NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT · TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014 · VOL. CXXXVII, NO. 41 · yaledailynews.com
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CROSS CAMPUS Never let go. On Monday, University Chief Information Officer Len Peters announced that the Yale email accounts for the newest class of alumni will remain active one full year after they received their diplomas. 2014 grads around the real world reminisced over panlists past.
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Resource fair encourages parental involvement for disabled students
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FOOD AND DRUGS FDA Commisioner talks career, Ebola and public health trends PAGE 5 SCI-TECH
Quarantined Ebola researcher goes public BY STEPHANIE ROGERS AND RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTERS The Yale graduate student whose fever spurred panic about the possibility of Ebola in Connecticut just under two weeks ago publicly identified himself Monday night on cable television. Skyping into The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC from his home, Ryan Boyko GRD ’18, a
Ph.D candidate in the School of Public Health’s epidemiology of microbial diseases department, spoke publicly for the first time about his experience at YaleNew Haven Hospital, what it is like to live in quarantine and his opinions on the state’s current quaratine policy, which he said is unnecessary and not rooted in science. Boyko’s televised appearance is the first time either of the two researchers who returned from Liberia and
were quarantined have identified themselves publicly. Boyko said that throughout his stay at YNHH and his quarantine, health officials appeared unsure as to how to move forward. Boyko was admitted to YNHH on Oct. 15 after developing a fever, was placed in isolation immediately and tested for the virus. Although two separate tests came back negative, he was still placed under quarantine as required by a state mandate.
“It wasn’t clear right away what was happening,” Boyko said. “There was a miscommunication between the state and local officials and the police.” Boyko added that Connecticut’s current quarantine policy is not backed by scientific evidence. Instead, the policy makes it less likely that health care workers will travel to West Africa to provide medical aid because they will be required to stay in quarantine for three weeks upon
their return. Most medical workers spend four weeks in West Africa before returning to their countries of origin, so the quarantine would nearly double the time that the workers are away from their jobs, he said. Director of Yale Health Paul Genecin said that a three-week quarantine is concerning because it will disincentive health care workers from coming and going SEE BOYKO PAGE 6
Checking in from China.
University President Peter Salovey reported to the Yale community from Beijing in an email yesterday. On-hand to finalize the opening of the new Yale Center Beijing, Salovey also previewed a series of panels on tech, globalization and development.
Spring Fling on a tight budget
GS. Applications to the Studies in Grand Strategy program were due last night, but those applying are almost inherently diligent enough to know when deadlines are.
BY NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
The other GS. The economics counterparts of the highintensity global affairs/ history/political science majors applying to Grand Strategy will likely be in The Study tonight for the Goldman Sachs information session.
cial limits. “We are going to get it done, but [the people on the committee] are definitely under what I would characterize as excessive constraints because our Student Activities Fee is so much lower than our peer institutions,” he said. Some universities’ spring concert budgets are three
The New Haven Board of Education moved one step closer to a major structural reform last night, as the Joint Aldermanic Affairs/Education Committee voted on ordinances about the selection of elected members and student representatives on the Board of Ed. The Board of Ed is currently composed of seven mayoral appointees and Mayor Toni Harp herself. But under the reforms, approved by voters in November 2013 as an amendment to the Town Charter, the Board will consist of five mayoral appointees, two elected members and two non-voting student representatives from New Haven Public Schools. City law dictates that the Board of Alders specify the details of this structural revision by Jan. 1 of next year. The ordinance that passed unanimously last night said that students seeking to run for the position will face no requirements regarding grade point average or school attendance record. The selection process for the two student representatives has proved contentious in recent weeks. While some alders believe that the representatives should face no requirements, others think that the city should enforce a grade point average qualification. Ward 18 Alder Salvatore DeCola has been vocal on the issue of student representatives, coming out strongly against the imposition of grade qualifications. DeCola questioned the notion that the city should restrict the pool of candidates eligible to run. “It’s the voter who decides, not we, the
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Things. The YEI announced
a new “Internet of Things” prize, capturing the simultaneous ambiguity and potency of technological innovation these days. $10,000 to the two startup groups to come up with the best “things,” the Monday announcement explained.
Das Talk. The AACC, along with other constituent groups, will be hosting Indian actress and director Nandita Das this evening at La Casa Cultural. Up for discussion (over food): “Infinite Identities.”
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Yale’s Spring Fling festivities are largely funded from the annual SAF, which is among the lowest in the Ivy League. BY VIVIAN WANG STAFF REPORTER
ing to plan the event with a limited budget. Funding for Spring Fling comes largely from the annual SAF — which, along with Harvard’s fee, is the lowest in the Ivy League. As a result, Yale’s Spring Fling budget was the second-lowest of its peer institutions last year. According to YCC President Michael Herbert ’16, the dean’s office decision will force the Spring Fling Committee to operate within tight finan-
Motion denied. Justice Samuel Alito was denied Sunday brunch at the overbooked Study because he did not have a reservation, according to AboveTheLaw.com. Even upon learning Alito’s identity, the hostess stood her ground because not even the Supreme Court is above restaurant law.
In planning for the University’s largest party, student organizers are facing tight costs and tough decisions. Months after the Yale College Dean’s Office postponed a proposal to increase the student activities fee, the Yale College Council’s Spring Fling Committee is work-
Playing Swensen. A Monday piece by SeekingAlpha.com entitled “How to invest like the Ivy League Endowments with ETFs” encouraged readers to model investments after successful portfolios like Harvard’s and even more successful ones like Yale’s.
Obama to stump for Malloy
We want you. Today’s YPU debate with political science professor Jason Stanley tackles the role of propaganda in society and its influences on democracy. Promotions contained the ever-emphatic portrait of Uncle Sam. THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY
1993 Esteemed philosophy professor Jonathan Lear ’70 announces that he is taking a position at the University of Chicago, continuing an exodus from the department. Submit tips to Cross Campus
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Alders move on BOE reform
BY OSCAR GARCIA-RUIZ CONTRIBUTING REPORTER This weekend, Gov. Dannel Malloy will join a small club: Democratic governors willing to campaign alongside President Barack Obama ahead of next Tuesday’s election. While Obama’s low approval ratings have caused some Democrats to distance themselves in the run-up to the midterms, Malloy plans to campaign with both the president and First Lady Michelle Obama. The two Obamas plan to come to Connecticut this weekend on separate visits. Obama had planned to visit to Bridgeport, Conn. last week to rally for Malloy, but the event was cancelled at the last minute as the administration worked to halt the spread of Ebola. The Connecticut Democratic Party announced last
week that the president had rescheduled his visit to Connecticut for this Sunday — two days before the polls open. Meanwhile, the first lady, who recently released a radio ad in support of Malloy, plans to make an appearance at a New Haven rally in support of Malloy this Thursday at Wilbur Cross High School, the New Haven Independent reported. Malloy is currently locked in one of the tightest gubernatorial races across the country. According to a Quinnipiac poll released this week, Malloy and Republican candidate Tom Foley are within one percentage point of each other in terms of voter support. “If the president can move half a percent of the electorate towards Malloy, then I think its’s a win for Malloy,” said SEE OBAMA PAGE 6
WOMEN’S SOCCER
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BULLDOGS TIE AT HOME The women’s soccer team has had some scoring woes this season, but the Bulldogs managed a late second-half goal from forward Melissa Gavin ’15 to tie the Penn Quakers on Saturday. See page 12.