NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT · WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 · VOL. CXXXVIII, NO. 91 · yaledailynews.com
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CROSS CAMPUS
ARTISM YCBA HOSTS AUTISM EVENT
HELLO GOV’NA
THE LO-DOWN
Gov. Malloy visits Wilbur Cross to discuss controversial budget
STUDENT DEREK LO CREATES POPULAR “DAYBREAK” APP
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Assoc. master arrested at protest
Sweeping Sin City. Donald
Trump won big in the Nevada Republican caucus last night. As of press time, the businessman took 43.8 percent of the vote. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was a far second with 24.7 points. Ben Carson ’73, who came in fourth place, took 5.4 percent of the votes, outperforming Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
One-on-one. Democratic
candidates Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders sparred in a South Carolina town hall four days before the Palmetto State is set to hold its primary on Feb. 27. At the town hall, both candidates focused on issues of race, including police brutality and gun violence. The upcoming South Carolina primary is the last Democratic contest before Super Tuesday.
The worst capital of all time.
A recent national study rated Hartford the worst capital city in the U.S. based on affordability, economic wellbeing, health and education and overall quality of life. Indeed, Hartford has the highest unemployment rate and highest share of residents living below the federal poverty level in the country. Check off Chekhov. The Yale Dramat’s spring mainstage — “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a comedy inspired by the works of Anton Chekhov — premieres at the University Theatre on York Street tonight. The show won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2013. Carnitas for Camp Kesem. A
portion of all of Salsa Fresca’s proceeds from 5 to 9 p.m. this evening will support Camp Kesem — a free summer camp for children who have been affected by a parent with cancer. Say “Camp Kesem” as you order to participate.
All that power. A brief power outage affected 1,840 New Haven customers Tuesday morning. The outage hit the New Haven Police Department and Union Station as well. THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY
1981 The University’s Teaching and Learning Committee meets to discuss whether Yale College’s grading system should be changed to include pluses and minuses. According to recent polls, over two-thirds of students prefer the existing system, while 79 percent of faculty members prefer a system with more divisions. Follow along for the News’ latest.
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Morse wins annual cooking contest, besting 11 other colleges PAGE 7 UNIVERSITY
Med school prof claims discrimination BY MONICA WANG STAFF REPORTER
Faux pas. Carson made an
unfortunate comment during an interview with Politico yesterday. When asked how he felt about President Barack Obama’s inauguration as the nation’s first black president, Carson said, “He was, you know, raised white … So, for him to, you know, claim that, you know, he identifies with the experience of black Americans, I think, is a bit of a stretch.”
THE FINAL CUTDOWN
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Camacho participated in a protest outside the White House Tuesday. BY SEBASTIAN MEDINA-TAYAC, OSCAR GARCIA-RUIZ, CAMILA GÜIZA-CHAVEZ AND LAURA PLATA STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS Rain slid down Alicia Camacho’s face as a police officer started to cuff her red-gloved hands Tuesday afternoon. Camacho, the associate mas-
ter of Ezra Stiles College and a professor of Ethnicity, Race and Migration, wore the gloves to dramatize the message of the banner she had been holding in front of the White House, which read “President Obama: You Have Blood On Your Hands.” Camacho sat on the sidewalk in front of the White House fence with 13 other immigra-
tion activists, many of whom came down from Connecticut the night before to protest the Obama administration’s recent escalation of deportations of Central American refugee families. After three warnings, District of Columbia Park Police arrested the activists. SEE ARREST PAGE 4
Yale filed court documents this past Monday in response to charges from a School of Medicine professor who claims that the University violated both federal and state anti-discrimination employment laws. On Dec. 17, 2015, Rossitza Lazova, an associate professor of dermatology and pathology who has worked at the medical school for 19 years, filed a federal lawsuit against Yale in Connecticut District Court for “retaliatory denial of promotion.” Lazova, who previously lodged a complaint with the state in 2012 claiming that Yale had not promoted her because of her gender, alleged that the University subsequently retaliated against that complaint by denying further applications for promotion. She said the University’s actions came in violation of federal Title VII law and the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, both of which pro-
hibit employers from discriminating based on gender, race or other factors. A motion for extension of time was granted earlier this month, which allowed the University to postpone its answer to the complaint until this Monday. In the newly filed documents, Yale denied that Lazova’s 2012 gender discrimination complaint played any role in its decision not to promote her. Her case, Lazova argued in the lawsuit, is reflective of a work environment at the medical school that is inhospitable to women. As of September 2014, her claim detailed, the school had 468 full professors, but only 95 were female. Lazova’s claim also cited a report published last July by the Ad Hoc Task Force on Gender Equity at the Yale School of Medicine, which was created in October 2014 to address female faculty members’ concerns about gender inequality. According to Lazova’s claim, the report raised doubts about the medical SEE LAWSUIT PAGE 6
Basketball captain currently withdrawn from Yale BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI STAFF REPORTER Yale men’s basketball captain Jack Montague ’16 “is withdrawn” from Yale College, a representative from the University Registrar’s office told the News on Tuesday. On Feb. 17, Yale Director of Athletics Tom Beckett wrote in an email to the News that Mon-
tague was “not with the team at this time.” That same night, Montague told the News he was taking a personal leave. The Registrar’s office would not specify the specific nature of Montague’s withdrawal, and University spokesman Tom Conroy wrote in an email to the News on Tuesday night that the University’s Office of Public Affairs had no information to
Malloy joins bipartisan energy group BY JIAHUI HU STAFF REPORTER Gov. Dannel Malloy stood by 16 governors from blue and red states alike last week when he signed a bipartisan clean energy accord. By signing the Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future on Feb. 16, these governors committed themselves to broad environmental goals such as diversifying energy generation, encouraging clean transportation and modernizing energy infrastructure. Malloy will meet with the other members of the coalition, a group comprised of 12 other Democrats and four Republicans, in the following weeks to establish concrete goals for each state, said Robert Cowin, director of government affairs at the nonprofit science advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists. Cowin added that the agreement is a breakthrough because the governors argue for clean energy using economic
justifications rather than on the basis of climate change, which is politically contentious. “It is refreshing to hear a message from these governors, many of which are Republican, that they see a way of getting down the path of clean energy, not traditional fossil fuel generation,” Cowin said. Malloy’s announcement pointed to the economic potential of clean energy as well as the need to mitigate carbon emissions. On the West Coast, California Gov. Edmund Brown’s announcement focused almost exclusively on the need to mitigate climate change. Meanwhile, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, did not mention climate change when he announced his membership in the coalition. He instead discussed Nevada’s energy-producing potential. “I remain committed to pursue policies that will allow Nevada to continue SEE MALLOY PAGE 4
provide about Montague. Montague has been absent from Yale’s last four games, and the last contest he played in with the team was on Feb. 6 against Cornell. Given that just two weekends remain in Yale’s regular season, it appears likely the withdrawal will keep Montague out for the year. The Yale College Programs of Study website cites four rea-
sons that a student may withdraw from Yale College: “academic reasons,” “disciplinary reasons,” “medical reasons” and “personal reasons.” Withdrawals for personal or academic reasons require students to be away from the University for at least one fall and one spring term, excluding the term in which the withdrawal took place, according
to the YCPS website. A medical withdrawal instead requires that students stay away for one full term, excluding the term in which the withdrawal took place. The duration of a withdrawal for disciplinary reasons is decided by the Yale College Executive Committee, which hears violations of the Yale ColSEE MONTAGUE PAGE 6
Cornell changes to need-aware policy
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Two weeks ago, Cornell announced it would revert to a need-aware policy for international students. BY JON VICTOR STAFF REPORTER Yale is now one of just five universities nationwide offering need-blind admissions for international students, following an announcement from Cornell University two weeks ago
that the school would revert to a need-aware policy. Only Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Amherst and Yale provide needblind admissions and needbased financial aid to foreign students exactly as they do for domestic students. Cornell is the second Ivy League school to ter-
minate its need-blind policy in the past six months, after Dartmouth announced in September that it would take financial need into account when admitting its class of 2020. Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff attributed SEE ADMISSIONS PAGE 4