critical for broader University success in address-
ing greenhouse gas emissions is to find ways to bring technology already there, so we could reduce emissions without changing behavior in every place it may be necessary,” Esty said. “It will certainly be a recommendation of the subcommittee that Yale explore opportunities to set up this type of systemic energy conservation mechanism so we can get technology working for us to help reduce energy consumption.” Esty added that while it is not certain that Yale will implement every idea that was recognized by the task force, it is likely that many will be included in the formal recommendations the committee will send to Salovey and Provost Benjamin Polak. Chair of the Task Force and economics professor William Nordhaus ’63 said in January that the group intended to issue its formal recommendation in late February or March. Still, others interviewed said the true success of the competi-
tion will only be evident if Yale takes the ideas from paper and actually puts them into action. “If these [ideas] can actually be implemented, that is the next stop,” Brandon Blaesser ’15 said. “The competition was not to have ‘pie in the sky’ ideas but to get actual ideas that can be done.” Blaesser’s proposal for the competition was to post monthly breakdowns of energy usage in entryways, departments and units across campus so that individuals have a better sense of their carbon footprint. He said his idea is readily implementable since the data already is available on energy meters across campus. Each of the six winners in this category won a $100 cash prize, which will then be awarded to a Yale club, group, department, office or residential college of their choosing. Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .
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FROM THE FRONT Wanted: four new masters
“Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.” ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER GERMAN PHILOSOPHER
State finances key to the city’s budget proposal
MASTER SEARCH FROM PAGE 1 residential college world is like.” Silliman Master Judith Krauss, chair of the Council of Masters, echoed the sentiment. “Whenever new masters join the council there are opportunities for new directions, [which are] welcome opportunities,” Krauss said. “We are always rethinking our policies and work based on the ‘here and now’ and ‘future’ considerations, and having new members is a plus.” Josh Rosenfeld ’16, a member of the Morse search committee, said he and other members collected student input through an online survey, a town hall meeting and open office hours with committee members. In particular, the committee asked students for their thoughts on how Morse could be improved, the attributes of a good master and any specific people who would suit the college culture well. Other colleges have employed similar processes. On Jan. 16, chair of the Silliman search committee and professor of music theory Daniel Harrison invited all Silliman students to a town hall to take place Jan. 21, noting that student input would be a major factor in the committee’s recommendation to Salovey.
Whenever new masters join the council there are opportunities for new directions. JUDITH KRAUSS Silliman Master and Chair of the Council of Masters Max Wilkinson ’16, a member of the Silliman committee, said Holloway and Salovey seemed receptive to feedback during their meeting. However, it is difficult to ensure that one of their recommended candidates will be selected, given that some candidates decline the position due to the time commitment. Eight members of the respective search committees declined to comment on the nature of their deliberations. Students interviewed agreed that their primary concern was to have a master who took an interest in individual students and made their respective colleges as family-oriented as possible. Several students in Morse expressed their preference for a candidate in one of the STEM fields. Silliman resident Frazer Tessema ’17 said he hopes the new Silliman master has a visible presence on campus much like former Dean Hugh Flick, who retired last year. Tessema said it would be nice to have a younger master who would ideally remain in the college for many years. Timothy Dwight resident Katerra Logan ’17 said it would be nice to have a master with a young family, but that it would be difficult to replace current Master Jeffrey Brenzel regardless. “Whomever they choose, I would hope that he or she would cherish doing the small things like casually eating meals with us in the dining hall or taking the time out to make sure we’re doing well, or wishing us luck in our respective extracurriculars,” she said. “Just the small things like that make a huge difference.” Contact EMMA PLATOFF at emma.platoff@yale.edu and RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .
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Although Gov. Dannel Malloy reaffirmed his support for Connecticut’s PILOT grant, his proposed budget reveals no projected increase in aid to the program BUDGET FROM PAGE 1 PILOT, the governor’s proposal includes no plans to increase aid. “The PILOT program has always been underfunded,” McLean said. Still, Grotheer said, the governor’s commitment to municipal funding has been a source of comfort for the mayor and city officials in the Finance Department. He added that while the city and state budget processes run independent of one another, the mayor will closely observe the state General Assembly’s deliberations in Hartford over Malloy’s proposed budget. McLean said he expected senators and representatives from cit-
ies most affected by PILOT funding would fight for even a marginal increase in the grant. “I think the division in deliberations will be between urban and suburban districts instead of Democrat and Republican,” he said. “That’s where all of this revolves in the end.” Urban areas, like New Haven, tend to have greater portions of tax-exempt properties and stand to benefit more from increased PILOT funding, according to McLean. He added that, with State Senate President Pro Pempore Martin Looney representing parts of New Haven, urban districts may have more power in deliberations than
suburban districts. “It’s too early to say where we will end up on municipal aid but maintaining levels of aid is a priority for both the governor and the Senate Democrats,” said Adam Joseph, the spokesman for Looney. “The governor ran the first lap of the budget relay race, and now the legislature will run the second leg.” Grotheer said the city would also continue to depend on the state’s aid to New Haven Public Schools. Over 70 percent of the state funding that the city receives is allocated to the public school system, and Grotheer said that Harp plans to expand on the city’s productive relationship with the state on edu-
cation. Gary Rose, chairman of the Government and Politics Department at Sacred Heart University, said he expects such partnerships between the state and municipalities like New Haven to extend even further, including working to address the issue of eliminating budget deficits at both the state and municipal levels. “Toni Harp, for example, has been getting some high marks,” Rose said. “One way the state could attack the deficit could be to ask the cities to get involved.” Contact ERICA PANDEY at erica.pandey@yale.edu .
Racially charged letter raises concerns in Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT FROM PAGE 1 cers in the department, but that one African-American officer did report having received the letter — Dimbo said he assumed this was a mistake. Dimbo further reasoned that the letter was from someone within the police department, since only they would have access to the official letterhead and to officers’ mailboxes. The fact that the letter was from inside the department is more troubling than it would be had the letter been from someone outside the department, Dimbo said. Letters from the public can be treated differently because the department understands that there will sometimes be backlash from the community, he said.
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Higgins, who was present at the press conference, but did not speak, could not be reached for comment over the weekend. State police spokesperson John Vance said in a Sunday email to the News that the department is conducting an investigation at the request of the state chief of police, and that crime detectives are looking into the case. He declined to comment further about the details of the case. Brett Broesder, the Bridgeport City Hall spokesperson, said in a Friday email that if the investigation reveals any wrongdoing, immediate action will be taken against those found responsible. “Racial discrimination will not be tolerated. Period,” he said. Paul Bucci, the attorney representing the Bridgeport Guard-
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ians, said during the press conference that the organization will closely monitor the situation, and will seek legal action if the situation calls for it.
Dimbo added that the letter has caused many officers to fear for their own safety, and that it
has created a hostile environment for workers. He added that the incident aligns with Black History Month, and expressed disappointment that, even in 2015, an officer would be threatened because of the color of his or her skin. Rochelle Bilal, vice chairman for the National Black Police Association, said that in the past few decades, many officers of color across the country have been forced to sue the police department they work for in order to find resolution for their cases of racial discrimination. While Bilal said she has heard of a number of websites and emails expressing racially charged messages against black police officers, she has never seen an anonymous letter on a
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If they are saying this about officers … imagine what they are saying about and doing to their citizens. ROCHELLE BILAL National Black Police Association, vice chairman
department letterhead. If those found responsible for the letter are police officers, she said, they should be immediately fired. “If they are saying this about officers, you can imagine what they are saying and doing to their citizens,” she said. “They are a danger to the department.” Bilal added that the letter deepens a common perception that all police officers are bad, something her organization tries to combat. The good officers, of whom there are many, need to stand up to this kind of bigotry, she said. Dimbo said three other racially charged letters have been distributed within the Bridgeport Police Department over the past few months, but he said this letter was the most severe.
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The department has a long history of investigations into racial discrimination. In 1983, the Bridgeport Guardians filed a lawsuit against the police commissioners of the department, accusing them of institutional racism and inconsistent disciplinary action that discriminated against officers of color. The plaintiffs also reported that the department fostered an environment that permitted racial harassment. The court’s order, which appointed a “special master” to continually investigate the department for incidents of racial discrimination, was lifted only in 2010. Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu .
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“Art enables us to find ourselves and to lose ourselves at the same time.” THOMAS MERTON AMERICAN AUTHOR AND POET
Exhibition highlights protest art from Eastern Europe, New Haven BY ISABELLE TAFT STAFF REPORTER Ranging from a stress-ball-like bust of Vladimir Lenin to the campaign office of a fictional New Haven aldermanic candidate, the pieces in a new local exhibition aim to convey diverse conceptions of protest. “Vertical Reach: Political Protest and the Militant Aesthetic Now,” which opened Friday night at the contemporary gallery Artspace, features work by artists from New Haven, New York, Russia, Poland and Ukraine. According to Martha Lewis, educational curator and co-organizer of the exhibition, the international scope of the show was something of a milestone for Artspace, as the gallery typically focuses on local art. Sarah Fritchey, Artspace’s visual arts coordinator, gallery manager and the exhibition’s other co-organizer, added that the show also serves as a testament to the universality of political protest. “Protest was going on in New Haven as we were working on it,” Fritchey said. “The response to the Ferguson verdict was on everyone’s minds. We’re really excited to make a show that people can relate to.”
This is very much a radical leftist exhibition of ideas … JOSEPH HABERMAN ’17 On Friday night, dozens packed the gallery to take in the exhibition for the first time. Featured pieces included a television screen that broadcasted a 2012 performance by Russian protest rock band Pussy Riot in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Zbigniew Libera, a Polish artist who gained notoriety for his 1996 work “LEGO Concentration Camp,” sent Artspace a piece called “Economic Nuremberg” that imagines criminal trials for politicians and bankers involved in the global financial crisis of 2007–08. Large photographs are presented alongside a mock newspaper article describing their crimes. Lewis said she enlisted professors from Yale Law School to translate Libera’s work from Polish to English. Fritchey said the task of transporting work by artists who reside in other countries posed a logistical challenge for the exhibition. Featured artist Anastasia Ryabova’s piece, which consists of empty flagpoles affixed to the gallery wall, cost $770 to ship from Moscow and could not be assembled until the rest of the exhibition was installed. One of Ryabova’s earlier projects,
“More than a Banana,” involved placing fruit and vegetables in empty flagpoles around Moscow as a challenge to the nationalist symbolism the flagpoles typically represent. Fritchey said that an irreverent approach to protest characterized much of the work in “Vertical Reach.” “We were really interested in bringing in works with a sense of humor and satire,” Fritchey said. “Urgency isn’t necessarily the message you need to bring someone in.” The exhibition was organized in collaboration with a conference that will take place at Yale in April, “Political Violence and Militant Aesthetics After Socialism.” Marijeta Bozovic, co-organizer of the conference and an associate professor of Slavic Languages & Literature at Yale, said conference attendees would visit Artspace for meals, a poetry reading and other events. The exhibition is meant to provide an edgy, real-world counterpart to the academic conversation, Bozovic noted. “It’s one thing to talk theoretically about protest culture,” Bozovic said. “And it’s another to think about how people live this.” Yale students were well represented at the opening. Bozovic invited students in her course “Putin’s Russia and Protest Culture” to the event, adding that the Slavic Languages & Literature Department included the event on their weekly email newsletter. Joseph Haberman ’17, a Russian Studies major, pointed to a work criticizing former President George W. Bush ’68, which hangs in a companion exhibition titled “Heads Will Roll,” which is located within the “Vertical Reach” exhibition space. He described the piece as a sign of the show’s transnational outlook. “This is very much a radical leftist exhibition of ideas,” Haberman said. “You absolutely run the risk [of promoting a propagandistic anti-Russia message], but I don’t think that’s at the heart of this show at all.” On March 7, local bar Café 9 will host a karaoke event that centers on a performance art piece titled “Another Protest Song: Karaoke with a Message.” The piece by Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere invites participants to choose a song to perform from a karaoke songbook. “Another Protest Song” was previously staged in New York City and Toronto, and recordings from the New York City performances are displayed in “Vertical Reach.” “It’s thinking about protest as an expansive idea,” Nevarez said. “Anything you feel needs to be contested.” “Vertical Reach” runs until May 2. Contact ISABELLE TAFT at isabelle.taft@yale.edu .
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The exhibit “Vertical Reach: Political Protest and the Militant Aesthetic Now” features protest art from around the world.
SOM startup to come to college BY HANNAH YANG STAFF REPORTER
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A new School of Management startup, Passenger Pigeon, will become accessible to Yale students by Friday.
Passenger Pigeon — a new School of Management startup that offers an affordable alternative to traditional shipping methods — will fly down Whitney Avenue to central campus this week. The startup is a peer-to-peer shipping website that, similar to the app-operated taxi service Uber, makes use of drivers who are already traveling to the shipping destination and have some extra space in their cars. Having achieved promising results with their recent pilot launch at the SOM and FES two weeks ago, the founders plan to make Passenger Pigeon accessible to Yale undergraduates by Friday. “Traditional shipping companies have to operate on highly standardized logistical frameworks,” said Eitan Hochster SOM ’16 FES ’16, one of the startup’s co-founders. “Passenger Pigeon makes it affordable to ship packages that don’t work well with that standardization, such as bulky items or urgent deliveries.” With traditional shipping companies like FedEx and UPS, sending a package to a nearby city within a day can cost the shipper hundreds of dollars, Hochster said, whereas paying a peer driver for the same service would cost less than $20. The idea behind Passenger Pigeon was first proposed by Jennifer Milikowsky SOM ’16, another co-founder, who visited her boyfriend in Boston last year and accidentally brought his laptop charger back to New Haven. Because Milikowsky knew her boyfriend would need to use
his laptop the next day and that existing same-day shipping services were prohibitively expensive, she had no choice but to make the three-hour commute herself. According to Hochster, other Yale students have also expressed interest in the services offered by Passenger Pigeon. One of his friends needed to mail a hockey stick home, and another hoped to retrieve a lost jacket from a different city. After Milikowsky pitched the idea, she worked with Hochster and two other students to build Passenger Pigeon in their “Startup Founders Practicum” class, a program which allows students to gain academic credit for entrepreneurial ventures. Director of Entrepreneurial Programs Kyle Jensen said Passenger Pigeon is one of the more mature startups in the practicum program. The program, Jensen said, allows students with their own ventures to meet with alumni and investors, as well as a whole community of other students that are invested in their work and support each other. This creates a balance between the entrepreneurial experience and the educational experience, he said. Jennifer McFadden, associate director of entrepreneurial programs at the SOM, said students in the program discuss their progress and goals with mentors and advisors every week. “Personally, I think there’s no purer form of management education than starting a company,” McFadden said. “The academic coursework that we have is a relevant complement to those ventures.”
David Johnson SOM ’15, one of the other co-founders, said that for now, Passenger Pigeon will only be available to college students if they use their Yale emails. “We’re going to start out with a campus focus because we want to work with a smaller demographic and build up the product at the right pace,” said Johnson. “It also works really well as a demographic, because students tend to be more mobile, more price sensitive and more susceptible to accidentally leaving things at home.” Johnson added that he is planning to develop the platform into a phone application, so that shippers are able to track their packages in real-time through drivers’ phones. Johnson and Hochster both said they hope to eventually open their platform to other campuses across the nation. Five undergraduates interviewed said they would choose Passenger Pigeon over traditional companies for same-day shipping. Kate Flanders ’18 said her only concern with the company is ensuring safe delivery, but she would use it if she knew all the drivers would be held liable for damages. Katherine Lin ’18, meanwhile, said she thinks the premise of a peer-to-peer startup is an exciting concept. “If it’s a more affordable option, of course I would prefer it,” said Lin. “And I also love that this platform introduces random people to each other — it’s like it helps build a community.” Contact HANNAH YANG at hannah.yang@yale.edu .
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FROM THE FRONT
“The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.” NICOLAS CHAMFORT FRENCH WRITER
Leaks shut down Saybrook dining hall FLOODING FROM PAGE 1
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Around 5 p.m. on Sunday, members of the New Haven Fire Department arrived at Saybrook
manager Ann-Marie Apicella at 5:45 p.m. notified the Saybrook community of the closing, encouraging them to make alternate dinner plans. “We apologize for the inconvenience but the severely cold weather was the cause for a pipe broken in the Saybrook Dining Hall,” Apicella continued in the message. Ermal Hajrizi ’17 said he was studying in the Saybrook library when an alarm system sounded, ordering students to evacuate the building. He added that, once outside, he could see water streaming down the windows of the dining hall. Hajrizi also said that water, likely seeping through the dining hall’s floor, entered the college’s basement as well, though the damage was minimal and mainly consisted of a few puddles across the basement floor. Saybrook students have not been informed about whether dining hall operations will resume Monday, but Hajrizi said cleaning crews were working Sunday evening to clear the water and prevent further damage. John Bollier, Yale’s associate vice president of the Office of Facilities, could not be reached for comment Sunday evening. Students in Branford College, adjacent to Saybrook, were also informed of the flood by an email from Branford Master Elizabeth Bradley, which noted that the cause may have instead been a malfunctioning indoor sprinkler. Though Sunday night dinners are typically reserved for Family Night — when students are expected to eat in their residential college’s dining hall — Bradley warned her students that Saybrook students would likely eat in Branford or other colleges for dinner that evening. “Please welcome them as family tonight,” her email said. Although Saybrook and Branford share a kitchen facility, Bran-
ford’s dining operations were not affected by the flood. The incident in Saybrook may have affected the most students on campus, though it was not the only water-related hazard reported this weekend. In the East Asia Library in Sterling Memorial Library, Alec Downie ’16 said he saw a leak from the room’s ceiling near a radiator around noon on Sunday. He reported the issue to a security guard, who then dispatched maintenance staff to identify the source of the leak and investigate if it was coming from a higher floor, he said.
Fortunately [the flooding] wasn’t in a space [in which] library materials were in danger. ALEC DOWNIE ’16 “Fortunately it wasn’t in a space [in which] library materials were in danger,” Downie said, adding that he suspected rising temperatures on Sunday to have played a role in causing the problem. The Berkeley College common room, which is located directly outside the college’s dining hall, also experienced a leak that appeared to come from a crack in the room’s wooden alcoves, according to Helen Zhao ’17. Berkeley meal operations were unaffected, and by 8 p.m. Sunday, the water had stopped leaking. “The leak was in an area of the common room that people usually sit in when Berkeley is crowded,” Anna Russo ’17 said. “Luckily it was family night, so Berkeley wasn’t so busy and it didn’t cause much of a problem.” Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu and LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .
YCC proposes readmission liason program READMISSION FROM PAGE 1 “Yale has a way of making people feel at home, but when you’re cut off from that, it’s an even bigger blow [than withdrawing in the first place],” said Elizabeth Aslinger ’15, who first proposed the idea to Herbert two weeks ago. “Just having someone who can be your point of contact for that time, who can help you figure out how to get back, would make the process 10 times better. It sounds so simple, but it would really work.” While Aslinger said the project is still in a preliminary stage and the details have not been finalized, the proposal calls for readmitted and withdrawn students to be paired based on the withdrawn student’s needs and questions. She added that the liaisons would serve not as a bureaucratic link to the administra-
tion but as interpreters of the administration’s rules and regulations. Yale’s requirements for readmission are clear, Aslinger said, citing the stipulation that withdrawn students must complete two course credits. However, how students should best complete those requirements in practice is not as obvious, she said. “It’s hard for students to figure out, ‘What exactly should I be doing with this time? What classes should I be taking? What job should I take? How much is a therapist? How do I decide where to live?’” Aslinger said. “That’s very difficult for people to figure out, and having someone else to be able to touch base with, just as a sounding board even, [would be helpful].” But a student who is currently withdrawn, and who asked to remain anonymous, said a peer liaison program would not
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Having someone else to be able to touch base with, just as a sounding board even, [would be helpful]. ELIZABETH ASLINGER ‘15 Although a peer liaison could answer a withdrawn student’s questions about certain details in the process, the anonymous student said the liaison would simply be an unnecessary intermediary between themselves and the administration. “My first reaction [when
hearing about this program] was just: ‘Why?’” the student said. “What problem does this solve? [Peer liaisons] are great, but they don’t … change the requirements for readmission, and they don’t have the power to tailor a student’s readmission plan to his or her needs. In fact, in many cases, they are just another step removed from the authority figures that can actually help.” Aslinger agreed that the liaisons would not be spokespeople for the administration, nor would they be qualified to give therapeutic advice. Still, she said they would act as an important conduit, especially to students who do not feel comfortable directly reaching out to their dean or other administrators. Even if a student does reach out to administrators, she said, they are often busy and may not be able to respond as quickly as
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student liaisons. Another student in Trumbull College, who has gone through the readmissions process and also asked to remain anonymous, said communicating with their residential college dean was never an issue. The student maintained contact with Trumbull Dean Jasmina BesirevicRegan through Facebook and was able to maintain an informal correspondence with her throughout the process. “My dean went through the process with me blow by blow and was incredibly supportive,” the student said. Still, the student supported a liaison program, adding that it would have been a helpful additional resource when applying for readmission. Although the YCC project is still in its initial stages, Herbert said both English professor John Rogers, who is chairman of a
committee tasked with re-evaluating University readmission policies, and Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway were receptive to the proposal. “The attention the YCC has paid to the matter of withdrawal and readmission in Yale College has been incredibly valuable,” Rogers said in an email to the News. “When the review committee is given a copy of the new proposal, we will give it our most serious attention.” Assistant Dean of Yale College Pamela George, who oversees the readmissions process, could not be reached for comment Sunday evening. According to George, between 80 and 100 students apply for readmission each year. Contact VIVIAN WANG at vivian.y.wang@yale.edu and JOEY YE at shuaijiang.ye@yale.edu .
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“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” LOUIS ARMSTRONG JAZZ TRUMPETER AND SINGER
Student musicians ask for a little more jazz BY FINNEGAN SCHICK STAFF REPORTER Following the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective’s annual festival, hosted this weekend, students have voiced displeasure with the state of jazz at Yale. Students said that while the festival reflects the growth of Yale’s jazz scene, there remain few academic and extracurricular offerings for young jazz musicians. Yale’s undergraduate Music Department lacks a formal jazz program, and student musicians interviewed said there are not enough jazz-related courses and undergraduate jazz ensembles on campus. Former YUJC board member Ethan Kyzivat ’15 highlighted that most of the performers in the festival were from outside of Yale, noting that the University’s jazz scene is not large enough to supply the musicians required for such a festival. “[The festival] is a good example of not being in the Yale bubble, because jazz is often such a marginalized part of the music community,” Kyzivat said. Yale’s music major is classical, analytic and academic, and does not require that students be great performers, YUJC president Alexander Dubovoy ’16 said. He added that because Yale does not offer an academic certificate in jazz, more Yalies tend to go on to perform classical music than jazz. Students interviewed said they think that Yale College should expand its curricular offerings for those interested in pursuing jazz, especially within the Music Department. “There’s definitely room for [Yale’s jazz program] to grow, just
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Most of the performers in the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective’s annual festival this weekend were from outside of Yale. because it’s not present,” said Griffin Brown ’18, who plays in several student jazz groups on campus. Brown said he did not expect the curricular jazz program on campus to grow because Yale’s Music Department, like those of other Ivy League universities, is already heavily grounded in classical music. But Brown noted that in spite of the focus on classical music, the Ivy League has pro-
duced several great jazz musicians, including saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Vijay Iyer ’92. Former YUJC member Julian Reid ’13 said there were only one or two classes that focused on jazz music while he was a student at Yale. Before the YUJC Jazz Festival was established, the Ellington Jazz Concert Series — founded in 1972 — was the only annual jazz performance event at Yale.
For the 2014–15 academic year, the undergraduate Music Department is offering only one jazz course per semester, music department professor Michael Veal’s “Jazz and Architecture” and “Conduction Ensemble.” Associate professor of music Brian Kane said that he, Veal and School of Music Professor Willie Ruff are currently working to make more jazz-related courses available at
Yale. But several students said they believe that the on-campus jazz scene has undergone considerable growth over recent years. Max Vinetz ’18 plays bass in several undergraduate jazz groups, including Newspeak and Project 18A. He said that when he applied to Yale, he did not expect the University to have a large jazz culture. But at Bulldog Days, he found a
“small, budding jazz community.” “There does seem to be an upswing relative to where [Yale’s jazz community] was two or three years ago,” Brown said, adding that there are now more opportunities for undergraduates to play jazz. The Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective has 70 listed members. Contact FINNEGAN SCHICK at christopher.schick@yale.edu
Project Storefronts spurs city business BY CAROLINE HART STAFF REPORTER
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From this week, 55 Church St. will serve as a studio for makeup artist Evelyn Massey.
For most of February, 55 Church St. housed a uniform clothing store. But starting this week, it will stand as a studio for makeup artist Evelyn Massey, thanks to the New Haven organization Project Storefronts. Project Storefronts, an organization run through the New Haven Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism, provides startups or struggling businesses access to empty retail spaces. Through the Project Storefronts setup, landlords donate the space or work out a rental agreement, and then Project Storefronts provides financial assistance to the entrepreneurs. The Church Street space is called PopUp 55. City Economic Development Administrator Matthew Nemerson SOM ’81 said Project Storefronts has been an asset to New Haven by helping solidify a retail district downtown. “The whole point of a retail district is to have continuity of storefronts,” Nemerson said. “They marry up the empty space and undercapitalized retailers.” Cherubs Uniforms was the most recent business to use the space at 55 Church St., which changes businesses every two to four weeks. The store temporarily moved to New Haven
after construction obstructed the entrance to its Milford location. Elinor Slomba, project manager at Project Storefronts, said the organization currently hosts five New Haven businesses, including a site in East Rock and another site downtown on Court Street. She said the organization works with a wide variety of businesses, but, to qualify for Project Storefronts, they must have a “creative vision” and a desire to keep New Haven residents as their central customer base. “We seed walkable commercial districts and bring cultural energy to the forefront of street-level economic development plans,” said Slomba. At 118 Court St. in downtown New Haven, Project Storefronts is preparing to feature an extended popup showcase for a furniture company called Reworx. Additionally, at 138 Haven St. in the Mill River District, Slomba said the site is preparing to launch Connecticut’s first “creative reuse center” through Ecoworks. This recycling company — which removes items from waste streams of companies and then sells them to educators, makers and artists as low-cost supplies — is currently stationed inside of Boldwood Interiors, a bar top manufacturing studio. Slomba added that Project Storefronts has played a crucial role in
spurring business downtown thanks to the program model, which activates space that is underutilized, such as the West Lobby of Union Station, where they now hold indoor street fairs. “Historically, we helped the Ninth Square transform into the arts and innovation district we see today,” Slomba said. “The Grove, which started out through Project Storefronts, has been a breakthrough success and source of inspiration and practical help for many startups in the city.” Melaka Ehigiato, co-owner of Inspired Turkey — a catering business focusing on pressure-fried turkeys — has worked on events with Project Storefronts and said she thinks the organization benefits New Haven businesses by giving them more than just financial support. Ehigiato’s business works with Project Storefronts to hold open mic nights every Thursday and to rent out its kitchen to local chefs and bakers. “I think that they’re a great resource,” Ehigiato said. “They give people ideas about how to market their business, and if you have an idea or dream or business concept, they give you financial backing.” Contact CAROLINE HART at caroline.hart@yale.edu .
photographer and conservationist
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AROUND THE IVIES
“To have another language is to possess another soul.” CHARLEMAGNE KING OF THE FRANKS
T H E H A R VA R D C R I M S O N
Judge issues no final decision on divest lawsuit BY MARIEL KLEIN A Massachusetts Superior Court judge on Friday did not issue a final decision on motions by Harvard and the state attorney general’s office to dismiss a lawsuit suing the University to divest from fossil fuels. Last November, seven University students filed an 11-page complaint claiming that Harvard’s investment in fossil fuel companies signifies “a breach of [Harvard’s] fiduciary and charitable duties as a public charity and nonprofit corporation.” The
p l a i n t i f f s, wh o ca l l themselves the Harvard Climate Justice Coalition and are all members HARVARD of activist group Divest Harvard, also alleged that the University is mismanaging its endowment in “abnormally dangerous activities.” In response, the University, whose top leaders have repeatedly argued against divestment, filed a motion to dismiss the case.
Martin F. Murphy and Jennifer A. Kirby filed the motion to dismiss, which was debated at Friday’s hearing in Suffolk County Superior Court, on behalf of Harvard Management Company — the body responsible for investing the $35.9 billion endowment — in December. In the hearing, Murphy asserted that the lawsuit should not go forward on the grounds that the attorney general has the exclusive standing to challenge Harvard’s investment of charitable funds in the state of Massachusetts, except in extreme circumstances he said
are not present in this suit. He also argued that investment in fossil fuels is legal and that the plaintiff’s claim that Harvard invested in “abnormally dangerous activities” has no legal basis. Another motion to dismiss the case, filed on behalf of former Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and presented by Assistant Attorney General Brett J. Blank and Murphy at the hearing, asserted that the plaintiffs’ status as Harvard students does not give them the right to claim mismanagement of the institution’s endowment against its fiduciaries.
“Why should these plaintiffs make the decision?” Murphy argued Friday at the hearing. “[The University’s] duly-constituted leaders should be able to make the decision about how Harvard’s endowment should be invested.” The plaintiffs, who represented themselves without a lawyer, maintained in court Friday that their lawsuit should not be dismissed. Harvard must divest on several grounds, they argued, claiming that the impact that fossil fuel investment has on global climate change is cause to sue for
“tort,” a wrongful act that causes someone loss or harm. At the end of the hearing, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Paul Wilson said he would “take the matter to advisement,” or take extra time to consider the motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The student complainants, for their part, said they were optimistic for their case. “I feel like we definitely presented the case in the way we intended,” plaintiff and Harvard Law School student Joseph E. Hamilton said after the hearing. “We are optimistic [the judge] will rule in our favor.”
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Barnard curricular review suggests reducing requirements BY J. CLARA CHAN Potential changes to Barnard’s curriculum include lowering the language requirement to two semesters for all students, requiring only one semester of laboratory science, adding a technology-centered requirement and adding a diversity requirement focused on local, global and social issues. The recommendations were presented by faculty members at an open student session on Thursday as part of Barnard’s ongoing curriculum review. Provost Linda Bell said at the session that the curricular review committee hopes to complete the review by the end of the spring semester and that any changes would be in place for the class of 2020.
“ We ’ v e been working now for about a year and a half, and we , the steerCOLUMBIA ing committee, are really accelerating our efforts,” Bell said. The diversity requirement would replace Cultures in Comparison, a Nine Ways of Knowing requirement that explores various countries and cultures. Other possible changes included no longer requiring both semesters of science to be in the same field, removing a required lab section and requiring all students to take two semesters of language. Currently, students with AP or IB credits can be exempt from some
or all of the language requirement. The curricular review committee is divided into seven subcommittees — general education, the senior experience, first-year foundations, departmental curriculum majors, interdisciplinary centers and programs, online learning and technology, and global and international programs. Physics and astronomy professor Laura Kay, who serves as the chair of the general education subcommittee, said her subcommittee is looking into permitting students to “double dip,” allowing a course to fulfill multiple general education requirements. “We hope that by doing this, this will put in a little bit more flexibility and ultimately reduce the total number of courses that
people have to take,” Kay said. Last semester, Barnard students gathered at multiple town halls to discuss how they envisioned Barnard’s curriculum. Many students raised concerns about its lack of diversity and restrictive nature. While specifics are still being discussed, the committee has taken student input into account and has focused much of its attention on finding ways to give students a more global liberal arts education with a more flexible curriculum. Yvette Christiansë, chair of the global and international programs subcommittee, said that her subcommittee is discussing ways to improve the diversity of the curriculum. Both Christiansë and Kay said that improving Barnard’s
language requirement was an important component of a more global curriculum. In addition to potentially changing the language requirement, Christiansë said Barnard would look into offering more languages. “You cannot leave Barnard in a monolingual way,” Christiansë said. “One of our recommendations would be to expand course offerings and slots available in existing languages, but also, in interests of diversity, to add languages in response to student need.” Christiansë also said that her subcommittee was looking into ways to strengthen Barnard’s study abroad programs by creating shorter, more accessible programs that students could take over the summer. A group of Barnard students,
including Claire Bouchard and Tatiana Vera, is hoping to finalize a petition this week that will ask the curricular review committee to ensure the emphasis of a critical, global perspective in the First-Year Foundations courses. “We find a lot of students are actually iterating the same idea,” Bouchard said. “They’re iterating this call for a need to have a more critical perspective of what they’re looking at, and being given the tools to engage in conversation that may not necessarily fall in line with what a lot of the Western world would like to think, and at least be given the ability to don different lenses and to don different points of view.” Emily Jones said that improving Barnard’s study abroad program would make it easier to learn about different cultures.
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ON CAMPUS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 4:00 PM Leigh Page Prize Lectures: Fabiola Gianotti, CERN, “Foundations and Implications of the Higgs Boson Discovery”. This Colloquium describes the unprecedented instruments and challenges that have allowed such an accomplishment, the physics meaning and relevance of this discovery, and the present understanding of the properties of this very special particle. Sloane Physics Laboratory (217 Prospect St.), 59. 6:30 PM CMES Cinema: “Salaam Dunk”. Basketball is much more than a game in David Fine’s stirring documentary about an Iraqi women’s basketball team at the American University of IraqSulaimani in Kurdistan. For the young women on the team, most of who have never touched a basketball or been allowed to play sports at all before, it is a blissful escape from the realities of living in a war-torn nation. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Aud.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 11:00 AM Live Announcement of the 2015 Windham Campbell Literature Prizes. President Peter Salovey will announce the 2015 winners of the Windham Campbell Literature Prizes, among the world’s richest and most prestigious literary awards. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (121 Wall St.). 4:15 PM A Path Appears: Poynter Talk by Nicholas Kristof. Nicholas Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times since Nov. 2001, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who writes op-ed columns that appear twice a week. He will speak as part of the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism. Sterling Law Building (127 Wall St.), Rm. 127. 5:00 PM Jackson Town Hall with Michele Flournoy. Michele Flournoy is the former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the third-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense., and the most senior female Pentagon official in history. She will be interviewed by Jackson Senior Fellow Gen. (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal. Yale ID required. Horchow Hall (55 Hillhouse Ave.), GM Room.
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ale has as many pianos as it does traditions. From the practice rooms in the Yale School of Music to the Pierson College common room, each piano at Yale has a history of its own. Some of these, like the Steinway in Silliman’s common room, are kept in prime condition, while others have accumulated dust and damage from the steady wear and tear brought by generations of college students and performers. But that’s what makes them so amazing. No matter where they were built, no matter who owned them beforehand and no matter who previously performed on them, they are now all at Yale. This is one more tradition to add to the books. JOEY YE reports.
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NBA Cleveland 101 New York 83
NBA Atlanta 97 Milwaukee 86
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YALE SOFTBALL AND FENCING WEATHER CANCELLATIONS This weekend’s inclement weather had an impact on a couple Yale squads. The softball team’s tournament in Norfolk, Va. was canceled, and the fencing team could not travel to the U.S. Collegiate Squad Championships.
NBA Indiana 104 Golden State 98
NHL Vancouver 4 N.Y. Islanders 0
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JAVIER DUREN ’15 #TEAMSOBER If you noticed a number of students clad in bright-orange shirts in attendance at Friday’s men’s basketball game, there was a reason: it was Team Sober night. Team Sober is a group formed by Duren and former Yale forward Brandon Sherrod ’1.
“It’s almost impossible to [shoot 43 percent from the free throw line]. I might be able to drop kick it in at 43 percent.” JAMES JONES MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH
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Sweep clinches ECAC playoff berth BY HOPE ALLCHIN STAFF REPORTER With two upset wins this weekend, the Yale women’s hockey team secured a spot in the ECAC playoffs for the second consecutive year. The Elis (15–13–1, 12–10–0 ECAC) finished off its regular season run with an impressive 3–0 win against No. 5 Quinnipiac (24–7–3, 15–5–2) on Friday and a 2–1 victory over Princeton (15– 12–2, 13–8–1) the following day. The team now enters postseason, with a three-game series against No. 3 Harvard starting on Friday. “This weekend was a very hard-fought battle,” captain and defenseman Aurora Kennedy ’15 said. “Both Quinnipiac and Princeton are great teams, but we stuck to our game plan and played exactly how we were supposed to. Our team is peaking at the right time, and it’s great to see players playing to their potential right now.” Friday’s matchup against the Bobcats was a very different game from the other two contests earlier this season, both of which ended in defeat for the Bulldogs. Yale came out speedy in the first period, keeping pace with ranked
Quinnipiac and putting the first point on the board when forward Krista Yip-Chuck ’17 pushed in a rebound to take the lead. The game did not see another goal until nearly the end of the second period, at 17:41, when Yip-Chuck once again found the back of the net to increase Yale’s advantage. The Bulldogs continued to prevent the Bobcats’ offense from challenging their lead, allowing only 11 shots in the final period. Forward Hanna Åström ’16 posted a stellar performance, not only assisting on the previous two goals, but also scoring the final goal of the game early into the third, ensuring the Yale victory. In her second shutout in as many weeks, goaltender Jaimie Leonoff ’15 had 37 saves to give the Elis a decisive victory over their in-state rival. Despite outshooting the Bulldogs 37–20 and playing a penalty-free game, Quinnipiac failed to capitalize on three power-play opportunities. With this loss, the Bobcats dropped to a four-point deficit from then-conference leader Harvard, losing a chance at earning the first playoff position. Yale also came out strong on Saturday afternoon against
Princeton. Yip-Chuck’s impressive weekend continued when she scored the opening goal of the game at 9:43 with a backhand shot. This was her third goal in the past two games. The Tigers scored one of their own in the early into the second on a loose puck in front Leonoff, but the Bulldogs did not let Princeton keep the lead for long. In the midst of a four-onfour that began with simultaneous penalties — called on Yale for interference and Princeton for embellishment — the Tigers committed a delayed penalty. In the ensuing four-on-three, Yale pulled Leonoff from the goal. The strategy worked, as defenseman Taylor Marchin ’17 found the back of the net to bring the score up to 2—1. The Elis shut out Princeton in the third period to secure the Yale victory. “All the hard work we put in starting in preseason and during October is paying off and everyone was really happy to get the win on Saturday for our seniors,” defenseman Mallory Souliotis ’18 said. “The two games this weekend summarize how much the SEE W. HOCKEY PAGE B3
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According to captain Aurora Kennedy ’15, the Bulldogs are peaking right as they enter the postseason.
Injury limits Varga at Combine
Bulldogs split, worsen Ivy title hopes
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The Elis fell out of first place with their 56–50 loss to Columbia on Saturday.
BY JAMES BADAS STAFF REPORTER The Yale men’s basketball team nearly escaped the weekend unscathed, but the Elis found themselves with one more conference loss than they started with and, more importantly, with one more loss than Harvard.
MEN’S BASKETBALL JOEY YE/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Running back Tyler Varga ’15 ran for 1,423 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns last season. BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER Amid the main storylines that highlighted this weekend’s NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis— Marcus Mariota blowing Jameis Winston’s 40-yard dash out of the water, and linebacker Vic Beasley running a 4.53 40-yard dash while also tallying 35 repetitions at 225 pounds on the bench press — Yale fans may have noticed that one piece was missing:
running back Tyler Varga ’15. Though Varga could be seen on NFL Network sporting his camouflage Yale football hat among the Combine’s running backs, a minor bone spur in his ankle prevented him from participating in all running and jumping drills, according to Joe Linta ’83, Varga’s agent. The only number Varga was able to record was 23 repetitions on the 225-pound bench press, but Linta said Varga was nonetheless able to gain exposure by interviewing
with most of the NFL teams. “He can do everything in his pro day on March 31,” Linta said. “Obviously, it was a disappointment, but he had a lot of good interviews … I think all systems are go. It’s not going to hurt to not have been able to do some of the things [in Indianapolis].” Linta said Varga first discovered the issue last weekend, and Yale doctors determined early last week that it
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The Bulldogs handled Cornell with relative ease Friday night despite some apparent flaws on the offensive end. On Saturday night, however, Columbia exposed those flaws and took full advantage, toppling Yale from the top of the Ivy League. For the first time in the 2015 campaign, Yale (19–8, 8–2 Ivy) does not hold at least a share of first place in the Ancient Eight. Harvard (19–5, 9–1) completed a weekend sweep of Penn and Princeton in Cambridge to secure sole possession of first. “We still are in control of our destiny. We’re one of two teams that have a chance at this thing,” Yale head coach James Jones said. “We got four games to
go. You win them all, you’re 12–2 and let sleeping dogs lie where they may.” Yale’s weekend of home play at the John J. Lee Amphitheater began with an unglamorous display against the Big Red (12–14, 4–6) that nonetheless ended in a comfortable victory. Yale did not shoot spectacularly, making 43.1 percent of its shots from the floor, but the Bulldogs made up for any offensive deficiencies in other parts of the game to secure the 62–51 victory. Yale posted its best statistical rebounding game of the Ivy season, outrebounding Cornell by 20. The Elis doubled up Cornell in second chance points, largely thanks to 16 offensive rebounds compared to just six for Cornell. In fact, both forward Justin Sears ’16 and guard Armani Cotton ’15 matched the Big Red on the offensive glass, snatching six offensive rebounds each to lead the physical Yale attack. “[Jones’s] teams have been good at [physical rebounding] for years now, so you [have] to give them a lot of credit for whatever they do in practice,” CorSEE M. BASKETBALL PAGE B3
YEARS SINCE THE YALE MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM DEFEATED MARYLAND. The Bulldogs scored four goals in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game to come away with a 10–6 upset over the No. 7 Terrapins.
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“Hey, where’s the place with all the chalices?” KYLE SMITH COLUMBIA MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH
Hot and cold shooting for Yale
Elis excel on road
W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B4 15. Yale hit just six of its 28 secondhalf attempts, and Cornell went 11–23 to finish with the 56–37 win. Yale was hampered by its inactivity at the free-throw line. The Bulldogs attempted just two free throws all game, while the Big Red had 18 shots from the charity stripe. In addition, Cornell dominated down low, with 28 points in the paint compared to Yale’s 12. Perhaps the only bright spot for the Bulldogs in Friday’s game was their defense on Cornell forward Nia Marshall, the top scorer in the Ivy League. Marshall had only six shot attempts in 29 minutes of court action and totaled just nine points, a far cry from her season average of 17.3 points per game. “This weekend, we pressured both teams and forced turnovers which resulted in transition points,” center Emmy Allen ’16 said. “The post players really worked on limiting Marshall’s touches and playing our unique post defense.” But Sunday’s game at Columbia was just the remedy the Bulldogs needed. The Elis’ 0.466 shooting percentage was their third-best output of the season, and they managed to force 21 Lion turnovers. Yale’s defense was even more suffocating than those turnovers might suggest. Columbia made just 35.6 percent of its shots, and the Lions only kept the game close thanks to an outstanding 21–24 mark from the free throw line, including a 13–16 effort from forward Tori Oliver, the game’s top scorer. The key to Yale’s win was a 12–0 run that spanned the final 1:49 of the first half and the first 2:35 of the second half. That run broke the game open from a five-point advantage to a 42–25 lead. The Lions never got within six points for the rest of the game. Guard Whitney Wyckoff ’16 scored a career-high 18 points on 8–13 shooting to pace the Bulldogs. Twelve of her points came in the first half, during which the team shot 17–34 from the field. “[Wyckoff] was a huge leader for
M. HOCKEY FROM PAGE B4 before Yale notched two goals of its own in rapid succession. The first of the two came when DiChiara scored on a power play; just over 30 seconds later, forward Cody Learned ’16 knocked the puck in off a rebound. The next period saw two more Bulldog goals by forwards John Hayden ’17 and John Baiocco ’18 and another Tiger tally. The goal, assisted by forward Trent Ruffalo ’15, was Hayden’s seventh of the season, while Baiocco’s goal was the third of his collegiate career. The Bulldogs wrapped up the match in the third as DiChiara had another goal early and Learned put the nail in the coffin off an empty netter with less than three
minutes remaining. “It was nice to score against Princeton,” Learned said. “I think [Carson] Cooper [’16], Frankie and I are really starting to click as a line … it was an important win for our team with the league standings so tight.” With this weekend’s results, Yale now has accumulated 25 points and stands two points out in front of Colgate and Harvard and four behind St. Lawrence in the ECAC standings. The Bulldogs can clinch a bye in the first round of the upcoming conference tournament with two points this weekend and can secure third place with three. Contact ALEX WALKER at alex.e.walker@yale.edu .
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Guard Tamara Simpson ’18 totaled a career-best seven steals against Columbia on Sunday. us,” forward Meredith Boardman ’16 said. “She stepped up her game and played a phenomenal game against Columbia. She just had so much poise and took advantage of the fact [that] they couldn’t stop her driving. She was a crucial person to have on the court.” Wyckoff was not the only Eli to impress statistically. Allen had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, and guard Tamara Simpson ’18 scored 11 points. Simpson also excelled on the defensive end, contributing a career-high seven steals. The final margin of victory could have been much greater, but Yale squandered its newfound ability to get to the free-throw line. Less than 48 hours after attempting only two
charity shots, the Elis got to the line 27 times, yet they made only 12 of those attempts, well below the team’s 65.7 percent average. “In the Cornell game, we did not play with intelligence or intensity. It’s really hard to win games that way,” Wyckoff said. “In the Columbia game, we played with great intelligence and intensity. We also hit some more shots than we did against Cornell. When those things happen, we are a hard team to beat.” Yale embarks on its last road trip of the season this weekend, taking on the lone unbeaten team in the nation — No. 16 Princeton — and Penn. Contact MAYA SWEEDLER at maya.sweedler@yale.edu .
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Yale totaled three out of a possible four points this weekend, beating Princeton 6–2 and tying Quinnipiac 2–2.
Yale scores big upset against Terrapins M. LACROSSE FROM PAGE B4 Keasey ’16 added a goal and two assists. “On offense, we kept it really simple. We relied on our core offensive sets because we knew that they would not be sliding very often, requiring us to step up and beat our man one-on-one,” Oberbeck said. “Other than that, it was an excellent shooting day for many of us.” The success of Oberbeck, Reeves, Cimbalista and Keasey is no surprise — the foursome combined for 12 goals and six assists in the season opener against UMass-Lowell. The game’s biggest tallies, though, came from a different pair. After a scoreless second quarter that led them into the locker room tied at four, the Bulldogs got a go-ahead score just two minutes into the third quarter from midfielder Eric Scott ’17, reigniting the offense. And when the two teams entered the fourth quarter knotted at six-all, midfielder Colin Flaherty ’15 gave the Bulldogs a lead they would not relinquish with a goal off an assist from Oberbeck. From there, the defense and face-off teams shut things down and ensured the Bulldogs would walk away victorious. The Terrapins could only manage a single shot on goal for the 15-minute period thanks to the stout Bulldog back line, and goalkeeper Eric Natale ’15 made his eighth and final save of the game to keep Maryland off the board. For the senior Natale, the win was extra special, especially after failing to defeat the Terrapins two years ago. “Being from Maryland definitely added a little extra meaning to the game, but our primary excitement about the win comes from the attention to detail and great execution,” Natalie explained. Face-offs, a major concern for the Bulldogs coming into the game, turned out to be a significant advantage for Yale. Maryland’s All-American senior face-off specialist Charlie Raffa committed three first-quarter violations and was replaced for the entire second half. Bull-
dog specialists Jon Reese ’16 and Conor Mackie ’18 took advantage, combining to win all eight of their second half face-offs after compiling a 50 percent mark in the first half. When asked to explain his
joint success with Reese, Mackie called attention to the combination of preparation and good fortune that served the Bulldogs well against Maryland. “We have a great group of four face-off guys that really lets us
compete in practice and prepare for anyone. Raffa also got in some violation trouble early and we were able to take advantage of that,” Mackie said. Ultimately, in a back-andforth game, the Bulldogs were
able to sustain their final run and come away victorious. “Our whole motto is to stick to the process,” Keasey said. “It was a game of runs … but we felt like we were getting quality opportunities on the offensive side and
didn’t need to make too many adjustments.” The Bulldogs host Bryant this Saturday at 1 p.m. Contact JONATHAN MARX at jonathan.marx@yale.edu .
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Goalie Eric Natale ’15 made eight saves throughout the game to hold the Terrapins to six goals.
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“People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I’m not arrogant, I’m focused.” RUSSELL CROWE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER
Varga misses some Combine drills VARGA FROM PAGE B1 would prevent him from running in the Combine. A full recovery is expected within a week. Though the injury is minor and seems to be more a matter of unfortunate timing than a longterm problem, it is not the first time a lower leg injury has kept Varga off the field. In his final high school game in 2010, the Kitchener, Ontario native tore his peroneal tendon, which connects the calf to the foot. Three years later, another foot injury prevented him from playing in four of Yale’s games in 2013. But Yale head coach Tony Reno said that the bone spur — a projection of bone that forms along a joint — is “completely unrelated” to the earlier tendon injuries, and it will not affect the way he appears to scouts. “It’s not going to inhibit him from running next week,” Reno said. “If the Combine were this [upcoming] week, he would have been fine. I wouldn’t even classify it as an injury.” Linta added that in his mind, the only result of the injury will be more scout attention at his pro day, an opportunity for regional scouts to get more of an individual look at him. Varga will get a chance to participate in the same workouts that happen at the NFL Scouting Combine, such as the 40-yard dash, cone drills and pass-catching drills. In that 40-yard dash, Varga will be expecting a time between 4.55 and 4.62 seconds, a range that would put him in the top half of the 36 running backs that were at the Combine, according to Linta. That speed complements his strength as demonstrated by 23 repetitions on the bench press, which tied for eighth among running backs. “He’s the whole package,” Reno said. “He can carry the ball, he can catch it out of the backfield and he can block. If you watched the Senior Bowl, there wasn’t a player on the field who demonstrated the versatility that he did.”
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Though Varga was unable to compete in all drills at the Combine, he plans to participate in a Pro Day on March 31. Most schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision host their own pro days between now and the draft in late April, but Yale, a Football Championship Subdivision school that does not regularly send players to the NFL, does not have one. Varga will instead participate in a pro day at a facility near the University of Connecticut alongside former Sacred Heart defen-
sive back Gordon Hill, another one of Linta’s clients. While this will not be the same as UConn’s pro day, it will be scheduled so that scouts can see UConn players and Varga either on the same day or consecutive days, Linta said. With Varga checking in at 5’10” and 222 pounds, it remains unclear whether he will be used at tailback or fullback if drafted
Bulldogs pick up major sweep
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Goaltender Jaimie Leonoff ’15 stopped 37 shots from the Bobcats to shut out No. 5 Quinnipiac 3–0. W. HOCKEY FROM PAGE B1 seniors have dedicated to this team, and there was no better way to end the season by beating Quinnipiac and Princeton.” The Bulldogs have now won the past five games, their longest winning streak of the season to date and their longest streak since at least the 2007–08 season. With the win against Quinnipiac, the Elis have proved again that they can compete with some best competition in the league. Yale earned four points this weekend, pushing it ahead of Dartmouth to occupy
the seventh position in the conference and playoff tournament, beginning this Friday. “I’m excited for playoffs,” forward Jamie Haddad ’16 said. “Playoff hockey is a totally different beast. Everyone is on their A-game. I think we are a team capable of causing a big upset.” The Bulldogs will face No. 3 Harvard, the second seat in the ECAC tournament, in a best-of-three series in the hopes of moving on to the semifinals. Contact HOPE ALLCHIN at hope.allchin@yale.edu .
by the NFL. Though he has never played fullback in his career, coaches had him at both positions during the Senior Bowl in January, likely due to his large physique. In interviews with NFL teams last month, Varga said he enjoyed being able to show versatility at both positions. Reno said this mentality is consistent with Varga’s attitude towards football in
general. “Knowing Tyler as well as I do, it doesn’t matter what position he plays, what matters to Tyler is how much he can impact the team positively,” Reno said. “That’s the kid that we lined up at quarterback for three games [in 2012], and he jumped all in during that situation.” Former Harvard linebacker and defensive end Zach Hodges,
who was at the Combine alongside Varga, posted a 4.68 40-yard dash time but does not have a bench press performance listed on the NFL’s website. The NFL Draft, in which Linta predicted Varga as a fourth- or fifth-round selection, will take place from April 30 to May 2. Contact GREG CAMERON at greg.cameron@yale.edu .
Elis drop from top M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B1 nell head coach Bill Courtney said. “I think they wear football helmets and pads … and they have players that are good at it. Armani Cotton gets so many timely rebounds, and Justin Sears is always on the offensive glass and is always very physical.” Yale’s proficiency on the glass made up for 16 Bulldog turnovers, an on-and-off issue with the team all season long, and lackluster shooting from three-point range (5–20) as well as from the charity stripe (13–24). Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, rebounding was not enough to prevent dropping Saturday’s contest to Columbia (13–11, 5–5). The poor shooting and overall disjointed offensive play from the previous night continued, and the Lions managed to keep the Elis off the glass in knocking them off the Ivy throne with a 56–50 upset. Nearly a month after the teams’ first meeting, in which Yale demonstrated poise in a tight 63–59 road victory, the Lions outrebounded the Bulldogs by nine and limited Yale to just 36.5 percent shooting from the field and 22.7 percent from beyond the arc. Guards Javier Duren ’15 and Jack Montague ’16, the Ivy League’s leading three-point shooter at 45 percent, combined to shoot 3–15 from deep and 5–27 for the weekend. From the free-throw line, Yale went just 7–16, including multiple misses on the front ends of one-andones. Saturday’s dismal shooting display capped off the worst offensive weekend for the Elis this year in terms of both shooting percentage and scoring. “I’m not concerned about our offense. We had a bad shooting weekend, [but] everyone does,” Jones said. “It’s almost impossible to [shoot 43 percent from the free throw line]. I might be able to drop kick it in at 43 percent or hit it off my head and knock it in 43 percent [of the time].” Midway through the first half, three-pointers by Montague and guard Makai Mason ’18 drew Yale even at 14 apiece, but the Elis proceeded to turn the ball over five consecutive times down the court, allowing the Lions to seize control. Columbia built its largest lead of the game at the 15:41 mark of the second half, when they led 42–26. Over
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Point guard Javier Duren ’15 scored 13 points in each of Yale’s games this weekend. the next 10 minutes, Yale held Columbia to a mere two points but could not complete the comeback. The Bulldogs clawed their way back to a three-point deficit, 44–41, after a free throw by Duren, and neither team could score for nearly two minutes before Columbia’s Luke Petrasek hit his only basket of the night — a corner three that silenced the 1,936 in attendance. The lead quickly swelled to 10 and the Bulldogs were unable to muster a response. “Some individual players stepped up at the end. Luke [Petrasek] hit a big shot. I think personally that was huge,” said Columbia guard Maodo Lo, who scored 18 points en route to upping his league-leading scoring average to 17.1 points per game. The last outing between the two teams saw Lo and Sears, two Ivy League Player of the Year candidates, trade baskets for much of the second half. On Saturday, however, Sears was unable to get into any sort of offensive
flow. Sears finished the evening with just seven points to go along with six rebounds, uninspiring numbers compared to his typical production. Paired with his 12-point outing against Cornell, the forward’s 19 points this weekend was the least productive Ivy weekend for the Plainfield, N.J. native in two years. Between the play of Sears, the untimely turnovers and the paltry offensive production of the weekend, Yale should hope that it has worked all the kinks out of its system. With little margin for error remaining in its bid to capture its first Ivy championship since 2002 and its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1962, Yale has no choice but to regroup and prepare for its final two home games of the season this weekend when Princeton and Penn come to town. Contact JAMES BADAS at james.badas@yale.edu .
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“I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it’s a wonder I don’t have diabetes.” JAKE LAMOTTA INSPIRATION FOR ROBERT DE NIRO’S ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ROLE IN “RAGING BULL”
Elis knock off No. 7 Maryland MEN’S LACROSSE
Yale salvages weekend BY MAYA SWEEDLER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After a season-worst 25.0 percent mark from the field on Friday in Ithaca, the Yale women’s basketball team rebounded against Columbia yesterday, shooting 46.6 percent en route to a 67–57 win. With the victory, the Bulldogs earned a weekend split and ended a four-game losing streak.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Elis (12–12, 6–4 Ivy) are now tied for third place in the conference with Cornell (15–9, 6–4). With just four games remaining, however, the chances of overcoming their four-game deficit to conference-leading — and undefeated — Princeton seem slim.
“That was a great team win against Columbia,” guard Nyasha Sarju ’16 said. “I think we saw how effective we are when we attack the basket, and if we can hit free throws I think we will be tough to guard.” In Friday’s contest, Yale’s offense put up a dismal performance, finishing just 15 of 60 on the night in the team’s worst shooting performance since a 14–60 effort against Princeton on Feb. 10, 2013. The Bulldogs mustered just 22 points in the first half, including a 7:18 stretch where they shot 0–11 and committed five turnovers, turning a 13–11 lead into a 23–13 deficit. At halftime, the Elis trailed 31–22. After the half, they managed even fewer points than in the first, putting up only SEE W. BASKETBALL PAGE B2
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Yale snapped a 10-game losing streak to Maryland and picked up its first victory against the Terrapins since 1925. BY JONATHAN MARX CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Entering the fourth quarter on Saturday afternoon, the No. 14 men’s lacrosse team knew that history was working against them. The score was tied 6–6. The opponent, No. 7 Maryland, had won their last 10 matchups against Yale, with the only Bulldog victory coming in 1925. And the Terrapins had all the momentum, having scored four of the game’s last six
goals. For the deep Bulldog roster, though, this was no issue. Yale outscored Maryland 4–0 in the fourth quarter, repeatedly exploiting one of the nation’s top defenses and stifling an experienced Maryland attack en route to a 10–6 upset. For the Bulldogs (2–0, 0–0 Ivy), six different players contributed goals while the defense contained the Terrapins (1–1, 0–0 Big Ten) and their star attackmen Matt Rambo and Jay Carlson,
limiting the pair to a goal apiece. On the offensive end of the field, attackman Conrad Oberbeck ’15 once again led the way, leading the team with three of the Bulldogs’ 10 goals and adding two assists to tie for the team lead. Ben Reeves ’18 once again shined, making his presence felt with five shots on goal and converting two. Jeff Cimbalista ’17 also chipped in with a pair of goals, while Michael SEE M. LACROSSE PAGE B2
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The Bulldogs shot just 25.0 percent in Friday’s game, a 56–37 loss to Cornell.
Yale collects three points on road BY ALEX WALKER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER In its final two road games of the regular season, the Yale men’s ice hockey team strengthened its hold on third place in the ECAC with a three-point series against Quinnipiac and Princeton.
MEN’S HOCKEY “With a week left in the regular season it was great to take three out of four points,” forward Frankie DiChiara ’17 said. “Now we need to go out and take care of business this weekend and finish the regular season on a good note heading into the playoffs.” On Friday night, the Bulldogs (16–7–4, 11–6–3 ECAC) traveled down the road to take on cross-town rival Quinnipiac (20–8–4, 15–2–3) in the two teams’ second matchup of the season. Less than a month ago, the two teams played to a 2–2 stalemate in front of a packed crowd at Ingalls. The result was no different Friday night, when neither team was able to claim victory in a contentious matchup between two of the top-ranked squads in the nation. Quinnipiac jumped out to an early lead less than five minutes into the opening period before the Bulldogs countered with one of their own a few minutes later. Midway through the first, DiChiara, who helped lead the team with three goals this weekend, pulled a move in front of the net and was able to put one past the Quinnipiac netminder. Yale, however, turned the puck over
and paid the price before the end of the first period to put the team in its second hole of the night. But defenseman Rob O’Gara ’16 was there to respond with a slap shot halfway through the second period. From then on out, both teams were unable to seal the win despite quality scoring chances for both sides. Netminder Alex Lyon ’17 stopped 23 pucks on the night and both teams were even at 25 shots apiece. The Elis also managed to kill all four of the Bobcats’ power plays. O’Gara noted that the team played pretty effectively against the conference leader despite a few slip-ups. “I think on Friday we played a strong team game and applied strong pressure all over the ice which forced them into mistakes,” O’Gara said. “We definitely could have capitalized on our chances better and avoided mistakes that led to the goals against and that left us with the tie, but it was a good road performance in a hostile environment.” On Saturday night, the Bulldogs switched their focus to the other end of the ECAC spectrum, taking on last place Princeton (4–19– 3, 2–16–2) and coming away with a 6–2 win. Lyon had 17 saves on a night when the Elis vastly outshot their opponent, 38–19. The action began with Princeton taking its first and only lead of the night midway through the first period SEE M. HOCKEY PAGE B2
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Defenseman Matt Killian ’15 notched an assist and a +2 rating in Friday’s 2–2 tie against Quinnipiac.