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CROSS CAMPUS First. Simply put, rankings do not matter; unless, of course, they manage to actually get things right. Yesterday, USA Today released College Factual’s top United States college list, which placed Yale University in the number-one spot this year. “Our rankings are ‘data-driven,’” College Factual’s CEO reassured USA Today. And we all know numbers never lie.

Hillary, humanized. For better or for worse, Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 is well-known for her steeliness. Yesterday, however, the presidential hopeful made headlines during an emotional interview with ABC News, in which she apologized for her use of personal email accounts while serving as Secretary of State, opened up about the difficulties of life on the campaign trail and even acknowledged that Vice President Joe Biden “could be a good president.”

Dems debate in Davies.

Say that 10 times fast. This evening, Yale Democrats will host Ward 1 Alder candidates Fish Stark ’17 and Sarah Eidelson ’12 in a debate held at Davies Auditorium. Local politics can be fun, too.

Can’t get much worse. The

School of Management’s two-day “Future of Finance” conference kicks off today, focusing on “Using finance as a vital tool to address major social challenges.” All we know is that former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner isn’t here teaching a class on the rosy recent past of finance.

Won’t be denied. Anyone insisting on his or her own future in finance, however, will likely be in the President’s Room this evening for the Office of Career Strategy’s “Finance Industry Recruiting Event.” They say money can’t buy everything, but we have to admit that it might actually be called the “President’s Room at Schwarzman Center” now.

They changed Gant. Prepwear giant Gant, known for espousing “They changed the world. Not the shirt,” as its slogan, launched a new marketing campaign yesterday, complete with print and television advertisements that showcased the company’s vintage, Ivy League roots.

Last. At long last, members of

the class of 2016 are seniors. So says the Senior Class Council, which emailed its fellow soonto-be-alumni last night. In the message, SCC officers began waxing nostalgic over all the “lasts” ahead — of which there are many, apparently — before inviting recipients to join their team. Don’t they realize that more responsibility is the last thing that anyone wants during his or her senior year?

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Divided, Calhoun alumni take naming debate online

BY TYLER FOGGATT STAFF REPORTER As Calhoun College’s namesake — the white supremacist, secessionist and Vice President John C. Calhoun, class of 1804 — has come under intense scrutiny, discussion has spread from current students, faculty and administrators to the broader alumni community.

In particular, an online email forum for Calhoun alumni has served to catalyze discussion.

The forum, known as the “Calhoun Listserv,” which was first established as a way for members of the Calhoun classes of ’76 through ’82 to stay in touch,

has become a gathering place for alumni seeking to share their thoughts on the campus discussion.

“I have been following this conversation with alacrity, and I am most impressed by the thoughtfulness, civility, erudition and eloquence on all sides,” Scott McIsaac ’79, an alumnus of Calhoun, wrote in the Listserv. “It makes me wistful for the days when we were having similarly stimulating discussions nearly every night in the Calhoun dining hall.”

The Listserv is not the only online space for discussion of the issue. After University President Peter Salovey and

Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway spoke extensively about Calhoun’s namesake during the freshman address, the University launched a website, entitled “An Open Conversation,” to provide a forum for opinions.

Salovey said he is aware of other forums that Calhoun alumni use to communicate, in addition to the University Web page, but noted that he does not have access to their contents.

While some of the ideas voiced have had a humorous tilt — such as renaming Calhoun for former University President Kingman Brewster, so that members of the community can

be referred to as “Brewskis” — the forum has also spawned more substantive arguments and possibilities.

I am most impressed by the thoughtfulness, civility, erudition and eloquence on all sides.

SCOTT MCISAAC ’79

Calhoun alumna Miriam Davidson ’82 described the

commentary that has flooded her inbox in recent days as thoughtful and perceptive, if at times somewhat overwhelming. Calhoun’s namesake is difficult to discuss, Davidson said, but also a crucial subject, as it brings into conflict the history of the college with Hounies’ sense of “what is right.”

A majority of Calhoun alumni interviewed leaned toward changing the name of the college, with 17 advocating a name change, six supporting a retention of the name Calhoun and five saying they were undecided. For instance, SEE CALHOUN PAGE 6

Blumenthal backs Iran deal Departures weaken Portuguese program

BY MICHELLE LIU STAFF REPORTER

Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 has become the last member of Connecticut’s Washington delegation to announce his support for President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.

Blumenthal and three other senators — Maria Cantwell from Washington, Gary Peters from Michigan and Ron Wyden from Oregon — made public statements in support of the deal yesterday, bringing the number of Democratic in the Senate advocates to 42. Last week, the President garnered the support necessary in the Senate to prevent lawmakers from overriding a veto on any Congressional resolution against the deal, and the support announced Tuesday would effectively prevent Obama from needing to exercise such a veto. Blumenthal’s announcement arrived after several weeks of deliberaSEE BLUMENTHAL PAGE 4

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 gave his approval of the nuclear deal.

Firefighters file suit against city

BY STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE STAFF REPORTER One hundred seventy four firefighters in the New Haven Fire Department are suing the city in federal court, alleging that their overtime compensation has been grossly miscalculated.

On Sept. 1, the group of current and former NHFD employees filed the suit on behalf of the department, alleging that over the last three years, they have not been adequately compensated for overtime work.

The lawsuit states that the NHFD currently operates on a 28-day work period in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires employees to work 212 hours in a work period before they are paid overtime. However, the plaintiffs claim that they were asked to work more than the standard 212 hours before qualifying for overtime pay.

“The city is aware of a class action suit having been brought by a large group of present and former firefighters claiming under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act,” Acting Corporation Coun-

sel John Rose said on behalf of the city of New Haven in a statement. Rose, along with other city officials, declined to comment further on the case. Rose added in his statement that it is against city policy to comment.

With its full-time faculty cut in half from last year, the Portuguese program at Yale is relying on outside scholars to staff its introductory courses this semester.

When former Portuguese professor Paulo Moreira was declined tenure last year, Director of Undergraduate Studies David Jackson was left as the only ladder faculty member teaching Portuguese.

With the additional departure of language lector Selma Vital, the language program now only has two of the four full-time positions it had last year.

This academic year, the department was able to tide over these difficulties with two Foreign Language Teaching Assistants, funded by Ful-

bright fellowships through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In recent years, Portuguese has only had one FLTA, but the number varies depending on enrollment and department staffing, according to Whitney Doel, the visiting scholars and academic resources coordinator at the MacMillan Center.

FLTAs Daniel Lucas Alves da Silva and Marcia Zanoteli will each teach elementary courses this semester and enroll in courses themselves through the Graduate School.

Zanoteli noted that FLTAs will contribute beyond the classroom as well, by sharing Brazilian culture at lectures, conferences and workshops.

Still, Jackson noted that SEE PORTUGUESE PAGE 4

Alpha Phi to welcome charter class

BY JON VICTOR STAFF REPORTER After months of preparation, Alpha Phi, Yale’s newest sorority, is set to welcome its charter class this weekend.

In late April, the Yale Panhellenic Council announced that Alpha Phi would come to campus as Yale’s fourth sorority to accommodate increased demand in Greek life among women at Yale. The sorority is

recruiting sophomores, juniors and seniors in the fall to be part of its charter class at Yale.

Freshmen will then be able to join during the traditional rush process in January. The sorority was originally planning to take 40 members during the fall semester, but that number may change, according to Lauren Drewniany, an Alpha Phi representative who has been helping to manage recruitment on campus.

“We don’t necessarily have a number set in stone,” Drewniany said. “We were hoping to take 40 members during the fall semester, but we have had so many great, quality women come through. It is now more about finding which women are the best fit for Alpha Phi.” Roughly 60 interested students attended each of Alpha Phi’s two recruitment events SEE ALPHA PHI PAGE 6

The city is aware of a class action suit having been brought by … firefighters.

JOHN ROSE Acting Corporation Counsel Prosecutors working on the case, as well as NHFD Union President James Kottage, did not respond to requests for comment. Fire Chief Allan Wright also did not return requests for comment.

In April, financial reports from both the NHFD and the New Haven Police Department revealed that spending on overtime pay in both departments had fallen dramatically since SEE FIRE DEPT SUIT PAGE 4

COURTESY OF ALPHA PHI

Due to increasing interest in Greek life on campus, the sorority Alpha Phi will be coming to Yale this semester.

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Purpose, three years later O

ne night last week after the flurry and madness of Camp Yale had settled, I sat on my bed and tore open a letter I’d written to myself in the fall of my freshman year. The front of the envelope included an apology: “Sorry I didn’t write more, ran out of time!” Writing that letter, the feeling of putting down things that felt stable and true about myself, then watching them immediately collapse onto themselves in the days that followed — that sense of running out of time to preserve a past self — inspired one of my first columns for the News. Still, though I remembered writing about the letter on these pages, I had almost no recollection of its contents.

Finally reading my thoughts last week, I wondered if maybe it was because they had turned out to be so terribly banal.

PERHAPS THE IDEA OF PURPOSE SEEMED TOO HEAVY FOR MY FRESHMAN HAND, TOO DAUNTING, TOO HARD TO MEASURE, TOO INCONCLUSIVE Then, I reached my one pearl of wisdom, tucked in as an afterthought: “I hope you feel as satisfied and gratified by your Yale accomplishments and friendships as you felt about your [high school] ones.” I wonder what I meant at the time by “accomplishment.” I even wonder what I meant at the time by “Yale.”

Were accomplishments exclusively the realm of resume items? Was Yale a span of four years or a place or an arena in which to prove myself?

Reading myself today, it feels strange to have so starkly disassociated friendship from accomplishment, because so much of what I’ve accomplished in the past three years is best measured by the strength of the friendships that inform my interests and build the structure of my days.

I didn’t have the vocabulary that I’ve since adopted to talk about the relationships and interests I love and hope to sustain. That night three years ago, writing at my standard-issue desk overlooking the Silliman courtyard, I could only gesture at what I hoped

would have meaning by the time I once again held that letter in my hands.

In writing CAROLINE that previous senSYDNEY tence, even, I see myself Selflea n i n g away from absorbed ideas of satisfaction and gratification toward more opaque objectives like meaning. “Satisfied” and “gratified” are words that now seem tightly bound to the experience of arriving at Yale as a freshman and to the idea of accomplishment. It’s the feeling that you haven’t simply done the work, but have met some larger goal.

Yet, I don’t perceive the timeline between licking and unsealing the envelope to be ticked with defined landmarks. Instead, I developed a more complicated understanding of process and progress that has restructured the way I feel about milestones and about endpoints. I see them less clearly; sometimes I wonder if I see them at all.

In the most positive of lights, static gratification has given way to a desire for purpose, something far more elusive, far more variable.

Perhaps the idea of purpose seemed too heavy for my freshman hand, too daunting, too hard to measure, too inconclusive. Purpose motivates; it doesn’t satisfy or gratify. It comes with no checkbox, but rather creates them. If I could go back to that night, this is what I’d say: I hope you have found the things that give you purpose; I hope that they have given you a thread to follow.

Because I can’t go back, this is instead the standard I will measure myself by this year, and not just at its opening. And it’s a standard I ask you to hold yourself to as well, no matter where you are in your time at Yale. Because a lot of Yale can be dead ends: friendships that don’t click, classes that exist in vacuums, days spent with nothing to show for them. All of these things count against gratification, against satisfaction. Purpose redirects these dead ends and is a reminder that there’s more value in having something that lends itself to continuity than a discrete set of accomplishments.

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An alder for Ward 1

n Sept. 16, Yale students have a choice between two Democrats running for Ward 1 alder. I know students have discussed the issues and candidates for some time, and, as a lifelong New Havener and member of the Board of Alders, I wanted to add my perspective and let you know why I strongly support Fish Stark.

I grew up in New Haven, and attended New Haven Public Schools. I’ve lived in Upper Westville for most of my life, serving our community as an organizer, teacher, youth minister and now as Ward 26’s alder.

When I think about the people I would like to serve with on the Board of Alders, the decision to endorse Fish was easy. He will work tirelessly to engage his constituency of Yale students in the city as a whole, to the benefit of all neighborhoods. He will work collaboratively and effectively with other alders, particularly on youth issues. And he is a principled, prolabor progressive.

In my conversations with Fish, he presented a vision for how an engaged Ward 1 alder could involve Yale students in Westville — one of New Haven’s great historic neighborhoods, but one where Yale students rarely venture. He envisioned undergraduates tutoring students at Mauro-Sheridan, Edgewood and Davis Street schools, working

as interns with the Westville Village Renaissance Alliance to promote economic development, shopping and dining in our affordable retail district and exploring Edgewood Park. He demonstrated a deep understanding of my neighborhood, and of the city as a whole, and showed his natural talent as an organizer who’s already worked to involve Yale students in our community.

His vision for responsibly engaging Yale students in New Haven would truly benefit neighborhoods like mine, and is a welcome change from the status quo.

Fish and I share a passion for youth issues — he’s spent his summers in New Haven working as a teacher, and I’m an education advocate and former teacher serving on the Board’s Youth Committee. Yet during the two years I’ve served on the committee, we’ve focused almost exclusively on redesigning a single website, leaving many critical issues facing New Haven youth unaddressed.

For instance, I am still paying off student loans, and see that student debt is a barrier to many Elm City students’ dreams. Accordingly, I championed a resolution supporting a statewide Student Loan Bill of Rights. I expected to work in partnership with the incumbernt Ward 1 alder, Sarah Eidelson '12 on this initiative, but she

never accepted my offer to collaborate. I had hoped to create a task force to address youth unemployment, but, for weeks, alder Eidelson didn’t respond to my outreach on this issue, until Fish emerged as a strong challenger in Ward 1.

I know that as my colleague, Fish would have worked with me on these important issues. In fact, he has engaged NHPS students and community members to craft a bold vision for youth services that has earned support from city leaders like my mentor, Dr. Ed Joyner, and Darnell Goldson, the two Democratic Party-endorsed candidates for Board of Education.

It is also important to me that the alders I serve with support New Haven’s working people and labor unions, especially UNITE HERE Locals 34 and 35. I was proud to earn their support in my 2013 campaign, and this year I have endorsed several union-backed candidates for alder. Notably, Locals 34 and 35 did not endorse a candidate for alder in Ward 1. I can confidently say that Fish is an unabashedly pro-union progressive who, like myself, supports New Haven Works, New Haven Rising, Graduate Employees Student Organization and rights and protections for domestic workers seeking to unionize. Not only that, but Fish also believes in the importance of bringing college students out on

the picket lines to stand with labor — a unique constituency the Ward 1 alder can mobilize, but has chosen not to.

Fish is a compelling candidate because, unlike many Yalies, he has built real and deep relationships in this city. As someone who has lived here my whole life, I can tell the difference between someone who genuinely knows and cares about my city, and someone who uses politics for personal gain. Fish isn’t interested in climbing the ladder on the Board of Alders or acquiring ceremonial titles. He is invested in New Haven for the right reasons. Whether he’s elected or not, he’ll continue the work he’s doing to unite Yale students and New Haven, and the work he’s doing with youth. Still, it is important to elect him, because he is the representative you deserve, and will be the kind of alder our Board needs.

Take it from someone who knows this city, knows the candidates and knows what it takes to get things done on the Board of Alders: Fish Stark is the right choice.

DARRYL BRACKEEN JR. is alder for Ward 26. Contact him at darrylfornewhaven@gmail.com .

The News reached out to both Democratic campaigns for columns from supporters and has not received any from the Eidelson campaign.

CAROLINE SYDNEY is a senior in Silliman College. Her column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

Contact her at caroline.sydney@yale.edu .

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Think critically about hip-hop Hip-hop’s hold over popular music can be quantified in Billboard rankings and record sales. Anyone walking around campus on a Saturday night is more likely to hear the most current rap hits than any other genre of popular music. An art form built upon the black experience is now consumed by the masses.

In his Tuesday column (“Straight Outta Excuses,” Sept. 8), Aaron Sibarium correctly points out that many rap artists glorify violence and misogyny. Nevertheless, the argument departs from reality by making the claim that all problematic hip-hop lyrics are simply written off by those within communities of color.

The fact of the matter is, communities of color have been working to dismantle the industry practices that promote such harmful content. Sibarium fails to understand that the misogynistic content of popular rap music is an issue the black community must face head on without the threat of being vilified or denigrated by those outside of the community. No attempt is made to engage with the black-led “Straight Outta Misogyny” or “Straight Outta Rape Culture” campaigns that attempted to address the problematic subject material in this summer’s most popular film. He fails to cite the fact that Diplo’s own “chauvinistic epithets” also shared the same Spring Fling

stage as Ja Rule in 2014.

Sibarium continues with the all-too-familiar practice of completely stripping black artists of their individuality. On one level or another, every major rapper is expected to not only represent themselves, but also their entire art form and the entire African-American race. Any written piece that attempts to lump together the works of The Beatles, Madonna and Bob Dylan alongside the works of Katy Perry, Florida Georgia Line and Taylor Swift would be, at best, considered irresponsible and, more likely, infuriating. So how is it that one can expect to get away with lumping together the sounds of “Fuck Tha Police” and Immortal Technique with those of Ja Rule?

As a result of logical acrobatics, protest anthems like “Hell You Talmbout,” “Alright” and “Sound of Da Police” immediately face white erasure as they are lumped together with the party sounds of an entire generation. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift can pass unquestioned whilst producing content that glorifies the colonial conquest of Africa.

Where is the op-ed that attacks Maroon 5 for producing highly

misogynistic content that glorifies stalking?

I would like someone to provide evidence on this campus that has displayed and reproduced harmful content like Chief Keef’s lyrics to the extent that this institution has displayed and reproduced racist content. I can easily produce snapshots of stained glass windows in dining halls depicting slaves picking cotton. On the outer façade of Calhoun College stands a placard commemorating the great secession state of South Carolina. Not to mention the particular blend of emotions that arises from being a student of color and having to eat in a dining hall under the unapproving scowl of John C. Calhoun’s portrait. These are all depictions of racism just as apparent and hurtful to students as the term “master” could be. If we must stoop to comparing the importance of these two campus issues, then let’s at least do our due diligence in displaying their effects on students in a realistic manner.

In short, Mr. Sibarium, no one was giving you excuses.

YONAS TAKELE The writer is a junior in Calhoun College.

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CORRECTIONS TUESDAY, SEPT. 8

A previous version of the article “Deer’s head found at Spizzwinks(?) audition” incorrectly stated that the prankster was a Yale student. In fact, he is not a Yale student, but has ties to one member of the Society of Orpheus and Bacchus.

Protesters break in to Ashcroft debate

Due to an editing error, a previous version of the article “Wrongfully convicted Johnson released after nine years in prison” incorrectly stated that Johnson has great job opportunities when, in fact, he said he does not.

After racist post, NHFD suspends lieutenant

BY STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE AND DANIELA BRIGHENTI STAFF REPORTERS The New Haven Fire Department has suspended one of its firefighters after finding racist comments posted on his Facebook page.

Lieutenant Kevin Owens on Sept. 1 was removed from his position within the NHFD after a comment he had made on Facebook circulated through the department, eventually making its way to the Mayor’s Office. In a public order to city officials, Fire Chief Allan Wright wrote that the lieutenant violated departmental rules by using language “damaging to the reputation of the department.” Owens’s post has since been taken down, but Elm City-based television station News 8 published a screenshot of it, in which Owens wrote, “In the U.S., we call them n—” in response to an article about Muslims on a Facebook page called “Wake Up England.”

Doris Bumas, president of the Greater New Haven chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said that the chapter commends Wright for suspending the lieutenant.

“He broke the trust of the people, and if you harbor those kinds of feelings you should not be working in public services,” Bumas said. “His integrity and his leadership to the community have been misrepresented.”

In conversations across the city, New Haven residents expressed similar sentiments and condemned the Facebook post.

When news of the Facebook post reached Mayor Toni Harp last week, she too spoke out against the words spoken, telling reporters that she was “enraged” by the comment. She added, however, that an inner-departmental review was necessary to determine final action.

The New Haven Firebirds, an organization of minority firefighters at NHFD, also spoke angrily about the comments in a

press conference last week.

“How can he serve mankind or the people in this community with sentiments of that in his heart?” fellow firefighter Darrell Brooks asked during the conference.

At the conference, organization leaders said Owens should be stripped of his leadership role within the force, but they disagreed about whether Owens should lose his job on a permanent basis. While Brooks said he did not want to see the firefighter terminated, former Fire Board Commissioner Boise Kimber said Owens should be forced to recognize the consequences of his actions.

The NHFD has been investigated for racist incidents in the past. In 2009, the Supreme Court investigated claims made in Ricci v. DeStefano that the fire department had failed to promote minorities who had demonstrated eligibility for management positions. The Court held that New Haven’s hiring practice had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Moving forward, city spokesman Laurence Grotheer said that additional sensitivity training should be offered to all city employees, and City Hall should review and clarify social media standards for workers.

“City employees represent New Haven in their actions and racially insensitive behavior reflects poorly on the city,” Grotheer said.

But Bumas said the problem will not be resolved through mere sensitivity training. She said there is still a lack of diversity in the department, something that she knows the higher ranks are paying attention to, and something she hopes will begin to change as the fire department moves forward.

As of Wednesday, Owens is set to return to the force Sept. 30.

Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu and DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu .

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Commentary from former Attorney General John Ashcroft ’64 at the Yale Political Union debate led to student protests.

BY FINNEGAN SCHICK AND SARA TABIN STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Controversy surrounded the Yale Political Union’s first debate of the year Tuesday night as Former Attorney General John Ashcroft ’64 defended his conception of liberty.

Ashcroft’s speech highlighted the difference between liberty and democracy in government. Liberty is an outcome of good government, he said, while democracy is a process of government. He criticized the United States for lending support to supposedly “democratically elected” regimes that restricted the liberties of its peoples, he said. Meanwhile, a dozen protesters from New Haven, Yale and the ANSWER Coalition — a civil justice group — marched outside Sheffield-Strathcoma-Sterling Hall to protest Yale’s invitation of Ashcroft, alleging that he had committed war crimes.

Ashcroft served as attorney general under former President

George W. Bush ’68 and supported the Patriot Act, legislation that led to the torture of alleged terrorists during the Iraq War. In his speech, Ashcroft, without mentioning U.S. interrogation techniques during the Iraq War or the Patriot Act, also claimed that there exist security measures that can actually increase individual liberties.

“The purpose of security is not to counterbalance liberty; it is to enhance liberty,” Ashcroft said.

He finished the speech by praising immigrants who come to America in search of greater freedom, not in search of government benefits.

As Ashcroft outlined the difference between liberty and democracy during his speech for the YPU, several protesters rose and shouted their condemnations at Ashcroft. In seconds, four Yale Police officers removed them by force from the hall.

Outside, protesters contested Ashcroft’s collaboration in the anti-terrorism regime that brought about the creation of

Guantanamo Bay and war zones in the Middle East.

“John Ashcroft is a war criminal,” protester Norman Clement said to the crowd. “Why should he, after sanctioning the torture of human beings, be paid to speak about human liberties? Shame on Yale.” The protesters chanted “put Ashcroft in jail” and carried signs bearing the same message.

“John Ashcroft is guilty of war crimes,” protester Chris Garaffa said. “There was no debate when people were detained in Guantanamo Bay. There was no debate for the children who were bombed in Afghanistan and Iraq.”

Members of the YPU, especially, welcomed the protests.

Isaac Cohen ’16, a member of the Conservative Party, said he supported the conversation around Ashcroft’s invitation. Cohen added that, even though Ashcroft was not talking about torture, he believes torture is an important issue to debate. Even those who support torture in certain situations should not

be shouted down, Cohen said; rather, they should be met with reasoned counterargument.

Other students said that while Ashcroft’s invitation is contentious, it is important for Yale to recognize all aspects of the country’s political history. Party of the Right Secretary-Treasurer Madison Masters ’17 said that although political figures like John C. Calhoun, Christopher Columbus and John Ashcroft have committed wrongful acts, this does not preclude them from being included in campus discussion.

Even Ashcroft himself supported the dissenting opinions caused by his invitation to speak on campus.

“I have appreciated every hiss just as much as I’ve appreciated the applause,” he said.“I even appreciate the guy who was carried out the back door.”

Contact FINNEGAN SCHICK at christopher.schick@yale.edu and SARA TABIN at sara.tabin@yale.edu .

New television service offers dozens more channels

BY JOEY YE STAFF REPORTER As classes began last week, University administrators announced that students would have access to 70 more channels of free television than they previously could access.

On Sept. 2, Information Technology Services officials said that Comcast Internet Protocol television would replace the old Comcast wired Cable TV and Philo Streaming television service. Officially launched last year at seven other universities, Comcast IPTV, also known as Xfinity On Campus, will allow Yalies to view more than 100

channels of content, including HBO programming. Under the Philo platform, students could only watch 36 channels. Marcien Jenckes, executive vice president of consumer services at Comcast Cable, said Xfinity On Campus was created last year to target college students, many of whom stream movies on a daily basis and multitask while watching television.

“Millennials and post-millennials are really driving some of the changes we see today in how television is consumed,” Jenckes said Tuesday in a conference call for members of the media. “They grew up in a DVR world where they want the show

to be on the screen wherever they are.”

Available to all undergraduates and graduates living on campus, students have the option of personally upgrading their service to include additional content, such as professional sports packages. Executive Director of Video Services at Comcast Cable Jeremy Andreoli said that, contrary to the conception that college students do not watch television anymore, many are actually taking advantage of both the live television and on-demand options.

The service has now expanded to include a total of 30 schools including Emerson University,

the University of Delaware and Dartmouth College. Jenckes noted that while Comcast would like to provide Xfinity On Campus to more schools, some do not yet have the technological capacity to handle the service.

“The expectation is that we will still continue to grow at a fairly rapid pace,” Andreoli said.

“It’s certainly good for the university and the students and is certainly good for the programmers that we work with, because one of the problems they continue to talk to us about is how to get their content in front of the next generation of consumers.”

Before Yale subscribed to Xfinity On Campus, the Univer-

sity was served by Philo, a company founded by two Harvard graduates. Philo needed expensive hardware to be installed in order to use their service, but Xfinity on Campus requires no such installation, Yale ITS said in a statement.

Emerson University was one of the first schools to work with Comcast on Xfinity On Campus while it was still a pilot program.

Emerson Director of Networking and Telecommunications Francis Frain said a survey on campus found most students on campus forgo televisions in favor of an internet service. While the service is still something students are growing accustomed to, an

increasing number are adopting it each year, he said.

“What we’ve been finding over the past few years is that our students have the freedom to watch whatever they want,” said Associate Director of Resident Life and Housing at the University of Delaware Michele Kane.

Still, Yale students appear to be unaware of the new service.

Of 13 students interviewed, none had used Xfinity on Campus at Yale.

Comcast is the largest broadcasting company in the world by revenue.

Contact JOEY YE at shuaijiang.ye@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT Portuguese Dept. struggles with departures

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Full-time faculty for the Portuguese Department has been cut in half this semester, which has led to dependence upon outside scholars to teach classes.

PORTUGUESE FROM PAGE 1 the FLTAs, while crucial for this semester, are merely a shortterm solution to a long-standing problem of insufficient faculty in Portuguese. This semester, Jackson himself is teaching three classes — one more than he is required to teach — so that students interested in Portuguese will have enough course offerings available to pursue it as a major.

The department is sorely in need of a new assistant professor and at least one additional language lector, he said. Spanish professor Anibal Gonzalez also noted that Portuguese is “very shorthanded right now.”

By contrast, Princeton’s Portuguese program has two tenured faculty members, one associate professor and one full professor, as well as a senior lecturer and three other lecturers.

At Harvard, there are two non-

Blumenthal pads Obama’s cushion BLUMENTHAL FROM PAGE 1 tions, as the Connecticut senator fielded aggressive lobbying from groups both for and against the deal.

“While this is not the agreement I would have accepted at the negotiating table, it is better than no deal at all,” Blumenthal said in a briefing Tuesday. “And it can be made even better through unilateral American action and collaboration with our European allies.”

In assessing the merits of the nuclear agreement, Blumenthal said he wanted to ensure that the deal prevents Iran from obtaining nuclear arms, and that it does so peacefully. As a result, he concluded that rejecting the deal presented an “unacceptable” risk, as the U.S.’s formal negotiation partners and allies have indicated no intention of making further negotiations.

[This agreement] is better than no deal at all.

RICHARD BLUMENTHAL LAW ‘73 U.S. Senator Blumenthal indicated that while he supports the deal, he also plans to propose legislation with Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, one of four senators who have openly opposed the deal.

This proposed legislation would address potential issues in the deal that may be revealed during congressional review, Blumenthal said. These bills would allow for “snap-back” policies — or re-instituting sanctions, should Iran fail to comply with the deal — and they would improve upon security assistance to Israel and ensure oversight of the deal as whole.

Proponents and opponents of the deal worked for weeks to encourage the senator to vote one way or the other.

Special interest groups, including the American Security Initiative and Citizens for a Nuclear-Free Iran, have run television ads in the state against the deal. At the same time, MoveOn, a liberal activist organization, has launched grassroots efforts in the past few weeks in an attempt to sway the senator, from meeting in front of Blumenthal’s Hartford office to bringing a mobile billboard — named the SchumerMobile, as it targets New York Sen. Chuck Schumer for opposing the deal — to Stamford.

MoveOn’s electoral field director Matt Blizek said that Blumenthal had been engaging and open to concerns from both sides of the agreement.

Gary Rose, chairman of the Department of Government and Politics at Sacred Heart University, said he thinks that, in spite of concerns from his Jewish constituents, Blumenthal might have decided to vote in favor of the deal to align with the majority of his party, as opposed to satisfy a specific special interest group.

University of Connecticut professor of Political Science Ron Schurin offered a different perspective, saying that Blumenthal, knowing that his vote would no longer make a substantial difference, may have then simply chose to declare his support to align with the state majority opinion.

While lobbyist groups, including MoveOn, praised Blumenthal for his decision, August Wolf, the Republican challenger for Blumenthal’s Senate seat, said in a statement that Blumenthal lacked integrity on the issue by waiting until the last possible moment before counting the votes and siding with Obama.

The Senate was in session for the first time Tuesday after August Recess and is expected to vote on the deal by next Thursday.

Contact MICHELLE LIU at michelle.liu@yale.edu .

ladder positions, one ladder position and a search for another ladder position ongoing.

“We want to be able to satisfy the needs of all the Yale undergraduates who might want to learn Portuguese,” Jackson said.

“But we need the structure to be able to put it in place.”

Despite several departures, there are no active searches for ladder or non-ladder faculty in the Spanish and Portuguese Department, according to Dean

of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tamar Gendler. But Gendler noted that if additional non-ladder teaching assistance is required for the spring semester, the University will “of course seek to hire additional qualified instructors.”

The situation is further complicated by the Spanish and Portuguese Department’s climate review, which took place this past March following the distribution of an anonymous let-

ter alleging that one member of the department’s leadership engaged in sexual harassment.

University Title IX Coordinator and Deputy Provost Stephanie Spangler, whose office is overseeing the review, did not return request for comment about its expected completion date. But several professors in the department, including chair Rolena Adorno, said they do not know the status of the review, and some added that interviews

were ongoing as recently as last month.

Some professors in the department speculated that no hiring will take place until the review has been completed.

This semester, there are also FLTAs in languages including Hindi, Indonesian and Turkish.

There is one FLTA for each language except Portuguese.

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

Firefighters claim they were underpaid FIRE DEPT SUIT FROM PAGE 1 new hires were made last December. As a result, Mayor Toni Harp cut the NHFD overtime budget from $3.9 million to $1.7 million in her budget for the upcoming year.

But, in the current suit, the firefighters claim that spending on overtime pay dropped because the department failed to adequately compensate workers, not because of the influx of new hires.

According to the suit, firefighters’ overtime hourly pay rate is calculated by dividing their annual salary by the number of regularly scheduled hours worked in one year. They are claiming in the suit that the city failed to calculate the hourly pay rate correctly.

“For example, in the work period covering Feb. 11, 2015 through Mar. 10, 2015, plaintiff David Tortora worked a total of 298 hours causing him to have worked 86 hours above the applicable FLSA threshold,” the lawsuit states, adding that he was compensated at a rate equal to exactly half his established hourly rate for the 86 overtime hours.

This lawsuit comes almost 10 months after Harp announced that she would hire an outside agency to review the operations of the NHFD, acknowledging in a press conference in November that one of her greatest concerns was that overtime pay was too high. And, during discussions about the budget for the current fiscal year, members of the Board of Alders told the fire department to rein in

their overtime costs.

Doris Bumas, president of the Greater New Haven Chapter for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said it is important for the city to acknowledge the lawsuit because it directly affects the livelihoods of the firefighters involved in the case.

“We need a thorough investigation,” she said. “If the city is found to be guilty and not paying people as they should, then they need to make it right.”

Roughly 280 firefighters work for the NHFD. Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu .

Daniela Brighenti contributed to this story.

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“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”

WAYNE GRETZKY PROFESSIONAL ICE HOCKEY PLAYER

Apartment complex to house new police station half of Constantinople’s constituency.

“Let’s keep up the good work. Let’s move forward,” Constantinople said at the press conference. “We will have more safety here than anyplace else.

If approved by the Board of Alders, Harp said, the reconfiguration of district lines will allow the NHPD to be more responsive to safety concerns in the Fair Haven Heights neighborhood.

East Shore District Manager Wilfredo Cruz, who currently serves the district that houses Bella Vista, said he is unsure whether the area will still fall under his jurisdiction if districts are reorganized. He added that the change may be the right decision for the local community.

BY ERICA PANDEY STAFF REPORTER As New Haven considers adding an 11th police district, the Bella Vista apartments at Fair Haven Heights will get a new police station.

On Tuesday evening, the Board of Alders unanimously approved the New Haven’s Police Department’s one-year lease of a ground level space in Building A at Bella Vista, an apartment complex occupied primarily by the elderly. The NHPD will open a substation in the space, which formerly housed a bank, to better serve the residents of the Bella Vista community. The opening of a substation is the result of a petition that Fair Haven Heights Alder Barbara Constantinople brought to the board two years ago, outlining safety concerns about the Bella Vista complex and surrounding areas in her ward. The lease approval is part of an ongoing conversation on the board about the creation of a new police management district — District 11 — which would encompass the Fair Haven Heights area. The new district would be created by splitting District 9 to separate Fair Haven Heights from Morris Cove in East New Haven.

Yesterday afternoon, Mayor Toni Harp gathered at the substation site with NHPD Chief Dean Esserman, Constantinople and alders’ Majority Leader Alphonse Paolillo to congratulate residents on the realization of their original petition.

“We really need this for our safety,” Bella Vista resident Fran Rogers said. “The drugs, the vandalism — it’s disgusting. You couldn’t get on Eastern Street without getting mugged.”

Rogers said it was not uncommon to see drug deals occurring on Bella Vista grounds, adding that the addition of the substation will likely bring area crime down. Fellow resident Charles Wiggins agreed with Rogers, adding that he will feel safer with the police presence in the area.

Constantinople, who is one of eight alders running in the primary election on Sept. 15, was greeted with cheers and applause when she spoke. The substation opening has been a central issue in Constantinople’s campaign against opponent and former Alder Robert Lee. There are over 2,000 residents of Bella Vista, and the community comprises nearly

And as the city grows, the police department works even closer and closer with the community.

DEAN ESSERMAN New Haven Police Department Chief “We really are a police department that does not work alone and does not choose to work alone,” Esserman said at the press conference. “And as the city grows, the police department grows with it. And as the city grows, the police department works even closer and closer with the community.”

Esserman thanked the Bella Vista residents for bringing public safety issues in the area to the attention of the Board of Alders, the mayor and the NHPD, calling the opening of the substation a collaborative effort.

Constantinople and Paolillo agreed that the substation was a reflection of effective community-policing strategies in the city.

The substation and its location in the heart of Bella Vista will bring the community and the police officers together, Paolillo said.

As approved by the Board of Alders, the NHPD will lease the ground floor space for one year for the substation. Neither the plans for redistricting nor the staffing of the substation have been finalized.

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

New app connects students to events publicized one event on the app so far, Alexandre said all coming events will be announced through Ublend. In order to advertise this partnership, the YCC has uploaded a Ublend banner on its website and future Facebook event posts will direct students to the app.

English said he believes Ublend will help all groups attract more diverse crowds as it advertises events to all students on campus, rather than students on particular mailing lists. Meanwhile, Emma Dougall ’16, the business manager of comedy group Just Add Water, said she thinks the app will allow the group to reach more people.

“It will get our name out there to a new Yale crowd,” she said, adding that putting up posters to advertise events can be ineffective.

Just Add Water technology manager Josh Isenstein ’16 added that he registered the comedy group because the app seems to have a lot of momentum, but also said Just Add Water will continue to use posters and Facebook groups as its main modes of communication.

BY FINNEGAN SCHICK AND VICTOR WANG STAFF REPORTERS Yale students overwhelmed by the daily barrage of shows, parties and poetry readings on campus may have found an answer to their troubles in a new phone application.

Ublend has connected 1,130 Yalies with 144 student groups since founder Azzah Hyder ’16 brought it to campus in August. The application allows organizations to register events, which users can then see all in one location.

The application’s Yale-specific focus make it a logical replacement for the now-defunct Campus Calendar during YCC’s summer website revamp, according to YCC events director Amour Alexandre ’17. The YCC, which announced their partnership with the app in a campus-wide email from YCC President Joe English ’17, plans to continue to advertise the app to students.

“As many students recognize, Campus Calendar is not effectively integrated with all facets of campus,” Alexandre said. “I feel that the idea of an app that is accessible to students with smartphones will increase the number of students that are simply aware of events thrown by student groups, not only YCC.” Founded by students at Oxford University in October 2014, Ublend has spread to institutions in the United Kingdom and beyond, such as the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and the University of Pennsylvania. The app allows users to pick the school they attend and follow groups on that campus. Users can also browse events that are trending.

Despite the campus-tailored event feed, Ublend is open to the entire community — it does not require a Yale email address. Hyder, who brought the app to Yale after being contacted by a student at Oxford, said this is because the mission behind Ublend is to be all-inclusive. And, though the application lacks a GPS-locator, the user can select their location from a drop-down menu of several locations.

“As a freshman, you’re getting a lot of emails, but it’s hard to keep track of when these events are happening,” Hyder said. “[Ublend] is adding value to how people spend their free time.”

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AMOUR ALEXANDRE ’17 Yale’s Ublend ambassador Amen Jalal ’17 also said events are currently organized in a way that they can slip past the attention of interested students. Jalal said he believes that even nonprofits and consulting firms like McKinsey & Company could use Ublend to promote events and recruit Yale students.

Students interviewed said they were intrigued by the idea but expressed some doubts as to how widespread it would become.

“I think Ublend seems to have a lot of potential, but I’m interested to see how many organizations actually end up using it for their events,” Scott Hicks ’18 said.

The Yale Ublend team currently has eight members.

Contact FINNEGAN SCHICK at christopher.schick@yale.edu and VICTOR WANG at v.wang@yale.edu .

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BY ASHLEY WU STAFF REPORTER The most recent offseason has been a time of upheaval for the men’s ice hockey team.

Though Keith Allain ’80 remains at the helm for his 10th season as head coach, he will have two new assistant coaches following the departures of Dan Muse and Jason Guerriero. Muse, who had been an assistant for the Bulldogs since 2009, was named head coach of the Chicago Steel, a member of the United States Hockey League. He was promoted to associate head coach following the Elis’ national championship in 2013 and now moves to his first head coaching position. Guerriero, who brought six years of professional experience to the bench, left Yale for the same position with Brown after two seasons in New Haven, opting to be closer to his family, who are located near Boston.

“There will be a lot that we will miss with the departures of Dan and Jason,” Allain said. “They were two talented coaches who understood our culture, knew exactly what type of student athletes we needed to recruit, and what type of people would be successful in our hockey program.”

Defender Ryan Obuchowski ’16 said the team was surprised by the moves of the coaches, but the players understood their respective situations and that moving coaching jobs is part of the game.

Obuchowski added that with the departure of Muse, the team will miss “a hell of a penalty kill coach and a great video guy.” As for Guerriero, Obuchowski said, the team will miss his understanding of the areas to score on a power play.

Their departures also speak to the recent success of the Bulldogs, who have won three straight Ivy League Championships.

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The Bulldogs have made five NCAA tournament appearances since 2009, when Dan Muse joined the Elis. five appearances in the NCAA Tournament since 2009, with the most recent coming in 2015 when Yale fell to eventual runnerup Boston University in the first round.

“The fact that they were recruited away from Yale is a direct result of the success of our program,” Allain said. “We are proud of the fact that over the last seven years, four of our assistant coaches have received head coaching opportunities. We have a growth mentality within our program, and each of us, myself included, strives to get better each and every day. These guys came in worked at their craft and developed into head coaches.”

The team, however, returns a familiar face to the sidelines, as Josh Siembida, who has served as a volunteer goalie coach for the last three seasons, steps into the role of assistant coach.

Allain notes that Siembida has worked tirelessly and been instrumental to the Bulldogs’ success. His promotion to an assistant coaching role will be a natural transition, as his experience with the team means that Siembida already understands the program and will fit in immediately.

“Josh was a goalie and he

understands the movements of goalies, so hopefully he will help the boys score some [goals because] God knows we need to score more goals than last year,” Obuchowski said.

A vacant assistant coaching position still exists, as Guerriero did not finalize his move to Brown until Aug. 31 following the departure of Bears assistant Mark White. Allain currently has plans in place to fill the vacancy and mentioned that it will be exciting to bring fresh energy into the program and someone with a different perspective.

Even with the changes on the sideline, goalie Alex Lyon ’17 said the team is prepared to handle the challenges associated with adjusting to a new coach before the start of the season. Forward John Hayden ’17 added that though the team would miss the coaches, the team’s mentality and goals heading into the season would not change.

“Our focus doesn’t change; we are committed to building a team that will consistently compete for championships,” Allain said.

The Bulldogs open their season against Princeton on Oct. 30.

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

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FROM THE FRONT “Calhoun Listserv” becomes forum for naming debate CALHOUN FROM PAGE 1 Chris Aranosian ’81, an alumnus of Calhoun, said he believes the honor of having a college as namesake should not be granted to someone like John C. Calhoun, and that the renaming of the college is long overdue.

“I remember discussing this issue as an undergrad in the late ’70s, but at the time this seemed too daunting a goal to even try,” he said.

Alex Funk ’96, a Calhoun alumnus, echoed a sentiment voiced by many undergraduates — stating that he supports a name change because he struggles to identify a major contribution of John C. Calhoun’s that does not express or derive directly from Calhoun’s views on white supremacy. He added that it would be dangerous for the University to keep the name Calhoun simply because there is currently no precedent for renaming buildings on campus.

“Defense of the status quo for its own sake has no force, least of all in a university,” Funk said.

“We alums are a pretty robust group. We’ll manage the name change just fine.”

The debate comes after a group of Yale Law School students launched a petition in June calling for the college to be renamed. The petition, which has garnered 1,468 signatures, followed the massacre of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina and a subsequent debate over Confederate symbols throughout the south.

But of those nearly 1,500 signatures, only roughly 145 identified themselves as Calhoun alumni. Indeed, many Calhoun alumni — both in interviews with the News and on the Listserv — expressed a desire to keep the name, with most citing historical purposes as justification.

Calhoun alumnus Adam Blair ’84 said that if keeping Calhoun’s name on a Yale residential college provides an oppor-

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“Calhoun Listserv,” an online forum for Calhoun alumni, has become a place for former students to enter the discussion on the college’s namesake. tunity for students to learn more about the full diversity of U.S. history — the good, the bad and the ugly — then the name should stay. Similarly, in a post on the Listserv, McIsaac said that when Calhoun was chosen as a namesake for one of the residential colleges, it was not done with the intention of honoring Calhoun’s championship of slavery and secession.

However, he added, it is true that those making the decision were probably aware of Calhoun’s moral failings. They most likely hoped, as Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway voiced at a recent Calhoun Reunion, that the college’s name would remain “as an open sore, frankly, for the very purpose of having conversations about this,” McIsaac wrote. And,

judging from the recent spike in the activity on the Listserv, he added, the name Calhoun is still serving that purpose exceptionally well.

“I think probably Yale will decide to rename Calhoun College, because these things are pushed to decision by undergraduates, who tend — I remember — to be very clear about the righteousness of their vision,

and to be uncompromising in their judgment,” said Bill Campbell ’75, an alumnus of Calhoun.

“But for me, I’d keep it.”

When asked whether Calhoun alumni seem more intent on renaming Calhoun in comparison to alumni and students in the other 11 colleges, Salovey said older Hounies appear to be as undecided as the rest of the Yale community.

“What’s interesting is that Calhoun alumni, from what I can tell, do have passion for this issue,” Salovey said. “They show a lot of passion and do care a lot about the college and its name, but, like the more general Yale community, are also on all sides of the issue.”

Contact TYLER FOGGATT at tyler.foggatt@yale.edu .

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Alpha Phi, Yale’s fourth sorority, will select its first members this coming weekend.

in September. While it is unclear how many of those will proceed with the formal recruitment process, dozens could still be turned away.

Over the past week, representatives from Alpha Phi have conducted interviews for potential new members. The interview process is scheduled to finish today, and successful candidates will be invited back for an event on Friday.

Finally, bids will be offered on Saturday to prospective members of the sorority’s charter class.

The addition of Alpha Phi to the sorority scene at Yale was meant to mitigate competitiveness in the rush process, but a large number of students considering Alpha Phi did not take part in the rush process last year. Of 11 attendees interviewed, only two said they had previously been to an official sorority rush event.

Michelle Lapadula ’18 said the recruitment event on Monday differed from previous sorority events that she had been to in that it focused more on communicating information to the attendees instead of just socializing.

Students at traditional Panhellenic rush events were already sold on Greek life, she said, but the Alpha Phi session drew people who were more skeptical about joining a sorority.

Some attendees came just to hear what the new sorority would be like.

Alicia Lovelace ’17 said she was not interested in joining, but attended the event out of curiosity.

For many, Alpha Phi’s appeal stems

largely from being a kind of blank slate that the founding members can then mold into an organization that fits their vision. Carol Finke ’18 noted that she was interested in joining Alpha Phi because it offered the opportunity to set the sorority’s culture.

“I want to be part of a sorority that reflects the Yale student body,” Finke said. “I would like for it to be something like a residential college — something that doesn’t have a reputation other than that it brings together people from all walks of life with different perspectives from all areas of the world.”

Still, other details are yet to be worked out. For instance, the sorority is still searching for a house for the Yale chapter, Drewniany said. She added that the goal is to acquire one during the school year, and that they are looking in areas of New Haven where other Yale Greek organizations have their facilities.

Though Alpha Phi chapters at Stanford and Harvard offer financial aid to cover dues, there is currently no such policy in place for the Yale chapter.

However, Drewniany said there will be installment plans available for members who need help financing their experience.

“We want to make sure finances aren’t a deterrent from joining Alpha Phi,” she said.

Founded in 1872, Alpha Phi has chapters on 168 campuses in North America.

Contact JON VICTOR at jon.victor@yale.edu .

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“Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups … Through collective bargaining, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor.” JOHN F. KENNEDY FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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David Warren, co-founder of TaketheFight, talked to Penn students on Wednesday about a two-year fellowship program that launched last week.

BY LILY ZANDI David Warren, co-founder of the nonprofit organization TaketheFight, visited Penn on Wednesday to recruit students for a two-year fellowship program launched last week. TaketheFight aims to provide moral support to cancer patients by pairing them with college students who become responsible for helping the patients stay informed about when their doctor’s appointments are, helping them remember what medications to take and helping them fill out their paperwork.

“That social support is important. You are going to get really close with your patient,” Warren said. “You’ll want to help your patient, but you’ll also want to spend time with them.”

Warren was inspired to start the nonprofit while watching his dad receive treatment for a brain tumor that developed into cancer. He was disenchanted by the fact that his dad and his doctors had little face-to-face interaction, and he came to realize that the doc-

tors simply did not have enough time to thoroughly examine and properly treat his dad’s individual case.

Warren said he wished he had medical knowledge so that he could compensate for PENN the lack of individual attention his dad was receiving from his doctors — but soon realized that he could help in other ways.

“The fact that I was an outsider became a bit of a blessing, eventually,” Warren said.

Through the program, Warren hopes to encourage students to help cancer patients in the same way that he helped his dad.

Students who complete the two-year fellowship are granted a full time position at TaketheFight. The ultimate goal of the fellowship is for students to help cancer patients fight their illness and receive firsthand knowledge of the healthcare system.

When they are finished with their first year,

students have presumably acquired knowledge about the drawbacks of the healthcare system and then have the capacity to ignite systemic change.

During the second year of the fellowship, students present solutions to the problems within the healthcare system that they witnessed during their first year. Collaboratively, the TaketheFight team chooses the most promising proposal and develops it.

TaketheFight is not looking for a team full of pre-medicine students. Instead, it seeks students from different academic backgrounds to foster diverse perspectives. Most importantly, Warren said, the program hopes to find students who are innovative and capable of working well with others.

However, Warren stressed that working at TaketheFight is not be a suitable job for everyone — members need an emotional and professional commitment to their work to be able to survive the long hours.

“We are here because we care, that is why we work those hours. It is fun, but we believe in the mission,” Warren said.

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In the months since students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences made public their effort to unionize, University President Drew G. Faust has made it clear that she is opposed to the movement.

In April, several GSAS students confirmed that they were mobilizing to unionize—a move that could fundamentally alter the way graduate students interact with the University as teaching fellows.

Led by graduate students Aaron T. Bekemeyer and Elaine F. Stranahan, members of the movement say a union will allow them to use collective bargaining in negotiations and improve the complaint system at Harvard.

Though Stranahan said in April she hoped the University and the students would “see eye-to-eye” on graduate student unionization, Harvard’s president has said that will not be the case.

“We really think that it’s a mistake for graduate students to unionize, that it changes a mentoring relationship between faculty and students into a labor relationship, which it is not appropriate and is not what is represented by the experience of graduate students in the University,” Faust said in a May interview. “We do not support the unionization for graduate students.”

Since then, Faust has stood by her stance on graduate student unionization, University spokesperson Jeff Neal wrote in an email Tuesday.

Legal precedent set by rulings on similar graduate student unionization efforts concur with Faust’s opinion. In 2004, the National Labor Relations Board determined that gradu-

Football team looks to broaden fanbase

BY KYLE PERROTTI Columbia football is going to look much different this season, and new head coach Al Bagnoli wants everyone to know it.

Even before Bagnoli’s inaugural season kicks off, the program has already taken steps to broaden its fan base by increasing its presence on campus — something the Lions wholeheartedly avoided last year under former head coach Pete Mangurian.

Shortly after taking the helm at Columbia, Bagnoli opened himself and his team up to reporters eager to cover the story of his unusual hiring, which led him to come out of retirement after just three months. He also encouraged reporters to speak with his players and has said previously that he considers talking to reporters a responsibility of any Division I football player.

Additionally, the former Penn head coach opened much of training camp up to fans and media and plans on doing the same with regular season practices.

“We’re trying to be inclusive,” Bagnoli said. “There’s different philosophical approaches. I can’t say one is right and one is wrong. But I’ve always had open prac-

tices. I always want alumni to come back and watch us practice … I want people to take interest and have access to things.”

The team announced COLUMBIA in August that for the first time in decades, it will be conducting its Friday afternoon practice on the South Lawn of the Morningside Heights campus.

Bagnoli said the move has two goals: First, it saves the team the trip from campus up to Baker Field in Inwood, allowing the players to get some much needed rest before game day. It will also give the players exposure to some of their fellow students, who don’t know much about the program.

“Really, it integrates our kids into the fabric of the Columbia community,” Bagnoli said. “They will have visibility on campus, which is something that I think doesn’t really happen here.”

The Light Blue football team has also bolstered its presence on social media.

Defensive backs coach Jon Poppe serves as the program’s first-ever recruiting coordi-

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nator and also helps run some of the team’s social media outlets, including its new Snapchat account.

Fans who subscribe to the program’s Instagram account were privy to some inside looks at training camp. From meals to guest speakers, fans could follow the Lions’ progress through camp via a constant stream of photos and videos.

“That’s where our kids are, and it’s just the new way to communicate,” Poppe said. “Just getting more and more visible, because I don’t know if a guy from Montana knows about Columbia or its football program. So to be able to do that kind of stuff and create interest, create excitement around the program is awesome.”

Bagnoli said that he is excited about the media attention the program has received due to his hiring because he wants to build a new fan base within the student body and show people the great things he believes the program is doing.

Whether or not the team will give fans a reason to cheer this season has yet to be determined.

But there is one thing you can count on: You’ll hear about it.

ate students at Brown were classified as nonemployees and were therefore not eligiHARVARD ble to create a union. As a result, Harvard has no legal obligation to recognize a union, even if the graduate students at GSAS voted in the majority in favor of unionization.

Undeterred, Bekemeyer said he hoped that Faust would change her mind.

“Collective bargaining and a contract will give us a voice in the conditions of our work, real security, and tangible benefits like dental care, parental leave, affordable childcare, housing and transportation subsidies, and affordable benefits coverage for partners and dependents,” Bekemeyer wrote in an email Saturday.

Looking outside of the legal realm brings some promise for the GSAS students, as some graduate students have been able to form unions recognized by their universities. In 2013, New York University recognized a union of teaching and research assistants, the first in the country to be recognized by a private university, according to The New York Times.

Though Harvard’s graduate students face an uphill battle, they have said they are following pending unionization cases closely— most notably, a case brought to the NLRB by graduate students at Columbia, who in 2014 voted to establish a union that has not been recognized by the administration. Graduate students at Yale have also made efforts to unionize, but have not received recognition from the university.

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SPORTS

“If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.”

LANCE ARMSTRONG PREVIOUS SEVEN-TIME TOUR DE FRANCE WINNER

Elis dominate summer leagues

Underthe-radar summer sport COLUMN FROM PAGE 14

ging metric with the Des Plaines Patriots in an admittedly small eight-game sample size.

While these statistics may mean little for the Bulldogs’ Ivy title prospects come spring, Stuper and his coaching staff should be encouraged by the production of the team’s returning players.

Additionally, some time off from baseball can also be beneficial as has been discussed recently in baseball circles following Major League great John Smoltz’s Hall of Fame induction speech in July, in which he implored parents to understand that baseball is “not a year-round sport.”

“As soon as our season ended, I had to take a step back not only because of how physically taxing it is to play two double-headers every weekend and then a game or two during the week, but also because last season was pretty taxing mentally for our team,” White said. “I took a few weeks off and just focused on physical fitness, which, for me, is almost therapeutic.”

No championship is awarded to the team with the best offseason, but the Bulldogs are off to an optimistic start with the 2016 campaign creeping ever closer.

in the pro-peloton worth following. Representing the US is the BMC pro team’s 27-yearold star, Tejay van Garderen. The young Colorado native is competing at the highest level of the sport and is just now entering his prime, giving aging stars like Chris Froome and Alberto Contador a challenging opponent. Van Garderen and his American co-star Andrew Talansky are, however, general classification riders, meaning that watching them will involve sitting through a lot of interesting, albeit difficult to understand, mountain stages. For those interested in watching the most exciting, and oftentimes death-defying side of the sport, nothing less than the sprinter’s competition of the Tour will do.

Sprinters are the fastest accelerators in the pro-peloton. While these riders don’t normally earn the best overall time throughout the Tour’s 21 stages, they do usually dominate individual stage wins and can be seen barreling toward the finish line at dangerous speeds on the flat sections of the race. The Tour’s premier sprinters compete in the points competition for the Maillot Vert, or the green jersey, a measurement of which rider can win or place most frequently in individual stages and intermediate sprints. Slovakian youngster, Peter Sagan, puts on a show every year, flying through sprint finishes, descending dangerous mountains at speeds upwards of 60 miles per hour and celebrating with the sort of panache not normally seen in the sport.

However, beyond the excitement of sprints or the drama of the mountain stages, the Tour’s greatest quality may be the sheer level of exertion and determination required of its riders. This year 198 riders entered the Tour de France, but only 160 finished in Paris three weeks later. The Tour is the ultimate display of human determination. Teams fight and often put themselves in harm’s way for their lead riders.

Cycling has boasted legends on par with any other sport’s greatest. Men like Felice Gimondi, Jacques Anquetil and the greatest rider of all-time, Eddy Merckx, have given the Tour, and pro-cycling as a whole, a history of pain, drama and unmatched triumph.

As a fan of nearly every major sport, I can say with confidence that there is no competition more Shakespearean in nature or Herculean in effort required than the Tour. So sports fans, next time you’re sitting around on a hot summer morning, give the Tour a shot.

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

MARC CUGNON is a junior in Calhoun College.

Contact him at marc.cugnon@yale.edu .

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Several players boasted batting averages over 0.320 during their summer league campaigns.

BASEBALL FROM PAGE 14 my job will be dictated by my position in the lineup and switching that up a bit from time to time keeps things fresh and interesting.”

Elsewhere, Yale pitching was busy racking up innings in hopes of improving a staff that allowed a league-high 7.53 earned runs per game. Crucial to any such improvement will be ace Chris Lanham ’16, as the outcome of his senior season may very well go hand-in-hand with how the Bulldogs perform as a unit.

Lanham took the bump 10 times for the Holly Springs Salamanders, an expansion team in the Coastal Plains League, tossing 54 innings while striking out 39 batters and allowing a 4.67 ERA. “The biggest thing I gained from the summer was more experience against quality competition,” Lanham said. “Facing guys from all across the country presented new challenges and forced me to make in-game adjustments, which is a big key for success and an area of my game in which I am really trying to improve.”

While Lanham and Ford will serve as experienced veterans on the staff this year, young arms in addition to Duncan will provide much-needed depth. Right-handers Eric Brod-

kowitz ’18 and Drew Scott ’18 each proved effective this summer in stints in the Cal Ripken League and Valley Baseball League, respectively.

Yet another young hurler, All-Ivy Honorable Mention recipient Mason Kukowski ’18, shone this summer, beginning his season with a 24-to-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio as the closer for the Sag Harbor Whalers of the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League.

Kukowski’s summer did not end there, however, as he moved on to what is considered the premier league for collegiate players, the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Kukowski received an offer to cap his summer with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, where he struck out six batters without having to walk in any of his three appearances.

The Red Sox went on to win the prestigious CCBL championship.

Kukowski was not the only Bulldog represented at the Cape, as infielder Richard Slenker ’17 also played for the Red Sox. Slenker was able to build upon an impressive sophomore campaign, starting every game in addition to leading the club in steals and doubles.

While Slenker only saw action in two games early on in the Cape season, he made his presence felt closer to campus as he played for the Mys-

tic Schooners of the New England Baseball Collegiate League. The Schooners came an extra-innings loss shy of claiming a championship of their own and were lifted all season long by the play of Slenker.

“I try to get as many reps as possible against the best competition possible and hopefully be successful enough to get noticed by Major League scouts,” Slenker said.

“Almost every night I was facing a pitcher from a power conference.”

The versatile infielder excelled, finishing second on the team with a .325 batting average and third in RBI with 17 during the regular season before extending his hot hitting into the playoffs, where he drove in eight runs in just seven games.

Outfielder Tom Ruddy ’18 and catcher Alex Boos ’18, a pair of position players, hope to expand upon their freshmen contributions. Ruddy joined Brodkowitz in the Baltimorebased Cal Ripken League while Boos remained near his midwest home of Indianapolis as he participated in the Metropolitan Collegiate Summer Baseball League of Illinois.

Ruddy ran away with the batting title on his Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts thanks to a .351 clip while Boos managed an unheard of .500 batting average to go along with a ludicrous 1.275 on-base plus slug-

Yale gears up for HYP

Kicking duties up in air

CROSS COUNTRY FROM PAGE 14 ished sixth overall among all runners. McDonnell, Emily Waligurski ’17 and Emily Stark ’16 also finished in the top seven last year.

According to Glass, one positive change this year is the likely mobility amongst the top seven runners from race to race. There should be substantial competition for these positions, especially because several injured players who were sidelined for last season are now fully recovered and a set of eight talented freshmen have joined the roster.

“As a team, we’re really striving to prove that this program is deep and strong,” Glass said. “It’s still new and developing, [but] now it’s maturing. As a program we want to prove that we can score and be a big player and rank even higher among other Ivy league cross country teams … More so than anything we want to win, go out there, beat Harvard and Princeton.”

In preparation for the season, the team has been working closely with new coaches George Evans and Matt McMasters on drills and conditioning programs designed for distance runners. McMasters joined the program this summer while Evans joined the program at the beginning of the last academic year.

Although HYP is an exciting start to the season for the Bulldogs, the runners know that their performances at the meet are only a potential indicator of what is to come and that the most important part of racing is timing their peak for the end of the season.

“At this point in the season the emphasis is on getting stronger and building up a base that can sustain us all for a long season to come,” Barnes said. “We are also focusing on building groups that can push and support each other both in training and during races.”

Both the men’s and women’s teams will travel to New York next week to race in the Iona Meet of Champions.

Contact HOPE ALLCHIN at hope.allchin@yale.edu .

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After two years of handling kick-off duties, Bryan Holmes ’17 is likely to figure in Coach Reno’s kicking plans.

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 14

ANNA-SOPHIA HARLING/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

A combination of fresh young runners and experienced trail-goers will lead the women’s cross country team this season.

to the pressure, snap, hold and crowd factors.

Though Horn feels that he is physically in a good place following his season-ending injury a year ago, he said that he does not have an inside track on the starting job.

“Coach Reno hasn’t solidified it or made the final statement,” Horn said. “We’ve all been competing.”

The eldest kicker on the staff is Holmes, who both kicked and punted at West Ottawa High School in Holland, Michigan, a skill set that he has utilized throughout his past two seasons at Yale.

Holmes, whose in-game personal record for a field goal is 43 yards, was the team’s sole punter in 2014, averaging 39.0 yards per kick with a long of 62. But he does not feel that placekicking for the Bulldogs is out of the question.

“The depth chart is pretty fluid,

so it depends more on day-by-day performance and consistency,” Holmes said. “We’re just going out there every day and competing … whoever [the coaches] feel is doing the best and putting us in the best position to win [will start].”

Finally, the freshest face in the competition is Alex Galland ’19, who attended high school in Bakersfield, California. Galland has more high school experience with punting rather than kicking — he had only five field goal attempts in his entire senior year, compared to 42 punts, though he did make 48 out of 50 extra points in that campaign.

Though high school stats can be tricky to translate to college, Galland noted that the acclimation process has been fairly easy thus far.

“At first, it was a big adjustment moving all the way across the country, but the upperclassmen,

football staff and Yale faculty have done a great job to make it a seamless transition for us so that we can focus [on football],” Galland said.

No matter who lines up as kicker, however, one major change will be apparent: For the first time in years, Yale’s kicker will be rightfooted. Horn said that backup quarterback Logan Scott ’16, who doubles as the holder on extra points and field goals, finds righty kickers easier to hold for.

Last Saturday’s scrimmage against Brown provided scant clues as to the final depth chart.

The two kickoffs in the game were both handled by Holmes, but all kickers participated in the scrimmage at some point.

The football team’s first contest is on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Colgate.

Kickoff is at 1 p.m.

Contact SEBASTIAN KUPCHAUNIS at sebastian.kupchaunis@yale.edu .

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ARTS & CULTURE New exhibition highlights artistic impact of ceramics

BY SARA JONES STAFF REPORTER A new exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery aims to recast the role of ceramics in the history of 20th-century art.

Bringing together over 230 objects in a variety of media — including ceramics, painting, sculpture and works on paper — The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art: Selections from the Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection and the YUAG argues that in the narrative of postwar art, ceramic works should be considered as

influential as more traditional media.

“Ceramicists were thinking in similar ways as artists in other media,” said Sequoia Miller GRD ’18, who co-curated the exhibition with YUAG director Jock Reynolds.

The Ceramic Presence includes the work of 13 major ceramists and two collections — the gallery’s permanent holdings and those of Linda Leonard Schlenger, one of the most important private collectors of ceramics in the United States. A chance encounter between Reynolds

and Schlenger sparked the exhibition’s concept, Reynolds said, adding that a symposium in fall 2014 brought together artists, curators and art historians to discuss the topic.

Natalie Sheng ’17, a History of Art and Economics double major, said she particularly enjoyed the exhibition’s treatment of ceramics as more than just a material used to craft functional objects, such as plates and bowls. Ceramics can also be used to create pieces that are abstract and expressive, she added.

Entering the exhibition from

the early-20th century galleries, the first piece of ceramic art one encounters is a Peter Voulkos “stack,” which resembles a small tower, rendered in wood-fired stoneware. The Voulkos piece’s placement in relation to a Jackson Pollock painting on a nearby wall is meant to evoke the influence of Pollock on Voulkos, Miller explained. Miller added that one of the major themes of the show is to put ceramicists in conversation with their contemporaries working in other media.

“We’re very much hoping that viewers start to see them not as

stand-alone objects but in conversation with one another,” Miller said.

Miller added that the exhibition aims to illuminate the relationships between works without employing unnecessary amounts of textual explanation. He noted that instead, the curators worked to group pieces in a way that highlights their formal and conceptual similarities.

Such a relationship, Miller noted, existed between a pair of watercolors by Hans Hofmann and a ceramic plate by Voulkos.

Because these works feature the

same vibrant colors and abstract shapes, viewers are able to easily perceive a visual connection between them even though they were made in wholly different media.

Aria Pearlman Morales ’18, who visited the exhibition, said that though she has little experience with art history, she found the exhibit accessible and educational.

The exhibition will remain on view through Jan. 3, 2016.

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

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“The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art: Selections from the Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection and the YUAG” is a new exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery that aims to recast the role of ceramics in art history of the 20th c.

Exhibit celebrates Albers’ legacy

BY NATALINA LOPEZ CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Josef Albers’ current exhibition displays the 20th-century artist’s work with vibrancy.

“Search vs. Research, Josef Albers, Artist and Educator,” curated by Yale School of Art Professor Anoka Faruqee, opened yesterday at the YSOA’s 32 Edgewood gallery. The exhibition showcases 18 of Albers’ lesser-known works in addition to 60 pieces made decades ago by his students. The works collectively highlight his influence on the YSOA, where he served as a professor from 1950 to 1958.

The exhibit will also feature videos of six interviews with individuals who discussed their recollections of Albers.

YSOA painting and printmaking professor Munro Galloway emphasized Albers’ impact on the school’s curriculum.

Albers, who escaped from Nazi Germany in 1933, was known primarily for his works on the interaction of color in the visual arts, including his “Homage to the Square” collection. Faruqee said the exhibit constructs Albers’ life through an unused lens, portraying his pedagogical influence and artistic versatility as an architect, graphic designer and

painter. She noted that the exhibition is unique in that it consists of prints, drawings and paintings that are more focused on structure and spatial qualities than on colors.

Faruqee said she selected Albers as the main subject of the exhibition because of his influence on art education at Yale.

Galloway said he draws inspiration from Albers in his teaching today; he currently teaches an undergraduate course titled “Color Practice,” which investigates a theme for which Albers was renowned: the relationships between colors as they overlap on screen or paper.

Faruqee said she first conceived of the exhibit’s concept over a year ago, adding the title is taken from a 1969 essay that Albers wrote on his teaching methodology. He believed searching is the idea of a direct experience through experimentation and inventiveness, while research is the analysis of something from the past, she noted.

In comparing the exhibit to the permanent collection of Albers’ work at the Yale University Art Gallery, Faruqee said the latter does not reflect the full breadth of his work as it lacks many of the artist’s more experimental pieces.

“Many of the works in [“Search vs.

Research”] will be more fragile, ephem-

eral … One gets a broader approach to his art and his teaching,” Anoka said.

Two students interviewed said Albers continues to leave a lasting impression in the visual arts as well as in arts education at Yale.

Meg Mathile ’16, who majors in art, added that she was first exposed to Albers through YSOA professor Robert Reed, who passed away last December. Mathile noted that certain aspects of Albers’s teaching live on, as the public critiques of student artwork that Albers advocated for during his time at Yale are now an essential part of the YSOA and the undergraduate art program.

“Albers had a huge impact on my work,” Mathile said. “Much of what Professor Reed taught stemmed from Albers’ ideas around color and color interaction — [ideas] that I think made me reevaluate how color communicates the content of my work.”

Faruqee added that Albers’ book, “Interaction of Color,” is still used in undergraduate and graduate classes at Yale.

“Search vs. Research” will close on Nov. 28.

Contact NATALINA LOPEZ at natalina.lopez@yale.edu .

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A new exhibition, “Search vs. Research, Josef Albers, Artist and Educator,” opened at the YSOA’s 32 Edgewood gallery.

Yale composers featured on radio station

BY MICHELLE LIU STAFF REPORTER Classical music enthusiasts from across the world will now have greater access to the talent housed within the Yale School of Music.

Q2 Music, a webstream of New York classical music radio station WQXR, which is solely dedicated to contemporary classical music, has agreed to air recordings of School of Music concerts in an effort to expose listeners to the work of faculty composers and graduate students in the school’s composition program. Archival audio from certain concerts by Q2 Music began in late August. Q2 Music managing producer Alex Ambrose said a second phase of the partnership will be announced near the end of October, but he declined to provide further details.

“It was a really fantastic idea that Alex Ambrose had because it really allows what we do to get archived and become accessible to anybody who’s interested in looking up,” said faculty composer Hannah Lash.

The collaboration focuses on New Music New Haven, a series of concerts that feature the work of music school graduate students along with that of faculty and other living composers.

Lash, who directs New Music New Haven alongside faculty composer Chris Theofanidis MUS ’97, said the partnership seeks to make all New Music New Haven concerts available to the public.

Current Q2 Music episodes cover several New Music New Haven concerts, such as the opening show of the series’s 2012–13 season, Theofanidis’s “Allegory of the Cave,” in conjunction with works by Daniel Schlosberg ’10 MUS ’14, Paul Kerekes MUS ’14, Stephen Feigenbaum ’11 MUS ’13, William Gardiner MUS ’15 and Polina Nazaykinskaya MUS ’13.

Ambrose said that for the featured composers and musicians, the opportunity to be heard on

Q2 Music allows them to be a part of a broader community of listeners that are enthusiasts of new and innovative music.

According to Ambrose, he first brought up the idea of working with Q2 to Theofanidis, whose works are often played on Q2 Music, and whom Ambrose had known through Theofanidis’s work with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

It really allows what we do to get archived and become accessible to anyone who’s interested.

HANNAH LASH Faculty Composer Lash said she recalled the conversation to set up the partnership beginning as far back as 2013.

Martin Bresnick, who directs the School of Music’s composition program, said the school became interested in pursuing the partnership in part due to the superior recording capabilities of Sprague Hall, where the New Music New Haven concerts are held. Bresnick noted that the collaboration allowed Q2 Music to present music of the highest digital quality to a wider community located beyond New Haven.

Ambrose said the Q2 Music audience is a geographically and professionally diverse group of listeners who look to stay abreast of new music releases and discover unfamiliar music. “[They] care deeply about the future of classical music,” Ambrose said.

Currently, 13 episodes of the collaboration, spanning performances from 2012 to 2014, can be accessed on Q2 Music’s webpage.

Contact MICHELLE LIU at michelle.liu@yale.edu .

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“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” WAYNE DYER AMERICAN AUTHOR

Startup seeks to increase accessibility to dance

COURTESY OF CHROMATIC DANCE

Chromatic Dance is a New York-based dance startup led by two Yale alumni. The mission is to bring dance to everybody and market to people who haven’t thought about the activity

BY JOEY YE STAFF REPORTER While the word “chromatic” usually refers to a variety of colors or a musical scale, two Yale alumni are applying the word to the dance world.

With its first classes set to begin in November, Chromatic Dance — a New York-based dance startup founded by Claire Zhang ’15 and Maria Ratskevich ’15 last academic year — is preparing to launch a Kickstarter campaign on Sept. 16 to raise money to rent a studio space and pay instructors. Zhang said the company seeks to make dance, an art form that she believes is transformative and empowering, accessible to people of all

ages and backgrounds.

“We thought about doing a dance startup with our mission of bringing dance to everybody and marketing to people who haven’t thought about doing dance before,” Ratskevich said.

“That kind of thing didn’t really exist, particularly in New York where we were looking.”

Zhang explained that the studio groups its dance classes based on unconventional musical categories, offering courses named after song titles and artists rather than genres. She added that because classes will be less constrained by individual styles, they can be more focused on teaching the art of movement in general. Zhang noted that this would allow more freedom on

the part of the instructor.

As of last night, the group has already enlisted three instructors and is in the process of recruiting more. Brooke Naylor, a choreographer for the group, said that while she graduated from the Fordham Ailey School of Dance, a mostly modern program, she has been trained in a number of genres. Having been a dancer for the Steps on Broadway dance company, Naylor said she has also helped the group reach out to other potential teachers in the professional world.

“My style is very energetic, so that’s what I would like my classes to be like,” Naylor said.

“I want it to be something people use to get a good workout, almost cardio in a way, and learn

some fun dance moves.”

Chromatic Dance’s founders laid out much of the groundwork — including construction of the website and the making of advertisements — for their startup over the summer. David Handsman ’15, the company’s graphic designer, said he, along with Zhang and Ratskevich, chose to remain in New Haven over the summer to work on the logistics of the group.

In July, the group went to the Pridefest Festival in New York City to advertise their company.

Ratskevich noted that all of their networking efforts in fundraising for the company double as publicity, because the people in such networks may be potential customers or may encourage

others to sign up for classes.

“Chromatic Dance is about inclusivity, letting all people try dance if they haven’t tried before, so what we wanted to do was have a brand that is friendly,” Handsman said. “You don’t want to see it and think it looks too professional or maybe you have some associations with studios that you think are high class or pretentious.”

With this goal in mind, Zhang said the group spent the majority of their time working on building brand recognition, from carefully phrasing their website’s descriptions to designing its aesthetic features. Handsman noted one of their main objectives was to make the company seem “down to earth,” which

led them to select a four-color scheme.

Zhang and Ratskevich said the inspiration for the group came from their experiences as copresidents of the Yale undergraduate dance ensemble Danceworks. With no audition process, Danceworks is Yale’s largest undergraduate dance organization. Zhang said that while she was shy and insecure during her freshman year at Yale, joining Danceworks helped her to gain a sense of self-confidence.

“The confidence you get in performing transfers into a lot of other things in life,” Ratskevich said.

Contact JOEY YE at shuaijiang.ye@yale.edu .

Cabaret season highlights diversity, interdisciplinarity

BY ROHAN NAIK STAFF REPORTER With the start of its 48th season next week, the Yale Cabaret will aim to reach a wider audience than in past years, both in terms of audience and performers.

Continuing a trend from its last two seasons, the Cabaret will be coled by three artistic directors — David Bruin DRA ’16, Julian Elijah Martinez DRA ’16 and Leora Morris DRA ’16 — as well as managing director Annie Middleton DRA ’16. In its quest to be more accessible, the Cabaret has already lowered its ticket prices and encouraged students from disciplines outside of theater to participate in productions. Martinez noted that the leadership is actively working for the Cabaret to be a safe and welcoming space for artists of all

backgrounds.

“Part of what we’re interested in is incorporating the widest possible mixture of genre and performance modes that we can,” Bruin said. “The Cabaret is one place that students can experiment with the boundaries of what performance is without academic oversight.”

The Cabaret will open its season on Sept. 17 with the production of “We Are All Here,” a remix of Charles L. Mee’s comedy titled “Wintertime.”

Directed by Bruin, who also adapted Mee’s piece with Jiréh Breon Holder DRA ’16, the show will feature a mix of humor, dance and song. Morris said the leadership was drawn to the original play because of Mee’s commitment to character diversity — a theme that is in line with the Cabaret’s mission for this season. Bruin added that on a personal level, his

connection to the play was shaped by the recent passing of a friend.

Their roles will vary from production to production, but Bruin, Martinez and Morris are in charge of overseeing the Cabaret’s budget, marketing shows, and providing leadership for individual projects.

They also are responsible for selecting the season’s program and enlisting the help of students who specialize in various aspects of production.

Paul Walsh, chair of the Cabaret’s Board of Trustees and professor of dramaturgy and dramatic criticism at the Yale School of Drama, said the beginning of each season is most exciting because the early shows present the first opportunities for the new artistic leadership to convey their vision. He noted that he is particularly excited about the team’s commitment to expanding the stage

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In an effort to broaden its audience, the Yale Cabaret has lowered its ticket prices and encouraged students from disciplines outside of theater to participate in productions.

to students who are not theater specialists.

Kevin Hourigan DRA ’17, whose show “I’m With You In Rockland” will premiere on Oct. 8, noted the level of interdisciplinary collaboration in his production. Inspired by the life of Allen Ginsberg and his poem “Howl,” the show will ruminate on the role and civic responsibility of the artist today. Hourigan noted that the production is unique as it involves students from across the drama, music and art schools.

Hourigan said the production seeks to give artists space to make their discipline performative even when the discipline is traditionally not thought of as such. For example, Hourigan added, a painter could be producing artwork in real time on stage.

Morris added that due to its interdisciplinary nature, she sees “I’m With You in Rockland” as a sort of artistic experiment.

Students interviewed noted that in addition to the first three shows of the season, they were looking forward to the Cabaret’s “Yale School of Drag” show, which takes place in the spring and is now in its fourth year.

Middleton said conversations regarding the show have already begun and that its sponsors and production team have been decided.

Artistic Associate Rasean Davonte Johnson DRA ’16 said that as those involved with the first show have now graduated, he expects this year’s show to be a “fresh start” for the artists involved. Johnson noted that on a broader level, he looks forward to the Cabaret productions that will focus on themes of social and political awareness.

The rest of the Cabaret’s fall season will be announced on Sept. 17.

Contact ROHAN NAIK at rohan.naik@yale.edu .

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his injury, he exclusively did place kicking and kickoffs at his high school in Davie, Florida.

Prior to the injury, Horn displayed a powerful leg in games, with a career-high of 48 yards in a high school contest, though he said that he has made field goals of longer than 60 yards in practice. But Horn noted that kicking in games is much harder than kicking in practice due

Every summer subjects us to a familiar list of ills. Heat, humidity, drought and sometimes boredom are among the common afflictions of the year’s hottest months. However, many American sports fans are more concerned with the dog days’ most painful ailment: a lack of athletic action.

Through a timeless stroke of scheduling ineptitude, summer’s hottest months tend to be sandwiched in an awkward period between the end of the NBA Finals and the beginning of the NFL season or the opening matches of Europe’s major soccer leagues.

The perfect summer sporting event to fill the gap combines long hours, with beautiful scenery and plenty of opportunities to top off your drink. Additionally, It’s made for both bar and home viewing and might even be more fun to see on TV than live.

Contrary to popular American belief, the world’s greatest summer sporting spectacle is Le Tour de France. While the disgraced Lance Armstrong hasn’t exactly provided American sports fans with the greatest ambassador to the sport, I assure you that not only is Europe’s premier cycling event entertaining, it is utterly Shakespearean. Between climbs through the Alps, sprints along les Champs Elysées and 35 mile per hour bicycle crashes, no contest compares to the Tour de France.

Though Armstrong certainly did his part to build up, and subsequently crush, American interest in the sport, there are plenty of riders

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A four-year contributor to special teams, placekicker Kyle Cazzetta ’15 earned first-team All-Ivy honors in 2014.

BY SEBASTIAN KUPCHAUNIS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER With the season opener against Colgate fast approaching, every day of practice for the Yale football team becomes more and more precious. Many positions remain unsolidified, but in addition to the high-profile battles like replacing graduated stars Tyler Varga ’15, Deon Randall ’15 and Grant Wallace ’15, one under-the-radar but none-

theless important job is also up for grabs: placekicker.

Following the graduation of firstteam All-Ivy kicker Kyle Cazzetta ’15 this past spring, three kickers on the roster are contending to fill the void: Alex Galland ’19 and Bryan Holmes ’17, who are fighting for punting duties, and Blake Horn ’18, who is competing for kickoffs with Holmes. All three are working to take field goals.

Cazzetta, who hailed from Slate

Hill, New York, set the Yale record for points by a kicker last year with 87, hitting 14–18 field goals and posting a perfect 45–45 mark on extra points.

“I have the utmost respect for Kyle,” Horn said. “I was really grateful for how he handled the job. He was a great mentor.”

Horn has perhaps the most interesting situation, having missed the entire 2014–15 season due to an L5 stress fracture in his back. Prior to

Yale players outperform over summer

BY JAMES BADAS STAFF REPORTER A significant crop of Yale baseball players took advantage of the summer months and competed in collegiate leagues across the nation in preparation for the 2016 campaign.

BASEBALL From California to Cape Cod, 10 players participated in eight different organizations and produced impressive statistics along the way. The Orange County Collegiate League,

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From California to Cape Cod, 10 players participated in eight different summer baseball organizations.

based out of Tustin, California, saw three Bulldogs suit up together as members of the NLB Waves. Right-handed pitcher Chasen Ford ’17, joined by another hurler in Tyler Duncan ’18 and the potent bat of Harrison White ’17 demonstrated the sort of productivity head coach John Stuper hopes can carry into the season.

“Summer ball provides the opportunity to completely focus on baseball without the academics and extracurriculars of the school year,” Ford said.

Ford notched a 3–1 record in 16.2 innings of work, limiting baserunners at an impressive rate throughout the dog days of summer. Serving as a reliever, the powerful righty posted a stellar WHIP of 0.96 and maintained a 3.24 ERA, in addition to striking out 19 batters while only conceding four walks.

Duncan, meanwhile, made the majority of his appearances as a starter. While his control left a bit to be desired, walking 17 and hitting five batters in 36.2 innings, Duncan excelled at minimizing the damage. The sophomore registered a respectable 3.44 ERA while winning five of seven decisions for the Waves.

Backing up the two Elis likely to play a critical role in Stuper’s rotation was White, who batted .364 while slugging at a remarkable .621 clip to lead the team. Of White’s 24 base knocks, 11 went for extra bases — a promising sign as White hopes to return to and solidify his spot in the middle of Yale’s lineup.

“Top of the lineup guys need to get on base, middle of the lineup guys need to be able to drive in runs, and bottom of the lineup guys need to do a little bit of both for a team to be successful,” White said. “For me, it doesn’t really matter where I hit because I know that SEE BASEBALL PAGE 10

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BY HOPE ALLCHIN STAFF REPORTER The Yale cross country team is off to the races this Friday as both the men’s and women’s teams kick off their seasons with their annual meet against Harvard and Princeton.

CROSS COUNTRY With the meet serving as a chance to evaluate this season’s competition, both teams are looking for promising finishes in Boston. With this in mind, the runners view the race primarily as stepping-stone on the way to more important events this fall.

“The HYP meet is particularly exciting both because it gives us the opportunity to prove our mettle against our oldest rivals and because it is the only time in the fall when all healthy Yale runners will be on the line at the same time, running and supporting each other in the same race,” Emily Barnes ’17 said. “Of course we plan to make a strong showing this upcoming weekend against our rivals but I wouldn’t say we are placing undue emphasis on any overly specific goals this early in the season.”

The men’s team is captained

by Kevin Dooney ’16, who placed 34th in the NCAA National Championships in the 10k race last November. In addition to Dooney, the team will also retain the rest of its top four runners and sport a squad of 19 total returners, giving them a sturdy foundation

heading into this season.

At last season’s HYP meet, the team was edged out by nationally ranked Princeton by a single point.

According to Dooney, it is time for the Bulldogs to take the top spot.

With an impressive roster, including James Randon ’17 and Cameron Stanish ’18 — who both finished within the top seven overall last year — Dooney thinks the Elis are nearly ready for race day.

“We’re in a good position to race,” Dooney said. “Most of our top runners did not graduate [and] we have some freshmen who

should be able to step up. [This meet is] definitely a nice test to see where we’re at, but we’ve got bigger things down the road.”

Led by captain Shannon McDonnell ’16, who is coming off of a successful track season, the women’s team is also looking to draw on a core of experienced runners. A trio from the class of 2018 — Sami Glass, Dana Klein and Kelli Reagan — all finished in the team’s top seven in the HYP meet last season, and Glass finSEE CROSS COUNTRY PAGE 10

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The men’s cross country team fell to Princeton by a single point last season at the HYP meet.

THE NUMBER OF IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS THE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM HAS WON IN THE PAST THREE SEASONS. With assistant coaches Dan Muse and Jason Guerriero leaving for new coaching positions, the men’s hockey program will look to replace them without skipping a beat.