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GENDER AND FOOD

SUPERPOWER

FAMILY WEEKEND

Study probes links between gender and selfcontrol

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Earlier parents weekend adds stress for improv, a cappella groups

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BULLDOGS TAKE DOWN CORNELL AT SATURDAY GAME

$250 million gift propels growth

All white everything. It

appears Paris really is a moveable feast. A Parisian movement called ‘Diner en Blanc’ where crowds gather spontaneously for pop-up dinners and picnics has taken root at Yale. Early evening on Sunday night, dozens of students dressed in all-white apparel gathered on the grass near Berkeley South Court for a full course dinner at an elegant affair featuring ‘Romanesque potato salad’ and ‘panna cotta with candied ginger and mango compote.’

The flash dinner was organized

by The Yale Epicurean and Vita Bella Magazine.

351,000 words, 36 hours. At

an event organized by the Yale Dramat this weekend, students were invited to prove their love of epic Russian literature by participating in a non-stop reading of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina on Cross Campus.

The marathon began shortly after breakfast on Friday and continued until 9 p.m.

Saturday night. Students participating were not surprisingly also asked to sign up their friends as ‘listeners’ in case the reading in and of itself did not naturally garner an audience.

Einstein was robbed.

According to a new book by Yale physics professor A. Douglas Stone, the father of modern physics and a man whose name is synonymous with ‘genius,’ deserves far more credit than he has received.

Einstein’s breakthroughs amounted to the worth of four Nobel Prizes, Stone insists, rather than the measly one he was granted in 1921.

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Construction of the new residential colleges has long been stalled along Prospect Street, but received a boost yesterday with the announcement of the largest gift in Yale’s history.

BY SAMUEL ABER AND MATTHEW LLOYDTHOMAS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER AND STAFF REPORTER On Monday morning, Yale moved $250 million closer to breaking ground on two new residential colleges with the announcement of the largest gift in the University’s history.

The gift comes from Charles Johnson ’54, a longtime donor to the University and former co-chair of the mutual fund

Franklin Resources, commonly referred to as Franklin Templeton. Added to previous donations in the last several years, the new gift — which President Peter Salovey announced in an email to the University — sets the construction project only $80 million short of the $500 million threshold required to begin construction. Though the new colleges were originally announced in 2008, the project was put on hold after the onset of the financial downturn until

sufficient funds could be raised through donations.

Recent growth in the endowment, though — which reported a 12.5 percent return last week for the fiscal year that ended June 30 — has allowed Yale to restart some capital project plans. Coupled with the University’s renewed financial stability, Johnson’s gift brings plans for the new colleges significantly closer to fruition.

“Mr. Johnson is somebody who loves Yale and, as with so

many alumni of Yale College, felt the experience changed his life, and knows that we’re now at the point where 30,000 applicants are hoping to have a chance for that kind of an experience, too,” Salovey told the News. “A gift like this puts that goal of offering a Yale College education to a few more students every year within reach.”

When the new colleges are finally completed in their location behind Grove Street Cemetery, Yale’s enrollment will

increase by approximately 15 percent, or 800 students.

Applications to Yale have quadrupled over the past 50 years while enrollment has remained constant, a fact that played a major role in the Yale Corporation’s initial consideration of the new colleges. Once completed, the colleges will significantly expand Yale’s physical footprint, placing far more undergraduates in housing SEE DONATION PAGE 8

Family outing. Many

international students were not able to see their parents during Parent’s Weekend, so the International Students Organization organized a trip to Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey on Saturday.

Around 50 students took turns on the Zumanjaro Drop of Doom and Skull Mountain while the rest of campus sat through Whiffenpoof concerts and brunch at Mory’s with their parents.

Start a fire? Posters around

campus showing a burning piece of paper were actually encouraging students to start new businesses. The advertisements from the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute included information for the institute’s application-only six-hour Start Something workshop on Oct. 11.

2015 turns 21. A party hosted by the Junior Class Council at Kudeta on Thursday celebrated the “Year of 21st Birthdays.”

The Sept. 26 party coincided with the actual birthday of junior Will Adams ’15, who said he enjoyed the party and a gin and tonic on the JCC’s dime.

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1975. A mild epidemic of food poisoning in the Calhoun College Dining Hall sent five students to the hospital and affected 15 others. The precise dish that caused the outbreak

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Yale drops charges

BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER Yale has dropped charges of criminal trespassing against a Brazilian journalist apprehended last week for allegedly attempting to enter a private meeting and misrepresenting her intentions to Yale Police officers.

Claudia Trevisan, a Washington, D.C.-based correspondent for O Estado de S. Paulo, spent three and a half hours in a New Haven prison Thursday night, she said, after being handcuffed and escorted out of Woolsey Hall. She said she was there with the aim of securing an interview with the president of Brazil’s supreme court, Joaquim Barbosa. Barbosa was participating in the Yale Law School’s Global Constitutionalism Seminar, an annual forum and discussion with leading international jurists that is closed to the public and to the press.

When Law School Dean Robert Post LAW ’77 learned about the arrest, he “immediately requested” that Trevisan be released and that the charges be dropped, according to a statement by University Spokesman Tom Conroy.

Reached Sunday evening, Trevisan, 48, told the News that dropping the charges is “the minimum [the University] could do.” She said she was arrested without cause and subjected

to “abusive behavior,” including being handcuffed, not being allowed to make a phone call and having to urinate in sight of male prison guards.

“If this is not violence, I really do not know what is,” Trevisan said. “I was shocked to know that Yale considers this kind of treatment as normal procedure.”

Trevisan said she has hired Danbury-based attorney Juliana Zach to consider her legal options. Even with the charges dropped, Trevisan said, she is worried about her “track record” and whether the incident will appear when she attempts to renew her visa.

Ricardo Gandour, the executive director of O Estado, said in a statement that the newspaper’s response has been one of “great perplexity and indignation.” He called the University’s response “disproportionate,” and said that Trevisan was arrested for doing her job.

“The journalist was fulfilling her mission as a reporter and did not trespass any formal or visible barrier,” he said.

Trevisan said she entered the Commons rotunda with no intention of trespassing. The conference with Barbosa was taking place in a second-floor room above Woolsey Hall. She had arrived in New Haven by train on Thursday afternoon in hopes of interviewing Barbosa, SEE JOURNALIST PAGE 4

In second year, new tailgate

BY ASHTON WACKYM STAFF REPORTER Two years ago, Yale tailgates saw rowdy crowds mixed with oversized trucks, couches, loud music, kegs and glass bottles filled with hard liquor. But on Saturday — the first tailgate of the 2013 football season — the scene was much more tame.

After a November 2011 accident at the Yale-Harvard tailgate resulted in one death and two injuries, the Yale administration took action to make the area surrounding Gate C of the Yale Bowl a safer environment. The stringent tailgate policies first introduced in January 2012 are still in effect, and students and administrators are paying more attention to safety issues at the start of another new football season.

Students who attended the Saturday tailgate said the atmosphere this year was safe but not stifling.

“It was a very positive environment where you were able to enjoy yourself safely,” said Mike Quinn ’16, member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.

In recent months, Yale administrators and Yale Police have made an effort to specifically meet with fraternities about tailgate regulations, holding meetings with the groups to discuss the transportation of students and level of alcohol consumption at tailgates, among other topics.

Leander McCormick-Goodhart ’15, president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, said students seemed calmer about the regulaSEE TAILGATE PAGE4

Student designed home unveiled

BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER Peter Salovey and John DeStefano Jr. — the freshly minted president of Yale and the longtime mayor of New Haven on the verge of retirement — joined a crowd of over 100 University administrators, professors, students and city residents Monday evening to celebrate the newest home erected through Yale’s Vlock Building Project.

Salovey and DeStefano joined School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern in unveiling the home on 116 Greenwood Street that first-year architecture students constructed over the summer as part of the Vlock Program. The decades-old program — named in 2008 for James Vlock, a longtime affiliate of the Yale School of Architecture — allows students to design and SEE VLOCK PAGE 8

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his Saturday, I went back to Taft, the Watertown, Conn. boarding school where I had spent a year as an exchange student, to attend a memorial service for Frederick “Ferdie” Wandelt, the admissions director who recruited me. He had passed away in July due to complications resulting from cancer.

The service was well-organized and well-attended. Hundreds of alumni flocked back to the school to pay their respects.

Family members and colleagues described Ferdie as a family man, a school man and someone who devoted his entire life to Taft. Upon graduating from college, he returned to the boarding school to work in the admissions office, where he stayed for the next 40 years of his life. They talked about how much he loved his job as an educator and his lifelong goal of bringing diverse groups of students from all over the world to U.S. boarding schools.

ATTENDING A FUNERAL REMINDS ME OF THE LARGER PURPOSE OF LIFE I am a product of his endeavors. I remember being interviewed by him six years ago as a clueless Chinese high school student who had zero ambitions of coming to America for college. It’s safe to say that if weren’t for this man, I wouldn’t be where I am now. Yet I hardly knew him — my memories of him are vague at best, and I must admit that I made the trip more out of a feeling of obligation than genuine gratitude.

As I looked around me in the huge tent where the service was being held, I wondered what relationship each guest had with Ferdie — was he a dear friend? A classmate?

The admissions officer who had signed their acceptance letter? During those two hours, all of us in attendance recalled in our own minds our interactions with this man during his 65 years of existence, limited or extensive, insignificant or life changing. If one’s thoughts and emotions could solidify and become visible, I imagined a massive, colorful cloud of memories ballooning from the center of the Taft campus, extending into the air.

After all, people say that how you are remembered after your death is the ultimate measure of whether you’ve lived a meaningful existence. Those who are deeply missed by many people are deemed to have spent

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Conversely, those who are quickly fo rgo t te n or become the target of XIUYI much spite ZHENG are said to have wasted Propergandist their gift of life.

Yet the atheist in me is skeptical. If there is no afterlife, and everything simply fades to black like an eternal slumber, and our individual consciousness dissipates into nothingness, why should we care about how we are remembered, or the world as we leave it? The idea — that how you’re remembered defines your life — is more the preoccupation of the rememberer than that of the remembered.

This is a deeply cynical view. As I consider the different career and life options that await me at the end of senior year — admittedly limited for a humanities major — my mind sometimes brings me to my own eventual memorial service. What do I want people to say about me? “Xiuyi contributed immensely to the growth of our company.” “Xiuyi will be sorely missed by his 45 cats.”

Why should I care?

Perhaps the answer is this: I care not because I want flowers laid in front of my grave. I care because people will remember me for what I did for them, and it’s worthwhile to do something for others.

To most of us, death could not seem more distant. However, as we make important and consequential decisions about our careers, it might be useful to think about what we want to have accomplished by the end of our lives. As Yalies, our career options may appear limited to Goldman Sachs and BCG, a culmination of the ambitions we harbor and the expectations we carry.

Yet we should ask: In what ways can we best touch the lives of others? Perhaps then our eyes will be less clouded by the allure of prestige, and we will be able to do more with the limited years that we have.

When Ferdie recruited me from my high school in Shanghai, he probably didn’t think about whether I would attend his memorial service years later or how I would remember him. He picked me out of that small interview room because he thought I could bring something to Taft, and that I would benefit from a Taft education. I did, and that’s all that mattered.

Farewell, Dr. J

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ne trademark of life at Yale is the pervasive and zealous competition among residential colleges. This rivalry is present on the IM fields, on the YHHAP Fast sign-up list and in the contest for the Sheffield Society House Prize.

Calhoun College may not be the fastest or the strongest (we are currently in 12th place in the Tyng Cup standings), but we have certainly been the luckiest residential college at Yale because since 2005 we have had Jonathan Holloway GRD '95 as our master. Dr. J, as he is affectionately known, has been more than a master to Calhoun students; he has been our advocate, our biggest fan, our Crazy Uncle Johnny and our friend.

From my first day of college, when I walked into Calhoun and Master Holloway greeted me and 110 other freshmen by name, I could tell that Dr. J cared about Calhoun in a big way. Despite serving as Chair of the Department of African American Studies, Chair of the Council of Masters, and a professor of History, American Studies and African American Studies, Dr. J always has time for Calhoun students. I once sent him an email about a lack of hot water in Entryway A of Calhoun, to which he responded to in four minutes and 12 seconds.

Dr. J’s mastership has been defined by his belief that no problem is too small, and that we as Hounies are automatically deserving of his aid, respect and friendship. In his emails, Dr. J addresses us as “Beautiful Hounies” or “Most Awesome Ones” or “Most Populars, Best Lookings and Most Likely To Succeeds.” He never misses an opportunity to boost us up, reminding us that “Calhoun-Don’t-LipSynch-’Cause-It-Brings-ItLive-and-In-Color-All-theTime.”

This high opinion that Master Holloway holds of his students goes hand in hand with high expectations. When Calhoun students aren’t behaving at their best, Dr. J’s alter ego, “Crazy Uncle Johnny,” emerges. We are taught, through Uncle Johnny’s frustration with acts that don’t live up to the Calhoun spirit, that no one should be exempt from community standards. We are taught, through his response to our inevitable mistakes, that honesty turns blunders into growth.

As Dr. J once wrote to us, “I value a community that values itself.”

And Master Holloway has certainly done his part to value his community. Not only does he hold us to the highest standards, he is also willing to step up to defend

us and to take care of us. When a finals study break ran out of sushi too early, Dr. J vehemently apologized and hosted another the next day. When a lost Tamagotchi key chain was brought into the master’s office, Dr. J sent a Calhoun-wide email pleading for the owner to rescue it, “worried that some digital creature is about to go starving.” When fraternity pledges chanted, “No means yes” on Old Campus during my freshman year, Dr. J spoke out to the Calhoun community, reminding us that we needn’t ever accept indecency.

Over the course of Master Holloway’s term in Calhoun, several members of the college have passed away. It would be remiss to speak of Dr. J’s mastership without mentioning the attitude of compassion, empathy and support he and Calhoun Dean Leslie Woodard cultivated in the college during those difficult times.

Though I did not personally know either Mandi Schwartz '11 or Daniel Siegel '11, I vividly remember Master Holloway’s touching tributes to their memories. In times of sadness, he has proven to be an emotional bedrock for the community.

When Dr. J steps down as master, he will leave big shoes to fill, particularly at the dining hall sta-

tion where he cooked omelets that rivaled Chef Kenny’s. The Calhoun Mellon Forum will not be the same without his wife Aisling’s graceful facilitation and the courtyard will be strangely quiet without his children Emerson and Ellison’s laughter.

Though their presence will be sorely missed, the new master of Calhoun is a lucky individual. He or she will inherit a cohesive college community, one that knows the value of respect, responsibility and a really good study break. Following Dr. J’s example, Hounies will hold their new master to a mile-high standard and will support him or her on this adventure.

I have no doubt that the Calhoun Class of 2018 — though they may not bring the athletic prowess needed for us to get to 11th place in the Tyng rankings — will be taught by their Houn Sibs to exemplify Uncle Johnny’s principles of positive community. The Calhoun Class of 2014 will say goodbye to the college along with Master Holloway, confident that the gifts he gave us will continue to shape the community we leave behind.

MARGARET VAN CLEVE is a senior in Calhoun College. Contact her at margaret.vancleve@yale.edu .

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XIUYI ZHENG is a senior in Davenport College. His columns run on alternate Mondays. Contact him at chris.zheng@yale.edu .

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End the focus on food

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f you read this, you’ll get a cookie.

Well, not actually. But that was the type of promise made in an attempt to lure freshmen into events and lectures in the first few weeks of school. Events were advertised with a focus on the food, not the substance.

When I arrived on campus a month ago, it was no surprise that much of the welcome wagon revolved around refreshments: fresh-baked cookies in my froco’s room, bite-sized snacks at extracurricular open houses, a freshman dinner where we were served plates of vegan ravioli. As the weeks wore on, I continued to get emails advertising everything from late-night study breaks to Master’s Teas. Just browsing through my inbox, I’m reminded of last week’s “Sushi in the Sukkah,” quesadilla night with fellow Sillifrosh and a grilled cheese and tomato soup study break in the chaplain’s office.

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t need the incentive of quesadillas to hang out with my froco on

a Saturday night. I was genuinely interested in a talk on social challenges for autistic children before I found out there would be brownies and cider handed out at the door. I was even thinking about attending a recent Silliman Activities & Administrative Committee meeting long before I got an email that opened with the question: “Do you love free food?” Yes, I do. But I love Silliman too, and I would have gone to the meeting without the promise of food.

I’ll admit that I have reasons for being more sensitive to the emphasis on food than the average college student. I have a long history of digestive health issues that make eating a less-thanpleasurable experience. It is often painful for me to get down three meals a day because of my significant dietary restrictions. While I do not expect those around me to put away the pretzels just because I’m in the room, it is disheartening for me to receive invitations to lectures that emphasize the food more than the featured speaker. I have even been discouraged from

attending certain events because I was concerned that I would be tempted by the food being served.

There will always be certain occasions, like the freshman holiday dinner, when food is essential in creating a festive atmosphere. Most other times, however, we should make an effort to steer the focus at social gatherings away from food. I have no doubt that Monday’s Master’s Tea would have been just as successful without the brownies and cider served to guests. It seems fair to assume that Community Health Educators would still have had a record number of applicants this year if they had nixed the boxes of Insomnia Cookies at the organization’s info session. And I would even be willing to bet that Slifka’s Sukkah-decorating party would have drawn just as many students even without the make-yourown candy apple station just outside.

At times I have wondered if the only real solution is for me, and others like me, to accept the reality that food will always play a role

in social settings. I push myself to adopt the attitude that the company of others is just as sweet as the treats being served. I know that there are plenty of foods I can eat to make up for those I have to turn down, and I realize that I am not the first to have to say “no thank you” to that platter of chips and guac.

Because of my health constraints, I have learned to seek pleasure through means other than food. But I still struggle to keep smiling when I’m at an event where all my friends are cutting into Claire’s cake. I also know that there are countless others on campus with food restrictions — people with health issues, allergies and diets who share my struggle. We could all benefit from a little less emphasis on the food at social gatherings and a little more focus on what brought us to the event in the first place.

Just some food for thought.

RACHEL SIEGEL is a freshman in Silliman College. Contact her at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .

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NEWS

“I reject the notion that America is in a welldeserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional.” RUSH LIMBAUGH RADIO TALK HOST

CORRECTIONS FRIDAY, SEPT. 27.

Family Weekend puts pressure on groups

The article “Uncertainty reigns in Ward 7” incorrectly stated the vote tally in the Ward 7 aldermanic primary. Ella Wood ’15 won 232 votes and Doug Hausladen ’04 garnered 331.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 27.

The article “CCE: The New Insiders” incorrectly spelled the name of Elizabeth Villarreal ’15.

Kagan denies American decline

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A cappella women sang together at tap night on Sept. 10, which was moved up to accomodate the earlier Family Weekend.

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Robert Kagan argued that American exceptionalism is alive and well in the 21st centry at a talk on Monday night.

BY CAROLINE WRAY CONTRIBUTING REPORTER America is not in decline and has an obligation to engage in foreign affairs, according to Dr. Robert Kagan ’80.

Kagan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-founder of the Project for the New American Century, addressed Yale students on Monday as a speaker under the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program. His talk, entitled “America’s Role in the World,” examined the reasons for American intervention historically and argued that America should continue playing an active role in international affairs.

“I’m not here to claim that America is this wonderful nation of great virtue that constantly sought to bring wonderful happiness and security to the rest of the world,” Kagan said. “But rather that the United States has a variety of advantages that allow it to maintain power and stability.”

Kagan said the United States created the post-World War II world order and added that the United States’ willingness to use military power helps keep “the intervention system” in its current state.

He identified three major benefits of America’s superpower status during the last half-century: global prosperity, the spread of democratic government and the prevention of another world war.

Kagan said the global gross domestic product has more than doubled since 1950 and cited Paul Collier’s book, “The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It,” which estimates that about four billion fewer people are living in poverty in the post World War II age compared with the era before.

“The United States created an environment in which this could occur,” Kagan said. “The free market trade … made it possible for this amazing revolution in the global economy to take place.”

Before 1900, Kagan said there were roughly five democracies in the world. He added that following World War I there were around two dozen, although the rise of fascism turned some back.

Today, there are 115.

The United States has also helped prevent large-scale conflicts like the two World Wars or even the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, he said.

Though many experts and laypeople alike seem to agree that

the United States is in a state of decline, Kagan said this is not the case.

“We have to ask ourselves, compared to when?” he said.

“The fact is, foreign policy is always hard. You lose more often than you win. You fail more often than you succeed in the best of circumstances.”

Kagan said American foreign policy has always had its failures and pointed to policies towards Asia in the 1950s as evidence.

Despite the economic recession, Kagan said that the United States still possesses 21 percent of the global GDP and still has the most powerful military in the world.

“The question is not whether or not we have the capacity to maintain [world supremacy],” he said, “But whether we have the will.”

Students interviewed said that Kagan executed his speech well and raised “thought-provoking” arguments.

McKenna Keyes ’14, a history major, said she found Kagan’s talk very relevant to the international and diplomatic history she has been studying. She added that she appreciated Kagan’s grounded historical references.

Harry Graver ’14, President of the Buckley Program, said that the group had been seeking a foreign policy speaker before contacting Kagan. Robert Kagan is the son of now-retired Yale classics professor Donald Kagan, a member of the Buckley Program’s board of directors.

“We felt there was something missing from campus discourse right now,” Graver said. “We were hoping to strike a contrast between what America’s role in the world is being treated as now and what it should be.”

Still, some students disagreed with Kagan’s standpoint on American exceptionalism.

While Keyes said she agreed that the United States is the strongest world power in today’s world, she said she would have liked to know how the U.S. could slightly lessen its responsibilities and partner with other countries and international organizations.

“The U.S. can’t keep world order by itself,” Kayes said. “It can’t always act on its own without the support of other countries.”

One of Kagan’s five books, “The World America Made,” was mentioned in President Barack Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address.

Contact CAROLINE WRAY at caroline.wray@yale.edu .

T h i s ye a r, p a re n t s descended on campus much earlier than in the past, forcing student performance groups to scramble to prepare the usual jam-packed Arts Calendar.

Yale scheduled this year’s Family Weekend for Sept.

27–29 — two weeks earlier than last year. Since the rush process for student groups involved in activities like a cappella and sketch comedy concluded only a few weeks ago, groups had significantly less time to welcome new members and prepare for their first major shows of the year. Group members interviewed said the schedule change did not affect the quality of their performances, although the shorter preparation timing created significant stress for many members.

Duke’s Men of Yale musical director Truett Davis ’16 said all members of his group, including the newly initiated freshmen, have been rehearsing for up to three hours every

day for the past few weeks.

“I felt a little bad their first introduction to the group was this hectic rush of rehearsals,” Davis said.

Though the concert was ultimately a success, the freshmen members of the Duke’s Men may have felt more comfortable with the songs if there had been more time to rehearse, said Christian Probst ’16, another member of the group.

Red Hot Poker, a sketch comedy troupe, found itself with only a week and a half of preparation time, compared to over a month in previous years, said Jacob Dawe ’15, director of the group. New members dealt well with the time pressure, he said, and the final performance was not negatively affected.

Some groups limited their repertoires to include less new material and shortened their performances for Family Weekend this year.

Davis said that the Duke’s Men decided to not sing any new songs for this year’s concert so that they could devote time to preparing their freshmen members, while Some-

thing Extra member Gina Starfield ’16 said that her group performed fewer songs than in previous years. This choice allowed them to concentrate on their singing skills, she said.

I felt a little bad [that] their first introduction to the group was this hectic rush of rehearsals.

CHRISTIAN PROBST ’16 Member, The Duke’s Men of Yale Improv groups in particular faced additional challenges.

“A cappella recruits have not learned any of the material, but they are all singers,” said Philip Jameson ’16, pianist for Just Add Water. “In improv, most of them have not done it before.”

Though new members of student groups said they felt pressured to learn the new

material quickly, they said they were still able to bond with the rest of their groups in time for Family Weekend.

Trey Pernell ’17 said he felt comfortable with the rest of the Duke’s Men as early as 20 minutes into Tap Night.

Though faculty members interviewed said they are generally not affected

by Family Weekend, history professor Kathryn Lofton told the News in a Monday email that students may have benefited from having Family Weekend earlier this year because the event did not conflict with studying for midterms.

“My one sense from talking to parents this weekend is that they prefer coming earlier,” said Lofton.“When parents weekend is near midterms my sense is that they encounter their kids in a more anxious state.”

Next year’s Family Weekend has not yet appeared on Yale’s provisional calendar for the 2014-’15 academic year.

Contact LAVINIA BORZI at lavinia.borzi@yale.edu .

Public schools awarded STEM grant

BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER STAFF REPORTER When the first-grade students seated in the lobby of New Haven’s Strong School on Monday morning enter the workforce, they will have been trained to compete in a 21stcentury economy.

That is the intent of a new grant unveiled on Monday that will pump $11 million over four years into transforming four New Haven public schools into magnet schools geared toward science, technology, engineering and math training. The grant — which will begin with a $3.7 million investment in the first year — will fund curricular advancements, teacher training and cocurricular programming designed to boost academic achievement and to attract students from across the region.

The four schools to receive the funds are Celentano Biotech, Health and Medical Magnet School; Quinnipiac Real World Math STEM School; New Haven Montessori Magnet School; and Strong Elementary School, which will be renamed the 21st Century Communications Magnet and Lab School.

New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and NHPS Superintendent Garth Harries ’95 joined educators and students for a press conference in the lobby of the Strong School to drum up support for the newest project in New Haven’s ongoing school change initiative. “[Magnet schools] become a meaningful part of New Haven school change — particularly in this case [they will be] developing skills and talents that will serve kids well as they move to high school and then on to college,” DeStefano said. “This is a good day for these four schools, it’s a good day for New Haven, and for our aspirations and our goals for young people.”

DeStefano said increasing the number of magnet-style schools in the city increases

parent choice. Choice and “diversity,” he said, are two of the central pillars of the magnet school philosophy. By drawing in students from the suburbs, he added, magnet schools expose students to children “from all over the region.”

New Haven is not the sole benefactor of the grant. The Elm City is one of 27 school districts to win funds from the federal Magnet School Assistance Program, a U.S. Department of Education program that awarded $89.8 million nationwide last week to further public magnet schools.

Students need to have literacy, and they need to have scientific and mathematic literacy as well.

GARTH HARRIES ’95 Superintendent, NHPS Calling the grant a “major investment in our schools and in our children,” Harries said the funds will further the central values of the New Haven Public Schools — choice, diversity and equity — while also ensuring a focus on STEM education.

“We all understand that our future, which is wrapped up in these students, is wrapped up in science, technology, engineering and math,” he said. “That’s the way of the future. That’s where jobs are being created. Students need to have literacy, and they need to have scientific and mathematic literacy as well.”

Harries said the new magnet schools will complement an existing array of neighborhood school options and admit students through the open choice program, which accepts students by lottery from all over the city and suburbs.

The four schools will incorporate proj-

ect-based learning that requires the use of STEM skills to “solve real-world problems,” according to a NHPS press release.

The Strong School will benefit from a new partnership with Southern Connecticut State University, Harries said, which will give students access to the university’s technology resources and language-learning tools.

“Deep integrated planning” between the Strong School and Southern — under the leadership of President Mary Papazian — will “prepare children for careers in college,” Harries said.

At the press conference, Papazian praised DeStefano as a proponent of public education and said the collaboration between Southern and the Strong School would train New Haven youth in “21stcentury competencies,” including technology skills as well as languages necessary to compete in the global economy: Chinese, Arabic, Spanish and sign language.

Celentano Principal Keisha Hannans said the funds will be used to develop new programming surrounding biotechnology, health and medical sciences at her K-8 school. A medical laboratory will give students hands-on experience and exposure to new technology.

Two of her students took to the podium to explain how the new resources would further their career aspirations. Korey Kornegay, 11, said he wants to be a doctor, and that he was looking forward to learning more about science and technology.

The Quinnipiac Real World Math STEM School will focus on math skills for children in grades K-4. New Haven Montessori Magnet School is set to open next fall. The Montessori school will place a premium on inquiry-based learning while integrating STEM training into hands-on projects.

Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT Students adjust to rules TAILGATE FROM PAGE 1 tions than they were last year.

“There seems to have been more outrage last year due to the sudden change in regulations,” he said.

“I think that student attitude this year is very important — judging by my experience of the first tailgate last weekend, people seem intent on making the best of the new tailgate situation.”

After the Yale-Harvard tailgate accident two years ago resulted in the death of a 30-year-old woman and a subsequent lawsuit against several parties involved, the Yale administration revised its tailgate policies, making them significantly more rigid. Changes to the regulations included blanket bans on kegs and vehicles — particularly U-Haul trucks — in the tailgate area. At the time of the release of the new rules, administrators said that safety was the key consideration in their decision to modify the policies. While students initially protested that the alcohol rules were too strict, peer institutions including Brown, Cornell and Harvard have all also imposed bans on kegs in tailgate areas.

Prior to the November 2011 accident, Yale’s tailgate policies had already been restricted. In October of the same year, administrators in Yale College and the Yale Athlet-

ics Department reached a mutual decision requiring students to present valid identification to prove they were of legal drinking age. While the alcohol policy changes in 2011 upset several fraternity leaders because they interrupted long-standing traditions, students have largely acclimated to the changes and expressed understanding for the administration’s goal of increasing safety.

The heightened police presence at tailgates this year has not disturbed students as much as it did last year.

Students interviewed from Saturday’s tailgate said they did not feel as though the closer watch of the tailgate area was imposing.

People seem intent on making the best of the new tailgate situation.

LEANDER MCCORMCIK-GOODHART ’15 President, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity

Two students interviewed said the ban on vehicles created a much safer environment because there is always the risk of drunk-driving any time that alcohol and vehicles are in close proximity. According to students interviewed, the barring

of U-Haul trucks from the tailgate area also creates a more open social atmosphere in the tailgate village.

“When people are closed off in the back of a U-Haul truck, it is much harder to talk to them,” said Sophie Kaye ’15, adding that tents — which are now used in place of trucks — are accessible from all sides and promote a less closed-off atmosphere.

But while students nodded in agreement with policies such as the vehicle ban and removal of kegs, other facets of the policies still faced scrutiny and criticism. One of the major complaints regarding the new tailgate policies is the requirement for tailgates to start no earlier than three hours prior to kickoff and to cease immediately upon the start of the game.

“It was kind of a buzzkill,” Quinn said.

This year, it remains unclear whether any more specific rules will apply to the Harvard-Yale tailgate in November, aside from one allowing the tailgate to span four hours instead of three. Dean of Student Affairs Marichal Gentry could not be reached for comment as of press time.

Tailgates will continue through the entire football season, which ends with the Harvard-Yale game on Nov. 23.

Contact ASHTON WACKYM at ashton.wackym@yale.edu .

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Now Tents

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“The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.” GEORGE MASON AMERICAN STATESMAN

Journalist alleges mistreatment

COURTESY OF CLAUDIA TREVISAN

The Brazilian journalist who claims her arrest in Woolsey Hall and subsequent imprisonment were unjust and overly violent.

JOURNALIST FROM PAGE 1 who has made headlines in Brazil due to his leading role in a recent corruption case. She said she called Yale Law School Spokesperson Jan Conroy earlier in the day and was told that the event was private and that she could not attend. Trevisan said she took issue with the event’s secrecy but was resigned to speaking with Barbosa on the sidewalk outside the seminar.

“His salary is paid by taxpersons in Brazil,” she said. “Everyone has the right to know where he is.”

Conroy said the Law School’s event must be kept private in order to foster “candid communication.”

If this is not violence, I really do not know what is.

CLAUDIA TREVISAN Reporter, O Estado de S. Paulo

Kegs

No End

January 2012

Cans

Ends at Kickoff

Once at Woolsey Hall, Trevisan said she took the stairs to the second floor and approached a policeman to ask where the event was taking place. The policeman would not reveal information about the seminar, she said, and instead asked Trevisan to follow him downstairs, which she did. Asked what she wanted, Trevisan did not reveal that she was a journalist, which she said was “the one mistake [she] made.”

“But I don’t think I should be arrested for that,” she added.

Trevisan said she proceeded to provide her passport, in addition to her phone number, address and other information.

When she asked for her passport back — saying she would leave and wait for Barbosa outside — the policeman refused to return her passport, Trevisan said.

“I said you can’t do that, and he said yes I can,” she recounted, saying the policeman became aggressive, telling her “we know who you are, we know you are a reporter, we have your pic-

ture.”

She said the policeman’s prior knowledge of her identity “weakens the allegation that I misrepresented myself.”

The police officer handcuffed her and called over two other officers to sit with Trevisan while he checked her passport, she said.

“Because of her attempts to enter the private meeting and because she misrepresented her intentions to a police officer, Ms. Trevisan was escorted from the building and arrested for trespassing,” Conroy said.

“As a matter of standard procedure, she was handcuffed.”

Conroy denied Trevisan’s claims that her passport was confiscated, or that she was otherwise improperly handled: “The Yale Police Department does not seize or confiscate passports or other identification,” he said.

Trevisan said she waited in a squad car for an hour before being transported in a police van to the New Haven Police Department at 1 Union Ave., where she was charged with first-degree criminal trespassing, fingerprinted and placed in a cell.

Once at the police station, she was not allowed to make a telephone call and was instead searched and stripped of her belongings, Trevisan said. She said the jail was like a “movie scene,” with “people screaming and banging the doors.” Trevisan said she was released three and a half hours later on a promise to appear in court and quickly left the city by train.

“I did not want to stay one minute more,” she said.

Conroy said the University acted appropriately but has decided to drop the charges. “Although the arrest for trespass was justified, the University does not plan to pursue the charge with the local prosecutor.”

Yale Law School Spokesperson Jan Conroy and Yale Police Department Assistant Chief Steven Woznyk both declined to comment, referring to Conroy’s statement instead.

Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .

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NEWS

“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work and the power to appreciate life.” BRIGHAM YOUNG AMERICAN LEADER AND SETTLER

Train service suspended

BY ELEANOR RUNDE CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

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OPINION.

A power outage struck the New Haven Line of the Metro-North railroad on Wednesday, disrupting the daily commute of nearly 125,000 riders.

A Consolidated Edison feeder cable near Mount Vernon, N.Y., failed on Wednesday at around 5:20 a.m., cutting off electricity to an eight-mile section of the New Haven Line from Mount Vernon to Harrison, NY. Later that morning, Metro-North began providing limited service, supplementing its electric train service with diesel trains, buses and shuttles.

As of Sunday, about half of the usual number of riders were accommodated. Full train service will not be available until Oct. 8.

The cable that failed was a feeder that supplies electricity to the overhead wires that power the New Haven Line, according to the Metro-North website.

Normally, a second cable would have supplied adequate electricity, but the backup feeder has been undergoing routine maintenance, leaving both cables offline at the time of the failure.

Repairs were originally expected to take three weeks or longer, but pressure from Governor Dannel Malloy has helped move up the expected completion of repairs to Oct. 7, said Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas F. Prendergast in a Sunday press release.

Approximately 20 percent of normal New Haven Line rushhour service will be provided by electric trains, in addition to 30 percent provided by diesel trains running only from Stamford to New York, according to the release.

“The new schedule … is constrained by the power supply available to the eight-mile section between Harrison and Mount Vernon, which can only

accommodate two electric trains at one time under very limited loads,” the release read.

As a stopgap measure, temporary transformers were installed on the line this weekend, allowing electric trains to operate from between Harrison and Mount Vernon starting Monday morning, according to a Sunday afternoon press release from the governor’s office.

The governor has also ordered a halt to roadwork on I-95 and Merritt Parkway to reduce traffic congestion, according to the governor’s website. New Haven Line tickets are being honored on other lines, according to the Metro-North website, and MTA has made more than 8,500 parkand-ride spaces and 72 shuttle buses available along the New Haven line.

U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Charles E. Schumer announced that they expect the Department of Energy to commence a full investigation of the causes of the feeder line failure.

“Con Ed must be forced to prove that going forward they have adequate systems in place to prevent additional failures,” Blumenthal said in a statement.

Governor Malloy deemed the incident “unacceptable” in a Thursday news conference, but did not specifically place blame on either Metropolitan Transportation Authority or Con Ed. The cause and extent of the problem are still unknown because the line is superheated and must be cooled before it can be examined, according to NBC Connecticut.

Many riders buy tickets on a monthly basis, and it is still unclear whether or not these customers will be reimbursed.

Contact ELEANOR RUNDE at eleanor.runde@yale.edu .

NHPS contemplates changes

BY TASNIM ELBOUTE CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Early in Garth Harries’ ’95 tenure as superintendent of the New Haven Public School system, the Board of Education is making changes at every level of the district, both restructuring the superintendent’s leadership team and ensuring that all students enjoy a recess period.

At a Monday night Board of Education meeting at Hill Regional Career High School, the board spent the majority of the meeting discussing how to implement a state-mandated 20-minute recess period. Previously, several schools across New Haven had been curtailing recess in favor of extra class time or a disciplinary period, but the board decided last night that these schools will now have five months to create and enforce a new plan that includes the mandatory unstructured play time.

In addition, Harries proposed a reorganization of his top staffers that includes creating a new finance division with a senior position focused on school budgets. Currently, other positions have to handle budgets in conjunction with their other work, and Harries said this new division will take pressure off of existing departments.

He also recommended a new position called the chief of talent. The chief of talent would oversee leadership development, teacher evaluations, staff development and human resources.

The next point that Harries addressed was a proposal to reorganize staff, and the new superintendent created an updated staff chart to streamline communication between positions.

“Each school has its unique path to success,” Harries said, adding that having a well-structured team will allow for a more efficient dialogue between schools and the Board of Education.

The Board of Education was receptive to the proposals and agreed to consider them.

Recess was the other main item on the school board’s agenda last night. The Connecticut general statutes on recess, passed in July of 2012, make it state law to schedule 20-minute recesses for Connecticut students. However, the policy has been poorly implemented throughout the New Haven Public School system according to members of the NHPS recess

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Garth Harries ’95, superintendent of the New Haven Public School system, addresses a crowd at a school board meeting. task force, who presented to the Board of Education on Monday. The recess task force was created by a group of school leaders and parents to ensure that all New Haven elementary school students have at least a 20-minute lunch and a 20-minute recess every day, and are dedicated to ensuring that all students enjoy recess regardless of misbehavior.

This caveat is important to Tahnee Muhammad, a New Haven parent and a leader of the recess task force. Muhammad shared her son’s experience at the Board of Education meeting on Monday.

Her son did not have recess at his school and was less motivated as a result, she said. Just the promise of recess positively changed his outlook on school, she said.

Muhammad and fellow presenter Nicholas Perrone from the Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School listed many benefits of recess, such as increased pro-social behaviors, more physical activity and improved classroom behavior.

In addition, board member Daisy Gonzalez said that interaction between students at recess teaches communication.

Though board members and parents agree that recess is important, Harries told a parent that the chief problem with the instituted recess policy has been implementation. He added that the dis-

trict would work to comply with the state law.

The committee proposed a five-month plan to enforce a school-day break in all schools in New Haven. Committee members said this time frame would allow school leaders enough time to submit, review and revise a recess plan alongside the recess task force. Though the committee thinks that five months is necessary to implement a comprehensive plan, Board of Education member Che Dawson questioned whether the process could be speedier.

“We’ve been talking about recess for a while — if we have 20 minutes in a day, can’t we say we have 20 minutes in a day and do it?” Dawson said.

The meeting concluded on a celebratory note, mentioning an $11 million grant that will create four new magnet schools over the next three years. This grant money is a big stride for New Haven schools, and will support three existing public schools transitioning to magnet programs as well as funding an entirely new school, according to Board of Education members.

The New Haven Board of Education meets twice a month.

Contact TASNIM ELBOUTEat tasnim.elboute@yale.edu .

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

“You can’t process me with a normal brain.” CHARLIE SHEEN AMERICAN ACTOR

Study probes gender and self-control

Brain recognizes sugar, artificial sweeteners

BY HANNAH SCHWARZ STAFF REPORTER

ANNELISA LEINBACH/ILLUSTRATIONS EDITOR

BY HAILEY WINSTON CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine are exploring how gender affects eating habits and self-control.

While an existing body of research suggests that women may struggle more with self-control when it comes to overeating, a study led by associate research scientist in psychiatry Tomoko Udo seeks a more precise understanding of the behavioral and biological differences between men and women. The research is part of a larger $2.5 million project at Yale to uncover gender differences in risk factors for disease,

responses to given treatments and gender-specific prevention strategies.

Potentially, it is conceivable that there could be differences in self control for obese versus lean people.

LUCY FAULCONBRIDGE Director of research, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

In the ongoing study, subjects choose between healthy foods and processed foods and then answer a series of questions about their decisions. Udo also monitors the heart rate and hormonal levels of each participant in order to learn more about gender differences in physiological responses to food choices. Udo said that our understanding about the processes that enhance or disrupt self-control is limited at present, so she hopes that her study will help inform people on how to improve their ability to exercise discipline.

It is an open question whether men and women express differences in self-control, said Lucy Faulconbridge, who is the direc-

tor of research at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

“Potentially, it is conceivable that there could be differences in self control for obese versus lean people,” she said. “And obviously men and women have different brains.”

While Udo’s study focuses more on biological factors that lead to overeating than on psychological ones, she said that social pressures can affect the way women view and react to food. Women are both more likely to be self-conscious about their bodies and to seek treatment for obesity than their male counterparts, she said.

Q & A: Cocaine and Development

BY J.R. REED STAFF REPORTER Linda Mayes, a professor of psychiatry, pediatrics and psychology in the Yale Child Study Center, heads a laboratory researching the ways young children regulate their emotions, especially when placed under stressful or challenging conditions.

She conducts research on the impact of economic adversity on children’s developing inhibitory control systems, the impact of substance abuse on maternal behavior, the genetics related to addiction and maternal behavior and adolescent risk taking as it relates to use of drugs.

In a recently published paper, Mayes and her research team found that adolescents who were exposed to cocaine during development had smaller volumes of gray matter in brain regions involved in attention, memory and executive functions.

Mayes spoke with the News on Monday to discuss her experience working in the Child Study Center, her team’s recently published study documenting the effects of cocaine use during pregnancy, and her future research projects.

When did you first begin your Q:research on the effects of cocaine

use during pregnancy and how has that research evolved?

A

: We started this research over two decades ago, when cocaine use during pregnancy was much more common than it is now and [a much] greater public health concern, with regards to what would be the long-term developmental effects. We have continued to research that area ever since.

Could you talk about some of the Q:major takeaways that your research team has found in conducting this one

particular study on prenatal cocaine exposure?

A

: We should discuss it more broadly than this one particular study. This one particular study looks at the relationship between prenatal cocaine exposure and brain differences between exposed and non-exposed adolescents.

The findings of the particular study are interesting, and they are very important, but there is a broader context in which to put this. Prenatal cocaine exposure is [often] just one event in the lives of these … infants and children, and now, adolescents. Drug use in a mother stands for many things going on in that person’s pregnancy besides the direct biological exposure. It stands for a very stressed pregnancy, poor prenatal care and poor nutrition. There are many things that particular drug exposure can convey to an infant or child that can be brain altering. During this particular study — we’re looking at one variable, prenatal cocaine exposure — but it does stand for a lot of different things.

Prenatal cocaine exposure is [often] just one event in the lives of these … infants and children, and now, adolescents.

LINDA MAYES Professor of epidemiology, Yale Child Study Center Could you discuss a few of the addiQ:tional projects that you and your team are currently working on within your research on adolescent development?

A

: There are several, only one of which is the paper that emerged based on

the effects of doing cocaine during pregnancy. But we have been following those young children, some of whom are adolescents and young adults now, for quite some time. I should stress that not all of the families participating in the study were prenatal drug using. That’s part of the design of the study, but we have been following these children extensively, looking at brain development, aspects of stress reactivity, stress responsiveness, cognitive development and overall academic achievement.

Throughout the course of your Q:research, how many participants have

you analyzed? What has your participant pool looked like?

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: The number of subjects that we have been following includes over 350. When you’re performing brain scans or neuroimaging studies it takes some time, so a lot of our papers will not report on that whole cohort because some of them are just now engaging in their imaging studies. The number represented in the particular paper on the effects of cocaine use is a small percentage of those who we are following and continue to be engaged with. There are people who have been participating in the study for as long as they have been alive.

Q: What are some of the key points you would like readers to take away with regards to your research?

A

: It’s critical to realize that these families participating are not all drug users, nor have all are all these children participating [been exposed to drugs]. Furthermore, while the biological exposure is important, substance abuse is a complex issue for children and for families.

Contact J.R. REED at jonathan.t.reed@yale.edu .

Both men and women struggle more with self-control and impulsiveness when they are stressed, said the head of the Yale Stress Center’s weight management program Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen. He and his colleagues teach mindfulness skills in order to help overweight individuals manage their reactions to stress, which he said differ in men and women.

“There is evidence that women experience stress differently from men,” Stults-Kolehmainen said.

“If women manage stress differently, they may approach self control differently.”

The $2.5 million grant supports the critical need for research to uncover and understand the

differences between men and women, Director of Women’s Health Research at Yale Carolyn Mazure told the News in an email, adding that understanding gender differences can help tailor medical care to each gender to improve outcomes and efficiency.

Udo said that she has conducted approximately half of the data collection necessary to complete her study.

Udo is one of four Yale Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) scholars, funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Contact HAILEY WINSTON at hailey.winston@yale.edu .

‘Domino of life’ discovered

BY AARON Z. LEWIS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have discovered what they believe are the mechanisms that help jumpstart life.

Through studying the early development of zebrafish, professor of genetics Antonio J. Giraldez and his team uncovered three proteins that transition a fertilized egg from reading the genetic code of the mother to reading its own. The findings may help researchers further understand stem cell development, Giraldez said. The study was published in the journal Nature on Sept. 22.

“You can think about it as molecular puberty,” said Giraldez. “The embryo becomes independent of the mother and starts taking charge of its own development.”

Previously, scientists were unsure of exactly how embryos gained independence from maternal DNA. While scientists knew that one of the first genes activated was the “molecular scissor” that made embryos independent, they were unclear which other factors were involved. To discover the key genes for initiating life, the researchers blocked certain genes to see which disruption would prevent the embryo from developing. When the geneticists blocked the genetic pathway of the Nanog, Oct4 amd SoxB1 from entering the cell, they found that the embryo was unable to read its own genetic instructions and stayed in an immature state forever — illuminating which proteins were instrumental in kickstarting the development of the embryo.

The researchers explored this question using zebrafish because they lay hundreds of eggs which are easy to study dur-

ing development, said coauthor and postdoctoral fellow Miler T. Lee. “The fish are much easier to study than humans,” Lee said. “A lot of the questions we’re exploring are fundamental to all animals.”

Giraldez said scientists have been interested in finding this so-called “domino of life” for at least as long as his sevenyear tenure at the School of Medicine.

While the finding clarifies the earliest stages of life, Giraldez said he did not feel the ethical implications were significant.

You can think about it as molecular puberty. The embryo becomes independent.

ANTONIO J. GIRALDEZ Professor of genetics, Yale School of Medicine Coauthor and third-year medical student Ashley Bonneau Bonnea said despite the finding, there is still much to be discovered about the mechanisms that take an embryo from a single cell to a fully functional organism.

“Now we know what pushes the domino,” said Bonneau. “But what puts the finger in place, we don’t know. We have to understand what actually allows that to occur.”

The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Pew Program in Biomedical Sciences, and the Yale Scholars Program.

Contact AARON Z. LEWIS at aaron.z.lewis@yale.edu .

New research from the Yale School of Medicine suggests that artificial sweeteners do not fool the brain.

When investigators blocked sugar receptors in mice, they found that while the natural sugar glucose bound to the receptors despite the block, artificial sweeteners like those found in diet sodas were unable to bind. The brain’s dopamine reward system responded to glucose but not to the artificial sweetener sucralose, as well. The finding, which appeared in the Journal of Physiology on September 23, shows that multiple systems in the brain distinguish between natural and artificial sweeteners, said senior author and professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine Ivan de Araujo.

When administering 2-Deoxy-Dglucose, the sugar receptor blocker, researchers found that while glucose was able to successfully compete against the blocker to gain entrance to cells, the artificial sweetener, sucralose in this instance, was not. The differing successes shows that sugar receptors do not recognize artificial sweeteners as glucose, de Araujo said.

Researchers also found that postsucralose ingestion dopamine levels remained the same as pre-ingestion levels, which stands in contrast to the rise in dopamine levels after the mice had consumed glucose.

“It’s the dopamine system telling the brain which substance is energetic and which isn’t,” said Luis Tellez, a John B. Pierce postdoctoral associate who worked on the study.

The dopamine system catches on to which foods contain high amounts of energy more quickly when the body is hungry or tired, he added.

While these findings were still in the early stages of animal experiments, some of the potential implications for humans are “exciting,” said Catherine Yeckel, a School of Public Health lecturer who also worked on the study.

With data on both sides of the artificial sweetener research, Yeckel noted this study may clarify “confusion in

the literature” and help direct future studies. The research may draw attention to the issue of when these sweeteners are consumed, as opposed to merely whether they are consumed, she added.

“We tend to think of artificial sweeteners as evil. But they’re not always; it depends on the time,” Yeckel said. “This research starts to focus on whenthese are useful tools to employ.”

We tend to think of artificial sweeteners as evil. But they’re not always; it depends on the time.

CATHERINE YECKEL Lecturer, School of Public Health Despite popular belief, artificial sweeteners do not work as appetite suppressants, and trying to use them as such can lead to overcompensation in caloric intake later, Yeckel said. Instead of consuming them when our bodies are waiting for calories and when our glucose levels are dropping, the research suggests we may want to use artificial sweeteners at times when our bodies are less likely to notice the lack of calories, she said, pointing to times when we eat out of boredom as an example.

Essentially, we have to trick our brain and avoid the possibility that it will detect a decrease in caloric consumption, de Araujo said.

“The questions we’re trying to figure out are: What is the tolerance of the body in terms of reducing calories, but not reacting? And what’s the combination of sweetness and reduced calories that keeps the body within a certain metabolic range?” he added.

The global market for artificial sweeteners is expected to reach $1.5 billion by 2015, according to Global Industry Analysts.

Contact HANNAH SCHWARZ at hannah.schwarz@yale.edu .

ALEXANDERA SCHMELING/CONTRIBUTINGPHOTOGRAPHER

New research from the Yale School of Medicine exposes differences in the ways natural and artificial sweeteners affect the dopamine reward system in the brain.

Yale report explores Texan attitudes on climate change

BY EDDY WANG CONTRIBUTING REPORTER A study published Sept. 23 by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) reveals how Texans differ from the nation in beliefs about global warming.

While the study found that that more Texans believe global warming is happening than the national average, the report also found that a smaller portion of Texans believed that global warming is caused mostly by human activities. Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the YPCCC and one of the authors of the survey, said the YPCCC conducts these surveys to “understand why some factors drive some people to be very engaged with the issue of climate change and others to be apathetic or dismissive of the issue.” The study is the most recent of a number of national and state surveys that the YPCCC has conducted to determine the beliefs and attitudes of Americans towards global warming.

Contention has been one of the very few themes that media outlets have covered.

DAVID SKELLY Professor of Ecology, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies The YPCCC decided to study attitudes in Texas because it is a hub for fossil fuel production and is politically conservative, Leiserowitz said. The center recently published similar studies on California, Colorado and Ohio. He said that governments, companies, environmental groups and the media, among others, can use the YPCCC’s surveys in their work.

Leiserowitz said he was surprised that so many Texans believed global warming was happening — 70 percent in the state compared to 63 percent nationally — given the conservative political leaning of the state. The greatest contrast with national data was whether there is consensus among the scientific community about global warming, with 47 percent of Texans believe that “there is a lot of disagreement among scientists” about whether global warming is happening or not, compared to 33 percent nationally.

“It is not surprising to me that respondents believe there is ‘a lot of disagreement among scientists,’” says David Skelly, professor of Ecology and associ-

ate dean for Research at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. “In the last few years, contention has been one of the very few themes that media outlets have covered with any regularity.”

Isidora Stankovic ’16, who lives in Houston said she thinks there is “confusion and disagreement” in Texas about the cause of global warming and scientific consensus about its existence.

Skelly pointed to a recent report released by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the most recent international consensus document on the existence of global warming and the role of humans in it. The IPCC report, which compiles the findings of over 800 scientists, states that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal” and that “human influence on the climate system is clear.”

When asked whether the state will use the report for policy recommendations, Manager of Media Relations of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Terry Clawson said in an email to the News, “We’re a state agency and don’t utilize polls. We enforce the state’s rules based on sound science, the law and common sense.”

The YPCCC is now preparing for the release of a national survey on climate change next month.

70% of Texans believe in global warming

Contact EDDY WANG at chen-eddy.wang@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT After controvery, house open VLOCK FROM PAGE 1 build an environmentally sustainable and cost-efficient house in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood in New Haven. The home is then donated to Neighborhood Housing Services, a notfor-profit housing developer that sells it to a low-income buyer. In his remarks during the event, Salovey called the program a “great example of the Yale-New Haven partnership.”

The building was originally to be erected in New Haven’s Newhallville neighborhood, but that project was stalled in June when Paul Brouard ARC ’61, an architecture professor overseeing the construction process, was assaulted on the construction site, forcing the students to relocate to the Greenwood site in the West River neighborhood. Brouard recovered rapidly, and the Newhallville home is still under construction. After Yale students left the site, the University and the city agreed to foot the bill as a private firm stepped in to complete the students’ design.

“This is about learning about architecture’s relationship to the world,” Stern told the crowd that gathered in front of the West River home, adding that he considers the Vlock program a “lesson in community building.”

Eighteen students stayed in New Haven over the summer to complete the Greenwood Street house, working overtime to finish by the end of September.

Brouard said he was “delighted” to see the finished building, adding that he thinks this year’s house is “the best yet” in the program’s 45-year history.

Ben Smith ARC ’15, one of the designers, said compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood was one of the guiding principles for the design. He said the students set out to design for a “prototypical lot,” creating a building that could fit into any sliver lot in the city. With a width of only 17 feet, the site forced the students to think about how to “open up the space available,” Smith said.

Three stories high, the house boasts tall ceilings, wide windows and skylights that flood the central area with light.

White paint covers the home’s cedar

“Whatever good things we build will end up building us.” JIM ROHN AMERICAN ENTREPENEUR

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University President Peter Salovey and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. attend open house for home designed by architecture students through the Vlock program. exterior and hardwood bamboo wood lines the floors. Smith said students call the house “Hearth,” a name they identify with an “open living environment” conducive to gathering and conversation.

Vlock, who attended Monday’s open house, said he first became involved in the project because he wanted to help architecture students develop “technical expertise” in addition to their academic work. He is committed to building practices that also benefit the surrounding community, he said, and appreciates that his namesake program can be a boon to New Haven’s struggling neighborhoods.

Salovey said that despite his short tenure as president, he is “no stranger to the project,” having visited past construction sites as provost and a resident

of New Haven.

DeStefano described the Vlock Project as a “great partnership” between Yale and New Haven and praised this year’s house for its seamless integration into the neighborhood.

Alissa Chastain ARC ’15, one of the designers, said the project gives architecture students their “first taste of the real world,” as it gives them the opportunity to design and build a house as professionals. She said the project also taught her the importance of making the most of available materials, many of which were donated.

The Vlock Building Project was founded in 1967.

Contact ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER at isaac.stanley-becker@yale.edu .

close to Science Hill.

Even with the new gift, the timeline and total cost for building the colleges remain in flux.

According to Salovey, the last total estimate of the cost — which includes site preparation, infrastructure and actual construction — still holds steady at approximately $500 million.

Yale School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern ARC ’65, whose firm designed the colleges, said construction does not appear to be in the immediate future. In April 2012, Levin told the News that the construction of the colleges would likely take 30 months from start to finish.

“Construction work might not start for a year or two,” Stern said. “According to the announcement, they’ll be looking again at the program, seeing how things might evolve, seeing if we have the right mix.”

Johnson’s gift leaves $80 million in uncovered costs for the project, which thus far has been entirely funded through donor support. Salovey said that although there is still a significant sum to raise, Johnson’s gift is likely to incite a rush of further donations.

“One of the really important parts of this gift is its potential to inspire other giving, by other generous alumni,” he said. “In fact, within an hour or two of the announcement, a very generous alumnus called me and pledged a $5 million dollar gift toward that $80 million gap.”

Monday’s $250 million gift is the largest Yale has ever received from a single donor. The last donation of comparable size —

$100 million — was given to the School of Music in 2005 by Stephen Adams ’59 and his wife Denise.

Johnson, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes at around $5.6 billion, inherited Franklin Templeton from his father and led the firm through much of the latter part of the 20th century. He has previously donated to Yale several times, with gifts benefiting projects such as the Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy, the Papers of Benjamin Franklin, the BradyJohnson Program in Grand Strategy, the renovation of the Yale Bowl in the mid-2000s and the creation of Yale’s first all-season outdoor athletics fields.

“Yale is unsurpassed in the quality of its undergraduate education, and I strongly support Rick Levin’s and Peter Salovey’s shared goal to make that extraordinary experience available to more students than ever before,” Johnson said in a Monday statement. “I hope my commitment will inspire other alumni, parents and friends to complete the funding for the construction of these colleges.”

According to Salovey, Johnson’s donation began as a conversation with former President Richard Levin, months before Salovey officially took office this summer.

Provost Benjamin Polak and Yale College Dean Mary Miller will co-chair a new committee to review the planning for the new colleges.

Contact SAMUEL ABER at samuel.aber@yale.edu .

Contact MATTHEW LLOYDTHOMAS at matthew.lloyd-thomas@yale.edu .

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SCIENCE HILL BY SPENCER KATZ

ON CAMPUS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 4:00 PM Body and Soul in the 21st Century. Canadian philosopher Ian Hacking presents the first in a series of lectures he will be giving this week at Yale. The lecture will address the question: What is biotechnology doing to the ways we think about our mind and our bodies. Whitney Humanities Center (53 Wall St.), Auditorium.

8:00 PM A Streetcar Named Desire. Yale Repertory Theatre’s first ever production of Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” staged by Mark Rucker, whose eight previous shows at Yale Rep include Tom Stoppard’s “Rough Crossing” in 2008. The cast features René Augesen (last seen at Yale Rep in “A Woman of No Importance”) as Blanche DuBois and Joe Manganiello (HBO’s “True Blood”) as Stanley Kowalski. University Theatre (222 York St.).

THE INKWELL BY SYLVAN ZHENG

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 6:30 PM Yale in London Info Session. Come learn about the Yale in London study-abroad program. Hear details about the classes and talk to YIL alumni. Yale Center for British Art (1080 Chapel St.), Lecture Hall.

8:00 PM Horowitz Piano Series. Pianist Peter Frankl plays selections by Franz Schubert, accompanied by accomplished baritone Randall Scarlata. Spraue Memorial Hall (470 College St.), Morse Recital Hall.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 8:00 PM Anna in the Tropics. A Cuban cigar factory in Florida, 1929. A “lector,” or reader, arrives to entertain the workers with Anna Karenina while they hand-roll the cigars. But Tolstoy’s novel about forbidden love unleashes their deepest, darkest desires.

Meanwhile, the advent of cigar-rolling machines heralds the end of a tradition. Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel St.).

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Countdown to shutdown

BY DAVID ESPO ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Their unity fraying, House Republicans bent but did not blink Monday in their demand for changes to the nation’s health care overhaul as the price for preventing the first partial government shutdown in 17 years.

“We’re at the brink,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., moments after the Senate voted to reject the latest GOP attempt to tie government financing to delays in “Obamacare.”

The stock market dropped on fears that political gridlock between the White House and a tea party-heavy Republican Party would prevail, though analysts suggested significant damage to the national economy was unlikely unless a shutdown lasted more than a few days.

Still, a shutdown would send hundreds of thousands of workers home and inconvenience millions of people who rely on federal services or are drawn to the nation’s parks and other attractions. Some critical parts of the government — from the military to air traffic controllers — would remain open.

As lawmakers squabbled, President Barack Obama urged House Republicans to abandon demands he said were designed to “save face after making some impossible promises to the extreme right of their party.” Speaking of the health care law that undergoes a major expansion on Tuesday, he said emphatically, “You can’t shut it down.”

Hours before the possible shutdown, the Senate voted 54–46 to reject the Housepassed measure that would have kept the government open but would have delayed implementation of the health care law for a year and permanently repealed a medical device tax that helps finance it.

House Republicans, reacting swiftly, decided to try again. Their new proposal was to allow the government to remain open, while imposing a one-year delay in a requirement in the health care law for individuals to purchase coverage. That measure also would require members of Congress and their aides as well as the administration’s political appointees to bear the full

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. stands next to a countdown clock indicating three days to go before the federal government is due to run out of money. cost of their own coverage by barring the government from making the customary employer contribution.

“This is a matter of funding the government and providing fairness to the American people,” said Speaker John Boehner.

“Why wouldn’t members of Congress vote for it?”

Asked if a stand-alone spending bill was possible instead, he said, “That’s not going to happen.”

Democrats said the House GOP measure was doomed in the Senate, and would meet the same fate as every other attempt to delay the law that passed in 2010 and was upheld by the Supreme Court.

The impact of a shutdown would be felt unevenly across the face of government.

Many low-to-moderate-income borrowers and first-time homebuyers seeking government-backed mortgages could face delays, and Obama said veterans’ centers would be closed.

About 800,000 federal workers, many already reeling from the effect of automatic budget cuts, would be ordered to report to work Tuesday for about four hours — but only to carry out shutdown-related chores such as changing office voicemail messages and completing time cards.

Some critical services such as patrolling the borders and inspecting meat would continue. Social Security benefits would be sent, and the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs for the elderly and poor would continue to pay doctors and hospitals.

Ironically, the issue at the core of the dispute, implementation of key parts of “Obamacare,” will begin Tuesday on schedule, shutdown or no.

Locally, closures of national parks would hurt hotels, restaurants and other tourism-related businesses. And federal workers who lost pay would spend less, hurting the places they shop.

WASHINGTON — Contentious from its conception, President Barack Obama’s health care law has survived the Supreme Court, a battle for the White House and rounds of budget brinkmanship.

Now comes the ultimate test: the verdict of the American people.

A government shutdown could dampen the rollout Tuesday as insurance markets open around the country. But it won’t stop the main components of “Obamacare” from going live as scheduled, glitches and all. The biggest expansion of society’s safety net since Medicare will be in the hands of consumers, and most of their concerns don’t revolve around ideology and policy details.

People want to know if they can afford the premiums, if the coverage will be solid, where the bureaucratic pitfalls are and if new federal and state websites will really demystify shopping for health insurance. Full answers may take months.

Expect the rollout to get off to a slow start, with some bumps.

People who don’t have access to job-based health insurance can start shopping right away for subsidized private policies. Or they can wait to sign up as late as Dec. 15 and still get coverage by Jan. 1.

Many will probably want to see how it goes for the first wave of applicants before they jump in.

Glitches are likely to pop up in the new online insurance markets. Over the weekend, several states were still struggling to get plan information to display accurately on their websites.

Earlier, the federal government

announced delays for small business and Spanish-language signups. A protracted government shutdown could slow needed technology fixes.

Consumers also could run into problems getting their right subsidy amounts. People with complicated tax returns and extended families living under the same roof could find they need personal assistance to work out the issues.

Referrals to state Medicaid programs might go smoothly in some states, not so well in others.

As this unveils, it is going to be very clear that everything can’t be done on a computer.

CHRISTINE FERGUSON Director, Health Source Rhode Island “As this unveils, it is going to be very clear that everything can’t be done on a computer,” Christine Ferguson, director of Rhode Island’s marketplace, said in an interview prior to the launch. “But

by Day 60 to 120, and the year after that, it’s going to get a lot more user-friendly and effective.”

Eventually, at least half the nation’s nearly 50 million uninsured people are expected to get coverage through the Affordable Care Act, either through subsidized private plans sold in the new markets or an expanded version of Medicaid in states accepting it for low-income adults. Immigrants in the country illegally will be the largest group remaining uninsured.

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Bulldogs tackle Cornell FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 12 yards.

“We’re a team that has a multitude of weapons,” Reno said. “Randall and Smith, Wallace — you have to defend all those guys at the perimeter. It’s very frustrating to try to defend our offense.”

Yale shocked the Cornell defense from the opening kickoff. After Smith returned t he opening kickoff 46 yards to the Cornell 49-yard line, a series of punishing runs from tailback Tyler Varga ’15 and a 34-yard strike to Wallace brought Yale to the doorstep. Furman then punched it in on third-and-goal to take a 7–0 lead early in the first quarter.

Trying to keep Yale’s explosive offense on the sidelines, Cornell (1–1, 0–1 Ivy) ran a no-huddle offense but came up empty on its first possession.

The Big Red then caught an early break when outside linebacker Tre’ Minor blocked placekicker Kyle Cazzetta ’15 as he attempted a 36-yard field goal halfway through the first quarter.

On the ensuing drive, Cornell kicker John Wells knocked down a 31-yard field goal to narrow the gap to 7–3.

With the Big Red facing thirdand-13 on the Yale 43-yard line at the end of the first quarter, Mathews was hit as he threw the ball and defensive tackle Jeff Schmittgens ’15 intercepted the errant pass to stop the drive.

The Elis did not capitalize on the opportunity, however, and Cornell’s offense came out like a Big Red machine on its next drive.

A big pass interference penalty against linebacker Will Vaughan ’15 negated a third down stop for the Bulldogs. Another third down conversion for Cornell brought the ball to the Yale four-yard line. Mathews made the Bulldogs pay two plays later, throwing a nine-yard strike to wide receiver Lucas Shapiro to take a 10–7 lead with 0:51 remaining in the half.

The Elis, refusing to finish the first half behind on the scoreboard, had a few more tricks up their sleeve.

Smith made a big play just before halftime, breaking a 33-yard catchand-run to take the Elis inside Cornell territory. Wide receiver Myles Gaines ’17 then gained 24 yards along the right sideline, and Cazzetta’s 25-yard attempt knotted the game at 10–10 at the break.

Yale continued its offensive efficiency in the second half, outscoring Cornell 28–13 after the break. The Elis’ offensive line created holes for the running backs and gave Furman time to find open receivers.

“We have a great culture on the line,” offensive lineman Ben Carbery ’15 said. “We communicate well together … What really impressed me about today was that we didn’t have the easiest first half, but the way we came out in the second half, we took over that game. The offense moved so smoothly.”

Also crucial to the Yale attack was Yale’s consistent and relentless

Number of consecutive wins for the women’s volleyball team last year They ended the season undefeated.

Elis stumble again

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In dropping a 1–0 game to their crosstown rival Quinnipiac, the Elis lost their fifth straight contest.

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Wide receiver Deon Randall ’14 was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week for scoring four TDs Saturday. defense.

On Cornell’s opening drive in the second half, Bulldog linebacker Andrew Larkin ’16 sacked Mathews for a nine-yard loss. Defensive back Cole Champion ’16 championed the Yale defense with 10 solo and five assisted tackles, and Palin had three solos and one assisted.

In addition to strong defensive play and a versatile offense, the Bulldogs made spectacular plays in tough situations.

On a crucial fourth down at the Cornell 47, Varga broke multiple tackles and spun through a hole in the line for a 19-yard gain. Three plays later, Yale converted a third down into a touchdown as Furman hit Randall for an eight-yard touchdown pass.

Randall went on to catch two more touchdown passes to tie the school record with three receiving touchdowns. The last player to have three

receiving touchdowns in a game was wide receiver Ashley Wright ’07 in 2005 — also against Cornell.

Time was of the essence for the Yale offense — only two of its scoring drives lasted more than three minutes. On one drive, the Elis ran seven plays for 66 yards in 41 seconds.

“We talked a lot about controlling the controllables: turnovers, penalties and third-down conversions,” Reno said. “The kids did a great job — it’s all them. I can’t say how proud I am of this group.”

Yale managed to attain a 54-point swing from last year’s defeat to this year’s victory.

The Elis will travel across the country to face no. 18 Cal Poly (2–2, 1–0 Big Sky) on Saturday, Oct. 5.

Contact ASHTON WACKYM at ashton.wackym@yale.edu and GRANT BRONSDON at grant.bronsdon@yale.edu .

Hagopian kicks tigers WOMEN’S SOCCER FROM PAGE 12 if we fell behind, so we are definitely fighting harder this year,” Meredith said. “But it is very dangerous. We must focus on trying to score first and making the other team chase, instead of the other way around.”

Yale evened things out at one apiece just over a minute into the second half as midfielder Meredith Speck ’15 found the back of the net for the first time this season, connecting off an assist from forward Paula Hagopian ’16. That would not be the last time this connection wreaked havoc on the Princeton defense.

Tigers defender Haley Chow pushed Princeton ahead 2–1 with a goal in the 74th minute, only to lose the lead in less than a minute’s time.

Forward Melissa Gavin’s ’15 Ivy League-leading sixth goal of the season was a fantastic strike from 20 yards out, off yet another assist from Hagopian, who recorded her first two assists of the campaign.

The 2–2 draw remained intact for the rest of regulation, setting up Yale for its second overtime match this year. Despite a defense that lacked depth due to injuries, Speck went up to coach Meredith and insisted that she play on the offensive side of the ball. “[Speck] is one of our best offensive players,” Meredith said. “She sounded so confident about moving up and going for the win that we had to listen to her.”

Sure enough, in the 99th minute, it was Speck who set up the game-winning goal. She handled a long pass from midfielder Frannie Coxe ’15 before dribbling down the wing and

finding an open Hagopian on a perfectly executed cross. Hagopian banged home the gamewinner that propelled Yale to victory in their Ivy League season debut.

For Hagopian, it was her second goal of the season. Even more impressively, it was her second game winner as well. The same Speck and Hagopian duo also produced the late-game heroics against Towson, as Yale knocked off Towson 4–3 in double overtime Sept. 15.

Hagopian acknowledged that this goal meant even more, considering who the opponent was.

“We have been working since our last Ivy game last season to try and figure out exactly what we needed to do to beat Princeton,” Hagopian said. “So winning made it all worth it. It was especially exciting since they beat us in overtime last year, so we really got back at them.”

It was Rachel Ames ’16 who earned the starting job and the win in goal for the conference opener. Moving forward, the decision whether to start her or fellow keeper Elise Wilcox ’15 will continue to be a game-time decision for Meredith.

The Bulldogs will have some time to recover and prepare for their next game, which will be another Saturday afternoon matchup. This time, Yale will be hosting conference rival Harvard (5–3–1, 1–0–0).

Kickoff against Harvard is slated for 4 p.m. this Saturday at Reese Stadium.

Contact JAMES BADAS at james.badas@yale.edu .

matches against Quinnipiac, yet on the back of a four-game losing streak overall.

The Bobcats (2–3–3, 0–0 MAAC) suffered a 3–0 home loss to Hartford in their last game.

Right from the first whistle, the Elis applied pressure, earning two corners and blocking a shot within the first minute of the game. However, Quinnipiac scored in the sixth minute via forward Simon Hinde, who hammered home a half volley after a deflected corner kick. Hinde has scored five of the Bobcats’ seven goals this season. Set pieces have been an issue for the Bulldogs this season, with the team having conceded seven of their 10 goals on set pieces.

Quinnipiac kept up the pressure and had a further three shots in the next 15 minutes. In a potentially game-changing moment, Yale goalkeeper Blake Brown ’15 came up big in the 21st minute, making a diving stop on a one-on-one breakaway attempt. The Elis, buoyed by Brown’s heroics, went on the attack but could not capitalize before halftime despite forward Jenner Fox’s ’13 three shots. Quinnipiac ended the half with the lead and a 6–4 advantage in shots.

After the break, the counter-attacking styles of each team became all the more apparent. The Bulldogs and Bobcats traded corner kicks and shots for the first 20 minutes of the second period. Quinnipiac saw two shots go wide of Yale’s net, while Bulldog striker Avery Schwartz ’16 forced the Bobcat goalie, Borja Angoitia, into a save early on.

As the Elis played with more urgency, the attack created more chances, garnering four shots and two corner kicks in the last 20 minutes. The Bobcats mustered only two shots in the same time span.

Despite being under pressure for most of the second half, the Quinnipiac defense stayed resolute and did not concede a goal for the third time this season. Fox saw his shot in the 71st minute saved while for-

ward Cameron Kirdzik ’17 had his shot blocked in the 73rd minute.

The shutout was the ninth of Angoitia’s career, good for second on the all–time shutout list for the Bobcats. On the other end, Brown had two saves in net.

The shots by Fox and Kirdzik represented the only the Elis’ only shots on target for the night. Fox ended the day with five shots while Kirdzik added three.

“I think that we’ll have to be more than just a counterattacking team to win the Ivy League,” defender Nick Alers ’13 said.

“We’ll need to be able to play quickly and more directly at times, and Qpac was good practice for that. But there will be times where we’ll need to dictate the game and build more intricately. We hope to do a better job of that Saturday than we did during the Qpac game.”

According to McKiernan, the first seven games of the Elis’ season are mainly seen as preparation for the upcoming Ivy League slate, which begins against Harvard this Saturday.

Four of the Bulldogs’ next six games are against conference opponents, while the final three contests of the season are against Ivy League teams.

“The mindset of this team is very good,” head coach Brian Tompkins said.

“They have learned a lot in the early stages of the season, and although they have had to learn some lessons the hard way, they know that the momentum of the season can change very quickly with a couple of good results in Ivy play.”

Despite being on a five-game losing streak, the Bulldogs know they can play with the best after competing well against two tough California-based teams last weekend. Additionally, with the exception of a 3–1 loss to powerhouse UCSB, every one of the Bulldogs losses in the last five games has been by a one-goal margin.

Yale takes on Harvard at Reese Stadium this Saturday at 7 p.m.

Contact FRED FRANK at fredrick.frank@yale.edu .

Yale spikes Brown VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE 12 The Bulldogs did not trail for a single point until the third set.

“We wanted to start strong,” Ebner said. “I think holding them to that low percentage shows how hard we worked on defense this past week.”

The Bulldogs had five players with at least seven kills and four with at least 10 digs. Their 57 match points were spread relatively evenly; four players scored in double digits, and Polan was nearly there with 9.5 points.

Ebner said the Elis learned from their encounter with the Bears last year and focused on blocking Brown’s right side, which was particularly effective in their 2012 season opener.

The Elis had more success with their defense this time around. Brown’s high scorers in last year’s matchup were outside hitter Maddie Lord and opposite hitter Amanda Nickel, who produced 15.5 and 16.0 points, respectively. On Saturday, the Bulldogs held them to just three points each. No player on the Bears recorded more than 6.5 points.

“I think we focused on staying calm,” Johnson said. “Brown is really good at certain shots and we were focusing on playing really strong on our side and not letting them affect us.”

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Setter and captain Kendall Polan ’14 led the Elis with 23 assists as Yale beat Brown Saturday to open Ivy play.

With this win in the record book, the Elis will continue their quest to repeat last year’s undefeated season this weekend against Harvard and Dartmouth.

While repeating may seem daunting, even impossible, the team is up to the challenge. Ebner and Johnson said the key success will be to take the season one game at a time.

“We can definitely go undefeated again this year,” Ebner said. “We’re a better team than anyone else in the Ivy League and it’s on us to just execute and stay focused for every match.”

The Elis play Harvard at 7 p.m. on Friday.

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ROBERT RIES ’17 FOOTBALL The free safety was named Ivy League Rookie of the week for his play in Yale’s 38–23 victory over Cornell on Saturday. He recorded four solo and nine total tackles. He also played a major role in Yale’s aerial defense, intercepting one pass and breaking up another.

PAULA HAGOPIAN ’16 WOMEN’S SOCCER The forward was named the Ivy League Player of the Week after helping Yale win it’s Ivy League opener at Princeton.

She assisted on both of Yale’s goals in regulation,then ended the game with a goal of her own in the 99th minute to give the Elis an overtime victory.

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“We talked a lot about controlling the controllables: turnovers, penalties and third-down conversions.”

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The Elis completed 566 yards of total offense to overwhelm Cornell 38–23 at the Yale Bowl.

BY ASHTON WACKYM AND GRANT BRONSDON STAFF REPORTERS The Bulldogs stormed the Yale Bowl on Saturday to seek revenge for last season’s 45–6 loss to the Big Red in their Ivy League opener — and revenge they found.

Yale’s defense forced Big Red quarterback and 2011 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year Jeff Mathews into three turnovers while quarterback Hank Furman ’14 and wide receiver Deon Randall ’14 combined for five touchdowns as the Elis powered past

Cornell 38–23. Yale’s Ivy opener was all about composure; the Bulldog defense frequently forced Mathews to scramble, while the Yale attack remained stoic as it marched down the field.

“Every year is a new year,” head coach Tony Reno said. “The carry

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essential part of spreading out the defense and creating opportunities on offense. Randall, wide receiver Chris Smith ’14 and wide receiver Grant Wallace ’15 combined to catch 22 passes for 296 SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 11

Bobcats down Bulldogs In one of the first athletic contests between Quinnipiac and Yale since the Bulldogs triumphed in the 2013 NCAA Hockey National Championship, the Bobcats exacted revenge on the soccer field, scoring an early goal to beat Yale 1–0.

Last season, the Yale volleyball team began an unprecedented 14–0 run in the Ivy League conference by defeating Brown three sets to one. Last weekend, the Elis had a chance to do it again as they matched up against the Bears at home to start their conference slate.

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opening win at Colgate. On Saturday, Yale (2–0, 1–0 Ivy) proved it could dominate through the air as well as on the ground, picking up a total of 566 offensive yards and attaining 30 first downs.

Reno stressed the depth of Yale’s wide receiving corps as an

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Led by a strong performance from their captain, setter Kendall Polan ’14, the Elis (7–3, 1–0 Ivy) dispatched the Bears (4–7, 0–1 Ivy) in a dominating fashion, winning in straight sets.

“Kendall is such a great captain because she leads by example,” setter Kelly Johnson ’16 said. “She’s so great to play with because she’s always someone you can trust.”

Polan produced her usual well–rounded stat–line — eight kills, 23 assists, and 10 digs — and the team responded in turn.

Johnson led the team with nine kills on .412 hitting, in addition to her 17 assists. Libero Maddie Rudnick ’15 led the team on defense with 14 digs.

“When [Polan is] playing well, everything goes smoothly,” Ebner said.

And smoothly it did go. For the match, the Bulldogs boasted a 44–22 lead in kills and 59–39 advantage in digs. They hit .239 and held the opposition to a dismal .027 kill percentage.

over from last year that we had was growth.”

Captain and defensive end Beau Palin ’14 said he has been happy with how the Bulldogs have been performing but added that there was still room to improve after Yale’s season-

“We learn something from every match we play,” captain and midfielder Max McKiernan ’14 said. “Unfortunately, we had to learn from a loss.

We had a great week of training leading up to Qpac, and despite the result we definitely have some key takeaways that will prepare us for Harvard on

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Despite valiant efforts, the Quinnipiac Bobcats defeated the Yale Bulldogs this past Saturday.

Saturday.”

The Bulldogs (1–6–0, 0–0 Ivy) came into the contest

undefeated in their past 11 SEE MEN’S SOCCER PAGE 11

Yale knocks off defending champs

BY JAMES BADAS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER In an Ivy League regular season opener full of postseason drama, the women’s soccer team managed to come from behind and defeat defending Ivy League champion Princeton during overtime, with a final score of 3–2.

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Volleyball started off its Ivy slate with a 3–0 sweep of Brown on Saturday.

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The victory came on Saturday afternoon at Princeton as the Bulldogs (5–3–0, 1–0–0 Ivy) proved that their title hopes this season are seri-

ous. The win also avenged a heartbreaking 2–1 overtime loss to Princeton that opened up Yale’s 2012 Ivy League schedule.

Princeton (4–2–2, 0–1–0) jumped ahead early with a goal in the 31st minute from midfielder Jesse McDonough. The 1–0 Tiger advantage carried into halftime, continuing a disconcerting trend for the Elis. It marked the fourth game in a row that the Bulldogs have been unable to score in the first half. Head coach Rudy Meredith worried about the team falling behind so often.

“We’ve had seasons where we couldn’t win SEE WOMEN’S SOCCER PAGE 11

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED BY WIDE RECEIVER DEON RANDALL ’14 IN YALE’S 38–23 WIN OVER CORNELL ON SATURDAY. The wideout helped the Elis pull away in their home opener with 11 catches for 148 yards and three receiving touchdowns. He added three carries for 18 yards and another score.