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Chinese
President Hu Jintao
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2006
Relating to the visit of President Hu Jintao
The security and logistical considerations of President Hu’s visit will require the Yale community to consider in advance their plans for April 21.
This visit is being treated by the U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies with the same security precautions that attend a visit by the President of the United States. For obvious reasons, those officials do not tell us all of the details, but the following is the most current information. If prior visits of this sort to Yale are any guide, we will be called upon to make additional accommodations on the eve of the visit.
Please continue to check this website during this week for further updates.
TRAFFIC AND STREET CLOSURES
At a minimum, the streets and campus area bound by Temple Street, Grove Street, York Street, and Elm Street will be closed to all motor traffic beginning at 7:30 a.m. and continuing until President Hu’s departure at approximately 1:00 p.m. The exact route and timing of President Hu’s motorcade are not known, but it is likely that many downtown streets will be closed as the motorcade approaches the campus (mid-morning) and as he departs (between noon and 1:00 p.m.). Therefore, even if you are on Science Hill or at the Medical School and traveling by car, you may encounter street closings. There may be additional unannounced street closures at the request of the U.S. protective services.
No streets are expected to be closed in the medical campus area, but security requirements for ready and direct access to medical facilities may require the temporary closure of some streets leading to the medical campus.
RESTRICTIONS ON THE CENTRAL CAMPUS
A large area of the Yale campus in the proximity of Sprague Hall will be closed from some time after midnight Thursday to Friday at 1:00 p.m., except to those who have tickets to President Hu’s speech or to those who are staffing the event and have been issued special passes. The closed area is likely to be bound by College Street, Grove Street, York Street, and Elm Street, as well as all of Wall Street between Naples Pizza and York Street. |
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SPECIAL ACCESS TO SOME BUILDINGS IN RESTRICTED AREA
There will be special access requirements for some buildings within the restricted area for Friday, April 21, until 1:00 p.m.
- The only access to Sterling Memorial Library (SML) will be from its York Street entrance.
- The only access to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscripts Library will be through SML.
- The only access to the Yale Law School will be from its Grove Street entrance.
- The only accesses to Silliman College will be through the gates on Temple Street and
Grove Street.
- The only access to Calhoun College will be through the gates on Elm Street.
- The only access to Berkeley College will be through the gates on Elm Street.
- The only access to 82-90 Wall Street will be from its back door (parking lot side) entrance.
The attached map shows in blue the restricted campus areas and the black arrows indicate the entry points for buildings with special access requirements.
BUILDING CLOSURES
Security measures require that the following buildings—WLH, Leigh Hall, 451 College, 493 College, and Sprague Hall (administrative offices)—be closed on Friday, April 21 until 2:00 p.m. or until President Hu’s departure. Special notices have already been sent to notify the faculty and staff who have offices in these buildings.
UNIVERSITY COMMONS AND DINING HALLS
All Yale dining facilities will operate normally, except for the University Commons which will be closed for all meals on Friday. All other University dining halls will be open, and students who ordinarily use the University Commons including those in Swing Space can use any other dining hall. Any changes in the Yale Dining Services schedule will be posted on this site and at http://www.yale.edu/dining/.
REASSIGNED CLASSES
Classes in all schools will meet as scheduled. Those classes which ordinarily meet in locations affected by the security measures have been reassigned to alternate locations and those instructors and students have already been informed. The list of those affected classes and their reassignments are listed to the right of this text. With questions about class reassignments, please contact Diane Rodrigues, Deputy Registrar.
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SHUTTLE SERVICES
The Yale Transit shuttles will operate on April 21. However, some routes may be temporarily re-routed because of street closures and traffic congestion may result in some delays in the schedule. Changes in the Yale Transit shuttle schedules and routes are noted on the right. Any further changes to the Yale Transit Shuttles will be posted on this site and at http://www.yale.edu/parkingandtransit/shuttle.
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PARKING
Lot #55 will be closed on April 21; some spaces in lot #51 will be displaced by security and media vehicles. Those who ordinarily park in lot #55 and lot #51 will be notified by Parking & Transit Services of alternative arrangements. In order to use lot #51 on April 21, your vehicle must enter the lot before 8:00 a.m. If you arrive after 8:00 a.m., you will need to park in lots #16 or #22 which are located at the intersection of Humphrey Street and Whitney Avenue. A shuttle will be available to bring you to the vicinity of lot #51.
LIBRARIES
All Yale libraries will operate normally. Patrons for Sterling Memorial Library, Cross Campus Library, and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library will need to enter those libraries through the York Street entrance of Sterling Memorial Library until 1:00 p.m. Access to the Yale libraries through the York Street entrance will require showing a Yale ID. Any changes in the Yale Library schedule will be posted on this site and at http://www.library.yale.edu.
VIEWING THE SPEECH
Sites will be established throughout the Yale campus where interested faculty, students, and staff can view the address. The address will be streamed in English and Chinese on the Internet to those with a Yale NetID and on Yale cable television channels 10 and 14, and in English on local public access channel 26. Further details and a list of viewing locations will be posted on this site and at http://www.yale.edu/opa/hu/simulcast.html |
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FACULTY PANEL FOLLOWING PRESIDENT HU’S SPEECH
Following the speech by President Hu, Ian Shapiro, the Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R. Luce Director of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, will moderate a discussion of five distinguished Yale faculty on different aspects of China’s role as a world superpower.
The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., in Battell Chapel (at the corner of Elm and College Streets).
A list of the speakers and the titles of their talks are:
- Deborah Davis, professor of Sociology, member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and former chair of the Yale Council of East Asian Studies: “China: Rising Expectations.”
- Paul Gewirtz, the Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law, Director of The China Law Center, and former Special Representative for the Presidential Rule of Law Initiative for the U.S. State Department: “China and the Rule of Law.”
- Harold Hongju Koh, Dean of Yale Law School and Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: “China and Human Rights.”
- Frances Rosenbluth, professor of Political Science: “China: Views from Her Neighbors.”
- Ernesto Zedillo, Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and former President of Mexico: “China and Globalization.”
OLD CAMPUS ASSEMBLY SPACE
Old Campus has been designated as space for those who wish to assemble at the time of President Hu’s speech. A message to the Yale community about the University's policy on freedom of expression may be viewed at http://www.yale.edu/opa/hu/freedomExpression.html.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about Yale's activities with China, visit http://www.yale.edu/opa/hu. |
