Yale Daily News

Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 4:08 a.m.

City passes up chief prospect

City officials are still searching for a successor to New Haven Police Chief James Lewis — but two months ago, they missed the chance to secure a candidate they had been courting who would have brought more than 24 years of public safety experience.

Univ. borrows more to finance campus construction

With a bond sale beginning today, Yale is raising the funds to complete ongoing construction projects, even as the University cuts its capital spending budget by over 60 percent.

Cheshire case a clue for Clark

Exactly two weeks after Raymond Clark III, the man charged in the slaying of Yale graduate student Annie Le GRD ’13, pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and felony murder, the Cheshire murder trial suggests a lengthy judicial process lies ahead for Clark as well.

Google to run Yale e-mail

The Horde e-mail server will be replaced by a new Google interface, custom-designed for Yale, by the end of this month, according to an undergraduate member of the Student Technology Collaborative.

Cause of death still pending

One hundred days after suitemates found Andre Narcisse ’12 dead in his common room, and a week after the Connecticut State Medical Examiner’s Office said it would release the cause of his death, the results of the toxicology study are still unknown.

University News

As a recruiter, Levin gets results 2.08.10 (1)

Since this past fall, two major recruitment searches have concluded with the University signing on its first-choice candidates: Thomas Lynch ’82 MED ’86 to lead the Yale Cancer Center, and Edward Snyder to take over in July 2011 as dean of the School of Management.

City News

Middletown blast kills 5 2.08.10 (1)

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — At least five people are dead, a dozen more injured and an unknown number missing following an explosion at the Kleen Energy power plant in this otherwise quiet college town.

Sports

W. HOCKEY | Road losses stop Bulldog winning streak 2.08.10

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The women’s hockey team’s three-game win streak and recent burst of ECAC success came to an abrupt end this weekend. The Elis (9–13–3, 7–10–1 ECAC) suffered a 6–3 loss to Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H., on Friday before falling 4–3 in Boston to the No. 6 Crimson. The Big Green are now tied with the Bulldogs for eighth place in the ECAC after winning both...

Features

Yalies, under the covers 2.08.10 (41)

It’s Monday morning. You are in a seminar with 20 classmates, half men, half women. In the past week, about six of them have had sexual intercourse. The same goes for oral sex. Half of them have made out with someone.

Sci/Tech News

Climate science stands on its own weight 2.03.10 (7)

As a graduate student in biology, I was pleased but not surprised to hear Obama reference the stimulus money that went to scientific research and his dedication to improving science education. But when the President mentioned climate change, I perked up and abruptly stopped nodding automatically.

Art News

Concert honors Romanian composer 2.08.10

The School of Music held a tribute concert to Enescu featuring pianist Ilya Poletaev, tenor James Taylor violinist Jennifer Curtis, and cellist Mihai Marica.