The Week in Brief

According to Joseph Fahey, director of operations of the Office of Properties, Ivy Noodle operator Coreen Guo has run into city code problems with the ventilator hood for her oven. Yale has done its part by adding an ornate new façade to the Ivy Noodle/Council Travel building, Fahey said. The rest is up to Guo. "The landlord's work is done," he explained. "Now it's in the tenant's hands." He added that Yale still plans to paint the new façade and add signs for the two businesses.

Meanwhile, internal demolition is proceeding on 29-45 Broadway, the future home of a new building that will house Urban Outfitters and two small ground-floor retailers. On Wed., Jan. 19, Yale's site plan for the structure's construction was approved by the city plan commission. Four other spaces are also still vacant—the former Phil's Hair and Bruegger's Bagels on Broadway, and the former Y Haircutting and Ashley's Ice Cream on York Street. "By fall 2000, when the new building is done, we should have all the vacancies occupied," Fahey said. The new theater space in the old Bookstore annex on the Morse-Stiles walkway should also be operational by that time.

—Molly Ball

'Gallows and Lollipops' weathers poorly

Fortunately, however, the sculpture is in good hands. It is being restored at a fabricator in North Haven under the supervision of Susan Schussler, a well-known sculpture conservator from New York City.

The sculpture, which is owned by the Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG), was rusting and its surface was becoming chalky. The original paint that Calder used on the sculpture, called Ronan Japan, was not designed to withstand the rigors of New Haven's weather. "Calder had not forseen the extent to which the paint would suffer out in the environment," Patricia Garland, a conservator at the YUAG, said. The sculpture will be treated with a new DuPont product that will reduce rust and restore the original colors.

It is uncertain exactly when the sculpture will return to its former place between Woolsey and Woodbridge Halls. "I don't know when it will come back," Nina Glickson, assistant to the President, who is in charge of the Plaza, said. Garland is more optimistic, though. "I'm going to see it some time in the next few weeks," she said. "I think it will be back in about a month or so."

—Aaron Lichtig

IVY LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Erstwhile supporters of Harvard student government vice president John A. Burton '01 are asking him to resign, according to the Wed., Jan. 19 Harvard Crimson. Burton is said to have abused his access as a volunteer at the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA) to steal blank buttons and use them for his campaign.

Cantabs, worried that their cherished reputations as immoral geeks were on the wane, clearly cooked up this outlandish scheme to restore their reputation. But the real winner is BGLTSA, the highly respected winner of the longest-ever-organization-acronym-in-Cambridge-award (LEOAICA).

Princeton

According to the Mon., Jan. 17 Daily Princetonian, Princeton's seniors have selected their traditional "beer jacket" democratically, unlike last year, when the senior class officers disregarded the results of the voting. "I really didn't like that jacket, but I understand they are supposed to be kind of ugly," Andy Kim '00 told the paper.

It was sort of an ironic thing to say, really, since many people feel the same way about Princeton grads.

Columbia

Forty-three Columbia students who were housed in a hotel due to lack of dorm space will be moving out, according to the Thurs., Jan. 20 Columbia Spectator. Room has been found for the students, who represent the fruit of a matriculation rate that exceeded expectations.

The students are said to have remarked, "Living in a hotel room wasn't bad, but I really wish I was living in a posh Yale dorm with outdated, broken heating, drafty windows, and no amenities."

—Compiled by Kushal Dave

Pizza prices heat up

At Yorkside, a slice of cheese pizza that cost $1.25 per slice is now $1.50. The price of a large cheese pizza went up to $9.50. "It used to cost $9.00 to $9.25," George Koutroumanis, one of the owners of Yorkside, said. In addition to raising the price of their pizza on Sun., Jan. 1, Yorkside raised the prices of everything else on its menu. Koutroumanis said that this general price adjustment is normal and is done every two years. The changes are caused by a rising minimum wage and by wide fluctuations in the price of ingredients. "If we didn't increase our prices ev-ery two years, we would go out of business," he said.

But other popular pizza parlors throughout New Haven are keeping their original prices. Domino's Pizza, Crown Pizza, and Est. Est. Est. Pizza Restaurant haven't raised their prices for the past three years. Gabril Ayman, the manager at Est. Est. Est., explained why his restaurant is not changing the price of its pizzas. "Prices go up and down, but we want the customers to come every day," Ayman said. "We don't just want a one-night stand."

—Jane Gao

Doors open for several major speakers

Over the past year, these two have teamed up with fellow Yale undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty to plan the event. It now sports an impressive list of speakers, including Rich Tafel, founder of the Log Cabin Republicans, Steven Charleston, president and dean of Episcopal Divinity School, and Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church. Despite its high profile, the ultimate goal of Opening Doors is simple—to engender "focused action that fosters inclusivity, acceptance, and respect."

—Peter Gulliver and David Wertime

ANDREW HEID/YH And so the snow angel Gabriel was sent down to hell...

WORDS

—Michael Pollan, Author and Executive Editor for Harper's, explaining at a Calhoun Master's tea how he came to write Second Nature.

CR/D/F

YALE INDEX
1. Coldest New Haven temperature, with wind chill, week of Jan. 17	-46
2. Temperature, with wind chill, in McMurdo, Antarctica last night	19
3. Index writers who would rather be in McMurdo than New Haven	5
4. Temperature difference between New Haven and McMurdo	65
5. Forecast high for San Diego, Calif. for Sat., Jan. 22	65
6. Index writers who would rather be in San Diego than McMurdo	5
7. Number of penguins in San Diego	25
8. Ambient temperature of Penguin Habitat in San Diego's Sea World	25
9. Index writers who would rather be in the Penguin Habitat than in New Haven	5
10. Cost, in dollars, of year pass to Sea World (Penguin Encounter included)	74.95
11. Cost, in dollars, of an 8-month pass to Yale University	31,940
12. Number of undergraduate Yalies	5,257
13. Cost, in dollars, of sending Yalies to Penguin Encounter, minus airfare	394,012.15
14. Cost, in dollars, of bringing penguins to Yale, minus busing and cooling	12,776,000

—Compiled by Daniel Serviansky, Cornelius Kaestner, Vanessa Wolf, Mishaela Duran, and Nicholas Bagley

1,2,5) The Weather Channel; 3,6,9) Five Yalies and a bottleof wine;

4,13,14) Math; 7,8,10) Sea World San Diego Hotline (619-226-3901); 11,12) Yale

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