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NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT · FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 · VOL. CXLV, NO. 2 · yaledailynews.com · @yaledailynews
Salovey to update gift policies How to get Changes comes a booster year after Beverly Gage resignation on campus BY WILLIAM PORAYOUW STAFF REPORTER
A year after news first broke about alleged pressure being exerted by wealthy donors, Yale will soon move to formally strengthen its language and policies related to gift agreement and academic freedom. The announcement from President Peter Salovey came in response to a May report issued by the University’s gift policy committee, which made several recommendations aiming to limit future instances of donor pressure. The committee was created in February earlier this year following months of stu-
dent, faculty and alumni concerns surrounding history professor Beverly Gage’s surprise resignation from her position as director of the B ra dy- Jo h n so n Grand Strategy p ro g ra m . T h e report, submitted to Salovey in late May, contained its recommendations for gift policy oversight but did not review individual donations to the University. “A system of Peter Salovey / Yale U. checks and balances must ensure that the normal engagements between donors and the University do not come into conflict with the core institutional commitment to academic freedom,” the report reads.
The committee recommended several mechanisms for faculty to share concerns about the acceptance of a University gift, including assembling a Faculty Review Committee or an ad hoc panel of no fewer than three faculty members with expertise in the academic area to examine a gift complaint and reporting complaints anonymously through the university hotline. In another instancethe committee recommended language be used in gift agreements with donors limiting the role of the donor in decisions regarding their gift to the University. The report also mentioned a need for a more explicit policy surrounding academic freedom, which it says is “little” referenced in the Faculty Handbook. In general, the committee took input from formal and informal Yale procedures, as well as other universities. SEE GIFT POLICY PAGE 4
Hospital cuts 72 in second year of loss BY KAYLA YUP AND YASH ROY STAFF REPORTERS After 50 years of profit, Yale New Haven Hospital is in its second straight year of losing more money than it earned. As a result, the company made 155 cuts to administrative positions last Wednesday, including the firing of 72 hospital managers and the elimination of 83 vacant positions, all based in New Haven. The cuts were made at both junior and senior levels of administration, though they will not directly or immediately impact patient care. YNHH saw a deficit of $200 million in 2021 and now projects a $300 million loss for the current fiscal year, both due to pandemic-related costs. Before the pandemic, the hospital system had not seen a deficit since its formation in 1995. The flagship New Haven location had not ended a year in the red for more than five decades. “It was an extraordinarily difficult day, especially for those impacted, and it’s not something we’ve done before as a health system,” YNHH Vice President Vin Petrini said. “I’ve been here nearly 20 years, and I’ve never experienced that before.” The woes could continue — YNHH is now budgeting for a $250 million deficit in 2023. Employees were laid off in individual meetings with managers and ended their SEE YNHH PAGE 4
83 vacant positions as well as 72 administrators were laid off by YNHH last Wednesday / Yale Daily News
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THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY, 1958.
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Five freshmen are locked out of dorms following a "quasi-riot" on old campus. A number of instruments including a trumpet, bongo drums, as well as tape recorders are confiscated.
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New COVID-19 booster vaccines — the first to specifically target the uniquely contagious Omicron variant — are available at pharmacies on campus and in New Haven. Campus and city officials are encouraging people to make appointments as soon as possible through Yale Health’s clinic or local pharmacies. Appointments are currently available through Yale Health, with current wait times at around eight to ten days. The newest boosters, produced by Pfizer and Moderna, were authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month and became widely available soon after. Known as bivalent boosters or “updated boosters,” the new shots contain mRNA components that protect against both the original strains of the COVID-19 virus as well as the newer, more contagious strains SEE VACCINE PAGE 4
PROFILE
A “beacon of hope” in Fair Haven Ward 14 Alder Sarah Miller on first year BY CHARLOTTE HUGHES STAFF REPORTER
Randy Cox is suing New Haven for $100 million in damages alleging that his fourth and 14th amendment rights were violated by the New Haven Police Department after he was paralyzed in police custody. New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker says he is open to settling. Tuesday morning, Wallingford-based attorneys Lou Rubano and R.J. Weber III filed the lawsuit for $100 million in damages against the City of New Haven and the five officers involved in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut. On the steps of City Hall, prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who has represented Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in the past, called on the city to do right by Cox. “Randy’s case is like Freddie Gray, but after Freddie died police departments swore they would change,” NAACP Connecticut President Scot X. Esdaile told the News. “That didn’t happen in New Haven. What happened to Freddie happened to Randy seven years later. The world is now watching New Haven to see what the mayor and police chief will do.” Cox was paralyzed after being arrested on June 19 by NHPD. Officer Oscar Diaz placed Cox into the back of an NHPD SEE LAWSUIT PAGE 5
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BY YASH ROY STAFF REPORTER
CROSS CAMPUS
BY ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ-GARCIA CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
When Alder Sarah Miller ’03 sat down to dig into caldo de pollo and fajitas on a Friday afternoon, she had New Haven history on hand. Before her stood Salsa’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant. The Grand Avenue building in Fair Haven was divided between the Italian DiSorbo’s Bakery and Milano’s Meat Market in the 1980s. Miller pulled out a black-andwhite image of the two old stores posted in the “Fair Haven Memories” Facebook group. Even as Ward 14’s demographics have changed from majority-Ital- Sarah Miller / Sarah Miller ian and Eastern European to majority-Latino, it has retained its identity as a neighborhood of immigrants, Miller said. Born in New Haven in 1980, Miller grew up in the neighborhood of Westville. She majored in literature during her time at Yale and went on to work as an acquisitions editor for the Yale University Press specializing in Latin American literature. For the past two decades, she has lived in Ward 14 with her husband, who grew up in the neighborhood, and her two children, now aged 6 and 11. Like many, she quit her day job during the pandemic, leaving her role at the Yale Uni-
Cox sues New Haven for $100 million
Alleging violations of his civil rights, Randy Cox is suing the city for $100 million / Yash Roy, Contributing Photographer
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WOMEN'S SOCCER Yale begins in-conference play a win against Princeton. PAGE 14 SPORTS
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PROFILE Organist Nathaniel Gumbs blends worlds through a declining art PAGE 8 ARTS