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Renovations unveiled

Awkward Family Photos! The

Class of 2018 was treated to a photo booth set up by Yale College for their first weekend on campus, resulting in hundreds of photos of students and their parents.

Emmys Roundup. Yaleaffiliated nominees for the Emmys, held on Monday, include Claire Danes ’02 (“Homeland”) for best lead actress and Angela Basset ’80 DRA ’83 (“American Horror Story”) for best supporting actress. Several other Yalies were nominated for best guest actor and actress — Paul Giamatti ’89 DRA ’94 (“Downton Abbey”), Reginald Cathey DRA ’81 (“House of Cards”), Dylan Baker DRA ’85 (“The Good Wife”) and Kate Burton ’82 (“Scandal”). Finally, Jodie Foster ’85 was nominated for directing, Larry Kramer ’57 for writing, and Pedro Kos ’01 for editing.

Are you a sheep? Are you a sheep? Former Yale professor William Deresiewicz’s most recent book “Excellent Sheep” hit the bookstands last week and is a takedown of the Ivy League experience. Deresiewicz criticizes the excessive résumé padding and limited post-graduate pathways for students at elite universities and according to the New York Times Sunday Book Review, “Much of his dystopian description rings true.”

Following the yellow brick road.

The New Haven Free Public Library celebrated the 75th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz” on Monday, a film originally released August 25, 1939. The Library hosted three separate screenings for noon, afternoon and evening.

Alaskan Politics. At the recent

primaries in Alaska, Forrest Dunbar LAW ’12 pulled a stunning victory and won the Democratic nomination for Alaska’s single congressional seat. Dunbar used the slogan “Run Forrest Run” for his campaign. Two Yale alums — Joe Miller LAW ’95 and Mead Treadwell ’78 — meanwhile lost the U.S. Senate Republican primary to a Harvard graduate, Dan Sullivan.

Words to live by. The Cornell

Daily Sun published a choice bit of advice to incoming freshmen in the form of a student op-ed titled “Don’t Eat at Okenshields” by David Fischer.

Okenshields is a Cornell dining hall that according to Fischer does not serve any consistently decent food. “I’m not going to repeat what you’ve all been told about getting involved and signing up for as many clubs as you can. My advice: Don’t go to Okenshields,” Fischer writes.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

Aug 27, 1942 Branford defeats Jonathan Edwards in intramural touch football with a final score of 30–24. Silliman wins a golf match against Timothy Dwight by a narrow margin, clinching their hold on the golf championship. Silliman also defeats Timothy Dwight in baseball.

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Comp sci to teach app building

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budget.

“We all know that the library is the heart of the University,” University President Peter Salovey said in a press release. “I am delighted that this beautiful and inspiring campus space has been renovated to provide better access to Yale’s world-class collections, and to give students and scholars modern space to study and reflect under the watchful eye of the

Students in this year’s new introductory computer science courses will be getting down to business in more ways than one.

Over the summer, computer science professor Daniel Abadi developed the revamped Computer Science 112, “Introduction to Programming.” It will be open to students with little or no programming experience and will teach the same programming fundamentals as in past years — but now through building an Android app. In the spring, the new Computer Science 113, which Abadi plans to coteach with School of Management professor Kyle Jensen, will continue programming instruction while teaching students to market and promote their app.

“It’s a chance for Yale students to create the next Twitch, in the classroom, for credit, while learning sound theory,” Jensen wrote in a Sunday email. Twitch, the video game streaming website created by Emmett Shear ’05 and Justin Kan ’05, was purchased by Amazon for $1.1 billion on Monday.

The courses were developed partially in response to student interest in programming initiatives like Y-Hack and Hack Yale,

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The nave of the Sterling Memorial Library reopened Monday following a 15-month renovation.

BY ADRIAN RODRIGUES STAFF REPORTER Though students returning to campus this week saw some parts of campus still shrouded in blue scaffolding, they also faced some completely renovated spaces.

On Monday, Sterling Memorial Library reopened its central nave after a 15-month renovation project that was funded by a $20 million donation. Stone, plaster and wood

surfaces in the nave were cleaned, stained glass windows were repaired, new lighting and environmental controls were installed and the central mural painting in the space was restored. The nave now also boasts computer workstations, new seating areas and self-service checkout stations.

Kendall Crilly, Associate University Librarian for Program Development and Research, said the project was completed on schedule and on

New Haven activists respond to Ferguson

BY MAREK RAMILO STAFF REPORTER As upheaval consumed the streets of Ferguson, Missouri following the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, people across the country also raised questions about their city’s own citizen-police dynamic.

New Haven leaders from several areas of society — ranging

from academia to politics — said that they hope to capitalize on the national discussion about police policy to improve the law enforcement culture in New Haven.

An Aug. 19 protest on campus, attended by over 100, focused on issues of structural racism that some believe cause tension between police and young, African-American

males. Others who did not participate in the on-campus protest, like anti-crime initiative Project Longevity director William Mathis and sociology professor Elijah Anderson, echoed these sentiments.

“This gets tiresome because every black parent — middle class and working class, ghetto or nonghetto — has children who run up against this prob-

lem,” Anderson said. “There might be a cop who gets out of control, so you tell your son to behave himself, be cool, be polite.”

He added that law enforcement strategies based on the “broken windows” theory, which encourages police to be increasingly strict on smallscale crimes in order to preemptively curb dangerous behav-

ior, has pushed some officers to quickly profile individuals based on race in order to crack down on small crimes.

This tendency, Anderson said, contributes to a vicious cycle that could breed mutual animosity between police and young, African-American males and eventually “explode” into SEE FERGUSON PAGE 6

Alders attempt to enact charter reform

BY POOJA SALHOTRA AND ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTERS Transforming the city’s founding document was simple, in comparison.

More difficult is the present task: putting those changes — still merely textual, eight months after charter revision took effect — into practice. Perhaps the most fundamental changes concern the makeup of the city’s Board of Education, which sets policy for the school district and oversees a nearly $400 million budget. Voters approved the reorganization of the Board as part of a package of revisions placed on the ballot following the required once-adecade process of charter reform last year.

Under the revised charter two of the seven seats on the School Board, not including the mayor’s spot, will become elected positions. Currently all are appointed by the mayor, making New Haven unique among Connecticut’s cities for its wholly appointed School Board.

The eight voting members will also be joined by two, non-voting high school student members.

The student representatives, who must attend New Haven Public Schools and live within the city,

will serve staggered two-year terms. Under state law, they are not allowed to vote on the Board.

The Board of Alders, rather than the Board of Education itself, is charged with deciding how these positions will take shape. A joint meeting of the aldermanic affairs and education committees began work on the

matter Monday evening.

No decisions were made.

Indeed, many alders were unsure of many of the legal requirements governing the task before them, including who is eligible to run for the elected seats.

They mainly listened, gathering input from education administrators, advocates and public

school students, and pledging to find answers in the months ahead.

TWO DISTRICTS, TWO SEATS

When residents go to the polls in November 2015, they will vote not only for a mayor and an alder but also for a representative on the Board of Education. Under

the revised charter, the city must be divided into two “education districts” by Jan. 1, 2015.

The sole stipulation for the division is that each district includes an equal number of wards “to the extent practicable.”

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The Board of Alders will face many complicated questions as it begins to implement reforms of the New Haven Board of Education this year.

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f you are a student in Yale College, you may have been spending these past few days savoring the new advantages in front of you now that you have advanced to this next level of your academic career.

Freshmen: I suspect that you are now feeling the pleasant sensation of being overwhelmed by the number of classes before you and friendly people surrounding you.

Sophomores: your new standing brings with it the luxury of choosing your own roommates. Juniors: you’re by now settling into your majors — you do have one, no? And seniors: you now get first dibs on everything; you have arrived.

I’m feeling a little bit the same way. Although you may be majoring in Classics or Physics, my own subjects are Yale and New Haven — one could say that I’m a double major.

ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS AND CONSIDER YALE'S COMPLEXITY With every phase of my career, I learn more about these places. When I first came here as a graduate student, in the early 1990s, all I knew were the East Rock neighborhood, where I lived, and the stacks of Sterling Memorial Library.

Once I began teaching, first as a teaching fellow and later as a faculty member, my world broadened. I learned that undergraduates populated the city and all these classrooms (Who knew?). If you had asked me then about the “Yale experience,” I might be able to say that I had a dim but growing sense of it.

But then I became the master of Calhoun, and my eyes opened. It was only at that moment that I learned what

goes on in the residential colleges — insofar as a master can know all things, of course. I was completely overwhelmed by the rich diversity of student life at Yale; its incredible cocurricular and extra-curricular opportunities, and the fundamental decency of the average Yalie. It was a profound joy to me and to my wife, Aisling Colón, to raise our children in this environment.

Now I am Yale College’s new dean, and the luxury before me is the work of shaping — and preserving — what it means to receive an education in Yale College in the city of New Haven. This is not a rhetorical exercise. With the University set to break ground this year on two new residential colleges and Yale College set to expand by roughly 800 students, the warp and woof of what makes Yale so special must be carefully examined, even if only to reaffirm this great place and its traditions.

I hope that you will join me in making sure this happens. To that end, just as I expect all of you to invest yourselves deeply in the curriculum, I also expect you to take seriously the challenge I posed to the freshmen: namely, to think thoroughly and carefully about why you are here; to consider Yale in its full complexity, and not just in terms of return on investment; to be unafraid to ask difficult and thoughtful questions. As you ask these questions, keep a clear eye upon building community — diverse, inclusive, accountable, resilient. This is the best work anyone could hope to do, and I hope you are as excited as I am to engage all that is before us.

One of my early goals as dean is to open and sustain lines of communication with you. Expect to hear more from me as the semester progresses, and plan to bring your thoughts and ideas to the table.

JONATHAN HOLLOWAY is the dean of Yale College. Contact him at jonathan.holloway@yale.edu.

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SALOVEY'S FRESHMAN ADDRESS

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ut the answer to speech that offends us is, most often, our own speech,” University President Peter Salovey proudly proclaimed in his freshman address on Saturday. Fine — in this column, I will respond to a speech that offended me.

Last week, Salovey spoke at great length about a so-called crisis of free speech infecting our campuses. “In the last year or two,” Salovey told freshman, “we’ve seen more than the usual number of events on college and university campuses, across the country, in which the freedom to express ideas has been threatened. Invitations to provocative speakers have been withdrawn; politicians, celebrities, and even university presidents invited to deliver commencement addresses have — under pressure, declined to speak to graduates … In the most troubling of these ‘free speech’ incidents, speakers of various political persuasions have been shouted down and rendered unable to deliver remarks to campus groups who had invited them.”

He proceeded to quote extensively from a 1974 report by one of Yale’s intellectual giants, the late C. Vann Woodward. The report, issued in the wake of the protests of the 1960s, reaffirmed the University’s support for free speech, even when controversial.

Salovey was entertaining and thoughtful, as always. That said, when he decried students who protested controversial commencement speakers and shouted down certain lecturers as threatening free speech, he fundamentally missed the point.

Most of us are aware of the whole commencement-speakers controversy from a few months ago. After widespread protests at Rutgers, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that she would not speak at that university’s graduation. Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, decided not to speak at Smith College after hundreds signed an online petition condemning her. Robert Birgenau, former chancellor of Berkeley, backed out of his scheduled speech at Haverford’s graduation following similar protests.

And a few months before that, students at Brown shouted down former New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly of the notorious stop-and-frisk policy. This, I suspect, was one of the “speakers of various political persuasions” who was silenced, according to Salovey.

A vitally important distinction must be made between inviting a speaker to lecture on campus and honoring that speaker. Salovey failed to make it. When students protested the invitations to Rice, Lagarde, Birgenau and Kelly, they weren’t protesting these individuals’ right to speak; they were protesting the honor (or cash) that was being conferred on these individuals. Rutgers was slated to give Rice $35,000 and an honorary degree; Birgenau and Lagarde were set to receive honorary degrees. Kelly was invited to give Brown’s Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture, a huge

honor — and, according to the university, an event designed to affirm Kelly’s “distinguished contributions to SCOTT public serSTERN vice.”

The stuA Stern dent protestPerspective ers were not motivated by a desire to deny a voice to Rice, Lagarde, Birgenau and Kelly. The protesters were motivated by the fact that their universities were bestowing their highest honors on these individuals. “It wasn’t an unwillingness to listen to a contentious viewpoint that spurred student objections,” wrote Corinne Grinapol in The Nation, “it was the conferring of honorary degrees to those speakers, a tacit endorsement of their work and legacies.”

Neither this lecture nor the commencement addresses are debates. Only the invited speakers would be allowed to speak.

So the only mechanism students had to respond to these speakers — as Salovey apparently wants — was to pre-emptively protest them.

It seems to me that C. Vann Woodward would have been proud of the student protesters, not of Salovey’s speech. One part of Woodward’s 1974 report stated that it is “entirely appropriate” for campus officials to “attempt to persuade a group not to invite a speaker.” If the group declines, the University should not impede the speech.

I assume Woodward would have extended this same logic to students attempting to persuade the University not to invite a speaker. And this is exactly what these students did. Students were not asked for their input when any of these individuals were initially invited. So they merely exercised their freedom of expression to protest these honorific invitations. And then Rice, Lagarde and Birgenau withdrew of their own volition.

They were not forced out. Their speech was not impeded. They were simply unwilling to confront an opposing viewpoint.

Kelly was shouted down, but only after Brown refused to heed a petition and letter-writing campaign, urging the university to listen to the student voice and, at the very least, to cease to honor an alleged racist to whom it was giving a podium. And because of that protest, Brown held a community forum the next night in which hundreds of students amicably debated the stop-andfrisk policy and Kelly’s speech.

President Salovey took a cheap shot at students who were merely attempting to be heard and to stop their universities from honoring dishonorable individuals.

Especially considering Salovey’s excellent freshman address last year, we should all be very disappointed.

SCOTT STERN is a senior in Branford College. His columns run on Mondays. Contact him at scott.stern@yale.edu .

History, rewritten I

n Saturday’s freshman address, President Peter Salovey revisited the Woodward Report, a document that has nobly articulated the defense of free speech in academia for the past four decades. Its most memorable line declares, “the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable.”

Behind these words, though, lies a more complicated history than many realize. That past carries a lesson as powerful for us today as the text itself.

When President Kingman Brewster formed a committee to write a report on free expression in 1974, he had a long and checkered track record on the topic. Eleven years earlier, parts of the New Haven community threatened violence when the Yale Political Union extended an invitation to segregationist George Wallace. Fearing urban unrest, Brewster pressured the YPU to disinvite its controversial guest.

In one form or another, that pattern repeated itself over the next decade. Yale’s 17th president often sided against the open exchange of ideas, typically in an effort to prevent bloodshed. These tactics worked, protecting the University from the worst mayhem of the 1960s.

But by 1974, Brewster realized that he had sacrificed a crucial academic principle for the sake of an expedient, albeit successful, pragmatism. He turned to a joint faculty-student committee to reaffirm the values of free speech at Yale. For the committee’s chairmanship, he tapped C. Vann Woodward, a scholar of the American South and arguably the nation’s most distinguished living historian.

When the two men discussed the appointment, Woodward initially declined the position.

Far from impartial, the historian was an outspoken advocate for free expression, a cause he first embraced as a young scholar of racism living below the MasonDixon line.

Brewster, though, had no misgivings about a biased chairman. In fact, it was Woodward’s public stance on free speech that made him an appealing choice, all but guaranteeing that the committee would endorse open discourse.

The president selected other committee members with similar care: One was the late Robert Dahl GRD ’40, an eminent political scientist who commanded respect on campus and offered a sure vote for free expression.

Another, Lloyd Cutler ’36 LAW ’39, was a Yale alumnus and close confident of the president who would watch out for Brewster’s personal interests.

During the fall term of 1974, the 13-person committee met seven times in the master's house of Silliman College. Their deliberations, which lasted for hours, spanned legal theory and philosophy. The members assigned tasks according to their respective skills. To Woodward lay the job of compiling a history of free speech incidents at Yale.

According to oral testimony from a surviving member of the

committee, the chairman initially presented his colleagues with a brutally honest docNATHANIEL ument that, n te n t i o n ZELINSKY ially or not, highlighted On Point Kingman B rews te r ’s failures. Upon reading the draft, Lloyd Cutler confronted Woodward: “You can’t write this. If you write this, Kingman Brewster will have to resign.” Then, according to the same committee member, Cutler “bullied Woodward” into rewriting the history.

Though the committee’s minutes do not record this exchange, the history of free expression at Yale that Woodward did write — which today is the second section of the report — is not completely accurate.

Important events, from a controversial sit-in in 1969 to students disrupting a screening of the movie Tarzan in 1970, do not appear in the text at all. Other incidents are written in a light favorable to Yale’s president.

This evidence strongly suggests, though it does not conclusively prove, that Woodward massaged the past.

THE HISTORY BEHIND THE WOODWARD REPORT IS MORE COMPLEX THAN IT SEEMS The historian faced an unappealing choice. If Woodward had written an accurate history, he would have placed Brewster in jeopardy at a moment when the president was poised to reassert the values of liberal tolerance in academia. But to falsify history — even if only by omission — violated the scholar’s ethics.

Woodward’s ultimate decision — to protect Brewster — allowed his report to become a timeless document, but one that manipulated the history of his time.

Here lies the lesson of a great man who knew when to compromise a principle close to his heart for the sake of a higher cause. In many ways, Woodward was a fitting parallel to Brewster, another giant, who had chosen to sacrifice free expression in order to calm the turmoil of the 1960s.

Rarely do our lives and scholarship force us to make these kinds of difficult choices. But when we must, we have Woodward’s example to guide us.

NATHANIEL ZELINSKY is a 2013 graduate of Davenport College. His senior essay examined the Woodward Committee and the 1972 Study Group on Yale College.

Contact him at nz244@cam.ac.uk .

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech.” FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

SOM welcomes Salovey emphasizes free expression largest ever class

BY LAVINIA BORZI STAFF REPORTER Today marks the first day of class for the Yale School of Management’s largest-ever student body.

All three degree programs at SOM — the MBA, MAM and MBA for Executives — registered record enrollment this year, administrators said. According to Associate Dean David Bach, this has been the result of a fairly steady increase over the past five years, though the record this year represents the most significant leap in numbers.

This year’s entering class also has the highest percentage of international students and the highest yield rate in the history of the school.

Still, administrators said the school is still fairly modest in size, relative to its peer business schools.

“We are still a small business school,” Bach said. “We remain among the premier MBA programs with the highest student-faculty ratio.

SOM Associate Dean Anjani Jain also said the increase in the size of the student body size is not disproportionate. The growth has been matched by a commensurate increase in faculty, he said, as the school has intensified its hiring over the past year.

Bach said a large faculty is necessary to sustain growth in the student body — but that it goes both ways. In order to attract world-class faculty in major areas of expertise, the school needs to have the critical mass of students and facilities to sustain it.

Associate Director of Admissions Bruce del Monico attributed this year’s growth to the momentum the school has been building over the past few years.

“The steady growth [of critical mass] and global aspirations, and all these factors, have come together to really represent and put us one a strongly positive trajectory,” he said.

SOM’s growth over the past five years, culminating in the move to its new campus in January, has also brought on new challenges, Bach said.

This year’s MBA yield of 49.53 percent was record-breaking, but fell slightly short of administrators’ goal of crossing the 50-percent line.

Falling short of the yield rate goal is partly a consequence of SOM’s new academic standing. Because SOM has now entered the top range of business schools in the country, Bach said, it is now at a risk of losing some applicants to other long-established, top-tier institutions.

“When we lose top MBA students we tend to lose them to Stanford, Harvard, et cetera,” he said. “We’ve entered the choice set of the very top applicants and that’s a success.”

Jain said an MBA applicant’s choice is often determined by the program’s affordability, and Yale SOM is not yet in a position to offer as many scholarships as Harvard or Stanford do.

But the percentage of scholarships at SOM has grown from 4 to 12.5 percent over the past three years.

Although far from the 36 to 37 percent offered by other top institutions, the school expects to keep increasing its financial capacity, administrators said.

One area in which SOM has risen above its peer institutions is in its percentage of international students — which this year, cumulative of all three degree programs, is 54 percent.

Five students interviewed said they are enthusiastic about the school’s growth and momentum, but they also chose SOM for its small size and high student-faculty ratio.

Mo Chen SOM ’16 said he values the high percentage of international students at the school because it allows him to make connections across the globe, especially as he will likely return to Asia after his studies in the U.S. Francesco Annetta SOM ’16 said the overall growth in the student body is exciting, but also startling for everyone involved.

“Everyone was a little surprised when we came into the classrooms first day and we almost couldn’t fit!” he said. “But I think it’s still a decent enough size — I’ve interacted with most of my classmates.”

SOM is located at the northern end of Yale’s campus, at 165 Whitney Ave. Contact LAVINIA BORZI at lavinia.borzi@yale.edu .

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The largest-ever class at the Yale School of Management is also its most international, with 54 percent of students hailing from abroad.

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University President Peter Salovey encouraged students to engage with difficult questions in his freshman address.

BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS STAFF REPORTER In his address to the entering class of 2018 on Saturday, University President Peter Salovey emphasized the centrality of free expression to the University and education at large.

Telling students that they “need to be able to discuss intelligently anything and everything,” Salovey challenged freshmen to engage with difficult topics and to champion intellectual diversity during their four years at Yale.

“We value freedom of expression precisely because it provides a forum for the new, the provocative, the disturbing and the unorthodox,” Salovey said.

Salovey began his address by discussing the changes — notably, a tremendous increase in diversity — that Yale’s student body has undergone since he first arrived in New Haven as a graduate student in 1981.

He then moved on to the recent spate of politically charged events on college campuses in which invitations to controversial speakers have been withdrawn and freedom of expression threatened. From there, Salovey entered into a fullthroated defense of free expression on University campuses.

Drawing from a 1975 report — compiled under the leadership of Yale professor C.

Vann Woodward — that made a case for free expression at the University, Salovey told freshmen that free expression is essential to the University, even if it at times makes members of the community uncomfortable.

“Free expression must be protected even when social norms are compromised by the speaker,” Salovey said.

He added that a key element of free expression is being willing to disagree with others.

Salovey challenged the Class of 2018 to do just that.

He added that students need to learn to disagree not only with each other, but also with teachers and, for that matter, with him.

Still, he noted, disagreements at the University need to remain civil.

“A year from now, I hope the class of 2018 will be conscious of the inherent tensions between, on the one hand, the primacy of unfettered thought and expression at the University, and, at the same time, the importance of civility and friendship in our community,” Salovey told the News. “I hope we all believe that honestly sharing ideas — even when we disagree — makes our community stronger.”

Salovey’s address followed welcoming remarks by Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway, who took office at the end of July. Holloway’s address to the class of 2018 was his first as dean of Yale

College.

In his speech, Holloway addressed the dual themes of humility and the value of the liberal arts.

I hope we all believe that honestly sharing ideas — even when we disagree — makes our community stronger.

PETER SALOVEY University president “Your accomplishments are real, but they are not only yours to own,” Holloway said.

After his discussion of humility, Holloway embarked on a defense of the liberal arts. Saying that a Yale education would prepare students to ask difficult questions, Holloway told the freshmen that “the purpose of education is to lead us to some sense of citizenship.”

In an email to the News, Holloway said he hopes freshmen will accept his challenge “to embrace the rich complexity of Yale” and pursue a wide range of unfamiliar experiences “I am … very excited about delivering the address and eager to learn if my message to the class of 2018 resonates over the course of their four years here,” Holloway said.

Students expressed

mixed reactions to Salovey’s address. While those interviewed agreed with what Salovey said, some questioned the choice of topic for the convocation address.

“It was a good topic, but the wrong venue,” Adam Lohman ’18 said. “This was our welcoming address. I felt like it should have been more of a welcome.”

Erin Krebs ’18 described the topic as “a little bit out of left field.”

Still, others expressed appreciation for Salovey’s advocacy of free speech and disagreement.

“I come from a very homogeneous community,” said Tony Jiang ’18, who hails from San Jose, Calif. “It just made it hit me that Yale was much different from where I’m from.”

Klevi Golloshi ’18 echoed Jiang’s sentiment, saying that the ability to express different views is “what makes Yale special.”

Students interviewed gave Holloway’s speech broadly positive reviews. Devyani Aggarwal ’18 said that her eyes watered at the end of Holloway’s address.

Both Salovey and Holloway delivered their addresses twice, as Woolsey Hall is not large enough to accommodate the entire freshman class.

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

Businesses await reopening of State Street Bridge

BY APARNA NATHAN STAFF REPORTER State Street businesses will have to wait longer than expected for their local bridge to reopen and for traffic to return to normal.

The State Street Bridge, which has been closed for construction since 2009, is scheduled to reopen next year. Construction has been plagued with obstacles, extending for four years past the original 2011 reopening date and affecting both local businesses and residents.

“We are doing our best,” said Vladislav Kaminsky, supervising engineer for the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

“Our main priority is to give the road back to the residents.”

The bridge will open in April 2015, although construction is not anticipated to be finished until August of that year. The engineers do not foresee any more complications since they have completed the underground portion of

the bridge, said Joe Moslehi, chief structural engineer in the city of New Haven Engineering Department.

Plans for reconstruction of the bridge began in 2009, when a DoT inspection report indicated that the bridge, originally built in 1920, was not safe or wide enough to support the amount of traffic it now sees. The City of New Haven is overseeing the design of the bridge, while DoT is managing construction.

The first of many delays arose shortly after construction began.

The drilling was determined to be too close to a 42-inch, cast iron water main that served a large portion of the city.

“When you’re dealing with real things, like people’s water, you can’t take risks,” said Larry Smith, assistant city engineer.

Over the next five years, the engineers encountered numerous additional problems with utilities and potential environmental haz-

ards.

So far, the problems that have hindered the construction have been a financial burden as well.

The original cost estimate for construction of the bridge by the DoT was $5 million, but the number has quickly grown to over $25 million. The city’s design costs are currently estimated to be just under $600,000.

“This is one of those jobs in which we have just been completely unsuccessful until this point,” Kaminsky said.

State Street, which was often used by commuters traveling between Hamden and New Haven, now sees far less traffic, said Jessica Holmes, alder for Ward 9, which includes the State Street Bridge. Signs warning drivers about the closed bridge direct traffic to detour routes.

But, the complicated detours often discourage drivers, who are only willing to take the potentially dangerous detours in day-

light, said Fred Walker, co-owner of Chestnut Fine Foods, a specialty food shop located on State Street near the construction site.

The detours also redirect traffic to streets that are used to getting less traffic, like Nash Street and Mechanic Street, Holmes said.

This is one of those jobs in which we have just been completely unsuccessful until this point.

VLADISLAV KAMINSKY Supervising engineer, Connecticut Department of Transportation “The kind of community that we’re trying to build in New Haven is a fluid, pedestrianand bike-friendly one,” Holmes said. “This blockage makes get-

ting around much harder.”

The neighboring commercial area has felt the effects of the construction. The dead end formed by the closed bridge repels customers, who are unsure how to turn around, Walker said. His store has survived largely due to its catering and delivery business, but walkin business has decreased by 20 to 30 percent due to customers taking the detour before reaching his store, which is located one block away.

Business owners have been frustrated by the series of delays. A meeting was held last November for local business owners and city and state officials to discuss the current status of the bridge. The city has attempted to address business owners’ complaints of an increase in crime by installing more lights by the construction site, Moslehi said.

In response to the announce-

ment of the April 2015 reopening, Holmes expressed “cautious optimism.”

Some business owners, including John Ortiz, president of Agency One Group Inc, want to discourage further delays.

Ortiz suggested imposing a fine for each day past April 2015 that the bridge is not reopened.

Other business owners said they are simply looking forward to the reopening. Walker hopes to plan a big street festival to celebrate. A festival could draw customers back to the stores near the bridge, but won’t compensate for the loss of revenue over the past six years, he said.

“I’ve been told so many different dates,” Walker said. “I’m not going to believe anything until I see it.”

The State Street Bridge is 88 feet long and crosses Mill River.

Contact APARNA NATHAN at aparna.nathan@yale.edu .

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Yale-NUS hosts first Model ASEAN Conference

BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER One year after Yale-NUS opened its doors, the college’s International Relations and Political Association hosted its first Model Association of Southeast Asian Nations Conference last weekend.

From Aug. 22 to 24, over 150 students from around Southeast Asia gathered at Yale-NUS in Singapore to simulate summit meetings of the actual ASEAN, a political and economic organization of 10 Southeast Asian countries. Similar to a Model United Nations conference, participants assumed the roles of different country delegates and debated Southeast Asia’s most pressing issues, ranging from the South China Sea to climate change. According to conference organizers, the association hopes to make Yale-NUS ASEAN conference a yearly event.

The conference also hosted two esteemed diplomats — Singapore’s former ambassador to the UN, Kishore Mahbubani, and Singapore’s former ambassador to the United States, Chan Heng Chee.

Walter Yeo NUS ’18, honorary secretary general for the conference, said he and some friends were initially inspired to organize the forum after attending a Model UN conference in Taiwan.

“I thought that it would be a really cool idea to bring ASEAN back to Singapore, especially as Singapore was a key driver in many of [the conference’s] programs. A couple of us discussed this while in Taiwan and shipped the idea home,” he said.

Jared Yeo NUS ’17, secretarygeneral of the conference, said planning for the conference took about six months.

The Model ASEAN conferences are distinct from Model UN conferences in that they have consensus voting versus

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Over 150 students from around Southeast Asia gathered at Yale-NUS for a Model Association of Southeast Asian Nations Conference to mock debate issues such as the South China Sea and climate change.

majority voting, Walter Yeo said.

He added that no university in the area had organized a model ASEAN conference before.

Conference organizers said they hope the weekend made more students aware of ASEAN and gave them an outlet to discuss Southeast Asia.

“We wanted to provide a platform where students debate very regional issues not found at other Model UN conferences,” Walter Yeo said.

In future years, the conference may involve American students to diversify perspectives, conference organizers said.

Dixwell awaits new restaurant arrivals

BY J.R REED AND POOJA SALHOTRA STAFF REPORTERS In the wake of Elm City staples Educated Burgher and A-1 Pizza’s closing this summer, two new eateries are set to open down the street at 9 Dixwell Ave. The University acquired the property at 9 Dixwell, which formerly housed Broadway Liquor and the Sound Tracks Cafe, in November 2011, but it has not yet leased the space. Since the property is located in a district zoned for residential use, the University sought special approval from the Board of Zoning Appeals to open the restaurants.

The BZA granted the request at its July 8 meeting, and Assistant Director for New Haven and State Affairs Lauren Zucker said in an email this week that the University is “close to leasing the space” to two restaurants.

Although Zucker could not reveal exactly which restaurants will take over the space, she is confident the spaces — located just around the corner from the Ray Tompkins House — will cater to students and Elm City residents alike.

“They are both fast casual type restaurants with affordable price points and should appeal to the whole community, including students, shoppers and residents in the surrounding Broadway and Dixwell districts,” Zucker said in an email.

She said the two restaurants will have separate spaces in the ground floor below a four-story apartment building.

Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison expressed her support for the new restaurants in her ward by sending a letter to the BZA discussing the benefits of opening two new restaurants. She said the new businesses will increase economic development and create more jobs for New Haven residents.

Morrison said the University approached her early in the summer to discuss their plans and the impact the new businesses would have on the Dixwell community.

Although Yale did not reveal the names of the restaurants to Morrison, she anticipates they will be in a similar price range of Popeyes, the

fried chicken restaurant located on Whalley. “[The University] knows that the type of restaurant we are looking for is one that everyone can go to,” Morrison said.

The announcement of these two new restaurants comes just a week after students voiced their disappointment with Yale for bringing in two international retailers to the Broadway shopping district. In late July, the University announced that Italian cosmetics store Kiko Milano and the high-end clothing store Emporium DNA would open at 1 Broadway this fall. Following that announcement, all 17 students interviewed said they were not satisfied with the establishments Yale chose to occupy the space.

In contrast, most students said they were pleased with the University’s decision to open two “fast casual restaurants” — 10 of 12 students interviewed said they would be happy with this type of addition to off-campus dining.

Mieke Scherpbier ’16, who is a member of the women’s crew team, said she hopes the new restaurants will offer quick breakfast and lunch options at affordable prices. She added that when she walks to practice in the morning there are very few places open.

“Since Au Bon Pain closed down and Gourmet Heaven [is] moving out, we really need an equivalent place on that side of campus to supplement spots on Chapel,” Scherpbier said.

Business owners in the surrounding area said the Dixwell neighborhood offers an eclectic mix of customers, including Yale students, parents staying at the Courtyard Marriott and residents who frequent the nearby church.

According to multiple sources, the neighborhood has become safer and more attractive to students during the past four years.

The Dixwell neighborhood includes a significant portion of the Yale campus, including Morse College, Ezra Stiles College, Payne Whitney Gymnasium and Ingalls Rink.

Contact J.R REED at jonathan.t.reed@yale.edu and POOJA SALHOTRA at pooja.salhotra@yale.edu .

In his speech, Ambassador Mahbubani spoke about ASEAN’s unique role as a regional organization and how it has been more successful than originally predicted.

Walter Yeo said Chan’s speech about Singapore’s place in the world reminded him of

how a single conference could inspire future leaders to invest in regional politics.

Miranda Melcher ’16, who is helping to organize a Model UN conference for 1,000 students at Yale-NUS in January, emphasized that the conference was organized by an organization

that was only a year old.

“It’s pretty impressive that they’re doing this and that they’re doing it successfully,” she said.

ASEAN was founded in 1967.

Contact RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .

Governor’s election may pivot on gun control

BY ERICA PANDEY STAFF REPORTER Republican Second Amendment defender and Tea Party activist Joe Visconti added heat to an already tight governor’s race in Connecticut when he qualified to appear on the November ballot last week.

Gun control looms large over the gubernatorial contest after the incumbent, embattled Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy, signed a package of reforms into law in the wake of the Newtown shootings, making the state one of the strictest in the nation for gun carriers. Malloy’s challenger, Republican Tom Foley, has not stated a clear position on the gun law.

Visconti, an ardent gun rights defender, gives Second Amendment enthusiasts an option other than Tom Foley, who has frustrated many Republicans by dancing around the issue. Visconti has been clear in his opposition to the act and his intention to repeal it if elected.

“Mr. Foley has not been willing to speak candidly about his position [on gun violence prevention],” said State Senate Majority Leader Democrat Martin Looney.

“I think a candidate should speak forthrightly on such an important issue.”

Looney said that, in contrast, Visconti has charac-

terized himself as a “Texasstyle Republican” regarding the issue of gun control.

Foley is currently seeking the endorsement of the Connecticut Citizen’s Defense League (CCDL), a non-partisan organization for gun rights. Looney noted a CCDL endorsement for Foley over Visconti would effectively neutralize the latter’s advantage with second amendment voters.

The CCDL has not officially endorsed a candidate for the general election, but CCDL President Scott Wilson questioned the merit of supporting a dark horse candidate. “[Visconti] is a good guy but the stakes are too high in supporting someone who is too far off the beam for people to gamble on,” he said.

Wilson added that voting for Visconti would be a “waste of time, energy, and resources.” Still, he and Looney both acknowledged that the upcoming election will be close and Visconti could upset the race.

If he did get the CCDL endorsement, he could potentially split the conservative vote with the support of gun owners, giving Malloy an edge in the race this fall, Looney said.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks

System (NICS), gun owners represent a considerable chunk of Connecticut voters. NICS reported that over 150,000 Connecticut residents underwent background checks to obtain firearms during the first seven months of 2014. This statistic does not include gun owners who underwent checks before 2014 or those owning illicit firearms, two factors that would likely inflate the number of gun owners in the state.

Mr. Foley has not been willing to speak candidly about his position [on gun violence prevention].

MARTIN LOONEY Democratic majority leader, Conn. State Senate Overall, 1.1 million Connecticut residents voted in the last gubernatorial election held in 2010.

Ya l e Co l l e ge De m o crats’ Elections Coordinator Tyler Blackmon ’16 said the upcoming election will give student voters a chance to support Malloy’s vision of progressive change in the state, adding that the Yale

Dems will campaign for the incumbent governor in November.

“Certainly the Yale Dems won’t complain if [Visconti] draws votes away from Foley,” Blackmon said. “Governor Dan Malloy stepped up and pushed for the country’s most aggressive response to gun violence yet, even though he knew he would invite fierce criticism from groups like the NRA and Tea Party extremists like [Visconti].”

Andrea Barragan ’16, president of the Yale College Republicans, noted that while Visconti’s candidacy might compromise Foley’s chances in November, it is also possible that Visconti will have a minimal impact on the race.

Barragan said Foley will have the support of the Yale Republicans, despite his ambiguous stance on guns, because he seems better positioned to defeat Malloy.

“That’s not to say that Visconti’s efforts aren’t laudable,” Barragan added.

“We have recently seen an insurgency of anti-establishment candidates who have brought attention to their causes but not much victory.”

The general election will be held on Nov. 4.

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

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“I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.” ALFRED HITCHCOCK ENGLISH FILM DIRECTOR

Comp sci course moves in new direction COMP SCI FROM PAGE 1

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A redesigned introductory sequence in computer science will focus more on real-world app building and entrepreneurship.

Abadi said. Computer Science 112 and Computer Science 113 were recently approved by newly appointed computer science chair Joan Feigenbaum and director of undergraduate studies Jim Aspnes, but not in time for the Blue Book’s printing.

Abadi said he hopes the courses will be comparable to Harvard’s Computer Science 50, the hugely popular introductory computer science course, but with its own twist: Yale’s will take two semesters instead of one. The second half of the course will emphasize entrepreneurship and technical skills in equal part.

Like the curriculum, the grading system will mirror the real world. Group projects will be assigned stocks, which can fluctuate in value through trading with other groups. Abadi plans for a portion of students’ final grades to be determined by how much their projects’ stocks are worth. He will also factor in comments from venture capitalists, who will evaluate students’ projects — and potentially award prizes for the best ideas — in the spring.

Charles Jin ’16, a co-founder of Y-Hack, called the changes a “step in the right direction,” but not enough to fully satisfy students seeking classes with a more practical bent.

Aspnes said the courses are not a significant departure from the department’s academic focus, just

an “evolution” of the curriculum that existed before.

Computer Science 113, split between programming and entrepreneurship, is where the department is exploring new directions, Aspnes added.

Although Computer Science 112 is still required for the computer science major, Computer Science 113 is not, and can be taken without taking Computer Science 112.

Students will also have the option of forgoing the new “Introduction to Programing” for the original Computer Science 112, which will be offered in the spring.

No additional computer science classes with an entrepreneurial slant are planned for now, Aspnes said. While there are no changes for this year in how the department plans to manage higher enrollments in its introductory courses like those posted last year, the subject is presently under discussion.

The crowds at Hack Yale and Y-Hack are testament to campuswide clamor for training in app design and marketing, but Abadi said it remains to be seen if Computer Science 112 and 113 will have similar success.

“It’s just one class, but it has potential,” he said.

From 2010 to 2013, the average number of computer science majors was 25; from 2006 to 2009, the average was about 14.

Contact JENNIFER GERSTEN at jennifer.gersten@yale.edu .

New Haven civilian-police relationship questioned FERGUSON FROM PAGE 1 incidents like the one in Ferguson.

“Blacks have been living with this for a long time,” he said. “A lot of them have tried to deal with it by behaving themselves and being nice, but some people don’t want to take it anymore and they deal with it by exploding. Maybe that’s what [Brown] did in Ferguson.”

Mathis also said one solution to this tension is to ensure that police forces fairly represent the

demographics of the cities they serve.

Calls for greater diversity within New Haven’s municipalities, including its police department, cropped up over the past year as a court case, dubbed the New Haven 10 case, questioned whether African-American police officers were unfairly passed over for promotion.

“We need to take action to lessen these sporadic explosions,” Mathis said. “If that means we need to petition so that the police force and fire depart-

Michael Brown shooting 18-year-old Michael Brown shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo.

ment look more like us, then we need to do that.”

Numbers provided by New Haven Police Department spokesman David Hartman indicate that 43 percent of the force’s budgeted officers are minorities. The most recent New Haven census shows that 57.4 percent of Elm City residents are minorities.

But Anderson warned that diversity does not guarantee accountability, adding that sweeping change must take place to ensure that all officers, regard-

less of race, learn to handle their responsibilities with care.

“There’s something systemic about it that we need to correct,” Anderson said. “If the black officers come in and are trained by people who are ignorant, then they can repeat the mistakes.”

Still, government leaders interviewed said they remain confident that New Haven and other Connecticut cities would have avoided the chaos that unfolded quickly in Ferguson because of their police protocols.

Undersecretary Mike Law-

State of Emergency declared Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon officially declares a state of emergency in Ferguson after days of protests, looting and violence in the city after tension between police and civilians boils over.

lor, Gov. Dannel Malloy’s criminal justice advisor, said that because the state would assume control of a case like the Brown shooting, he is confident that it would avoid some of the complications that arose in Ferguson, where most resources were local. He also added that state police would not be given military-grade equipment to combat civilian protesters under any circumstances.

Ultimately, strong ties between the community and the police are too valuable to risk, he

said.

“The most important thing is that, here in Connecticut, we put a big premium on community policing and maintaining relationships. We want police departments to look like and come from the communities they serve.”

On Aug. 21, 2014 the National Guard was withdrawn three days after being dispatched to Ferguson.

Contact MAREK RAMILO at marek.ramilo@yale.edu .

Preliminary autopsy released Michael Baden, former New York City chief medical examiner, releases the findings of an independent autopsy, showing Brown was shot six times in the front of his body from a distance of at least one to two feet.

Local protests on campus A group led by Henry Chapman ART '15 condemns the shooting, arguing that structural racism plays a role in cases of racial profiling and police misconduct in Ferguson and across the country.

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Charter reform proves difficult to implement SCHOOL REFORM FROM PAGE 1 varg ARC ’75 said the city has a geographic information system that maps the population spatially based on data from the 2010 census. Though the city is neatly divided into 30 census tracts, these block groupings do not correspond to the city’s 30 wards.

The city’s two state senatorial districts — one potentially simple division — do not have an equal share of the population, she said.

Other divisions — north and south, east and west — might slice the city up along complicated demographic lines, alders said.

Black residents are more concentrated in the west side of the city, while the east side comprises more whites and Latinos.

In addition to who will vote where, another unanswered question Monday was who can run.

Leslie Blatteau ’97, who works in the public schools, said she hopes employees of the school district are eligible to run. Because current Board members have ties

to ConnCAN, an education advocacy group, and Achievement First, a charter school network, members of the teachers’ union should not be barred, Blatteau argued.

Also fraught is the question of who will draw the two education districts: alders themselves or an independent body. Rachel Heerema, executive director of the Citywide Youth Coalition, urged the joint committee to take the matter out of alders’ hands and instead name a “nonpartisan committee” that would remove politics from the process.

Should alders be in charge of deciding how their own wards are divvied up, Heerema said, they might gerrymander districts for political reasons.

“I might decide that a certain person should be elected and so make sure my political ally’s ward is in the same district as mine so they can support my choice,” she elaborated after the meeting.

Particularly troubling, she said, is the prospect of an already powerful interest group in the city

using the process to seek greater sway, citing Yale’s UNITE HERE unions, Locals 34 and 35, as an example. The majority of sitting alders won election with the backing of the blue-and-pinkcollar unions; about a half-dozen work as employees or stewards for the unions.

Local 34 President Laurie Kennington ’01 and Local 35 President Bob Proto did not return phone messages and emails requesting comment Tuesday.

Board of Education President Carlos Torre echoed Heerema’s concern, saying elections invariably open the process to politics. But Downtown Alder Abby Roth ’90 LAW ’94 said she foresees her colleagues acting in good faith, suggesting labor’s influence is overstated.

TWO STUDENT VOICES

Under the revised charter, public school students will gain a semblance of self-governance on the Board, when student representatives are seated by Jan. 1, 2016. Administrators said Mon-

day they are eager to expedite the process, perhaps selecting students as early as the beginning of 2015.

“We think this is an important part of the development of the Board of Ed,” NHPS Superintendent Garth Harries ’95 said at the meeting. “We want to get the students involved as soon as possible.”

Among the decisions alders will make is how the students will be chosen. One option is a citywide election. Kimberly Sullivan — a rising junior at the Sound School — was among five students from the Citywide Student Council who urged alders Monday night to put the vote to the council instead.

The students suggested that the 70 to 100 members of the council could vote for the two representatives, which would also come from that body. A more narrow field would ensure the election does not devolve into a “popularity contest,” Sullivan said.

The council also levels the playing field between larger and smaller

student bodies, she added.

Xavier Milling, a rising senior at James Hillhouse High School, agreed, testifying that council members have more experience dealing with districtwide issues.

But administrators and advocates seemed to favor direct democracy. Torre said that a citywide election would be efficient and would increase student engagement.

Our schools are the least democratic place in all of society,” Torre said. “[A citywide vote] would give students a taste of democracy and get them engaged.”

If the city were committed to involving young people, the students said, their representatives would be given voting power on the Board. State law dictates that minors otherwise ineligible to vote may not vote on school boards.

Alders assured students the positions would still have sway, primarily as a mouthpiece for student interests. “Sometimes I listen to you more than [the adults],” East Rock Alder Anna Festa said.

When Committee Chair Aaron Greenberg GRD ’18 asked the students whether their peers knew about the revised charter, the five students said they themselves barely understood it.

“It just got explained to me 20 minutes ago, so I’m guessing they don’t know about it,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan and her peers emphasized social media as a tool to inform high school students.

Morris Cove Alder Sal DeCola said the students who testified — all ineligible to run as juniors, seniors or graduates — could help increase awareness about the revision by mentoring freshmen to run next year as sophomores.

The Connecticut Board of Education includes two student members, as do most state school boards. Most student representatives are selected by district officials, not their peers.

Contact POOJA SALHOTRA at pooja.salhotra@yale.edu and ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .

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“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.” SAUL BELLOW NOBEL LAUREATE

Sterling reopens nave after restoration BEFORE

RENOVATIONS FROM PAGE 1 brilliantly restored painting, ‘Alma Mater.’”

The restoration of the nave comes 84 years after the library was first opened. Crilly said that over time, materials that hold pieces of glass together begin to sag, causing the window to bow out. Outside of the nave itself, repair work was needed on areas of the roof that had been prone to leaking, he said.

Crilly added that the consolidation of the three service desks — circulation, information and library privileges — will allow librarians to provide more effi-

cient service to students and researchers.

The newly restored nave is not only a summons to scholarship, but an inspiration for the entire Yale community.

SUSAN GIBBONS University librarian “The newly restored nave is

not only a summons to scholarship, but an inspiration for the entire Yale community,” University Librarian Susan Gibbons said in a campuswide email.

However, not all of the University’s capital projects were finished in time for the beginning of the new academic year.

In a September 2013 email to the Yale community, Provost Benjamin Polak wrote that the refurbishment of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium tower was scheduled to be completed in August 2014 for a budgeted cost of $30 million.

But as of press time, the scaffolding around the exterior of

the tower remains in place.

Administrators from the Athletic Department could not be reached for comment Monday or Tuesday night.

Additionally, this July, renovations began on Sterling Chemistry Laboratory to put in place new undergraduate teaching laboratories, in addition to new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and lab support, offices and student common areas. The project is set to be completed by fall 2016 for a total cost of $130 million.

Students interviewed were impressed by the nave and the new study areas.

Mitchell Jones ’16 said he is happy the University took the time to complete the renovations.

Others agreed, noting the importance of the presentation of both Payne Whitney and Sterling Library.

“As two of the most notable buildings on campus, both of which attract many visitors, the state of their appearance is crucial in projecting Yale’s historic and cultural past,” Marion Hirshberg ’16 said.

Anthony Diaz, the Associate Athletic Director of Payne Whitney Gymnasium and Physical Education, said delays to the

original timetable were likely because additional sections of tower were refurbished as well.

While Diaz said he did not know whether the project was on budget, he said the scaffolding is slated to be taken down around mid-November.

“I’m very impressed with this project even staying close to the [scheduled] date,” Diaz said.

“It’s a massive project.”

The President’s House, located at 43 Hillhouse Ave., has also been under renovation since last year.

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

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Renovations to the Sterling Memorial Library nave added new seating areas, self-service checkout stations and computer workstations.

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ON CAMPUS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 12:30 p.m. Artist Talk and Performance: Jean Grae. Jean Grae, a Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist with roots in South African music, performs and presents her perspective of the relationships between art, music and politics. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Contemporary Art/South Africa.” Yale University Art Gallery (1111 Chapel St.).

10:30 p.m. Dwight Sign-Up Jam. The official sign-up event for Yale a cappella rush. Come hear 15 premier Yale a cappella groups perform and sign up for auditions at the end of the concert.

Dwight Hall (67 High St.).

10:30 p.m. South Asian Showcase. Kick off your year with performances from some of the South Asian groups on campus, including Yale Jashan Bhangra, Rangeela, and Sur et Veritaal. OffBroadway Theater (41 Broadway).

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 5:00 p.m. NHFPL Syrian Film Sampler: “The Extras” (1993).

Comic and not-so-comic tryst of a poor young couple that arranges for an unchaperoned meeting to carry on their courtship.

Discussion will be facilitated by R. M. Khoury, Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Fairfield University. Ives Main Library (133 Elm St.).

6:30 p.m. Performance: Live Jazz in Jazz Lives. Yale’s second oldest all female a cappella group, Proof of the Pudding, performs in “Jazz Lives: The Photographs of Lee Friedlander and Milt Hinton.” Enjoy standards, classics, and new arrangements while surrounded by historic jazz photographs. Yale University Art Gallery (1111 Chapel St.).

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 1:00 p.m. NHFPL Syrian Film Sampler: “The Nights of the Jackal” (1990). A comic/serious depiction of village life, centered on a peasant patriarch whose control is disintegrating as he relies upon his wife’s whistling to keep jackals at bay Discussion will be facilitated by R. M. Khoury, Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Fairfield University. Ives Main Library (133 Elm St.).

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“Hey, don’t hate, accelerate!”

BRIAN “SMASH” WILLIAMS FICTITIOUS RUNNING BACK

Tompkins enters final season SOCCER FROM PAGE 14 standard,” Brown said in an email. “I have learned to look at the bigger picture of how blessed I am to be where I am today. … Coach Tompkins imparted a sense of respect for the program and ourselves which pushes us to make excellence a habit, on and off the field.”

Tompkins said he hopes to leave his legacy in how both the players and his assistant coaches approach the game mentally.

“Hard work, humility, expressing gratitude and treating people the right way are the foundations for success on and off the soccer field,” Tompkins said of the mentality he wanted the team to keep after his departure.

Yale went 4–11–2 in 2013, dropping a close game to Princeton 3–2 in its final match. Tompkins said the team is in a strong position to succeed this year, and then to continue that momentum without him.

Brown added that the team will be especially motivated this year to give Tompkins a successful final season.

“Coach Tompkins gave me and my teammates the opportunity that is Yale soccer,” Brown said. “Knowing that it is his last season definitely gives the team a little more motivation to succeed and bring the Ivy League title back to New Haven.”

Before coaching at Yale, Tompkins spent seven years building up the men’s soccer program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He finished with a record of 90–41–11, and the Panthers ranked in the top 25 in four of his last six seasons with the team.

The Elis will open their season at home Sept. 5 against Sacred Heart, and their Ivy season will begin at Harvard Oct. 4.

Contact GREG CAMERON at greg.cameron@yale.edu .

1989 Tompkins was named the head coach of the men's soccer team at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

1996 Tompkins took over as the head coach of the Yale men's soccer team.

1999 The Bulldogs finished 13–5–1 under Tompkins, picking up the most wins in school history. Yale ends the season ranked 18 in the nation.

2005

RB conundrum for Elis FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 14 [Varga], Kahlil [Keys] and Candler [Rich], who are all very talented running backs.”

Reno said that Varga will get carries if healthy, but that Keys and Rich will continue to see action. He also cited the play in camp of Galen McAllister ’17 and Everett Johnson ’15 in the backfield.

To put an asterisk on it, if Tyler Varga ’15 is healthy, our running backs are the strength of the team.

TONY RENO Head coach, Football team Varga’s absence for parts of last season forced the Yale offensive scheme to become more creative, leading to current captain Deon

Randall ’15 shifting to play running back on occasion. That should continue this year, according to Randall.

“My role in the offense will be similar to what it was last year,” Randall said. “I will play both slot receiver and running back and contribute however else I can.”

Randall’s versatility was a major asset for the Bulldogs last season.

In addition to 85 catches and eight receiving touchdowns, he added 176 rushing yards and another three scores, including the game-winning, 32-yard dash against Brown on Nov. 9.

While Varga is still on the mend, Reno said he has been running around pretty well in preseason camp.

“I think the truth is going to be when he gets in a game situation,” Reno said. “We feel pretty confident right now that the progress he’s made has been solid and he’ll continue to make progress to be able to play in the first game.”

No matter who lines up at tailback for the Bulldogs, the offense will be

forced to deal with two new starters on the offensive line. According to Reno, a pair of sophomores, Khalid Cannon ’17 and Mason Friedline ’17, will move to the first team.

Despite their youth, both Cannon and Friedline held scholarship offers from Division-I programs. According to 247sports.com, Cannon chose Yale over offers from Navy and Louisiana-Lafayette, while Friedline received offers from half of the Pacific-12 Conference, including Washington and Arizona State.

“Both guys … did a great job over the offseason,” Reno said of the pair.

“One of the most important things on the offensive line that you find on any level is the camaraderie and the ability to play together. They’ve really built those bonds with Ben Carbery ’15, with [Luke] Longinotti ’16 and with Will Chism ’15.”

The Bulldogs open the season on Sept. 20 against Lehigh. Kick-off is at 1:00 p.m.

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

Yale won an Ivy League championship for the first time since 1991.

2006 Tompkins recorded his 100th win for Yale against Albany.

Kvitova wins second CT title

2012 Tompkins won his 132nd game, becoming the second-winningest coach in Yale men's soccer history.

2014 Tompkins enters his final season six wins behind Steve Griggs for first place in school history.

Catching up with WR Randall ’15 RANDALL FROM PAGE 14 team has been practicing since QThe mid-August. What do you believe to

be the team’s strengths this year? How has the team been preparing for the season opener Sept. 20?

A

Our team is disciplined, tough and physical. We have speed on the perimeter and up front we are stronger and bigger than we have been in a while.

We will prepare for the season opener in the same way we prepare for every game: individually, we’ll focus on getting better at our position and doing what’s asked of us. As a unit we will watch film on Lehigh to better understand their tendencies and personnel.

great football players that have been at Yale. We definitely recognize that it’s the 100th anniversary, and it’s just awesome to be a part of something like that. all-Ivy and all-New EngQFollowing land selections last year, you are a preseason all-America selection. What are your personal goals for this season?

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My personal goals are to execute what’s asked of me and to play at a higher level than I have in previous seasons. Accolades are great, but to me they’re just expectations to play better.

were your thoughts when you QWhat found out you were elected captain for this year? What does it mean to you?

a strong 31-member recruiting You get voted on by your guys that QWith class, in what ways do you think the Ayou play with and the guys that you freshmen will contribute this season?

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The freshman class is very talented.

If [the freshmen] aren’t contributing immediately on the field, they are pushing guys ahead of them to play better. The [intra-position] competition has raised the level of play, which is terrific for the program.

Q

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Yale Bowl. Does that mean anything special for you guys or the team, or is it just a celebration along the way?

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It’s more a reminder that we play at a school with an enormous amount of tradition. We have a saying, our team slogan, our team creed is “as I create my own path I never put myself before the team,” and everyone wants to create their own path at Yale because you’re going to go down in history among all these other

go on this four-year journey with, so it was an honor to be voted captain. My goal as captain is to make sure the team is headed in the right direction and preserve the culture that Coach Reno is creating here.

is your senior season. What are QThis you looking forward to the most this year?

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Going into my senior season, I look forward to playing with the senior class one last time. The senior class has played through adversity and pushed through rough times together. I know many individuals who will go on to great things after playing, so I look forward to cherishing the time we have together, competing, hanging out and grinding.

Contact ASHLEY WU at ashley.e.wu@yale.edu .

ALEXANDRA SCHMELING/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The Connecticut Open featured a 32-player singles main draw and 16 teams in the main doubles draw.

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HENRY EHRENBERG/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Captain Deon Randall ’15 caught eight touchdown passes and ran for three more scores last season.

ing little concern for Wozniacki’s big name, Italy’s Camila Giorgi dispensed of her handily in a 6–4, 6–2 triumph.

“It was a great feeling [to win] today and it was a great match. I played my game and I think that was the key,” said the Italian following her surprise win.

As the dust at the day’s end, Kvitova was the only surviving member of the top-seeded quartet.

Taking advantage of the now depleted field, Kvitova advanced to the final round, where she took on Magdalena Rybarikova, the player responsible for knocking out the tournament’s top-ranked star, Simona Halep. Though injured,

Rybarikova still managed to take court for her final match, but suffered a quick exit when Kvitova waltzed to victory in straight sets to claim her second singles title at the CT Open.

In a press conference after the loss, Rybarikova reflected on her injury: At first she was unsure whether she would even play that day, but she took some painkillers and attempted to fight hard on the court. Though she was defeated, the Slovak said that she did not want to pin her loss on her health.

Doubles play provided its own exciting finishes in the tournament.

Much like in singles play, top competitors were eliminated in shocking fashion. Each of the top four pairs were eliminated from the tourna-

ment by the end of the second round, with the No. 2 seeded duo of Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik taking an unceremonious, straight-sets exit in Round 1. Ultimately it was the unseeded team of Andreja Klepac and Silvia Soler-Espinosa that took home the $38,000 prize, emerging from a scrum of top-seeded contenders to lay claim to the title.

Though star power did not win out at the CT Open, upsets and underdog triumphs abounded as rankings provided little safety for the tournament’s top competitors.

The CT Open has been held annually since 1988 and has been hosted

by Yale since 1998.

Contact MARC CUGNON at marc.cugnon@yale.edu .

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ARTS & CULTURE YUAG exhibit explores art from the Roman Empire

BY SARA JONES STAFF REPORTER A new exhibit at the Yale University Art Gallery attempts to shed light on questions of culture and identity at the territorial edges of what was once the Roman Empire.

“Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire,” which opened on Aug. 22, focuses on art dating between the first and sixth centuries C.E. and draws from the YUAG’s own collection as well as those of several other museums, such as the Princeton University Art Museum.

The show features ancient artifacts from a range of media — sculpture, ceramics, textiles, coins, jewelry and mosaics — and geographic origins, incorporating objects from three continents.

Organizers explained that the exhibit highlights the diversity of beliefs, norms and customs — as well their artistic expressions — within the Roman Empire, adding that they hope the show will help dispel the notion that the empire’s culture was entirely determined by tastemakers in the city of Rome.

“I think a lot of people, when they think about the terms ‘Roman culture’ or ‘identity’ get a kind of consistent picture in their mind about everybody speaking Latin, wearing togas, worshipping Roman gods, gladiators,” explained curator Lisa Brody.

“But when you start looking around the edges, the frontiers, it’s a much more complicated picture than that. Roman Syria looks very different from Roman Britain, or from Roman North Africa.”

Boston College professor Gail Hoffman, who collaborated with Brody on the exhibit, also stressed the importance of challenging common beliefs about the cultural homogeneity of the Roman Empire and the dominance of its center as a dictator of common beliefs, structures and practices.

“In public there might [have been] one set of behaviors — doing very ‘Roman’ activities — whereas in the home, the privacy of the domestic world, local foods continue to be eaten, or local gods continue to be worshipped. The idea was to use works of art … to present some of these themes in a way that people could visualize them,” Brody noted.

Brody said she thinks the gallery is particularly suited to host such an exhibition because Yale’s involvement in excavations at Dura-Europos and Gerasa — located in present-day Syria and Jordan — has left the YUAG with a repository of artifacts from these regions. She thinks the exhibit is a good opportunity for the gallery to put the objects from Yale’s excavations in context.

One such object is a newly restored floor mosaic from the sixth-century Church of Bishop Paul in Gerasa, fashioned out of earth-toned limestone tesserae — the small square or rectangular pieces of glass, ceramic or stone used to create mosaics.

Restoration of the mosaic, composed of complex interlocking geometric motifs, was completed at Yale’s West Campus Center for Conservation and Preservation.

A second mosaic reconstruction is featured in the exhibit’s recreation of a Roman dining room. The photographic reproduction of a Gerasa home’s limestone and glass mosaic floor pieces together the mosaic’s 25 surviving fragments. Arrayed at its center

are three cases of red terracotta tableware — bowls, pitchers, jugs and dishes — many of which combine traditionally Roman forms and regional influences.

“I see a lot of [similar pieces] at the Metropolitan Museum of Art … [so] I feel at home,” said Selma Manley, a New Yorknative who attended the exhibit.

“Roman in the Provinces” also includes a collection of six sculpted portrait heads, five in marble and one in chalk. Among them is a third-century example that depicts Syrian-born empress Julia Domna, the influential and politically savvy wife of emperor Septimius Severus. Domna — whom Brody said was known for her distinctive hairstyle, long believed to have been a wig — has sparked the interest of Janet Stevens, a Baltimore-based “hair archaeologist.” Stevens has suggested that, in fact, the style could actually have been completed using the empress’s natural hair. Stevens will be coming to the gallery to recreate Domna’s hairstyle on a real-life model.

Kate Ezra, the YUAG’s Nolen Curator of Education and Academic Affairs, said she is excited that the exhibition is up so early in the semester, allowing students and faculty to take advantage of “Roman in the Provinces” in their courses.

“Roman in the Provinces” will be on view at the Yale University Art Gallery through Jan. 4, 2015.

Contact SARA JONES at sara.l.jones@yale.edu .

KATHRYN CRANDALL/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Works featured in “Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire” highlight the diversity of cultures and identities that persisted within the Roman Empire.

Architecture exhibit explores the future of urban design

BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER A new exhibition at the Yale School of Architecture explores what urban areas may look like in a post-metropolitan world.

The exhibition, called “Infra Eco Logi Urbanism,” is based on four years of research by the Canadian architecture practice RVTR and specifically examines the Great Lakes Megaregion — a North American metropolitan area that spans the U.S. and Canada. This is the exhibition’s third stop, having previously been on display in Montreal and Toronto before opening here on Monday.

Organizers explained that the exhibit’s aim is to frame global problems on a regional scale, and show viewers the importance of collaboration across urban areas in times of crisis.

“The exhibition is kind of a landscape,” said Kathy Velikov, a partner at RVTR, said. “You move through it and you can make connections across ideas. Urbanism and urban design isn’t about one singular vision or a grand scene, but about a series of activities across time and space.”

Housed on the first floor of the School of Architecture, the exhibit features dozens of suspended panels depicting various aspects of RVTR’s research. The research itself can be organized into subunits on energy, environmental, and social crises, though Velikov noted the exhibit is meant to be fluid.

Throughout the exhibition hall, visitors can view regional

maps, photographs, writings, and other architectural projects. The intent is to explore how the future of design will solve the energy and the environment-related challenges facing the Great Lakes Megaregion, organizers said.

Researchers said RVTR chose the GLM because of its economic importance — as the largest U.S. megaregion, the GLM controls one fifth of the world’s supply of fresh water.

Despite the fact that New Haven is far beyond the GLM, partners at RVTR said they believe their research can be applied nationwide.

“Although the gallery has implications from the Great Lakes Megaregion, from our perspective, there is a much broader range of issues that we all have in common,” said Geoffrey Thun, a partner at RVTR and who was heavily involved in the exhibition. “These are issues that concern us all.”

Velikov noted that the research displayed at the exhibit could also be applied to regions like the Northeast. She explained that the megaregion stretching from Boston to Washington, D.C. is undergoing many changes, adding that the exhibit also speaks to the ways different regions can cooperate on solving universal problems.

The exhibition closes on Nov. 20, at which point it will leave for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Contact RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .

BRIANNA LOO/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

The Yale School of Architecture unveiled a new exhibition examining what urban areas might look like in a post-metropolitan world.

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“Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances.” VICTOR HUGO AUTHOR

Freshmen’s arrival spurs growth in theater community

BY ERIC XIAO STAFF REPORTER This year, freshmen interested in working on theater at Yale could begin the process just three days after arriving on campus.

The first casting call date for productions is this Friday, and auditions for shows in the current casting cycle started on Monday — three days after freshman move-in day. Starting last fall, theater productions at Yale have been following a new casting system — all shows that are grouped into the same ‘cycle’ must hold auditions and casting call days dur-

ing the same week.

“There is a lot of excitement that surrounds the first few shows that go up, since everyone is casting all at once and people are hearing about these shows at the same time,” said Isaac Hudis ’16, who is directing a production of “All My Sons”

by Arthur Miller in October.

Irina Gavrilova ’17, who is directing “Art” by Yasmina Reza in November, said many production teams have been reaching out to the student body during the summer over social media due to the tight scheduling of casting cycles toward the beginning of the year. Many of the crucial roles in theater pro-

ductions — including design crews, assistant directors and assistant stage managers — tend to be filled by freshmen, Hudis added.

On Sunday night, the Yale Drama Coalition hosted its annual Season Preview, in which members of all productions going up this semester were invited to briefly discuss their shows in front of roughly 100 freshmen at the Off Broadway Theater. On Monday, the Yale Dramatic Association held a freshman information session at the University Theatre.

Hudis said he has found that shows that are staged early in the year typically see a high

level of interest from the student body, particularly from the freshman class.

YDC Freshman Liaison Sabrina Bleich ’16 said that representatives from the various fall theater productions not only described their artistic visions for their shows, but also told the attendees about the cast and crew positions they need filled.

While the amount of information presented may have been overwhelming to the freshmen, all students had an opportunity to talk individually with the featured shows’ representatives as well as with YDC board members after the event, Bleich added.

On Monday, the YDC also hosted an audition workshop for freshmen actors and actresses hoping to join the Yale theater community. The event was attended by roughly 35 students and was led by Miranda Rizzolo ’15, Eric Sirakian ’15 and Zina Ellis ’15. Rizzolo explained that the audition process for Yale theater productions is different from what most freshmen are used to coming out of high school.

“At Yale, there may be 30 shows per semester, you can get into multiple shows or no shows at all and you have to run around to different locations,” Rizzolo said. “It’s especially over-

whelming when you have all of your freshman events on top of all of this.”

Questions asked at the workshop focused on a large variety of topics, ranging from what to wear to an audition to how casting cycles work. Bleich said she believes that the workshop was well timed because it took place the day that the audition process began, allowing actors who are unfamiliar with Yale productions to better prepare for their auditions.

The next casting call day will be Nov. 9.

Contact ERIC XIAO at eric.xiao@yale.edu .

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Auditions and casting calls follow close on one another in the reformed timetable adopted by theater organizations on campus; reach-out to freshmen has kept up with the fast pace.

New arts organizations seek expansion

BY ERIC XIAO STAFF REPORTER This semester’s extracurricular fair will boast several new booths from recently created arts-related organizations on campus.

At least six arts-related organizations have been established on campus over the past six months, ranging from small interest groups, such as a club consisting of Jane Austen fans, to larger groups dedicated to entire art disciplines, such as a new film production club. Leaders of two

recently established arts groups interviewed said they are looking to recruit new members as well as host new creative events, but mentioned they have faced a few challenges in their efforts to grow their club membership.

“The film community is growing here, with more students becoming involved as well as closeted film buffs who just appear out of the woodwork,” said Corthay Schock ’16, co-founder of Project Lens, a new film production organization established last spring.

“We want everyone who is inter-

ested.”

According to its mission statement, Project Lens aims to “promote discourse among the Yale community about issues that are typically avoided” by producing short films. These issues may include Yale’s sexual climate, feminism and the under-appreciation of athletes, Schock said.

She added that the group will include a variety of students in the film community, noting that both highly experienced film producers and students with no experience in film are welcome.

Katrina Ungewitter ’16, another

leader of Project Lens, said that interested students can list their intended area of expertise — such as acting, directing and software editing, among others —when joining the group and can sign up to participate in collaborative projects with each other through the group’s website.

Other new organizations are aiming to fill highly specific niches within the student body.

Sara Deeter ’16, who recently co-founded the Undergraduate Jane Austen Society with Haining Wang ’16 , said she formed the club because while there are

courses in the English department that focus on Jane Austen, there were no extracurricular options for students interested in exploring Austen’s work outside of the classroom.

Schock and Deeter said that they have experienced some challenges publicizing and expanding their groups. Ungewitter said that because Project Lens is a new organization, it has not yet made any productions or created its own website, which will make it difficult to give students a sense of the types of films the group plans to produce.

Deeter said she thinks that one of her group’s primary aims right now is to regularly come up with ideas for innovative events of a kind they have not hosted before — such as Jane Austen trivia competitions — which can be difficult, she said. Still, she added that she has already talked to a number of freshmen interested in joining the club.

There are currently 113 registered undergraduate arts-related organizations at Yale.

Contact ERIC XIAO at eric.xiao@yale.edu .

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Plethora of backs gives Yale options FOOTBALL

BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER The Yale men’s soccer team will begin its quest for an Ivy League title in early September, and when it does, it will have extra motivation: 2014 will be the last season not just for the seniors, but for head coach Brian Tompkins as well.

Tompkins, the second winningest coach in Yale men’s soccer history, announced earlier this week that he will be stepping down from his position at the end of this season and joining the Yale athletics administrative office. No information has been released about the search for a new coach.

“There is never an easy time to step down as a head coach because of the cyclical nature of the job,” Tompkins said in an email. “My intention has always been to leave the program better off than [it was] when I started, and with the talented squad we currently have and the committed recruits for next year, I believe that is the case.”

Tompkins enters his 19th season as head coach just six wins behind Steve Griggs, who amassed a 143–110–23 record in the 18 seasons just prior to Tompkins’ tenure. Tompkins has boasted a 137–135– 36 record since taking over the reins in 1996.

He won a share of an Ivy League championship with the Bulldogs in 2005, and his 1999

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Head coach Brian Tompkins has won 137 games in his tenure with the Bulldogs. squad finished ranked 18th in the nation with a school-record 13 wins. Eight players Tompkins has coached at Yale played professionally after graduating.

When asked about his accomplishments, however, Tompkins highlighted more personal achievements. “[I’m most proud of] playing a small part in influencing the evolution of our players from boys to men,” Tompkins said.

Yale goalkeeper Blake Brown ’15 said the lessons he will take away from Tompkins’ leadership extend beyond the field.

“Coach [Tompkins] teaches us the importance of tradition and holding ourselves to a high

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Tailback Tyler Varga ’15 led the Elis with 627 rushing yards in just six games last season.

BY GRANT BRONSDON STAFF REPORTER In each of Head Coach Tony Reno’s first two seasons at the helm of the Yale football program, the focal point of the Bulldogs’ offensive attack has been the run game.

But following running back Tyler Varga’s ’15 injuryplagued 2013 campaign, which came just one season after being named to the all-Ivy first team, the backfield has some question marks

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CT Open upsetting for top-ranked stars

attached to it.

“To put an asterisk on it, if Tyler Varga is healthy, our running backs are the strength of the team,” Reno said at the preseason Ivy League media press conference. “[But] health is an issue.”

Varga made his presence felt from day one after transferring from the University of Western Ontario in 2012.

Though he played in just eight games, Varga led all Bulldog rushers with 935 yards on the ground, rushing for 90 or

more yards in every contest in which he appeared.

The 5’11”, 224-pound power back added to his legacy in the 2013 opener against Colgate, toting the ball 39 times for 236 yards, which ranked third in school history for a single game. Following two more 100-yard performances in wins over Cornell and Cal Poly, however, Varga saw his productivity decline before suffering a foot injury in the Elis’ loss to Fordham.

In his absence, true

freshman Candler Rich ’17 stepped up to the plate and delivered, rushing for 159 yards against Fordham and taking the bulk of the carries in the next two games.

Kahlil Keys ’15 also saw a lot of action, breaking off a schoolrecord 94-yard touchdown scamper.

“We’re very fortunate [with our] running back situation,” Reno said. “We have three returning guys in Tyler SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10

Randall ’15 ready to lead Elis

BY MARC CUGNON STAFF REPORTER Although the Elis will not begin their fall season for several weeks, tennis action returned to Yale as the University played host to the World Tennis Association Connecticut Open professional tournament. The women’s only event, held Aug. 15–23, featured 32 singles competitors in the main draw and 16 pairs of doubles competitors. With $120,000 dollars on the line for the single’s champion and a $38,000 dollar purse offered to the winning doubles pair, the stakes were high for those competing in the draw.

Though No. 1 Serena Williams and No. 6 Maria Sharapova were noticeably absent, the CT Open featured a star-studded cast of big-name tennis pros including No. 2 Simona Halep, No. 4 Petra Kvitova, No. 8 Eugenie Bouchard and No. 12 Caroline Wozniacki. One of these stars, Kvitova, walked away from the CT Open with her second title at the event in three years.

“I’m just glad that I came with passion and good form and I hope I can show it in the U.S. Open,” Kvitova said.

Although trouble loomed for these international stars, the top players advanced smoothly through the first round of singles play. Halep and Kvitova moved through on first-round byes and Bouchard posted a dominant 6–1, 6–1 win over Serbia’s Bojana

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Captain Deon Randall ’15 led the team with 85 receptions last season.

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Petra Kvitova won her second Connecticut Open title in three years on Aug. 23.

Jovanovski.

Round 2 of singles play brought the biggest shocks of the tournament when several of the stars quickly fizzled out rather quickly.

Halep, Wozniacki and Bouchard

were each defeated by unseeded competitors in a series of upsets.

Wozniacki’s defeat came as perhaps the most surprising. Show-

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Wide receiver Deon Randall ’15 led the football team last season with 788 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns. He finished one shy of a school record with 85 catches on the year. He was named captain of the football team after last season, and the News sat down with him recently to get his take on the upcoming season and his final year at Yale.

was picked to finQYale ish fifth in the preseason media poll after a fourth place finish last season. What are your thoughts on the team’s outlook for this season? As a team, do you have any idea how good you think you guys can be or where you see yourselves as a team?

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The team isn’t concerned with preseason polls. We are committed to our process that we hope will lead to a great outcome. We definitely like the things that

we’re doing. We had 65 guys out here during the summer, so during that time we were out there lifting, and doing strength and conditioning, and we were going through film. [It was] a huge plus for us because not a lot of teams take advantage of that time period, so that was a time for us to get bigger, faster and stronger and clean up our routes and our techniques and our footwork. We’re definitely excited about where we’re at.

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SEASONS THAT HEAD COACH BRIAN TOMPKINS WILL HAVE SPENT AT THE HELM OF THE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM AFTER THIS SEASON. He announced Aug. 25 that he would step down as head coach at the end of the upcoming season. He is currently second all-time with 137 wins.