The Week in Brief

Bicycles on the Yale campus secured with cable locks will be the targets of a new anti-theft campaign by the Yale Police Department. Members of the Patrol Unit will be exhibiting demonstration bicycles fastened with cable and chain-type locks to promote the use of the U-locks.

"U-type locks are very hard to defeat," University Police Chief James Perrotti said. During the past academic year, 47 percent of all bicycles stolen were secured with chain or cable locks, while only 19 percent were secured with U-locks. "While we have no definite feedback at this time, the response from students has been favorable." Perrotti said.

—Anna Dolinsky

Senator John Chafee, JE '49, dies at age of 77

Senator John H. Chafee, JE '49 (R-RI), died on Sun, Oct. 24 of heart failure at the age of 77. Chafee had been active in both state and national politics since the 1950s, following his tour of duty as a Marine in the Korean War. Best known for his bipartisan and internationalist views, the moderate Republican has left behind almost half a century's worth of influence. While at Yale, he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and a varsity wrestler; as an alum, he served on the Yale Corporation. Chafee spent six years representing Rhode Island, before being elected governor three times. He served as Secretary of the Navy under President Nixon, and then served in the Senate from 1976 until his death. Chafee was active in promoting environmental policies such as the Clean Air Act of 1990, as well as bipartisan healthcare and welfare reform. Most recently, the Senator was one of only four Republicans to speak out for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Bill Clinton, LAW '73, said on Mon., Oct. 25: "Rhode Island and America have lost a great leader and a fine human being." University President Richard Levin, GRD '74, will also miss him. "Chafee was a great friend of education, both as a Senator and as a fellow of the Yale Corporation," he said.

-Averill Harrington

Connecticut citizens are thrifty, study says

While Connecticut ranks first among the 50 states in per-capita income, it ranks 26th nationally in average charity contributions according to a study announced Fri., Oct 22, by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy at a conference held in Science Park.

Attended by representatives from more than 100 charities, the conference was part of a nationwide effort linked to the White House Conference on Philanthropy. Over 3,000 similar conferences were connected to the White House via satellite.

Connecticut residents' contributions increased this year. Last year's survey, using 1995 data, ranked Connecticut as 36th in the nation. "It's a step in the right direction," Carol Schofield, director of communications at the Council of Philanthropy, said.

Others suggest Connecticut citizens aren't cheap, just shy. "I think people are intimidated by what Ted Turner and Bill Gates are giving," Patricia Sweet, vice president of external affairs for the Regional Water Authority, said.

—Melissa Muscat and Kenneth Tsung

CT Post Mall loses suit against Long Wharf Mall

In a major victory for Long Wharf Mall developers on Fri., Oct. 22, the owners of nearby Connecticut Post Mall lost their appeal to stop construction of the newest regional shopping center. Westfield America Corporation, the parent company of the Post Mall, has been trying for months to keep the Long Wharf out of the area. Its most recent litigation claimed that the developers of the new mall were in violation of several environmental building codes.

A judge ruled against Westfield America, though, saying that as a likely competitor of the Galleria at Long Wharf, they are in no position to challenge the mall's construction. Wed., Oct. 20 saw the final approval of the mall, which will bring four major national retailers—Nordstrom, Macy's, Filene's, and Lord & Taylor's—to Southern Connecticut. Yale students should expect the mall to open in the fall of 2001, with daily shuttle service connecting it to the downtown area.

—Andrew Heller

Yalie publishes book on scoliosis

JOHN YI/YH Brooke Lyons at the Yale Bookstore.

Though most students frequent the Yale Bookstore in order to buy books, Brooke Lyons, MC '03, arrived there on Mon., Oct. 25 in order to promote her own. Her book, Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve, is "an inspirational medical and psychological guide for scoliosis sufferers and their families."

Lyons herself has been very outspoken about her experience with scoliosis ever since she was diagnosed at the age of 14. Though Ascending the Curve is her first published book, she has gained recognition as the founder and president of the Connecticut Scoliosis Association, and as a national teen spokesperson for the Scoliosis Association.

Lyons has been working on the project since her sophomore year of high school. Two psychologists and a physician advised her on the medical content, and Lyons relied heavily on personal interviews when researching the book's content. "I interviewed between 25 and 30 people," Lyons explained.

—Elisabeth Marshall

Deputy acquittal casts doubt on sheriff system

Two special deputies, who drove a van in which a female prison inmate was raped, were found free of wrongdoing in an internal investigation by the Office of the County Sheriffs on Sat., Oct. 23. The victim said she cried repeatedly for help. The deputies claimed they turned the van's monitor on and noticed nothing unusual; however, according to Capitol Bureau Chief Gregory Hladky, the monitor was not on at any point during the trip.

Those who call for reform of the Connecticut sheriff system point to this incident and other recent scandals, such as New Haven County High Sheriff Frank J. Kinney III's hiring of felons as special deputies and deputy sheriffs. Connecticut high sheriffs are finalizing a a ban on hiring felons in the sheriffs' offices, and on Tues., Oct. 26, Governor John Rowland called for an overhaul of Connecticut's sheriff system. Chris Cooper, Rowland's assistant press secretary, said Rowland recently"renewed his call, but the legislature has not yet acted on his proposal." —Sonia Putzel

JOHN YI/YH Presidential hopeful Alan Keyes spoke to a packed crowd at a Yale Political Union event on Thursday, October 28.

IVY LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Harvard's Kennedy School of Government has been fending off accusations that it recruits political losers, the Crimson reported on Tues., Oct. 26. "We need people who are available," Kennedy School fellows coordinator Jennifer Phillips said. "Sometimes the way they become available is that they lost."

Kennedy School losers: Hubert Humphrey, who lost Minnesota's governor race to Jesse Ventura; Michael Dukakis, who lost the 1988 presidential race to George Bush, DC '48; and Geraldine Ferarro, Walter Mondale's running mate when he lost in 1984.

But it's all for the good of the students, Director Alan K. Simpson said. Unless Kennedy School Fellows inspire today's Harvard students, Simpson said the students will be "eating grit with the chickens in 65 years," instead of leading the country. O-kay.

...the graverobbers...

Dartmouth student Monique Seguy '03 was arrested on Wed., Oct. 20 for stealing. She was charged with theft of a gravestone from the cemetery near her dorm and keeping it in her room, The Dartmouth reported.

Seguy was doing a project for the Introduction to Classical Archaeology class within the Greek and Roman studies department. The class studied the architecture of the graveyard and worked with partners to deduce how socioeconomic aspects of the community influenced representation of the deceased.

Removing the contents of the graveyard for closer study, however, was not part of the syllabus.

...and their best friends.

It's a regular Old MacDonald's farm. Faculty at Brown are pet-mad, the Daily Herald reported on Thurs., Oct. 28. Wendy Edwards, professor of visual arts, said of her cat, Boots, "She'll bring us gifts—such as mice heads and dead birds on the doorstep." Nancy Jacobs, assistant professor of history, keeps two parakeets and two cockatoos. "When they tire of playing with me, they'll peck me," she said.

However, students who want such caring friends are limited to fish, turtles, or creatures "that can live under water for more than 15 minutes."

—Compiled by Zoë Konovalov from the Crimson, the Dartmouth, and the Daily Herald.

YALE INDEX
1. Fundamentalist Preachers in Beinecke Plaza, Mon., Oct. 25	2
2. Residential colleges named after preachers	1
3. Yalies who are sinners in the hands of an angry God	5257
4. Yalies who are in the college of an angry preacher	406
5. Preachers condemning Jews	2
6. Yalies who are Jewish	1752
7. Preachers condemning liberals	2
8. Yalies who are liberal	5237
9. Preachers condemning promiscuity	2
10. Yalies claiming to be promiscuous	5257
11. Yalies who are promiscuous	2
12. Promiscuous Yalies per Fundamentalist Preacher	1

—Compiled by Cornelius Kaestner and Daniel Serviansky

Sources: 1, 2) YDN [10/26/99]; 4) JE Face Book; 3, 5, 7, 9) Beinecke Plaza, Oct. 25.; 6) Friday Night yarmulke count; 8) Enrollment of Yale minus weekly Scotch consumption, in bottles; 10) Survey of Index Writer's Dining Hall Table, Oct. 25; 11) The White House; The Supreme Court; 12) Math

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