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Church Street South lawsuit filed

The Yale ward. The News will

play Anderson Cooper ’89 as we moderate the Ward 1 debate in LC 101 at 6:30 p.m. tonight.

Democrat and incumbent Sarah Eidelson ’12 and GOP challenger Ugonna Eze ’16 will answer constituents’ questions about Yale-New Haven relations and city issues. Want your voice heard?

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On the national stage. In the first poll of Iowa Democrats conducted since Vice President Joe Biden announced he would not be running for president, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 is ahead by a whopping 41 points. Of the 24 percent of Iowa residents who said they would vote for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, over twothirds said they would back Clinton as a second choice.

The Greatest Show on Earth.

Yale-New Haven Health’s Children’s Hospital recently received a $10,000 donation from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The circus donated the funds to raise awareness about pediatric cancer research.

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SEEC considers complaint against Eidelson

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become plaintiffs.

“Part of the point of enforcing the law is to encourage other people to obey the law,” Rosen said. “We certainly hope that we can not only help people in Church Street South, but create incentives for other landlords to do the right thing.”

Rosen, who has represented clients before the Supreme Court, draws his experience from over 30 years of prac-

Less than a week before voters are set to head to the polls, the State Elections Enforcement Commission has decided to proceed with a formal investigation into allegations that Ward 1 Alder Sarah Eidelson’s ’12 re-election campaign violated election law.

The commissioners of the SEEC who met in Hartford last Tuesday found that the complaint, filed by Rafi Bildner ’16 on Sept. 25 , has sufficient merit to warrant a full investigation. Bildner’s complaint alleged that several members of Eidelson’s campaign team had violated election law during the Democratic primary on Sept.

16 by canvassing within 75 feet of the polling place in the basement of the New Haven Free Public Library. State law stipulates that campaign staff may only solicit voters 75 feet or more away from the polls. SEEC Paralegal Specialist Evelyn Gratacos said the contents of the investigation are confidential. Although she did not specify when the SEEC will release its verdict, in the past, investigations into similar complaints have lasted for months.

The complaint came in the wake of Fish Stark’s ’17 heavy defeat to Eidelson in the Democratic primary. Though Bildner was a member of Stark’s campaign, he said in September that he filed the complaint indepen-

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Church Street South once housed approximately 300 families.

BY JIAHUI HU AND SARA SEYMOUR STAFF REPORTERS Residents of Church Street South — a debilitated housing complex on track for demolition — have complained about their living conditions for nearly a decade. Recently, their cause was taken up by distinguished Elm City attorney David Rosen LAW ’69, who filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the residents.

Rosen filed the suit after receiv-

ing an increasing number of requests from Church Street South residents for representation. Rosen said this suit could be the most impactful of his career. The conditions of the city’s low-income housing have been publicly criticized since the summer, when the New Haven Legal Assistance Association filed housing code violations against Northland Investment Corporation, the owners of Church Street South. Over 300 families live in Church Street South, and many could

When you star in a syllabus.

James Franco’s GRD ’16 brief stint as an ENGL 126 teaching assistant won’t be his last appearance in Ivy League classrooms. Next spring, the Penn English department will offer a class titled “Recommended by James Franco (Mostly).” The course will explore literary recommendations that Franco has made in reviews.

Hey There, Yale. The Plain

White T’s are in New Haven tonight. The band will perform at 8 p.m. this evening at Toad’s Place. In June 2007, the band’s single “Hey There Delilah” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is so good, we forgive the omission of the direct address comma.

Hallowoads. Stay after the

Plain White T’s concert for this week’s Halloweenthemed Yale dance party at Toads. The party begins at 10:30 p.m. upstairs in Lilly’s Pad and moves to the main floor at 11 p.m. Toads is also offering “great prizes” for the best costumes, but has not yet specified what these prizes will be.

From the mountains of Yemen.

Yale World Fellow Stephen Shashoua will host AbdulRehman Malik, a journalist and coffee enthusiast, at Koffee? on Audubon Street at 5 p.m. today for a talk about the cultural significance of coffee in Islam.

Up to 35 event attendees will receive $2 discounts on drinks.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

1954 New Haven sees its 21st case of polio. The case brings the polio count in New Haven County to 46. Of the 21 cases in the city, one is a physics graduate student and another is a divinity school student.

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Prospective students undeterred by AAU figures

BY MONICA WANG AND MANASA RAO STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After Yale and the Association of American Universities released alarming numbers on campus sexual misconduct five weeks ago, students and admis-

sions officers alike are examining how the new data will affect the University’s ivory reputation, if at all.

According to the AAU survey, which polled students at 27 universities across the country, students at Yale are more likely than most to experience sexual

Coach’s leave may impact recruitment

BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI STAFF REPORTER After being on administrative leave since mid-August, Yale men’s swimming and diving head coach Tim Wise returned to the deck last Thursday.

Neither Wise himself, assistant coach Kevin Norman nor diving coach Chris Bergère commented on the reason for the leave. Director of Athletics Tom Beckett also declined to provide a reason for Wise’s leave in a Monday statement to the News. But all four expressed excitement at the head coach’s return and the future of the program moving forward.

Students and alumni interviewed, however, were less positive. Though Yale already has five swimmers committed to the class of 2020, according to recruiting database CollegeSwimming, alumni said that an unclear leave of absence can impact both the recruiting class of Yale swimmers and the alumni community.

“The unclear nature of [Wise’s] leave is definitely affecting recruiting,” said a Yale swimming alumnus who is still involved with the program and wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of the topic. “Everybody knows about it in the world of athlet-

ics and swimming. Every potential recruit knows that something is going on — they [were] making visits and there [was] no head coach at Yale.”

Students considering offers from several Ivy League schools could feel apprehensive about choosing Yale due to the “mystery” surrounding the Yale head coach, the alumnus said.

He added Monday that nothing regarding the reason for Wise’s leave had been released to the general public or to the alumni who consistently support the program.

Wise did not comment on the leave, but expressed his excitement for the season ahead in an email to the News.

“The swimmers, divers and staff have all been putting in a great deal of work,” Wise said.

“We open our season with a much-improved Brown team in less than two weeks and then follow that with Columbia, a team we have had incredibly close meets with the last few years. To a man our program is focused and excited about the challenges that lie ahead.”

On “Swimming Lore,” a public Yale mailing list where Yale, Harvard and Princeton swimming alumni share stories and news SEE SWIM COACH PAGE 6

assault: 28.1 percent of female undergraduate respondents reported experiencing “nonconsensual penetration or sexual touching involving physical force or incapacitation” during their time on campus — a figure 5 percent higher than the AAU aggregate number. In the midst

of an active recruitment and admissions season, Yale’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions has acknowledged the impact of the survey and made efforts to explain the University’s plans moving forward, hoping to reassure potential applicants alarmed by the high numbers.

While several prospective students interviewed expressed concern and dismay at the survey results, all concluded that they would not be any less likely to apply to Yale.

On Sept. 21, the day the survey SEE AUU SURVEY PAGE 8

Committees plan for new colleges

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Administrators are examining how the new colleges will affect students and faculty.

BY VICTOR WANG STAFF REPORTER When Yale’s two new residential colleges open their doors in 2017, students — both graduate and undergraduate — and faculty alike will see substantive change. But in planning for the new colleges, administrators are first examining how the expansion will affect each of these groups separately.

Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Tamar Gendler and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Lynn Cooley are each leading sepa-

rate research groups to analyze how the eventual 15 percent increase in the undergraduate population will impact the experiences of their respective constituent bodies: undergraduates, faculty and graduate students. While they do not plan to combine these committees’ individual findings into a unified report, the three deans said it makes sense to more informally collaborate on an issue that poses a significant logistical and even cultural challenge to the administration and the University.

“We meet regularly to discuss how we are approaching

the new college expansion,” Holloway said. “But there is no need to combine our individual research into one document or report.”

Holloway currently chairs two advisory groups on the new colleges, which both focus on expanding the hallmarks of Yale’s undergraduate experience to 800 new students. Holloway’s steering committee includes four undergraduate students, four staff members, four recent alumni and four faculty members, while the working group consists of six staff members.

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hat happens when an academic education isn’t enough?

There’s a debate among many schools of thought spanning history on the question of what motivates our actions. Generally, it’s divided into two camps.

There are those who say we, as humans, act from rationality — that given the relevant information, we will take logical actions based on those premises. Others say that we act primarily from our emotions, and that rationality comes in as a kind of afterthought, an ad hoc justification of sorts.

As Yalies, we supposedly embody the ideals of the former group. We’re a fairly reflective group of people. Although sometimes we may give ourselves a little bit too much credit, I do think that we make our decisions by appealing to rational thought. We tend to be well-informed and carefully scrutinize our own views with debate and conversation.

And yet, for all that, I think it’s clear that we don’t do enough when it comes to acting on the issues we recognize as important.

We do, of course, love having bloody bare-knuckle verbal arguments on those issues we are “passionate” about. We love abstracting problems and practicing mental gymnastics whenever possible — just read the comments sections of the News' opinion page if you ever want proof.

We’ve somehow abstracted the debate surrounding political correctness in the classroom into one about the ideals of “free speech.” We’ve intellectualized the conversation on the naming of Calhoun into a dialogue involving vague notions of history and cultural relativism.

We’ve turned the fight to help eradicate homelessness into a discussion on societal obligations and the role of the state.

But somewhere along those lines, we lost the human element. We abstracted ourselves so far from the actuality of the situation, from the “on the ground” realities, that we stopped talking about what made the issues important in the first place — the personal impact these issues had on us as individuals.

These issues didn’t come to light because of some intellectual revelation. They came to light because of the actual feelings and reactions of those affected. And to the extent that we fail to engage those feelings and realities into our discussion, we will continue to talk past each other.

I’m not saying there’s no value to intellectual thought.

However, to the extent that we seek an education to become better people with the proper motivations to act, it’s simply not enough. It takes little selfreflection to realize that we don’t seem to act solely on the vague,

principled notions given by the theories and philosophies posited in our books.

After all, how many LEO KIM people recognize how On us terrible certain social issues are, justify their opinions on those issues and then do little about it? Think about the number of people who post on “Overheard at Yale” about some injustice they see being committed or share a Facebook photo to promote this or that cause. Now think about how many people are acting to make tangible change and are volunteering something beyond words to do so.

I’m not saying that people in the latter group don’t exist.

Thankfully, many do. But I think we would be fooling ourselves if we said that these people were not a minority.

This discrepancy seems to point to the fact that an academic education that only imparts “the facts of the matter” fails to change our behavior in practice. Merely knowing that something is bad doesn’t motivate us.

After all, most agree that global warming is bad, and slowly becoming irreversible.

But how many of us act on that knowledge? Unfortunately, not enough.

But if learning the facts isn’t enough, then exactly what do we need?

If we want an education that motivates us to become better people, we need to restore the human element we lose when we abstract ourselves into hyper-intellectualism. When we have a discussion about the principles of an issue, we must also keep in mind that some things are more than just theory for some. We need to meet the very people a problem affects, learn their stories, their motivations and truly try to understand— from both an emotional and intellectual perspective— where they’re coming from. We need to see and live the problem rather than merely reading or talking about it. In a word, we need to go beyond what the classroom or even our dining hall debate can give us.

Only when we come down from our ivory towers of intellectual thought can we actually understand the issues we try to address. We must recognize that Yale, both as an educational institution and a incubator of thought, can only do so much.

Only then can we bridge the divide between thought and action.

LEO KIM is a junior in Trumbull College. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays. Contact him at leo.kim@yale.edu .

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erhaps no holiday on campus is celebrated as thoroughly or with as much vigor as Halloween. The festivities begin tonight with Hallowoad’s and will continue until the spectacular Yale Symphony Orchestra Halloween Show closes a fourday marathon of candy, tricks and costumes. Certainly, the holiday has its festive features. However, we would be remiss to forget its darker sides. Indeed, as much fun as Halloween can be, the holiday has historically been associated with witches, spook and, of course, curses.

Here at Yale, we are not strangers to curses. Classes such as “Egyptomania” and “Great Hoaxes and Fantasies in Archaeology” expose us to some of the most fascinating ones, such as the terrifying Curse of the Mummy.

And these horrors are not confined to the pages of our textbooks.

Some people, for example, believe Commons is cursed because the doors are so heavy and the food is so scarce, often disappearing as much as a full hour before lunchtime ends.

No curse at Yale, however, has been quite so unforgiving and at

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close of the spring 2015 term, the curse had made the college a campus punch line.

This year, of course, the story could not be more different! Ten days ago, Saybrook hosted the best residential college event of the term so far, Oktoberfest. Master Thomas Near has risen to the occasion and emerged as the best master at Yale. Perhaps most important, nothing horrible has happened. Indeed, the adversity of previous years has knitted a tight bond among Saybrugians and confirmed once more that the strongest steel is made from the hottest fire.

Although the curse’s origins are uncertain, the source of its defeat is not. At the conclusion of spring term finals, a group of Saybrugians decided to take matters into their own hands and end the curse once and for all. Using special edition St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Charms thoughtfully procured by Avery Thompson ’17, Johnny Bodeau ’16 and I sprinkled the cereal into the stone courtyard from the top of the college. As we did so, Danielle Melgar ’16, who is a leprechaun, danced a magic jig to bring good luck to Saybrook and

erode the power of the curse.

Halloween often evokes thoughts of bad luck. Black cats, scary pumpkins, evil spirits and cackling witches shape a day that is, at its core, designed to scare people. Yet by learning from the recent experience of Saybrook, we can recognize that curses, no matter how entrenched or startling they may seem, can be overcome.

It will be interesting to see what new curses this year will bring.

Will the Hope Diamond be stolen from the Smithsonian and lead to another gruesome death? Will a new college absorb the Saybrook Curse and soon find feces in its laundry? Will the Cubs, cursed 70 years ago by a goat named Murphy and swept out of the postseason last week thanks to the historic performance of a second basemen named Murphy, invite Danielle, Johnny and I to sprinkle Lucky Charms in the dugout?

Only time can answer these questions. In the interim, let us hope for a very happy Halloween!

MICHAEL HERBERT is a senior in Saybrook College. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays. Contact him at michael.herbert@yale.edu .

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times bizarre as the one that has ravaged Saybrook for the last three years. It came in hot in 2013 when the so“pooMICHAEL called petrator” willHERBERT fully treated the SayScoop of brook laundry machines Herbert as a toilet and defecated into people’s clothing. Lucy Fleming ’16, one of the poopetrator’s victims, captured the mood of the community when she described her feelings to the News: “I simultaneously wanted to throw up, cry and punch someone.”

Yet the curse did not end there.

Last year a pipe burst, rendering the common room and dining hall unusable. Soon after, asbestos was found in the ceiling. For the remainder of the year, the dining hall took on a decidedly janky aesthetic. Saybrook certainly has many merits, such as the fact that it is populated by Yale’s most exciting personalities. But by the

ictor Fleischer, a law professor at the University of San Diego, expressed outrage this summer that Harvard, Yale and other well-endowed schools have been “hoarding” their tax-exempt endowment cash, mostly, he alleges, at the expense of students.

He and others in his camp argue that Congress should override the judgment of university leaders and compel them to spend at least 8 percent of their endowment funds every year (instead of the current average of about 4.5 percent).

Had Congress adopted this plan in 1990, these critics calculate that the Yale endowment would be two fifths the size it is now, $10 billion versus today’s $24 billion.

But “sky-high tuition increases” would supposedly stop.

Are we missing something here?

Endowment capital is a perpetual source of support for present and future generations of students and faculty, and it takes a long time to accumulate.

The University of Cambridge, the wealthiest university in Europe, took 800 years to amass an endowment of $8.1 billion.

Harvard’s $36.4 billion took 377 years to accrue. Upstart Stanford University grew its endowment to $21.4 billion in “just” 130 years.

And that “hoarded” wealth drove

performance; American universities dominate the rankings of global higher education.

Denuding a university’s longterm legacy to placate current stakeholders may be politically appealing, but is it financially and morally responsible?

Most schools don’t think so.

In any case, we doubt that congressional committees in Washington could strike that balance better than the independent boards of private institutions.

The critics have another complaint. Mr. Fleischer estimates that Yale spent $480 million on private equity fees last year, but contributed just $170 million to tuition assistance.

Author Malcolm Gladwell has been tweeting furiously on this topic. He thinks too-big Ivy endowments are “obscene,” and would rather write checks directly to their private equity managers than to Yale.

Their outrage seems genuine, but this argument is flawed.

The $480 million figure was never part of the school’s operating budget and private equity managers are not jostling with needy students for the available funds.

If the school’s return on private equity net of fees is better than returns from other asset classes (and at Yale, it usually is), then the investment return is expanding the whole pie, provid-

ing more money for all purposes, not less. In the ten years ending in 2014 Yale earned an annual 18 percent on private equity after those fees were deducted, while their domestic stocks returned only 12 percent on the same basis. Allocating away from private equity and its fees would have left Yale with less money for tuition assistance, not more.

Managing investments and allocating assets are widely recognized skills and, like all skills, they are not evenly distributed.

The endowment critics apparently believe that an average longterm return — 8 to 10 percent in their world — is readily available to anyone who wants it, but the real world may not cooperate.

Over the last 200 years, stocks have returned an average of 6.5 percent to 7 percent per year after inflation, according to professor Jeremy Siegel at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Looking ahead, however, he foresees average real equity returns dropping to the 5 to 6.5 percent range, significantly less than what the anti-endowment lobby assumes is free for the picking.

From 1982 to 2002, New York University, a big school with Wall Street just a short cab ride away, grew its endowment from $300 million into $1.2 billion, a fourfold increase. But in the same period Yale’s rocketed from $700 million

to $10.5 billion, a 15-fold increase, fueled by superior returns from their stable of investment managers.

With mounting demands for current spending and future returns uncertain, generous donors and skilled investment managers are more critical than ever.

Voluntary supporters including alumni, foundations, corporations and religious groups have helped our higher-education system to grow at an unparalleled rate, while achieving remarkable diversity and unquestioned world leadership.

In 2014, “charitable donations to colleges reached an all-time high of nearly $38 billion,” according to the Council for Aid to Education.

Channeling private wealth to public purposes, instead of relying solely on the state as in Europe, has been an American success story. Before we unleash Congress on this “problem” we should be sure we aren’t trying to fix what isn’t broken.

CHARLES SKORINA is the founder of Charles A. Skorina & Co., a recruiting firm for chief investment officers.

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JOHN LEGERE is the Managing Director of Research at Charles A. Skorina & Co. Contact him at john.c.legere@gmail.com .

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“In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretense.” AI WEIWEI CHINESE ARTIST

YLS initiative bridges art, law

BY QI XU STAFF REPORTER In early October, Yale Law School announced a new yearlong initiative to explore the intersection between art and human rights.

The initiative, formally known as JUNCTURE: Explorations in Art and Human Rights, was launched by the Law School’s Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights, a body that coordinates human rights activities at the school and provides fellowships to promote activism and experiential learning. JUNCTURE’s programming includes a seminar this semester for students across the University and collaboration with four visiting artists who give lectures throughout the year and collaborate with students on art projects.

The initiative also sponsored fellowships for five Masters of Fine Arts students to travel and conduct artwork related to the field of human rights last summer, although the initiative had not yet been formally announced.

“At this moment, artists and writers have great interest in inquiring … more deeply into questions of politics, justice, law and human rights. From that vantage, this program allows artists and writers with such interest to explore the issues in exceptional depth,” said Deputy Director and Curator of JUNCTURE David Kim LAW ’17, who is taking two semesters off from the Law School to plan and carry out JUNCTURE. He added that JUNCTURE will also work the other way, giving law students interested in human rights a broad introduction to creative means for advocacy and how to represent legal ideas through the visual arts.

Kim said bringing together experts and students from art and law frees each group from the standards of their own disciplines. The way that a lawyer makes an argument and provides

evidence is very different from the way an image does, Kim added, so together, law students and artists will explore new channels and raise new questions.

Dipika Guha DRA ’11, a playwright and one of JUNCTURE’s four visiting artists, agreed that the initiative has potential to create new ideas. Guha said that because JUNCTURE is open not only to law and drama students but also to students in any of Yale’s other graduate or professional schools, the program will foster broad-ranging interdisciplinary conversations. These discussions will offer her an avenue to introduce new ideas into her work, she added.

Supported by a yearlong grant from JUNCTURE, Guha is collaborating with five Yale students to investigate the relationship between personal trauma and historical or national traumas, as well as to explore how to translate the concept of justice for the stage.

These students come from the JUNCTURE seminar, a 15-person class called “Art and International Human Rights: Theory and Practice” which is designed to combine an academic seminar and artistic research platform. The course is formally offered through the Law School, but it was publicized in the graduate school and other professional schools as well.

It is co-taught by Kim and JUNCTURE Director and clinical law professor James Silk. According to the course syllabus, the seminar consists of discussion sessions, studio visits and workshops with the visiting artists.

Of the 15 students enrolled in the seminar, eight are law students, three are Masters of Fine Arts students and the rest come from other fields of study, such as the Yale Divinity School and the Graduate School’s history department.

Silk said allowing law students to explore artistic pursuits such as playwriting is new for law schools.

“There is this kind of playful-

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The Schell Center’s new initiative aims to bring a multidisciplinary approach to human rights. ness, even though the topics are serious, and I think it is introducing something into the law school that is not familiar to most people who study in this discipline,” Silk said.

Natasha Huang DIV ’16 said the seminar has introduced her to the visual arts and prompted her to rethink how engagement with the arts could benefit social justice efforts by religious communities.

Mauricio Cortes Ortega ART ’16, another student in the seminar and one of the recipients of the JUNCTURE fellowships last summer, said the course has given him

an opportunity to engage in dialogue with students in the Law School who are interested in how art can provide a platform for social and political discourse.

Through the JUNCTURE fellowship, Ortega traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to explore immigration issues. He is experimenting with kinetic sculptures that act as rotating containers to symbolize the difficulty of physical orientation when traversing desert regions along the border, he said.

Eli Durst ART ’16, who also received a fellowship, said the

STI testing party to be held next week

BY PADDY GAVIN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The University’s first testing party for sexually transmitted infections will be held at Yale Health next week in an effort to encourage students to take a more active role in maintaining their sexual health. The event, which is organized by Student Wellness and Student Health, will be co-hosted by five campus Greek organizations: fraternities Sigma Chi, Chi Psi and Alpha Epsilon Pi and sororities Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta.

Tracy George, the health educator for Student Wellness, said the party, which will take place on Nov. 3 from 4–7 p.m., will feature music, nonalcoholic drinks and snacks to create a safe, comfortable and fun atmosphere for students to gather in. Yale Health clinicians will be present to answer questions and provide students with confidential consultations, and the Yale Health laboratory will be open past normal business hours in order to accommodate students with busy sched-

ules, George added. The event will be held in partnership with Sex and Sexuality Week 2015 — a student-run campaign which seeks to promote a safe and inclusive space for many kinds of intimacy and relationships on campus — although George said Student Wellness hopes to host similar events on a regular basis over the coming months.

“Moving forward, [Student Wellness and Student Health] plans on hosting two STI testing parties per semester,” George said in a Tuesday email to the News. “We are holding only one this semester because it is a new program we just developed at the beginning of this semester.”

George added that the student groups’ engagement in sexual health efforts on campus was critically important to increasing turnout at events and generally reaching as many students as possible.

Members of the five Greek organizations co-hosting the inaugural party interviewed expressed enthusiasm at the opportunity.

Katherine Fang ’17, the

director of Sex and Sexuality Week 2015, said the event aims to bring about change in sexual health culture on campus.

“By organizing these parties, we hope to empower a testing culture,” Fang said. “Because clinicians will be on hand to provide testing on the spot instead of testing by appointment, the party will also be convenient for students.”

Fang added that having testing available is important because of the high proportion of sexually active Yale students who do not undergo frequent tests for sexually transmitted infections, even though Yale Health offers free STI testing to all students.

Fang cited the results of a January 2015 survey carried out by the News, which found that 29 percent of sexually active respondents had never been tested for STIs, and that 39 percent had not been tested in the past six months.

Joshua El-Bey ’16, vice president of Sigma Chi, said his fraternity wanted to support healthy life choices in the broader Yale community, both

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specific to next week’s party and in the future. Jessica Leao ’16, chief executive officer of Kappa Alpha Theta, said the communal nature of the party would make it more effective.

George said the STI testing parties will be more comprehensive in the testing possibilities it offers students than previous Student Wellness campaigns.

“Past events on Cross Campus have focused on awareness, but testing was not done onsite,” she said. “Rather, we have given out lab slips to students to take to the lab and receive STI testing, though we found follow-up to be minimal. [The format of the STI testing parties] allows us to combine on-site testing, awareness and education in one place and time.”

In addition to hosting these parties twice per semester, Student Wellness plans to expand sexual health education out on campus by offering a regular series of educational workshops.

Contact PADDY GAVIN at paddy.gavin@yale.edu .

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seminar has allowed him to see how the separate disciplines of art and law each define human rights, current affairs and complicated issues in artistic representation.

The past summer, Durst travelled to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, to explore problems related to Eritreans’ migration to the United States.

“There is so much appetite around the University for conversations across disciplines, but for various reasons, it’s sometimes very difficult to create those connections,” Kim said. “So at an institutional level, I think we are

creating a pathway for conversation and collaboration between the Law School, School of Art, the [Yale University] Art Gallery and the Whitney Humanities Center — all of which orbit one another but perhaps don’t connect as directly as they might want.”

In spring 2016, JUNCTURE will organize a public presentation of works and works in progress resulting from students’ collaborations with the visiting artists, as well as from the fellowships last summer.

Contact QI XU at qi.xu@yale.edu .

Elm City philanthropy group expands statewide

BY REBECCA KARABUS STAFF REPORTER Just one month after its official launch, The Prosperity Foundation — a New Haven-based philanthropic group aimed at strengthening African-American communities — is expanding its reach statewide.

The Foundation, headed by prominent funeral home owner Howard Hill, began as a New Haven-specific initiative known as the Urban Prosperity Fund that invested in New Haven’s African-American community. Now known as TPF, Hill’s group hopes to tackle the social and economic challenges facing African-Americans across Connecticut by cultivating a statewide philanthropic network. TPF held its inaugural reception at The Study at Yale hotel on Sept. 29, inviting prominent business leaders such as keynote speaker JoAnn Price, the founder of a woman-led asset management firm known as Fairview Capital Partners. As TPF spreads beyond the Elm City for the first time, TPF will host a similar event at Fairfield County’s Stamford Marriot.

“We want to raise awareness about the potential role that philanthropy can play in strengthening the black community and addressing education, health and economic development,” said David Maurrasse, a philanthropic expert hired by TPF to advise the group’s outreach strategy.

He said TPF aspires to eventually function as a community foundation — a grant-making public charity — drawing funds from an official endowment.

TPF Vice President and Principal of New Light High School Larry Conaway said TPF empowers African-Americans by teaching them the value of philanthropy in community development.

Already, co-founder Nancy Hill said, TPF has received its first donation. Hill did not disclose the donor or amount. But multiple members of the African-American community have inquired about donating, she said.

“People are talking. It’s generating buzz, and that’s what we want,” Hill said.

Maurrasse said there are many ways prospective donors can contribute to TPF. Donors can contribute directly to the fund or do so as a group as part of a giving circle, which allows multiple donors to pool funds. Donors can also oversee the allocation of their money by creating a donor-advised fund.

Though TPF is still in its infancy, Maurrasse said its first event, which boasted an audience of 60, successfully opened a line of communication between TPF and potential donors. He said TPF will begin to distribute funding once giving circles and other mechanisms for managing donations are established.

With all the negativity in the country, we’re trying to be a shining light and do something positive.

LARRY CONAWAY Vice President, The Prosperity Foundation TPF plans to open grant applications for community organizations in the next few months, Maurrasse said.

Maurrasse said TPF also aims to connect people interested in supporting the African-American community with each other.

Once TPF perfects its structure in Connecticut, the group will establish itself in other states in order to serve African-Americans nationwide, Maurrasse said.

“With all the negativity in the country, we’re trying to be a shining light and do something positive,” Conaway said. “To do this work is an honor.”

TPF received a roughly $300,000 startup grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in spring 2014.

Contact REBECCA KARABUS at rebecca.karabus@yale.edu .

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“I think every chef should have a food truck.

It’s a good way to test the markets, to invest in meeting the future restaurant goers.”

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Food truck owners protest at City Hall

BY MICHELLE LIU STAFF REPORTER Roughly 20 students, local workers and community members gathered at City Hall Tuesday afternoon to protest the city’s recently stepped up enforcement of food vendor ordinances.

The protesters met with City Hall spokesman Laurence Grotheer, who said the city was in the process of exploring the protesters’ concerns. Employees from Ay! Arepa and Portabello, two food trucks that were notified earlier this month that they had to vacate their locations on York Street, carried signs to the mayor’s office. The Yale students, New Haven residents and members of the immigrant’s rights organization Unidad Latina en Accion who arrived at City Hall argued that shutting down the food trucks caused undue harm to New Haven’s immigrant population.

“I think this is an issue that’s bigger than the food truck committee or the zoning committee,” organizer and staff reporter for the News Sebastian Medina-Tayac ’16 told Grotheer. “This is an issue of [criminalizing] Latino people and [criminalizing] immigrant people.”

Over a week ago, building department official James Turcio discovered that a number of food trucks were operating in residential zones downtown, Economic Development Administrator Matthew Nemerson SOM ’81 told the News earlier this month. Turcio, who became head of the department in February, then told vendors originally located on College Street near Cross Campus like The Cheese Truck and Chief Brody’s Banh Mi truck, that they had to relocate.

Protesters left the mayor’s office planning to schedule an appointment with Mayor Toni Harp. They intend to deliver a petition to allow the Ay! Arepa truck to remain in its original location. Ay! Arepa owner Ernesto Garcia has circulated the petition for a week and

gathered over 500 signatures, Ay! Arepa employee Victor Lopez said.

Although protesters said the trucks had held valid permits for up to eight years before Turcio intervened, Grotheer said the trucks had indeed been in violation of the city’s zoning ordinances during that time.

Grotheer said the city provided maps to food truck owners to identify legal places to operate.

He added that the city commissions a task force on food trucks, which has been working to address the businesses’ concerns.

Both The Cheese Truck and Chief Brody’s Banh Mi truck are talking with city officials to determine profitable new locations downtown, the owners said Monday. But Medina-Tayac said that obstacles like a language barrier prevent immigrant-owned businesses like Rubamba — which runs the Ay! Arepa truck — and Portabello from working with the city to resolve their location issues. The owners and employees of these two trucks primarily speak Spanish, Medina-Tayac said.

ULA organizer John Lugo told Grotheer that when Turcio arrived on the block of York Street to enforce regulations toward Ay! Arepa and Portabello, the city official had also brought along city police. Lugo said that a history of police brutality means that New Haven’s immigrant population has a mistrust of law enforcement.

He added that bringing police to enforce the ordinances is “insulting” to the business owners.

“I don’t think you can say the city has been disrespectful or discouraging of food truck operators,” Grotheer said.

Since the Ay! Arepa truck has relocated to the other side of York Street, Lopez said the truck has lost about 50 percent of its customers.

Rubamba opened its 25 High St. brick-and-mortar location in 2012.

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“The internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow” BILL GATES BUSINESS MAGNATE

iPhone app changes charitable giving

BY SARAH STEIN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER A video game company and an Elm City nonprofit paired up to develop a game that topped the charts on iTunes this month.

Los Angeles-based video game company Naked Sky Entertainment announced last Tuesday that 14.6 percent of the proceeds of its newly launched game, Scrap Force, will go to Love146 — a New Haven-based international nonprofit that fights child trafficking around the globe through prevention and survivor care programs.

Naked Sky Entertainment developed the game for two years before its CEO Tian Mu approached Love146 to propose the collaboration that serves the dual purpose of entertaining consumers and funding an important cause.

“With this, there’s a great opportunity to raise money,” Love146 Director of Development Matthew Miller said. “But there’s also a great opportunity for us to tell our story and reach a whole bunch of people that we might not necessarily be reaching.”

Scrap Force seems to target children and young adolescents but can be played by anyone, Mu said. In the game, the player aims to save the planet from alien intruders and rescue the children that the aliens have kidnapped.

Miller said the game that captures the true essence of Love146 — empowering children.

Both Miller and Mu noted the similarities between Love146’s mission and the objective of the game, which they said made the partnership a perfect fit.

“In a way, there’s a parallel between our story and the children who are trafficked,” Mu said.

“It’s really about saving those children.”

According to Mu, the decision about which charity to support was not a difficult one. He said he had been involved with various nonprofits over the past five or six years, most of which related to children and education. He added that his company had previously run a youth education program that taught disadvantaged students about the practical uses of math, physics and art in computer programming. After reading articles and watching documentaries about human trafficking, Mu knew that he wanted to support the fight against child trafficking, he said.

Mu said that in his research on organizations that fight child trafficking he determined that Love146 would be the best fit for his company.

“I just loved [Love146’s] whole story. It really moved me to tears when I read it,” Mu said.

Mu said he was drawn to Love146 because the nonprofit does not have a religious or political affiliation. Since he knew that Scrap Force would be played around the world, he wanted

to ensure that potential biases towards religious or political groups would not deter people from supporting the cause.

The game had more than 50,000 downloads over the weekend and is currently featured in the “Best New Games” section of the iTunes store. The game features a character dedicated to Love146, links to the nonprofit’s website with each in-app purchase and displays the Love146 logo in the graphics. Members of the Love146 team said they are excited by the amount of exposure that Scrap Force brings them.

“We hope that young people use the links in the game to come to our website to learn about our work and about the issue and to become more sympathized to it,” Love146 Media and Marketing Strategist Joshua Mamis said. “We feel like it’s a win all around for all of us.”

Miller said Naked Sky Entertainment will allow the nonprofit to determine how to use the funding. Depending on how much money they make from the game, Love146 may direct funds to prevention programs that train people to identify vulnerable children, survivor care programs that help trafficked and exploited children recover and operating expenses, Miller said. Because the game is free on iTunes and money comes from in-app purchases, calculating profits from the game is complicated, Mamis said. He added

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Love146 will receive 14.6 percent of the proceeds from Scrap Force. that Love146 does not yet know how much money it will receive.

Mu said he has plans for future partnerships with other organizations. Though he is unable to disclose information about organizations with which he is seeking partnerships, he said he is excited to start work on his next project.

“There’s already another organization we’re talking to,” he said.

“It’s something really amazing.

We’d like to partner up with them and do something big. That’s what’s next.”

Other New Haven philanthropic organizations are also reaping benefits from online platforms. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven collects donations through Amazon Smile — a shopping website that gives a portion of its revenue to charitable organizations of the customer’s choice. The Community Foundation’s website, giveGreater.org, also draws donations.

Tricia Caldwell, communications manager of the Community Foundation for Greater New

Haven, said the Foundation uses their website to draw attention to local nonprofits.

“I don’t know if [a smartphone game] is a direct fit for the work that we do, but it’s an excellent fit for any of the nonprofits and direct service organizations,” Caldwell said.

Naked Sky Entertainment and Love146 were both founded in 2002.

Contact SARAH STEIN at sarah.stein@yale.edu .

Global Network Week connects students from around the world

BY QI XU STAFF REPORTER While Yale College emptied for fall break, the School of Management welcomed over 80 students to campus for its sixth Global Network Week.

The biannual program, which ran from Oct. 19–23, facilitates exchanges between SOM students and those at other institutions within the Global Net-

work for Advanced Management, an international network of 27 schools founded by SOM Dean Edward Snyder in 2012 to foster collaboration among members from both economically strong countries and those with emerging economies. The first event was held in the spring of 2013 with three participating institutions, and has since grown to include 11 Global Network member schools this semester and welcome nearly

100 students to campus. SOM faculty and administrators at Global Network schools interviewed praised the program for providing international opportunities and a networking platform.

“Two main advantages of GNWs — regarding learning and professional development for master’s students participating — is that the schools offer programs based on their comparative advantage, and the learning envi-

ronments are more diverse,” Snyder said in an email to the News.

This semester’s GNW brought 85 students of 23 nationalities to the SOM. Each participating school hosted a course based on its particular area of expertise, with the SOM offering a course on the study of Behavioral Economics, Marketing and Finance. SOM marketing professor Nathan Novemsky, who was one of six course instructors

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Istanbul, Turkey

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Santiago, Chile

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for Yale’s GNW course, said the GNW exposed students to topics in behavioral science which are typically not taught at other universities and business schools.

Because the University is home to many faculty across various disciplines studying behavioral science, GNW participants could especially gain from Yale’s strength in the field, Novemsky added.

SOM finance professor Nicholas Barberis, who also helped lead the course, said students were introduced to ideas from psychology, such as the biases inherent in decision-making processes, and their applications in economics and marketing. For example, students were shown how overconfidence caused acquisitions to turn out poorly for acquiring firms, Barberis said. By learning about biases in human judgment, students were taught how to identify biases in their own thinking and adjust their views and actions accordingly, he added.

Novemsky said that in addition to academic study, a highlight of the GNW is that it allows students from all over the world to meet and work together, fostering bonds between students from remote regions.

Camino de Paz, director of global initiatives at the SOM, said the main difference between the GNW and other global programs offered by the SOM and its peer institutions is that the GNW provides exposure to multiple topics — from sustainable tourism to the European financial crisis to

entrepreneurship and technology in India.

Anuradha Shukla, a consultant at the Office of International Affairs at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore who oversees the school’s participation in the GNW, said the program gives her school’s students a chance to gain new perspectives and benefit from the faculty expertise of other institutions, all in just one week. Students also have the opportunity to visit local businesses and meet with industry experts in each host country, Shukla added. IIMB previously participated in the GNW in October 2014 and sent one student to the SOM this semester.

Katrina Afable, program associate at the International Student Exchange Program at the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines, said the GNW enables the flow of ideas between students from across the world.

“AIM joined [the GNW] because of its pursuit of bringing together students from different parts of the globe through a joint program that will allow students to exchange ideas,” Afable said.

This month marked the third time AIM has participated in the GNW, and the school hosted three SOM students for its GNW and sent five to New Haven last week.

The next GNW will be held from March 14–18, 2016 and will include 19 participating member schools.

Contact QI XU at qi.xu@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT New colleges’ effects examined COLLEGES FROM PAGE 1 Holloway said the working group has focused more on statistical research for the budget of the new colleges, including costs ranging from dining hall services to intramural sports. The budget has been submitted to the Provost’s Office for approval. The steering committee, by contrast, tackles more conceptual issues about the culture of the new residential colleges.

“We are now looking at the amorphous elements of the new colleges,” Holloway said. “We are thinking carefully about what are the core, essential things that define a Yale residential college community.”

In order to identify the features that distinguish a residential college community, Holloway has tasked members of the steering committee with reaching out to several campus groups, including the Yale College Council. The steering committee will also serve as the search committee for the masters of the new colleges, and members will advise the new masters on their search for the new residential college deans.

Gendler’s office, by contrast, is focusing on how the increase in students will affect faculty hiring and the availability of classes, rather than on campus culture.

“We are conducting an exercise where we looked at the enrollment patterns of the last five years and made sure we understood how many freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors were enrolled in each course,” she said. “Then we engage in straightforward modeling to see what additional classes and what additional spaces are needed.”

Based on her office’s research, Gendler said that the most significant change will be an increase in multi-section courses, such as introductory language and English courses, as these are the courses in highest demand from freshmen.

These courses are typically taught by non-ladder faculty members, such as lecturers and lectors, and additional staff will be hired in these areas of expertise to adjust to the increase in undergraduate population.

Despite the largely quantitative focus, Gendler’s office is soliciting qualitative input as well. Gen-

dler said she is also meeting with faculty members in several departments, and she plans to supplement the numerical analysis with faculty opinions.

Cooley’s office, meanwhile, is analyzing how teaching fellow assignment will change with the influx of students — an especially important task, as large lectures with discussion sections are likely to increase in size in the long term, according to Gendler’s research.

Cooley told the News in mid-October that her office is doing a historical analysis of undergraduate enrollments in lab and discussion sections to see which sections most often fill up and how to adjust the teaching fellowship assignments accordingly. She added that increasing the size of the graduate student body is not an option.

Even beyond administrative outreach, though, the faculty has taken its own steps to increase its voice in this discussion. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate, a group that represents the interests of nonadministrative FAS faculty, created a Committee on the Yale College Expansion to conduct independent research about the new colleges, and the Senate also recently sent out a survey to FAS faculty members asking them to describe their biggest concerns about the expansion, such as shopping period logistics, faculty support services and the availability of properly trained teaching fellows. Over 250 faculty members have responded to the survey. There were 1,145 FAS faculty members in the 2014–15 academic year. Gendler said she is “incredibly interested” in the survey results and in hearing the concerns of faculty members.

History professor Beverly Gage ’94, chair of the FAS Senate and the Committee on the Yale College Expansion, said the Senate hopes to add big-picture faculty opinions and concerns to the discussion.

“We want to be a good point of communication between the faculty and administrators,” she said. “A lot of faculty members don’t really know what is going on in terms of administrative planning.”

Contact VICTOR WANG at v.wang@yale.edu .

Campaign complaint considered COMPLAINT FROM PAGE 1 dently of the campaign.

Eidelson said she has not yet received notification from the commission about the investigation and declined to comment on the complaint without having seen its details.

Bildner states in the complaint that he saw “several different individuals” affiliated with Eidelson’s campaign interact with voters atop a ramp leading to the polling place — the ramp was within the 75-foot line. A video obtained by the News in September showed Eidelson’s volunteers talking to voters on

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the ramp.

Bildner said the complaint is not a personal attack against Eidelson, but is rather intended to set a precedent for “free and fair elections” for all parties in the city.

“Campaigning and politics have been a big part of my life and I’ve seen the value of having a blank canvas, an equal slate for candidates on both sides,” he said. “Having systems in place that allow candidates to have an equal shot is so important for a democracy, especially in local elections, where so few people vote.”

Bildner added that he knows few details of the investigation, but he expects

the commission to take the complaint seriously and talk to all parties involved.

Stark, who emphasized that Bildner’s complaint was not associated with his campaign, said the commission’s decision to launch a formal investigation is a move in the right direction.

“It seems to me like the complaint process is playing out like it’s supposed to,” Stark said. “We have election laws for a reason. When someone is suspected of violating those laws, there should be an investigation, and those laws should be enforced.”

If the SEEC finds that the complaint has merit, it would

likely result in Eidelson being fined, not a rerun of the election, Nathaniel Persily ’92, an election law professor at Stanford Law School, told the News in September.

Tyler Blackmon ’16, president of the Yale College Democrats and a staff columnist for the News, said he does not expect the investigation to impact the final week of campaigning.

“We’ll let the SEEC go through the formal process and focus on talking to voters over the next week,” he said.

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The SEEC decided last week to move forward with an investigation on Bildner’s complaint against Eidelson.

Head swim coach returns from leave SWIM COACH FROM PAGE 1

Administrators have convened separate committees but will consult with each other informally.

“The road to success is always under construction.” LILY TOMLIN AMERICAN ACTRESS

from the Ivy League swimming community, members also discussed the secrecy of Wise’s leave.

Conversation on the topic began on Sept. 13, when Sanford Thatcher — a Princeton alumnus from Texas — sent a message about his conversation with a parent of a top high-school swimmer in the state who was informed of Wise’s leave. He asked if members had any additional information on the subject.

Steve Clark ’65, a Yale swimming alumnus and member of the Yale Swimming and Diving Association Board who has won three Olympic gold medals, replied that he was trying to find out more about Wise’s leave. Regardless of the reason, Clark said, the situa-

tion was “not very positive to say the least.”

“No one knows the reason for his ‘leave of absence,’” YSDA board member David Hershey ’62 wrote to the mailing list on a Sept. 15 reply to the list. “Nevertheless, like [Clark], I don’t find this to be very heartening news.”

Yale’s own coaches also lack information. Neither Norman, Bergère or women’s swimming and diving head coach Jim Henry has any information on the reasoning behind Wise’s leave, they told the News.

Norman, however, did note that Wise’s leave had not largely affected ongoing recruitment for the team.

“The guys that we have committed make me really incredibly excited,” Norman said. “We have someone who qualified for the Olympic tri-

als. We’re excited about the class that’s coming in.”

Student-athletes from other sports interviewed reported that unclear circumstances regarding the coaching staff might have caused them to reconsider their decisions.

One student-athlete, who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the situations, said that the head coach who recruited him was not a major factor in his decision. He added, however, that if he found out a coach was on leave, it would make him question the culture of the team and would suggest that the team was in “building years” rather than seeking championships.

“Coaches in Division I certainly exercise a lot of influence over the quality of your overall experience,” John Barton ’18, a former member of the

Yale football team, said. “To me, attending a school with a coach that I trusted was very important. If the coach was to go on leave, I would have a hard time committing because of the uncertainty.”

Norman and Bergère were notified early last week that Wise would be returning on Thursday and that Norman, who was acting as interim head coach while Wise was away, would return to his position as assistant coach.

On Wednesday, Norman and Bergère held a meeting with all team members to notify them of their coach’s return.

Yale begins its season on Nov. 7 at home against Brown.

Contact DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu .

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“Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.”

JOHN F. KENNEDY FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Susan Rice speaks foreign policy with brother

BY FRAZER TESSEMA CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Susan Rice — President Barack Obama’s national security advisor — has one of the world’s hardest jobs, but on Tuesday, she may have faced the toughest challenge of her three-year tenure: a public interview with her brother, John Rice ’88 — Yale Corporation fellow and CEO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow.

“We’re close, and I asked her questions that I hadn’t even asked before,” John Rice told the News.

The light-hearted “fireside chat” at the Yale Law School delved into former U.N. Ambassador Rice’s personal and professional experiences, particularly while working in the Obama administration. As a guest speaker for the Chubb Fellowship — an endowment established in the late 1940s to have speakers publicly address topics of special interest — Susan Rice focused her remarks on foreign policy, though the sibling duo often veered into personal anecdotes.

“Family comes first, even in a job like mine,” Susan Rice said.

Susan Rice opened the talk with a story about how throwing out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals game was “the most stressful thing” she ever did. The former ambassador spent weeks practicing with the Secret Service — in part, because she dreaded the inevitable “Fox News reruns” if she failed. But, despite the light atmosphere, she did not shy away from discussing her personal struggles. She cited the aftermath of the 2012 raid on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi as a troubling time, not just for her but also for her family. Her daughter had to come to grips with the brute realities of partisan politics at perhaps too young an age, while her mother had to anxiously watch her daughter’s struggles broadcast on the national stage,

Susan Rice said.

Susan Rice, however, said she persevered through the aftermath of Benghazi and other challenges because she claims she has “always known who I am, and am not.”

“When I see a painful critique, I am able to distinguish what I know about myself from what is being said about me,” Susan Rice said.

Susan Rice denied the existence of a “Rice or Obama Doctrine” — a uniform political doctrine followed by Obama’s administration in every situation. Susan Rice said every situation is different, so their solutions will be too.

But Susan Rice did insist that one concern remained constant among all situations: the question of “What is in the best interest of the United States?” Yet, as simple as this guiding interest may seem, Susan Rice said it is complicated by an equally pressing concern to “not just determine the effect of actions, but also what is effective in action.”

On Syria, Susan Rice was unequivocal, stating that the nation is faced with nothing but bad options that can cascade into worse ones. The biggest obstacle to peace, she said, was the “mashup of belligerents” fighting with competing interests and abilities. Susan Rice emphasized how at its core, the Syrian Civil War is a referendum on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s right to rule. Although the United States is determined to oust the ruler, the opposition’s fragmentation and ISIS’ looming influence, coupled with America’s reluctance to unnecessarily deploy troops, make finding a solution difficult, she said. Yet, Susan Rice remained hopeful that peace in Syria could still be reached.

“Syria can only get solved through a political solution with mutual consent,” she said.

Susan Rice also took pride

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National Security Advisor Susan Rice spoke at the Law School Tuesday in a talk moderated by her brother, John Rice. in the Obama administration’s achievements. As national security adviser, the nation’s economic recovery, de-escalation in Iraq and Afghanistan, rebalancing in Asia and strengthening of nuclear security — particularly in Iran — all stood out for her as highlights of the past seven years.

Even so, Susan Rice saw more room for improvement on longterm issues like climate change.

The former U.N. ambassador was optimistic that real change could be affected this December at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris.

Both Susan Rice and her

brother spoke of attaining equal opportunity as a pressing issue.

John Rice’s nonprofit organization, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, focuses on issues such as equipping underrepresented minorities with skills, coaching and relationships needed to become leaders in the corporate, nonprofit and entrepreneurial sectors.

“There is more talent out there than is able to rise to the surface,” Susan Rice said. “We can do better. We have to do better.”

Susan Rice also cited improving early access to education and providing young people with the

support they need as measures that could help the United States “maximize its social, cultural and intellectual strengths.”

To some students interviewed, Susan Rice’s personal forays were the best part of the talk.

“So often, we forget that politicians have a personal side,” Azeezat Adeleke ’17 said. “After Benghazi, Rice was attacked like she was an institution, not a person.”

Tyler Blackmon ’16, a staff columnist for the News, said he appreciated the talk’s unique format, but added that he wished there had been more policy dis-

cussion and fewer personal stories.

Following her talk in the Law School Auditorium, John and Susan Rice spoke to a smaller audience at a private reception.

Then, Susan Rice talked to students at a small dinner in the Timothy Dwight Dining Hall.

Timothy Dwight College runs the Chubb Fellowship and TD Master Mary Lui directs all Chubb-related events with the help of Associate Chubb Fellow Susan Wigler.

Contact FRAZER TESSEMA at frazer.tessema@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“All coaching is, is taking a player where he can’t take himself.”

BILL MCCARTNEY FORMER FOOTBALL COACH

Admissions Office responds to AAU survey AAU SURVEY FROM PAGE 1 results were released, the Admissions Office issued clear instructions to its student tour guides to ensure that inquiries made by prospective students and their families during student-led campus tours are addressed in an appropriate manner.

“To be clear: your goal should not be to explain away the data, or to use canned talking points. I will not be providing any here,” Director of Outreach and Recruitment Mark Dunn ’07 wrote to campus tour guides in an email, which he also provided to the News. “When you receive questions about the results of the survey, you are right to acknowledge … that the results of the survey are distressing.”

Highlighting the sensitivity of the issue, Dunn also wrote that tour guides are prohibited from speaking with the press as representatives of the University and should not feel obliged to offer their personal opinions during tours. Instead, Dunn stressed that tour guides should focus on what Yale has done and will do to address sexual misconduct.

According to Dunn’s email, tour guides should tell visitors that the University will continue to gather data from the community, invite community members to voice their concerns and invite a national expert to evaluate the University’s existing prevention and education programs. Senior Advisor to the President Martha Highsmith told the News in September that this individual may come from within Yale’s body of public health experts or from outside the University.

In an interview with the News, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan echoed the points that Dunn had made in his email to tour guides. Quinlan said the Admissions Office was

very clear with its student tour guides that they should not try to minimize the concerns raised by the survey or find a silver lining in the results. Instead, he said, they should assure the public that Yale strives to be a leader in the conversation about sexual misconduct on college campuses.

Students i n te r v i e we d expressed concern over Yale’s institutional image as a whole, but held differing views of the survey’s potential impact on undergraduate admissions.

Amalia Halikias ’15 said while she believes there are flaws in the survey’s broad definition of sexual misconduct that may make the overall numbers misleading, the statistics on forced sexual assault alone are still far too high to be ethically acceptable.

“If a parent believes these numbers, it is morally abhorrent that he or she would send a child to the school,” she said. “If a private university believes these numbers … it has a moral responsibility to shut down until it can guarantee a lower level of violence will occur on its campus.” She added that any response short of this would demonstrate that the University does not believe the study’s findings or that it does not take sexual assault seriously.

Sandy Wongwaiwate ’17 agreed that the problem of sexual assault needs to be addressed and said the survey showed that being an Ivy League institution “doesn’t mean everything is perfect.”

Regardless of the results, though, Wongwaiwate said she does not predict a change in admissions, as these problems are not exclusive to Yale. Of the 27 schools that participated in the AAU survey, the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California reported higher rates of assault on undergraduate women than Yale. Still, Yale had the high-

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Despite the alarming numbers, prospective students said they would not be deterred from applying to Yale. est numbers in the Ivy League.

Several prospective Yale students said the results of the survey were shocking and shattered the image of a utopian Ivy League school. Still, of five prospective students interviewed, none said the survey would influence their college decisions.

High school senior Sherry Feng of Fairfax, Virginia said she was appalled that such high rates could happen at a place like Yale.

She added that she thought people at Yale would have a stronger

moral compass. However, Feng said there are benefits of the survey as well, as open discussion of the problem reduces the stigma on victims of sexual assault.

“I think it’s kind of healthy to fully understand the concerns of sexual assault on college campuses,” she said. “I understand that with [on-campus resources], the concerns are slowly being ameliorated, because by talking about it, it almost makes [the campus] safer … In a twisted way, it’s a ben-

efit because more awareness is brought to the issue.”

High school senior Couty Fall of Potomac, Maryland said her biggest concern is not simply with the numbers but also with how the University will respond to them. She said that while Yale’s academic prestige is unmarred by the survey results, if the University does not take concrete actions, there will be concern in the eyes of the public.

She added that in the instance of former Columbia University

student Emma Sulkowicz, who carried her mattress to graduation in protest of what she saw as an inadequate response from the administration to her alleged rape, “the lack of the response from the university is what I heard.”

There were 30,237 applicants to the class of 2019.

Contact MONICA WANG at monica.wang@yale.edu and MANASA RAO at manasa.rao@yale.edu .

Attorney takes up housing case CHURCH STREET FROM PAGE 1 tice. During this time, Rosen has filed multiple housing-related lawsuits, including several on the grounds of unsafe conditions and disability discrimination.

Though Rosen said his firm has not settled on the specific legal arguments they will use in court, he said they have many options.

Rosen said Church Street South residents are entitled to protections under several federal laws, state codes and legal precedents.

The most fundamental of these legal principles is that landlords must provide decent, safe and sanitary living conditions, Rosen added.

“The situation there is unacceptable,” said Rhonda Siciliano, a spokeswoman for the New England Region of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. “Everyone is in agreement that the property is obsolete.”

Former residents of the complex claimed the mold in their units gave them chronic illnesses in the complaint NHLAA filed on their behalf. Other complaints cite structural damage and leaking ceilings in the complex.

Representatives from Northland did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

City officials, HUD and Northland have overseen the relocation of residents whose homes have become too dangerous to live in, said Siciliano.

A former resident of Church Street South — who chose to remain anonymous because Northland cautioned residents against speaking to the press — said she was moved out last month because the concrete stairs leading to her unit were in danger of collapsing. After she left, she said, inspectors found mold growing behind her washing machine.

The former resident said

Northland has been slow to address maintenance complaints in the complex because the residents are from low-income backgrounds. She said she hopes the public attention Church Street South is now getting will make the landlords more responsive.

Siciliano said HUD aims to move families currently housed in hotels into permanent residences

by Thanksgiving. The eventual goal is for all residents of Church Street South to be permanently relocated within the next year.

HUD inspects public housing at a frequency determined by the Uniform Physical Condition Standards score, which measures homes’ safety, Siciliano said.

Housing complexes with scores below 70 are inspected annually until they exceed this threshold.

Landlords are also required to certify to HUD that the apartments are in “decent, safe and sanitary conditions,” every month.

Siciliano said Church Street South often scores below 70. The complex received a score of 63 in 2007, followed by a score of 52 in 2008 and a score of 68 in 2010, Siciliano said.

In 2013, though, Church Street South’s scores plummeted to 26. HUD gave Northland a list of repairs to perform in the complex. In the building’s followup inspection in September of that year, Church Street South received a score of 62.

Following inspections, property owners are required to rectify any issues that are discovered within 72 hours of the inspection.

Each year, Siciliano said, Northland certified that they had done so.

The Church Street South apartments received a score of 81 last October. But when New Haven city officials conducted their own inspection of 60 of the units in February as part of a routine housing code compliance sweep, around 50 units failed the

inspections, City Hall spokesman Laurence Grotheer said, adding that this prompted the city to conduct further investigations.

In August, city engineers found potentially dangerous structural inadequacies in the complex’s buildings.

Grotheer stressed the city’s frustration with Northland and the mayor’s concern for the tenants, given the unhealthy conditions of their homes.

The anonymous former resident, who currently lives in a hotel room with her three children, said it is difficult to find a new apartment while holding down a job.

“It’s stressful not being in my own home,” the former resident said.

Church Street South residents who have been relocated have also been provided with a list of potential new homes. But, the former resident said she is hesitant to move her children into any of these new homes because they are in areas with similarly high rates of drug activity as Church Street South.

HUD has notified Northland that they were in violation of the terms of their $3 million federal rental subsidy, Siciliano said, adding that their subsidy will be given to another Connecticut property owner in the state, who will permanently house Church Street South’s residents.

She added that residents who do not want to live in the newly subsidized housing will be given Housing Choice Vouchers to finance homes of their choosing.

Residents do not have the flexibility to choose the temporary housing they currently reside in, she added.

Northland has owned Church Street South since 2008.

Contact JIAHUI HU at jiahui.hu@yale.edu and SARA SEYMOUR at sara.seymour@yale.edu .

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AROUND THE IVIES

“With foxes we must play the fox.”

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Financial aid supports nearly half of class of 2019

BY THEODORE R. DELWICHE AND NOAH J. DELWICHE The Fox Club, one of Harvard’s eight male final clubs, has accepted a group of junior and senior women into its membership, making it the second of the off-campus social organizations this fall to move to go coed.

An email message carrying the subject line “The Future of the Fox Club” and obtained by The Crimson early Sunday morning told prospective members of the club that a “group” of women had joined its membership and that it intended to “transition to a fully coed club over the next year.”

“Earlier this year, after much discussion and deliberation, the undergraduate members of the Fox Club decided to open our membership to women,” said the message, signed by the “President and Members of the Fox Club” and sent from the email account foxclubpresident@gmail. com. “A group of junior and senior women have accepted an offer of membership and, in their capacity as members, will be advising our transition to a fully coed club over the next year.”

Several current undergraduate officers of the Fox, which was founded in 1898 and is located at 44 John F. Kennedy St., could not be immediately be reached for comment early Sunday morning.

The Fox’s move comes six weeks after the Spee Club, another male final club based on Mount Auburn Street, voted to invite women to participate in its punch process, an annual rite in which the groups put prospective members up for entry each fall. It is unclear whether the Spee has formally admitted any women into its membership; the punch process is ongoing.

The Spee’s decision, which attracted national media attention and drew praise from administrators, came on the heels of mount-

ing scrutiny of the final clubs, which have been officially unrecognized by Harvard since 1984 when they chose to sever ties with HARVARD the university rather than admit women.

Top administrators, including University President Drew Faust, have recently criticized the all-male organizations on grounds of gender exclusivity and the potential for alcohol abuse and sexual assault to occur on their off-campus properties. In the face of this scrutiny, many clubs have gone quiet; last spring, the Fox decided to tighten its membership rules, reinforcing a no-guest policy.

“The College continues to support the idea that … single-gendered organizations are not appropriate for the college,” Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana said earlier this year.

The Fox’s decision to add women to its membership also follows previous attempts by undergraduate members to persuade their graduate board counterparts to change the club’s gender makeup. Reverend Douglas Sears, the president of the Fox’s graduate board, did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday, but he said last year that conversations over the club going coed were not new.

At that time, Sears said the Fox had no plans to admit women anytime in the near future. When one undergraduate club member was leading a move for the Fox to invite women to participate in the punch process in fall 2014, Sears directed him to write a position paper on the proposal’s implications and potential outcomes.

“The undergraduates of the Fox Club can vote on whatever they want to, but that doesn’t necessarily leave anything other than expressed opinion,” Sears said.

It remains unclear whether the

Fox’s graduate board has approved the club’s move to add women to its membership. Hugh Nesbit, the chair of the club’s board of directors, also did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday.

In a post on his personal Facebook page, though, Sears acknowledged the club’s move to go coed. Sharing an earlier version of this Crimson news story on the change, Sears wrote that unlike other male final clubs that he said have considered merging with female social organizations — there are five all-female final clubs at the college—the Fox “has elected women as members who will help the club’s transition to full gender equity over the next three years.”

Students and others on campus also reacted to the news on Sunday. In an email, Khurana wrote that college administrators are “delighted that the student leaders at the Fox and their alumni have taken this important step.”

At least one student who has been critical of all-male final clubs, meanwhile, also said the Fox’s move represents a positive step. “It’s really exciting to see some students who are becoming self-critical because of the public challenges,” Brianna Suslovic said. “It’s clearly not a bad thing that these clubs are going coed.”

Still, Suslovic, who co-authored a Crimson op-ed earlier this year advocating the dismantling of final clubs, said club leaders should host open conversations about how the organizations will operate differently. She added that administrators and students should host additional discussions about inclusive social spaces on campus, irrespective of a final club’s decision to admit women.

Recently, in response to student complaints about the state of the oncampus social scene, administrators have pumped more funding into large undergraduate social events, and some upperclassman Houses recently opened new party spaces.

BY REBECCA LAPOINTE For prospective students considering Penn, finances need not be a deal breaker. About 45 percent of the class of 2019 receives financial aid and scholarships to attend Penn.

Student Financial Services reports that the 45 percent figure has stayed consistent over the past decade. Since the creation of Penn’s all-grant financial aid program, students have been able to receive more aid.

When making the decision to attend Penn, prospective students have the opportunity to seek out scholarships and grants offered by the university.

“We have money that is restricted and unrestricted. We use all of it. We just need to find what students fill certain criteria,” said SFS Director of Communications Marlene Bruno. “If a student doesn’t fill a certain criteria for a named scholarship, they’re still going to receive a Penn grant.”

The restricted funds given to the university by donors are limited to students that fit into certain criteria, meaning that donors can delineate specific restrictions of where their money goes.

Students can also apply for outside scholarships, such as National Merit scholarships, QuestBridge and others.

SFS advises prospective students to do their homework, including checking with their local communities or leveraging online resources such as FinAid. SFS also has links on Penn’s financial aid website to help students get a better idea of the financial opportunities available.

But international students are in a different situation. Bruno explained that Penn only accepts a certain number of students that are asking for aid.

“While need-blind admissions for international students is a goal for the future, we currently do not have that in

place,” Bruno said.

Scholarship money is credited to the student bill for the fall and spring terms. Assuming that students have PENN completed their financial aid application, SFS assistant directors conduct an evaluation. Only then will the funds be credited.

Coming from a low-income background, scholarship recipient and college senior Sarah Harris shares that during her college search, financial aid was helpful.

“For me it was a really easy process.

I can’t remember anything being super hard, and if it was it was really easy to [get in touch] with financial aid,” Harris said. “I feel like if I had problems [with the process], I would remember.”

For Harris, who came to Penn from Wyoming, the monetary aspect determined where she ended up going to school. Harris said that she knew Penn had a good financial aid program, which aided in her decision to apply.

Harris is the recipient of multiple scholarships, from both Penn and outside sources, and has held a workstudy job to supplement her funds.

“When you go out to eat and different things, I have to be just a little bit more careful … I figured out beforehand how much I can spend … and if I can’t spend a lot then I don’t go [out to eat],” Harris said.

The only instances where Harris had to take out a small loan were when she went abroad and when she took summer classes.

Harris advises next year’s prospective Penn students to explore all of their options. She believes that if finances and money are really important in school choice, Penn specifically is helpful.

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SPORTS

“We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings.”

CASEY STENGEL HALL OF FAME MANAGER

Little, Rich, Oluokun out for season FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 14

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Safety Foye Oluokun ’17 is out for the season after an upper-body injury from Week 1.

Huskies bite Bulldogs M. SOCCER FROM PAGE 14 The first half ended scoreless, but those 45 minutes did show signs of UConn dominance, as the Bulldogs were outshot 7–1. The Huskies’ lone shot on net found the hands of goalkeeper Ryan Simpson ’17, who notched a save to keep the score null in the 15th minute.

Just six minutes into the second half, UConn midfielder Kwame Awuah scored the lone goal of the contest.

Awuah, who is currently ranked 29th in the nation with six assists, also leads the Huskies in shots on goal.

Unable to rally after this early goal in the second period, Yale took home its 11th loss of the season.

“I thought the game was extremely close,” forward Avery Schwartz ’16 said. “We defended really well and created a few great chances that could have sent the game to overtime.”

UConn averages about 10.4 shots per game, which exceeds Yale’s 8.8 norm. The Huskies also entered the match with a clear advantage defensively, as before Tuesday they ranked 27th in the nation with a 0.80 goals against average.

Though Yale was able to tally three shots in the second half, just one, from Downs,

was on goal. The match ended with Yale being outshot 16–4.

Downs led the team with two shots, followed by Kinnane and Schwartz, who each had one. Downs’ second attempt almost tied up the game with less than six minutes left in the second half.

“I would say the shot off the crossbar from Nicky Downs had to be the highlight for us,” forward Kyle Kenagy ’19 said. “He almost dipped it over the keeper’s head.”

This is the Bulldog’s fifth loss this season by only one goal.

In-state rivals Yale and UConn have played a total of 69 matches. After this season’s game, UConn has won seven straight to lead the annual series 38–27–4.

Amidst a struggling season, players now shift to refocus on the heart of their campaign: Ivy play.

“It’s tough losing another game, but we have continued to play well, and a couple of small mistakes is what separates us from winning consistently,” defender Pablo Espinola ’16 said.

Yale will resume its conference play at Columbia on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Contact MADDIE WUELFING at madeleine.wuelfing@yale.edu .

running back is a tough position,” Reuland said. “It’s hard to be durable, and if a guy goes down, the next guy needs to be ready to go.

I saw an opportunity and went in there. I knew [Salter] was having problems with his neck, so I was preparing really hard all week.”

However, Reuland did not play at Maine, and fourthstring running back Andrew Johnson ’18 earned carries in his place when Salter was rotated out.

The tight ends were dealt

a major blow on Friday when Little injured his right knee in the third quarter.

The Cheshire, Connecticut native also missed five games last year and nine games his freshman season due to injury, so he has one more year of eligibility. Provided his rehabilitation goes well, Reno said, Little will return for his fifth year.

In addition to Oluokun, the defense lost defensive end Nick Crowle ’18 and linebacker Victor Egu ’17 for a combined three games.

The injuries have taken their toll on both the players

and the coaching staff. Reno praised Yale’s training staff for its work this season, but acknowledged the difficulty of the present situation.

“Have there been a lot of times this year where I’ve had what we call ‘checking in,’ getting myself back to where I need to be?” Reno said. “Yeah, and [the players] have too, but the most important thing is what we believe in, which is worrying about the moment and what we can control.”

But at 4–2, 1–2 Ivy, the Bulldogs are no longer in complete control of their

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TENNIS FROM PAGE 14 ’18 and Nathan Brown ’19 all fell to Ancient Eight competitors. But the day ended on a high note for Yale, as Alex Hagermoser ’17 emerged victorious in a rollercoaster match to round out Friday’s singles.

After easily winning the first set, Hagermoser lost the second in a tiebreaker, but then fought back in the third set to win 6–1, 6–3, improving his singles record this year to 10–1.

Yale continued to pull off upset victories on Saturday, as Jason Brown and Photiades, as well as Svenning and Dennis Wang, won against seeded opponents.

The other Bulldog doubles pair, Andrienko and Hagermoser, fell on Saturday, as did every singles player for Yale. The closest was the seeded Ziqi Wang, who battled Dartmouth’s Eddie Grabill and won 6–1, 7–6 but fell later in the day with a 7–6, 6–4 loss.

The tournament came to a close for Yale on Sunday, as Svenning and Dennis Wang fell to a strong Brown pair 8–5, while Jason Brown and Photiades suffered a similar fate to a Dartmouth squad 8–4. Both opponents were seeded higher in the tournament than Yale’s pairs. Despite the losses, Jason Brown said Yale’s heads remained high leaving the courts. “[Photiades] and I had really good chemistry and energy throughout the weekend,” Brown said. “We really enjoyed competing, and that helped us play good tennis.”

Dorato said that the depth of competition was the strongest he had seen in the Northeast Regional Championships in 30 years.

Overall, Dorato was impressed with his team’s performance, considering the amount of upsets the Bulldogs managed. He also cited the absences of top players Lu and Doehler as key injuries.

“We can compete on even terms with the top teams in the league if we are healthy and are at full-force,” Dorato said.

JIANG, SHKLOVER ADVANCE TO FINAL EIGHT

Meanwhile at Dartmouth, Tina Jiang ’17 was the top performer for the Bulldog women, advancing to Sunday in both singles and doubles. Valerie Shklover ’18 was Jiang’s partner in that doubles pair, which went all the way to the quarterfinals.

“I think our mental strength was the key to our success as a team,” Shklover said. “I think we performed well, but definitely are all capable of more.”

Courtney Amos ’16 and Sherry Li ’17 both saw qualifying action on Thursday, when Li coasted to a 6–0, 6–2 victory, while Amos, having only recently come back from a long-term injury, lost a close qualifying match.

On Friday, the team saw mixed results in both doubles and singles. The pair of Jiang and Shklover began its weekend-long run in doubles by securing a spot in the Round of 16 with wins of 8–7 and 8–3. The two were the only doubles pair to advance for Yale, as Madeleine Hamilton ’16 and captain Ree Ree Li ’16 won their first match but lost their second.

On the singles side, while Hamilton, Jiang and Ree Ree Li all enjoyed first-round byes, Amy Yang ’19 was the only Bulldog to

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Both of Yale’s tennis teams saw competition from every Ivy League school in their tournaments. advance through Friday’s singles, winning her match 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 after dropping the second set.

Though Sherry Li won the first set in her singles match on Friday, she dropped the next two, falling 6–7, 6–2, 6–3 to end her run in the tournament.

Saturday presented a new challenge, as matches were played indoors due to inclement weather. This did not slow Jiang, however, who won her first match 6–0, 6–2, and her second 6–3, 7–5, advancing to the Round of 16. But no other Eli was able to survive Saturday’s singles competition, leaving Jiang, both in

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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS FIELD HOCKEY 1 Princeton 2 Penn Cornell 4 Columbia Harvard Dartmouth 7 Brown 8 Yale

IVY 5–0 4–1 4–1 2–3 2–3 2–3 1–4 0–5

Contact MAYA SWEEDLER at maya.sweedler@yale.edu .

Elis falter on court

MIDWEEK UPDATE IVY LEAGUE SEASON STANDINGS FOOTBALL

destiny. With both No. 15 Harvard and No. 22 Dartmouth undefeated in league play, the team needs some help if it is to earn a share of the title.

The Elis’ “next man up” mentality will serve them well as the team takes on its final four conference opponents in the upcoming month.

“Whatever your role is that day, you’ve got to embrace it,” Reno said. “It could change at any moment.”

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YARDS

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MEN’S SOCCER 1. Sanner, T. - PRINCETON 2. Hagstrom, J. - BROWN Freeman, J. - HARVARD 4. McSherry, B. - PRINCETON 5. Kenagy, K. - YALE

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singles and in doubles with Shklover, to represent Yale on Sunday.

Despite battling hard, Yale was not able to advance through Sunday’s competition. Jiang and Shklover won their first match 8–3 to advance to the final eight, but they lost 8–7 in a tiebreaker in the quarterfinals to a Dartmouth pair that had lost just three games before that match. Jiang later lost a hard-fought singles match to a tough Brown opponent.

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ON CAMPUS WEDNESAY, OCTOBER 28 4:00 PM The Canadian Election: Why the Liberals Won. The Canadian Studies Committee and the MacMillan Center present a panel discussion featuring Richard Albert, Canadian bicentennial visiting professor, David Cameron, professor of political science, and Ben Cashore, professor of forestry & environmental studies and professor of political science. Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave.), Rm. 203.

5:00 PM “How Many Chaucerians Does It Take To Count to Ten?” Horrors of the Obvious in Humanities Research. The Beinecke Library is delighted to announce the first talk of this year’s History of the Book speaker series. This public lecture is by Joseph Dane, professor of English at the University of Southern California. The Yale Program in the History of the Book brings together scholars across disciplines to explore the materiality of the written word over time and across cultures. Linsly-Chittenden Hall (63 High St.), Rm. 317.

THURSAY, OCTOBER 29 5:30 PM Fruit, Flowers, and Lucky Strikes: The Still Life in American Culture. Once disdained as possessing only “a petty, imitative monkey talent,” still-life painters gained respect through the 19th century as they celebrated America’s new culture of abundance. In this lecture, Carol Troyen ’71 GRD ’79, the Kristin and Roger Servison curator emerita of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, examines the evolution of the still life from marginal subject to a genre essential to modernism. Yale University Art Gallery (1111 Chapel St.).

5:30 PM Bainton Lecture: “Luther and Dreams”. Lyndal Roper, professor of modern history at the University of Oxford, will give the Roland Bainton Lecture at the Yale Divinity School.

Specializing in German history of the 16th to 18th centuries, she has published on gender, the Reformation, witchcraft, visual culture and, in her forthcoming book, Martin Luther. Sterling Divinity Quadrangle (409 Prospect St.), Niebuhr Hall.

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ARTS & CULTURE Documentary uses weaving as tool for cultural preservation

BY IVONA IACOB STAFF REPORTER On Monday, the Native American Cultural Center hosted a screening of “Tracing Roots,” a documentary celebrating Native American culture through the tale of a spruce root hat.

The event brought together members of the Yale community to view the film and discuss related issues with its filmmaker, Ellen Frankenstein, and its protagonist, Haida elder and master weaver Delores Churchill.

Tracing Churchill’s journey to uncover the origins of a spruce root hat found on the body of Kwäday Dän Ts’ìnchi — the “Canadian Ice Man” — which was discovered in northern Canada in the late 1990s, after being exposed by a retreating glacier. Churchill, who is known for her work as a weaver as well as for her efforts to promote the study and teaching of the Haida language, noted that spruce root hats — which often feature flared rims, woven patterns and painted designs — are associated with her people’s weaving tradition.

Nature knows a lot more than we do and it makes you realize that global warming is really happening.

DELORES CHURCHILL Haida Elder and Master Weaver “Weaving is such an important part of art history,” Churchill said. “I feel encouraged when I speak to young people like you, because I know it is important to you.”

The film, which Frankenstein noted was approximately four years in the making, uses weaving to bring attention to important

issues facing the Haida language and culture, as well as broader environmental crises.

Frankenstein added that “Tracing Roots” features multiple narratives and messages alongside its emphasis on weaving as a tool in preserving important Haida traditions. The documentary, she explained, touches on themes of environmental preservation and contemporary issues like global warming. Churchill highlighted that the spruce root hat, which is central to the film, was discovered because of a retreating glacier, a natural phenomenon that she said occurs as a result of global warming.

Even so, Churchill noted that she thinks younger generations have the ability to reverse the phenomenon’s negative effects.

“Nature knows a lot more than we do and it makes you realize that global warming is really happening,” she said. “It is people like you, young people who are going to make it stop.”

Churchill added that it is important to organize events of this nature in order to raise awareness and educate attendees about these issues and cultures.

Ashton Megli ’18, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, emphasized the importance of educating others about Native American culture.

“Education is really valued with my people,” Megli said. “A lot of Yale students have never been around Native Americans before so it sometimes feels strange when I’m trying to explain where I come from, but a lot of my friends have been interested in learning more.”

Yale’s Office of Career Strategy offers summer internship opportunities in Sitka, Alaska open to both graduate and undergraduate students.

COURTESY OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER

On Monday, the Native American Cultural Center welcomed Haida elder and master weaver Delores Churchill and filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein to Yale.

Contact IVONA IACOB at ivona.iacob@yale.edu .

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Pearlstein lecture highlights painter’s background as graphic designer

BY NATALIE SHENG CONTRIBUTING REPORTER The School of Art hosted painter Philip Pearlstein for the latest installment of its Monday Night Lecture Series.

Titled “Retrospective,” Pearlstein’s presentation followed his career as a painter, including discussions of many of the artist’s lesser-known areas of work, such as graphic design. Noting Pearlstein’s association with the Modernist Realist movement and viewers’ idea of him as, primarily, a painter of nudes, School of Art Dean Robert Storr asked attendees to consider how “predictable” descriptions of artists are not necessarily infallible and may merit questioning.

Whatever is on the surface as a realist painting, the basis is my career as a graphic designer.

design, silkscreen printing and typeface. In his talk, Pearlstein said he received his “basic art education” during the time he spent working in the Florida ad agency, explaining that the graphic design skills and techniques he learned there serve as the foundation of his work. Six years later, after graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pearlstein moved to New York with his friend Andy Warhol, where he worked designing catalogs for plumbing fixtures and began studying towards a Masters in the History of Art. Pearlstein noted that the end of his career in graphic design came when, in 1958, he received the Fulbright Grant for Painting, which allowed him to spend a year in Italy.

Pearlstein said that following his time in Italy he began participating in figure-drawing groups

and producing paintings. The artist added that, unlike his peers in the drawing groups, he was unable to “gesture draw” — a technique of rapidly sketching an active figure to capture its sense of movement — explaining that his background as a graphic designer made him “a planner, through and through” who had difficulty with the quickness of execution this sort of drawing demanded. The tools he obtained through his training as a designer, Pearlstein said, remain at the core of his artistic process.

“Whatever is on the surface as a realist painting, the basis is my career as a graphic designer,” he explained. “It’s all about layout … it’s very precisely laid out.

And then I proceed to work. I don’t do any traditional business with anatomy. It’s all shape. When I make the drawing it’s from side to side, edge to edge, I’m always measuring in my mind, there’s a built

in ruler forever.”

Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, a Chicago-based artist and critic, said that prior to Monday’s talk she had not realized Pearlstein had worked as a graphic designer. After listening to the lecture, Zuckerman-Hartung said that the presence of graphic design within Pearlstein’s paintings made sense in relation to their strong compositions.

Téa Beer ’17, an art major, said she was struck by Pearlstein’s ability to ground figurative works in his graphic design training — in particular, how he is able to use his background as a designer to create balanced compositions that “force” emotion from the viewer.

“Even if his work is figurative now, it’s still all about layout,” Beer said.

Contact NATALIE SHENG at natalie.sheng@yale.edu .

PHILIP PEARLSTEIN Painter “When people use labels, realist, this and that, and the other thing, the labels are only as good as what they reference in terms of the actual thought and practice of an artist,” Storr said. “And so I think [Pearlstein] will in the most general way, blow your minds.”

Pearlstein’s beginnings as an artist reach back to his high school days, the painter said, when “Merry Go-Round,” a piece he had completed as a junior, received first prize in Scholastic Magazine’s National High School Art Competition. In 1943, after being drafted into the United States Army, he spent six months on a military base in Florida, during which time he began working at an advertising agency as a graphic designer, learning about page layout and

ROBBIE SHORT/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Painter Philip Pearlstein gave a talk at 36 Edgewood Ave. as part of the School of Art’s Monday Night Lecture Series.

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“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” MARK TWAIN AMERICAN AUTHOR AND HUMORIST

Cherry Bombe founders discuss women in food

BY NATALINA LOPEZ CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Claudia Wu and Kerry Diamond, founders and directors of Cherry Bombe magazine, visited Yale on Tuesday to talk food, fashion and indie publishing.

The duo was invited to speak as part of the Yale Sustainable Food Program’s “Chewing the Fat” lecture series, which brings together students, faculty and the broader New Haven community to explore sustainable food’s role in confronting pressing environmental, economic, political and health issues. Wu and Diamond’s lecture focused on Cherry Bombe, their biannual, independent food magazine, as well as their annual conference, Jubilee, which brings together female

leaders in the food industry to discuss pressing issues, network and support one another. In addition, Wu and Diamond pointed out the relative lack of attention paid to successful women in food, as compared to their male counterparts, as well as the strides that have been made towards greater representation of female professionals in the industry.

“Women are being left out of the conversation in food,” said Diamond. “Diversity is very important to us. If you scratch a little deeper it’s not all white, and it’s not all male.”

Diamond and Wu said that they thought that, as recently as two or three years ago, there was a lack of exciting food publications, with the exception of Lucky Peach, a food and lifestyle mag-

azine that had initially inspired them to found Cherry Bombe, the two added.

Diamond explained that she had worked in the world of magazines and journalism prior to founding Cherry Bombe. Wu, Diamond added, had previously produced her own fashion magazine, called ME. Both had previously worked for Harper’s Bazaar, Diamond noted.

It was not until Diamond and her boyfriend, a chef, opened a restaurant in Brooklyn that the two women first considered entering the food publishing business — though at this point, Wu said she and Diamond did not have a business plan or even “think past the first issue.” In May 2013, Cherry Bombe released its first issue.

“I thought, the world doesn’t need another cookbook, let’s do an annual magazine,” Diamond said.

Women are being left out of the conversation in food.

Diversity is very important to us.

KERRY DIAMOND Co-founder and Director, Cherry Bombe As the talk progressed, issues of Cherry Bombe were passed around, their glossy covers featuring influential, foodie women like model Karlie Kloss, who

started Karlie’s Kookies, and Christina Tosi, the chef, founder and owner of New York City’s Momofuku Milk Bar. When asked how they choose who to put on Cherry Bombe’s cover, Wu said that she and Diamond seek to feature women involved with the food industry in some capacity, whether as chefs, restaurateurs or food writers.

Their annual conference, Jubilee, which Wu called the “physical manifestation of Cherry Bombe,” aims to further the magazine’s goals about female participation in the business of food — and recognition for their successes in the industry. Diamond said she and Wu created the conference in response to Time Magazine’s 2013 “Gods of Food” cover

story, which featured only male chefs.

Both founders said that food is about nourishment, but also about bringing people together.

Doris Lin ’16, who attended the lecture, said she decided to come because she was interested in the topic, adding that she was particularly impressed with the aesthetic quality of the magazine issues brought by Diamond and Wu. Wu and Diamond advised students to seek out jobs with people who are making a difference.

“Sometimes it just takes one person,” Wu said. “Someone that believes in something to make it work.”

Contact NATALINA LOPEZ at natalina.lopez@yale.edu .

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Kerry Diamond and Claudia Wu, founders of independent food magazine Cherry Bombe, visited Yale on Tuesday afternoon.

Slovenian poet talks literature and politics

BY IVONA IACOB STAFF REPORTER

ROBBIE SHORT/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Slovenia-born poet and cultural critic Aleš Debeljak came to Yale for a poetry reading and panel discussion.

Slovenian poet and cultural critic Aleš Debeljak came to Yale Tuesday for a panel discussion and reading of his work.

Sponsored by the MacMillan Center’s European Studies Council and the department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the conversation ranged from Debeljak’s writing process to the political implications of writing poetry. History professor Marci Shore and Slavic languages and literatures professor Marijeta Bozovic moderated the discussion that followed the poetry reading. Shore noted that Debeljak, as a Slovenian raised in Yugoslavia, witnessed the fall of communism in Yugoslavia and that of Yugoslavian dictator Josip Broz Tito, as well as the violent atrocities that followed the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Debeljak added that his own work is very much inspired by social context, and that the role of literature is to help people understand what is happening around them.

“Literature does have to scare us, does have to make us disconcerted and anxious,” Debeljak said.

“It needs to call into ques-

tion our everyday attitude toward life.”

Debeljak also addressed the role of poetry specifically.

The writer noted that he views poetry as a means both of understanding others and of providing a way for readers to understand him.

“In poetry ‘I’ becomes ‘you,’ I attempt to put myself in the shoes of others,” he said. “Every poem is dedicated to ‘you,’ the imaginary reader. And if there is a single person that recognizes himself or herself in my poems, then my task is accomplished.”

Qianyi Qin ’17, who attended the event, said she thought Debeljak’s presentation was personable and entertaining.

In addition to her interest in learning about the poet’s creative process, Qin noted that she found it was particularly valuable to have the opportunity to hear Debeljak read his works in their original language.

“I thought it was mesmerizing when he read one of the poems in his native language,” she said.

“It was also inspiring — it made me think about how writing is propelled by this pursuit of the unknown.”

Contact IVONA IACOB at ivona.iacob@yale.edu .

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Injuries burden Elis FOOTBALL

BY MAYA SWEEDLER STAFF REPORTER

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Tight end Sebastian Little ’17 tore both his ACL and MCL last Friday at Penn during a pass attempt.

Tennis competes in regionals

Yale football head coach Tony Reno often speaks of the need to overcome adversity. While that mantra typically comes in reference to the team’s ability to come from behind against strong opponents, adversity has also come in a different form this season: injury diagnoses.

Six weeks into the season, an unprecedented number of injuries have decimated the Yale football team and wreaked havoc on the depth chart. A mid-season health evaluation revealed that, of the 109 players listed on the Bulldogs’ roster, 40 athletes have been injured or sick this year, according to a Yale football press release. Twelve of those players have been ruled out for the season, including three members who have played large roles: safety Foye Oluokun ’17, running back Candler Rich ’17 and tight end Sebastian Little ’17.

“There are a lot of guys who are rehabbing, and hopefully they can come back,” Reno said. “We just don’t know. Some of those

guys may not end up coming back, some may, but who knows? … If not, one of the benefits about coaching this team is we have 110 guys.”

Twenty-six of the 40 injured or sick players are “regulars,” or players who frequently see time on the field, according to the press release.

With the exception of quarterback and kickers, every major position group has seen at least one player miss time.

No position group has been impacted more than the wide receivers. Of the seven different players who have caught a pass this season, only one has played in all six games. Week 1 starters Robert Clemons III ’17 and Myles Gaines ’17 have seen time in three games each, and Bo Hines ’18, injured both in Week 1 and in his Week 6 return, has yet to play a full game since transferring from North Carolina State in the offseason.

After compiling a team-leading 30 catches in the first five games, wide receiver Michael Siragusa Jr. ’18 was injured two weeks ago at Maine. Siragusa sat

out against Penn and will not take the field against Columbia this weekend, according to Reno.

The only constant in the receiving corps’ rocky season has been Ross Drwal ’18, the lone Eli wide receiver to play in every game. Drwal has 12 receptions for 108 yards and two touchdowns thus far in 2015.

With mononucleosis working its way through the offensive line earlier this year, a rotating cast of linemen — including one who played on the defensive line last year — stepped in. They have blocked for four different backs this season. After Rich’s injury in Week 2, running back Deshawn Salter ’18 stepped up, earning Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors two times in his four starts before injuring his neck and exiting the game at Penn.

Austin Reuland ’16, a converted wide receiver who began the season third on the depth chart, replaced Salter on Friday.

“I wasn’t expecting too much playing time [this season], but I wanted to stay ready because SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10

Yale falls to in-state rival

BY SEBASTIAN KUPCHAUNIS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

BY MADDIE WUELFING CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

Both the Yale men’s and women’s tennis teams took to the courts this weekend at the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Championships. With the women playing at Dartmouth and the men hosting in New Haven, both teams saw strong individual performances but were unable to advance any player past the fourth of six days in their tournament.

The highly anticipated tournaments brought together strong players from various schools across the Northeast, including all eight Ivy League schools.

Taking a break from Ivy play in a weekday non-conference match, the Yale men’s soccer team took a tough loss to Connecticut on Tuesday by a score of 1–0.

MEN’S SOCCER

Coming off a tie against Penn this past weekend, which broke a seven-game losing streak for the Bulldogs, the team hosted the Huskies (6–5–5, 2–3–2 American) in an attempt to improve on that performance with a win. But with a three-game win streak, UConn brought even more momentum into the match, and despite a late shot off the crossbar by midfielder

Nicky Downs ’19, the Elis (1–11–1, 0–3–1 Ivy) were ultimately unable to score the goal they needed to level the game.

“We’re disappointed with the result, but pretty happy with our performance overall against a good UConn team,” midfielder Archie Kinnane ’18 said.

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TENNIS The women’s squad is now looking ahead to the Wildcat Invitational next weekend in Evanston, Illinois hosted by Northwestern, which begins on Friday, Nov. 6. The men will have to be more patient, with their next contest two weeks away in Flushing, New York at the ITA Indoor National, which begins on Thursday, Nov. 12.

TWO DOUBLES PAIRS EXCEL

The Eli men were represented this weekend by eight players, with two from each class. Two doubles pairings — Martin Svenning ’16 and Dennis Wang ’19 along with captain Jason Brown ’16 and Photos Photiades ’17 — highlighted Yale’s performance at the tournament by advancing to the quarterfinals.

“The competition was really strong this weekend,” Brown said. “I thought our guys played well, but we definitely need to get a lot better in the offseason to compete with some of the best Ivy teams.”

Yale’s top player, Tyler Lu ’17, qualified for the eighth

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Both a singles player and a doubles pair for Yale advanced to Sunday of the women’s Northeast Regional Championships. seed in the main draw for singles, but ultimately did not compete due to injury. Stefan Doehler ’18, who was named Northeast Region Rookie of the Year last season, was also injured for the tournament. This left Ziqi Wang ’18 as the only Yale player to earn a first-round bye, holding the No. 32 seed in the main draw.

Without an initial berth, Photiades needed to qualify for the main draw on Thursday, and did so easily with two decisive victories.

On Friday in the main draw, Photiades followed that performance up with a 6–2, 6–4 win on Friday.

Yale got off to a fast start on Friday, with all three dou-

bles pairings winning their matches early in the day. In singles action, Svenning, just a few hours after winning a doubles match alongside Dennis Wang, powered through Cornell’s Karlo Lozic — a higher-seeded opponent — in a 6–1, 7–6 victory. Head coach Alex Dorato highlighted that match, specifically, as “tremendous” for Svenning.

For other Elis on Friday, however, Ivy opponents proved to be their downfall — a recurring theme throughout the weekend for both the men and women. Dennis Wang, Fedor Andrienko SEE TENNIS PAGE 10

STAT OF THE DAY 40

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Yale came inches away from tying the game when a late shot from midfielder Nicky Downs ’19 hit the crossbar.

THE NUMBER OF YALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS, OUT OF 109 ON THE ROSTER, WHO HAVE MISSED PLAYING TIME DUE TO INJURIES OR SICKNESS THIS SEASON. Of those 40, 12 have been ruled out for the rest of the season, with four games still left to play in the 2015 campaign.