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Rumor has it. As the buzz grows over who will be Yale’s next president, a few pretty high-profile candidates have emerged from the rumor mill, including, surprise, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton LAW ’73. “When I talk about world-class candidates, she’d be one of the people you’d put into the pool,” Stephen Trachtenberg, the former president of the University of Hartford and George Washington University, told the Associated Press. “She’s of the caliber and the standing of the kinds of candidates Yale will seek to attract and should.”

More stars in New Haven. From Sept. 25 to Oct. 7, most members of New Haven’s Board of Aldermen will be volunteering as ushers at the Shubert Theater for the city’s run of “Jersey Boys,” the New Haven Register reported.

Smartie moose. For the second year in a row, Ezra Stiles College has won the She!eld Society House Prize, awarded to the college whose students achieve the highest standing in scholarship in science, engineering and mathematics. The moose holds it simultaneously with the Gimbel Cup, which is awarded to the college with the highest average GPA across subjects. “Pretty amazing,” Stiles Master Stephen Pitti ’91 wrote in an email to students on Friday.

Fiscal responsibility. Former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker stopped by the School of Management to launch his “$10 Million a Minute” national bus tour “to educate voters about the federal debt crisis,” a spokeswoman said in a press release. Former president Bill Clinton LAW ’73 appointed Walker in 1998, and he served through 2008.

Can’t get enough a cappella? The Duke’s Men release their newest CD today, titled “Busted.” They’ll celebrate the launch with the annual Singing Dessert. Albums will go on sale at the end of the concert.

More a cappella! As a cappella rush drags on, members of the Baker’s Dozen travelled to Boston on Sunday to perform the National Anthem at the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park.

Be careful, seniors. New Haven police o!cers apprehended a man at Red’s Café on Ashmun Street early Sunday morning after he brandished a gun to demand entry. The man, 38-year-old Sean Peterson, was angry he had been denied admission to the bar, even though it was ladies’ night, the Hartford Courant reported.

THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY1979 After the Yale Corporation mandated that the University run on a balanced budget, administrators scrambling to make necessary reductions consider cutting entire departments.

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Murphy campaigns at Yale

BY LORENZO LIGATOSTAFF REPORTER

In preparation for November’s general election, the Yale College Democrats began mobilizing this weekend for U.S. Senate Demo-cratic nominee and current U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy.

During a registration drive orga-nized by the Dems, a crowd of over 85 Yale students holding hand-painted signs welcomed Murphy as

he arrived at Phelps Gate just after 3 p.m. on Saturday.

The Dems, who are also work-ing on President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign this fall, plan to hold a series of voter registration drives on and o" campus, as well as statewide canvassing trips and phone-banking operations.

Murphy, who will face former CEO of World Wrestling Enter-tainment Linda McMahon in November’s elections, said he

was “fired up” by the turnout at the registration drive, “especially at such a busy time for incoming and returning students.” Yale stu-dents’ e"orts, Murphy added, can “hugely” impact the outcome of what he called “a do-or-die elec-tion” for Connecticut students.

“You guys are going to make the di"erence,” Murphy told the stu-dents at the registration drive.

BY MADELINE MCMAHONSTAFF REPORTER

This fall’s new ban on freshman rush has proven di!cult to adjust to among frater-nities, according to Greek leaders.

Greek organizations have had to adjust their rush plans in light of a pol-icy announced last March that prohib-its freshmen from joining fraternities and sororities during first semester. While some fraternities — the only Greek organi-zations that typically hold fall rush — are considering cancelling their rush periods altogether, most are planning to induct a smaller rush group of sophomores and juniors to keep membership at a sustain-able level.

Fraternity leaders said the specifics of the new policy are still unclear, and that they are waiting to see how the regulation will be implemented during its initial year before making final decisions about how to hold rush.

“It’s not clear, I think everybody’s play-ing it by ear a little bit and everybody’s making certain assumptions and we’ll see whether or not they prove to be valid,” said Daniel Tay ’14, president of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.

According to the Undergraduate Regu-lations, all fraternities and sororities hold-ing rush events must submit a “rush plan” to the Yale College Dean’s O!ce. Out of five Yale fraternities interviewed, only AEPi has submitted a rush plan.

John Meeske, associate dean of stu-dent organizations and physical resources, did not respond to requests for comment about how many Greek organizations had filed rush plans with the Dean’s O!ce, or whether that part of the new policy would be enforced. He said earlier that adminis-trators have no plans to meet with Greek organizations to discuss further imple-mentation of and adjustment to the fall rush ban. Last spring, Meeske and other administrators, including Dean of Student A"airs Marichal Gentry, met with Greek leaders on a weekly basis to develop the specifics of the fall rush ban.

Zeta Psi fraternity president Cameron Sandquist ’14, Sigma Nu fraternity pres-ident Tommy Racheford ’14 and Alpha Delta Pi fraternity president Cooper God-frey ’14 said their fraternities have had dif-ficulty adjusting to the new policy because they are composed almost entirely of var-sity athletes, whose schedules they must accommodate.

Sandquist said his fraternity is “still trying to find out the rules” and has not yet found a solution to the fall rush ban. He suspects that Zeta will only hold one rush period in the spring and cancel it this fall.

ADPhi is in a similar situation. With roughly 70 percent of its membership coming from the varsity lacrosse team, the fraternity is almost entirely restricted from holding a spring rush, when lacrosse is in season. Godfrey said fraternity mem-bers are considering cancelling rush this year altogether, and limiting rush to soph-omores in the 2013-’14 academic year. But he added that fraternity leaders are also considering allowing sophomores to rush this fall because of financial constraints.

“The house doesn’t run if you don’t have a certain number of people contributing to the budget,” Godfrey said. “And we want to

BY DANIEL SISGOREO AND TAPLEY STEPHENSONSTAFF REPORTERS

The case against Yale professor Ernesto Zedillo GRD ’81, a former Mexican presi-dent accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, moved one step closer to dismissal following a State Depart-ment suggestion that he receive immunity.

The State Department argued for Zedillo’s immunity in a letter issued Friday, claiming his actions — connected to a 1997 massacre that occurred during his term — were taken as part of his o!cial duties as a foreign head of state. If a federal judge defers to the State Department’s suggestion, which two schol-ars of legal immunity issues said is a likely outcome, Zedillo will see his case dismissed. While the courts have typically sided with State Department suggestions, the experts said the court’s actions are not governed by any federal statute — a fact they said reflects the politicization of law.

“Are we shocked that the U.S. government decided to take this position?” Roger Kobert, the plainti"s’ lawyer, said. “No, we’re not shocked, but we’re very disappointed. We thought they’d do the right thing, but they chose not to do the right thing.”

The case began when 10 anonymous plain-ti"s — represented by the Miami, Fla., law firm Ra"erty, Kobert, Tenenholtz, Bounds & Hess, P.A. — alleged Zedillo worked to cover up a Dec. 22, 1997 attack on civilians in the village of Acteal, Mexico in which 45 indige-nous villagers died.

Zedillo’s lawyer, Jonathan Freiman LAW ’98, motioned to dismiss the $50 million suit in January, claiming his client was immune

BY MONICA DISARESTAFF REPORTER

In 1843, a group of Yale stu-dents decided to form a boat club in the New Haven harbor — creating the first collegiate crew organization in the United States.

Competitive rowing quickly became an integral part of New Haven’s culture. Nine years later, in 1852, the Harvard-Yale Regatta became the nation’s first intercollegiate athletic

competition. Yale’s varsity crew team attracted thousands of spectators for high-profile races and garnered front-page coverage in national newspa-pers.

Until 1923, Yale rowers used the George Adee Boathouse, built for the varsity crew team in 1911. That year, the team began to practice at Derby — where they practice today — because the waves there are less

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A model of the Canal Dock Boathouse, to be built starting this Novem-ber, which the city hopes will help revitalize the waterfront area.

I think everybody’s playing it by ear a little bit.

DANIEL TAY ’14President, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity

Without freshman rush, Greeks struggle to adjust

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The Democratic nominee for Senate, U.S. Rep Chris Murphy, came to Yale Saturday to energize student support for his campaign against Republican Linda McMahon.

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Behind Gentry’s email

Recent policies on alcohol have

wrongly focused on discipline

over safety.

In a campus-wide email this weekend, Dean of Student A!airs Marichal Gentry explained the rea-soning behind new regula-tions governing parties. We admire his honesty but disagree with his meth-ods. With initiatives like the new o!-campus party registration rules, Yale is abandoning what had been a progressive alcohol poli-cy. Though there are indeed problems with drinking on campus, the Dean’s O"ce should rely less heavily on ExComm to solve them.

Gentry wrote with unusual openness about administrators’ concerns about drinking. “To give you a better sense of what is prompting these chang-es,” he said, “let me tell you candidly what I am seeing: alcohol and other drugs are harming Yale students, in some cases severely.”

That much is undeniably true. Too many students black out too often; too many are taken to Yale Health. That culture of alcoholic excess has led to tragedies and has contrib-uted to concerns about Yale’s sexual climate. We came to Yale to learn, and one of the things we should learn is how to drink re-sponsibly.

Gentry’s email also elevated the discussion beyond questions of regu-lations, asking students to “continue finding yourself, not losing yourself.” That is the kind of message we should hear from our dean of students; the adminis-tration has an important role to play in promoting a healthy drinking culture. But recent changes are pushing students in the wrong direction. As the administration relies more and more on the specter

of an ExComm case to regulate drinking, students are more likely not to seek out help and to see adults as enemies rather than the allies they should be.

Until recently, Yale maintained that drink-ing is a safety issue, not a disciplinary one. Freshman counselors are still told to relay that stance to their freshmen. But calling an ambulance to an unreg-istered party now carries the fear of jeopardizing not only one’s own stand-ing at Yale, but also that of one’s friends’. Gentry said he wants to encourage students to ask for help and to open a dialogue about drinking. Instead, he and his colleagues are creating confusion and anger in the student body.

Still, Gentry put his finger on a problem that is a!ecting not only Yale but college students nation-wide. No one has found a solution. Students — even underage ones — are going to drink, and no policy is going to change that.

But there are methods beyond ExComm for creat-ing the kind of construc-tive approach that Gentry claims to want. Ezra Stiles Master Stephen Pitti, for example, now o!ers suites that register parties $50 to be used toward food and non-alcoholic drinks. Students have a positive incentive to work through o"cial channels, and par-tygoers get snacks to coun-terbalance their Dubra.

The University should embrace policies like Pit-ti’s. It should focus more on educating students about the health problems associ-ated with heavy drinking, not just casting it as a sure path to ExComm.

When Suu Kyi comes, forget NUS

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Over the summer, while watching baseball one night, I began to think it

would be kind of great if profes-sors were more like baseball play-ers.

Now, this wasn’t some secret wish that my Latin profes-sor would grow eight inches and develop an infatuation with human growth hormone. There was just something intrigu-ing about the way players can be moved around the field and traded between teams. (“Yale sends veteran economist to Cam-bridge for promising physicist and deconstructionist philoso-pher to-be-named.”)

This thought occurred as I was watching the Atlanta Braves, which is fitting if we carry this loose analogy over to Yale.

The Braves are a solid team, but, by most analyses, there is at least one crucial problem keeping them from seriously contending: They can’t hit left-handed pitch-ing. Why? Their lineup is too stacked with left-handed batters. On paper, they have a set of good hitters. Together, though, they have a serious structural flaw.

As shopping comes to a close, the similarities between our cir-cumstances and those of the Tribe come into perspective. Our lineup is brimming with some of the best in the game. Yet they’re all stepping up to the plate from the same side.

At the core of a true liberal arts

education is the guaran-tee that stu-dents will be immersed in — not just exposed to — the intel-lectual ten-sions and tendencies of human his-tory. However, this carefully tended field of studies

needs good groundskeepers. The teachers are the material, as seen in shopping period’s golden rule: Shop professors, not classes.

And to this point, a story from professor Donald Kagan comes to mind. One day, when Kagan was a young professor at Cornell Uni-versity, professor Al Bernstein detailed his interpretation of a segment of Plato’s Republic in his class on the history of West-ern civilization. At one point, a student objected. According to the undergraduate, Bernstein’s interpretation was incorrect and missed the deeper, ironic — and in fact opposite — meaning of the dialogue.

“Who told you that?” Ber-nstein called back to the stu-dent. “Professor Bloom,” the stu-dent replied, referring to Allan Bloom’s renowned Ancient Political Philosophy course, also being o!ered at the time. “Ah,”

replied Bernstein without miss-ing a beat. “That is what he told you, but [Bloom’s] deeper ironic meaning is exactly the opposite.” Kagan caps o! this story some-times with a grin and exclama-tion: “That is what a true educa-tion was!”

It is unclear, though, how easy it is to find this sort of story today at Yale. Where, actually, is the disagreement? Either the rigid-ity of disciplinary a"liations or simply a consensus of ideas seems largely to crowd out those Bloom-Bernstein moments.

It is missing the point entirely, though, to look towards this uni-formity as an issue of party a"l-iation, as many do in shallowly bewailing “liberal academia.” A much richer, deeper intellectual diversity is what should be dis-cussed.

Bloom — for example — was not seen as a particularly politi-cal intellect. His instincts were not immediately tied to a ballot box. Nevertheless, he was funda-mentally di!erent from his col-leagues. He was, dare I say, on the right: He embodied a healthy distrust of social sciences, a rev-erence for the Western canon and a firm belief that an absolute truth should be the fundamental guidepost of a true education.

The dialogue between Bern-stein and Bloom centered not on taxes, welfare or some politicized issue of the time, but was posi-tioned between two great minds

grounded and subsumed within an intellectual tradition they both revered. It was a matter of first principles, as the complexi-ties of the human condition pro-jected themselves onto the com-mon work in dispute.

This is not to say that Yale needs to follow a cable news model of diversifying faculty — bringing along every conceiv-able viewpoint, absent any con-sideration of merit — or that the University should shy away from embodying and putting forth an intellectual worldview of her majority.

Yet we must remember that homogeneity is truly suppressive not because it silences dissent, but because it stifles the larger potential which the liberal arts, with all her divergences and dis-agreements, uniquely holds.

It is not that Yale needs to link arm in arm with the traditions and dispositions of the tradi-tional Western canon — aptly and often associated with minds on the right — but perhaps the peo-ple teaching the revered truths of millennia should be more than devil’s advocates.

We don’t need to gut the lineup. Let’s just make some room for a few more righties on the bench.

HARRY GRAVER is a junior in Davenport College. Contact him at

harry.graver@yale.edu .

For just a moment, Yale needs to ignore our venture in Singapore.

Later this month, Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver a lecture as a Chubb Fel-low. She is visiting America, in part, to receive the Congressional Gold Medal for her dedication to democracy.

A cynic could dismiss Suu Kyi’s visit as just a public rela-tions ploy by University Presi-dent Richard Levin. After receiv-ing flak for setting up Yale-NUS College in an authoritarian coun-try, an embattled administration is reviving its image by honoring the most famous living opponent of Southeast Asian juntas — or so the thinking goes.

Some on campus have already advanced this train of thought — and, admittedly, their con-clusion is supported by prec-edent. In 2010, Yale bestowed a Chubb on Mayor John DeSte-fano. At the time, Levin had just pledged financial support for the city’s school reform e!orts, and DeStefano’s lecture was a thinly veiled attempt to boost the may-

or’s credibil-ity. Few stu-dents cared to attend, as did few members of the local community, despite Yale hawking the lecture to the public — all in all, not a shin-ing moment for Master Jef-fery Brenzel

’75, administrator of the Chubb Fellowship.

But Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit is di!erent.

It would be foolhardy to sug-gest Suu Kyi is playing a hand in whitewashing Yale’s involvement in Singapore. She could have cho-sen to visit numerous other uni-versities in her time in America — and, unlike John DeStefano, she does not need our validation. Suu Kyi deserves our respect. Juxta-posing her with Singapore over-shadows her very real accom-plishments fighting oppression.

So we should avoid the allu-

sions to NUS when Aung San Suu Kyi lectures; they are unhelpful and most likely incorrect.

Yet we can still learn some-thing when Suu Kyi comes to New Haven — not just about human rights in Burma, but about our University. The American pivot towards Asia reflects the region’s growing geopolitical impor-tance, and Suu Kyi’s trip to the capitol similarly mirrors our new national policy. The message to the region from this congressio-nal gesture: America will stand against Chinese hegemony with-out compromising our support for democratic values.

By hosting Aung San Suu Kyi, Yale plays a part in this new American strategy. The Chubb Fellowship has become a form of soft power, a symbol of approba-tion. (In comparison, by the way, the mistaken Yale-NUS partner-ship originated from Yale, not Washington, and its place in U.S. strategy is far less clear).

This alignment of our univer-sity’s and our country’s goals is welcome. By honoring Aung San Suu Kyi, Yale returns to its mis-

sion of service — not just com-munity service (which is certainly important), but public service to our nation, a higher calling. America wants to honor Aung San Suu Kyi, and Yale stepped up to the plate.

In the past, young Yalies used to sta! the halls of the State Department, the Pentagon and intelligence agencies for two-year stints, much like Teach for Amer-ica today. Now, we see ROTC cadets walk proudly around cam-pus in uniform, representing the return of this proud tradition of service to the nation.

When Aung San Suu Kyi becomes a Chubb Fellow, Amer-ican policy will benefit. More importantly, though, Yalies will benefit, when we realize the importance of serving our coun-try and her democratic goals around the world.

NATHANIEL ZELINSKY is a senior in Davenport College. His column runs

on Mondays. Contact him at nathaniel.zelinsky@yale.edu .

The reactions became rela-tively predictable: a chirpy “Oh, that’s so nice!”

accompanied by a pat on my head. A gushing “My, how fun that must be for you!” followed by a story about how the speaker just loves watching cooking shows on TV.

This summer, I was a culi-nary student at the famous Cor-don Bleu cooking school in Paris. I can now fillet a fish in my sleep, whip up an unctuous sauce béar-naise without peeking at a recipe or rustle up a transcendent souf-flé au fromage on a moment’s notice.

I learned a lot at cooking school, and it was an intensely rewarding experience. I even have a shiny blue and white diploma to hang on my wall. But it was definitely not nice. Nor was it really fun, at least in the way people think of going on vacation or tossing around the old pigskin as being fun. In fact, my life as a Yale student is con-siderably easier — and certainly less dangerous — than it was as a culinary student. Here are four lessons from Le Cordon Bleu to keep in mind as school begins in earnest.

First, eat breakfast. Early

on, I learned that skipping the first meal of the day — only to spend the next six hours cook-ing, surrounded by the smells and sounds of sizzling meat and roasting potatoes — is a spec-tacularly poor life decision. Why? Because when you are finally released from your oven-heated lockup, you will practi-cally pounce on the unsuspect-ing pastry students for a taste of their morning’s work: still warm croissants or brioche.

You don’t have to be a pre-med to guess that terrible stomach-aches are likely to ensue. Keep it in mind when you’re contem-plating when to set your alarm for that 9 a.m. cell biology lec-ture, because that rushed post-class bowl of Captain Crunch (or whatever dubious variety of mu"n is featured in Commons) is likely even less of a good choice than a buttery French pastry.

Everything will be fine as long as all your appendages are still attached — unlike, say, my class-mate Thomas, who cut o! half of his thumb about a third of the way through the course. With a meat cleaver. While butchering a duck. Don’t worry, he ended up being fine — apparently the tissue regenerates, although the

nerves will not. Even when the chefs laughed

at me for not carving my duck properly, I still knew that at the end of the day all I needed to do was be careful and do my best. And at Yale? The world will not end if you don’t finish that Marx essay by tomorrow. Promise. (Your professors probably will not even laugh at you, at least in public.) Take care of yourself first — sleep, run, relax, make tea.

Eat well, and often. Sure, I have plenty of horror stories about prickly, irrational chefs and absurd recipes (poached chicken-stu!ed chicken breasts make even tofu apple crisp look appetizing). But I also made, and ate, some truly incredible meals: poached eggs trucked in from the farm that morning, scallops and clams with an incredible delicacy of flavor, fromage good enough to make you abandon all other career plans and become a full-time cheesemaker.

A good meal is worth the trou-ble, especially shared with peo-ple you love. Sure, dining hall food may not quite measure up, but I am committed to remem-bering the importance of the relaxed savoir-vivre that pre-vails in France. Even on a di"cult

day, Yale is full of incredible peo-ple and some pretty fine culinary options, and you should take the time to enjoy them. Although I do miss macarons.

Finally, make friends. Espe-cially if you’re a freshman, you might view your classmates with a sliver of suspicion, a slight twinge of competition: Will the TA like her paper better? Will he beat me out to get that awesome summer fellowship?

This is true in cooking school, too, and knowing that your peers are armed with a set of 14 razor-sharp knives doesn’t help mat-ters. However, experience has taught me that your classmates can literally save your life — or your dish: by warning you when that slippery paring knife is pointing toward your vital organs instead of away; by reminding you that yes, sugar is a rather key ingredient in a caramel glaze; by lending you a pipette to make an artful drizzle of sauce sure to win an approving glance from the chef.

Time to sit down at a new table at lunch.

ELIZABETH CHRYSTAL is a senior in Davenport College. Contact her at elizabeth.chrystal@yale.edu .

G U E S T C O L U M N I S T E L I Z A B E T H C H R Y S T A L

Lessons from cooking school

Baseball and bluebooking

HARRY GRAVERGravely

Mistaken

NATHANIEL ZELINSKYOn Point

CLAR I F I CAT ION

THURSDAY, SEPT. 6The article “Register’s parent goes bankrupt,” paraphrased Paul Bass ’82 about the fate of for-profit journalism. Bass did not express an opinion on whether the Journal Register Company will succeed; he only expressed pessimism about the for-profit model’s long-term prospects.

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NEWS “I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.” STEVE LACY SAXOPHONIST AND COMPOSER

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With less than two months to go before Election Day, the race for the senate seat that will be vacated by Joseph Lieberman ’64 LAW ’67 has started to turn personal.

The latest round of spars between the GOP nominee, millionaire wrestling magnate Linda McMahon, and Demo-crat Chris Murphy, who repre-sents Connecticut’s fifth con-gressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, has seen the two fighting over each other’s financial history. At the same time, polls have shown an increasingly narrow race between Murphy and McMa-hon, raising the stakes of their four upcoming debates.

Last week, Murphy chal-lenged McMahon to reveal how much money her creditors lost on a 1976 bankruptcy that she often cites on the campaign trail. McMahon, meanwhile, has blasted Murphy for the low mortgage rate he obtained months after his house was foreclosed while he was a U.S. Representative. McMahon’s campaign has questioned how Murphy received a low 4.99 percent mortgage rate while the mortgage market was failing, suggesting that Murphy’s posi-tion on the House Financial Ser-vices Committee, which regu-lates banks, could explain it.

“Congressman Murphy owes it to the people of Connecti-cut to provide full, detailed and honest disclosure about what exactly occurred and how he was able to qualify for a below-market loan rate so soon after default,” McMahon campaign manager Corry Bliss said in a Sept. 7 press release.

But Murphy campaign spokesman Ben Marter said the foreclosure was the result of an honest mistake by Murphy and his wife as they married and merged finances, and the missed payments were quickly repaid. The mortgage rate he received months later in July 2008 from Webster Bank was a loan any customer would have received, Marter said.

Murphy added that his quick action to repay his foreclosure di!erentiates his financial past from McMahon’s bankruptcy.

“I think Linda McMahon and I both made mistakes with our personal finances. The differ-ence is I fixed them while she did everything she could to avoid paying back the people she owed,” Murphy said. “To this day, Linda McMahon has still not payed back the creditors she owed in bankruptcy … I don’t understand why after mak-ing back millions of dollars you wouldn’t pay back your debts.”

He also criticized McMahon’s decision to attend only four of nine debates, skipping those held by the Connecticut NAACP and AARP, among others. Mur-

phy said that it points to McMa-hon’s inability to make her case o! script, instead relying on an expensive advertising campaign to get her message to voters.

Despite facing a massive dis-parity in fundraising — the lat-est campaign filings in July showed Murphy with $5.5 mil-lion and McMahon with $14 million, much of which is from her own pocket — Murphy said he is still optimistic for Novem-ber. He compared his situation to that of U.S. Senator Rich-ard Blumenthal LAW ’73, who was outspent by McMahon by an 8-to-1 ratio during the Sen-ate race in 2010 but still pulled o! a victory.

While McMahon could spend as much as $60 million on the race, largely in expensive tele-vision advertisements, Murphy said he is counting on his sup-porters to win him the election.

“I’m going to get badly out-spent in this race. Linda McMa-hon is trying to buy this race and I’m going to get outspent on TV,” Murphy said. “[But] I’m going to have more committed volunteers and workers on the streets for me … I’m going to have to win this based on enthu-siasm, not money.”

The race in Connecticut could have national signifi-cance. With approximately twice as many Democrats up for reelection as Republicans, the outcome of the Connecticut senate contest could determine which party controls the Senate next year.

“This is the most important election of [students’] lives, Connecticut is one of the most important states in the nation when it comes to keeping con-trol of the Senate,” Murphy said. “[Yalies’] vote is gonna make a bigger difference here than almost anywhere else.”

While polls of registered voters have given Murphy a substantial lead over McMa-hon, Connecticut, tradition-ally an easy win for Democrats, may have shifted to the right. A Quinnipiac University poll of likely voters — those who poll-sters assume will cast their ballots in November — gave McMahon a one-point lead in late August.

But New York Times blogger Nate Silver, whose forecasting model nearly predicted all the races in the 2008 presidential and Senate elections, Tweeted Friday that Connecticut’s “fun-damentals” — its history and ethnic and economic diversity — favor Murphy. He predicted that despite current polls, Mur-phy should win by a four-point margin in November.

The first debate between McMahon and Murphy will be hosted on Oct. 7 by local televi-sion channel WFSB-TV 3 dur-ing its political show “Face the State.”

Contact NICK DEFIESTA at nicholas.defiesta@yale.edu .

BY AKBAR AHMEDSTAFF REPORTER

In 1966, Robert Brustein, then-dean of the Yale School of Drama, founded the Yale Rep-ertory Theatre. He served as its artistic director until 1979, when he moved to Cambridge, Mass., to become a professor of English at Harvard University.

There, in 1980, Brustein founded a new theater for his new university: Harvard’s American Repertory Theater.

This Friday, the audience at the A.R.T. witnessed the open-ing of the first ever co-produc-tion between the two theaters: the world premiere of “Marie Antoi-nette,” by David Adjmi. The play was originally commissioned by the Rep after Adjmi’s “The Evil-doers” premiered there in 2008, said Jennifer Kiger, associate artistic director at the Rep. The scale of the “opulent, ostenta-tious” production and the desire for it to have as broad an audience as possible made the Rep seek out a theater to partner with in its staging, and the A.R.T seemed the best fit, she added.

“James [Bundy, dean of the Yale School of Drama and artistic director of the Rep] knew this was a big show, and if we could bring the resources of [our] two theaters together, we could put together something really magnificent,” said Diane Paulus, artistic direc-tor of the A.R.T.

Previews of the show began at the A.R.T on Sept. 1, and it o"-cially opened last Friday. It will conclude its run in Cambridge on the 29th of the month and open at the Rep on Oct. 26.

“It just felt like the produc-tion that would hold this world [Adjmi] had created needed to be as large in scale as the imagina-tion that had written the play,” Kiger said. “Both theaters … have an interest in programming new American plays, [and] this partic-ular play has a sense of daring and imagination, but also spectacle. It could not exist in any other form but in the theater and both the Yale Rep and the A.R.T are drawn to that: They have similar aes-thetics, and both organizations

gravitated towards this specific project.”

Paulus said the A.R.T. has his-torically been known for its ambi-tious production scale, particu-larly pushing the envelope in the context of scenic design.

She added that the benefits of a co-production include being able to pull together resources from the two theaters, such as exper-tise from employees of each, and the chance that the co-produc-tion can grow throughout its lon-ger run.

Victoria Nolan, the manag-ing director of the Rep and dep-uty dean at the School of Drama, said the Rep typically appreciates being the second theater to host a co-production as that means the show’s team has time to incor-porate changes suggested during, and after, the first run.

“Theater evolves,” Paulus said. “This cast, this team, is going to have four weeks of running the show before audiences in Cam-bridge — they will arrive in New Haven with that whole wealth of experience that will allow an opportunity for the play to really reveal itself and to blossom.”

While the Rep administrators said they were glad to be work-ing with the A.R.T, Nolan said that the theater has had to care-ful in selecting a peer institution to partner with, to ensure that the other theater can match the demands of the show in question.

She added that the other the-ater the Rep considered partner-ing with on this project was less desirable because of the longer time-frame it typically requires to

build productions and its lack of in-house shops for set construc-tion.

“Marie Antoinette” is, Nolan said, among the largest produc-tions in the Rep’s history because of the intricate costume designs and the greater level of commu-nication between designers it demanded. For instance, she said, designers had to make the girth of the women’s skirts slightly smaller to ensure that they would fit on the lift that takes actors up to the stage.

“I think this is a pretty di"-cult play — it’s oblique and com-plicated, and tonally all over the place, and frankly it is expensive to do,” Adjmi said in an email to the News. “I really felt I needed pro-ducers who understood and cared passionately about the material, and had no interest in normaliz-ing it, and I have absolutely found that with these two theaters.”

Kiger said the Rep covered its portion of the “extraordinary pro-duction costs, including the cos-tumes and the wigs and the pup-pets” in part by using resources from the Rep’s Binger Center for New Theatre, an initiative that funds the commission and devel-opment of new plays at the Rep and other theaters. In April, the Center received an $18 million endowment donation from the Robina Foundation last April, a gift that Bundy told the News was “focused on endowing [the] pro-gram’s capacity into perpetuity.”

Paulus said the A.R.T. and the Rep share a commitment to the new work of American play-wrights. Adjmi, she added, was a playwright the A.R.T. had been “tracking” for some time.

Adjmi’s “The Evildoers” pre-miered at the Rep in 2008. The playwright, who has since received a 2011 Guggenheim Fel-lowship and a 2010 Whiting Writ-ers’ Award, said he “has a very special place in [his] heart” for the theater.

“I think it is the nonpareil, the crown jewel of American regional theaters, and I think what James Bundy and Jennifer Kiger have managed to accomplish here in the last few years is just stagger-ing,” Adjmi added. “I’m a lucky

boy.”Bundy said that when he sent

Paulus the script, “she loved it.”Paulus’ values as an artist com-

pel her, she said, to make theater accessible and democratic, in her role at A.R.T., moving it beyond being an elite art form. She added that her decision to stage “Marie Antoinette,” which she said speaks to America today, is an example of how the show she programs are potential catalysts.

“David Adjmi has taken a his-torical subject matter — Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, the French Revolution — and yet he’s actually setting o! a detonating message about America and our contem-porary world,” Paulus said.

Kiger said she thinks staging the show in the fall is significant, as it speaks to issues relevant in the upcoming elections.

Adjmi said that his play has an allegorical aspect. The work, he said, is not simply about Marie Antoinette as a historical figure — it explores the parallels between the period and the current state of American democracy and con-sumer culture.

It is, Adjmi wrote in his email, about “the nature of Human Nature.”

Lily Lewis-McNeil ’12, who worked in the Rep’s development department during her time at Yale and is now a development associate at the A.R.T., said in an email that the choice of this play as the two theaters’ first co-pro-duction represents their identi-ties as “wonderful testaments to the legacy of Bob Brustein.”

“In terms of this collaboration, I think it’s indicative of what the two theaters have in common. The play is a world-premiere — it’s political, it’s pushy and it’s simply stunning. I’m proud that they’ve chosen to bridge the Harvard-Yale gap through theater, and especially with this new play, in this political atmosphere,” Lewis-McNeil said. “I can only hope the collaboration continues beyond the stage door!”

“Marie Antoinette” will con-clude its run at the Rep on Nov. 17.

Contact AKBAR AHMED at akbar.ahmed@yale.edu .

BY PAYAL MARATHE AND JULIA ZORTHIAN

CONTRIBUTING REPORTER AND STAFF REPORTER

With the highest number of disabled students ever enrolled this year, the University has planned an array of events next month to prompt discussion about issues faced by disabled members of the Yale community.

The number of disabled stu-dents has increased from 125 dur-ing the 2000-’01 academic year to 554 both this year and last year, said Judy York, director of the Resource Office on Disabilities. The events, which are scheduled to coincide with National Dis-abilities Employment Aware-ness Month in October, include a Berkeley College Master’s Tea, exhibitions across campus and seminars covering different aspects of accommodating dis-abilities.

“Our hope is that it’s a subtle beginning to conversation,” said Deborah Stanley-McAulay, chief

of diversity and head of the Edu-cation, Awareness and Public-ity Subcommittee in the Provost’s Office, which is organizing the events. “The conversation about disabilities is personal, so we want to start it on a personal level.”

York said the number of dis-abled students is rising at univer-sities across the country, in part because more disabled people are able to leave their hometowns to attend college in this “mobile society.” By spreading awareness about disabled members of the Yale community, the events are designed to encourage students and employees to become more accepting and accommodating for people with both visible and undetectable disabilities.

A majority of buildings on cam-pus are accessible to disabled peo-ple, especially after renovations in recent years, but many “nooks and crannies” on campus still are not. York said she hopes the events will alert the student body to the chal-lenges that disabled students face.

“We can move classes to acces-

sible locations, but when students organize gatherings, I want them to consider wheelchair students in selecting location,” she said. “We want students to be more aware of persons with disabilities and to make positive choices accord-ingly,.”

As part of the month-long awareness campaign, exhibitions in buildings and courtyards will display alternative keyboards, foot pedals, crutches, magnifying glasses and other devices used by disabled persons living on cam-pus. Also, a van will be parked outside of Sterling Memorial Library that students can attempt to board in a wheelchair to gain an understanding the daily di"cul-ties disabled students encounter.

Angela Crowley, chair of the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Resources for Students and Employees with Disabilities, said the committee has been work-ing extensively in recent years to improve transportation acces-sibility, such as on shuttles and buses.

The Berkeley Master’s Tea will feature Matan Koch ’02, who attended Yale in a wheelchair and has been appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Council on Disabilities. Stanley-McAulay said she expects the tea will serve to “build awareness on political and humanistic levels of the value of individuals with dis-abilities.”

Another event will allow stu-dents to meet with information technology specialists to learn how to design websites that are easily accessible to people with certain disabilities.

The Education, Awareness and Publicity Subcommittee, which is organizing the events, reports to the Provost’s Advisory Commit-tee on Resources for Students and Employees.

Contact PAYAL MARATHE at payal.marathe@yale.edu and

JULIA ZORTHIAN at julia.zorthian@yale.edu .

[This play] could not exist in any other form but in the theater and both the Yale Rep and A.R.T. are drawn to that.

JENNIFER KIGERAssociate artistic director, Yale Repertory

Theatre

Disability awareness events planned

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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon greets KMK Con-struction owner Paul Runions after meeting his employees.

At the Rep, a landmark collaboration

Murphy, McMahon spar over finances

JOAN MARCUS

The Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of “Marie Antoinette,” jointly produced with the American Repertory Theatre, opens on Oct. 26.

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FROM THE FRONT “It’s not the voting that’s democracy; it’s the counting.” TOM STOPPARD BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT

During the Democratic nom-inee’s roughly 10-minute stump speech, he said that if McMahon wins the U.S. Senate seat, stu-dents will lose access to some of their education resources, including Pell grants and a!ord-able student loans. Murphy said fighting against tuition increases has been one of his priorities as a congressman and, if elected to the Senate, he intends to con-tinue his effort to reduce stu-dent-loan debt and make college education a!ordable.

“I spent my life fighting for education,” the 39-year-old Democratic candidate said. “I’m going to be one of the youngest U.S. senators and one of the few who’s still paying back his stu-dent loans.”

In addition to his education policy, the Dems support Mur-phy’s stance on women’s rights and his collaboration with labor unions, said Nicole Hobbs ’14, elections coordinator for the organization.

“Chris has been such a pro-gressive voice down in Wash-ington,” she said. “Linda’s poli-cies, instead, aren’t going to help Yale students or New Haven res-idents.”

In the fewer than 60 days remaining before the elections, the Dems plan to organize sev-eral rounds of door-to-door canvassing in New Haven and across the state.

The first of such operations was held Sunday afternoon, when teams of students spread out across the Elm City in sup-port of Murphy and Obama.

While Hobbs said most Dems canvasses will take place in the third congressional dis-trict — which includes New Haven, Branford and Milford — the group will also send mem-bers to Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Himes’s and Murphy’s districts. Democratic supporters on cam-pus are also planning day trips to

Massachusetts and New Hamp-shire, as well as a long stay in Pennsylvania over fall break.

In addition, the Dems will organize phone-banking events once a week, starting this Thurs-day. The group will also work with other Democratic student organizations, Hobbs said, as well as Chris Murphy’s head-quarters in New Haven.

While the Dems believe Mur-phy can win the Senate seat, Dems spokesman Eric Stern ’15 said, they expect the race to be especially tight due “to the money that McMahon has poured into her campaign.”

“Unlike McMahon, Murphy is running a grassroots campaign, talking and engaging with vot-ers in Connecticut,” Stern said. “So it is more important than ever that Yale students go to the polls.”

McMahon’s bid comes just two years after she put more than $50 million of her own money into a failed Senate race gainst Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73.

Last week, he said, the Dems registered 150 new freshmen, during their first registration drive of the year. This weekend, Stern added, 101 Yale students registered to vote in Connecti-cut, even though the drive was cut short by an hour because of a National Weather Service tor-nado warning for New Haven County.

“Not even the threat of a tor-nado can keep Yale student from showing up to support Chris Murphy,” Stern said. “If Linda McMahon wanted to have an event on campus, she’d probably be able to draw at most a dozen students — and half of those would be protesters!”

Murphy and McMahon are vying for the seat of retiring Senator Joseph Lieberman ’64 Law ’67.

Contact LORENZO LIGATO at lorenzo.ligato@yale.edu .

from the suit as a former foreign head of state.Freiman told the News on Sunday that he

was pleased with the State Department’s sug-gestion, but wouldn’t speculate on what it means for the case.

“The accusations in lawsuit are not only false but calumnious,” Zedillo said in a Sunday email. “That is why I am glad that Jonathan’s strategy to get this libelous lawsuit dismissed is making progress.”

Kobert said he and the plainti!s are weigh-ing their options as they wait for the court’s ruling.

Ingrid Wuerth, a professor at Vanderbilt Law School who has written about immunity issues, said the courts have tended to side with State Department suggestions of immunity. She cautioned that such practices lend the govern-ment political power in altering the course of judicial proceedings.

“I think it’s an example of lawmaking by the executive branch,” Wuerth said. “The executive branch is acting as a lawmaker here and inter-fering in the court, saying that some claims can go forward and some can’t.”

The State Department often provides

immunity recommendations to American courts for cases concerning foreign heads of state, though such cases are rare.

In a letter accompanying the State Depart-ment suggestion, State Department legal adviser Harold Koh, a former Yale Law School dean and current law professor, wrote that the suggestion took into account “the overall impact of [the case] on the foreign policy of the United States.” Koh could not be reached for comment Sunday.

But Curtis Bradley, a law professor at Duke University School of Law, said the State Department’s political interests in Zedil-lo’s case were secondary to the suggestion’s grounding in principles of international law. He said a federal court would have considered similar principles, and would thus likely have reached a comparable conclusion about Zedil-lo’s immunity even without the State Depart-ment recommendation.

Zedillo was the president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000.

Contact DANIEL SISGOREO at daniel.sisgoreo@yale.edu andTAPLEY STEPHENSON at preston.stephenson@yale.edu .

Our sta!ers don’t look like this anymore.

JOIN@YALEDAILYNEWS.COM

Dems mobilize for Murphy, register voters

BENJAMIN ACKERMAN/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, the Democratic nominee for Senate, came to campus Saturday to mobilize Yale students in support of his campaign.

MURPHY FROM PAGE 1

Former Law Dean Koh recommends immunity for ZedilloZEDILLO FROM PAGE 1

GRACE PATUWO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The lawsuit facing professor Ernesto Zedillo came closer to being dismissed as the State Department proposed immunity.

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Secure CommunitiesAccording to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s website, Secure Communities is a simple and common sense way to carry out ICE’s priorities. In practice, it has met with resistance by state and local o!cials worried that the program will erode the trust built between immigrants and law enforcement agencies.

BY BEN PRAWDZIKSTAFF REPORTER

After being discovered through the federal Secure Communities program, Mexican national Jose Angel Lopez-Garcia was sen-tenced in New Haven’s U.S. Dis-trict Court for illegal re-entry into the country on Friday and currently awaits deportation.

Federal o!cials cite the case as an example of the program’s merits, but state criminal jus-tice o!cials questioned whether Lopez-Garcia’s crime, a traffic infraction, was serious enough to merit deportation — demon-strating the steep divide that still exist between the feds and the state over a program that critics claim undermines local polic-ing. As the state justice depart-ment refuses certain detainment requests and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) o!-cials continue to ramp up immi-gration enforcement through Secure Communities, it is unclear whether the program will ever be without controversy.

Secure Communities, which was implemented statewide on Feb. 22, allows ICE officials to check police fingerprints of crim-inal suspects against ICE and FBI databases in an e"ort to deport criminals residing in the coun-try illegally. When ICE o!cials believe a suspect may be undoc-umented, they can issue a detain-ment request asking the state to hold the individual in custody pending deportation proceed-ings.

Twe n ty- seve n -yea r o l d Lopez-Garcia had been deported from the U.S. on 10 previous occasions, most recently on Sept. 24 2010, only to re-enter the U.S. illegally each time. On June 10, he was arrested by Stamford police officers for a traffic infraction, and through Secure Communi-ties he was identified as an ille-gal alien. Lopez-Garcia was then turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service and then the Department of Justice, where he was tried for illegal re-entry into the United States, said ICE spokesman Ross Feinstein.

“Under normal circumstances a minor traffic infraction that goes through Secure Communi-ties is not a priority, but someone who has gone through 10 times prior is a serious o"ender,” Fein-stein said. “He’s a repeat o"ender who has shown a complete dis-regard for the law, and now he’s a convicted felon.”

Pleading guilty before Judge Joan Margolis, Lopez-Garcia was sentenced to the time he had served in prison prior to the trial and now waits to be deported for the 11th time. Feinstein said the case is illustrative of how Secure Communities is working to keep the country safe while helping ICE manage resource constraints. He added that there are currently 11.2 million illegal aliens in the United States today, and with ICE to deport 400,000 people per year at most given sta" and bud-get limitations, Secure Commu-nities helps prioritize cases.

But while ICE continues to increase its use of Secure Com-munities, the program has

endured strong criticism from Gov. Dannel Malloy, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and Connecticut government officials. Members of the Latino community, state o!cials said, will be less likely to cooperate with law enforce-ment for fear of exposing friends or family residing in the country illegally.

In an e"ort to curb the imple-mentation of Secure Commu-nities in Connecticut, Malloy announced in March that state administrators would deter-mine whether to honor each detainment request from ICE on a “case-by-case basis.” Mike Lawlor, the state’s undersecre-tary for criminal justice said that today, a “checklist” is in place to review ICE detainment requests to ensure that only serious crimi-nals are targeted.

“ICE claims they are only using this for serious crimes, but people can disagree about what fits that criteria,” Lawlor said. “Our local police have hard enough jobs in the first place. Add Secure Communities, and it gets impossible,”

Lawlor said ICE did not need to issue a detainment request for Lopez-Garcia because he was in prison awaiting trial, but he added that he believes state jus-tice o!cials would have refused any such request.

New Haven o!cials have not let up on their criticism of the program either. City Hall spokes-woman Elizabeth Benton ’04 said the program “is counterpro-ductive to the relationships our police department has attempted to establish within immigrant communities, and essentially invalidates our police order that limits police questioning regard-ing immigration status during routine law enforcement. Secure Communities will not make our community more secure.”

To date, Lawlor said he esti-mates the state has refused 20 to 30 detainment requests from ICE since Febuary, adding that ICE “seems somewhat chas-tened” by the local criticism. But despite the pushback, Fein-stein said the program is ramp-ing up — between Secure Com-munities’ implementation at the beginning of this year and July 31, ICE has matched 3,893 finger-prints in Connecticut. He added that Secure Communities has led to 277 deportations in Connecti-cut, 12 of which were of individu-als living in New Haven.

During 2011, ICE deported 396,000 individuals residing in the United States illegally.

Contact BEN PRAWDZIK at benjamin.prawdzik@yale.edu .

ICE program remains controversial in Conn.

BY COLLEEN FLYNN AND ALEKSANDRA GJORGIEVSKA

CONTRIBUTING REPORTER AND STAFF REPORTER

Nearly 50 buildings on campus are still recovering from damage sustained during the torrential downpours that struck New Haven in mid-August.

The rain, which fell at a rate of six inches per hour and left Cross Campus under a few inches of water, affected several residential college basements, Bass Library, the Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS) and She!eld-Sterling-Strathcona Hall (SSS), among other buildings. People working in the build-ings at the time were transferred to tem-porary locations for the duration of the repairs, which have taken longer than expected but should all be completed within a month, said John Meeske, asso-ciate dean for student organizations and physical resources.

Karen Peart, a spokeswoman for the University, said Yale has many sys-tems in place to minimize damage from storms. Emergency pumps and hoses are kept in buildings particularly vulnerable to water damage, she said, and the Uni-versity regularly checks to ensure the systems are in working order.

Meeske said he was told by Yale Facil-ities that the safeguards were overcome since it was “the storm of the century,” adding that repairs are taking longer than planned because more damage

became visible after initial repairs.“Our windows were completely sub-

merged, and because of that water was leaking in,” Meeske said of the basement of the Yale College Dean’s O!ce, adding that the water damaged both the carpet-ing and portions of the wall.

Faculty with o!ces in SSS displaced by the flood initially moved to tempo-rary o!ces in the same building, Meeske said. Once it became evident that repairs would take longer than originally antic-ipated, however, they were moved to other campus locations, he said.

Shiri Goren, senior lector in the Near Eastern Languages and Civiliza-tions Department, whose o!ce in the basement of HGS su"ered severe water damage, said because of the floods, she currently has no o!ce space, phone or designated place to meet students. Call-ing herself “homeless,” she added that some of her books were destroyed, and

she now stores her belongings in a col-league’s o!ce.

Meeske said the timing of the flood was particularly unfortunate, since the repairs overlap with the beginning of the school year.

Je"rey Brenzel ’75, master of Timo-thy Dwight College, said that Timothy Dwight “took on a fair amount of water in [its] lower level,” though no lasting damage was done. He added that work-ers from ServiceMaster, a company contracted by the University that pro-vides cleaning and maintenance ser-vices, arrived quickly at the college to repair the damage. Brenzel said back-flow valves have been re-evaluated and pumping equipment has been installed to prevent future incidents, adding that Timothy Dwight is undergoing an eval-uation to determine if further fail-safe devices should be installed.

But Paavan Gami ’15, who said his basement suite in Silliman College has some damaged paint and swollen floor-boards, said those problems have not yet been fixed.

The last storm to flood the basement of Timothy Dwight, the lowest point on campus, occurred during the fall of 2010.

Contact COLLEEN FLYNN at colleen.flynn@yale.edu .Contact

ALEKSANDRA GJORGIEVSKA at aleksandra.gjorgievska@yale.edu .

University still recovering from floods

Our windows were completely submerged, and because of that water was leaking in.

JOHN MEESKEAssociate dean, Student organizations and physical

resources

Under normal circumstances a minor tra!c infraction … is not a priority [for deportation].

ROSS FEINSTEINSpokesman, Immigration and Customs

Enforcement (ICE) VICTOR KANG/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

This room, in the basement of the Yale College Dean’s O!ce, is one of the many places on campus still recovering from severe rain in August. Dozens of other buildings, including Bass Library and the Hall of Graduate Studies, are also still undergoing repairs.

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FROM THE FRONT “People feel emotionally attached, for whatever reason, to the Boat-house.” SHARON FEAREY WITCHITA CITY COUNCIL MEMBER

contribute to having a presence on campus, and you do that by going out and seeking new members and meeting kids you can bond with.”

Billy Fowkes ’14, president of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, said his fraternity is holding similar rush events as it has in past years, but making sure that freshmen do not attend.

Tay said AEPi plans to hold fall rush for only sophomores and juniors instead of cancelling it alto-gether. Because the chapter is rel-atively small, he said, adding more members to the fraternity gives it “certain energy.” He noted that AEPi’s pledge class traditionally includes several upperclassmen in addition to freshmen.

While AEPi has not had to cancel any rush events, Tay said the fra-ternity has added some program-ming to increase outreach for soph-omores who may not have initially considered rushing. He said the ban on freshman rush in the fall has been di!cult because first-semes-ter freshmen are most likely to join a new extracurricular, adding that AEPi will have to adjust its recruit-ing strategy to appeal to students more familiar with Yale life than the average first-semester freshman.

“When you speak to freshmen in the fall, it’s about how you cultivate a life here and build in a support network and showing them how it’s a valid extracurricular activ-ity,” he said. “The way in which that changes is going to become more apparent as the semester goes on, because they’ll have done that for themselves.”

The freshman fall rush ban came from a recommendation made by the Committee on Hazing and Ini-tiations in spring 2011.

Contact MADELINE MCMAHON at madeline.mcmahon@yale.edu .

rough. The Adee building was ulti-

mately sold and converted into o!ce space before being demol-ished in 2007 for the construc-tion of Interstate 95. Once a bus-tling area, the Long Wharf side of New Haven harbor — about a 20-minute walk from campus — is now a blank patch of beach-front.

But on Wednesday, the city will begin evaluating construc-tion bids for the platform of a new boathouse in the harbor, dubbed the Canal Dock Boat-house. The boathouse aims to reconnect New Haven residents with the waterfront, and its con-struction is scheduled to begin this November. The boathouse will serve both to commemorate the history of collegiate rowing with a museum and the incor-poration of original structures from the George Adee boat-house, as well provide a place to kayak, canoe, sail and row. It will be a destination on the Farming-ton Canal trail and may serve as home to the University of New Haven’s marine science program.

City planners hope the combi-nation of the boathouse’s nod to history and use by the commu-nity will make it a focal point of a currently underused waterfront.

“We’re such a lucky commu-nity to have this kind of a facil-ity,” said Donna Hall, the proj-ect manager employed by the city. “We’ve been trying to have some kind of a destination at our waterfront for years and years and years.”

REBUILDING HISTORYThe $30 million project will

be funded primarily by the fed-eral government because the interstate construction hin-dered access to the waterfront and required the demolition of the George Adee boathouse. Fed-eral stipulations require the city to preserve the historical signif-icance of the Adee boathouse, and the city is eager to cooperate.

“From the standpoint of the history of collegiate sports, it all starts from one place, right there in the harbor,” said David Vogel, a boathouse consultant and for-mer Yale varsity heavyweight crew coach.

No varsity races were held at

the Adee boathouse, but intra-mural boats raced out of it, and city residents came out to watch heated collegiate contests.

“There wasn’t TV, there wasn’t radio, there wasn’t mov-ies, there was a lot less enter-tainment, so the IM spring races were a big deal,” said Thomas Weil ’70, the director of the Yale crew association.

Members of the eight-man boat that won the 1924 Olympic gold medal in their event were all Yale men who practiced out of the George Adee Boathouse. Dean Acheson 1915, who served as secretary of state for Presi-dent Harry Truman, rowed out

of the Adee boathouse, as did William Averell Harriman 1913, who became the governor of New York.

Plans for the new boathouse have been more than 15 years in the making, but Hall said the city’s commitment to building it hasn’t flagged. Platform plans will be finalized after the city chooses a bidder this week.

The Canal Dock Boathouse will physically incorporate the history of the George Adee Boat-house: the front will be a glass entryway surrounding part of the original front wall from the Adee boathouse, which has an intricate terracotta design and a long row of windows. Origi-nal staircases and fireplaces will also be a part of the boathouse’s decor.

On the second floor of the new boathouse, the original Adee common room will be recreated, in addition to a museum exhibit about collegiate rowing.

“The architects who did the deconstruction of the Adee were charged with saving everything that could be saved,” Vogel said, “The idea was saving as much of the character of the old boat-

house as could be saved.”

OLD TRADITIONS, NEW GENERATION

If the city has its way, the Canal Dock Boathouse will also bring a new generation of New Haveners to the waterfront.

City youngsters will not only be able to gaze at the photo-graphs of past crew teams but will also have the chance to par-ticipate in the sport through an initiative modeled after a suc-cessful Boston program.

The Community Rowing Pro-gram in Boston provides an opportunity for military veter-ans, physically disabled people and students of diverse socio-economic backgrounds to row. Through grants and fundraising, the program ensures that rowing is free or inexpensive for those who may not otherwise be able to a"ord a membership at a tra-ditional rowing club.

High school-aged students who participate in the pro-gram attend practice five days a week and have access to aca-demic tutoring services. When a rower begins the program, he or she often knows very few

college graduates, said Bruce Smith, the executive director of Boston’s program, who worked closely with New Haven o!cials to develop the program that will launch in New Haven. But stu-dents are taken on college trips and introduced to mentors, he explained.

“I know the relationship between the city and University is productive,” Smith said. “For-mer Yale coaches and alumni have been super supportive of the project.”

New Haven plans to recre-ate the Boston model through a company called Canal Dock Incorporated. Vogel hopes the new boathouse will not only benefit New Haven children tangibly but also help them to understand “the mystery of Yale and the illusion of Yale and the walled-in city that is Yale.”

Vogel continued: “The alumni will be able to stop in and shake hands and share their gold med-als,” ideally meeting a new gen-eration of New Haven harbor rowers.

Contact MONICA DISARE at monica.disare@yale.edu .

With boathouse, city seeks new life in old harbor

YALE

Yale’s varsity crew team practiced out of the historic George Adee Boathouse, left, between 1911 and 1923. During this time, members of the 1924 Olympic gold medal winning 8-man team practiced out of the boathouse. Original structures from the Adee, seen at middle and right, were preserved and will be incorporated into Long Wharf’s new Canal Dock Boathouse, which is slated to break ground in November.

The idea was saving as much of the character of the old boathouse as could be saved.

DAVID VOGELFormer coach, Yale varsity heavyweight

crew team

BOATHOUSE FROM PAGE 1

Facing ban, fraternities rethink fall rushFRATERNITY RUSH FROM PAGE 1

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Facing the newly implemented ban against freshmen rushing Greek organizations in the fall, some fraternities stopped this fall’s rush altogether.

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BY LARA JAKESASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sun-day to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in the country. Underscoring the instability, insur-gents unleashed an onslaught of bombings and shootings across Iraq, killing at least 92 people in one of the deadliest days this year.

It’s unlikely that the attacks in 13 cities were all timed to coincide with the afternoon verdict that capped a monthslong case against Vice Pres-ident Tariq al-Hashemi, a longtime foe of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Still, taken together, the vio-lence and verdict could energize Sunni insurgents bent on returning Iraq to the brink of civil war by targeting Shi-ites and undermining the government.

Al-Hashemi fled to Turkey in the months after the Shiite-led govern-ment accused him of playing a role in 150 bombings, assassinations and other attacks from 2005 to 2011 — years in which the country was mired in retaliatory sectarian violence that followed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein’s Sunni regime. Most of the attacks were allegedly carried out by al-Hashemi’s bodyguards and other employees, and largely targeted government o!cials, security forces and Shiite pilgrims.

The vice president declined to immediately comment on the verdict after meeting with the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara. He said he would “tackle this issue in a statement” in coming hours.

The politically charged case — which was announced the day after U.S. troops withdrew from the coun-try last December — sparked a govern-ment crisis and fueled Sunni Muslim and Kurdish resentment against al-Maliki, whom critics say is monopo-

lizing power.Violence has ebbed significantly,

but insurgents continue to stage high-profile bombings and shooting ram-pages. Al-Qaida’s Iraq branch has promised a comeback in predomi-nantly Sunni areas from which it was routed by the U.S. and its local allies after sectarian fighting peaked in 2007.

“These attacks show al-Qaida’s ability to hit any place in Iraq and at any time,” said Ali Salem, 40, an ele-mentary school teacher in Baghdad. “The lack of security could take us back to zero.”

The worst violence on Sun-day struck the capital, where bombs pounded a half-dozen neighborhoods — both Sunni and Shiite — thoughout the day. But the deadliest attacks in Baghdad hit Shiite areas Sunday eve-ning, hours after the al-Hashemi ver-dict was announced. In all, 42 peo-ple were killed in the capital and 120 wounded, according to police and hospital o!cials who spoke on condi-tion of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the informa-tion.

The countrywide attacks began before dawn, with gunmen killing sol-diers at an army post in the central Iraqi city of Dujail. A few hours later, a car exploded in a lot where police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs outside Kirkuk in the country’s north. Both Dujail and Kirkuk are for-mer insurgent strongholds.

Over the day, at least 92 people were killed and more than 360 wounded in at least 21 separate bombings and shootings, according to reports from police and hospital o!cials. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but Iraq’s Interior Ministry blamed al-Qaida in Iraq.

“The attacks today on the markets and mosques are aimed at provoking sectarian and political tensions,” the ministry said in a statement. “Our war against terrorism is continuing, and we are ready.”

Iraq’s VP convicted as attacks kill 92

BY JESSE WASHINGTONASSOCIATED PRESS

Is it because he’s black?The question of whether race

fuels opposition to President Barack Obama has become one of the most divisive topics of the election. It is sowing anger and frustration among conservatives who are labeled racist simply for opposing Obama’s poli-cies and liberals who see no other explanation for such deep dislike of the president.

It is an accusation almost impos-sible to prove, yet it remains insep-arable from the African-American experience. The idea, which seemed to die in 2008 when Obama became the first black president, is now rear-ing its head from college campuses to cable TV as the Democratic incum-bent faces Mitt Romney, the white Republican challenger.

Four years after an election that

inspired hopes of a post-racial future, there are signs that political passions are dragging us backward.

“We’re at a tipping point,” said Susan Glisson, director of the Insti-tute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi. “But I don’t know which way we’re going to tip.”

Glisson knows that many con-servatives disagree with Obama solely because of his policies. “But I am also quite certain that there are others who object to the president because of his race, because they have a fear of blacks that is embed-ded in our culture,” she said.

Her conclusion is based on some-thing called “implicit bias” — preju-dices that people don’t realize they have.

Studies show that due to long-standing negative stereotypes about African-Americans — which give such false impressions as most black

people are dangerous, unintelligent or prefer welfare to work — many people harbor anti-black biases yet don’t even know it. Such uncon-scious biases, the studies show, are present in people of all backgrounds, not just whites.

“Our history has created this unconscious bias,” said Gail Chris-topher, vice president of program strategy for the W.K. Kellogg Foun-dation, which has funded research on the subject. “Now we need to cre-ate safe places to discuss and edu-cate people about unconscious bias, where we are not blaming and sham-ing them.”

Those safe places generally do not include the political arena.

“Every time they say, ‘We want our country back,’ I know what that means,” Susan Bankston, a white Democratic National Convention delegate from Richmond, Texas, said at the gathering last week.

Racial bias against Obama debated again

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President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign stop at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla.

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THE NUMBER OF KILLS BLOCKER JESSE EBNER ’16 HAD ON FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST VILLANOVA FOR A .480 KILL PERCENTAGE. That night, five Bulldogs reached the double-digits in kills for a come-from-behind win.

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BY KEVIN KUCHARSKISTAFF REPORTER

After two weeks of nonconference play, the volleyball team has made it clear that it does not go down without a fight. In their second consecutive week-end of tournament play in the John J. Lee Ampitheater, the Bulldogs (3–2) rallied from behind to top Villanova on Friday and issued the weekend’s toughest chal-lenge to Northwestern (8–0) on Satur-day.

“I think [this weekend] showed we are a really resilient team, and we play really well together,” middle blocker Jesse Ebner ’16 said. “We came out against Villanova and didn’t play our best match, but we still fought, and we didn’t give up when we were down.”

The peak of the weekend’s excite-

ment occurred during the Friday night opener against Villanova (5–4). The action-packed match reached its cre-scendo during a fourth set in which Yale completed a thrilling comeback. In that game, Villanova built early leads of 6–0 and 12–3 and Yale did not take a lead of its own until a Mollie Rogers’ ’15 kill gave the team a 24–23 advantage. A kill from setter Kendall Polan ’14 and a Villanova attack error gave Yale a 26–24 victory and capped a 3–1 victory for the Bull-dogs.

However, the night got o! to a rocky start for the Elis when they blew a lead in the first set. Down 18–12, Villa-nova called a timeout and took o! with an 11–3 run to take a 24–21 lead. Yale scored two consecutive points to draw within one, but ultimately dropped the set 25–23.

“I didn’t think we were playing at a very composed rate,” head coach Erin Appleman said. “I thought we looked

like we were young, which we are. I talked to them about playing with con-fidence and maturity, and it seemed to work well.”

Yale responded to Appleman’s mes-sage by coming out on the attack in the second game and cruising to a 25–15 win to tie the match at one. Yale went on to scratch out a 26–24 victory in the fol-lowing set with the come-from-behind

Elis split two at home

BLAIR SEIDEMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

While the volleyball team was able to come back from behind on Friday to topple Villanova, it ultimately could not catch up to Northwestern.

BY GIDEON BROSHYCONTRIBUTING REPORTER

Yale’s two varsity sailing teams won their three major regat-tas this past weekend, enjoying an auspicious start to the sea-son. The No. 2 coed team placed first at the Harry Anderson Tro-phy, hosted by Yale, and the Pine Trophy Sloop Elims, hosted by the Coast Guard Academy. The No. 1 women’s team won the Toni Deutsch Trophy at the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology.

At the Harry Anderson Trophy, the A division team took second place after eight races. On Satur-day, the team consisted of skipper Marlena Fauer ’14 and crew Will Feldman ’14; on Sunday, it con-

sisted of Fauer and crew Eugenia Custo Greig ’14. The B division team, skippered by Morgan Kiss ’15 with crew Custo Greig on Sat-urday, and Kiss with crew Urska Kosir ’15 on Sunday, took first place in eight races. Overall, the Bulldogs won by 11 points.

At the Pine Trophy Sloop Elims, a sloop event hosted by the Coast Guard Academy, the coed team was represented by skip-per Chris Segerblom ’13 and crew Max Nickberg ’14, Eric Anderson ’16 and Marly Isler ’16. After nine races, the Bulldogs finished in first place. The top four teams from the Pine Trophy qualified for the New England Sloop Championship in New York, which will ultimately be the qualifier for the Intercol-legiate Sailing Association Sloop

Sailing dominates opening weekend

ZEENAT MANSOOR/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

In its season opener at the Harry Anderson Trophy, the coed sailing team won both the A and B divisions en route to an 11-point overall victory.

SAILING

SEE VOLLEYBALL PAGE B3

SEE SAILING PAGE B2

BY EUGENE JUNGSTAFF REPORTER

Despite stepping up on o!ense and battling through a double overtime, the Elis (0–3–1) could not gain the upper hand on their opponents this weekend.

On a breezy early autumn night

Friday, numerous Bulldogs sup-porters filled Reese stadium for a match between the Elis and the defending Patriot League’s cham-pion Colgate that would go to double overtime.

Just a minute before the end of the scoreless first overtime, for-ward Max McKiernan ’15 shot from a spectacular 15 yards out but his attempt bounced o! the

crossbar. True to an age-old soc-cer superstition that a team will fail to score again after hitting the crossbar, McKiernan’s attempt proved to be the last golden opportunity for the Elis, and the game ended scoreless.

“It was a tough game, but we showed our character and defi-nitely fought to the end,” defender Tyler Detorie ’16 said.

The Elis played a man down for the majority of the match, after defender Andy Hackbarth ’13 took down a Colgate player who had a clear path to the goal and received a red card at 9:55.

Head coach Brian Tompkins said he was generally pleased with the team’s discipline and perse-verance despite facing Colgate

MEN’S SOCCER

I think [this weekend] showed that we are a really resilient team, and we play really well together.

JESSE EBNER ’16Middle blocker

Elis finish weekend with loss and tie

SEE MEN’S SOCCER PAGE B3

VOLLEYBALL

SPORTSPAGE B2 YALE DAILY NEWS · MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 · yaledailynews.com

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS ROBERT GRIFFIN III

In his first NFL start, Redskins’ quarterback RG3 completed his first eight passes and became the first rookie quarterback to achieve a perfect rating in his first half of play. Gri!n ended the game 19 of 26, for 320 yards and two touchdowns as Washington beat New Orleans.

victory.The win was a solid team e!ort for

the Elis. Five Yale players recorded double-digit kills, led by Ebner who notched 15 to the tune of a .480 hitting percentage. Outside hitter Erica Reetz ’14 said that such depth makes the Elis o!ense very dangerous.

“It helps incredibly to have so many offensive contributors,” Reetz said. “When you have one person on fire, it’s great to be able to feed them the ball. But when you have two, it makes it impossible for the other side to play defense.”

The weekend’s greatest chal-lenge came on Saturday night against Northwestern, a member of the pow-erhouse Big Ten conference. The Wildcats established themselves early and built an 18–10 lead, but, once again, the Bulldogs crawled back and nearly stole the set. Down 24–14, Yale scored nine straight to pull within one point but fell just short of completing the comeback to give the Wildcats an opening set victory.

But just like they did against Villa-nova, the Elis bounced back and took the second set by a convincing 25-18 score to tie the match at one. Reetz said that the team’s ability to rebound following a first set loss is crucial.

“It is incredibly important to be able to pick up the morale and inten-sity and come back out in the second set,” she said. “A lot of teams struggle with that, and it shows a lot about our team character that we can come back from a first game loss.”

Northwestern went on to take the third and fourth sets but only out-scored the Elis 51–46 during those two sets. In the box score Yale domi-nated Northwestern, making the 3–1 final score somewhat deceptive. The Elis hit .240 to Northwestern’s .176 and blocked nine more shots than the Wildcats.

“I think we made big strides in blocking,” Appleman said. “Out-blocking a Big Ten team is pretty spec-tacular, and I was really proud of the e!ort that they gave.”

After opening the season with five home matches, the Elis are heading to San Diego to take on University of Cal-ifornia-Santa Barbara, San Diego and Fresno State this weekend.

Contact KEVIN KUCHARSKI at kevin.kucharski@yale.edu .

the field, and she missed the rest of the match.

Teammates said they were especially concerned about the nature of the injury, as Holland was selected last month to be one of 18 American field hockey play-ers representing the United States in the Under-21 (U21) Pan Amer-ican Championship in Guadala-jara, Mexico. The championship begins today, but Holland will not be competing, Stuper said in a Sunday night email.

Stuper declined to comment on the severity or consequences of the injury, but team captain Maddy Sharp ’13 added after the game that she is confident that Holland will recover.

The team has also faced the challenge of a large turnover this year. But Sharp and Stuper said the new freshmen are overcoming the dual challenge of adjusting to both college life and to the team.

“They’re doing really well and forming a cohesive unit,” Sharp said. “We lost some good play-ers, but the freshmen are step-ping up.”

As of Saturday, Stuper said she is not sure if the team will continue its goal-a-thon or find other means to meet the $50,000 for the “Get a Grip” campaign for myotonic dystrophy research in honor of team member Ona McConnell ’13 Today’s shutout will ultimately not detract from the amount of money raised, she added.

The Bulldogs are still driven to have the scoreboard reflect their hard work and energy as they enter their first Ivy League game, Sharp said. Training for the upcoming match at Harvard (1–1), Sharp said the team will revisit fundamentals and hold on to Saturday’s high intensity level, which should help the Elis fin-ish their o!ensive attempts and score some points.

Th Bulldogs will go up against Crimson in Cambridge next Sat-urday, Sept. 15 at 1 p.m.

Contact SEBASTIAN MEDINA-TAYAC at

sebastian.medina-tayac@yale.edu .

Elis return from Illinois with two losses“It’s as if we are in the Indy 500 and the flag goes up to signal the start, and others move but we don’t react.”

Kristen Forster ’13 balanced the score at the 70-minute mark with a goal o! a cross from forward Paula Hagopian ’16.

With the game deadlocked at 1-1, Ames was able to fend o! multiple Loyola attempts outside the 18, and the Bulldogs headed into overtime.

But three minutes into the second con-tentious overtime, Loyola senior Ana Clau-dia Michelini headed in the game-winning goal. The Ramblers outshot the Elis 5–0 in the overtime periods.

At Northwestern, the Bulldogs also came out slow, and the Wildcats took advantage of the early lull by knocking in two goals within a four-minute period midway through the first half.

With a surge of second half energy, Melissa Gavin ’15 took two of Yale’s three shots on goal for the half, but none found the back of the net.

Over the course of the game, Northwest-ern, a Big Ten conference member, outshot Yale 14-6.

Team members said they viewed this week-end as a learning experience for future games, particularly for when they take on Ivy League powerhouse Princeton on Sept. 22.

“We realized that we have a lot of potential, but need to play more as a unit. We found that we can definitely do that if we put our minds to it.” Gavin said. “We’re trying out di!erent people in di!erent positions in order to figure out who we are as a team.”

The Bulldogs will continue non-confer-ence play this Tuesday against Saint Peter’s University.

Kicko! is set for 8 p.m. at Reese Stadium.

Contact DINEE DORAME at dinee.dorame@yale.edu .

WOMEN’S SOCCER FROM PAGE B4

HENRY EHRENBERG/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

After falling to Loyola in overtime of the first match of their Chicago road trip, the women’s soccer team fell into an early hole against Northwestern and lost 2–0.

Holland injured in close loss

FIELD HOCKEY FROM PAGE B4

Elis show mettle in Friday comeback

BLAIR SEIDEMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Middle blocker Haley Wessels ’13, far left, was crucial in Yale’s come-from-behind victory over Villanova.

It’s incredibly important to be able to pick up the morale and intensity … in the second set.

ERICA REETZ ’14Outside hitter, women’s volleyball

VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE B1

SPORTSYALE DAILY NEWS · MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 · yaledailynews.com PAGE B3

Idaho girl fights to play golf with the boys 16-year-old Sierra Harr is petitioning Idaho’s High School Activities Association to continue playing on the boy’s golf team. Opposing coaches believe her dual eligibility in both girls’ individual and boys’ team competition is unfair. The Association is currently discussing rules that will address cases like Sierra Harr’s in their next meeting on September 25.

Nationals in Fort Worth, Texas.Meanwhile, the women’s team

secured a first place overall vic-tory at the Toni Deutsch regatta in Boston, hosted by MIT. The A division team, which finished in second place, consisted of skip-per Emily Billings ’13 and crew Amanda Salvesen ’14. The B division team, which finished in first place, consisted of skipper Claire Dennis ’13 and crew Kate Gaumond ’15.

These early victories suggest that the Bulldogs are picking up where they left o! at the end of last year’s successful season.

“We’ve had really good prac-tices, trying to get continuity from last year, trying to get the ball rolling again,” said Will Feld-man ‘14.

The teams lost important members of the class of 2012, but have acquired a strong group of six freshmen.

Chris Segerblom ’14 said this year’s teams both have deep ros-ters with experienced sailors. He said he is confident about the teams’ prospects for this season.

“I think everyone has been super excited to get the season started,” he said, “and having a strong first weekend like we had this weekend bodes well for the future.”

Segerblom said that the mem-bers of the sloop team are putting added focus into qualifying for the Sloop Nationals, as the team has fallen just short of qualifying for New Englands in past seasons. Now that it has made it to the first stage, he said, it will put an increased emphasis on practic-ing match racing, a form of com-petition in which two boats race around a course. The team plans to practice hard so it can achieve a first place finish in the New Eng-land Sloop Championship and go represent Yale at the Nationals in Texas in November, said Segerb-lom.

Next weekend, the women’s team will compete at Dartmouth in the Mrs. Hurst Bowl Regatta, while the coed team will compete in the Boston Harbor Invitational, the Lake Champlain Open, the Hatch Brown Trophy, and Nevin’s Trophy.

Contact GIDEON BROSHY at gideon.broshy@yale.edu .

with only 10 players.“It was hard to play offense

with men down since everyone feels more burdened,” defender Pablo Espinola ’16 added.

Just eight minutes after the kick o!, the Bulldogs opened up two consecutive scoring chances.

An especially lethal shot by Midfielder Kevin Michalak ’15 hit the post, and shortly after, last season’s top scoring forward Peter Jacobson ’14’s took a shot that went wide.

Without much change in for-mation, the Elis continued their play with a stable defense and recorded four shots by the end of second half.

“We kept four in the back, although we pressured a lit-

tle lower,” Detorie said. “How-ever, we threw bodies around and blocked shots, and were more compact.”

Captain and goalkeeper Bobby Thalman ’13 was busy playing the life-support for the team. Thal-man fended o! five shots, and his consistent performance allowed the Elis to secure the draw. The goalie’s instincts shined eight seconds before the close of the second overtime, as he dove to block a sudden, strong shot from Raider Shane Conlin’s.

On the other side of the field, the visiting team proved equally adept at blocking shots from the Elis. In the overtime periods, the Raiders blocked shots from for-ward Avery Schwartz ’16, mid-fielder Conner Lachenbruch ’15, defender Milan Tica ’13 and

Michalak. Overall, the Bulldogs came up

just two shots shy of the Raiders (10–12), but far outdid Colgate in saves (5–1).

On Sunday, the Elis’ efforts ended in a 1–0 loss against Fair-field at Lessing Field. Despite demonstrating some impres-sive moves o!ensively and high-pressure defense, the team failed

to avenge last season’s 1-0 loss to the Stags.

“It was a disappointing result, but there were still some positives to be taken from today’s game,” Thalman said.

The Bulldogs started o! strong at Fairfield’s home turf. Just two minutes after the kick off, for-ward Scott Armbrust ’14 rifled a shot, but it ended up going wide.

For the next 11 minutes, the Bulldogs took two more shots to shake up the hosts and dictated the flow of the game.

The Bulldogs relentlessly knocked at the Stags’ doorsteps, with a shot from Jacobson that Fairfield goalkeeper Michael O’Kee!e blocked.

For the rest of the first half, the Bulldogs e!ectively shut down the hosts’ renewed offensive drive.

Eight minutes before the whistle, breaking through Yale’s tight wall, Fairfield’s Reco McLaren deftly maneuvered passed through the Elis defense and fired a shot that surprised everyone, but was for-tunately blocked.

“I felt we possessed the ball better and improved our team defense,” Thalman said.

In the next half, the Bulldogs took on an offensive approach, but 26 minutes into the second half, the Elis allowed Fairfield’s George Newton to take a 25-yard shot.

The ball went straight past Thalman into the Yale’s net, and the hosts did not stop there. Just 15 minutes after his first goal, Fairfield’s Daniel Shaw kicked a shot, but this time Thalman jumped to deny the ball from

passing the goal line. Although forward Schwartz

nearly found a way to level the scoreboard at 89:34, the Fairfield goalkeeper made a spectacular save to hang onto the lead.

With a stronger record than the Stags in shots and saves, 9-8 and 3-2 respectively, the Elis closed out the weekend’s matches with-out a win.

“We just now need to improve our finishing quality so that we can score goals and put team away,” Thalman said.

The Bulldogs will seek their first victory Friday when they travel to the home of the local rival Quinnipiac.

Kicko! is slated for 4 p.m.

Contact EUGENE JUNG at eugene.jung@yale.edu .

Three regattas, three wins in sailing’s first weekend of races

First victory escapes Elis’ clutchesM. SOCCER FROM PAGE B1

SAILING FROM PAGE B1

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Jenner Fox ’14 fighting o! a Colgate defender in Yale’s 0–0 tie Friday. After receiving a red card early in the first half, Yale was able to hold o! the Red Raiders for the rest of the game despite playing a man down.

I felt we possessed the ball better and improved our team defense.

BOBBY THALMAN ’13Captain, Men’s Soccer Team

ZEENAT MANSOOR/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Yale’s women’s and coed sailing teams were unbeatable over the weekend, taking first place in all three regattas in which they competed.

Having a strong first weekend like we had this weekend bodes well for the future.

CHRIS SEGERBLOM ’14Skipper, coed sailing

SPORTS

BY SEBASTIAN MEDINA-TAYACCONTRIBUTING REPORTER

In a gut-wrenching showdown in the final seconds of Saturday’s game, Hofstra (4–1) blocked three consecutive corner shots from the Bulldogs (1–2) and left Johnson field victorious for the first time in six years.

After the Pride scored its only point in the first 10 minutes, the Bulldogs’ tough defense, led by goalkeeper Emily Cain ’14, held the game at a stalemate. But when the clock ran out with the ball still inside Hofstra’s goal circle, field hockey rules dictated that play was allowed to continue until the ball was knocked out or the Bulldogs evened the score. The charged finale that ensued had spectators on their feet.

Though Yale was disappointed with the outcome, Hofstra coach Kathy De Angelis said the game could have easily gone in Yale’s favor.

“We were out-shot and out-cornered — statistically, we were lucky to end up first on the score-board,” De Angelis said.

The Bulldogs made 21 attempts on goal, including eight direct corner shots, but failed to finish their offensive surges. Strikers Nicole Wells ’16 led a dramatic break-away at the end of the first half and fed Jessie Accurso ’15, but Pride goalkeeper Kaitlyn De

Turo denied Accurso’s shot. De Turo maintains a .833 career save percentage.

Yale head coach Pam Stuper said the best part of the Bulldogs’ play was a tight defense and skill-ful backfield passing, and added that the team improved these skills in practice last week.

“We were strong defensively and held them quite well,” Stu-per said.

Cain made two miraculous back-to-back saves in the first half. Cain’s e!orts and the hus-tle of relentless midfielder Mary Beth Barham ’13 were key to hold-ing off Hofstra’s strong offen-sive line when the play moved to Yale’s side of the field.

Adversities harmed the Bull-dogs’ chances at a win, Stuper said. Hard-hitting back Geor-gia Holland ’14 went down in the first period with a knee injury. The game stalled for several min-utes as responders helped her o!

BY DINEE DORAMECONTRIBUTING REPORTER

The Elis (2–3) struggled to find their rhythm on the road last weekend and fell to two Chicago teams despite second half surges.

After a 2–1 loss to the Loyola Ram-blers (3–4) on Friday and a 2–0 loss to the Northwestern Wildcats (4–2–1) on Sun-day, the Bulldogs return to campus to focus on their upcoming conference opponents.

Facing off in Loyola Soccer Park, the Ramblers started the game with aggres-sive o!ensive play and controlled posses-sion for most of the first half. With veteran Yale goalkeeper Adele Jackson-Gibson ’13 sidelined due to an ACL tear, Elise Wilcox ’15 and Rachel Ames ’16 split playing time in her place. Wilcox had a total of five saves this weekend and Ames made three.

“Losing Adele was tough on the team, but we will bounce back as other players are being forced to step up,” head coach Rudy Meredith said.

Jackson-Gibson was out for most of last season with a dislocated shoulder, and Wil-

cox started six matches in her stead. With 15 minutes left in the first half of

the Loyola game, sophomore Sammy Gage found the back of the net and put a point on the board for the Ramblers. They entered halftime leading Yale 4–2 in shots.

Hoping for a comeback, the Elis brought some momentum in the second half and took five shots on goal. In all five games this season, Yale has been slow to get going on o!ense.

“Right now, we’re having trouble starting off the game.” Meredith said.

“Oh my god... I honestly can’t believe I won. I really was preparing my runner-up speech, because I thought, ‘Man, she’s playing so great.’” SERENA WILLIAMS US OPEN CHAMPION

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BY ALEX EPPLERCONTRIBUTING REPORTER

As rain soaked the men’s and women’s cross country teams during their Saturday warmups, captain Kevin Lunn ’13 refer-enced t-shirts worn by the foot-ball team that read, “No one’s ever drowned in sweat.”

“No one’s ever drowned in water,” he said.

The cross-country teams did neither on Saturday, scorching the competition at the Fordham Fiasco meet in New York City’s

Van Cortlandt Park en route to first place finishes for both teams.

The women’s team ran first, scoring just 17 points to finish 41 points in front of second-place Rider University.

“It went fantastic,” head coach Amy Gosztyla said. “We dominated.”

Gosztyla added that the meet was, “A really good start for everyone as a whole.”

Millie Chapman ’14 won the women’s individual title, cover-ing the five-kilometer course in 18:19.32.

Captain Nihal Kayali ’13 said that Chapman defended her title

with the victory, having won the race the prior year. Kayali added that defending a title is rare in cross country races.

Elizabeth Marvin ’13, Emily Stark ’16 and Caitlin Hudson ’13 swept the next three spots, and Sarah Barry ’15 placed seventh to round out Yale’s top five. Kayali said that Stark’s third place fin-ish was particularly impressive given the transition from high school to collegiate cross coun-try running.

The team’s performance seemed especially remarkable given its approach to the meet and the stormy weather. “The team went in with a conserva-

tive race plan, and they executed it really well despite the pretty poor conditions,” said Kayali.

Following the tone set by the women’s race, the men’s team finished 46 points in front of Fordham to win the meet by scoring only 18 points. “The competition wasn’t quite as strong as it was a year ago,” said head coach Paul Harkins, “but I didn’t necessarily expect us to have six guys in the top seven.”

Matthew Nussbaum ’15 paced the Bulldogs over the length of the eight-kilometer men’s course, winning the individual title in 26:10.53. Lunn followed close behind to finish second,

and Kevin Dooney ’16, Timothy Hillas ’13 and Jacob Sandry ’15 placed fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively. Harkins said that the race marked the first cross country race in the career of Hil-las, captain of the men’s track and field team. Lunn said that Dooney was a runner to keep an eye on, as he raced at junior world nationals this past sum-mer.

Both teams noted that the level of competition will not be the level they will face the rest of the season. Gosztyla said that many of the teams featured in the meet ran in Divisions II and III, and that the team she

expected to be the primary com-petition, Columbia, wound up competing at another meet.

Even so, Kayali and Harkins offered reasons to be excited about the results for both teams. Harkins said the meet proved that the team is better prepared than it was at this point in the season last year, while Kayali said the results were encour-aging for what is to come. The men’s and women’s cross-coun-try teams continue the season this Friday in a dual meet against Harvard at the Yale Golf Course.

Contact ALEX EPPLER at alexander.eppler@yale.edu .

YDN

The women’s cross country team, pictured here racing last season, won its first meet of the season at Fordham over the weekend, led by Millie Chapman’s ’14 first-place finish overall.

CROSS COUNTRY

FIELD HOCKEY

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Kristen Forster ’13 scored Yale’s only goal of the weekend against Loyola on Friday.

Cross country dominates first races

Elis drop two games on road Clock runs out on Elis

WOMEN’S SOCCER

We were out-shot and out-cornered … we were lucky to end up first on the score-board.

KATHY DE ANGELISCoach, Hofstra University

SEE WOMEN’S SOCCER PAGE B2 SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE B2