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Bittman ties food to social change

The big 3-1-3. Today is a big day in Yale history: On Oct. 9, 1701, the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut passed “An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate School” to create this fine institution, which stands strong some 313 years later. The University was comissioned to make leaders out of laymen and clergy alike, given the increasing lack of control seen at a certain Cambridge, Mass., institution that was originally built on similar pursuits.

Oates in our halls. National

Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates will be stopping

by The Study today at 7 p.m. to discuss her latest work “Lovely, Dark, Deep,” a collection of short stories.

Oates, who currently teaches creative writing at Princeton, was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize thrice.

Future presentation. This evening, the Yale Film and Media Studies department will host an information session to discuss the state of the industry’s job market. The event also includes a session for guests to give feedback on works in progress.

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Lyric Hall theater kicks off its inaugural New Haven Cinematheque series tonight with two screenings of Andre De Toth’s ‘House of Wax,’ the first of four horror movies it will show leading into Halloween. Each of the other three movies features the same word in its name, with ‘House of Usher,’ ‘House on Haunted Hill’ and ‘Madhouse’ rounding out the month’s lineup.

Silliman master to depart

ety of political movements, including women’s rights, environmental protection and anti-war protest, have made him better appreciate the importance of cooking.

“Fast forward 40 years, and I finally recognize that you could SEE BITTMAN PAGE 6

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Bike thieves beware. A recent rash of bike thefts forced the Yale Police Department into action on Wednesday, when the force issued a public service announcement through its Facebook page with advice on how to keep bicycles safe. Remember, kids: U-locks are the way to go.

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Judith Krauss, the longest-serving sitting residential college master, will step down from her position at Silliman College at the end of this academic year.

Krauss, who assumed the mastership of Silliman in 2000, announced in a collegewide email Wednesday that the 2014-’15 academic year will be her last as a full-time employee of the University as well. After 44 years as a nursing professor, and 13 years as dean of the School of Nursing — a position that she left in 1998 — Krauss said she will also leave her faculty post. Although the announcement did not come as a surprise to most students interviewed, Silliman faculty and students both applauded her tenure and expressed excitement for the new direction of the college.

“I’m not entirely sure what this next chapter will bring but I look ahead knowing that change is an essential,” Krauss wrote to the Silliman community. “In looking ahead I’m also reflecting back on these very special years in Silliman.”

Krauss cited the Silliman holiday dinners, Safety Dance, Silliman’s winning streak of the Tyng Cup and the Senior Mellon Forum as some of the highlights she will especially remember. One of her proudest moments was overseeing the renovations of Silliman — the largest renovation of the 12 residential colleges in size and scope — which was com-

Several members of Calhoun College came together for an ‘It’s On Us, Yale’ photo opportunity, becoming the first residential college to collectively take part in the sexual assault prevention campaign. Also involved in Wednesday’s batch of posts to the Facebook page were the AACC and A Different Drum.

Center for International and Professional Experience will be holding an informational meeting for seniors looking to pursue a fellowship (any fellowship, apparently) today at 4 p.m.

Two Californian freshmen ruminate on their early successes

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New York Times food writer Mark Bittman related his body of work to his political actions.

BY AMANDA MEI CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Food, writing and social change are all interconnected, according to Mark Bittman, a New York Times opinion columnist and the lead food writer for The New York Times Magazine.

Bittman, whose acclaimed “The Minimalist” column ran in the Times for over 13 years, spoke before a crowd of nearly 50 students during a Wednesday afternoon Master’s Tea in Berkeley College.

While Bittman focused on changes in culinary style, he emphasized that his experiences with a vari-

Illegal riders tear down Elm Street

BY SARAH BRULEY STAFF REPORTER Bystanders stood shocked on Elm Street last Monday as crowds of illegal dirt bikers and ATV riders tore down the road.

The riders on Elm are part of a long-standing problem for police in New Haven and its surrounding towns. The riders regularly gather in large groups and speed down streets, disrupting traffic as they pop wheelies and rev their engines of unauthorized vehicles not made for the road. Starting last spring, police in New Haven and in neighboring towns opened communication to track down illegal riders who block roads, violate safety laws and harass drivers and pedestrians.

“It was seemingly endless and packed with five or six guys [spanning the width of] the street,” said Kamil Sadik ’16 of the riders on Elm Street. “They were doing wheelies and it was kind of like a parade.”

These occurrences are not common on Yale’s campus, Yale Police Department Assistant Chief Michael Patten said in an email. While the YPD often collaborates with the New Haven Police Department on crime and safety issues — which include SEE ELM ST. BIKERS PAGE 4

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Since last spring, New Haven police have been working to prevent illegal dirt biking and ATV riding down city streets.

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1956 Professor Henry Wallich, who also served on the Council of Economic Advisors under Dwight Eisenhower, hosts a discussion on economic issues relevant to the 1956 presidential election.

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New Haven launches first public Montessori school

BY MARTHA LONGLEY CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Getting into Elm City Montessori School is no walk in the park — from 600 applicants for its first class, the school accepted just 69.

A month after opening its doors to become New Haven’s first public Montessori school,

Elm City Montessori welcomed parents, teachers and others involved in its founding to a gathering yesterday to celebrate the opening of its newly renovated building on Quinnipiac Avenue.

Founder Eliza Hawsey said that the new school intends to follow education goals outlined by Maria Montessori, namely emphasiz-

ing student independence and social development. According to the American Montessori Society, Montessori schools feature mixed-age classrooms and interrupted blocks of work time, ideally lasting three hours. Hawsey said that ECMS’s founding has been a community effort aimed at providing all New Haven chil-

dren access to a new type of education, one that helps them reach their full potential.

“What a district needs is different types of schools,” Superintendent Garth Harries ’95 said.

“Our portfolio model aims at working for a proximal development in each child by combining challenge and interest.”

Using a “portfolio” model, New Haven can test out different types of charter schools to find the best method to accommodate all types of students. Situated just across the Quinnipiac River from downtown, ECMS is the latest component of the overall plan to SEE MONTESSORI PAGE 4

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Pursuing the present

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ew Haven’s national reputation has suffered in recent years. Various publications have ranked the city among the most dangerous in the United States, and four homicides in August only hurt the situation. But we must not let this negativity distort our perception of crime in New Haven. This city might indeed be considered “dangerous,” but the situation is undeniably improving. The Yale administration and students alike ought to take note.

2011 was a disastrous year for crime in New Haven.

March saw four homicides, culminating in the tragic murder of Mitchell Dubey. A Devil’s Gear employee active in the burgeoning Connecticut indie rock scene, Dubey was killed in a botched robbery at his Newhallville apartment.

His death marked a watershed moment for New Haven, and ever since, crime, especially homicides, has been on the downswing.

In the first seven months of 2011, the city saw 19 homicides, 79 non-fatal shootings and 257 shots fired. In the same span of 2014, those numbers were seven, 37 and 101, respectively. The figures for 2012 and 2013 fit almost precisely with a linear downward trend.

August 2014 was an unusually violent month, with four homicides. Coming just before the arrival of students on campus, these homicides attracted a fair deal of attention from media and students alike. But August went against the trend, not with it, and violence has tended to decrease over the last three years. One month — thirty days — is too small a statistical unit to have any individual meaning. The previous seven months had seen only seven homicides in all — and over that time span, numbers do start to have meaning. Indeed, the city has seen a remarkable decline in gunrelated violent crime since its heights in 2011, which rightly prompted considerable concern.

Nevertheless, we cannot deny that violent crime does exist in New Haven, even if not in the neighborhoods we frequent as Yale students. The University may have no moral imperative to help the municipal authorities fight crime at all times. Still, Yale should commit at least a portion of its vast financial and administrative resources towards reducing crime. The Department of Justice recently committed a million-dollar grant toward making Newhallville safer by improving commu-

nity-oriented policing, a sense of social cohesion and the physical infrastructure of the neighborhood. I see no reason why Yale should not help in that initiative, even if only financially.

A larger point exists here, one about the relations between Yale’s interest and New Haven’s interest. In my mind, they are one and the same, at least in the realm of crime. Neither the Yale administration nor the municipal administration wishes to see violent crime proliferate further throughout the city. Yes, Yale’s interests here may be more selfcentered than the city’s — Yale might be more concerned with the effect upon its reputation and its endowment — but that should pose no obstacle to collaboration.

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recently saw a woman sitting on a stone bench staring at a small tree. As I walked by, she looked up through red eyes, and though it was clear she had been crying, I didn’t stop. Rather, I flashed a forced, pursed-lip acknowledgement that she was saddened and kept up my brisk pace. I was busy.

I had never noticed that tree before, so when I stopped to look at it a few weeks later, it surprised me that it was planted in memoriam of a Yale student who passed away a few decades ago — a bomb blast in Israel that took out nearly an entire bus of civilians. It’s my best guess that the woman on the bench was kin to the dead young man whom the plaque and the foliage commemorated.

Needless to say, it’s somewhat distressing to toy with the idea that one’s future might take the form of a tree planted in one’s memory. A wooden bench built, a hall constructed, a shrub or a rose bush planted not for any purpose other than to remind the living that someone walked on this planet but no longer finds him or herself here today. These individuals’ great lives, we all agree, were stolen. We can speculate about what he or she might have achieved, but these spec-

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ulations will never materialize.

Professors and mentors and deans throw around phrases like, “You will KYLE be the leadTRAMONTE ers of tomorrow,” from the Green on minute that we walk onto the Vine this campus.

However, these prophecies are built on a presupposition that we will be here tomorrow. While this is statistically likely, it is not an absolute truth. You or I may die tomorrow, whether it be by a bomb blast or meningitis or some other unforeseen circumstance.

We are promised nothing.

The problem is not that we might die tomorrow and be robbed of our futures. In all probability, we will still be here and held accountable for the work we so desperately want to avoid. The problem is that we rob ourselves of the present every day.

The potential and promise of future success (and the pressure to achieve that success) is enough to compel us to deny ourselves

the activities and people that make our time more worthwhile.

The books that we would love to read, the movies that we would love to see, the friends that we would love to hang out with — all of them seem to fall by the wayside or at least take a back seat to what is possible but certainly not promised. We can enjoy these things in due time, we tell ourselves.

ENJOY THE SIMPLE PLEASURES IN LIFE What is it about prospective success or comfort that makes us neglect the pleasures of the present? It is difficult to say, but it probably stems from a desire for future happiness, which at least on this campus seems to correlate with a high income. Many a man and woman have pushed aside what makes them happy or postponed a dream on the gamble that money and time will be available to pursue them in the years to come. It is cliché to drop the “people on their deathbeds don’t wish for more money” line, but it is probably true, assuming

that one makes it to a deathbed sixty years down the road.

It’s hard to put down our work and pursue something completely unrelated to our future aspirations but that nevertheless makes us happy. It’s even harder to do so in an environment where it seems that every minute we take away from working comes at a price, that our peers are busy achieving while we pursue happiness. But the opportunity cost of enjoying something that we know we have now is much smaller than we might think.

Neither your future nor your success is guaranteed, so depriving yourself of simple pleasures, especially in college, is certainly no way to live.

What book have you denied yourself lately? Whom have you postponed in your life because you are simply “too busy?” What event did you not go to because you wanted to get ahead on work?

There is a reason that so many rose bushes are used as memorials — they remind us to stop and smell them while we have the chance.

KYLE TRAMONTE is a senior in Saybrook College. His columns run on Thursdays. Contact him at kyle.tramonte@yale.edu .

GUEST COLUMNIST AARON SIBARIUM

History as patriotism

New Haven finds itself in a unique situation, one that any other small, high-crime Connecticut city like Hartford or Bridgeport would love to have: A wealthy, world-class university inhabits its downtown.

Yale-effected gentrification has its naysayers, but New Haven is far from the ultraélite districts of Williamsburg and Cobble Hill, which have alienated their former inhabitants. And gentrification, though it may destroy some local character and homogenize city centers, typically has a net positive effect on crime reduction. It is no mistake that Yale’s expansion in the 1990s, adding 4,000 jobs and expanding its built space by 40 percent while redeveloping Broadway and Chapel Streets, corresponded with a significant decrease in crime.

In the coming decades, Yale can do something similar by using its cachet to attract a new wave of young, intelligent and creative people to the city, the likes of which can already be seen in the wonderful neighborhoods around Orange Street. But as Yale students we must not allow ourselves to ascribe to the view that violence is all around us and worsening constantly. To do so would be to ignore the reality of this fine city.

NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH is a freshman in Berkeley College.

Contact him at noah.daponte-smith@yale.edu .

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n an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal on Sept. 26, famed Yale historian Donald Kagan asserted that we no longer provide the kind of “patriotic education” essential to democracy. Civic participation, he argued, can only come about when we hold a common set of American values and a shared sense of identity. Kagan is not the only one thinking this.

Would-be reformers on the Denver School Board are lobbying for a more “patriotic” AP U.S. History curriculum. Other conservatives are watching closely and in support.

Kagan and his allies argue that today’s curriculums are dominated by leftist scholarship.

That’s a legitimate point and one I am inclined to believe. But I find his definition of patriotism vague and disturbing — and so should those who really do love their country.

Leftist scholarship certainly has its problems. Too often it abstains from moral judgment.

But when it does consider morality, leftist scholarship swings to the other side of the pendulum, strangling in its own sanctimony when criticizing U.S. foreign policy. Sometimes, it refuses to entertain well-grounded historical arguments if they might lead to claims of American exceptionalism. For example, there is a legitimate case to be made that America’s constitution is remarkable in its foresight and

courage.

But reactionaries in the other direction can be just as likely to ignore arguments that might question their underlying assumptions. Leftists may not consider American exceptionalism, but conservatives don’t question it. But history can rarely be sorted into such simple dichotomies. And, more to the point, good historical analysis shouldn’t use sources merely as a way to confirm prior suppositions.

There’s also an argument that the health of our democracy hinges upon the public knowing the ghosts that haunt America’s past.

America codified the enslavement of an entire race of people until 1865. Then, for another hundred years, it consigned them to impoverished second-class citizenship. We interned Japanese-Americans during World War II. We supported autocratic regimes in Latin America and the Middle East. These are powerful narratives, well-supported by good historical analysis of the existing sources. Any curriculum that tries to gloss over these facts does more than evade truth. It ill-prepares students to understand today’s complex realities.

Patriotism is about more than unqualified reverence for one’s country. It is about a commitment to bettering one’s nation and upholding its most sacred values. Some of these stories

do not present a savory vision of America. But understanding them is crucial if we as a nation are to solve real and pressing issues that affect us today.

The maxim “ideas have consequences” cuts both ways. After 9/11, Kagan wrote, “most Americans also expressed a new unity, an explicit patriotism and love of their country not seen among us for a very long time.” He seems to be forgetting that this newfound unity and patriotism empowered our leaders to make disastrous decisions abroad, costing our nation both blood and treasure.

Does this mean we should discourage a love of country? Not necessarily. This patriotism coincided with record-high levels of volunteerism and charitable donations across the country. But we need both sides of the story to make a proper evaluation. And only this fully formed version of history can help prevent repeated blunders.

Too often, both sides make the mistake of viewing the pedagogy of history as a zero-sum game. It is entirely possible — in fact, preferred — for students to learn both about America’s many achievements without sugarcoating its past and current moral failings. To suggest otherwise is insulting to students and teachers. But it’s also insulting to America.

I don’t think Kagan gives America enough credit. This country is great enough that it

can withstand even the most blistering cross-examination.

For every Guantanamo, there’s a moon landing. We’ve cured global diseases, won two world wars and often sent our soldiers to help countries when a natural disasters or epidemics strike.

“Unpatriotic” questions on the AP U.S. History exam are not part of a leftwing conspiracy to undermine American democracy. If one really believes America is exceptional, and that there are facts to prove it, one should have no problem with curricula that challenge our brightest learners and force them to rigorously evaluate history. They will learn about the genocide of Native Americans. But they will also learn about the immigrants who came to this nation in search of a better life and found one.

They will learn about the gilded age and its tremendous costs.

But they will also learn about the muckrackers who, because of our constitutional rights, were able to strike at injustice with nothing more than a pen and the printing press.

I have faith that accurate education can give rise to accurate patriotism. I have faith that an informed citizenry can not only participate in democracy, but also make it better. I have faith in America.

AARON SIBARIUM is a freshman in Timothy Dwight College. Contact him at aaron.sibarium@yale.edu .

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CORRECTIONS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8

Wednesday’s Cross Campus mistakenly referred to Mark Bittman, the American food journalist, as Mark Bomford, who is the director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project.

CT law addresses reckless driving

BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI CONTRIBUTING REPORTER A new law seeking to protect cyclists and pedestrians from reckless drivers took effect in Connecticut last week.

The Vulnerable User Law, which introduces tougher penalties for serious traffic accidents between drivers and pedestrians, attempts to diminish the number of pedestrians and cyclists killed or injured on the state’s roads.

Between 2006 and 2012, there were 10,000 such injuries and deaths.

The law, which was passed this May, is simple, according to State Representative Roland Lamar. The law introduces a $1,000 fine to individuals in motorized vehicles who, in acting with improper care and caution, injure or kill a vulnerable user — in other words, pedestrians, highway workers, cyclists, skateboarders and those in wheelchairs, among others.

Pedestrians and cyclists … are the most vulnerable in road accidents and have … serious consequences.

KRISTEN BETCHEL Associate professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine “Pedestrians and cyclists, those who aren’t on motorized vehicles, are the most vulnerable in road accidents and have the most serious consequences of someone’s careless actions,” said Kirsten Bechtel, an associate professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine.

Bechtel became involved with traffic safety in 2008, after witnessing the death of two vulnerable users in traffic accidents in New Haven within a span of two months. She joined an action committee that appealed to the city government for improvements in traffic safety laws and has supported the passage of the new Connecticut law.

Increasing road safety has been a focus in Connecticut’s state house for the past five

years, Lemar said. The Vulnerable User Law was taken to the Connecticut General Assembly for the last four consecutive years, but failed to pass until this year.

When it was first introduced in 2009, there were concerns over the definition of a vulnerable user, as lawmakers were divided over who would be included in the definition, Lemar said.

Originally, the definition was broad — anyone not in a motorized vehicle. But ultimately, the definition was narrowed. Once lawmakers settled on a definition, however, there were still issues with the bill.

Bechtel said the law was originally written such that violators of the law would have to receive a “driver retraining” after the accident in order to improve their driving. But in order to get the law through both the state house and state senate, Lemar said it had to be “watered down” to only include a fine. Once it was re-written, both houses passed the bill with unanimous support.

“I would have liked to see a broader definition of injury and a driver re-institution course,” Lemar said. “Other states have more advanced laws. This one is pretty basic.”

Kelly Kennedy, executive director of Bike Walk CT, a non profit organization that seeks to make Connecticut a better place to walk and bike, is more positive about the law. Although Kennedy agrees the punishment for violating the law was reduced significantly, she believes the mere passage of the law has sparked important discussions about road safety.

“It’s a step in the right direction,” Kennedy said.

Because the bill has just recently come into effect, its impact in Connecticut is yet to be observed. But data from other states that have similar Vulnerable User Laws have shown that it has made drivers in urban areas more careful, Bechtel said.

Twenty-three other states currently have some version of a Vulnerable User Law. Contact DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu .

Academic dishonesty explained

BY EMMA PLATOFF STAFF REPORTER As incidents of plagiarism have risen on campus, Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway reminded students last week that academic dishonesty can often be unintentional.

Last Thursday, in a campuswide email, Holloway emphasized the importance of academic integrity and gave several common examples of plagiarism.

According to the most recent Executive Committee Chair’s Semi-annual Report, released in spring 2013, there were 30 cases of academic dishonesty during the semester, including 18 cases of plagiarism. In fall 2012, there were only 23 cases of academic dishonesty, including eight plagiarism charges. Holloway said students should always be thinking about the integrity of their work, and included examples of plagiarism specific to STEM classes — for example, collaborating on a problem set without a professor’s explicit permission — and relevant to the humanities, like listing all sources consulted for a paper.

“Humanists tend to work by themselves, scientists tend to work collaboratively,” Holloway told the News. “We’re getting better at recognizing different pedagogical models.”

Holloway noted that while a similar email goes out every year, this is an issue that requires continual awareness.

In particular, Holloway explained that because of the collaborative approach taken in many STEM classes, some students have trouble separating the group aspect of a project from their individual work. But Yale and peer institutions are doing a better job of explaining and

solving these concerns than they have in the past, he said.

The spring 2013 Executive Committee chair’s report described cases of academic dishonesty that included students who collaborated on take-home exams and problem sets, students who submitted lab reports or assignments that were not their own and a student who submitted the same paper for two different courses.

Holloway closed the email with an explanation of why academic integrity is important, explaining that instructors value it not only because they expect students to receive credit for their work, but also because it is the basis of Yale’s educational mission.

“Your instructors value see your work as the means by which you learn,” Holloway wrote in the email. “You uphold academic integrity, then, not only to comply with Yale’s Undergraduate Regulations but also to allow Yale to fulfill its mission: to educate you.”

Professor Emily Greenwood, director of undergraduate studies for the classics department, wrote in an email that professional citation styles have a strong influence on undergraduate work. She explained that a current trend in some humanities and social sciences publications toward limiting the number of footnotes and citations may cause undergraduates who model their work after professional examples to do the same.

Greenwood also noted that professors at Yale have an obligation to make the sources they have incorporated into their lectures clear to students.

Professor Jim Duncan, DUS for biomedical engineering, wrote in an email that he has

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Dean Jonathan Holloway recently sent an email to the student body that emphasized the University’s intolerance of academic plagiarism. not had to deal with any issues of academic dishonesty in his department. He also noted that he is unaware of any differences between the humanities and STEM fields in this regard.

Students interviewed were unaware of specific examples of plagiarism occurring on campus, but said that the distinction between collaborative work and academic dishonesty is often unclear.

Ade Ben-Salahuddin ’18, who plans to major in a STEM

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Students at work in the libraries this semester should have a refreshed outlook on academic integrity.

field, said he sees a distinction between incorrectly citing a resource by accident and intentionally plagiarizing. He added that he doubts anyone in his chemistry class has asked their professor whether collaboration on assignments is permissible, but he knows that students work together.

Luke Cartwright ’16 said that in some computer science classes he has taken, professors have encouraged or even required collaboration on problem sets. In those cases, Cartwright said he doesn’t think that professors are especially concerned about plagiarism, as they expect that all of their students will get the same correct answers.

Even students in the humanities agreed that academic dishonesty policy is often unclear.

Nitika Khaitan ’16, a humanities major, said that she does not believe plagiarism is a huge problem within her major, but that she could be unaware of its prevalence. She also noted that she is unaware of the specifics of the Executive Committee’s policy — she is unsure, for instance, of what violations would lead to a suspension.

“I can’t fathom someone copying an entire paper,” she said.

In spring 2012, there were 31 cases of academic dishonesty, including 23 charges of plagiarism.

Contact EMMA PLATOFF at emma.platoff@yale.edu .

NHPD to set up Cold Cases Unit

BY LIONEL JIN CHENTIAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Over fifteen years after Suzanne Jovin ’99 was stabbed to death on East Rock Road, her family members are still awaiting a conclusion to the case. Last night, the Board of Alders paved the way for the New Haven Police Department (NHPD) to set up a Cold Cases Unit, potentially helping to bring closure to Jovin’s family and the families of victims of other unsolved crimes dating back to the 1980s.

The Alders passed a resolution last night that enables the NHPD to accept a $232,000 grant from the 2014 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Justice. Using these funds, the NHPD will bring retired detectives back to work with active personnel to review cases where investigative leads have been exhausted.

“It is important for families of victims of these violent crimes to know that the police department has not forgotten them,” Assistant Chief of the NHPD Investigative Services Unit Achilles Generoso said. “This project is the morally right thing to do.”

The unit will evaluate up to 200 cold cases in collaboration with state and federal partners, including the Jovin case. They will identify cases where viable DNA evidence exists and where

this evidence could link an individual back to the crime. Generoso expressed confidence in the program, noting that DNA evidence gathering techniques have improved considerably over the past 20 years.

It is important for families of victims … to know the police department has not forgotten them.

ACHILLES GENEROSO Assistant Chief of NHPD Investigate Services Unit Yale School of Medicine Genetics Professor Kenneth Kidd said that these dramatic improvements in forensic DNA technology allow investigators to get good results using very small amounts of DNA, thanks primarily to improvements in DNA sample extraction, amplification and analysis techniques.

Current statewide and national databases hold DNA data for more than 11 million individuals, and submitting a DNA profile from evidence preserved in these cold cases could tie someone to the crime.

Even when there is no hit, Professor Kidd said that the data

could still be useful if the police is able to obtain a court order allowing them to take the DNA fingerprint of a previous suspect. The data also could prompt the police to rethink their list of suspects.

Responding to Board of Alders President Jorge Perez’s concern that setting up the Cold Cases Unit would stretch other NHPD units, Generoso said that he was confident he could run this unit without affecting other departments, especially given that more retired detectives will be able to help current personnel. Indeed, he added that he was optimistic that active detectives would become better at their jobs under this mentorship system.

Members of the public present at the meeting voiced their support for the initiative.

“I imagine there were periods in New Haven’s history where the police have been stretched, and when they were unable to commit time and resources to go after criminals,” Donald Mosteller FES ’15 said. He added that he was optimistic some of the past injustices would be corrected.

NHPD currently only has one detective investigating cold cases, and the Department of Justice grant will help recruit four retired detectives to the new unit.

Contact LIONEL JIN CHENTIAN at chentian.jin@yale.edu .

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The Alders passed a resolution to enable the NHPD to establish a cold cases unit funded through a U.S. grant.

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FROM THE FRONT Master K steps down

“Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it.”

EVEL KNIEVEL DAREDEVIL

Police join together against noisy bikers ELM ST. BIKERS FROM PAGE 1

JUDITH KRAUSS

Silliman Master Judith Krauss will depart after 44 years at Yale.

MASTER KRAUSS FROM PAGE 1 pleted 2007, Krauss said.

Krauss told the News that she will enter into full retirement following the end of this academic year, and that it was time for Silliman to receive new energy and perspective. She added that she hopes students will not spend the next nine months saying “goodbye” but will instead make the most of their remaining time together.

“It’s too soon for a parting message,” Krauss said. “We should spend the next nine months focusing on the next phase of Silliman.”

Students, staff and faculty of Silliman said they supported Krauss’ decision and hoped her successor would follow in line with her standard of leadership.

Jonathan Edwards Master Penelope Laurans said that despite the turnover of masters being a regular occurrence, Krauss’ absence will be felt in the Council of Masters, and that she is grateful for Krauss’ devoted service as the Council’s chair for two terms.

“I have the utmost respect and admiration for Master K,” said Joseph Fischel, director of undergraduate studies of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and a Silliman residential fellow. “I have been deeply impressed with her organizational skills.”

Silliman chef Stu Comen, who served under Krauss during all 15 years of her tenure, said he was sad to see her leave the position. He said he enjoyed working closely with Krauss for special events, including the holiday dinner and a

lobster and keg party for graduating seniors.

Comen added that Krauss’s greatest strength was emphasizing a community not only among students, but among Silliman staff as well. He said she often stressed to incoming freshmen the importance of creating a connection with all members of the Silliman community, whether in dining halls, maintenance or administrative offices.

John Lazarsfeld ’17 said that this morning Krauss announced something many students in Silliman had known informally since last year. He said Silliman students are grateful for her long-term commitment to the position and heralded her ability to build personal relationships amongst students in Yale’s largest residential college.

Still, not all students interviewed in Silliman offered unmitigated praise for Krauss.

Warren Bloom ’16 said Krauss did not shape his Silliman experience in either a positive or negative way. He said he hopes the new master will not be too strict regarding rules governing the social life within the college.

The upper echelons of the college are in flux, with Krauss leaving this spring and new dean Jessie Hill barely three months into her tenure.

Although Hill only first met Krauss during her interview for the deanship last spring, Hill described her as someone who is known for her sense of humor and down-to-earth outlook. She added she most admired Krauss for her ability to be both tough and

fair.

Hannah Fornero ’15, who has worked closely with Krauss as a master’s aide, said she hopes Krauss’ successor will help develop a student bond within the college.

When asked about potential candidates for Silliman’s new master, women’s basketball head coach Chris Gobrecht, a residential fellow in Silliman College, said Krauss is irreplaceable.

“I can honestly tell you that if I were to name the people outside of my family who have impacted my life the most, Judy Krauss would be at the top of that list,” Gobrecht added.

There appears to be no clear successor to Krauss, and students interviewed said they did not know of potential candidates who would fill her position.

Still, students said they were excited to work closely with the newly appointed master in maintaining a positive college environment within Silliman.

“I’m looking forward to welcoming in the next master and helping him or her begin to love Silliman as much as I do,” said Emma Poole ’17, co-head of Silliman Activities and Administration Committee.

Krauss is the eighth master of Silliman College.

Rachel Siegel contributed reporting.

Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu and LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .

Montessori school opens doors MONTESSORI FROM PAGE 1 revitalize New Haven schools.

“Montessori is egalitarian by nature,” ECMS Principal Alissa Levy said. “It emphasizes every area of learning (art, English math, science, outdoors, history, etc.) equally, but, because of federal funding requirements, Elm City will have a slightly larger emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.”

Levy added that, because the school emphasizes “mastery learning” — whereby a child is not permitted to move up until he or she has mastered a subject — the school will combat achievement gaps. Because students are admitted through a lottery system, ECMS hopes to attract students from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds to come together in the same classroom. Malcolm Dickenson, a teacher at the school, said that while sometimes it can be difficult because children from different background behave differently, the first month at the school has gone well.

“The most difficult aspect of sustaining this type of school is

finding enough qualified teachers,” said David Low, an educator on the board of ECMS. Dave Cicarella, president of the New Haven Federation of Teachers, said that he believes ECMS’s status as a local charter sets the school apart from others in the area, considering that the teachers are all actively involved in local unions.

The most difficult aspect of sustaining this type of school is finding enough qualified teachers.

DAVID LOW Board member, Elm City Montessori School According to Hawsey, the community among teachers contributes to the overall school atmosphere. Cicarella added that he believes the base of school reform will be teachers and parents collaborating, in the same way that

the new school encourages the children to collaborate.

Veronica Douglas-Givan, head of communications and the mother of a current ECMS student, said she has noticed that her son has developed a sense of independence and a desire to do things by himself as a result of the emphasis the Montessori method places on individual learning and experimentation.

Jackie Cossentino, an executive director of the Trust for Learning Grant — which brings high-quality Montessori-style education to the public sector — said she is happy with ECMS’s success and said it “serves as a fine example of how family, state and community come together.” She added that pulling in federal, state and city grants can be difficult, but ECMS has secured enough funding.

The first public Montessori school was opened in 1975 in Cincinnati. Today, there are 482 schools documented in the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector.

Contact MARTHA LONGLEY at martha.longley@yale.edu .

motor vehicle law enforcement — there have been no collaborations focused specifically on the dirt bike and ATV riders, he added.

While the streets within Yale’s campus are rarely filled with the roar of loud engines, these groups have been pouring into the streets of New Haven and its surrounding towns for over 10 years, said East Haven Police Department’s Lieutenant David Emerman. East Haven has experienced a particularly large number of riders over the past year, adding that the largest surge involved over 100 illegal riders — an unprecedented number.

According to Emerman, arresting individual riders is a slow and tedious process. The police often have to rely on videos posted by the riders on social media and tips from the public to identify riders, many of whom travel through neighboring towns, he said.

Because of the difficulty police face in arresting the individuals, police departments from New Haven, East Haven, West Haven, Branford, North Branford and Hamden have begun a cross-town collaboration to combat the riders. While each department only handles arrests in their own towns, the officers find it helpful to share their information, Emerman said.

Recent changes in the court system that allow police to confiscate the vehicles have also made it easier for police to prevent the illegal ATV riders and dirt bikers from filling the streets, Emerman said.

“We just want it to stop,” he said. “We don’t

want to seize their vehicles but that seems to be the only thing that’s effective.”

He added that, in recent arrests in East Haven, the police managed to take vehicles away from all riders.

The riders present a seasonal problem for commuters in the Elm City, said City Hall spokesperson Laurence Grotheer. Residents usually start noticing the riders as the snow clears in the beginning of spring and continue to be affected by their presence until the end of the warm weather months, he added.

Police have received reports from city residents that the riders are more than just a nuisance to drivers and pedestrians — they have also caused damage. The videos that the riders post online reveal that they have thrown rocks at cars and harassed drivers, Emerman said.

“It becomes a public safety hazard when these riders ignore traffic laws, including speed limits, traffic signals, stop signs and sidewalk use,” Grotheer said.

According to Emerman, while the problem has significantly worsened for towns like East Haven, the riders have had less of a presence in New Haven in recent years. He attributed the riders’ lower presence in New Haven to stricter policing methods, including putting more plainclothes police on the streets.

Police in seven greater New Haven towns have set up anonymous tip lines specifically for information about the dirt bike and ATV riders.

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

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“The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital.” MARK HYMAN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN

YNHH names new head doctor

Website promotes Yale alumni’s books

BY BEN FAIT STAFF REPORTER Yale-New Haven Hospital has named Thomas Balcezak SPH ’03 as its new chief medical officer.

Balcezak, who took over the position immediately upon being named on Thursday, replaces Peter Herbert MD ’67. He will be responsible for coordinating medical staff affairs, clinical quality and patient safety. He was formerly the senior vice president and chief quality officer of YNHH. Balcezak said the position of chief quality officer will be combined with the position of chief medical officer, so he will not be replaced. As the hospital anticipates a changing healthcare landscape, Balcezak will play an integral role in ensuring efficiency and quality of services in the face of rising costs, said Robert Alpern, dean of the Yale School of Medicine.

“I think the hospital has a lot of confidence in him,” Alpern said. “He has basically been groomed for this position.”

Balcezak said he hopes to oversee a smooth transition in the role, and is looking toward the challenges faced by YNHH in the coming years, such as maintaining the hospital’s role as an academic center.

He added that another one of the challenges facing YNHH will be to grow and take advantage of economies of scale that occur in a large and unified system, such as the consolidation of costly operations like human resources.

“As an academic medical center, we have a higher cost structure than most other hospitals, but we also provide some very important services to the community and the nation that others don’t,” Balcezak said. “We are one of a handful of hospitals that train most of the residents in the country. It’s a very important function, and it’s a function that increasingly no one wants to pay for.”

Harlan Krumoltz ’80, a professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and director of the YNHH Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, said that Balcezak is more than qualified to fill the role.

Prior to rising to YNHH’s top

BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER

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Thomas Balcezak, the new chief medical officer of Yale-New Haven Hospital, will guide the hospital in a changing healthcare landscape. post, Balcezak worked directly under the former chief medical officer.

“He’s been being prepared for this role since the time he’s finished residency,” Krumoltz said. “Peter Herbert has done a great job, and managing this succession, I’m sure Tom won’t miss a beat continuing the efforts that have been made. He will not have any learning curve.”

Trained as an internist, Balcezak received his medical degree from the University of Connecticut and holds a master’s degree from the Yale School of Public Health. He completed his internship and residency training at YNHH, where he served as the chief medical resident.

Bonnie Gould-Rothberg MED ’94 SPH ’05 GRD ’09 on assistant professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, said that Balcezak combines a strong practical knowl-

edge of medicine with administrative talent.

“I’ve known Tom since he was a medical intern, and I’ve worked with him practically the entire time he’s been at the hospital,” GouldRothberg said. “I think he’s a terrific selection for this position. He combines the sensibility of a clinician and patient advocate with a strong sense of how to achieve organizational excellence.”

Herbert will be transitioning to a new position as executive medical director for Concierge Medicine and Complex Cases. The move is likely a shift into the later stages of his career, Alpern said.

Yale-New Haven Hospital is the nation’s fourth largest hospital.

Contact BEN FAIT at benjamin.fait@yale.edu

CT could lead nation in battery recycling

BY JAMES BARILE CONTRIBUTING REPORTER National energy needs and consumer convenience do not always align. But beginning in 2015, Connecticut residents may not have so difficult a choice.

Waiting in the wings of the Connecticut legislature is a comprehensive battery recycling law that would set a new national precedent for reducing heavy metal waste.

Whereas a few states, most recently Vermont, have passed recycling laws for single-use batteries, Connecticut would be the nation’s first state to extend its battery recycling program to the full litany of “covered batteries”: alkaline, zinc carbon, lithium primary silver oxide and zinc air batteries. The measure would also include computer, watch and cell phone batteries. The law would require sellers of all types of batteries to report sales to the state, divest in unapproved battery products and either start a battery recycling program or appoint an existing group to tackle a similar program.

Economic concerns hold center stage in the bill. Ten percent of the state’s batteries is expected to be cycled back into the economy within two years of implementation, and 20 percent within five years, the bill says. For example, the lithium carbonate from cathodes alone currently sells for near $6,000 a ton, according to the consulting firm Frost & Sullivan’s report by company analyst Aswin Kumar.

In addition to fomenting growth, the bill includes a clear effort to mitigate the burden to municipalities. The bill’s authors expressed intent to reduce waste only to the extent the reduction is economically feasible.

One of the bill’s clauses would offer leeway in collection requirements to businesses that experience any sort of “technological, ecological, cultural, economic or other impediments.”

Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Analyst Tom Metzner, who commented directly on the bill, said that each battery recycled represents a disposal job for a Connecticut resident.

“This increases recycling, it removes items from the waste stream and it creates jobs around recovery of the material,” said Metzner.

Companies like Tesla Motors project that batteries will supersede conventional combustion sources, which would put Connecticut’s law in the national spotlight.

In a statement last December, Tesla

Founder Elon Musk stressed the long-term possibilities for battery technology.

“We have barely scratched the surface of the metal resource availability of the Earth’s crust,” Musk said. “And this is a very fundamentally different thing from mining coal or oil because metal is recycled. So once you have enough metal to support a given size of industry, then it just keeps going in a recycling process.”

Students on Yale’s campus spoke with a similar eye for the future of recycling batteries.

Tess Maggio ’16, who serves as president of Project Bright — a student organization which plans to use batteries to support their solar projects — emphasized the long-run importance of Connecticut’s proposal for the success of future energy technologies.

“The embodied energy stored in these batteries themselves can be forgotten, as well as the environmental impacts of improper disposal,” Maggio said. “Battery recycling is absolutely essential, and [Connecticut’s] various mandates as well as methods to facilitate this process are exactly what is needed.”

Given recycling is a consumer-driven behavior, some question if simple recycling programs are enough.

Students interviewed believed opportunities to recycle were not enough without convenience.

“Access to recycling centers is far more important than the plausibility of recycling all of [the types of batteries],” said Holden Leslie-Bole ’18, a member of Fossil Free Yale.

“A lot of people aren’t going to make the long trek for a small ecological contribution — proximity definitely has an impact on the frequency with which people recycle.”

Leslie-Bole added that a curb-side pickup could mitigate the problem and, by bringing recycling to the consumer, lead to recycling a wider range of products in the future.

Certain clauses in the bill, which is only a draft at present, suggest that battery disposal outlets will be present everywhere consumers would typically visit for batteries.

“I think that it can be far more empowering and motivating to people to feel that they can make a positive difference toward sustainability instead of feeling that they are continually creating the problem,” Leslie-Bole said.

Currently, 85 to 90 percent of recyclable batteries in Connecticut end up as waste at the end of their first lifetime.

Contact JAMES BARILE at james.barile@yale.edu .

Students often think of the “Yale Bookstore” as the Barnes & Noble on Broadway, but one alumnus wants to change that.

Founded by Rob Brodsky ’84, Yalie. com — which was founded last spring, but has gained momentum in recent weeks — contains a complete listing of works recently published by Yale alumni. While other resources like the Yale Alumni Magazine offer a condensed list of published graduates, Yalie.com goes a step further by allowing visitors to the site to search for titles and then connect with the writers themselves.

“The number one thing is that this is a resource for discovering Yale alumni authors,” Brodsky said. “We all have something in common — we went to Yale.

You can walk into a Barnes & Noble and put your hand on a book and you’ll probably be interested, so why not pick a book that have something in common with you?”

Yalie.com currently has 3,037 books in its database by 747 authors, Brodsky said. A designated “Alumni Search” page enables visitors to search a book by title, class year or genre, and also contains links to book written by Pulitzer Prize winners and U.S. presidents.

Though the site was launched last March, Brodsky said the idea for it dates back to 1995, when he bought the original web address. Ever since, he said, he has been trying to create a website that would be useful to both alumni and current students, but only recently could he dedicate the time and resources to launch the site on his own.

Brodsky said the YAM publishes a brief list of books written by alumni, but that the magazine does not provide access to an unabridged list. In addition, Yalie.com provides links to Amazon.com and the Barnes & Noble site so visitors can buy the books directly.

While Brodsky’s main objective is for published alumni to be able to market their books to the Yale community, the site is targeted at current students as well.

Brodsky said he hopes aspiring writers will reach out to writers listed on the site for career advice and feedback.

“I’m hoping that students will go

through and find someone and say, ‘Hey, I’m a Yale student,’” Brodsky said. “[The students] are much more likely to approach someone that way versus, ‘Hey, I’m a writer. What can you tell me?’”

The 30 genres listed on Yalie.com range from non-fiction to religion, travel to humor. Brodsky said he was amazed that graduates are writing on such a wide spectrum of topics, from cheese guides to finance manuals to biographies.

Colette Sartor ’88 said she did not get the impression that Yalie.com was widely known within the alumni community, but it could be a good resource for networking. Sartor, a writer herself, said that she is always looking for new ways for graduates to support one another’s creative endeavors, something she has found through a women’s writers group of alumnae in Los Angeles.

Kate Hattemer ’09 said that the site illustrates how multifaceted Yale graduates are. Hattemer’s novel, “The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy,” was published this year.

“The diversity of the selections is amusing … but also highlights one of the greatest things about Yale — that the students and alumni have such disparate, deep passion,” Hattemer said.

Hattemer added that having a way to contact professional writers when she was a student would have made the profession less mysterious.

Elizabeth Woyke ’00 — author of “The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry” — said that Yalie.com has given her book additional exposure, and that being able to connect with alumni is an important marketing strategy for anyone launching a new work. She said that the YAM only reviews about five books per issue and that the rest get buried within its archives, making it difficult for an unknown book to gain momentum.

“I identify strongly as a Yalie, and it’s nice to be able to have a work accomplishment, such as a book, highlighted within that context,” Woyke said.

Fifty percent of the proceeds from Yalie.com book purchases made through Amazon and Barnes & Noble links go to support the YAM. Contact RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .

YCC student advising plan in flux

BY VIVIAN WANG STAFF REPORTER A new effort to connect underclassmen and upperclassmen within academic departments is facing implicit opposition by faculty members.

A Yale College Council initiative seeks to provide underclassmen with more information about their prospective majors, according to the organization’s members. The program invites upperclassmen to apply to be departmental ambassadors for their selected areas of study.

Ambassadors will answer younger students’ questions about anything from major requirements to comparing classes in the department. According to the YCC’s original program proposal, the initiative aims to fill a perceived hole in underclassmen’s academic knowledge.

However, none of the seven directors of undergraduate studies interviewed have implemented the program or taken any steps to advertise its existence. “[According to a YCC survey done last winter,] less than a quarter of students were definitely confident that they were fully informed about what classes to take for their prospective major,” said David Lawrence ’15, YCC academics director. “The goal for this program is to fill in that gap.”

The initiative was first proposed in Jan. 2013 and approved by the administration at a faculty meeting this past spring, Lawrence said. Each department’s participation in the initiative is optional and will be decided by its DUS. However, several DUS’s interviewed said they had not heard of the program. Of those who had, roughly half said they had not done anything with the initiative, and the rest were interested in participating but have not fleshed out any details.

Information about the new program was included in the 2014-’15 DUS handbook and announced at a faculty meeting, Lawrence said.

Still, because the initiative was

largely left up each department’s DUS, Lawrence said he is not surprised that DUS knowledge is “kind of a mixed bag.”

While chemistry DUS Patrick Vaccaro said he is enthusiastic about the idea, Michael Koelle, DUS of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, said his department has already tried to provide multiple advising resources.

Koelle added that he is worried underclassmen might turn to student ambassadors instead of faculty and risk receiving inaccurate information.

It doesn’t really make sense to ask professors ‘Is your major good?’ … they’re going to say yes.

KORN LAPPRATHANA ’15 “The department has faculty advisers and DUS’s who are the original source of the information, and they’re very happy to meet with students,” he said. “I think it’s great if students meet with juniors or seniors to get advice, but I wouldn’t want them to do that instead of meeting with faculty academic advisers. I’d like it to be an additional element, a way of steering students to also see a professor.”

Lawrence conceded that DUS’s will probably have to institute some kind of “vetting process” to ensure that ambassadors are giving out the right information, but defended the value of having student voices in addition to faculty advisors.

Several students interviewed echoed this opinion.

Austin Long ’15, who said he intends to apply to be a political science ambassador, said students might feel intimidated approaching a DUS as a freshman or sophomore, but upperclassmen may be more approachable.

According to Korn Lapprathana ’15, students can also provide more honest feedback.

“It doesn’t really make sense

to ask professors ‘Is your major good?’ because of course they’re going to say yes,” Lapprathana said.

For Matthew Hennessy ’17, though, simply having another student to answer questions does not guarantee the information will be useful. When it comes to academic advising, he said, not just anyone will do. A useful mentor must know what the student is interested in, what is challenging for them and what they think is worth their time.

If that prior knowledge does not exist, he added, “You might as well just put a bunch of advice on a webpage for freshmen to look at.”

Such webpages do exist, on each department’s website. All students interviewed said they felt adequately knowledgeable about their majors’ requirements because all the information is online.

For departments with more requirements, such as engineering, there are even four-year plans already laid out, said Claire Mallon ’17.

Even so, many students still do not feel properly informed. The same YCC survey found that 29 percent of students were “probably not” or “definitely not” adequately informed about what series of classes they should take to fulfill their majors’ requirements. Although resources do exist, Koelle acknowledged, sometimes freshmen do not think to seek them out.

“The DUS system is better designed to cater to those already in the major,” political science DUS David Simon said in an email.

“It is certainly true that underclassmen considering majors, on the one hand, and juniors and seniors in the major, on the other hand, have very different needs in terms of advising. I think the departmental ambassador program has the potential to help out with the needs of underclassmen.”

The YCC survey polled 1,602 students, evenly distributed by year and field of study.

Contact VIVIAN WANG at vivian.y.wang@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by.”

LAURIE COLWIN AMERICAN AUTHOR

Bittman connects food writing to political movements

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Food writer Mark Bittman focused his talk on how ordinary people approach food preparation, explaining that most people cooking at home nowadays need to reduce the amount of time spent in the kitchen.

BITTMAN FROM PAGE 1 address any issue you wanted to by addressing food,” he said.

Bittman added that while living in New York City in the 1970s, he remembered being the only man in the supermarket, surrounded by women who were expected to cook at home.

Now, he said, many more men are cooking at home, indicating that gender roles have shifted.

General labor market conditions also directly impact the food industry, Bittman said.

Still, Bittman focused the majority of his discussion on how ordinary people approach cooking.

He explained that his latest book, “How to Cook Everything Fast: A Better Way to Cook Great Food,” addresses the need to reduce cooking times to accommodate busy schedules.

Modern-day cooks — usually ordinary people at home — need to prepare food faster than cooks in the past, Bittman said. He added that an hour-long recipe, which was considered fast a few

decades ago, can no longer compare to the 20- or 30- minute recipes people demand today.

“I think fast is the demand,” he said. “Fast is what most people want.”

Bittman, who first started cooking while attending Clark University, now covers a wide range of issues as a columnist for the New York Times.

In his role as writer, Bittman said he uses simple, frank language that resembles the way he speaks. He said he worries less about being grammatically cor-

rect than about sounding pretentious.

Attendees interviewed agreed with Bittman’s connection between political movements and food, adding that they have enjoyed Bittman’s writing in the past as well.

Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Edward Kamens said he was interested in Bittman’s discussion of how cooking and food have been influenced by social change. He added that Bittman, in particular, had a prominent role to play

in bringing about social awareness for gender roles.

Art Hunt, a resident of Hamden, Connecticut who attended the talk, agreed with Kamens, adding that food is tied to broader social issues, including labor economics and environmental sustainability. Mary Hunt, his wife, said she enjoyed reading Bittman’s engaging pieces and using his recipes.

Alex Simon ’17 said she was most interested to learn that people are demanding shorter, more efficient recipes.

Bittman, who is the author of 14 books including the bestselling “How to Cook Everything” series and “VB6: Eat Vegan before 6:00,” has received multiple awards, including the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Julia Child and James Beard awards for writing.

The Wednesday Master’s Tea was catered with pastries from Bittman’s cookbook.

Contact AMANDA MEI at amanda.mei@yale.edu .

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“They arguably have a better bullpen [than we did] and their lineup is as good as any in baseball. On paper, they look wonderful. But all teams do.” RON DARLING ’82 MLB PITCHER

Four straight freshman honors VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE 12 the two Californians have on the court is formidable. The team (6-6, 2-1 Ivy) heads to Pennsylvania this weekend just one game back of league leader Princeton, and a large part of that success goes to Crawford and Gibbons.

Gibbons is fourth on the team with two kills per set, while Crawford is second in the Ivy League in assists per game.

“I think it’s amazing [that the freshmen have won four straight Rookie of the Week awards],” captain Mollie Rogers ’15 said. “It’s so exciting every week to see one of their names on that article … It gives [them] a lot of confidence and [they] can go into the next week with a little more in [their] pocket.”

Since both hail from California, they have known each other since even before their Yale days.

According to Gibbons, the California elite volleyball circuit is small enough that the majority of players recognize, if not know, each other.

“Everyone starts really young, and you see each other at tournaments every weekend,” Gibbons said.

Although Crawford and Gibbons grew up almost 400 miles apart, the two met at a tournament in Las Vegas during their senior year in high school. The Yale coaches suggested the girls meet, even though their clubs did not play each other.

It was the year before, however, when both players officially committed to Yale. Both cited the strength of the volleyball team — which had won the first two of its four consecutive Ivy League titles at the time of their visits — as a driving force in their decisions.

Part of what makes the volleyball team so good, Crawford and Gibbons explained, is the competitive practices.

“The lineup changes every game because there’s no set rotation,” Crawford said. “Not knowing makes us more competitive in practice. We have to earn our spot every week, it’s not handed to us at all.”

With this system in place, each team member is given an equal chance to earn playing time.

Crawford and Gibbons explained that high-tempo play from all four freshmen challenges players in all class years to improve each day.

“I would definitely say [2018 is] a strong class,” Rogers said. “All of them are competing really well at the collegiate level. They’ve done a great job coming in and fitting seamlessly into the team.

This class has done a great job so far staying composed and getting used to the new environment.”

Crawford said that because the team holds itself to high expectations, the Bulldogs perform “at a consistently high level.”

“Especially since we’ve been the top dog, our opponents are always trying to play the best they

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Kelsey Crawford ’18 has accumulated 407 assists on the season — 382 more than the next closest teammate. can,” Gibbons added. “We make sure we take every game seriously.”

According to Crawford, the transition between club and Division I varsity volleyball was overwhelming. She added that attempting to manage her time and balance the demanding volleyball schedule, which includes

double-practice days, had a learning curve.

But those hours spent at practice have off-court benefits too.

Gibbons explained that the team chemistry lends itself to better play on the court, citing it as a critical factor in her and Crawford’s success. According to both Gibbons and Crawford, the

team eats dinner together every night.

“Also, usually we eat breakfast and lunch with at least one person from the team,” Gibbons said.

“It’s a very tight team. Our personalities go really well together.

We make it work.”

Crawford agreed, saying that the team was eventually able to

overcome the Northern California-Southern California divide.

“We put our differences aside,” she said.

The Bulldogs kick off their road trip to the Quaker State on Friday against Penn at 7:00 p.m.

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Elis ready for Big Green W.SOCCER FROM PAGE 12 tory over Yale. Hudson added that Dartmouth is typically one of the more competitive teams in the Ivies, so the game will be significant for the Elis.

Hudson and the rest of the Yale defense are likely to be under pressure for most of the game on Saturday. The Big Green leads the league in shots, averaging nearly 15 per game. However, they have had trouble converting those shots into goals, scoring 1.22 goals per game, placing them sixth in the Ivy League.

The Bulldogs started a series of four consecutive away games last Saturday when they headed to Cambridge to face off against Harvard, where they came away with a point in a scoreless draw.

Though the Elis failed to score against the Crimson, multiple players earned league recognition for their efforts. Hudson was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for her

efforts defending Margaret Purce, the reigning conference offensive player of the year. In addition, goalkeeper Elise Wilcox ’15 was part of the weekly Ivy League Honor Roll and was awarded the Ivy League Player of the Week award by collegesportsmadness.com after recording four saves.

Besides Dartmouth, the team will face Central Connecticut State and Cornell at their respective home fields before finally returning home on Oct. 25 to take on Penn.

Team members said that playing at rival fields has not affected the team’s performance at all, adding that they have proven they can overcome the difficulties of away games. After the Harvard game, midfielder Shannon Conneely ’16 remarked that large showings of Yale fans, even on the road, are encouraging for the team and fuel them to perform at their best.

Although the season is more than halfway over, Ivy League play is just heating up for the Bulldogs. Accord-

ing to players, their focus has heightened with the rising intensity of conference play.

What is more, the Elis have been given longer breaks between games as the season has worn on, and the team has been using that extra time to its advantage.

“Having a full week of practice without midweek games allows us to go over more film, practice more specific drills and not worry about another game,” goalkeeper Rachel Ames ’16 said.

While time between the Harvard game and the Dartmouth game has been helpful, the Elis will head into a busy week with Dartmouth on Saturday and a game against Central Connecticut State just two days later before venturing to Cornell on Oct. 18.

The Elis face Dartmouth on Oct. 11 with play slated to begin at 7 p.m.

Contact SYDNEY GLOVER at sydney.glover@yale.edu .

A band of brothers WIZARD FROM PAGE 12 ers).

Gilbert was an immensely likeable guy, a perfect star for a city that desperately needed one. Perfect, that is, until he took his pranking one step too far, bringing guns into the team locker room in response to a quarrel with teammate Javaris Crittenton. Ever the joker, Gilbert used his hands as mock-guns during warm-ups just days later, earning an indefinite suspension from the league. He eventually served time in a halfway house due to a conviction stemming from the locker room incident, and that baggage, coupled with a number of knee injuries, derailed his professional career.

Although I wouldn’t trade those years watching Gilbert for anything (well, maybe a championship), he eventually showed his true colors, an immature player not suited to serve as the face of an NBA team. And while the gun incident marked his personal nadir, it also underscored the most damaging aspect of Arenas’s leadership: the effect that he had on the team’s youngest members.

Blatche was eventually booed out of Washington after an illustrious time in the city, during which he had been benched for being out-of-shape, solicited a prostitute and inexplicitly seemed to think he was best utilized as a point guard. Nick Young, now a Laker, seemed to try his hardest to avoid earning assists, an odd tactic for a guard.

Center Javale McGee, now with Denver, racked up goaltends as if they were a prized statistic.

Perhaps these guys were all knuckleheads of their own volition, and Arenas may simply have been a prime example of what immatu-

rity can do to an NBA team and career. But regardless of the immaturity’s source — and regardless of how many laughs it provided my brothers and me over the years — Wizards fans learned a valuable lesson during the Arenas era and its aftermath: In order for a professional basketball team to be successful, it must be, well, professional.

This brings me back to the suspension of the four Wizards yesterday. As I said, perhaps it was minor, a simple case of teammates reacting in the heat of the moment.

But I know some Wiz fans must have shuddered.

This team is supposed to be different. It is led by young guards and future superstars John Wall and Bradley Beal, affectionately titled the Wiz Kids. Washington provided an exciting and surprising run to the second round of the playoffs last spring. Yet is this preseason fight the sign of things to come?

Are these Wiz Kids just plain old, kids?

I might be a homer, but I don’t think so. When I think about Monday’s fight, I don’t think about Gilbert’s Wizards. I think instead of my coach’s words in a high school gym several years ago. These Wizards are known for their work ethic, their competitive spirit and their professionalism. These Wizards fought not out of immaturity, but for a different reason. Like my coach wanted us to do, the four suspended players instinctively backed up their teammate. This wasn’t a sign of immaturity; this was a sign of solidarity, of kinship and of brotherhood.

I can’t wait for the season to begin.

ALEXANDER EPPLER is a former sports editor for the News. Contact him at alexander.eppler@yale.edu .

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Both of Yale’s victories this year have come in 1-0 shutouts.

Yale knocks off Bryant

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Elise Wilcox ’15 has a .909 save percentage on the season — the highest in the Ivy League.

FIELD HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12 “[There was] very good play from everyone to help us come up with a win tonight,” Stuper said.

“Being in the midst of midterms and having a Wednesday night game, I think we really came out focused and stuck to the game plan. [We] produced a goal and a shutout in one night, enough to come up with a great win for us here in mid-week.”

Accurso agreed, saying it was great to get the win that the team

has been working hard towards.

After coming off several losing weekends, including defeats against Ivy foes Harvard, Princeton and Cornell, this win will greatly affect the team as it moves forward, according to Kirkham.

“This weekend was important for us to figure out what we need[ed] to change,” forward Alyssa Weiss ’17 said before the game against Bryant. “We’re looking forward to tak[ing] that moving forward to get the results

we want.”

With only one game this weekend, the team will get to focus solely on its match against Maine. Before taking on Bryant, team members stated that being able to really focus on a single team is a huge positive overall.

The team will be traveling to face the Maine Black Bears on Saturday. The game starts at 4:00 p.m.

Contact HOPE ALLCHIN at hope.allchin@yale.edu .

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“Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.” HIPPOCRATES ANCIENT GREEK PHYSICIAN

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Scabies outbreak strikes DHMC

BY KATIE RAFTER A contagious skin condition has reached five DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center patients and employees.

On Aug. 14, a patient visited the hospital’s Hematology/Oncology unit and was later diagnosed with the skin condition known as crusted or Norwegian scabies, a form of the disease that occurs in those with compromised immune systems.

Scabies outbreaks are more common if a person with crusted scabies does not seek immediate

treatment.

Scabies is caused by the human itch mite, a parasite transmitted by close DARMOUTH and prolonged skin-to-skin contact. The mites that transmit scabies can survive for approximately a month in the body, but only a few days outside a human host. Symptoms include a red, itchy rash.

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ventive measures to reduce the chances of it spreading. Anyone who enters a patient’s room must wear gloves and a hospital gown, DHMC spokesperson Rick Adams said. The first patient was also put into isolation.

To prevent further spread of scabies, DHMC’s infection control and prevention team identified those who it believed were at risk of exposure, including the doctors and nurses in charge of caring for the patient as well as any housekeepers, dietary staff and transportation staff who may have encountered the patient.

This resulted in a group of around 300 people, all of whom were brought in for precautionary treatment.

About 800 people attended a screening clinic over the weekeend, which was set up for anyone who thought they had potentially been exposed to the infestation. The hospital conducted skin-scraping tests to determine whether a person had the disease.

Out of the clinic’s visitors and the group that DHMC identified, four additional people were diagnosed with scabies. Adams says

the hospital believes these people may have been exposed while near the in-patient Hematology/ Oncology unit where the original patient was being treated.

Once a person is diagnosed with scabies, treatment must begin as soon as possible. Scabies can be treated through both oral medication and a topical cream.

Itching the rash is discouraged because this may lead to skin sores which heighten the risk of a bacterial infection, such as staph.

Symptoms sometime appear six to eight weeks after initial

contraction. Adams noted that the disease is easily treatable, though the situation is more serious for patients who are immunocompromised, disabled or elderly.

Over the weekend, the hospital also set up a hotline with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services for scabies-related questions.

Adams said this is a rare occurrence in the in-patient setting, and said the hospital’s priority is to keep patients and employees, as well as their families, healthy.

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“There’s a big NorCalSoCal rivalry. We always argue … [but] the one thing we agree on is that California is the best.”

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Kaitlyn Gibbons ’18 is fourth on the team in points with 93.5, which averages to 2.3 points per set.

BY MAYA SWEEDLER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Despite a geographic rivalry, two freshmen on the Yale volleyball team have overcome a divided past and made their presence felt on the court.

Setter Kelsey Crawford ’18 and outside hitter Kaitlyn Gibbons ’18 have won the last four Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors, even with an important question hanging in the balance: Which is better, Northern California or Southern California?

Because 10 of the 15 varsity players hail from California — including Crawford and Gibbons, who are from Sunnyvale and Yorba Linda, respectively — the two freshmen described it as a divisive issue.

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Soccer readies for “crucial” game

BY SYDNEY GLOVER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The Yale women’s soccer team will take on another Ivy League rival this weekend when it heads to Dartmouth for its third game of conference play this year.

WOMEN’S SOCCER The Bulldogs (5–3–1, 0–1–1 Ivy) have just one point in

conference play, placing them three points behind leaders Harvard, Columbia and Princeton, who all hold 1–0–1 records. Winning the remaining five Ivy League games will be critical for the Bulldogs to take the Ancient Eight title.

Even then, the team will have to rely on the outcomes of the other teams’ games.

“It is definitely crucial to win out,” defender Carlin Hudson ’18 said. “In order to

have a chance to win the Ivies, we have to win the rest of our games and hope that Harvard and Princeton lose.”

Dartmouth (3–3–3, 0–0–2 Ivy), who tied Princeton in a 2–2 matchup last Saturday, has two points but no wins in the league. Last season, Dartmouth finished fourth in the Ivy League with four wins, one of which came from a 1–0 vicSEE W. SOCCER PAGE 8

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Georgiana Wagemann ’15 has taken six shots in seven games as a midfielder for the Bulldogs.

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rivalry. We always argue about which is better, but we have to agree to disagree. The one thing we can agree on is that California is the best,” Crawford said.

Joking aside, the power that SEE VOLLEYBALL PAGE 8

My high school basketball team gathered around our coach during practice one day as he recalled a game from his own high school days. In a contest against one of his school’s biggest rivals, a player from the opposing team committed a hard foul on one of my coach’s teammates. Coach responded by getting right in the face of the offending player, standing chest-to-chest with him until referees separated them.

My coach did not tell us this story because he wanted his squad of scrawny, acned teenagers with mediocre basketball skill to crush our opponents’ skulls every time we stepped on the court (at least I think he didn’t). What he meant to convey to us was the importance of backing up our teammates, of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the guys we sweat and bled with every day.

You might ask why I’m telling this story now. Yesterday, four members of my beloved Washington Wizards — including star center Nene — were suspended for one game after leaving the bench during a skirmish in Monday’s game against the Bulls.

While the altercation may

seem minor, and all the more so because it occurred during a preseason game, it had the potential to conjure up some not-so-great memories from the not-too-distant past in the minds of tortured Wizards fans, we lucky few. The Wizards of the 2000s never quite had a moment like the Malice in the Palace, the infamous melee between the Pacers and Pistons that ended with players brawling with spectators in the stands.

But the Wiz certainly provided its fair share of hijinks over the past decade, especially during the reign of the notorious Gilbert Arenas. At first, Agent Zero endeared himself to Washington fans by making himself exceptionally accessible for a professional athlete and by perpetrating all sorts of antics that found their way into the D.C. sports media. He reportedly used to fill teammates’ bathtubs with instant coffee during road trips and emptied their cars’ tires when at home. Best of all, he admitted to defecating in then-teammate Andray Blatche’s shoe during the forward’s rookie season (in fairness, he later revised the claim, asserting that he merely placed “dog doo-doo” in Blatche’s sneakSEE WIZARD PAGE 8

Yale breaks skid with narrow victory

BY HOPE ALLCHIN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The Yale field hockey team snapped its six-game losing streak when the Elis defeated Bryant 1-0.

FIELD HOCKEY Yale (2–8, 0–3 Ivy) withstood a barrage of shots from Bryant (3–8, 0–0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), but goalkeeper Heather Schlesier ’15 came up big, recording seven saves and her second shutout of the season.

“We came out strong,” forward Jessie Accurso ’15 said.

“And that really helped us gain momentum that we were able to carry through to the second half.”

Midfielder Carol Middough ’18 scored the only goal of the game at the 35:00 mark, just before the first half ended, with an assist from back Megan Kirkham ’15.

The goal was set up off a penalty corner by captain Nicole Wells ’16. The Blue and White notched its first goal off of a penalty corner all season when Middough found the back of the net.

The score is Middough’s third goal of the season. She is responsible for 30 percent of all Eli goals this year.

Perhaps more impressive, however, is the fact that Bryant has a reputation as a defensive power. Bryant is second in the MAAC in goals allowed per game.

“Winning always feels great, like all our hard work is paying off,” Kirkham said. “In the second half, we needed to come

out and continue to play like we knew we [could] and not give Bryant a chance to get back into the game.”

Schlesier remains at the top of Ivy League goalkeepers with 84 total saves, 20 more than any other goalie in the Ancient Eight.

This match-up marked just the second mid-week game for the Elis. Despite that scheduling challenge, however, head coach Pam Stuper said that she was proud of the team’s efforts.

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The Elis beat Bryant 1–0, snapping a six-game losing streak in the process.

9.93 THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF ASSISTS PER SET KELSEY CRAWFORD ’18 HAS ACCUMULATED THIS SEASON — THE SECOND HIGHEST IN THE IVY LEAGUE. Through her first three conference games in the Ivy League, Crawford is second just to Princeton sophomore Lauren Miller.