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CROSS CAMPUS Chag Sameach! The News

was visited yesterday evening by a celebration that marked the end of the annual cycle of public Torah readings.

where does the time go?

MEDIA MATTERS DOES FACEBOOK CONSUME YALE?

DEVELOPMENT

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

City looks to empower neighborhood residents, but faces challenges

YALE ADAPTS TO NEW FEDERAL, STATE LAWS

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PAGE 3 CITY

PAGE 3 UNIVERSITY

FOOTBALL After Dartmouth loss, Elis look to jumpstart momentum PAGE 12 SPORTS

NO EBOLA IN NEW HAVEN

Graduate student tests negative for virus

The Promised Land. Y PopUp’s latest project, named “Ash & Honey,” will go live tomorrow. The group’s first Saturday restaurant will be run out of the Morse buttery — convenient for the five Morse-Stiles members on Ash & Honey’s staff. Featuring a picture of “spiced, poached peach & cookie crumb ice cream,” the gastropub’s Facebook page opened reservations for Saturday night tables earlier this week.

Saving room. The Yale Hunger

and Homelessness Action Project’s semi-annual fast takes place today. Students can choose to donate the money from their Yale Dining meal swipes to homelessness relief and prevention programs at local non-profit organizations through the effort.

Keeping it charitable. The

Whaling Crew is collaborating with Yale Relay for Life to host a Pink-Out Tailgate on Saturday before the football game against Colgate University at the Yale Bowl.

Cookies will supplement the usual tailgate fare to raise funds to donate to breast cancer research drives.

Froad’s. Your plans might change tonight, with the arrival of Toad’s on a Friday.

The reason? The South Asian Society’s Bollywood Beats party in Lily’s Pad. Seize the day.

Tea Party. This afternoon, Morse will host a Master’s Tea with Honest Tea founder and one-time ECON 159 professor Barry Nalebuff. All are welcome, though Snapple lovers should not expect the game theory expert to be similarly full of fun facts.

Color us excited. The annual

FCC Freshman Barbeque on Old Campus is this Sunday.

In addition to the standard offerings of food, freshmen and frivolity, this year’s rendition will include a photo booth, raffle competitions and apparently “LOTS of paint,” perhaps legitimizing the event’s name: “Color me Yale.”

HENRY EHRENBERG/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Thursday, University and public officials called a 12:30 conference to allay concerns over a Yale researcher with Ebola-like symptoms, which were later proven to be from another illness.

BY STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE, APARNA NATHAN, STEPHANIE ROGERS AND RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTERS After local, state and federal health officials scrambled to address a possible case of Ebola, they found that the disease has

not yet spread to the Elm City.

Initial test results for a Yale graduate student suspected of having Ebola have come back negative, Yale-New Haven Hospital announced shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday. The patient, one of the two graduate students who recently returned from

researching the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, was admitted to YNHH with “Ebola-like symptoms” on Wednesday night.

Both graduate students are currently in isolation. A press release from the Connecticut Department of Public Health at 5:44 p.m. confirmed the nega-

tive result, adding that further test results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected tomorrow.

“All present protocols, including the isolation order issued by DPH Commissioner Dr. Jewel Mullen today, will remain in place pending the

results of laboratory testing at the CDC,” the statement said.

State and hospital officials have declined to comment as to the identity of the graduate student.

Dana Marnane, the direcSEE PATIENT PAGE 4

Two researchers quarantined On Ebola, Yale panel calls for solidarity

BY SARAH BRULEY AND APARNA NATHAN STAFF REPORTERS

Thursday’s Ebola scare — which -instantly triggered statewide concern about the spread of the disease — has brought Yale-New Haven Hospital, the University, the city and their plans to prevent the proliferation of the virus under scrutiny.

In particular, Thursday’s uncertainty has raised ques-

tions about University officials’ determination that two graduate students returning from Liberia did not need to isolate themselves for 21 days, the incubation period for Ebola.

Late Thursday afternoon, University President Peter Salovey announced in a University-wide email that the students would in fact be sequestered for 21 days, as required by the state of Connecticut.

Shae Selix SPH ’15 said the negative result of the test did

not completely excuse the original decision to cancel sequestration.

“The fact that he didn’t get Ebola probably shows that the initial judgment not to quarantine him was correct, but that seems to go against precautionary principle and would have initiated some kind of panic,” he said.

Selix added that students at the public health school disSEE PREVENTION PAGE 4

BY LIONEL JIN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER In the midst of a false alarm over the possibility of a patient with Ebola in New Haven, panelists at the Yale Ebola Task Force’s first event yesterday afternoon made a resounding call for solidarity and rationality in the face of the current epidemic.

Across campus, students reacted to news that Yale-New Haven Hospital had admitted a Yale graduate student exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms, and awaited announcement of the patient’s test results. Some had faith in the hospital’s ability to respond, but others wondered SEE PANEL PAGE 4

Juniors joining in. Not to

be outdone by their 2018 counterparts, the Junior College Council will also be holding its first event of the year. “Monster Munch,” a Halloween-themed festival in the Branford Courtyard, takes place on Sunday for juniors to celebrate their new status as campus veterans together.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

1994 Yale announces two initiatives, partnering with New Haven to help develop some of the Elm City’s neighborhoods through a federal housing and urban development grant.

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CONCUSSIONS

Head-On: Tackling concussion policy

BY BEN FAIT AND MARC CUGNON STAFF REPORTERS It was mid-July, and Isaac Morrier ’17 found himself sitting in the Acute Care room at Yale Health. He had hit his head on a stone archway 72 hours earlier, and he felt disoriented and was having problems with his shortterm memory.

When he was brought into the examination room, the nurse told him he was fine, and gave the goahead to keep working out, Morrier said. He asked the nurse to double check — she confirmed again that he was fine. But as he learned from a private doctor a week and a half later, he was not — he had a concussion.

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ith increased media scrutiny levied on concussions, states across the country have imposed new policies and regulations to deal with concussions. While Yale has done the same, the future of the University’s concussion policy remains an open question. BEN FAIT and MARC CUGNON report.

YALE’S POLICY EFFORTS

Morrier said his concussion was not diagnosed until more than a week and a half after his visit to Yale Health. His lightweight crew teammates had noticed him acting strange and

exhibiting symptoms, he said.

He felt as though the concussion test administered by Yale Health was not as comprehensive as the one that he received upon visiting Yale Athletic SEE CONCUSSIONS PAGE 6

HENRY EHRENBERG/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Some Yale athletes have only been diagnosed with concussions after their friends or teammates noticed that they were acting unusually.

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OPINION

PETER SALOVEY "We look forward to your input"

UP FOR DISCUSSION COLLEGE NAMES

NED BLACKHAWK For Cloud College

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little more than a century ago, a young Winnebago Ho-Chunk Indian from Nebraska traveled east to attend preparatory school and eventually Yale, where he rivaled, befriended and was a beloved member of the Class of 1910.

Empowered by his education and sustained by friendships he made at Yale, Henry Roe Cloud became the century’s greatest American Indian educational reformer, one whose pioneering speeches, research, ministry and collective works reversed policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans. More than any other, Cloud understood the devastating legacies of forced assimilation and worked to overturn its pernicious effects. For his humanitarian visions of self-empowerment, his steadfast devotion to community and family and his constant attempt to fulfill the virtuous ideals of light and truth, Cloud merits consideration for a residential college.

Cloud’s achievements are nearly as unlikely as they are impressive. Born into a com-

JAY GITLIN For Webster College

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oah Webster’s name is a household word — literally. He was the republic’s first bestselling author and the father of the copyright laws in the United States that protect the hard work and creative effort of every American writer, artist and composer. His spellers and dictionaries provided the foundation for the growth of an American literary culture (he is the reason we spell “music” without a “k” and “favor” without a “u.”).

A passionate advocate of educational reform including improved conditions for students and teachers alike, Webster was also one of the principal founders of Amherst College. One of Webster’s critics scornfully referred to him as a mere “retailer of nouns and pronouns.” One of my former students summed up Webster’s reply: “Meritocratic commerce must replace hierarchical class structures as a defining feature of the Republic.” As Webster observed, “education

munity only recently removed from its ancestral homelands, he knew well the sufferings inflicted upon indigenous people. Five forced removals of Ho-Chunk Indians occurred throughout the 19th century, the last in the winter of 1873 when state officials used railway cars to remove tribal members to Nebraska. Disease, exposure and malnutrition afflicted all Ho-Chunk communities, and Cloud lost both his parents as a child. Like thousands of American Indian children, he was sent to military-style boarding schools where he displayed a remarkable inquisitiveness and aptitude. After receiving sponsorship for more advanced study, Cloud moved to attend Mount Hermon and then Yale.

Boarding schools, divisive land practices and cultural persecution characterized Indian affairs during the first half of Cloud’s life. Not until the New Deal would federal leaders attempt to reverse such disasters, a culmination of nearly two decades of Cloud’s tireless efforts to expose as well as reform the injustices of forced assimilation.

More than an educational leader and reformer, Cloud was a dedicated father, community member and Ho-Chunk speaker.

He inspired Indian leaders and youth in his time and now ours, using both Christian and HoChunk cultural values. A child of the heartland, he loved his tribe, family and nation unconditionally, an inspiration increasingly remembered today and worthy of permanent commemoration.

NED BLACKHAWK is a professor of history and American studies.

Contact him at ned.blackhawk@yale.edu .

is the first business of a society.”

Webster received an honorary doctorate from Yale in 1823.

Webster’s father mortgaged the family farm so Noah could attend Yale. Attending Yale during the American Revolution, in 1775, Noah joined a procession of fellow students in a drill down College Street to honor a visiting George Washington, who had just been appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental army. Webster led the group, playing “Yankee Doodle Dandy” on his flute.

In the Webster College of Yale’s future, students might reenact such a procession or celebrate “dictionary days” with various forms of word play. Yale President Ezra Stiles said of Webster: “from him I learn.” In March 1801, Webster sent Thomas Jefferson a critique of the newly elected president’s recent inaugural address. Noah Webster may have lacked tact, but isn’t that the kind of critical thinking we wish to encourage?

This choice would re-emphasize Yale’s role in American history and culture. It would also reinforce our ties to Connecticut and resonate deeply with the history of Yale. Webster was a strong advocate of toleration; universal public education, including for women; the separation of church and state; equal protection under the law; and the abolition of slavery. He has been suggested twice. I think his time has come.

JAY GITLIN is a professor of history at Yale. Contact him at jay.gitlin@yale.edu .

YALE UNIVERSITY

MITCHELL JONES For Bouchet College

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ale has a rich history of graduates who have excelled in every sphere of society. When the new residential colleges open in 2017, two worthy alumni will be honored — of that I am certain.

We are at a unique moment as a University, one where the admissions office is striving to diversify Yale’s student body and make our world-class resources accessible to deserving students from across the spectrum. Yet when students from minority backgrounds arrive on campus, it is not always easy to feel as if they belong at Yale. There are few historical minority figures who are celebrated in higher education. But Yale has a chance to make Edward Bouchet one

such figure.

Born in 1852 in New Haven — something worthy of celebrating in and of itself — Bouchet was a trailblazer for African-Americans in academia.

Whether he was Yale College’s first African-American graduate is disputed, but his influence is not. The first AfricanAmerican to be nominated for Phi Beta Kappa, Bouchet was also the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in physics and the sixth American, period. For 26 years, Bouchet taught at Cheyney University (the school was then called Institute for Colored Youth), the oldest African-American school for higher education.

He served as a role model for African-American students, frequently teaching at black high schools across the country.

Edward Bouchet was a phenomenal ambassador for the Elm City and Yale in general.

A first-generation student of color and a first-class scientist, Bouchet is a role model for the Yale community. Though he came from Yale’s past, in many ways he represents the University’s future.

MITCHELL JONES is a junior in Berkeley College and vice-president of the Yale Black Men’s Union.

Contact him at mitchell.jones@yale.edu .

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ames matter. The new residential colleges, slated to open in 2017, present an opportunity for Yale not just to expand its student body but also to announce its values and institutional priorities. Whose names will be forever spoken on this campus?

The naming of the colleges has received widespread attention, particularly as some have called for increased diversity among the individuals whose legacy we choose to honor. None of the existing 12 colleges is named after a woman or person of color.

Last week, University President Peter Salovey asked the Yale community to submit suggestions for names. To further this discussion, six students and professors have offered their suggestions on this page.

HANNIA ZIA For Hopper College

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s Yale looks to expand its science, technology, engineering and mathematics community, what better way for the University to endorse this cause than by naming one of the new residential colleges after one of its most accomplished graduates in the rapidly growing field of computer science?

Yale alum, Grace Hopper GRD '34, instantly comes to mind.

First, her credentials are very strongly linked to Yale.

In 1928 — 41 years before Yale College opened its doors to women — Hopper graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College, Yale’s sister school.

She then went on to earn an MA and Ph.D in Mathematics at the University. Yale awarded Hopper the Wilbur Cross Medal in 1972, an honor presented to outstanding alumni of the graduate school.

Hopper served in the United States Navy for more than 40 years, eventually retiring as an admiral. Hopper first enlisted in the Navy during World War

II. Hopper was 34 at the time, and Navy officials told her she should remain a civilian. Still, Hopper maneuvered her way into getting special permission to serve her country.

Back when computer science was just beginning to develop, Hopper made immense contributions to advance the field. Hopper wrote the first compiler, which is a computer program that allows us to change code that humans write into a form that computers can understand. Hopper helped pioneer better and more sophisticated programming language. She was also the third person ever to program the Mark I computer, which many people consider the first computer in the United States.

Hopper was also a dedicated educator and mentor who taught at Vassar for 10 years. She has trained and inspired generations of young computer scientists, both men and women.

As a woman studying mathematics, working in the Navy and doing research in computer science, Hopper was often the only female in the room. Today, STEM fields like computer science still face the same problem they did 80 years ago. Hopper exemplifies why the University ought to strive for diversity in the STEM fields. She used her talents to the fullest, advancing the study of computer science and helping her country. Yale could reaffirm its commitment by honoring this exceptional person.

HANNIA ZIA is a junior in Saybrook College. Contact her at hannia.zia@yale.edu .

YALE UNIVERSITY

ELAINA PLOTT For Buckley College

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he namesake of a Yale residential college belongs to a radical. An alumnus who not only challenged the contemporary fabric of American society, but also his alma mater. A radical in thought, character, principle and drive.

Few fit the bill better than William F. Buckley, Jr. ‘50. As chairman of the Yale Daily News, he refashioned the paper from a standard college daily to an unparalleled forum for political and social criticism. His frequent editorials — published as often as twice a day — were widely read, grappling with issues from antiCommunism to Yale’s economics department, pieces which often drew the ire of University faculty.

All of which is to say that few Yale students craft bits of their legacy at Yale herself: Buckley did just that.

He then went on to refashion an entire intellectual movement. His prominence took on a national audience with the publication of “God and Man at Yale,” just one year after his graduation. He then went on to found the National Review, the most enduring conservative publication since its launch in 1955. Radical, indeed.

Judge his politics how you like, but Buckley’s contribution to the

PETER PERDUE For Wing College

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ung Wing was the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university. He received a degree from Yale College in 1854, and later returned to China, where he became a successful tea merchant, interpreter and assistant to foreign missionaries. He returned to the U.S. in the fateful year of 1864 to buy armaments for China, and even tried to enlist in the Union Army. He had become a naturalized American citizen in 1852 and married an American woman in 1876. He also organized the Chinese Educational Mission, which sent hundreds of Chinese students to the U.S. during the 19th century.

In 1876, he received an honorary doctorate of laws from Yale in recognition of his valuable work.

His son Bartlett also graduated from Yale, and Wing’s grave is in Cedar Hill Cemetery near Hartford.

Wing’s binational, bicultural career paved the ways for the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who came after him, seek-

American literary conscious cannot be denied. Indeed, Buckley’s pen knew no bounds: apart from political works — some 6,000 newspaper columns—his writing lined the pages of The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and a bevy of spy novels (one of which won the American Book Award in 1978).

Buckley was, first and foremost, a writer, a veritable stylist of the English language. His abilities transcended genre in a way few other twentieth century writers can match.

But perhaps most commendable about Buckley was his radical refusal to stop. (There’s a “Stand athwart” joke lurking here, but I digress.) A refusal to stop learning, to stop writing, to stop fighting — the definitive marks of a Yale education. Christopher Buckley ‘75, in Losing Mum and Pup, describes helping his father, in his last days on earth, finish the manuscript for his fifty-fifth and final book, a biography on Barry Goldwater. “It was as if his mind were a still brightly burning fire deep within the wreckage of his body,” he writes. “I was, for the thousandth time in my life, in awe of him.”

Buckley’s legacy reminds us that, as Yalies, it is our duty to pave the roads we see fit, even if we find ourselves journeying them alone. And once we start, we must not stop.

Peter Robinson, a speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, once asked of Buckley: “Bill, you were born wealthy and you’ve been famous for 30 years. Why do you keep working so hard?”

“My father taught me that I owe it to my country,” he replied.

“It’s how I pay my debt.”

Yale should feel a similar debt to Buckley.

ELAINA PLOTT is a senior in Silliman College, a Weekend editor on the Managing Board of 2015 and a former chairman of the Tory Party. Contact her at elaina.plott@yale.edu .

ing to use their American education to benefit both their home country and the United States.

In a broader sense, he represents not only China’s turn toward the West, but that of foreign students around the world. He represents the turn of Yale students toward active engagement in global affairs, through intensive study of science and technology, liberal arts and cultural heritages.

One amusing story ties Wing even more closely to Yale. He offered to donate his large collection of Chinese classical texts to the Yale library on the condition that Yale establish a professorship in Chinese studies.

When the Yale faculty declined his offer, he noted that, reluctantly, he would have to give his collection instead to another place — Harvard. Hearing this, the Yale faculty changed its mind, and did establish the first professorship in Chinese studies in the United States, which was taken up by S. Wells Williams in 1877. Wing’s collection became the nucleus of the Chinese collection of Sterling Library, and it now ranks as one of the leading East Asian collections in the world. A statue of Wing stands in front of the International Room in Sterling Library.

Because of Wing’s dedication to learning, the links he forged between China and the U.S. and the model he offers for international education and cultural exchange, it is only fitting that Yale signal its dedication to truly global learning by naming a college after him.

PETER PERDUE is a professor of history at Yale. Contact him at peter.perdue@yale.edu .

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OPINION

PETER SALOVEY "We look forward to your input"

UP FOR DISCUSSION COLLEGE NAMES

NED BLACKHAWK For Cloud College

A

little more than a century ago, a young Winnebago Ho-Chunk Indian from Nebraska traveled east to attend preparatory school and eventually Yale, where he rivaled, befriended and was a beloved member of the Class of 1910.

Empowered by his education and sustained by friendships he made at Yale, Henry Roe Cloud became the century’s greatest American Indian educational reformer, one whose pioneering speeches, research, ministry and collective works reversed policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans. More than any other, Cloud understood the devastating legacies of forced assimilation and worked to overturn its pernicious effects. For his humanitarian visions of self-empowerment, his steadfast devotion to community and family and his constant attempt to fulfill the virtuous ideals of light and truth, Cloud merits consideration for a residential college.

Cloud’s achievements are nearly as unlikely as they are impressive. Born into a com-

JAY GITLIN For Webster College

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oah Webster’s name is a household word — literally. He was the republic’s first bestselling author and the father of the copyright laws in the United States that protect the hard work and creative effort of every American writer, artist and composer. His spellers and dictionaries provided the foundation for the growth of an American literary culture (he is the reason we spell “music” without a “k” and “favor” without a “u.”).

A passionate advocate of educational reform including improved conditions for students and teachers alike, Webster was also one of the principal founders of Amherst College. One of Webster’s critics scornfully referred to him as a mere “retailer of nouns and pronouns.” One of my former students summed up Webster’s reply: “Meritocratic commerce must replace hierarchical class structures as a defining feature of the Republic.” As Webster observed, “education

munity only recently removed from its ancestral homelands, he knew well the sufferings inflicted upon indigenous people. Five forced removals of Ho-Chunk Indians occurred throughout the 19th century, the last in the winter of 1873 when state officials used railway cars to remove tribal members to Nebraska. Disease, exposure and malnutrition afflicted all Ho-Chunk communities, and Cloud lost both his parents as a child. Like thousands of American Indian children, he was sent to military-style boarding schools where he displayed a remarkable inquisitiveness and aptitude. After receiving sponsorship for more advanced study, Cloud moved to attend Mount Hermon and then Yale.

Boarding schools, divisive land practices and cultural persecution characterized Indian affairs during the first half of Cloud’s life. Not until the New Deal would federal leaders attempt to reverse such disasters, a culmination of nearly two decades of Cloud’s tireless efforts to expose as well as reform the injustices of forced assimilation.

More than an educational leader and reformer, Cloud was a dedicated father, community member and Ho-Chunk speaker.

He inspired Indian leaders and youth in his time and now ours, using both Christian and HoChunk cultural values. A child of the heartland, he loved his tribe, family and nation unconditionally, an inspiration increasingly remembered today and worthy of permanent commemoration.

NED BLACKHAWK is a professor of history and American studies.

Contact him at ned.blackhawk@yale.edu .

is the first business of a society.”

Webster received an honorary doctorate from Yale in 1823.

Webster’s father mortgaged the family farm so Noah could attend Yale. Attending Yale during the American Revolution, in 1775, Noah joined a procession of fellow students in a drill down College Street to honor a visiting George Washington, who had just been appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental army. Webster led the group, playing “Yankee Doodle Dandy” on his flute.

In the Webster College of Yale’s future, students might reenact such a procession or celebrate “dictionary days” with various forms of word play. Yale President Ezra Stiles said of Webster: “from him I learn.” In March 1801, Webster sent Thomas Jefferson a critique of the newly elected president’s recent inaugural address. Noah Webster may have lacked tact, but isn’t that the kind of critical thinking we wish to encourage?

This choice would re-emphasize Yale’s role in American history and culture. It would also reinforce our ties to Connecticut and resonate deeply with the history of Yale. Webster was a strong advocate of toleration; universal public education, including for women; the separation of church and state; equal protection under the law; and the abolition of slavery. He has been suggested twice. I think his time has come.

JAY GITLIN is a professor of history at Yale. Contact him at jay.gitlin@yale.edu .

YALE UNIVERSITY

MITCHELL JONES For Bouchet College

Y

ale has a rich history of graduates who have excelled in every sphere of society. When the new residential colleges open in 2017, two worthy alumni will be honored — of that I am certain.

We are at a unique moment as a University, one where the admissions office is striving to diversify Yale’s student body and make our world-class resources accessible to deserving students from across the spectrum. Yet when students from minority backgrounds arrive on campus, it is not always easy to feel as if they belong at Yale. There are few historical minority figures who are celebrated in higher education. But Yale has a chance to make Edward Bouchet one

such figure.

Born in 1852 in New Haven — something worthy of celebrating in and of itself — Bouchet was a trailblazer for African-Americans in academia.

Whether he was Yale College’s first African-American graduate is disputed, but his influence is not. The first AfricanAmerican to be nominated for Phi Beta Kappa, Bouchet was also the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in physics and the sixth American, period. For 26 years, Bouchet taught at Cheyney University (the school was then called Institute for Colored Youth), the oldest African-American school for higher education.

He served as a role model for African-American students, frequently teaching at black high schools across the country.

Edward Bouchet was a phenomenal ambassador for the Elm City and Yale in general.

A first-generation student of color and a first-class scientist, Bouchet is a role model for the Yale community. Though he came from Yale’s past, in many ways he represents the University’s future.

MITCHELL JONES is a junior in Berkeley College and vice-president of the Yale Black Men’s Union.

Contact him at mitchell.jones@yale.edu .

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ames matter. The new residential colleges, slated to open in 2017, present an opportunity for Yale not just to expand its student body but also to announce its values and institutional priorities. Whose names will be forever spoken on this campus?

The naming of the colleges has received widespread attention, particularly as some have called for increased diversity among the individuals whose legacy we choose to honor. None of the existing 12 colleges is named after a woman or person of color.

Last week, University President Peter Salovey asked the Yale community to submit suggestions for names. To further this discussion, six students and professors have offered their suggestions on this page.

HANNIA ZIA For Hopper College

A

s Yale looks to expand its science, technology, engineering and mathematics community, what better way for the University to endorse this cause than by naming one of the new residential colleges after one of its most accomplished graduates in the rapidly growing field of computer science?

Yale alum, Grace Hopper GRD '34, instantly comes to mind.

First, her credentials are very strongly linked to Yale.

In 1928 — 41 years before Yale College opened its doors to women — Hopper graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College, Yale’s sister school.

She then went on to earn an MA and Ph.D in Mathematics at the University. Yale awarded Hopper the Wilbur Cross Medal in 1972, an honor presented to outstanding alumni of the graduate school.

Hopper served in the United States Navy for more than 40 years, eventually retiring as an admiral. Hopper first enlisted in the Navy during World War

II. Hopper was 34 at the time, and Navy officials told her she should remain a civilian. Still, Hopper maneuvered her way into getting special permission to serve her country.

Back when computer science was just beginning to develop, Hopper made immense contributions to advance the field. Hopper wrote the first compiler, which is a computer program that allows us to change code that humans write into a form that computers can understand. Hopper helped pioneer better and more sophisticated programming language. She was also the third person ever to program the Mark I computer, which many people consider the first computer in the United States.

Hopper was also a dedicated educator and mentor who taught at Vassar for 10 years. She has trained and inspired generations of young computer scientists, both men and women.

As a woman studying mathematics, working in the Navy and doing research in computer science, Hopper was often the only female in the room. Today, STEM fields like computer science still face the same problem they did 80 years ago. Hopper exemplifies why the University ought to strive for diversity in the STEM fields. She used her talents to the fullest, advancing the study of computer science and helping her country. Yale could reaffirm its commitment by honoring this exceptional person.

HANNIA ZIA is a junior in Saybrook College. Contact her at hannia.zia@yale.edu .

YALE UNIVERSITY

ELAINA PLOTT For Buckley College

T

he namesake of a Yale residential college belongs to a radical. An alumnus who not only challenged the contemporary fabric of American society, but also his alma mater. A radical in thought, character, principle and drive.

Few fit the bill better than William F. Buckley, Jr. ‘50. As chairman of the Yale Daily News, he refashioned the paper from a standard college daily to an unparalleled forum for political and social criticism. His frequent editorials — published as often as twice a day — were widely read, grappling with issues from antiCommunism to Yale’s economics department, pieces which often drew the ire of University faculty.

All of which is to say that few Yale students craft bits of their legacy at Yale herself: Buckley did just that.

He then went on to refashion an entire intellectual movement. His prominence took on a national audience with the publication of “God and Man at Yale,” just one year after his graduation. He then went on to found the National Review, the most enduring conservative publication since its launch in 1955. Radical, indeed.

Judge his politics how you like, but Buckley’s contribution to the

PETER PERDUE For Wing College

Y

ung Wing was the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university. He received a degree from Yale College in 1854, and later returned to China, where he became a successful tea merchant, interpreter and assistant to foreign missionaries. He returned to the U.S. in the fateful year of 1864 to buy armaments for China, and even tried to enlist in the Union Army. He had become a naturalized American citizen in 1852 and married an American woman in 1876. He also organized the Chinese Educational Mission, which sent hundreds of Chinese students to the U.S. during the 19th century.

In 1876, he received an honorary doctorate of laws from Yale in recognition of his valuable work.

His son Bartlett also graduated from Yale, and Wing’s grave is in Cedar Hill Cemetery near Hartford.

Wing’s binational, bicultural career paved the ways for the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who came after him, seek-

American literary conscious cannot be denied. Indeed, Buckley’s pen knew no bounds: apart from political works — some 6,000 newspaper columns—his writing lined the pages of The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and a bevy of spy novels (one of which won the American Book Award in 1978).

Buckley was, first and foremost, a writer, a veritable stylist of the English language. His abilities transcended genre in a way few other twentieth century writers can match.

But perhaps most commendable about Buckley was his radical refusal to stop. (There’s a “Stand athwart” joke lurking here, but I digress.) A refusal to stop learning, to stop writing, to stop fighting — the definitive marks of a Yale education. Christopher Buckley ‘75, in Losing Mum and Pup, describes helping his father, in his last days on earth, finish the manuscript for his fifty-fifth and final book, a biography on Barry Goldwater. “It was as if his mind were a still brightly burning fire deep within the wreckage of his body,” he writes. “I was, for the thousandth time in my life, in awe of him.”

Buckley’s legacy reminds us that, as Yalies, it is our duty to pave the roads we see fit, even if we find ourselves journeying them alone. And once we start, we must not stop.

Peter Robinson, a speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, once asked of Buckley: “Bill, you were born wealthy and you’ve been famous for 30 years. Why do you keep working so hard?”

“My father taught me that I owe it to my country,” he replied.

“It’s how I pay my debt.”

Yale should feel a similar debt to Buckley.

ELAINA PLOTT is a senior in Silliman College, a Weekend editor on the Managing Board of 2015 and a former chairman of the Tory Party. Contact her at elaina.plott@yale.edu .

ing to use their American education to benefit both their home country and the United States.

In a broader sense, he represents not only China’s turn toward the West, but that of foreign students around the world. He represents the turn of Yale students toward active engagement in global affairs, through intensive study of science and technology, liberal arts and cultural heritages.

One amusing story ties Wing even more closely to Yale. He offered to donate his large collection of Chinese classical texts to the Yale library on the condition that Yale establish a professorship in Chinese studies.

When the Yale faculty declined his offer, he noted that, reluctantly, he would have to give his collection instead to another place — Harvard. Hearing this, the Yale faculty changed its mind, and did establish the first professorship in Chinese studies in the United States, which was taken up by S. Wells Williams in 1877. Wing’s collection became the nucleus of the Chinese collection of Sterling Library, and it now ranks as one of the leading East Asian collections in the world. A statue of Wing stands in front of the International Room in Sterling Library.

Because of Wing’s dedication to learning, the links he forged between China and the U.S. and the model he offers for international education and cultural exchange, it is only fitting that Yale signal its dedication to truly global learning by naming a college after him.

PETER PERDUE is a professor of history at Yale. Contact him at peter.perdue@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.” CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE AMERICAN AUTHOR

Hospital, city develop plans to prevent Ebola PREVENTION FROM PAGE 1 played greater caution Thursday, with some students skipping classes to avoid entering a building where infected students had potentially been.

Others scrutinized the complex duty of public health researchers to the populations they study and live in.

“We do try and send people into these epidemic situations if we think they can help,” said Michael Bracken, professor of epidemiology at the public health school.

“But it’s also important to remember these people come back to Yale and the New Haven wider community, and there’s also an obligation to protect [Yale and New Haven] as well.”

But other students said they were not overly concerned about the risk of the disease on campus.

Sarah Ali SPH ’15 said she had not heard of anyone that was too concerned, but that she would continue to monitor the situation.

Many undergraduates also said they trusted that YNHH could handle the case.

According to a Monday email sent by the public health school Dean Paul Cleary, a Universitywide team of physicians, epidemiologists and administra-

tors deemed the sequestration — which the researchers had volunteered for — unnecessary.

Cleary also noted that CDC officials approved the plan for the students to self-monitor their health rather than isolate themselves.

“It sounds like they consulted the head of schools public health and the CDC,” said Yale Global Health Fellow Teresa Logue ’15.

“Other public health students are pretty confident in the ability of Yale and the Yale-New Haven Hospital authorities.”

The students traveled to Liberia on Sept. 16. Before leaving the United States, they informed the military and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Cleary in an email to public health school affiliates on Oct. 2.

Efforts to prevent the spread of Ebola to the Elm City, though, have extended well beyond the School of Public Health.

Discussions about the city’s response to Ebola cases have been ongoing since as early as February, said State Public Health Commissioner Jewel Mullen ’77 GRD ’96.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health has engaged in outreach to local healthcare providers.

The Department of Public

Health has sent letters to hospitals, health centers, schools and EMS providers to encourage “situational awareness” and strengthen the state’s public health infrastructure, Mullen said at an Oct. 9 meeting with state legislators and public health officials.

Another component of the state’s outreach has involved implementing a CDC-issued checklist for hospitals to review their Ebola response protocol. The checklist includes measures such as checking symptoms, running tests, maintaining stock of appropriate personal protective equipment and training personnel.

All 29 acute-care hospitals in Connecticut have completed this checklist.

Edward Badamo, operations manager of American Medical Response, the privately contracted first responder responsible for transporting the patient to YNHH, said he was not aware of receiving explicit protocols from the state. However, he said that the national guidelines that his company follows are at least as stringent as Connecticut’s procedures.

On Wednesday night, American Medical Response was made aware of a potential Ebola patient to be transported by Yale Health.

The warning allowed the first

responders to arrive prepared to carry out the appropriate isolation procedures, Badamo said.

“The [case] last night was able to be planned for,” Badamo said.

“We didn’t walk in and discover that they had traveled to Western Africa. There’s a difference between that versus walking into the unknown.”

Badamo said this is the first suspected case of Ebola that the New Haven AMR has had to respond to, and it was the first actual application of their Ebola response protocol.

But the preliminary test results do not signal an end to emergency preparations for the city, said Rick Fontana, deputy director of emergency management for the city. He said that the Emergency Management team will review the city’s response to Thursday’s threat to make improvements for future responses.

The review, said city hall spokesperson Laurence Grotheer, will also include the University and YNHH. “It was a drill for us, to make us better in our next response,” Fontana said. “We’re going to criticize our response to make the next ones better.”

Fontana added that although the patient in New Haven tested

Students mixed on Ebola worries

negative for Ebola, there are still cases of the virus in the United States, so the city needs to remain prepared. The city currently keeps track of who in the Elm City travels to New Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — the three countries identified by the CDC as high-risk areas for the virus.

Senator Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 said that the threat of Ebola reminds officials about the importance of preemptive measures in containing the virus.

“The protocols followed by Yale-New Haven seem to have been very thorough and robust,” Blumenthal said. “But other hospitals around Connecticut might not be as effective.”

Blumenthal added that the threat of the virus indicates a need for screenings at local seaports and airports, in addition to immediately isolating people who exhibit symptoms.

Elsewhere in the country, fears of Ebola have prompted the closing of schools, where diseases can quickly spread. On Thursday, officials in Texas and Ohio closed a limited number of schools after it was revealed some students may have been exposed to a nurse infected with Ebola in Dallas, Texas who had also travelled to Ohio.

The Ebola Task Force panel discussed Yale’s preparedness for treating Ebola-infected individuals, in addition to exploring the disease’s global context.

PANEL FROM PAGE 1 why the public health school had allowed the student to come back to the U.S. from Liberia.

“Even though they haven’t used this particular protocol [before], I have faith in Yale-New Haven,” said Rebecca Leibowitz ’18.

Karen Cruz ’15 agreed, adding that the panic she saw across campus was unnecessary, considering that the test results had not yet confirmed anything yet.

But Cami Cottani ’15 questioned the University’s decision making.

“Why was he brought back to Yale after he was exposed?” she asked.

Panelists at the forum — “Beyond the Headlines: Understanding the Ebola Epidemic and Crisis Relief Initiatives” — sought to assuage fears about the epidemic by explaining why the U.S. is well-prepared to contain the virus and called for greater political will in helping West African nations do the same. The panel — which took place in a packed room in Linsly Chittenden Hall, attracting over 100 attendees — was composed of Yale School of Public Health professor Kristina TalbertSlagle and Yale World Fellows Christopher Lockyear and Susana Edjang. Moderated by Branford College Master and Director of the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute Elizabeth Bradley, the panel was the first in a series of three events that the Task Force has planned.

“Sometimes the best antidote to fear is more information,” said Talbert-Slagle, a senior scientific officer at the GHLI, explaining the decision to hold the panel. She acknowledged that people are very

afraid, but stressed that America has the resources and infrastructure to contain the virus, including personal protective equipment, isolation facilities and well-trained medical staff.

Ebola, she told the audience, is not as transmittable as many might think. It can only be passed on via direct contact with the bodily fluids of symptomatic patients, she said, emphasizing that the virus is highly unlikely to turn airborne — none of the other viruses in the same family have acquired this ability.

The outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has been especially severe because of the nation’s lack of medical infrastructure and human resources, Talbert-Slagle said. And though the international community has been forthcoming in constructing isolation centers, there has been a severe shortfall in the much-needed personnel to staff these centers, added Lockyear, who serves as operations manager at Doctors without Borders.

Based on current U.N. projections that 20,000 people will be infected by November, an estimated 600 skilled clinicians will be needed to contain the epidemic, said Edjang, who serves as economic, social and development affairs officer at the United Nations.

That number may seem realistic to achieve, but countries have been reluctant to deploy adequate medical personnel, the panelists said.

The healthcare system in Liberia has basically collapsed, Lockyear said. Hospitals have been overwhelmed by the volume of Ebola patients, and medical workers are afraid of turning up for work, he said. Patients suffering from treatable conditions — like malaria — now avoid going to health care cen-

ters for fear of contracting Ebola, resulting in an uptick in preventable disease fatalities, he added.

Lockyear suggested that people thinking about the recent cases in the United States will also think about West Africa, where the epidemic originated. But he was quick to warn against pursuing crisis relief initiatives out of self-interest alone.

Humanitarian considerations are reason enough to help, he said.

“I hope that each person leaves here with an agenda to move the political will,” Bradley said.

The call to global solidarity resonated with students interviewed.

Rachel Arnesen ’17 said that too much attention has been placed on the few U.S. cases. She evoked the need to focus more attention on the worst-hit countries and praised the panel for bringing attention to the issue.

Others commended the forum for providing much-needed information to dispel misconceptions surrounding the disease.

“I feel much more informed.

They did a great job communicating the science behind Ebola,” Cole Citrenbaum ’17 said.

Allison Saran YSN ’16, speaking before Yale-New Haven Hospital announced that the Yale graduate student had tested negative for Ebola, said the case brought Ebola much closer to home, but expressed confidence in the local healthcare system.

“I think that Yale is fully equipped to deal with the situation,” she said.

The Yale Ebola Task Force plans to hold a lecture on Ebola on Oct. 27 and a benefit concert on Nov. 8.

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

Contact SARAH BRULEY at sarah.bruley@yale.edu and APARNA NATHAN at aparna.nathan@yale.edu .

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Upon receiving news of the Ebola threat, leaders at New Haven Public Schools responded by sending information home to parents, said NHPS Director of Communications Abbe Smith.

Smith said that the schools have also begun a registration process for families who have lived in or travelled to West Africa.

According to Smith, when new students register for school at NHPS, the families are asked if they have been in West Africa in the past 21 days. If the family answers yes, then the school contacts the Department of Health, which then review health information with the family.

Weeks before the graduate student was admitted into the hospital, the Yale-New Haven Hospital held a conference on emergency response to a patient with Ebola, Vender said. “We were hoping that our preparations would be unnecessary, but we recognize that we may not be immune to the problem.”

YNHH is the primary teaching hospital for students at the Yale School of Medicine.

tor of public relations and communications for the hospital, said YNHH will continue to monitor the patient while waiting for official confirmation of the test result from the CDC. While University administrators have insisted that the patient did not have contact with the disease, Yale Medical School Dean Robert Alpern said that the patient “did have contact with one person who eventually developed Ebola.”

A source familiar with the patient’s travel activities said the patient came in direct contact with NBC cameraman Ashoka Mupko, who was diagnosed with Ebola on Oct. 1.

According to the source, the patient said that contact came the day before Mupko developed symptoms. NBC declined to comment on the matter.

Ebola is currently believed to only be transmitted when a person is symptomatic.

The patient hospitalized Wednesday evening traveled to Liberia with another graduate student. Initially, both had planned to quarantine themselves for 21 days — the incubation period for Ebola — upon their return to the United States earlier this week. Late last week, however, that decision was reversed when University physicians and administrators decided that a quarantine was unnecessary.

But on Thursday, the decision appeared to be reversed again.

Both students will be in quarantine for 21 days, University President Peter Salovey said in the second of two emails sent to the University Thursday. Salovey noted that the quarantine was required by the state of Connecticut. “[The doctoral students] have reported that they were not in contact with Ebola patients or caregivers in Liberia, that they carefully followed recommended travel and hygiene precautions during their stay in the country and that they have continued to do so since their return,” Salovey said in the first email.

The administration, he said, will continue to update the Yale community as it receives more information.

Earlier in the afternoon, Mark D’Antonio, a spokesperson for the hospital, said the patient is in stable, good condition.

The patient contacted Yale Health on Wednesday night reporting symptoms of Ebola. Yale Health arranged for the patient to be transported to YNHH by American Medical Response — privately contracted first responders — at approximately 9 p.m., said Edward Badamo, operations manager at American Medical Response.

The patient, Badamo said, was transported to YNHH in accordance with isolation procedures. The back of the ambulance was covered in plastic, the ambulance crew wore Tyvek suits and the patient was also placed in a Tyvek suit, Badamo said.

On Thursday morning, the hospital released a statement saying that no diagnosis had been confirmed or ruled out. By that time, the patient had been put into an isolation room with negative pressure, ensuring that air flows into the room, rather than out of it.

At a 12:30 p.m. press conference on Thursday — which included statements from YNHH President Richard D’Aquila, YNHH Chief Medical Officer Thomas Balcezak and New Haven Mayor Toni Harp — D’Aquila said that the patient was in isolation and was being monitored by a clinical team. The hospital, he said, was working with local, state and federal officials on the issue.

“We feel we are well prepared to handle an

event like this,” D’Aquila said. “We have been preparing for the potential of an Ebola patient for weeks.”

At the press conference, hospital administrators said that a sample from the patient was sent to a state laboratory in Massachusetts for testing.

The CDC directed the hospital to send the sample to a lab in Massachusetts, D’Antonio added.

Yale School of Public Health Dean Paul Cleary said he could not comment on the identity of the patient, as did hospital administrators at the press conference. University Chief Communications Officer Elizabeth Stauderman ’83 LAW ’04 also declined to comment Thursday morning.

The Yale researchers were originally slated to return from Liberia on Oct. 4, but their return home was delayed by a week for unspecified reasons.

At a Thursday afternoon press conference on the potential Ebola case, Gov. Dannel Malloy confirmed that the state will take advantage of the state of public health emergency declared last week. The executive order granted Department of Public Health Commissioner Jewel Mullen the power to quarantine suspected cases and carry out the appropriate isolation procedures. Yale initiated the current quarantine without prompting from the state.

Malloy also announced the formation of a command team in response to the potential case, led by Mullen and comprised of senior officials from the governor’s office, the DPH, the Department of Emergency Services and other state departments. He also demanded that every hospital perform a drill within the next week to ensure preparedness of hospital staff and first responders.

“We must go above and beyond what the CDC recommends,” Malloy said.

Malloy added he hoped the press conference would alleviate any potential hysteria surrounding news of the patient.

Beyond Salovey’s email, it was not clear on Thursday what, if any, additional steps the University was taking to prepare for the possibility of a positive test result. University Director of Emergency Management Maria Bouffard did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

While University administrators and public health officials were speaking with local media at YNHH, CDC director Thomas Frieden testified before a Congressional House panel about his organization’s response to the Ebola outbreak. Frieden defended the CDC’s actions, calling its measures of screening and tracking down potential patients as “tried and true.” There are no shortcuts in fighting Ebola, he added, and the CDC has mobilized teams to aid affected hospitals.

Lawrence Grotheer, director of communications at the Mayor’s office, said both YNHH and American Medical Response followed measures surpassing the CDC recommendations, and New Haven residents are at minimal risk of exposure to Ebola if they have not recently been in West Africa.

Over the past month, there have been four confirmed cases of Ebola within the United States.

Contact STEPHANIE ADDENBROOKE at stephanie.addenbrooke@yale.edu, APARNA NATHAN at aparna.nathan@yale.edu, STEPHANIE ROGERS at stephanie.rogers@yale.edu and RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .

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CORRECTIONS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15

A previous version of the article “John Adams to conduct Yale Philharmonia” mistakenly stated that Sunday’s concert in New York City would be held at the Metropolitan Opera.

In fact, the concert will be in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.

THURSDAY, OCT. 16

A previous version of the column “Slavery, reparations and Yale” misstated the first name of Edward Baptist.

Yale incorporates new misconduct laws

BY EMMA PLATOFF AND VIVIAN WANG STAFF REPORTERS As college campuses nationwide adapt their policies on sexual misconduct to new federal and state legislation, Yale is working to incorporate the new guidelines into an already established network of resources.

New laws coming from both Washington and Hartford mandate that universities around the country provide primary prevention and awareness programs for all staff and students.

In early August, Yale responded by publishing a brochure, “Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct,” which includes detailed information about federal and state definitions of sexual assault. Other written materials were updated as well to provide more information about the options available to people filing sexual misconduct complaints, said University Title IX Coordinator and Deputy Provost Stephanie Spangler.

“There have been a number of changes to state and federal laws on sexual misconduct on college campuses,” said David Post, chair of the University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct.

“We review the UWC policies and procedures at least annually to make sure they align with new laws and to reflect our experience and feedback from the Yale community.”

The changes address two laws in particular — the federal Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act and Connecticut Public Act No. 14-11. Both the Campus SaVE Act, which took effect last year, and the Public Act No. 14-11, implemented in July, mandate educational programming for all university community members as well as increased transparency about sexual misconduct on campus in the form of an annual report. The state law also requires bystander intervention training.

To fulfill the awareness training requirement, Spangler emailed the entire University community a copy of the new 32-page brochure in early August. The Title IX office also distributed thousands of copies at orientation and training events, he added. According to the Campus SaVE Act, schools were required to reflect a “good faith effort” at compliance with the Campus Save Act by Oct. 1.

The brochure was compiled over the summer with the input of student interns from the Yale Office of Gender and Campus Culture, said intern and community and consent educator Chamonix Porter ’15.

Other measures for promoting awareness about sexual misconduct were already in place on campus. The CCEs began holding bystander intervention workshops for all sophomores in 2012. Several of Yale’s other sexual violence educational policies and resources — the CCE blog, for example, and the University’s Semi-Annual Report of Complaints of Sexual Misconduct — also pre-date the recent Connecticut law, said Annema-

rie McDaniel ’16, public relations coordinator for the Yale Women’s Center.

McDaniel said these preexisting University initiatives are a necessary complement to the new written resources, sent out in August.

“By itself, any reading material is not enough, but it’s not the only action Yale is taking,” she said.

Beyond updating the University’s training methods with the publication of the brochure, the Title IX office also published a newly consolidated guide for victims of sexual assault this fall.

The new document lists options available to those seeking to file a sexual misconduct complaint in a more detailed manner, Spangler said.

Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway said the national focus on sexual misconduct is a positive development, but there is some confusion created by the passing of legislation at both the federal and state level.

“It’s not that [state and federal laws] are in conflict per se, but they aren’t lined up,” Holloway said. “They’re not in concert.”

Well-intentioned national policies do not always cater well to the needs of specific college campuses, he added. It is difficult to fit a uniform policy to all college campuses, as every school is different.

But, Holloway said, Yale administrators are making a valiant effort to adapt federal guidelines to the school’s unique environment. Many initiatives launched so far, including the “It’s On Us” campaign, have been very successful, he added. The campaign is an example of how Yale students were able to take a White House initiative and make it their own, Holloway said.

Spangler said that while the University regularly revisits its policies to ensure that they are in line with national and state regulations, feedback from the campus community is more important than external legislation.

“At times, we make changes to comport with new state and federal guidance,” she said. “We more frequently make changes in response to our own experiences in implementing the procedures and to community input.”

Despite Yale’s best efforts to adhere to state and national guidelines, McDaniel said there is still more that can be done to improve campus climate.

The burden falls on all members of the Yale community to educate themselves and discuss these important issues with those around them, McDaniel added.

“The Yale community is not doing enough,” she said. “However, Yale’s sexual climate is not just defined by Yale administrators; it is defined by all of us.”

There were 64 complaints of sexual misconduct brought to the University’s attention between Jan. 1 and June 30 of this year.

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ast fall, Toni Harp promised to extend City Hall’s attention to historically neglected parts of New Haven. A new plan seeks to empower residents of neighborhoods such as Dixwell to become leaders in their communities. But for many, change seems a long way off. ISABELLE TAFT reports.

TIMELINE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION Nov. 2013: Toni Harp elected mayor after campaigning on pledge to focus on bringing economic development to neighborhoods beyond downtown.

Dec. 2013: Stephen Fontana named acting deputy director of economic development, tasked with implementing Harp's neighborhood development pledge.

Jan. 2014: New Haven approaches CT Main Street to begin consulting work.

May 14, 2014: Connecticut Main Street releases report, 1 month late.

Summer - early Fall 2014: Fontana meets with Community Management Teams and publicizes introductory meeting to discuss forthcoming training.

March 10-14, 2014: John Simone of Connecticut Main Street Center and Kent Burnes of Burnes Consulting tour New Haven neighborhoods and meet with alders, community management teams, business owners and residents. They focus on Dixwell, Whalley, Grand and Congress Avenues.

May 18 - 20, 2014: Fontana attends National Main Street Conference in Detroit.

October 14: Fontana hosts introductory meeting at City Hall.

November 2014: Two Main Street consultants will lead a weekend of training for stakeholders in each neighborhood to learn the Main Street approach and begin developing plans for their neighborhoods.

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BY ISABELLE TAFT STAFF REPORTER Sitting outside the abandoned, grey brick building that once housed the Dixwell Community House, Angela Cloud, 50, surveyed the retail complex across the street.

The corner lot — Dixwell Plaza’s largest — stood empty save for window signs advertising the C-Town Supermarket that shut its doors in 2009, leaving the property vacant ever since. Cloud, who has lived in New Haven her entire life, noted several convenience stores, a smoke shop and a few restaurants, interspersed with vacancies. The Stetson Branch Library in the middle of the plaza was a bright spot. Still, she said, the state of Dixwell Plaza was evidence of governmental neglect.

“Money from the city couldn’t possibly have made it here,” Cloud said.

On the campaign trail last year, Mayor Toni Harp was thinking about people like Cloud when she promised to change City Hall’s relationship with neighborhoods beyond downtown. Harp pledged to develop areas such as Dixwell that have languished without thriving commercial zones. In December, Harp appointed former state representative Stephen Fontana deputy director of economic development and charged him with spearheading efforts to revitalize New Haven’s neighborhoods.

“The mayor said that to make New Haven what we’d like it to be, we need to revisit the neighborhoods,” Fontana said.

“There’s only so far the city will be able to succeed, regionally, nationally or internationally if we don’t make sure that our neighborhoods are part of that success.”

Last March, Harp hired consultants from the Connecticut Main Street Center, a nonprofit organization that focuses on urban revitalization. They were paid $10,000 by the private non-profit Economic Development Corporation of New Haven to survey four major corridors — Dixwell, Whalley, Grand and Congress Avenues — and make recommendations on how to spur development.

In their 24-page report issued in May, the consultants advised New Haven to enlist community members to learn the “Main Street Approach,” a strategy that aims to have residents devise their own plans for developing neighborhoods. The plan does

not include specific projects or ideas for what each neighborhood should look like. Instead, it defines broad focus areas such as “relationship building” and “building trust.” It also recommends stakeholders from each neighborhood participate in training about the “Main Street Approach.” From there, trainees are supposed to develop “action plans” for their communities, and work with the city to obtain funding for their proposals. The program was developed by the National Main Street Center, which is a member of the National Main Street Center, which has overseen projects in hundreds of commercial districts in towns and cities across the United States.

In November, Fontana will bring two additional consultants to the Elm City to lead the Main Street training sessions. If all goes according to plan, this will be the beginning of a fundamental transformation of some of the city’s most deprived neighborhoods.

But from where Cloud sits, change looks a long way off.

CREATING A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP

A meeting held at City Hall Tuesday evening, intended to raise awareness about the November training, highlighted some of the challenges that stand in the way of development.

Fontana said he had asked Community Management Teams — groups that link residents to the police and city government — to spread the word and attend the meeting. But only six people showed up, five of whom live or work near Grand Avenue and one of whom is not affiliated with any of the focus neighborhoods.

The Whalley Avenue contingency was attending a conflicting meeting downstairs, Fontana said; he hadn’t heard from the management team from Dixwell.

Congress Avenue, the city had decided, is not a good fit for the Main Street Approach because it lacks a “critical mass of commercial activity,” Fontana said.

Fontana said he has met regularly with the Community Management Teams since the report came out in May. But meetings were held sporadically during the summer, and Cloud questioned the reach of the Dixwell team.

“I stopped going to the meetings,” she said. “A lot of people don’t know about it.”

She said the meetings she did attend were poorly attended and ineffective.

As attendees munched on pizza in a meeting room on the second floor of City Hall, Fontana delivered a power-point presentation about the work ahead. He emphasized that it will not be easy, will require community buy-in and could take a long time. The Main Street Approach, he said, requires neighborhood stakeholders to adopt the mindset that bettering their communities is “not ‘City Hall’s responsibility.’”

At the end of the presentation, Phillip Boone, pastor at Cathedral of Higher Praise on Grand Avenue, asked a question that has long bedeviled urban planners.

“What is your idea to get those who feel they really don’t have a vested interest in the neighborhood to buy into cleaning up?”

Boone asked.

“That’s a very good question,” Fontana responded. “My guess is there are people on Grand Avenue who know the people there, and what they do care about. You have to reach them with what they do care about.”

Fontana said the next steps would focus on identifying leaders who could convince people to volunteer time and energy with neighborhood organizations. In an interview before the meeting, he acknowledged that each neighborhood has unique needs.

Grand Avenue, in Fair Haven, has few vacancies. But with many similar convenience stores, the neighborhood could benefit from greater commercial diversity. Dixwell, just beyond Morse and Ezra Stiles College, has many churches and homes, but similarly has a large number of vacancies. Whalley, which many Yale students know as the home of Popeye’s and Stop and Shop, boasts many businesses but little residential development, Fontana said.

The November training, Fontana said, will help community members find solutions to their unique problems. He met the two consultants who will lead the training when he attended the National Main Street Conference in Detroit in June. They will receive $10,000 to explain the Main Street principles of organization, neighborhood marketing and promotion, aesthetic improvements and, finally, economic restructuring.

Ginny Kozlowski, CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven, said it was important to hire Main Street to guide the city’s efforts.

“They have a proven track record,” she said.

After nearly an hour of genial discussion, attendees threw away grease-stained paper plates and headed back home.

In an interview at the end of the meeting, Boone said the information he heard wasn’t fully satisfying.

“This can’t be addressed in just one meeting,” Boone said.

“I believe that when you get involved at the grassroots level, you’ll see that [engaging people] is the challenge.”

A REASON FOR HOPE?

Though she did not attend Tuesday’s meeting, Dixwell Community Team leader Cordelia Thorpe said she’s looking forward to attending the November training along with four other Dixwell residents. She grew up in Dixwell and remembers that during her childhood and young adulthood, the area was prosperous, with grocery stores, pharmacies and other businesses. She hopes the project will eventually return muchneeded retail options to the neighborhood.

Thorpe and Fontana said they see a role for Yale to play in the project, especially on Dixwell and Whalley.

So far, Fontana said, the University has not been involved, but he thinks it could provide resources and connections to an array of nonprofit organizations throughout the city.

Thorpe envisions a symbiotic relationship between Yale students and Dixwell, where students could apply what they have learned in economics, architecture and political science to help a neighborhood get back on its feet.

Thorpe, Ward 22 Alder Jeanette Morrison, who represents Dixwell, and Cloud all said they are pleased to see the city doing anything at all in the neighborhood after what they perceived as consistent neglect during former Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s tenure. Morrison said over the past decade, the city has focused on downtown development, often as the expense of neighborhoods like Dixwell.

Even if the effort fails, Thorpe said, it will be better than nothing.

“If this is not enough, hopefully something else will bring us a little further,” Thorpe said.

“So I don’t want to put a grim reaper on it. I want to have optimism and hope and try to help us all aspire higher.”

Contact ISABELLE TAFT at isabelle.taft@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.”

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Concussion policy inadequate, athletes say CONCUSSIONS FROM PAGE 1 Health, he said.

He added that after receiving further medical attention from a private doctor, he was told that many of his negative symptoms resulted from working out after he hit his head, rather than the collision itself.

“My nurse took my heart rate and asked me a couple questions about the hit,” Morrier said.

“I told her that my memory was a little off and that I felt kind of funky. She started asking me the kind of questions you’d ask a football player while he’s lying on the field. She told me I just had a contusion [a bruise that occurs when blood vessels break and blood leaks into the brain] and was fine to work out that afternoon.”

As more is revealed about the gravity and long-term impact of head injuries, the University has taken steps to prevent and treat concussions for student-athletes.

But are these steps enough?

“The safety of every student at Yale is our number-one priority,” Director of Athletics Tom Beckett said. “Whether it’s a student coming to participate in varsity athletics, or a club sport student, or someone playing intramurals, providing a healthy and safe atmosphere for every member of our community is our top priority.”

Christopher Pecora, Yale’s director of sports medicine, said the University has an extremely detailed concussion treatment policy. The policy, Pecora said, is quite lengthy and breaks down each step of concussion treatment, from the moment of injury to the eventual return of Eli players or students to athletic fields and classrooms.

The procedure is based on a review of current literature and committee reviews of similar programs at other universities. When an athlete appears to have a concussion and seems to be in no danger of cardiac arrest or loss of vital functions, physicians immediately perform a test of basic motor, cognitive, verbal and visual response — often on the sidelines of the field.

If the physician detects any potentially life-threatening issues — like prolonged unconsciousness — the athlete is immediately hospitalized. If signs are less severe, but still present, the player is taken off the field and put on a treatment plan.

That plan generally involves cognitive rest, and within several days, the athlete will meet with a physician to discuss further treatment plans. If the athlete is not exhibiting any symptoms, they return to their classes and are gradually reintroduced to practices, starting with noncontact workouts. “[Cognitive rest] really is as close as possible to lying in bed in a dark room, and we realize that’s really difficult for people to do,” said Michael Rigsby, medical director of Yale Health. “There is no specific medication that is proven to be helpful — we make recommendations about things like fish oil and vitamins, which suggest some benefit, but mostly

we recommend rest.”

He added that the process generally takes fewer than two weeks.

According to Beckett, Yale athletes involved in high-risk sports take what is known as a Head Minder baseline test. The exam, which tests cognitive functions and reaction times, serves a comparative function.

Athletes take the test when they first arrive at Yale, allowing doctors and trainers to establish a baseline of that person’s normal cognitive ability. Then, when an athlete exhibits concussion symptoms, physicians have a point of comparison.

Currently, only contact sports are classified as “high-risk.”

Those in non-contact sports do not take the test.

Increasing the test’s availability to more than just varsity athletes is a part of the athletic administration’s ongoing approach to combating head injuries, Beckett said.

“Our plan is to make this kind of care available to everyone,” he said. “We’re concerned about students participating in intramural or club sport activities where there could be the risk of getting concussed.”

According to Pecora, when athletes who have not established their baselines need to take the test, doctors use cognition data from a worldwide bank of information. Physicians compare these patients’ cognition scores to average scores for similar individuals — if the score discrepancy is significant, doctors may have reason to worry.

But this test is not as exact as that which is administered to high-risk athletes, who have a personalized baseline score.

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The consequences of concussions extend beyond the field.

“I’m still submitting all of my papers handwritten,” Morrier said. “The symptoms still give me trouble, but my professors are being really accommodating. At this point I’m spending a lot of my free time sleeping or sitting in my room with the lights off.”

He added that he cannot go out anymore, and he dropped his language class due to his concussion-related symptoms.

A concussion is not a sprained ankle. While the latter is a mostly on-field problem, the former pervades every aspect of a student-athlete’s life. If a student can’t kick a ball, he or she certainly can’t finish a differential equations problem set.

“Concussions have a tremendous impact, and can affect a student’s ability to read, to concentrate [and] to work,” Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin said.

Genecin also said that concussions can affect a student’s personality and mood, and that they can be horribly disabling.

Given that concussions impact more than just on-field performance, administrators are prioritizing getting students back in the classroom.

“Only when you can return fully to learning, can you begin to start progressing toward returning to play,” Pecora said. “We’re more involved now than ever

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Athletes in contact sports have personalized baseline scores for concussion tests due to their increased risk of head injuries. in coordinating with deans and instructors in helping students deal with concussions academically.”

Beckett stated that the deans of residential colleges work closely with Yale’s medical staff. Deans are notified about concussions immediately and are informed of the student’s prescribed treatment. Deans can then notify professors, and students can receive support during their period of cognitive rest. According to Beckett, the safety net provided by the residential college system is “second to none.”

A COMPLEX POLICY LANDSCAPE

According to Rigsby, the development of concussion policy involves collaboration between trainers, coaches, physicians and medical administrators. As a result of that approach — and more data in general — concussion policy has improved significantly over the last several years.

“The biggest actual policy change is around reducing risk by reducing the number of practices [and] contact practices…and throughout the Ivy League, there is less of that opportunity [to get] concussions [through contact practices] than in the NCAA in general,” Rigsby said.

According to Beckett, Yale is

currently working with the other Ivy League schools as well as the Big Ten schools to develop new policies and procedures to treat concussions and ensure student and player safety.

Changes in policy have not been limited solely to concussion treatment procedures. The athletics administration has taken prevention steps as well. Beckett said that other universities are shifting to limit contact time in practices and games so that there is less opportunity for concussions to occur. Yale has been ahead of the curve.

“We want to make sure we do our best to reduce concussions,” football head coach Tony Reno said. “We practice differently.

We now have two days of contact practice instead of four. I think guys go through practice with fewer opportunities for helmetto-helmet contact.”

Despite this, the treatment of concussions is still imperfect, Rigsby said. He cited more standardized neuropsychological testing as one example of advancement — instead of simply asking when symptoms disappear, physicians have an objective test, like the Head Minder exam.

Most progress in treatment is made via progress in research, he said. Where knowledge of concussions is incomplete, so too is treatment.

And though treatments are not all-encompassing, politicians have been able to use the law to reduce the risk of concussions in lower athletic levels.

Over the past five years, legislative attempts to regulate youth and high school sports have ramped up.

In 2009, Washington passed the Zackery Lystedt Law. The same year, the Oregon state legislature passed Max’s Law, named after Max Conradt, a high school football player who lost his ability to function independently after suffering a concussion on the field. As of March 17, 2014, all 50 states have passed some sort of legislation aimed at protecting student-athletes from concussions.

According to a 2013 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these concussion laws ensure some form of education for coaches and athletes, mandate removal from play during a concussion and require compulsory clearance from physicians in order for athletes to return to play.

No such laws exist for collegiate or professional play.

On May 28, 2014, Connecticut passed H.B. 5113, “An Act Concerning Youth Athletics and Concussions.” The act mandates concussion preparation and education and enforces accepted

treatment for concussions in high school athletes. The bill does not extend to athletes at state higher education institutions.

Several attempts have been made to introduce similar federal legislation, but none have passed.

The Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act (ConTACT) was assigned to a congressional committee on Sept. 17, 2013, but has yet to move out of committee.

Despite the lack of federal legislation, Rigsby expressed confidence that Yale would not be affected, as these laws almost always recommend practices with which the University already complies.

*** In the week and a half between his Yale Health visit and his official diagnosis, Morrier made his way to the lightweight crew locker room. He put his fingers up to the keypad, prepared to input a code to let himself in. He input the first digit. Pause. Had he input the digit? He could not remember. He hit it again. And again. His short-term memory had failed him. Minutes later, a teammate let him in.

Contact BEN FAIT at benjamin.fait@yale.edu and MARC CUGNON at marc.cugnon@yale.edu .

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Michael Rigsby, medical director of Yale Health, recommends cognitive rest as part of the treatment plan for athletes who have concussions.

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New West Campus center opens to mixed support

BY LARRY MILSTEIN AND STEPHANIE ROGERS STAFF REPORTERS Although Yale’s West Campus will open a new center early next week, concerns regarding funding for the project have come under the microscope.

Yale has partnered with Leica Microsystems — a German microscope manufacturer — to provide a new core imaging facility within the Integrated Science and Technology Center on West Campus. Director of Research Operations and Technology at Yale University’s West Campus Christopher Incarvito said the new “top plate equipment,” which was purchased by the University at a deeply discounted rate, will promote better research for the entire University.

However, some faculty — most vocally, molecular, cellular and developmental biology professor Joel Rosenbaum — have argued the funds could have been better spent elsewhere given the ongoing administrative budget cuts.

“We have built an imaging core with high-end microscopes at a centralized facility that is open to all scientists at all locations to access,” Incarvito said.

“We have established now — over the course of a year — something of value to the University.”

Incarvito added that the new space, dubbed the Leica “Center of Excellence,” will be comprised of five new Leica microscopes in a several-hundred-square-foot facility. He added that although Leica is providing equipment not available to the general public, Yale can still contract with other companies such as Nikon and Andor for other equipment in its imaging core.

Deputy Provost for Science and Technology Steven Girvin called the deal with Leica “very favorable” because the University is receiving the newest high-

tech equipment at reduced rates.

Girvin added that he estimated the University paid roughly $1 million for the new equipment, but the exact costs could not be disclosed since Leica is still determining prices for public sales.

According to West Campus Vice President for Planning and Program Development Scott Strobel, the new microscopes are crucial for visualizing the inner parts of cells. He added that the project is particularly relevant given last week’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, which was awarded for the invention of super resolution microscopy — the very type of microscopes that are found in the new Leica center.

“Having these next generation tools is the difference between getting a result before your competitor,” Strobel said.

Professor of cell biology at the Yale School of Medicine David Baddeley, who served on a faculty advisory committee for the CoE, agreed that the new equipment will be crucial for Yale to maintain a competitive edge in research.

Access to good microscopes is fundamental to life science research, he said, adding that the new center will likely produce exciting research in the future.

But not all members of Yale’s science department are heralding the creation of the center as a reason to celebrate.

Rosenbaum said the costs that have been directed to this project come at the expense of funding for undergraduate research, citing a popular electron microscopy course that was cut in the MCDB Department last spring.

In an Oct. 10 email addressed to University Provost Benjamin Polak — which Rosenbaum provided to the News — he decried University funds being “dumped” into the imaging center, while the electron

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Though the University acquired heavily discounted imaging technology from Leica, many believe that the funding would be better used to expand undergraduate research opportunities. microscopy facility on the central campus has been closed down for cost-cutting reasons.

He described Osborn Memorial Libraries, which contain laboratory space and undergraduate classrooms, as now “rotting away,” lacking minimal funds to keep it in usable condition.

He also called into question the million-dollar price tag the administration reportedly attached to the facility. The cost incurred by the University was likely much more, he said.

“Many of my colleagues guess — and it is just a guess — that the new imaging facility cost between $10 and $20 million,”

Mental health services draw renewed criticism

BY FINNEGAN SCHICK AND VICTOR WANG CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS Yale’s mental health policies continue to be scrutinized.

On Oct. 7, a Huffington Post article discussed questionable mental health counseling practices at several universities, including Yale. The piece cited the experiences of two Yale students with the University’s Mental Health and Counseling services. The article featured Rachel Williams ’17 — who wrote a feature in the News on her experiences — and an unnamed Yale senior, who were both removed from campus after they independently sought mental health counseling. Despite changes by Yale Health to clarify its policies on student withdrawal and readmission, students interviewed said the University still has not done enough.

“It’s clear that [the mental health and counseling staff] are aware that some students perceive certain barriers to accessing care like confidentiality concerns, potential withdrawal and elongated wait times,” Corinne Ruth ’15, a member of the MH&C student advisory committee, said in an email. “They want to do their best to dispel these misconceptions.”

While mental health policies have long been a topic of conversation at Yale, debate on campus has grown in intensity during the last academic year, said Christopher Landry ’15, who organized an event to raise awareness of the issue last spring. A Sept. 2013 Yale College Council survey found that 30.5 percent of respondents who were treated by MH&C services rated their experiences as “poor” or “very poor.”

To improve communication between counselors and students, Yale Health reformatted their website in spring 2014, introduced “listening sessions” during which students give feedback to Yale Health administrators and created a MH&C student advisory committee to relay undergraduate concerns and complaints to Yale Health.

One of the issues Yale Health hopes to address with these efforts is the clarification of current policies on student withdrawal and readmission for mental health reasons, Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin said.

He added that the current withdrawal policy is “a measure of last resort” in order to protect the student’s safety and academic standing at the University. Students are only removed from campus when they have actively demonstrated that they are not able to protect themselves, Genecin said.

“Having a conversation with a mental health professional will never result in forced leave,” he added.

Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway said in an email that because the University is not

permitted to disclose any information about students’ mental health concerns, the students’ perspective is often the only one represented in the media.

Still, most students interviewed said that they do not feel that the University has appropriately adapted.

Landry said the University has not acknowledged the larger need for reform.

Student withdrawal on mental health grounds should not be stigmatized, and students should feel in control when and if they seek help from MH&C, he said.

There are multiple methods to reduce the stigma against mental illness on campus, Holloway said. He added that students are made aware of the variety of resources that are already available and freshman orientation now includes more information on mental health services.

Yale’s MH&C Center recently released a series of informational videos about the process of withdrawal and readmission when mental health is a serious concern, said Paul McKinley, director of strategic communications for the Yale College Dean’s Office.

While most students interviewed had no personal experience with mental health resources at Yale, most of those who did found their experiences to be subpar.

“If I were suicidal I wouldn’t go to Yale Health, no way,” said one senior who wished to remain anonymous. The senior said she was diagnosed with a mental disorder two years ago.

But Yale’s policy on withdrawal was unclear, which made her afraid to admit to her nutritionist that anything was wrong, she said.

A freshman who recently sought help at MH&C and wished to remain unnamed characterized the experience as uniquely impersonal, adding that it seemed as if the counselors did not care at all. Still others cautioned that MH&C at Yale is not universally bad.

“I think the Huffington Post article, while it presents real and terrible experiences, is somewhat irresponsible in its overwhelming focus on horror stories, which are not the norm for most students,” Landry said.

He added that while it is important to address the problems with Yale’s mental health services, students should be careful not to discourage others from receiving the care they need.

About half of the undergraduate student body will use mental health resources during their time at Yale, Genecin said.

Contact FINNEGAN SCHICK at christopher.schick@yale.edu and VICTOR WANG at v.wang@yale.edu .

Rosenbaum told the News. “Lab reconstructions are very expensive and those labs — already in good shape — were completely re-done.”

Polak confirmed he received an email from a faculty member regarding his opposition to the CoE. However, he said that budgeting for West Campus is calculated separately from the central campus budget.

Still, he said that despite West Campus’ distinct financial status, the funds are still “Yale money” and therefore part of the overall budget of the University.

Rosenbaum also said that the time it will take to visit the West

Campus facility may discourage visitors, and he suspected the undergraduate use of the facility was an “afterthought.”

Still, Girvin said the central premise of a core facility is that it will be accessible to anyone.

“What I can say is that it is shared facility available to anyone at Yale, whether at the Medical School, on Science Hill or wherever,” Girvin said.

Strobel echoed that unlike some other smaller microscope labs on Science Hill that are individually based, this center can used by everyone at Yale.

Polak said budgetary concerns in the sciences are often inevita-

ble for any research university.

“The issue of resources is a more acute issue in sciences than in anywhere else,” he said. “The reason is that its just costs a lot more to do than anywhere else, and so we are always going to be resource constrained in the sciences.”

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on the premises of the facility to mark the opening of the new Leica CoE on Oct. 20 and 21.

Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu and STEPHANIE ROGERS at stephanie.rogers@yale.edu .

Art School promotes sustainability

BY JOEY YE CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Meatless Mondays are not the only way Yale is promoting sustainability.

“Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock,” an environmentallyfocused Yale School of Art exhibition at the Green Hall Gallery on Chapel Street, held a reception last night that featured performances by several undergraduate student organizations. Over 30 students, faculty and local community members attended the event. Organized by Sam Messer, associate dean of the School of Art, the exhibition first opened on Oct. 6. Messer said the exhibition was inspired by a request from University President Peter Salovey that asked Yale’s professional schools to devise plans that focus on making their practices more sustainable.

“It’s really hard for the School of Art to have a sustainability plan because of the nature of the school and our funding,” Messer said. “Everyone was asked what they could do, so I said we could do what we do, which is making things and putting it out there in the world.”

Messer said that in past years, the School of Art has hosted an annual fall show called “Making Due,” which focuses on artists working at the School of Art for roughly one week and making original creations on site. In this case, he noted, the exhibition was created to inspire students and faculty to think about ways in which they can use sustainable materials to create ecofriendly art.

One prominently featured piece in the exhibition is a collection of wood scraps that Messer collected from a nearby dumpster. Messer said he cut the scraps into letters that spell out the words “Wake up, you’re dreaming” to urge viewers to consider the environmental impact of their actions. Other pieces include a poster titled “I Am Afraid” by Emily Lessard ART ’04, which was originally made in response to the Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore. Messer said he chose to include the poster in the show because he thought its message was applicable to many current situations.

Martha Tuttle ART ’15 said she believes that many disciplines,

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Yale School of Art’s “Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock” exhibit was created to inspire visitors to think creatively about sustainability. including the visual arts, can take practical and meaningful actions that promote sustainability, adding that her own work reflects her attention to environmentallyrelated topics.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about our understanding of matter and material in terms of the ways we act ecologically and the separation between us, matter and the human world,” Tuttle said. “For most works here, the question that comes up is how can we live in our world.”

In addition to works by students and faculty members, the exhibition features art by various residents of the local community, as artists outside of Yale were also allowed to submit work. On one wall, there is a dress sewn by 11-year-old Loretti Goodall out of recycled clothing, while another wall displays a series of photographs submitted by New Haven photographers.

Art professor Brent Howard said that while much of what the School of Art showcases is twodimensional, many of the excit-

ing aspects in the exhibition come from the incorporation of threedimensional works.

“I’m really excited about … the different environments that the work draws from,” Brent said.

“This is kind of a chance to showcase those parts and remnants of what is around us in the environment.”

Melissa Goodall, associate director of the Yale Office of Sustainability, said she thought the exhibition was a potent example of the relationship between sustainability and art. Art is a powerful tool in understanding sustainability and helping people to connect, she noted.

Duncan Goodall ’95 said he enjoyed the exhibition because he believed the featured artwork was open to a vast range of possible interpretations.

The exhibition is named after Rock-Paper-Scissors-LizardSpock, a game invented by Sam Kass and Karen Bryla.

Contact JOEY YE at shuaijiang.ye@yale.edu .

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Elm City Market to retain employees

Professors discuss STEM

BY SARA SEYMOUR CONTRIBUTING REPORTER At a Thursday night panel, female professors from India and China shared the challenges they faced on their journies to Yale — from overcoming cultural barriers to obtaining grants for their research.

The event, which was intended to be a forum for women from foreign countries teaching and learning in STEM fields at Yale, was organized by Women in Science at Yale and the Office of International Students and Scholars. The panelists — astronomy and physics professor Priyamvada Natarajan and chemistry professor Elsa Yan — discussed some of the struggles that women of international backgrounds face. They then offered encouragement to the women in the audience.

“If I can make it, I’m sure you can make it,” Yan said.

Yan and Natarajan both said the most important things to keep in mind when pursuing a career in a foreign country as a woman are to stay positive, to pursue what one loves and to learn how to clear hurdles in the field. The roughly 10 women who made up the small audience, ranging from masters students to postdocs, were able to participate in the discussion and share their own research projects.

Athena Hadjixenofontos, a postdoc in the department of neurology who attended the event, said that because she is not a U.S. citizen it is very difficult to obtain research grants.

The panelists addressed these concerns and stressed the importance of producing highquality work in order to form connections.

“If you’re enthusiastic about what you’re doing, this will happen naturally,” Natarajan said of building relationships within an academic field.

Panelists extensively discussed the challenge of cultural difference. Natarajan, who came to the U.S. to attend college at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the greatest

struggle was being unfamiliar with American cultural norms, such as the customary way of addressing a professor in an email or pop-culture references among her peers.

Emine Altuntas GRD ’17 also said American students expect everyone to have the same experience base. For instance, Altuntas said, at times her peers will make her feel uncomfortable for not being familiar with a song or movie that is widely known to Americans.

Beyond the panel, several faculty members interviewed said they faced exceptional challenges as women from foreign countries.

Shirin Bahmanyar, assistant professor in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, said that when she and her husband were looking for academic jobs, she felt a lot of pushback from both her friends and her colleagues. Many assumed that she would be the one to stay home if the job search proved to be difficult, she said.

Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunobiology and MCDB, said careers in STEM are very fastpaced and competitive — particularly for women.

Despite the challenges of pursuing a career in the academic field for international women, and a STEM career in particular, faculty members interviewed said they are happy with their decisions to move to the U.S. Iwasaki said the United States offers wider opportunities for women to do research than other countries. She said the cultural attitude toward women in her home country, Japan, is stifling — and that the sexism in academic fields hinders women from pursuing their careers.

Bahmanyar said that ultimately, her passion for the subject is what keeps her motivated.

“I love it. I’m in that game because I love it,” Bahmanyar said.

Women in Science at Yale was founded in 1991.

Contact SARA SEYMOUR at wsara.seymour@yale.edu .

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Elm City Market, which recently underwent a change in ownership, employs several graduates of job-training program STRIVE.

BY CAROLINE HART STAFF REPORTER In spite of an ownership change this past month, Elm City Market plans to retain most of its employees, including 16 graduates of local workforce development programs.

In late September, after experiencing serious financial woes, the market’s Board of Directors voted to abandon the co-op model, meaning customers will no longer share equity in the store and will also lose influence in the grocery’s food decisions.

The store was then auctioned to local philanthropist L. Linfield Smith, and, under the new ownership, the grocery store will change its name to Elm City Community Market but will retain management personnel, including CEO Douglas Berson, and most of its employees.

Several of these retained employees graduated from STRIVE, a three-week job-training program that focuses specifically on helping former prisoners obtain jobs in the local economy.

“As far as word of mouth, at least 95 percent of the staff will remain,” said Emmanuel Isaac, STRIVE graduate and

Elm City Market employee. “Titles of their jobs may change, but people won’t lose their jobs.”

Many STRIVE graduates who joined the grocery store were recruited through social service centers around the city.

STRIVE President and CEO Wilderman said these students often have high barriers to employment, citing legal offenses and older age as key challenges these individuals face.

However, after relearning critical social skills, receiving guidance on job interviews and reforming attitudes through the STRIVE program, these students become attractive to city businesses, including the market, that were searching for new employees.

STRIVE Employment Specialist Tony Evans said that the Elm City Market and the Omni Hotel are the two largest employers of STRIVE graduates in New Haven. Of 125 students in last year’s graduating class, 91 are employed.

In an effort to make these individuals attractive job candidates, the program covers topics ranging from “knowing how to sell yourself, to elevator speech, to building your confidence, to being able to

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look someone in the eye and say that ‘I am the best candidate for this job,’” according to STRIVE Training Specialist Matilda Bonilla.

Upon graduation, students can interview for jobs within the company and have access to networking and career development resources, such as mentorship advice and practice interview sessions.

In addition to Elm City Market and the Omni Hotel, STRIVE graduates are employed at a wide variety of New Haven businesses after completing the program, including Yale, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Ikea and STRIVE’s umbrella program Career Resources. According to STRIVE President and CEO Scott Wilderman, one in 50 people in the New Haven workforce have graduated from the STRIVE program.

“From a community standpoint, I would say we are very well embraced,” Wilderman said. “We’ve never had a loss of numbers for New Haven, because we are so entrenched in the community.”

Elm City Market first opened in November 2011.

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Once Yale students depart for fall break, pavement projects will begin on segments of High and Wall Streets.

BY MARTHA LONGLEY CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Yale students and New Haven residents could soon enjoy smoother travel across the Elm City thanks to $1 million of proposed funding from the Board of Alders.

Last night members of the Committee on Resource Allocation met to discuss ways to use this grant to work towards calming traffic, renovating sidewalks and repaving streets. The four-person Committee, which includes two Alders, voted unanimously to buy and install five radar speed signs, which inform drivers of their speed and flash a strobe when they drive over the speed limit in a particular area.

Doug Hausladen, who serves as the city’s director of transportation, traffic and parking, said that the radars will primarily be used to collect data to assess where to implement traffic calming measures, adding that they are easy to install and are not disruptive to residents.

“Since they don’t require ongoing maintenance, they have a pretty good bang for their buck,” Hausladen said, adding that the five solar-powered signs will cost the city $21,000.

City Engineer Giovanni Zinn said it is a more practical traffic-calming model than renovating entire intersections, which is financially unsustainable. While the radars do not register tickets or punish drivers for speeding, city’s deputy chief administrative officer Jennifer Pugh said she hopes their presence will make driv-

ers more aware of their speeds and cause them to slow down. This initiative has already been implemented on Ridge Road in Hamden and on Valley Street in New Haven, near West Rock Park.

The committee intends to place the signs this winter in areas struggling with traffic issues, including along streets such as Lighthouse, Dixwell, Whaley and Whitney and areas around schools throughout the city. The committee will make further decisions about whether or not to invest in this traffic-calming model after evaluating the data in the spring.

Most actions concerning pavement refurbishments will also wait until spring.

“Given that it’s October, we’re limited in how much we can accomplish before the weather turns on us,” Pugh said.

Pavement plans for the segment of High Street between Crown and Elm Street and the segment of Wall Street between Temple and College are the only two projects that will start this fall. Work on these projects will begin when Yale students depart for fall break to minimize disruption.

Pugh said that the committee faces challenges because of its limited resources compared to the significant demand for sidewalks, street paving, street trees and traffic across the city. The committee makes decisions based on a rating system called the Pavement Condition Index, which assesses the quality of streets in the city. Certain locations that are heavily traveled or near schools, hospitals and

senior citizen areas also take priority. The committee will decide what other pavement projects to take one in three weeks at their next meeting.

Currently there are 26 sidewalk projects on the city’s agenda, but Zinn cautioned that their costs are only estimates.

While the board unanimously approved all of these projects, Ward 17 Alder Al Paolillo said that the list is constantly subject to change. The committee cannot account for unexpected street construction costs that could limit their funds for other projects.

“When we go out into the field and encounter problems, we fix them, which requires money from the budget,” Zinn said.

Renovations on Russell Street and refurbishments on the curbs on Mumford Road are two projects currently in the works, but the remaining projects will not be started until spring.

Pugh said that in the future the committee hopes to create multiple year renovation plans so that the public can get a sense of when their requests will be answered.

There are two categories of sidewalk repair: small repairs, which consist of a few squares damaged by things like tree roots and cost around $2100, and medium repairs, which extend up to half of a block and cost around $25,000.

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

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This weekend, Yale’s oldest spoken word group will kick off its season with a discussion of racial identity and history.

Jook Songs, an Asian-American spoken word group, will host its fall show, “Harbor,” tonight and tomorrow night in the Calhoun Cabaret. Seven of the group’s 12 members will perform spoken word pieces focusing on issues that include ethnic tradition and family. Austin Long ’15, the treasurer of Jook Songs, said the group aims to illuminate the Asian-American voice in the broader spoken word community, noting that he believes Asian-Americans are often underrepresented in such performance genres.

“When you think of spoken word, you don’t usually think of people like us,” Long said. “But we’re here to change that and show that our experiences are valid as well.”

Group members interviewed said the theme for the show stems from its title. Used as both a verb and a noun, “harbor” is a word that can have many different meanings, said Hayun Cho ’17, a member of Jook Songs and Word, another performance poetry group on campus.

She explained that when used as a verb, “harbor” can refer to when a person shelters emotions or shields someone from the cold.

Cho added that the term could also evoke a sense of coming or returning home because oftentimes the image of ships in a harbor mean symbolize leaving or returning from a journey. She noted that each of the group’s shows has a single-word title. Jessica Yuan ’15, president of Jook Songs, mentioned that the group’s aesthetic focuses on topics close to the Asian-American community that are rarely discussed and that

each show title embodies multiple meanings.

Long said the name of the group comes from the Cantonese words “Jook Sing,” which translate into “hollow bamboo.” This was used as a term to refer to Chinese people who were born overseas or strongly associate with western culture, he added, noting that he thinks the group’s purpose is to show that Asian-Americans at Yale are not “hollow” in their character. Cho said she believes the group provides members with a sense of solidarity and comfort as they freely express their daily thoughts.

“To be honest, there aren’t a lot of spaces like it at Yale where people who share similar bonds can come together and feel free to write and perform whatever they want,” Cho said.

Members of the group also said that their style of spoken word focuses on pieces that are usually longer and emotionally calmer than what other undergraduate groups of the same genre typically perform.

Yuan said that while the group’s performances have traditionally seated their audience in rows around the stage, the venue this year will be arranged so that attendees sit around tables on which food will be provided. The mood of this show is meant build a closer relationship between performers and members of the audience, she added.

“This is the first year we’re doing the show cabaret style with snacks and tables, so we’re hoping that it will foster conversation among the audience and a sense of bonding,” Yuan said. “That way, even as they are listening to our stories, they can converse about their own after the show.”

Jook Songs was founded in 1998.

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How to beat Colgate KEYS FROM PAGE 12 back in a positive direction and avoid any further comparison to last year’s injury-plagued squad.

PUT PRESSURE ON MELVILLE

The vast majority of Colgate’s offensive production centers on what quarterback Jake Melville can do in and out of the pocket.

The 6’1” sophomore leads the team in both passing and rushing with 888 and 451 yards, respectively, while also laying claim to nine of the Raiders’ 14 touchdowns — five through the air and four on the ground.

Melville also has the ability to transition quickly between passing and rushing attacks. He broke out for 128 rushing yards against Georgetown, while last week against Princeton he barely ran the ball, instead passing for 303 yards and three touchdowns in the Raiders’ 31–30 victory.

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Captain Deon Randall ’15 is just 12 catches away from tying the all-time Yale record for receptions.

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 12 as his ability to scramble out of pressure on many plays, allowed his receivers to get open downfield for a total of 388 passing yards.

“When you have a scrambling quarterback, you have to lock on your man,” defensive back Foyesade Oluokun ’17 said.

“The problem is sometimes you think he’s going to run and you move off your man, and then at that moment he pops up and throws it, so it’s really big to be disciplined. Trusting the rest of the defense to stop the run, that’s the challenge.”

Offensively, the Elis will look for a return to the powerful offense that had led all of Division I football in both points and total offensive yards until a week ago.

Though Yale put up 31 points in the loss to Dartmouth, only seven of them came in the second half, in which the Bulldogs were two for seven on third down conversions.

Yale also surrendered three interceptions in the game and was called on six penalties for 60 yards.

“We felt like we let one slip away,” Reno said. “We had two or three opportunities at the start of the second half to throw the knockout punch and finish them off, and we didn’t do it. We had it again in the fourth quarter, a chance to finish them off, and we didn’t do it.”

Whatever the result of the game, it will help add context to the true potential of the Yale team.

Yale was ranked fifth in the Ivy League

preseason poll in August and seemed to be outperforming that ranking, until last week’s loss brought a reality check to the undefeated squad.

When asked about his thoughts on the Bulldogs’ title chances, Reno said that new heights for the Bulldogs are possible, but far from certain.

“I think we have a realistic opportunity to achieve our goals,” Reno said. “We’re not where I want us to be yet. I think we have to prove we belong in the upper level, and we haven’t proven that yet. I feel we have the ability to compete with those teams every week and be successful.”

Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m.

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Elis hope to knock off Cornell

I looked at every guy in the eye and every guy...had a little bit more burning in their eye.

TONY RENO HEAD COACH, YALE FOOTBALL Yale has faced rushing quarterbacks twice this season, and neither opponent has been easy to defend. Army’s two passers led the team to score 43 points on the Bulldogs, and Dartmouth’s Dalyn Williams, facing a Yale defense that was ready for the run, shifted to the air, tallying a career-best 388 yards and three touchdowns in the Big Green’s victory.

Against a similar style of quarterback this week, the Bulldogs

know what to expect and need to stop whatever kind of attack Melville decides to bring. If the defensive line can maintain constant pressure on Melville throughout the game, thereby freeing up the rest of the defense to protect against the pass, Yale should be able to limit Melville’s effectiveness in this contest.

TIGHTEN UP OFFENSIVELY

Thirty-one points in a game may seem like a high total, but when one considers the 51.3 points the Bulldogs averaged in the first three games, as well as the big numbers Yale’s defense has been giving up, it is evident that the Eli offense did not do what it needed to do against Dartmouth last week.

The central problem seemed to be the rhythm of the spread offense. In Yale’s first three games, quarterback Morgan Roberts ’16 often marched his team down the field in drives of 10 or more plays of hurry-up offense. Last week, however, the offense was much slower lining up on each down, and the Elis relied more on big plays to score points, averaging just 5.4 plays per drive in the second half. Miscommunication and less confidence in the pocket also resulted in three key interceptions by Roberts.

With tough opponents ahead for the Bulldogs, Yale will need to return to the machine offense that got its season started. Multiple players on the team have discussed Yale’s ability to keep defenses guessing with the impressive number of weapons on its offense. Look for the Bulldogs to do that again this week against one of the tougher defenses they have faced this season.

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

Yale looks to keep first place

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Forward Melissa Gavin ’15 leads the Bulldogs in assists with four.

WOMEN’S SOCCER FROM PAGE 12 think focusing on attacking throughout this week’s practice will get us in the right mind-set as a team heading into our game against Cornell.”

The Elis will look to take advantage of what appears to be a defensive mismatch. The Big Red has allowed five goals to Ivy League opponents, the third-most in the league, while Yale’s defense has allowed only one so far in its three games of conference play.

On the opposite side of the ball, however, Cornell enters with the advantage, with 19 goals thus far in the season to Yale’s 14. Two of the Ivy League’s top five scorers, midfielder Elizabeth Crowell and forward Caroline Growney, play for the Big Red. The duo has a combined 10 goals this season.

While the Elis bolster a strong defense, the team’s offense has struggled this season. The Elis’ zero conference goals, despite its 35 shots, have

kept them at the bottom of the conference standings despite their 0.545 overall winning percentage, fourth best in the conference.

A win on Saturday will be necessary for the Bulldogs’ chances at a conference title, as will wins in every future conference game and a few losses from higher-ranked teams — especially the two teams tied for first, Harvard and Princeton. But that is not what is at the forefront of their thoughts, said goalkeeper Elise Wilcox ’15.

“Whether we get the title or not isn’t in our control, so we’re just focusing on winning each game,” Wilcox said.

Lately, Yale’s biggest struggle has been simply scoring goals. The Bulldogs have not scored for their previous five games, and the last time the Elis found the back of the net was in a 2–1 victory over Hofstra on Sept. 19.

With the long trip to Cornell ahead of them, the team has had the majority of the week to focus on the game,

as its only other game this week was on Monday against Central Connecticut State University. The Elis lost to the Blue Devils 4–0.

Forward Melissa Gavin ’15 commented that the Bulldogs will use the spare hours to do work and get some rest, but that in the past, head coach Rudy Meredith has used some of the time to prepare for the game.

“Rudy has gone over game strategies with different members of the offense and defense and will let us know if he wants us to change anything specific for that particular game,” Gavin said.

“Last time we drove to Cornell, we actually all watched film of them playing Georgetown earlier that year.”

The match against the Big Red starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Greg Cameron contributed reporting to this article.

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

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Middle blocker Jesse Ebner ’16 led the team last year with a .422 hitting percentage.

VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE 12 end can be a challenge for us,” Rogers said.

“We have to think about Cornell before Columbia and really focus on them.”

Cornell has hit just .122 this season and is seeking to turn around its seven-game slide. Columbia, meanwhile, has a hit percentage of .208 and leads the league in blocks, meaning that the Bulldogs will need to put up their strongest offense this weekend.

After five weeks on the road, the team cannot wait to get back into its home game preparation routine, according to players. One thing Midzik looks forward to the most is not having to play a match after sitting through a seven-hour bus trip.

“We’re just so happy to be home and playing in front of our fans,” Appleman said. “Our last 11 games have been on the road, so we’re really excited to just be home and back in the [John J. Lee Amphitheater].”According to several players, the Elis hope to translate the momentum of their road wins into more wins at home. Rogers said it is much easier to play at home, and winning on the road gives the team extra confidence going into their home games.

Yale has won 32 straight Ivy matches at home. The Bulldogs’ last home loss in league play was on Oct. 10, 2009 against Penn.

Contact ERIN WANG at erin.wang@yale.edu .

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Elis face tough test against Raiders

BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER The Yale football team’s final nonleague contest tomorrow against Colgate may not impact the Ivy League standings, but it will be a key game for the Bulldogs for another reason: It will be a chance for Yale to reaffirm itself as a Division I FCS power.

The Bulldogs’ offense entered last week as the nation’s best, but it had its worst game yet in the 38–31 loss to Dartmouth-the second straight time that the Big Green has snapped a 3–0 start for Yale. Last year, the Elis lost their momentum after the Dartmouth game and ended with a 5–5 record on the season. The Bulldogs (3–1, 1–1 Ivy) will butt heads with Colgate (4–2, 2–0 Patriot) at the Yale Bowl tomorrow looking for a win to stop that from happening again.

“We certainly struggled mightily in the second half [against Dartmouth], and it was apparent that we killed ourselves on multiple drives with mental errors,” quarterback Morgan Roberts ’16 said. “We have corrected those errors, and now we have moved on to preparing for a very good Colgate defense.”

Roberts added that the team has not thought about the parallels to last season. The team’s goals have not been compromised by one loss, he said.

Yale bested Colgate 39–22 in its first game of 2013, led by a careerbest 236 yard rushing performance

from tailback Tyler Varga ’15. But the Raiders have not lost to an Ancient Eight team since then, and they enter the game riding a four-game winning streak this season, already tying their 2013 win total of four.

Of Colgate’s four wins this season, perhaps most notable is the Raiders’ 31–30 triumph against Princeton last week, where a missed two-point conversion was the difference. The Tigers were the preseason favorite to win the Ivy League.

“Colgate’s a good team, a team that’s played a very competitive schedule,” head coach Tony Reno said. “We’ve got a major test ahead of us, but that’s what we want to do.

We feel [playing tough competition] is going to help us in the end.”

While Yale’s spread offense has featured highlights from many weapons this season, the Raiders’ attack has largely been centered on one player: quarterback Jake Melville.

The sophomore is a threat both with his arm and his legs, leading the team with 451 rushing yards and 888 passing yards in his first year with the starting job. Melville conducts his offense in a similar fashion as Dartmouth’s Dalyn Williams, against whom the Eli defense got experience defending last week.

In that game, it was Williams’ speed that caused many of Yale’s problems on the defensive side of the ball. While he rushed for just 13 net yards, the threat of rushing, as well SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10

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Quarterback Morgan Roberts ’16 is on pace for a school-record 69.5 completion percentage.

Keys to the game against Colgate

BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER Yale’s matchup against Colgate (4–2, 2–0 Patriot) will be a tough test for the Bulldogs (3–1, 1–1 Ivy). Although the Raiders are a non-league opponent, a win would be valuable for getting Yale back on its feet after its loss to Dartmouth last week. If the Elis can rally back from their loss to Dartmouth, pressure Colgate’s quarterback and correct their offensive problems, they can regain their positive momentum with a victory.

OVERCOME ADVERSITY

After last week’s seven-point loss to Dartmouth, the similarity between the openings of this season and the last for the Bulldogs is chilling. Both the 2013 and 2014 Bulldogs started off their campaigns with a threegame winning streak that snapped with a seven-point loss to Dartmouth. The wheels came off for the Bulldogs at this point last year, as Yale lost five of its final seven games and eventually finished at 5–5. But players on the team and this season’s statistics say that this year is different, and tomorrow’s game against

Colgate is a huge opportunity for Yale to prove that.

When Yale won its first two games over Lehigh and Army, head coach Tony Reno noted the Elis’ ability to overcome adversity, as they won both games without ever holding a lead in the first half. Now, after seeing its nation-leading offense decline in performance last week, Yale has a chance to overcome a challenge on a bigger scale. If the Bulldogs can stay true to the potential they demonstrated in their first few games, they will turn the season SEE KEYS PAGE 10

Elis look to break scoreless streak

The Yale volleyball team will play Cornell and Columbia this weekend in the first two of five straight home matches.

After four weeks of playing either at home or close to it, the Yale women’s soccer team will make one of its longest hauls yet to Ithaca, N.Y., to face the Cornell Big Red on Saturday.

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The Elis face Cornell and Columbia this weekend, with both games occurring at John J. Lee Amphitheater.

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Yale (5–4–2, 0–1–2 Ivy) will head into the game with a chance to move up in the conference standings, as Cornell (6–6, 1–2) is currently ranked fifth in the league with three points-just one more than Yale’s total of two.

“This week’s practice is mainly focused on attacking the final third, as we have gone quite a few games without scoring,” midfielder Geny Decker ’17 said. “I

Bulldogs hope to keep streak alive

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The Elis (8–6, 4–1 Ivy) seek to extend their three-game winning streak against the Big Red (3–12, 0–5) and the Lions (7–7, 3–2) on Friday and Saturday. Last week, two 3–0 sweeps against Penn and Princeton vaulted Yale to the top of the league standings, tying them for first with the Tigers.

Yale has won each of the last four Ivy League championships, and though the Bulldogs started conference play 1–1, including a heartwrenching 3–2 loss to rival Harvard, the recent play of a number of standouts has helped stave off any sort of decline.

Outside hitter and captain Mollie Rogers ’15 was named Ivy League Player of the Week for the second time this season, thanks to her exploits against the Quakers and Tigers. She recorded 32 kills, 31 digs and three aces last

weekend and currently leads the conference in kills. Setter Kelly Johnson ’16, middle blocker Maya Midzik ’16 and outside hitter Kaitlyn Gibbons ’18 also earned Ivy League honor roll mentions.

According to Rogers, the extra practice time the team puts in every day has led to its last three wins. Midzik attributed the team’s success to the players’ ability to take their season one match at a time.

“Every week, we just focus on the next team,” Midzik said. “So tomorrow, all we’re thinking about is Cornell — getting on the court, ready to play our first game. We had a great weekend, but now we have to look ahead and keep playing.”

Though Cornell sits in last place in the league and Columbia is in a three-way tie for third place, the Bulldogs are not underestimating the strength of either of these teams. Head coach Erin Appleman and several players have all said that each team in the Ivy League brings something different to any given match.

“Both Cornell and Columbia are very good teams, so playing them both in the same weekSEE VOLLEYBALL PAGE 10

NUMBER OF RECEPTIONS THIS SEASON FOR YALE FOOTBALL CAPTAIN DEON RANDALL ’15. The San Diego native is tops in the Ivy League in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.

He also has 44 punt return yards and 16 yards on the ground.