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NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT · WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 · VOL. CXXXVI, NO. 95 · yaledailynews.com

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CROSS CAMPUS The Hunger Games. Berkeley

took first place in the Final Cut competition, with Branford coming in second and Trumbull taking third place. The colleges won $1000, $500 and $250 respectively.

The Berkeley team consisted of Emily Farr ’14, Isabelle Napier ’14 and Angela Ning ’14. According to their precompetition interview, Farr’s best kitchen memory is of the first time she went fishing when she single-handedly caught the fish, de-scaled it and fried it.

HOUSEHOLD STUDENT PLAY COMES TO DPORT

ENVIRONMENT

SERVICE

Students to build solar powered house for competition

DWIGHT HALL TO IMPROVE SPRING TRIPS

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Holder-Winfield wins seat

BY SARAH BRULEY AND LILLIAN CHLIDRESS STAFF REPORTERS Supporters of Gary HolderWinfield who gathered at the election results party at the Greek Olive on Tuesday night were hardly surprised when Holder-Winfield was announced the next state senator for the 10th district in Connecticut.

Holder-Winfield, the only Democratic candidate running, won 75 percent of the votes in New Haven,

running against lead Republican opponent Steven R. Mullins. The election was held to replace the senate seat that Toni Harp left vacant when she became mayor of New Haven last November.

“One thing that I do know from this election is that honesty and integrity matter,” Holder-Winfield said. “I want young people to see that you can do something different than what’s expected in politics.”

Holder-Winfield’s campaign was characterized by grassroots

community efforts. Gary Stewart, a ward co-chair for Ward 24 who volunteered with the campaign said Holder-Winfield spent Tuesday knocking on doors, giving rides to the polls and making phone calls.

Workers at the Ward 23 polling station said that around noon, folks from Holder-Winfield’s campaign came by to deliver sandwiches and coffee to polling staffers.

The Yale College Democrats have SEE HOLDER-WINFIELD PAGE 4

Hall of Graduate Studies dining hall will be closed tonight for a Chocolate Fest Dinner. The event’s menu will include chocolate and cocoa infused meat and vegetarian entrees, along with salad, fondue and dessert.

Cocktails will also be served for those over 21, which will likely be most attendees since undergraduates are banned.

The event also advertised the “World’s largest vat of Nutella,” which also made an appearance at last week’s Sex and Chocolate event for grad students.

The Lit does Buzzfeed. The

Yale Literary Magazine, despite being known for its traditionally high acceptance standards, is now asking students to submit translations of a poem consisting entirely of emojis.

Guess that’s poetry in the era of gifs for you.

College to Congress. A recent

article on The Huffington Post explored which colleges produced the most members of Congress, using data from Find The Best. Harvard topped the list with 47 members.

Yale came in third with 18, following Georgetown which had 20. The ranking only includes current U.S. Representatives and Senators.

Controversy at Columbia.

The Kappa Alpha Theta chapter at Columbia University has been receiving backlash after holding a “Beer Olympics” party while dressed in racial stereotypes representing Mexico, Japan, the Netherlands, Ireland and other countries. Pictures of the mixer, with girls wearing sombreros, have caused criticism and controversy.

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University President Peter Salovey and Yale College Dean Mary Miller were among the judges at last night’s cmpetition. See page 3 for the full story.

Divestment debate inches forward

BY ADRIAN RODRIGUES STAFF REPORTER This past weekend, the two highest University bodies on investor action met to formally discuss the possibility of Yale’s divestment from fossil fuels.

The Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility, which is made up of eight professors, students and alumni, and evaluates ethical issues surrounding the University’s investments, raised the arguments for and against divestment before the Yale Corporation Committee on Investor Responsibility on Saturday in a confidential meeting. The ACIR was charged with recommending whether or not Yale should restrict its investments in fossil fuel companies.

Though the results of the meeting have not been released, the CCIR has the final authority to direct the Yale Investments Office on the issue of divestment and is expected to present a decision soon.

“I know that [the trustees] take Yale’s leadership around climate change seriously,” said Yonatan Landau SOM ’15, a member of the student divestment advocacy group Fossil Free Yale. “With continued support from the broader Yale community, I hope they will see that they can safely take a major step forward in leading the world away from disastrous climate change.”

Landau said he knows Yale Corporation members are aware of a 2013 study published by the University of Oxford demon-

strating that divestment campaigns have the potential to impact fossil fuel companies and government legislation.

Last month, Fossil Free Yale, the student group that has led the charge for divestment on campus in recent months, presented its case to members of the ACIR. During that meeting, ACIR Chair and Yale Law School professor Jonathan Macey said Fossil Free Yale and the ACIR would work together to send letters to companies involved in manufacturing fossil fuels and ask them to disclose the environmental impact of their activities.

I know that [the trustees] take Yale’s leadership around climate change seriously.

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Salovey unveils open data policies

BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS AND WESLEY YIIN STAFF REPORTERS

FINAL CUT

Dinner by Willy Wonka. The

Parks & Rec. Mark Oppenheimer ’96 GRD ’03 has begun a protest for the city to adhere to their own parking laws. After last week’s snowstorm, Oppenheimer was ticketed for driving with snow on his vehicle. Following this, he noticed that a city staff member’s car was parked illegally in the bike lane near his house. He has since posted two YouTube videos protesting this breakdown of law and order, leading the New Haven Independent to dub the event “Oppenheimer v. Parks.”

SHAKE SHACK

Under a series of new policies, Yale may soon be a friendlier place for tech-savvy students.

In an effort to create a more supportive environment for student application developers, the University is implementing a series of new policies on open data. The new policies — first articulated

by University President Peter Salovey in a letter to the Yale College Council President Danny Avraham ’15 and YCC Communications Director Andrew Grass ’16 — were announced in a YCC email late Tuesday evening.

The new policies come more than a month after a campus-wide outcry over the University’s decision to shutdown Yale Bluebook Plus, a student-created courseshopping website. The University argued that the site, which allowed users to sort courses based on numerical ratings, violated Yale’s intellectual property rules.

Salovey’s letter was written in response to a January YCC report on open data, which provided several suggestions to the administration on how to reform its current technology policies. Salovey said he would immediately adopt two of the seven policy suggestions laid out in the YCC report.

“I want you to know my personal commitment to providing a supportive environment for student application developSEE OPEN DATA PAGE 4

Students discuss new colleges

BY NICOLE NG STAFF REPORTER In two forums on Monday and Tuesday, faculty and administrators collected student input about the integration of the two new residential colleges, slated to be completed in the fall of 2017, and the subsequent expected 15 percent increase in student enrollment.

The panels, hosted by the Yale College Council, featured members of the Expansion Committee, which was formed this fall to discuss how the University should plan for the influx of new students. Over the past few months, the committee has been revisiting and updating plans created before the

construction of the new residential colleges was delayed in 2008 due to the financial recession. Approximately 20 students on Monday and nine on Tuesday presented concerns and questions about the establishment of a college culture in the new colleges and the impact of an enlarged student body on academics, spaces, student organizations and funding.

“As we’ve gone through old reports in some detail … we’re finding they are a little dated,” Provost Benjamin Polak said. “However we’ve been working on what [we] need to do and prioritizing.”

Administrators said many aspects of integrating the new colleges have yet to be decided. For example, if the

colleges are not completed by the fall of 2017, the committee is considering whether to house freshmen in Swing Space and then move them along with incoming freshmen into the new colleges in the fall of 2018. Another option would be to wait until the colleges are completed and move the freshmen immediately into the new colleges, Polak said, adding that this option seems more likely at this point.

When students emphasized the importance of having upperclassmen in every residential college to create a unified culture, committee members said they are grappling with the issue of SEE RES COLLEGE PAGE 6

YONATAN LANDAU SOM ’15 Member, Fossil Free Yale In a campus-wide referendum held in November 2013 by the Yale College Council that saw responses from over half of the undergraduate population, 83 percent of voters favored divestment.

The three members of the CCIR — Neal Leonard KenyGuyer SOM ’82, Catharine Bond Hill GRD ’85 and Paul Joskow GRD ’72 — could not be reached for comment. Macey also could SEE DIVESTMENT PAGE 6

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The Expansion Committee is working towards founding a strong culture for the new residential colleges.

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Why the little things matter “I

t’s the little details that are vital,” the late, great UCLA basketball coach John Wooden once said. “Little things make big things happen.”

At college, little things are constantly on our minds.

Should I bring an umbrella?

Should I eat that muffin?

Should I start that email “Dear Prof. X” or “Hi Prof. X”?

Yalies certainly share other college students’ obsession with the little things. What types of cereal are left in Commons? Is YaleSecure out again?

Are people leaving dripping piles of laundry on top of the washing machines? Are people doing other gross things near the washing machines?

It’s enough to make us all feel obsessive. And perhaps it’s harmful. Many have noted the apparent link between minor student complaints and feelings of entitlement. According to psychologist Jean Twenge, college students are 30 percent more narcissistic than they were in 1979. According to Twenge, this rise in narcissism can lead to a sense of entitlement that makes students, frankly, whinier. Over the past year or so, there have been a slew of articles about the phenomenon of “academic entitlement” — a trend wherein students view education as a commodity and thus make bigger stinks about smaller problems. College students spend less time doing homework than they did thirty years ago, but they lodge formal complaints about workload and other minor problems at higher rates.

Whining is annoying. Entitlement is harmful. But complaining about the little things is important.

It is not “entitled” to ask for free printing. It is not entitled to ask for free laundry. It is not entitled to challenge the grade on an assignment or ask for more feedback. College students are whiny, but we aren’t that whiny. Sometimes, our small complaints are justified.

Over the past couple centuries, college has gone from a strictly regimented haven for the wealthy, white elite to a less strictly regimented haven for a slightly less wealthy, slightly less white elite. In the process, the whole concept of students’ rights has sprouted and blossomed. It’s worth remembering that a hundred years ago, professors could literally beat rowdy students. The free speech protests, anti-war protests and civil rights movement changed all this, and it occurred to students that if they were dissatisfied with something — even something small — they could demand a change.

Injustices manifest themselves more subtly than they did decades ago. The costs of food, books, printing, laundry and the like are thus valid objects of complaint. The modern private

university is so sharply s t ra t i f i e d that these costs may seem inconsequential to many — especially SCOTT those makSTERN ing administrative deciA Stern sions — but Perspective they can significantly impact the lives of many students. Many colleges across the country — all of which have lower endowments than Yale — offer free printing or free laundry. And, even with Yale’s top-notch financial aid, gaping holes remain. As Alejandro Gutierrez ’13 wrote in these pages last year, in spite of Yale’s financial aid package, he arrived at Yale without sufficient money for plane tickets or textbooks.

These complaints are valid.

With so many of our exams and assignments graded by overworked professors or even more overworked graduate students, it is not surprising that many wish to challenge their grades. Yet in many classes the exact mechanism to do so is unclear. These complaints are valid.

Valid complaints — even small ones — are our right as students. And they do not mean we love Yale any less; indeed, if we didn’t complain in the face of small indignities, we would reveal that we are insufficiently engaged with our community.

I, for one, am sick and tired of the characterization of college students as entitled. Concerns that seem small to others loom large to us. Nationally, 80 percent of college students hold jobs. Student debt is one of the most terrifying problems our generation will have to solve. As students — and unlike our counterparts in Europe — we aren’t allowed to unionize or go on strike.

Yale offers us a number of extraordinary benefits — from generous financial aid to access to remarkable resources. Yet we mustn’t forget that this great beneficence comes from great power and wealth. Yale has an endowment greater than the GDP of numerous countries around the world. It has a responsibility to eliminate, far more than it has done, the inequalities and inequities that infect this campus.

When we complain about laundry, printing, books, work-study jobs or grades — or the YCC — we aren’t acting entitled. We are actively demonstrating our loyalty.

“It'll be an interesting social experiment to see if there's a real "Save GHeav" movement.” 'PUFFTHEJAPANESEDRAGON' ON 'GOURMET HEAVEN OWNER ARRESTED FOR WAGE THEFT'

GUE ST COLUMNIST BRANDON LEVIN

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Reflecting on the search

remember being called into Linda Lorimer’s office in October of last year, still processing the news I had heard minutes earlier: that University President Richard Levin had decided to step down as Yale’s president after twenty years.

Linda got right to the point, passing along a request from Ed Bass '67 ARC '72 — then-Senior Fellow of the Yale Corporation — that I serve as Student Counselor to the Presidential Search Committee (PSC) for Levin’s successor.

In that first meeting, I learned that this was the first time in Yale’s history that a student would play a formal role in the search process. I would have faculty, staff and alumni counterparts; additional faculty would serve as voting members of the PSC. I would not be an official member and instead act as a conduit between students and the committee — a representative of sorts, tasked with soliciting input from diverse constituencies, organizations and groups and then conveying it to search committee members and the Yale Corporation.

Among the first things I asked Linda was why faculty members were given a vote on the committee while students were not afforded the same privilege. She responded that in the 1993 search for Levin, students and staff had played no formal role in the process; in fact, that year marked the first time faculty members were included on a presidential search committee. The 2013 search was

a step in the right direction — students had a voice, however muted it was. Linda ended that initial meeting by issuing a challenge: demonstrate to the Yale Corporation that students can add value to the committee in ways that no administrator, faculty or staff member can. If we did that, we’d be making the best possible case for giving students a magnified voice next time around.

I’m writing now because we collectively succeeded in rising to that challenge. The fact that two students will serve as active, participatory, deliberative and voting members of the deans’ search committee is something many of us would never have expected a year ago and reflects reciprocal engagement by both students and administrators. Yale is a slowmoving institution entrenched in historical precedent; it took 312 years for students to be formally involved in a presidential search.

The fact that it has taken only 12 more months for students to sit as full members on a committee of this magnitude shouldn’t be discounted. It serves as an early predictor of President Salovey’s constructive relationship with the student body.

I recognize that some students are displeased with the way the undergraduate representative was selected by the YCC, and others will be frustrated with however the GSA selects its graduate representative. Many of these same students were upset when I was appointed by Ed Bass to advise the

PSC. Those concerns remain fair.

But I’m writing to urge everyone — supporters and detractors alike — to put aside structural and procedural critiques and make the most of this opportunity.

In many ways, the deans this committee ultimately selects will have a more profound impact on our daily lives than does the president. During the presidential search, many of us — myself included — struggled to articulate what we wanted to see in Yale’s next president because it wasn’t entirely clear how the goingson of Woodbridge Hall affected us. It’s far easier to see how policies pertaining to grading, dining, transit and mental health — all parts of the dean’s portfolio — shape our Yale experience.

In the spirit of reflection, I wanted to share some thoughts that might be helpful. For the two student search committee members: Seriously engage as many people as you can. Talk to athletes, musicians, scientists, writers and slam poets; religious, cultural and residential community leaders; members of Students Unite Now and the presidents of fraternities and sororities. If people don’t come to you — your office hours, your town halls or whatever else you decide to do — go to them. It’s easy for all of us to get locked into the one or two versions of Yale we each experience on a day-to-day basis; fight against that and seek myriad perspectives.

And students: It may be that many of you don’t care about this

process. It may also be that some of you care deeply about the process but communicate that to your student representatives in ways that to them seem infuriating and counterproductive. Fighting the process makes a point, up to a point; but then it begins to reflect on all of us in a way that, during last year’s search, made some administrators and Corporation members wonder why we students were seemingly squandering our opportunity — however minimal that opportunity might have appeared to us — to respectfully engage with the search committee and provide meaningful feedback.

Today, it seems that folks on both sides of the aisle have compellingly aired concerns about the composition of this deans’ search committee. But let’s not forget that we are far better off now than we were twelve months ago, and our discourse throughout this process — and the extent to which we engage — remains under the microscope.

And so, I challenge us all in the same way Linda challenged me: Let’s confirm to President Salovey that students can add unique value to this committee and this process as a whole. Hopefully we’ll have an even greater voice next time around.

BRANDON LEVIN is a senior in Davenport College and former president of the Yale College Council.

Contact him at brandon.levin@yale.edu .

GUEST COLUMNIST RACHEL MILLER

Disenfranchised in Davenport

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

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48 Davenport is not a real address. But when students register to vote using Davenport College as their address, the New Haven Registrar of Voters automatically records it as 248 Davenport.

If it had to show the location of 248 Davenport on a map, the Registrar would point to the empty space in the very middle of York Street, in between the physical Davenport College and Branford College. Approximately 50 current Davenport students, including me, are listed as residing there. In other words, 50 of your classmates technically do not even live in a building, as far as the city is concerned.

York Street also happens to be the boundary between the CT-10 and CT-11 Senate Districts. This is a problem because 248 Davenport — again, not a real building — is listed in the CT-11 Senate district, while the physical Davenport college, 248 York Street, is in the CT-10 Senate district.

This confusion came to light on Monday, when I tried to check my polling place for the special election for the CT-10 Senate seat. I called the Registrar of Voters, hoping to get some clarification. What I went through was an example of government bureau-

cracy and ineptitude at its most frustrating. Despite my repeated explanations that 248 Davenport and 248 York are the same building and that there must have been some error in placing them in two separate districts, I was finally informed that I would not be able to vote on Tuesday. I had been disenfranchised.

Let’s pull back to look at how we got here. In my experience registering voters in New Haven, the official position from the Registrar has been: Use your dorm name, not the physical address.

Yale’s only memo on student voting in New Haven, tucked away in the outdated Class of 2017 “Preparing Your Move” website, repeats this suggestion. Students who listed their dorm address instead of the dorm name have had mixed results. When I worked as a Ward 1 poll worker in 2012, I met a group of freshmen that had waited in line for an hour. I had to redirect them to vote at the Hall of Records, instead of the Library, because they had registered at their physical Old Campus address.

The key point here is listing the address or name of your dorm shouldn’t matter. They are, after all, the same building.

This may seem like an obvi-

ous point. But on Tuesday, undeterred by the Registrar of Voter’s original answer, I reached out to the Yale Office of New Haven and State Affairs, Yale College Dean’s Office, Davenport Master’s Office, City Clerk’s Office, Alder Sarah Eidelson and the Registrar of Voters again. I spent over three hours on the phone trying to find anyone that both believed that I lived in the tenth district and could actually do something about it.

The process was demoralizing and humiliating. A minor clerical error was robbing me of my most basic political right. I received no institutional support on this issue from the Yale administration, which is disheartening because many other students were disenfranchised as well.

Thankfully, on my third phone call with the Registrar, a kind employee called the poll moderator at the Wexler-Grant School.

They agreed to change my address on the spot. I picked up my ballot, voted and received my sticker. I was confused why this was not an option from the beginning, but at least I had exercised my constitutional right at last.

There are a few takeaways from my story. First, the Registrar needs to treat dorm names

and physical addresses the same.

Second, check your voter registration online and verify the information. Third, if you believe that you should have been able to vote in Tuesday’s election but never received a letter notifying you of your polling place, contact Alder Sarah Eidelson, who has been responsive on this issue and has promised to bring it up with the Registrar. Fourth, the Yale administration and Yale College Council should provide guidance to students on how to register to vote and support students when their rights are being challenged. If Yale wants students to be engaged in New Haven, that includes defending the ability to vote in New Haven.

Luckily, this problem occurred during a low-turnout election, in which not many students exercised their right to vote. But the events of the past two days point to a larger problem. The city and Registrar’s office neglected their responsibility to adequately manage voter information. I urge you to contact your elected representatives now to protect your right to vote.

RACHEL MILLER is a junior in Davenport College. Contact her at rachel.miller@yale.edu .

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“I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.” TYRA BANKS FORMER MODEL

C L A R I F I CAT I O N TUESDAY, FEB. 25

A previous version of this article stated that Director of Student Affairs Hannah Peck DIV ’11 said she, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Melanie Boyd ’90 and YCDO fellow Garrett Fiddler ’11 will meet with large student groups, including the Panhellenic Council, to clarify alcohol policy. In fact, they have invited student leaders, including presidents of the Greek life community, to meet and go over new developments so that they have the opportunity to voice their thoughts on revising alcohol policy.

Dwight Hall tightens trip rules

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Dwight Hall-sponsored spring break trips need to balance exposing participants to a new country while also accomplishing volunteer work.

BY SARAH BRULEY STAFF REPORTER Starting this month, Dwight Hall is holding a series of three discussions about volunteerism abroad in an effort to improve its spring break service trips.

The discussions, facilitated by Talya Zemach-Bersin GRD ’14 hope to encourage trip leaders to think critically about international service by considering the long-term effects of their projects. The first discussion, held on Friday, focused on identifying fundamental assumptions and ideologies surrounding global service work.

One of our issues is making people realize that this is volunteerism, not poverty tourism.

XINXIN XU ’16 International Network membership coordinator, Dwight Hall “What I hope to see is that people go into these experiences with a critical framework,” said Teresa Logue ’15, Dwight Hall co-coordinator, “And when they do have experiences that are frustrating, they have a way of putting them into context.”

Following the implementation of a new service trip code of conduct this year, Dwight Hall initiated the discussions to address concerns about the sustainability and legitimacy of the spring break trips, said Shi Bao Pek ’15, Dwight Hall’s International Network policy director. Dwight Hall’s International Network is working more closely with trip leaders by putting trip proposals through more rigorous review and requiring leaders to attend a series of workshops,he added.

Although most Yale students who sign up for international volunteer work are serviceminded, the trips also appeal to students who want the opportunity to travel abroad, Logue

said.

The major obstacle Dwight Hall faces is ensuring that a short-term service trip leaves lasting benefits on the community it hopes to impact, said Xinxin Xu ’16, International Network membership coordinator.

“One of our issues is making people realize that this is volunteerism, not poverty tourism,” Xu said.

Since participants need time to adjust to their new surroundings, less time can be dedicated to service, which is a problem for a trip that lasts for only two weeks, said Divya Balaji ’14, a Global Health Fellow. Two weeks does not leave much time for students to make a significant change, so trip leaders need to consider whether sending volunteers abroad is the best use of their resources, Balaji said.

In addition to this spring’s series of discussions, Dwight Hall members hope mandating stricter service hour requirements and encouraging trip leaders and participants to maintain year-round communication and involvement with their service sites will maximize the trips’ effectiveness, said Ellie Dupler ’16, International Network trip policy director.

While Dwight Hall’s discussions are a step in the right direction for changing how students think and talk about international service, they do not necessarily solve the problem of maintaining sustainable service, Talia Katz ’17 said.

Zemach-Bersin, the discussion facilitator, agreed that the discussions are just the beginning of a larger project for improving service.

“Dwight Hall seems to be moving in the direction of more oversight and more pre-departure requirements,” ZemachBersin said, “But there needs to be a much larger effort to think about the broader implications of service programs.”

Ten overseas service trips will be traveling this March.

Contact SARAH BRULEY at sarah.bruley@yale.edu .

Berkeley eats up competition in Final Cut

BY LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTER There is no such thing as having too many cooks in the kitchen, at least based on the success of Yale’s Final Cut competition.

Nearly 2,000 students crowded into Tuesday’s sixth annual Final Cut competition in Commons, an event that was coorganized by Yale Dining and the Yale College Council. Teams of two to three students from each of the 12 residential colleges battled in an “Iron Chef”-style format, in which they had an hour to prepare a an appetizer and main course dish using two secret ingredients. Food vendors ranging from Dannon to Honest Tea were also present at the event, offering samples of their products to spectators.

“Students express themselves through food,” said Director of Culinary Excellence for Yale Dining Ron DeSantis. “There are over a thousand people here.

Food is the connection.”

The Berkeley College team, consisting of Emily Farr ’14, Isabelle Napier ’14 and Angela Ning ’14, won the grand prize of $1,000 with its signature Thai dish.

Students were judged on a variety of criteria including taste, presentation and creativity, according to Director of Supply Management and Sustainability Gerry Remer. The other four judges included University President Peter Salovey, Yale College Dean Mary Miller, Provost of the Culinary Institute of America Mark Erickson and Executive Director of Yale Dining Rafi Taherian.

In January, Yale Dining announced salmon and mushroom, the two secret ingredients, said Director of Residential Dining Cathy Van Dyke. She added that teams came in before the competition for a briefing and had been working with their respective dining hall managers for coaching and advice.

“The main goal of the event is

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Spectators at this year’s Final Cut competition, held in Commons, enjoyed food from a variety of vendors. to integrate students with Yale dining, and YCC facilitates this exchange,” said Silliman YCC Representative and Final Cut Project Organizer Jaime Halberstam ’16. She added that YCC was responsible for publicizing the event to students and photographing competitors, while Yale Dining handled the logistics of the competition.

Rich Adams, vice president of Sales for FreshPoint Connecticut — one of the event’s sponsors — said his company supported the event because it helps bring healthy food to the University and form a connection between dining halls and farms.

All overhead costs for the event, including the cost of ingredients, set-up and service even the personalized chef jackets — were covered by the corporate sponsors, Remer said. For a table, companies paid a minimum of $300, while the platinum sponsors Alaska Seafood and the Mushroom Council paid roughly $7,500.

Van Dyke said the layout of Commons this year was different from prior Final Cuts. Rather than have student competitors

and vendors in separate areas, student competitors were placed along one wall, while vendors lined the opposite side.

“This layout is much better because everyone wants to be by food and still look at the cooking,” Van Dyke said.

Still, Mary Nguyen ’14 said that although the food was good, the arrangement was less organized and had longer lines.

Competitors interviewed had a wide variety of reasons for participating in the competition.

Nicholas Friedlander ’17 of the Davenport College team said he looked forward to having fun with friends and engaging his passion for cooking. He enjoyed the competition even though it was more stressful than he expected, he added.

Zach Bell ’14 of Pierson College, one of the defending champions from last year’s Final Cut, said he hopes his team can regain the title in the future. He said the strategy for last year was to “fry a lot of things and use lots of fat.”

John Park ’14 said the competition was his team’s “last hurrah as seniors.” He added that since he has lived on campus, he has

not had too many opportunities to cook over his four years.

Before announcing the final results, Salovey told crowds that “this was the strongest cooking that we have ever had.” He added that Berkeley’s team won first prize because the appetizers and main course complimented each other, leading to a great meal.

Miller echoed Salovey’s sentiments, adding that the level of competition was an overall high for the event.

Spectators interviewed praised the food and the exciting competition.

Alex Garland ’17, who attended the event to support his freshman counselor, said the best food he sampled was the croissants.

Stephen Hall ’14 said he was surprised with how many different vendors there were and how quickly some of the food was eaten. The sushi, he noted, was probably the most popular item at the event.

Branford College came in second place, and Trumbull College came in third.

Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .

Smooth rollout for Epic

BY HANNAH SCHWARZ STAFF REPORTER Roughly a month after launching a new, more sophisticated electronic health records system (EHR), Yale Health is making a smooth transition to the new software.

On Jan. 27, Epic, an electronic health system used in hospitals and clinics across the country, launched at Yale Health. Epic allows Yale Health to integrate its medical records with those from the Yale-New Haven Health System (YNHHS) and Yale Medical Group (YMG). With 75 support staff members from Epic at Yale Health for the introduction, the rollout experienced only minor glitches, said Paul Genecin, Yale Health Director. To further ease the transition, Yale Health also temporarily reduced the number of patients per doctor. “ We we re re p ea te d ly reminded by the Epic people that this was the smoothest implementation in the whole [Yale medical] system,” Genecin said.

Yale Health had been using another EHR, Allscripts, for a decade before adopting Epic.

The launch marks the first time Yale Health will be able to share medical information with the other components of the Yale

medical system. Genecin said the transition went smoothly because Yale Health’s doctors are already acquainted with EHRs. When YNHHS and YMG transitioned to Epic in 2013, neither institution had used EHRs before, Genecin said.

While Epic aims to integrate records across institutions, mental health records from Yale Health will remain internal and separated from other departments. According to Genecin, the decision to keep these records on paper stem from concerns in the Yale community.

“It’s a decision every school has to make,” he said. “We found that at Yale we have many students who are seeking mental health treatments would be really troubled by electronic medical memory as they seek security clearance or run for political office.”

Yale Health is also trying to improve the accessibility of MyChart, its new patient portal, through Epic. In order to create an account, a patient must request an activation code that can take a week to arrive in the mail. Genecin said Yale Health is aware of the issue and working to expedite this process for students by sending the codes over email. Until these and other

issues have been resolved, Genecin said Yale Health will delay its efforts to recruit students to MyChart.

Yale Health is the last of the four major hospitals and more than 200 physician practices within YMG and YNHHS to adopt Epic, and so has learned from the experiences of the other institutions, said Daniel Barchi, Chief Information Officer of YNHHS and Yale School of Medicine, in a Tuesday email to the News.

When Epic was first implemented in a YMG office of five doctors back in the fall of 2011, more than 200 glitches arose even with 50 Epic staff support members on hand, Barchi wrote.

During the Yale Health rollout, the staff to physician ratio was significantly smaller, and only a handful of glitches have come up, he said, adding that this success was a testament to how much the Yale medical community has learned about the technology in the past three years.

While no major problems have surfaced, Genecin said every day brings a new, albeit small, issue.

“All of these programmers are on site fixing little problems,” he said. “I don’t think there are huge problems at this point, but

we’re still feeling our way in a number of areas.”

After doctors adjust to the new interface, Epic will help Yale Health work to streamline it, said Allen Hsiao, associate chief medical information officer for the Yale School of Medicine and YNHHS. He added that the goal is to reduce the number of clicks physicians have to make, to maximize efficiency.

Even with the general success of the rollout, the transition has not been smooth for all physicians.

“It would be nice if the system could be simplified,” Christiane Nockels Fabbri, a physician at Yale Health, said in an email.

“There seems to be a fair amount of redundancy. You cannot imagine the number of options, buttons, checks, double-checks, pull-down menus … that are all crowded onto one screen.”

Still, she said, moving to Epic was a logical next step for Yale Health, as it centralizes information from a number of sources and prevents unnecessary duplication of tests.

Epic, which is based in Verona, Wis., employs about 7,000 workers.

Contact HANNAH SCHWARZ at hannah.schwarz@yale.edu .

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Holder-Winfield wins Harp’s seat HOLDER FROM PAGE 1 also had a hand in supporting Holder-Winfield’s campaign.

According to Rebecca Ellison, President of the Dems, the Dems have held two phone banks, as well as helping host an event for his campaign.

“This campaign was about shoe leather and shaking hands,” said Nancy Wyman, Conn. Lieutenant Governor. “Gary’s Campaign got a lot of people out that wouldn’t have been out otherwise.”

Still, voter turnout was exceptionally low, Stewart said.

At the end of the election, HolderWinfield had received 3,236 votes, and Mullins had received 1,045. By contrast, 20,769 votes were cast in November’s mayoral election.

While the mayoral election drew around 900 voters in Ward 22, those working at the polling location said they would be surprised if voter turnout for the special election reached 200 — and Holder-Winfield said he expected as much.

“There wasn’t much publicity,” said John Jones, a New Haven resident interviewed at the Ward 23 polling station. Jones said that he only heard about the election last week. Staffers at the Ward 2, Ward 22 and Ward 23 polling stations said that turnout was slow throughout the day. Natasha Comfort, who was working at the Ward 23 polling station, said that although there were the occasional busy moments, at most points during the day “it was quiet enough to hear a pin drop.”

“It’s Februrary, it’s cold outside, people just aren’t motivated,”

Stewart said. “People who don’t read the newspaper just might not have known about the election,” he added.

Holder-Winfield’s supporters do not believe Mullins’ final campaign push had much of an effect on the election results.

They cited Holder-Winfield’s background as the reason for his victory.

“You run on your record,” said Charles Blango, former Ward 20 Newhallville Alderman. “And Gary’s record speaks for itself.”

Holder-Winfield said his primary focus in his new position will be to get acquainted with the needs of his constituents.

His supporters also said HolderWinfield’s dedication to community issues will define his term as senator.

Bill Dyson, the former Connecticut representative for the 94th district, said the kinds of issues that Holder-Winfield has supported in the past, such as his work getting rid of the death penalty in Connecticut, reflect issues important to the community. Dyson first endorsed Holder-Winfield in his 2008 campaign for Connecticut State representative after HolderWinfield interned for him.

Doug Hausladen ’04, New Haven’s transit chief, said Holder-Winfield’s work on transgender issues, school governance councils and in particular, his rally against the death penalty, made him feel confident casting his vote for Holder-Winfield.

Ellison said the Yale Dems were particularly excited about

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Gary Holder-Winfield won the special election for Mayor Toni Harp’s vacant state senate seat on Tuesday.

Holder-Winfield’s work on the death penalty, education reform and juvenile justice, among other issues.

He was also praised for his advocacy for the working class by

Lindsay Farrell, a volunteer from the Working Families Party.

“We have always sent competent people to the senate, and Gary will add to this delegation.” Harp said. She added

that she looks forward to working with Holder-Winfield.

Blango said he will run for Holder-Winfield’s position as state representative, but does not yet know who will run against

him.

Contact SARAH BRULEY at sarah.bruley@yale.edu and LILLIAN CHILDRESS at lillian.g.childress@yale.edu .

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ers,” Salovey said in his letter.

“I agree, as you explain in your report, that we can accomplish this goal while protecting intellectual property.”

Avraham said the new policies will create a “more positive environment for innovation” at Yale and reflect the fact that both administrators and students have learned from the Yale Bluebook Plus controversy.

I n h i s l e t te r, Sa l ovey announced the formation of a task force to advise him on changes to Yale’s policies regarding access to online information, with the stated goal of fostering student entrepreneurship. Salovey said he expects the group, called the Task Force on Data Access, to begin advising him by the end of this semester.

The task force will bring together students and faculty from various parts of the University. In addition to several senior faculty members and administrators, the group will also include two students nominated by the YCC through an application process, as well as representatives of the Graduate Student Assembly and the Graduate and Professional Student Senate. Political science professor Greg Huber, who also chairs the provost’s Information

Technology Services Advisory Committee, will serve as chair.

Referring to the YCC recommendation that the University better communicate with students about its data policy, Salovey said he would look to the newly formed committee as a source of ideas on how to engender communication between the administration and students.

In addition to the task force, Salovey said he will immediately implement the first two of the four major proposals aimed at increasing transparency outlined in the YCC’s January report.

The first is the selection of an administrator to serve as a liaison to students interested in developing applications.

“This person should be familiar with Yale’s Acceptable Use policy and should be able to answer developers’ questions or tell them whom to contact if they have additional questions,” the YCC report read. “This person should have easily accessible office hours, and preferably experience working with student developers.”

In his letter, Salovey said Len Peters, the University’s Chief Information Officer, will take on this role.

The second policy Salovey will implement is the cre-

ation of a website to serve as a resource for student developers. The YCC proposal said the site should clearly list Yale’s guidelines for data usage, in addition to providing answers to frequently asked questions on developing applications that use University data.

The report cited the University of California at Berkeley’s site for developers as an example of a successful website.

“The content of the new website will evolve as a result of the task force deliberations,” Salovey said in his letter.

Still, Salovey’s letter did not address several major components of the YCC report, including recommendations that the administration allow students to repackage and use Yale data provided they meet a series of conditions, refrain from blocking non-malware sites, create a procedure to address violations of the published data use policy and publish a list of data sets that can be used without restriction.

Yale Bluebook Plus was developed by brothers Harry Yu ’14 and Peter Xu ’14.

Contact MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu and WESLEY YIIN at wesley.yiin@yale.edu .

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Students to construct solar-powered house

BY AUDREY LUO CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Next year, a group of Yale students will build a solar-powered house on West Campus and ship it to California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s biennial Solar Decathlon.

This will mark the first time Yale students have been selected to participate in the competition, in which collegiate teams are challenged to design, construct and operate a solar-powered house.

The event will bring together over 20 teams from across the country for a series of 10 contests, during which the solar-powered houses will be evaluated based on factors such as architecture, engineering, appliances and home entertainment. Houses must be able to complete tasks such as cooking, and be aesthetically appealing, livable and affordable.

“It’s a big deal,” said Michael Oristaglio, executive director of Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI) and one of the team’s faculty sponsors. “Michelle [Addington] and I are the faculty sponsors, but it’s really the students who — starting essentially now until the fall of 2015 — will construct an entire house.”

Team leaders Kate McMillan ’16 and Juan Pablo Ponce de Leon ’16, both architecture majors, found out about the Solar Decathlon in the fall and decided to apply in November. In barely over a month, the pair recruited five other team members, helped raise $76,000 for the project, drafted designs for the solar-powered house, wrote a technical report

and contacted potential faculty advisors. Ponce de Leon said the team is planning to recruit more members this month to help with the project.

According to electrical engineering professor Minjoo Lee, a key participant of the team, the main challenge will be creating a house that is beautiful, functional and specifically designed to be energy efficient.

Ponce de Leon said when he and his teammates told one of their advisors, architecture professor Michelle Addington, that they had been selected, the first thing Addington said was “Congratulations,” shortly followed by “I’m scared.”

“There’s a lot of excitement, but at the same time we realize we have a tight time schedule,” Ponce de Leon said.

McMillan said everything in the house, which team members have termed the “Y-House,” has been designed to serve a hypothetical occupant. She added that someone living in the house must be able to take 15-minute showers, watch a full-length movie and charge an electric car enough to drive around in it.

Robert Loweth ’16, project engineer for the team, said the house must create all its own energy using solar panels. Points are deducted if the house consumes significant energy from the grid, he said. Additionally, the house needs to be portable, meaning that it needs to be constructed in a way so that it can easily be broken into parts.

Iwona Chałus ’16, the project’s lead electrical engineer, said solar

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A team of Yale students will design and build a solar-powered house for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon. power will not only enable the house to be energy independent but will also reduce its carbon footprint. While solar power is not a new approach, Chałus said it has yet to see widespread use in houses across the U.S. The idea is to provide a house that will be affordable for an average American family, she said.

Each team is required to hire an architect and engineer to certify their designs, said Thaddeus Lee ’17, the only freshman member in the group. The team has reached out to various organizations both

on and off campus for assistance, including YCEI, Turner Construction, Reclamation Lumber, IBM and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment.

“We’re a new team, which means we have to start from scratch, unlike some of the other teams who have infrastructure.

Eight are returning teams, which means they’ve done this before,” said XinXin Xu ’16, who is in charge of finances for the team.

Xu estimates the house will cost around $250,000, plus the cost of shipping the house to Cal-

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ifornia. The final product will likely be 800-900 square feet, over half the size of Bass Café, Loweth said.

According to Oristaglio, the competition will help make more undergraduates aware of sustainable energy. At the graduate and faculty level, Oristaglio said there is tremendous awareness of the issues surrounding energy today and what the energy landscape will look like in 20 years but that awareness often does not translate directly to undergraduates.

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BY APARNA NATHAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER One and a half years after Shake Shack first opened its doors on Chapel St., the burger joint is still establishing its presence in New Haven.

The initial excitement associated with the opening has died down, leaving Shake Shack searching for new ways to ensure its success in the volatile, college town environment. In that spirit, the restaurant’s management is planning several events this spring to attract new customers who will stay beyond purchasing food.

“What we need to be able to do is to maintain the level of interest and to make this a place that is valued, that people enjoy coming to,” said Thomas Lerou, assistant manager of the restaurant’s New Haven branch.

The international franchise’s New Haven opening was a heavily publicized event, with lines of excited new customers queuing outside the door. However, crowds in the branch have not matched those numbers since then, said Zach Koff, vice president

of operations for Shake Shack.

Shake Shack’s central location in downtown New Haven places it at the intersection of three unique sectors of the city: the business district, the University and residential areas. The branch’s customers are a fairly even mix of these three demographics, Lerou said.

Students from University of New Haven, Gateway Community College and especially Yale make up a large portion of Shake Shack’s clientele, Koff said. Its close ties to Yale are reflected in the restaurant’s menu, which features flavors of “concrete”, the signature frozen custard, that include Boola Boola Blue and Skull & Cones.

Still, despite Shake Shack’s efforts, several students interviewed said the restaurant’s location several blocks from campus and its relatively expensive menu items were deterrents to frequenting the locale.

“It could definitely be cheaper,” said Molly Williams ’17. “But, at the same time, it gives off the impression that you are paying for slightly better than fast food quality.”

Many students, especially those coming to Yale from areas where Shake Shack does not have a presence, need an extra incentive to venture into the store. Students cited the distribution of free frozen custard coupons during finals week and other enticing offers of discounted food as particularly successful methods of attracting customers.

Another visible and popular venture is “Shake Shackapella,” the Monday night performances where Yale’s various a cappella groups serenade customers. Even reluctant Shake Shack customers are willing to go to the store to see their friends sing, said Laurel Lehman ’17, a member of Proof of the Pudding.

“It’s more than just dinner and a show, it’s good food, good music, and good friends,” Lehman said. “Who could ask for anything more?”

Lerou and the rest of the branch management hope to continue expanding their outreach to students and changing the way that students view the restaurant. They are striving for an aesthetic that encourages students to spend time in the store even when

they are not eating, Lerou said.

Design touches such as the lounge-style seating and functional fireplace are intended to make the restaurant feel cozier, Koff said.

“I want to be more like a Starbucks where people hang out and chill, rather than feel rushed to go in and out,” Lerou said.

One initiative the restaurant is planning for the upcoming spring is a series of tastings of food and drinks from Shake Shack’s various vendors.

Possible tastings include locally brewed seasonal beers and spiked seltzer from the nearby town of Westport.

Events such as these are also designed to appeal to a wider range of customers, including those beyond the restaurant’s university clientele, said Anna Monaco, manager of the New Haven Shake Shack.

“We are reliant on the student population, but we need to be able to insulate ourselves better,” Lerou said.

Shake Shack currently has over 40 locations worldwide.

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

Contact AUDREY LUO at audrey.luo@yale.edu .

Mobile apps facilitate campus safety

BY MAREK RAMILO AND J.R REED STAFF REPORTERS

Shake Shack has made enticing promotional plans for this spring in an effort to strengthen and diversify its customer base.

and Kate [will] increase interest in solar energy and sustainable design at Yale,” said Jon-Jon Lam ’16, vice president of the Yale Undergraduate Energy Club.

“This project is probably going to get people more excited about starting their own project.”

The team is holding an informational meeting in the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design to recruit more members on Feb. 27.

Mobile technology, like that used by University of New Haven students during the Dec. 3 lockdown triggered by a loose gunman on campus, and the Yale Alert system used during the Nov. 25 gun scare, were critical to ensuring safety on campus this year. They may also help prevent mass violence in the future.

Everbridge, a California-based communications software firm that caters to 30 million users worldwide, issued a press release last week to detail the response to the Dec. 3 emergency. University of New Haven administrators sent out alerts via the company’s mobile app to its 6,400 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, alerting them to the fact that there was a man armed with a long rifle on campus.

As police from the West Haven and New Haven police departments closed in on a suspect, 22-year-old William Dong, students were kept informed through emails, text and phone messages pushed through by UNH administrators using the app that included the location and race of the gunman.

“The mobile technology allowed University of New Haven to respond to the threat immediately, sending an alert to the entire campus community in seconds,” Everbridge’s release read.

As police officers searched all 32 buildings on campus for harmful devices or substances, Everbridge helped UNH send alerts every 45 minutes — resulting in a total of seven over the six-hour period that the school was in lockdown.

Everbridge has a comprehensive notification system, offering more than 30 contact paths that can be designated by incident type or by the severity of the emergency.

Yale administrators and police employ a similar notification system, but it was created by the NTI Group, not Everbridge. The system sends emails, text and voice messages in cases of emergency.

For the Nov. 25 lockdown on campus, the Yale Alert System mandated a campus-wide lockdown via email, phone call and text messages to students, faculty and staff.

Ronald Quagliani, the Associate Vice President of Public Safety & Administrative Services at UNH, said there is a strong relationship between the universities in New Haven and their campus safety staff.

“Yale is really the bench-

mark that we look to follow,” he said. “We actually collaborate with them, other universities and municipalities regularly regarding emergency preparedness.”

Everbridge Chief Technology Officer Imad Mouline underscored that the application’s compatibility with enables users to send a message to multiple contacts in seconds to improve emergency response in situations like campus lockdowns. He added that one does not need a network connection to send messages.

Quagliani said he was off-campus when the first reports of the gunman broke. He cited his ability to remotely send out an emergency notification to the UNH community through Everbridge’s centralized system as essential to his ability to report information in a timely manner. Using the application on his smartphone, Quagliani was able to send email, text and voice messages, alerting UNH to the shelter-in-place.

Messages were also displayed on the school’s desktop computers and flatscreen TV monitors and audio broadcasts played over PA systems.

One of the major benefits of the Everbridge app, Quigliani said, is a feature that allows students to communicate with campus police and security officers also in the system.

This allows students with Everbridge’s app to inform those on the other end about developments as they happen — administrators can subsequently release updates, which Quigliani said are more reliable than information students get through social media channels.

Quigliani added that before UNH made the switch to Everbridge’s system four years ago, communication was far less efficient. During emergency situations, UNH used a character-limiting, text message-only system.

“We’d have to go and send out the email, then we’d have to go to the text messaging system, then we’d have to go to the telephone system,” Quagliani said, about the previous alert systems. “Time, in an emergency, is something that you don’t have. You want to make sure that the community is notified as quickly as possible.”

In 2012, Everbridge partnered with Connecticut state government to build emergency communication systems across the state’s various offices and municipalities.

Contact MAREK RAMILO at marek.ramilo@yale.edu and contact J.R REED at jonathan.t.reed@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT Students question new colleges RES COLLEGE FROM PAGE 1 whether to allow upperclassmen from other colleges to apply to transfer into the new colleges. Jonathan Holloway, Master of Calhoun College, said the committee is concerned that, because of the close proximity of the new colleges to Yale’s science departments, labs and ice hockey rink, the new colleges may almost exclusively attract science-oriented students and hockey players.

It’s really important to me and others that [the new colleges] don’t become ‘science’ or ‘hockey’ colleges.

BENJAMIN POLAK Provost, Yale University “It’s really important to me and others that [the new colleges] don’t become ‘science’ or ‘hockey’ colleges,” Polak said.

“It would be a disaster if we ended up with these two colleges and TD and Silliman as ‘science colleges,’ and the others as humanities colleges. It would be against everything we are striving for at Yale.”

A central concern during Monday’s discussion was that students in the new colleges will not have a long-established college identity to inherit. Students mentioned that existing residential colleges, ranging in age from 40 to roughly 80 years old, also have many affiliated faculty and fellows.

Miller said the question of how to build new college cultures from the ground up is a major topic of discussion for the committee.

“Everything is on the design list, from china to masonry, to the flag — everything that in fact makes you feel like your space is unique and how we’ll develop that,” Miller said.

Citing the role Masters and Deans play in shaping their colleges, students also suggested the committee take care in selecting college leaders who are committed to fostering the growth and well-being of a new community. Dean of International and Professional Experience and Senior Associate Dean of Yale College Jane Edwards said a subcommittee of the Expansion Committee has already discussed the importance of appointing strong Deans and Masters.

The physical location of the new colleges near Yale Health on Prospect Street also prompted students to voice concerns that the new colleges could be isolated and inconvenient, both because of the lack of commercial activity in the area and because of the colleges’ distance from other colleges. Miller said that enlivening Prospect Street was an issue raised in the 2008 report, but zoning regulations do not allow Yale to open commercial spaces in its buildings. Still, she emphasized that students in the new colleges will have access to food and stores on Whitney Avenue.

Students also expressed anxiety that all students and faculty studying on Science Hill would crowd the dining halls of the new residential colleges at lunch each day. Chair of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Ronald Breaker said the new biology building, which is slated to open in 2019, will help expand dining options in the area by replacing the cramped Kline Biology Tower cafe with a larger facility.

Breaker said the new colleges

will also bring more culture to Science Hill and will help it feel “less like an outpost.” Chair of Anthropology Richard Bribiescas said added security and shuttle services are being planned, while Polak said that lighting and sidewalks have already been improved in the area.

Students also brought up concerns about the impact of 800 additional students over four years on the student-faculty ratio, the capacity of large introductory classes and the highdemand for seminars.

Polak said that because the University planned to launch the new colleges in 2013, the administration ramped up the size of the faculty of Arts and Sciences over the last few years in anticipation of increased enrollment.

As a result, the current facultystudent ratio is high compared to that of the past, he said.

Students who attended the forum asked how the University would accommodate a 15 percent increase in enrollment in courses such as “Introductory Microeconomics” and “Introduction to Psychology,” which are already held in two of Yale’s largest lecture spaces.

In response Polak said the committee has three possible solutions for the five introductory classes for which expanded enrollment would pose a significant physical constraint. First, two sections of the lectures could be held, though Polak said psychology professors are currently reluctant to have multiple sections. Alternatively, the large lectures could be moved to 9 a.m. in order to reduce enrollments and stagger the availability of large rooms. The courses could also be capped, he said.

Polak said the committee is more in favor of “flatten-out scheduling” than building new classroom spaces. According to Polak, classes cluster on certain time slots and days, most commonly during the middle of the day on Tuesday and Thursday.

Additionally, Polak said the new School of Management campus has left several mediumsized classrooms and many seminar rooms empty in its old building on Prospect Street. The renovation of Sterling Memorial Library, set to be completed next fall, and the renovation of Kline Biology Tower will provide more space for study and classes, he added.

Though several students voiced concerns that students face difficulties securing places in seminars even without the expansion, Miller said most seminars are small and could easily absorb 15 percent more students.

Still, Polak said the committee has identified potential enrollment constraints in freshman seminars, senior seminars and senior essay advising. He said the number of sections for freshman seminars like English 114 would simply be increased.

In certain departments such as Political Science, the committee will need to expand senior seminars, he said.

Students also asked about the expected impact of 800 additional students on existing student organizations, particularly when it comes to securing funding and fellowships. In terms of summer opportunities, Edwards said that the University will increase the number of internship opportunities and lab experiences, but the larger issue will be ensuring that there are enough resources available for students to pursue these opportunities. The committee will address these concerns in their planning, she said.

The Expansion Committee was established in fall 2013.

Contact NICOLE NG at nicole.ng@yale.edu .

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Divestment decision to come

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The Yale Corporation Committee on Investor Responsibility will make a decision regarding fossil fuel divestment soon.

DIVESTMENT FROM PAGE 1 not be reached for comment.

While University President Peter Salovey said Corporation discussions are confidential, he added that the conversation between the ACIR and the CCIR this weekend was “robust” and that both committees are dedicated to the principles described in the

“Ethical Investor” — a 1972 book that describes Yale’s ethical investing guidelines.

In the meantime, Gabe Rissman ’16, the policy coordinator of Fossil Free Yale, said the ACIR is working on a letter to companies asking them to release data on the emissions they generate relative to their energy production. Knowledge of this figure

could give Yale an empirical estimate of each company’s impact on the climate, members of Fossil Free Yale said last month. Of the 200 largest coal, oil and gas companies, only 10 percent already report the metric.

The group hopes the University will decide to divest from the companies that do not comply with the disclo-

sure request, Gabe Levine ’14, another Fossil Free Yale member, said last month.

In January 2014, the Yale College Council said it was engaging senior Yale administrators in the discussion over fossil fuel divestment.

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

DIVESTMENT REFERENDUM TIMELINE Nov. 13, 2013 Spring 2013

Fossil Free Yale presents YCC with petition to form referendum

Town Hall debate between FFY Nov. 20, 2013 and Students for a Strong YCC referendum Endowment on divestment

Nov. 4, 2013

FFY submits report to the ACIR outlining how the University should responsibly approach divestment

Feb. 22, 2014 ACIR and CCIR meeting

Jan. 30, 2014 ACIR open meeting

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Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout

BY JULIE PACE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — In a blunt warning to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year if a crucial security pact isn’t signed - and he ordered the Pentagon to accelerate planning for just that scenario.

At the same time, in a rare phone call with Karzai, Obama indicated he was willing to wait his mercurial counterpart out and sign a security agreement with a new Afghan president after April elections. That would allow the U.S. to keep as many as 10,000 troops in the country.

The effort seemed aimed at marginalizing Karzai’s role in the high-stakes negotiations over the future of the lengthy Americanled war.

“We will leave open the possibility of concluding a (security agreement) with Afghanistan later this year,” the White House said in a statement following the call.

“However, the longer we go without a (deal), the more challenging it will be to plan and execute any U.S. mission.”

Obama’s attempt to minimize Karzai’s importance to U.S. decision-making underscores how fractured the relationship between the two leaders has become. Tuesday’s phone call was the first direct contact between Obama and Karzai since last June.

The Afghan leader has deeply irritated Washington with antiAmerican rhetoric, as well as with his decision this month to release 65 prisoners over the objections of U.S. officials.

The White House insists it won’t keep any American troops in Afghanistan after December without a security agreement giving the military a legal basis for staying in the country. While the White House did not publicly set a deadline for finalizing the agreement before that time, officials said the size and scope of the any U.S. mission could shrink the longer Obama waits.

Despite the troubled ties between Washington and Kabul, many

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President Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for full withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year if the Afghan government refuses to sign a security agreement with the U.S. of Obama’s advisers want to see American troops stay in Afghanistan after the war formally concludes in December. The Pentagon envisions keeping up to 10,000 troops in Afghanistan to focus on counterterrorism and the training of Afghan security forces, though some White House advisers would prefer keeping fewer troops, if any.

The U.S. military has also drawn up blueprints for a full withdrawal, and Tuesday’s developments appeared to push that idea closer to the forefront of Pentagon planning.

Obama’s call with Karzai coincided with key military meetings on Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet with

Banksy mural saved

to helping Afghanistan after this year, “I can’t ask the young men and women to serve in a country without the protections afforded by a bilateral security agreement.”

“We are at a point where we have to begin planning for other options,” Dempsey said.

The prospect of a full American withdrawal has led to concern

among Afghanistan’s neighbors, most notably Pakistan, where officials have warned that a civil war could break out and further destabilize the region. Pakistani officials also worry that Afghan security forces will fracture and as many as one-third of the force could desert without continued U.S. assistance.

Few army women want combat jobs

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY JANET MCCONNAUGHEY ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — Neighbors in New Orleans foiled what police say was an attempt to steal a chunk of cinderblock wall bearing a painting created by the world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy.

The building’s owner called police Friday evening, saying someone was attempting to cut out the painting, which Banksy had created after Hurricane Katrina, said Officer Garry Flot, a police spokesman. By the time of that call, he said, two suspects were gone and the mural, known locally as Umbrella Girl or Rain Girl, was still there. The painting and the long holes that had been cut around it are now shielded by plywood.

The mural is among more than a dozen made in 2008 in New Orleans by the elusive British artist, who is perhaps the world’s best-known street artist. Banksy’s works have sold at auction for as much as $1.1 million. He came to New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav was heading toward Louisiana. The images he left were generally related to the 2005 hurricane, Katrina. Well known in New Orleans, they have been the subject of news articles in the past.

Many have since been painted over or destroyed. This one shows a mournful girl holding an umbrella from which rain pours onto her as she extends a cupped hand into the open air around her.

Word of activity at the site appeared Friday afternoon on Facebook, with pictures showing a wide gap above the painting.

The work was going on behind a plywood screen.

Photographer Cheryl Gerber had noticed the plywood hiding the painting not far from her house earlier in the day while driving home from an assignment. She asked a man sitting at the back of a nearby rental truck what was going on.

“He said, `Oh, the picture is

his NATO counterparts in Brussels later this week. And Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday to visit U.S. military leaders in the country and assess the security situation on the ground.

Dempsey, speaking to reporters traveling with him, said that while the U.S. remains committed

FORT EUSTIS, Va. — Only a small fraction of Army women say they’d like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service’s nearly 170,000 women.

That survey and others across the Army, publicly disclosed for the first time to The Associated Press, also revealed that soldiers of both genders are nervous about women entering combat jobs but say they are determined to do it fairly. Men are worried about losing their jobs to women; women are worried they will be seen as getting jobs because of their gender and not their qualifications. Both are emphatic that the Army must not lower standards to accommodate women.

Less than 8 percent of Army women who responded to the survey said they wanted a combat job. Of those, an overwhelming number said they’d like to be a Night Stalker — a member of the elite special operations helicopter crews

who perhaps are best known for flying the Navy SEALS into Osama bin Laden’s compound in 2011.

Last year top Pentagon officials signed an order saying women must have the same opportunities as men in combat jobs and the services have been devising updated physical standards, training, education and other programs for thousands of jobs they must open Jan. 1, 2016. The services must open as many jobs to women as possible; if they decide to keep some closed, they must explain why.

The Army says that about 200,000 of its 1.1 million jobs are either direct combat or related jobs such as field artillery, combat engineers and so on. That’s roughly 20 percent of the force, though the directcombat front-line fighters make up roughly half of that or about 9 percent.

Throughout last year, the Army emailed questionnaires to active-duty reserves and Army National Guard members to gauge soldiers’ views on the move to bring women into combat jobs. The results from the survey sent to women showed that just 2,238 — or 7.5 percent — of the 30,000

who responded said they would want one of the infantry, armor, artillery and combat engineer jobs.

Army officials also polled men and women on their concerns about the integration.

And they asked senior female leaders to say whether they would have chosen combat jobs if they’d been given that chance 10 or 20 years ago.

All agreed the physical standards for the jobs should remain the same.

“The men don’t want to lower the standards because they see that as a perceived risk to their team,” David Brinkley, deputy chief of staff for operations at the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, told the AP. “The women don’t want to lower the standards because they want the men to know they’re just as able as they are to do the same task.”

Brinkley’s office at Fort Eustis is filled with charts, graphs and data the Army is using to methodically bring women into jobs that have been previously open only to men. The surveys are helping to shape the education and preparation that women, men and top leaders need to put in place to insure the integration goes smoothly.

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A mural by the artist Banksy, is seen in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. going to London for a big show,’” she recounted.

She got home and posted a photo with the message, “Bye Bye Banksy! My neighborhood’s most famous little girl is moving to London.”

Clay Lapeyrouse was alarmed when he saw a Facebook picture of the activity.

“It just didn’t add up to me.

The whole scenario seemed off,” Lapeyrouse, operations manager

at Louisiana Fresh Produce, said Tuesday.

It was his day off, so he went to take a look for himself.

When he asked to see a permit for work on the vacant building, the two men could not provide one. They told him the building’s owners wanted to send the painting to a museum. “They couldn’t tell me who the owner was or the name of the museum,” Lapeyrouse said.

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This Sept. 18, 2012 file photo shows female soldiers training on a firing range while wearing new body armor.

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SPORTS

“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.” MITCH HEDBERG AMERICAN COMEDIAN

Sweet home Alabama for W. tennis W. TENNIS FROM PAGE 12 we needed to change our way of approaching matches.”

The Elis entered the final round of the tournament against Tulane (3–8, 1–0 C-USA) with renewed motivation. Due to rain delays, the doubles matchups were postponed and the round instead began with singles. Sherry Li and Amos dispatched their opponents without much difficulty, each winning in their second set 6–1. But Tulane got the best of Hamilton and Ree Ree Li, outlasting them in competitive third sets. Hamilton dropped the final set 13–11, while Ree Ree Li fell 11–9. Yu and Sullivan each turned in two-set victories to put the team over the top and secure a 4–2 win, Yale’s first victory of the tournament.

Conference play will not begin until after spring break. In the meantime, the Bulldogs will take every opportunity to improve their level of play and prepare for their Ivy League opponents.

“We’re very, very lucky with this schedule that we have,” Ree Ree Li said. “The Ivy League conference has actually gotten a lot stronger throughout the years so playing really tough competition is good because we’re learning more about ourselves individually and as a team. These matches, especially these tough losses, are great motivating factors for us to continue working hard on the areas of our games that need improvement.”

The Elis will continue their nonconference schedule at Texas this Sunday Contact DIONIS JAHJAGA at dionis.jahjaga@yale.edu .

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The No. 36 women’s tennis team posted a 1–2 record at the Blue Gray Classic this weekend.

Sears contending for POY M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 Harvard guard Wesley Saunders was unanimously named the preseason conference player of the year, according to each media outlet listed on the Ivy League website. He has earned the weekly award three times, and not once since January 6. Since then, Sears has earned four of his five overall Player of the Week awards, garnered in the midst of a sevengame winning streak that has Yale knocking on the door of the NCAA Tournament.

Yale’s performance as a team may be the most critical aspect of Sears’ resume. In all major conferences and leagues, voters for player of the year awards often evaluate the performance of candidates’ teams as a main criterion.

This explains why forward Kevin Love of the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves will likely receive few, if any, first-place votes for NBA MVP despite posting a statistical season for the ages. To be considered the best player, many think, a player’s team must be among the best.

Sears understands this requirement and truly takes it to heart.

“It’s huge for me to just know that I’m considered one of the

best players in the league. But I mean that just comes back to the team,” Sears said. “The only reason I’m being considered for an award like this is because I’m playing well, but more importantly, I’m helping my team win and we’re in a great situation right now to be able to challenge for first.”

Despite a painful loss to Columbia (17–10, 6–4 Ivy) on Sunday that forced Yale (14–10, 8–2) to relinquish its share of the Ivy League lead, the Bulldogs are still within striking distance of conference leader Harvard, with a matchup against the Crimson at home still yet to take place.

In the Bulldogs’ prior meeting with the undisputed preseason favorite to claim the Ivy title, Sears and Yale upended Harvard and Saunders, topping the Crimson on its home court to end a 20-game home winning streak.

If the Elis can manage to reignite their winning ways this weekend and close out the season strong, Sears may have a couple trophies to hold high at the year’s end: an Ivy League crown and a shining Player of the Year award to accompany it.

“If I were to win the award, it means the team is winning and

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we’re doing well,” Sears said. “I just want to win, that’s what it comes down to.”

Meanwhile, Yale head coach James Jones, who reached an amazing milestone of his own in capturing his 200th all-time victory earlier this year against Dartmouth, was able to provide an alternate viewpoint on the matter.

“I think that Justin is certainly a kid that will be up for the award, but individual awards aren’t something that I think Justin is concerned with or our team for that matter,” Jones said.

“You know we’re trying to win our last few games here to secure an opportunity at winning the championship so that’s where we want to put our main focus.”

On that point, Sears, Duren, Jones and the rest of the Bulldogs can agree – an Ivy League title would trump all individual accolades and recognition.

But Sears earning Yale’s second all-time Ivy League Player of the Year award wouldn’t be so bad either.

Yale, behind Sears and company, is set to tip off Friday night at Princeton (15–8, 3–6) at 7 p.m.

Contact JAMES BADAS at james.badas@yale.edu .

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Gymnast Brittney Sooksengdao ’16 was the champion of the ECAC on the balance beam last season.

Q&A FROM PAGE 12

why we fought so hard to get every point.

have the freshmen been able to conhave you been doing well this seaQHow QWhat tribute this season? son?

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Our freshmen are great. There were only two freshmen for my year, [but] there are four this year. [Anella Anderson ’17] is a really great all-around competitor for us. [Tatiana Winkelman ’17] is a really hard worker in the gym. Even though [Mitzi Unda-Sosa ’17] and [Kacie Traina ’17] have been injured this year, they are there every single day with us practicing and overcoming their injuries and all of that matters.

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That was a close win over Penn and Cornell. How did you all manage to edge out the win?

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[The Ivy Classic] was incredible. It was an incredible feeling. We fought so hard for every tenth of a point as a team and it was a very collective effort to get second place [Sunday]. We wanted it and put our hearts into it as a team. We were competing in it mentally with our teammates and we all are proud of how we did yesterday.

did the team perform against Brown QHow compared to what you expected?

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Forward Justin Sears ’16 (No. 22) is averaging 17.3 points and 7.5 rebounds against Ivy foes this season.

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Brown had one of its best meets.

Between Penn, Cornell and us, none of us had our best meets, so it made it so tough to fight for those next three places. That’s

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Personally, I’ve been much more consistent. Thinking back to the beginning of last season, you’re trying to understand how college gymnastics meets work, how to compete and perform for you team.

I’m doing better at consistently scoring well in all events.

QWho performed well last weekend?

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[Morgan Traina ’15] had a great meet this past weekend. She hit some of our highest scores across all four events.

She came in second in the all-around with a score of 38.825, 0.175 below the first-place finish.

have your favorite parts about this QWhat year’s team been?

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What I love about our team is that we’re all so close. We’re such a small team that individually, every single one of us is close. We’re all really different too, so we all have something different to contribute. We have a great team dynamic, so both last year and this year it’s been really great to be a part of the team.

Contact ASHTON WACKYM at ashton.wackym@yale.edu .

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6:00 p.m. Emotionally Intelligent Parenting Workshop.

Join Marc Brackett, Robin Stern and others from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence for a workshop on the importance of emotional intelligence for you and your children. The talk will be filmed and participants must sign a film release in advance. RSVP at sarah.delaney@yale.edu. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Rm. 102.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 12:00 p.m. “Thinking About Having Children in Graduate School?” Dean Richard Sleight, Susan Abramson from the Child Care Programs and current students with children at Yale will be on a panel speaking on the university policy and services available to students with children. Open to the Yale community only; register in advance online. Hall of Graduate Studies (320 York St.), Rm. 199.

4:00 p.m. “Immense and Possible Oceans: the Maritime Imagination in Medieval and Early Modern Portugal.” Josiah Blackmore, the Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language and Literature of Portugal at Harvard University, will be speaking as sponsored by the departments of Spanish and Portuguese. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Rm. 203.

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ARTS & CULTURE Play to focus on improvised music

BY ERIC XIAO STAFF REPORTER While most plays are entirely scripted, an upcoming undergraduate production will have much of its content created on the spot.

“Household,” written by Jaime Sunwoo ’14 and Austin Jung ’14, opens this Friday in the Davenport Auditorium. The main characters are four objects: a blender, a vacuum, a curtain and a lamp. The actors will depict these characters’ interactions through a combination of choreographed movements, and four undergraduate musicians will play live improvised music in place of spoken dialogue. Sunwoo said the ensemble of musicians play a key role in shaping the play’s plot and characters, noting that it is uncommon for musicians to have this much artistic control over a theatrical production.

“Musicians are usually in the background of theater performances, but here they are very much a part of the characters,” Sunwoo said.

Gabe Acheson ’16, the show’s musical director, explained that each of the four objects represents a general personality type.

For example, the blender embodies the characteristics of a young boy who recklessly throws props around the stage. Sunwoo said the storyline focuses on the conflicts that arise between the characters, who are unable to empathize with each other due to their differences. She added that each character normally behaves as if it inhabits its own world, oblivious

to the others.

The blender, vacuum, curtain and lamp will be represented aurally by the bass clarinet, electric bass, alto saxophone and flute, respectively. Acheson said that aside from giving a few general suggestions on when musicians should create a harmonious or discordant sound to better match the characters’ moments of synergy and conflict, he has given the musicians complete artistic control over their parts.

He noted that while none of the four musicians have ever improvised music to choreographed movement, all of them have a considerable amount of general experience with improvisational music.

The only vocal element in the play will be a prerecorded musical part sung by a group of three sopranos: Mary Kleshefsky ’14, Shivani Bhatt MED ’21 Sylvia Rae Leith ’16. Jung, who wrote the lyrics, said the vocal parts of the production were inspired by ancient Greek plays, which usually featured choruses that served as a contrast to the actors.

Sunwoo said that while Jung wrote the text for the vocal parts, she let the play’s musical composer, Gideon Broshy ’17, decide how the words would be sung.

Broshy said the vocal parts he composed are meant to sound harmonious and serene, noting that he wanted to create a contrast between these parts and the improvised instrumental music.

Sunwoo said that rather than simply acting like the objects they portray, the actors will wear cos-

tumes that physically resemble the characters, noting that building these costumes was difficult. Acheson said he believes that given the characters’ physical appearance, the lack of dialogue between them makes the play seem more realistic to audience members.

“I feel that the audience would not believe a talking vacuum or a talking lamp,” Acheson said. “Seeing these objects move around on stage makes the play more compelling.”

Sunwoo and Jung said they needed to overcome many technical and logistical challenges throughout the playwriting process, particularly in designing the characters. Sunwoo said she and Jung wanted each character to perform its function on the stage, noting that one of the original characters was a sink that was ultimately replaced with a different household object due to the difficulties of bringing water dispensers such as hoses on stage. She added that she initially designed the character of the vacuum to have a functioning mini-vacuum inside the costume, but had to eliminate that feature due to safety regulations concerning electrical cords in performances.

“Most of the changes we have made to the play were due to costume limitations,” Sunwoo said.

The last performance of “Household” will take place on March 1.

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

SARA MILLER/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

“Household,” a new student-written production, features objects represented through sound.

Professor talks psychoanalysis and history

BY DAVID KURKOVSKIY STAFF REPORTER New York University professor Ben Kafka discussed the challenge of using psychoanalysis in the study of history on Tuesday afternoon.

Kafka delivered his lecture, titled “The Question of Evidence,” at the Whitney Humanities Center to an audience of approximately 25 members of the Yale community. Kafka, a psychoanalyst and associate professor of history and media at NYU, discussed the changing role of psychoanalysis and the way the field’s weak methodology makes it difficult for practi-

tioners to apply it when studying history.

“Psychoanalysis and history make an odd couple,” Kafka said, adding that Sigmund Freud applied the tools of psychoanalysis to historical figures.

Kafka discussed the way psychoanalysts’ definition of repression has evolved over the years and the growth of the field — from the older notion of a shared plight to the more recent idea of individual suffering.

He said that he has found his more recent patients less inclined to admit that they are suffering from repression than his patients in the past, adding that there is something outdated

about claiming to be repressed.

Kafka discussed general observations from his psychoanalysis sessions with patients and said he intends to write a book on the nature of unhappiness.

Psychoanalysis and history make an odd couple.

BEN KAFKA Professor, New York University Young patients often have creative, expressive ways of relaying their problems, Kafka explained,

while older patients often use clichés when they communicate during their sessions.

Turning to the subject of evidence, Kafka explained the challenge of applying the field of psychoanalysis when studying the motivations of historical figures. Citing the density of Freud’s writing in his famous work “Civilizations and its Discontents,” he said he thinks that psychoanalysts have not always been “models of theoretical or empirical rigor.”

Another aspect of the problem of applying psychoanalysis to history is that in-person psychoanalysis requires an analytic relationship between psychoan-

alyst and subject that is difficult to maintain with a historical figure, he said.

Kafka explained that patterns of speech — including Freudian slips and silences — are important components of the practice of psychoanalysis that are lost in the analysis of historical writing.

For example, a word processor might catch and edit a Freudian slip in writing through tools such as grammar and spell checkers, while a printer might make an error of his own that lacks psychological significance.

“It’s very hard to tell which mistakes are clues into the unconscious,” Kafka said.

Despite all these challenges,

Kafka said psychoanalysis can provide a useful alternative lens to historical study.

“I thought that he balanced a healthy skepticism toward psychoanalytic theory with a very deep understanding of its wisdom and usefulness as a practitioner,” Andrew Kahn ’14 said.

“It’s inspiring to see someone who is a true psychoanalyst who’s also engaged with the deep theoretical questions about the practice.”

Kafka’s lecture was given as part of the Franke Program in the Sciences and the Humanities.

Contact DAVID KURKOVSKIY at david.kurkovskiy@yale.edu.

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“We shape our buildings. Thereafter they shape us” WINSTON CHURCHILL BRITISH POLITICIAN

Architecture symposium explores role of technology

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During a two-day symposium, major architects tackled the question of the role of digital technology in architecture.

BY PIERRE ORTLIEB STAFF REPORTER This weekend, the School of Architecture hosted a symposium that focused on the role of technology in design and construction.

The event, titled “Digital PostModernities: From Calculus to Computation,” brought together renowned architecture theorists and practitioners from all over the world. The two-day symposium aimed to foster discussion about the role of digital technology in architecture and examine its origins, impact and future. The event was organized by Mario Carpo, a visiting professor at the school.

School of Architecture Dean Robert Stern ARC ’65 called the symposium “the biggest event of the spring semester,” adding that the diversity of views which the event gathered enhanced the quality of the discussion.

Friday’s session began with a panel led by School of Architecture professor Greg Lynn, followed by conversations with experts such as Alejandro ZaeraPolo from Princeton University and Frédéric Migayrou from the French Centre Pompidou in Paris.

The scholars discussed a variety of topics, including the impact of deconstructivism — a movement within postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s — as

well as the evolution of design toward non-linear architectural forms.

On Saturday, an audience comprised of students, professors and professionals gathered to discuss technological advances such as 3D printing and computational architecture with Paola Antonelli, an expert from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Alisa Andrasek from the University College London’s Bartlett School.

Peggy Deamer, assistant dean of the School of Architecture, said the speakers examined the digital turn of architecture as a postmodern condition, adding that she considers the event a success.

Many of the panelists took

a philosophical angle, which Deamer said she found particularly interesting, as it allowed them to analyze the role technology has played in building the radically disorganized, complex forms that have emerged from the growth of deconstructivism in architecture. She noted that she thinks a sense of historical, cultural and intellectual confluence enveloped the event.

“One thing that was identified was that deconstructivism demanded computation to happen, and whether or not there is a socially intellectual dimension to that and whether this dimension has continued,” Deamer said.

Phillip Bernstein ’79 ARC ’83,

a lecturer at the School of Architecture and vice president of Autodesk, Inc., a firm that creates design software, said he thinks the symposium was an opportunity to put ideas into a broader context, something which he said architects often struggle with. He emphasized that the event facilitated an investigation of how digital tools are fundamentally changing the architecture profession, not only on the level of architectural theory but also with respect to the design and construction of buildings.

The symposium coincided with a School of Architecture exhibition by Lynn, the professor who led the Friday panel, enti-

tled “Archeology of the Digital,” which focuses on the evolution of the use of technology in architecture dating back to primitive computers and floppy disks. Stern said he thinks this thematic overlap enriched the symposium.

“This exhibition is typical of [what] Yale tries to be as an institution – avant-garde, at the forefront of what is happening, a place where ideas come to form and architects are trained,” Bernstein said.

The exhibition “Archeology of the Digital” will be on display until May 3.

Contact PIERRE ORTLIEB at pierre.ortlieb@yale.edu .

Japanese art expert discusses importance of byobu

BY EMMA PLATOFF STAFF REPORTER This Tuesday, an expert in Japanese art and culture explored the significance of byobu — decorative Japanese folding screens.

Hiroyuki Shimatani, the vice executive director of the Tokyo National Museum, gave a lecture entitled “Japanese Culture and the Appreciation of Byobu” in the Jeffery H. Loria Center for the History of Art to an audience of approximately 50 students, art experts and other members of the Yale community. The discussion focused on the history, relevance and artistic varieties of byobu and

was conducted in Japanese with an English interpretation.

Shimatani discussed byobu in their historical context, noting the specific aspects of Japanese culture — the importance of Buddhism, the court nobles’ pursuit of refinement and the Chinese influence — that gave rise to the unique style of Japanese calligraphy and ultimately byobu in their various forms.

Byobu are constructed by stretching paper or silk to fit a large, rectangular wooden frame, Shimatani explained. Leather cords connect through holes in these frames, allowing artists to link panels together. He added

that byobu can vary widely in size, depending on how many panels the artist uses, and when displayed, they are folded so that each panel is at a different angle.

The word byobu in Japanese means “blocking wind,” which is what the screens were originally used for, Shimatani explained.

They were also used to divide and decorate rooms but later became luxurious decorative objects for the Japanese emperor and his court, he added.

Shimatani said that byobu vary widely in the content they display — some byobu have only calligraphy, he said, while others include images as well. He described a

few examples, some of which are currently on display in the YUAG. One example depicts a scene from “The Tale of Genji,” a famous work of literature by Japanese noblewoman Lady Murasaki, with a few lines of poetry written in calligraphy above the image. Shimatani explained that the placement of the calligraphy on the byobu is extremely important, adding that the calligraphers had to do their work after the image had already been painted on the screen, giving them only one chance to place the lines in the desired spots.

Shimatani spoke in Japanese while Ashton Lazarus GRD ’14

interpreted. Lazarus explained that he had translated Shimatani’s speech in advance, but occasionally had to translate new points that Shimatani added on the spot.

Sadako Ohki, the Japan Foundation Associate Curator of Japanese Art for the Yale University Art Gallery, introduced Shimatani and explained that the lecture was given in conjunction with the YUAG’s current exhibit, “Byobu: The Grandeur of Japanese Screens,” which displays a variety of folding screens and highlights their importance and complexity. The exhibit is in three parts: “Tables and Poems in

Byobu,” “Brush and Ink in Byobu,” and “Nature and Celebration in Byobu,” with the exhibition’s first part on display until March 23.

Ingrid Yeung, a fifth-year graduate student in History of Art, said she enjoyed the talk, noting that she was glad to hear such an authoritative calligraphy expert describe his views on some of the work in the YUAG’s collection.

Shimatani is a contributor on a new book titled “Remaking Tradition: Modern Art of Japan from the Tokyo National Museum.”

Contact EMMA PLATOFF at emma.platoff@yale.edu .

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In a Tuesday lecture, Hiroyuki Shimatani described the history and the artistic production of byobu, traditional Japanese screens that are currently on display in the Yale University Art Gallery.

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Elis fall at Blue Gray Classic

BY DIONIS JAHJAGA STAFF REPORTER Last weekend, the Yale women’s tennis team (3–3, 0–0 Ivy) called Alabama ‘home sweet home’ as it traveled down to compete in the 65th annual Blue Gray National Tennis Classic.

Despite a good effort, the Elis fell against Texas Tech 4–1 and lost to Illinois 4–3 in the first two rounds of the tournament, before finishing strong with a 4–2 win against Tulane.

“It was great to play such a high level of competition,” said captain Annie Sullivan ’14. “We were really tested to play our best. I think at times, everyone played and competed well but we definitely saw where we were weaker than other teams and what we need to improve on. We are glad we have more opportunities coming up to get back to practice and work to improve in our next competition.”

In the first round of the event, the Elis were matched up against No. 21 Texas Tech. The Masked Riders (9–3, 0–0 Big 12) won the doubles’ point to begin the match, despite a win from Courtney Amos ’16 and Sullivan, who dispatched their opponents 6–2.

In singles competition, the Bulldogs fell behind their higherranked opponents. Madeleine Hamilton ’16 won her match 7–6, 6–2, but Amos, Ree Ree Li ’16 and Sherry Li ’17 were not as successful, each losing in two sets. “[Texas Tech] just came out ready to play and we didn’t necessarily match that level,” Ree Ree Li said. “I struggled in my

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match and I realized there were a lot of things I needed to work on.

As a team we came out thinking that we really needed to raise our level of competitiveness for the future.”

Sullivan, who won her first set 7–5, and Hanna Yu ’15 who was leading in her second 4–3, were unable to finish their matches due to rain delays. But since Texas Tech won the doubles tiebreaker at the beginning, the overall match was scored in their favor.

On Saturday Yale took on Illinois, which was coming off of a 4–0 loss against No. 14 Alabama.

The Illinios (6–4, 0–0 Big 10) put pressure on the Elis early by winning the doubles point.

Motivated by her first-round loss, Ree Ree Li bounced back against Illinois, dispatching her opponent without dropping a single point. Hamilton lost a competitive three-set match, while Yu and Amos were both dropped in two sets. Sullivan posted an incredible comeback victory to keep her team’s chances alive, winning in three sets after losing the first one 6–0.

But even after Sherry Li came out on top (7–5, 6–2), the Elis fell to the Illini in nail-biting fashion by a final score of 4–3.

“Texas Tech was a tough loss, but I think Illinois was the toughest because we were in it,” Ree Ree Li said. “Every court had an opportunity to win their match but that didn’t happen. Every girl was fighting. I think, coming out of that match, it showed us that SEE W. TENNIS PAGE 8

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The No. 36 women’s tennis team defeated No. 75 Tulane at the Blue Gray Classic on Sunday.

Sooksengdao ’16 shines on beam

Sears sizzles in Ivy play

BY JAMES BADAS STAFF REPORTER Amidst the tension and drama of title hunting for teams across the Ancient Eight, the impending conclusion of the Ivy League men’s basketball season inevitably sparks discussion

about the various individual awards.

And no award is the subject of more discussion or debate than the Player of the Year honor, given to the league’s most outstanding player.

For four of the past five seasons, seniors have been the recipients of the prestigious award. More stunning,

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Forward Justin Sears ’16 (No. 22) has won at least a share of the Ivy League Player of the Week award five times so far this season.

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however, is that out of the 41 times the honor has been bestowed, it has gone to only two underclassmen.

Yale forward Justin Sears ’16, a sophomore, may very well be on pace to join that select group.

Sears certainly has the statistics to warrant his candidacy.

The Plainfield, NJ native ranks fourth in the league in scoring (15.8 points per game), third in rebounding (6.9 rebounds per game), eighth in field goal percentage (48.4 percent) and second in free throws made (5.3 free throws made per game). He also leads the league with six double-doubles, a testament to his prowess on the offensive boards. He ranks second with 3.1 offensive rebounds per game.

Last year’s POY, graduated forward Ian Hummer from Princeton, had numbers that are virtually identical to those put up by Sears thus far this campaign.

Point guard Javier Duren ’15, who has been the emotional leader for the Bulldogs all year despite missing the past two games due to a high ankle sprain, said that the team is fully aware of just how spectacular Sears has been. “[The team doesn’t] really talk about it as much, but we know that Justin is one of the, and personally I’m a bit biased, maybe the best player in the league,” Duren said.

Sears, who surprisingly earned Rookie of the Week honors just once last year, has already racked up a great deal of hardware this season. His five Player of the Week awards lead the Ivy League and also leave him tied for second all-time for the most in a season, with two regular season weekends still to play. The man sitting atop that list? None other than Hummer, who received the honor seven times.

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Gymnast Brittney Sooksengdao ’16 helped Yale finish second at last weekend’s Ivy Classic.

BY ASHTON WACKYM STAFF REPORTER Brittney Sooksengdao ’16 placed third on the beam in this past weekend’s Ivy Classic. In an interview with the News, she discussed the gymnastics team’s goals for the season, how the Bulldogs performed at the Ivy Classic and her personal goals.

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What has the team been honing in on and improving as the season goes

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Each meet we’ve been improving our scores and our consistency

and increasing the number of hit routines. The goal of every week is to hit 24 of 24 and we’ve been getting better and better with each meet. Honestly, we haven’t peaked yet and we have a lot of room to improve. have been some of your perQWhat sonal goals for the year been and how are they coming along?

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My personal goals are to win the ECAC beam championship again.

I want to be able to be a big contributor to the team every year. I also want to be able to up my career high on floor.

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YEARS IN WHICH THE YALE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS SWEPT ITS SEASON SERIES AGAINST BOTH PENN AND PRINCETON SINCE THE CREATION OF THE IVY LEAGUE. THAT TIME CAME LAST YEAR, WHEN THE ELIS WON ALL FOUR GAMES AGAINST THE QUAKERS AND TIGERS.