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Alcohol initiative forges ahead

Brain power. President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative — a $300 million investment to advance neurotechnology — awarded two Yale Medical School professors $5 million. Radiology professor Todd Constable and neurobiology professor Michael Crair will use the funds to develop methods for neuron activity research.

“V to Shining V Party.” The Reproductive Rights Action League at Yale and Lady Parts Justice will host a party in the Davenport Crosspiece at 9:30 p.m. tonight. Lady Parts Justice recently launched an activism app “Hinder,” which mocks popular dating app Tinder by allowing users to swipe through profiles of politicians who have expressed anti-abortion views. Stereo Love. If you, like Lady Parts Justice, are sick of Tinder, WYBC offers a dating alternative. Yesterday, they sent out applications seeking Yale students willing to blind date on the air. The News wishes you luck in finding love.

Healthcare reforms spur little change for poor New Haven families PAGE 7 SCI-TECH

Harsh sexual climate for “other genders” BY VICTOR WANG AND PADDY GAVIN STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

by the time classes resumed in the fall. The program has not yet hired a director, but the interns were hired in the spring and have already begun planning how to address big drinking events on campus, like Halloween and The Game, according to Student

In the wake of a massive campus sexual climate survey by the Association of American Universities, national media attention has mainly focused on the high rates of victimization for female college students. But for certain types of sexual misconduct — including sexual assault that meets a criminal standard — another demographic reported even higher rates of victimization: students who identify outside the traditional gender binary. The discrepancy appears both at Yale and across the 27 universities nationwide that participated in the survey. At Yale, 28.4 percent of undergraduates surveyed who identify as “other genders” — not female or male — have experienced sexual assault via force or incapacitation. This figure is significantly higher than the 18.1 percent reported by undergraduate participants in general, and .3 percent higher than the rate reported by undergraduate females. Additionally, 84.2 percent of undergraduate participants of “other genders” have experienced sexual harassment, compared to 74 percent among females and 57.6 percent among males. Students and administrators expressed dismay, but not surprise, at the results. But they also pointed to causes for hope in

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Into the digital age. This fall, Yale switched from Philo Streaming to Comcast IPTV. According to a Wednesday email from Yale ITS, Philo will be cut by the end of November. The new service, which offers 100 channels, allows Yale students to stream HD video on up to three devices. Hurricane J. According to NBC Connecticut, this week’s downpours are the effects of a tropical storm. Hurricane Joaquin is expected to make landfall south of New Jersey next week. While New Haven will likely be spared from the eye of the storm, don’t expect the rain to stop anytime soon.

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Yale’s alcohol policy office is overseen by Student Affairs Fellows who operate out of Swing Space. BY JON VICTOR STAFF REPORTER Despite an unsuccessful search for a new alcohol policy director this summer, the University is moving forward with its plans to expand alcohol safety programming and offer more safe alternatives to Yale’s exist-

ing party culture. In late April, the Alcohol and Other Drugs Harm Reduction Initiative — a unit of the Yale College Dean’s Office — announced plans for significant expansion, including hiring seven paid student interns to develop new programming and selecting a new director to oversee the initiative

Investments Office targets 2016 allocations BY JON VICTOR STAFF REPORTER After bringing the Yale endowment to a historic nominal high in the 2015 fiscal year, the Yale Investments Office is looking ahead, with target asset allocations for the 2016 fiscal year including a notable increase in bonds and cash, as well as a decrease in real estate and

domestic equity. On Sept. 24, the University announced that the Yale Investments Office had beaten market estimates to post a return of 11.5 percent, growing the endowment from $23.9 billion to $25.6 billion over the 2015 fiscal year. The University also outlined the investments office’s asset allocation targets for the upcoming fiscal year. Real estate allocations are

targeted to fall from 17 percent to 13 percent, and domestic equity will drop a third, from 6 percent to 4 percent. Bonds and cash are set to increase from 5 percent to 8.5 percent. Finance experts interviewed said these changes signal the investments office’s recognition that stocks and real estate are becoming overvalued and that Yale should seek opportunities

elsewhere. “Going from 17 to 13 percent [real estate] could simply mean that there were some real estate properties that they felt were fully priced and decided to sell, and that could be where some of that bonds and cash could be coming from,” William Jarvis ’77, managing director of the Commonfund Institute, an institutional investment firm said.

Yale School of Management finance professor Roger Ibbotson added that although equity markets have performed very well since 2009, they have started to weaken in the past few months, prompting speculation that the current market may be overvalued. The investments office would then want to allocate its SEE INVESTMENTS PAGE 6

Hit the slopes. The Yale Ski

Team invites students to join their annual winter break ski trip. The six-day trip to Mont Tremblant ski resort in Montreal is attended by roughly 100 students each year. We hear temperatures on the mountain drop as low as minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Buck Yeah. With the mention

in yesterday’s XC, Chi Psi’s golden retriever Buck got 80 new followers on Instagram — increasing his total count nearly sixfold. Also, after his visit to the vet on Tuesday, Buck has made a full recovery and has started teething. Updates to follow.

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the sign outside Junzi Kitchen on Broadway. Lucas Sin ’15 — co-owner of the Chinese restaurant — told the News Junzi would open at the end of September. We’re hoping to try our first Chunbing wraps soon.

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Attendance halts savings decision BY NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH STAFF REPORTER A meeting to identify potential cost savings in city administration was stymied Wednesday night when only three city figures turned up. The Cost Savings Working Group, chaired by Ward 22 Alder Jeanette Morrison, was created this spring to evaluate contracts for city workers and identify potential cost savings. An offshoot of the Board of Alders’ Finance Committee, the working group includes fewer than 10 officials from a variety of organizations: the Board of Alders, the city administration, local unions and the Board of Education. But Wednesday’s low attendance — partially due to committee members missing the meeting to attend parentteacher conferences — stunted the group’s productivity. Only Morrison, Office of Legislative Services Director Albert Lucas and Matthew Brokman — a representative for Connecticut’s branch of the AFSCME union, which represents city workers — attended Wednesday’s meeting. “The idea is to review contracts that the city has put out

to bid over the years,” Brokman said. “One of the things we’ve found is that the city will put something out to bid … but they didn’t ask whether it still makes sense to have that contract.” Morrison said the group has identified one leading cost-saving measure in the groundskeeping staff of the Board of Education. Currently, the Board hires private contractors to perform tasks — such as replacing lightbulbs and fixing air conditioning filters — that the custodial staff could do at a lower price, Morrison said. The city can realize other cost savings by turning to public workers, she added, noting that custodial staff’s overtime labor is cheaper than the high rates charged by private contractors. Last winter, for example, the city saved money when custodial staff, rather than private contractors, plowed school parking lots. The committee had originally planned to spend Wednesday evening discussing the addition of a new maintenance position to the Board of Education staff. If the “floater” position is approved, the staff member who fills the role will go from school SEE SAVINGS PAGE 8

Yale-NUS rethinks curriculum

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Yale-NUS is conducting a review of its Common Curriculum this year. BY JOEY YE STAFF REPORTER Three years after opening its doors, Yale-NUS is addressing student concerns regarding its Common Curriculum — namely arbitrary grading and exceedingly difficult science courses. An academic report sub-

mitted by the Yale-NUS student government earlier this year coincided with the administration’s commencement of a regular common curriculum review. While the review was not conducted in direct response to student dissatisfaction, Dean of Faculty Charles Bailyn ’81 said student concerns would be

noted and taken into consideration. President of YaleNUS Pericles Lewis said the review was scheduled two years prior, adding that routine examinations are set in place for most courses, with the next curriculum review scheduled to take place in five SEE YALE-NUS PAGE 8

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WE TALK AS IF CLIMATE CHANGE IS A VAGUE, UNSTOPPABLE APOCALYPSE … A FIXED ITINERARY OF RISING TEMPERATURES AND SEAS, EXTREME AND VARIABLE WEATHER. At Yale, most of us get the deal. As a student body we understand the basics of climate science. Excess emissions, exacerbated by a large and growing human population, are polluting and warming our planet. While debates about greenhouse gas potencies, carbon taxes, divestment, and varying timelines for action may be reserved for Fossil Free Yale, the Yale Student Environmental Coalition and Science Hill commuters, overall as a student body we get the gist. Climate change is happening, yet as people with likely 60 to 80 years on earth ahead

of us, as a campus we aren’t acknowledging climate change appropriately in our conversations. We talk as if climate change is a vague, unstoppable apocalypse. It is a fixed itinerary of rising temperatures and seas, extreme and variable weather, ocean acidification, changing habitats, droughts, natural disasters, food shortages and mass extinctions. These conversations always take on a tone of bleak acknowledgement. In a feature for the News (“We Are Terrified,” Oct. 12, 2014), Adam Goff ’15 said, “Let’s say I care about climate change, what does one do about it?” Many on campus can relate to Goff’s sentiment. Students at Yale know climate change is a problem but lack an understanding of feasible solutions. The first major shift in public discourse about climate change came with widespread acceptance of the science. But now the conversation must shift again. This time, we must concentrate on solutions. Climate change is the greatest collective challenge facing future generations and our own. It affects every inhabitant of earth, and it will require a collaborative effort to be mitigated successfully. Yale students today will become the nonprofit, business and policy leaders of tomorrow. Our campus conversations must advance beyond the basic acknowledgement of climate change and actively focus on what can be done about it. So let’s start talking about tomorrow, today. Let’s talk about residential solar panels that can be installed with no upfront costs, energy efficiency retrofits that pay for themselves in utility savings and offshore wind projects currently underway. Let’s talk about the wetland and floodwall investments required to mitigate 100-year storms, and solar-powered desalination plants that can combat drought. Let’s talk about electric vehicles with a cruising range of 250 miles, and let’s emphasize the importance of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. And let’s talk about energy storage, carbon pricing policies and investments in technological innovation that still need to happen. There is no time to waste. Now is the time to educate ourselves about solutions, and shift climate change conversations from apocalyptic abstractions to concrete action. MIMI REICHENBACH is a senior in Davenport College. Contact her at mary.reichenbach@yale.edu .

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GUEST COLUMNIST ANDREA MOSQUEDA

Once in a blood moon

Finding climate solutions he last couple of months have been huge wins for Planet Earth. In August, President Obama announced the Clean Power Plan, which will lead to a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 relative to 2005 levels. Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 recently declared her opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline. In China, President Xi Jinping announced last Friday that the country would begin an emissions trading program in 2017. Companies are also rising to the occasion: Goldman Sachs, Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens and many others have committed to transitioning their businesses to 100 percent renewable energy. Even Shell has taken the hint (although most likely thanks to low oil prices) and stopped drilling in the Alaskan Arctic last week. God agrees too — Pope Francis has made climate change a talking point, following the release of his encyclical in June. The consensus is that climate change affects us all.

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or two hours this past Sunday night, life at Yale seemed to stop. We felt it in the air as students began to trickle from coffee shops, from libraries and from their suites to gather in the middle of Cross Campus. Sitting on the damp grass, some of us were laughing and chatting with friends and others were somber and reflective. Yet, we were united with a single, simple purpose: to gaze up at the night sky. For once, we would be deliberate in admiring the beauty of something that is a constant fixture in all of our lives, and yet an object we often offer nothing more than a mere glance. Tonight, we were there to watch the moon. In all fairness, this wasn’t just any moon. It was a rare “super blood moon” that last occurred in 1982 and won’t be seen again until 2033. It got its eerie name since the earth’s shadow — with a bit of light creeping around the edges — casts an orange-red glow on the lunar surface. The moon was also at the closest point to earth in its orbit, giving it an even larger appearance than normal. Though the science of it all is

far more detailed, this column isn’t really about what made this celestial event so noteworthy. While everyone was looking up at the sky, I took a moment to focus my attention on the ground — the site of another rare and beautiful phenomenon: Yale at ease. It was two hours — an infinitesimally small blip on the timeline of the universe, let alone the far shorter history of the University — but for those of us with midterms approaching, problem sets due the next day or readings to catch up on, those two hours were something. Whether you went out to East Rock to get as close to the moon as possible or pressed your face against the glass of your dorm room window, for that brief moment on Sunday night, the campus was united. There was no massive publicity campaign or posters plastered across campus in the weeks prior. It was simply the forces of nature — quiet and powerful — that like gravity pulled us away from our textbooks and computers, directing our thoughts and attention to something so much larger than ourselves. Life at Yale isn’t easy — this sentiment is rehashed so many

times that it almost goes without saying. In the fast-paced life of the Ivy League, one doesn’t get many breaks, or even much time to breathe. There’s always another paper due, another exam on the syllabus, another section to attend and another meeting on our Gcal. A Yalie scarcely has time to sleep before moving on to the "next big thing.” Social life, academics, sports — there’s only so much time in a day. And yet, every 24 hours, dusk falls, night settles, the moon appears and we go on. “We should probably go back inside.” “I really don’t have time for this.” “Only five minutes more.” These were some of the comments I heard as I sat crosslegged in front of Sterling Memorial Library. Yes, some of us may not have gotten as much sleep that night, reviewed as many practice problems or read as many pages as we should have. But Sunday was different. Somehow, we just hunkered down and got even cozier, sprawled out on someone’s blanket or huddled next to our friends. We waited for the orange-red light to spread completely across the moon, not moving until it was over, and

even then, we wanted more. We wished it hadn’t happened so quickly, because for that one second of total eclipse, we had been reminded that we are more than students. We were just humans, like the other seven billion people under the same sky, watching something magical unfold. And at a risk of sounding cliché, that’s what it was: magic. The mystery of the super blood moon eclipse wasn’t how it got that perfect ominous shade of red or how it could look so big when the moon has always been the same size. The real mystery of the super blood moon eclipse is why it took us so long to stop and stare; why it took a natural phenomenon for us to finally pause and marvel at how small we are and how big the universe is. The real magic of the super blood moon eclipse was that for a place so concerned with making it to the front of the stage, we all gave a collective bow. My only hope is that it won’t take us until 2033 to do this again. ANDREA MOSQUEDA is a sophomore in Berkeley College. Contact her at andrea.mosqueda@yale.edu .

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n Monday evening in Sprague Hall, Hilton Als — a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine — presented the opening remarks for the Windham-Campbell Festival, an annual literary event hosted by the University to celebrate writing from across the globe. It was his remarks — focusing on the expression of the pain and trauma of inhabiting marginalized bodies in America — that left the deepest impression. In his speech, Als identified misogyny underlying the gay culture most prominent in New York in the late 20th century, which emphasized a white, masculine aesthetic often at the expense of feminine-presenting or colored individuals. Especially here at Yale, many of my friends discuss how this demographic still dominates the queer culture on campus. Als’s prompt for the speech was to answer the question “Why I write?” His answers might have seemed indirect at first listen, but they emphatically addressed the moments throughout his life in which he felt that his body wasn’t worth loving, and thus, why he chose to put pen to paper. This is something I recognized in my own life. Like many people, I’ve had issues with my body. My height was troublesome to me as a teen in Miami, where I towered over most of the boys in my high school. But that was never the biggest issue for me. The first time I remember really hating my body was around the age of five, when a young boy in my

class pointed out that I had very noticeable hair on my arms like “the mammals” we were learning about ADRIANA in my firstgrade class. MIELE I went home and wept and Check insisted that my mother yourself help me bleach the hair on my arms because it was disgusting. Als spoke to a crowd of mostly white benefactors of the prized and elite academic faculty at one of the most privileged academic institutions in the world. He spoke of what it was like to feel undesirable to an audience composed of people who likely did not face the struggles he had overcome. Given the glorification that Western culture gives to white-bodied individuals, the majority of the audience had never experienced the marginalization expressed by Als. My friend Emily and I looked at each other when President Peter Salovey stepped on stage immediately after Als’ remarks to present the winners of the festival prizes. We couldn’t help but find a sense of amusement at Salovey’s obvious discomfort after hearing Als say “cock” nearly half a dozen times. I am glad that perhaps, even for a moment, he felt slightly out of place. Yesterday during a conversation with a professor about life at

Yale and feeling like there are too few faculty and administrators I can culturally relate to, I mentioned the isolation of having to justify my own experiences — often fearing the listener would make assumptions based on my identity. This “explanation” about who I am is a burden that I often face in my daily conversations. This is a burden rarely directly addressed on a campus where whiteness dominates many fields, especially the humanities — the very discipline the Windham-Campbell Prizes celebrates. We at Yale often try to express universal struggles through our words and performance, but the most common lens here is not universal.

I DID NOT UNDERSTAND GROWING UP THAT THE WORLD WAS BIGGER THAN THE VERY SMALL ONE I INHABITED. Because of the default to the white narrative, I did not understand growing up that the world was bigger than the very small one I inhabited. There are tons of women in this world with hairy arms, just as there are many peo-

ple with thick eyebrows, curved bellies and any other feature that doesn’t fit into traditional Western beauty standards. Nobody around me could understand my pain, and I didn’t know how to express it back then. Hilton Als spoke emphatically about bodies: about the queer body and the white queer body and the colored body and the colored queer body and the colored woman’s body. He spoke of children who grow up and believe that they are ugly. They inhabit this world with the shameful misconception that they are undesirable or unworthy of love. Als validated our pain. One of the most healing moments of my life was the day I watched an episode of The Mindy Project, a sitcom about an Indian American OB-GYN working and living in Manhattan. In this episode, Mindy shaves her arms before a date. She waddles around her apartment in a towel with razor in hand and shaving cream lathered all over her arms. I paused the screen and cried on my bottom bunk in L-Dub. I wish the seats in Sprague Hall only sat queer bodies and colored bodies and mixed bodies. I wish Als had spoken to us — all of us mixed and colored and ashamed — and only us. I wish the white people had stepped out of the room. ADRIANA MIELE is a senior in Jonathan Edwards College. Her columns run every Thursday. Contact her at adriana.miele@yale.edu .

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A previous version of the article “Harp elected president of Board of Education” incorrectly stated that both Democratic candidates for Board of Education are unopposed. In fact, Edward Joyner is opposed by Republican James O’Connell in District 1. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30

A previous version of the article “Church Street South to be demolished” incorrectly stated that Northland Investment Corporation enrolled Church Street South in Section Eight, but in fact, the property was already under the oversight of the federal housing program when NIC purchased it. The article also inaccurately represented New Haven Legal Assistance Association attorney Yonatan Zamir’s views on dilapidated housing in New Haven. In fact, Zamir said derelict housing exists throughout the city, not just downtown. Finally, the article incorrectly stated that Zamir believes the complex will be rebuilt into multifamily housing.

Fellowship teaches graduate students BY JOEY YE STAFF REPORTER Starting this semester, eight graduate students will work with early-stage health care companies through a new fellowship chaired jointly by Yale University and Canaan Partners — a $3 billion global venture capital firm focused on the intersection of health care and technology. Through the Canaan-Yale Venture Fellowship, Canaan and the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute will collaborate to provide students with policy training and work experience with health care companies in Canaan’s portfolio. The new program will divide participants into two groups to work with venture capital firms and biomedical companies, as well as teach students how to start a company, the nature of venture capitalism and how venture capitalists interact with entrepreneurs, Canaan Partners associate Colleen Cuffaro GRD ’14 said.

There is a lot of interaction with the partners and other members of the team at Canaan. SARAH BHAGAT GRD ’16 “We had the idea of working with Yale graduate students to try to do a deep dive into certain areas that are of interest to us,” Cuffaro said. “I think this is the first time that Yale students have the opportunity to be exposed to a venture capital firm and work directly with them.” YEI chose eight recipients from nearly 200 graduate and professional school applicants in September, providing fellows with a $1,000 stipend for a yearlong project on portfolio development. Fellows will also attend

workshops led by Cuffaro and Tim Shannon, a general partner at Canaan, on business topics such as term sheets, due diligence and capitalization tables. Cuffaro said these workshops provide an opportunity for students to learn how to apply their knowledge outside of academic settings. Erika Smith, the deputy director of YEI, said applicants were chosen based on their scientific backgrounds and interests in understanding the commercialization of life sciences. “Tim Shannon and Colleen Cuffaro provided the inspiration [for the program] given their non-traditional career paths into [venture capital],” Smith said in an email to the News. “I also had piloted an internship program of about a dozen postdocs from the National Institutes of Health to support due diligence while I was managing a small life science seed fund in Virginia. We both saw the opportunity to work together.” Before the fellowship’s inception this semester, four graduate students piloted the program in February. Sarah Bhagat GRD ’16, who participated in the pilot program, said participants convened with Shannon and Cuffaro almost every week to work on their projects. Cuffaro said one of the reasons behind Canaan’s partnership with YEI is the two institutions’ close proximity to one another — there is a Canaan office in Westport, Connecticut. “There are very few to no venture firms that offer a very hands-on internship opportunity like Canaan,” Bhagat said. “This is a very small group [of fellowship participants], and there is a lot of interaction with the partners and other members of the team at Canaan, which is one of the best premiere venture capital firms in the country.” Canaan was founded in 1987. Contact JOEY YE at shuaijiang.ye@yale.edu .

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Arethusa Farm and Dairy is set to replace Extra Virgin Oil by the end of 2015. BY FINNEGAN SCHICK STAFF REPORTER Yale University Properties is replacing one specialty retail store on Chapel Street with another, swapping olive oil and pasta sauce for ice cream and cheese. Extra Virgin Oil, a high-end store for Italian goods, put its 1020 Chapel St. location back on the market in August after just one year of doing business in the Elm City. Within weeks, University Properties found a new tenant for the building — Arethusa Farm and Dairy, which will open a store by the end of this year. Although Arethusa founder and owner Tony Yurgaitis expects his new shop to thrive, New Haven Economic Development Administrator Matthew Nemerson SOM ’81 said experimental retail in New Haven has a reputation for not lasting long. “For people who want success, or have a concept and want to test it, I think New Haven makes a lot of sense,” Nemerson said. “Some will make it and some won’t.” Like Arethusa Farm and Dairy, Extra Virgin Oil was also a small business opening its second location when it came to New Haven in 2014. At the store’s first location in Mys-

tic, Connecticut, employees prepare pasta on-site for customers, in addition to selling olive oil and sauces. Nemerson said Extra Virgin Oil’s failure in New Haven was partially due to its lack of a kitchen, adding that in order for a specialty store like Extra Virgin Oil to succeed in a retail market dominated by online shopping, it must create an immersive shopping experience — one in which customers feel like they “are entering another world.”

What’s happened with Yale seems to be the next step in our process of growth. TONY YURGAITIS Arethusa Founder and Owner Extra Virgin Oil lacked the tools they needed to become an immersive experience, Nemerson said. Establishments like The Green Teahouse on the same block do a better job of engaging customers by preparing their product in the store and giving advice on food preparation, Nemerson said. He added that he still has not cooked the $20 bag of pasta he

bought from Extra Virgin Oil in part because the store did not provide advice about how to prepare the luxury noodles. Despite some specialty stores’ struggles to stay afloat, University Properties will continue to bring small, local businesses to the area. Around 65 percent of University Properties’ tenants are regional or local owners. Deputy University Press Secretary Karen Peart said these kinds of stores create a unique retail environment. As more stores open downtown, Nemerson said the city’s retail layout may return to its size and scope of the 1950s. In the past, stores founded in New Haven have grown into successful franchises — among them Anne Taylor and JPress. But Nemerson said that given the city’s competitive retail market, he expects some of the more experimental stores to fail. Despite the instability, Arethusa hopes to be more immersive than its oil-vending predecessor, Yurgaitis said, adding that he hopes serving ice cream in the store will engage customers. The dairy will also sell cheese made with milk from cows on Arethusa’s 300-acre farm in Bantham, Connecticut. The move to New Haven is a natural step in the growth of

the business, Yurgaitis said. Yurgaitis said he hopes the Yale community will boost business throughout the year. He recently submitted the construction plans to New Haven’s Board of Zoning Appeals, which has yet to approve them. “What’s happened with Yale seems to be the next step in our process of growth,” said Yurgaitis. “Were hoping all this [business] will support the farm, and retail is the best way to go.” But Yale students questioned whether the city needs a new ice cream store. Evan Fojtik MUS ’17 said that if Arethusa’s ice cream is better than dining hall ice cream, he will be more likely to shop there. Rebecca Wolenski ’16 said that walking distance is a bigger concern, noting that Chapel Street is out of the way for many students on campus. Other students said Arethusa’s prices will prove important for its success. “If it’s cheaper than Ashley’s, then I’ll go there,” said Jessie Benedict ’16. A small ice cream at Arethusa costs $3.50, and a large costs $5. Contact FINNEGAN SCHICK at christopher.schick@yale.edu .

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t a Morse College Master’s Tea on Friday, Kevin Olusola ’11, the beatboxer of acclaimed vocal group Pentatonix, discussed life in the professional a cappella world. Dozens of students flocked to hear the former YSO cellist talk about music, his background and life after Yale. KEN YANAGISAWA reports.

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“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” MAHATMA GANDHI

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BY MAYA CHANDRA CONTRIBUTING REPORTER A new Elm City nonprofit is approaching the systemic problem of obesity from a distinct angle. Health in Your Hands, a local nonprofit born out of a $120,000 prize grant from the American Beverage Association and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, aims to help families fight obesity by making healthier choices. The project, which began in July and will continue for one year, partners with local farms, exercise groups and cooking educators

to promote exercise and healthy eating.

You can have fun dancing, but also there’s a piece that you can lose weight and stay active. ALISA BOWENS Owner of House of Salsa “The uniqueness of this program was that even though it is

a one-year program, we planned it so that once it’s over, we will leave the community more empowered and enriched as to carry on the program by themselves,” said Bidisha Nath, project manager for Health in Your Hands. Data released by the city of New Haven in 2010 showed that 22 percent of graduating high schoolers were obese, with higher obesity rates for black and Hispanic minorities. Nath added that obesity numbers in America are highest for people beneath the poverty line. To combat this problem,

Health in Your Hands works with partner organizations that promote healthy eating such as New Haven Farms and CitySeed. Organizations like Alisa’s House of Salsa are focused on persuading families to not just exercise, but to enjoy doing so, Alisa Bowens — who runs the dance company — said. She added that this programming has been a welcome addition to the community. “You can have fun dancing, but also there’s a piece that you can lose weight and stay active,” Bowens said. “It’s emotionally and physically beneficial for

everyone’s health.” The House of Salsa is not alone in its efforts: Much of Health in Your Hands’ approach focuses on making healthy habits seem fun, community-based and in tune with the diverse cultures represented in New Haven, Nath said. Health in Your Hands leaders use input from locals to choose partnerships with organizations that offer popular activities. Activities and workshops include salsa classes, healthy shopping tours and ethnic cooking classes. Nath said these partner programs will remain

visible fixtures in New Haven communities long after the oneyear program ends. Nath said she hopes the program will reduce these rates, but added that there is not yet an adequate method of measuring the program’s impact. The organization is working with the Yale School of Public Health and the Yale Community Alliance for Research and Engagement to create such a metric, she added. Nearly 17 percent of American children are obese. Contact MAYA CHANDRA at maya.chandra@yale.edu .

Law speeds up rape kit processing BY MICHELLE LIU STAFF REPORTER A new state law expediting the processing of rape kits goes into effect today. The law, signed by Gov. Dannel Malloy in July, will require the state crime lab in Meriden to analyze rape kits — evidence obtained from a victim after a sexual assault — within 60 days if they are labeled with the victim’s name. Police departments will now transfer these kits to the state lab within 10 days of obtaining them. Previously, state law required rape kits to undergo testing, but no time frame was specified. “This is about standing up for and protecting victims, and our new law is another step in our efforts to do just that,” Malloy said at a ceremonial signing in July. “Establishing clear protocols for handling evidence will help law enforcement in their efforts to identify perpetrators, while increasing care for victims. It’s no doubt a positive step.” The state will also hold kits that are not labeled with a name for five years — a significant increase from the previously mandated 60 days. This delay will give victims more time to decide whether to take the sexual assault to court. A survey by the Commission on the Standardization of the Collection of Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations found 879 unprocessed kits at law enforcement departments across the state when the survey began last fall. As of July, 476 have been transported to the state crime lab. In order for rape kits to get to the Meriden crime lab, munic-

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ipal police officers must first collect the kits from the health care facilities where the victim’s samples were collected. Then, the kits are tested at the state lab and the findings are relayed to the police department. The state lab told FOX CT in September that it had tested 100 of the rape kits it received since the survey began. But the lab

declined to state whether any sexual assault cases which had these kits submitted as evidence have been solved. In a July report, Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services found that most municipal police departments had fewer than 10 kits that have not yet been delivered to the lab for testing. But 12 departments had

20 or more. New Haven had 55 untested kits. Following the passage of the law, the state received a federal grant of almost $1.5 million to help clear the backlog of rape kits. The funding came as part of a larger initiative that spent a total of $79 million to eliminate backlogs in 27 states. “The groundbreaking initia-

tive we are announcing today is part of the Justice Department’s long-standing efforts to support survivors of sexual violence and to bring abusers to justice,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement Sept. 10. “For anyone who has felt isolated and afraid, for anyone who has lost faith or lost hope as a result of a sexual crime, this is our pledge to

you: We will not forget you. We will not abandon you.” Malloy announced in July that he will form a working group to examine the difficulties state and local law enforcement face when sending rape kits to crime labs for testing. Contact MICHELLE LIU at michelle.liu@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.” FRANK SINATRA SINGER

AODHRI moves forward sans director ALCOHOL FROM PAGE 1 Affairs Fellow David Lindsey ’12. “Our goal this year is to get [the interns] established on campus and start dialogue,” Lindsey said. “[We want to] let people know that they’re not here to rain on anyone’s parade but that they’re here to provide options.” The search for the director, he added, will continue this semester. He emphasized that not having a director has not significantly hindered the office’s operations, as the YCDO has provided active support. The interns meet weekly and provide a perspective on Yale’s drinking culture not readily accessible to administrators, Lindsey said. “They give us a sense of what’s actually happening on campus, like ‘Where do people go?’” he said. “The perspective is invaluable because we don’t

actually know student behavior without consulting students.” Though the specifics of the interns’ projects have yet to be decided, one possible initiative would be to set up a tent at the Game that would provide food and water in an environment where alcohol is prevalent. Some students interviewed were in favor of new educational programs, while others pointed out weaknesses in existing ones. David Guzhnay ’18 said he thought the “Think About It” online alcohol safety course required before freshman year was informative, but he added that by now he has forgotten much of what he learned. Katie Choi ’18 noted that the education may not be as effective as possible because the information is not reinforced over time. “We just got a bunch of [information] at the beginning of our freshman year, but people

don’t get reminded about it over the next four years,” she said.

Our goal this year is to get [the interns] established on campus and start dialogue. DAVID LINDSEY Student Affairs Fellow Li Wang ’17 suggested greater transparency from the University. If Yale communicated more statistics about dangerous drinking, he said, students would be encouraged to be safer. All students interviewed agreed with Yale’s stance that alcohol is a medical rather than a disciplinary issue, and several knew students who had participated in AODHRI’s free bar-

tender certification course. There is evidence that Yale’s safety-first approach to drinking is working: Last February, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Melanie Boyd told the News that the number of alcohol-related emergency transports initiated by students who were not Freshman Counselors had risen by 70 percent since fall 2012, partially due to educational programming. In addition, Lindsey said the introduction of the “Think About It” course three years ago was associated with a lower incidence of alcohol-related medical emergencies among freshmen at the beginning of last year. Still, while experts on alcohol-abuse prevention said educational programming is an important first step, they cited less tangible changes, like addressing a school’s drinking culture, as necessary to enacting reform.

Traci Toomey, a professor of epidemiology and community health at the University of Minnesota, said student knowledge of the adverse consequences of drinking is not enough to change habits. Individual factors like perceptions of social norms and environmental factors such as the availability of alcohol on campus are also important, she said. According to Dolores Cimini, a professor at the University at Albany and an expert on alcohol-abuse prevention in college students, AODHRI’s push to provide non-alcoholic options is “protective behavior” — minimizing the risks associated with drinking. “If there are options to reduce risks, then students will be more likely to consider those options,” she said. Still, Toomey cautioned that input is often solicited from only those students who drink,

noting that it is important to hear from students who do not drink as well. Lindsey said the AODHRI interns come from a variety of social backgrounds on campus, including sports teams, Greek life and other groups. According to Cimini, student input is critical for an alcohol policy’s success. She cited theories in psychology which state that for policies to work best, the people affected by them should be involved in their creation. “There are some pieces of policy that are not changeable — the law is the law,” Cimini said. “But just being involved in a process of development of new policies, even though they may be restrictive, does make a difference in terms of people feeling that they’re fair and that they should be enforced.” Contact JON VICTOR at jon.victor@yale.edu .

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INVESTMENTS FROM PAGE 1 assets elsewhere in order to maximize returns. “[The Yale Investments Office] had exceptionally high returns, but it’s very difficult for them to continue with those very high returns,” Ibbotson said. “They don’t want to overall predict anything like that going forward, and they want to say so because they don’t want people to be disappointed when returns drop so much.”

Likewise, Andrew Lo ’80, a professor of finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the same reasoning likely applies to Yale’s decreased allocation towards real estate. Lo added that since real estate has done well over the past few years, Yale may feel that the investment has run its course. Chinese real estate values have taken a hit over the last few months, which may have influenced Yale’s decision to reduce allocations to real estate.

Jarvis said Yale employs an investment practice known as having “dry powder,” which refers to keeping liquid assets in reserve for a potential future investment. Though the release does not distinguish the percentage of bonds compared to cash, Jarvis speculated that these assets are mostly cash or “very short-term bonds.” This is because Yale has typically had a low allocation to bonds and because investors are expecting interests rates to rise, which will drive the price of bonds down,

Jarvis said. “The Yale endowment feels that the investment opportunities it sees right now are not particularly compelling, and therefore it wants to have cash in the event that something comes along that is compelling and interesting,” Jarvis said. Despite speculation, Lo said it is difficult for outside observers to ascertain the reasoning behind differences in asset allocation targets from year to year because the broad categories do

not give any details of individual investments. But he also speculated that the University’s targeted increase in liquid assets may be related to the construction of the two new residential colleges, scheduled to be completed by fall 2017. Furthermore, although the asset allocation targets fluctuate slightly from year to year, Jarvis said the allocations’ relative consistency has been successful in growing the endowment. “They’re not sitting there and

buying and selling the whole portfolio every day,” Jarvis said. “Even if you wanted to, a big thing like this can’t turn on a dime. You can see that they haven’t really made big changes over the last five years. The portfolio seems to work well within the ranges that it is.” In the past 20 years, Yale’s endowment has grown from $4 billion to $25.6 billion. Contact JON VICTOR at jon.victor@yale.edu .

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“Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn’t.” JEFF BRIDGES ACTOR

Child poverty rate stagnates in Connecticut BY ROBBIE SHORT CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The poorest children in one of the nation’s richest states went relatively unaffected by a nationwide economic turnaround and health insurance expansion, a recent report on child poverty in Connecticut found. The report, published by New Haven-based child advocacy group Connecticut Voices for Children, found that Connecticut’s child poverty rate remained stagnant between 2013 and 2014, while median household incomes and health coverage rates rose both in the state and across the country. Connecticut Voices for Children analyzed data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, which indicates that Connecticut’s poorest residents face significant barriers to economic opportunity — barriers that the organization’s representatives said are particularly damaging to children. “Children do well when families do well, and families do well when they have sufficient economic security to meet basic needs, to flourish,” said Ellen Shemitz ’83 LAW ’87, the executive director of Connecticut Voices for Children and coauthor of the report. According to the report, in 2014, 14.9 percent of Connecticut children lived under the 2014 federal poverty threshold of $24,008 for a family of four. That figure does not represent a statistically significant change from the figure from 2013. Over the same period, the national child poverty rate fell from 22.2 percent to 21.7 percent, a change which is statistically significant. In Connecticut, the median household income rose from $67,944 to $70,048 over the period, and the overall uninsured rate fell from 9.4 percent to 6.9 percent, mirroring

national trends attributable to post-recession bounce-back and the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, according to the organization representatives. Sharon Langer, advocacy director of Connecticut Voices for Children and co-author of the study, said that one reason Connecticut’s child poverty rate did not follow the national trend may be the phenomenon of “pulling apart.” Though median income in the state rose significantly between 2013 and 2014, that does not necessarily mean low-income families saw their incomes rise, she said.

Families do well when they have sufficient economic security to meet basic needs, to flourish. ELLEN SHEMITZ ’83 LAW ’87 Executive Director, CT Voices for Children “In Connecticut, there’s a great divide between families or individuals with very high incomes and people at the bottom quintile of the income scale,” Langer said. Shemitz also pointed to policy decisions, like the reduction of Connecticut’s earned income tax credit — which benefits working-class families and has been identified by state advocacy groups as a crucial method of lifting families out of poverty — in 2013 due to budget cuts, as a reason for the persistence of child poverty. The earned income tax credit was to be restored to its full amount of 30 percent of the federal credit this year, but it has since been caught in budget negotiations. Connecticut’s child poverty rate is also significantly lower

than the national average, which makes any decrease comparatively smaller, Langer said. The report also identified a divide between racial and ethnic groups. In 2014, black and Hispanic children in Connecticut were more than five times as likely to live in poverty as white children. Hispanic children were more than twice as likely as white children to be uninsured, with black children only slightly more likely to be insured than Hispanic children. Langer identified these as the results of minority families’ overrepresentation within Connecticut’s low-income population. These divides matter, Langer said, because families’ economic circumstances have great impact on children’s future outcomes. Past research by Connecticut Voices for Children and other groups shows that children who grow up in poverty are at greater risk to develop health problems, perform poorly in school and face poor employment prospects, among other outcomes. Gaps in health care may have particularly serious consequences for children and families who are uninsured. According to Ellen Andrews GRD ’89, executive director of the Connecticut Health Policy Project, access to affordable health insurance allows families to spend their limited income on more upwardly mobile aims, like their children’s education. “Income opens a lot of doors, especially in Connecticut, and not having income closes a lot of doors,” Andrews said. The overall share of Connecticut residents living in poverty in 2014 held steady without a statistically significant change from 2013 at 10.8 percent. Contact ROBBIE SHORT at robert.short@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability.” SHARRON ANGLE AMERICAN POLITICIAN

“Other genders” stand out in AAU survey the survey, including the finding that students of “other genders” across the 27 universities were more likely than their peers to report certain experiences of sexual misconduct. Those interviewed also praised the support resources that Yale has in place for these students. “My reaction [to the results] is not one of surprise,” said Max Goldberg ’17, leader of the Yale College Council’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Resources Task Force. “If you look incredibly broadly at who gets victimized, it’s the people who are different, especially people who are different in a way that breaks down social conventions.” In the AAU survey, gender categories were divided into male, female and TGNQ: transgender, genderqueer, non-conforming and questioning. On the Yale survey, TGNQ students were included in the “other gender” category. Students interviewed pointed to the relatively small “other gender” community, as well as persistent societal stigmas against it, as possible factors in the group’s high victimization rate. “Until societal stigma around gender variance is erased, my community will continue to face discrimination and disproportionately high levels of assault even at an open-minded and relatively liberal institution such as Yale,” said Izzy Amend ’17, who is transgender. The relatively small size of the “other gender” community can be a vulnerability, Amend said, noting that a better-connected community would result in a more positive environment for students who identify outside the traditional gender binary. The community’s small size has also made it difficult to gather data around its members’ experiences: Yale’s report on the survey data noted that the small sample size for “other gender” students made it impossible to generate reporting rates for sexual misconduct. Still, University Secretary and Vice President for Student Life Kimberly Goff-Crews said she hopes the limited information the survey does provide will help the University better serve these students’ needs. “I am grateful that we have better data for students in LGBTQ

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communities,” she said. “We all knew there were issues, but few studies truly gave us a scope to what is happening in those communities.” Additionally, data on this demographic may continue to accumulate: students of other genders across the nation surveyed indicated greater willingness than their male and female peers to bring their experiences of sexual misconduct to university authorities. The sample size within the University was too small to determine a Yale-specific trend. Fifteen percent of “other

gender” students surveyed across the country said they reported an experience of sexual harassment to their schools, compared to 9.1 percent for females and 5.2 for males. Yale students praised reporting resources available to “other gender” students. Adrien Gau ’17, who identifies as genderneutral, spoke positively of the Sexual Harassment and Assault Response & Education Center at Yale Health, a confidential resource open to all students who have experienced sexual misconduct. Gau described the center as

“warm and personal,” adding that the center’s staff can help the student take disciplinary action in serious cases of misconduct. Yale has other, more informal resources for these students as well. The Office of LGBTQ Resources at Yale hosts a weekly “Beyond the Binary” discussion group, and the Yale Women’s Center noted that its services are available to all students. Maria Trumpler, director of the Office of LGBTQ Resources, also cited the Trans Week that her office hosts, during which a different program on gender identity is run each day.

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Amend also described Yale’s trans healthcare system as one of the best in the world. It costs just over $2000 to physically transition at Yale, but such a procedure can cost over $10,000 elsewhere, according to Amend. But even more important, Amend said, is the role of Yale faculty in making students who identify outside the traditional gender binary feel at home. He emphasized the support provided to him by Sarah Mahurin, the dean of Timothy Dwight, his residential college. He acknowledged, however

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SAVINGS FROM PAGE 1 to school performing maintenance work that would otherwise be done by private contractors. Brokman said the position — which will tentatively be called “Building Maintainer” — will be unattached to any specific school, unlike in the current system, where custodial staff are based at a single school. Morrison and Brokman proposed adding this position to committee member Victor De La Paz, chief financial officer of the Board of Education, in July. Twenty minutes before Wednesday’s meeting, De La Paz sent Morrison and Brokman an email stating that he could not attend the meeting.

De La Paz’s email also expressed doubt that the new position will be necessary, since other staff members already perform the functions the Building Maintainer will. “The current Building Manager position covers much of the items referenced [in the job description],” De La Paz wrote, adding that he and other Board administrators would need to know the “financial value” of the position before making a decision. Given Wednesday’s poor attendance, the group decided to push the discussion to October. Morrison said a face-to-face conversation with De La Paz is crucial before a decision can be made about the position. Morrison and Brokman both

said the impetus for creating the position came from the high costs incurred by using private contractors for relatively simple tasks. Instances of this abound across the city, Brokman said, citing as an example costs for fixing lights at the field house near Wilbur Cross High School, where the Board of Education has a $56,000 contract. “Those are the types of things where if you hire one staff person to change lightbulbs and air filters at all the schools, you’re saving a lot of money,” Brokman said. The Board of Education has a $425 million budget. Contact NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH at noah.daponte-smith@yale.edu .

Contact VICTOR WANG at v.wang@yale.edu and PADDY GAVIN at paddy.gavin@yale.edu .

Common Curriculum reviewed YALE-NUS FROM PAGE 1

Morrison said the committee will wait until they have heard from De La Paz before making the hiring decision.

that more needs to be done to make students who identify outside the traditional gender binary feel welcome and supported. He said Yale should incorporate workshops on gender variance into current sexual education programs and make gender-neutral housing available for freshmen. “Yale is in its infant phase of providing resources,” he said.

years. The Common Curriculum is required for all students and is comprised of a range of classes — from “Foundations of Science” to “Comparative Social Institutions” — designed to give students a broad introduction to a field of study. “The purpose of the review is to ensure that we are offering the best possible education to our students,” Lewis said. “All our internal surveys suggest that most students are happy with most aspects of the curriculum, and we have gathered student responses as part of the review to hear firsthand feedback on the courses.” The review process began more than eight months ago when a faculty committee led by Bailyn composed a report after soliciting student feedback and administering surveys to students and faculty. An external review panel cochaired by Tan Tai Yong, YaleNUS executive vice president of academic affairs, and Bryan Garsten, professor of political science and humanities at Yale, will then review the report and submit one of their own with recommendations for improvements. Bailyn said the entire process will be reviewed twice by the Yale-NUS Governing Board, once in October and again in December. Bailyn said that faculty would most likely vote in January on specific changes to the curriculum, noting that many of the adjustments would apply to the class of 2020, though some revisions will be implemented this academic year. “For example, there were changes made with regard to

the scope and length of the readings already implemented in the second semester of the College, and the reading lists and syllabi have continued to be refined every time a course is offered,” Bailyn said. “Again, these kinds of changes in the format and delivery of individual courses take place yearly, and do not depend on this kind of high-level overall review of the program.”

It is a concern for some students that some professors are known to grade harder. YONATAN GAZIT Four students interviewed said they experienced inconsistent grading practices from multiple professors teaching the same course. Yonatan Gazit YNUS ’18 said some professors are much harsher graders than others, resulting in significant grade disparities among students enrolled in multiple sections of the same course. “I’m taking ‘Modern Social Thought,’ and all the professors held back on giving grades because they planned to have a meeting among themselves to standardize the grading.” Gazit said. “I’m not going to lie, it is a concern for some students that some professors are known to grade harder.” Feroz Khan YNUS ’18 expressed similar concerns, adding that for one of his classes, the professors are developing a grading rubric to counter this problem.

Four students interviewed said the curriculum’s science courses posed problems due to their lack of prerequisites. Joceline Yong YNUS ’18 said she found the course “Scientific Inquiry,” which covers topics from cosmology to ecology, especially challenging due to her lack of a scientific background, while others were better-prepared. But, Yong said, after completing a number of Common Curriculum modules her freshman year, she found the program as a whole to be “robust and well-crafted.” Still, all six Yale-NUS students interviewed said their experience with the Common Curriculum has been largely satisfactory. While Christopher Tee YNUS ’17 said improvements could be made to the sciences, he added that he has enjoyed the majority of his courses. Yong said she also did not believe students had an unreasonable workload. Professors have already taken active steps to address student concerns. Khan said the instructors of “Modern Social Thought” have reduced the amount of course reading after receiving feedback from students. “The Common Curriculum is a signature feature of our curriculum, and is an innovative new approach,” Bailyn said. “We want to carefully consider the successes, opportunities and challenges of this part of the College.” According to a report released in January, the Common Curriculum comprises 38 percent of the total curriculum at Yale-NUS. Contact JOEY YE at shuajiang.ye@yale.edu .

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“I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.� VIRGIL ANCIENT ROMAN POET

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Admissions office fields questions on finals clubs BY DAPHNE C. THOMPSON Echoing the criticisms leveled by top college administrators against Harvard’s final clubs, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William Fitzsimmons said the all-male social organizations are “not consistent with the mission of the college.� In an interview last Friday, Fitzsimmons reiterated comments made earlier this year by University President Drew Faust censuring the unrecognized clubs. While Faust also expressed concern over the potential for sexual assault and alcohol use

to occur on the male final clubs’ off-campus properties, Fitzsimmons centered his HARVARD criticisms on what he said are issues with how accessible the clubs are to women and students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. “It is unfortunate that only half of our students would be eligible for these clubs, based on gender, and that there’s also an economic background issue,� he said. “Both

of those kinds of things are certainly not part of what we consider the Harvard mission to be.� Fitzsimmons’ comments are the latest in a conversation about the social clubs that has recently intensified both on campus and beyond. Earlier this month, the Spee Club became the first of Harvard’s eight all-male final clubs to invite both men and women to participate in the punch process after more than 150 years, drawing praise, skepticism and nationwide media attention. Leading the campus dialogue is Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana, a vocal critic of what

he has termed “exclusivity� in all spheres of undergraduate life. While Khurana has declined to say whether he was involved in the Spee’s decision to go co-ed, Fitzsimmons mentioned Khurana’s outspokenness as a catalyst for discussion of the clubs in the Admissions department. Harvard severed ties with its all-male final clubs in 1984, and the college still does not officially recognize the five all-female final clubs, five fraternities and four sororities that Harvard students now may join. This uncertain relationship — with meetings between administrators and final

club leaders largely occurring out of the public eye — can be difficult for admissions officers to explain to potential applicants, according to Fitzsimmons. “They don’t understand the difference between frats, sororities and final clubs, because frats and sororities are more ubiquitous across the country,� he said in the interview, which Faculty of Arts and Sciences spokesperson Rachael Dane also attended. “Many people are thinking of the two as equivalent, which they’re not.� Fitzsimmons said he has heard concerns from applicants about

final clubs, their gender-based membership restrictions and their socioeconomic makeup, but added that most applicants “are quite well-informed about what goes on at colleges.â€? “Certainly both President Faust and Dean Khurana have discussed the final clubs in depth even in the past week. Those are questions that came up,â€? Fitzsimmons said. “We describe [them], try to give people a realistic description of what they are. ‌ They are not consistent with the mission of the college, and so we’re very straightforward about that.â€?

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BY LILY ZANDI Though Greek life has seen two organizations go off campus within the past year, the administration will not get in the way of their formation. As of now, there are a total of seven Greek organizations that function without the recognition of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, most recently including the former Alpha Chi Omega and Pi Kappa Phi. The administration deems these organizations as “nuisancesâ€? on the OFSL website in part because their unaffiliated status supersedes OFSL’s authority to regulate their activities. OFSL is concerned that without this supervision, the students of these organizations will engage in precarious situations that may violate Penn’s code of conduct and put organization members in harm’s way. “It’s an unaffiliated organization, so you can get students that are not as self-actualized as they should be, creating traditions out of risk,â€? OFSL Director Eddie Banks-Crosson said. In addition to gaining administrative backing, being a part of an affiliated organization grants each member legal protection. If members of an affiliated organization were to violate Penn’s code of conduct, the entire chapter would be investigated. Whereas if an unaffiliated organization commits a comparable offense, each member is investigated separately — increasing the likelihood that each person will be individually sanctioned. “If something happens in one of these off-campus organizations ‌ there’s a much higher likelihood of each one of them having individual records with our office,â€? Office of Student Conduct Director Julie Lyzinski Nettleton said. Some students may join unaffiliated organizations to separate themselves from the images of hazing and partying that the media commonly associates with Greek life. However, Banks-Crosson denies that joining an under-

g r o u n d organization frees individuals from that stigma. “These frameworks are based PENN a r o u n d Greek organizations, and as much as we want to or we think in some ways that they are different, the framework is the same,� he said. Banks-Crosson added that affiliated organizations — with their emphasis on philanthropy and connection — foster durable friendships and enable access to a national network of Greek alumni. He believes that without this accountability to OFSL and their national organization, unaffiliated organizations do not prioritize these principles. “The publicity that I think these groups get is that their activities are saturated in alcohol, and while that may be a fast, uninhibited connection to people, it’s not an authentic connection to people,� Banks-Crosson said. He also worries that these organizations will detract from the on-campus Greek community. “The challenge is that they take impressionable students away from the Greek system,� he said. A majority of these unofficial organizations were instituted to evade sanctions placed on their original fraternities and sororities

by OFSL. These organizations claim to continue to maintain the values that were ingrained in their former Greek organizations in their off-campus ones. Their philanthropic efforts are even likely to be more effective because they are not obligated to give a portion of their proceeds to their national organization — all proceeds can go directly to the causes that they support. Despite OSC’s and OFSL’s disapproval of these organizations, neither office has the authority to abolish them or inhibit students from joining. Instead, representatives from OSC have sought out and confronted students living in these houses. “We’ve gone out knocking on the doors of off-campus houses to talk about their responsibility in our community,� Nettleton said. “We have been proactively trying to engage students in conversations about their behavior.� Similarly, OFSL does not have the authority to officially identify and regulate these organizations. For this reason, OFSL does not have any strategy to become involved in their activities. “I don’t have oversight of those groups. I don’t have that connection. I don’t have that familiarity,� Banks-Crosson said. Instead, OFSL plans to focus on the affiliated organizations that are within its mandates. “My responsibility is for the 51 [Greek organizations] that are recognized,� Banks-Crosson said.

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BY KATHERINE DAJANI Brown students can now add a new friend on Snapchat: the university. The Office of Communications introduced its own Snapchat account last month, giving current students, prospective students and alumni a firsthand glimpse of life at Brown in micro-video form. “Historically, user-generated video has been extremely difficult to acquire,� said John Murphy, social media specialist. “Snapchat is revolutionizing the way that users generate content and the ways that users consume content — especially video content,� he said. “We need to engage audiences locally, nationally and globally using video.� The university’s first Snapchat story was posted Thursday with the help of Julia Elia, a social media intern for the Office of Communications. Approximately 800 people viewed the story, with 93 percent of viewers watching the entire two minutes. “I was really surprised by how many people viewed it, which was awesome,� Elia said, adding that many of the viewers may have been prospective students and alumni visiting campus, rather than current students. While the account has only launched one Snapchat story so far, others will be posted soon, Elia said. Student group leaders can reach out to the Office of Communications’ web communications team about their events being featured on the account and “seen by not only people on campus, but also people who are beyond campus,� she said. “We’re going to try and capture a lot of different kinds of aspects of what’s going on around campus,� she added. In addition to watching stories filmed on

campus, friends of the university’s account can also send in their own user-generated content from around the world, Murphy said. Many of these submissions are screenshots that the uniBROWN versity shares on other social media accounts, such as its Instagram and Facebook accounts, as well, he said. Several Brown community members have sent photos and videos from Brazil, Murphy said, adding that other snaps last week came from downtown Providence, New Hampshire, California and Poland. “In order to grow the account, our call to action is for students and Brown community members — both local and abroad — to submit videos,� he said.

We’re going to try and capture a lot of different kinds of aspects of what’s going on around campus. JULIA ELIA Social Media Intern for the Office of Communications To increase awareness about the account, Murphy has advertised on many of the university’s existing social media channels, including Instagram, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Facebook and Twitter. He also tweeted the account’s QR code. “We’re starting to integrate ‘add us on Snapchat’ into all our existing communication channels to up our audience,� Murphy said.

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SPORTS Why Yalies should care

“We don’t play this game to hurt one another.” MICHAEL VICK PITTSBURGH STEELERS STARTING QUARTERBACK

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BRONSDON FROM PAGE 12 box helplessly watching Yale lose in the driving rain while straining to maintain some air of objectivity, and I’ve cheered madly from the student section as the Bulldogs won on the ice. Yet to much of campus, these experiences don’t ring any bells. Some Yale students will spend four years here without attending a single sporting event — and no, the HarvardYale tailgate doesn’t count. So why should that change? For starters, we have tradition. Football became an American staple here in New Haven when Walter Camp, class of 1880, helped define the modern game before there was an NFL or a Super Bowl. Former president George H.W. Bush ’48 once played on the very diamond that Chris Moates ’16 and the Bulldogs use today. We’ve won crew championships, sailing championships and a pair of Heisman Trophies. We have storylines. Is this the year, after eight frustrating seasons, that the Elis can finally knock off hated Harvard on the gridiron? Can Justin Sears ’16 and the basketball team make it to March Madness after coming seconds away a year ago? Can the volleydogs win a record sixth straight Ivy League title? But traditions are overplayed and storylines are fleeting. We should care because sports are what make us human. Sports throw objectivity out the window, or rather, out the press box: I can still recreate in my mind the gamewinning touchdown run by receiver Deon Randall ’15 that caused me and my editor to embrace in the press box, silently celebrating a huge Yale win. And these same sports that I’ve followed so closely are changing. This year, an openly gay football player is taking the field for Princeton. The NCAA’s model of amateurism is under heavy scrutiny. Heck, the Yale Bowl might even have artificial turf soon enough — and don’t forget about the temporary lights. As a reporter and as an editor, my views have been hidden from the words we published every day. As a columnist, I want to weigh in on these sorts of issues in a way not normally covered in these pages. The collegiate athletics landscape is shifting right now, and I see no more interesting place to write about it than from 202 York St. GRANT BRONSDON is a senior in Ezra Stiles College and a former Sports Editor for the News. Contact him at grant.bronsdon@yale.edu .

event, with Lamphere placing second, Baird placing third and Kiss finishing fourth. Rounding out the four slots from the skilled New England region was regatta winner Juan Perdomo of Harvard. “A lot of work was put in throughout the years and over the summer,” Lamphere said. “New England is one of the toughest divisions … just qualifying is an incredible feat.” Head coach Zachary Leonard highlighted the feat as historic and potentially unprecedented, noting that several of the race’s competitors may end up participating in the Olympic Games. “I don’t think we’ve ever qualified three boys for the men’s singlehanded championship,” Leonard said. “I’m not really sure if anyone ever has.” For two of the three Bulldogs now preparing to sail for an individual national title, experience may be on their side. Lamphere, a sophomore, and Kiss, a junior, are now a combined five-for-five in their careers in qualifying for this event. A year removed from placing fourth in the national championships, Lamphere is confident he can contend for the top spot this time around. “I really like my chances this year,” Lamphere said. “This summer I did a lot of regattas. I was in Canada, New Jersey and North Carolina just trying to get better … I got a lot faster.” Kiss, who boasts three national championship appearances in three opportunities, said that past success has not reduced the significance of qualifying this year. In fact, Kiss nearly missed the cut to qualify, edging out Coast Guard sailor Avery Fanning in the fourteen race event to lay claim to the cherished final spot. He described the race as “very nerve-racking,” adding that three people were challenging one another for only two spots. Although the three Yalies will compete against each other for the national crown, all three agreed that this would not cause any tension or serve as a distraction during training. “We are all pushing to become the best sailors we can possibly become,” Baird said. “So we are not really competitive between each other.

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Four women will compete for Yale this weekend at the NEISA Women’s Singlehanded Championship. We are all really supportive of each other, especially because we know that the stronger the team we have the better it is for all of us.” According to Baird, there is a distinction between preparing together and competing in the event. He noted that when competing, “each of us will do anything to win the race.” From the team’s perspective, these three individual performances are a welcome sign as the coed team, as well as the women’s team, seeks to defend their respective team national championships. Captain Charlotte Belling ’16 shared her excitement in terms of what this achievement demonstrates about the versatility of the program. “The three Laser sailors belonging

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feature of the fall season as well as some more experienced members of the women’s team sailing in the coed events. “This early on in the year, we are less focused on results but rather trying to figure out what we need to improve on individually and as a team,” Belling said. “Regardless of the results, each regatta is a success, as we always find areas of our game we can rethink and fine tune.” The Yale women will get their chance to qualify for nationals this weekend, at the NEISA Women’s Singlehanded Championship hosted by Boston College. Contact KEVIN BENDESKY at kevin.bendesky@yale.edu .

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dogs needed to drive back to campus rather than fly. “In order to play well there, you have to capitalize on the par fives,” Lai said. “It was unfortunate that we played the course in soggy conditions, because I feel that the course would’ve played much different under normal conditions.” There were many top collegiate teams in attendance at the Primland, including North Carolina, Auburn, Penn State and Pepperdine. The Bulldogs were paired with the victorious Tar Heels, an experience Sheehan described as a good opportunity to measure Yale’s talent level against a toptier squad. North Carolina ranked 20th in the country as a team last season, but Sheehan said that the Bulldogs, who were 69th in

the same rankings, do not feel far behind. “In the past, we have often only gotten once-a-year opportunities to play against such top fields,” Sheehan said. “However, now that we are doing it two or three times a year, I am noticing that the players increasingly feel in the tier group. We do by no means feel out of place or that we cannot compete and contend with the best teams.” Though New Haven’s rainy weekend forecast may preclude play, the Bulldogs are currently scheduled to host The Macdonald Cup this weekend at The Course at Yale. Contact JACOB MITCHELL at jacob.mitchell@yale.edu .

“Working with Yale, we knew that would be a natural inclination as well. It was a natural partnership.” Lesko, who works on Oiselle’s corporate development, said founder and CEO Sally Bergesen was excited to tackle the challenge of making a college uniform look modern without sacrificing the historic program’s traditions. The new uniforms have a unique style, incorporating the classic Yale look with some changes, distance runner Rachel Jones ’17 said. “I think we are most excited to have a distinct uniform that stands out and helps us to represent Yale well at races,” Julia Borowski ’18 said. Other athletes said the new uniforms have much better ventilation, which made a difference during the warmer races in the beginning of the season. There were two requirements involved in approving the new uniforms, Shoehalter said. The competitive gear had to comply with NCAA rules, and the

apparel also needed to be a design that would work well for the entire team — not just the middle-distance and distance runners. “Full women’s track teams have many different athletes competing in many disciplines of the sport,” Shoehalter said. “A thrower will have very different [uniform] needs from a sprinter, who will have different needs from a distance runner. [Oiselle was] able to meet the needs of each group of athletes.” Shoehalter noted that the choice to partner with Oiselle did not come out of any dissatisfaction with Yale’s previous Nike gear. Still, he added that he had a very positive experience dealing with Oiselle, as the small company was responsive to all of Yale’s needs and requests. Nike will maintain some presence on the Yale running teams, however, as Oiselle does not produce running shoes or men’s gear. Although Oiselle is smaller than its competitors, four of five Eli athletes interviewed had heard of the brand even before they began to wear its apparel. Some of that recognition

may come thanks to former Bulldog runner Kate Grace ’12, who holds the Yale 800meter record and is sponsored by Oiselle. Grace, who trained for the 2012 Olympic trials during her senior year, was Oiselle’s first sponsored athlete. She got involved with the company through Lesko and her husband Bob Lesko ’91, another former Eli runner who works as a financial adviser at Oiselle. “Oiselle sponsors some very high-profile runners, such as Kara Goucher, so they have had a big presence in the running scene in the past couple years,” sprinter and middle-distance runner Grace Brittan ’16 said. “It’s really exciting to be the first college team to wear their uniforms.” Currently, the two running teams are the only Yale squads who have the switch to Oiselle. The company is very open to the possibility of sponsoring other Yale teams, Sarah Lesko said. Oiselle is a French word for bird. Contact DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu .

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ON CAMPUS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 3:00 PM Yale Political Union presents: Freshmen Barbeque. Come eat delicious (and FREE) food with the members of the Yale Political Union and chat with them about anything you want! Drop by, grab some food, and just chill. It’s Friday, you don’t have to finish that problem set today anyway. Old Campus. 5:30 PM YUEA presents: The Economic Problems Facing Healthcare Reform. The Yale Undergraduate Economics Association will be hosting its 1st dinner discussion series of the semester. We will be joined by Mr. Michael Lee, a law student at Yale Law School and a medical student at Washington University who has published op-eds on YDN and debated Karl Rove on healthcare reform. His senior thesis focuses on the economic problems of the US healthcare reform. Brandford College (74 High St.), Dining Hall.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 7:00 PM “YFS Advance Screening - WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS.” Join the Yale Film Society for a special advance screening of ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,’ the new sequal to Oliver Stone’s ‘Wall Street’ (1987). Free Admission. Whitney Humanities Center (53 Wall St.), Aud. 7:30 PM Yale Anime Society Showing - Ouran & GTO. ale Anime Society is presenting 3 episodes each of Ouran High School Host Club and Great Teacher Onizuka. William L. Harkness Hall (100 Wall St.), Rm. 119.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 2:00 PM Films at the Whitney. Law Abiding Citizen (USA, 2009) 108 min. 35mm. Whitney Humanities Center (53 Wall St.), Aud.

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EMILIE KATZ ’17 GOALIE SELECTED TO HONOR ROLL Following a weekend that included a heroic, 100-minute performance against rival Harvard, Katz earned a spot on the Ivy League Honor Roll for field hockey. The Newton, Mass. native allowed just one goal while making 16 saves.

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David Shoehalter and women’s cross country coach Amy Gosztyla. “Our position has always been that we are a by-women, for-women company, encouraging women to be powerful and strong,” Lesko said. SEE APPAREL PAGE 10

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When Yale athletes perform on the track, court and field against other universities, the “Y” emblazoned on their blue-and-white uniforms represents the storied tradition of Yale’s

athletic teams. This season, however, female runners and throwers for the Elis will be representing something entirely different with their new uniforms: Yale entrepreneurship and modernity. As of August, the Yale women’s cross country and track and

field teams have switched from Nike apparel to new, custom uniforms by Oiselle, a women’s-only sports brand with ties to Yale. The startup company employs former Eli runner Sarah Lesko ’91, who negotiated the deal — Oiselle’s first team sponsorship — with Yale track and field coach

Elis sail to Nationals BY KEVIN BENDESKY STAFF REPORTER Yale’s coed sailing team — the reigning national champions who are currently ranked number one in the nation — had three of its members qualify for the ICSA Singlehanded National Championship this past weekend.

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The Yale Varsity News Playing a varsity sport at Yale requires massive effort. There are the 6 a.m. practices, the afternoon practices, the captain’s practices in the offseason. There are the weightlifting sessions, the study halls and ultimately, the games themselves. In a way, I’ve spent the last year of my Yale career playing a varsity sport, albeit one with a lot less contact and a lot more typing: My term as Sports Editor for the News ended this past weekend. Of course, I am fully aware of the differences. We never had practices, only games, and our “games” were never really competitions. I never had a 6 a.m. practice — though there were a few days where I saw 6 a.m. come and go from my desk as I crafted the sports section. And while working at the News was a major commitment, it probably doesn’t stand up to the rigors of, for example, suiting up for Tony Reno’s football team. I wouldn’t say I’ve had a more time-consuming sports experience than the studentathletes at Yale. But I would say mine was more varied, and that’s what’s driven me to pen this column for the section I once curated. In my three-plus years at Yale, I’ve spoken with members of every team here, as a reporter, an editor and as a peer. I’ve covered games in places as far-flung as San Luis Obispo, California and as undesirable as Hanover, New Hampshire. I’ve sat in the press

Former Eli runner Kate Grace ’12 is sponsored by athletic apparel brand Oiselle, which recently signed with the Yale women’s cross country and track and field teams. BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI STAFF REPORTER

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Yale finishes sixth in the rain BY JACOB MITCHELL STAFF REPORTER

onships in six different categories, three of which take place in the fall, including the Men’s Singlehanded Championships races in Laser boats. On Saturday, the top four finishers at the New England Singlehanded Championship, three of whom are from Yale, were granted berths to solo sailing’s biggest stage. Malcolm Lamphere ‘17, Mitchell Kiss ‘18 and Nicholas Baird ‘19 managed to secure three of the four berths awarded at the New England SEE SAILING PAGE 10

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The Yale men’s golf team battled poor weather conditions and tough competition to finish sixth at the Primland Collegiate Invitational this week, marking the Bulldogs’ thirdconsecutive top-10 tournament finish to begin the fall season.

GOLF All four Eli classes had representatives in Meadows of Dan, Virginia for the tournament, which was cut short after two rounds as a result of heavy rain on Tuesday. Captain Joe Willis ’16, Jonathan Lai ’17, Li Wang ’17, Will Bernstein ’18 and Eoin Leonard ’19 collectively finished with a two-round score of 590, which was 32 strokes behind the eventual champion, the University of North Carolina. “While this event might have been a slight letdown, over the past two or three events, there is no question that we are off to a good start and a solid season,” head coach Colin Sheehan ’97 said. With an even score on the par-72 course, Willis performed well enough individually to tie for 12th overall in the 51-player field. The Lake Forest, Illinois native, who has notched two top-five finishes in tournaments this season, shot one under par during the first round but turned in a 73 in the second round. SEE GOLF PAGE 10

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Harsh weather conditions made for a difficult two rounds, which Yale completed with a combined score of 14 over par.

NUMBER OF YALE COED SAILING TEAM MEMBERS COMPETING IN THE ICSA MEN’S SINGLEHANDED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN NOVEMBER. Mitchell Kiss ’17, Nic Baird ’19 and Malcolm Lamphere ’18 qualified last week at the New England Singlehanded Championship.

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