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CROSS CAMPUS Moneyball. Rufus Peabody
’08, a former economics major and current “professional gambler,” made headlines for risking over $600,000 in prop bets for the Super Bowl. He predicted making 5 to 10 percent in profits. “Every play is like, ‘Oh my God, we just lost $5K or we just won $5K,’” he told the Las Vegas Sun.
(Beer) Olympics. The Branford God Quad threw an Olympicsthemed party on Friday night, which featured drinking games created especially for the occasion, such as “curling.” Attendees signed up to compete in teams of selfnamed “countries.” Teams included the USA, the USSR, Middle Earth and Somalia among others. The beauty of Battell. Battell Chapel was recognized in a recent list from The Huffington Post titled “America’s Most Beautiful College Chapels Make University Tours a Religious Experience.” Over two dozen scenic colleges were featured, including Princeton, Columbia, Harvard and Stanford. Go Ivy Leagues! A “surprise,” but the good kind. The Boston Globe
featured a number of New Haven locales in its guide to “Five Great Winter Getaways in New England.” The Study was named as having “a handsome book-filled lobby and convenient university location.” The Union League Cafe was described as “upscale” in its “grand Beaux Arts setting.” “New Haven, with its hardscrabble core and industrial waterfront, is a delightful surprise,” the article concluded.
Mass panlist vs. Guild of Carillonneurs round infinity.
The guild of carillonneurs has found themselves a mortal enemy in the mass, anonymous panlist. Another email panlisted around this weekend from the sender Screw The Bells included a gif of Regina George from “Mean Girls” saying “Shut up.” Hollywood, this is your chance
to prove Harvard wrong! The Harvard Crimson has released their Oscars predictions for this year. The list favors “12 Years a Slave” for Best Picture and Steven McQueen for Best Director among others.
Not cool. The Yale Forum on
Climate Change & the Media published a video titled “… Why is it so cold?” explaining why global warming and the current cold temperatures are likely related.
THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY
1940 Yale’s oldest living alumnus, Henry Haven Gorton 1862, turns 100 years old. At Yale he was a baseball player and debated the southern secession with his classmates. He eventually began a friendly competition with his classmates on who would live the longest. Submit tips to Cross Campus
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MEN’S BASKETBALL Bulldogs sweep weekend, take down Columbia and Cornell PAGE B1 SPORTS
State aids Metro-North STRUGGLING RAIL LINE TO RECEIVE ELECTRICAL BOOST BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER
traditional Jewish cooking standards like challah, Kedem grape juice, and kugel. On the other side of campus, another group of students sits down for a similar, but
Connecticut will pump $10 million into augmenting electrical capacity on MetroNorth’s New Haven line, state officials announced on Sunday, calling on transit authorities, the state of New York and the federal government to follow suit. Upgrades to an electrical substation, which are scheduled to begin Monday, come two weeks after power outages riled passengers on the New Haven line, and four months after an outage in New York stalled service for 12 days. Increased power supply will ensure electrical resilience and eventually enable additional services along the rail line running from New Haven’s Union Station to Mount Vernon, N.Y., Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said at a Sunday press conference. “We simply cannot afford to have a system that our commuters do not have faith in,” Malloy said from a railway platform at Union Station. “The prospect of any number of 60,000 individuals going back to the highways is unthinkable in our state.” Malloy was joined by Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner James Redeker and other state and federal officials, including U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty LAW ’85.
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ver its 11-year history in New Haven, Chabad at Yale has brought home-cooked Shabbat meals to students far from home. And as the second biggest center for Jewish life on campus, Chabad at Yale is representative of perhaps the most influential sect of Ultra-Orthodox Judaism in the U.S. DAVID BLUMENTHAL reports.
Every Friday night at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, students sit down for a Shabbat meal. The weekly meal, held in Lindebaum Kosher Kitchen, is the quintessential Jewish get-together: friends overtalk, overdrink, and
overeat, all while celebrating the seventh day of the week on which, according to Jewish beliefs, the world’s creation came to an end. The students at Slifka — a famously large portion of whom are not Jewish — eat a kosher meal including
University deepens ties to QuestBridge BY RISHABH BHANDARI STAFF REPORTER For most high school students, the college process begins in the fall of their senior year — but for some high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds, the admissions cycle begins a year earlier when they apply to QuestBridge, a program that seeks to connect
these students with selective partner colleges. Since Yale first partnered with QuestBridge in 2007, the University has been increasing its commitment to the program. This year, the University began publicizing the exact number of QuestBridge students admitted to Yale in its admissions press releases — 24 QuestBridge scholars were admitted early
Yale gains new data access JOHNSON & JOHNSON AGREES TO SHARE TRIAL RESULTS BY HANNAH SCHWARZ STAFF REPORTER The pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has agreed to share all of its clinical trial data with the Yale Open Data Access Project (YODA), an unprecedented agreement that will provide researchers across the globe with a trove of information about drug development and disease. The agreement, reached last week after negotiations spanning the past 16 months, marks the first time a pharmaceutical company has relinquished decision-making authority over which of its data can be accessed by outside parties. YODA was founded two and a half years ago to facilitate open access to pharmaceutical clinical trial data, but its one previous agreement — with the medical device company Medtronic — only stipulated that the company share data on one drug. Now, researchers say, the agreement will allow the biomedical community to answer questions for which data was not previously accessible. “This is a landmark decision,” said Harlan Krumholz ’80, a professor of cardiology at the Yale School of Medicine, who directs SEE J&J PAGE 6
action in December. Two weeks ago, when University President Salovey also arrived at the White House with other university leaders for a summit to promote increased accessibility to college, Salovey pledged that Yale would increase the number of QuestBridge scholars at Yale from 50 to 60 students per grade to around 75 to 80 in the near future.
According to Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan, about 200 QuestBridge scholars are currently enrolled at the University. Since the program began about six years ago, the University has admitted 500 QuestBridge scholars, he said, adding that these numbers are a testament to the program’s outstanding ability to reach the type of students Yale is seeking.
As the QuestBridge applicant pool has grown stronger each year, Quinlan said he wants to deepen the University’s relationship with the program. He added he is in the midst of ongoing discussions with QuestBridge officials about the possibility of organizing a summit in June, at which he and other SEE QUESTBRIDGE PAGE 4
Tensions ease over NHPS budget BY POOJA SALHOTRA AND ISAAC STANLEYBECKER STAFF REPORTERS What seemed like a $9 million budget deficit now appears not so grave. What seemed like a direct threat to one official’s continued employment now appears to have dissipated. Mayor Toni Harp and New Haven Public Schools Superintendent Garth Harries ’95 met Friday afternoon and reportedly resolved Harp’s concerns surrounding the school district’s projected budget deficit. After saying she would not support Harries’ reappointment in March unless he could present a balanced budget, Harp said she does not plan to push for a delay of the vote on his reappointment.
[I will ensure that] every school is successful. GARTH HARRIES Superintendent, New Haven Public Schools Still, Harp said, she is concerned about looming deficits — and warned all department heads to balance their budgets before the city SEE HARRIES PAGE 6
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n 1718, Elihu Yale gave this institution some textiles, a collection of books and a portrait of King George I. We all know what he got in exchange. This time, all Yale wants is 20 bucks — but instead of naming rights, they’re offering us the chance to think critically about our responsibility to this institution and the world around us. The Senior Class Gift, a three-week fundraising drive that began last Wednesday, assures members of the class of 2014 that “our relationship to Yale doesn’t have to end when we graduate.” By opening our pockets, seniors are invited to become part of the charitable tradition that has sustained scholarships, study breaks and academic research at Yale for the past 300-odd years.
WHEN GIVING TO THE SENIOR CLASS GIFT, CONSIDER DONATING TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT GOES BEYOND YALE'S WALLS I’m not here to dispute the value of the class gift — I’ve enjoyed my time at Yale as much as the next student. I’ll give my $20.14, because I can afford it, and because I’m grateful to those who gave far more generously so that I could come here in the first place. But I have a challenge for the class of 2014: Give beyond Yale. We’ve spent four years under these gothic arches, and we’ve learned more than just how to be thankful for Master’s Teas and study-abroad funding. Yale teaches us — inside the classroom and out — that we have a responsibility not simply to this institution, but to fellow people from all walks of life. We should be grateful for our education here. It’s heavily subsidized for all of us, regardless of financial aid, and has yielded insights, experiences and connections that will continue to pay dividends long after we leave. But the critical thinking skills that are part of our liberal arts education should make it clear that adding to Yale’s $20 billion endowment doesn’t have
quite the same impact as giving to individuals and institutions with greater need. Match your gift to Yale, if you’re planning on making one, with a donation to an organization or cause that needs the money far more — even (and especially) those without polished publicity campaigns or a vast development network. We have a relationship to Yale, but let’s consider our relationship to New Haven, too. The city’s food pantries and soup kitchens are struggling to support individuals and families in the wake of food stamp cuts. A $5 donation to the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen could provide dinner for a family who would otherwise have to go without. Consider how grateful you are for the radiator in your dorm room on these frigid nights, and give to a local homeless shelter, like Columbus House. If you’re passionate about kids, make a contribution to All Our Kin and support community-based childcare. Yale has asked us to invest in the future of our University — but don’t we also have a responsibility to invest in a fairer and more humane future for those beyond these walls? Our first few years out of college are a time to set habits. The Yale Office of Development knows this: If we give now, we’re much more likely to give in the future, when the needs of our University — and the sizes of our salaries — have grown. So let’s take this opportunity to get in the habit of supporting those who need it the most. Yale tugs on our heartstrings, but giving to this institution isn’t a social justice strategy. Few of us are under the delusion that supporting a meal in Yale’s wood-paneled dining halls is more important than funding food relief for the hungry of the world. And as the recent Alumni Magazine gaffe showed, Yale is still struggling to effectively recruit lowincome students — so those who think donations to Yale enable social mobility might want to seek out more impactful alternatives. Any graduating senior knows it’s not easy leaving Yale’s walls, but let’s turn outward. My challenge, to myself and to our class, is to match what we give to our alma mater — whether its $5, $20 or $200 — with an equal contribution that meets immediate human needs beyond the Ivory Tower. SUZANNA FRITZBERG is a senior in Calhoun College. Contact her at suzanna.fritzberg@ yale.edu .
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he University — both students and administrators — must use its leverage to ensure fair labor practices.
Six months after allegations against Gourmet Heaven first came to light, boycotting the store has become near cliché. But since August, working conditions have, in many ways, deteriorated. While workers are now ostensibly being paid minimum wage — a result of a Department of Labor investigation — they have told the News they continue to operate under intolerable circumstances. Gourmet Heaven’s owner Chung Cho is now forcing employees to work harder, while cutting their hours of pay, according to interviews with workers. They labor under constant video camera surveillance; are forced to stand for up to 12 hours on end; and live in an environment of fear where being suspected of disloyalty is punished. Four workers were recently fired, some claim in retaliation for their cooperation with the Department of Labor. While workers held a counterprotest to the boycott two weeks ago, an employee told the News that he was pressured to join and that the protest included workers from Gourmet Heaven’s Providence location. The workers’ subjugation extends beyond workplace violations. Since Gourmet Heaven employees depend on their employer for housing — they live in cramped quarters that
have been subsidized by Cho — losing their jobs would render them homeless. As conditions worsen, the Department of Labor investigation has proved inadequate. The Department demanded that Cho issue two years of back pay, but the amount he is required to distribute totals only $2,800 per worker per year — a drop in the bucket compared to the thousands workers have lost through wage theft, given that some have worked at Gourmet Heaven for over 15 years. Worse still, the Department of Labor was unable to address the allegations of workplace abuse. The law, in this case, seems feebly equipped to protect the people that are most vulnerable. The only remaining path to justice is through direct action on the part of our University, which serves as both Gourmet Heaven’s landlord and clientele. First, University Properties should pressure Cho to ameliorate employee conditions with the threat of eviction. University Properties is complicit in mistreatment at Gourmet Heaven. It has only been willing thus far to issue a vague statement, promising that it “will not renew the lease of any tenant not in complete compliance with the labor laws.” But we cannot wait until July 2016,
Protests calling for a boycott of GHeav begin
when Gourmet Heaven’s lease expires, to address these violations. Administrators must ensure that the many allegations against Gourmet Heaven — including workplace intimidation, cash payments and deplorable housing conditions — are fully investigated. And should any allegations be substantiated, University Properties has the legal basis, and the moral obligation, to terminate the lease immediately. Second, we call for a continued protest and boycott of Gourmet Heaven, both to pressure Cho as well as University Properties. For students to boycott a business on Yale’s property sends a clear message to administrators that we believe something is wrong. And as Gourmet Heaven is our only late-night food option, the boycott sends a message directly to Cho: It’s not that we prefer a different sandwich, but that we will not stomach his unjust labor practices. The approach we take toward Gourmet Heaven matters beyond this specific case. We have little power to change wage theft on a national level, but we can set the precedent that our community will not tolerate open allegations of worker abuse going unchecked. We do not know the scope of
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labor injustice in New Haven, or even within University-owned properties. But acting on this one case, we can establish how the University should act when allegations of worker mistreatment arise in the future. The main opposition to the boycott is that it will cause workers to lose their jobs. But even a well-executed boycott would not force Cho to close the business immediately. With four successful store locations, he would have the time and the option to alleviate the financial pressure by improving working conditions. If Gourmet Heaven were to close, it would not be from the boycott but by Cho’s own doing. As a united group of consumers, we have both vocal and financial leverage. Boycott Gourmet Heaven, but also send emails to Yale’s Director of New Haven and State Affairs Bruce Alexander, or circulate a petition urging a more comprehensive investigation of the store’s violations. It is a rare circumstance that we are both aware of a store’s workplace violations and have the collective ability to influence change. In this case, Yale University students form the vast majority of Gourmet Heaven’s customers. We know the facts. Now we have the responsibility to act.
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Student-athletes reconsidered F
or the last 60 years, courts have characterized college athletes as students rather than employees, a decision that has prevented them from unionizing. On Tuesday, the Northwestern University football team filed a petition to join a labor union with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). If they are successful, this could open the door for college athletes at private universities across the country to collectively bargain. The right to unionize has long been awarded to their professional counterparts and, given the nature of the relationships between athletes and universities, they deserve a seat at the bargaining table as well. Ramogi Huma, a former linebacker for UCLA, approached the United Steelworkers more than ten years ago about forming a union for college athletes. The Steelworkers’ leadership said they were shocked to discover that some athletes were struggling financially and that, in some cases, coaches could revoke their scholarships easily. In collaboration with the Steelworkers, Huma founded the National College Players Association as a sort of parallel to the NFL and NBA player associations. At Northwestern, the National College Players Association has been working with Kain Colter, the team’s starting quarterback and a pre-med with a 3.1 GPA. Under
Colter’s leadership, almost the entire N o r t h we s t ern team filed petitions to unionize. The NFL Players Association DIANA has also voiced ROSEN its support for the NorthLooking Left western football players. The players have explicitly stated that they are not forming a union out of a desire to be paid salaries by the university. Rather, their demands include the ability to collectively bargain on issues of medical expenses, due process before the removal of scholarship and educational trust funds to assist former players in graduating. Although college athletes have never successfully unionized, graduate students have been able to unionize at a number of public and private universities, including NYU in December. Depending on party control of NLRB appointees, the Board has gone back and forth on whether graduate students at private universities should be considered employees. The most recent NLRB ruling in 2004 declared that the relationships between graduate students and their universities are mostly educational and that therefore they do not have the right to
unionize at private universities. The decisions over whether or not graduate students at public universities have the right to unionize is left to the discretion of the states, and many have chosen to allow it. The Obama-appointed NLRB is also expected to reverse the previous decision on private graduate students. The term “student-athlete” dates back to the 1950s, when there was discussion of providing workers’ compensation for injured college athletes. According to the Buffalo Law Review, the NCAA president designed the term to intentionally confuse the nature of the legal relationship between athletes and universities. By calling them student-athletes, the NCAA ensured that the athletes would be viewed primarily as students, not employees, and therefore could not easily demand collective bargaining rights. Given the NLRB’s history, the Northwestern football players’ struggle to be recognized as employees is clearly an uphill battle. It is unlikely that they will be immediately successful in their petition to unionize. Still, the decision to file the petition is important as part of a larger movement to end the blatant mistreatment of student-athletes at many institutions. Given the gigantic revenues many of them draw in for their schools, they at the very least deserve proper medical attention, security in their scholarships and
paths to graduation that fit with their athletic expectations. Recognizing these athletes as employees may also change they way that they are viewed by other students. Most Yale students have been exposed to discussion of how student-athletes are “dumb” in comparison to the rest of the student body, a result of perceived lower performance in classes that could very well be attributed to the massive time commitment of being a member of a varsity team. Would the same be said of a student devoting 20 hours a week to a job? Probably not. Admittedly, at a highly selective college like Yale, there will likely still be discussion over admissions standards, but recognizing college athletes as employees could very well help change the negative perceptions that many people have of athletes. Of course, the crucial matter at hand is the mistreatment of many athletes at colleges around the country, particularly at sports powerhouses like Northwestern. It is great to see these athletes beginning to take a stand for themselves. If they are not granted their demanded right to unionize, at the very least they will have forced universities to start taking the complaints of athletes seriously. DIANA ROSEN is a sophomore in Pierson College. Her columns run on Mondays. Contact her at diana.rosen@ yale.edu .
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“I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.” KATHARINE HEPBURN AMERICAN ACTRESS
Women’s Leadership Conference inspires undergrads BY STEPHANIE ROGERS STAFF REPORTER The halls of Yale Law School on Saturday were filled with powerful people — the founder of Zipcar, the vice president of the National Association of Women Artists, the former chief executive officer of the New York Times Company and more. The speakers had two things in common. They were leaders in their respective fields, and they were all women. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Yale Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) brought together 38 speakers from diverse backgrounds to speak at Yale’s sixth annual Women’s Leadership Conference. Nearly 600 people registered for the event, which organizers had been planning since summer 2013, and roughly 330 attended. The theme for the day — “It starts with us: Paths from Yale to the world” — was reflected in the two keynote speeches and 14 panel discussions. According to WLI President Elle Brunsdale ’15, the event aimed to bring together successful women to create a sense of community with their shared experiences, and also to inspire undergraduates to pursue leadership in their prospective career paths. “I am excited for many leading women to be in one place together and explore the plethora of paths that exist for women,” Conference Committee Chair Stephany Rhee ’16 said. “At the same time, we will not only learn how to adapt to changing work and social pressures but know that we have the responsibility, agency and leverage to spearhead the betterment of women across the globe.” The day began with a keynote address from Robin Chase, the founder and former CEO of Zipcar, a company that provides convenient car reservations by the hour. Chase, who integrated
her desire to reduce carbon emissions and stop global warming with a product that fills a necessary need and reduces excess space in people’s lives, gave the audience advice on how to look at problems and entrepreneurial options from a different perspective. Chase told audience members to “plant yourself where you will thrive,” as each person has a natural talent to deliver specific messages. Janet Robinson, former CEO of the New York Times Company, delivered the other keynote speech, addressing the struggles of adapting newspapers to a quickly changing landscape of media. The New York Times did not look at the Internet as a threat, but as an opportunity to expand and grow, she said. She emphasized that leadership is about fomenting a positive, diverse environment in which people are not afraid to express their ideas. The panels were diverse and unique to specific interests including careers in law, sports, finance, art, government and the general fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In one panel, Lisa Gilley, a former Pentagon analyst and team leader, said she saw sexism as she moved up the ranks in the U.S. Army in 1989. “At first it’s very equal, but then as you move up you start to see women silenced a little bit,” Gilley said. “Don’t give up. Be persistent and determined because eventually you will press forward.” In another panel, the popular feminist “Lean In” movement was challenged by Amity Shlaes, writer of three best-selling books and a syndicated column for Forbes. Shlaes questioned the movement’s approach toward restructuring corporations for women to battle their way up the corporate ladder, instead advo-
cating for a push toward more creativity and independence. “I was really inspired by Shlaes’s idea of creating rather than rearranging,” conference attendee Natalia Perelman ’17 said. “Instead of trying to reform what’s already existent in your workplace, think about entrepreneurship and new creations that can completely change the landscape rather than simply reorganizing it.” Sue Rodin, President of Stars and Strategies — an organization that provides strategic sports marketing — admitted that the sports industry is still very male dominated. Rodin offered specific tips for women working in sports, such as continuously staying up-to-date with weekly sports statistics and networking with influential figures in the industry. “My personal mantra is professional persistence,” Rodin said. “Keep your eyes on the prize and do all that you can do to make what you want happen, and do it in a way that distinguishes yourself but is also respectful to the people you’re reaching out to.” Attendees had the opportunity to hear the history of women and their experiences at Yale in a panel called “Then and Now: Women at Yale since 1969.” Brunsdale, the WLI president, deemed this panel important for reminding undergraduates on how far women at Yale have come, but how far they still have to go. Though the University holds many bright opportunities for women, Brunsdale said, sexism is still present at internships, research labs and other work environment. This year’s Women’s Leadership Conference was sponsored by the Yale Department of French, the Department of History and the Yale School of Public Health. Contact STEPHANIE ROGERS at stephanie.rogers@yale.edu .
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Important and powerful women inspired students at the Women in Leadership Conference on Saturday.
Monuments Men creator salutes Yale BY HELEN ROUNER STAFF REPORTER This weekend, visitors at the Yale University Art Gallery were greeted by posters of actors George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio. A Saturday event in the YUAG auditorium featured Robert M. Edsel, author of the book “The Monuments Men,” as well as co-writer of the screenplay for the eponymous upcoming film starring Clooney, DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Cate Blanchett, among other big Hollywood names. Edsel and YUAG Director Jock Reynolds discussed the story of the Monuments Men — a group of approximately 345 artists, art historians, curators and other art experts who enlisted in the Allied forces’ “Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives” program with the goal of recovering and protecting cultural treasures stolen by the Nazis or at risk of destruction during World War II. Fourteen of these volunteers studied or worked at Yale — some for the University, some in the Gallery and some in the Yale Center for British Art. “It’s an epic part of World War II that the public doesn’t have in [its] lexicon; [the filmmakers] had to explain in one film what no other World War II films have done,” Edsel said. Edsel noted that the Monuments Men recovered approximately 3 million books and 5 thousand church bells among numerous artifacts including paintings, stained glass and torahs. Edsel presented four clips from the upcoming movie and placed each in its historical context. One scene illustrated the way in which the volunteers — most of them academics with no military training — were chosen, and another showed the premeditated looting of citizens’ belongings. A third video captured the difficulty of tracking down treasures and removing them from the places where the Nazis had hidden them, such as salt mines. One clip featured Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” on the wall of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, which was bombed and reduced to rubble. However, the Monuments Men had built a structure filled with sandbags to brace the mural, which survived the explosion. Leonard Everett Fisher BFA ’49, MFA ’56, who attended Saturday’s event, served as a non-commissioned officer during WWII, making the ground maps the Monuments Men used in their campaigns. Fisher, who
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Author and screenwriter Robert M. Edsel discussed his film “The Monuments Men” at the Yale University Art Gallery on Saturday. is now 89 years old, said he was close friends with Monuments Men member Deane Keller ’23, BFA ’26, who taught at Yale for forty years. Reynolds explained that many of Yale’s Monuments Men have been hesitant to speak about their work in “Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives” after returning to their lives in New Haven. “All this is percolating now; it makes me glad I came home alive,” Fischer responded when asked about his thoughts on the recent publicity surrounding the work of the Monuments Men. Yale and Harvard were the bestrepresented institutions in the MFAA — a fact Reynolds attributed to the two universities having educated a great number of artists and art historians. Edsel has written two books about preserving and rescuing European cultural treasures during WWII in addition to “The Monuments Men:” “Rescuing Da Vinci,” which he spoke about at the YUAG in 2007, and “Saving Italy,” which Edsel said he anticipates
will also become a film. He explained that he intended for “The Monuments Men” to become a major motion picture, adding that a feature film can reach a broader audience than a book — particularly a film that George Clooney has produced, cowritten and starred in. Edsel is also the founder and chairman of the board of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, an organization that works to honor the Monuments Men and their legacies, as well as to facilitate the restoration of missing cultural items to their rightful owners. Edsel said he hopes the film will encourage those with leads on or in possession of objects still missing from the war to come forward. “Most of us were brought up well,” Edsel said. “If something’s stolen, you should give it back.” “The Monuments Men” opens in theaters on Feb. 7. Contact HELEN ROUNER at helen.rouner@yale.edu .
After months of brainstorming and deliberations, the Yale College Council has a new constitution. The YCC’s new constitution — which has been ratified by council members and was approved by the Yale College Dean’s Office this weekend — officially institutionalized an altered scheme that the YCC has been transitioning into since June 2013. Changes include expanding the Council through the addition of more subsidiary teams and committees, introducing a production and design team to create infographics and posters for communication with the student body and instituting a programming team chiefly responsible for the YCC’s website. The constitution also enlarges the YCC Executive Board from six elected positions to 10 positions — four elected and six appointed. YCC President Danny Avraham ’15 said the reforms were meant to clarify the Council’s role and to ensure that the body remains active and influential. “When I began my term, I really identified a series of fundamental flaws in the organizational structure of the YCC,” Avraham said, adding that there was a lack of clarity in the procedures outlined. This year’s Executive Board began redesigning the constitution after its election in June 2013, Avraham said. Without going against the constitution at the time, the Council also began reforming its structure and procedures in practice. The new constitution will reflect these changes, which Avraham said “will endure for years to come” as a result. One notable new position on the board is that of the chief of staff, whose duties include managing communication throughout the Council and Executive Board and planning Council meetings. Connor Feeley ’16 has taken on the position’s duties as the YCC’s internal affairs manager, which he said is an unofficial position that will be replaced in the next YCC cycle by the chief of staff. Feeley said his position also includes an advising component that allows him to work closely with Avraham in planning major events and initiatives. This new role is necessary, he said, because of the YCC’s increased activity and amount of projects. “[The YCC’s] functions expanded pretty dramatically this year,” Feeley said. “There’s a lot of strain on the board
members.” He added that the appointment of a chief of staff is a good way to efficiently allocate responsibilities that were previously split among other board positions. The new constitution also established three positions to coordinate Council projects within each of the three broad areas that YCC is working to improve: academics, student life and University services. Academics Chair David Lawrence ’15 said that these roles are necessary not only because of the increased volume of projects this year, but also because assigning specific long-term policy changes to individuals — rather than committees, as done before — increases efficiency. The new structure, he said, allows him to oversee and help push through a broad scope of academicsrelated projects, as individual project managers are more accountable for their tasks. But only three of 11 students interviewed said they were aware of the YCC’s constitutional review. No students said they followed the details of the reform. Upon hearing a brief summary of the reforms, students were generally receptive of the YCC’s initiative to improve its internal structure, especially the expansion of its oversight of the Undergraduate Organizations Committee. Some said they were concerned with the newly created appointed positions. Andres Valdivieso ’16 said he was unsure about the two elected positions — communications director and student organizations director — that were changed to appointed positions. Avraham said it is unnecessary to have students vote on all positions. “You can’t overburden students with public elections,” he said. “There’s just not enough interest in the positions to have them vote for every board member.” He added that there are checks in place to ensure that the appointed board is qualified, adequately representative of the student body and held accountable for their actions. Other changes that the revised constitution made include the consolidation of all elections — exclusing class council elections — into the month of April. The new YCC constitution now totals 29 pages, whereas the former constitution totaled 12. Contact WESLEY YIIN at wesley.yiin@yale.edu .
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FROM THE FRONT
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” NELSON MANDELA SOUTH AFRICAN STATESMAN
Malloy promises to invest in Metro-North METRO-NORTH FROM PAGE 1 Redeker said crews from Connecticut Light & Power will partner with Metro-North to begin work Monday replacing an electrical transformer on a substation in Cos Cob, a neighborhood in Greenwich, Conn. The project’s first phase will take roughly 16 days, after which crews will begin work on replacing a second substation. Altogether, the proposed updates will nearly double the power supply in the vicinity of the substation. Malloy said the investment is designed to avert the kind of “catastrophic power outage we saw on the New Haven line last fall,” referring to an outage in Mount Vernon that crippled service for 12 days. The power loss was the result of workers disconnecting a power cable from the railroad’s control center in Mount Vernon during a service update on Sept. 25, 2013. Redeker said the improvements in Cos Cob will not interfere with rail activities as they did in Mount Vernon. Only depowering one transformer at once will ensure backup power. A backup shuttle system is in place in the event of service gaps, he added. Malloy said the second power supply at Mount Vernon had been down for more than 30 days before action was taken, one example of negligence he said will be enumerated in a comprehensive audit scheduled for release in late March. Called Operation Deep Dive, the safety assessment will review MetroNorth’s “compliance with federal regulations, its procedures and practices, and its safety culture,” according to a U.S. Department of Transportation release. Malloy added that he will be meeting on Feb. 13 with Joe
Giulietti, the incoming president of Metro-North, as well as Thomas Prendergast, chairman and CEO of the Metro p o l i ta n Tra n s p o r ta t i o n Authority (MTA), which runs Metro-North. Beyond physical improvements, “the culture … of this railroad has to be completely revamped,” Blumenthal said, adding that he hopes new leadership will bring a renewed concern for the importance of uninterrupted service, both for the sake of commuters and freight. Malloy said he thinks Prendergast, who assumed the MTA chairmanship just last year, has been “chastened” by the difficulties he has encountered on the job thus far. He said the authority’s willingness to reimburse customers after the September outage was a positive sign that the MTA is seeking to be attentive to the needs of commuters. In the past, Malloy said, the MTA’s attitude has been, “we know everything.” He said that belief is beginning to change, adding that the state will continue to “press our rights” on safety standards and other requirements under the contract between Metro-North and the Connecticut DOT. “Connecticut has made tremendous investments in our rail infrastructure in recent years thanks to Governor Malloy,” Prendergast said in a statement. “Joe Giulietti and I look forward to this meeting, which will give all of us a chance to discuss challenges and opportunities for the thousands of customers we serve every day.” Blumenthal and Esty said the state’s investment should be coupled with broader commitments to improving rail services and safety. Esty said a passenger rail
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Increasing the power supply will be coupled with efforts to improve Metro-North’s overall services and safety. safety bill was a casualty of the government shutdown last fall. She said she has called four times on the Republican-controlled House to begin hearings on the bill. Blumenthal said the “elephant on the tracks” is Metro-North: “Where is the MTA in its investment? Where is Congress?” “This line is the busiest in the whole United States, and Connecticut owns the track,
so we’re meeting our responsibility,” Blumenthal said. “But a railroad line is only as good as its weakest link. This upgrade will not change anything about the line going from Connecticut to Grand Central.” Malloy said Connecticut’s investment is a long-time coming, updating infrastructure that has been underfunded for the past 30 years. Matt Nemerson SOM ’81, New
Haven’s economic development administrator, said the proposed improvements are immensely important to the city’s economy and the wellbeing of its residents. “The Mayor [Toni Harp] wants to have 10,000 new people living here in the next 10 years,” Nemerson said. “Many of them will have jobs that are either to the north, maybe to the east, certainly to the west — and they
will be traveling by train. How this piece of the new northeast logistical system is supported … is one of the most important things for New Haven’s future.” The project’s $10 million price tag will be covered by bonds already approved by the Connecticut Bond Commission. Contact ISAAC STANLEYBECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .
Salovey ups commitment to QuestBridge QUESTBRIDGE PARTNER SCHOOLS UChicago Northwestern
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QUESTBRIDGE FROM PAGE 1 admissions deans from QuestBridge’s partner schools could discuss more opportunities for admitting QuestBridge scholars. One such opportunity could be the creation of a process to help students transfer from other colleges to QuestBridge’s partner institutions, Quinlan said. All 11 current QuestBridge scholars interviewed said they were appreciative of Salovey’s recent pledge to increase the number of QuestBridge scholars accepted each year. Although most said Yale is becoming a more progressive and diverse community, they added that the University still could accept more high-achieving, lowincome students and create more programs on campus to facilitate these students’ transitions. “I really am glad that [Salovey] made that commitment,” said
Ellie Dupler ’16, the vice president of the Yale chapter of the QuestScholars network. “But I hope those spots don’t come from other low-income students who for whatever reason didn’t apply through a program such as QuestBride,” she added. QuestBridge scholars interviewed said the program played a significant role in helping them get to Yale. Adrian Gutierrez ’16 said it was only when he was accepted as a QuestBridge scholar in the spring of his junior year that he began seeing an Ivy League school as a possibility. “I didn’t even look at the price tag of a place like Yale, I just thought these schools were so out of my reach,” he said. “[QuestBridge] made me realize that a school like Yale was possible and without their encouragement, I don’t think I would have even applied.” Molly Michaels ’15 echoed
Gutierrez’ sentiments, adding that without the support of QuestBridge she would have attended a state school in her home state, Michigan. Dupler said the presence of a QuestBridge program at Yale persuaded her to attend the University over some of its peer schools. “QuestBridge is a community that I have at Yale where I know there are people like me,” she said. “I can talk to other QuestScholars about issues that other students might not understand.” Michaels said the QuestBridge application process is very different than the Common Application process, as the QuestBridge process encourages applicants to write about the challenges they have faced and their experiences as highachieving, low-income students. The QuestBridge application also removes crucial barriers of entry by providing fee waiv-
ers for QuestBridge scholars and finalists, Michaels said. “I didn’t feel as if there was anything to lose by applying as a QuestScholar,” Michaels said. Still, Quinlan said that QuestBridge and its partner schools, including Yale, need to do a better job of emphasizing that the QuestBridge application process is a different and often a more convenient route for highachieving, low-income students to apply to selective colleges. Jeffrey Brenzel, who served as dean of undergraduate admissions at Yale at the outset of the QuestBridge partnership, said in an email that he was partly interested in establishing connections with QuestBridge because the program “was doing a good job reaching high-achieving, low-income students whom we knew from checking our records were not entering our applicant pool.” Working with QuestBridge
also brings Yale into a broader coalition of selective schools, Quinlan said, allowing these schools to articulate a joint message to high school students across the nation that many private universities are accessible to students of all socioeconomic backgrounds. Christopher Avery, a public policy professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, said one major challenge for selective universities is finding and recruiting high-achieving students who come from diverse communities. Avery’s research — which has been cited by Quinlan as an important justification for programs such as QuestBridge — made national news when it asserted that most highachieving students from lowincome families do not apply to selective colleges, even when their scores and grades would make them competitive applicants.
Avery said that one important advantage of programs such as QuestBridge is that they are not geographically limited. Unlike some programs that specifically target students from a select few large cities such as Los Angeles or New York, QuestBridge is a program that any qualifying student can access, regardless of where they live in America, he said. Avery said accessibility to students living outside large cities is especially important because his research shows that low-income students who live in rural areas are traditionally less likely to apply to schools commensurate with their test scores. QuestBridge currently has 35 partner schools. Cornell and Harvard are the only two Ivy League schools that have not partnered with the program. Contact RISHABH BHANDARI at rishabh.bhandari@yale.edu .
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NEWS
“The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.” CARL SANDBURG AMERICAN POET
UNICEF conference returns to Yale BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER Three speakers shared their experiences advocating for and protecting underprivileged children around the world at the Yale United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) second annual Conference on Children’s Rights Saturday. The conference covered a wide range of children’s issues, and sought to hone in on the abuse of children’s rights. This year’s conference drew a greater audience than last year’s, for which Yale UNICEF board members brought experts from various fields to Yale as part of a single event, organizers said. UNICEF is a member group of the United Nations International Children’s Fund Campus Initiative, which aims to raise awareness about children’s issues such as poverty, development, safety, rights, health and education. The first guest speaker, Stephanie Goins, spoke about ending the human trafficking of children. As the executive programs director of Love146, a nonprofit human rights organization that advocates for the end of child trafficking and exploitation, Goins’s work involves directing survivor care, prevention education and empowerment initiatives. Goins was followed by Monzer Yazji, a Syrian doctor who works in refugee camps on the Syrian border. Yazji is also a founding member of the Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organizations, which delivers the largest amounts of medical assistance within Syria. Focusing on the children he encountered within the refugee camps, Yazji called attention to the fact that though the children can be treated in a refugee camp’s clinic, after their treatment, they have no where else to go. Melody Wang ’16, who attended Yazji’s talk, said the lecture allowed her to look beyond her life as a college student. “A lot of times we’re focused on this [problem set] or I’m too stressed or too busy to notice
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the events that don’t touch our everyday lives,” Wang said. “This is a way to bring us into the conflict.” Nell Meosky ’14, one of Yale UNICEF’s senior advisors, said one of her favorite parts of the conference was when Yazji thanked students in attendance for taking the time to think about children’s rights. Yazji said that it was important to open up this dialogue at an institution like Yale, which has the resources to make lasting change, a remark that Meosky said humbled her.
A lot of time we’re […] too busy to notice the events that don’t touch our everyday lives. MELODY WANG ’16
The third speaker, Ehsan Hoque, is the founder and executive director of Distressed Children and Infants International, a nonprofit organization seeking to provide basic needs, education and health care to underserved children worldwide. Hoque spoke specifically about guaranteeing that underprivileged children have access to proper eyesight screenings, according to conference director Azzah Hyder ’16. Hoque himself was born with a rare eye condition that required seven surgeries before the age of two to prevent blindness. Hyder said she was particularly inspired by the fact that Hoque had a personal connection to his work. Meosky added that organizers chose a conference format because they were seeking a “high-energy type of event” that would create more of a dialogue than isolated events. Last year’s conference hosted five speaker events, partly to fundraise for UNICEF’s “Tap Project,” a fresh water initiative. Contact RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .
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Continuing a long Yale tradition, scores of freshmen took part in Freshman Screw last night, though students’ experiences were mixed. BY YUVAL BEN-DAVID AND WESLEY YIIN STAFF REPORTERS Some say the problem is in the name itself. Screws, the Yale tradition where roommates set each other up with dates to a dance, continue to draw student enthusiasm — indeed, Silliman College recently revived its long-dormant Silliman Screw. But screws, like the freshman dance that took place on Saturday, continue to pose challenges for the Yale community as it grapples with promoting a healthy sexual culture. “These set-up-your-roommate dances can be lots of fun, but they can also make for awkward or pressured situations,” said Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Melanie Boyd ’90. To deal with the range of often-confused expectations students bring to screws, the Community and Consent Educators — trained peer counselors tasked with promoting a healthy sexual climate on campus — have offered alternative spaces and activities for students to practice open communication with their partners at screws this year. These services, independently organized by each college’s CCE team, commonly feature food and games, aiming to provide students with a safe, alcohol-free location to think clearly and plan out their nights. Boyd said the CCEs hosted games and “mocktail” parties at some of the screws, organized casual afterparties and set up side rooms for dancers to take a break,
drink water and eat snacks. Corey Malone-Smolla ’16, a Timothy Dwight CCE, said the purpose of the alternative spaces is to alleviate pressure, giving students and their dates more time to get to know one another and think about how they wanted to end the night. She said the CCEs intend to serve as another resource for attendees in case they have any concerns about their partners or just need someone to talk to. The CCEs were also involved in advising the Yale College Council on its latest version of the Screw Me Yale application, which helps students find screw dates for roommates and friends. The latest updates allow for students to edit or remove profiles made for them by friends and to better convey what they consider to be a “fun night” so their expectations can be adequately matched with a date’s. According to Kiki Ochieng ’15, a Silliman CCE, these changes were meant to make the application and overall datefinding process more simple and casual, and to ensure students’ interests are accurately represented. Still, two freshmen interviewed said they did not interact with the CCEs the night of Freshman Screw. “I really don’t think the CCEs did anything. If they did, I was not aware of it,” said Sukriti Mohan ’17, a member of the Freshman College Council. Yi Ling Lui ’17 said she only heard about the CCE-run activities the morning after Freshman Screw. Both Freshman Counselors inter-
viewed said this year’s Freshman Screw was a generally positive experience, for both them and their freshmen. “My role was just to make sure they understood what screw was,” he said, adding that the FroCo team was involved with helping the students commemorate the experience with pre- and post-screw activities, such as a photobooth. But some students interviewed offered a different perspective on the Freshman Screw experience. While Aaron Long ’17 said the name “screw” is what sets the dance apart as a Yale tradition, Krystal Morin ’17 expressed distaste at the name of the dance, which she said evokes the negative connotations of the college hookup culture. “It’s one of those things where everybody’s supposed to know how to [do] it, but nobody knows and everyone’s afraid to ask,” Emma Poole ’17 said, adding that the confusion surrounding students’ expectations for screw is representative of college hookup culture in general. Other students pointed to different aspects of the tradition that made them uncomfortable. “I don’t like hooking up in the middle of the dance floor. It feels tacky,” said Ryan Wilson ’17, who chose to skip the dance with his girlfriend. The CCEs are organized through the Yale College Dean’s Office. Contact YUVAL BEN-DAVID at yuval. ben-david@yale.edu and WESLEY YIIN at wesley.yiin@yale.edu .
Yale and New Haven celebrate Lunarfest BY POOJA SALHOTRA STAFF REPORTER
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Dancers paraded down Whitney Avenue on Friday Jan. 31 for New Haven’s third annual Lunarfest celebration.
Professional dancers in bright lion costumes paraded down Whitney Avenue on Saturday morning, maneuvering through a crowd of over 500 people. This parade initiated the third annual Lunarfest celebration of the Chinese New Year, which took place on Friday Jan. 31. The event was a collaboration between Yale and the Elm City — the Yale-China Association, the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale and the New Haven Museum all helped plan the festival. “The city of New Haven has welcomed Chinese people, Chinese language and Chinese culture for the past 150 years, even when many other parts of the country were discriminating against Chinese people,” said Executive Director of the Yale-China Association Nancy Yao Maasbach. “We thought this would be a tremendous and fun way to offer something back to the city that has been our home for so many years.” At 10 a.m., members of the New Haven Community lined Whitney Avenue between Grove and Trumbull streets as performers from the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute based in New York began to dance to a rhythmic drumbeat. The daylong event also featured local performance groups, including Yale Wushu as well as dancers from New Haven’s Educational Center for the Arts and the Southern Connecticut Chinese School. Following the morning performances on Whitney Avenue, the festivities continued indoors with workshops and demonstrations at the New Haven Museum, Luce Hall and the Yale-China Association. Children could learn about Chinese art and culture through workshops in Chinese traditions such as calligraphy, painting and ribbon dancing. One day before the event, 1000 people had registered for Lunarfest
online, forecasting a higher turn out than last year’s festival, which drew approximately 200 people, Maasbach said. She added that there were 3 feet of snow on the ground last year, which probably deterred many residents from leaving their homes and attending the festival. Among the roughly 700 members of the New Haven community who came to this year’s event was Mayor Toni Harp ARC ’78, who offered a brief welcome before the morning performances. She said she decided to accept Yale-China’s invitation to the event in order to recognize the Asian community’s impact on the city. In addition to organizing Lunarfest, the Yale-China Association has worked within the New Haven community through the Yale-China Teaching Fellowship, a new program that places alumni from Chinese Universities to teach in New Haven public schools. The program started in 2013, with two Chinese teaching fellows working at Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School and Metropolitan Business Academy. These two teachers — Haihui Deng and Chuan Long — helped lead the parade on Saturday. Deng and Long carried a “Happy New Year” banner, leading the lion dance troupe down Whitney Avenue. For both Deng and Long, this was the first year they celebrated Chinese New Year away from their home country. “It was so authentic,” Deng said after the dance performances. “[Lunarfest] makes me feel like I’m back in China.” Two other Chinese natives who were interviewed echoed this sentiment, noting that they had never seen such vibrant Chinese New Year’s festivities outside of China. Support for Lunarfest was provided by a Title VI National Resource Center Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Contact POOJA SALHOTRA at pooja.salhotra@yale.edu .
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FROM THE FRONT
“Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.” JAIME LERNER BRAZILIAN POLITICAN AND ARCHITECT
Yale Chabad continues expanding CHABAD FROM PAGE 1 also different, meal — served by Chabad at Yale, the on-campus representative of a Jewish outreach group and Orthodox Jewish movement. Last October, the religious group moved to a new house located at 36 Lynwood Place, during an official ceremony to celebrate the organization’s growth over the past few years. During the ceremony, University President Peter Salovey commended Chabad for having built a strong presence at Yale and for reaching out to students “with an incredible tone of acceptance and warmth,” adding that the new building will provide a space for Chabad to become a center of Jewish study on campus. Yet Chabad, whose name is an acronym for the Hebrew words Chochmah, Binah, Da’at — Wisdom, Understanding and Knowledge — is far more than a Friday night dinner spot with free food and alcohol. As one of the most influential brands of Chasidic Judaism, Chabad continues to define and shape both religious and secular Jewish life today just as it did 200 years ago. As one of the fastest-growing Jewish organizations in the U.S, its quick emergence at Yale represents a parallel for how the sect has expanded and evolved worldwide.
BEGINNING IN THE TAFT
The road to create Chabad, Rabbi Shua Rosenstein’s vision of a “home away from home,” was anything but contrived. Rosenstein had finished a year of rabbinic internship in Belarus, and and had “several options” for completing his rabbinic study, one of which was doing so at the Rabbinical Institute of New Haven. After he settled in Connecticut in September 2002, he began holding Friday night dinners at apartment 3M of the Taft Apartments at 265 College St. “The idea wasn’t necessarily to start a Chabad House, but educating for my own purposes and those of the students,” Rosenstein said. “If someone had told me then that what we were doing was going to balloon into Chabad at Yale, I wouldn’t have believed them.” And yet, the Friday night dinners did eventually grow into something bigger, as excitement over the dinners and knowledge of them on campus snowballed.
“It became like a buzzword on campus on Fridays people would ask each other, ‘Are you going to 3M?’” Rosenstein said. Jillian Merns ’05 was one of the many who heard about Chabad by word of mouth — she first began attending in the fall of her sophomore year. Merns said Chabad — with its home-cooked meals and its traditional home setting — provided a “real sense of community” that is hard to find in college, adding that Rabbi Rosenstein’s “home away from home” was “extremely accepting and open and welcoming to everybody.” Merns also said Rosenstein’s “personality and vision” have been critical to the success of Chabad at Yale.
[Chabad at Yale is] extremely accepting and open […] to everybody. JILLIAN MERNS ’05 Attended Chabad at Yale as an undergraduate “I don’t know how successful the leadership of Chabad at Yale would have been under someone else,” she said. Eventually, however, the dinners became too large. Scott Ferguson, who works as Property Manager at Taft Apartments, said that this was largely a reflection of Chabad at Yale’s natural growth. As a result of the increase in attendance at the Friday dinners, the apartment 3M was now too small to accommodate Chabad’s growing number of guests, Ferguson said. In 2005, Rosenstein moved Chabad to a new location at 37 Edgewood Avenue, where the religious group kept holding their dinners and services until last year. However, the story of Chabad—not just Chabad at Yale — begins hundreds of years before Rosenstein & Co. began holding Shabbat dinners in the Taft.
EXCUSE ME, ARE YOU JEWISH?
The popular conception of the ultra-Orthodox ChabadLubavitch movement is quite traditional — Jews in black coats, white shirts and skullcaps don’t exactly strike the mod-
ern observer as unprecedented. However, that’s exactly what Chabad was at its beginning in 1775: In fact, its founder, Schneur Zalman of Lyadi was a revolutionary whose ideas shook the foundations upon which 18th century Eastern European Chasidic Judaism was built. Breaking with traditional Chasidism, Zalman espoused a more radical belief in the imminence of God and a more democratic way of educating believers. After the Second World War, in particular, Chabad-Lubavitch intensified its outreach efforts to “bring Jewish observance to the four corners of the Earth,” said David Berger, professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University. The main feature of the movement’s evolution was the appearance of Chabad’s schluchim, or emissaries tasked with providing for the world’s Jewish communities. For Jews who observe Jewish customs and eat kosher food like Jessica Saldinger ’15, schluchim have a decidedly practical purpose. “I was in Turkey over the summer doing research,” she said. “They really helped so much to how to keep kosher in Turkey and help me get into the synagogues to pray — I don’t know what I would have done without Chabad.” Chabad makes the same outreach right on Yale’s campus in New Haven: Every Friday, groups of rabbinical students dressed in black coats and skullcaps wait on Elm Street, famously asking passersby, “Excuse me, are you Jewish?” All Yale students interviewed said they did not choose to participate, and the rabbinical students were not insistent once they were declined. Eric Stern ’15 said that, although he identifies as Jewish, he usually declines to don tefillin — small leather boxes filled with Torah-scroll parchments, which religious Jews strap to their heads during weekday morning prayers. Stern said he connected with his Jewish background through traditions surrounding family and food, rather than those surrounding religious rituals. Ike Swetlitz ’15 said the secular and religious sides of Judaism are not mutually exclusive. Swetlitz, who runs the Reform Jewish weekly prayer group at Slifka, said Chabad’s desire to engage the Yale community is
Unprecedented data access at Yale J&J FROM PAGE 1 YODA. “They’re saying that all of their data is ultimately available to scientists around the world. No matter what country you’re in, no matter who you are, if you have a question and you want to get access to the data, you’ll be able to do it.” According to Joseph Ross MHS ’06, a YODA co-principal investigator, Johnson & Johnson chose to partner with Yale because the University is the only one with an open access data project dedicated specifically to clinical trial data. Ross said although pharmaceutical companies conduct many large clinical trials every year, around half of those trials are never published, and the public cannot gain access to the results. Unless a company is trying to gain FDA approval for a drug, in which case it is legally required to submit the clinical trial data to the agency, the company is not compelled to show anyone its results, he said. But with the agreement, only revealing the data for FDA approval is no longer the standard for Johnson & Johnson, which produces common drugs including Benadryl, Motrin, Sudafed and Tylenol. Now, researchers can request data through an online form to further explore the study’s original questions or engage in new ones. In clinical medicine, assembling large numbers of research subjects for trials is difficult, time-consuming and expensive, Krumholz said. If pharmaceutical companies are not publishing the results of these studies, no one can benefit from the immense resources put in, and researchers may even have to duplicate these studies because they cannot access existing results, he added. “[Open access] is about maximizing the value of the human subjects’ time and the sponsors’ investment in the data,” Ross said. But even with the increased efficiency in
scientific research that open access brings, pharmaceutical companies have not been eager to share their data, said Robert Alpern, dean of the Yale School of Medicine. Such companies often claim that their competitors want access to their study data, and if a company has spent a lot of money to generate the results, it does not want its competitors to have it for free, he said.
They’re saying that all of their data [are] ultimately available to scientists around the world. HARLAN KRUMHOLZ ’80 Professor of cardiology, Yale School of Medicine
Even if pharmaceutical companies are hesitant to share data, Alpern said they understand that doing so can help their public images, some of which have been tarnished by drug recalls. In September 2004, for instance, the pharmaceutical company Merck withdrew the painkiller Vioxx over concerns that it increased risk of heart attack. Krumholz said had researchers had access to the clinical trial data, they could have discovered the drug’s impact on the heart. Open access will also facilitate more varied interpretations of clinical trial results, Krumholz said. Because published studies are only one interpretation of the raw data, the agreement will bring in more voices to analyze the results, he said. In 2013, Johnson & Johnson was ranked 41st of the Fortune 500 companies in revenue, generating $67.2 billion. Contact HANNAH SCHWARZ at hannah.schwarz @yale.edu .
genuine and that every sect of Judaism is entitled to its own methods of religious outreach. “Is there a difference between a Chabad boy walking up to you and asking if you’re Jewish and a Slifka boy asking you if you want to go to ‘Bagel Brunch?’” Swetlitz said.
CHABAD VS SLIFKA?
Chabad at Yale has undeniably entered the mainstream of the campus’s religious landscape as well, attracting its own devoted Friday night attendees. Josh Isackson ’15, who frequently attends Shabbat dinners at both Slifka and Chabad at Yale, said Chabad has gained greater legitimacy on campus after the opening of the new house last fall. However, Isackson said the two major centers for Jewish life on campus — Slifka and Chabad — seem to attract different audiences: He said more graduate students and New Haven residents come to Chabad, while Slifka is more “undergraduate focused” and more accesible to non-Jewish students. In the words of former Slifka Executive Director Jim Ponet ’68, “I think Slifka is associated with different movements. Chabad is associated with Chabad.” Reba Watsky ’14, who also frequents both Chabad and Slifka, said she found Chabad’s emphasis on Jewish religious identity to be more “insular,” as it caters to a more specific audience of believers; yet, she added that as she became friends with more Jewish students, she “felt more a part of [Chabad].” While students from any background are welcome to attend Chabad events, Watsky said it’s important not to be oblivious to Chabad’s goals and principles. “It’s welcoming because Shua will say ‘hi’ to everybody, he knows everybody, and you can always sign up and bring friends,” she said. “I have had non-Jewish friends visit. I just know that’s not who it’s intended for.” Norman Bender ’67 — chairman of the Chabad at Yale board and to whose mother, Alice Bender MUS ’34, the new Chabad building is dedicated — said that he has frequently seen non-Jews at Chabad, especially during Shabbat dinners. “Two of the first 10 people [I met at the building] — one was named Abdul, one was named
Jamil,” Bender said. “I didn’t ask if they were Orthodox, but I had the sense they were probably not [Jewish].” In addition to different audiences, Chabad at Yale and Slifka also have different philosophies regarding the role of women within their organizations, according to students interviewed. In October 2013, Leah Cohen took Ponet’s post as executive director at the Slifka Center, the first female rabbi to do so at Yale. “To me, it’s significant that a woman is both a Rabbi and a highly competent administrator,” said Ponet, adding that he found the plethora of roles available for women at Slifka to be a “significant” point. “Slika Center represents a place where if you’re a woman and you wish to take a leadership, you can,” he said. Cohen added that she remembers her non-Orthodox classmates at Hebrew Union College being evenly split between men and women, and that her gender had not prevented her from fulfilling her duties as a spiritual leader. “I haven’t experienced any limitations as a rabbi by being a woman,” she said. On the other side of campus, Chabad has a different take on women assuming the Rabbinate. Brit Sharon ’16, a board member of Chabad at Yale Board Member, said that she values the fact that Chabad would never ordain a woman as a rabbi, adding that, for her, “the concept of your rabbi is a man.” While Chabad and other Orthodox Jewish sects do not ordain female rabbis, women have still found crucial leadership roles within Chabad at Yale. Ron Taitz ’15, Chabad at Yale board president, said that the national Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s position on ordaining women as rabbis does not influence how Chabad at Yale conducts itself as an organization: Taitz’s predecessor as president of the Chabad at Yale Board was a woman, and two current board members are also female undergraduates. Taitz added that the the task of a rebbetzin — the rabbi’s wife — is also essential to any Chabad community. Here at Yale, Rosenstein’s wife Sara is in charge of running the Chabad at Yale House, Taitz said, adding that starting a Chabad without a
woman is “against the rule.” “The rabbi and his wife started Chabad — not the rabbi,” he said. “Women are actually held in higher esteem than men [in traditional Judaism].”
INTO THE FUTURE
The rapid growth of Chabad at Yale also stands in contrast to the Slifka Center’s financial caution in recent years. Leah Sarna ’14, former President of the Young Israel House at Yale—the Modern Orthodox student organization—said the “restructuring” of the Slifka Center has made it notably more careful about how it distributes resources. Saldinger, Sarna’s successor, backed up this assertion, and cited the awarding of money for guest speakers to come to campus as an example. However, both Slifka co-President Jon Silverstone’15 and Executive Director Cohen rejected any concern that financial difficulties were currently compromising the Slifka Center’s ability to sustain its current programming. Silverstone added that there has and always will be a great deal of “overlap” between Chabad and Slifka, and that it was more important that Yale had “multiple places that really care about the development of the Jewish community here.” In particular, one area of overlap between the two centers remains the future of Jewish communities at Yale and worldwide. A November Pew Research Center poll on the state of the American Jewish community found trends understandably unsettling for some— a smaller percent of the U.S. population identifying as Jewish, fewer Jews having reservations about intermarriage and more Jews feeling animus towards the State of Israel’s policies. Rosenstein said he had not extensively read the poll, but that from what he had read, “it sends a message that makes Judaism sound regressed.” “Assuming that it is correct, I think it only tells us that we need more: Chabad needs to grow ten times the size it is now, and so does every other Jewish organization at Yale,” he said. “We’ve really got to role up our sleeves and move if we want to create a future for Judaism.” Contact DAVID BLUMENTHAL at david.blumenthal@yale.edu .
Harries eases Harp’s doubts HARRIES FROM PAGE 1 charts its fiscal future this spring. “My concern about a balanced budget at New Haven Public Schools is not unique to that department,” Harp said. “I will insist that Superintendent Harries and each department head manage his or her city department responsibly and keep within the established budget for the current fiscal year.” Harries, who took the helm of the school district last July, is up for review this spring. The Board of Education is scheduled to vote on his potential reappointment by March 1. After initially saying she could not back Harries’ reappointment by March — and asking that the vote be delayed to May — Harp seems to have resolved her concerns about the timeline of the vote, which School Board President Carlos Torre said is written into Harries’ contract. Harp said she would continue to monitor the Board of Education’s evaluation of Harries. She ultimately has one of eight votes on the matter of his reappointment. Torre said the Board likes the votes to be unanimous. Harp’s initial concern stemmed from a projected $9 million debt reported in an audit of last fiscal year’s budget. She said Board of Alders President Jorge Perez first alerted her of potentially steep deficits, owing in large part to costs from free and reduced-price lunches. Harries said he clarified at Friday’s meeting that the $9 million is not reflective of the district’s current fiscal state. The district’s last report, issued in December 2013, revealed a $3.5 million deficit. An updated report will be made public at the School Board’s next meeting, scheduled for early February. For the past six months, Har-
ries, who oversaw much of the city’s school change initiative as assistant superintendent before his promotion last year, has worked to close the deficit, he said. The city has reduced personnel spending by eliminating central office positions, including his previous position of assistant superintendent, and by closing down classrooms with relatively few students. Students in small classrooms in Lincoln-Bassett School and MicroSociety School were relocated and some full-time positions at Polly T. McCabe Center were eliminated. Because personnel spending accounts for approximately 85 percent of the budget, Harries explained, most of the overruns are due to costs in personnel.
We can’t afford to have another downgrade. It’s not acceptable. TONI HARP Mayor, City of New Haven
Even with regard to food service, which he said accounted for approximately 50 percent of the budget deficit, staffing is a primary concern. The district has hired a new food service manager to keep track of food service costs and revenues, which Harries regarded as essential to meeting the goal of a balanced budget by the end of the fiscal year. While Harries recognized the importance of a stable budget, he also said the $3.5 million deficit is not unreasonable. Harp said she would still like to see the School Board take greater care when it comes to the budget.
At the two board meetings she has attended since assuming the mayor’s office Jan. 1, she has not seen members present spending reports or audits. “We can’t afford to have another downgrade. It’s not acceptable,” Harp said. “They need to make corrections.” Her concerns about Harries’ fiscal management were unrelated to a letter she received last week from the Greater New Haven Clergy Association calling for Harries’ replacement, Harp said on Friday. That letter, signed by Reverend James Newman, alleged that Harries lacks experience working in urban public education — and has not succeeded in turning around the city’s failing schools. Torre declined to comment on the letter, saying he could not assess Harries’ tenure as he is currently in the process of officially evaluating him. David Cicarella, president of the New Haven Federation of Teachers, said he supports Harries, though he would ordinarily be wary of a superintendent without experience as a teacher or principal. “Garth is an exception to the rule,” Cicarella said. He specifically cited Harries’ reservations about “high-stakes testing” and his support for teachers as reasons to keep him on as superintendent. Harries responded to the letter by saying the district still has much to accomplish but that he is dedicated to making sure that “every school is successful.” He said a number of clergy and other community leaders spoke out in support of him following the letter’s surfacing. Harries succeeded Reginald Mayo as superintendent of New Haven Public Schools. Contact POOJA SALHOTRA at pooja.salhotra@yale.edu and
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Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, (No. 25) talks with Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. BY BARRY WILNER ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Seattle Seahawks’ mantra all season was to make each day a championship day. They made Super Bowl Sunday the best day of all with one of the greatest performances in an NFL title game — sparked by a defense that ranks among the best ever. The Seahawks won their first Super Bowl crown in overpowering fashion, punishing Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos 43–8. That masterful defense, the NFL’s stingiest, never let the five-time MVP get going, disarming the highest-scoring offense in league history. Seattle (16–3) was too quick, too physical and just too good for Denver, and that was true in all areas. What was hyped as a classic matchup between an unstoppable offense and a miserly defense turned into a rout. “We been relentless all season,” quarterback Russell Wilson said. “Having that mentality of having a championship day every day. At the end of the day, you want to play your best football and that is what we did today.” Punctuating Seattle’s dominance were
a 69-yard interception return touchdown by linebacker Malcolm Smith to make it 22–0, and Percy Harvin’s sensational 87-yard kickoff runback to open the second half. Smith was the game’s MVP, the first defender in 11 years to win the award. When the Seahawks, up by 29 points, forced a Denver punt early in the third quarter, the 12th Man — and there were legions of them in MetLife Stadium — began chanting “L-O-B, L-O-B.” As in Legion of Boom, the Seahawks hard-hitting secondary, part of young team with an average age of 26 years, 138 days. “This is an amazing team. Took us four years to get to this point but they never have taken a step sideways,” coach Pete Carroll said. “These guys would not take anything but winning this ballgame.” The loss by the Broncos again raised questions about Manning’s ability to win the biggest games. He is 11–12 in the postseason, 1–2 in Super Bowls. After the game, he brushed off questions about his legacy. “Certainly to finish this way is very disappointing,” he said. He never looked comfortable against a defense some will begin comparing to the
1985 Bears and 2000 Ravens — other NFL champions who had runaway Super Bowl victories. Seattle forced four turnovers; Denver had 26 all season. The Seahawks looked comfortable and at ease, and not just their defense, which lost All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman to a high ankle sprain in the fourth quarter. He celebrated on crutches. “I hope we etched out names in the history books,” Sherman said. Wilson, who has an NFL-record 28 wins in his first two pro seasons, including playoffs, had a 23-yard TD pass to Jermaine Kearse late in the third quarter to make it 36–0. Wilson also hit Doug Baldwin for a 10-yard score in the final period in what had become one of the most lopsided Super Bowls. For the fifth time in six meetings between the NFL’s No. 1 offense and defense, the D dominated. “It’s all about making history,” AllPro safety Earl Thomas said. “This was a dominant performance from top to bottom.” Denver fell to 2–5 in Super Bowls, and by the end many of Manning’s passes resembled the “ducks” Sherman said the All-Pro quarterback sometimes threw.
NEW YORK — Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gallery of slackers, charlatans and other characters so vivid that he was regarded as one of the world’s finest actors, was found dead in his apartment Sunday with what officials said was a needle in his arm. He was 46. The actor apparently died of a drug overdose, said two law enforcement officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case. Envelopes containing what was believed to be heroin were found with him, they said. Hoffman — with his doughy, everyman physique, his oftendisheveled look and his limp, receding blond hair — was a character actor of such range and lack of vanity that he could seemingly handle roles of any size, on the stage and in movies that played in art houses or multiplexes. He could play comic or dramatic, loathsome or sympathetic, trembling or diabolical, dissipated or tightly controlled, slovenly or fastidious. The stage-trained actor’s rumpled naturalism brought him four Academy Award nominations — for “Capote,” “The Master,” “Doubt” and “Charlie Wilson’s War” — and three Tony nominations for his work on Broadway, including his portrayal of the beaten and weary Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman.” Hoffman spoke candidly over the years about his struggles with drug addiction. After 23 years sober, he admitted in interviews
last year to falling off the wagon and developing a heroin problem that led to a stint in rehab. “No words for this. He was too great and we’re too shattered,” said Mike Nichols, who directed Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” and “Death of a Salesman.” The law enforcement officials said Hoffman’s body was discovered in a bathroom in his Greenwich Village apartment by his assistant and a friend who made the 911 call. For much of the day, a police crime-scene van was parked out front, and technicians carrying brown paper bags went in and out. Police kept a growing crowd of onlookers back. A single red daisy had been placed in front of the lobby door. On Sunday night, a black body bag was carried out on a stretcher, loaded into the back of a medical examiner’s van and driven away. Hoffman’s family called the news “tragic and sudden.” Hoffman is survived by his partner of 15 years, Mimi O’Donnell, and their three children. “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone,” the family said in a statement. Tributes poured in from Hollywood figures. “Damn, We Lost Another Great Artist,” Spike Lee, who directed him in “25th Hour,” said on Twitter. Kevin Costner said in an AP interview: “Philip was a very important actor and really takes his place among the real great actors. It’s a shame. Who knows what he would have been able to do? But we’re left with the legacy of the work he’s done and it all speaks for itself.”
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Punxsutawney Phil is held by Ron Ploucha after emerging from his burrow Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. BY GENE J. PUSKAR AND MICHAEL RUBINKAM ASSOCIATED PRESS PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Emerging from his lair on Super Bowl Sunday, groundhog Punxsutawney Phil couldn’t predict the winner of the big game but his handlers said he was sure of his weather forecast: There will be six more weeks of winter. Pennsylvania’s famed groundhog was roused from slumber at 7:28 a.m. Sunday and, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, directed handler Bill Deeley to a scroll that contained the prediction — along with a Super Bowl reference. As usual, thousands of fans turned out on Groundhog Day to see the furry rodent, the most famous of a small group of groundhogs said to forecast the weather. Legend has it that if the groundhog sees his shadow on Feb. 2, winter will last another month-and-a-half. If he doesn’t see it, spring will come early. In reality, Phil’s prediction is decided
ahead of time by a group called the Inner Circle, whose members don top hats and tuxedos for the annual ceremony on Gobbler’s Knob, the tiny hill in the town for which he’s named about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The prediction fell on Super Bowl Sunday for the first time. The closest the game previously came to coinciding with Groundhog Day was in 2009, when the just-down-the-road Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals 27–23 the night before Phil’s forecast. This year’s NFL championship pitting the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., will be the Super Bowl’s 48th installment, while Phil has been predicting the weather since 1886. In a nod to the game, Phil’s forecast came in the form of a Super Bowlthemed poem: “A Super Bowl winner I will not predict, But my weather forecast, you cannot contradict, That’s not a football lying beside me
It’s my shadow you see So, six more weeks of winter it shall be!” This year’s Groundhog Day celebration marks a winter that has brought extreme cold to vast stretches of the country, including areas of the South wholly unaccustomed to severe winter weather. A snow and ice storm paralyzed Atlanta and other Southern cities last week. Phil has now seen his shadow 101 times while failing to see it 17 times, according to the Inner Circle. There are no records for the remaining years. The National Climatic Data Center has put Phil’s forecasts to the test and found them sorely lacking, declaring the groundhog has “no predictive skill.” “It really isn’t a ‘bright’ idea to take a measure such as a groundhog’s shadow and use it as a predictive meteorological tool for the entire United States,” the data center says on its website, helpfully if somewhat obviously. Other prognosticating groundhogs include Staten Island Chuck in New York and General Beauregard Lee in Atlanta.
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“We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can’t bomb it into peace.” MICHAEL FRANTI AMERICAN POET AND MUSICIAN
Thai elections peaceful
Palestinian bombers’ bodies returned after decade BY DAVID MAC DOUGALL ASSOCIATED PRESS BETHLEHEM, West Bank — When 18-year-old Ayat al-Akhras blew herself up outside a busy Jerusalem supermarket in 2002, killing two Israelis, her grieving parents were unable to bury her and say their final goodbyes because Israel refused to send her remains home. More than a decade later, after appeals from human rights groups, Israel is handing over some 30 bodies of Palestinian assailants, including that of al-Akhras, enabling her family to arrange a funeral. Israel has returned the remains of Palestinian attackers from time to time during the decades of conflict, sometimes as part of prisoner swaps, but the current round involves the most recent suicide bombers and gunmen and has revived painful memories for families and friends of some of the victims. In the West Bank town of Bethlehem, the teenage bomber’s parents, Mohammed and Khadra al-Akhras, expect an easing of their grief.
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A Thai policeman reads a ballot during a vote counting after the general election in Bangkok Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. BY TODD PITMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK — Thailand held nationwide elections without bloodshed Sunday despite widespread fears of violence. But the country’s bitter political crisis is far from over, and one of the next flash points is likely to be an effort to nullify the vote. Although balloting was largely peaceful, protesters forced thousands of polling booths to close in Bangkok and the south, disenfranchising millions of registered voters. Not all Parliament seats will be filled as a result, meaning the nation could stay mired in political limbo for months with the winning party unable to form a new government. The struggle to hold the vote was part of a three-month-old conflict that has split the country between supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and protesters who allege her government is too corrupt to rule. The crisis, in which demonstrators have occupied major intersections across Bangkok and forced government ministries to shut down and work elsewhere, overshadowed the poll’s run-up to such an extent that campaigning and stump speeches laying out party platforms were virtually
nonexistent. Rather than “a contest among candidates, it was about whether the election itself could happen,” said Sunai Phasuk of Human Rights Watch. “That in itself says a lot about the fate of democracy in Thailand — it’s hanging by a thread.”
We want an election. We are Thais. We are here to exercise our rights. NARONG MEEPHOL Bangkok resident Television stations, which normally broadcast electoral results, were reduced to projecting graphics not of party victories and losses, but of which constituencies were open or closed. Official results cannot be announced until a series of byelections are held and all districts have voted. The first will take place Feb. 23. In Bangkok, protesters surrounded government offices housing ballot papers, preventing them from being delivered. They also pressured electoral officials not to report for duty, and in some cases
physically preventing people from voting. Infuriated voters cut the chains off polling stations that had been locked, futilely demanding that they be allowed to cast ballots. In one downtown district, they hurled bottles at each other and one demonstrator fired a gunshot after several people tried to push past a blockade. After authorities called off voting there, angry crowds stormed into the district office. “We want an election. We are Thais,” said Narong Meephol, a 63-year-old Bangkok resident who was waving his voter identification card. “We are here to exercise our rights.” Ampai Pittajit, 65, a retired civil servant who helped block ballot boxes in Bangkok, said she did it “because I want reforms before an election.” “I understand those who are saying this is violating their rights,” he said. “But what about our right to be heard?” The Election Commission said poll closures affected about 18 percent of the country’s 48 million registered voters, although many of them may not have cast ballots anyway following a boycott by the opposition Democrat party, which is calling for political and economic reform first.
Those who killed civilians should be treated like people who committed war crimes. MEIR INDOR Head, Indor “The pain will end,” said Mohammed alAkhras, 67, who chain-smoked while he talked and rested his hands — gnarled from years of manual labor — on top of the cane he uses to walk with. “At any time during the day, during the night, we can go and visit her,” he added. In Israel, the return of the remains of attackers from the second Palestinian uprising a decade ago has provoked some anger. “Those who killed civilians should be treated like people who committed war crimes,” said Meir Indor, head of Almagor, a group that speaks for victims of attacks by militants. “Eichmann’s body was not given
back,” he added, referring to Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi who was executed by Israel in 1962 for his role as one of the architects of the Holocaust. The Israeli rights group HaMoked appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court in 2011, seeking release of the remains of 31 assailants. The group said that the court didn’t rule, but that Israel’s Defense Ministry decided late last year to hand over about 30 bodies. The Defense Ministry was not immediately available for comment. Since the beginning of the year, Israel has returned seven bodies of assailants from the second uprising, with two more scheduled Sunday, including that of al-Akhras, Palestinian activists said. Dozens more Palestinian militants killed in clashes or in suicide attacks are still believed to be in burial spots in Israel, off-limits to their families. Al-Akhras struck on a rainy Friday afternoon in March 2002, a bloody month at the height of the second Palestinian uprising. A spate of bombings and other attacks had left Israel on edge, with heightened security measures in place. She drove with a friend from her home in a slum refugee camp for Palestinians near Bethlehem to a Jerusalem supermarket less than 10 miles away. The Supersol grocery store, situated in a strip mall in the working-class neighborhood of Kiryat Yovel, was crowded with shoppers buying food for the Jewish Sabbath. Security guard Haim Smadar, 55, was searching the bags of people going into the store. He challenged al-Akhras, suspicious of her behavior, and she detonated her explosives at the entrance. A doctor caught up in the blast found the security guard bleeding to death on the pavement. His legs were gone. Al-Akhras was dead, and in the rubble, investigators found an unexploded mortar shell. On Sunday at the Supersol, a security guard stood in Smadar’s old spot. A plaque on the wall commemorated him and Rachel Levy, a 17-year-old Israeli also killed in the blast. Levy’s parents declined to comment. Almagor said the Levys were upset to learn in the media about the body of their daughter’s killer being returned to the West Bank.
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Ayat al-Akhras blew herself up in a suicide bombing outside a Jerusalem supermarket in 2002.
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MOLLIE ROGERS ’15 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL The junior outside hitter was voted captain of the women’s volleyball team for next season by the members of the Bulldog squad. Rogers, who hails from San Diego, Calif., has been named to the All-Ivy first team all three of her seasons at Yale.
NCAAM Virginia 48 No. 18 Pittsburgh
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50 South Florida 45
MONDAY
BRIAN HOGAN ’16 MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Hogan set a number of pool and meet records for the Elis in a record-setting weekend for the team. Perhaps most impressive was his performance in the 1650-yard freestyle on Friday, in which he recorded the fourth fastest time in the NCAA this season.
“We need to learn that we cannot take any Ivy opponent lightly.” SARAH HALEJIAN ’15 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL YALE DAILY NEWS · MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014 · yaledailynews.com
Elis sweep weekend
Heartbreak for swimmers
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The men’s team fell to Harvard by 53 points and to Princeton by 35. BY SYDNEY GLOVER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
meet on Saturday, falling 195–105 against Harvard and 179–121 against Princeton.
In the last home meet of the season, the Yale men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both fell to rivals Harvard and Princeton, a heartbreaking loss for the senior team members. The men’s team started off the weekend’s competition, falling to Harvard 203–150 and to Princeton 194–159. The women started their
SWIMMING AND DIVING Though the men’s meet ended in a loss, several records were broken. Brian Hogan ’16 swam a time of 3:48.81 in the 400yard IM, breaking the HYP meet and Kiphuth Pool records. Danny McDermott ’14 shaved 16 seconds off of his personal
best in the 400 IM, a notable improvement. Hogan broke a second Kiphuth Pool record in the 500-yard freestyle. Alwin Frimansyah ’15 won the 100-yard butterfly, redeeming himself after a close loss in the 200-yard butterfly the night before. Tyler Pramer ’14 finished in third in the 1-meter dive. The 200-yard medley relay team and the 400-yard freestyle relay SEE SWIMMING DIVING PAGE B3
Men’s hockey splits at home BY FREDERICK FRANK STAFF REPORTER In a crucial conference home stand at Ingalls this past weekend, the No. 13 men’s hockey team split its two games, thrilling the fans in attendance with a 3–2 overtime loss to No. 10 Cornell and a 4–1 bounce-back win against No. 18 Colgate.
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and struggling to shoot from the floor. At the break, Yale held a narrow 23–20 lead. In the second half, the Elis took advantage of their strong inside presence and began to pull away. Yale’s frontcourt of Justin Sears ’16, Brandon Sherrod ’15 and Matt Townsend ’15 scored a combined 22 points on 7–8 shooting after the break as the Bulldogs went on to win 69–59. Coming off the bench for the first time this season, Sears dominated, scoring 22 points on 5–8 shooting to go along with eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Guard Armani Cotton ’15 contributed 13 points and three boards, and guard Javier Duren ’15 rounded things out with six points, four assists and
The Bulldogs (11-6-4, 6-5-3 ECAC) suffered a heartbreaking defeat to the Big Red (11–4–5, 7–3–4 ECAC) on Friday after forward Brian Ferlin scored on a breakaway with just 17 seconds left in the sudden-death period. In the Elis’ Saturday game against the Raiders (13–11–3, 9–5–1 ECAC), Yale bounced back thanks to a relentless penalty kill and five points from blueliners, including goals from Ryan Obuchowski ’16 and Gus Young ’14. “We played well both nights and we felt like we should have won Friday night but we didn’t get the bounces,” Obuchowski said. “The team showed great effort in both games, especially Saturday night when we needed everyone, and we all played well.” Friday night’s matchup between Cornell and Yale was dominated by the goaltenders, the Big Red’s Andy Iles and the Bulldogs’ Alex Lyon ’17. The two netminders rank inside the top 25 in goals against average and save percentage in Division I
SEE MEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE B3
SEE MEN’S HOCKEY PAGE B3
JENNIFER CHEUNG/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
The men’s basketball team swept its homestand against Columbia and Cornell this weekend. BY DIONIS JAHJAGA STAFF REPORTER After a disappointing loss at Brown last Saturday, the men’s basketball team bounced back with impressive wins against Columbia and Cornell this weekend. On Friday, Yale (9–9, 3–1 Ivy) took on the Lions, who came into the matchup having won their last six contests. Columbia (13–8, 2–2) posed a serious threat to the Bulldogs with its Ivy League-leading outside shooting. The Elis, who have struggled all season to guard the arc, headed into Friday’s matchup allowing their opponents to shoot a scorching 42.9 percent from distance. The first half was evenly fought, with both teams going to the line a handful of times
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JENNIFER CHEUNG/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Five different members of the Yale men’s hockey team scored this weekend.
PENALTY MINUTES SERVED BY THE YALE AND COLGATE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAMS IN THEIR MEETING ON SATURDAY NIGHT. The two squads were nailed with a total of 23 penalties, including two 5-minute majors, three 10-minute misconducts and two game misconducts.
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SPORTS
“At the end of the day, you want to play your best football and that is what we did today.” RUSSELL WILSON QUARTERBACK, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
W. hockey drops two WOMEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE B4 end were the first of Yale’s three-week span without leading scorer Phoebe Staenz ’17, who is currently playing for the Swiss national team in the Sochi Winter Olympics. The Bulldogs were given a comparable substitute, however, with the return from injury of forward Jackie Raines ’15 — the team’s top scorer two years ago. Raines had just finished recovering from hip surgery a month ago when a broken wrist kept her out until this weekend. Since her return in early January, Raines has six points in as many games. “It’s good to help the team and be a positive influence as much as possible, especially with the regular season winding down and playoffs around the corner,” Raines said. “It’s definitely more exciting to be back on the ice now. You have a greater appreciation for the game and everything that comes with playing for Yale hockey.” After being blanked by Cornell earlier this season, the Bulldogs quickly gave the Big Red a scare, as Haddad scored within 40 seconds of the opening faceoff. Captain and defenseman Tara Tomimoto ’14 shot the puck off the pads of Cornell goalie Paula Voorheis, and Haddad was in perfect position to finish the rebounded puck. Haddad has now scored in five of her last eight games and has tallied eight goals on the season. Cornell would respond within four minutes to even the score, but Yale took the lead again late in the first on its first power play of the game. Defenseman Kate Martini ’16 fired a shot that deflected off Raines
right to forward Janelle Ferrara ’16, who was waiting in front to put it in. The Big Red again responded in less than three minutes with an equalizer, and five minutes later, they took their first lead of the game with a power play goal of their own. Neither team could score again until the end of the second period despite two backto-back Cornell penalties that gave Yale a four-minute power play midway through the frame. Yale tied the score at three later in the period when Raines fired a shot at Voorheis, grabbed her own rebound and put the puck in net. That was the end of scoring for the Bulldogs, however, and Cornell proceeded to take the game away from there. The Big Red scored three goals in a five-minute span midway through the final period to eliminate any chance of an Eli upset. “We had really good energy and effort from the whole team, so it was definitely disappointing that the game slipped away from us in the second half of the third,” Raines said. “But we really stepped up to the challenge, playing competitively against one of the top teams in the country, which is really encouraging moving forward.” Yale had higher expectations playing Colgate the next day, as the Raiders entered the game second to last in the ECAC standings. The Bulldogs had beaten them 6–4 earlier in the season, but Colgate’s defense proved much harder to attack in the rematch. The Raiders scored first with a power play goal late in the opening period, and they extended their lead to 2–0 six minutes later. Yale would allow Colgate just six shots
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for the remainder of the game but could not garner enough offense to come back. The only Bulldog goal came on a 5-on-3 power play midway through the third period, when a pass by Haddad gave forward Hanna Åström ’15 plenty of time and space to put it past Colgate goalie Ashlynne Rando. Defenseman Taylor Marchin ’17 also assisted on the goal. Yale put five more shots on net after the goal, but Rando stopped them all. Pulling Leonoff to get an extra attacker with 35 seconds left proved futile, and Yale headed home having earned zero points on the weekend. “We were just really tired,” Haddad said. “We didn’t have that desire to push it into an extra gear and play hard until the end of the third period, and at that point it was just too late.” The Bulldogs will be home this weekend playing Union and Rensselaer, two teams that they beat earlier this season. Contact GREG CAMERON at greg.cameron@yale.edu .
ing at a 50.0 percent clip from the field and the Big Red shooting 48.0 percent. The Elis finished the opening frame tied with Cornell at 32. The second half was another story, but as the Bulldogs shot over 10 percent lower than the Big Red, 30.8 percent to 41.4 percent. While the Elis led 47–45 with 9:25 remaining in the game, that would be their last lead. Cornell went on a 7–0 run and outscored Yale 20–4 over an eight-minute period to keep the lead for good. The Elis were unable to recover, leading to the 65–56 loss. “Cornell wanted to win more than we did,” Halejian said. “We need to learn that we cannot take any Ivy opponent lightly because every team wants to win each night. We let them stick around the whole game and they were the team that ended up pulling away.” Yale was outrebounded 35–32 and could not prevent Cornell from scoring in the paint all
CORNELL 65, YALE 56
W
L
%
W
L
%
Harvard
4
0
1.000
17
3
0.850
2
Brown
3
1
0.750
11
7
0.611
Yale
3
1
0.750
9
9
0.500
Columbia
2
2
0.500
13
8
0.619
Dartmouth
2
2
0.500
9
9
0.500
6
Penn
1
2
0.333
4
13
0.235
7
Princeton
0
3
0.000
12
5
0.706
Cornell
0
4
0.000
1
17
0.056
4
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IVY 1
6
COLGATE
1
1
0
2
YALE
0
0
1
1
CORNELL 6, YALE 3 CORNELL
2
1
3
6
YALE
2
1
0
3
Yale splits N.Y. roadtrip W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B4
SCHOOL 1
4
COLGATE 2, YALE 1
game, as the Big Red recorded 36 points in the key compared to the Bulldogs’ 12 points. The Yale bench was outscored 18–14, and the Elis lost the turnover battle,
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OVERALL
SCHOOL
W
L
%
W
L
%
Harvard
3
1
0.750
13
5
0.722
Cornell
3
1
0.750
11
7
0.611
Yale
3
1
0.750
9
9
0.500
Penn
2
1
0.667
12
5
0.706
Princeton
2
1
0.667
11
6
0.647
Brown
1
3
0.250
7
11
0.389
Columbia
1
3
0.250
4
14
0.222
Dartmouth
0
4
0.000
3
15
0.167
MEN’S ICE HOCKEY ECAC
OVERALL
SCHOOL
W L
T
PTS
W L
T
%
1
Union
11
3
0
22
17
6
3
0.712
2
Quinnipiac
9
2
3
21
19
4
5
0.768
3
Cornell
8
3
4
20
12
4
5
0.690
4
Colgate
9
5
1
19
13
11
3
0.537
5
Clarkson
9
5
0
18
16
10
2
0.607
6
Yale
6
5
3
15
11
6
4
0.619
7
Brown
6
7
1
13
9
9
3
0.500
Rensselaer
5
6
3
13
11
11
4
0.500
St. Lawrence
3
8
3
9
9
14
3
0.404
Harvard
3
9
3
9
6
11
3
0.375
11
Dartmouth
3
11
1
7
4
15
3
0.250
12
Princeton
3
11
0
6
4
17
0
0.190
9
Our tenacity on defense really sparked our intensity against Columbia.
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MEREDITH BOARDMAN ’16 Forward, women’s basketball
ECAC posting a .5 margin. Halejian was the only player to score in double digits for the Bulldogs, notching 19 points, while Boardman led the way in rebounds, collecting nine. Yale returns home next week with another doubleheader, this one against Dartmouth on Friday and Harvard on Saturday. Contact ASHLEY WU at ashley.e.wu@yale.edu .
YALE 76, COLUMBIA 51
CORNELL
32
33
65
YALE
35
41
76
YALE
32
24
56
COL.
10
41
51
MARIA ZEPEDA/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
The women’s basketball team fell to Cornell 65–56 in Ithaca, N.Y.
OVERALL
SCHOOL
W L
T
PTS
W L
T
%
1
Harvard
13
2
2
28
17
2
3
0.841
2
Clarkson
12
2
2
26
21
4
3
0.804
3
Cornell
11
2
3
25
16
3
4
0.783
4
Quinnipiac
8
3
5
21
17
4
7
0.732
5
St. Lawrence
8
5
3
19
9
14
3
0.404
6
Princeton
7
7
2
16
11
9
3
0.543
7
Yale
5
7
4
14
7
12
4
0.391
8
Rensselaer
6
9
1
13
10
15
2
0.407
Dartmouth
6
10
1
13
7
15
1
0.326
10
Colgate
4
12
0
8
7
19
2
0.268
11
Union
3
13
0
6
8
19
1
0.304
12
Brown
1
12
3
5
2
16
5
0.196
Men’s and women’s squash beat Tigers SQUASH FROM PAGE B4
KEN YANASIGAWA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The women’s squash team beat Princeton but fell to the Penn Quakers.
women. The men’s team dominated the Quakers, winning 3–0 in six of nine matches. The top five players and the ninth player did not give up a single game. “We put together a number of faultless performances to overcome Penn 9–0,” Martin said. The Elis at the sixth, seventh and eighth spots saw tight fivegame sets. Liam McClintock ’17, captain Eric Caine ’14 and Pehlaaj Bajwa ’16 all came back from 0–2 deficits and won three straight games to secure Yale’s nine-game sweep. After just barely losing to Penn on Saturday, the Yale women triumphed 5–4 over Princeton on Sunday. Ballaine said it was a rewarding win against the Tigers on their home courts. “That was a tough crowd,” Ballaine said. “But I think we kept our heads in the game and played hard.” The men’s matchup against Princeton came down to a deciding fifth game in a set between Caine and Penn senior Ash Egan
at the seventh spot. Caine said he was fortunate to come away with the win against the skilled and experienced Egan.
Everyone stepped it up and played some really good squash. ANNIE BALLAINE ’16 Women’s squash team According to Martin, freshmen Kah Wah Cheong ’17, TJ Dembinski ’17 and Liam McClintock ’17 played especially well this weekend. “The freshmen have really been the beating heart of the team this year and are owed a lot of credit,” Martin added. The Eli women will travel to Providence to play Brown on Tuesday; the men will make the trip on Wednesday. Contact ERICA PANDEY at erica.pandey@yale.edu .
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SPORTS
Seahawks soar to Super Bowl championship The Seattle Seahawks made Super Bowl XLVIII a one-sided affair, stampeding the Denver Broncos 43–8. Seattle got on the scoreboard just 12 seconds into the game and scored the first 36 points to best NFL regular-season MVP Peyton Manning and his talented corps of receivers. Second-year quarterback Russell Wilson managed Seattle’s offense effectively, passing for 206 yards and two touchdowns.
M. basketball beats New York Ivies M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B1 four rebounds. The Bulldogs did an impressive job on defense, holding Columbia to just 4–17 shooting from beyond the arc, well under the Lions’ 40.1 percent average for the season. On the other end, Yale drew an impressive 47 free throws and converted them at a 72.3 percent clip. On Saturday, the Elis took on last-place Cornell. The Big Red (1–17, 0–4) have struggled so far this season, but the Bulldogs have been adamant about not taking their opponents lightly just because of their records. Despite having the advantage on paper, the Elis did not come out of the gate well, falling behind 8–0 before getting on the board with a free throw from Sherrod. Head coach James Jones took the blame for the bad beginning. “They pressed us to start the game and instead of taking advantage of their press, as we did in the second half, we pulled it out to run plays and our offense stalled a little bit,” Jones said. “We didn’t take full advantage of those opportunities and that’s what led to the slow start.” Guard Nolan Cressler kept Cornell in the game with 29 points on 8–16 shooting. This marks the second time the Elis have given up that many points against an opposing Ivy player. Brown guard Sean McGonagill also scored 29 against the Bulldogs in the Bears’ win last Saturday. Behind Cressler and guard
Devin Cherry, who scored 18 of his 19 points after the break, the Big Red were able to make a run in the second half, outscoring Yale 38–35. After trailing by 12 at one point, Cornell tied the game at 47 with 5:25 left behind a pair of Cressler free throws.
We’re confident we can take this thing as long as we play as a team. JAVIER DUREN ’15 Guard, Men’s basketball team “We expected a run,” Cotton said. “They’re the type of team that has those spurts because they have capable players. We just knew we needed that one crucial stop and one big score. The good thing is we saw it coming and we wanted to make sure we stuck to the plan: try to get it inside.” Townsend came up big for the Elis, scoring on consecutive layups late in the game to give his squad a five-point lead with 2:21 to go. Yale was able to hold on and eventually win the game, 61–57. Sears, coming off the bench again, overcame his 3–12 shooting to put up 11 points, 11 boards and a block. Duren led the team with a very efficient 19 points to go along with five boards and one assist. Yale’s two biggest concerns heading into this weekend, guarding the arc and rebounding, were both nonissues. The
Elis held their opponents to a combined 8–30 from distance and were a combined +25 on the boards against them. After giving up nine threes and being outrebounded by 10 against Brown last weekend, this was an encouraging sight, according to Duren. “We got our confidence back,” Duren said. “We’re confident we can take this thing as long as we play as a team. Any time you play back-to-back games, it’s tough, whether you’re home or away. For the guys to come together and play together one more time to get another win, it was really great.” The Bulldogs will go on the road next weekend to take on Dartmouth before heading to Cambridge for their first look at the Crimson. If they can pull out a tough road win in New Hampshire, the Elis will have a threegame winning-streak behind them going into their match with Harvard. Contact DIONIS JAHJAGA at dionis.jahjaga@yale.edu .
YALE 61, CORNELL 57 YALE
26
35
61
CORNELL
19
38
57
YALE 69, COLUMBIA 59 YALE
23
46
69
COL.
20
39
59
JENNIFER CHEUNG/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
The men’s basketball team improved its record to 3–1 in the Ivy League this weekend.
Swimming sinks in HYP meet SWIMMING DIVING FROM PAGE B1 beat the Kiphuth Pool records. Going into the meet, the women knew that the pressure would be on. “This meet does bring back the traditional rivalry between these three schools,” Kina Zhou ’17 said.
This meet does bring back the traditional rivalry between these three schools. KINA ZHOU ’17 Women’s swimming and diving team The women began their meet with a few losses, but Eva Fabian ’16 brought in the first win with a victory in the 1000-yard freestyle. Isla Hutchinson-Maddox ’17 came in third. Freshman Sydney Hirschi ’17 came in second in the 200-yard butterfly, losing by less than a second. In the 50-yard freestyle, Zhou finished in third, the only Yalie to break the top ten in the event. Angela Lee ‘14 and Jacqui Levere ’15 finished the
ELANA MALLOY/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams fell to Harvard and Princeton this weekend. 400-yard IM in second and third, respectively. Sunday began with a bang as Lilybet MacRae ’17 won the 1-meter dive, finishing with a total of 309.25 points, over 25 points ahead of the second place Harvard diver. Zhou placed sec-
ond in the 100-yard freestyle and Olivia Jameson ’17 took third in the 200-yard backstroke. Ali Stephens Pickeral ’16 also took third in the 200-yard breaststroke while Fabian placed second in the 500-yard freestyle. Zhou rounded out the individual events
in the meet with a victory for Yale in the 200-yard IM event. For the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, the “A” team of Anna Wujciak ’17, Jameson, Zhou, and Hirschi finished in third. Though neither team pulled out a victory, the overall per-
formances were strong and the teams will look to apply what they learned against Harvard and Princeton in subsequent meets. “We approached this meet with the same intensity and focus as every meet, working on the details we need to be ready for the
Ivies,” Fabian said. Both teams will be competing at Brown University next weekend in their final meets before the Ivy League Championships. Contact SYDNEY GLOVER at sydney.glover@yale.edu.
Elis win one, lose one at the Whale MEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE B1 hockey this season. Iles and Lyon combined for 65 saves and traded highlight reel stops all night. Cornell tallied first through John Knisley’s goal with just over two minutes gone in the first. The Elis quickly answered when tenacious play around Iles’s net led to Young finding the back of the net on a backhand shot. The Elis put 15 shots on frame in the first period and took the lead on one of the last, when Anthony Day ’15 scored his fifth of the season. The junior, who would later leave the game unable to skate off under his own power, gained the blueline and fired a wrister from the right circle that flew into the top corner of the net. Despite outshooting the Big Red 13-6 in the second frame, Cornell tied the game at 2-2 five minutes in after a scramble in front led to a tap in goal. The Bulldogs had two power plays and skated four on four for a further two minutes but failed to breach Iles’s net.
The third period featured more of the same from Iles as well as superb play from Lyon, who stopped all eight shots he saw in the frame. The rookie finished the game strongly, showing off his quickness in denying the Big Red twice during a late Cornell power play. The Bulldog faithful had been thoroughly entertained all night, and the overtime period lived up to the excitement of regulation play with end-to-end action and four shots for both teams. While Ferlin’s top shelf finish ensured the Elis would go home disappointed, no one could doubt Yale’s effort, and the players received a standing ovation from the fans after the buzzer sounded. “It was a huge emotional letdown, to lose in that fashion,” Lyon said. “Overall we felt we played a pretty good game so we were reassured that we are headed in the right direction.” In a game marred by penalties and injuries, the Bulldogs bounced back with a resounding 4-1 win
against nationally ranked Colgate. Lyon was again crucial to the Elis’ success, making 30 saves in a bid for a shutout that was only broken late in the third period on a Raiders powerplay. Nicholas Weberg ’15 scored his third goal of the season on a breakaway after coming out of the box from his tripping penalty. Obuchowski did well to block a shot on the penalty kill before Kenny Agostino ’14 picked up the loose puck and fed it to Weberg who raced up ice, held off his defender and deposited the puck into the back of the net. Both teams killed off three penalties in the opening frame with Yale holding a slight 15-12 shot advantage at the first intermission. Charles Orzetti ’16 scored the eventual game winner eight minutes into the second period when he found the back of the net on a 3-on-2 Bulldogs’ breakout. The bruising forward crashed the net to finish the play after captain Jesse Root’s ’14 initial shot.
The second period featured 42 minutes of penalties on 10 infractions that included a game misconduct for both teams. Forward Matthew Beattie ’16 was sent to the locker room after a linesman whistled the sophomore for kneeing with four minutes left in the second. Three minutes later, Cornell forward Kyle Baun also received a game misconduct for head-butting after a scrum in front of Colgate’s net. The Elis killed off a 5-on-3 advantage for Cornell late in the period before again going on the power play after Baun’s game misconduct in the last minute of the second. Obuchowski earned his second point with a goal halfway through the third. The blueliner, who was named first star of the game thanks to a goal, an assist and +2 rating, launched a howitzer from the right side that flew into the top left corner for a 3-0 Yale lead. But the Bulldogs had to fight off late penalties and Colgate pressure to ensure the fans went home
happy. Both Agostino and forward Trent Ruffolo ’15 were issued 10 minute misconduct penalties at the six and 10 minute marks. This forced the Elis to skate three lines of forwards after Beattie’s ejection and a concussion to center Stu Wilson ’16 earlier in the first period. Lyon made 10 saves in the final 20 minutes and stood strong on another Raiders twoman advantage halfway through the frame. His efforts would not go unnoticed, with the netminder earning second-star honors after the final buzzer. The referees made their presence felt throughout the game, whistling the teams for a combined 92 penalty minutes on 23 infractions. The Elis, thanks to three game misconduct penalties,
CORNELL 3 (OT), YALE 2
received the lion’s share with 51 minutes. “I think we learned a lot about our team character, will to win and resiliency this weekend,” Obuchowski said. “If we can battle like we did all night on both Friday and Saturday, we will be in a good place when the end of the season comes.” With the win, the Bulldogs retained sixth place in the ECAC standings with 15 points, three behind fifth place Clarkson. Yale will hit the road to face league foes Rensselear and Union, who are at top of the conference with 22 points, next weekend. Faceoff for both games is at 7 p.m. Contact FREDERICK FRANK at frederick.frank@yale.edu .
YALE 4, COLGATE 1
CORNELL
1
1
0
1
3
YALE
1
1
2
4
YALE
2
0
0
0
2
COLGATE
0
0
1
1
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SPORTS Women’s hockey stopped on the road BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER The Yale women’s ice hockey team was stopped dead in its tracks this past weekend by No. 6 Cornell and Colgate, dropping both games and ending a fivegame undefeated streak.
WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY A three-goal third period gave Cornell (16–3–4, 11–2–3 ECAC) a 6–3 win on Friday, and Colgate (7–19–2, 4–12–0) tallied two goals on just 15 shots to overcome the Bulldogs 2–1 the next day. “We just didn’t play well,” forward Jamie Haddad ’16 said. “I don’t think it’d be a surprise to my teammates to hear me say that. We lost all of our one-onone battles and we weren’t very focused.” The Elis (7–12–4, 5–7–4) had hoped to move upwards from seventh in the ECAC standings in the final games of the season, but the disappointing performance over the weekend kept them right where they were, even further out of reach of the top four spots. If Yale relinquishes its onepoint lead over Rensselaer and Dartmouth in the last six games of the regular season, it will be out of the ECAC playoffs. The two contests this weekSEE WOMEN’S HOCKEY PAGE B2
JENNIFER CHEUNG/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
The women’s hockey team fell to both Cornell and Colgate on the road this weekend.
Women’s basketball splits weekend
Elis squash killer P’s on the road
BRIANNA LOO/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
The women’s basketball team beat Columbia 76–51 Friday night. BY ASHLEY WU STAFF REPORTER The women’s basketball team soundly defeated Columbia on Friday but fell to Cornell on the back end of its doubleheader the next day to split the weekend’s games.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Bulldogs (9–9, 3–1 Ivy) jumped out to a fast start against Columbia (4–14, 1–3) on their way to a resounding 76–51 win in New York. The win gave Yale a 3–0 start in the Ivy League for the first time since the 2010–’11 season. The Elis played intense defense against the Lions, limiting Columbia to only three field goals and 10 points in the entire first half. In that first half alone, the Bulldogs pressured Columbia into 20 turnovers. “Our tenacity on defense really sparked our intensity against
Columbia,” forward Meredith Boardman ’16 said. “Our pressure defense led into our energy on offense. It was a great team win.” The game was not close for very long as the Elis took advantage of Columbia’s scoring drought to push the lead from three points early, 9–6 less than five minutes into the game, to 25 points heading into the locker room at half time. The second half was more closely contested, as both teams scored 41 points in the half, though there was no hope for a Lions comeback. Yale extended the lead further in the second half, holding its largest advantage of 32 points with 4 minutes, 37 seconds left in the game. Although Yale was held to only one field goal in the last four and a half minutes of the contest, Columbia could narrow the deficit to no more than 21 points, 72–51. The Elis closed out the game with a couple of made free throws and a short jumper to
bring the final score to 76–51. “We came out ready to play against Columbia and dictated the tempo of the game right away,” guard Sarah Halejian ’15 said. “We forced them to play our style and made them feel uncomfortable offensively.” The Bulldogs shot 41.2 percent from the field compared to the Lions’ 32.0 percent and controlled the paint, scoring 32 points in the key versus 22 for Columbia. The bench also played a key role for Yale, outscoring the Lions’ bench 33–18. Guard Lena Munzer ’17 and Boardman led the team with 13 points apiece while center Emmy Allen ’16 grabbed 11 boards for the Elis. Yale was not as successful against Cornell (11–7, 3–1) the next day, dropping its first Ivy League contest 65–56 in Ithaca. The two teams were evenly matched throughout the first half, with the Bulldogs shootSEE W. BASKETBALL PAGE B2
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After beating Penn and Princeton this weekend, the men’s squash team retained first place in the Ivy League. BY ERICA PANDEY STAFF REPORTER The men’s and women’s squash teams wrapped up an intense weekend against Penn and Princeton, two rivals for the Ivy Championship titles.
SQUASH The men (11–1, 3–0 Ivy) swept Penn 9–0 on Saturday and held on to their No. 1 spot in the Ivy League. Penn was able to best the Yale women (12–2, 2–1) and take the No. 2 spot, behind Harvard, in the Ivy standings. Princeton was an even match for the Bulldogs, but both the men and women were able to edge 5–4 victories over the Tigers. “Penn and Princeton are both well established programs,” Neil Martin ’14 said. “We were prepared to battle for both matches.” Martin played at the first spot against Penn and Princeton, winning 3–0 against
his Penn opponent, but losing against Princeton. While the top half of the Yale women’s ladder faced tougher competition against Penn, the bottom half of the men’s ladder saw closer games against the Quakers. The top three women all played five-game sets. Millie Tomlinson ’14, who lost 2–3 to her opponent at the first position, pushed two of her games to several game points. Shihui Mao ’15 fought hard, winning in her first two games, but lost the next three narrowly to give the third-position win to Penn. Yale took the victory at the second spot with Kim Hay ’14 defeating her opponent in yet another five gamer. “It was fun, but a battle,” Annie Ballaine ’16 said. “Everyone stepped it up and played some really good squash.” Ballaine, who played at the ninth spot, had the only 3–0 victory against the Quaker SEE SQUASH PAGE B2