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Y-Hack attracts coders

Artist, but not starving.

Art history major Isabella Huffington ’14 opened a solo art show at a pop-up gallery at Ports 1961 in Manhattan last week. André Leon Talley, André Balazs, Mika Brzezinski, Randi Zuckerberg and Fareed Zakaria were among the gallery’s visitors, “meandering through the compact space, drinks in hand,” according to a post from Vanity Fair. Nearly all of the paintings sold before 7 p.m. If only every senior art major’s show received this much attention…

FACULTY, STAFF LARGELY UNAWARE OF UNIVERSITY POLICY

BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS AND ADRIAN RODRIGUES STAFF REPORTERS

roughly 75 schools across the country and Canada to West Campus on Friday and Saturday for Yale’s largest ever hackathon. Teams had 24 hours to code (or “hack”) an idea for over $20,000 in prizes from Google, Amazon and other sponsors, many of whom sent representatives to give talks, provide advice and support and hand out free gear. On Saturday

Months after leaked documents detailed the National Security Agency’s monitoring of American citizens’ email accounts and a scandal erupted at Harvard over administrative access of communications by faculty, Yale employees remain largely unaware of the conditions under which the University can monitor their online correspondence.

Through its acceptable use policy and a statute outlined by the State of Connecticut, the University can legally access employee email accounts — and in specific instances, without the consent of the user. While instances of employee electronic monitoring have been infrequent, administrators said it has occurred, though they did not elaborate on the circumstances. Although all faculty and staff interviewed said they are not surprised by the possibility of monitoring, few were familiar with the details of the University’s policy.

In an interview with the News, University President Peter Salovey emphasized the

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Running away from finance?

Former cross country and track and field runner Alexandra Cadicamo ’10 placed 26th out of 20,000 women at the ING NYC Marathon, a 6:33 minute average mile pace for the 26.2 mile route according to Business Insider. Cadicamo is currently a Goldman Sachs analyst and in a Q&A on Goldman Sachs’ website she revealed that the Olympics trials are her ultimate goal. The Q&A also revealed that she still came into work the next day, as the lives of Goldman bankers go.

Happy Veteran’s Day. The unveiling of a new World War II memorial at Triangle Park in New Haven took place this past Thursday. The new stone monument replaces a WWII memorial that “went missing decades ago” according to the New Haven Register.

World War II veteran Sal Nero, who pointed out the original memorial’s disappearance to city officials, was in attendance at the ceremony on Thursday.

DS fever. An editorial in The Chronicle at Duke University titled ‘Take a Page from Yale’ lauded Yale’s Directed Studies sequence for energizing the University’s humanities program. The editorial board stated “we are greatly concerned about the specter of the humanities’ impending death,” but that freshmantargeted, comprehensive humanities programs would feed well into humanities majors. The piece also called for a modern renaissance: “A renaissance in the humanities requires some sort of spark, and we believe a directed studies program to be it.”

Publicity stunt in a box. Last

week, the 8th Annual Sexual Health Report Card college rankings were released — Princeton and Columbia took the top two places respectively while Yale finished in 13th place. Most recently, boxes of condoms and confetti were mailed to the offices of The Daily Princetonian and The Columbia Spectator from Trojan Condoms.

Muster up your courage… And visit yaleisbrave.com at 11:11 a.m. today where mystery and music are in order.

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Y-Hack, a 24-hour hackathon hosted at Yale this weekend, attracted over 1,000 undergraduate coders.

BY JENNIFER GERSTEN STAFF REPORTER A Marauder’s Map app for Yale?

An app that lays beats down over National Public Radio so you get the morning news as a rap? A “chicken” app, complete with automated clucks?

Maybe. But Alex Wissmann, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, decided he and his

team had grander plans for Y-Hack, the 24-hour hackathon that began on Friday evening. With about 18 hours remaining, the four finally decided to work on “Gimme-Shelter,” an app for nonprofit organizations to send out text message alerts to nearby homeless people.

Y-Hack, the brainchild of cofounders Charles Jin ’16, Mike Wu ’16, and Frank Wu ’16, drew over 1,000 undergraduate coders from

July murder suspect arrested

BY MAREK RAMILO STAFF REPORTER The suspect of a local July 3 homicide has been arrested, ending a months-long investigation and bringing justice to the victim’s family.

At a somber press conference held on Friday afternoon, New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman announced that officers had apprehended Jahmal

Fulcher, a 19-year-old New Haven resident, after obtaining an arrest warrant for the murder of 23-year-old Brian Gibson, also of New Haven. This summer, Gibson was found shot outside 85 South Genessee St., in front of the McConaughy Terrace public housing complex. After Gibson succumbed to his injuries at Yale-New Haven Hospital, authorities launched what would prove to

Preparations for mayor begin

BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER Less than two months away from taking the oath of office, New Haven Mayor-elect Toni Harp ARC ’78 has her work cut out for her — but she will not have to start from scratch.

I’ve heard Toni say that she would clean house right away. That’s not scandalous, but I think it would be a mistake.

DOUGLAS RAE Professor, School of Management Harp began the process of transitioning into the mayor’s office last week armed with a how-to manual for city governance, prepared by her soonto-be predecessor, outgoing 10-term mayor John DeStefano Jr. As Harp campaigned to replace him, DeStefano directed the city’s department heads to outline the condition of their agencies and the crucial decisions facing the new mayor during her first 90 days in office.

DeStefano presented that report to Harp on Thursday — and posted it to the city’s website on Friday — in advance of the mayor-elect’s announcement of a transition team to help prepare for the changing of the guard.

Jason Bartlett, Harp’s campaign manager, said the two binders full of administrative information will be a valuable resource in jumpstarting the transition, adding that Harp will announce the members of that team on Tuesday.

The transition team will be headed by Ed Joyner, a retired education professor at Yale and Sacred Heart University, and Mark Sklarz, an attorney and former president of the Greater New Haven Jewish Federation, the New Haven Independent reported Friday. The transition documents DeStefano prepared leading up to last Tuesday’s election will simplify one of the advisers’ chief tasks: examining departmental protocol, responsibilities and budgetary constraints to determine where efficiency can be improved.

“I have asked the Directors to assemble a report that is frank and that identifies deficiencies as well as those efforts that are going well,” DeStefano wrote to SEE HARP PAGE 4

be a lengthy investigation to track down his killer.

“We grieve with [the victim’s family],” Esserman said.

“The New Haven Police Department will always show the dignity and respect that this family is due for losing this young man. We hope, today, we have brought justice to this family, and allowed them to breathe for a moment in their grieving process.”

Various members of the victim’s family stood behind Esserman as he spoke during the press conference, which was held at the New Haven Police Department’s main office on Union Avenue. They held back tears throughout the conference, and Esserman embraced them once he had finished speaking.

Also in attendance were various NHPD authorities, including Assistant Chief Achilles

Generoso, who provided details about how the police department made the arrest.

“Very early in this investigation, our detectives developed a suspect,” Generoso said.

“They’ve been working diligently since that time to gather the information that allowed [NHPD officers] to obtain an arrest warrant.”

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New Native American house opens with celebrations

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The fourth Henry Roe Cloud Conference, celebrating Native American history on campus, took place at the new Native American Cultural Center.

BY WESLEY YIIN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER This weekend, Native American students, faculty, staff members and alumni gathered at the newly established house of the Native American Cultural Center.

The fourth Henry Roe Cloud Conference — which is held once every two or three years and hosted by the NACC to celebrate Native American history and legacy on campus — took place from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning. Consisting of panel discussions, performances and a gala dinner,

the conference invited many Native American members of the Yale community back to campus to see the organization’s new house, which opened earlier this semester and is located at 26 High St. Elizabeth Reese ’11, a conference panelist and current Harvard Law School student, told the News that seeing the new house was “something beyond our dreams.”

“This building belongs to a lot of people,” she said. “Many generations of Native Yalies made [the establishment of] this house posSEE CONFERENCE PAGE 6

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Beyond the referendum

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hen I learned that Sri Lankan Ambassador Palitha Kohona was going to speak at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, I knew I had to do something.

Kohona is alleged to have played a role in the White Flag incident, in which the Sri Lankan Army massacred soldiers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a day after the rebels had surrendered. Kohona has since become a senior diplomat in the Sri Lankan government.

The White Flag incident is not the only case of atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan army in the wake of the LTTE’s surrender — the army is known to have killed many civilians.

My initial reaction was to turn on my hippie mode: to dig up my tie-dye tees and “war criminal!” placards and go to Kohona’s speech to heckle him. However, both my cowardice and sensibility held me back. I read more about him and I learned that the evidence connecting him to the White Flag incident is quite tenuous.

I decided instead to put on my cleanest shirt, attend his talk, and ask him politely about his involvement in the massacre, if any, and about Sri Lanka’s genocide of the Tamil people.

Being a brown-skinned alien in the US makes this more complicated. I wondered: Would the Ambassador have security?

Would I be arrested? Would that go on record, and endanger my residence and visa privileges?

My concerns were not entirely fuelled by paranoia.

At the City University of New York, students who protested General David Petraeus, of Iraqi Death Squad fame, were met with brutal police repression. One student was repeatedly punched in the kidney as policemen handcuffed him, the Guardian reported. In total, six students were arrested.

At Brown University, students submitted a petition to cancel a talk by Ray Kelly, police commissioner in New York City, in protest of the New York Police Department’s policy of selectively targeting black citizens for stopand-frisk searches and spying extensively on Muslim residents. When the University rejected their petition, students forced the talk’s cancellation by turning up to heckle and boo Kelly. Brown is now considering punishing these students.

Ultimately, my small act of defiance at Kohona’s talk failed to be a spectacle. At the end of the Ambassador’s talk on diplomacy in environmental sustainability (which was informative and engaging), I asked him if he would like to comment on the allegation that he was involved in the Sri Lankan Army’s massacre of surrendering soldiers on May 18, 2009. I could tell that my question stunned the audience, and Kohona refused to answer it, moving on to the next question. I stormed off in a rush of adrenaline.

I am skeptical that my act did anything to change the minds of the rather sparse and drowsy audience. I have no doubt that the Ambassador will sleep untroubled tonight; the ease with which he brushed aside my question is a testament to his professional training and my amateur bumbling.

Nevertheless, I am convinced that what I did was important, at least personally.

The Sri Lankan civil war means little to me emotionally. Even though I am ethnically part Tamil, I don’t even speak the language and have never been affected, even indirectly, by the Sri Lankan persecution of the Tamil people. But it is precisely because I have nothing at stake in the Sri Lankan conflict that I care about it.

I believe that those who are isolated from oppression have the luxury of doing something about ending it. It would have been morally indefensible for me to allow a representative of the tainted Sri Lankan regime to speak without protest, or at least interrogation. Similarly, I believe that Yale has an ethical responsibility to close its doors to war criminals, alleged and proven.

Last year, Yale hosted Tony Blair, a cheerleader of the invasion of Iraq that has now led to the deaths of half a million people. Yet his speech here was followed by sycophantic questions and trivialities. Not one student protested. Our counterparts at Brown and CUNY may be more raucous and less behaved, but I believe they have clearly asserted the position that they will not welcome oppression in any of its forms.

At Yale, however, our position is ambiguous.

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t seems like election season just ended, but next week the polls will open once again. This time, Yale students will vote in a referendum held by the Yale College Council to consider the question of divestment from fossil fuels.

At a university whose respect for the student perspective usually appears forced and phony — to which the presidential selection process and the decision to construct two new residential colleges can attest — this is certainly a step in the right direction. Maybe student voices will finally be factored into the decision-making process. Maybe the administration or the Corporation will finally take more than just pro forma student input. Maybe.

The vote on divestment is part of the YCC’s new referendum process, which its website spells out in great detail. There will be one referendum per semester and the wording of each proposal must be neutral. To certify a result as “binding,” at least 50 percent of the undergraduate population must vote, of whom at least 50 percent must vote affirmatively.

The “yes” votes must amount to one-third of the total undergraduate population.

All these rules are very civilized. They’re neat, orderly and easy to understand. They trouble me.

What exactly does it mean

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s the cold sets in and the applications at the admissions office arrive daily by the hundreds, my thoughts recently wandered to the months before that hectic time started for me at the beginning of senior year, when I first learned just how much effort other students had already put into their applications. The prospect of applying to Yale only entered my head in the summer before senior year, and when I told my counselor at school she almost snickered: “People start their applications to Yale in the eighth grade!”

It was a fact that had never occurred to me — in the eighth grade, I was dealing with a family move to Kentucky from New York City, and college was the last thing on my mind. It would take more than two years to start thinking concretely about the vague jumble of schools beginning to float around in the ether as possible choices. Finding out that friends had been making moves directed at college admission for years was a startling, alarming realization.

It wasn’t until getting here that I discovered many people had spent years being groomed for this at mini-Yales around the country — boarding schools, day schools and uber-competitive public high schools with strong histories of sending people to the Ivies. Fresh-

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dum process in order to empower student voice and activism on campus.” This statement places the role of a referendum beyond merely discussing and gauging activism. Its role is instead to “empower” activism.

And therein lies my fear of the nice, neat, civilized rules. Activism shouldn’t be nice and neat; it shouldn’t be predictable. There needn’t be rules and regulations and an FAQ page for protest movements. We must be very, very careful conflating the new referendum process with activism. The referendum on its own will do little to force the administration to heed our demands.

When conservatives, moderates, and oh-so-many liberals across the country were lambasting Brown students for shouting down Ray Kelly, most neglected to mention that the students had previously requested, following the appropriate, orderly channels, that Brown rescind its invitation.

Only after Brown refused did students stage a spontaneous protest.

When I was helping to organize last semester’s protest of the faculty vote to change Yale’s grading system, I received an email from the administration detailing the Undergraduate Regulations regarding “peaceful dissents, protests, and demonstrations.” Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins was copied on the email. We never had

any intention of being anything other than peaceful, but isn’t something lost when our activism is so bureaucratically prescribed?

Isn’t the most powerful form of activism fundamentally outside the system?

The YCC referendum process will surely provide a forum for orderly debate. Yet there’s a time and a place for an orderly debate, and there’s a time and a place for protests.

Surely no one would be talking about Ray Kelly’s speech at Brown had students not staged a demonstration. Love it or hate it, their activism got us talking, about both stop-and-frisk and the role of a protest. Yalies had been debating and discussing financial aid for years, but it wasn’t until they staged an oldfashioned protest and sit-in back in 2005 that Yale finally decided to improve its financial aid offerings.

Debate works, but sometimes it’s more powerful or more pressing to protest.

Be sure to vote in the YCC referendum, but, if you feel strongly one way or another, do not restrict your voice to the confines of orderly debating and voting.

Don’t just stand up or speak up.

Act. SCOTT STERN is a junior in Branford College. Contact him at scott. stern@yale.edu .

men arrived on campus, as I’d soon figure out myself, already conversant in “Yale language” — in other words, they had taken JOHN humanitarian AROUtrips around TIOUNIAN the world and could knowledgably comJohnny about Come Lately plain which airports were comfortable and which ones to avoid.

Somebody I met had been to 77 countries. All this projected confidence, legitimacy, learnedness.

Welcome to Yale!

But I was fortunate in two major ways: I went to a very decent, suburban public high school and I’d spent years in speech and debate.

Confidence (or at least the visible kind) wasn’t a problem. I could match the loudest “section asshole” if I wanted to — even though everyone knows the more socially adept way to handle section is to time your comments carefully and seem less-than-confident, even if you really have a lot to say on a particular day, so as to avoid playing into the stereotype. Winning at Yale means being so good that you know when to seem smart and

when that’s actually going to do more harm than good.

But if you’re wondering where this is going, here it is: Almost no one in the world thinks this much about projecting the right self-image, and those who do are here in highest concentration.

The students groomed by family and society from a very young age know not just how to work well, but also how to represent oneself in an insecure, neurotic world that discourages overt displays of wealth or knowledge. You’ve got to know when certain statements fly and when they don’t. And these nuances and subtleties of how to behave go far beyond what common sense provides. You have to be intimately aware of how people think and perceive others in the current cultural context.

We live in a knowledge oligarchy, where not only are very few aware of these accepted modes of behavior — making it very hard to act in the requisite way for success among the elite — but this knowledge is also very hard to transmit.

You already need to have some to get to Yale in the first place, and it only becomes more of an important factor from there on. What about those who don’t, and never figure out what exactly it is you have to know and be aware of to have a shot at reaching the upper boundaries of the American

dream? Or is elite culture really as segmented, out of reach and selfperpetuating as ever?

This adds a very different dimension to the discussion about economic and social inequality in America. It’s true that every once in a while an extremely adept individual will come from poverty, aided by natural talents, and get to the top of the food chain. But for every one of these individuals it seems as though there must be 10 who had a lot of help along the way — who were told, “Do this,” “Don’t do that,” and who came to Yale with their vocabulary and awareness already trained for the social situation they were about to walk into. It’s true for Yale, her fellow Ivies and for the many other hubs of elite culture in America today.

The knowledge oligarchy disproportionately favors the upper class, and it’s a subtler kind of dominance because it exists between the lines of speech and behavior. But it’s just another way that those in endemic poverty are systematically short-changed by a status quo whose bizarre ways they cannot even begin to comprehend.

JOHN AROUTIOUNIAN is a junior in Jonathan Edwards College. His column runs on alternate Mondays. Contact him at john.aroutiounian@yale. edu .

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for the referendum to be “binding”?

Perusal of the YCC’s procedures reveals that, though all referenda results SCOTT are publicly STERN announced, only binding A Stern results must Perspective be formally submitted in a position paper to the administration.

Yet the administration will not be bound by these results. They can ignore or laugh at or burn the results, and we’d never know — and even if we did, we couldn’t stop them. Referenda are an excellent metric for gauging student support for an issue and spurring a dialogue, but their power beyond this is limited. Last fall, when 72 percent of Harvard students voted “yes” in a referendum on divestment, the administration completely ignored the vote.

Clearly, the power of the referenda is limited, and that’s fine.

Referenda are not designed to be sites of protest or activism, but rather to discuss the issues and count support.

Yet the YCC announced two weeks ago in its weekly newsletter, “We have developed a referen-

The knowledge oligarchy

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n this Veteran’s Day, bear in mind one thing: The post-9/11 G.I. Bill is insufficient. It provides the means but not the knowledge nor the ability to effectively apply those means.

After invaluable service to our nation, thousands of veterans face the challenge of transitioning from combat to college.

While the number is contested, one thing is clear — most veterans do not graduate. Many of those who fought in defense of freedom do not even make it through their freshman year. We throw money at our veterans through a generous G.I. Bill, then fail to train them how not to fail.

Some organizations have started to recognize the need.

Some citizens have begun to recognize that supporting the troops requires supporting their transition to civilian life. While the G.I. Bill provides the means, new organizations are springing up to help show veterans the way.

“Veterans face a unique set of challenges that aren’t faced by traditional freshmen,” said Jesse Reising ’11, the president and cofounder of Operation Opportunity’s Warrior-Scholar Project,

an initiative inaugurated at Yale designed to provide war heroes, servicemen and women with the tools and the skills to operate as effectively in college as they do on the battlefield. “They likely have not used academic skills since high school and have to adjust to a very different social and cultural environment,” Reising added.

“Unfortunately,” continued Reising, “these challenges often lead to veterans dropping out of college before earning their degree.”

Veteran dropouts are a reflection of us working in the field of education, not of them. They have the military virtues of discipline, drive, persistence and motivation.

But they are provided with little guidance in how to apply those virtues to the disparate environment of academia. What good is the academy, what use are universities, if they can’t empower veterans of virtue to overcome culture shock on campus?

Operation Opportunity held its second Warrior-Scholar Project at Yale University back in June of this year in an effort to address this issue. One of the other co-founders, Nick Rugoff ’11 introduced

Reising to Christopher Howell ’14 who served in special operations and domestic counterterrorism in the Australian Army and is now an Eli Whitney Student at Yale College. Rugoff, Reising, and Howell, worked together to launch the non-profit.

The Warrior-Scholar Project at Yale was designed as an academic boot camp held for fourteen hours a day, six days a week, during the first two weeks of June. Seminars were led by some of America’s most renowned professors, alongside rigorous afternoon writing workshops, dinner discussions about the trials and tribulations of transitioning to college life and evening study sessions on the art of analytic reading.

One of the vets in the 2012 pilot course, David Carrell, stressed that he did not “want to play catch up,” when he matriculated at Central Texas Community College.

A staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, Carrell served in the military for twelve years and said he was interested in clinical psychology. “After fighting in Iraq for years and surviving,” emphasizes Carrell, “my biggest fear is the thought of being outflanked by freshmen.” Carrell

recounts a “mental beating,” in his opinion piece published earlier this year.

“It was hard for a 31-year-old man to realize he does not really know how to read scholarly articles and to actually pull information out of and analyze an article,” he revealed. “You forget that writing is a process, not an event.” Now at Vassar College, Carrell exemplifies that ideal warrior-scholar.

On this Veteran’s Day, bear in mind another thing: failure is unacceptable. It is time to support initiatives like these, so that all veterans who want to go to college can excel as well there as they did in war. It is time for America to flip the statistics by empowering a new generation of warriorscholars. It is time for those of us in education to serve those who have served us. It is time to tutor and mentor our protectors. They deserved it.

DAVID HOWELL is the BradyJohnson Predoctoral Fellow at International Security Studies and the Director of Studies of Operation Opportunity’s Warrior-Scholar Project. Contact him at david.howell@yale.edu .

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The article “With $25 million gift, dorms to return to Yale Law School,” incorrectly stated that plans to renew the building at 100 Tower Parkway were set back due to financial deficits, rather than the effect of the recession on the University. It also mistakenly stated that the donation will allow the Yale Law School to renovate the building without borrowing or raising additional money. Finally, it misidentified Joshua Galperin as a professor; he is in fact a lecturer.

Yale cautious about MOOCs

BY MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS STAFF REPORTER As more and more universities dive into the marketplace for massive open online courses, Yale remains tepid in its embrace of the medium.

Known as MOOCs, these courses have exploded in popularity in recent years, with institutions around the country from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to the U.S. State Department taking a role in providing educational content to well over 5 million viewers internationally. But despite the University’s role as one of the initial leaders in providing free content to a global audience — Open Yale Courses, launched in 2007, are regarded as a predecessor to MOOCs — Yale has taken a step back from the market for online courses.

“A quality education represents a process of learning how to think, rather than the delivery of packets of information,” University President Peter Salovey said. “I’m as excited about online technologies as anyone else, but I want to focus on how to use them to engage students with faculty in a process of teaching and learning far more than I’m interested in simply conveying packets of information and giving people merit badges for having viewed them.”

If Yale has been ostensibly conservative in this regard, it’s because we’re watching very carefully what is developing.

CRAIG WRIGHT Chair, Provost’s Online Education Standing Committee In January, Yale will begin offering four courses on Coursera, the largest platform for MOOCs, in addition to posting separate content on Open Yale Courses. Open Yale Courses differ from MOOCs because they are filmed classes that do not involve assessments or certificates, while MOOCS are created specifically to train or engage viewers.

Yale’s approach stands in contrast to that of its peer institutions — though this is also the first year that Yale has been on a MOOC platform, having announced its partnership with Coursera last year. Harvard currently lists 17 courses on EdX, a joint venture between Harvard, MIT and a series of other schools.

Stanford lists 25 classes on Coursera, while the University of Pennsylvania offers 27.

But new methods of content delivery for online courses are attempting to move beyond the one-way conveyance to which Salovey referred. Earlier this month, Coursera announced a partnership with the U.S. State Department to create “learning hubs,” located across the globe, that provide internet access for free courses. Whether the hubs will alter Yale’s long-term calculations around the online courses, though, remains to be seen.

The hubs are intended to expand the reach of MOOCs to areas with internet connectivity issues or where residents do not commonly own personal computers, while also improving educational outcomes by providing offline instruction to complement online content.

At the hubs, individuals will also have the ability to participate in in-person discussion sessions with as few as 15 people, for which there will be a teacher or facilitator, Coursera President Lila Ibrahim told the New York Times.

In the collaboration, the State Department is not developing content, but instead facilitating access to it.

“The Department of State is facilitating these in-person physical experiences that [are] bringing social context to the traditional online environment,” said Yin Liu, head of growth and international strategy for Coursera.

The development of the hubs is part of the State Department’s so-called MOOC Camps Initiative, which provides MOOC viewing at American embassies in over 40 countries. In about half of the instances, the State Department facilitates MOOC viewership through the Coursera platform. In others, though, platforms such as Open Yale Courses and the Harvard-MIT collaboration EdX are used.

In the new partnership, Coursera will provide training materials to facilitators, while also aiding the State Department in analyzing data to better understand learning outcomes from the courses.

According to Coursera, the hubs have the possibility to vastly improve learning outcomes. In a pilot program in Bolivia, South Korea and Indonesia, completion rates for the courses jumped from 10 percent to 40 percent with the introduction of in-person instruction.

Still, Yale faculty engaged in the discussion around online education suggested that the University is unlikely to expand far beyond Open Yale Courses in the near future, saying that the University plans to observe developments in the market in order to improve the success of its own courses.

“If Yale has been ostensibly conservative in this regard, it’s because we’re watching very carefully what is developing,” said Craig Wright, who leads the Provost’s Online Education Standing Committee. “We think we have a better idea now how this should play.”

According to Wright, approximately five percent of the University’s online content, excluding Open Yale Courses are MOOCs. Most of the online content provided by the University has been consumed within the Yale community.

Lucas Swineford, executive director of the Office of Digital Dissemination and Online Education, pointed to the Yale Summer Online Program, which offered 13 courses this year, as a successful example of online education within the Yale community. In the program, participants watched lectures on their own time, then came together for an online discussion section on a weekly basis.

Salovey also said the summer program, as well as a small online certificate-granting program in the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, provided examples of successful online expansion. He added that in the future, he expects partnerships with other universities — in particular, the International Alliance of Research Universities — to prove fruitful. In the realm of open courses, though, Salovey said he does not see broad expansion beyond Open Yale Courses in the near future.

“In terms of Yale’s presence online off campus, I think our future is going to be in working in specialized networks with particular other institutions that make good collaborative partners for us, rather than an emphasis on massive, or even necessarily open,” Salovey said.

There are currently 42 courses currently listed on Open Yale Courses.

Contact MATTHEW LLOYDTHOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu .

Classes offered as a part of Splash at Yale

Interesting titles include: “The Kanye Politik,” taught by Joshua Feinzig ’16; “How to Look at Abstract Art and Not Get Angry,” led by John O’Malley ’17; and simply, “Theory,”

by Shon Arieh-Lerer ’14.

STEM outreach to continue

BY RISHABH BHANDARI STAFF REPORTER After two consecutive years of reaching its recruiting goal for students likely to major in the sciences, the Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions aims to maintain the same percentage of science-oriented students in future years — along with the aggressive outreach programs that attracted them to Yale in the first place.

To keep in step with Yale’s peer institutions and the University’s expansion of science-related initiatives, the Admissions Office set a benchmark seven years ago that 40 percent of students in the incoming freshman class enroll with the intention of majoring in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field. Although STEM students compose more than 50 percent of incoming freshmen classes at rival schools Stanford and Harvard, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan said the Admissions Office is comfortable maintaining its current target of 40 percent despite the rising number of STEM applications Yale receives each year.

Quinlan said the Admissions Office has made “a significant investment in advertising Yale as a great place to do science” in part because the school is more traditionally known for its excellence in the humanities.

While Quinlan said he was pleased that 42 percent of the class of 2016 and 41 percent of the class of 2017 were composed of students likely to major in the STEM fields, he said he was particularly encouraged by the strength of the students who applied.

“In recent years, we’ve started seeing students interested in STEM apply to and choose Yale over schools like Stanford or [the Massachusetts Institute of Technology],” Quinlan said.

The number of STEM applicants to Yale has risen by more than 50 percent since his predecessor Jeffrey Brenzel began Yale’s targeted outreach campaign in 2006, Quinlan said, adding that this growth in applications from students likely to major in STEM fields has driven a sharp increase in Yale’s overall application numbers.

Every high school student who scores well on the most difficult science Advanced Placement tests such as AP Physics are sent stand-alone science and engineering brochures by the Admissions

Office, Quinlan said. He added that the Admissions Office will also attend a number of prestigious competitions and events such as the Research Science Institute at MIT or the FirstRobotics National Championship.

Quinlan said the Yale faculty members have played an active role in recruiting STEM students. Three times a year, some of Yale’s most distinguished STEM professors such as Ramamurti Shankar or Jay Humphrey travel with admissions officers to traditionally STEM-strong areas such as Northern California or New Jersey to host information sessions dubbed “science and engineering forums,” Quinlan said.

My students are becoming increasingly savvy in realizing that Yale’s small science community is an asset and not a detraction.

RICHARD AVITABILE Private college counselor, Steinbrecher and Partners David Petersam, president of Virginiabased higher education consulting group AdmissionsConsultants, said Yale is also sending more “likely letters” to outstanding STEM students, indicating before the traditional April 1 date of notification that they will probably be accepted. Students who receive these letters and are contacted personally by admissions officers are more likely to attend that college because they may feel more appreciated or learn more about the school, he said.

Though outstanding students in the humanities or the STEM fields are eligible to receive likely letters, only students who receive likely letters for the sciences are invited to Yale Engineering and Science Weekend, or YES-W. In this program, select accepted students are flown by Yale to spend a weekend in a residential college and see the University’s opportunities and resources in the STEM fields firsthand.

Quinlan added that the program, which debuted in 2011 for a three-year pilot program, has been so successful in attract-

ing top STEM students that it received another three years of funding this summer from the Provost’s Office.

“My students are becoming increasingly savvy in realizing that Yale’s small science community is an asset and not a detraction,” said Richard Avitabile, a former admissions officer at New York University and a private college counselor at Steinbrecher and Partners. In prior years, many of his STEM students would choose schools with larger STEM programs and better ranked graduate schools than Yale, Avitabile said, adding that students are now realizing that they can get research jobs and faculty interaction more easily at smaller schools such as Yale.

Current undergraduates in the STEM majors said that they were attracted to Yale in part because of its small STEM program and the broader focus of the University in comparison to more STEM-focused schools.

Emily Baczyk ’17 said that although her dream school had been MIT for many years, she ultimately chose Yale over MIT because she wanted a broader liberal arts education and a diverse student body.

Ike Lee ’15 said that although he knew Yale was not a STEM-focused school, he chose Yale over schools such as Princeton in part because he knew there would be less competition for research opportunities and faculty attention at Yale. Lee added that while the University lacks the breadth of scientific opportunities at other universities, Yale is a leader in the fields it offers.

“No undergraduate will ever exhaust the research opportunities Yale offers,” he said, adding that many of his friends at other schools have been surprised at the ease with which students obtain research jobs at Yale.

When deciding between colleges, Madeleine Barrow ’15 said she was leaning toward Harvard or Princeton until she received STEM-related brochures from the University that changed her mind.

Barrow said she was surprised to hear that Yale was often more generous with funding and research positions than betterknown schools in the STEM community.

Approximately 23 percent of the class of 2014 and the class of 2015 is currently majoring in a STEM field.

Contact RISHABH BHANDARI at rishabh.bhandari@yale.edu .

Yalies teach kids at Splash

BY DANA SCHNEIDER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER From Survival Skills 101 to Introduction to Japanese, students in middle school and high school were able to take a variety of eccentric courses taught by Yale undergrads at last Saturday’s Splash at Yale.

Splash at Yale is a student-run organization that allows Yale students to teach classes each semester on any topic of their choice. Teachers were encouraged to select subjects not taught in a traditional classroom setting, such as neurology, improvisational comedy and modern Middle Eastern Politics. Over 750 middle school and high school students from the Greater New England area registered to take part in 159 classes offered at the event.

Founders Sebastian Caliri ’13 and Ben Horowitz ’15, created Splash at Yale as a way to help students expand their learning beyond traditional school curricula.

“We want to encourage students to find something they love and get excited about learning,” Horowitz said.

Each course had an enrollment maximum of approximately 30 students. All courses had grade-level recommendations, and some had pre-requisites such as pre-calculus.

Students were given the freedom to choose their own courses and pick their own schedule. The administration required students, not parents, to sign up for courses online. Each student was required to make an account on the Splash website to register and receive emails with information about the program.

Parents were given the option of touring the Yale campus, and attending two sample classes and lectures, respectively.

The lectures were geared towards teaching parents how they can help their children through the educational process. Dan Zaharopol, CEO of Learning Unlimited, gave a talk on “More Educational Opportunities: Helping Your Children Find Them.” Amy Estersohn, assistant director of undergraduate admissions at the University of Chicago, gave tips for a stressfree college search.

While some schools brought groups of students, many participants heard about the event by word-of-mouth. Ervin Zhou, a parent from Edison, N.J., said that Splash was recommended to him by a colleague and that he had brought his two daughters to the event. Zhou was among several parents interviewed who had heard about Splash through former participants.

Yale students were particularly enthusiastic about the opportunity to reach out

SPLASH AT YALE

Drawing in over 750 middle and high schoolers from the Greater New England area, Splash at Yale provided the freedom to pick and choose from 159 courses . to students. Splash teacher Lina Zhou ’14 said that Splash is not only a chance for young students to explore new courses, it is also a chance for Yalies to get excited about teaching.

Molly Mullen ’17 taught a course titled “Modular Origami.” Mullen also attended the MIT Splash! Conference in middle school and described her experience while serving on the administration of Splash at Yale.

“It’s cool to see some students who might not catch on right away finally learn a new fold,” Mullen said.

When asked about Mullen’s class, student Sklyar Norton said simply, “It’s awesome.” Norton, a home-schooled student, said the option to change courses was one of the most attractive features of the event.

Seventh-grade student Aastha Senjalia from Somerset County, N.J. explained that she enjoyed the interactive part of the class “Learn to play ‘Go!’” in which students squared off in a board game and said she would definitely return to the event in

the future.

Over the past year, Splash has expanded to include two other events: Resonance and Sprout. Resonance is a scientific outreach event for high school sophomores and juniors interested in science. Yale Synapse, which helps to support a learning environment for members of the YaleNew Haven health system, hosted the event which includes presentations by Yale professors, TED talks by undergraduates and tours of Yale facilities.

Sprout was created as a way for students to attend classes spanning over three weeks. A Sprout event took place in both July and in October. Each included over 100 students and over 40 Yale teachers. Splash worked with the University Mathematics Department to secure space in Leet Oliver Memorial Hall for the event.

The program cost $15 per student, plus an optional $5 for lunch and $10 for a t-shirt.

Contact DANA SCHNEIDER at dana.schneider@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“Innovation is serendipity, so you don’t know what people will make.”

TIM BERNERS-LEE INVENTOR, WORLD WIDE WEB

Harp prepares for transition

Y-Hack comes to West Campus Y-HACK FROM PAGE 1 evening, after dinner in Commons, each group presented its project, science-fair style, for the judges’ deliberation.

The winning hack, “Rainman,” which pulls up relevant Wikipedia articles on a sidebar next to news stories, was the project of Yale’s Geoffrey Litt ’14 and Seth Thompson ’14.

The second place award also went to a Yale student, Sean Haufler ’14, who designed an app called “Lux” that changes the hue and brightness of indoor lights depending on the time of day.

Kevin Tan ’16, one of the organizers, said the Y-Hack team began planning the event over the summer.

Tan said he thought they might be lucky to have a few hundred competitors from Yale and nearby colleges — last year’s hackathon attracted only about 35 students, said Y-Hack organizer Jason Brooks ’16. But momentum built quickly among the collegiate hacking community through social media and word of mouth.

“It’s been amazing on our part, witnessing and trying to handle the growth,” Tan said. “[Planning Y-Hack was] analogous to hacking. We faced challenges every step of the way. We went in not knowing how to do anything, and we looked it up all on our own.”

When more hackers registered than could fit in any of the buildings on Yale’s main campus, the organizers decided to host the event at administrative buildings on West Campus.

The large and open “office jungle,” as Tan called it, allowed each group a room or desk station for hacking.

Brynn Claypoole, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania and director of Penn’s hackathon PennApps, said that for most participants hackathons are less about winning than they are about learning and collaboration, even between students from opposing teams. She said many students, including herself, attended Y-Hack not to compete, but to volunteer help and answer competitors’ questions about coding.

But most people were at Y-Hack to hack. Hampshire College senior Alec Goebel echoed 15 other students interviewed saying he was impressed that the event was so large and well

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Bringing students’ coding skills outside of the classroom, Y-Hack attracted students from about 75 institutions around the country and Canada. organized. Like any other hackathon, however, he said it was a bit stressful.

“It gets really serious,” Goebel said.

“The time crunch is such a killer — a typo can get you stuck for 24 hours.

But you get attached to your app, and it gets emotional. Which is part of the fun.”

No student left Y-Hack emptyhanded. Free pizza, cookies and energy drinks were available throughout the night for hungry coders to take back to their workspaces, although students complained that demand for food occasionally exceeded availability. Event organizers and sponsors gave out T-shirts, pens and backpacks on the first floor, and raffles were held for larger prizes, like tablets and cell phones. The organizers also offered to reimburse each group up to $100 for travel expenses.

Mike Swift, the commissioner of the collegiate hackathon league Major League Hacking, said the science fair-style layout of corporate presentations at Y-Hack was unique and would “set a model” for future hackathons.

“A lot of people sit around all day wishing they could make things,”

Swift said. “These kids can imagine something and actually make it happen.”

Unlike the Computer Science Department at Stanford where the focus is practical applications and entrepreneurship, Tan said, Yale is known for its academic focus.

Y-Hack, he said, fills a niche for Yale students who are interested in coding outside the rigor of a classroom setting.

Adam Zucker ’17, who came into Commons looking tired and slightly pink-eyed, said he had slept only two hours during Y-Hack trying to finish his app, but that he had enjoyed himself nonetheless.

“You show up to West Campus, hop in a cubicle, and just crank away at your code,” he said. “It [was] fantastic.”

The third place winner was “cHat,” a program designed by a team from Carnegie Mellon that uses simple text to recreate video images when there is insufficient bandwidth for normal images.

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

his successor. “I have also asked that any issues requiring attention in the first 90 days of the new Administration be called out.”

For the mayor’s office, the early tasks range from ceremonial events, including the inauguration on Jan. 1, to substantive policy requirements — chief among them the preparation of the city’s budget by March. Many of the early priorities involve administrative appointments, which form the second major task of the transition team: identifying candidates for top city jobs.

Yale School of Management professor Douglas Rae, who served as chief administrative officer from 1990 to 1991 under New Haven Mayor John C. Daniels, speculated that Harp would make vast changes in the city administration.

“I’ve heard Toni say that she would clean house right away,” Rae said.

“That’s not scandalous, but I think it would be a mistake because I think DeStefano has some very good people, including [Public Works Director] Douglas Arndt.”

Harp is likely to seek out leaders with deep roots in New Haven, Rae said, warning that ideal candidates should be disentangled from “local loyalties.” He added that recruitment will be Harp’s first test as the city’s leader, a view echoed by DeStefano.

“The challenge is attracting talent to the government,” DeStefano told the News. “I think that’s a challenge everyday that you’re [in office.]”

Among other challenges DeStefano emphasized in the report are public safety, education and the city’s finances. To begin coping with the city’s troubled fiscal state, DeStefano recommended a five-year projection of revenue and expenses that he said should be used to inform labor negotiations and policy planning.

Updating the assumed rate of return on pension investments could further help prevent shortfalls in presumed funding, according to the finance department’s assessment. Other challenges include replenishing the drained rainy day fund and moving away from one-time revenue collection as a way to

Months later, murder suspect arrested MURDER SUSPECT FROM PAGE 1 Generoso said that the local community was of great assistance to the police’s investigation before making a special point to thank the state’s forensic lab, which Generoso said provided evidence analysis that helped the NHPD track down the suspect.

The key NHPD officers on the case were Detective Mike Wuchek — the case officer for this investigation — and Sgts. Al Vazquez and Tony Reyes, according to Generoso.

The assistant chief acknowledged that this investigation took longer than usual to complete, but said that the police department’s persistence helped to finally close the case.

“We, as the New Haven Police Department, are not going to let

up on these investigations,” Generoso said. “Some take longer than others. This one took us a few months to solve … but we’re going to continue to work on these cases and bring these people to justice.”

We bring justice to this family today, which is really just a small step.

DEAN ESSERMAN Police chief, New Haven The victim’s brother, Michael Johnson, then took the podium to speak on behalf of his family, expressing their lasting grief more than four months after Gib-

son was shot. He said Gibson’s smile was one of the things that he and his family will miss the most.

Esserman closed the conference by speaking to the unity with which he hopes the city of New Haven — both its citizens and leaders — will come together to properly honor the families of victims like Gibson.

“I just want to remind this community that we’ve lost another young son,” Esserman said. “As his family grieves, so does this city. We bring justice to this family today, which is really just a small step in their terrible loss.”

Fulcher will turn 20 years old on Nov. 24.

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

NEW HAVEN POLICE DEPARTMENT

Jahmal Fulcher, a 19-year-old New Haven resident, was arrested for the July 3 murder of Brian Gibson.

allay long-term budget gaps.

School reform, DeStefano wrote, “is the most critical effort underway to positively affect the future of the people of New Haven.” An immediate challenge before Harp is closing the $3.5 million school budget deficit outlined in the Board of Education’s report.

Engaging institutional partners, including Yale University, is to be another task of the new mayor. One of Harp’s principal roles in the school reform process will be sitting on the board of New Haven Promise, a scholarship program primarily funded by Yale that guarantees New Haven public school students who meet performance standards a full ride to any state college or university in Connecticut. Yale President Peter Salovey currently chairs the board.

By March 31, New Haven Police Department Chief Dean Esserman wrote, the new mayor should see to the hiring of 45 new officers and the acquisition of body cameras for patrol officers, among other security-related priorities. Harp will also have to decide whether to seek funding for a new police shooting range at the former military armory on Wintergreen Ave. The report includes both internal audits of each department as well as external assessments by the Financial Review and Audit Commission, in addition to other groups. Though the documents present a fairly good picture of the state of the city, New Haven Chief Administrative Officer Robert Smuts ’01 said, they also honestly divulge where further work is needed.

One particular area Smuts said merits attention is the city’s information technology setup. On the whole, he added, the outgoing administration will leave Harp to set her own priorities.

“The goal here was not to tell the incoming administration what they should focus on. That’s something they’ll figure out for themselves,” Smuts said. “The goal was to give them all the information we have and help the new administration hit the ground running.”

The transition team will operate on a budget of $28,104.

Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .

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“We’re actors — we’re the opposite of people!” TOM STOPPARD PLAYWRIGHT

Intertribal council plans gathering

BY SEBASTIAN MEDINA-TAYACK STAFF REPORTER The Connecticut Native American Intertribal Urban Council met Saturday to iron out details of their upcoming gathering at the Afro-American Cultural Center to celebrate Native American History Month.

The social will take place on Nov. 30 at The Af-Am House and feature potluck food, a raffle and entertainment from a local drum group CNAITUC, a non-profit in its third year, also discussed several other projects to build and support the Native community in New Haven, including a health fair, their scholarship fund and their annual Powwow in June.

The council’s president, James Rawlings MPH ’80, is a Yale School of Medicine clinical instructor, president of the Greater New Haven NAACP and an elder in the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribal Council. He said CNAITUC helps urban Native people, many of whom are separated from their home communities and traditions, find and assert their identities within the community.

“There’s no 101 course for Native culture,” he said. “You have to reconnect to your identity from within a culture and community.”

He said for many Native people who did not have the privilege of learning their traditions from

their families, it can be hard to assert a Native identity. To counteract this, he said, all of their events incorporate an educational aspect.

Rawlings said the philosophy of the group is to make sure that Native identity is not lost in an urban setting and that Native children are raised with the empowerment of their identities.

“We’re here to serve the next generation. There’s nothing more important than that,” he said.

The organization also aims to aid the city’s existing Native community. It has established a partnership with CVS Pharmacy to offer Native students in the area up to $5,000 to pursue an education in pharmacology or nursing. The Connecticut Humanities Council also awarded the council a grant to fund their Wampanoag language program. They are currently weighing options for language instructors.

Their annual Powwow, held at East Rock in late May each year, hosts a health fair to raise awareness of health issues and increase access to health resources for Native people, offering free diabetes screenings.

According to the Indian Health Service, American Indians are 2.2 times more likely to have Type II diabetes than white Americans.

Members from the Penobscot, Navajo, Cherokee and other nations were represented at the meeting. They meet bi-weekly at

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The Connecticut Native American Intertribal Urban Council, a non-profit in its third year, met to work out a Nov. 30 gathering at the Af-Am House. the NAACP office on Whalley Ave. New member Jerry Goins, from the Cherokee tribe, who attended the meeting on Saturday said that he was attracted by the positivity of the group and had felt “disconnected” from Native communities since moving to New Haven in 2011. He added that he appreciated the initiative that the council was taking to foster a community.

The organization’s long-term goal, Rawlings said, is to establish a cultural center in the city, mod-

eled after the American Indian Community House in Manhattan. They are looking at different properties now, but they are limiting their search to properties near a natural area or body of water to reinforce a connection to the land.

“We can’t teach our children on asphalt,” Rawlings said.

The council hopes to increase membership and forge bonds with the Yale native community, as well. Rawlings encour-

Congressman talks social justice

aged Tasce Bongiovanni, a Robert Wood Johnson clinical scholar at the Yale School of Medicine, to join the council as part of her community-based participatory research project.

Bongiovanni, who is of Navajo descent, is now working with the council to address issues of Native patients’ access to transplant organs. It is often more difficult to find matches, she said, because of the genotypic diversity within the population and the relative lack of

Congressman Luis Gutiérrez spoke to a crowd of about 50 students, faculty members and local residents on Friday.

BY RACHEL SIEGEL CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The quest to achieve social justice is far from over, according to Congressman Luis Gutiérrez, a Democrat from Illinois.

Gutiérrez, who is the nation’s first Latino congressman from the Midwest and an advocate for immigration reform, addressed roughly 50 students, faculty members and local residents Friday at an event sponsored by La Casa Cultural and Despierta Boricua, Yale’s Puerto Rican undergraduate association. Referencing his memoir, “Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill,” Gutiérrez spoke of his journey to Congress and the challenges he has faced as a Latino in the United States.

Growing up in a “rugged neighborhood” rife with gang violence in Chicago, Gutiérrez said he had only faint aspirations of attending college. But when his family moved back to Puerto Rico when he was 15, Gutiérrez said he suddenly became aware of the wealth of opportunities for young Latino men.

“The mayors were Puerto Rican, the governors were Puerto Rican, the policemen were Puerto Rican,” Gutiérrez said. “I saw this whole world where myths about Puerto Ricans were just broken when I recognized all those things I could be.”

Gutiérrez, who returned to the United States to attend Northeastern Illinois University, also spoke of his former insecurities about being a young Latino in the U.S. Referencing how none of society’s role models at the time shared his background, Gutiérrez said he would sometimes

straighten his hair in an effort to fit into cultural norms.

Reading a passage from his memoir, Gutiérrez described the early days of his relationship with his wife, whose family was also from Puerto Rico. Wary of ruining their first date at a college Valentine’s Day dance, Gutiérrez said he remembered filling out a note card full of conversation starters in case things got too silent.

The first item on the list read, “Don’t talk about politics,” he said.

The mayors were Puerto Rican, the governors were Puerto Rican, the policemen were Puerto Rican.

LUIS GUTIERREZ Congressman, Illinois But politics soon became his career.

As a congressman, Gutiérrez said his desire for comprehensive immigration reform has shaped much of the way he views party politics.

Congressmen need to reach across party lines to bring about change for men and women whose immigrant stories resemble those of his own parents, he said.

Gutiérrez said immigration reform remains at the forefront of his political platform because he feels an obligation to use his position of power to honor those who sacrificed to come to this country. Despite the fact that he is “dying to get out of Congress,” he said he will not leave

office until immigration reform is completed.

Gutiérrez said one of his major concerns is the protection of immigrant workers who assume some of the most backbreaking and laborious jobs in the country.

Attendees interviewed said they particularly appreciated Gutiérrez’s down-to-earth persona.

Rosalinda Garcia, La Casa Cultural director and associate dean of Yale College, said Gutiérrez’s story of cultural identity was likely familiar to many Latinos.

“He’s just another person,” Garcia said. “He could be your uncle or your cousin, and I think that’s really inspirational. As a dean of students, I take a lot of pleasure in bringing leaders like that on campus because it allows our students to see themselves in Latino leadership.”

William Genova ’15, president of Despierta Boricua, said he could relate to Gutiérrez’s initial shock at the possibilities awaiting young Latinos. At Yale, Genova said he has come to appreciate how successful Latinos can be.

Isiah Cruz ’17, a La Casa freshman peer liaison, said he appreciated Gutiérrez’s emphasis on advancing education for all Latinos.

“I got a little emotional from the way he told us we could help improve the Latino community in the future,” Cruz said. “There are 11 million other Latinos out there. It’s our job at Yale to help other Latinos across the country who don’t know the importance of education.”

Gutiérrez assumed office in 1993.

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

Contact SEBASTIAN MEDINATAYACK at sebastian.medina-tayack@yale.edu .

Student-written musical mounted

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organ donors. She said she hopes to set up a national network of Native organ donors.

“It’s so nice to have found a community in New Haven to be a part of and serve,” she said.

The organization’s latest project is to join the national movement to change the name of the Washington D.C. football team.

Many people try to find love by looking around, but some decide to look up.

“The Skylight Room,” a one-act musical adaptation of O. Henry’s 1906 short story, was performed last Friday and Saturday in the Morse-Stiles Crescent Theater. Dan Rubins ’16 wrote the script, lyrics and music for the show — a concerted effort unusual for student theater productions. Michael Protacio ’14, an actor in the show, said he does not know of a Yale performance for which the same student created all components.

Set in a New York City boarding house, the piece centers on a girl named Elsie who thinks she has fallen in love with a star and her struggle to guard this belief against a world full of hardship and skepticism. Rubins highlighted idealism and hope as the production’s central themes.

“The basic core of the story is the concept of holding on to a hope against all odds,” Rubins said. “Elsie becomes devoted to the idea that she has found love in this star in the sky, even though everyone around her mocks that idea.”

Miranda Rizzolo ’15, the director of the production, explained that Elsie is a typist who earns little money and lives in a small room that contains nothing of value, adding that she has no close friends or loved ones. Elsie’s dull surroundings force her to look up at the sky, which eventually leads her to begin admiring the beauty of the stars and fall in love with one, she added. The idealistic storyline, Rizzolo said, is comparable to a fairy tale and is not meant to emulate reality, noting that its main purpose is to remind the audience to find beauty in everyday life, even when it appears there is none. Rebecca Brudner ’16, who plays Elsie, added that the show emphasizes the value of idealism in a world that increasingly discourages it. “[The piece] condones the idea of soulmates and true love — our current culture really pushes away from those ideas, especially in people our age,” Brudner said. “People don’t think that way anymore but it’s still a beautiful idea that people can strive for.”

The set featured various projections of celestial bodies to represent the fantastical element of the story, Rizzolo said, adding that because the story centers on stars, these images encompassed not only the stage, but the entire theater. Eli Block ’16, the show’s producer, and Rizzolo both noted that these effects allowed the audience to see the world from Elsie’s perspective. The set design did not aim to rigidly separate the real from the imaginary, Rizzolo and Brudner explained, but rather blurred the boundary between the two worlds. Rizzolo said that Elsie’s firm belief in the world she has created for herself altered the way she interacts with the real world, leading to a merging of these realms on stage. Brudner noted that while the

set featured decorated floors and props to distinguish between the boarding house and the fantasy world, it did not contain any walls to separate the two.

This set-up allowed characters to easily travel between the two worlds, she added.

Rubins said he chose to adapt the original short story into a musical because he thinks that only the musical form can effectively depict such a highly emotional plot. There are sudden changes in the characters’ moods that would not make sense if these scenes were staged purely though spoken dialogue, he said, giving the example of a scene in which Elsie begins by expressing dismay over her living conditions but then segues into an optimistic song about finding true love.

Block noted that the fundamental challenge of musicals is the transition between spoken dialogue and song, which he said needs to be convincing.

The amount of emotion in “The Skylight Room” makes these transitions seem natural, he added.

The characters must be so committed emotionally...that you can actually envision them breaking out into song.

ELI BLOCK ’16 “The characters must be so committed emotionally to what they are saying that you can actually envision them breaking out into song,” Block said.

Michael Protacio ’14, who played a physician in the show, noted that he thinks a college audience can relate particularly well to the characters because they face similar struggles in their daily lives. Protacio compared Elsie’s profession as a typist to Yale students who type tirelessly at their computers. He noted that on top of her professional obligations, Elsie also devotes time to her romantic life, a juggling act to which college students in general can relate. Block noted that the way in which the characters sing about love accurately reflects how romantic relationships begin and end in real life, adding that he has witnessed reallife relationships that have progressed similarly to the way romantic relationships are described in the songs. Brudner said that students often perceive an exam, a paper, or a grade in a class as the determining factor for the rest of their lives, adding that Elsie’s story depicts long-term relationships and friendships as much more important.

“There is more to hang on to in life than the struggle of the present,” she said.

The final performance of “The Skylight Room” was held on Nov. 9.

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

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EMAIL MONITORING FROM PAGE 1 importance of reaching an institutionwide consensus on Yale’s policies and employees’ expectations of privacy.

“It’s very important that everyone share a common understanding and be clear,” Salovey said. “I’m really worrying about the danger of people not coming to a consistent understanding of what our policies are, and being sure that they’re not buried in the fine print.”

But misunderstandings about the Universities policies extend to the highest reaches of the administration.

University Provost Benjamin Polak — who has held his post for nearly one year and is technically responsible for reviewing requests for non-consensual monitoring of employee email accounts — said that he had never dealt with a request for monitoring and was unaware of Yale’s practices.

“As far as I know we don’t do surveillance,” Polak said.

But according Salovey, Yale does in fact monitor employee email accounts without user consent, albeit infrequently.

This monitoring is in accordance with the University’s acceptable use policy and a notice required by state law posted online.

“During the four and a half years I was provost, it was a very, very, very rare occurrence,” Salovey said. “Almost never, but not quite.”

The University outlines how it may monitor employee email accounts in its Information Technology Appropriate Use Policy, section 1607.2. This section of the document, which is linked on page 180 of the Faculty Handbook, states that, although the University places “a high value on privacy,” there are nevertheless circumstances in which non-consensual monitoring can occur.

“The University may determine that other considerations outweigh the value of a User’s expectation of privacy and warrant University access to relevant IT Systems without the consent of the User,” the document reads.

According to the document, several

Request for monitoring submitted

circumstances warrant access to employees’ emails: “preserv[ing] the integrity of the IT systems, complying with “federal, state, or local law or administrative rules,” carrying out “essential business functions of the University,” “preserv[ing] public health and safety” and producing evidence when “there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of law or a significant breach of University policy may have taken place.” The University may also access the account of a former employee if there is “a legitimate business reason to access” the account.

Accessing a faculty account requires obtaining approval from Polak and Vice President for Human Resources and Administration Michael Peel, as well as the appropriate school dean. Still, the document notes that no approval is necessary when emergency access is needed to “preserve the integrity of facilities or to preserve public health and safety.”

The document does not say, however, who submits the request for monitoring or who ultimately reviews any email messages obtained.

According to Susan West, associate director of strategic communications for ITS, the University does not archive the results of any monitoring, although she added that “depending on the circumstances, there may be a need to temporarily preserve some email messages.”

A second document, linked under the Human Resources page on the University’s website, is intended to alert employees to Yale’s right to monitor them electronically without consent. According to the notice, the University can legally monitor its employees’ activities via the following methods: telephone, hidden cameras, computer, radio, wire, electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photo-optical.

Yale posted this notice in accordance with Section 31-48d of the Connecticut General Statutes, which also states that the notice must be placed in a conspicuous location.

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said they expected the University to have access to their email accounts in some capacity. Still, none had seen the notice.

“Possibly the University sent out one of the lengthy missives from HR inviting us to open their website to find out various information — which people as often as not don’t have time to do — and thus effectively buried it,” said Suzanne Boorsch, the curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery. “Or perhaps it was just quietly put onto the website, without alerting employees. Certainly attention was not called specifically to this document.”

Gary Pechie, director of the Wage and Workplace Standards Division for the Connecticut Department of Labor, which is responsible for enforcing the law requiring that the notice be placed conspicuously, said that any employer using electronic monitoring is responsible for making workers broadly aware of the notice and all relevant policies. “[The 31-48d notice has] got to be in a place that employees frequent,” Pechie said.

Pechie was quick to add that there have been no complaints against Yale related to the monitoring law. He also added that the fact that “law hasn’t caught up with technology” is problematic in finding ways to effectively disseminate information about policies.

Kenneth Jackson, the director of undergraduate studies for Portuguese, said he had never seen the notice before, adding that it was not posted in a conspicuous location nor did it address who can authorize electronic monitoring.

The notice required by section 31-48d states any questions should be directed to the Department of Human Resources. Peel did not respond to request for comment.

According to Pechie, the first-time fine for a violation of the 31-48d statute is $500.

Contact MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS and ADRIAN RODRIGUES at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu and adrian. rodrigues@yale.edu .

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The Henry Roe Cloud Conference included honor songs to commemorate the opening of the house, various speakers and a concluding gala.

CONFERENCE FROM PAGE 1 sible.”

On Friday, the celebrations kicked off with the grand opening and official dedication of the new NACC house. University President Peter Salovey spoke outside the building about the history of Native Americans at Yale and the University’s commitment to the Native American community.

The outdoor ceremony also featured a performance of two honor songs — one written specifically to commemorate the opening of the house — by the Blue Feather Drum Group, a Native American musical group on campus. Afterward, the audience moved inside for a short reception and exploration of the newly renovated building.

Dean of Student Affairs Marichal Gentry, Yale College Dean Mary Miller, several of the cultural house deans and many other administrators and faculty members attended the event.

“Today was a wonderful day that reflects the broad base of support that Natives have [at Yale],” said Director of the NACC Theodore Van Alst, adding that he was amazed and grateful to see so many students, alumni, professors and community members present at the conference.

Many of the conference’s speakers, panelists and honorees emphasized their pride in how far the community has come and how actively Native American students at Yale advocate for change and growth.

At an alumni panel discussion on Saturday afternoon, John Bathke ’93, who founded the Association of Native Americans at Yale (ANAAY), said he remembers feeling like a visitor at Yale when the NACC did not exist.

Linc Kesler ’71, who returned to the University for the first time in over 40 years, said he had to become friends with minorities of other cultures when he was on campus because he did not know any other Native American students at Yale. While he said that this gave him a “good understanding of forming alliances across groups,” he still felt uncomfortable and lonely.

“You’re giving me a way to

reconcile with my Yale identity,” Kesler said. “This is giving me a different way to look at my life that I really value and appreciate.”

But alumni also said to current students and audience members that there is still much to be accomplished within the community.

Maya Bernadett ’08 said that there are infinite opportunities to grow as a community, citing the campus’s small number of Native American groups — four — as a possible place to start. Stephen Pitti, master of Ezra Stiles College, said that the community should also consider pushing for more Native American faculty members. Other students brought up connecting with alumni and graduate students, organizing service projects to give back to their respective communities and diversifying admissions so that Native Americans from more varied regions of the country could be recruited as students.

Dinee Dorame ’15 and Reed Bobroff ’16, co-presidents of ANAAY, said that being able to meet with so many Native American alumni for the first time was the most important benefit of the conference, as the alumni provided a cohesive timeline of Native American history at Yale. “[Meeting the alumni] allowed us a whole lot of opportunities to think about the future,” Bobroff said. “Now, we are able to redefine the mission of the NACC and [other Native American] student organizations and what it means to be a Native student at Yale.”

Student participants all said that meeting with alumni was the most crucial part of the conference. Naivasha Harris ’16 said the conference was the first time that she has been able to interact with Native American alumni, and Tanner Allread ’16 called the conference informative and inspiring.

“It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come and how hard everyone has worked,” Allread said.

Recipients of awards at the concluding gala included Gentry, Miller, Salovey and Kesler.

Contact WESLEY YIIN at wesley.yiin@yale.edu .

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ON CAMPUS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 1:00 p.m. “Less Talk, More Activism.” Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a critically acclaimed Kenyan writer and social activist, will speak.

This event is part of Yale’s annual Africa Week, a student-run series of events aimed at raising awareness of topical issues affecting the continent and celebrating African culture. Linsly-Chittenden Hall (63 High St.), Rm. 102.

6:30 p.m. A Manet Panel: “Modernist Painting Isn’t a Picnic — or Is It?” Panelists will include: Carol Armstrong, Sophie Matisse, Anthony McCall, Stephen Prina, Carolee Schneeman and Robert Storr. The 32E gallery will be open for viewing prior to the lecture, 4:00–6:30 p.m. Sculpture Building (36 Edgewood Ave.), Rm. 204.

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Anthropology professor Karen Nakamura will discuss her recent book, which examines schizophrenia and mental illnesses in Japan. This event is in association with the exhibit “Recent Publication by Yale’s East Asia Faculty, 2012–2013,” on view in the East Asia Reading Room. Sterling International Library (120 High St.), International Rm. 7:00 p.m. “Lost in Beijing.” Directed by Li Yu, this film is part of the Retrospective of Chinese Women Directors (1950s-Present) Series. This film series will present the works of four remarkable women directors, each negotiating a perspective or commentary alternative to the mainstream cinema of the time. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Aud.

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rom conspicuous sites such as The Women’s Table on Cross Campus to less visable pieces of art, Yale’s campus abounds with sculpture . ALEXANDRA SCHMELING reports.

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IF YOU MISSED IT SCORES

NFL N.Y. Giants 24 Oakland 20

NFL St. Louis 38 Indianapolis 8

SPORTS QUICK HITS

MITCHELL KISS ’17 COED SAILING Kiss finished fourth in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Men’s Singlehanded National Championship. He and teammate Ian Barrows ’17, who finished in 11th place, competed in a field of 18 sailors in Newport, RI.

NFL Jacksonville 29 Tennessee 27

NFL Detroit 21 Chicago 19

NFL Denver 28 San Diego 20

MONDAY “We’ve now hopefully set the foundation for what we need to do next year to move up in the Ivy League.”

RUDY MEREDITH HEAD COACH, WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM

JULIANN JEFFREY ’14 WOMEN’S SOCCER The senior midfielder contributed to the very end, scoring a goal on her final touch as a Bulldog in Yale’s 2–1 loss at Brown yesterday. Her goal, which came in the 89th minute, was the fifth of her career and her third on the season.

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Randall saves the day

BY GRANT BRONSDON CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Down to its fourth-string quarterback, and with just one more completion than interception in the second half, the Yale football team seemed to be out of hope as its contest against Brown wound down.

But one last drive led by Logan Scott ’16 brought the Bulldogs to the edge of field goal range, and Deon Randall ’15 took a thirdand-10 handoff 32 yards to the house with just 19 seconds remaining. The scamper electrified the crowd at the Yale Bowl and delievered a stunning 24–17 win for the Elis (5–3, 3–2 Ivy).

“It was a great win for our guys,” head coach Tony Reno said. “We haven’t won a game in the fourth quarter while I’ve been here. It’s a testament to the guys beside me and the guys in the locker room.”

The win was greatly helped by the Bears’ self-inflicted mistakes. Brown quarterback Patrick Donnelly missed multiple receivers wide-open downfield, including on a flea flicker pass on the first play from scrimmage.

Yale’s opening possession went just as the coaches drew it up. Two third-down conversions from quarterback Hank Furman ’14 kept the Bulldogs’ drive going, and halfback Candler Rich ’17 took a screen pass from Furman 35 yards to the house.

The Bears (5–3, 2–3) responded by marching right down the field. Donnelly found his tight end for two straight first

downs, and a pass interference penalty set Brown up at the Yale 23. But after a crucial drop on third down, Brown kicker Alex Norocea missed a 33-yard field goal, his first miss of the season, and Yale took over at the 20.

A quick three-and-out for the Bulldogs allowed the Bears to take over at the Yale 46, and five plays later, Brown struck. Donnelly threw a rollout pass on the money to Tellef Lundevall and, after the extra point, the game was knotted at seven.

Furman quickly led the Yale offense on another scoring drive.

He ran twice for 13 yards and completed four passes for 49 yards, including a third-down strike to receiver Myles Gaines ’17, who dragged his feet in the end zone for a touchdown.

After the touchdown, Yale’s bend-but-don’t-break defense came through again. This time, the defense stopped the Bears on fourth down inside the Yale 30 after stuffing reigning Ivy 100-meter dash champion John Spooney on third down.

“In order to get three and outs, you have to stop them on first and second down,” captain Beau Palin ’14 said.

The Bulldogs and the Bears then traded punts on three consecutive drives before the Elis caught a break. Brown converted a third and 14 early on its drive and steadily moved to the Yale 21, but Spooney dropped a handoff and Yale recovered the loose ball.

SEE FOOTBALL PAGE B3

Elis top Tigers, tie Bobcats

FOOTBALL

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No. 14 Ryan Obuchowski ’16 got Yale on the scoreboard against Quinnipiac with a one-timer in the second period.

BY GRANT BRONSDON CONTRIBUTING REPORTER It was a rematch widely anticipated by the college hockey world: bitter rivals, Yale and Quinnipiac, facing off in an encore performance of last year’s National Championship game.

Yale produced a stunning upset in that game, winning 4–0 on neutral ice in Pittsburgh.

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No. 2 Deon Randall ’15 scored the game-winning touchdown.

Yale wins Ivy title

BY DIONIS JAHJAGA STAFF REPORTER

But Saturday’s game was held under totally different circumstances, as the Bulldogs (3–1–2, 2–0–2 ECAC) travelled up the

road to face a hostile crowd on Quinnipiac’s campus. Despite the 51–20 shot disparity in favor of the Bobcats (9–1–1, 3–0–1), Yale managed to escape High Point Solutions Arena on Saturday with a tie, capping off a three-point weekend that also featured a 5–2 victory over Princeton on Friday.

“It’s disappointing not getting a win [against Quinnipiac],” head coach Keith Allain ’80 said. “But when you look back on it, you have to be satisfied with [three points].”

In both games, the Bulldogs were buoyed by fantastic goaltenSEE MEN’S HOCKEY PAGE B3

Bulldogs’ Ivy hopes dashed

The Yale volleyball team made history yet again over the weekend, solidifying its status in Ivy League lore by clinching its fourth straight conference title.

VOLLEYBALL The Elis (17—4, 11—1 Ivy) defeated Columbia and Cornell in straight sets to become the first team since 1987 — and only the second team in Ivy League history — to win a fourth consecutive volleyball championship.

On Friday, the Elis took on Columbia (5—16, 3—9). Heading into their first match since losing at Harvard two weeks ago, the Elis knew that they had to play aggressively from the beginning.

“We practiced really hard this past week because we didn’t want to be in the same situation we were in [against Harvard],” captain Kendall Polan ’14 said.

“We knew we had to come out strong against Columbia to win the match.”

The Bulldogs built a small lead early in the match and extended it with strong offensive play to win the set 25–19. Outside hitter Brittani Steinberg ’17 and setter Kelly Johnson ’16 combined for 11 kills in the set, while Polan had 14 assists. In the second set, the Elis proved even more dominant, winning the set 25–14 behind an impressive 16 kills on a 0.467 hitting percentage.

Yale withstood a final effort from Columbia in the third set to win 25–20 and complete the

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No. 10 Jenner Fox scored his first goal of the season on Saturday in his last career home game for Yale.

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No. 3 McHaney Carter ’14 had six kills this weekend. sweep.

Steinberg led the match with 15 kills on a stellar 0.542 kill percentage. Johnson was second in kills with 14, in addition to her

four assists, seven digs and two blocks. Polan continued to rack up assists, recording 40 against SEE VOLLEYBALL PAGE B3

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The men’s soccer team saw its Ivy League title ambitions go up in smoke on Senior Night last Saturday after Brown scored two goals inside the first 10 minutes to put the game away.

MEN’S SOCCER The Bulldogs (4–10–2, 2–2–2 Ivy) came into the weekend needing a win and some help from other teams in order to have a chance at their first Ancient Eight championship since 2005, but lost 3–1 to Brown (7–6– 3, 3–1–2).

“The loss was really tough, especially because I think we played some of the best soccer in the Ivy League this year,” defender Nick Alers ’14 said. “At the end of the day, it was somewhat of a fair reflection of our team though. We’ve struggled to do some of the little things well. We haven’t defended set pieces and that came back to haunt us Saturday with the two early goals we gave up.”

An eventful first half saw all four of the game’s goals in two five-minute spurts. With just over four minutes gone in the game, the Bears went ahead after leading scorer Tariq Akeel nodded in a free kick. He doubled his account just four minutes later on another set SEE MEN’S SOCCER PAGE B3

YARDS THAT WIDE RECEIVER DEON RANDALL ’15 RAN TO SCORE THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN ON SATURDAY. With Yale and Brown tied at 17 in the Yale Bowl, the junior wideout took the handoff and found a seam up the middle to win the day for the Elis.

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SPORTS

“A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist.” MIKE KRYZEWSKI DUKE BASKETBALL COACH

Elis fall to Brown twice

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY ECAC

WOMEN’S SOCCER FROM PAGE B4 soccer yet,” Gavin said. “My teammates put me in great scoring situations and I was lucky enough to put a few of them away.”

The Bulldogs were able to put together a flurry of opportunities in the final 10 minutes, but they could not find a second goal despite well-struck attempts from Gavin, Jeffrey, midfielder Meredith Speck ’15 and midfielder Geny Decker ’17.

The 3–1 Yale defeat was compounded by a 2–1 loss in the season finale on Sunday, at Brown.

Despite being outshot by Yale, Brown managed to build a 2–0 lead off of a first half header by the team’s leading goal scorer, forward Chloe Cross, and a late 87th minute rocket from Berg.

But while the season did not end on a high note, Jeffrey was able to end her career in storybook fashion. On the final touch of her career as a Bulldog, Jeffrey blasted a shot past the Brown keeper for her fifth career goal.

The goal, which cut the deficit in half, came in the 89th minute after Jeffrey weaved her way through the Brown defense, a prime example of the pride and effort that Meredith credits this senior class with having.

“They’ve been very positive through all the ups and downs of the programs and I commended them for hanging in there and trying to get things turned around,” Meredith said. “We’ve taken a big, huge step in the right direction, partly due to their leadership, and we’ve now hopefully set the foundation for what we need to do next year to move up higher in the Ivy League.”

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

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0.667

14

9

0.609

4

Brown

7

5

0.583

11

12

0.478

5

Princeton

5

7

0.417

9

13

0.409

6

Dartmouth

3

9

0.250

10

14

0.417

6

Cornell

3

9

0.250

7

15

0.318

6

Columbia

3

9

0.250

5

16

0.238

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No. 22 Justin Sears ’16 had a double-double and led Yale with 26 points and 13 rebounds against Central Connecticut State Saturday.

MEN’S BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B4 fatigue led to his drop in performance.

“The adjustment was to get the ball out of his hands,” Jones said. “He played the entire first half, 20 minutes, so that’s going to wear you down as well.”

Vinales managed to score just six points in the second half on 2–8 shooting, while also turning over the ball three times. With Vinales struggling and being forced to give up the ball, the Blue Devils’ offense faltered.

CCSU head coach Howie Dickenman said that he fully expected Yale to adjust to handle Vinales and that the Bulldogs succeeded in doing so.

“I’m sure what James Jones said, and what any coach would say, is that Vinales is killing us,” Dickenman said. “I’m sure they [Yale] said, ‘For us to win this game, we have to limit his shooting opportunities and keep him at a minimum,’ and

down against Columbia two seasons ago.

Moving forward, the Bulldogs will need to sure up their turnovers because they will not always be able to rely on hot shooting to bail them out. Yale shot 54.4 percent from the field and 47.1 percent from three-point range.

Yale will face a stiff test Monday at 3 p.m., when they travel to Hartford to take on the kings of Connecticut basketball, No. 18 UCONN (1–0, 0–0 AAC).

he would up struggling … Kyle Vinales doesn’t score six points in a half.”

It was none other than Sears who put the Elis ahead for the first time in the second half, making the score 66–65 at the 6:45 mark on a free throw. CCSU would jump ahead briefly, but a huge threepointer from Yale forward Greg Kelley ’15 gave the Bulldogs a 69–67 edge. The Blue Devils never reclaimed the lead.

Another big-time contributor for the Elis was guard Armani Cotton ’15, who added 17 points, which included a 7–8 mark from the free throw line. Every Eli that saw the court was able to crack the scoring charts, except for guard Jack Montague ’16. However, Montague was able to fill in for Duren in the first half and assisted on four baskets.

Saturday’s rally is not unique in recent Yale men’s basketball history, though the 17-point comeback is the largest since the Bulldogs came back from 21 points

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7

2

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1

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8

2

0.469

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1

2

0.667

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6

3

0.531

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3

2

1

0.583

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9

1

0.406

5

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2

2

0.500

4

10

2

0.312

6

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2

3

0.417

8

5

3

0.594

7

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4

1

0.250

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5

4

0.562

8

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4

0.438

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0

0

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12

3

2

0.765

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5

1

1

0.786

12

1

4

0.824

3

Brown

4

2

1

0.643

10

6

1

0.618

4

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4

3

0

0.571

8

6

3

0.559

5

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2

4

1

0.357

7

8

1

0.469

6

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4

2

0.286

8

6

3

0.559

7

Princeton

1

5

1

0.214

7

6

4

0.529

8

Cornell

1

6

0

0.143

7

8

1

0.469

Women’s basketball wins season opener W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE B4 run of their own, tying the game at 44 with less than 10 minutes to play.

With about four minutes remaining and the score tied at 52, the Elis began to pull away, finishing the game on a 12–3 run. In fact, the Bulldogs held the Hawks scoreless over a three and a half minute stretch — Monmouth did not add its final two points until six seconds remained. By then it was too late, as the Elis secured a 64–55 victory.

The Elis vastly outshot Monmouth from behind the threepoint arc. In general, the Bulldogs shot only 27.9 percent from the field against Monmouth, but were able to convert 42.9 percent of their three-point attempts.

This dwarfed the effort put forth

by Monmouth, who shot 35.5

percent from the field but only 7.7 percent from the three-point range.

The Elis also had a strong effort on the boards, outrebounding the Hawks 59–48.

“Monmouth was a big team with good post play and I thought we did a really nice job defending and rebounding,” Allen said.

“The game went back and forth and was really competitive until we pulled away in the last few minutes.”

Guard Hayden Latham ’15 led the way for Yale, scoring 14 points in 28 minutes of action.

Forward Meredith Boardman ’15 had a team-high nine rebounds to go along with 10 points, shooting 4–6 on the night. Guard Janna Graf ’14 and forward Katie Werner ’17 each added 10 points in the team’s first contest of the season.

Guard Sarah Halejian ’15 led

the team with five assists on the night.

“It’s so rewarding to win the first game after we had worked so hard in preseason,” Allen said.

“We’re all so excited for this season and we all believe that we have something special and that we have what it takes to win.”

The Elis look to continue the momentum on Tuesday when they face Massachusetts-Lowell in their home opener.

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

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No. 34 Janna Graf ’14 hit two three-pointers and scored 10 points in Saturday’s victory over Monmouth.

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SPORTS

“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.” GORDIE HOWE HALL OF FAME HOCKEY PLAYER

Bulldogs topple Bears FOOTBALL FROM PAGE B1 Furman, however, had suffered an injury to his throwing arm on the previous drive, returning to the sidelines in a sling, and the Bulldogs brought in backup Morgan Roberts ’16. The offense got nothing going and punted to Brown with 17 seconds left. But on the drive, Roberts sustained a leg injury, only exacerbating the Elis’ troubles at quarterback.

On the punt, Bears return man Alex Jette fumbled the fair catch, and Yale pounced on it. After Eric Williams ’16, who replaced Roberts at quarterback, hit Rich for 12 yards, kicker Kyle Cazzetta ’15 nailed a career-long 46-yard field goal to give the Elis a 10-point lead at the half.

Williams came back out to start at quarterback for Yale in the second half, but after a first down, the Bulldogs’ drive stalled. Brown’s subsequent drive also failed after a sack from defensive end Marty Moesta ’17.

“Morgan and Eric were splitting reps this week,” Reno said. “Morgan got hurt, Eric came in and did a solid job.”

Though Roberts returned at quarterback, he promptly turned over the ball on an ill-advised third-down pass that was intercepted. Brown quickly responded with a methodical 12-play drive that culminated in a touchdown pass from Donnelly to Jordan Evans.

With the extra point, Brown cut the Yale lead to 17-14 with 3:15 left in the third quarter.

Yale switched quarterbacks yet again, with Williams starting the drive at the 50 following a solid return. But an underthrown pass was intercepted, and it took a great stand from the Bulldogs’ defense inside the Yale 10-yard line to force a 26-yard Brown field goal. The three points tied the game at 17 all with 17 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs’ defense stepped up and held the Bears.

With the offense sputtering, Palin said the defense knew they needed to perform.

“We had a meeting the other week about offense and defense picking each other up,” Palin said. “That’s what good defenses do — when the offense needs a stop, we go out and do it. I’m just inspired to be out there and playing.”

Yale caught a break on a key fourthquarter drive when an interception was called back by a roughing the passer penalty. After the penalty, Scott replaced Williams as signal caller and moved the team into Brown territory, only to be undone by a false start and an incomplete pass.

In order to get three and outs, you have to stop them on first and second down.

BEAU PALIN ’14 Captain, Football team “I didn’t have any reservations at all when we put Logan in the game,” Reno said. “I can’t say how proud I am.”

Spooney again carried to the brink of a first down, but the Elis held, dropping him for a loss of two on third and one and ultimately taking over at their 35-yard line. Another false-start penalty negated the four yards picked up on first down, and Scott proved unable to move the chains.

Brown, assuming control at the 18-yard line, again failed to pick up a first down. After converting 20 first downs in the first three quarters, the Bears mustered just two in the fourth.

“We were relentless,” Palin said of the defense. “We executed and did our jobs. I can’t say how proud I am of this defense.”

After a Brown three-and-out, the Bulldogs started their drive with 1:43 left at their 41-yard line. Scott completed a pass to Randall for nine yards on second down, and Rich charged ahead for five yards and a first down.

Yale clinches conference

Randall finished with nine catches for 55 yards and six carries for 59 on the ground, making him both the Elis’ leading receiver and leading rusher.

“We said, let’s get the ball in the best player on the field’s hands,” Reno said of the thinking going into the final drive.

“We design things to get Deon the ball.

That’s what coaches do.”

After two passes from Scott made it third and one, Khalil Keys ’15 took the carry and converted. A spike and an incomplete pass downfield ensued, bringing up third and 10 from the Brown 32.

Then came the play that may have saved the Bulldogs’ season. Randall took the ball from Scott on a handoff and burst up the middle for 32 yards and a touchdown to take the lead 24–17 with 19 seconds left.

“The offensive line did a tremendous job blocking all game,” Randall said. “I saw a hole and I hit it, and I just bulled my way into the end zone.”

After a last-ditch Brown Hail Mary attempt was batted down in the end zone, Yale officially walked away with the victory and maintained its ability to contend for the Ivy League championship.

Donnelly finished with 262 passing yards and a pair of touchdown passes, while Spooney rushed for 125 yards on 27 carries.

Next Saturday, Yale travels to face Princeton, who is undefeated in Ivy play.

With a win, the Tigers would clinch at least a share of the Ivy championship.

The game is at 1:00 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE B1 Columbia after earning 110 combined in two matches last weekend.

On Saturday, the Elis had a chance to clinch the title against the Big Red (7-15, 3-9) in their last home game of the season.

As part of Senior Night, the team honored seniors Polan, McHaney Carter ’14 and Erica Reetz ’14 before the match.

Despite the fanfare and sentimentality, Johnson said the Bulldogs remained focused on the task at hand.

“It made it a little more emotional just because it was our seniors’ last night home,” she said. “But I think we still played with the same level of intensity and emotion we usually do. It was great that we got to honor them and win Ivies.”

The Elis found themselves a little out of rhythm early due to the pregame festivities, according to Polan, and trailed Cornell by a narrow margin midway through the first set.

But Yale forced Cornell into six errors down the stretch and emerged victorious, 25–21.

In the remaining two sets, the Elis recorded a combined 31 kills on a strong 0.303 hitting percentage. The Bulldogs never trailed and won both sets by double-digit margins en route to

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securing the championship.

In the final home game of her college career, Polan recorded 33 assists, two kills, two service aces and five digs. The team got major contributions from the non-seniors, including outside hitter Mollie Rogers ’15, who registered a double-double with 16 kills and 11 digs. Libero Maddie Rudnick ’15 led the match with 20 digs.

Polan recognized that even without her, Carter and Reetz, the team will be in good hands in the coming years.

“There are so many great players on this team that it doesn’t really matter who’s on the court,” Polan said. “I have total confidence in this team next year. I’m excited to see what they’ll do but first we have some stuff to get done this year.”

Even with Ivy League title clinched, the Bulldogs know they still have a job to do, Johnson said. She said that the team will look to finish strong at Princeton and Penn next week before making a run in the NCAA tournament.

The Elis will travel to Princeton, N.J. on Friday to take on the Tigers before heading to Philadelphia on Saturday to play the Quakers.

Contact DIONIS JAHJAGA at dionis.jahjago@yale.edu .

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3

0

7

24

YALE

25

25

25

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25

25

25

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10

0

17

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21

15

14

COLUMBIA

19

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20

Obuchowski slapper highlights tie MEN’S HOCKEY FROM PAGE B1 ding, especially in the matchup against the Bobcats on Saturday.

Goaltender Patrick Spano ’17 got the start against Princeton and capitalized on the opportunity, making 23 saves against the Tigers (1–5–0, 0–4–0). Meanwhile, goaltender Alex Lyon ’17 weathered a powerful Quinnipiac attack on Saturday, stopping 48 of the Bobcats’ 51 shots.

“Both goalies had great games this weekend,” forward John Hayden ’17 wrote in an email to the News. “Spano made some big saves against Princeton. Lyon was a stud against Quinnipiac and undoubtedly kept us in the game at times.”

The centerpiece of the weekend, the so-called “Battle of Whitney Avenue,” was played in front of a sellout crowd of 3,695 at High Point Solutions Arena on Saturday. Many of the spectators had lined up for hours to get a prime spot in the student section.

Neither the Bulldogs nor the Bobcats could do much on their first power plays, as both came up empty-handed on the manadvantage within the first 10 minutes of the opening period.

With less than a minute remaining in the first period, Quinnipiac struck first. Following a missed shot, freshman forward Sam Anas found himself in front of an open net and fired a shot

past goaltender Alex Lyon ’17 to deliver a 1–0 lead for Quinnipiac.

In the second period, the Bobcats’ Jordan SamuelsThomas made a move on the right of the goal and slapped it through Lyon’s legs from close range, making it 2–0 Quinnipiac. Though it looked as though the referees could have whistled Quinnipiac for goaltender interference, no penalty was called, putting the Yale offense in a big hole.

“Lyon did a good job for us,” Allain said of the freshman, who set his career high in saves. “He was poised under pressure.”

Yale wasted little time in responding to the two-goal deficit. Just 1:08 after the Quinnipiac goal, the Bobcats were called for a slashing penalty. Twenty-six seconds later, defenseman Ryan Obuchowski ’16 fired a rocket past goalie Michael Garteig to put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard.

Yale then stunned the crowd with goals less than 30 seconds apart. After forward Frankie DiChiara ’17 took the puck down the left sideline, forward Stu Wilson ’16 found himself with the puck behind the net. Wilson passed back to DiChiara, who was able to push in the puck from his position in front of the net to tie the game at two apiece.

Just 22 seconds later, a slap shot from defenseman Gus Young ’14 was put through on

the rebound by forward Mike Doherty ’17, silencing the Quinnipiac faithful and giving the Elis a 3–2 lead.

The third period was entirely dominated by Quinnipiac, which outshot Yale 21–6, but it was not until the 15:08 mark that the Bobcats scored. After a double penalty led to a four-on-four situation, Lyon got caught looking the wrong way on action behind the net, and Matthew Peca buried a slap shot to tie it up.

In overtime, Yale was held shotless for the five-minute frame, while the Bobcats could only muster three of their own, and the game ended in a 3–3 draw.

“We played pretty good team defense,” Allain said. “We kept them from second shots, and we were shorthanded due to injury.”

Friday’s win against Princeton, by contrast, never seemed in doubt.

The Bulldogs got off to a fast start, scoring twice in the first period on goals by Doherty, his first career tally, and forward Carson Cooper ’16.

“The team played a great game, and the fast start was a big part of it,” Spano said. “I think it’s a good confidence boost for the team as a whole.”

Yale tacked on two more goals early in the second period, with Wilson and defenseman Tommy Fallen ’15 getting on the board within the first 10 minutes of the

frame. After Princeton scored on a power play — the only goal for either team on the man advantage–Fallen found the back of the net with just six seconds remaining in the second frame to increase the lead to 5–1 and effectively put the game away.

Princeton scored once more in the third period on a shorthanded effort by Aaron Kesselman, but it proved to be too little, too late, and Yale left with the 5–2 victory.

“All four of our lines contributed offensively,” Hayden said. “[We also] stayed disciplined and stuck to our game plan.”

Yale takes a break from ECAC action this weekend, playing at Ingalls Rink on Saturday night against Sacred Heart. The puck drops at 7 p.m.

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

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With 15 seconds left in overtime, the Elis talk over their power play.

Early surge propels Brown MEN’S SOCCER FROM PAGE B1

MARIA ZEPEDA/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

The men’s soccer team was eliminated from the Ivy League title hunt.

piece opportunity from just outside of the box.

Striker Jenner Fox ’14 halved the deficit in the 36th minute after he latched onto Cameron Kirdzik’s ’17 through-ball. Fox was one of Yale’s liveliest players on the night with three shots, including his first goal of the season.

The Elis came out of halftime a totally different team and dominated the match, but they couldn’t change the scoreboard.

The Bulldogs outshot Brown 10–1 in the second half, but only forced Brown goalkeeper Josh Weiner into one save on winger

Cody Wilkins’s ’14 effort in the 57th minute.

“It was definitely frustrating to not find the back of the net in the second half,” Alers said. “We generated a lot of chances, but we have to give Brown credit. They made some important tackles and saves.”

Brown could only muster one shot in the second period and was put under duress by the Bulldogs for most of the second 45. The Elis saw a flurry of chances go by in a two-minute period at the end of the game with four shots, two of which were blocked, and a corner kick.

The Bulldogs suffered from their failure to defend set pieces

early in the game, even though the Elis outplayed the Bears for 80 minutes after Brown’s two quick goals. Yale held Brown to just four shots after the second goal in the ninth minute.

“The result was definitely harsh,” captain Max McKiernan ’14 said. “We played well enough to win, but hats off to Brown at the end of the day. They were opportunistic and found a way to put the ball in the back of the net in key moments.”

Head coach Brian Tompkins started all seven members of the class of 2014 in a fitting tribute to the seniors’ four years at Reese Stadium. Defender Tucker Kocher ’14, although still injured,

played in his first game in two seasons alongside his classmates.

With the win, the Bears stretched their winning streak to four straight games, but the Bears fell out of contention for the Ancient Eight title when Harvard beat Columbia 2–0 on Saturday.

Contact FREDERICK FRANK at frederick.frank@yale.edu .

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SPORTS

“Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.” RONALD REAGAN FORMER PRESIDENT

Women’s soccer stumbles

BY JAMES BADAS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The women’s soccer team had two chances this weekend to avoid finishing below 0.500 for the first time since 2001, but the Bulldogs came up empty.

WOMEN’S SOCCER Riddled by injuries, Yale (7–8– 1, 2–4–1 Ivy) hosted Brown (10– 6–1, 4–2–1) on Friday night and lost 3–1 in its final Ivy League match of the year. The Bears then beat the Elis 2–1 on Sunday in Providence, R.I. Yale also had an outside shot at finishing in third place in the conference when they kicked off against Brown on Senior Night in Reese Stadium. Forward Melissa Gavin ’15 scored her 11th goal of the season, but it was not enough and Yale was doomed to finish fifth in the Ivy League following the loss.

After pregame festivities to honor Yale’s five departing seniors (defender Shannon McSweeney ’14, midfielder Juliann Jeffrey ’14, defender Anna McCahon ’14, forward/midfielder Jessica Schloth ’14 and defender Katie Underwood ’14) took place, the mood quickly shifted from celebratory to bewildered.

Just two minutes and 45 seconds into the match, Brown forward Kiersten Berg managed to find and direct in a sloppily handled corner kick that was deflected and touched by numerous players from each side. When the dust cleared and the goal had been scored, Yale found itself in a far-too-familiar situation: behind.

“That was the first chance they had and when you give up the first chance they get, now we got

to chase again,” said head coach Rudy Meredith said. “We’ve been chasing too many games and when you chase games, you’re not going to win a lot of them.”

Including Sunday’s effort, Yale has allowed the first goal of the game in nine of 16 matches. In those nine games, the Bulldogs are 1–8–0.

The rest of the first half saw chances from each side go unfulfilled, and the 1–0 Brown advantage remained when both teams entered the locker room at halftime. Coming out of the break, Brown struck quickly once again.

This time, the Bears needed a mere 15 seconds to find the back of the net. Back Alison Mullin earned the score, her first since Sept. 18, 2011. For her next goal, there would be no such time gap.

Just four minutes later, Mullin struck again, providing even more insurance for the Bears. The 3–0 deficit would be too much for Yale to overcome, though the Bulldogs did respond quickly.

Two minutes after Mullin’s second and final goal, Gavin connected on a free kick from 30 yards out in the 51st minute.

Gavin was able to bend the shot and deflect it off the cross bar and in, just out of the reach of Brown goalkeeper MC Barrett.

Gavin’s goal was her 11th of the season, and despite being held scoreless on Sunday, her total was enough to secure a tie for the Ivy League lead in goals scored.

Harvard forward Margaret Purce also scored 11 goals on the season.

As far as goals per game are concerned, Gavin is the undisputed league leader, as her 11 goals came in one fewer game than for Purce.

“Overall, I’m happy with my performance this season but I know I haven’t played my best SEE WOMEN’S SOCCER PAGE B2

HENRY EHRENBERG/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

No. 5 Melissa Gavin ’15 scored her Ivy League-leading 11th goal of the season against Brown on Friday night.

Bulldogs shock Blue Devils

BY JAMES BADAS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

Yale starts season off strong

Saturday’s regular season men’s basketball opener ended in fitting fashion when Yale forward Brandon Sherrod ’15 rejected Central Connecticut State University guard Matt Hunter’s layup attempt as time expired after a quick move to the basket. CCSU, like Hunter, had a great first step, but in the end, Yale proved to be too big and too formidable and came away with a 93–77 victory.

MEN’S BASKETBALL The Bulldogs (1–0, 0–0 Ivy) appeared to be in big trouble in the second game of the Connecticut 6 Classic at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. They trailed the Blue Devils (0–1, 0–0 NEC) 47–40 at the half.

The CCSU lead peaked with 14:12 remaining in the second half, as it held a 63–46 lead over Yale. Yale head coach James Jones, said he felt as though his team was a little too anxious in its first game of the season.

“I think that at the start of the second half we felt like we had to get it all back at once,” Jones said. “We tried to score seven points in one possession, but guys calmed down a little bit and Justin [Sears ’16] really turned it around by just chasing the ball on the glass.”

A 13–0 run for the Bulldogs, initiated by a jumper from forward Sears and capped off by a layup from forward Matt Townsend ’15, spelled the beginning of the end for the Blue Devils.

Yale closed out its season opener on a remarkable 47–14 run, turning a 17–point deficit into a 16–point victory. Leading the way for the Bulldogs was Sears, who had a monster effort, scoring 26 points as well as grabbing 13 rebounds and sending back four shots — all career highs.

Sears took over the game in the second half as he had a double-double in the final twenty minutes alone.

Sears demonstrated complete confidence, demanding the ball in multiple instances, and he said that his offseason work played a huge role and gave him confidence.

In the midst of his career-best performance, the Blue Devils attempted to slow down Sears with double teams with about eight minutes to go. Sears had no problem deferring, which often led to open looks for his teammates, and he said he welcomed the double teams.

“I like to pass the ball,” Sears said.

MARIA ZEPEDA/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

No. 1 Sarah Halejian ’15 scored 10 points as Yale defeated Monmouth in its season opener.

BY ASHLEY WU CONTRIBUTING REPORTER YDN

No. 20 Javier Duren ’15 started at guard on Saturday and scored 16 points.

“Coach [Jones] has told me I need to look for my shot more, but if someone doubles me, I’d rather see someone else score.”

In the first half, the Elis appeared to be cruising towards a victory after they jumped out to a 12–2 lead. CCSU responded, however, as guard Kyle Vinales had his way with the Bulldogs’ defense in the first half, scoring 24 points.

In addition to the stellar play of Vinales, the Bulldogs were careless with their ballhandling, turning over the ball nine times in the first half.

CCSU began to press the Elis about

10 minutes into the game, and the Bulldogs struggled without point guard Javier Duren ’15, who got into early foul trouble and had to sit out the final 13:30 of the first half.

Duren returned in the second half and play 16 of the final 20 minutes, compiling a final stat line of 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists. More important for the Bulldogs’ comeback was the drastic decrease in production from Vinales.

Jones said a combination of defensive adjustments as well as Vinales’ own SEE MEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE B2

Down 13 points with just under 15 minutes remaining, the women’s basketball team’s season looked to be getting off to a rough start.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL But a number of players contributed down the stretch, and the Bulldogs (1–0, 0–0 Ivy) came back to open their season on a high note, defeating Monmouth 64–55.

“The freshmen handled themselves great, and the veterans stepped up down the stretch,” head coach Chris Gobrecht said in an email. “The best part is we will only get better.”

The Elis’ depth was certainly on display Saturday, with four players scoring in double figures.

The entire roster contributed from top-to-bottom as 12 different players saw time on the court.

“We had so many people help contribute to the win and it showed everyone that we are a deep team with many different attributes,” center Emmy Allen ’16 said. “This year, we’re not depending on just one person to score, we know that we have multiple players that are an offensive threat.”

The two teams played a tight first half, trading baskets leading up to half time. Monmouth forward Shira Schecht hit a last second three pointer to give Monmouth (0–1, 0–0 MAAC) the halftime lead, 32–29. The Hawks carried that momentum into the second half, starting the period with a 10–0 run over the first 5:05 to extend the lead to 42–29.

But the Bulldogs came back with a SEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE B2