THE NEWS

• As Mandi Schwartz’s ’11 battle with leukemia continues to inspire supporters across the country, the spotlight has also fallen on one of her teammates. Fellow women’s hockey forward Aleca Hughes ’12, a leader in raising awareness for Mandi’s cause, has been named a finalist for the 2011 Hockey Humanitarian Award — an accolade granted each year to one Division I or Division III player. Hughes and her teammates have rallied around Schwartz since her diagnosis in December 2008, organizing fundraisers and bone marrow drives. But efforts that have benefited cancer patients nationwide have remained unable to cure Mandi’s disease.
• After lying vacant for more than a year, 260 York St. has a new tenant.

  A new salon offering hair care and waxing will open in the space March 1, barring any delays, co-owner Jennifer Patton said. Tucked between J.Press and Davenport College, Salon J will seek to woo the student population with a “modern vintage” look and Yale discounts, she said, and will offer haircuts, perms, highlights and hair extensions, as well as waxing services. Other hair salon and barbershop owners have expressed mixed opinions about the opening of another salon.

• When the newly-hired curator of American paintingsand sculpture took her first tour of Yale’s art storage facility 31 years ago, she found a set of damaged canvases wrapped up and rolled around two-by-four blocks of wood. She realized that the paintings, which had been there for 50 years, were some of the only surviving works from the first years of the late 19th-century American muralist movement. The murals, taken from the Huntington mansion in New York, are among Yale’s many art holdings that will finally get their day in the sun when the Art Gallery reopens in late 2012.

THE WEATHER

High of 32 degrees, low of 17 degrees, snow.

THE FOOD

In the colleges

Breakfast: Waffle Bar, Orange Fiesta Coffee Ring

Lunch: Tortellini & Spinach Soup, English Beef Barley Soup, Beef Pad Thai, Tofu Pad Thai, Baked Potato, Santa Fe Chicken Stew (Bacon), Chicken Club Wrap, Brown Rice, Roasted Summer Beets, Cuban Black Beans, Apple Pecan Ranch Salad, Cauliflower Salad With Ricotta Salata, Organic Blondie Chocolate Chip Bars

Dinner: Pork Chop Mar In Beer & Teriyaki, Chana Masala, Mushroom Quiche, Mashed Fresh Potatoes, Chicken Fajita, Jasmine Rice, Mashed Fresh Carrots & Rutabaga, Cuban Black Beans, Apple Pecan Ranch Salad, Cauliflower Salad With Ricotta Salata, Iced Devil’s Food Cake

In Commons

Breakfast: Maple Flavored Organic Oatmeal, Southern Gravy With Biscuit, Waffle Bar, Scrambled Eggs, Omelets To-Order, Banana Organic Pancakes, Scrambled Egg Whites, Home Fries, Orange Fiesta Coffee Ring

Lunch: Tortellini & Spinach Soup, Lobster Bisque, Penne with Salmon & Pistachio Parsley Pesto, Chicken Breast Cacciatore, Texas Burger, French Fries, Monte Cristo Sandwich, Pepperoni Pizza, Chef’s Choice Pizza, Cheese Pizza, Organic Tomato Sauce, Beef Pad Thai, Tofu Pad Thai, Stir Fried Chinese Vegetable, Chicken Club Wrap, Barley & Potato Risotto, Broccoli With Lemon, Olive Oil & Garlic, Persian Carrot & Orange Pilaf, Cauliflower Salad With Ricotta Salata, Organic Blondie Chocolate Chip Bars, Cinnamon Sugar Cookie

Dinner: Tortellini & Spinach Soup, St. Louis Style BBQ Spareribs, Creamy Macaroni & Cheese, Vegan Jambalaya, Batter Fried Fresh Fish, Pepperoni Pizza, Chef’s Choice Pizza, Cheese Pizza, Organic Tomato Sauce, Saffron Basmati Rice, Collard Greens, Vegan Collard Greens, Persian Carrot & Orange Pilaf, Cauliflower Salad With Ricotta Salata, Iced Devil’s Food Cake