NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT · THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015 · VOL. CXXXVIII, NO. 26 · yaledailynews.com
INSIDE THE NEWS MORNING EVENING
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CROSS CAMPUS All Roads Lead to Toads…
Even for the First Daughter. At 11:45 p.m. last night, the News received a tip that Malia Obama ’20(?) was on the dance floor. In classic Yale fashion, the next stop was GHeav. Come to Yale, Malia, and this party happens every Wednesday. Speaking of the Presidency,
former President Bill Clinton LAW ’73 spoke candidly about wife Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday night. He commented on the 2016 presidential candidate’s recent appearance as Val the bartender on Saturday Night Live: “Made me want to take a drink with her.”
MUM’S THE WORD SEVEN NEW SECRET SOCIETIES
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GRANT FUNDS BIKE TRAIL FROM ELM CITY TO MASS.
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BY DANIELA BRIGHENTI AND PADDY GAVIN STAFF REPORTER AND CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Though members of the baseball and women’s crew teams were diagnosed with MRSA — a strain of staphylococcus infection — earlier this week, the University has
neglected to officially notify all student-athletes of the infection’s presence on campus. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has a higher resistance to certain antibiotics than other strains of staph infection, according to Richard Martinello, medical director of hospital epidemiology at Yale-New Haven Hospi-
tal. Several athletes interviewed expressed concern about the limited information available to them regarding the infection and the number of students on campus who have contracted it. But Yale Health Director Paul Genecin said he does not see “an official need” to notify the Yale community of an infection at this time.
Smooth Criminal. If you
missed the free food during Founders Day festivities yesterday, Lassi Bar — Yale’s newest student entrepreneurship venture — will be giving out free samples of their signature South Asian smoothies from 12 p.m. on Cross Campus. The tasting, hosted by Lassi Bar owner Mustafa Malik ’16, will last until 2 p.m.
Six Feet Under the Stars.
Bring a picnic blanket to the Silliman Courtyard at 6:30 p.m. to take a break from studying and watch “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Inception” under the stars. Just make sure that you don’t take Ferris Bueller’s message to heart if you have a midterm tomorrow. THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY
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about the recent spread of MRSA through word of mouth, and that a formal announcement would have been a good way to explain the relative severity of the infection. In a Wednesday email to the News, Genecin said that Yale Health has been cooperating SEE MRSA PAGE 8
Poster condemns lack of faculty diversity BY MONICA WANG AND JOEY YE STAFF REPORTERS
You Missed It. The accelerated
Yale Dramatic Association’s first show of the year opens tonight. Dramat presents “Mr. Burns, a post-electric play” — a dark comedy exploring a post-apocalyptic world — at the Iseman Theater on Chapel Street at 8 p.m.
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“I am a bit surprised that there has seemingly been no initiative taken to formally alert athletes by coaches or the athletics department to share news of the outbreak and of how to prevent further outbreaks,” Yale women’s soccer player Kristina Kim ’18 said. She added that she and her teammates have only heard
husband Bill makes more casual talk show appearances, Hillary gears up for the Democratic debate on Tuesday, where she’ll take the stage alongside a Yale alum. Anderson Cooper ’89 will be moderating the debate. In a Huffington Post interview, Cooper said that while he was still unsure whether Vice President Joe Biden would attend, he is prepared in the event that he does.
Dramat Goes Dark. The
Rates of cancer screenings linked to stricter guidelines
Administration remains quiet on MRSA
Debate Season. While
application deadline for Goldman Sachs was yesterday. But it’s still not too late to get your networking in. GS is holding an “Investment Management 101” session at 6:30 p.m. at The Study Hotel. Alternatively, if you’re into another kind of GS entirely, the course “Studies in Grand Strategy” is accepting applications until Nov. 1.
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A poster criticizing Yale’s lack of faculty diversity appeared on Cross Campus overnight but was removed by morning.
Three YaleNUS inaugural deans depart BY DAVID SHIMER AND QI XU STAFF REPORTERS Three years after its founding, Yale-NUS is undergoing significant leadership changes. Three of the college’s four inaugural deans have announced their departures in the last 10 months, with former Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Kristin Greene leaving just last week. Former Dean of Students Kyle Farley left for another startup university, New York University Abu Dhabi, while the other two deans will both have returned to the United States by the end of the month. Yale-NUS Dean of Faculty and Yale astronomy professor Charles Bailyn ’81, the fourth founding dean, will leave Singapore for Yale after June 30, 2016. Yale-NUS President Pericles Lewis said he is not surprised by the deans’ departures, as their three-year contracts have expired. But students interviewed expressed concerns that all the turnover might imperil the continuity of the school. “There were no surprises,” Lewis said. “[The deans] were initially hired for three years. They have done a good job, but it is also a good opportunity to review the leadership … The overall message is that we are an ongoing institution with people leaving and coming. Overall, the departure rates are no surprise. We are working on attracting strong candidates for our open positions.” Bailyn said he initially planned to spend just one year at Yale-NUS, but ultimately decided to remain in his position in order to oversee ongoing developments in the college. Bailyn added that the ongoing review of Yale-NUS’s core curriculum, which he is leading, helped convince him to extend his time with the college by another two years. Former Yale-NUS Dean of Center of International and Professional Experience Anastasia SEE YALE-NUS PAGE 6
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a large poster calling attention to the lack of racial diversity among Yale’s faculty members — particularly when compared to the makeup of the student body — was posted on a Cross Campus bulletin board. But the poster was removed before 9 a.m. on Wednesday and soon replaced with small, lollipop-laden cards advertising Founders Day, a celebration of Yale’s 314th birthday, which took place that afternoon. Alex Zhang ’18, who shared a photo of the poster on the Facebook group “Overheard at Yale,” said he came across the poster between 2 and 3 a.m. on Wednesday. Zhang posted the photo later that morning after he noticed that the sign had been taken down. By late Wednesday
night, Zhang’s post had received 18 comments and nearly 1,000 likes. The poster drew attention to the current disparity between undergraduate and faculty racial diversity. A bar graph on the poster showed that undergraduate minorities comprise 42 percent of the student body, while minorities make up only 17 percent of the faculty. Pie charts illustrated the ethnic compositions of the current student body in comparison to ladder faculty members within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In large, bold letters, the poster highlighted that historically, Yale has seen a 1 percent average increase in black faculty per century. “The students are waiting,” the poster said, prompting the University to action with the challenge, “Your move, Yale.” “I think it should have SEE POSTER PAGE 6
Harvard endowment plays catch up 18%
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Absolute Return 11%-21% 11%
Private Equity
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Real Estate
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ARVARD’S 2015 endowment distribution
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Foreign Equity 6%-11%
6%-16% Percentage of 2015 endowment Percentage of 2016 endowment ELLIE HANDLER/PRODUCTION & DESIGN EDITOR
BY FINNEGAN SCHICK STAFF REPORTER As the investment returns from Harvard’s endowment continue to lag behind those of Yale and other Ivy League schools, Harvard is altering the way in which the university invests its money.
In a Sept. 22 letter to Harvard alumni, Stephen Blyth, president and CEO of the Harvard Management Company, unveiled a new process, called “flexible indeterminate factor-based asset allocation,” that gives Harvard more flexibility when investing its $37.6 billion endowment. But several professors
and outside experts interviewed by the News said they did not fully understand the new model, and they expressed doubt that Harvard will be able to catch up to Yale’s investment returns, despite the new approach. SEE ENDOWMENT PAGE 8