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FOOD FIGHT THE BATTLE OVER WHAT YALIES EAT

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Students wear yellow in support of Occupy Central movement

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Elm City Market sold

Flair. The Asian-American

Students Alliance will be hosting its annual Night Market event this evening, bringing together dozens of the University’s cultural groups to transform the JE-Branford walkway for the night.

Promotional materials tease at delicious eats and artistic acts, such as a traditional pole dance

by Kasama: The Filipino Club at Yale.

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Ebola researchers to sequester themselves

company. The market’s new managers said they hope to maintain the market’s current mission of providing local, organic foods to the surrounding neighborhood.

Elm City Market is one of few grocery stores in New Haven, which has a relatively small number of grocers for a city of its population. Given both this and the market’s proximity

Two graduate student researchers at the Yale School of Public Health preparing to return from Liberia have agreed to sequester themselves for three weeks as a precautionary measure in case they have contracted Ebola.

The news was announced to faculty, students and staff at the Yale School of Public Health in a Thursday email from YSPH Dean Paul Cleary.

The researchers, whose names have not yet been released, are Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases doctoral students who left for the epidemic-stricken country on Sept. 16. They were helping set up a computer system for the Liberian Ministry of Health to monitor the West African Ebola outbreak and track contact tracing, according to the email.

“Understandably, there is potential for concern from faculty, students and staff that appropriate protocols and recommendations are being followed,” Cleary’s email stated. “I assure you that YSPH and Yale have taken extensive precautions to ensure the safety of the researchers as well as that of the Yale community.”

The email also noted that the students had no direct contact with Ebola patients and are

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say to “do what you love,” so cookie lovers on campus are in luck. Buried under the pile of Goldman and McKinsey offerings on Symplicity is a listing for an Insomnia Cookies Campus Representative. The job — which pays $10 an hour — involves making delivery runs, spearheading marketing initiatives and maintaining a general enthusiasm for baked goods. Don’t sleep on this opportunity.

Democrats criticize Foley’s new urban renewal plan

BY PHOEBE KIMMELMAN AND STEPHANIE ROGERS STAFF REPORTERS

Meet the parents. A Thursday night email from the Yale Hunger & Homelessness Action Project announced a series of Family Weekend lunch dates next weekend for students and their parents with some of Yale’s bestknown scholars. Charging $30 for guests and $15 for students, YHHAP will donate proceeds to various homeless relief projects around the city.

Consulting or cookies? They

CITY POLICY

Elm City Market came under new ownership Wednesday, and is now run by the Elm City Community Market, Inc.

BY NOAH KIM CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Elm City Market, the downtown grocery store that has recently found itself in treacherous financial waters, is under new ownership.

The store was auctioned off to Elm City Community Market, Inc., a new company formed specifically to take over the store, on Wednesday. As a result of the switch, Elm

City will no longer be run as a co-op.

Customers will no longer share equity in the store and will also lose influence in the grocery’s food decisions, but the market instead will become an employee-owned grocery.

Webster Bank, which provided Elm City Market with its initial loan in 2011, sent over 300 notices to potential bidders before selecting the Elm City Community Market

So much drama. Four plays —

Arcadia, All My Sons, Paradise Lost and Liminal — are set for curtain times today to kick off the theater scene’s fall season. The University’s major auditoriums hope to offer a nice change in scene from the standard suite party and fraternity house fare offered every other Friday night.

Keeping it in the family.

Speaking from a golf tournament held at the Las Colinas Country Club, former President George W. Bush ’68 voiced support for his younger brother Jeb’s potential run for office in 2016. “I think [Jeb] wants to be president … He understands what it’s like to be president,” the Davenport College alumnus told Fox News on Thursday.

Say “Ello.” A Thursday night feature ran by Mashable profiled Paul Budnitz ’89, who burst onto the tech scene by creating the Ello social network after dabbling in a series of entrepreneurial projects like starting a bicycle manufacturing company and producing films. Dubbed “the anti-Facebook,” Ello has gone against the industry grain by promising its users a completely ad-free experience.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY

1983 Yale Police arrest four men on charges of burglary, larceny and criminal mischief for breaking into suites in the first floor of Jonathan Edwards College, ransacking them and randomly discharging fire extinguishers in the JE hallways.

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BY BEN FAIT STAFF REPORTER Yale has quietly begun building a new clinical and research center for musculoskeletal diseases, set to open in 2016 or 2017.

The center will be located at the Saint Raphael campus of

Yale-New Haven Hospital. It will bring together researchers and physicians in fields ranging from orthopaedic surgery to neurology. The center, which is still in need of as much as $30 million, is being built in anticipation of growing demand for musculoskeletal medicine as the population ages, said Abe

MTA proposal to ease travels

BY NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Connecticut residents seeking to travel directly to Penn Station in New York City may be in luck, thanks to a proposal passed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority last month.

The $743 million plan, part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program, would add four new stations in the East Bronx on current Amtrak track. Metro-North trains, which are run by the MTA, would branch off at New Rochelle and arrive at Penn Station after those four stops.

The current New York transit system is divided into two parts.

Metro-North, which serves passengers in Connecticut and northern New York state, has its terminus at Grand Central Station. Amtrak, the Long Island Rail Road, and New Jersey Transit, all terminate at Penn Station, approximately 12 blocks away.

Several students interviewed voiced support for the plan, noting that an additional stop would incentivize more students to take trips to New York City. Oth-

Lopman, senior vice president, operations and executive director of Smilow Cancer Hospital.

“The fastest-growing portion of our population is an aging population. We need to get ahead of diseases to keep people healthy,” Lopman said.

“The comprehensiveness of this in bringing the disciplines

together is unmatched.”

The institute will be the third multidisciplinary center in New Haven, joining the ranks of the Child Study Center and the Smilow Cancer Hospital.

Though the center will initially be based at the St. Raphael campus, it will eventually expand to treat a larger geographic area in

Connecticut.

Lopman said the center will be comparable to other leading musculoskeletal institutes, such as the University of Rochester, Washington University, the Rothman Institute and the Hospital for Special Surgery. But SEE YNHH PAGE 6

Bookstore fire suspect spotted

ers were more ambivalent about the usefulness of this additional stop, pointing to Penn Station’s difficult geography and the fact that students can get to Penn Station using the subway after traveling to Grand Central.

As someone who doesn’t travel very much, Penn Station is very hard to navigate.

YERIN KIM ’18 If the plans go through, riders from Connecticut would be able to transfer to trains headed to Long Island or New Jersey without transferring to another station.

Transit authorities have been pushing to integrate the mass transit system in New York for decades. The East Side Access project, begun in 1969 and SEE METRO-NORTH PAGE 4

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The New Haven Police Department investigated reports on an arson fire at the Yale Bookstore on Monday.

BY SARAH BRULEY STAFF REPORTER Four days after a fire caused the Yale Bookstore to close for several hours, the New Haven Police Department (NHPD) has identified a suspect.

On Monday, the bookstore called in Fire Investigators to investigate an arson

fire. According to a statement issued by NHPD spokesman David Hartman, after reviewing the store’s security footage, the police found the suspect lighting several fires throughout the bookstore with a lighter. According to Hartman, the suspect who started the fire was a young, black male. The police do not know

how many fires the suspect lit, Hartman said.

Spokespeople from the New Haven Fire Department and the Yale Bookstore could not be reached for comment on Thursday evening.

Surveillance tapes also revealed the suspect entering SEE BOOKSTORE PAGE 4

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On Sept. 21, over 400,000 people turned up in the streets of New York City for the largest climate change rally in U.S. history. Like them, and so many others my age in America, I am angry.

Let me be clear. I am not just angry at the short-sighted politicians and captains of industry from generations past, though their ignorance and avaricious commitment to capitalism has set us on a very real path to global collapse.

I’m angry at those in power now — those who know the consequences of inaction and still choose to do nothing.

In a Daily Show episode from last week, Jon Stewart likened the task of convincing Congress to do something about climate change to the tragic plight of Sisyphus. “It’s like pushing a million pounds of idiot up a hill,” he said. It’s funny. And when I think about the ignorance it takes for our leaders to insist, against overwhelming scientific evidence, that doing nothing is okay, I also think it’s true.

Unfortunately, climate change isn’t by a long shot the only issue where congressional inaction irks me. Gun control, equal pay for equal work, racial equality in policing, gay marriage. These aren’t complex, convoluted issues with crucial open questions that affect whether or not we should address them at all. These are legislative slow pitches, which we as a nation could knock out of the park with a few commonsense legislative measures if our leaders would only step up to the plate.

What I think makes me and those of my generation so angry is that these failures to act are failures of logic and common sense, not just manifestations of differing values and opinions. It is not a partisan position to expect that our leadership will thoughtfully discuss issues and then propose solutions.

We have a leadership problem in Washington: Those elected to fight for our best interests consistently fail to deliver.

When I arrived at Yale in the fall of 2010, my secret dream was to become a congressman. I remember thinking that working on Capitol Hill seemed exhilarating and important. I imagined myself passionately advocating for my constituents in wide-reaching, historically relevant ways.

But even as a freshman, I could tell that politics wasn’t a career path respected by other Yalies, so I didn’t tell anyone.

Over the years, I witnessed peers and professors skewer government officials and their many idiocies. I watched Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert dance intellectual circles

around politicians like cheeky matadors taunting their victims. I saw a friend who had come to Yale with presidential ambitions get socially crucified for saying it out loud.

I was young, and I was soft in the face of social derision. I forfeited my political aspirations. But I didn’t stop thinking that wanting to be a leader who makes Washington different was a noble thing.

Don’t get me wrong; I firmly believe that satire and fiery opposition to bad policy keep democracy in balance. The road to public office is paved with temptations to corruption, and our good-humored skepticism of politics and politicians is healthy and necessary.

But I fear that the way we talk about our public servants here at Yale is turning off all but the most ruthlessly ambitious people from careers in public service. I fear that our open hostility will only leave us with the kind of stubborn, partisan, game-playing leaders we love to hate.

If you’ve been within a hundred miles of a YCC or New Haven Aldermanic campaign, you know what I’m talking about. We treat those who want to take up the messy mantle of governance like ill-intentioned goons, so we end up with leaders we can’t respect. It’s a vicious cycle.

At Yale, we find awesome ways to fight for the issues that matter to us. We post articles, we debate, we attend climate marches. We drive relentlessly toward impact.

Now imagine if the result of all this vibrant campus conversation were a student body empowered to fight for our passions as public servants instead of one afraid of being thought of as too calculating, too ambitious or too political.

Somewhere along the line, we decided that aspirations to public office — a place where real impact is a tantalizing possibility — are inexplicably gauche, and we are worse off for it.

Roles of leadership and power aren’t going anywhere.

We will continue to have congressmen and senators and presidents, and they will continue to act — or not act — on the issues that matter.

If we continue to treat public office as a special circle of hell reserved for stubborn, unlikable individuals with outlandish ambition, then we are going to lose the reasonable, pragmatic voices with the power to change our perceptions of leadership — and, ultimately, our world — for the better.

IKE SILVER is a senior in Berkeley College. Contact him at ike.silver@yale.edu .

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What’s a professor for?

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s a friend and I left class, navigating the deceptively placed exit signs of Gibbs Lab, he turned to me and asked, “What do you call the professor?

You know, in emails.”

Here we are in October; we've been in class for a few weeks, sent the requisite “Dear Professor soand-so” a few times and there’s the general feeling that if it’s okay to make the leap to first-name basis, the time is now. It’s like the trick question on midterms.

I responded that I used his first name, but prefaced my response by telling my friend that, personally, I tend to be exceptionally liberal on this front. One email from a professor signed with their first name, and I’ll send in reading responses and homework questions to Dear Sam or Sarah with little second-guessing.

For me, this casual tone does not at all signify a lower level of respect or forced efforts toward something superficially resembling friendship. Rather, it speaks to the question: What is a professor for?

In the past two years and half a semester of college, I’ve decided that a professor is something in

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between a best friend and a lecturer at the front of a hall who delivers pearls of wisdom to our ears.

Obviously, this CAROLINE covers a very wide specSYDNEY trum. Where my relationSelfships with professors fall Absorbed on this range varies widely by the type of class they teach and how each of them chooses to interact with students in and out of the classroom.

It’s said in admissions info sessions and on the Yale website, but it’s true on the ground — professors decide to teach at Yale because they want to interact with undergraduates. They want both to help us learn their disciplines and to help us become the best versions of ourselves. A professor is for instructing, for challenging ideas and for grading problem sets and papers. But professors are also for us, as individuals and not just

Thank you to the fans

In my 21 years as director of athletics at Yale, I have only written to the News once or twice, but few occasions in my tenure have matched what transpired at the Yale Bowl on Saturday.

The Yale-Army Game was one our department’s proudest moments and it could not have taken place without the support of the greatest student body at the finest University in the world.

In the editorial opinion of Tuesday’s New Haven Register entitled, “Yale-Army Showed Intercollegiate Athletics At Its Best,” the author wrote, “there was a sense of admiration from the Yale students and fans, young and old,” referring to the homage paid to the cadets as they marched through Walter Camp Gates. You students created that atmosphere and your patriotism and chants of “USA! USA! USA!” were the culmination of an event many years in the making.

We in the Athletic Department are writing to thank you. Thank you for coming to the Bowl to support our team. Thank you for honoring our servicemen and women with the respect they deserve. Thank you for proving that Yale is a place where character and leadership are the lifeblood of everything that we do. Thank you for being the best fans in the Ivy League and beyond.

Sept. 27, 2014 will forever be a milestone in Yale’s proud history. It would not have been possible without all of you.

We are grateful.

TOM BECKETT Sept. 28 The writer is the Yale director of athletics

as students at Yale.

In life, I designate a set of people — my parents, my brother, my trusted friends — as advisors: people to call for advice in moments of indecision and selfdoubt. At Yale, even though we’re given faculty advisors, it’s tempting to solely rely on this set of family and friends for guidance. But I’ve found it more satisfying to consult with a battalion of unofficial advisors from Yale’s faculty.

My parents know what “interdisciplinary” means, but they don’t know how to best articulate that approach through course selection. My friends understand how I handle stress and workload, but they don’t know the genres of writing that come naturally or pose the most intense challenges.

Even though I’ve known my “official” advisor since freshman year, there are so many others able to suggest the perfect class, pass along an interesting internship and write a letter of recommendation.

This is not a recommendation to play teacher’s pet. In the third grade, as both a very strange child and a teacher’s pet, I skipped recess for mah-jongg with Ms.

Oltman. Though I learned a skill that may prove valuable in retirement, these lunch sessions did not really create deeper interests.

Mostly, they made me feel special in an arbitrary way that isolated me from other students. In college, figuring out a role for a professor outside the seminar room or the lecture hall does not mean sucking up or creating the semblance of friendship or picking their advice over the advice of all others. It’s simply an opportunity to establish another source of input.

For me, breaking the first name barrier does not imply closeness.

Rather, “Dear Sarah” takes the edge off the formality of a teacherstudent relationship without reducing the value of a voice of authority. Authority comes from experience, not a title. It is the experience I lack that my professors have, and the perspectives they have developed that I most want from them — not my midterm grades.

Stop using “To Singapore, with Love” for your anti-Levin agenda.

that Yale-NUS Professor Robin Hemley had admitted they had made a mistake. Soon after, the director asked that we postpone showing her film in the U.S. "To Singapore, with Love" was never about Yale or YaleNUS College, but some at Yale have kept hijacking her film for their own agenda. James Sleeper’s article in the News, “To Singapore — with love?” is a case in point. His disregard for any interests other than his own partisan quarrel is selfevident: He could not even bother to verify the spelling of Tan’s name in the print version of the article (she was named “Pan Tin Tin”).

To disgruntled Yale faculty protesting against Yale-NUS College: If you are concerned about human rights issues, how about focusing additional energies on rights issues within the U.S.? If, on the other hand, you just have a grudge against Yale Corporation, leave Singapore out of it.

Do disgruntled Yale faculty really care about the “lack of respect for civil and political rights in the state of Singapore,” or is Yale-NUS College just a proxy site for what has really been an internal Yale University conflict all along?

Singapore has problems, but problems are not the only thing it has — just as America is not simply Guantanamo Bay. The reality of the world we live in today is that American media outlets wield great influence.

The furor surrounding Tan Pin Pin’s banned film "To Singapore, with Love" is a pertinent example. Once news of the ban got out, a friend and I collaborated with Singaporean students from all over the U.S. to host Tan and organize film screenings at their respective colleges.

Suddenly, on Sept. 18, 2014, the News announced that Yale-NUS College was screening Tan’s film. Tan released a statement saying that she had “not agreed to any Singapore screenings, nor [was she] asked in this case.” She later stated

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

CHOON HWEE KOH Oct. 1 The writer is a first year PhD student in history

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ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL “Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.”

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ast Thursday, I found myself in a suit and tie, sitting at the back of a Synagogue, observing the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. Slipping my silenced cell phone into my jacket’s breast pocket, I was struck by the question that strikes the undevout when attending religious services: “Why am I here?”

We — the infrequent observers — have many reasons. Many of us go for people; spouses because of spouses, children because of parents, parents because of children. We show up to appease, to remember or to stave off guilt.

In grade school, I observed Rosh Hashanah out of pragmatism. My father let me skip school in exchange for attending High Holiday services with him. School started at 8:45 a.m. and lasted six-and-a-half hours. Services at Temple Micah started at 11 a.m. and lasted only two hours. I spent the time playing Game Boy. It was a good deal.

Today, the decision to go or to skip is not so simple. We no longer live with our parents, and taking a day off from work has greater consequences than taking a day off from 7th grade. No one can make us go. And who would care, or even know, if we skip?

But we do go. We’re tipsy when we remember we’ve got midnight mass.

We break the fasts we never planned to endure. We roll our eyes at sermons, but we’re listening. Maybe we’re late, but we’re there.

My rabbi’s sermon was about the Binding of Isaac, the story in which God tests the faith of his prophet Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac as an offering. Abraham equivocates but submits, taking Isaac to a mountaintop and then binding him to an altar.

Few passages better symbolize what makes the ambivalent uncomfortable about religious devotion. People today are no less willing than Abraham was to kill in the name of an incomprehensible entity. Though God ultimately rewards Abraham’s faith and spares Isaac’s life, he hasn’t made many interventions for history’s crusaders, suicide-bombers and Kool-Aid drinkers. They continue "faithfully" committing atrocities, waiting for a deliverance that never comes.

And God’s love isn’t as unconditional as the proverbs make it out to be. Tests of faith aren’t just for His prophets. We, too, must hold the right beliefs and pray the right prayers, love the right love and obey the right way.

But when there are so many ways to believe and love, and so many laws to obey, there are just as many ways to be found wanting. After years of hearing what we’re doing is wrong or not enough, it’s not surprising when we lose faith.

But the dismay and confusion we feel toward religion should not eclipse the fact that religion is also a force for good. Sh’ma Yisrael is the most important prayer in Judaism. Sung at every service, every holiday and every Barand Bat-Mitzvah, it has always been the prayer fondest and most familiar to me, though I never committed its meaning to memory. I always just thought of it as a pretty Jewish prayer — the one that everyone at temple knows and sings together. Sh’ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad.

“Hear O Israel: Lord our God, the Lord is one.” As I sing, I don’t feel the oneness of God, but I always hear the hundreds of voices ringing up toward the ceiling in unison.

Tonight marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement — the holiest day of the Jewish year. And I am going to synagogue.

My religious faith is not indivisible. In fact the utter divisibility of my semi-Semitism allows me to cel-

ebrate religion the way I do: looking past what confuses me to cherish the good that I find. It’s faith in the beauty of Sh'ma Yisrael, with skepticism of what it means. It’s faith in the humility of atoning for a year’s worth of transgressions and the confidence to forgive myself without help from above. It’s faith that the teenage boys I see skipping school to sit next to their fathers will someday feel that they are a part of something greater than themselves — the way I feel today.

This faith is special without being exceptional. We may feel it in our churches and synagogues, our mosques and temples, but it’s more than just a religious faith. We feel it watching football games and dancing at music festivals, in the midst of political rallies and serving with our battalions. It’s ineffable but not incomprehensible.

I have faith in this kind of transcendence — faith that a community or a convergence, for an hour or an afternoon, can decide for themselves that they are in the right place for the right reasons. That is why I am here.

NATHAN KOHRMAN is a junior in Saybrook College. Contact him at nathan.kohrman@yale.edu .

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Deresiewicz's Irony

Crime in the Elm City A

ugust was a violent month in New Haven. Police responded to four homicides and five other shootings within a three-week period. In addition, there was a steady amount of theft, disruption and gang-related violence. Altogether, August marked one of the roughest months for New Haven crime since October 2009.

The Yale student body’s view of New Haven crime is limited to a policy of haphazardly listening to the advice Chief Ronnell Higgins sends in his sporadic emails. The Yale administration has authored plenty of literature on student safety, sending the message that lawbreaking in the Elm City is an unfortunate reality. This perspective perpetuates a false view of two New Havens: one where we live and one where residents live. Those of us living behind walls on campus put urban crime on the back burner and fail to realize that it may be closer to us than we think. But the recent escalation of crime in New Haven sheds light on a more ominous problem.

In 2012, George William Domhoff, a professor of sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, published a study arguing that Yale University “contributed to the basic problems caused by deindustrialization” in the latter half of the 20th century. He cited the University’s endowment of over $15 billion dollars (now over $20 billion) that goes untaxed.

Meanwhile, President Levin renovated 54 buildings and commissioned an additional 16 projects.

YALE CANNOT IGNORE NEW HAVEN CRIME

able education teaches students the skill of formulating and presenting an argument. But he also adds that the most important value of education is to inculcate in students a lifelong love of knowledge. An unhealthy obsession with standardized tests doesn’t just offer nothing to these objectives. It pushes back against them. I remember my YGS tutor telling me to quit piano lessons. I remember another teacher telling us to “hold on” and not have a “significant other” until the end of the year. I remember the peer pressure that made everyone quit their activities during senior year.

And last year, as a freshman at Yale, I struggled trying to formulate theses and write essays. My education in Turkey had not prepared me for “creating” things. When I cried to my mother, I remember her trying to console me, saying that I would find the real “me,” the person I lost in my high school years, again.

In 2002, New Haven Public Schools, grossly underfunded, requested that Yale donate a sum of $5 million, the amount of interest earned on its endowment in one day. The administration gave no response. One year later, in an opinion piece for the News, Peter Dobkin Hall, a professor of history at Baruch College, pointed to Yale and other Elm City taxexempt institutions as the reason for 21st -century urban economic turmoil.

Woodbridge Hall argues that its presence in New Haven helps the city financially — including in the form of money local businesses earn from Yale students.

In the 1980s, this may have been valid, but now, national chains have replaced most local businesses on Broadway Avenue and other commercial hotspots.

Meanwhile, the quality of life outside the Yale bubble has atrophied. In 2011, plans were finalized for the construction of a new School of Management building on Whitney Avenue. Less than a mile away, police responded to the scene of the 29th murder of the year in the East Rock neighborhood. An article in the News (“East Rock sees city’s 29th murder,” Oct. 31, 2011) pointed out that many Yale-affiliated employees lived in neighborhoods of violence, including Dixwell, West Hills and Wooster Square.

The year 2011 proved to be the roughest in New Haven since 1994, with 34 homicides. Two murders outside Toad’s Place and a car chase down Elm Street prompted the Yale administration to strengthen on-campus security. Ceaseless gunshots on the streets of New Haven left residents just as frightened.

In the past decade, New Haven has witnessed 1,300 non-fatal shootings.

Adolescents perpetrated many of these incidents with illegally possessed automatic weapons. Recently, the combination of crime and income disparity brought about a perfect storm for foreclosures. In the Fair Haven neighborhood, the city recorded an astonishing 16 foreclosures per block. Foreclosed homes have become breeding grounds for illicit substance transactions, squatters and gang violence.

Although the two have been intertwined since their colonial roots, the city has evolved to be far more than a backdrop for the University. The Elm City’s affairs, marginal or hefty, should be priorities for the administration too. As the city’s top employer, Yale cannot simply close its doors to the outside. We need safe students and safe citizens. August’s grim statistics should serve as a grave reminder that restoring a sound New Haven is paramount for all who live here.

Until then, we, as students, walk these streets cautiously.

NUR EKEN is a sophomore in Jonathan Edwards College. Contact her at hatice.eken@yale.edu .

NATHAN STEINBERG is a sophomore in Timothy Dwight College. Contact him at nathan.steinberg@yale.edu .

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ast week, when Bill Deresiewicz came to Yale, many students came away from his Master’s Tea impressed with his argument. But like many who criticize the status quo, he is unable to offer viable solutions to the problems he poses. He complains that Ivy League students are smart, creative and hardworking, yet most of them are career-oriented individuals “with little intellectual curiosity.”

In an interview with the Yale Herald, Deresiewicz argued that Yale would admit more interesting people by making the applications process contingent on just standardized tests.

I think this is where he is dangerously misled. As an international student from Turkey, I experienced Deresiewicz’s ideal system firsthand.

Unlike most internationals, I went to a public science high school that did not offer preparation for American colleges. Students in Turkey’s public schools know that the only thing that matters is the Student Selection Examination (YGS), the exam that determines which university you will attend and what you will major in.

There is no point in joining any clubs or aiming for leadership positions, because they will not play any role in your acceptance.

What is so problematic about a standardized-test-only system? In Turkey, what matters most is not how well you do on the test, but rather how highly you rank nationwide. And this is where the problem lies: It creates a dangerously competitive environment. Instead of attending school, high school seniors just go to test-prep centers where they keep practicing the YGS. My friends were surprised to hear that I took the exam in the first place.

If I knew by March that I got into Yale, then why continue until June to complete such a painful process? The answer was simple: I could not give up. I received the highest scores on my tests and finished the core of my preparation. From then on, I had only two months of review.

At least, that’s what I told myself.

I could not admit that I was trying to satisfy everyone else. I could not tell anyone that I just wanted to match my

teachers’ expectations. Most importantly, I could not admit to myself that I was addicted to the feeling of accomplishment.

When I received my YGS results, I was ranked fourth in my country. My rank made everyone happy. But I was not excited. I could not understand the purpose of obsessing over a standardized test.

Rather than learning for the sake of learning, we were told to memorize everything. The best students were human textbooks. Education became a race. Rather than stop and think about the implications of a subject, we had to tackle the questions as quickly and efficiently as possible lest we run out of time.

Furthermore, the system created a marketplace for college preparation.

There was an ever-growing number of tutors and private centers, which is exactly what Deresiewicz is challenging in the first place. Naturally, the richer students from Istanbul or Ankara had access to the best coaches and resources.

Deresiewicz suggests that a valu-

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“I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating then any fashion salon.”

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Bookstore fire not an accident, police say BOOKSTORE FROM PAGE 1 the bathroom, where a fire was discovered minutes after he left the building.

Since the time the statement was released, police have not yet received any more information about the suspect, Hartman said on Thursday afternoon.

The fire in the bathroom also triggered the bookstore’s sprinkler system, causing a flood in the basement, said one bookstore employee. The employee, who spoke on the condition on anonymity, added that as the building was evacuated, employees could see some of the books burning.

Following the bookstore’s reopening on Monday, a section in the lower level of the bookstore was blocked off by Yale Security officers. Early Thursday evening, the lower level of the bookstore was open for customers, but the children’s section remained blocked off and full of fans. Entrances to the basement, where textbooks are sold, were also blocked.

Before the bookstore first reopened, a photo that Sweyn Venderbush ’18 shared on the “Overheard At Yale” Facebook group showed a Yale Security guard blocking the store’s entrance.

Venderbush had tried to go to the bookstore on Monday while it was closed due to the fire.

When Venderbush returned to the bookstore on Wednesday, employees said that due to the fire, the textbooks floor would be closed to customers, but that customer service representatives were permitted to access the floor to retrieve textbooks. Representatives told customers that the fire had not destroyed many of the bookstore’s products, he said.

“I asked [employees] how much had burned, and they said not very much at all,” Venderbush said.

NHPD is actively searching for the suspect and seeking tips from anyone who might know the suspect’s identity.

This particular type of crime is not

common among New Haven youth, said Director of Youth Services Jason Bartlett, who added that most crimes involve burglaries or violence. Bartlett said that while he was not familiar with the suspect, there are a number of risk factors that lead youths to commit crimes.

“What I see in terms of disengaged youths is you have kids who fall behind early on in their academics and school becomes a pressure,” Bartlett said. “The classic example for teenagers is the wanting to associate with fellow peers.”

I asked [employees] how much had burned, and they said not very much at all.

SWEYN VENDERBUSH ’18 Over the past year, New Haven City Hall has teamed with other organizations to start programs like Youth Stat, which is aimed at targeting youths in the community who are at risk for committing crimes.

The city hopes to keep youths away from criminal activity by keeping them active in the community, Director of Communications for Mayor Toni Harp Laurence Grotheer said.

While programs like Youth Stat — launched in April — identify students at risk for violent activity through official and school records, other efforts like Youth@Work provide employment opportunities for young people throughout the year.

“Sometimes it’s just a question of getting [teenagers] back into school or getting them involved in one of these programs,” Grotheer said.

The Yale Bookstore is located on 77 Broadway.

Contact SARAH BRULEY at sarah.bruley@yale.edu .

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Elm City Market experienced serious financial difficulties this year, defaulting on a $3.6 million loan and owing $500,000 in rent debt.

ELM CITY MARKET FROM PAGE 1 to campus, many Yale students — particularly those living off campus — described it as a critical institution for the city.

“It has a wide variety of healthy food options, and their stuff is usually higher quality than most other places in the area,” said Rebecca Levinsky ’14, a former production and design editor at the News.

“My roommate and I shop there about once a week.”

Of 15 Yale students interviewed, 10 said they used the Elm City Market to buy groceries and 12 said they believed that New Haven had a shortage of grocery stores.

Since its start in November 2011, the co-op attracted 2,2000 members, who shared equity in the grocery store.

But despite its popularity, the market has found itself in financial troubles. Last May, the market went into default, facing over $500,000 in rent debt to its landlord. On Aug. 5, the market also defaulted on a $3.6 million loan from Webster Bank.

These debts led to last week’s auction, during which Elm City Community Market, Inc. was the sole bidder. The company

was formed with the help of, along with a long-term low-interest loan from, the New Haven Investment Fund LLC, which is owned by local philanthropist L. Linfield Simon. The market’s debt will not be passed onto its new owners.

On Oct. 1, Webster Bank issued a press release expressing confidence that the market would continue to play a crucial role in the community.

“We believe it is important to provide healthy food alternatives in the community and have worked with all parties so that [the Elm City Market] can continue to serve the downtown, Ninth Square and Wooster Square neighborhoods,” the statement said. “We believe the market will continue to serve as an important community asset that will not only survive but thrive.”

According to Tony Evans, one of the company’s three newly appointed board members, the company will continue to buy produce and hire employees locally.

Tony said that he and his fellow owners hope to find ways to encourage old co-op members to continue frequenting the store.

However, New Haven resident and Yale French Professor Ruth Koizim — a co-op member who shops there daily — said that she was deeply upset by the change.

“A co-op is committed to and responsive to its members who live and work in our city,” she said. “A ‘regular’ grocery store, even one that is employee-owned, does not share this ethos. The closing of the Elm City Food Co-op is a great loss to me personally and to the community as a whole.”

Evans said that he thought the most crucial element of the transition would be maintaining the status of the employees who were working at the market prior to the take-over.

“It would have been very difficult for many of those folks if they were to be laid off,” Evans said.

Doug Benson, the market’s current manager, reinforced that none of the market’s workers will be laid off.

The market will stay open over the course of the ownership transition.

Contact NOAH KIM at noah.kim@yale.edu .

scheduled for completion in 2019, will create a new section of the LIRR line, making Grand Central its new terminus.

A report released by MetroNorth said that the proposal would significantly reduce travel times to the West Side of Manhattan and “introduce convenient, direct rail service to communities underserved by mass transit” in the East Bronx.

The proposal approved by the MTA has so far gained a few notable supporters. In January, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared public support for the project in his State of the State address.

“We will open a new spur for Metro-North Railroad to provide more resiliency and access to Penn Station,” Cuomo said.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also endorsed the proposal, noting that it would add essential mass transit options to the East Bronx.

Connecticut political leaders have not commented on the proposal so far, even though the MTA is a joint New York-Connecticut institution. Instead, they have spoken about improving access to Manhattan from Connecticut on the New Haven line.

In last year’s mayoral campaign, Mayor Toni Harp announced her support for a one-hour fast train from New Haven to Manhattan. Senator Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 and State Senator Martin Looney also voiced support, though MetroNorth officials said that the plans were unfeasible given the current state of infrastructure.

Throughout his term as senator, Blumenthal has devoted significant attention to rail safety, especially after a series of accidents in 2013 that injured a total of 100 people and killed six.

In May, at an event hosted by the Regional Plan Association, a policy think tank in the tri-state area, Senator Chris Murphy similarly stressed the importance of improving infrastructure, noting that investment in transportation would decrease the commute time from Bridgeport to Manhattan and have an enormous positive effect on that city.

Developing transport infrastructure in the tristate area is

no easy task, Murphy said. He added that officials must coordinate large-scale plans across three state governments, and the lack of meaningful regional government in Connecticut only complicates matters further. Nevertheless, he called for inter-governmental coordination to invest in this infrastructure.

Students interviewed expressed mixed opinions about the plans.

“It would make it a lot more convenient to get to JFK [airport],” said Martin Lim ’18. Currently, the best way for students to travel from Grand Central to JFK involves a long subway ride and transfer.

Varun Sah ’18 said that including a stop at Penn Station could incentivize him to take the train more often.

Other students were more ambivalent about the new stop’s potential benefits, citing the current low demand for LIRR and NJ Transit.

“As someone who doesn’t travel very much, Penn Station is very hard to navigate,” said Yerin Kim ’18.

Penn Station’s reputation of chaos, confusion and crowdedness is an age-old complaint among commuters.

Jon Rolfe ’18 took a different stand and said that a Metro-North stop at Penn Station might be unnecessary, considering that the subway connects the two stations.

Regardless of whether MetroNorth decides to act on the MTA’s proposal, trains from New Haven to Penn Station are still a long way away. Penn Station will have no room for Metro-North trains until the East Side Access Plan — which will create a new LIRR stop at Grand Central — is completed in 2019.

Amtrak announced yesterday that it will have to close significant portions of the Hudson River Tunnel over the next year to repair damage from Hurricane Sandy.

This may severely curtail NJ Transit capacity, which could add further difficulties in passing the MTA Capital Program.

Metro-North’s most recent change came in September, when it announced the addition of a significant number of off-peak trains.

Contact NOAH DAPONTE-SMITH at noah.daponte-smith@yale.edu .

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Students support Hong Kong protests

BY FINNEGAN SCHICK CONTRIBUTING REPORTER While the Elm City was covered by persistent rain and dark clouds Wednesday afternoon, bright spots of yellow could be seen around campus.

After pro-democracy demonstrations began in Hong Kong last Friday, a small group of Yale students hosted a “Wear Yellow for Hong Kong” event to raise community awareness and help show solidarity for the protestors. The ongoing pro-democracy demonstrations — known as Occupy Central and named for the central business district in Hong Kong — are the culmination of years-long tension between the people of Hong Kong and the Chinese government in Beijing. Even though the protests are occurring 8,000 miles away, Yale students interviewed said they want to bring the movement to the attention of the student body.

“The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness among Yale students and show solidarity to the protestors,” Christina Wong ’16, a student involved with the “Wear Yellow” event, said. “A lot of people don’t know what’s going on given all the sides of the story.”

“Wear Yellow for Hong Kong” was led in part by Wong, who brought the idea to Yale’s campus from Harvard. National participation in the event grew quickly, with at least 43 U.S. colleges and universities participating in the awareness-raising event by press time.

And over the past week, yellow ribbons have become synonymous with the Hong Kong protests, Stefani Kuo ’17 said.

“That’s the color and the motif and symbol that are coming out of the people who are now on the streets,” said Kuo. Throughout campus on Wednesday, ribbons were distributed and students were photographed holding up signs and umbrellas. One of the signs included the English and Chinese words for “democracy,” “freedom” and “universal suffrage.”

Beyond just raising awareness, the “Wear Yellow” event expressed hopes that the protests remain peaceful, Wong said.

She added that the students who helped coordinate and implement the event share a common interest in Hong Kong but are not part of a single student group.

Siyuan Ren ’16, a student who helped with Wednesday’s event, said there was general support from the undergraduate body, but added that few people have contextual knowledge about what is happening in Hong Kong. Most students support the protesters on moral grounds, believing that

universal suffrage is better than partial suffrage, Ren said.

Other students echoed Ren’s concerns, adding that their peers seemed poorly informed on the protests occurring in Hong Kong.

“I was surprised by how little people seemed to know,” Kuo said. “I feel like Yale is such a busy place [that] it’s hard to keep track of the outside world. It was more difficult than I imagined [to spread] awareness.”

Stephen Roach, a lecturer at the School of Management, said a lack of knowledge does not reduce the importance of the issue.

Roach, who currently teaches a course entitled “The Next China,” said that the pro-democracy demonstrations are influenced by the 1997 British handover and China’s subsequent agreement to grant free and open elections in twenty years. He added that the size and scope of the protests are unprecedented in recent memory.

The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness among Yale students, and show solidarity.

CHRISTINA WONG ’16 “Wear Yellow for Hong Kong” participant “There have been occupy movements all over the world in the last three years,” Roach said.

“Most of them have faded. None of them have gotten the mass traction and support that Occupy Central has gotten.”

According to Wong, 40,000 to 50,000 Hong Kong residents have been sitting in streets for the past week in protest of China’s un-democratic actions.

Ren said that the climax of the Occupy Central movement was Oct. 1 because it marks the 65th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China — a national holiday.

As the protests continue, Wong said that she hopes to organize talks and dinners that further the discussion and build camaraderie between students who share a common interest in Hong Kong.

Still, the future of the Occupy Central movement is unclear, Roach said.

“The challenge is for both sides to find a compromise,” he said.

China is the most represented country outside the U.S. at Yale.

Contact FINNEGAN SCHICK at christopher.schick@yale.edu .

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New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman and community activist Barbara Fair held a debate over the policing tactics used across the city.

BY SARA SEYMOUR CONTRIBUTING REPORTER In the Davenport Common Room Thursday night, New Haven Chief of Police Dean Esserman and community activist Barbara Fair laid out starkly different takes on the state of policing in the Elm City.

At the talk, hosted by the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project, Esserman and Fair debated policing tactics used across New Haven, culminating the conversation in a discussion of race relations across America.

Dwight Hall Co-Coordinator Sterling Johnson ’15 moderated the conversation, which covered crime in New Haven, police brutality, community policing and a community outreach program called Project Longevity. During the dialogue, members of the New Haven community spoke out about their experiences. By the conclusion of the conversation, race tensions had emerged as a major theme.

“How can you have community policing, which is about protecting and serving, and yet we’re overpowered by police who are all but looking at people in the community like they’re suspects,” Fair said.

Esserman began the dialogue by defending the New Haven Police Department’s community policing efforts and their role in stemming crime in the city.

In particular, he stressed the importance of creating a relationship between the police and the community.

“You call who you know,” Esserman said. “Rebuilding the trust is really the philosophy of community policing.”

Though Esserman stressed that the NHPD was working to build a relationship between the officers and the community, both Fair and other members of the audience were visibly unconvinced. Some audience members went as far as to scoff at

Esserman.

Fair said that the war on drugs puts a significant wedge between the police and the community. The idea of community policing, she added, and the war on drugs are inherently in opposition.

Fair also stressed that her biggest fear for her sons was not being shot by one of their peers, but rather by a white police officer.

While Esserman and Fair presented differing views on many topics throughout the talk, tensions rose when an audience member, Fair’s son, spoke out about his very negative experiences with NHPD. Nearly in tears, Fair’s son told Esserman that, although he no longer lives in the community, he believes there is still a strained relationship between community residents and police officers. He said he was once wrongfully convicted, and this mark on his record has affected the way police have treated him subsequently.

“We [New Haven youth] are angry and we have got no one but the person next to us to take it out on,” he said, when talking about violence among young black men.

Fair’s daughter also said that she has had very negative interactions with police officers in the city. She referenced a confrontation with a police officer earlier this week.

“I have no record, and I don’t disrespect people,” she said. “I felt disrespected to the utmost.”

All three members of the Fair family acknowledged that some police officers in the area are loved and respectful, but they said many are not.

Esserman and Fair’s disagreements extended to Project Longevity, a community and law enforcement initiative that aims to bring groups of community residents together with police department officials in a discussion about ways to end

violence in that area. These meetings often are directed toward gang members.

Esserman said that, through this program, the Police Department underscores the notion of “group accountability.”

Fair, though, said she believes the program does not support young people in the community, but rather serves as a scare tactic.

“You can’t scare somebody that doesn’t have any hope,” Fair said.

In response to Fair’s objections, Esserman stressed that the project was still a work in progress.

He added that this project seeks to build connections between police officers and gang members to curb gang violence. He went on to acknowledge that not all gang members are violent, and some are even afraid of their violent peers.

Many students interviewed said that they believe this dialogue was crucial to see what is going on outside of the Yale bubble.

Maria Servalli ’16, the event’s director for the YUPP, said it was beneficial for students to hear what’s happening in the community around campus.

“Students got a good window into the real dynamic between the police department and the community,” said Johnson.

He added that he has been stopped on the street many times because of his race and suggested that this leads to “a culture of frustration.”

State Senator Gary Holder-Winfield, who represents district 10 in Connecticut, said that the flow of the discussion itself exemplified the problem, adding that many individuals talked past one another.

YUPP runs several mentoring and tutoring initiatives through nearby correctional facilities.

Contact SARA SEYMOUR at sara.seymour@yale.edu .

Wage changes debated

BY LARRY MILSTEIN STAFF REPORTER Some students may find it more difficult to secure jobs on campus this fall.

In an effort to cut budgets across University units, the Provost’s Office has modified its former 50/50 wage subsidy program, in which the University provided half of the students’ income, and the other half was provided by the individual departments in which students were employed. Following an announcement in April and its implementation this fall, the Provost’s Office will only honor this plan when three major conditions have been met: Students must be undergraduates, students must qualify for needbased financial aid, and hourly wage cannot exceed $15.00 per hour. The new policy has sparked controversy among some of the departments that are absorbing higher costs of employment.

But many students and faculty remain unaware of the changes.

“In short, we are focusing all the resources available for the student-wage subsidy to be for Yale College students with demonstrated financial need in standard student jobs,” University Provost Benjamin Polak said in an email to the News following the initial announcement in April.

The reallocation of resources will help the University focus funding on students who are most in need of the support, which he said was the initial goal of the 50/50 plan when it was first put in place. By creating a subsidy for departments to pay students that qualify for funding, Polak said the University will create a competitive advantage for students on financial aid, who are often required to earn income during the term as part of their aid package.

Prior to the change, wage stipends from the Provost’s Office did not discriminate

among students based on financial need, class year or job salary. Director of the Yale University Art Gallery Jock Reynolds said the former system allowed for greater meritocracy on campus.

“I was then shocked when the Provost came up with new policy,” Reynolds said.

“Yale at the same time was having to rectify a $50 million structural [deficit], and I think they have been cutting all over the place and tended not to cut faculty and financial aid.”

Reynolds said he fondly recalls listening to University President Peter Salovey’s Freshman Address in Woolsey last fall, in which Salovey said socioeconomics remain the final frontier of taboo at Yale.

Reynolds added that rather than discriminate hiring students based on their financial background or school, his department independently raised $4 million to subsidize the wages of graduate students and made a commitment to not lay off a single one of their student employees.

University Art Gallery Deputy Director for Finance and Administration Jessica Labbé said she estimated the gallery lost between $100,000 and $120,000 in funding from the provost’s office as a result of the modified plan. But Labbé added that the money lost was made up for by private donations. Wages at the Art Gallery begin at $13.25 per hour and can range to $26.43 for high level students positions, she said, and the gallery will continue honoring them due to the generosity of donors.

“I don’t know what it means, but some colleagues are struggling in how to deal with this,” Reynolds said. “[YUAG] is really lucky to have donors that want to support us.”

But some department heads and students may not be as fortunate. Reynolds said some departments with smaller budgets and fewer means to launch fundrais-

ing campaigns are struggling to balance employment with financial constraints.

Still, Polak said the $15.00 per hour cap would not discourage employers from offering higher wages when appropriate.

He added that the majority of student jobs will fit the outlined parameters for funding, and many jobs — including master’s aides and research assistants — were never covered by the policy.

Alexandra Williams ’17, who is employed by the University Library system, said the cuts will not specifically affect her income.

She also said the new policy’s motives are understandable.

“The interesting thing to note is what the money is now being used for, not to disincentivize departments from employing a certain type of student, but probably towards cutting costs,” she said.

Nicholas Friedlander ’17 said he was opposed to the change because students should be hired based on merit on not on their financial background. He added that although he is on financial aid and would qualify for the stipend, he believes he was hired for his skills and not the benefit he may serve to the department.

Several department members are still unaware of the change.

When asked how this would affect the department of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, Chair John Krystal said this was the first time he learned about the changes.

Other conditions of the policy stipulate that wages must be earned and paid during the academic year, including term recesses. Wages charged to a sponsored award are not eligible, and wages charged for work of a religious nature are also not eligible.

Contact LARRY MILSTEIN at larry.milstein@yale.edu .

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YNHH FROM PAGE 1 unlike these institutes, which were created when the field was less advanced, YNHH will have the ability to start from a clean slate to create a more comprehensive institute.

The center will also be an ideal place to bring laboratory research to the bedside as treatment moves away from surgery and into less-invasive alternatives like stem cell therapy, Lopman added.

“Medical knowledge is becoming more and more specialized and subspecialized,” said Peter Jokl ’64 MED ’68, professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation at the Yale School of Medicine. “Even if you look at orthopaedics at Yale, we have probably six or seven subspecialties in orthopedics. For the bewildering array of people that need to work together, putting them in one institute is a huge step forward in giving the patient the optimum care.”

Jokl said he believes that the center will have significant academic benefits, such as exposing residents to a broad array of musculoskeletal diseases and conducting clinical trials on rarer forms of musculoskeletal disease.

Though no large donor has been identified, YNHH is searching for philanthropic supporters to finance the center, Lopman said.

“Our goal is to raise as much as $30 million to support the project through a philanthropic campaign,” Lopman said in a Thursday email. “While there is a great deal of enthusiasm for the Center, we are still in the early stages of that campaign.”

The remainder of the funds will come from capital investments that YNHH pledged to the Hospital of Saint Raphael when the two merged, he added.

Lopman said talent recruitment has been a top priority for the new center, and a national search for its director continues.

But according to Kristaps Keggi ’55 MED ’59, professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation, two highly qualified candidates for director of the center have already turned down the position. Keggi said that the process of designing the center, while necessary, has been important. He said he is also worried that the director selected will not have hands-on experience with orthopaedic surgery.

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Around $30 million is still needed for the construction of Yale-New Haven’s new center for musculoskeletal diseases on the Saint Raphael campus.

“It makes sense to have people working and researching and taking care of patients together, but it has to be organized properly,” Keggi said. “The University has kind of been sidelined a little bit, I think. Have I been consulted, or have my colleagues been consulted? No, not as much as I think we should have been … which is unfortunate, because we as orthopedic surgeons know more about the musculoskeletal system than any other specialty.”

The development of a new multidisciplinary center fits into a national trend of consolidation, Keggi said. As medi-

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cine becomes more costly, consolidation efforts are a logical step in making treatment more cost efficient. By having a center where many different subspecialties work as a team and discuss treatment, unnecessary surgeries and tests can be eliminated, saving time and money, he added.

“The number of dollars involved is huge,” he said.

Yale-New Haven Hospital merged with the Hospital of Saint Raphael in 2012.

Contact BEN FAIT at benjamin.fait@yale.edu .

currently asymptomatic. They will return from Liberia Saturday Oct. 4 and, upon arrival, call Yale Health to describe their state of health.

Before leaving Liberia, the two students observed travel procedures implemented after the epidemic began. These procedures included notifying the United States military and the Centers for Disease Control of their return.

Director of the Global Health Initiative and Branford Master Elizabeth Bradley said the doctoral students volunteered to go to Liberia for their research. Their travel was approved by Cleary and supervising faculty in consultation with Yale Health.

Ebola cannot be transmitted through the air, but only through direct contact with bodily fluids, the email emphasized.

“It’s a good thing not to alarm people,” Bradley said. “All of the precautions have been followed according to the CDC’s guidelines. There are a lot of people in the military and public health volunteering all the time, and as long as precautions are followed — but they have to be followed exactly — everything will be okay.”

The news comes a week after Yale Health Director Paul Genecin and University Provost Ben Polak sent out a joint email announcing restrictions on travel to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

In a Thursday night email to the News, Yale School of Medicine Dean Robert Alpern said in order to care for sick patients, it is sometimes necessary for healthcare professionals to put themselves in danger.

“The key is to act intelligently, adopt appropriate precautions, plan in advance and be careful,” Alpern said. “It appears that the

School of Public Health has done this in this case.”

The 2014 Ebola outbreak has caused one-third of all deaths attributed to the virus since 1976, when it first emerged. According to the CDC, Ebola has so far claimed over 3,300 lives and infected over 7,100 people.

On Tuesday, a patient in Texas became the first diagnosed Ebola case in the United States.

As long as precautions are followed — but they have to be followed exactly — everything will be okay.

ELIZABETH BRADLEY Global Health Initiative, director YSPH Professor Richard Skolnik ’72 said he is glad to see nations around the world responding so vigorously to the Ebola outbreak. But he added that there is still need for further action in West Africa.

“I sincerely hope that the pace and scale of global assistance for addressing the epidemic will be enhanced dramatically,” Skolnik said. “I also hope that this assistance will be led in a clear and coordinated way at every level. If not, I fear that the outbreak will stay ahead of these efforts to control it for a long time to come.”

According to the World Health Organization, patient zero of the most recent epidemic was a twoyear-old Guinean boy who died on Dec. 28, 2013.

Contact PHOEBE KIMMELMAN at phoebe.kimmelman@yale.edu .

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“We are on fire! The flames of inclusion engulf us.” TONI HARP NEW HAVEN MAYOR

Harp discusses Elm City growth

BY PATRICK PEOPLES CONRIBUTING REPORTER Ten months into her tenure as mayor of New Haven, Toni Harp stopped by the University for a Master’s Tea on Thursday, where she highlighted her strategy to address the city’s major issues.

In the Branford Common Room, Harp spoke to an audience of roughly twenty students and community members about the Elm City’s economic and social challenges. She emphasized education, safety, employment and a new community policing effort as some of the most important aspects of her plan for improving the quality of life for New Haven residents.

Harp emphasized the important role of unions such as Local 34 and Local 35 in ensuring that jobs with strong wages and benefits remain available for union members and workers in greater New Haven.

“I see that as really positive,” Harp said of the unions, asserting that they have much to contribute to New Haven.

When asked about her role in facilitating a relationship between New Haven and Yale, Harp said she sees herself as a bridge between the two entities.

Harp also spoke of New Haven’s recent economic growth.

Relations between Yale and the community have greatly improved, and downtown New Haven is a safer and more desirable location for residents, students and tourists, she said.

Reflecting on the state of New Haven’s public education, Harp admitted that there is a need for reform and attention. High School, particularly ninth grade, she said, is where the community and local government must focus in order to avoid loosing disengaged youth.

Another social issue that Harp addressed at the event was homelessness in Connecticut.

Harp alluded to “failed national policies” that have not successfully addressed the root causes of homelessness such as alcoholism and mental health issues.

But even though Harp said she was dissatisfied with national efforts to curb homelessness, she applauded the efforts of the Connecticut Mental Health Center in providing key services, including substance abuse recovery and support for the mentally ill.

“It seems simple, but it’s cutting edge,” Harp said of the program. As a state senator, Harp served as co-chair of the Mental Health Services Working Group, and she supported improved mental health screenings — preventative measures against homelessness.

Public safety remains a priority for the mayor, who spoke of a new community policing program. She said she will be congratulating the first class of the program’s graduates on Friday with two more classes graduating in the coming year.

When asked of her greatest inspiration, Harp spoke of abo-

litionist Harriet Tubman, whose bravery and strong moral convictions have inspired Harp to accomplish her own goals to improve New Haven.

“She carried a gun and a big stick and she threatened to shoot anybody who wanted to go back,” Harp said. “It’s the idea that when there are insurmountable odds and there’s danger, that you have to keep to the program no matter what happens.”

Students who attended the Master’s Tea said they enjoyed hearing Harp’s thoughts on the future of New Haven.

As a member of an educational outreach program, Kathleen Wu ’18 said she particularly enjoyed hearing Harp’s thoughts on education policy.

Anna Baron ’16 added that the event was a great opportunity to talk to the mayor one-on-one and agreed that “New Haven is the perfect sized city where students can get engaged locally.”

Halsey Robertson ’17, a community health educator, said she appreciated Harp’s candor in explaining the issues that New Haven faces, particularly with public schools.

“I thought that she touched on some of the major issues that I’ve personally noticed since being in New Haven,” Roberston said.

Harp became the first woman to serve as mayor of New Haven when she assumed office January first of this year.

Contact PATRICK PEOPLES at patrick.peoples@yale.edu .

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New Haven Mayor Toni Harp spoke to students and community members at a Master’s Tea Thursday.

SOM competes on carbon

Entrepreneurs chase prize

BY JULIA SHAN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

ALEXANDRA SCHMELING/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Next month, the Yale School of Management will host a competition involving smart environmental investing.

BY RACHEL SIEGEL STAFF REPORTER At the School of Management, students will not just count dollars and cents. They will also look at carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions.

In response to growing pressure to reduce the carbon footprint of University endowments, the Yale School of Management (SOM) will host a competition next month that challenges participants to make environmentally responsible investing more attractive.

The first symposium of its kind, the National Low Carbon Case Competition — slated to occur in mid-November — seeks to develop investment policies for corporations and academic institutions that account for social harms. The joint effort between the Yale Responsible Investing Group and the International Center for Finance at the SOM invites MBA and other degree candidates nationwide to enter in teams for a $10,000 grand prize. Students and organizers interviewed said the competition could determine how institutional investors engage in socially responsible investment strategies.

“We decided to come together because there was a lot of press about the pressure to divest at Yale,” said Gavin Fernandes SOM ’15, communications director for YRIG. “[The competition] is about trying to figure out what’s best when it comes to having a low-carbon portfolio. Investment managers are asking, ‘Am I investing in anything unethical that will harm the environment in the future?’ and

that’s where our competition comes in.”

In any case competition, participants work to find the best solution to a business or education-related case study — an analysis of a person, group or event — within a specific time frame. In this instance, teams will form strategies that allow an institutional investor to address global warming while also having a profitable stock portfolio. Teams of graduate students studying business and the environment will have six weeks to create a plan, and finalists will give presentations before a panel of judges on Nov. 14.

Specifically, teams will create portfolios for a fictional university whose assets are based on one of the clients of the nonprofit investment firm, Commonfund, which today manages nearly $25 billion for endowments, foundations and pension funds. Each four-person group must be made up of at least two MBA candidates.

Co-director of the competition Logan Yonavjak SOM ’16 FES ’16 said that though the students will work to take high-carbon assets out of their portfolios, the contest also encourages them to think about how to then reinvest those funds.

“Where does the capital go if it’s not going to high-carbon industries of sectors?” Yonavjak said. “[The competition] is both about divestment and also reinvestment. We’re trying to get away from this conversation just about divestment.”

Fernandes said that the goal is to have 12-15 teams enter. Registered teams will receive case materials at

the end of October, and four finalist teams will be announced on Nov. 5. Bob Litterman, former head of risk management for Goldman Sachs, will be leading the panel that evaluates the finalists.

Jaan Elias, SOM’s director of case study research, said that there are a few main ways of reducing a portfolio’s carbon footprint. For example, teams could opt to remove all coal and oil companies from their portfolios, or choose to invest in more renewable energy technologies and solar power.

Elias said that the competition is the perfect merger between a hot social topic and investment strategies. “[The competition] really stretches your ability to analyze,” Elias said. “If there were an easy, no-brainer solution, it wouldn’t be an interesting case, but because of its twist and turns it makes a great case study.”

John Griswold, executive director of Commonfund, put the competition in a broader context, saying that there is growing awareness about sustainability and how it relates to the ethical impacts of investments.

He added, though, that the issue of environmentally conscious investing is highly complex.

“It’s got political factors as well as an economic aspect to it,” Griswold said. “Our interest from Commonfund’s perspective is to support good research in this area so that we all benefit.”

Early registration for the competition ends on Oct. 6.

Contact RACHEL SIEGEL at rachel.siegel@yale.edu .

In a little over a month, Yale students will have the opportunity to compete for a $1 million dollar prize.

The Hult Prize, an international social entrepreneurship competition, will come to Yale this November. The competition was launched in 2010 by the Hult Prize Foundation, based at the Hult International Business School in Cambridge, Mass. The Foundation partnered with former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative — a nationwide project that convenes global leaders to create innovative solutions to global challenges — to form the world’s largest student competition and crowdsourcing platform for solving pressing world social challenges. While the winning group will receive $1 million in seed capital to fund their business idea, each of the six regional champion teams will be able to spend the summer at the Hult Prize Accelerator, a six-week innovative workshop during the summer for social enterprise.

The Hult Prize edition to be held at Yale this fall will focus on the issue of early childhood education, Hult Prize at Yale campus director Schuyler Arakawa ’15 said.

The competition is divided into four stages — the local and regional competitions, the Hult Prize Accelerator, the Global Finals and Implementation. Local and regional competitions will be held in a number of college campuses this year, Yale being one. The accelerator program will be held in Boston and the Global Final, hosted by President Bill Clinton, will be held in New York.

Associate Dean for Development and External Affairs Martin Klein said student demand for social entrepreneurship is growing dramatically at Yale.

The Hult Prize, Klein said, fuels the growth of the social entrepreneurship movement on college campuses and provides encouragement to young social entrepreneurs.

“I think [social entrepreneurship] on college campuses is still in its formative stage and the relatively few courses on [the topic], and lack of role models on campuses, will need to be addressed,” he said.

But Board Chairman for the Yale Alumni Fund Bo Hopkins SOM ’86, who teaches the only undergraduate social enterprise class at Yale, said there is no difficulty for the pursuit of social entrepreneurial ventures at Yale. The University, he added, offers many opportunities for students to develop a sense of purpose in creating social value.

“Yale is deeply rooted in service and the traditions of serving others. From a ‘values’ perspective I think the University is all-in,” Hopkins said.

Yale Entrepreneurship Society President Brian Lei ’16 said that although Yale offers many opportunities for students to get involved in entrepreneurship, one of

the biggest obstacles to starting a business is the lack of time.

Entrepreneurial ventures require a lot of time and effort, Lei said. It is challenging, he said, for full-time students to balance their academics, extracurriculars and social lives, all while starting and maintaining a business.

“A business is like a living thing, [like] a baby — it requires constant attention and care,” he said.

Hopkins also noted the challenge of building and growing financially sustainable social enterprises. All business entrepreneurs face challenges, he said.

But social entrepreneurs in particular are caught between the desire to achieve a purpose-driven mission and the inevitable needs of maintaining financial stability.

Still, Hopkins said the Hult Prize is a great opportunity for students around the world to both understand the massive social inequities that exist today, and have the confidence to develop potential solutions.

Arakawa said the Hult Prize provides a rare occasion for students to apply their ideas in an impactful way.

A business is like a living thing, [like] a baby — it requires constant attention and care.

BRIAN LEI ’16 Yale Entrepreneurship Society President “It’s not every day that you have an opportunity to change the world, or to win a million dollars doing it,” she said.

Kyle Jensen, the director of entrepreneurship programs at SOM, said it is a shame that students who work on social ventures do not get as much support in the market as students who are developing for-profit ventures.

Jensen said initiatives like the Hult Prize can help alleviate this disparity because they not only offer substantial aid to the winners of the competition, but they also encourage all participants to pursue social ventures.

Arakawa said she is confident that a team from Yale can arrive to the finals for the competition.

“I believe that Yalies have the creativity, passion and drive to come up with the world-winning idea and to show our ability to change the world,” she said.

“Hopefully the Hult Prize is just one step towards keeping the social enterprise movement on campus constantly growing.”

The planned date for the launch of the Hult Prize at Yale website is this Friday, Oct. 3. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to register at http:// hultprize.org/yale.

Contact JULIA SHAN at julia.shan@yale.edu .

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Federal investigators arrive

Student arrested in shower incident

BY MADELINE CONWAY AND STEPHEN LEE The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is making visits to Harvard’s campus to investigate the College’s adherence to anti-sex discrimination law Title IX, according to two members of the student activist group that filed the complaint that precipitated the probe last spring.

Emily M. Fox-Penner ’17 and Jessica R. Fournier ’17, organizers for the student activist group Our Harvard Can Do Better, said they met with two OCR investigators responsible for the College investigation on campus on Sept. 10.

At that meeting, according to Fournier, the investigators — who she identified as Jane Lopez and Olga Benjamin — said they had spent the summer reviewing files from Harvard’s handling of past sexual assault cases and planned to begin reaching out to students for interviews as part of the investigation.

Fox-Penner and a second, unnamed undergraduate filed a complaint with the federal government on behalf of a larger group of students in March, alleging that the College’s sexual assault policies violated Title IX. OCR opened its investigation into the issue in April.

When reached by phone last week, Lopez declined to comment on the investigation, instead referring a reporter to Jim

Bradshaw, a De pa r t m e n t of Education spokesperson. Bradshaw did not respond to a request for HARVARD comment this week, but in a separate statement in early September, he declined to comment on the status of the investigation at the College.

That statement cited a May press release that said the Department of Education would not disclose any specific facts about OCR investigations until their resolution.

University Title IX Officer Mia Karvonides, who has not spoken with The Crimson on the record in 2014, did not respond to a request for comment on the investigation. University spokesperson Jeff Neal, meanwhile, wrote in an emailed statement that Harvard expects OCR to “speak with various administrators” as part of its “usual process,” but citing confidentiality rules, did not comment further.

In an interview last week, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana said OCR had not contacted him about the investigation.

According to the Department of Education’s website, OCR’s investigatory process may include reviewing evidence submitted by the complainant and the school, conduct-

ing interviews with both parties, and making on-campus visits.

If an OCR investigation determines that the school is not in compliance with federal regulations, OCR will attempt to enter a “voluntary resolution agreement” with the school to resolve the issues. If the school refuses to enter such an agreement, OCR will begin the process of withholding federal funds from the school.

Fox-Penner and Fournier said they provided Lopez and Benjamin with a list of suggested student organizations — BGLTQaffiliated and cultural groups, among others — to interview.

They said OCR would likely speak with other students as well.

OCR opened its investigation into the College’s Title IX compliance just days after University President Drew G. Faust said Harvard had submitted a revised sexual assault policy to OCR for review. Harvard implemented its revised policy — the University’s first that applies across all schools — this summer, before receiving official approval from OCR. The federal government’s inquiry into the College’s Title IX compliance overlaps with efforts to get Harvard’s new policy up and running. The University is also currently under investigation for a separate Title IX complaint, which was filed against the Law School in 2010.

BY CHITRA MARTI A student was charged with invasion of privacy and burglary in the third degree on Monday after allegedly holding a cell phone camera over a shower door without the knowledge or consent of a female student who was showering at the time.

David Chesley, originally a member of the Class of 2016, was charged on Monday after an investigation by the Department of Public Safety. He voluntarily surrendered.

The incident allegedly took place on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. A female student reported to DPS that she had seen a cell phone held over the shower door with its camera pointed at her, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. The student screamed and the individual then allegedly ran from the area. A DPS investigation later led to the identification of Chesley.

The bathroom, a women’s bathroom in Forbes College, was, like most women’s bathrooms on campus, secured by a combination lock. Chesley was allegedly not licensed or privileged to enter the bathroom and was, as a result, charged with burglary, the Prosecutor’s Office said.

While most dormitories in Forbes have private bathrooms, this is not the case in the Forbes annex, which was built decades after the main inn. Bathrooms there are shared and female bathrooms secured with a combination lock.

Chesley was released after posting a $10,000 bail under the special conditions that he would not have contact with the victim, nor with anyone under 18 years

of age, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Daily Princetonian.

It remains unclear if Chesley knew the victim and whether the PRINCETON victim was underage or not.

A representative from the Princeton Municipal Court said Chesley did not have an attorney on record. Chesley could not be reached for comment. Voice mails left at his cell phone number went unreturned on Wednesday evening.

A conviction of third-degree invasion of privacy can carry with it a sentence of up to five years in prison and up to a $15,000 fine.

If the defendant was found to have disclosed the material as well, he might be subject to a $30,000 fine as well. Third-degree burglary can carry a three- to five-year sentence.

University spokesperson Martin Mbugua confirmed that Chesley is not currently enrolled at the University and not living on campus. As of Wednesday morning, he was no longer listed on the Residential College Student Facebook. He was in Wilson College.

Chesley is scheduled to appear in Princeton Municipal Court on Oct. 6.

In 2012, a student was charged with invasion of privacy after allegedly taking sexually explicit photographs of another student who had fallen asleep. In that case, the student was also removed from the College Facebook, but his case was resolved with a pre-trial intervention program.

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Elizabeth Garrett named Cornell’s president

BY TYLER ALICEA The Cornell University Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Elizabeth Garrett from the University of Southern California as the University’s 13th president Tuesday morning.

Garrett, the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at USC, will become the first woman president of Cornell, nearly 150 years after Cornell — an institution that has prided itself on the fact that it has always been accessible to women — was founded.

Cornell’s 13th president, Elizabeth Garrett, speaks at a press conference announcing her appointment on Tuesday, with Presidential Search Committee Chair Jan Rock Zubrow and Robert Harrison, chair of the Board of Trustees.

She will assume the presidency on July 1, 2015, succeeding incumbent President David J. Skorton, who will leave Ithaca at the end of June 2015 to become the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. Garrett, 51, will hold faculty appointments in the Law School and the Department of Government in the College of Arts and Sciences, according to Cornell.

At a press conference held Tuesday at noon in Myron Taylor

Hall, Cornell leaders expressed their support for the incoming president. “I could not be CORNELL more certain that we have found the most perfect person in Beth Garrett,” said Robert S. Harrison, chair of the Board of Trustees.

A 19-person presidential search committee, led by Jan Rock Zubrow, chair of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, was formed in March following the announcement that Skorton would leave Cornell and has examined approximately 200 candidates, according to Harrison.

“Among a truly world class group of candidates, there was one person who stood out as the clear winner,” Zubrow said. “Today I am thrilled to announce that the Board of Trustees has approved Beth Garrett to become Cornell’s 13th president.”

Garrett said she plans on using the next few months in order to listen to students, faculty and other Cornellians to see what problems face Cornell.

“I’m excited with working with this university to lead this superb institution into its next 150 years,”

Garrett said. She added in a statement that she was honored to be selected and looks forward to succeeding Skorton.

“The task before me is challenging, but I am fortunate to be following in the footsteps of David Skorton, who will continue to lead Cornell for the next nine months and whose significant achievements during his tenure as president will leave a lasting legacy for the university,” Garrett said.

Garrett was appointed to her position at USC on Oct. 28, 2010, according to Cornell. In 2011, Garrett helped guide the creation of USC’s strategic vision which outlined the need to have a more “transformative faculty” and called for increased interdisciplinary studies.

“Obviously, Beth has a track record of advancing USC in a major way,” said Zubrow, who added that Garrett’s cross-college and interdisciplinary initiatives at USC stood out.

When she arrives in Ithaca next year, her husband, professor Andrei Marmor, philosophy, University of Southern California, will also hold appointments in the arts college and the Law School.

Although not present during Tuesday’s press conference, incumbent President Skorton congratulated the search committee’s “terrific” selection of Garrett

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Garrett spoke at a press conference announcing her appointment on Tuesday. as his successor in a statement.

“I look forward to working closely with her over the coming months to ensure a smooth transition and a successful start to what I am confident will be her exceptional tenure at Cornell,” Skorton said. “[My wife, profes-

sor Robin Davisson] joins me in welcoming both Beth and Andrei to the Cornell family.”

In a letter to the USC community, USC President C. L. Max Nikias said he was “thrilled” for Garrett, despite the “tremendous loss” her departure would be for

the college.

“In assuming this vital new role at Cornell, Provost Garrett will build on her already-singular legacy in higher education, while advancing work that will benefit generations of scholars and students,” Nikias said.

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“At first, many people infected with the zombie virus experienced similar symptoms to Ebola.” ANDREW CORMIER AMERICAN FICTION WRITER

Foley’s urban policy attacked

BY CAROLINE HART STAFF REPORTER G u b e r n a to r i a l c a n d i date Tom Foley’s (R) recently released Urban Policy Agenda is under fire from Democrats who claim the plan is both plagiarized and unfounded.

At a press conference last week, Foley released an urban policy agenda for the upcoming gubernatorial election, in which he will face off against incumbent Gov. Dannel Malloy. The plan outlines how Foley intends to improve the economy, reduce crime and fix underperforming schools if he is elected in November. At the conference, Foley detailed the plan’s potential to make “our cities great again,” emphasizing that the plan will drive economic development. But some Democrats have begun questioning Foley’s agenda, claiming that he is violating state elections law by copying wording from other sources.

“It seems like Foley isn’t taking Connecticut’s cities seriously,” said Communications director of the Yale College Democrats Lily SawyerKaplan ’17. “He can’t even come up with his own plan because it’s blatantly plagiarized from other sources.”

According to Foley’s spokesman Chris Cooper, the main goal of the plan is to “bring some progress to our cities.” Cooper said that the plan focuses on reducing crime and addressing deteriorating housing stocks.

Yale College Republicans President Andrea Barragan ’16 said she thinks Foley’s urban plan is what Connecticut needs in order to prosper. She said that she aligns her own views with Foley’s focus on entrepreneurship.

In a debate on Tuesday with Malloy, Foley used the question of marijuana legalization

as a platform to discuss social issues in urban environments, continuing the dialogue surrounding his urban agenda.

“Drug addiction results from the fact that the economy is not functioning well in our state and particularly in our cities,” he said at the debate. “I am committed, and I have talked specifically and have a plan that I announced last week to address the problems in these cities,” he said.

Since the debate, critics have begun to question the plan’s integrity. According to an article in the Hartford Courant, the plan’s wording aligns exactly with conservative think tank articles online, most notably from the Pelican Post.

Although some Democrats have claimed that Foley’s ideas for his urban plan are not his own, he denies having plagiarized.

“It’s not plagiarism to say that we should try it here in Connecticut,” Foley said about his education policy included in the agenda — a plan to grade schools individually on an A-F basis.

In 2011, Foley founded the Connecticut Policy Institute, which according to its website is “a non-partisan, notfor-profit research organization dedicated to developing responsible, research driven public policy for Connecticut.”

Foley admitted to drawing from the CPI’s research for his Urban Policy Agenda — a decision widely criticized by Connecticut Democrats for violating state elections law. He released a statement following the criticism in which he apologized for his failure to cite the CPI. In addition to criticizing Foley’s for plagiarizing, Democrats have been skeptical about Foley’s focus on applying freemarket principles to education, as outlined in his plan.

This past Wednesday, Malloy held a news conference with the House Black and Puerto Rican caucus and Democratic Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey. The Caucus publicly endorsed Malloy, and all groups harshly denounced Foley’s urban policy agenda. Malloy criticized Foley at the conference for being “out of touch with working families.”

He [Foley] can’t even come up with his own plan … it’s blatantly plagiarized from other sources.

LILY SAWYER-KAPLAN ’17 Director of Communications, Yale College Democrats Malloy further criticized the education policy outlined in Foley’s urban agenda for the “dog eat dog” environment he believes it would foster, as well as for the funding cuts Foley intends to implement in public schools. Sawyer-Kaplan also noted that cutting funding would continue to hurt schools that are already underperforming.

Foley’s education plan focuses on in-district public school choice, support for teachers and an A-F school grading system.

Barragan said that even though Foley’s education platform might result in some students not “coming out as a winner,” she said the policy is overall a sound plan.

The Connecticut Gubernatorial election will take place on Nov. 4.

Contact CAROLINE HART at caroline.hart@yale.edu .

Ebola task force formed

BY STEPHANIE ROGERS STAFF REPORTER Seven months into an Ebola epidemic that has claimed over 3,300 lives and infected more than 7,100 people, the Yale public health community is getting involved.

On Sept. 9, the Yale Ebola Task Force, led by Director of the Yale Global Health Initiative and Branford College Master Elizabeth Bradley, sat down over dinner to discuss preliminary plans on engaging the Yale community in the public health crisis.

The primary mission of the task force, which currently consists of a dozen Yale faculty members and six Yale College students, is to educate the Yale community through a panel discussion and seminar. Students on the task force will also form a benefit concert to fundraise for organizations operating in West Africa, the region currently affected.

“We are trying to ensure that Yale is engaged … that [faculty members] are thinking both about their own research … and bringing relevant Ebola related questions into … classrooms,” Bradley said.

The task force will first focus on teaching the basics and helping the community understand potential policy interventions. On Oct. 16, the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute and Yale World Fellows will sponsor a panel, “Beyond the Headlines: Understanding the Ebola Epidemic and Crisis Relief Initiatives.” The panel will feature World Fellows Chris Lockyear, an operations manager at Doctors without Borders, and United Nations Social and Development Affairs officer Susana Edjang.

The group will then invite students to attend a Global Health Seminar, taught weekly for interested School of Public Health and School of Medicine Students. The Oct. 27 seminar will be entitled “The Ebola Virus:

How dangerous is it?” and will be led by Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer in Epidemiology Jamie Childs, who has done work on the ground in past Ebola outbreaks.

The recent diagnosis of Ebola in the United States is a … reminder that the world is interconnected.

ELIZABETH BRADLEY Director, Yale Global Health Initiative Childs will discuss the cause of the virus, containment, accompanying challenges and how Ebola affects the human body, said GHLI Executive Director Michael Skonieczny. He added that at a place with Yale’s resources, it is important to offer people an opportunity to learn more and help.

Winnie Wang ’15 was one of the six students who attended the task force’s first meeting.

When the question arose of how the team could mobilize students to take action, Wang — a violinist with the Yale Symphony Orchestra — suggested the idea of a benefit concert.

“This event presents a perfectly compelling reason for students to use their talents,” Wang said, adding that she hopes to pull together as diverse a group of performers as possible.

The concert will be held at Battell Chapel on Nov. 8. So far, the task force has confirmed acts from the Alley Cats and Shades, although Wang said she has reached out to many other groups who have also given enthusiastic responses, but are unsure about their availability.

Bradley said the administration has been very supportive, and the Yale Office of Public Affairs and Communications

plans to send out to students a list of organizations they can donate to for Ebola relief efforts.

This Ebola epidemic is overwhelmingly larger and more dangerous than previous outbreaks, Bradley said. In the past, the virus has usually been contained in rural settings, but this time it has infiltrated urban areas like Monrovia much faster. She added that a third of all deaths from Ebola, which first emerged in 1976, have occurred from the outbreak.

“The recent diagnosis of Ebola in the United States is a stronger reminder that the world is interconnected,” Bradley said, referring to Tuesday’s news that a Texas man with Ebola was in contact with hundreds of people. GHLI Senior Scientific Officer Kristina Talbert-Slagle, who will be part of the Oct. 16 panel, added that Ebola happening anywhere is a global health threat everywhere.

Currently, no Ebola research is being conducted at Yale, Yale Director of Office of Environmental Health and Safety Peter Reinhardt said. But the School of Medicine is in the midst of preliminary vaccine work that could contribute to an effective vaccine years in the future, he added.

Bradley said that there has been an increased focus on gene sequencing at Yale in the past few years, an emphasis that could be instrumental in helping medications keep up with the Ebola virus as its genome shifts.

“Yale prides itself on being such a diverse and global community,” Wang said. “Even before the first Ebola case was confirmed in America, we should have been concerned and we should take action.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control, up to 1.4 million people worldwide could be infected by January.

Contact STEPHANIE ROGERS at stephanie.rogers@yale.edu .

Borrow Direct expands services

BY AMANDA BUCKINGHAM STAFF REPORTER The University’s libraries unveiled their participation in a new Borrow Direct feature earlier this week that enhances the accessibility of library holdings across the Ivy League.

The new service, dubbed Borrow Direct Plus, allows for Yale community members to register for on-site borrowing privileges at institutions participating in Borrow Direct, in which students can request books from the libraries of the eight Ivy League schools, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Duke University has also joined Borrow Direct Plus, although it is not a part of Borrow Direct. This is Yale’s first on-site borrowing agreement. “[Borrow Direct] introduces an element of flexibility into library holdings: It recognizes that books ought to be movable — copies should move to places where people are interested in them,” assistant professor of English Ian Cornelius said. “Borrow Direct Plus recognizes that people also move around.”

Director of Access Services for Sterling Memorial and Bass libraries Brad Warren said Borrow Direct Plus is fairly simple to use. In order to receive a library card for on-site access to a member institution’s holdings, one only needs to present a valid Yale ID card and login to Borrow Direct, he said.

But Nathaly Aramayo ’17, who has an on-campus job in the Sterling Stacks, said that although Borrow Direct Plus is a good service, most students may not yet know about it. The University, she added, should properly inform students on how to best make use of it.

The lending policies and collections available will vary based on the institution. Because of this, Warren said that he advises students to call schools in advance should they be interested in taking advantage of Borrow Direct Plus.

Should students from participating institutions come to Yale, they will be subject to the same restrictions as other Yale stu-

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Yale’s participation in Borrow Direct Plus will allow Yale community members to have on-site borrowing privileges at participating institutions. dents when borrowing books.

The Yale Law Library, Warren said, is also partaking in Borrow Direct Plus, making it the only law school library in the system.

Warren said Borrow Direct Plus was conceived at the IviesPlus Access Services Symposium at Brown University in June 2013.

Representatives from institutions participating in Borrow Direct, he said, agreed that the logical next step for the service was to allow for students to

directly check out books from partner universities.

“If we were willing to ship these materials, check them out and expedite them, we thought, why don’t we offer same service if the person is actually at that library?” Warren said.

Over the subsequent year, representatives from universities interested in the new service met for a series of teleconferences to discuss its development. In addition, Warren said, adminis-

trators and heads of libraries at participating institutions had to approve the project in order for it to go forward.

Students and library administrators interviewed said they think the service is a positive development.

Aaron Pratt GRD ’16 said Borrow Direct Plus allows for more flexibility than was previously available. In the past, if he wanted to check a citation when conducting research at a non-

Yale library, he said, he would often have been unable to do so.

Pratt added that Borrow Direct Plus should allow graduate students living in New York or Boston easier access to resources.

Cornelius said he hoped Borrow Direct Plus would remove some of the administrative hurdles that he has experienced in the past when gaining access to libraries and use of their collections.

Warren added the new ser-

vice will facilitate interaction between university libraries.

“We all view it as something that’s beneficial to all of us,” he said. “It’s a good excuse to determine other ways to collaborate with each other, other than shipping books back and forth.”

Yale has been participating in Borrow Direct since 1999.

Contact AMANDA BUCKINGHAM at amanda.buckingham@yale.edu .

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SPORTS

“In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct.”

JOHN C. CALHOUN SEVENTH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.

Bulldogs face Big Red

Elis aim for constant vigilance KEYS FROM PAGE 12

BALANCE THE OFFENSIVE ATTACK Quarterback Morgan Roberts ’16 opened his junior season with a career game, passing for 376 yards and five total touchdowns in the Elis’ 54–43 victory over Lehigh. Captain and wide receiver Deon Randall ’15 was a large part of that aerial assault, with 172 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

The next week against Army, Roberts and Randall took a backseat to running back Tyler Varga ’15, who proved to a crowd of 34,122 that he is a premier player in the Football Championship Subdivision.

In 28 carries, Varga bowled over the Army defensive linemen to rush for 185 yards and five touchdowns — tying a Yale record — in Yale’s 49–43 victory.

Just two games into the season, Yale has proven that all parts of its offense have what it takes to succeed. As the Bulldogs begin the Ivy League portion of their season against a strong Cornell defense, getting all elements working together as a balanced attack would lay a strong foundation for the offense to begin its remaining eight games.

DO NOT REST ON YOUR LAURELS Fans watching Yale’s start to the season may notice that the Elis’ first two games have looked quite a bit like the beginning of their 2013 campaign. The Bulldogs looked great at the outset of last year’s season, beating Colgate 39–22 on Raiders’ turf, and avenging a 2012 loss to Cornell by defeating the Big Red 38–23. They then traveled to then-ranked Cal Poly on Oct. 5 and upset the Golden Bears 24–10, arguably the most exciting win for the Bulldogs in years.

But then in week four, Yale suffered its first loss to Dartmouth 20–13, and the team was never the same again. Plagued by injuries, the Elis won just two out of their last seven games, eventually finishing 3–4 in the Ivy League for a fourth place ranking.

Although injuries are difficult to avoid, Yale must remember what happened last year and avoid complacency as it begins its conference season. As multiple players on the team noted, there are still improvements to be made in every aspect of play throughout the next eight games of the season. Yale cannot afford to miss a step.

Contact GREG CAMERON at greg.cameron@yale.edu .

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Captain Deon Randall ’15 leads the Ivy League in both receptions and receiving yards per game.

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 12 in the latter portion of the season, the Elis lost five of their final seven games.

“We’re a much more mature team this year. Last year was a lesson to us to not get complacent, and we’ve learned from that,” captain and wide receiver Deon Randall ’15 said.

The Big Red’s main strength this season has been its defense. Meanwhile, the graduation of quarterback Jeff Mathews has raised unanswered questions about the Cornell offense.

While Cornell’s passing attack was a major offensive threat in the Ivy League last year, the loss of Mathews — who broke the Ivy League record for passing yards in a career during his four years — has left the squad with large shoes to fill.

Two games in, the team is not yet sure who will fill those shoes, as

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three quarterbacks have seen time under center, including two freshmen. Junior quarterback James Few was the starter at the beginning of the season but missed last week’s game at Bucknell due to injury.

That combination of quarterbacks has thrown for an average of just one touchdown and 138.5 yards per game — the lowest figure in the Ivy League — through Cornell’s first two contests.

The blow to the passing game has also forced Cornell to rely more on the rush. While running back Luke Hagy averaged just 11 attempts for 36 yards last season, he has 28 carries for 121 yards this year, and two other backs also have more than 10 carries for Cornell.

Despite Cornell’s seventh place ranking in the Ivy League preseason polls, and lack of results thus far in the season, Reno predicted a tough

opponent.

“In Ivy League games, there are three or four plays that influence the game, because the teams are very evenly matched,” Reno said. “You need to be able to win those plays.”

Reno added that defensively, Cornell is much stronger this year than it was in 2013, the first season under head coach David Archer. Archer is also the youngest head coach in Division-I football.

He noted the size of the Big Red’s secondary, which is currently top in the conference with 156.5 passing yards allowed per game. Against the run, however, Cornell’s 3–4 defense has been weaker, allowing over 230 yards of rushing to each of its first two opponents.

Yale, meanwhile, finds itself in the opposite situation, as the Elis offense has proven itself through two games, but questions remain on the strength

VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE 12

Jessie Accurso ’15 has the second highest shooting percentage on the team at .200.

our league is still open. The chance to win out the rest of our games is also there — it just all has to start with the desire to win we show in practice.”

The Big Red will be a tough opponent.

On average, Cornell only allows one goal per game, while scoring 3.5 of its own.

The team also typically takes an average of just over 16 shots a game, which is more than double the average of its opponents.

Wells noted that the Elis are fortunate to have only one game this weekend, even more so because Cornell is an Ivy League opponent.

“This way, we are able to focus all of our mental and physical energies into playing our best for this one game,” Wells said.

Despite falling to both Princeton and Stanford last weekend, the team has retained a positive outlook for this weekend’s match.

Even more important, according to players, is the way the team continues to learn from each game and improve.

In the game against Stanford last Sunday, goalkeeper Heather Schlesier

’15 saved 15 shots, setting her own high water mark for the season thus far.

“Every game so far has allowed us to analyze a different aspect of our game,” back Noelle Villa ’16 said. “What we do from here on out speaks to how we learn from what we’ve already shown — both errors and successes.”

Villa noted that in practice this week, the team has been working on focusing on communication and how to capitalize on the team’s scoring opportunities.

Accurso agreed with her teammate, saying that she is excited for another Ivy League game with the team.

According to players, working as a cohesive unit and always being on the same page is equally important to successful play.

“Even in times of adversity, we can pick each other up, and we keep fighting,” Villa said. “I also know that my teammates have my back, both on and off the field.”

After facing the Big Red on Saturday, the squad will return home to face Bryant at home on Oct. 8.

Contact HOPE ALLCHIN at hope.allchin@yale.edu .

Contact GREG CAMERON at greg.cameron@yale.edu .

Volleyball to face Crimson

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FIELD HOCKEY FROM PAGE 12

of the Bulldogs’ defense. So far this season, the Bulldogs have produced 1,308 total yards of offense, but have allowed 1,118 yards defensively.

Linebacker Charles Cook ’15 said that after allowing 43 points last week against Army, but making four consecutive big stops to end the game, Yale’s defense is focusing on consistency for the rest of the season.

“A lot of what we talk about on defense is that we’ve seen spurts of us playing Yale defense, the defense that we want to be,” Cook said. “It’s just about being more consistent …

On defense, if 10 guys do their job correctly, and one guy stays out of his gap, then it’s a busted play.”

Yale and Cornell will kick off in Ithaca, N.Y. at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow.

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After opening Ivy play with a sweep of Brown, Yale looks to take out archrival Harvard.

tion. Setter Kelsey Crawford ’18 was named Rookie of the Week for the third straight week, captain Mollie Rogers ’15 was named CoPlayer of the Week and middle blocker Claire Feeley ’17 joined the Ivy honor roll.

“Claire has improved a lot over the past three or four weeks,” head coach Erin Appleman said. “And Kelsey has been playing not like a freshman, but like a reliable upperclassman.”

Feeley said she worked alongside the star rookie setter to deliver kills, while Crawford totaled 36 assists against the Bears.

Crawford and Feeley both benefited from one another’s top-notch play.

“My success on Friday night is owed largely in part to [Crawford],” Feeley said. “When you know that your teammates are truly playing for each other and have your back, it’s so much easier to enjoy the game and play well.”

But it was Feeley’s blocking that earned her the spot on the Ivy honor roll. She is currently third in the Ivy League in blocks.

Rogers was unstoppable in Friday’s match against Brown, according to Appleman. The outside hitter hit .400 and served up two aces.

Appleman added that Rogers is playing like a senior.

Harvard boasts tough competition for the Bulldogs. This week, sophomore Caroline Walters was named National Player of the Week, and sophomore Corinne Bain leads the Ivy League in service aces.

“Over the last 10 years the Harvard-Yale rivalry has been very big in volleyball, just like in other sports,” Appleman said. “[Walters] is one of the best players in the conference. She hits in all directions.”

Appleman added that studying Dartmouth’s play would be key for the upcoming match, as the Crimson were defeated by the Big Green last weekend.

Dartmouth took the match in just four games, beating Harvard 3–1.

“We’ve been considering some of the things Dartmouth does well, and we’ve been simulating some plays,” she said. “We’ve had four days to practice, and we feel prepared.”

After this weekend, the women will travel to Penn on Oct. 10 and Princeton on Oct. 11 to continue Ivy conference play.

Contact ERICA PANDEY at erica.pandey@yale.edu .

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Yale kicks off Ivy season at Cornell FOOTBALL

BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER The Yale football team has started off its 2014 season strong, putting up historic offensive numbers in wins over its first two opponents: Lehigh and Army.

But none of that success matters in the Ivy League standings unless it converts to wins in conference play, which the Bulldogs will begin tomorrow at Cornell.

Cornell (0–2, 0–0 Ivy) is winless heading into its home opener, following losses to Colgate and Bucknell.

The Elis (2–0, 0–0) have opened their Ivy League season against the Big Red for the past 14 years, most recently winning 38–23 last season.

Still, the last time Yale played at Schoellkopf Field in 2012, the Big Red took a decisive 45–6 victory.

“They’ve played two good teams [this season], and everyone in the Ivy League knows that Cornell plays very, very well at home,” Head Coach Tony Reno said.

Following Yale’s upset victory over Army this past weekend — the first time an Ivy team has defeated a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent since 1986 — the Bulldogs positioned themselves as one of the top teams to beat in the Ivy League.

Yale was just one of two Ivy League teams, along with Harvard, to get votes in this week’s Football Championship Subdivision national coaches’ poll. The Elis and the Crimson received nine and 15 votes, respectively.

Still, the rest of the season is far from certain. Yale was in the same situation at about this time last season, when the Bulldogs received votes after beating Cal Poly. But SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10

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The Bulldogs set a school record with 36 first downs in their 49–43 win over Army.

Keys to the game

BY GREG CAMERON STAFF REPORTER The Yale football team heads to Cornell tomorrow for its first Ivy contest of the 2014 season. To continue its twogame winning streak, the Bulldogs will have to tighten their defensive play, distribute the ball to all possible offensive options and remain focused through the strong start to the season.

SOLIDIFY ON DEFENSE In Yale’s 2–0 start to the season, the Bulldogs’ offense has been able to conceal what could become a severe problem on the defensive side of the ball. While Yale has put up 1,308 total

yards of offense and 103 points, it has conceded nearly the same numbers, 1,118 yards and 86 points, in highscoring games that came down to the wire.

It is extremely unlikely that the offense can keep up this level of production for every game this season, and Yale’s young defense is going to need to step up in those situations.

Tomorrow’s Ivy League opener at Cornell is a perfect opportunity to begin building up momentum defensively.

Following the loss of quarterback Jeff Mathews to graduation, the Big Red has been stagnant on offense this year, with just 19 points and 504 offensive yards in its first two contests

— less offensive production combined compared to what Yale has had in each of its games.

While Yale’s defensive numbers have not been up to par recently, both games have featured a select few positive highlights. Three sophomore defensive backs picked off passes against Lehigh. And last week against Army, four consecutive stops

by Yale, including multiple goal line stops, were the key to victory. Against a seemingly weaker Cornell offense tomorrow, Yale’s defense should use the chance to tie everything together and start conference play with a strong performance.

Bulldogs aim to take down ranked Big Red

SEE KEYS PAGE 10

Volleyball on road

BY ERICA PANDEY STAFF REPORTER

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The field hockey team looks to turn around its season and conference play at Cornell tomorrow.

After bringing home Ivy honors this week, the volleyball team will battle archrival Harvard and then Dartmouth in their second and third Ivy conference matches tonight and tomorrow.

BY HOPE ALLCHIN CONTRIBUTING REPORTER After coming off a disappointing weekend, the Yale field hockey team is working toward a win.

VOLLEYBALL The Elis (5–5, 1–0 Ivy) will travel to Cambridge and Hanover, hoping to notch two more Ivy wins this weekend against the Crimson (7–3, 0–1 Ivy) and the Big Green (10–2, 1–0 Ivy). Yale’s performance in the three-set sweep against Brown earned several Bulldogs Ivy League recogniSEE VOLLEYBALL PAGE 10

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The Elis are in search of a fifth straight Ivy title even without three-time Ivy Player of the Year Kendall Polan ’14.

STAT OF THE DAY 138.5

Yale (1–7, 0–2 Ivy) is preparing to face league competitor No. 19 Cornell (7-1, 2-0) on Saturday and is ready for the challenge of facing the Big Red, which is currently leading the Ivy League standings. Cornell also earned its first national ranking in program history this week.

“We’re a dynamic and tenacious

team, and above all we go out onto the field ready to lay it all on the line for one another,” forward Jessie Accurso ’15 said.

“And that is a very cool thing to be a part of.”

This weekend is the halfway point in the field hockey season, and according to the players, the team still has much to prove.

“Since our record does not rightfully reflect our abilities, everybody has heightened their game for practice so that it can translate into wins for these remaining games,” Captain Nicole Wells ’16 said. “The window to come on top in SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 10

THE NUMBER OF PASSING YARDS PER GAME THE CORNELL OFFENSE HAS ACCUMULATED IN ITS FIRST TWO GAMES. Yale has thrown for 333 yards per game by contrast.