THE NEWS

• In the city budget Mayor John DeStefano Jr. proposed Tuesday morning, he had two main goals: preserve key initiatives such as school reform and keep taxes steady. At a press conference at City Hall Tuesday morning, DeStefano unveiled the details of his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which raises spending 0.9 percent to $475 million and does not increase taxes.
• What’s white and fuzzy and about to go extinct? The silky sifaka lemur, that is, but not if Yale researchers have anything to say about it.
• For the second consecutive year, interest in a new program that allows graduate students and professors to team teach undergraduate courses is on the rise. Since the Associates in Teaching program, in which professors and graduate students partner to teach undergraduate courses, started during the 2008-’09 academic year, the number courses it offers doubled to 12 this year.

THE WEATHER

High of 43 degrees, low of 15 degrees, mostly sunny

THE FOOD

In the colleges

Breakfast: Waffle Bar, Blueberry Oat Tea Bread

Lunch: Corn Chowder, Vegetable Beef Soup, Mediterranean Foccacia, Slow Cooked Moroccan Chicken Stew, Quinoa Almond Pilaf, Cheese Sauce, Steakhouse French Fries, Grass-Fed Burger, Grass-Fed Cheeseburger, BLT Sandwich, Roasted Cauliflower with Indian Spices, Chicken & Mesclun with Creamy Tarragon Dressing, Insalata Di Farro, Marinated Green Bean Salad, Peanut Butter Choc Chip Cookie

Dinner: Chef’s Choice Quiche, Vegan Paella, Spanish Chicken Chilindron (no ham), Szechuan Beef Stir Fry, Cheese Sauce, Steakhouse French Fries, Rice, Caribbean Blend Vegetables, Chicken & Mesclun with Creamy Tarragon Dressing, Insalata Di Farro, Marinated Green Bean Salad

In Commons

Breakfast: Steelcut Oats, Sweet Potato Dairyless Pancake, Waffle Bar, Omelets To-Order, Cage-Free Scrambled Egg Whites, Cage-Free Scrambled Eggs, Red Bliss Home Fries, Blueberry Oat Tea Bread

Lunch: Chicken Orzo Soup, Vegan Yellow Split Pea Soup, Mediterranean Foccacia, Nachos Bar, Spicy Black Bean Veggie Burger, Philly Steak & Cheese Sub, Steakhouse French Fries, Cheese Pizza, Chef’s Choice Pizza, Organic Tomato Sauce, Pepperoni Pizza, Dragon Chicken, Spring Roll, Vegetable Fried Rice, Garden Salad Pocket Sandwich, Insalata Di Farro, Marinated Green Bean Salad, Peanut Butter Choc Chip Cookie

Dinner: Vegan Yellow Split Pea Soup, Berkeley Mac & Cheese, Honey Glazed Corned Beef, Spinach Felafel Burger, Nachos Bar, Cheese Pizza, Chef’s Choice Pizza, Organic Tomato Sauce, Pepperoni Pizza, Mashed Yukon Gold Potatoes, Insalata Di Farro, Marinated Green Bean Salad