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CROSS CAMPUS International love. Hype for

the annual ISO Date Auction is underway. “If you would like to see some really, really goodlooking internationals show you a good time, that would be your chance,” the event description reads. Campus cuties up for grabs include Abhijoy Mitra ’17 who “can cook a mean curry,” Isabelle Savoie ’17 who has “something extra that you won’t want to miss out on,” and Yi-Ling Liu ’17, who “takes Asian flavor to the next level.”

MEN’S HOCKEY TOURNAMENT SPOT AT RISK

COMPUTERS

SERVICE

Institutions aim to assist researchers handling big data

GROUP HOPES TO INCREASE COLLEGE PREPAREDNESS

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Yale beats Harvard

Branford God Quad sent around an email this weekend advertising a “Master’s Tea with Vladimir Putin.” The event, which started at 9:30 p.m., was a “calming evening of pong, conversation and endangered felines.”

PETER SALOVEY President, Yale University

A new Chillenium. Meanwhile,

Winter has come. Dartmouth

held its annual Winter Carnival this weekend themed “Carnival of Thrones.”

Shenanigans included a torchlighting ceremony, a human dogsled race, an ice sculpture contest, 99-cent skiing and a “beach party.” The Duke’s Men were also in attendance for a weekend performance in Hanover, N.H.

Jazz hands! The second annual Jazz Festival at Yale was held on Sunday. The affair, organized by the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective, consisted of performances and master classes with notables including a steel drummer and a saxophonist/flautist.

Where is the love? LOVE

Haven, a festival of local designers and shop owners, was held on Saturday at Trolley Square in New Haven, providing attendees with vintage and handmade goods.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

1960 Yale’s chapter of Chi Psi decides to cancel spring rush.

The fraternity has been unable to find lodgings since the sale of its house to the University in January.

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Yale Corp lacks ties to students

There is particular interest among the Corporation, the faculty and students for increased interaction.

Friends, comrades, the

Dance Team threw its fourth annual Winter Ball in Davenport this weekend, celebrating 25 years of ballroom dancing at Yale.

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In less than two weeks, the Yale Corporation may dramatically change the structure of the University.

The Corporation — the University’s highest governing body, composed of 15 distinguished alumni and three ex officio members — will consider the creation of a dean of the faculty of arts and sciences on Feb. 21 and 22, its next meeting on campus. The creation of such a position would be the first major change in the structure of faculty governance at Yale in half a century, shifting significant responsibilities away from the deans of Yale College and the Graduate School.

Race to the bottom. DKE threw its annual Tour de Franzia party this weekend.

There was no clear winner as it appears the race ended early …

Snowballs. The Yale Ballroom

Chocolat Maya gaining traction with Yalies and community

BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS STAFF REPORTER

Good, clean, kosher fun. The Slifka Center threw a holiday bash titled “Matzoball” this weekend. The dance was held on Saturday in the Kosher Kitchen.

in the other courtyard, the Saybrook 12-pack hosted Chi Psi Chillenium to celebrate the newest pledges of the campus’s newest frat.

CHOCOLATE

HARVARD CRIMSON

UPSET VICTORY

The men’s basketball team defeated Harvard 74-67 on Saturday, snapping the Crimson’s 20 game winning streak. After both the victory in Cambridge and a defeat of Dartmouth on Friday, the Bulldogs are now tied with the Cantabs atop the conference standings.

Bagley discusses gender climate

BY LAVINIA BORZI STAFF REPORTER Sitting on a sofa in the lounge of the Women’s Center on Friday, the School of Management professor Constance Bagley opened up to a handful of undergraduates about her lawsuit against the University and her perception of the climate for women at Yale.

In May 2012, Bagley learned she had not been reappointed to her position as professor of the practice of law and management at the SOM. After working to overturn that decision for 18 months, Bagley filed a lawsuit on Dec. 20 against the University, SOM Dean Edward Snyder, SOM Deputy Dean Andrew Metrick and SOM professor Douglas Rae, claiming she was not reappointed because of her gender and age. She also accused Rae, with whom she co-taught the course “State and Society,” of subjecting her to repeated acts of discrimination.

Almost two months later, the respondents have not formally replied to the suit and have obtained an extension until March 3 to do so, Bagley told the News. As much as Bagley would like a speedy resolution, she said the process might take longer than she expected.

Still, Bagley said she hopes her lawsuit draws attention to the issues of equality and respect and improve the SOM community.

“My hope is that we figure out a way to make sure that SOM is

But few students have anything but the murkiest understanding of the Corporation’s mission, structure or membership. Although it is for the long-term vision and viability of the institution, the Corporation maintains a minimal presence on campus. Many students are even unaware of the Corporation’s existence.

In the coming months, according to SEE YALE CORP PAGE 6

NYTimes to return

all that it should be, and that it lives up to its mission of training leaders for business and society,” Bagley said.

[This issue] brings up the tightrope that women have to walk.

CONSTANCE BAGLEY Professor in the practice of law and management, Yale School of Management Bagley said her suit is about more than just tenure and female professors at the SOM — it is about the need for dialogue in many other fields where issues of equality and respect persist, she said.

Bagley talked about the situation of women at other schools — as well as women’s experiences at Yale College in regards to sexual misconduct and Title IX. “[This issue] brings up the tightrope that women have to walk, that individuals of color have to walk, that anyone who is not in the main structure of power has to walk,” Bagley said.

Though Bagley referenced the “chilly environment for women” that the committee appointed by University President Salovey to investigate Bagley’s case identified at the SOM, she would not speak further on the situation of SEE BAGLEY PAGE 4

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Students immediately noticed the absence of The New York Times in the dining halls, which may return to students’ breakfast tables soon.

BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER Free copies of The New York Times are slated to return to Yale’s dining halls.

When paper copies of The New York Times stopped being delivered to residential college dining halls in January, students immediately noticed the publication’s disappearance. According to administrators, Yale has been attempting to renegotiate its subscription with the newspaper for the past few months. Though Assistant to the President and Advisor on Student Affairs

Nina Glickson said she expects the newspaper to be delivered today, administrators said Yale might switch to an online subscription soon.

Yale began negotiations with the Times last semester for students to obtain digital access to the newspaper, according to an email obtained by the News from President Salovey’s Chief of Staff Joy McGrath.

The goal is to determine an arrangement so that The New York Times can reach as many members of the Yale community as possible SEE NEW YORK TIMES PAGE 4

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.COMMENT “Back in my day we would have at least made sure that our screw date was yaledailynews.com/opinion

Such inclusivity, much wow S

everal days ago I walked into Bingham, shaking off the cold and drowsiness still clinging to me after coming home from the library. As per usual, I pressed the button for the elevator and it began to clunk down slowly. To kill some time, I perused the posters lining the wall next to the elevator. They contained all the usual stuff: reminders for meetings, panels and events. Then, one particular poster caught my eye.

At first I noticed it because it featured a cute dog meme.

It’s a meme you may have seen on Facebook — a Shiba Inu dog with phrases like “such amaze” and “very wow.” With the elevator still tottering down, I had time to take a closer look at the poster.

The poster had a picture of a man and a woman on a date, and another image of two males on a date. Next to the picture of the heterosexual couple the poster read: “Not wow, such straight.”

Next to the homosexual couple it read: “Yes wow, good date”. It was advertising the LGBTQ Peer Liaison’s discussion on “Dating at Yale.”

The phrasing was, quite obviously, a joke. After all, it featured a dog meme. How seriously can anyone take a picture of a Shiba Inu saying “such straight”?

Still, I couldn’t help but think something wasn’t quite right.

Words have power and carry a message. And jests, even if intentionally light-hearted, have the capacity to send the wrong message. The messaging of this poster seemed to cast heterosexuality in a negative light.

Homosexual individuals have certainly been victimized for their sexuality much more than straight people have. And yes, heterosexual individuals have done far worse than make dog memes disparaging the LGBTQ community. LGBTQ individuals have been denied rights and been made the victims of unforgettable treatment. But as the saying goes, when you fight “fire with fire, everyone gets burned.”

A meme is certainly no more than a light singe, but negative words coming from the Peer Liaisons feel particularly wrong.

The Peer Liaison website states a Peer Liaison “empowers mentee[s] to be engaged, responsible, and proactive citizen[s] at Yale.” It seems to me that an engaged and responsible Yale student would emphasize the community’s inclusivity and connect with students from diverse backgrounds. With the dog poster, the Peer Liaisons seem to have forgotten the importance of inclusivity. They seem to build walls, not bridges.

Peer Liaisons can easily sup-

port the L G B T Q community without casting heterosexuality in a negative light.

Because LEO KIM even when done in jest, On Us such jokes can make people uncomfortable. They can broaden the distance between people of different sexual orientations rather than bring us together.

This isn’t to be mistaken as a criticism of the LGBTQ Peer Liaison program as a whole, nor the Office of LGBTQ Resources.

These organizations work tirelessly to make students feel comfortable on campus and are an indispensable part of Yale’s community. But the dog poster seemed to be inconsistent with the general good will with which they operate.

With the phrase “such straight, not wow,” the Peer Liaisons seem to be creating an environment in which straight students are not welcome to join LGBTQ students in discussing dating. The organization is completely within its right to host a meeting that is only for LGBTQ students. But to use exclusive messaging seems counterproductive for its work.

When LGBTQ and straight students join together to discuss dating and sexuality, the exchange that emerges is beneficial for all.

Everyone has their own intimate communities in which they feel most comfortable.

Being part of a specific community — for me it varies from being an Asian-American, a Midwesterner or a breakdancer — can help a person feel at home, at ease and supported.

But being able to emerge from these tight-knit communities to interact with students of diverse backgrounds is also crucial.

By joining in discussion with representatives from cultural houses and organizations that I am not a part of, I can be attuned to the challenges that others are facing. This sort of inclusivity is key because it fosters an exchange that helps to create a better atmosphere on campus.

It opens our minds to new points of view and things we can do to help our peers.

We can all do our part to make Yale a more tolerant, more understanding place, and we can do this through inclusivity.

Yes wow. Very love.

someone we might potentially marry.”

'YALESTALINIST' ON 'AN ALTERNATIVE TO SCREW'

G U E ST C O LU M N I ST L O R R A I N E JA M E S

Miss America’s wisdom D

uring winter break, I returned to one of my high school haunts, the local Barnes and Noble in Fort Worth, Texas.

My Arab American friend Danna and I were feigning MCAT study when a young gentleman from Abilene sat next to us and started talking about how he had recently taken the GMAT before deciding to start an online gallery for marketing art. Later on, he asked us to look at some prospective logos for his company, remarking that “some Indian guy from India” had made the samples, so he wasn’t too sure about them.

With a glance at Danna, I laughed and said meaningfully, “I’m a big fan of Indians.” Taken aback, he stumbled, “Oh. Are you of Indian descent?” After I confirmed that I was Indian, he proceeded to ask where I was born, why I didn’t have an accent if I was born there, if there were tigers there and, in a last-ditch attempt to relate to me, if I had read the book "The Life of Pi." I’ve lived in eight cities — from Redlands, Calif. to Grayling, Mich. — and in each place, I’ve encountered well-meaning yet ignorant strangers who see me, an Indian American, as an anomaly.

Last Tuesday, the first Indian Miss America, Nina Davuluri, came to speak at Yale. She is also the first Miss America to receive xenophobic comments about being a terrorist or Muslim extremist. In addition to being all-around well spoken, graceful and sassy, she thoughtfully explained her platform of cultural competence and stressed that patiently answering people’s questions is one of the strongest ways to combat ignorance.

In a question and answer session over dinner in Berkeley, I asked Davuluri what her response is to the criticism that ethnic organizations and cultural houses, like Yale’s South Asian Society or its Asian American Cultural Center, are selfsegregating. Her reply harkened back to a tale she had told earlier that evening. When she was at the University of Michigan, she explained, one of her sorority sisters criticized her for choosing to spend time with “Brown Town,” an affectionate term for the school’s Indian community, without inviting her white sister to come along. Davuluri had wrongly assumed that her sister would not be interested in socializing with Indian friends. She went on to urge leaders of Yale’s various campus organizations to

collaborate and host joint events so that people can be exposed to different communities.

I believe that cultural houses are never meant to segregate. To people who think they’re exclusive, please understand that their doors are always open to all. To those who think they’re irrelevant, appreciate that a lot of people worked hard to secure those spaces, should you ever need them. And to the few who jokingly ask where the White Cultural House is: All of Yale University is a cultural house for white people.

But we can also use cultural houses as a vehicle to broaden our different communities and allow them to overlap. By inviting white friends to events hosted by ethnic organizations, we promote dynamic exchanges between people of different backgrounds.

And white students can integrate into other cultures — not just by stopping by cultural houses, but by opening themselves to friends from all walks of life.

I’m with Miss America on the importance of cultural competency — and it’s not just because she let me take a selfie with her.

It’s crucial to overcome “friend anxiety” and let your many communities mix. I am a part of the South Asian Society, but I am

also involved in communities like Dwight Hall and the Yale Gospel Choir; I realize now I should work to bring these different groups of people together. You do yourself a disservice if you compartmentalize parts of your identity or if you only interact with people just like you. If all the rich New York kids I’ve yet to meet only hang out with each other, does it matter that Yale boasts 41 percent students of color? The line between diversity and tokenism is a fine line, and you stand so much to gain from other human beings, other walking collections of stories just waiting to be heard.

Only once we expand our horizons on campus can we be ambassadors who dispel ignorance back home, away from Yale. Responding to offensive questions with tolerance and patience might be more effective than harsh words.

As we can see from Davuluri’s response to her critics, tolerance begets tolerance. And I saw that just one month ago in a Fort Worth bookstore, explaining to a stranger that my birthplace in West Bengal doesn’t have tigers roaming the streets.

LORRAINE JAMES is a junior in Trumbull College. Contact her at lorraine.james@yale.edu .

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LEO KIM is a freshman in Trumbull College. Contact him at leo.kim@yale.edu .

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wo Sundays ago, another mass email circulated around campus criticizing Harkness Tower’s bells. While we appreciate the reference to “Mean Girls” that made it into this rendition of the email, we challenge those who try to silence us to instead take a moment to listen.

We take pride in what we do as musicians, both as Yalies and within the broader community of carillonneurs. Each of our members completes an intensive nineweek audition process to join our group, and we consistently graduate students who pass a nationally adjudicated carillon exam after their time in the Yale Guild.

Many come back years later to perform during our summer concert series, which also features guest carillonneurs from around the world. It is a privilege for us to play the beautiful carillon in Harkness Tower and to have a role in creating the sounds that uniquely signal to us that we are at Yale, and we are home.

For us and for many others, the carillon is much more than just a musical instrument, and certainly much more than a source of noise on campus. During the past year, we have helped a Yale alumnus propose to his girlfriend, welcomed over 1,000 community members, professors and

students into the tower for tours during President Salovey’s inaugural weekend and joined bells across the state of Connecticut in tolling in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. We play not just for our own love of the carillon, but also for those who listen.

Many students even request more carillon music, such as to celebrate our Men’s Hockey championship win last April. Most recently, the Senior Class Council has reached out to the Guild to incorporate tower tours as part of their Senior Class Gift fundraising campaign.

We do realize that it may be uncomfortable at times for those who live close by the carillon, but our ringing schedule, chosen in conjunction with the University administration to coincide with meal times, has been designed to limit disruptions. This fall we pushed our evening ring later, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., so as not to interfere with Master’s Teas. We honor respectful requests for silence when musical performances or outdoor events in the neighboring colleges coincide with our ringing times.

We do not play during reading or finals periods, and we have lengthened the pauses between our pieces in order to clear the air

for our listeners.

One of our most common criticisms is the repetition of songs.

However, a Guild policy requires our carillonneurs not to repeat music within the week, and we work with our teacher Ellen Dickinson, a Yale Guild alumna, to improve our technique and expand our repertoire throughout our time here at Yale. The repetition of pieces at the beginning of this semester was a result of our efforts to record for an annual audition for the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America professional-level certification.

The majority of this recording was completed over winter break when most students were away from campus. Besides being carillonneurs, we are fellow Yalies and do our best to respect everyone on campus. We aim to bring beautiful, daily music concerts to the Yale community.

Rather than demanding our silence, visit us on a tour of Harkness Tower to see what we do for yourself. If you do, you can ring our 43-ton instrument to notify the Yale campus of the hour. Or request a song, and we will incorporate it into our repertoire that very week. Reach out to any of our current 23 student carillonneurs who continue to put in the time and effort to learn and improve on

this unique instrument — which truly is one of a kind, since every carillon varies in weight, size, number of bells and even key placement.

We love sharing our Tower with guests. This past fall, we received an email from a Yale alumnus asking for our help in proposing to his girlfriend. He wanted the bells to ring out their favorite song while he proposed at the bottom of the Tower. We accepted his request, but also invited him to come up to the top to propose. It was their first time up Harkness Tower even though they spent four years at Yale as undergraduates. After she said yes, we continued to play their favorite songs as they descended down the stairs.

You don’t need to wait until your proposal to make a trip up to the Tower. The 284 steps are indeed a climb, but a beautiful view and instrument await you at the top. We hope the carillon, which plays such a meaningful role in our time here, will be a part of your Yale experience as well.

KATIE LEIBY is a senior in Berkeley College. LYNNLI WANG is a junior in Timothy Dwight College. They are the co-chairs of the Guild of Carillonneurs. Contact them at carillon@yale.edu .

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“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL INVENTOR OF THE TELEPHONE

Law students delve into health law

Computing coalition may speed big data

BY JENNIFER GERSTEN STAFF REPORTER

attendees at the conference were students from Yale’s different graduate schools, though some professors, attorneys and government workers from the New England area also attended.

Attendees interviewed said they appreciated the wide range of speakers from different disciplines selected for the conference, which allowed them to gain an in-depth understanding of the exchanges.

Ffyona Patel SPH ’14 said she appreciated the different perspectives presented by the panelists because they allowed for a detailed and complete picture of the current situation.

“I [was] interested in this conference because it deals with the nitty-gritty of the issue,” Patel said. “And because the panels were set up to be interdisciplinary, it was especially nice to see some [Masters of Public Health] panelists.”

Four students interviewed said that a conference at Harvard Business School on this topic had been scheduled for the same day, but they chose to come to Yale’s event instead.

Open enrollment for the health care exchanges, ends on March 31.

For Connecticut researchers dealing with big data, computing is about to get a lot less personal.

Founded in September 2013 by Yale’s Chief Information Officer Len Peters, the Connecticut Coalition for Research Computing (CCRC), a consortium of institutions with an interest in research computing, is in discussions over initiatives to aid researchers who require access to high-performance computing. Since its first meeting last fall, the coalition, comprising members from Yale, the University of Connecticut, Wesleyan University, the Jackson Laboratory and other statewide technology and research leaders, has been investigating potential collaborations that will reduce research costs and encourage resource sharing.

“What’s exciting is that we’re going to achieve collaboratively what it would be much more difficult, even impossible, to achieve individually,” said Michael Mundrane, vice provost and chief information officer at the University of Connecticut. “This is a perfect example of the value of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.”

In recent years, burgeoning interest in genomics and bioinformatics has generated heightened awareness among institutions of the necessity for high-volume data management. Collaborative high-performance computing initiatives, like those proposed by the CCRC, are already under development across the country. Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and other states have also created infrastructures for shared computing, and Peters said the coalition plans to study their models to decide what will work best for Connecticut.

Among the coalition’s considerations is making large data transfers less time-consuming. Peters said the Connecticut Education Network, which provides high-speed Internet access to schools and libraries across the state, has become ill suited for researchers collaborating across universities who need to quickly move big, complex data sets from one institution to the next.

“Right now it’s faster to move data with a truck than with a network,” Peters said.

The coalition has discussed the possibility of creating a data center, modeled on the Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Cluster, to reduce the time demanded by computationally intensive, big-data research. Housing the necessary research computing servers in one location, he said, would reduce the distance required for data to travel, and result in faster transfers.

Most institutions of higher learning have their own high-performance computing infrastructures, Mundrane said. But, run individually, these infrastructures cost each institution more than a combined effort would. The coalition hopes to find avenues of collaboration between universities, nonprofit organizations and members of industry that leverage their resources and reduce the financial strain of maintaining expensive technologies.

Beyond serving its researchers, the coalition believes its initiatives align with the economic goals of the state, which include supporting innovative science research. In January 2013, Connecticut governor Dannel P. Malloy announced a $200 million plan to increase Connecticut’s involvement in the biosciences. Given time, the coalition’s work to facilitate research computing has the potential to result in statewide economic development and job growth in the field, and to foster interest from outside researchers said Kiran Keshav, Yale’s director of research service management.

“Any time you can attract top talent, it sets you up for the creation of new and novel discoveries,” Kishav said. “And attracting top talent then begets attracting top talent.”

Other institutions in the CCRC include Yale-New Haven Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center and the University of Bridgeport.

Contact LAVINIA BORZI at lavinia.borzi@yale.edu .

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

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Aspiring lawyers and Law School faculty members discussed ways to adapt to the changing health care world and help consumers navigate their choices.

BY LAVINIA BORZI STAFF REPORTER On Saturday, roughly 100 students, professors and professionals gathered at the Yale Law School for a crash course on the implementation of heath insurance exchanges.

Health insurance exchanges — which are now enrolling consumers under the Affordable Care Act — are online marketplaces where individuals can research and purchase health insurance. Saturday’s conference, entitled “Heath Insurance Exchange Implementation: Early Challenges and Opportunity” featured panels on how the exchanges work, on the current status of implementation and on the roles and responsibilities of state and federal officials across the different exchange models.

The event was organized by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society, an organization founded last spring by students Gabe Scheffler LAW ’14 and Sarah Grusin LAW ’14. Grusin said the society had the idea for the conference last year and wanted to hold it at a time when it would be relevant — when people would start enrolling in the exchanges under Obamacare.

“The exchanges are a big part

of health reform, and it does not seem that people have a great understanding of them, [so] we want to create a more indepth discussion,” Grusin said.

“Another [aim] is to prompt legal research about the challenges the exchanges present.”

Yale Law School professor Abbe Gluck, who moderated the third panel, entitled “Cooperative Federalism in Action,” said the exchanges represent a fundamental landmark in health care policy.

These exchanges are the means by which the federal government is helping six million Americans to buy insurance this year, she said.

But health care exchanges are not without challenges, she said. Such obstacles include both technical difficulties and political resistance stemming from divisions among party lines and confusion about the different exchange models — which include state agencies, federal government agencies and hybrid partnerships between the two actors.

Sarah Dash, a research fellow at Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms, said the exchanges allow for a certain amount of consumer independence, but also require more interaction between consumers and state or government officials.

The present situation poses many questions for the future, she added.

“At the end of the day is health care going to become better?” she asked. “Will it be accessible, affordable, accountable?”

Mark Hall, a professor at Wake Forest University School of Law who spoke on the first panel, said that in order to understand health exchanges, one must trace the history of different insurance systems, including those that have failed. He added that the health care sector is complicated by a skewed distribution of spending: The top 1 percent of the population accounts for up to one-fourth of total health care expenditures, he said.

Christine Monahan LAW ’16, another conference organizer, said this conference is important to the progress of the Yale Law School in the relatively unexplored field of health law.

“Yale Law School is [gradually] building up a health law program,” Monahan said. “This is a great first step in establishing Yale’s credentials in this area more broadly.”

This semester, Gluck is teaching a seminar in health law, which Monahan said is eliciting great interest from the student body.

Grusin said that the bulk of the

College readiness program debuts

BY SARAH BRULEY STAFF REPORTER Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs, Inc. will launch the EXCEL Program — an initiative designed to put middle school students on a path to college — at the Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School later this month.

Through the EXCEL Program, students will be matched with College Coaches — volunteers from Yale and Hill Regional Career High School — who will teach them what they need to do in high school to be ready for college. To launch the program, the guidance counselor at Barnard will identify five to six talented middle school students who would benefit most from participating in the program. While the pilot was offered to all middle schools within the New Haven public school district, Barnard was the only school to accept the offer.

“What we’re looking to do is begin the process of college prep and the knowledge of college prep before the students get to high school,” said Regina Martin, Associate Director of Higher Heights.

In addition to scheduling weekly meetings for the students and their mentors, the EXCEL Program will use Naviance — an electronic tool used by New Haven Public Schools to monitor students’ performance in class — to track the middle schoolers’ progress in the pilot program, said Travis LaHue, AmeriCorps Vista Fellow at Higher

Heights.

Throughout the school year, the College Coaches are expected to maintain a mentor-mentee relationship with their middle school students while tracking their progress and preparing them for the rigors of high school, said Martin.

They will give advice on which classes to take, how to maintain a certain grade point average and how to prepare for future career opportunities.

“Even though they are seventh and eighth graders, it’s not too early to start talking to them and showing them what their options are,” Martin said.

[We’re looking to begin] the process of college prep […] before the students get to high school.

REGINA MARTIN Associate director, Higher Heights Another goal of the program, which is still in its infancy, is training counselors in middle schools to implement a college readiness program — rather than leaving such efforts to high school counselors, said Chaka Felder-McEntire, founder and executive director of Higher Heights.

“Right now, the primary goal for this pilot is to direct partnership with the school counselors and to help them with the implementation of their counseling program,” Felder-McEntire said.

Higher Heights already operates a high school program called College Access, which provides tutoring, scholarship planning and test preparation services. Excel was designed as a bridge into this program, Martin said.

Higher Heights recruits Yale students through Dwight Hall, which also supports the organization by serving as a facilitator for community collaboration and transferring resources, said Sarah Masotta, AmeriCorps VISTA Fellow for Dwight Hall. Dwight Hall has joined Partnering to Advance Visions in Education (PAVE), a collaborative of five non-profit organizations and New Haven Public Schools that aims to improve educational opportunities in New Haven.

Although the EXCEL Program is only debuting in one middle school, plans for expansion are contingent upon its success during this first year at Barnard, LaHue said.

“In the long term we would like to expand, but for right now we’re just going to keep [EXCEL] at Barnard as our pilot and see how it goes,” LaHue said.

Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Program was founded in 2004.

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

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Dwight Hall will recruit students to help with college prep for middle schoolers.

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FROM THE FRONT

“The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold.”

HENRY WARD BEECHER AMERICAN CLERGYMAN

Bagley talks climate for women on campus BAGLEY FROM PAGE 1 women at the SOM currently during her talk at the Women’s Center. All the evidence of offensive comments and actions are in the committee report, she said, adding that she has also witnessed similar problems at other schools such as Harvard.

While she said the SOM has a higher percentage of women graduating with honors than Stanford does, Bagley added her experience at Stanford was not negative. Her time spent teaching at Harvard Business School, however, was marked by several acts of discrimination — and not only from men.

“Unfortunately women can be the worst critics of other women,” she said. “At HBS women students give much worse ratings to female professors than they do to males.”

A lack of communication is often at the root of the problem, Bagley said, adding that the best way to handle instances of sexual misconduct is to have more open dialogue about intimacy and relationships.

“I am a big believer that people do better when they think out loud — I certainly know I do,” she said.

“We need to create a safe place where people can talk about their insecurities.”

Dialogue does not have to begin with the premise that males in a community — or even respondents in a Title IX complaint — are necessarily in the wrong, Bagley said. Rather, people should start to speak their minds on the assumption that each person is acting in good faith, she said.

Students interviewed said they

appreciated Bagley’s honesty and courage.

Will Kronick ’14 said he enjoyed Bagley’s talk because it brought to light issues that are important for the entire Yale community.

We are trying to create inclusive leadership [in the world.] … We should start by doing it at our own University.

WILL KRONICK ’14

“It gave a chance to [look into] something that is very important,” he said. “We are trying to create inclusive leadership [in the world]. If we are going to do that, we should start by doing it at our own university.”

Christian Soler ’16 said the most powerful part of the talk was that it did not seem contrived — but rather motivated by Bagley’s desire to make Yale a better place.

Bagley said she will persevere and hopes to stay in New Haven regardless of the outcome of the suit.

“I promised my son that we will stay in our house in Woodbridge — if I have to clean toilets, I’ll clean toilets. Seriously, I’ll do what it takes,” she said.

Bagley began working at Yale in 2007.

Contact LAVINIA BORZI at lavinia.borzi@yale.edu .

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The Yale School of Management has recently faced charges of discrimination against female professors.

University in ongoing negotiations with Times NEW YORK TIMES FROM PAGE 1 “while still being cost effective,” Glickson said.

However, as these negotiations have crossed over into the spring term, the current plan is to restart the print subscription — at least temporarily.

“The negotiations with the Times, begun months ago, have now trespassed on term time, and so we will simply go back to providing the newspaper in paper form only, for now,” McGrath said in the email.

Glickson said she had expected copies of The New York Times to begin arriving last Wednesday, though the delay should be over any day now.

Copies of The New York Times have been provided daily in each dining hall since 2002, paid for by the Yale president’s discretionary fund. In 2010, the subscription was called into question when a Yale College Council poll found that a majority of students did not read the paper in hard copy on a regular basis. In response to the poll, the YCC proposed reducing the number of copies delivered, restricting delivery to Sundays or providing online subscriptions instead. But the paper continued to be delivered until this January.

YCC President Danny Avraham ’15 said he has been in touch with the administration this semester to try to reverse the cancellation of the print subscription. At the same time, Avraham said the YCC has been looking for ways to provide online access to all students.

McGrath said many students prefer reading the paper on computers, tablets or phones rather than in paper form.

Still, most students interviewed maintain their loyalty to the physical copy.

Catherine Wall ’16 said she

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Yale has been in talks with The New York Times about the price of its institutional print subscription, and may switch to an online subscription soon.

prefers the print newspaper to the online version. When the paper was available for free, she said she picked it up every morning to read over breakfast.

“Paper copies offer something different,” Wall said. “For me, the paper copy is a really great way to start off my morning.

When The New York Times disappeared from the dining halls, Wall said “it was as if Yale was trying to foster a sense of apathy.”

For J.T. Flowers ’17, reading individual articles online cannot compare to the experience of reading a print newspaper. Flowers, who read the hard copies walking to class or whenever he had a free moment, said he has yet to make the full transition from print to online.

“While digital journalism provides far more information, the structure and organization of print journalism makes it easier for readers to determine which stories are actually important and worth reading,” Flowers said.

“It streamlines the entire experience.”

Some students, however, said they would be more likely to read the newspaper online than in print format. An online subscription would enable students to read more than the ten free articles per month provided by the Times to nonsubscribers.

Nishwant Swami ’17 said he would prefer an online subscription so that students can access the Times outside of the dining halls. An online subscription would allow students to keep up with articles posted in real time and follow news as it breaks, he said.

The Times was founded in 1851.

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

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“When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.” REGINA BRETT AMERICAN JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR

Chocolat Maya, Yale’s new sweetheart

BY CORYNA OGUNSEITAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Two months after its opening and just days before Valentine’s Day, Chocolat Maya is making a name for itself in New Haven’s chocolate and truffle market.

Chocolat Maya is a dessert cafe that serves mostly chocolate truffles, hot chocolate (“original”, “spicy” and “boozy” all available) and baked goods made primarily of chocolate. The store opened on Dec. 16 at 47 High St., just minutes from campus, hoping to capture Yale students’ sweet tooth. The shop, which replaced Chocopologie, suffered from slow business at first, said Dillon Dabbs, an employee of Chocolat Maya, because it opened just as Yalies were leaving for winter break, but business has recently improved. Students interviewed who went to Chocolat Maya said they enjoyed the experience, adding that the store was similar in aesthetic and taste to Chocopologie.

[Chocolat Maya] was very similar to the last chocolate place … It was a little pricey but it was high quality.

TIFFANY FAN ’14 “It was very similar to the last chocolate place that was in the same space,” said Tiffany Fan ’14. “The layout was very similar. The food was very similar. It was a little pricey but it was high quality.”

The owner of Chocolat Maya,

Robert Klinger, also owns S’wings, a pizza and wings restaurant located at 280 Crown St. and the Little Salad Shop located next door to Chocolat Maya at 45 High St. Chocolat Maya is Klinger’s first eatery with a sit-in cafe.

Vintage postcards and mirrors cover the interior walls, and the menu lives up to the name of the restaurant. Chocolat Maya offers a wide selection of truffles, bon-bons and other chocolate-themed desserts. The most popular truffle is salted caramel, Dabbs said.

The restaurant serves drinks as well as chocolate. One of the most popular is the “Prohibition-era cocktail,” Dabbs said, which is made in part of real crushed peas. Other drinks include a variety of wines.

Dabbs added that the store’s target customers are college students — both those on dates and those who trickle in late at night.

He said both the aesthetic and the menu are geared towards a younger crowd.

After the initial business slump when Yale students were on break, Chocolat Maya hosted a grand opening ceremony a week and a half ago. Dabbs said the opening ceremony was successful in attracting customers both on the day of the event and in spreading the name of the store among prospective patrons, including Yalies. Dabbs estimated that approximately 200 customers attended the grand opening, and that business in general has doubled since the grand opening.

So far, Chocolat Maya has been more successful than Chocopologie, Dabbs said. Many branches of Chocopologie are now closed, Dylan explained, and the franchise gets most of its business by

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Two months after opening, Chocolat Maya has garnered a reputation for being a good date spot for Yalies. selling their brand’s products in other chocolate boutiques.

But some students, like Fan, see little difference between Chocolat Maya and Chocopologie, citing the menu and design of the restaurant as evidence that the two establishments are similar.

Libbie Katsev ’17 said she enjoyed with her experience at Chocolat Maya. She tried the strawberry balsamic truffle, which she said was “fruity but not overpoweringly so.” Katsev added that when her sister visits next weekend, she plans to take her to Chocolat Maya to try the

hot chocolate, which she said she has heard is legendary.

Dabbs said the management expects a large turnout for Valentine’s Day, since Chocolat Maya has become a popular date destination for Yalies and other young people. In preparation, the store is displaying an assort-

ment of pink, red and heartshaped truffles.

Five businesses have operated next door to Chocolat Maya’s space in the past decade.

Contact CORYNA OGUNSEITAN at coryna.ogunseitan@yale.edu .

Philanthropists gather for conference

BY PHOEBE KIMMELMAN STAFF REPORTER This past Friday, over 300 nonprofit and foundation representatives gathered in the Omni Hotel in New Haven to attend one of the only entirely studentrun philanthropy conferences in the country. Attendees of the Yale Philanthropy Conference spent the day discussing the history of philanthropy and how it can be applied to future ventures.

The conference, hosted by the School of Management, annually brings together leaders from across the philanthropic world.

This year, the event took place under the leadership of co-chairs Patrick Briaud SOM ’14, Lisa Nussbaum SOM ’14 and Theresa Wilson SOM ’15 GRD ’15, who began organizing the event last spring.

“We were looking to get together a diverse group of individuals who are interested in philanthropy and give them an opportunity to network and learn about new trends in the field,” Nussbaum said.

The conference’s keynote speech was given by newly inducted Kellogg Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer La June Montgomery

Tabron. Before her promotion to the position earlier this year, Tabron served as Kellogg’s treasurer and executive vice president of operations.

The conference also featured a selection of panels from which guests could choose, spanning from “Leveraging New Business Models” to “Engaging Millennials.” According to Maryrose Myrtetus SOM ’15, who joined the conference’s planning committee this fall, the event’s coordinators took care to choose moderators who would be especially fitting for each panel. The “Collaboration in a Time of Crisis” panel, for example, was moderated by Bob Ottenhoff, president and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, a firm specializing in charitable crisis response.

The conference featured four elective panels within two time slots and one larger mandatory panel.

According to Wilson, the conference’s theme, “Rooted in History, Growing with Purpose,” was the first aspect of the day she and her co-chairs planned.

The theme of history and future growth focused the dialogue of the conference, she added.

“We wanted to encapsulate

the fact that when you’re rooted in history you can understand the context of where you are and you can use that to help you move forward into the future,” she said.

When you’re rooted in history [that can help] move [you] forward into the future.

MARYROSE MYRTETUS SOM ’15 The first Yale Philanthropy Conference was held in 2006.

According to organizers, this weekend saw the first sold-out conference since its inception.

Of the attendees, 80 percent were professionals in nonprofit fields and 20 percent were students and other academics.

Two hundred and six organizations were represented in last year’s conference. Organizers said they have not yet totaled this year’s numbers from over the weekend.

Contact PHOEBE KIMMELMAN at phoebe.kimmelman@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.”

RALPH WALDO EMERSON AMERICAN WRITER AND PHILOSOPHER

Corporation to enhance communication YALE CORP FROM PAGE 1 senior administrators, the University will introduce efforts to increase dialogue between students, faculty and the members of the Corporation.

“There is a particular interest among the Corporation, the faculty and students for increased interaction,” said University President Peter Salovey. “We are working out ways to encourage that.”

THE MEN AND WOMEN BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Although the Corporation’s members and responsibilities are laid out in full on the Yale website, most students remain oblivious of the group’s mission.

Of 45 students interviewed, 16 were aware of what the Corporation is and only nine were able to name a member.

Twenty-three of the 45 students had never heard of the Corporation. Several confused the Corporation with the Yale Investments office, which is responsible for managing the University’s endowment.

The Corporation is composed of 18 members charged with preserving the assets of the University — its people, buildings, reputation and money — so it can function in perpetuity. President Salovey reports directly to the Corporation.

Functionally, the Corporation includes of 15 volunteer members as well as three additional members: the Uni-

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versity President, Governor of Connecticut and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. Of the 15 volunteer members, 10 are termed “successor trustees,” selected by the Corporation itself and typically serving two six-year terms. The other five are “alumni fellows,” and are elected by the alumni body, usually for one five-year term.

In the past 18 months, the Corporation has been tasked with seeing some of the most significant institutional change at Yale in decades. Last year, it had the responsibility of choosing a new University president for the first time in 20 years.

“The election and subsequent inauguration of Peter Salovey as the 23rd President of Yale last year was one of the most important contributions of the Corporation to the institution and its future,” said Kimberly Goff-Crews, University secretary and vice president for student life.

The group makes its way to campus four to five teams each year, according to Goff-Crews, and invites select deans, chairs and faculty members to participate in discussion sessions at these meetings. It also meets annually with the leadership of the Yale College Council, the Graduate Student Assembly and the Graduate Professional Student Senate.

Yale College Council President Danny Avraham ’15 said he expects to meet with the Corporation in March, but does not know what they will discuss.

Corporation members some-

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times take part in various Master’s Teas and talks. Still, there is no consistent University-wide venue for Corporation interaction with students, beyond the annual meetings with student government representatives.

Some students believe that the Corporation should be more accessible to students.

“If they govern the school, then yes,” said Zobia Chunara ’16 when asked if the Corporation should be more accessible.

Still, Corporation Senior Fellow Margaret Marshall LAW ’76 suggested that the Corporation is not out of touch with current students, as many of them have children or grandchildren at Yale. She further added that all the fellows attended either Yale College or one of the graduate and professional schools.

“We do have some relevant student experience of our own,” she said.

Excluding Salovey, the average Corporation member was last a Yale student 35 years ago.

No member has been a student within a quarter century, with the youngest member, E. John Rice, having graduated in 1988.

“There is plenty of information publicly available about the Yale Corporation,” Marshall said. “Any student who wants to know about us can find our biographical sketches, the Corporation’s bylaws, our working practices, and so forth, on the Yale website.”

But a new effort to increase

interaction between students and the Corporation may prove more effective in helping students understand the body that bears ultimate responsibility for the University.

Citing demand on both sides, Salovey said the University is in the process of developing events called “University teas” to increase communication.

“It’s my goal that around each [Corporation] meeting there be activities, events or conversations that increase the amount of faculty interaction with the Corporation and student interaction with the Corporation,” Salovey said.

The teas, according to Marshall, will begin this month and serve as a forum in which Corporation members hear from students on a range of issues.

“We never know precisely what we will hear from students, but we are always eager to hear whatever is on their minds,” Marshall said. “I don’t anticipate that any topic will be off limits and I expect that in any meeting with undergraduates we will hear about a range of issues — from academics to residential college life to student services and resources.”

Members of the Corporation, while representing different industries, are prominent in the corporate world.

Among current members are PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi SOM ’80, former J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. CEO, Chairman Douglas Warner III ’68, Chanel CEO Maureen Chiquet ’85 and Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes

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’74. Of the 10 successor trustees, eight are current or former heads of major corporations.

Students said they would be interested in participating in the conversations, particularly if it allowed them to voice their opinions about Yale.

“I think it’s a great opportunity,” Esther Portyansky ’16 said.

The University’s initiative, though, is less a new idea than a reversion to an old standard.

A CHANGE IN RANGE

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Corporation met on campus eight or nine times each year, according to longtime administrator Henry “Sam” Chauncey ’57, who served as secretary of the Corporation for two decades. Whenever the group met, Chauncey said, its members would also meet with students and faculty in small settings not unlike those now being implemented.

During the 1960s, these meetings became mandatory for Corporation members.

“I would call the masters of the colleges and say, we want you to randomly select eight students to meet with a Corporation member for breakfast Saturday morning,” Chauncey said.

Members were encouraged to stay in the guest suites of residential colleges to further facilitate interaction with the student and faculty bodies, he said.

Masters would often arrange small social gatherings for students and Corporation mem-

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bers. Nowadays, members typically stay in nearby hotels.

Involvement with stu dents is not the only thing that has changed in the Corporation’s attitude, over the years.

Chauncey suggested that the primary difference between the Corporation in the 1960s and now is actually not its move away from students. Rather, it is a shift in overall vision.

In the past three decades, he said, corporate America and universities — the worlds that most trustees co-exist in — have shifted focus from longterm plans to short-term decisions, and the Yale Corporation is no exception.

“There is a societal change in which trustees of institutions in the past had a little longerterm view of things than today when we want everything done tomorrow,” Chauncey said.

Chauncey added that in the past, the Corporation often included members experienced in the trusteeship of nonprofit institutions to a degree that would not be possible today. J. Richardson Dilworth ’38 LAW ’42, a prominent lawyer, served at one point on the boards of five universities.

“Instead of saying ‘has the Yale board of trustees changed,’ the real question is ‘has society changed,’” Chauncey suggested. “[This has made a difference in] how trustees approach the issues in front of them.”

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US easing immigration rule

BY ALICIA A. CALDWELL ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum-seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the United States or stay here and who gave “limited” support to terrorists or terrorist groups.

The change is one of President Barack Obama’s first actions on immigration since he pledged during his State of the Union address last month to use more executive directives.

The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department now say that people considered to have provided “limited material support” to terrorists or terrorist groups are no longer automatically barred from the United States.

Not every act is a terrorist act and you can’t just lump everyone together.

PARASTOO ZAHEDI Lawyer A post-Sept. 11 provision in immigrant law, known as terrorism related inadmissibility grounds, had affected anyone considered to have given support.

With little exception, the provision has been applied rigidly to those trying to enter the U.S. and those already here but wanting to change their immigration status.

For Morteza Assadi, a 49-yearold real estate agent in northern Virginia, the law has left him in a sort of immigration purgatory while his green card application has been on hold for more than a decade.

As a teenager in Tehran, Iran, in

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The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the United States and who gave “limited” support to terrorists. the early 1980s, Assadi distributed fliers for a mujahedeen group that opposed the government of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and was at one time considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. government. Assadi said he told the U.S. government about his activities when he and his wife applied for asylum in the late 1990s. Those requests were later granted and his wife has since become a U.S. citizen. But Assadi’s case has

remained stalled.

“When we are teenagers, we have different mindsets,” Assadi said. “I thought, I’m doing my country a favor.”

Assadi said he only briefly associated with the group, which was removed from Washington’s list of terrorist organizations in 2012, and that he was never an active member or contributor to its activities.

Now he’s hopeful that the U.S. government will look at his teen-

age activities as “limited.”

His lawyer, Parastoo Zahedi, said she has filed case in federal court to force U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to process Assadi’s green card application, but now hopes the government will act on its own.

“In the past, the minute your name was associated with a (terrorist) organization you were being punished,” Zahedi said. “Not every act is a terrorist act and you can’t

US economy may face long recovery

just lump everyone together.”

The Homeland Security Department said in a statement that the rule change, which was announced last week and not made in concert with Congress, gives the government more discretion, but won’t open the country to terrorists or their sympathizers. People seeking refugee status, asylum and visas, including those already in the United States, still will be checked to make sure they don’t

Experts contemplate end of smoking

BY MIKE STOBBE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — Health officials have begun to predict the end of cigarette smoking in America.

They have long wished for a cigarette-free America, but shied away from calling for smoking rates to fall to zero or near zero by any particular year.

The power of tobacco companies and popularity of their products made such a goal seem like a pipe dream.

But a confluence of changes has recently prompted public health leaders to start throwing around phrases like “endgame” and “tobacco-free generation.” Now, they talk about the slowlydeclining adult smoking rate dropping to 10 percent in the next decade and to 5 percent or lower by 2050.

We believe we have the public health tools to get us to the zero level [of smoking].

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Job seekers line up to meet a prospective employer at a career fair in Dallas in this Jan. 22, 2014 photo.

BY JOSH BOAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — In the 4 1/2 years since the Great Recession ended, millions of Americans who have gone without jobs or raises have found themselves wondering something about the economic recovery: Is this as good as it gets?

It increasingly looks that way.

Two straight weak job reports have raised doubts about economists’ predictions of breakout growth in 2014. The global economy is showing signs of slowing — again.

Manufacturing has slumped. Fewer people are signing contracts to buy homes. Global stock markets have sunk as anxiety has gripped developing nations.

Some long-term trends are equally dispiriting.

The Congressional Budget Office foresees growth picking up through 2016, only to weaken starting in 2017. By the CBO’s reckoning, the economy will soon slam into a demographic wall: The vast baby boom generation will retire.

Their exodus will shrink the share of Americans who are working, which will hamper the economy’s ability to

accelerate.

At the same time, the government may have to borrow more, raise taxes or cut spending to support Social Security and Medicare for those retirees.

Only a few weeks ago, at least the short-term view looked brighter.

Entering 2014, many economists predicted growth would top 3 percent for the first time since 2005.

That pace would bring the U.S. economy near its average postWorld War II annual growth rate.

Some of the expected improvement would come from the government exerting less drag on the economy this year after having slashed spending and raised taxes in 2013.

In addition, steady job gains dating back to 2010 should unleash more consumer spending. Each of the 7.8 million jobs that have been added provided income to someone who previously had little or none.

It amounts to “adrenaline” for the economy, said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist for Northern Trust.

And since 70 percent of the economy flows from consumers, their increased spending would be expected to drive stronger hiring and growth.

“There is a dividing line between a slow-growth economy that is not satisfactory and above-trend growth with a tide strong enough to lift all the boats and put people back to work,” said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. “That number is 3 percent.”

The recovery had appeared to achieve a breakthrough in the final quarter of 2013. The economy grew at an annual pace of 3.2 percent last quarter. Leading the upswing was a 3.3 percent surge in the rate of consumer spending, which had been slack for much of the recovery partly because of high debt loads and stagnant pay.

Yet for now, winter storms and freezing temperatures, along with struggles in Europe and Asia, have slowed manufacturing and the pace of hiring.

Just 113,000 jobs were added in January, the government said Friday.

In December, employers had added a puny 75,000. Job creation for the past two months is roughly half its average for the past two years. A third sluggish jobs report in February would further dim hopes for a breakout year.

pose a threat to national security or public safety, the department said.

In the past, the provision has been criticized for allowing few exemptions beyond providing medical care or acting under duress. The change now allows officials to consider whether the support was not only limited but potentially part of “routine commercial transactions or routine social transactions.”

BORIS LUSHNIAK U.S. Surgeon General Acting U.S. Surgeon General Boris Lushniak last month released a 980page report on smoking that pushed for stepped-up tobacco-control measures.

His news conference was an unusually animated showing of anti-smoking bravado, with Lushniak nearly yelling, repeatedly, “Enough is enough!”

“I can’t accept that we’re just allowing these numbers to trickle down,” he said, in a recent interview with the AP. “We believe we have the public health tools to get us to the zero level.”

This is not the first time a federal health official has spoken so boldly. In 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop called for a “smoke-free society” by the year 2000. However, Koop — a bold talker on many issues — didn’t offer specifics on how to achieve such a goal.

“What’s different today is that we have policies and programs that have been proven to drive down tobacco use,” said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

“We couldn’t say that in 1984.”

Among the things that have changed: -Cigarette taxes have increased around the country, making smokes more expensive. Though prices vary from state to state, on average a pack of cigarettes that would have sold for about $1.75 20 years ago would cost

more than triple that now.

-Laws banning smoking in restaurants, bars and workplaces have popped up all over the country. Airline flights have long been off-limits for smoking.

-Polls show that cigarette smoking is no longer considered normal behavior, and is now less popular among teens than marijuana.

-Federal officials are increasingly aggressive about anti-smoking advertising. The Food and Drug Administration launched a new youth tobacco prevention campaign last week. At about the same time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention debuted a third, $60-million round of its successful anti-tobacco ad campaign — this one featuring poignant, deathbed images of a woman featured in earlier ads.

-Tobacco companies, once considered impervious to legal attack, have suffered some huge defeats in court.

Perhaps the biggest was the 1998 settlement of a case brought by more than 40 states demanding compensation for the costs of treating smoking-related illnesses. Big Tobacco agreed to pay about $200 billion and curtail marketing of cigarettes to youths.

-Retailing of cigarettes is changing, too. CVS Caremark, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, announced last week it will stop selling tobacco products at its more than 7,600 drugstores. The company said it made the decision in a bid to focus more on providing health care, but medical and public health leaders predicted pressure will increase on companies like Walgreen Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to follow suit.

“I do think, in another few years, that pharmacies selling cigarettes will look as anachronistic” as old cigarette ads featuring physician endorsements look today, said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden.

These developments have made many in public health dream bigger. It’s caused Myers’ organization and others to recently tout the goal of bringing the adult smoking rate down to 10 percent by 2024, from the current 18 percent. That would mean dropping it at twice the speed it declined over the last 10 years.

The bigger goal is to reduce U.S. smoking-related deaths to fewer than 10,000, from the current level of 480,000. But even if smoking rates dropped to zero immediately, it would take decades to see that benefit, since smoking-triggered cancers can take decades to develop.

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“In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.” JULIUS CAESAR ROMAN STATESMAN

600 evacuated from Syrian city BEIRUT — Hundreds of civilians were evacuated Sunday from the besieged Syrian city of Homs, braving gunmen spraying bullets and lobbing mortar shells to flee as part of a rare three-day truce to relieve a choking blockade.

Dozens were wounded as they fled.

The cease-fire came as Syrian officials arrived in Switzerland for a new round of talks with opposition activists-in-exile to try to negotiate an end to Syria’s three-year conflict.

More than 600 people were evacuated from Homs on Sunday, said Governor Talal Barrazi. The operation was part of a U.N.-mediated truce that began Friday between the government of President Bashar Assad and armed rebels to allow thousands of women, children and elderly men to leave opposition-held parts of the city, and to permit the entry of food and supplies.

Forces loyal to Assad have blockaded rebel-held parts of Homs for over a year, causing widespread hunger and suffering.

Dozens of people were wounded when they came under fire as they waited at an agreedupon evacuation point in the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Qarabis, according to three activists based in Homs, who spoke to The Associated Press by Skype.

Despite the gunfire and exploding mortar shells, hundreds of women, children and elderly men ran toward a group of Red Crescent workers waiting less than a mile away, said an activist who gave his name as Samer al-Homsy. The Syrian activists said the gunfire came from a government-held neighborhood.

The Syrian news agency SANA also reported that civilians came

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Syrian people on two buses followed by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent’s vehicles evacuate Syria’s battleground city of Homs, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.

under fire, but blamed “terrorists,” the government term for rebels.

At least four busloads of civilians were shipped out, according to footage broadcast on the Lebanese television station al-Mayadeen. Wide-eyed children, their prominent cheekbones suggestive of malnutrition, tumbled out of a bus, assisted by aid workers.

“Our life was a disaster, we had no food, no water,” one distressed woman said.

“There was nothing, my chil-

dren are all sick. They were thirsty,” she said, standing with a group of exhausted-looking children as khaki-clad Syrian soldiers, Red Crescent workers in red jump suits and U.N. workers in blue protective vests gathered around the buses.

Some evacuees were to be hosted in government-run shelters, others were going to join relatives in safer areas, while still others said they did not know where they were going.

Khaled Erksoussi of the Syrian

Documents reveal military sex-abuse record

BY YURI KAGEYAMA AND RICHARD LARDNER ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — After a night of heavy drinking at the Globe and Anchor, a watering hole for enlisted Marines in Okinawa, Japan, a female service member awoke in her barracks room as a man was raping her, she reported. She tried repeatedly to push him off. But wavering in and out of consciousness, she couldn’t fight back.

A rape investigation, backed up

by DNA evidence, ended with the accused pleading guilty to a lesser charge, wrongfully engaging in sexual activity in the barracks. He was reduced in rank and confined to his base for 30 days, but received no prison time.

Fast forward a year. An intoxicated service member was helped into bed by a male Marine with whom he had spent the day. The Marine then performed oral sex on the victim “for approximately 20 minutes against his will,” records show. The accused insisted the sex was consensual, but he was courtmartialed, sentenced to six years in prison, busted to E-1, the military’s lowest rank, and dishonorably discharged.

The two cases, both adjudicated by the 1st Marine Air-

craft Wing, are among more than 1,000 reports of sex crimes involving U.S. military personnel based in Japan between 2005 and early 2013. Obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the records open a rare window into the world of military justice and show a pattern of random and inconsistent judgments.

The Associated Press originally sought the records for U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan after attacks against Japanese women raised political tensions there. They might now give weight to members of Congress who want to strip senior officers of their authority to decide whether serious crimes, including sexual assault cases, go to trial.

The AP analysis found the handling of allegations verged on the chaotic, with seemingly strong cases often reduced to lesser charges. In two rape cases, commanders overruled recommendations to court-martial and dropped the charges instead.

Even when military authorities agreed a crime had been committed, the suspect was unlikely to serve time.

Nearly two-thirds of 244 service members whose punishments were detailed in the records were

not incarcerated. Instead they were fined, demoted, restricted to their bases or removed from the military. In more than 30 cases, a letter of reprimand was the only punishment.

Among the other findings: -The Marines were far more likely than other branches to send offenders to prison, with 53 prison sentences out of 270 cases. By contrast, of the Navy’s 203 cases, more than 70 were court-martialed or punished in some way.

Only 15 were sentenced to time behind bars.

-The Air Force was the most lenient. Of 124 sex crimes, the only punishment for 21 offenders was a letter of reprimand.

-Victims increasingly declined to cooperate with investigators or recanted, a sign they may have been losing confidence in the system. In 2006, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which handles the Navy and Marine Corps, reported 13 such cases; in 2012, it was 28.

Taken together, the sex crime cases from Japan, home to the largest number of U.S. military personnel based overseas, illustrate how far military leaders have to go to reverse a spiraling number of sexual assault reports.

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Red Crescent, which is assisting the operation, told the AP that the agency hoped to evacuate as many civilians as possible before the truce expires Monday.

On Saturday, gunmen opened fire on civilians, leaving aid workers wounded and two trucks damaged, Erksoussi said, speaking by telephone from Damascus.

Despite the violence, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, said in a statement that the truce showed “that even in the dark-

est of nights it is possible to offer a glimmer of hope to people in desperate need of assistance.”

The Homs cease-fire was arranged by U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, who urged the warring sides to aid the estimated 2,500 civilians trapped in the ancient, rebel-held quarters known as Old Homs, to build trust during the first face-toface meetings of government officials and opposition figures in Switzerland last month.

But the truce only took hold

after talks ended, and its last day, Monday, now coincides with the beginning of another round of U.N.-mediated negotiations in Switzerland. The Syrian delegation arrived in Switzerland Sunday evening.

Homs was one of the first areas to rise up against Assad in 2011 and has been particularly hard hit by the war. Over the past year, the government regained control over most of the city, except for neighborhoods in the historic center.

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DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU

ON CAMPUS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 10:25 a.m. “Oil, Ecology, and Indigenous Rights in the Amazon: A Talk with Steven Donziger.” Steven Donziger has advised indigenous and farmer communities for two decades in their struggle to hold Chevron accountable for oil contamination in the Amazon In 2013, Ecuador’s Supreme Court affirmed a trail court ruling that ordered Chevron to pay $9.5 billion in damages.

Donziger will present on issues around the case, then take questions. Kroon Hall (195 Prospect St.), Burke Aud. 4:00 p.m. CEAS Japan Colloquium: “Hands of a Goze: The Tactile Culture of Visually-Impaired People in Modern Japan.”

A Goze refers to a blind female musician who traveled around Japan with shamisen (Japanese plucked stringed instrument) in pre-modern times. Kojiro Hirose will approach the relevance and possibility of Goze culture and clarify the role that the tactile culture of the visually impaired should play in today’s society.

Anthropology Building (10 Sachem St.), Rm. 105.

LORENZO’S TALE BY CHARLES MARGOSSIAN

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 12:30 p.m. Art in Context: “Sculpture by Nicola Hicks.” Nicola Hicks was an English sculpture whose works focused on animals and were usually completed in straw and plaster. Martina Droth and Cyra Levenson of the YCBA will lead this arts talk. Yale Center for British Art (1080 Chapel St.).

2:30 p.m. “The Future of Southern Europe.” José María Aznar, prime minister of Spain from 1996–2004, will discuss the future of Southern Europe, including the battling terrorism and strengthening trans-Atlantic relationship. He is a strong supporter of the European Union’s commitment to freedoms and economic reform. Sterling Memorial Library (120 High St.), Lecture Hall.

SCIENCE HILL BY SPENCER KATZ

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 4:30 p.m. Schlesinger Visiting Writer Series: Tracy K. Smith.

Tracy K. Smith is the author of three books of poetry. Her most recent collection, “Life on Mars,” won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize.

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ead by conductor Kevin Sherwin, a group of 14 singers took to the Yale University Art Gallery to perform choral masterpieces from the Renaissance.They performed songs including Palestrina’s “Sicut Cervus” and Josquin’s “El Grillo,” among others by di Lasso and Tallis.

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KATHERINE MILLER ’16 WOMEN’S FENCING The sophomore from New York, N.Y. was named to the All-Ivy second team for her performance at the Ivy League Championships. Miller, an epeeist, posted an 11–4 record during the twoday competition and was joined on the second team by two Harvard athletes.

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PHOEBE STAENZ ’17 WOMEN’S HOCKEY The forward from Zurich played with the Swiss Olympic team in the squad’s Sochi opener on Saturday. Staenz, a freshman, led the Swiss in shots on goal with four, but the team still fell to Canada, 5–0. The Swiss Olympic team will take on USA at 5 a.m. today.

“The team needed me to step up and put the self-doubt behind me.”

JENNY SCHERL ’17

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Squash falls to Harvard

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The men’s squash team lost to Harvard 6–3 Saturday, but beat Dartmouth 7–2 Sunday.

BY ERICA PANDEY CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After losses to archrival Harvard at home, the men’s and women’s squash teams finished their Ivy seasons with victories against Dartmouth yesterday.

SQUASH The Yale men (14–2, 6–1 Ivy) fell 6–3 to Harvard on Friday, and the Yale women (15–

3, 5–2) lost 7–2. At Dartmouth, the women swept, and the men won 7–2. In the final Ivy League standings, the men are second to Harvard and the women are third behind Harvard and Penn.

“Harvard was definitely a disappointment for us,” captain Lilly Fast ’14 said. “But it will hopefully push us these next two weeks to work even harder before nationals.”

Fast commended freshmen Shiyuan Mao SEE SQUASH PAGE B3

Bulldogs lose heartbreaker to Cantabs

BY ASHLEY WU STAFF REPORTER The women’s basketball team defeated Dartmouth on Friday night before falling to Harvard in the matchup between top Ivy League teams on Saturday.

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ees made some questionable calls in favor of the hosts.

In spite the many factors working against them, the Bulldogs simply outworked the Crimson.

Yale built upon Friday night’s win with an even better performance on Saturday night, stunning Harvard 74–67 in a playofflike atmosphere.

Despite some communication miscues and a couple of costly fouls on three-point attempts in the first 20 minutes, Jones could not have scripted a better first half for the Elis against the Crimson.

Yale took a 39–35 advantage into the locker room behind defensive intensity and patient offense. The Bulldogs, who have struggled from the field for much of the season, shot 56.5 percent, while the Crimson shot just 39.3 percent.

“I thought they were outstanding … they were physical … tough in the paint,” said Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker.

“They were clearly the better

“For the most part, we enforced our style of play onto our opponents,” said guard Sarah Halejian ’15. “We still need to improve on our consistency and play well for the full 40 minutes of the game.”

Yale (10–10, 4–2 Ivy) began the weekend against the Big Green (3–17, 0–6), with an 86–52 win. The Elis shot a season-high 53.6 percent from the field led by 16 points from Halejian. Two other Bulldog players scored in double figures, as guards Nyasha Sarju ’16 and Meghan McIntyre ’17 each added 10 points.

Overall the Bulldogs dominated, leading the whole way after the first minute of action. Dartmouth scored the first bucket of the game, but a three-point shot by the Elis gave the Bulldogs a lead that they would not relinquish. Yale’s lead reached double digits with 11:13 left in the first half as the Elis took a 17–7 lead. Heading into the locker room, the Bulldogs had extended their lead to 16 points, up 38–22.

Guard Fanni Szabo of Dartmouth attempted to keep the game close by scoring the Big Green’s first 10 points of the second period. With fewer than 10 minutes remaining in the game, however, the Bulldogs still led by a significant margin, 60–36, which would only continue to grow. A strong finish by the Elis led to Yale’s biggest lead with nine seconds remaining before a final jump shot

by Dartmouth made the final score 86–52.

The Bulldogs’ bench was a key factor to the game, scoring 42 points compared to the

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The men’s basketball team defeated Harvard 74–67 on Saturday, snapping a four-game skid against the Crimson.

BY JAMES BADAS STAFF REPORTER Though anything can happen in the competitive Ivy League, for the time being the Yale men’s basketball team sits tied with Harvard atop the conference standings thanks to a pair of huge road wins over Dartmouth and the aforementioned Crimson this weekend.

The back-to-back got off to a fantastic start for the Bulldogs, as Yale (11–9, 5–1 Ivy) played near flawless basketball, taking down Dartmouth (9–11, 2–4) with a final score of 67–54.

Led by forward Brandon Sherrod ’15 and his team-high 15 points, the Bulldogs not only stifled Dartmouth throughout, but they also secured head coach James Jones’ 200th career victory.

The milestone puts Jones in select company, as he is only the second coach to achieve at least 200 wins in Yale history, and just the fourth coach with as many wins in the history of the Ivy League.

“I thank all of my guys that have played for me that have made it possible,” Jones said.

Behind Sherrod, a balanced offensive effort for the Elis saw six others contribute with at least five points. Yale shot superbly for the night, hitting on 52.5 percent of its shots while Dartmouth shot below 30 percent.

Dartmouth did not even convert a field goal until nearly eight minutes into the game.

Although the victory at Dartmouth was a positive for the Bulldogs, the luster of the weekend would have been dramatically diminished if they had not sealed the deal against threetime defending Ivy champion, Harvard (18–4, 5–1).

Yale entered Harvard’s hostile Lavietes Pavilion, where homecourt advantage was true in every sense of the term. The arena was packed to the rafters with a rowdy sell-out crowd eager to see Harvard’s 21st straight home win, the student section was bolstered by Harvard’s football team, which wore its jerseys to the game. And, perhaps most critically, the refer-

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The women’s basketball team whomped Dartmouth, winning 86–52 Friday.

THE CURRENT HOME WINNING STREAK FOR THE HARVARD MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM AFTER YALE WENT INTO LAVIETES PAVILLION ON SATURDAY AND WON 74–67. The Crimson had won 20 straight games at home since falling to Vermont 85–78 on Nov. 27, 2012.

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“If all the year were playing holidays; / Sport would be as tedious as work.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHT AND POET

Elis earn tough road split

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY ECAC

OVERALL

SCHOOL

W L

T

PTS

W L

T

%

1

Union

13

3

0

26

19

6

3

0.732

2

Quinnipiac

10

3

3

23

20

5

5

0.750

3

Colgate

10

5

1

21

14

11

3

0.554

4

Cornell

8

4

4

20

12

5

5

0.659

Clarkson

10

6

0

20

17

11

2

0.600

6

Yale

7

6

3

17

12

7

4

0.609

7

Rensselaer

6

7

3

15

12

12

4

0.500

8

Brown

6

9

1

13

9

11

3

0.457

St. Lawrence

5

8

3

13

11

14

3

0.446

10

Harvard

4

9

3

11

7

12

3

0.386

11

Dartmouth

3

12

1

7

4

16

3

0.239

12

Princeton

3

13

0

0

4

19

0

0.174

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY ECAC

KEN YANAGISAWA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The men’s ice hockey team took a 2–1 lead at No. 4 Union Saturday, but ended up losing 5–3.

MEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE B4 first-place Dutchmen (19–6–3, 13–3– 0). Despite an early Union score, the Bulldogs tied it up on a goal from Friday’s hero, Doherty, just 6:19 into the period.

The goal tied Doherty for fourth on the team in points, a statistic made much more impressive given that he has missed the last three weeks due to an injury.

“I’ve had a lot of great linemates so far that make it that much easier,” Doherty said of his success. “The older guys made everyone feel comfortable and confident, and that has really helped me be able to contribute.”

Forward Kenny Agostino ’14 scored in the second period to put Yale up one, but Theo DiPauli answered right back for Union less than two minutes later. In the third period, three Dutchmen goals proved insurmountable, and forward

Matthew Beattie’s ’16 goal with just 13 seconds left proved to be too little, too late.

The victory moved Union’s home winning streak to eight games and complicated matters for Yale. Though the Bulldogs seem to be right on the bubble for tournament qualification at the moment, each conference gets an automatic qualifying bid, and the Atlantic Hockey Conference currently has no team inside the top sixteen — meaning the Bulldogs may have to finish higher than 16th to make the tournament.

When asked about whether the team is thinking about the PairWise rankings, Root demurred.

“We’re really taking it one game at a time,” Root said. “Our focus is completely on Quinnipiac for Friday night.”

The game against archrival Quinnipiac on Valentine’s Day is a rematch of last year’s national championship game, won 4–0 by the Bulldogs in a rout. The puck will drop at 7:00 p.m.

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

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3

5

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1

0

1

1

3

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1

1

1

3

RPI

2

0

0

0

2

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“We just didn’t play 60 minutes of hockey,” Martini said. “We came on really strong in the third period, but if we don’t come out in the first two and play our best, then that’s what happens.”

Haddad added that the team played individually rather than as a cohesive unit.

The Bulldogs outshot the Dutchwomen by one shot, just as they had done when the two teams faced off in November. In that game, however, it was Yale coming away with the victory, 6–4.

Yale again allowed the first goal against RPI on Saturday, 12 minutes into the opening period. The Elis had just killed off a power play when an Engineer shot bounced off Leonoff’s pads into the air, and forward Laura Horwood swooped in to sneak the rebound into the right side of the net.

Both teams succeeded in killing power plays later in the period, but two successive Rensselaer penalties early in the second gave Yale a 5-on-3 for a minute and a half of play.

Just as the first penalty was ending, forward Jackie Raines ’15 received a pass from forward Krista Yip-Chuck ’17 and shot it off the right post to tie the game at one.

Neither team could score until the second half of the third period, when a series of penalties gave Yale another power play opportunity.

The Bulldogs were a minute into a 5-on-4 advantage when an RPI defender was called for body checking, and an altercation behind the net caused Haddad and another RPI player to be penalized for roughing. The penalties cancelled out, and Yale kept its one-man advantage with three Engineer players crowded in the penalty box.

Just 16 seconds later, Martini took a slapshot from near the blue line and sniped the puck into the top-right corner of the net, just above the outstretched glove of goalie Kelly O’Brien.

The Engineers’ strategy to pull O’Brien with a minute and a half remaining worked in their favor, as forward Alexa

OVERALL

SCHOOL

W L

T

PTS

W L

T

%

1

Harvard

14

2

2

30

18

3

3

0.813

2

Cornell

13

2

3

29

18

3

4

0.741

3

Clarkson

12

2

4

28

21

4

5

0.783

4

Quinnipiac

8

4

6

22

17

5

8

0.700

5

St. Lawrence

9

6

3

21

10

16

3

0.397

6

Princeton

8

7

3

19

12

9

4

0.560

7

Yale

5

8

5

15

7

13

5

0.380

8

Rensselaer

6

10

2

14

10

16

3

0.397

9

Dartmouth

6

11

1

13

7

16

1

0.313

10

Brown

3

12

3

9

4

16

5

0.260

11

Union

4

14

0

8

9

20

1

0.317

Colgate

4

14

0

8

7

21

2

0.267

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OVERALL

SCHOOL

W

L

%

W

L

%

Yale

5

1

0.833

11

9

0.550

Harvard

5

1

0.833

18

4

0.818

3

Brown

4

2

0.667

12

8

0.600

4

Penn

3

2

0.600

6

13

0.316

5

Columbia

3

3

0.500

14

9

0.609

6

Dartmouth

2

4

0.333

9

11

0.450

7

Princeton

1

4

0.200

13

6

0.684

8

Cornell

0

6

0.000

1

19

0.050

1

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OVERALL

SCHOOL

W

L

%

W

L

%

1

Harvard

5

1

0.833

15

5

0.750

2

Penn

4

1

0.800

14

5

0.737

Princeton

4

1

0.800

13

6

0.684

4

Yale

4

2

0.667

10

10

0.500

5

Cornell

3

3

0.500

11

9

0.550

6

Brown

2

4

0.333

8

12

0.400

7

Columbia

1

5

0.167

4

16

0.200

8

Dartmouth

0

6

0.000

3

17

0.150

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The women’s ice hockey team salvaged a point this weekend, tying RPI 2–2 at Ingalls Saturday.

Gruschow got the puck past Leonoff with 43.1 seconds left on the clock.

In the five-minute overtime period, Yale could not put a single shot on net and was shorthanded for the final two minutes after a body checking penalty. The Engineers could only manage one shot, and the game ended without a winner decided.

“Both games this weekend, we had periods where we completely domi-

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nated Union and RPI, and then also periods where the opposite held true,” Haddad said. “We didn’t play consistently, but I think that our game against RPI was an improvement from the night before against Union.”

The Bulldogs will play at Quinnipiac and Princeton this weekend.

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

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1

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2

UNION

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RPI

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1

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0

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1

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Men’s basketball whomps Harvard M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B1 team and deserved to win the game tonight.”

Guard Javier Duren ’15 and forward Justin Sears ’16 combined for 19 first-half points, despite Duren being forced to sit out a considerable amount of time due to two early fouls. Forward Nick Victor ’15 also picked up two fouls and had to sit, but not before he exploited a mismatch against Harvard guard Siyani Chambers in the paint for a pair of inside baskets.

The second half started off just as well for the Bulldogs in front of the antsy Crimson faithful. The Elis widened the gap with a 6–0 run that put them ahead by 10, but foul trouble reared its ugly head once more.

In a minute’s time, Victor picked up two additional fouls and Duren committed another one of his own, forcing both to return to the bench. Yale’s depth has been a point of pride for Jones all season long, and he received some validation Saturday night. “[Guard] Jack Montague [’16] was really key and he’s playing with a great deal of confidence now,” Jones said. “We expect to get contributions from everybody … it’s hard to get contributions from your bench on the road, and we’re fortunate that we did it tonight.”

The bench left its footprint on the game as Sherrod, Montague and guard Jesse Pritchard ’14 each played extended minutes and contributed high-performance plays under high pres-

sure.

The Crimson, who entered as 12.5-point favorites, did not simply throw in the towel after falling behind by 10. Harvard mounted run after run, cutting the deficit to as few as three points with 8:17 to go.

They were clearly the better team and deserved to win the game tonight.

TOMMY AMAKER Head coach, Harvard men’s basketball team But whenever the momentum seemed to be firmly in Harvard’s favor, Yale managed to extinguish the rallies with clutch three-pointers from guard Armani Cotton ’15 and forward Greg Kelley ’15.

A rim-rattling slam from Sears put Yale ahead by 11, its largest lead of the game, with just 4:02 remaining.

“There were a million times where we thought we had it and Harvard kept coming back, but we stayed composed and stayed focused,” Sears said.

At that point, a Yale victory was going to be a simple matter of making free throws.

The Bulldogs did just that, hitting on 10 of 12 from the line in the final 1:14 to cap off the upset.

Sears alone was 6–6 during that stretch, propelling himself to a game-high 21 points in addition to 10 rebounds — numbers that

will increase the buzz regarding his chances for Ivy League Player of the Year. Amaker himself called Sears a “monster.”

Cotton registered a doubledouble of his own, with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Duren also managed to have a productive scoring day, compiling 15 points in just 22 minutes of action.

With two weekend sweeps in its rearview mirror, Yale now holds the pole position in the Ivy League, but the players understand that they will be getting each team’s best shot.

“We have the target on our backs now,” Sears said. “We control our own destiny, so we’re just going to go out and play each game tough.”

Another slate of back-to-back games will take place this weekend for the Elis, but this time at the friendly confines of John J. Lee Amphitheater, where they will host Penn (6–13, 3–2) and Princeton (13–6, 1–4).

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

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The Elis entered a tie with Harvard for first in the Ivy League after sweeping its weekend road trip.

Squash beats Dartmouth in finale SQUASH FROM PAGE B1

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The women’s squash team lost to Harvard 7–2 Friday, but swept Dartmouth 9–0 on Sunday.

’17 and Jenny Scherl ’17 for coming up with Yale’s two wins against Harvard.

Mao and Scherl both swept their Crimson opponents 3–0 and, according to Fast, had standout performances.

Kim Hay ’14 and Issey Norman-Ross ’15 narrowly lost at the second and fourth spots, respectively. Both women pushed their opponents to five-game matches.

Scherl said she felt the pressure to win as she was playing in the second wave of matches after watching three teammates fall to Harvard players.

“I knew I was facing a player who had beaten me in the past,” Scherl said. “But the team needed me to step up and put the self-doubt behind me.

I was thinking about how many hours our team dedicated to the season and focused on what an honor it is to be playing for this team.”

The freshmen were key players against Harvard

on the men’s team as well.

TJ Dembinski ’17, Kah Wah Cheong ’17 and Liam McClintock ’17 picked up Yale’s three wins on Friday at the fourth, fifth and sixth spots.

We played well and have regained our momentum going into next weekend.

ERIC CAINE ’14 Captain, Men’s squash team

M c C l i n t o c k ’s m a tc h advanced to five games when his opponent came out of a 2–0 deficit. He won the final game after the second match point.

“As the match unfolded, I got very tired,” McClintock said. “I’m sure my opponent was feeling the long rallies too.

But the home crowd pulled me through the match.”

Men’s and women’s captains

Eric Caine ’14 and Fast agreed the Harvard teams played with skill and power, enough to beat the Yale teams. Both captains are also eager for the chance to meet the Crimson again at the national championships.

Scherl said both teams would be rethinking strategies in preparation for their next meetings with Harvard.

“The score did not reflect our dedication at all,” she said.

Caine is confident he and his team can match their level of play to Harvard’s and even beat them at nationals.

Fast and Caine were both pleased to end their seasons in triumph with the wins up at Dartmouth.

“We played well and have regained our momentum going into next weekend,” Caine said.

The men will begin CSA Team Championships at Harvard on Feb. 14. The women will play in the Howe Cup at Princeton, starting Feb. 21.

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

Bulldogs fall short against Crimson W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B1 12 points scored by Dartmouth’s bench. The Elis were able to limit their turnovers to 12 while forcing 22 turnovers from the Big Green, resulting in 26 points off turnovers for Yale.

In the second game of a backto-back weekend, the Bulldogs faced a tough matchup against Harvard (15–5, 5–1) with both teams entering the game atop the Ivy League Conference. The game ultimately came down to the wire with the Crimson coming away with a narrow 58–57 win.

The game featured five ties and eight lead changes between the two teams, but at the end of the first half Yale had claimed an eight-point lead off the sharp shooting of Halejian, 31–23.

Harvard was able to erase the deficit with 14:20 remaining in the second period, but Yale would regain the lead shortly thereafter.

The two teams traded baskets and were tied at 41 with a little over 10 minutes remaining in the

half. The Crimson then took the lead less than a minute later off of free throws from guard Christine Clark. Harvard would keep the lead, which was extended to eight points with 5:35 remaining in the game, until the last minute of the contest.

Guard Lena Munzer ’17 tied the game at 55 with a three-point shot with 52 seconds remaining, but Yale was unable to capitalize upon the momentum and push ahead of Harvard. The Crimson scored 13 seconds later and then made a free throw to claim a three-point advantage. Two free throws by Halejian brought the deficit to one point, but a missed shot on Yale’s last possession led to the loss and final score 58–57.

While Halejian led the Bulldogs with 27 points, the Elis were able to convert only 27.4 percent of their field goals while Harvard shot 38.9 percent from the field.

And although Yale also forced 19 turnovers while only turning the ball over 10 times, the squad was outrebounded 49–42.

“Every game in the Ivy League is an adventure and we will be

in a position to win them all,” said head coach Chris Gobrecht.

“The challenge is to get better and through improvement, find the defensive stops and extra points needed to win all of them, not just some of them.”

The Elis hit the road again next weekend with tough matchups against Penn and Princeton at 7 p.m. on Friday and at 6 p.m. on Saturday, respectively.

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SPORTS Saturday defeat dulls overtime win

BY GRANT BRONSDON STAFF REPORTER After a game-winning overtime goal led to a thrilling Friday finish against Rensselaer, the No. 13 Yale men’s ice hockey team blew a 2–1 lead and allowed three third-period goals to lose to No. 4 Union 5–3 on Saturday.

MEN’S HOCKEY The Bulldogs (12–7–4, 7–6–3 ECAC) now sit in sixth place in the conference, three points behind No. 9 Cornell and No. 14 Clarkson for fourth. In the PairWise rankings, which determine the NCAA Tournament field, the Elis are 18th, and only the top 16 teams get a spot in the bracket.

“I thought it was a great effort against RPI; it was great to come back and win it in overtime,” captain Jesse Root ’14 said. “Against Union, I think we played well in the second [period], but we didn’t play a full 60-minute game, and that’s what hurt us.”

Yale began its road trip by traveling to Troy, N.Y. to take on the Rensselaer Red Hawks (12– 12–4, 6–7–3), but things got off to an inauspicious start when RPI’s Ryan Haggerty fired his ECAC-leading 22nd goal of the year past goalie Alex Lyon ’17 in the first period.

After defenseman Tommy Fallen ’15 evened the score with a long-range shot from near the blue line just a few minutes later, RPI again lit the lamp when Mike Zalewski outraced

the Yale defenseman to the puck on a Bulldog power play and fired a slap shot past Lyon. The score put the Elis down 2—1 with 1:41 remaining in the first frame.

A scoreless second period meant that Yale needed a goal in the third period to nab at least a point, and the Bulldogs answered convincingly. Root kicked off a power play by winning a face-off and getting the puck back to Fallen, who skated to his right before unleashing a wrister past RPI goaltender Scott Diebold with 12:03 left.

“We matched up well against the way RPI defended [the power play],” Root said. “Tommy Fallen had a great shot for the second goal.”

In overtime, the Yale power play again excelled. Following a penalty early in extra time that gave the Bulldogs a man advantage, forward Frankie DiChiara ’17 received a pass in front of the goal. With his back turned to the goalie, he passed back to forward Mike Doherty ’17, who shot and found the back of the net for the game-winner just 59 seconds into overtime.

“It was a great feeling to be able to score the winner on the road,” Doherty said. “Stu [Wilson] hit Frank in front, who had great poise, and I was able to find some quiet ice in the slot and put a good shot on net.”

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The men’s ice hockey team came back and beat RPI 3–2 on the road in overtime on Friday.

Elis struggle at home

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The women’s ice hockey team fell to Union 3–1 at Ingalls Rink Friday night.

BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER The Yale women’s hockey team came out of a key weekend of ECAC play with just one point after falling to Union and tying Rensselaer at home.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY Union scored two power-play goals en route to a 3–1 victory on Friday, and a RPI goal in the final minute of the game the next day gave the Engineers a 2–2 tie.

Although the results were not what the Bulldogs (7–13–5, 5–8–5 ECAC) were hoping for, a loss by Rensselaer (10–16– 3, 6–10–2) on Friday and two Dartmouth defeats allowed them to remain in seventh in the conference standings.

“Losing this weekend puts us in a right spot for playoffs,” forward Jamie Haddad ’16 said in an email. “There’s more pressure knowing that we haven’t definitely clinched a playoff spot yet, but hopefully that will drive us forward and motivate us

to win the games we have left.”

The two games were physical battles with a combined 52 minutes of penalties, including five roughing calls.

The penalties led to two Union power play goals on Friday and a pair of the same for Yale on Saturday. “[Union and Rensselaer are] very physical teams,” Haddad said. “Some of the calls we didn’t deserve and others we did.

They play gritty and sometimes a little dirty, and we didn’t want to let them walk all over us, so we pushed back.”

The Dutchwomen (9–20–1, 4–14–0) entered the game on a seven-game losing streak, but ranked fifth in the country on the power play with a 19 percent success rate.

That special teams unit would prove to be the difference on Friday, as Union took a 2–0 lead in the second period, with one of the goals on a 5-on-3 advantage and the other on a 5-on-4. On both power plays, Union had fired three shots at goalie Jaimie Leonoff ’15 before finding the net.

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Forward Phoebe Staenz ’17 left the ice at Ingalls to skate for Switzerland at the Olympic Games in Sochi. the country, and I think that’s primarily due to their system,” defender Kate Martini ’16 said. “They have a different system than most teams use, and as a result of that a lot of teams, us included, don’t practice against it.”

Union added more insurance midway through the third period when forward Stefanie Thomson netted her second goal of the game.

The Elis missed an opportunity to score on a power play shortly after, but Haddad put Yale on the scoreboard later in the period when the teams were skating 4-on-4. Haddad’s goal, assisted by forward Janelle Ferrara ’16 and captain Tara Tomimoto ’14, was her sixth in nine games and tied her with forward Phoebe Staenz ’17 for top scorer on the team.

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BY YALE DAILY NEWS Though the Olympic Games may be only a few days old, a number of Ivy League athletes — including one Yale competitor — have already seen action in Sochi.

On Saturday, Yale forward Phoebe Staenz ’17 took the ice for the Swiss Olympic Team in the nation’s first women’s ice hockey game of the Olympics.

Unfortunately for the Swiss, the team ran into a buzz saw in the Canadian Olympic Team, which gave the Swiss a 5–0 drubbing.

Still, Staenz stood out among her countrywomen, putting a teamhigh four shots on goal in the defeat. Facing off against Staenz for the Canadian Olympic Team was recent Cornell graduate Rebecca Johnston, who recorded three points on a goal and two assists.

The most impressive performance by an Ivy athlete early in these games came from current Dartmouth junior Hannah Kearney. The 27-year-old Kearney took the bronze medal for the United States in the women’s moguls, finishing behind Canadian twins Justine and Chloé Dufour-Lapointe. Kearney won the gold medal in 2010 at the Olympics in Vancouver, as well as gold at the 2013 World Championships in Voss, Norway.

The Big Green had three more athletes in competition on Sunday, all in the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint biathlon. Alumnae Susan Dunklee, Sara Studebaker and Hannah Dreissigacker placed 14th, 44th and 65th, respectively.

The closing ceremony for the Sochi Olympics will take place Feb. 23.