THE NEWS

• Yale College Council President Jeff Gordon ’12 and two other Yale students are headed to China this week to participate in events at Expo 2010 Shanghai China. Gordon will also be one of 100 student leaders to attend the Summit Forum of Expo Shanghai, a one-day conference of world leaders including United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former Chief Economist of the World Bank Nicholas Stern. Gordon will speak on a panel about “town-gown” relations, focusing on the example of Yale-New Haven relations.
• The influx of thousands of Yale families for the weekend– creating a spike in sales for businesses in the area – comes on the heels of data released Wednesday by BizBuySell.com, the web’s largest marketplace for businesses and franchises, that suggested continuing growth among New Haven businesses into the third-quarter of 2010.
• To celebrate its thirty-fifth year anniversary Claire’s Corner Copia donated 35 percent of its profits on Thursday to two local charities.

THE WEATHER

High of 70 degrees, low of 59 degrees, chance of showers

THE FOOD

In the colleges

Breakfast: Waffle Bar, Apple-Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Lunch: Vegetable Beef Soup, Rosemary Garlic Chicken Breast Sandwich, Spinach & Gruyere Tart, Cuban Black Beans, Beef Tacos, Nachos Bar, Chickpeas & Tomato Pita Sandwich, Tabbouleh

Dinner: Whole Roasted Chickens With Lemon & Olive, Moroccan Bean Stew, Beef Lo Mein, Nachos Bar, Saffron Basmati Rice, Fresh Green Beans Garlic Sauté, Tabbouleh

In Commons

Breakfast: Maple Oatmeal Bar, Waffle Bar, Banana Organic Pancakes, Cage-Free Scrambled Egg Whites, Cage-Free Scrambled Eggs, Home Fries, Apple-Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Lunch: Spinach & Gruyere Tart, Fajita Beef, Portabella Fajita, Cuban Black Beans, Mexican Seasoned Soy Crumbles, Nachos Bar, Rosemary Garlic Chicken Breast Sandwich, French Fries, Pepperoni Pizza, Cheese Pizza, Organic Tomato Sauce, Tofu Pad Thai, Thai Green Curry Roasted Chicken, Pad Thai, Basmati Rice, Chickpeas & Tomato Pita Sandwich, Sautéed Carrots With Dill, Tabbouleh

Dinner: Whole Roasted Chickens With Lemon & Olive, Moroccan Bean Stew, Moussaka, Sautéed Soy Garden Crumbles, Nachos Bar, Pepperoni Pizza, Cheese Pizza, Organic Tomato Sauce, Chickpeas & Tomato Pita Sandwich, Saffron Basmati Rice, Fresh Green Beans Garlic Sauté, Tabbouleh