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CROSS CAMPUS Do they still care? Today is the last day for seniors to ask for the ability to double major. We suppose those political science seminars do tend to pile up unnoticed, but still. Cover up. The cover of The

Economist’s next issue — set to be released on Saturday — features a stately looking, powdered-wig-wearing gentleman in a “Y” sweater. Inside the magazine’s pages is a story headlined “America’s new aristocracy,” a deepdive into the dynastic nature of American politics with a special focus on Yale families like the Bushes and Clintons.

Tarry talk. Chef Mario Batali will be at the Whitney Humanities Center today to talk about his newest cookbook. Also a TV personality, Batali is known best around these parts for giving the world (or at least Park Street) the new go-to Italian spot, Tarry Lodge. A dream realized. But wait,

there’s more: Also taking place at the Whitney Humanities Center this weekend is a special screening of “Selma,” Ava DuVernay’s widely praised Martin Luther King Jr. biopic. Afterward, several of Yale’s top AfricanAmerican Studies professors (including Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway) will lead a discussion about the film’s depiction of King.

Live a little. With performances by the Spizzwinks(?), Purple Crayon and Sur et Veritaal, Relay for Life’s kickoff event takes place tonight in Dwight Hall. And there appears to be some kind of ’90s theme, celebrating what some consider to be the liveliest decade of all.

INVISIBLE LIVING AT YALE WITH A DISABILITY

TO RUSH OR NOT?

AROUND THE WORLD

Five debate philanthropy, brotherhood, misogyny, race and misconduct.

NEW DIRECTOR JOINS WORLD FELLOWS PROGRAM.

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In one of the first activities that all Yalies share in their college years, freshmen are taught to put a condom on a wooden, phallus-shaped object. Be safe — that is the message the exercise is supposed to convey. But that message may not be taking root in students’ minds. In a News survey on sexual health practices, completed by 241 students, 175 respondents said they were sexually active. Of these students, many reported engaging in sex without a condom and using methods of contraception that are widely considered to be ineffective. Public health experts at Yale and physicians who specialize in student health said that rates of unprotected sex on campus are worrisome.

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Not enough Yalies are using condoms to prevent STI infection. Of 139 sexually active survey respondents, almost one quarter said they rarely or never use condoms to prevent STIs. Thirty percent said they use condoms only some or most of the time, and 47 percent of students said they always use condoms. Interviewees’ experiences reflect these statistics. Johnny*, a freshman, said that he has had multiple, one-night stands with partners who were happy to engage in intercourse without a condom. “I was shocked,” he said. But Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin and Chief of Stu-

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dent Health and Athletic Medicine at Yale Health Andrew Gotlin were not. Gotlin said he was unsurprised by the survey numbers showing the percentage of students who do not use condoms during sex, as they matched what he sees clinically. Genecin said that since the majority of sexually active respondents were monogamous, putting them at a lower risk of contracting STIs, Yalies with multiple sexual partners may produce very different results if surveyed. “It seems like very few people had more than one sexual

partner,” he said, adding that the number of students who reported having more than one regular sexual partner is the demographic that worries him most. Of those who have reported not using a condom at some point, personal or partner preference for unprotected sex was the most common reason for foregoing condoms. Annabelle*, who never uses condoms with her boyfriend, is one of those students. “It just feels better,” she said. Not having a condom readily available was also an issue

Committee to reevaluate withdrawal policies

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for some. In fact, a quarter of the sexually active students surveyed said they do not keep protection immediately accessible. Jordan*, a freshman who in the past has gotten most of his condoms from the plastic bag in his entryway, said that, at times, condoms ran out. In contrast to the 30 percent of sexually active students surveyed who have opted to have sex despite the unavailability of condoms, Jordan decided not to abstain on those occasions. “I just feel that the risks [of SEE SEXUAL HEALTH PAGE 4

EDITOR’S NOTE On Jan. 13, the News sent a 31-question survey to 757 randomly selected undergraduates from every residential college and class year. All 241 respondents were guaranteed anonymity, in an attempt to ensure the sincerity of the survey’s results, which are reported here. *Name has been altered to protect the identity of the student source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the interviews conducted.

Gordon, voice for academics, to depart BY EMMA PLATOFF STAFF REPORTER

Don’t forget them. It’s a similarly crowded schedule for the arts scene at Yale: Both the Yale Cabaret and OffBroadway are showing plays (Quartet and The Taming of the Shrew, respectively) and the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale plays tonight in Woolsey. Still, we’re not quite sure why there’s a Harvard Choir Concert in Battell later.

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probably saw in your inbox, Payne-Whitney Gymnasium is in for a busy weekend. Everything from graduateprofessional school basketball games to the national middle school squash championships will fill the gym’s halls.

the Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship — supporting master’s degrees and careers in foreign service — is today.

Bulldogs look to take down Bears for second time in as many weeks.

Sex isn’t always safe at Yale

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A six-person committee will suggest improvements to Yale’s mental health policies. BY EMMA PLATOFF AND VIVIAN WANG STAFF REPORTERS Following months of campus-wide discussion of the University’s mental health resources, Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway has charged a committee with examining Yale’s withdrawal and readmission policies. The six-person committee, created last month, will delve into Yale’s existing policies and suggest improvements, Holloway said. Currently, the University requires that students apply for voluntary leave of absence within the first 10 days of the semester. After the deadline, students can withdraw from the University but then must re-apply to gain admission. The committee will take into account several sources of information, including a six-page report authored by the Yale College Council last spring that outlined rec-

ommendations for improved withdrawal and leave of absence policies. Committee members will also compare the University’s practices with those of other institutions to see whether Yale should adopt any successful methods, Holloway added. “[The committee’s mission is to] look at current policies and to look at peers’ policies,” Holloway said. “Are we in line with what we state we’re doing?” The idea of reevaluating Yale’s withdrawal policies was proposed to then-Yale College Dean Mary Miller last year. However, Holloway said, by that point it was too late in Miller’s term to begin a process that she would not have been able to finish. The YCC report, which was part of a larger student effort to focus attention on mental illness, highlighted the need to make students who had not withdrawn for disciSEE WITHDRAWAL PAGE 6

After four decades at Yale, Deputy Dean of Yale College and Dean of Undergraduate Education Joseph Gordon will retire next January. Dean of Yale College Jonathan Holloway announced Gordon’s planned departure in a Thursday afternoon email to selected members of the Yale community. Detailing Gordon’s accomplishments, Holloway said it is difficult to imagine Yale without him. Faculty and administrators who have worked with Gordon — from members of the Dean’s Office to curators in Beinecke Library — described him as an indispensable confidant and a font of information on Yale College issues. “His record of service is so extensive, and his contributions so numerous, that it is impossible to imagine an aspect of undergraduate education that has not involved him,” Holloway wrote. After coming to Yale as a graduate student in English in 1970, Gordon joined the department as an assistant professor in 1976. Despite holding disparate roles since then, Gordon — who became deputy dean in 1998 — has maintained a hand in Yale’s academics. He served on the Committee on Yale College Education, spent 20 years on the Course of Study Committee and chaired the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing. He has been involved at every level, from serving as Yale’s first openly gay college

master in Pierson in 1987–88, to filling every specialized position on the Executive Committee, to stepping in as a fry cook on an understaffed food line in Commons during the blizzard that shut campus down for two days in 2013. In an email to the News, Gordon said he does not plan to leave New Haven, adding that he may even return to teaching in the English department from time to time. He said he hopes to continue to support students and colleagues.

[Gordon] has also become a standard-bearer of scholarly and pedagogical ethics at Yale. KATHRYN LOFTON Professor of Religious Studies “It is indeed hard to contemplate leaving the Yale College Dean’s Office,” Gordon said. “But there comes a time when others should get the chance to do the work I’ve tried to do as well as I could, and to experience some of what I have had. If we believe in the value of education, it is in part because we understand that our world is one of mutability, both in our own individual lives and in the lives of institutions.” In the unstudied role of deputy dean, Gordon has sought to coordinate the work of Yale’s SEE GORDON PAGE 6

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hile home over break, it seemed as though all my high school friends had either just returned from abroad or were departing soon. Those who returned had made all these new friends and gone to all these exciting places. Those about to leave were choosing destinations for upcoming long-weekend trips, picking between Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. I had just come back from New Haven and was planning to return to New Haven. I tried to build up disproportionate excitement for a day trip to Overshores Brewing Co. (it’s in East Haven). “Are you going abroad?” people would ask. “No, not going abroad … I spent last summer in London, so that was sort of my abroad,” I would say. My summer in London had been fun, sure, but disappointing in a number of ways that essentially undermined what I believed to be the function of the abroad experience. Essentially, I left very much the same person as I had been upon arrival, but with a slightly more refined taste in coffee and cocktails. We know the reasons that people choose to go abroad: adventure, new experiences, new culture, language immersion, the ‘if not now, when?’ argument … etc. Yet so many Yalies, myself included, choose to stay. Why?

WE KNOW THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO GO ABROAD: ADVENTURE, NEW EXPERIENCES, NEW CULTURE. YET SO MANY YALIES, MYSELF INCLUDED, CHOOSE TO STAY. WHY? Part of it stems from an Ivycentric elitism: “Why would I give up a semester at Yale? There are so many classes to take, so many opportunities right here.” While I do agree that there’s plenty this University offers to fill four years, the rest of the world must have something to offer our education. I think that it’s not just an attitude, but also a result of the structure of campus life that makes it difficult to leave. Generally, college students go abroad their junior year. Some colleges practically require study abroad so they can have enough housing for their students. At Yale, the residential

college system pretty much guara n t e e s everyone a room, so we don’t ever really feel CAROLINE kicked out. It’s comSYDNEY fortable to stay. We’re Selfwelcome here. Absorbed Logistics play a role beyond our living situations. I don’t know if other schools vary in this pattern, but most organizations at Yale depend on junior leadership — it is difficult to run a club or edit a publication from outside the country. After spending two years committed to a community and rising through its leadership structure, it becomes hard for students to turn around and leave for a destination without commitments. Frankly, it’s hard for me to imagine a semester like this. In London, with class as my only commitment, the amount of free time I had truly shocked me. But maybe that’s why study abroad works — it gives one the minimal amount of structure to organize a life and then allows one to do almost anything with the free spaces. Maybe it’s not a desire to remain at Yale that keeps us here, but a fear of figuring out what to do with ourselves somewhere else. As for me, I’ve made my decision; it’s too late for a change of heart and adventures in far-off lands. Perhaps I’ll do a little bit of travel as I’m researching my to-be-determined thesis this summer, but sincere study abroad is off the table. I tell myself that I want to work abroad for a year or two following graduation, but maybe that’s a platitude of a response to my current rootedness. I hope it isn’t. If I haven’t gained a study abroad experience at Yale, I hope that I’ve at least developed the skills that would enable me to plant myself in a foreign country and have enriching and formative experiences beyond the undergraduate timeline. I shared a cab from Bradley Airport to campus with a Yale Law student and he pointed out the stereotype of risk-averse YLS students, but I think that this stereotype has a broader implication on campus. While risk aversion may have motivated my decision to be here this semester, I hope that I will remember that undergrad is not the only, or even the best, time for adventure. There’s always time and something to study abroad.

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t’s taboo to talk about society. It’s not taboo to complain about it, or fetishize it, but it is taboo to ask questions about its impact on our community. What do societies do? Senior societies are no longer secret. A hundred years ago, when Yalies were few and homogenous and tap only affected a couple dozen people, societies may have been secret. Today, they’re less secret than private. We feel we must respect their privacy, but their impact is public and warrants public scrutiny. Taboo has led to self-censorship, which has allowed gossip to usurp consensus. Our appraisals of society are semi-informed, much like their appraisals of prospective members. A few numbers wouldn’t hurt. How many hours is the time commitment? How many society members are on financial aid? How many seniors quit? Each society is different, but there must be trends. The Yale Daily News offers little insight. Since 2007, the paper has published just over 20 society columns — mostly seniors writing from hindsight’s safety. But the paper’s reporting has been sparse. On the News' website, I found 21 articles between 2001 and 2015. Five were bulletins about tap night, and three were longer than 1,000 words. If there are other articles, they’re hard to find. Virtually every year, News editors make it onto the list of “Big

Three Taps,” but to see who, you have to check Rumpus or the Herald. In a homage to Hemingway, what the News leaves NATHAN reveals KOHRMAN out more than what it writes. At the seam Yale’s other publications could also aim higher with their reporting on society, but none of them has as big a staff, as wide a circulation or as longstanding a conflict of interest. We need some news. For more than a decade we haven’t been getting much, but the current News board’s tenure is encouraging. Their editorials call for institutional accountability. The investigation “Enough Alcohol to Call it Rape?” balanced privacy and public interest. I hope they pursue and publish stories about society that previous boards did not — about their demographics, their influence on our choices. The News has the power to start conversations or to skirt them. The Yale administration is also reticent about society. Which is odd. If this spring is like last spring, 400 juniors will be tapped, and hundreds more will have gone letter-less or interviewed to no avail. I cannot think of a student activity that both affects such a wide swath of stu-

dents and requires such a large time commitment. The administration surely has something to say. The incoherence of the administration’s stance is well captured by an email Dean Gentry sent out before tap night last year, copied and pasted from his email the year before. He included a 56-word addendum on the perils of blindfolding. It’s not thorough policy, but at least it’s consistent. Don’t haze, be safe, have fun. “This is just one of hundreds of opportunities to participate in extracurricular life at Yale,” he wrote. Society doesn’t get a shoutout in any admissions materials or a spot at the freshman bazaar. There aren’t any panels and there’s no way to sign up. It’s an important part of student life, but it’s not an extracurricular. If anything, it’s extra-extracurricular. Maybe the administration avoids talking about society because any discussion is easy to caricature. “Look at the elitist institution worrying about its elitist institution.” I hope that’s not why. Its silence on the issue just reinforces the notion that society is something exceptional and something we shouldn’t talk about. We need to find the place between fetish and taboo. Only then will juniors be able to determine if all the time and emotion we expend worrying about society are well spent. Only then will

CAROLINE SYDNEY is a junior in Silliman College. Her column runs on alternate Fridays. Contact her at caroline.sydney@yale.edu .

we be able to decide if it’s worth joining one. Who better to lead this discussion than University President Peter Salovey? His career is defined by his stewardship of Yale and his research is in emotional intelligence, including how emotions govern our response to difficult situations. Society represents a perfect intersection of his two passions. Maybe he doesn’t have a coherent policy, but surely he can manage to write a note from Woodbridge Hall. Finally, I think it’s important to point out that juniors are not blameless for their ignorance or uncertainty about the society process. Often we are too nervous to ask even the most basic questions, afraid we’ll be punished for coming on too strong. Societies are quiet, but we don’t push them for answers either. Clearly many of us are willing to invest in an institution that we know little about and that keeps us at bay. We care more about getting in than about the thing itself. We’re quick to attach our sense of worth to a “meritocracy,” even one we do not understand. Some of us are graceful and unfazed, but a greater number completely buy into it. In that way, society serves inadvertently as a good test of character. NATHAN KOHRMAN is a junior in Saybrook College. His column usually runs on alternate Thursdays. Contact him at nathan.kohrman@yale.edu .

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ometime before the end of the year, a Yale undergraduate might stop you and ask to take your picture. She’ll withdraw several steps, find her angle, focus her lens and take two or three photos. She’ll then lower the camera and check the display to make sure you didn’t blink. As she does this, she’ll ask you a question or two about Yale and your place in it: What’s been the defining moment of your Yale experience? Or what has made Yale special for you? Surprised at the question, you might search for words, but when you find them you’ll share a thought or an experience that in some small way sums up a part of this ancient University that is uniquely your own. The photographer will nod and smile and then meet the answer to that question with another, about your hopes for Yale and the ways you might wish to see your school improve: If you were on the Yale Corporation, what’s the first thing you’d change? Or perhaps: If your children came here in 30

years, what’s one thing you’d want to be different for them? You might have an answer ready. You might have a lot of things you’d change about this place given the chance. You may have to spend a little time thinking about it or, unable to find a way you’d wish your own experience were different, offer a change that you’d wish for a friend or classmate. The photographer will nod and smile again, and thank you for your time. She’ll ask if you’d mind if the thoughts you shared were put on the web, and if you give your permission, you might see one of those photos and one of those answers join dozens of others in a piece we’re calling Yale Speaks. Yale Speaks is a series of thoughts and street portraits currently being collected by the photographers of the Yale College Council's production and design team. The first of these thoughts and portraits will be posted today on the YCC’s Facebook page. Each photo will give a face to a person’s idea for a bet-

ter Yale — how, given the chance, one would change it. Hopefully these thoughts and images will spawn conversations, growth and new ideas. Some will stay just that, but others will become action. They’ll be brought to administrators, become groups and events and turn into YCC projects and initiatives. Council representatives care very much about their peers’ thoughts. Everyone here has an idea of how Yale could improve, and for those who don’t know where to start, there are students on this campus who want to take up these fights for you. All you have to do is tell them. So what would you do if you could change one of Yale’s policies? If you had $5 million to donate for the creation of a specific program? If you were dean of Yale College for a day? Think about these questions and questions like them. Talk about them with your friends and acquaintances and those you know at other schools. Think about how you would change this place.

When you have a good answer, don’t wait for a YCC photographer to find you. Share it with your residential college rep, YCC president Michael Herbert or me, or any other peer who wants to help make the answer to that hypothetical question a reality. We’re all here to learn, to absorb, to uphold traditions, to explore, but that isn’t all. Looking at the ways students have successfully changed this school from its beginnings to now, it’s clear that Yale students don’t just have a duty to listen, but a duty to speak. You can see Yale Speaks at Facebook.com/yalecollegecouncil and selected images on Twitter at @theYCCtweets. Reach out to the YCC through your residential college representative and let them know how they can make this Yale a little more like the Yale you want it to be. ISAAC MORRIER is a sophomore in Branford College and the communications director of Yale College Council. Contact him at isaac.morrier@yale.edu .

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RAY ROMANO “Having children is like living in a frat house — nobody sleeps, everything's broken and there's a lot of throwing up.”

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t the beginning of my freshman year, when I was attempting to navigate the multitude of student organizations at the extracurricular bazaar, I wasn’t even aware that Yale had sororities. I spent my first few weeks trying to find an organization on campus that would allow me to get involved in the New Haven community while introducing me to a network of peers on campus. When I decided to rush a sorority the following semester, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Greek life at Yale could do just that for me. Joining a sorority not only introduced me to a community of intelligent, resilient and driven women on campus, but it also presented me with a new medium through which I could give back to my community. Each sorority on campus is partnered with a philanthropic organization for which they are committed to raising money throughout the year. Yale’s three sororities are partnered with

ALBORZ YAZDI A haven for friendship

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t’s often difficult at Yale to find the right person to tell your problems to. It feels improper to complain about a B+ to your classmate who might be getting a B, or to stress about your job interview with the competition. Friends made through classes and academic extracurricular organizations can enrich the Yale experience, but a certain formality remains in these relationships. The necessary distance often makes it feel like everyone at Yale is all business, and somewhere in the grind, you are left alone with all of your worries. It’s hard to connect on a very personal level when your entire correspondence with an individual is built around a bullet point on your resume or a line on your transcript. Hence, I often find myself sorting through my problems with the brothers of my fraternity. It’s not because we’re from the same city, political party or income bracket. It’s because my brothers know me. They know

Court Appointed Special Advocates, Read. Lead. Achieve and Reading Is Fundamental. The sororities hold numerous fundraisers and events for the organizations each semester. I’ve also been able to do a lot of volunteer work with my sorority as we team up with different organizations on campus and help out with their various initiatives. We often coordinate with Hunger Heroes, a branch of the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Project that sends volunteers to the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen on weekends. This partnership gives our members the opportunity to be involved with Hunger Heroes even if they can’t make a full-time commitment to joining the organization. My sophomore year, I became one of my sorority’s philanthropy directors and learned quickly that most of the initiatives we take on as an organization, from sisterhood events to campus-wide parties, are geared toward service. We are constantly finding ways to raise money for our associated charity while getting our members involved with causes on campus and in New Haven. There are countless community oriented groups on campus, a few of which I am an active member of, but being in a sorority has been a wonderful supplement to those groups. My sorority has allowed me to participate in various fundraisers and service initiatives to which I otherwise might not have been exposed.

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ith the start of the spring semester, rush season is upon us. Fraternities and sororities have begun the process of welcoming new members into their ranks. At the same time, there is mounting national attention trained on the role Greek organizations play on college campuses, and how they may contribute to dangerous behavior, such as binge drinking and sexual assault. Colleges around the country have begun enacting policies aimed at reforming, or even abolishing, Greek life. The University of Virginia, the subject of the since-challenged Rolling Stone story recounting an alleged gang rape, rolled out a series of new policies designed to make fraternity houses safer spaces. In Connecticut, both Trinity College and Wesleyan University have mandated that fraternities become co-ed. We asked five members of the Yale community to discuss the merits and the flaws of Greek life.

ALLY DANIELS is a junior in Berkeley College. Contact her at alexandra.daniels@yale.edu .

what might make me happy, what might upset me. We’ve seen each other’s ins and outs and have spent enough time together without an agenda to know how we all tick. When I can be honest and express myself with my fraternity brothers, I feel like I have something permanent, not based on a transient group project or a debate competition won. These friendships will last even after I graduate from Yale. I can’t say with the same confidence that I’ll remain in touch with everyone from my organic chemistry class once the dreaded final is over. A network of support outside of work and classes is tremendously important at Yale, where the tension and stress level of overachievers nearly matches the height of our beloved Gothic architecture. The media caricature of fraternities emphasizes elitism and problems of alcohol abuse and sexual assault, and certainly there are institutions across the nation that have issues with the way their Greek life operates. However, I urge Yale students to consider the value that Greek organizations add to students' mental health, and how important it is to bring together a group of people, of diverse backgrounds and interests, with no stress to succeed. In a school full of competitive extracurriculars, it’s nice to have some circles that revolve solely around friendship. ALBORZ YAZDI is a sophomore in Saybrook College and a brother of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Contact him at alborz.yazdi@yale.edu .

VINCE KENNEDY Safe space for candor

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hen people think of fraternities, one image that comes to mind is a group of guys wearing a uniform of neon tank tops and American flag shorts who throw rowdy parties with kegs and loud music in dark basements. Thanks to recent headlines, people now also immediately associate fraternities with sexual assault and, consequently, many want fraternities banned. I sympathize with their outrage. However, as a member of a fraternity, I am both sad and frustrated that this has become the perception of my group. I am sad because, as a Communication and Consent Educator, I see that fraternities are capable of being excellent places to combat misogyny and sexual violence, despite many chapters contributing to those problems. It frustrates me that so many fraternities have contributed to dysfunctional and unsafe environments for so long that very few people see this possibility anymore. Fraternities are social groups that are meant to develop their members into adults of high integrity. At least that’s what they’re supposed to do. As groups with social power, fraternities

need to constantly assess how they impact their communities. How can an all-male social organization make its house feel like one of the safest places on campus without being patriarchal? What sorts of events can a fraternity host that will be safe and fun for everyone? How does the group ensure that it will consistently uphold values of respect through graduation cycles? How does a fraternity hold itself responsible for upholding its standards? I don’t have clear-cut, neat answers to all these questions, but we’re working on them. Fraternities throw parties, they provide space for friends to hang out and, above all, they form incredibly strong bonds among brothers who share common core values. With these bonds, brothers more readily make themselves vulnerable to each other when talking about issues of gender equality and sexual assault than they would with most anyone else. That closeness and trust enables a constructive dialogue about these topics. Some of the best bystander intervention discussions I’ve led as a CCE have been with fraternities — a program that fraternities solicited! Beyond the bare minimum of ensuring safety and respect, members of Greek life — because this goes for sororities too — can talk comfortably about their desires and have highly sexpositive discussions that contribute to their development into healthy adults. On the whole, these conversations need to happen not just within fraternities, but in other spaces across Yale. VINCE KENNEDY is a junior in Berkeley College. He is a CCE and a brother of Chi Psi. Contact him at vincent.kennedy@yale.edu .

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reek life has long been identified as part of the problem of sexual violence on college campuses. When I was an undergraduate in the early 1990s at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, no one had to tell me that frat parties were sexually dangerous places. We all knew which fraternities were particularly notorious for predatory behavior. When organizing our Take Back the Night marches, we always made sure to march down “Fraternity Row” and to linger in front of the houses that were rumored to have a rapist or two inside. Like so many who read the Rolling Stone article about rape at UVA, the story did not surprise me. In fact, it is difficult to ignore that the Greek lifestyle, especially the “housed Greek life,” poses a range of risks for college students, from rape to alcohol abuse. Experts argue that large-scale parties at fraternity houses, fueled by alcohol, are the ideal setting for sexual assaults. One study found that fraternity men are three times more likely to commit rape than other men on college campuses, and that women in sororities are 74 percent more likely to experience rape than other college women. While these studies focus on national Greek organizations

LAURA GOETZ Look beyond the letters

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e’ve all seen movies and TV shows filled with “frat bros” making lewd jokes and objectifying beautiful women. That stereotype is prevalent not only in romantic comedies, but also in media coverage on sexual violence on college campuses. Searching for some way to explain terrifying sexual assault statistics, headlines citing rampant rates among men in fraternities suggest a compelling story: Sexist, chauvinistic, Neanderthal-esque men pump naïve female classmates full of watery beer and take advantage of them. While hearing anyone call out sexism and misogyny makes my little feminist heart sing, I find focusing on Greek organizations alone unsatisfactory. Constructing a tank-wearing, beer-guzzling scapegoat in many ways detracts from the real problem. Fraternity members often interact with women and the broader concepts of gender and sexuality in problematic ways. However, if we’re going to criticize sexism in fraternities, we need to take sexism in other groups seriously as well. A general societal focus on that stereotype often shapes strategies for reducing rape and other forms of sexual violence. As a community, we’re more

and their applicability to Yale's campus can be debated, there is still reason for concern. In 2010, pledges of the Yale chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon marched through Old Campus chanting, “No means yes, yes means anal!” Nonetheless, I do not want to over-generalize. Yale has 12 fraternities and sororities, comprising only 10 percent of the student body. Moreover, we know that not all fraternities are sexually dangerous. Traditionally AfricanAmerican fraternities, genderinclusive fraternities, multicultural fraternities and academic fraternities do not fall into the category of groups that are sexually dangerous. Thus, we might ask what can be learned from fraternities that achieve a safe environment. It seems to make a difference when they are racially diverse and co-ed. We also know that the problem of sexual violence on our campus extends well beyond Greek life. On many campuses, much effort has been put forward to change the parts of Greek culture that make their parties unsafe for all students. Universities are taking a range of actions from forcing frats to go co-ed (Wesleyan) to requiring fraternities to commit to a variety of safety measures. According to UVA, the new regulations “seek to achieve a safe environment at fraternity events by addressing high-risk drinking, sexual misconduct and unhealthy power structures.” While Yale’s Greek system hardly compares to UVA’s, I suspect we can learn much by establishing our own baseline of safety for certain events on campus (such as screw and Spring Fling) where the overconsumption of alcohol and sexual misconduct create unsafe environments. CRYSTAL FEIMSTER is an assistant professor of African-American Studies, American Studies and History. She is the author of "Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching." Contact her at crystal.feimster@yale.edu .

likely to acknowledge an experience as sexual assault if the alleged perpetrator is a fraternity brother. The same perception bias even extends to victims and the policing powers. Recognizing that, it is important to step back and ask why fraternities are often associated with sexual violence. Misogyny, low impulse control, aggression and power are all factors that contribute to a person committing sexual assault. Fraternity membership is not inherently correlated with any of those traits. However, on many campuses, fraternities wield a great deal of social capital, which can give members opportunity for misconduct and protection from punishment. Sexual violence prevention strategies need to focus on dismantling these power structures in order to build a campus that is not conducive to assault. Simply eliminating fraternities in many ways would be an easy path to take, but that strategy would be inadequate because it does not address the underlying forces. Fraternities are far from the only organizations on campus that build a social climate conducive to sexual violence. If we narrowly focus our feminist fight on fraternities, we risk completely missing dangerous dynamics in other spheres. Sexism and misogyny exist in all sorts of groups, regardless of members’ interests, gender, race or sexual orientation. Instead of asking whether to dismantle only Greek life, we should consider what other dangerous structures exist, and we should ask how our power systems or organizations contribute to this epidemic. To really fight misogyny and sexism, we need to look at not just identities, but also behaviors. LAURA GOETZ is a sophomore in Pierson College. She is an associate editor of Broad Recognition and a CCE. Contact her at laura.goetz@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.” NORA EPHRON AMERICAN AUTHOR

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SEXUAL HEALTH FROM PAGE 1 unprotected sex] completely outweigh the benefits of 20 minutes of slightly increased pleasure,” he said.

STIs: (NOT) PASSING THE TEST?

Even with a low-risk sample population — students who are typically having sex with just one partner — around 4 percent of Yalies surveyed admitted to having had an STI at some point. Of those surveyed who have had penetrative or oral sex, there were 22 reported cases of an individual having a specific STI. Two percent of the 175 students surveyed said they had chlamydia, 2 percent reported having HPV and three students reported being HIVpositive. Carl* has been diagnosed with chlamydia twice during his college years. Before those diagnoses, he did not take his sexual health seriously — there were times when, during anal sex, he did not use a condom with his partners, he said. Only after being diagnosed for the second time did he begin to research STIs and safe sex practices. Four percent may seem like a low prevalence for STIs, but 29 percent of sexually active students surveyed said they did not know their STI status — they had never been tested, meaning that it is possible that the rates of infection are higher. in addition, 39 percent of students have not been tested in the past six months. The reasons that sexually active students provided for not getting tested varied, but some fell within the following categories: they were too busy, Yale Health is too far away or they had never enaged in unprotected sex. Most, though, said they had not gotten tested because it simply was not common within their social groups. “I think people need to have a group of friends who think it’s a normal thing to do,” Sam Dealey ’15 said. “That will affect whether you [get tested].” Genecin said that while most Yale students will get tested at least once during their four years at Yale, some students are less open about it than others. “Often people say they are coming in for something else, and then ask for STI testing [when they get there],” Genecin said.

Some students simply feel more comfortable asking a clinician in person than telling the receptionist, he added. STI tests are free to all Yale students — even those who have waived the Yale Health Hospitalization-Specialty Coverage — and, according to Carl, the test itself is easy. Schedule an appointment, urinate in a cup and wait for the results, he said, adding that he only waited four days for his. He thinks that to increase testing rates, Yale Health should set up a yearly or semesterly clinic in an open part of campus, like Woolsey Hall or Commons, similar to the way it administers flu shots. Right now, he said, Yale Health is not doing enough to inform students of what it offers. While Gotlin acknowledged the important role of health care providers in STI prevention and treatment, he said that students need to be proactive and ask about their partners’ sexual health histories before intercourse. Twenty-two percent of sexually active students surveyed have never asked about their partners’ sexual histories or STI statuses. Annabelle, who cited the cultural stigma around talking about STIs, said she has felt uncomfortable asking a person about their sexual health history. “I guess I don’t always [ask] because sometimes it’s awkward to bring it up in that time frame,” one male student added. He added that he does not ask about sexual health history when he is receiving oral sex, but typically asks when he is giving. Acknowledging that asking can be awkward, Gotlin offered strategies. When a student newly diagnosed with herpes asked Gotlin how to discuss STI status with future partners, Gotlin responded that it is best to ask openly and regularly. “I suggested saying, ‘I do this as a matter of rote. I ask this of everybody so this isn’t a personal question,’” Gotlin said.

PREGNANCY AT THE FORE

For many women, though, STIs are not the primary concern. Pregnancy is. Indeed, while 76.71 percent of sexually active female students surveyed are on birth control, only 55.97 percent regularly use condoms. The discrepancy in numbers does not come as a surprise to Jill Carrera ’17, who uses the pill but

not condoms. “I would definitely say that people on campus are just more concerned about pregnancy than STIs,” she said. Such sentiments were echoed by all nine women interviewed. “Undergrads are very young and are unlikely to reach a situation where it’s realistic and pragmatic to have a child and go forward with life plans,” said Genecin, in response to suggestions that pregnancy is less desirable than an STI infection. Thirty-four percent of sexually active female students surveyed said they had experienced a pregnancy scare at some point in their lives. Students interviewed attributed their worries to condom breakage, missed periods and having sex while drunk. Twentyseven percent of students surveyed said a broken condom was the cause of a legitimate pregnancy scare. During one of her first sexual experiences with her current boyfriend, Lila* discovered that the condom had broken. Though she worried that she might have gotten pregnant, she was too scared to admit the possibility to herself and ended up not using emergency contraception. “I probably should have [taken the morning after pill],” she said. “It’s interesting what inertia and uncertainty will lead you not to do.” While Annabelle did not think twice before using Plan B after a condom had broken, she worries that other women misuse it and take it as an alternative to preventive contraception. Fifteen percent of sexually active female students surveyed had used Plan B at least once, averaging 2.4 uses per person. The highest usage for one person was 11 times. Gotlin said he is concerned about what he identifies as a misconception that condoms are for pregnancy and not STIs. “The implication is that if people are not worried about pregnancy [because they are on birth control, for instance], people won’t use condoms,” he said. Genecin suggested that because today’s college generation did not experience the AIDS epidemic, instead living through a preoccupation with teen pregnancy, they struggle to internalize the dangers of unprotected sex. “People these days think HIV

is a risk from an older generation,” he said, adding that there is a lack of concern about STIs across age groups.

NOT TAKING NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS

Students may be worried about pregnancy, but some are not taking the recommended precautions — for either pregnancy or STIs. Fourteen percent of respondents rarely or never use any form of contraception, 7 percent use contraception only sometimes and 23 percent use contraception during most but not all of their sexual encounters. For those who are not using the recommended forms of contraception — the ones widely considered to be effective — the rhythm and withdrawal methods are the main alternatives. Thirty-five percent of sexually active students surveyed, who did not always use protection from condoms, said they had used either the rhythm or withdrawal method at some point. Abdi* said those numbers were not particularly baffling — most members of his senior society confessed to having used one of those methods before. “I’m not at all surprised, but I would not at all use [them] myself because I’m not a dumbass,” he said. “If I was in the jungle and didn’t have a condom, sure,” said Dwayne*, a sophomore. “But since we have technology it’s best not to use what people in Ancient Rome used when they didn’t want kids,” he said. As a Community Health Educator, Carolyn Collado ’16 said she never recommends using the withdrawal method to avoid pregnancy. According to a study from the Office of Population Research at Princeton University, after using the withdrawal method for one year, 22 in 100 women will become pregnant. After using it for 10 years, 92 in 100 women will become pregnant. Marah* is one of those students who uses the rhythm and withdrawal methods. She tracks her cycle with a cell phone application, and said she knows when it is safe for her to have sex without risking getting pregnant. The main reason Marah has not opted to take a birth control pill or have an IUD inserted is because she does not want to overload her body with “unnecessary hor-

mones,” she said. Her decisions about her sexual practices do not sit well with her friends, who urge her to use condoms. But Marah said that she finds their admonishments hypocritical — most of them, she said, do not use condoms, even though they are having sex with multiple partners with whom they have not had conversations about STI status. But friends are not the only ones opposed to the rhythm method. According to Gotlin, stresses that exist in academic environments can make predicting ovulation particularly difficult. “It’s neither accurate nor reliable,” he said. “I would not bet my pregnancy prevention method on the rhythm method.”

IS YALE’S SEX ED SUFFICIENT?

While sex education at Yale levels the playing field for students coming from places all across the country and world, it does not continue the conversation, students interviewed said. “I don’t think sex education at Yale is entirely great,” said one student. “I just realized in this interview that I don’t know about STIs that could be passed through oral sex.” Another student, Joshua McGilvray ’18, said he had no education about the mechanics of sex while at an American boarding school for two years. He said he worries about students’ range of sexual knowledge. “Schools are so deregulated [in America]. You can’t count on good sex education happening in high school,” he said. “It seems worthwhile to continue with consent education and teach people about contraception.” Rachel*, who grew up in rural Mississippi, is one of those students about whom McGilvray is concerned. She only received abstinence-only education at her public high school. Her STI education, she said, consisted of the teacher saying the students would be “hurting everyone around them by having sex.” He proceeded to show the students “horrible and graphic” images of STI infections, she said. Gotlin noted that education about safe sex should not consist of dissuading people from having intercourse. “Abstinence is a yucky option — who wants to do that?” Gotlin said.

Eduardo*, a senior who grew up in Miami, falls on the opposite side of the spectrum. The city, he said, is a “hotbed for venereal disease,” so he had a comprehensive sex education that included lessons about protection, the effects of STIs and the importance of always wearing a condom. One of the obstacles students recalled facing in their middle school sex education is the gender divide in who learns what. Alexandra* said that, in middle school, she was brought into a separate room from the boys and taught her own anatomy and reproductive cycle. Meanwhile, the boys sat in the other room learning about theirs. She said this division makes communication between heterosexual partners difficult. They are simply less aware of how each other’s anatomy works. Eduardo, whose sex education was relatively comprehensive, said he was unaware of the different birth control options women have until recent conversations with female friends. Steven*, a biology major, did not know that contraception is necessary at all points during a woman’s menstrual cycle. He asked if it was possible for a woman to get pregnant during her period. It is. While Collado said she feels the CHE program is important to level the knowledge playing field for all freshmen, Sexual Literacy Forum co-director Jez Marston said it is important to have continued conversations about how to communicate and ask difficult questions during sexual encounters. He said he did not know much about female birth control until he began participating in SeLF his junior year. “We can see it’s reasonable to enhance our sex education [at Yale],” Gotlin said, talking about the survey results. According to Rachel, that sex education needs to touch on more than medical aspects of sexual health. “Safer sex also goes into taking care of your partner during the act. [It] involves communication,” she said. “[It] doesn’t end with STDs and pregnancy.” Contact STEPHANIE ROGERS at stephanie.rogers@yale.edu and

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Mother appeals to DeLauro for son’s release from Bahrain BY SKYLER INMAN STAFF REPORTER Amina al-Maidan has come to America hoping to find an answer for her son. Although she herself is a Bahraini citizen, she is appealing to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro —a Democrat who represents Connecticut’s third district, which includes New Haven — to aid in the release of her New Haven-born son from a Bahraini prison. Tagi al-Maidan, son of Abdallah al-Maidan SPH ’90, was arrested in October 2012 in Manama, Bahrain. According to Salman AlJalahma, media attaché to the Bahraini embassy in Washington, Tagi al-Maidan was officially charged with attempted murder, intentionally setting ablaze a police vehicle, damaging a police car, possession of explosives and illegal gathering during an anti-government protest. In September 2013, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Despite international concern over the fairness of the trial, expressed both by the United Nations and the U.S. State Department last year, Bahraini courts have already denied two appeals to the ruling. He now awaits his third and final chance at overturning the decision later this year. Amina al-Maidan, who has lived in Bahrain with Tagi and her other children since divorcing Tagi’s father, said her son did not attend the protest at which Bahraini officials say he committed these acts. “That day, in the area we live, it was impossible to go out to the place where the protest was. There were police officers, lots of tanks closing off the area,” she said. During the subsequent weeks and months, Amina said, no evidence was ever

shown to the family that substantiated her son’s arrest or his conviction in the following year. “For two years I’ve been watching, and in the court they said the proof is in a video camera and in a photo. So we said, bring it to us and show us, and we will accept that. Finally, they tell us there is no proof. No video, no photograph. Only an eyewitness.” Rachel Peterson, director of communications for Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain — the Washington-based NGO that has been helping Amina al-Maidan — said this practice is relatively common in Bahrain, where the courts sometimes pay eyewitnesses. She added that the man who served as the eyewitness in Tagi’s case has served as an eyewitness for more than 500 cases in the past two years. AlJalahma said in an email that the court based its decision on eyewitness testimony as well as forensic evidence obtained from the scene of the crime. “This case is one of many cases that involved illegal and unauthorized gatherings with the intent of targeting policemen’s lives and attacking them,” AlJalahma said. “The defendant’s actions resulted in setting a police vehicle ablaze while the policemen were still inside, and he then proceeded to attack the policemen on the ground resulting in the injury of three officers.” Peterson said that the current situation in Bahrain stems from the Arab Spring protests that began in 2011, and that the government’s reactions to the protest have been strict in order to maintain control. She explained that although the press no longer covers the Arab Spring extensively, the situation in Bahrain has dete-

riorated, with thousands of the country’s political dissidents in prison. Although Tagi al-Maidan’s arrest took his family by surprise — especially given that two of his uncles are police officers, Amina al-Maidan said — Peterson emphasized that surprise arrests often occur in Bahrain as a result of false confessions. “We’ve heard this time and time again from prisoners who have been released — many times, officials will only stop the torture when a suspect provides names of others who are involved,” Peterson said. “So in order to protect their fellow protestors, they oftentimes provide names of people who are completely irrelevant to the issue.” After meeting with DeLauro’s congressional office in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Amina al-Maidan said the meeting went well. “They said they would see into it, talk about what they can do. I am hoping for the best as soon as possible,” she said. Peterson said that although the State Department has been monitoring the situation and has made statements raising concerns about the trial, it has yet to take direct action, which, she said, her NGO is hopeful to see. DeLauro’s office did not return a request for comment following Thursday’s meeting. “This is all for my son, because he’s an American citizen,” Amina al-Maidan said of her efforts in Washington. “If he was Egyptian, I would go to Egypt. If he was Moroccan, I would go to Morocco.” Tagi al-Maidan’s father, who now lives in Saudi Arabia, was not immediately available for comment. Contact SKYLER INMAN at skyler.inman@yale.edu .

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Amina al-Maidan is asking Congresswoman DeLauro to aid in the release of her son from a Bahraini prison.

Lanza home to be torn down BY MICHELLE LIU STAFF REPORTER A little over two years after Adam Lanza killed 26 — including 20 children — at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., town leaders have decided to demolish the house where he began his massacre with the shooting of his mother, Nancy Lanza. The 10 council members at the Legislative Council meeting Wednesday unanimously chose to accept a recommendation made by the Board of Selectmen — the executive arm of the government in most New England towns — to raze the 3,100 square-foot house, which sits on two acres. The city acquired the property in December from the Hudson City Savings Bank for the price of one dollar, according to councilman Daniel Honan. “There’s some sense that it’s an attractive nuisance that will draw people to the neighborhood for voyeuristic purposes,” councilman George Ferguson said. “The general feeling among neighbors and among families affected was that it probably would be better not to have [the house] there.” Ferguson added that First Selectman Pat Llodra had consulted with the community, especially with the families of the 26 killed by Lanza, prior to making a recommendation. This recommendation was mentioned during the Jan. 7 meeting of the council before being placed on Wednesday’s agenda. A constituent letter from a resident living on the same street as the Lanzas’ house was read at the Jan. 7 meeting, urging the selectmen to tear down the house and return the property to a “wild, pre-construction state.” The letter suggested that this open space would preempt the property from becoming a magnet for the media. According to the Newtown Bee, William J. LaCalamito, senior vice president for mortgage servicing at Hudson City Savings Bank, said that bank officials had made the decision to deed the property to the town in part because many of the bank’s employees and families have ties to Newtown. But the question of what will be done with the property, originally part of Lanza’s estate, after the razing remains to be decided. “I think there’s a general consen-

sus, and a feeling at least on Pat Llodra’s part, that during her tenure [the property] will stay in a natural state,” Ferguson said. According to Ferguson, Llodra is interested in placing certain provisions on the deed of the property so that, if it were ever sold by the town, the revenue of that sale would be set aside for the families of those killed in the 2012 shooting. Ferguson anticipates the actual demolition of the house to occur in April, and the cost of the demo-

lition is estimated to run around $29,000, Llodra told the NewsTimes. The house itself was appraised at $523,620 in 2012, but had a $400,000 mortgage that Hudson City Savings Bank assumed in September. Newtown tore down the original Sandy Hook School facility in 2013, and a new school building is currently under construction. Contact MICHELLE LIU at michelle.liu@yale.edu .

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Newtown leaders have decided to demolish the house of Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza.

SOM sees increase in course demand BY HANNAH YANG STAFF REPORTER Shopping period at the School of Management this semester has had to accommodate an increase in course demand from the growing student population. This semester, 337 second-year students participated in the “bidding” process, a sharp increase from the 271 second-year students bidding last spring. For popular courses like “Competitive Strategy,” class demand is estimated through a process called the course bidding system, which operates in the form of an auction. Students are allocated a certain amount of points each semester, and they express the intensity of their preferences with the amount of points that they bid on each course. Secondand third-year students are allotted 500 points, while first-year students are only given 300. “Demand has increased from what it’s been in the last couple of years because the incoming MBA class has grown in size each year, but we have also increased in capacity,” SOM Associate Dean Anjani Jain said. Jain added that the administration has had to add sections for many of the courses that were oversubscribed, and for the most popular courses the number has as much as tripled. In an email sent out to students last week, Jain wrote that the efforts to increase class capacity had been successful to the point that the capacity ended up exceeding student demand by about 60 percent. Jain clarified to the News that the figure he referred to in the email was final demand based on actual enrollment, not initial demand through the bidding process. Many of the courses that are oversubscribed during bidding later fall below capacity after students shop classes and figure out their top priorities, he said. Four students interviewed agreed that they found there was an initial overcrowding in several courses, but also said they were satisfied with the way administrators dealt with the situation. Jeff Hong SOM ’15 said that this semester, there was definitely point inflation, meaning that students had to allocate more points to each class

to demonstrate interest and could not bid on as many classes as in the past. This made the process more competitive, Hong added. According to the SOM student portal, the most oversubscribed courses this semester include “Strategic Leadership across Sectors,” with 126 students bidding for 70 slots, “Interpersonal Dynamics,” with 50 students bidding for 27 slots and “Freakonomics” — a course about how economics affects everyday life — with 82 students bidding for 75 slots. Alex Satvchenko SOM ’16, who said he who successfully bid into “Interpersonal Dynamics” this semester, said that many of the first-year students in the class had to bid nearly all of their points to enroll in the class. Because they are enrolled in the mandatory core Integrated Curriculum, first-year students have fewer space for electives, Satvchenko said. Therefore, he added, they have a smaller allotment of points, making the bidding process more competitive for them. “Interpersonal Dynamics is about leadership development and personal growth, and it’s one of the most ‘expensive’ classes in the school [as it requires the allocation of many points],” he said. “But bidding for it doesn’t mean you can’t take other electives; it just means you have to limit your other choices to classes that aren’t oversubscribed.” In spite of the general increase in class demand, students interviewed said they were ultimately happy with the way their schedules had worked out. Satvchenko said that although he originally expected first-year students like him not to get into the classes they wanted, he was surprised to find out that most of his peers bidded successfully — with the exception of a few exceedingly oversubscribed classes. “Personally, I was lucky enough to get all but one of the course that I wanted,” SOM Student Government President Alexa Allen SOM ’15 said. “And the one I didn’t get into was a 10-person class. Had I allocated my points differently, I think I would have been able to get a seat.” Contact HANNAH YANG at hannah.yang@yale.edu .

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FROM THE FRONT

“OK, boys; let’s go make a withdrawal.” JOHN DILLINGER AMERICAN GANGSTER

Committee to suggest improvements to withdrawal policy WITHDRAWAL FROM PAGE 1 plinary reasons feel that they were not being unduly punished, YCC president Michael Herbert ’16 said. A number of the current withdrawal policies make leaving campus feel like a punishment, even in instances where it was a voluntary choice, the report said. For example, the YCC report states that some students who withdraw for personal or medical reasons are considered not to be in good academic standing, which means they cannot access University fellowship or career counseling resources. “Students who are not facing disciplinary action should not feel like they are being punished,” Herbert said. “You would expect that if someone withdraws and they’re not able to be readmitted, they’re going to be a little salty about it, but there are people who are readmitted who are also salty about it, and I think that is indicative of a problem.” Other recommendations included extending the deadline by which students must apply for a leave of absence — currently 10 days into the semester — to midterm, clarifying terminology so that it is clear if a student left for nondisciplinary reasons, and mandating that notices of readmission be sent at least one month in advance of the start of the semester. Alexa Little ’16, who withdrew for one semester for medical reasons, said she was notified of her readmission one week before residences opened. “It’s just a really unnecessarily anxious and complicated and financially difficult process,” she said. The YCC report has been widely distributed to administrators at Yale Health, YCC University services director Madeline Bauer ’17 said. Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs Pamela George, who oversees Yale College’s Readmission Committee, did not return repeated requests for comment. Lorraine Siggins, chief of Mental Health and Counseling, also could not be reached for comment.

Sara Samuel ’15, the sole undergraduate on the committee, said students can reach out to her to share their opinions on the matter. Rogers said the committee has just begun its work, and it is too early to comment on its progress. Herbert said that while withdrawing from Yale and suffering from mental health issues are not the same thing, the two often go hand-in-hand. Ansh Bhagat ’18 said he believes the deadline for taking a voluntary leave of absence should depend on the student’s reason for leaving. However, he is strongly in favor of implementing more individualized readmission requirements. Despite increased attention to the topic, however, of six students interviewed, five said they are not familiar with Yale’s current withdrawal and readmission policies. They agreed that despite recent attempts to further destigmatize mental illness, there is still work to be done. “We know where to turn, we know who to go to, but I haven’t seen people actually take the step of doing that,” Sarah Kim ’17 said. Holloway added that he expects the committee to give him its report soon after March break, leaving time for him and other administrators to consider their recommendations and implement any necessary changes during the summer. But Little said that while it is good news that the administration is paying more attention to withdrawal and readmission policies, it is “too little, too late.” “I appreciate what they’re trying to do, but until some real concrete change happens, I’m not exactly holding my breath,” she said. “It’s well and good to have a meeting about something, but unless you’re going to do an overhaul of the protocol — and do it in a timely manner — there’s no point.”

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GORDON FROM PAGE 1 special academic programs. Director of Education Studies Lizzy Carroll said he has been an ally of Education Studies and an important leader for all the special academic programs, as well as a supportive colleague for her personally. Gordon also co-chaired the first report explaining academic plans for the two new residential colleges, a project in which he plans to remain involved through the coming year. In addition to serving as Acting Dean of Yale College in fall 2007, Gordon worked with seven different deans of Yale College. Holloway, who has shared the Dean’s Office with Gordon for less than a year, said he considers Gordon a mentor. Among members of the Dean’s Office, former Yale College Dean Mary Miller said, “no one works harder than Joe Gordon.”

George Chauncey, professor of History and American Studies and former chair of LGBT Studies, called Gordon “one of the most beloved people on campus.” Gordon has been involved with LGBT Studies since the program’s inception in 1986, chairing its committee. Faculty members on the committee rely on his advice, intimate knowledge of University procedures, humor and ethical fortitude, Chauncey said. Timothy Young, a curator at the Beinecke, said Gordon has been a calm voice on the committee tasked with overseeing the still-developing field of LGBT Studies. “He has not just worked for Yale, he has also become a standard-bearer of scholarly and pedagogical ethics at Yale,” said Kathryn Lofton, professor of Religious Studies and chair of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. “That he did so while being an out gay man was a quiet

sort of revolution: nobody could question the capacity of LGBT people to lead, think, and participate in Yale as full citizens of this place.” Special Assistant to the President and Jonathan Edwards College Master Penelope Laurans, who has been Gordon’s colleague for over three decades, said it may be impossible to fill the void left by his departure. Laurans lauded his wisdom, discretion and ability to listen. Even while spearheading major policy initiatives for the college, Gordon has made a point of mentoring students and junior colleagues, said Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs George Levesque. “Rarely does a conversation about a problem end without the conclusion, ‘I think we should ask Joe,’” Levesque said. Contact EMMA PLATOFF at emma.platoff@yale.edu .

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“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” LOUIS ARMSTRONG AMERICAN JAZZ MUSICIAN

World Fellows program moves in new direction BY LARRY MILSTEIN AND MONICA WANG STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Amid broad changes to the program, Emma Sky, senior fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, will be taking the helm of the Yale World Fellows Program beginning July 1. In an announcement made earlier this month, University President Peter Salovey appointed Sky to oversee Yale’s signature global leadership development program, which provides fellowships to mid-career emerging global leaders. She will serve a three-year term and succeed current program director and School of Medicine professor Michael Cappello. As part of the leadership transition, the program will now become incorporated into the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and will be guided by a new advisory committee appointed by Provost Benjamin Polak. Although senior administrators have heralded the new direction of the program, some former World Fellows have questioned the changes and called for greater transparency in explaining the decision-making. “Moving the World Fellows into Jackson seems to me to make a ton of sense,” Director of the Jackson Institute Jim Levinsohn wrote in an email. “I think the World Fellows bring a lot to our campus community and with the integration into Jackson, I’m optimistic that the fellows’ contributions to Yale will further expand.” Levinsohn said Sky was unanimously recommended by a search committee — which included faculty members and a former World Fellow — and then formally appointed by Salovey and approved by the Yale Corporation. Before coming to Yale, Sky worked at senior levels for both the American and British governments, and she has accumulated experience that spans the fields of development, defense and diplomacy.

As a senior fellow at the Jackson Institute, she lectures on Iraq and the Middle East. “I’m an internationalist, a global citizen,” Sky wrote in an email. “I am really excited at the opportunity to work with world fellows who are passionate about what they do, and who seek to make the world a better place for all.” Cappello, who declined to comment, served as director of the program for nine years, will no longer have a formal leadership role after his term ends in July. Following the announcement of the changes, former World Fellows have voiced mixed reactions to the new direction. While many commend the qualifications of Sky, others have expressed concern over a perceived lack of dialogue in the decision and were disappointed in the departure of Cappello. “To be frank, I don’t really understand why such changes have been made given that the program has been running well … the program staff are dedicated and experienced and the Yale community at large feels very positive about the program,” said 2013 World Fellow and Vice President of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation Wang Xingzui in an email. According to Wang, the decision to move the World Fellows Program under the purview of the Jackson Institute and a new advisory program was made without consultation with senior World Fellows administrators and other World Fellows. He said he feared that the program would lose its diversity of fellows because it may now only attract candidates involved in diplomacy. In addition, he urged the administration to keep the program independent and “unique,” rather than integrate it into the programs already under the Jackson Institute. Saul Kornik, 2013 World Fellow and CEO and co-founder of Africa Health Placements, a social profit organization, also criticized the loss of Cappello’s lead-

ership and said he believed it was likely that the program’s funding will be cut substantially. Kornik said that through conversations with current staff members, he believed that there will be significant reductions in personnel. Still, Kamal Amakrane, 2012 World Fellow and head of the Office of the Joint United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur, said he felt the University administration was making strong efforts to address the concerns raised by the World Fellows. Last week, Amakrane joined four other World Fellow alumni for a dinner on-campus with Sky, Levinsohn and Polak to address the criticisms and rumors that had been circulating among the fellows. “At this stage, we are pleased with the appointment of Emma, pleased with the constructive engagement of the administration, pleased by the assurances of the administration and happy to see the enthusiasm from the other side to ensure the program continues to be a successful initiative both for Yale University and those who take part in the program,” Amakrane said. Amakrane said he was reassured by the administration that the identity and independence of the program would be maintained and was pleased by the commitment of the provost to continue the fundraising efforts to ensure the future sustainability of the program. The University plans to host a discussion in mid-February in which World Fellows would be invited to learn more about the changes and ask for further clarification, Amakrane said. The World Fellows Program has been bringing diverse leaders from around the world to Yale’s campus since 2002, with an alumni body of nearly 250 Fellows from 81 countries. Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu and MONICA WANG at monica.wang@yale.edu .

9th Note jazz bar faces eviction

EMMA SKY

The decision to incorporate the Yale World Fellows Program into the Jackson Institute has been met with both praise and criticism.

Construction begins on interim Beinecke reading room BY LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTER

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The 9th Note, a jazz bar and restaurant, has received four eviction notices from its landlord. BY MICHELLE LIU STAFF REPORTER After receiving four eviction notices from its landlord in less than three months, The 9th Note, a jazz bar and restaurant, is fighting to keep its spot at 56 Orange St. The owner of The 9th Note, Chris O’Dowd, received these notices from its landlord, The Ninth Square Project Limited Partnerships. The eviction notices stated that O’Dowd failed to pay his $4,100 rent on time and that the bar plays excessively loud music, according to the New Haven Independent. Despite these allegations, O’Dowd told the News he is confident he will be able to resolve the issue without having to vacate the spot. He said that yesterday, Town Green District, a business improvement district, and the New Haven Office of Economic Development stepped in to mediate the conflict between The 9th Note and the landlord. “There’s been some good ground made,” O’Dowd said. “It looks as if the city was successful, and we’re going to work together [to] work everything out.” The Town Green District and the New Haven Office of Economic Development could not be reached for comment on Thursday.

The last of the four eviction notices, which was sent to him last week, cited the excessive noise of the establishment as a violation of the lease agreement, O’Dowd said. However, he noted that The 9th Note has passed all of the decibel level checks run by the health department. In addition, he said that neither the property manager nor the concierge of the nearby apartment buildings had received noise complaints. O’Dowd added that he plans to cut noise levels by hiring a sound engineer to make recommendations for reducing noise and shifting the stage from one wall to another. Branford, Conn. resident Lynn Alfano said that she frequents New Haven for live jazz such as the performances held at The 9th Note. She added that the establishment is integral to arts and culture in the city. Local musician Josh Bruneau, who regularly performs at The 9th Note, concurred, adding that O’Dowd had contributed significantly to the music community. “We would all hate to see this place go because there’s nowhere like it in Connecticut,” Bruneau said. Alfano also said that the patrons of The 9th Note ranged from college students to older attendees. However, Aaron Berman ’16 and Josh Isackson ’15, who vis-

ited the establishment in April, said only a relatively small number of Yale students frequent The 9th Note. “I couldn’t imagine large groups of Yalies heading there instead of Box [63], for example,” Berman said in an email to the News Thursday. “I’ve also never heard of anyone at Yale mentioning The 9th Note as a nightlife venue.” O’Dowd said that several Yale graduate students are frequent performers at the establishment. He also mentioned hosting a party for the Yale School of Management, as well as a December performance by a number of students in the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective. “Those guys are a riot,” O’Dowd said. “They pulled in a ton of Yale students.” Alexander Dubovoy ’16, who performed at that event as part of the band Newspeak, said that The 9th Note’s combination of live jazz with a restaurant setting was optimal for a performance venue. He added that the support of local businesses like The 9th Note was helpful for raising awareness of New Haven’s jazz community, especially in the eyes of Yale students. The 9th Note opened in March of last year. Contact MICHELLE LIU at michelle.liu@yale.edu .

Although major renovations to Sterling Memorial Library were completed earlier this year, a new construction project in the library has just begun. Last month, refurbishment began on the Franke Family Reading Room, which was previously known as the Periodicals Reading Room, to convert the space into a interim reading room for the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The project is slated to be completed by May 1 and will transform the room so that faculty, students and staff will be able to continue research with rare books and manuscripts throughout the Beinecke renovation, which is scheduled for completion by the fall 2016 semester. Despite the temporary loss of study space, E.C. Schroeder, director of the Beinecke Library, said the benefits of the project outweigh the costs. “The alternative [to the Franke Family Reading Room project] is that we don’t have a reading room for the Beinecke during its renovation,” he said. “From my perspective — and I am biased obviously — that is a major concern for the University.” He said the renovation of the Franke room has three major components: dividing the space for faculty and staff, upgrading the electrical and security systems and improving the climate control of the room for sensitive materials. The University plans to construct a wall to divide the room in half, which will allow both Beinecke staff and readers to have their own workspace, Schroeder said. The room will be able to house 15 staff members and 38 researchers. In addition, the room is currently undergoing a security upgrade, which will include the installation of security cameras in the reading room and safety glass on the windows to prevent against break-ins. “The Franke was selected since it is the largest reading room space available; it was rela-

tively easy to convert it into a temporary reading room and it is also convenient,” Schroeder said. “We needed it to be as easy as possible to bring material in because all the material is coming from outside Sterling.” Last spring, all of the periodicals previously in the Franke Family Reading Room were relocated to another room. This left the shelves of the Franke room empty during the fall 2014 semester. Adjacent to the Franke reading room, the International Room is also undergoing a transformation of its own. Schroeder said the space will be converted into a classroom for special collections, in which examples of books from Shakespeare’s time or other rare material can still be presented to students in a classroom setting. He added that the cost to renovate the spaces — estimated at several hundred thousand dollars — will primarily go toward updating the air-conditioning systems in the reading rooms. Some students interviewed expressed disappointment that the Franke reading room would no longer be available as a study space in the coming months. “I used to work in there all the time, for close to two years; it was fairly quiet, spacious and well-lit,” Alec Downie ’16 said. “I’ve yet to settle on a better place to study right now.” David Better ’15 said he used to go to the reading room whenever he had serious work to complete since it was rarely overcrowded and provided personal space. He added that he is hopeful he can find an alternate space to study with similar qualities. However, others expressed that the temporary closing of the Beinecke necessitated the project. “We have a lot of study space on campus plenty and places to work,” Evan Green ’17 said. “But the Beinecke reading room is more unique.” Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .

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The Franke Family Reading Room is being converted into an interim reading room for the Beinecke.

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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.” ALBUS DUMBLEDORE FORMER HEADMASTER OF HOGWARTS

Yale-NUS hosts MUN conference BY PHOEBE KIMMELMAN STAFF REPORTER Less than two years after its formation, the Yale-NUS International Relations and Political Association is hosting the Yale-NUS Asia Pacific Model UN — its first large-scale Model UN conference — this week. The conference, which will take place from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25, will host 1,200 students from almost 40 countries. It will feature the traditional Model UN format, in which participants are assigned to represent countries, in addition to two kinds of committees new to the Singaporean Model UN — a mock ASEAN Regional Forum and an Iran Hostage Crisis Committee. The event’s ASEAN Regional Forum, modeled after the Asia-Pacific security forum by the same name, will be conducted entirely in Mandarin, while the Iran Hostage Crisis Committee, in English, will allow participants to act as U.S. and Iranian government officials and reenact the Iran Hostage Crisis. In addition, the conference will feature a panel discussion with global leadership experts and a closing gala dinner. Ajinkya Chougule YNUS ’18, one of the conference’s deputy secretary generals, said he and his peers want this conference to be one of the largest in its region. “As experienced MUN-ners, we realized that not everyone in the region is fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel to the United States or Europe to participate in high-quality, academically rigorous Model UN conferences,” Chougule said. “Thus, the purpose of the YNC-AP MUN 2015 conference is to create one such conference right here in Singapore, and in the process make Yale-NUS a hub for international relations in Asia.” YIRPA hosted its first major event, the Yale-NUS Model ASEAN, in August 2014. This was the first premier conference organized by a Singaporean university for high school students on Southeast Asian politics. Chougule said that because this summer’s event took place on a much smaller scale, it served as good opportunity for YIRPA to learn and grow. He also said planning for this weekend’s conference began in early

City public service attracts recent grads BY ERICA PANDEY AND RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTERS When Caroline Smith ’14 met with New Haven Director of Transportation, Traffic and Parking Doug Hausladen ’04 earlier this month to talk about developing alternative modes of transportation in the city, she did not expect a casual comment about a potential Elm City “bike month” to spur a new city initiative. Now, Smith is busy collaborating with Hausladen, Karolina Ksiazek ’15 and Elm City Cycling — a bicycle advocacy group — to plan the New Haven Bike Month, slated to kick off in May. The bike month is the most recent example of public service projects Smith has taken on since graduating from Yale College last year. She also works at SeeClickFix, a company which developed an app that allows residents to take pictures of non-emergency issues in their communities to report to municipal government. Smith is among a number of Yale students and alumni whose initial introduction to public service in New Haven inspired them to continue their involvement beyond an internship or volunteer experience. While some may jump for finance jobs in New York, tech startups in San Francisco or government positions in Washington, D.C., other recent alums think they can make more significant contributions in the Elm City. According to Office of Career Strategy Director Jeanine Dames, 118 students from the class of 2014 reported that they would be staying in Connecticut after graduation. “New Haven has been a catalyst for me to do almost every project I’ve wanted to do in my community,” said Smith, who regularly attends meetings of the city’s Board of Alders. “If you have an idea, and you want to make it happen, this city is one of the best places to do that.” All Yale students are residents of New Haven, but several students and alumni interviewed said they do not think many venture beyond Yale’s iron gates during their college careers. Ward 1 Alder Sarah Eidelson ’12, who represents much of Yale’s campus, said she became invested in making New Haven a more perma-

2014. Andrea Lee YNUS ’17, another deputy secretary general of the conference, said this weekend’s conference will become YIRPA’s “annual flagship event.” Student organizers interviewed all said the most challenging part of planning the event was finalizing its logistics. “A conference for 1,200 people means 1,200 moving parts, and there are just so many things to take into consideration, from food to transportation,” YIRPA president Walter Yeo YNUS ’17 said. However, Lee said the camaraderie and dedication among YIRPA students has made the planning process much more manageable. Yale-NUS Director of Leadership and Global Citizenship Fiona Kanagasingam, who also serves as an advisor to YIRPA, said that although she has worked with YIRPA members to strategize for events, the planning of this conference has been almost entirely student run. “YIRPA has put together the upcoming Yale-NUS Model UN Conference highly independently, requiring minimal involvement on my part in their planning and logistics,” she said. “They execute their mission through dedicated student-led committees, for everything from logistics to outreach. The scope and potential impact of this conference is testimony to their distinctive drive, initiative and level of organization and professionalism.” Similarly, Yale-NUS Dean of Students Kyle Farley said this conference has shown student initiative and willpower. However, he also said the level of dedication students demonstrated in planning this conference is not confined to YIRPA, but rather symbolic of the student body’s mentality as a whole. Though the dean of students is involved with student funding, Farley said the majority of funds for this conference have come from outside donors. According to the conference’s website, over 20 donors have helped support the conference, including the National University of Singapore, Singapore Airlines, Topshop and BCBG Max Azria. Contact PHOEBE KIMMELMAN at phoebe.kimmelman@yale.edu .

Harry Potter debuts at med school

nent home after witnessing, as alder, the tangible change residents could bring about in city policy due to New Haven’s small size. “The contributions that Yale students can make to the city are limitless,” City Hall spokesperson Laurence Grotheer said. “Several city leaders are examples of that.” One of these leaders, Mayor Toni Harp, first came to New Haven as a graduate student at the School of Architecture and, after becoming immersed in the community, decided to stay in the city and pursue a career in municipal politics, Grotheer said. Though created after Harp’s time, the President’s Public Service Fellowship — a fellowship established in 1994 to provide undergraduates the opportunity to work in New Haven — has inspired others, including Steven Maasbach DIV ’15, to invest in the community. Since 1994, the fellowship has grown from 20 Yale students working full-time for eight weeks during the summer to 36 fellows in the summer of 2014. Last summer, these students worked for up to 11 weeks at 34 different organizations across the Elm City.

If you have an idea, and you want to make it happen, this city is one of the best places to do that. CAROLINE SMITH ’15 “I knew a little bit about New Haven, but being a President’s Public Service Fellow forces you to engage with the community, the government and any aspect of New Haven or society as a whole,” Maasbach said. “It was a spectacular segway into getting involved, and I’ve been plugged in ever since.” During his fellowship, Maasbach was placed at Beulah Land Development Company, which aims to rebuild New Haven’s most underserved communities, and has since worked with the University’s Office of New Haven and State Affairs. Maasbach said he hopes to stay in

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BY AMANDA BUCKINGHAM STAFF REPORTER This winter, Yale has one more reason to consider itself a second Hogwarts. This week, “Harry Potter’s World” — an exhibit about Renaissance science, magic and medicine in J.K. Rowling’s celebrated series — debuted at the Yale School of Medicine. The exhibit is on loan from the U.S. National Library of Medicine until Feb. 28, 2015. Given the popularity of the subject matter, the library has waited several years for the exhibit to become available. A lecture series is slated to complement the material covered in the six-panel exhibit. “It’s exciting that Harry Potter can be used to get people excited about medical history,” said Elizabeth Bland, who curated the exhibit at the National Library of Medicine. “Especially given that rare books are not as immediately accessible.” The exhibit is centered around six themes: potions, monsters, herbology, magical creatures, fantastic beasts and immortality. Each panel focuses on the theme’s appearance in Harry Potter, how it relates to Renaissance magic and medicine, and how it manifests itself in centuries-old texts. University Clinical Support Librarian Denise Hersey, who chaired the working group responsible for orga-

nizing Yale events associated with the traveling exhibit, said the Medical Historical Library and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library own many of the Renaissance-era texts cited in the panels. But because the exhibit is not housed in an environment suitable for display of the rare books, they are only available on request, she said. Bland said Rowling’s fascination with alchemists led her to borrow from historical figures in alchemy when creating her characters. She said that Paracelsus, who is featured on the Chocolate Frog card — a popular piece of Harry Potter paraphernalia — pioneered medical treatments during the Renaissance. In addition, Nicolas Flamel, who is responsible for creating the philosopher’s stone in the book series, had a posthumous reputation as an alchemist and was rumored to be immortal. “[Rowling] tried to create a physical, visceral world based on both fictional and real people,” Bland said. In conjunction with the exhibit, the library will host lectures concerning elements of Renaissance science found in the world of Harry Potter such as pharmaceuticals and immortality. Exhibition Registrar of the National Library of Medicine Jill Newmark said the exhibit has been traveling to libraries and universities around the world

since 2009. Bland said she was originally inspired to curate the exhibit because she wanted to explore parallels between some of the ethical issues presented in the novels and the challenges encountered by real historical figures. The final count of visitors was approximately 1,180 people, compared with the typical daily average of 200 to 300, Hersey said. Professor of Psychology Laurie Santos, who will give a lecture on animal minds and magic for the exhibit, said she thinks the lectures will appeal to younger students in middle and high school, making the collegiate world bit more accessible to them. Katherine Hindley GRD ’17, who teaches a course on magic, science and medicine in the Middle Ages at Yale, said in an email that she hopes the exhibit will stimulate interest in the ways Renaissance science influenced both modern-day science and popular culture. “I think these concepts were grounded in ‘science’ — it’s just that the system [of studying the world] was different,” Hindley said. “I think it’s important to be reminded that longstanding and deeply held beliefs about the world can change.” Contact AMANDA BUCKINGHAM at amanda.buckingham@yale.edu .

Contact ERICA PANDEY at erica.pandey@yale.edu and RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .

Philharmonia celebrates French impressionism BY GAYATRI SABHARWAL STAFF REPORTER

The Yale Philharmonia will welcome Yongyan Hu to conduct Philharmonia in a concert at Woolsey Hall.

New Haven beyond graduation and return to Beulah despite the socalled lure of big cities, where making a significant impact in city affairs can be especially difficult. Nick Defiesta ’14, a former city editor for the News, said he first developed a soft spot for New Haven as an undergraduate, adding that he even learned more from the city during his time as a student than he did from Yale at large. Defiesta is currently a policy fellow at Connecticut Voices for Children, a nonprofit promoting the well-being of Connecticut children and families by advocating for strategic public investments and public policies. Defiesta said there was a sense among his undergraduate peers that four years of college in New Haven would push graduates to move elsewhere, but that a growing number of nonprofits, startups and development opportunities have made the city more attractive for young professionals in recent decades. “[People] sometimes come to Yale despite New Haven, not because of it,” Defiesta said. “But give it another decade or two, and you’ll come to Yale in large part because of New Haven.” Jared Milfred ’16 said he developed his passion for city politics by attending meetings of the Democracy Fund, New Haven’s public campaign financing initiative. Milfred said he was first introduced to the fund when then-chair Ken Krayeske met with Democracy United, which is a student political advocacy group founded by Milfred. After speaking with Krayeske, Milfred said he started attending Democracy Fund meetings at City Hall with the intention of learning about the program but was invited by the Board to run for a position. As of last November, Milfred is the new chair of the fund. “New Haven is the perfect size for a college student to get involved in city politics,” Milfred said. “It’s big enough that there’s a lot going on, but, at the same time, it’s not so big that the whole system is already professionalized.”

For its upcoming concert, the Yale Philharmonia will take a New Haven audience to Western Europe as it prepares to play some of the most iconic works in the history of French and Spanish music. Tonight, the Yale School of Music will welcome Yongyan Hu to conduct the Philharmonia in a concert at Woolsey Hall. The concert will feature pieces by French impressionist composers Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, along with a piece by Catalan composer Xavier Montsalvatge. The 2014 Woolsey Concerto Competition winner, Aleksandra Romano MUS ’14, a mezzo-soprano vocalist who is currently a member of the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, will perform with the Philharmonia on the Montsalvatge piece. Guest conductor Yongyan Hu, who has conducted many orchestras across the world and collaborated with renowned musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, described the program as primarily a French-inspired repertoire. “Most of the music performed can be enjoyed only by listening to it; you cannot dance to it,” said Hu. “But I do think that a piece such as Bolero can no longer be written. It is essentially one melody repeated again and again.” Hu explained that Ravel’s “Bolero” is entirely played in one key and will feature a roughly 10 minutelong section that may sound boring to audience members. Using the metaphor of a human going through various stages of life, Hu said that at the beginning, the piece is like a baby and eventually develops into a “grown man.” He noted that much like how a human being cannot jump from being eight years old to 12 years old, the music must develop continuously and gradually. Hu said he believes that the second composer, Debussy, is one of the most important composers in the history of French music. The featured piece, titled “La Mer,” has

three movements and each movement represents one aspect of the sea, Hu explained. For example, Hu said, the first movement attempts to personify the sea as something which is old, perhaps older than the human race. But Hu noted that “La Mer” — which is translated as “the sea” — does not seem to depict how pretty or robust the ocean is. Debussy is known to have told people that he does not like the sea and would prefer to stay away from it, Hu explained. Romano said that Montsalvatge’s “Cinco Canciones Negras” have been her favorite songs since she was an undergraduate, noting that she first heard them at a recital by Denyce Graves at the Shubert Theater on College Street. A couple of years later, she stumbled upon them in the music library at Bard College. Roma said though she has performed the songs for a number of her own recitals since, this concert will be her first time performing with the Philharmonia. She noted that Yale is her favorite audience to sing to because since nearby Hamden is her hometown, many of her friends and family members are able to attend the concert. She added that she did not have many opportunities to perform during her time at Yale, which makes the upcoming concert a rare occasion. Tonight’s concert is not the first time that Hu has worked with a Yale ensemble. Jeffrey Douma, the director of the Glee Club, noted that he and the Glee Club collaborated with Hu in a performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Hu and the Central Conservatory of Music’s Orchestra in Beijing during their tour of China in 2013. Hu said that having taken several conducting classes at Yale decades ago, the opportunity to return to Yale for a performance with the Philharmonia has great sentimental value. The next Yale Philharmonia concert will take place on Feb. 27 and will feature music by Beethoven, Mozart and Bartok. Contact GAYATRI SABHARWAL at gayatri.sabharwal@yale.edu .

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“If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard.” JESSE OWENS AMERICAN FOUR-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST

THE DARTMOUTH

Students, faculty anticipate MDF policy changes BY NOAH GOLDSTEIN As President Phil Hanlon gears up to present his final Moving Dartmouth Forward plan to the Board of Trustees next week, some student leaders and faculty members have expressed skepticism as to whether the new policies will effectively change student social life, while others are hopeful and supportive. His presentation to the public, which will take place on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 8:30 a.m. in the Moore Theater, represents the final step in a nine-month process to generate feedback and create new campus policies to combat harmful student behaviors and exclusivity. Hanlon formed the Moving Dartmouth Forward initiative last spring to address highrisk drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity. The presidential steering committee, a group of 10 individuals comprised of faculty members, alumni and students, gathered feedback from members of the Dartmouth community over a period of five months and created recommendations. Chair of the presidential steering committee Barbara Will submitted the committee’s final recom-

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mendation report to Hanlon o n Mo n day. Hanlon is currently reviewing the recommendations to inform his final pol-

icy. Student leaders from across campus have varying priorities in terms of what they most hope the new policies will address and how they will be implemented. Student member of the steering committee John Damianos hopes that he, along with the other committee members, will continue to be consulted while the recommendations are being instituted. He also said that Moving Dartmouth Foward was created to make large-scale changes. “The goal in Moving [Dartmouth] Forward is not to create small policy changes but to add new programs to have students become more intellectually enriched and to become safer on campus,” he said. Former Gender-Inclusive

Greek Council president Noah Cramer said he would like to see Dartmouth work more extensively with WISE — a non-profit in the Upper Valley that provides services for those affected by domestic and sexual violence and stalking — reevaluate the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative training program and require more effective sexual assault prevention and response training for Greek leaders. Cramer said he is worried that the recommendations may target the Greek system as a whole, which he said would be unfair for the gender-inclusive Greek houses and undergraduate societies. Gender-Inclusive Greek Council president Matthew Digman said that he would not be surprised if new alcohol policies were put in place. Student body president Casey Dennis said that he does not expect the recommendations to contain anything surprising to students, and believes that Hanlon has recognized the work that student leaders have done create a safer and more inclusive community. In terms of the Moving Dart-

mouth Forward process, steering committee member and student body vice president Frank Cunningham said that there could have been more transparency, and that having a larger representation of the student body during the re-engagement phase, during which recommendations were narrowed down, would have improved that stage. Professors interviewed by The Dartmouth expressed doubt that Hanlon’s policies will drastically change the social climate at Dartmouth. Writing professor John Donaghy said that though those involved are well-intentioned, the new policies will likely be “a lot of window dressing.” “I think what is going to come out of here is some pretty snazzy policy changes that are going to look great,” Donaghy said. “It will turn what should be an embarrassment for Dartmouth into a photo op for administrators and committees and it’s not going to make a single bit of difference.” He said that in pursuing Moving Dartmouth Forward, the administration has been reactive to several campus events, rather

than pursuing a more drastic change that could possibly anger trustees and “old guard” alumni. “It seems to me that there has to be a complete change of campus ethos, that we do in fact have to be a less extreme and exclusive institution and everyone has to see how they have been contributing to the problem,” Donaghy said. Women’s and gender studies professor Michael Bronski said he expects small, incremental changes, such as more peer group counseling or the urging of faculty to get involved with supporting students who face problems. Bronski agrees with Donaghy, saying that part of Moving Dartmouth Forward’s purpose is to serve as a public relations move, and worries that it may be seen as such by the public. He said for Dartmouth to see improvement, it needs to make large, structural changes. “I think the school needs to take a really hard look at itself,” Bronski said. For one, Bronski said, Dartmouth has underlying issues of racism that need to be examined — highlighting incidents on

Bored at Baker — but he said he doubts that these recommendations will address such issues or that Hanlon will even mention them. Bronski also challenged the efficiency of the Moving Dartmouth Forward process, saying that an outside committee would be needed to properly evaluate Dartmouth’s historical problems — such as gender equality — that have yet to be addressed. The Moving Dartmouth Forward process had four phases. The first phase was gathering information, which consisted of consulting student groups, a variety of experts and other schools such as Bowdoin College and Amherst College to gather ideas for potential changes. Bowdoin was consulted to gather feedback on their student life, specifically the house social system that exists in place of a Greek system, Cunningham said, although that particular system will not be coming to Dartmouth. In total, the steering committee met with over 40 student groups, read thousands of emails, talked to hundreds of faculty members and consulted with hundreds of alums, Will said.

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ciples of Economics,” “The Science of Psychology,” and “General Chemistry I,” range in price from $150 to $285. Uncertainty surrounding course costs COLUMBIA can prove problematic for students who may have to weigh the cost of a textbook with the value of taking a class, according to Mandeep Singh. “If you’re a student that really can’t afford, like, $250 for one book, and let’s say you have at least two of those classes with such an expensive book, you’re looking at more than $500 for books in one semester, right?” Singh said. “So you really start weighing out, ‘Should I be this major? The books are too expensive. Should I really take this class now?’” Singh said that having access to textbook information before registration allows students to look into alternative options, including searching for free versions online and locating used versions. Singh is a member of the First-Generation, Low-Income Partnership group, which began offering a textbook sharing service this semester. “Knowing beforehand is really, really crucial because, as you know, even getting into classes — it’s the Hunger Games sometimes,” Singh said. “Let’s say you get into the class, you finally get into the class and ... you can’t afford the book. That’s like, ‘Oh crap! Now what do I do?’” At Barnard, professors are sent a reminder to input textbook prices before the beginning of the semester, according to Christian Rojas, the chair of Barnard’s chemistry department. However, some professors feel that one reminder isn’t sufficient to spur compliance. “People have other things to do with their lives,” Barnard history professor Herbert Sloan said. “If they’re not being constantly reminded, this may not be right there at the top of the list of to-do things.” “It’s not something I’m always conscious of,” Columbia economics professor Brendan O’Flaherty said. “I’ve talked to students about textbooks a lot. I’ve never had anyone tell me they made a decision on a course based on the textbook.”

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“I’m not squeezing the [foot]balls … that’s not part of my process … I grip it.” TOM BRADY TWO-TIME SUPER BOWL LOSER

Bulldogs host Brown

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Guard Jack Montague ’16 leads the Ivy League in three-point field goal percentage at a blistering 45.7 percent. M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 nine turnovers, well below their season average of 13.5 turnovers a game. They also effectively got into the lane all night, drawing 27 fouls for 37 free throw attempts, which included 16 attempts from forward Justin Sears ’16 alone. For reference, the Brown players as a whole only attempted 18 shots from the charity stripe. Duren led all scorers with 19 points and added 10 rebounds for his first career double-double, leading to Ivy League Player of the Week honors for the third time this season. Sears also posted a doubledouble, racking up 15 points and 11 rebounds, placing him on the league’s honor roll. The Bulldogs will look to replicate last weekend’s balanced attack, when four players — Duren, Sears, guard Jack Montague ’16 and guard Makai Mason ’18 — scored in double figures. Forward Matt Townsend ’15, who chipped in six points and four rebounds in addition to noteworthy defense in the post, said that the team’s balance can largely be attributed to the team’s growing sense of unselfishness. “Our coach likes to say when we, as a team, get to a point where no

one cares about the numbers in the box score, then we’ll go from a team to a great team,” Townsend said. “I think we took a step towards that last weekend and hopefully we’ll take more steps in that direction.” Defensively, the Elis will continue to focus on limiting Brown’s success in the lane, where the Bears scored 34 of its 62 points in the conference opener. Forward Rafael Maia made his presence felt with 16 points and 12 boards for the Bears, and forward Leland King continued to lead Brown in scoring, tallying 18 points last game. However, neither player was hitting on all cylinders at the same time as the other. Maia only contributed two points in the first half, while King could only manage five in the second half. As far as added motivation to defend Brown’s post players, a statement made by Brown head coach Mike Martin helped fuel Yale’s big men. “Our coach had told us that in the Ivy League media conference with the coaches that [Martin] said that they had the best frontcourt in the league,” Sears said. “Our coaches challenged all the post players to try and prove them wrong to show we’re the more

dominant big men and everyone took that to heart.” That dominance down low was further emphasized by the practically absent play of Brown forward Cedric Kuakumensah, the twotime reigning Ivy Defensive Player of the Year. Although he averages nearly 12 points a game to go along with seven rebounds, the junior managed only five points and three boards in the first matchup against Yale. A win for the Elis would not only make for a strong start to their quest for an Ivy League championship, but it would also leave Brown, which had hopes of making some noise during Ivy play, in the cellar of the conference standings. “Right now Brown is playing for its championship life,” Jones said. “Going down 0–2 in our league makes it very difficult to try and win a championship, which we all aspire to do.” Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow at John J. Lee Amphitheater, where the Bulldogs have defeated the Bears in four consecutive outings. Contact JAMES BADAS at james.badas@yale.edu and ASHLEY WU at ashley.wu@yale.edu .

would be advantageous to the Bears. The team experienced this in the first few minutes of last weekend’s match against Colgate, but after letting up a goal halfway through the first, they outpaced the Raiders. The only other time this season when Yale faced the same opponent on consecutive days was the opening weekend of the season, when the Bulldogs defeated Providence twice on Oct. 24 and 25. Despite the travel between the rinks to shift the home advantage, players generally agree that playing Brown twice in a row is beneficial for the Elis. “Playing only one team in a weekend allows us to focus on our opponent more,” forward Kaitlin Gately ’18 said. “When you play two different teams, you have to shift mindsets after the first game very quickly.” The team had been practicing power play and penalty kill scenarios specific to play against Brown this week. Yale has been scouting Brown’s systems and has been tweaking plays to counter those systems, according to players. Playing the same team twice also allows the unique opportunity for the Bulldogs to make necessary adjustments after the first game in anticipation of the next game, Gately added. According to Åström, momentum could be a large factor for the second game. “If you lose [the first game], it’s hard because the other team has the mental advantage,” Åström said. “I think mental advantage is really important because [in each game you] need to go in there and show confidence with your body language.” Although this strategy did not result in a win against Cornell last weekend, the team did see an improvement in the quality of play, and

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This is the second time this season the Bulldogs will play the same team back-to-back in a single weekend. players are hoping that this will help make the difference against Brown. The Bulldogs have only had two weekends where they succeeded in winning both games, and the team’s longest win streak is just three games, but this weekend against Brown could just be the chance to change those numbers, according to captain and defenseman Aurora Kennedy ’15. “Our goal for the weekend is just to play consistently,” Kennedy said. “We’ve struggled to put two good weekends together this season, so this weekend against Brown is a great opportunity to do so.” The Elis will face the Bears at 7 p.m. on Friday in Providence. Contact HOPE ALLCHIN at hope.allchin@yale.edu .

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Streak at risk for Elis W. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 strong defense to help them secure this second win. She stated that Yale’s biggest asset has been its pressure defense, which has allowed the team to force a large number of turnovers. Right now, Yale ranks second in the league in turnovers caused, turnover margin and blocked shots. And the pressure has been ramped up as of late, with the Elis forcing 50 combined turnovers in their last two games against Brown and Saint Peter’s. Yale’s defense was especially crucial in keeping the Bears from scoring. Brown put up just 14 firsthalf points and only 49 points for the game, a season-low total for the Bears. One key to that game was on the glass, where the Bulldogs out-rebounded Brown 40–32. The Bears are last among Ancient Eight teams in rebounding margin, averaging 2.4 fewer boards than their opponents. On the offensive side of the ball, the Bulldogs have been forced to adjust after captain Sarah Halejian ’15 was lost to a torn ACL, and Simpson has managed to pick up the slack. The freshman from North Babylon, New York has been electric recently, shooting 51.4 percent from the floor in Yale’s three games without Halejian and leading the team in points

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Guard Tamara Simpson ’18 has scored at least 10 points in three straight contests. in each of the last two contests. In the Elis’ last game against Brown, Simpson scored 19 of the team’s 66 points, including 10 points on 5–6 shooting in the second half to maintain the Elis’ lead. “As for freshman players, we don’t know what they’ll produce on the court,” Fitzpatrick said. “But we knew Tamara was going to be special.” Last week, Simpson was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Simpson leads all Yale freshmen and ranks third in the conference with 9.0 points per game.

Simpson, however, still strives to improve. Her personal goal for this upcoming game is to limit her defender to fewer points than last week. “It is always a great feeling to be able to help my team out in any way possible and to contribute to the success of the team,” Simpson said. “I just hope that I can continue to do so.” The Bulldogs tip off against the Bears today at 7 p.m. Contact DANIELA BRIGHENTI at daniela.brighenti@yale.edu .

other way, having lost three of their four games in 2015. Given this, along with Clarkson’s sub0.500 home record, it seems as though the Elis should be favored. James de Haas and Jeff DiNallo, both of who have produced 12 points in 21 starts for Clarkson, lead the Golden Knights on the attack. Meanwhile, the Elis are headlined on the offensive side by forward John Hayden ’17, an alternate captain of the U.S. junior hockey squad who has produced 12 points in just 14 games with the team. And though Yale’s strong defense will have to contend with Clarkson’s offensive duo, goaltender Alex Lyon ’17 is in fine form, having allowed just one goal in his past two games. “Right now we’re not concentrating on the standings or anything at all,” Mike Doherty ’17 said. “We’re just taking it one game at a time, one shift at a time. We’ve been playing well but we have levels we haven’t even gotten to yet that we’re trying to reach.” Against St. Lawrence, the Elis will face a red hot Saints squad coming off of a big 5–1 win over Harvard, who holds second place in the ECAC. Essentially, the game will be a toss up

between two teams holding nearly identical conference records and possessing major wins over title-contending squads like the Crimson. Though Yale’s defense has been prolific of late, the Saints have a deadly offense headlined by Patrick Doherty, who leads St. Lawrence with 17 points in 23 starts. However, the Saints’ offense is more than just Doherty as it is composed of eight players who have posted double digit point totals this season. This matchup will pit a strong scoring offense that averages three goals per game against an elite Yale defense that averages just 1.5 goals per game. Friday’s contest will likely be decided by what unit breaks down first, St. Lawrence’s offense or Yale’s defensive front. “Earlier this season St. Lawrence and Clarkson proved to be difficult opponents, so it is crucial for us to play fast and disciplined for all six periods this weekend,” Hayden said. “All ECAC games are demanding and hopefully we can continue to elevate as the season progresses.” Yale’s next ECAC action following this weekend comes against Princeton on Jan. 30 at Ingalls Rink. Contact MARC CUGNON at marc.cugnon@yale.edu .

After Trinity losses, squash travels south SQUASH FROM PAGE 12 ing line up. Many games were tightly contested but they pulled out in front, which energized their crowd. We had a lot of close matches and [we] look forward to playing them again at Nationals.” Just three years ago, on Jan. 18, 2012, the Bulldogs were able to humble Trinity men’s team 5–4. The win ended Trinity’s 14-season undefeated streak that lasted an incredible 252 games. The women’s team won matches at the Nos. 6 and 7 positions by captain Anne Harrison ’15 and Annie Ballaine ’16. Harrison won her match in three

games, while Ballaine’s required five games. After falling behind 2–1, Ballaine was able to recover and won her match with decisive 11–4, 11–9 scores in the fourth and fifth. “Trinity was a really tough match — it was fun, and although we lost 7–2, the score is not indicative of how we played,” Selena Maity ’18 said. “A few of the matches we lost were very close and could have gone either way. Trinity is a hard team to play, and they always have a lot of energy and support at their matches. They have some really strong players, but so do we, and they should watch out for us next

time.” This weekend the Bulldogs will travel south to face George Washington University (8–4 men, 5–5 women) and the Naval Academy (15–4). While the Navy team has an impressive record, many of their wins come from much weaker teams; they are 0–2 against Ivy League teams. The George Washington men and women are ranked 17th and eighth in the nation, respectively, and the Navy men are ranked 16th. Given the lower rankings of its foes, the men’s team’s primary challenge is the locations

of their two foes. At 10 a.m. the team will play George Washington in Washington D.C., and then travel to Annapolis, Maryland for a 3 p.m. match that same day. “Playing on the road is always tough mentally,” Pierson Broadwater ’18 said. “It’s hard to play on courts that you’re not familiar with and living out of a hotel is different than your own house. That being said, we’re confident that we can bounce back from Wednesday’s match in good form.” Contact GRIFFIN SMILOW at griffin.smilow@yale.edu .

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Two players produced double-doubles last week: guard Javier Duren ’15 and forward Justin Sears ’16.

Elis aim to keep winning BY HOPE ALLCHIN STAFF REPORTER The Yale women’s hockey team is preparing for its fourth straight weekend of ECAC hockey with yet another chance to change its position in the conference.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY The Elis (8–10–1, 5–7–0 ECAC) currently hold the eighth position in its league, but with two games against Brown (4-15-0, 1-11-0) this weekend, one on Friday in Providence and another at home on Saturday, the team is looking to capitalize on the opportunity to win two conference games and

achieve a safer post-season position. “Brown has been struggling a bit,” forward Hanna Åström ’16 said. “We need to outskate them. We should definitely get four points next weekend.” The Bears are currently in the midst of a nine-game loss streak, with eight of those games against conference opponents. Brown has also averaged 3.94 goals against them per game this season. According to Åström, the biggest challenge with Brown will be to make sure that the Bulldogs maintain their pace and not to let Brown set a slower pace, which

BY JAMES BADAS AND ASHLEY WU STAFF REPORTERS The men’s basketball team is hoping to complete a sweep of Brown this weekend in the second stage of their home-and-home series after a dominant performance last weekend to open the Ivy League season. The Bulldogs (12–6, 1–0 Ivy) outclassed Brown (9–9, 0–1) in Providence last Saturday, topping the Bears in nearly every facet of the game en route to an 80–62 victory. Following such a solid performance, the experienced Yale squad’s main focus is not to let its foot off the gas pedal or become complacent this time around.

“It’s always hard playing a team twice in a row,” guard Javier Duren ’15 said. “We’ve been really cognizant of how we’re preparing for them and not being content in winning the first game because we know Brown is going to come out on Saturday and give it their all.” Yale held Brown to a 37.7 shooting percentage from the field and 20.8 percent from behind the arc in a stout defensive display. The Bears, who have three of the Ivy League’s six best individual rebounders, also lost the battle of the boards, 45–37. The Elis also took care of the ball well, recording 12 assists to just SEE M. BASKETBALL PAGE 10

Bulldogs look to sweep BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI STAFF REPORTER The Yale women’s basketball team will again face off against Brown for both teams’ second conference game — this time in Providence.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Bulldogs (7–8, 1–0 Ivy) played the Bears (6–9, 0–1) last Friday at John J. Lee Amphitheater, securing a 66–49 win in their Ivy opener. Guards Tamara Simpson ’18 and Nyasha Sarju ’16, along with for-

ward Katie Werner ’17, scored in the double digits, helping the Bulldogs bring the win home. Just over a week later, the Bulldogs travel to the Bears’ home gunning for a season sweep. “The biggest challenge after beating a team is asking what did we do well, what did we need to work on,” Sarju said. “We need to take it from that standpoint, and not from assuming that we’re going to win.” Simpson agreed, explaining that while playing the same team consecutively is beneficial, because the team gets the chance to analyze any faults they might have had in the previous game and correct

them before the next outing, the opponent will be doing the same. Simpson added that because Brown also lost the last game, they will be “that much hungrier to beat us.” Assistant coach Claire Fitzpatrick recognizes these difficulties as well, but remains confident in her team’s ability. “The second game is always the toughest, especially because it’s on the road,” Fitzpatrick said. “But we’ve had a lot of big wins on the road against huge teams with big crowds.” Fitzpatrick is counting on the Elis’ SEE W. BASKETBALL PAGE 10

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Yale is currently riding a three-game winning streak which includes a victory over Brown last Friday. HOPE ALLCHIN/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

If the Elis add on to Brown’s eight-game losing streak, it will be the first time the Bulldogs earn four points for two consecutive weekends.

Tough games for Yale squash BY GRIFFIN SMILOW CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After losses to a perennial rival, the Yale squash teams aim to rebound this weekend against easier opponents.

SQUASH The No. 6-ranked Yale men (4–3, 1–1 Ivy) fell 8–1 to No. 2 Trinity on Wednesday evening, and the Yale women (7–1, 2–0 Ivy) suffered their first loss of the year, 7–2. Both Trinity teams have perfect 11–0 records on the season. The men’s sole win came from Liam McClintock ’17, who played the No. 4 position. After

losing the first two game 11–6, 11–9, McClintock faced a seemingly insurmountable deficit going into the third. He was able to establish a foothold, winning the third game 11–4. The fourth and fifth games were a test of determination, and the Bulldog’s superior conditioning earned him a narrow victory with 14–12 and 13–11 wins. “The box score of Trinity doesn’t fairly represent the intensity of the match,” said Nader Rastegar ’18. “Trinity is obviously a very talented team, but they’re also an older, much more experienced group that has six seniors in their startSEE SQUASH PAGE 10

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Critical ECAC tilts for Yale BY MARC CUGNON STAFF REPORTER After completing a crucial twogame stand against Brown, from which the Elis took four points, Yale will look to continue its winning ways against St. Lawrence and Clarkson this weekend.

MEN’S HOCKEY Over the course of the weekend road trip, No. 13 Yale (11–4–2, 6–3–1 ECAC) will contend in two critical games against teams that sit one point ahead of the Elis and two points behind them, respectively. Clarkson (8–11–4, 5–4–2 ECAC) currently holds the seventh place position in the ECAC and could leapfrog the Elis this weekend depending on how the ECAC matchups finish. Conversely, Yale has the ability to leapfrog the St. Lawrence Saints (11–10–2, 7–4–0 ECAC) to move into third place in the ECAC with wins this weekend. Given how tight the ECAC stand-

ings are at this point, with only Quinnipiac holding a commanding points lead over any squad, this weekend’s games are key for a set of Bulldogs looking to take home a title this season. “This is a huge road trip for our team right now and it is vital to our season, not only for the standings but our team momentum,” defender Ryan Obuchowski ’16 said. “We have had success in recent games and built momentum we would like to keep going, especially on this grind of a road trip.” The Clarkson Golden Knights are coming off of a convincing 5–2 win over the Dartmouth Big Green and will be looking to notch another win over an Ivy League opponent to move into the top half of the ECAC standings. Though these two squads tied earlier this season, both Yale and Clarkson are different teams at this point in the year. The Bulldogs have won eight of their last 10, while the Golden Knights are trending the SEE M. HOCKEY PAGE 10

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The men’s hockey program is currently on a three-game winning streak, tied for its longest of the season.

THE NUMBER OF GOALS GOALTENDER ALEX LYON ’17 HAS LET PAST HIM IN TWO GAMES. Lyon’s performance will clash with a productive St. Lawrence attack on Friday — the Saints rank fourth in the ECAC with 2.87 goals per game.