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Volume 99, Issue 16
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018
STUDENT HEALTH
GRADUATION
Dollar Shave Club CEO to Speak at Commencement By MicheLLe Lou Executive Editor
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Michael Dubin, CEO and co-founder of Dollar Shave Club
Dollar Shave Club Co-founder and CEO Michael Dubin (01C) is set to deliver the keynote address at Emory University’s 173rd commencement ceremony May 14, according to Assistant Director of Media Relations Megan McRainey. Emory will confer Dubin an honorary doctor of business degree. Dubin received his bachelor’s degree in history from Emory College
of Arts and Sciences and was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. The Dollar Shave Club, co-founded by Dubin and Mark Levine in 2011, offers a subscription service that distributes affordable razors and other grooming products through the mail. With a viral online advertising campaign, the Dollar Shave Club garnered millions of views on social media. Unilever purchased the Californiabased company for $1 billion in 2016, according to Fortune. Dubin was named an EY entrepre-
neur of the year in the greater Los Angeles area in 2016. He is also a member of the Accelerator for America’s advisory council for economic development, which is chaired by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. He worked at as an associate producer at MSNBC from 2002-2003, a marketing associate for Time Magazine from 2004-2007, a digital marketing director from 2010-2011
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BeltLine Visionary to Deliver Class Day Keynote By MicheLLe Lou Executive Editor
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Ryan Gravel, Urban planner and BeltLine visionary
Ryan Gravel, an urban planner who helped launch the Atlanta BeltLine, has been named this year’s keynote speaker for Class Day, according to Director of University Events Suzanne Eden-Antola. Class Day, which is set for May 10, is a student-organized ceremony that traditionally occurs the Thursday before the commencement ceremony for the baccalaureate degree can-
didates in the College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and the School of Medicine. The ceremony involves the class gift, awards and a keynote speech, according to the Class Day website. Gravel’s 1999 master’s thesis, completed when he was a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), served as “the original vision” for the group of trails and parks now known as the Atlanta BeltLine, according to the BeltLine’s website.
The BeltLine, formerly a railway corridor that ran around Atlanta, is undergoing a “sustainable redevelopment” project that is anticipated to be completed by 2030. When it is finished, the BeltLine is expected to include “a planned loop of 33 miles of multi-use trail and 2,000 acres of parks,” the website said. In 2016, Gravel resigned from the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership over concerns of affordability and equity
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EUSHS Reports 193 Flu Cases By Joshua Lee Contributing Writer
The number of reported “influenza and influenza-type illness” cases at Emory between Jan. 1 and Feb. 10 has reached 193, according to a Feb. 12 email sent to the Wheel by Emory University Student Health and Counseling Services (EUSHS) Executive Director Michael Huey. In 2017, EUSHS had 27 reported cases for about the same time period. The influx of cases at Emory this year matches the nationwide trend for flu outbreak that began 11 weeks ago. That number is expected to rise in following weeks as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) receives more reports. In Georgia, there have been 66 flu-related deaths
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ADMISSIONS
University Admits Three Displaced Puerto Rican Students By aLex KLugerMan News Editor
When Christopher Burgos (20C) arrived at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Nov. 1, 2017, he was unsure of what the future would hold. Forced to leave his home in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, Burgos hoped to transfer to Emory University. Unbeknownst to him at the time, the University would
provide him full tuition for the Spring 2018 semester. The University announced Nov. 17 that it would welcome up to 32 Puerto Rican students displaced by Hurricanes Maria and Irma with all tuition, fees and room and board waived for one semester. The Emory Office of Undergraduate Admission received 27 inquiries about the program and received six applications for consideration, according to Assistant
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Enrollment and Dean of Admission John Latting. Three students were admitted, including Burgos. “Ater Hurricane Maria, my home institution [Inter American University of Puerto Rico], which is a seven-floor building, was all destroyed,” Burgos said. “The opportunities I’ve had since I’ve arrived in Atlanta have been more than double what I had back in Puerto Rico after and before the hurricane.”
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University Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Dwight McBride pushed for the plan to come to fruition, according to Latting. The Office of Undergraduate Admission did not take an “active recruiting” approach in reaching out to eligible students, Latting said, but it responded to all inquiries about the program. “We decided it was not appropriate to take an active recruiting approach
in contacting students and nudging them into the applicant pool,” Latting said. “We were not trying to recruit students away from their home institution — we were just trying to help. We were impressed that Emory wanted to be responsive … and step in and take the right approach.” For Burgos, the scholarship did not impact his decision to apply to Emory.
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LIBRARIES
Package Triggers Bomb Scare Rose Library Director To Depart in March
By Monica Lefton Senior Staff Writer Police issued an “all clear” after Emory Police Department (EPD) and DeKalb County Police responded to a report of a suspicious package at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building (WHSCAB) Thursday afternoon. Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) received a notice of a “possible suspicious package” on the plaza adjacent to Means Drive between the WHSCAB and the School of Medicine shortly before noon, according to a Feb. 8 University statement sent to the Wheel by Associate Director of University Media Relations Elaine Justice. EPD was notified of the report and responded to the scene. The first floor of WHSCAB was evacuated, Justice told the Wheel in a phone call. DeKalb County Police Bomb Squad
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DeKalb County and Emory Police Departments respond to the scene Feb. 8 after a suspicious package was discovered. and a K-9 unit also responded to the scene around 12:50 p.m. EPD and local law enforcement “investigated … and determined the package was harmless,” the University statement reads. Police issued the “all clear” around 1:45 p.m. Thursday. EPD Lt. Thomas Manns said that
the investigation is ongoing as of 3:52 p.m. Thursday and declined to provide further information. No further official reports about the incident are available as of press time.
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Director of the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library Rosemary Magee is stepping down March 1 after six years in the position. Associate Director Jennifer Meehan will serve as interim director until the new director is selected, according to Magee. University Librarian Yolanda Cooper will oversee the process of selecting a new director, which may take six to eight months, Magee said. Magee has been at Emory for 40 years in roles ranging from a Ph.D. candidate studying literature and religion to a professor teaching courses in English, women’s gender and sexuality studies and interdisciplinary studies. She was later appointed senior associ-
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ate dean for resources and planning of Emory College of Arts & Sciences, and, in 2005, she was named University vice president and secretary.
Rosemary Magee, Rose Library Director
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In 2012, she became director of the Rose Library, where she was closely involved with the acquisition of the Flannery O’Connor collection and former U.S. President Barack Obama’s
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NEWS
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
News Roundup Compiled by BeLicia rodriguez georgia deMocratic Party caLLs for Price’s resignation The Georgia Democratic Party asked Georgia State Rep. Betty Price (R-Roswell) to resign after some female Democrats felt insulted by comments she made at a Fulton County GOP breakfast, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Georgia Democratic Party posted on Facebook a video of Price, in which Price says, “Democrats naively think that people are basically good.” She insinuated that Democrats such as former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright and former First Lady Michelle Obama are inferior to Republican women such as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and First Lady Melania Trump. Price also listed different “liberal achievements” such as “the invention of group therapy, the domestication of cats, group hugs and the evolution of [woman Democrats] to have higher testosterone levels than many of their men.” Before beginning her remarks, Price forewarned listeners, “remember in America nobody has the right not to be offended. So listen up and enjoy.” Price declined to step down and insisted that her remarks were a joke. r aBinoVitz succeeds huey at eMory student heaLth serVices Sharon Rabinovitz was selected as the interim assistant vice president and executive director of Emory University Student Health and Counseling Services (EUSHS) when current Director Michael Huey retires from the position July 31, according to a Feb. 2 statement by Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair. Rabinovitz previously served as the director of clinical services at EUSHS and led various projects, including the development of an immunization compliance program, which aims to ensure that all Emory students receive the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommended vaccinations. Rabinovitz previously taught at the Atlanta Medical Center, served as the medical direc-
tor at the Georgia State University Student Health Clinic and has been a family physician in Atlanta since 1999. Rabinovitz received her medical degree at Sidney Kimmel Medical College (Pa.) and completed her residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (Pa.). WheeL constitutionaL aMendMents cLarify eic eLections Three amendments to the Wheel’s constitution, which would affect editorial elections, voting procedures and grammatical errors were passed Thursday evening. The first amendment, which passed with 17 votes, clarified an ambiguous clause regarding editor-in-chief elections. The clause was amended to clarify that an editorin-chief is elected when at least half the eligible voters cast a vote and the candidate receives one vote more than 50 percent of votes cast. The second amendment, which passed with 16 votes and one abstention, stated that the business faculty adviser would certify the editor-in-chief election results within 24 hours of the faculty adviser’s count of votes. The business manager, typically a student, previously certified the election results. The third amendment, which passed with 16 votes and one abstention, corrects any grammatical or style errors in the constitution. The Emory Wheel Editor-inChief Julia Munslow (18C) proposed all of the amendments.
Crime Report
guilty of failing to comply with the lawful order of a police officer. Bennet, Braxton and Denton were all found guilty of disorderly conduct. neW sPa oPens next to saBa, PressBox in eMory ViLLage A new spa opened between PressBox and Saba in Emory Village, according to an Emory Village Alliance press release. Spa Aeon provides clinical skin care, including peels, facials, microdermabrasion and beauty services, including waxing, organic spray tans and lash and brow tints. Customers can also get manicures and pedicures. The spa will soon provide massage therapy. The spa is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. eMory
deVeLoPs QuantitatiVe sciences Minor
Emory’s Institute for Quantitative Theory and Methods is developing a quantitative sciences minor, according to the department’s website. The minor will require students to complete QTM 100, QTM 150, QTM 151, QTM 200 and two quantitative electives. The department currently offers four majors: quantitative sciences (QSS), applied mathematics and statistics (AMS), public policy and analysis (PPA) and a joint major in business administration and quantitative sciences (BBA+QSS).
LgBtQ actiVists conVicted oVer coLuMBus Pride Parade charges
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LGBTQ activists Wriply Bennet, Ashley Braxton and Kendall Denton, who are part of the Black Pride 4, were convicted of six charges that originated from protests at the Columbus Pride Parade in June 2017, according to Columbus Alive. Deandre Miles (18C), an Emory student who was conducting summer research at Ohio State University and participated in the protests, was charged with a felony count of aggravated robbery and will be tried separately. A jury found Bennet guilty of failing to comply with the lawful order of a police officer and resisting arrest. Braxton was found
Madhav V. Dhodapkar has been named director of the new Center for Cancer Immunology at Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute, according to a Feb. 5 Woodruff Health Sciences Center press release. Dhodapkar will also serve as a professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory School of Medicine. He is set to start at Winship March 1, according to the press release. Dhodapkar previously worked at Yale University (Conn.) School of Medicine as the chief of hematology and codirected the Cancer Immunology Program at Yale Cancer Center.
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Compiled by VaLerie sandoVaL On Feb. 6 at 3:15 p.m., Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to a call regarding a theft by taking at Emory Point. The complainant, who is not Emory-affiliated, reported that she parked her 2014 Chrysler 200 in the Emory Point parking garage across from EarthFare. At 2 p.m., the complainant went to her vehicle for a cigarette break. When she returned to her vehicle at 2:40 p.m. after she clocked out of work, she discovered that her car was propped on a cinder block and the front passenger side tire and five lug nuts were missing. The complainant reported no items from her vehicle missing. The tire and the lug nuts are valued at $200 total. The case has been assigned to an investigator. On Feb. 6 at 7:39 p.m., EPD responded to a call regarding simple battery. An Emory student reported that after he pulled out of his driveway onto North Decatur Road, an Emory CCTMA Route bus began tailgating him. At the intersection of North Decatur Road and Clairmont Road, the complainant exited his vehicle to confront the bus driver for what he perceived to be aggressive driving. He asked the driver for his name, but when the driver refused to answer, the complainant took out his cell phone to take a picture of the driver. The complainant said the bus driver slapped the complainant’s hand through the window, causing him to drop the phone. The driver closed his window and said something unintelligible before driving away. The complainant memorized the bus’ license number and described the driver as a bald, black male in his mid 40s with a round face and wide nose. There was no damage to the cell phone. The responding officer told the complainant to call 911 in the future instead of approaching drivers. The case has been assigned to an investigator. On Feb. 9 at 11:14 a.m., EPD responded to a call from the Michael C. Carlos Museum regarding harassing communications. An officer met with two Emory staff members from the
Art History Department who reported that an unknown individual has been repeatedly calling and sending them emails regarding Shaman-related artifacts that the individual allegedly found near a horse track in Conyers, Ga. The complainants reported that the individual is obsessed with the artifacts and wanted someone from Emory to help authenticate them, according to the staff members. The individual is reported to have called five times within 30 minutes Feb. 5 and has sent more than 100 emails to one of the complainants over the past year. One of the complainant’s acquaintances, who works at Georgia State University, has also received calls and emails from the same individual. The case has been assigned to an investigator. On Feb. 9 at 6 p.m., EPD responded to a call from an Emory student regarding a poster placed on an Emory Police blue light phone. The student reported that she found a poster that read “Immigrants Welcome. Racists F**k Off” attached to the phone outside Alabama Hall facing Asbury Circle. The officer notified Facilities Management of the poster. The case has been assigned to an investigator. On Feb. 11 at 12:08 p.m., an EPD officer was approached by an Emory student who stated someone had entered his automobile. The complainant parked his friend’s 2017 Jeep Cherokee in an Emory Point parking garage at 4 a.m. When he returned to the car at noon, he discovered the back passenger side window shattered. The complainant reported his black JanSport backpack that contained a Lenovo laptop valued at $1,200, a bottle of Adderall valued at $15, a bottle of Prozac valued at $15, two pairs of headphones and a bottle of Mount Gay Rum valued at $35 missing. The owner of the vehicle, another Emory student, also reported that a pair of sunglasses were missing from the vehicle. The total value for the missing items is $1,265. The case has been assigned to an investigator.
— Contact Valerie Sandoval at valerie.sandoval@emory.edu
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Corrections • In last week’s issue, the photo accompanying the story “SGA Tables Elections Code Bill Vote” was incorrectly attributed to Ayushi Agarwal. Urvi Agarwal took the photo. • In last week’s issue, the photo of Volunteer Emory’s Day On was taken by Ali Murad Buyum, not Parth Mody. • In last week’s issue, the Wheel ran an incorrect image of the crossword. The correct version of the crossword is in this week’s issue. • In last week’s issue, the article “Bad Axe Atlanta: Thrill Seekers’ Paradise” incorrectly said that $35 purchased unlimited time at Bad Axe Atlanta. Customers who spend $35 actually receive a two-and-a-half hour session.
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WnBa team atlanta Dream will have access to the Emory sports Medicine Complex in Brookhaven, Ga.
By connor cLerKin Contributing Writer WNBA team Atlanta Dream has named Emory Healthcare its official team health care and sports medicine provider. The team will now have a fulltime athletic trainer and team doctor, and Dream players, staff members
and executives will have access to Emory Healthcare facilities such as the recently opened Emory Sports Medicine Complex, according to Director of the Emory Orthopedics and Spine Center Scott Boden. Emory previously provided the team with some physician and medical care coverage, but Emory Healthcare and the Atlanta Dream
extended their partnership Feb. 7 to provide better medical resources for the team, according to Boden, who manages Emory’s relationships with professional sports teams. The new arrangements were negotiated over several months starting in 2017 after both parties
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NEWS
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018
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LEGISLATURE
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after hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico last september, 28 percent of residents remain without power.
PRSA Partners Students SGA Remains Conflicted on Elections Bill With Familiar Faces sGa legislators table for a second consecuitive week an Elections Code bill that would prohibit sGa presential candidates for running on a joint ticket.
By BeLicia rodriguez Staff Writer
The 51st legislature of Student Government Association (SGA) voted to table the Elections Code bill for the second consecutive week after another round of debate. SGA also confirmed Cameron Alexander (20C) as the secretary and clerk on the executive board, voted to establish and fund $3,230 to the Undergraduate Sexual Health Initiative (USHI) and approved $350 in funding for Emory Global Connections Night. Freshman Representative Austin Graham (21C) said that the Elections Code bill, which would prohibit candidates from running on a joint ticket, would affect his future plan of running for SGA president, and he is, therefore, not comfortable with making a decision on the bill. “I can’t make a decision based on whether or not I agree with the bill, which I happen to disagree with independently of my own self interest, but it would help me to have a running mate,” Graham said. “How can I be trusted to make a decision that benefits my constituents instead of a decision that benefits myself?” Junior Representative Madelyn Zapata (19C) applauded Graham for realizing his bias, but noted that students “elected you because they trust you that you will make that difference in interest and you will put the public [first].” BBA Junior Representative Jacob Spitzer (19B) said SGA elections are “popularity contests” and that the current version of the Elections Code creates “a more diverse support” from different schools because people are running together. “It’s important that you have people running on a ticket so that you have people that can represent different parts of the school as opposed to just one person who has a lot of popularity overall,” Spitzer said. Chair of the Elections Board Betty Zhang (20C) said it would be difficult to enforce rules preventing candidates
from campaigning together. “There have been a lot of collaborative campaigns, and, honestly, nobody can manage that because as long as they all have separate flyers and they all have their separate campaign materials … when they run together the two of them might be together,” Zhang said. “[The candidates] typically won’t say, ‘Hey please vote for both of us,’ but the thing is there’s no way you can monitor that. If they run together, you won’t know, and I don’t think a rule can enforce that.” Vice President of International Student Relations Dwight Ma (17Ox, 19C) said that he learned to work with Oxford Continuee Representative Muhammad Naveed (17Ox, 19C) when both were Oxford SGA president and vice president, respectively, despite running on different platforms. “[Muhammad and I] had different platforms when we were campaigning, [but] we ended up working very well, and we felt that the different perspective that we brought to SGA were very valuable and people in SGA also recognized that as well,” Ma said. Sophomore Representative Johnna Gadomski (20C) said that there’s a lack of competition during elections for SGA positions, with one or two people running for one position or only incumbent SGA legislators running. “Especially at the president and vice president level, we want to eliminate any barriers to people running because we do want to have this to be as democratic as a process as possible,” Gadomski said. When SGA Executive Vice President Natasha Armstrong (18B) asked legislators to raise their hands if they had read the section of the Elections Code that legislators were debating, Graham was the only person who raised his hand. “There’s not an actual knowledge [among the group] of how elections actually work,” Armstrong said. Speaker of the Legislature William Palmer (18C) told the Wheel he was disappointed in the legislators for tabling the bill again and said he
hopes the delay will result in a more informed decision next week. “It’s definitely, as bill author ... annoying for me that we’re [delaying] every week, and as speaker it’s annoying for me that we’re doing this every week because we’re not able to fully consider other bills and do normal order where we don’t talk only about this in sessions,” Palmer said. Palmer also told the Wheel that he’s not upset about people not reading the whole Elections Code because it is “kind of obscure.” “I don’t think anybody is confused about the section we’re talking about since really all it has to do with is the amendment from earlier. So I actually don’t think it really matters that people haven’t fully read the Code [although] it’d be great if they did,” Palmer said. “I think it was used more as a way to delay this [bill] than as a way to make sure everybody was super properly informed.” Bill 51sl44 confirms Alexander, who previously attended numerous legislative sessions as a constituent, as secretary and clerk of the board. Former SGA Secretary Sakshee Sunil Sarrawgi (19B) resigned. Armstrong spoke highly of Alexander and said he is eager to be involved in SGA. “He’s very passionate,” Armstrong said. “He’s been at meetings more than some people that are on SGA.” During the last few minutes of the meeting, the legislators passed Bill 51sl42 to establish and fund USHI, with 12 votes in favor. In less than two minutes, the legislators passed Bill 51sl44 to fund the Emory Global Connections Night with nine votes. The bills provide $3,230 toward USHI and $350 in funding to the Emory Global Connections Night. Three legislators left the meeting early due to a commitment to the BBA Council and did not vote on the last bill.
— Contact Belicia Rodriguez at belicia.rodriguez@emory.edu
Continued from Page 1 He arrived in Atlanta to stay with an uncle after the hurricane forced him to leave his home. He immediately met with admissions officers, whom he described as “understanding and flexible” throughout the admissions process. After he submitted his transfer application in November, Emory encouraged him to withdraw it and apply for admission under the fund for displaced Puerto Rican students. Puerto Rican Student Association (PRSA) President Josue Rodriguez (20C) said he is pleased with the University’s implementation of the fund and assisting students in their transition. “Emory had to learn on the move. … It was something complicated to do, finding housing for 32 students and funds is not easy,” Rodriguez said. “Publicizing things in Puerto Rico is more challenging than you would think because of the lack of power and resources. Emory overall did a great job.” PRSA partnered the new transfer students with a fellow Puerto Rican student “buddy” to aid them in joining the campus community. “By now, we know [the new students] pretty well — they’ve really adapted really well and are opening and welcoming,” Rodriguez said. “It was a pretty smooth transition.” Burgos also believes that the University exceeded his expectations in accommodating his arrival, letting him live with his best friend, who was also accepted through the scholarship fund. “The attention of the staff at the University since the first day has been outstanding,” Burgos said. “They are constantly in communication with us asking us how the transition is going, how we feel about the classes and
professors. So far, it has been more than great.” Although the scholarship only lasts a semester, Burgos intends to stay at Emory for an additional two years. He plans to change his major from political science to international studies, which will allow him to transfer 40 additional credits from his home university. After he graduates from Emory, he intends to return to the Inter American University of Puerto Rico for three months to complete a bachelor’s degree in political science. Burgos added that it was difficult for many Puerto Rican students who have been forced to depart the island amid not only the physical destruction but also financial difficulties. “The conditions that we came [to the mainland] are as refugees,” Burgos said. “It is even more frustrating when you are in this position and don’t get the full support of your institution back home because they think you’ve betrayed them for a better university at one of the most difficult times in the island’s history.” Other universities nationwide initiated similar programs for displaced Puerto Rican students. Cornell University (N.Y.) and New York University both enrolled about 50 students each from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, while Tulane University (La.) took 16 students, according to ABC News. Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm Sept. 20, 2017, and knocked out the power for 75 percent of the island’s 3.4 million residents, according to The New York Times. Nearly five months after the storm, power has still not been restored for 28 percent of residents, according to The New York Times.
— Contact Alex Klugerman at alex.klugerman@emory.edu
Honorary Degrees Committee Receives 20 Nominations, Selects Nine Continued from Page 1 and director of marketing and business development from 2010-2011, according to Dubin’s LinkedIn. University President Claire E. Sterk said that Dubin “brings to Commencement a wealth of business and marketing knowledge, a continued commitment to the success of Emory students, and the extremely relatable experience of having been an Emory student himself 17 years ago” in a Feb. 12 statement sent to the Wheel. Sterk chose the four candidates
who are given an honorary degree from a pool of nine approved award recipients, according to the University Senate’s Honorary Degrees Committee Chair and Jimmy Carter Professor of History Joseph Crespino. The Committee looks for “extraordinary excellence and character as demonstrated by notable achievement in a field of learning, the arts, the professions or public service,” according to the University Senate’s website. This year, the committee received about 20 nominations, according to Assistant Director of Board Administration
Laura Perry-Bates. Emory faculty, staff, students and alumni can submit nominations for honorary degree recipients. Nominations remain active for five years, Crespino said. Erica Goldman (18B) said she was excited when she found out that Dubin was selected to deliver the keynote address at commencement. “As a senior in the Business School who’s taking a venture capital and private equity class, [hearing Dubin speak] will be really exciting and inspirational for me,” Goldman said. Other students were not as happy
about the commencement speaker selection. Tanushree Khanna (18B) said she found the announcement disappointing. “After we’ve had people like Salman Rushdie, it’s a little bit of a downer,” Khanna said. Recent commencement speakers include former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey in 2017, epidemiologist William Foege in 2016, novelist Salman Rushdie in 2015 and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) in 2014. Human rights attorney Gay J. McDougall, Atlanta Food Bank found-
er Bill Bolling and artist Carmen de Lavallade will also receive honorary degrees at the commencement ceremony. McDougall fought apartheid in South Africa and served as a member of the South African governmental body that administered the nation’s first democratic election. De Lavallade worked as the principal dancer with the Metropolitan Opera. Bolling is also a charter member of Feeding America.
— Contact Michelle Lou at michelle.ann.lou@emory.edu
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
GSGA Dubs Christian Fellowship GWO By christina yan Asst. News Editor
The second legislature of the Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) convened Monday evening to approve a chartering and budget request from Emory’s Graduate Christian Fellowship. GSGA voted to charter the organization as a Graduate-Wide Organization (GWO) with 12 votes in favor and one abstention. The legislators also voted unanimously to fund Emory’s Graduate Christian Fellowship the annual budget of $500. The Graduate Christian Fellowship is a graduate student community that seeks to “bless the University” through “practices of spiritual formation; integration of our faith, studies and work and proclamation of the good news about Jesus in word and deed,” according to its Facebook. To be chartered as a GWO, an organization must show a “graduate-
wide benefit” through its mission and practices, include representation from more than half of the eight graduate divisional schools, ensure that “members from any one graduate division may not compromise equal to or greater than 50 percent of the membership of the GWO” and agree to an annual charter and monetary review, according to the GSGA chartering bylaws. Out of about 36 total members, the Graduate Christian Fellowship has roughly 20 members from Laney Graduate School and 12 members from the Rollins School of Public Health, but also has members within the Goizueta Business School, Emory University School of Law and the Emory School of Medicine. Graduate Christian Fellowship President Julian Hurtado (22G), Graduate Christian Fellowship Treasurer Danielle Winkler (19PH) and Faculty Adviser and Campus Minister Glenn Goldsmith represented the organization at the GSGA
meeting. Hurtado sought to charter the organization as a GWO to to “ease initial recruitment in the beginning of the year” and to “potentially ease [the process of] partnering with another organization,” he wrote in a Feb. 13 email to the Wheel. Hurtado emphasized the importance of connecting various Christian students across Emory’s campus. “The idea is to foster a community within the Christian organizations between all the different graduate schools,” Hurtado said. “That’s the vision.” The organization will retain its GWO status for at least one year and is scheduled to undergo a standard review in Spring 2019. The $500 budget from GSGA will be used for a Spring semester outreach event and a Fall semester welcome dinner, Hurtado said.
— Contact Christina Yan at christina.yan@emory.edu
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Gravel’s BeltLine Idea Revolutionized Atlanta Continued from Page 1 along the trails and greenspace, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Gravel also founded Sixpitch, an urban design consulting company, in 2015. The Georgia Tech graduate serves on the Urban Land Institute, Atlanta’s Livable Communities Council and is a board member for the Partnership for Southern Equity and the MillionMile Greenway, according to Gravel’s website. Zuhra Aziz (18C) said she appreciated Gravel’s work for the BeltLine. “As a native Atlantan, I think it’s pretty cool that we will have a speaker who invested his skill into developing his city,” Aziz said. “He’s a homegrown success story who cares about his community enough to build parts of
it and fight for everyone to be able to enjoy it, not just the upper class.” Shloka Parvatrao (18C) echoed Aziz’s sentiments. “I think a lot of Emory students have a connection to the BeltLine … and it’ll be nice to see someone who’s had such a positive impact on the Atlanta community,” Parvatrao said. The Boisfeuillet Jones Medals, Brit Katz Senior Appreciation Award and Knights of Emory Spirit Awards are bestowed upon graduating seniors at Class Day. Last year, “Orange Is the New Black” actress Jackie Cruz gave the Class Day address. Kevin reporting.
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Continued from Page 1 as of Feb. 3, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The flu outbreak is worsening and “will likely linger for several weeks,” the CDC said Friday. The outbreak has caused more people at Emory to seek vaccines. CVS at Emory Village and CVS at Emory Point both ran out of the flu vaccine and EUSHS had only 16 doses available as of Tuesday afternoon. EUSHS has exhausted all its potential sources for additional doses, including Emory Healthcare, Huey told the Wheel. Flu cases seem to have dropped off slightly at Emory, as Huey wrote that EUSHS had 34 visits for the flu this past week as opposed to the 64 it saw the week before. The Minute Clinic at Emory Point, an urgent health care service that is “not directly affiliated” with CVS, still had a few doses of vaccine available as of Tuesday night, a CVS employee said. While the number of flu-related visits to EUSHS is declining, there could still be an increase in flu cases over the next few weeks, Huey said. The flu vaccination reduces the risk of flu illness by about 40 to 60 percent, according to the CDC. Some students caught the flu despite having taken countermeasures ahead of time. To prevent the spread of the flu, the CDC recommends people avoid close contact with sick people; wash their hands often with soap and water; avoid touching their eyes, mouth and nose; and disinfect surfaces. “I got my flu shot really preemptively just because I heard people saying that it could be bad, and I feel like it doesn’t really matter; people are still getting it,” Madison Herin (19C) said. “I still got [sick], even though I got my flu shot.” Minnie Yang (20C) realized she had the flu Saturday morning when she woke up with a high temperature. “I’ve had to stay in my room basically the past four days and I haven’t really been doing much,” Yang said. “I just really want to get back to class.”
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letters and expanded its Irish literature collections. For Magee, one of the most fulfilling parts of serving as Rose Library director was watching students take interest in the library’s collections and using them to create something new. Magee, who oversaw several acquisitions, said that she is proud of the variety of materials at the Rose Library and how they overlap and intersect thematically. She pointed to the intersection between the O’Connor collection and the Alice Walker collection because the two female American authors both grew up in Georgia close to one another yet had distinct experiences. The O’Connor collection was acquired in 2014 and consists of a book of poems, draft pages of the novel “Wise Blood” and more than 600 letters from O’Connor to her mother, according to the Rose Library website. In 2018, the Rose Library added papers of poet Dennis O’Driscoll and historian Roy Foster to its existing Irish collection, which included works from Seamus Heaney, according to the Rose Library website. The Rose Library displayed a collection of letters from former Obama to his college girlfriend, Alexandra McNear, in 2017. The library hopes to announce a few new collections that will be added in the coming two weeks, according to Magee. Emory’s significant literary and historical materials are a distinguishing
feature of academic excellence, Magee spending time with her family. She plans to stay involved with the Rose said. She said she believes in displaying Library by attending the library’s promaterials and inviting people to inter- grams and events, staying in touch with colleagues and using its materials act with the collections. “The materials are unique, rare, for her research. Before she became director of the well cared for and accessible to anyone,” Magee said. “The ability to study Rose Library, Magee had already been involved with the collections also special collections at provides an opporEmory as a research tunity for in-depth “The ability to study aid, teaching material thinking and the crethe collections and helping to acquire ation of new ideas.” also provides an new collections for Magee plans to the University. When take a yearlong sabopportunity for inbatical to work on depth thinking and Wagner asked Magee if she would be interher own research and the creation of new ested in becoming the writing projects. She ideas.” new director of the plans to complete a Rose Library in 2012, historical reflection — Rosemary Magee, Magee said it took about the Isle of Hope, Rose Library Director her only a minute to located off the coast accept the offer. of Savannah, Ga., and Magee said she is confident that the finish a collection of short stories entiRose Library will continue to progress tled “Fantasy Impromptu.” Magee said former University after her departure. “Everything is always unfinished, I President James W. Wagner offered her the opportunity to take a sabbati- mean, that’s the pleasure of it,” Magee cal when she served as University vice said. “I have a to-do list that at the president and secretary, but she decid- beginning of January had 20 items on ed to defer it until now. Magee plans to it, and I’ve done about 12 of them, but spend a portion of her sabbatical at the lo and behold, there’s still 20 items on Emory University Bill and Carol Fox it. Some of those things will be done and some of those others will have the Center for Humanistic Inquiry. After the sabbatical, Magee said opportunity to pursue.” In addition to her role as direcshe has no plans to take on another full-time administrative position and tor, Magee founded the Creativity intends to continue working on her Conversation Series at Emory, which writing and research, traveling and was re-named the Rosemary Magee
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Creativity Conversation Series this year. The series aims to create dialogue between distinguished visiting writers and members of the Emory community to highlight “creativity and imagination.” Meehan said that Magee has done an excellent job of strengthening the relationships between the Rose Library and other areas within the University and hopes the new director will have a similar appreciation for the work the library does. “One thing that Rosemary has offered ... is a real sense of the creativity and even poetry that is involved in the work of the library,” Meehan said. “It would be nice to see that carried forward.” Manager of Operations and Public Programming Christeene Alcosiba said that whoever replaces Magee has “big shoes to fill.” Alcosiba praised Magee’s role in the renovation of the Rose Library that took place from June 2014 to Fall 2015, which resulted in an expanded reading room, interactive exhibit spaces and technologically advanced classrooms, according to the Rose Library website. “Rosemary’s leadership here has really transformed the way that we work and the space,” Alcosiba said. “It was her idea and her leadership that led to the renovation of the floor.”
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and Family Medicine in Emory’s School of Medicine Brandon Mines expressed interest in expanding their will serve as the team doctor, and physical therapist Jessica Cohen will existing relationship, Boden said. The Atlanta Dream will compensate be the athletic trainer, Boden said. “We are excited and proud ... to be Emory for the medical services it provides, including the time physicians trusted with the most valuable assets of so many teams and spend traveling with hope that the entire the team. Emory community Atlanta Dream “[The Dream] had can feel proud that we President Theresa a desire to broaden as an overall instituWenzel declined to tion have been choprovide the Wheel the relationship, sen to do this,” Boden with the monand [Emory] had a etary amount of desire to collaborate said. The Atlanta Dream compensation. more on community was founded before “[The Dream] had outreach.” the 2008 WNBA a desire to broaden season. the relationship, and — Enory Director of The team, which [Emory] had a desire Orthopedics and Spine plays in the WNBA’s to collaborate more on Center Scott Boden Eastern Conference, community outreach,” finished last year’s Boden said. season with a 12-22 Wenzel said Emory stood out among other health care record and the team did not qualify for the playoffs. providers in the area. In 2011 and 2013 WNBA finals, the “We wanted to make sure we were aligned with the service that was the team lost to the Minnesota Lynx. Emory Healthcare has existing best in the business, and Emory was health care partnerships with local very appealing for that,” Wenzel said. Emory physicians are conduct- professional athletic teams, including ing preseason physical examinations the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Braves before the team’s first season since and Atlanta Hawks. the expanded partnership begins next month. — Contact Connor Clerkin at Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics connor.clerkin@emory.edu
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By richard chess News Editor Emory’s chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) is under investigation by the Office of Student Conduct due to allegations of hazing, Director of Student Conduct Julia Thompson wrote in a Feb. 8 email to the Wheel. Thompson declined to provide further information, including when the investigation began, because the investigation is ongoing. The chapter is in good standing with the national headquarters,
National AEPi spokesman Jon Pierce wrote in a Feb. 8 email to the Wheel. “By way of course, we don’t provide a lot of public comment on the status of individuals or chapters,” Pierce wrote. As of press time, the chapter is not on probation or suspended, Director of Sorority and Fraternity Life Marlon Gibson wrote in a series of Feb. 8 emails to the Wheel. Emory University’s Anti-Hazing Policy states that prohibited actions include risk of injury to someone; discomfort, harassment, degradation,
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ridicule or embarrassment to someone; acts of personal servitude; and more. The University has an “obligation” to protect community members from hazing, assist people who have been hazed and hold organizations engaging in hazing accountable, according to the policy. AEPi chapter President Andrew Sofer (19B) did not respond to request for comment.
— Contact Richard Chess at richard.chess@emory.edu
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 | Editorial Page Editor: Madeline Lutwyche (madeline.lutwyche@emory.edu)
AP, IB Credit Changes Poorly Justified As prospective Emory students prepare for end-of-year Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) exams, the Class of 2022 must take into account that Emory will now accept only 12 pre-matriculation test credits instead of 24 and has cut the list of exams it will grant credit for, as the Wheel reported last week. While that change may boost the perceived rigor and prestige of an Emory degree, it does so with trade-offs that disadvantage the individual needs of students without options for flexibility. By lowering the test credit cap, Emory wastes some students’ time and money and disadvantages students who otherwise could have graduated an extra semester early and may now face financial or other burdens as a result. As AP and IB test registration and college enrollment deadlines approach, Emory should inform potential incoming students that the University’s test credit policy has changed. In support of the new policy, Emory has cited stricter credit caps used by other elite schools, as well as a need to match Oxford College’s 12-credit cap. Neither of these justify such an extreme change. Highly-motivated high school students who work hard to position themselves ahead of their peers academically should not be required to relearn college-level content they have already mastered. Before the change, Emory’s list of accepted AP and IB scores was fairly selective, with no AP scores below a 4 or IB scores below a 5 being valid for credit. Frank Lechner, chair of the Curriculum Assessment and Educational Policy
Committee and sociology professor, wrote that the policy change put Emory College in line with Oxford College, which already had a 12-credit cap. But Emory should not be beholden to Oxford’s policy, and perhaps it’s time for Oxford to reevaluate its own seemingly-arbitrary credit cap. A 2016 Progressive Policy assessment of the top 153 U.S. colleges and universities found that 34 percent did not restrict the total number of AP test credits accepted, including Yale University (Conn.), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of California, Berkeley and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. While these schools limit which tests and scores are accepted, they do not arbitrarily restrict the total number of test credits the way Emory does. Academic departments, whose faculty have the expertise to evaluate the content and rigor of AP and IB exams, should have the authority to determine which exams are valid for non-major credit or as substitutes for major prerequisites from year to year. For instance, Art History Department Director of Undergraduate Studies Linda Merrill provided the Wheel with a clear, concise justification for changes made within the department. Such invaluable information should be obtained from all departments in future. Emory should mirror schools like Cornell University (N.Y.) and the University of Rochester (N.Y.) which have no credit cap but instead are more selective in which tests are valid for university credit. If the University is worried about the quality of the education received by students who claim AP or IB credit, slashing the credit cap in half is not the answer.
Zero Waste Policy Implementation Sloppy Although the University implemented its new Zero Landfill Waste policy in an attempt to go green, the policy’s execution has been less than satisfactory. Last month on behalf of Campus Services and Emory’s Office of Sustainability, standardized color-coded recycling, composting and waste stations were installed on Emory property. Desk-side waste bins vanished from University offices and classrooms, and “a new team of waste specialists has been created to remove collection at central locations,” according to a University YouTube video released last November. While the Zero Landfill Waste policy was a necessary step considering the University’s commitment to sustainability, a walk around Clairmont Campus or the Atlanta campus residence halls reveals festering bags of trash stacked atop the new recycling stations. To ensure that recycling and composting receptacles aren’t cross-contaminated and that the campus is hygienic, the University must ensure that landfill trash bins are both available and emptied in a timely fashion. The recycling bins placed in rooms in Emory residence halls are no longer consistent with larger bins located throughout the rest of campus. Student residence hall rooms are furnished with a blue bin, in which students are expected to dispose of all their recyclable materials — most students choose to purchase a separate landfill
bin for personal use. But waste facility rooms within residence halls contain bins for paper, mixed paper, compost, plastics and landfill. It is unrealistic to expect students to separate their waste into these five categories while only having one or two bins for private use. Clairmont Campus’ policy implementation is no better, as four-bedroom apartments, for example, are provided with a single recycling bin and expected to use a communal trash chute and public recycling bins. Future programs for Clairmont by Campus Services and Emory’s Office of Sustainability — such as new bins in the Undergraduate Residential Center (URC) and Clairmont Residential Center (CRC) parking decks and the construction of a new recycling room in the main level of Clairmont Tower — sound promising but have yet to be completed. It is not ridiculous to expect students to separate their recycling from landfill waste in residence halls and to use the appropriate receptacle elsewhere on campus. But this first month of implementation has proven to require more effort than the average busy student should be expected to exert. The University should take action to make separated recycling and composting more straightforward. We commend the University’s Zero Landfill Waste policy for its intention, but like much of campus these days, the policy’s execution thus far has been sloppy.
The editorials represent the majority opinion of the Wheel’s Editorial Board. The Editorial Board is composed of Nora Elmubarak, Andrew Kliewer, Madeline Lutwyche, Isabeth Mendoza, Boris Niyonzima, Shreya Pabbaraju, Isaiah Sirois and Mathew Sperling.
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SGA Joint Candidacy Detrimental How Hookup Culture Johnna Gadomski
The current Student Government Association (SGA) Elections Code for electing presidents and executive vice presidents is ambiguous and illogical. Last year, it led to a confusing election ballot on which people voted for SGA president and executive vice president twice — once together as a ticket and once separately. Although the need to fix these logistical challenges is unanimously agreed upon in student government, the best solution is not. Two important questions emerged from the introduction of Bill 51sl40, which proposes banning joint candidacy. First, should the president and vice president be elected together or separately? Second, if candidates are voted for separately, should they be allowed to campaign together? In SGA’s recent discussions on how to fix this problem, an ideological divide has emerged. One camp advocates for joint campaigning and joint candidacy, a system reflected in the U.S. presidential race. Under this arrangement, candidates for president and executive vice president campaign together and run on the same ticket. Another perspective supports independent candidacy, in which the president and executive vice president run separately. Examples of independent candidacy include the presidential and vice presidential races for College Council and Oxford College SGA. Emory’s needs will best be met under a system of independent candidacy and independent campaigns. Candidates for SGA president and vice president should run separately, on their own platforms. Permitting individuals to run without a running mate allows more students to run for office, increases equity within student governance and prevents unnecessary tension between candidates. One of the biggest problems with
elected leadership on Emory’s campus is a shortage of candidates. In the last Spring election cycle, 17 out of 28 elected student positions were uncontested across all of Emory’s schools. Even the SGA executive vice president position, the second-highest-ranking SGA position, was uncontested. As election competition is a foundational pillar for functional democratic leadership, the trend of candidates running unopposed is detrimental to the student experience at Emory for multiple reasons. First, the shortage of options in candidates for elected student leadership deprives students
Given the benefit of more students running for office, we should not create unnecessary barriers, such as requiring a running mate, in order to compete with joint ticket candidates.
of the right to choose a candidate who best fits their interests. Secondly, the lack of competitiveness allows candidates to win on weak platforms. Given the benefit of more students running for office, we should not create unnecessary barriers, such as requiring a running mate, in order to compete with joint ticket candidates. In addition to being a barrier to competitive elections, a joint candidacy system favors students who are already a part of student government. SGA members have more connections, enabling them to identify a
qualified running mate more easily than students who have not served on SGA. Thus, a joint candidacy election privileges students already involved in student government, resulting in a system skewed in favor of the status quo. Another proposal would allow candidates to campaign together or endorse one another, but be listed separately on the ballot. The rationale behind this idea is to allow students who want a running mate to have one without excluding individual candidates from consideration. But this system would still advantage students already involved in SGA. Individuals campaigning with a running mate would have an obvious advantage over individuals running independently in terms of the number of voters they can reach with their campaign. This system could also lead to unnecessary tension between presidential candidates and executive vice presidential candidates. Electing two individuals who ran on opposing campaigns each other could facilitate an uncomfortable dynamic between the president and vice president that can easily be avoided by banning both joint campaigning and endorsements. An independent candidacy system is the best way forward for SGA elections. Establishing a joint candidacy system that privileges students that already have connections in SGA is undemocratic. Creating a hybrid out of both systems renders similar inequities. The best path for Emory’s future is to have candidates run independently — both on the ballot and in their campaigns. SGA will discuss Bill 51sl40 Feb. 19 in AMUC Room 235 at 7 p.m. SGA meetings are open to all undergraduate students, and student input is welcomed. SGA Sophomore Representative Johnna Gadomski is a College sophomore from San Francisco. The opinions expressed are solely her own and do not reflect the stance of SGA as an organization.
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Ruins Valentine’s Day Annie Cohen
Depending on your relationship status, Valentine’s Day can be either bliss or torture. What appears to be yet another Hallmark holiday on the surface is actually rooted in centuries of history, with the eversweet myth of St. Valentine story to remind everyone that love is great. Unless you’re in college. If you’re in college, love is not great. It’s actually terrible. I’m not talking about people in steady, committed relationships. To those people, I say congratulations. You get to watch the rest of us struggle to survive in the shark tank that is college dating. Since hookup culture has taken root in the lives of college students, Valentine’s Day is a sad reminder that the one guy you met at Maggie’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill definitely won’t text you. And that cute girl from your biology class who was totally girlfriend material? Forget it. She too partakes in hookup culture and may just want to copy your biology notes. I know I sound cynical, but there is a remedy to this unfortunate bifurcation between the adorable Valentine’s Day tradition and the harsh realities of current dating trends. I am here to remind you about Galentine’s Day. I first heard about Galentine’s Day from the “Parks and Recreation” character Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), but it is not a new concept. Galentine’s Day refers to the beautiful day of the year dedicated to buying sale-priced chocolates and celebrating the kind of relationship that won’t let you down: good old platonic friendship. Instead of being sad that you don’t have a significant other, be the strong independent woman (or
man) you were meant to be, gather your closest gals and/or bros and treat yourselves to some discounted chocolate or literally anything else that helps you unwind and have fun. I am a sucker for a good Valentine’s Day celebration. Who doesn’t love sappy movies, excessive amounts of sugar and homemade cards that look like they were crafted by a second grader? But as I have grown older and wiser, I find that spending time with single, platonic friends is equally important. Unfortunately, Galentine’s Day cannot entirely distract us from the fact that hookup culture is failing to smoothly integrate into traditions of the past. Gone are the days of going steady or getting pinned. Valentine’s Day throws the realities of how difficult hookup is into sharp relief. These days, the culture of casual hookups has stopped resembling a looser form of dating and instead functions as an excuse for faux-commitment. As a self-professed “relationship person,” I struggle to understand the draw to this culture as it seems to cause most young people nothing but emotional hurt and discomfort. Whether or not you believe that humans are meant to be monogamous, there seems to be a disproportionate number of unhappy hookups out there. People of all genders and sexual orientations are left wondering what emotions and motivations might be lurking behind a simple flirtation. Hookup culture is destroying the traditional customs of relationships and, unfortunately, is kicking Valentine’s Day traditions to the curb. But where Valentine’s Day falls short and loses cultural significance, Galentine’s Day will never disappoint. Annie Cohen is a College sophomore from New Orleans.
Amid Fatal Flu Season, Actor Worship Naive, Damaging Vaccinations Crucial Adesola Thomas
Madison Stephens Fifteen year-old Kira Molina, a previously healthy girl, died just five days after first presenting flu symptoms in early February. She was Georgia’s first pediatric death as a result of this season’s particularly devastating flu outbreak. Most years, the flu is typically regarded as having about the same severity as the common cold. We like to think the days of chilling mortality rates, like those associated with the Spanish flu, are far behind us. Although as a society we have advanced with cutting-edge research that has greatly improved the way we treat viruses like the flu, this season’s outbreak has revealed vulnerabilities in the dispersion of modern medicine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), deaths as a result of this season’s flu in the United States surpassed the epidemic threshold of 7.2 percent. That statistic includes 63 pediatric deaths reported this season alone. The number of children and adults who received a flu shot by early November 2017 was substantially lower — by 3.7 percent — than in previous years at the same time. Approximately two out of five children and adults received a flu shot by early November 2017. It is no surprise that that rise in the occurrence and spread of the flu coincided with a decrease in the proportion of the U.S. population that received the vaccination. Despite medical professionals’ nearly universal recommendation that patients get the flu vaccination, the percentage of those who opt out continues to rise. The fear of contracting the virus from the vaccine itself is a common misconception that deters some from getting vaccinated. But that’s false, according to the CDC. The flu vaccine does not contain active viruses and cannot infect you. The Mayo Clinic cites many other causes of flu-like symptoms
which may surface such as unexpected flu strains, other illnesses and the twoweek lag between receiving the shot and being protected from the virus. Others question the vaccine’s effectiveness. But one must weigh the costs of refusing the vaccine with the potential benefits. Barring the rare occurrence of a severe reaction to the vaccination — a 2012 World Health Organization report estimated a rate of one to two severe reactions per 1,000,000 doses — there aren’t many downfalls to getting the vaccination besides the small time sacrificed to travel to the doctor. According to the CDC the benefits, on the other hand, include a substantially reduced risk of catching the flu as well as reducing the severity of the flu if you contract it, which is especially important this season given the nationwide Tamiflu shortage. Given how contagious the flu has proven to be, a vaccination that prevents even one person from contracting the flu would prevent multitudes of others contracting it from them. “Some people are more likely to develop severe illness from flu, especially people 65 years and older, children younger than 5 years, people with certain high-risk medical conditions and pregnant women,” the CDC reports. Since New Year’s Day, there have been 193 cases reported on Emory’s campus alone as of Feb. 10, the Wheel reported. While to the average, healthy college student the flu means missing class for a few days, for so many it poses a much higher risk. A total of 11,230 people have died from the flu this season alone. Three hundred and thirteen of those deaths have occurred in Georgia since the start of 2018. Receiving a vaccination is key to decreasing the rate of infection, thereby giving researchers the time to develop effective antiviral therapies to treat those who are more vulnerable. This will ultimately decrease the number of people exposed to the virus. Madison Stephens is a College freshman from Little Rock, Ark.
Timothee Chalamet’s Oscar-nominated performance as Elio Perlman in Luca Guadagnino’s, “Call Me By Your Name” (CMBYN) — the film adaptation of the eponymous 2007 Andre Aciman novel — has captivated the collective imagination. His commitment to artistic craft, outspoken love for hip-hop and thoughtful political behavior during this awards season have all garnered public admiration. While his appeal is understandable, it is important to deconstruct how Chalamet’s dreaminess is contributing to his popularity. Intermittently caring about social change when powerful people advocate for it is perilous because it implies that justice is as essential as our entertainment. And that is a problem. CMBYN has been appropriately lauded for not hypersexualizing its same-sex romance, having a conclusion void of the macabre reaper which so frequently stalks LGBTQ characters and for depicting a support system for a young protagonist engaging in his own sexuality. Chalamet’s response to CMBYN’s nearly universal acclaim and political backlash alike exemplifies what some problematically find most endearing — his palatability. In an interview with Peter Travers, a film critic for Rolling Stone, Chalamet said, “This story is so important for right now. It is an unabashed celebration of love at a time that is so cynical and sinister — everything is falling apart it seems.” Chalamet shared similarly thoughtful remarks on the reaffirming presence of stories like CMBYN in President Donald J. Trump’s America throughout the film’s promotional tour and in acceptance speeches for the 20plus performance based awards he’s earned. This, in addition to his receptivity to criticism regarding CMBYN’s Elio and Oliver’s seven-year age gap and Guadanino’s decision to evade the anxiety
of the impending AIDS epidemic and Reagan’s America, has engendered an adoration for Chalamet’s political awareness. To be clear, Chalamet is not the problem. He is aptly using his platform to draw attention to important socio-political and artistic phenomena that demand our attention. The problem is the audience’s choice to be attentive simply because legitimate commentary is coming from the mouth of a beautiful young white boy.
The problem is the audience’s choice to be attentive simply because legitimate commentary is coming from the mouth of a beautiful young white boy.
We live in an era where interpersonal abuse and social apathy are so commonplace that thoughtfulness appears remarkable when it should be the standard. It is careless to characterize Chalamet’s interest in LGBTQ rights as quirky and laudable. By doing so, we assert that justice for the marginalized is less important than our approval of individuals who moderate conversations about oppression. My point is exemplified by the praise Chalamet received after publicly addressing his verbal affirmation of romantic adult love and his subsequent decision to work with filmmaker Woody Allen, an alleged child molester. Allen is known for his cinematic preoccupation with neuroses and for allegedly sexually assaulting both his biological daughter, Dylan Farrow, and his previous partner’s adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, whom he later
married. After months of dodging questions regarding his participation in Allen’s project due to “contractual obligations,” Chalamet commented via Instagram, saying, “a good role isn’t the only criteria for accepting a job — that has become clearer to me in the past few months, having witnessed the birth of a powerful movement intent on ending injustice, inequality and above all, silence.” Chalamet also stated that he contractually still could not comment on his decision to work with Allen and would donate his entire salary to Times Up, RAINN and the LGBT Center in New York. This contractual obligation assertion was disproven in a Huffington Post editorial but Chalamet was applauded nonetheless for his actions and his nod to the #MeToo Movement. Working with Allen was a misguided decision which prioritized a strategic career move above the social implication of Chamalet’s choice. It is unlikely that Chalamet was ignorant of the sexual assault allegations made against Allen when signing on to work with him. It is more likely that Chalamet was indifferent until the #MeToo movement emphasized the value of not supporting alleged sexual predators. It is reassuring to see a young man admit accountability — especially at a time where powerful men are being outed for their exploitive and abusive behavior. But we shouldn’t worship people for being decent. When we do, we suggest that the purpose of personal growth is the merit we receive for it, not the compassion we can give with it. Choosing to be concerned about the political freedoms of LGBTQ people and holistic autonomy for women when it feels most comfortable is irresponsible. We should challenge ourselves to constantly evaluate our prejudice and listen to political commentary, especially when marginalized groups speak out for themselves. Adesola Thomas is a College sophomore from Hampton, Ga.
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Normally I am laid-back when it comes to the many issues that Emory students face as we tread the path of “Dear old Em’ry”, but disquietude overwhelmed me as I walked through the DUC on this chill Monday. I realize that it is an “accepted thing” to wear sweat shirts which advertise other schools, yet the myriad of sweat shirts — more than four Duke sweat shirts in Coca Cola Commons at the same time — that my fellow Emoroids were wearing has forced me to expose my feelings on the fact that most of us are not necessarily apathetic about Emory; many of us hold very low esteem for Emory. If we improve our self-esteem, we will improve the atmosphere of this school. We attend a diverse university which has much to offer, mainly in the form of Emory students. It is disturbing to know that many Emoroids do not realize that they themselves were accepted into this university because they can make Emory one of the best institutions in the world. All of the applicants that were accepted into Emory have abilities and assets that, when developed and expressed, will help make Emory the best. If we strive to let the world know that we care much for Emory, then the world will have no choice but to acknowledge Emory for what it is — an EXCELLENT university! We have the ways and the means to become as well-known as other nationally reputed schools. Some Emoroidians take pride in the fact that they attend Emory, and they utilize their strengths to better our school, but the vast majority of us do not give enough of ourselves to Emory. Is not the prime objective of a university to give its students opportunity to become universal beings? However, we must take advantage of that opportunity. We, as individuals, must broaden our horizons and share our talents and concerns with others, to make those different from us more aware of and accepting of our individual differences. Wearing Duke sweat shirts (or other collegiate sweat shirts, besides Emory’s) does not induce pride for Emory in anyone. I would not imagine that many students at other schools wear Emory sweat shirts. When we wear Emory sweat shirts, we show that we do feel pride for Emory. Think about the statement that you make when you wear a sweat shirt. Are you proud to be an Emoroid?
This Feb. 6, 1990 op-ed was written by guest columnist Hamilton Hawthorne. This article has been abridged.
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Members of the Emory Big Band and Emory University Symphony Orchestra perform a piece at Jazz Fest 2018 in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Feb. 10.
FILM REVIEW
‘Black Panther’ Bares Its Teeth By Boris NiyoNzima Editorial Board Member
Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” is a celebration, a masterclass in worldbuilding and a fever dream steeped in blackness. Marvel Studios has delivered on the enormous anticipation behind a film that is expected to
explode at the box office. A dedication to African art, costuming and performance is what sets Coogler’s world apart from the rest of the Marvel universe. Unfortunately, being part of the Marvel franchise means repeating all the same tropes of a superhero movie. But the richness of black culture that runs through this film saves even the predictable moments. Most importantly, Coogler and the enormously tal-
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ented cast ask a direct question: What would an African nation look like with all the riches of a superpower? The film opens with an animation depicting a vibranium meteorite striking a North African plain and created Wakanda, a utopian African kingdom. King T’Chaka (John Kani) tells his son, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), about
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it, there’s something on this playlist for you.
It’s Valentine’s Day morning, and months deep into the throes of cuffing season, you’re ready for a day of complete romantic indulgence with your significant other. Or maybe it’s later in the evening, and you need some jams for the car ride to dinner. Or perhaps it’s 11:30 p.m., Feb. 13, and you’re scrambling to make your boyfriend that Spotify mixtape thing that you kind of, sort of hinted that you might make for him and now the only things he’s been talking about are his favorite love songs so you know he’s probably making one for you and you don’t want to be caught with your pants down when you were the one who suggested the thing in the first place. Or maybe you’re doing none of that and are just planning on sitting in your bed all day and maybe/maybe not crying. Cool. We’ve got you covered. Allow us to introduce the first annual Wheel Valentine’s Day playlist, curated by our own board of editors for your approval. Regardless of whether you’re in love, out of love or making
“Accidentally in Love,” by Counting Crows, from “Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack” If you think that it’s any coincidence that this playlist begins with the same song that started “Shrek 2,” then I’m not sure what to say. Whether it’s frontman Adam Duritz’s vocals, which seem to sound exactly like our nostalgia for the mid-2000s feels, or the way those tangy, ever so slightly rough-around-the-edges guitar tones blend with the absolutely dulcet tones of the backing vocalist, “Accidentally in Love” is as sugary as sugar can be, as lovely as a picture of love could be. But it’s the youthful and fun lyrics that stand out the most. They’re perfectly crafted to be screamed at the top of your lungs, each image of an accidental love more and more smilestealing than the next. “Thinkin Bout You,” by Frank Ocean, from “Channel Orange” Frank Ocean’s relatively minimal,
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By emersoN HarmoN Contributing Writer Baltimore rapper Jpegmafia, often shortened to “Peggy,” refashions his usual palette of bleak digital bass into an explosively creative set of tracks on “Veteran.” From video games to wrestling theme songs to Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s screaming to Youtube gun review channels, Jpegmafia sets his creative id free by sampling anything and everything he wants to craft a sonically diverse and unpredictable album. Long a presence in Baltimore’s underground scene, Jpegmafia brought “Veteran”’s personality, energy and irreverence to his earlier albums as well. These older efforts, however, were held back by their distinct but one-note production and unnecessarily long runtimes. “Veteran” is, in contrast, a much tighter yet exploratory album. Jpegmafia’s production ranges
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Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr., Far LeFt) establishes the Avengers team of superheroes in 2012’s ‘The Avengers,’ but his rift with Captain America (Chris Evans, Far r igHt) tears the team apart in 2016’s ‘Captain America: Civil War.’
The Marvelous Nine: Best Movies of the MCU
By Jesse WeiNer Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor In the post-credits scene of 2008’s “Iron Man,” Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) teased that Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) was “part of a bigger universe.” With that single line of dialogue, the nature of superhero films was changed forever, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was born. Adapting storylines from wellknown Marvel comics like “Captain America” and “Thor,” and more obscure plots like “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Ant-Man,” the MCU has created acclaimed comic book blockbusters connected through Easter eggs, cameos and crossovers. Now, almost 10 years after the release of “Iron Man,”
no other studio has remotely matched what Marvel has done. Sony’s attempt at a Spider-Man universe flopped after 2014’s dreadful “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” DC Comics’ extended universe is floundering after the critical pannings of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Suicide Squad” and “Justice League.” Meanwhile, after “Black Panther” on Feb. 16, Marvel Studios is set to release its highly anticipated 19th and 20th films this year, “Avengers: Infinity War” May 4 and “Ant-Man and the Wasp” July 6. How will these films compare to previous MCU installments? Audiences will find out soon, but for now here is a ranking of the best MCU films so far.
1. “Captain America: Civil War” (2016) Just two months before “Civil War,” D.C.’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” featured two brawling superheroes, but Marvel does it miles better. Not only does the film feature unforgettable action sequences (the airport battle is the best of any superhero flick), but it also introduces memorable characters to the MCU with Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman). A film with so many superheroes in a movie could been a mess (see: “Avengers: Age of Ultron”), but instead the film feels balanced, funny and ridiculously entertaining.
2. “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) Before 2014, many didn’t recognize the names Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora or Groot, but now you’d be hard-pressed to find a superhero fan who doesn’t. “Guardians” made superhero comedies popular and established Chris Pratt as a bona fide star. With thrilling action scenes, a catchy soundtrack, iconic lines (“I am Groot” is a classic catchphrase) and brilliant chemistry between its stars, “Guardians” is not only delightful entertainment, but it also has the heart and wit that many other superhero films lack.
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Continued from Page 11 from the chilly, uptempo opener “1539 N.Calvert” to the wild, bassy and manic “Real Nega” to the soft-rock inspired “Macaulay Culkin.” In some places “Veteran” becomes so glitchedout and experimental that it’s reminiscent of Oneohtrix Point Never’s digital compositions. His sonic aggression is influenced by Death Grips, especially on “Baby I’m Bleeding.” Despite the dizzying array of production styles, Peggy keeps his artistic identity intact. He doesn’t so much trade out his earlier sound as build on old foundations. Like on his earlier projects, Peggy’s idiosyncrasies run wild on “Veteran,” but here his wordplay keeps his lyrical content fresh. His eye-grabbing song titles (“I Cannot F**king Wait Until Morrissey Dies”), his fascination with firearms (“I raise the (A)K(-47) like a kid”) and his immersion in internet and nerd culture are all here in spades. But don’t think for a moment that Peggy has gone soft. Jpegmafia’s commitment to authenticity and black empowerment are still at the forefront of his music. The only features on the album are artists from Baltimore’s underground, and, on “Baby I’m Bleeding,” he promises to “never go blonde like Kanye.” Jpegmafia’s politics dominate “Veteran,” and he’s never been one to shy away from bluntly speaking his mind. Peggy’s antipathy to gentrification, white merchants of black culture and yuppies of all stripes
is almost tangible. Bar after vicious bar is dedicated to savaging the altright, to whom Jpegmafia dedicates the last two songs of the album, “1488” and “Curb Stomp.” The album does have a few weaknesses. Toward the back end, it recycles some of Jpegmafia’s older, tired production styles. “1488” features the same murky, ominous bass and cluttered digital percussion as his previous album, “Black Ben Carson.” Eventually, his unrelenting aggression loses some of its power. There are a few outright lyrical misfires as well. On “Panic Emoji,” Peggy addresses his panic attacks and the horrors of the opioid epidemic, but he fails to pen memorable, evocative lyrics that deeply touch a listener. Instead, the song is memorable for its sampling of rushing water. “Veteran” is not for everyone. Jpegmafia is an abrasive artist who delights in shocking audiences, but this is a deeply rewarding and entertaining album if you can handle his aggression. It’s a multi-colored, multivoiced whirlwind of an album, such that you might need several listens to appreciate it. Peggy’s artistic evolution is all for the better, and the sheer creative fury he marshals leaves me waiting, breath baited, for his next release. There has never been a better time to become a Jpegmafia fan.
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their nation’s infinite technology and potential to dominate the world. But the Wakandans turn insular, choosing to protect their own people and promising to never conquer other countries — a deliberate strategy that contrasts that of the colonizers who stripped African lands of its resources and people. A flashback to the streets of Oakland, Calif., introduces us to T’Challa’s uncle, N’Jobu (Sterling K. Brown), who is accused of treason by T’Chaka and then meets the necessary consequences, sparking the events that cause the fateful meeting between Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) and the crown prince, T’Challa. All this exposition serves as a mere tease for the eventual reveal of the mythical Wakandan kingdom. Boseman stars as T’Challa, the Black Panther, who is ceremoniously crowned king after his father was killed in a terrorist attack at the United Nations in “Captain America: Civil War.” The ceremony depicts the people of Wakanda in celebration, fully costumed in a wide interpretation of African tribal traditions. This scene is striking and Rachel Morrison, cinematographer and Oscarnominated director of “Mudbound,” deserves adulation for her purposeful artistry in capturing the richness of the colorful textiles donned by the Wakandan people. The camera sweeps up a cliff filled with dancing tribespeople, drums ring in the background and, for a moment, the vision of the film’s ethos is fully
Humor, Heart, Heroics Make Marvel Films Soar Continued from Page 11 3. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014) Marvel’s take on the political thriller is an exciting, adrenaline-pumping flick. The film stays grounded by focusing on the downfall of the S.H.I.E.L.D. government agency and Captain America’s (Chris Evans) conflict with his brainwashed, old friend Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). The result is a fast-paced film brimming with suspense, exhilarating action and compelling character crossovers from Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Nick Fury. After “Winter Soldier,” it’s no wonder why Marvel handed directors Joe and Anthony Russo the reins to “Civil War” and “Avengers: Infinity War.” 4. “The Avengers” (2012) Finally seeing “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” together on the big screen was worth the price of admission to the film alone, but Joss Whedon’s flick still fires on all cylinders. It respects entrenched characters — Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man, Captain America — seamlessly introduces others — Black Widow, The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) — and features the best Marvel cinematic villain in Loki (Tom Hiddleston). The amusing chemistry among the team and several grandiose action set-pieces set a high bar for future team-ups. 6. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017) In “Homecoming,” Tom Holland discards the ghosts of Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield with his take on the popular character. Unlike his predecessors, Holland brings a refreshing youthfulness and energy to the char-
acter. The film is laugh-out-loud funny as it plays with Peter Parker’s double life as both a nerdy high school student and a webslinger. In addition, the Vulture (Michael Keaton) is a layered villain who ranks among the MCU’s best.
Finally seeing “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” together on the big screen was worth the price of admission ... alone.
5. “Iron Man” (2008) One cannot make a list of Marvel’s best without including the film that started it all. Robert Downey Jr. resurrected his film career with the role of snarky billionaire weapons dealer Tony Stark, owning the character so much that the actor is now synonymous with Iron Man. The film explores the creation of the armored hero without ever feeling like a traditional origin story, and Downey Jr.’s performance outweighs the fact that the villain, Iron Monger (Jeff Bridges), is forgettable. The film’s revolutionary special effects and world building set the stage for the rest of the MCU. 7. “Iron Man 3” (2013) The third Iron Man is not beloved universally because of its unfaithful comic villain, but fans should appreciate the astonishing twist that The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) is a terrorist figurehead rather than a malevolent villain. “Iron Man 3” works as both a rousing action flick and an effec-
tive character piece. A vulnerable Tony Stark is stripped of his treasured suits and forced to rebuild both his armor and his character. Downey Jr.’s performance is his best of the MCU, and his fatherly relationship with the young Harley Keener (Ty Simpkins) adds a new layer to Stark’s character. The action scenes, particularly the plane rescue, are intense and breathtaking. Stark’s technology is pushed to its limits, and it’s electrifying to watch. 8. “Doctor Strange” (2016) Benedict Cumberbatch brings the Sorcerer Supreme to the big screen with gusto, giving his all to the role of an arrogant surgeon who loses control of his hands and becomes a magical hero. The film is a conventional origin story that is polished and fascinating, introducing the MCU to the realm of magic and multidimensional travel. While the villain Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen) doesn’t bring much to the table, the trippy, supernatural visual effects make the film stand out from the pack. 9. “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017) The undisputed best Thor film, “Ragnarok” is the most humorous movie of the MCU. While many of the jokes land, they often detract from the weight of the story, making the film work better as a straight comedy than a superhero flick. Director Taika Waititi defies superhero film conventions to mixed results — he abruptly turns the previously stoic Thor into a comedian, finally gives The Hulk a voice and introduces the hilarious, alcohol-chugging heroine Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson).
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realized. Comparable to Ragnarok, the mythical kingdom in Thor’s universe, the audience is transported into a completely different world. But unlike Ragnarok, Wakanda is grounded in tradition: specifically, the tradition of African dress, weaponry and music evoking simultaneously a kingdom from an imagined future and a kingdom lost.
Even when the plot lulls, we are trapped in a world that is refreshing, new and crucially, explicitly black. The cast of “Black Panther” is filled with prominent and upcoming black actors. Letitia Wright stars as T’Challa’s sister, Shuri, and is bound to break out as an international star thanks to this role. Her chemistry with Boseman is the best acting on screen, and their witty banter sells their relationship. Not to be outshone, Lupita Nyong’o plays Nakia, T’Challa’s ex-girlfriend and a spy for Wakanda. Her conversations with T’Challa serve as quiet, interpretative moments that slow down the action of a traditional superhero movie. Unfortunately, these scenes are bogged down the trappings of the Marvel franchise. The car chases are a mess of explosions and computer-generated imagery (CGI), especially compared to our introduction to T’Challa
in “Civil War,” where he takes down a motorcade in a majestic show of strength and expert gymnastics. But even in the action scenes that are typical for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they are undergirded by a soundtrack with loud, hip-hop bass. The narrative zips through several predictable beats as the audience becomes increasingly aware that our hero is not only enshrouded in literal armor but in plot armor. The only thing missing at this point is a forgettable villain, but thankfully Jordan rises to the occasion as the scorned Killmonger. Jordan’s performance is fueled by a justified anger; Killmonger was betrayed by T’Challa’s father, and he comes to Wakanda to exact his revenge. But his anger goes deeper: He represents the anguish of black people who live in a nation that has terrorized their lives throughout history. The land of Wakanda lives in harmony and wealth as billions of people with the same phenotype suffer. Killmonger seeks to correct this disparity, and watching Jordan, it’s easy to fall for his message. Tackling colonialism, oppression, political diplomacy and sovereignty is a difficult task for any director, especially in a blockbuster, but Coogler does it with subtle expertise. The blackness of “Black Panther” takes center stage and explodes on the screen. Even when the plot lulls, we are trapped in a world that is refreshing, new and crucially, explicitly black.
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Lustful Lyrics and Tender Tunes, Just for Me and You
Continued from Page 11 spaced-out production throughout “Channel Orange” is an absolute treat, but nowhere does it turn more saccharine than on “Thinkin Bout You.” From the violin solo that opens the track to the warbling synths that play over rounded kicks and snares echoing into the distance, this thing screams “longing.” Ocean’s falsetto vocals on the chorus are perfectly impassioned — “or do you not think so far ahead?” never stops being heartbreaking — as the slow, even swaying of the beat has a magnetism that pulls you in. A masterful pop cut, and this barely scratches the surface of Ocean’s discography. “True Love Waits (Live in Oslo),” by Radiohead, from “I Might Be Wrong” Just to be clear, we’re talking about the acoustic version that was only available as a live cut until its studio reimagining on 2016’s “A Moon Shaped Pool.” Both have their own power, but listening to frontman Thom Yorke sing this song completely alone except for a guitar is soul-searingly raw and miserable. It’s not a hard song to describe — but classic description betrays it. Talking about how strangely hopeful and bright the chord progression is or how every small lilt in the pitch of Yorke’s voice sounds like it’s stopping just short of snapping your heart-
strings doesn’t do it justice. Only, maybe, reading the entirety of the chorus does: “Just don’t leave.” “Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing,” by the Magnetic Fields, from “69 Love Songs” An instructive quote by Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt: “[This album] is not remotely an album about love ... it’s an album about love songs, which are very far away from anything to do with love.” That’s definitely an assessment that works with a lot of the clues hidden throughout the dense two hours and 52 minutes of pop genius that is “69 Love Songs,” but it’s hard to reconcile that idea with the experience of listening to “Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing.” The instrumentation, a sole ukulele, is spare, tender and slow, and the lyrics are evocative of every theme you could ever find in a love song (“you’ve never been more beautiful, your eyes like two full moons”). But it works, damn it, just as much as any love song without the same self-consciousness. We’ve been in that “old dance hall” before, if only because we feel the desire for that perfectly packaged narrative in our lives. Love songs are not love — but there’s something about the experience of love that wouldn’t be the same without them.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 | Emory Life Editor: Niraj Naik (niraj.naik@emory.edu)
FOOD REVIEW
VALENTINE’S DAY
The Local Pizzaiolo: 37.5 Miles: Love Stories Go the Distance New Pies, Same Old Ideas By Janvi Pamnani Contributing Writer
By aditya PraKash Associate Editor The Emory population is spoiled for choice when it comes to pizza places. Blaze Pizza on North Decatur Road offers affordable, made-to-order pizzas within walking distance. Antico Pizza is a justifiably more upscale, award-winning pizzeria that happens to be nearby and — if you want something less pretentious — Domino’s is right here in the Emory Village. With all these options, I wondered how The Local Pizzaiolo, four-time World Pizza Champion Giulio Adriani’s latest neighborhood pizza place, would distinguish itself from the gaggle of other pizzerias saturating Atlanta’s food scene. The differentiation would be especially critical to the average person’s decision to visit the restaurant, given that it takes Emory students nearly 30 minutes to get to the restaurant. Within 10 minutes of sitting down, our restaurant pagers rang and a waitress brought us our food. I opted for the margherita pizza, the perfect vessel from which to assess the three most important things in a pizza: cheese, sauce and dough. The brilliant red tomato sauce served as the yin to the yang of the white moons of mozzarella. The crust itself wore a pale white cloak of dusted flour, and was sparingly charred. On each of the four slices were small basil leaves of various sizes, pruned and wilted from their trip in the oven. Each thin slice melted in my mouth after a few seconds. Though this thinness made the meal light and refreshing, the dough offered little resistance,
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meaning nothing but the occasional bite of charred dough could harmonize with the soft meltiness of the tomato sauce and mozzarella. Though the sweet sauce complemented the mozzarella’s gooey and creamy texture, the tomatoes lacked the acidity to balance the savory mozzarella. The subtle peppery taste of the garnish added the needed zing absent from the sauce, even if my four slices sported just two small basil leaves. My friends, who had ordered more elaborate pizzas, echoed my sentiment that the pizzas were smaller than average. Though the thinness of each slice disappointed me, my friend who ordered the When Pigs Fly pizza (tomato sauce topped with prosciutto, arugula, mozzarella, parmesan and olive oil) argued that the fine proportions acted as the perfect medium for the toppings. Another friend enjoyed the truffle oil and bechamel of The Gypsy pizza, but said the slices felt a little too light without a heavier dough. The restaurant itself smelled strongly of flour and dough, similar to what I imagine a local Italian bakery smells like. The interior elicited a no-nonsense and comfortable vibe, adorned with simple chairs and sofas, and missing the extraneous quirks of the classic millennial pizzeria, like a chalkboard menu. The minimalism was refreshing. The restaurant also displayed com-
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One hour to travel 37.5 miles by shuttle: This is a regular trek for Fiona Bock (18Ox, 20C) and Katherine Ahn (18Ox, 20C), each as halves of their respective Emory-Oxford long-distance couples. Both take the shuttle from the Oxford College campus to the Atlanta campus and back most weekends to spend time with their significant others, who attend school on Atlanta campus. Ever since Emory College relocated to Atlanta in 1919, some collegiate lovers at Oxford have had to split up or attempt long-distance relationships after their better halves make the move to Emory’s main campus while they remain at Oxford, whether due to an age difference or an early graduation from Oxford. The Wheel sat down with two couples who exemplify the nature of these Emory-Oxford relationships and have found ways to sustain their love despite the distance. a ContemPorary Korean CourtshiP Just two days ago, Paul Park (17Ox, 19B) from Marlboro, N.J., and Ahn from Atlanta celebrated their one-year anniversary. The duo met through a mutual friend at Oxford last year while Park was on-call as a resident adviser (RA). Currently, Park attends classes on the Atlanta campus while Ahn finishes her final semester at Oxford. The Wheel met with the couple at the Depot by Kaldi’s Coffee, but neither Park nor Ahn ordered anything as Park had reserved a dinner at Canoe Atlanta, a restaurant on the
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Katherine Ahn (18Ox, 20C) (left) and Paul Park (17Ox, 19B) (right) discuss their relationship at the Depot by Kaldi’s Coffee. Chattahoochee River, to celebrate of Valentine’s Day. The 37.5 miles between Oxford and the Atlanta campus makes it difficult to meet mid-week on Feb. 14. Park said that Ahn was excited when he told her about the dinner reservation. “I try to do cute things for her because I’ve never seen my dad do anything cute for my mom,” Park said. “They’re old and Korean and from the ’60s, and I guess cute things didn’t really exist back then.” Park gave Ahn her anniversary gift last weekend. Ahn pulled up a photo of the gift on her phone — a NARS makeup palette and a mug with pictures depicting special moments in their relationship. Ahn added that they use FaceTime frequently to feel closer when they’re on separate campuses. “We each have independent lives, and we’re very understanding of that,” Ahn said. “I’m pre-med and he’s
pre-business, which are very different tracks. I’m also very focused on my schoolwork, so I appreciate the distance.” But even with the FaceTime calls, Park confessed that being far from Ahn is challenging and his school work prevents him from visiting her often. “I can’t just drive an hour east when I want to see her,” Park said, glancing at Ahn. “FaceTime helps. Sometimes I’ll [call] her in between classes while I’m walking.” Park said the two watch their favorite TV shows — “Stranger Things,” “Game of Thrones” and a Korean serial titled “Infinite Challenge” — simultaneously from different locations while FaceTiming each other to mimic actually binge-watching Netflix together. According to Park, FaceTime helps revitalize their relationship and allows them to continue to admire each other
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CHINESE NEW YEAR
Secondhand Style Makes Great First Impression By moniCa lefton Senior Staff Writer In case you’ve missed the Career Center’s steady stream of emails or the non-BBA students roaming campus in business professional attire, it’s officially interview season. Like cuffing season, interview season is a time when students realize they might need some longer-term commitment in their lives — beyond a work-study position at the WoodPEC or an unpaid internship at a local magazine. Now is the time to embrace your impending adulthood and prepare to snag that dream job. What you wear is neither the only nor the most paramount part of the interview process, but how you present yourself throughout the hiring process is important. The ability to discern the difference between business formal, smart business and business casual and to execute the styles of dress appropriately when needed is valuable. If you’re looking to take steps beyond borrowing slacks from a friend whenever you need to dress business professional, then investing in your own business attire can be a wise decision. Plus, a new top or cute shoes can give you that extra spark of confidence. That said, as a college student,
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Finders Keepers Boutique on north Decatur road offers a high-quality, albeit small collection of lightly used clothing. dropping lots of cash on something that doesn’t make you feel ready for Maggie’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill may seem difficult, but with a few tips, you can look corner-office professional without blowing your first month’s paycheck on clothes. traditional/formal Business attire Finders Keepers Fashions, Avondale Estates The mother store of Finders Keepers Boutique, Finders Keepers Fashions in Avondale offers a larger, more mature collection of women’s clothing. Items are sorted by type, size and color, so it’s ideal for building your
own color-coordinated power suit. Seasonal outfit suggestions displayed around the store provide shoppers with a much-needed spark of style inspiration. Avondale’s Finders Keepers also has a separate accessory room for bags and shoes. They have a variety of items, all high quality but at differing prices, so there’s space for you to make and stick to a budget. If you’re looking to rebrand yourself as a job-worthy adult without feeling like you’re playing dress-up with your mom’s closet, then stopping here is worth your time.
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By lisa Zhuang Contributing Writer As Feb. 16 approaches, some people set out red lanterns and paste paper cuttings on their windows in preparation of the Chinese New Year. The year of the dog, 2018 promises to bring those born this year both emotional wellbeing and financial wealth, though anyone can secure a prosperous year by starting off on the right foot. The Chinese New Year begins with a three-day celebration filled with food, family gatherings and fireworks. Foods such as fish and tofu ensure surplus and fortune, while fireworks are launched to scare away the monsters of the past year. Families that live far apart gather together at this time. “My favorite way is to celebrate Chinese New Year with my whole family, like we did in the past,” Emory
Chinese Student Association (ECSA) member William Ding (21C) said. “To be honest, the most important part for me is not all these traditional practices. It’s the opportunity to meet all the family members including grandma, grandpa, uncles, and aunts at the same time.” Though far from the boisterous streets of China, Emory prepares for the new year, too, as Chinese student organizations present authentic festivities during the upcoming week. These events aim to introduce students to the holiday as well as unite Chinese students who are far from their families. Celebrations are set to commence Feb. 14, with ECSA bringing together several of the Chinese clubs on campus, including Emory Chinese Theater
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Frugal Fashion Tips for Your Next Big Meeting Continued from Page 13 smart Casual Business attire Finders Keepers Boutique, North Druid Hills Finders Keepers Boutique is the newer, sister store to Finders Keepers Fashions, an upscale women’s thrift shop in Avondale Estates. Its items are current and sometimes brand new. The consignment carries some older, vintage pieces (a few Prada and Gucci coats), which are priced accordingly. The store isn’t too large, so while you won’t be overwhelmed finding an interview top, you can still be choosy about your cut and color. This boutique houses a men’s store as well (more than just a section or rack). The men’s and women’s stores, which have separate entrances, are connected by a dressing room and checkout area at the back of the boutique. Business Casual attire Second Life: Luckydog Boutique, Avondale Estates This relatively simple thrift store in Avondale offers a small, boutique section with brand-name clothing priced slightly higher than their general merchandise. That said, the items found in the Luckydog section are often well worth their prices. With pieces ranging from coats to blouses to shoes, you’re likely to find
something that says “Hire me” and fits comfortably. Similar to Finders Keepers Boutique’s limited selections, Lucky’s limited racks guarantee faster shopping and rare finds. If you find the boutique section too small, then you can also browse the rest of the store, where pieces are priced per item, hand-picked and worthy of completing a business professional look. Casual Business attire Goodwill, Briarcliff Road Finally, Goodwill has a selection large enough that you can always find something that will work for an interview, especially if you’re in a time crunch. Pricing per item and organization by color make Goodwill a hasslefree stop if you need a button-up in a certain color or a pencil skirt of a particular length. ConClusion Interview season is a time of stress and panic, but what you’re wearing doesn’t have to reflect those feelings. Interview attire is just one part of the hiring process, and don’t forget that it’s also a display of your personality. With a stop by one of these local thrift shops, or even a trip to Emory’s Clothing Closet, students can find something professional but comfortable.
— Contact Monica Lefton at monica.lefton@emory.edu
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Student Groups Set to Celebrate Chinese New Year Continued from Page 13 Club (ECTC) and the Asian Student Organization (ASO), to pop up during Wonderful Wednesday for a flash mob Chinese dance. ECSA will also be handing out new year celebration snacks as well as other traditional Chinese snacks. “It’s a great time to just get excited and let people know about the upcoming week,” ECTC Co-President Wenzhu Pan (19B) said. “It’s also a great time for people who don’t celebrate to learn about the holiday.” On Feb 15, ECSA will host its third Culture Night from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Modern Language Building in room 201. Native Chinese students will be presenting and sharing their cultural insights on entertainment media in China, as well as Chinese new year, and how it is celebrated both traditionally and in modern times, all over a meal of authentic Chinese cooking. “It’s a good time for people to learn about Chinese culture from a first hand source,” ECSA Vice President Skye Tao (19C) said. “It’s also a great opportunity to let Chinese students talk about their real experiences.” For music lovers, the University’s Vega String Quartet will perform a variety of Chinese contemporary and traditional folk songs in celebration of the new year at noon on Feb. 16 at the Michael C. Carlos Museum. The free program will feature pieces by Zhou Long, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer known for combining traditional Chinese music with Western influences, and Tan Dun, famous for his contemporary works in Chinese blockbusters as well as his composition for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The following evening, ECSA will host a Mini Carnival from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the James W. Wagner Quadrangle. For those looking to celebrate a traditional new year or score some free food, the carnival will offer a variety of outdoor games, from sumo to ring toss, with chances to win prizes including Asian snacks such as boba tea, takoyaki — a ball-shaped flour snack filled with savory flavors — and taiyaki, a fish-shaped cake.
“I can’t eat dinner with my family this year ... but ECSA provides me with a close-knit community that is like my second home.” — William Ding (21C) ECSA will host their anticipated annual signature event, the Lunar Banquet, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 17 in Cox Ballroom. The night promises authentic Chinese foods such as egg rolls, fried sesame seed balls and wontons, with student performances from traditional Chinese dances to martial arts, as well as raffle prizes, including a chance to win NBA tickets. Tickets to attend cost $5 on Eventbrite and $7 at the door. For students new to Chinese New Year, the banquet will be an opportunity to get a taste of Chinese culture, while for those who have celebrated all their lives, the event will be a place to practice traditions despite being far from home. “I can’t eat dinner with my family
this year,” Ding said. “But ECSA provides me with a close-knit community that is like my second home. So even though I can’t spend time with my family to eat, I still have my second family with me here. ” No Chinese New Year is complete without a Spring Festival Gala, an event filled with singing, performances, monologues and comedy. Though also held locally, most people nowadays prefer to watch Beijing’s CCTV New Year’s Gala. “I like just watching the … gala on TV while chatting with friends and maybe [FaceTiming] families,” Chinese Undergraduate Student Organization (CUSO) Vice President Lillian Pang (20C) said. “During this time everyone can get together to eat, drink and share thoughts about the past and the coming year.” To round out celebrations, CUSO, the Korean Undergraduate Student Association (KUSA) and ASO will cohost their own Moonlight Gala in Cox Ballroom on Feb 25. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and the night will be filled with games, performances and refreshments. Though far from China, student organizations put on a variety of events to celebrate the new lunar year. For students who have celebrated Chinese New Year for as long as they can remember and for students just looking for an opportunity to relax and try something new during midterm season, the University is brimming with opportunities to learn about culture, practice traditions and, of course, eat.
— Contact Lisa Zhuang at lisa.zhuang@emory.edu
Couples Court From Emory to Oxford Continued from Page 13 from afar. Ahn mentioned that one of the things she likes best about Park is that she can respect him as a person. “In my past relationships, I haven’t really ever had a role model, [but] I get to learn a lot from [Park],” Ahn said. Park added he appreciates that Ahn understands his humor. “It’s nice to have someone who finally listens to me,” Park said. “She makes me really happy, even through all the fights, through everything.” Park mentioned potential plans to go on a vacation. “I hope we don’t break up.” Ahn said with a smile, to which Park replied, “The other person is worth it, if you’re willing to sacrifice.” an outdoorsy dyad “There [was] no chance,” Brandon Bierbaum (17Ox, 20C) said of the first time he saw Fiona Bock. “She didn’t know I existed.” In turn, Bock said she hadn’t noticed Bierbaum, who had spotted her at the Williams Gym at Oxford during last year’s finals week. Bierbaum thought he had no shot and told the Wheel that he didn’t try to make a move at the gym. But thankfully for Bierbaum, he and Bock met at the beginning of last semester at Oxford’s Club Fair. “He shook my hand [and said,] ‘Hi, I’m Brandon,’” Bock said, imitating Bierbaum’s excited introduction. The couple giggled at the memory. Bierbaum and Bock said that they began dating sometime last October, and bonded over their shared love of
the gym, exercise and Outdoor Oxford, the outdoor activities club at Oxford (Bock is vice president). Bierbaum plays lacrosse on the Atlanta campus while Bock runs cross country at Oxford. In addition to their athletic interests, the two share a love for films by Japanese film director Hayao Miyazaki. The couple mentioned “Spirited Away,” “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and “My Neighbor Totoro” as some of their favorites.
“I try to do cute things for her because I’ve never seen my dad do anything cute for my mom.” — Paul Park (17Ox, 19B) Like Park and Ahn, Bierbaum and Bock celebrated Valentine’s Day the weekend preceding Feb. 14, citing busy schedules and the distance as obstacles preventing them from meeting on the actual holiday. “We’re going out to [The Capital Grille] for dinner ... I have a gift card,” Bierbaum said, eliciting a chuckle from Bock. Bock and Bierbaum hesitantly glanced at each other before answering a question about their experience with long distance after Bierbaum’s recent move to the Atlanta campus. “It’s been going well so far,” Bierbaum said of the semester’s first four weeks. “[But] it will definitely get more tough as the year goes on. I
can’t see her during the week because Oxford [is] so far, but we have the weekends.” Bock added that it’s difficult to find time to be together, but the couple uses FaceTime to talk often. The couple said they had dealt with distance even before Bierbaum moved to the Atlanta campus because Bierbaum is from Roswell, Ga., and Bock is from Pasadena, Calif. “He sent me flowers when I got my wisdom teeth out [over winter break],” Bock said. The couple paused and laughed awkwardly when the question of what they liked best about each other arose. “It’s really cute to watch him cook,” Bock said, adding, “We’re very similar in a lot of aspects ... and that was surprising.” Bierbaum had more difficulty answering the question, saying that it was “hard to narrow down” because there was “so much” to appreciate. Finally, he admitted that he admires Bock for being a good person. “I’ve never heard her say anything mean about anyone,” Bierbaum said. For spring break, Bock and Bierbaum plan to travel to Savannah, Ga., with a group of friends. For both couples, the long-awaited weekend Oxford/Emory shuttles help close the distance, and FaceTime calls help them cope with being apart until they can reunite in person. Despite the 37.5 miles and the hourlong shuttle rides both couples have each found ways to relay love across campuses.
— Contact Janvi Pamnani at janvi.pamnani@emory.edu
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the gypsy Pizza (aBove) is topped with mushrooms, truffle oil and bechamel sauce (made from white roux and milk).
World Pizza Champion Opens Westside Spot Continued from Page 13 plimentary loaves of bread made of leftover dough near the cashier. The loaves are free with the restaurant’s request that takers pay it forward with an act of kindness for someone else. As a college student conditioned by the many free food events that grace campus daily, I took the loaf — though I am still working on the act of kindness. The menu displayed several options, each with a corresponding picture to show you exactly what you would be eating. My friends and I ordered at the cash register before we chose our seats. On the comprehensive menu none of the options felt like a gimmick except for the Just The Crust option, which
was accompanied by a helpful picture of unadorned crust. I find it difficult to recommend The Local Pizzaiolo, as nothing justifies the above-average price range of $9 to $15. Though the ingredients are highquality, they are not as high-quality as Antico’s. Though the prices are cheaper than those at Double Zero, they aren’t as cheap as Blaze Pizza. The location is also farther from campus than these other pizzerias, but the chain plans on opening a Toco Hills location sometime this summer. If you can keep yourself sated until then, this might just be the pizza place for you.
— Contact Aditya Prakash at aditya.prakash@emory.edu
SPORTS
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Emory Sports Recap Continued from Back Page
Sport
Opponent
Time
Swimming
UAA Championships
All Day
Swimming
UAA Championships
All Day
Swimming
UAA Championships
All Day
W Basketball
New York
6 p.m.
M Basketball
New York
8 p.m.
Swimming
UAA Championships
All Day
Track & Field
Sewanee Invitational
All Day
M Tennis
Bluefield State
Noon
Softball
Berry
Noon & 2 p.m.
Baseball
N.C. Wesleyan
Noon & 3 p.m.
M Tennis
Xavier of Louisiana
3 p.m.
Softball
Agnes Scott
Noon & 2 p.m.
Baseball
N.C. Wesleyan
Noon
M Basketball
Brandeis
Noon
W Basketball
Brandeis
2 p.m.
W Tennis
Columbus State
1 p.m. *Home Games in Bold
fifth of game one. It was then that the Panthers hit their stride and added four runs, enough to win the game 5-2. In game two, junior pitcher Toko Miller stymied the Panthers, throwing a complete game shutout. Miller allowed only three hits, a walk and struck out five batters in seven innings of work. Sophomore catcher Greta Wilker put an exclamation point on the 5-0 victory with a solo homerun in the bottom of the third. Emory will host Berry College (Ga.) in a double-header Feb. 17. — Stephen Mattes AvAnt BeAts Buzzer The Emory men’s basketball team tallied two crucial University Athletic Association (UAA) road wins this weekend, topping Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) 82-80 Feb. 9 and Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) 75-72 Feb. 11. The wins improve Emory’s season record to 18-4 with a 9-2 UAA record. With three conference games remaining, the Eagles sit solidly at No. 2 in the UAA standings, just behind No. 1 Washington
University in St. Louis (Mo.) (20-2, 11-0). Emory held the last-place Carnegie Mellon Tartans at arms length for most of the contest, but the Tartans crept closer as the game progressed, tying the score at 80 after three clutch free throws from senior guard Ryan Maha with 13 seconds remaining. On the game’s final possession, senior center Christopher Avant put in the winning bucket with one second left on the clock, giving Emory the 82-80 victory. Senior forward Adam Gigax led the scoring with 27 points and junior guard Gebereal Baitey added 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Sunday’s contest at Case Western was a nail-biter, fraught with lead changes. Two free throws from Emory freshman guard Romin Williams with 15 seconds remaining gave Emory a three-point advantage that held till the final buzzer. Williams finished with 20 points while senior guard Whitt Rapp nearly dropped a double-double, adding 10 points along with nine assists. The team will face New York University Feb. 16 at home at 3 p.m. — Kevin Kilgour
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Continued from Back Page every day, we can accomplish a lot of good things.” And good things have certainly come the Eagles’ way since Williams’ arrival. The No. 2 team in the University Athletic Association (UAA) currently celebrates a 9-2 conference ledger and boasts a strong resume for admission into this year’s NCAA tournament bracket.
— Contact Annie Uichanco at annie.uichanco@emory.edu
control of the game down the stretch. “The best teams win on the road,” Interim Head Coach Misha Jackson said. “You have to win big games on the road together. [Our team] stayed together and didn’t panic when they faced adversity. They made the decision in the locker room at halftime to do what it takes.” Building on the confidence that came with the win over Carnegie Mellon, Emory came from behind again for a resounding victory over Case Western. The Eagles outscored Case Western 43-30 in the second half in what turned out to be an efficient offensive performance, with Emory shooting over 50 percent from the floor and with 20 assists in the game. The second-half surge was yet another testament to the team’s ability to make
critical adjustments in the second half. “We had the effort but not the execution,” Oldshue said. “[Case Western plays] a zone that we weren’t used to … so we had to adjust even though we weren’t getting the inside looks that we thought.”
“We had the effort but not the execution.” — Ashley Oldshue, Junior Center In addition to another balanced scoring effort in which Lindahl, Oldshue and Jackson-Sherrod scored 20, 15 and 14 points, respectively, it was the team’s defensive effort that
helped them create separation. “[Sophomore point guard] Hazel Carmona and [sophomore guard/forward] Safiya Dzotsi were making the other team’s point guards work and the rest of the team wanted to reward their teammates by playing hard behind them,” Jackson said. The weekend’s road wins present an opportunity to build confidence. “It was a good weekend for us,” Oldshue said. “Both games we didn’t start out well and had to adjust. These teams can throw different things at us when we play them again, so we need to be able to adjust in the game.” The victories bring the Eagles to an overall record of 12-10, 6-5 in the UAA. Their next game is against New York University at home Feb. 16 at 6 p.m.
— Contact Craig Supcoff at craig.supcoff@emory.edu
Baseball Team Bounces Back From Sluggish Start to Spring Season Continued from Back Page drive too many players home.” The Eagles turned the tables on the Scots in the second half of the back-toback, claiming a 10-4 victory. Much like the first game, the Eagles found themselves playing from behind early. Covenant pounced on Emory in the first, scoring four runs on five hits and an error. Emory’s starting pitcher, senior Rhett Stuart, saw his day come to an early close after the ugly first inning. Entering the game in the second inning, freshman pitcher Christian Bradley salvaged the game for the Eagles. In his three innings of work, Bradley kept Covenant hitless and struck out three batters. Bradley gave credit to his defense and cited a number of situations when they backed him up on the mound. “Brereton in centerfield made an amazing play to take away a potential double,” Bradley said. “First baseman [senior] Bubby Terp was in the right place at the right time when Covenant hit a hard line drive at him.” Offensively, the Eagles hit their stride in the fourth and fifth innings. Stern scored from third base on a ground out and freshman left fielder Jack Rubenstein scored on a wild pitch
in the fourth, trimming the lead to 4-2. Twardoski said that Stern has been one of Emory’s “hottest players” thus far, carrying a .632 batting average with a home run in his first five games. In the fifth, the Eagles blasted Covenant with a six-run breakout inning. Senior shortstop Nick Chambers initiated the scoring after launching a double into left, bringing home an Emory baserunner. Brereton (playing centerfield in game two) delivered the biggest at-bat of the afternoon, driving in three Eagles off a double into centerfield. Emory didn’t look back after they built an 8-4 lead in the top of the fifth, holding Covenant scoreless and adding two more runs of their own in the final two innings. Emory’s pitching improved after they allowed five hits in the first. Bradley, along with relief pitchers sophomore Michael Leeder and junior Charlie Redovian, held Covenant hitless for six consecutive innings. Bradley said that many of the team’s early struggles were due to inexperience and an injury to the team’s “ace,” junior pitcher Billy Dimlow. “Dimlow is out indefinitely with elbow issues,” Bradley said. “We have lost so many pitchers from last year, so we’re a very young staff that is inexpe-
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Freshman right-handed pitcher Jack Moore sends the ball to Oglethorpe University (Ga.) Feb. 13. rienced, but also has a lot of potential.” Twardoski emphasized the team’s lack of consistency early in the season. “Whenever I analyze the players on this team, it’s obvious that we have a lot of talent,” Twardoski said. “We have to be a lot more consistent considering we haven’t started off the season the way we wanted to.” The performance against Oglethorpe was unquestionably a step in the right direction, with the Eagles pounding in nine runs in the first
inning alone. The Eagles’ Feb. 10 game against Covenant College was postponed due to inclement weather. Emory will travel to Rocky Mount, N.C. for a series against North Carolina Wesleyan College Feb. 17. Associate Editor Brian Taggett is a pitcher on Emory’s baseball team.
— Contact Stephen Mattes at stephen.mattes@emory.edu
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“Do I or do I not currently have a pulse? Yes, I do. Let’s play football.” — Former XFL Quarterback Jeff Brohm on playing six days after a concussion With the post-Super Bowl flames in Philadelphia reducing to an ember and Kevin Hart’s celebratory drunkenness turning into a treacherous hangover, a world without football is starting to feel like a sick joke. In Super Bowl LII, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated Tom Brady and the Patriots — thank God — and all felt right in the world. But now, a week and a half later, the abyss in the hearts of football fans everywhere is gaping. The next games of either collegiate or professional form won’t be played until late August. But the football lull will soon be a thing of the past: WWE chairman Vince McMahon announced Jan. 25 that the XFL will return in 2020. Yes, the anti-establishment football league that operated for one season in 2001 during the NFL’s off months is returning. Without an official name, it can only be hypothesized that XFL stands for Xtra-Fun-League, contrary to the NFL colloquially standing for the “No Fun League.” The XFL supposedly seeks to make football a fast-paced, easy-to-understand entertainment league that reinforces family values. Truly, patriotism is at the forefront of the league’s priorities and player safety is at the back — and your On Fire Correspondent is more pleased than Ron Swanson at a free breakfast buffet. It is rumored that players will be mandated to stand for the national anthem and respect the flag in all capacities. After the anthem, which will most likely include bald eagles circling the stadium, the league uses the “scramble” to determine possession, in which two opposing players fight to gain possession of a loose football rather than simply engaging in a polite coin toss. Furthermore, if the league follows its tradition of deregulated football as it did in 2001, the fair catch during punt returns will be banned, thus permitting all returners to become first-team Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) candidates. The NFL has become the epitome of sports adulteration in America, where it can only be foreseen that Commissioner Satan/Roger Goodell will cover all players head-to-toe in bubble wrap and resort to two-hand touch competitions (No pushing, guys! Gosh!). The return of the XFL’s nearanarchic form of football is sure to restore the sport to glory. With provocatively dressed cheerleaders, hard hits, less rules and more patriotism, this is the league that reinforces all stereotypes of American sports culture. Rumors have it that former Heisman winner and most frat quarterback of all-time Johnny Manziel will be launching a return with the XFL — ensuring that every Brad in Alpha Chi Latte will order a fake Money Manziel XFL jersey shipped from a sketchy website from China that only accepts PayPal or Bitcoin. It’s #comebackszn, y’all. With the revamping of the XFL, the no-fun monopoly of the NFL that limits player celebrations and unpatriotically cares for player safety will finally have viable competition. While critics may say that the XFL will simply lampoon the sport, your On Fire correspondent says give America what it wants. Are you not entertained?
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 | Sports Editor: Kevin Kilgour (kkilgou@emory.edu)
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Team’s Resilience Pays Off With Road Wins By CrAig supCoff Contributing Writer Emory women’s basketball earned two critical road wins this weekend against Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) Feb. 9 and Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) Feb. 11. Building on a respectable road record, the Eagles overcame a nine-point halftime deficit in a nail-biting victory against Carnegie Mellon 66-64 and secured a win over Case Western Reserve 73-62. Coming off a road trip in which the Eagles fell to both University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.), the pressure was on to end their UAA slump. In the game against Carnegie Mellon, the
Emory trio of sophomore forward Erin Lindahl (16 points), junior guard Azzairia Jackson-Sherrod (11 points) and junior center Ashley Oldshue (22 points on 8-12 shooting) led the Eagles’ attack. “We just started being more aggressive in the second half, which led us to a few runs in the third quarter,” Oldshue said, noting that the team usually plays more of an up-and-down pace. The game came down to the wire as Emory notched a 66-64 victory after they trailed 30-39 at halftime. The Eagles’ aggression in the second half proved to be a major factor in gaining
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Junior Jonathan Jemison (left) serves the ball in the Eagles’ match against Georgia Gwinnett College. Junior James Spaulding (fAr r ight) prepares to serve in a doubles match with senior partner Scott Rubenstein. Georgia Gwinnett swept the Eagles 9-0 at the WoodPEC Feb. 11.
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Freshman Williams’ Love for Basketball Shines on Court By Annie uiChAnCo Asst. Sports Editor
Ball has always been life for freshman guard Romin Williams. He first picked up a basketball at the age of five and immediately fell in love with the sport and the competition that comes with it. “I just like playing in big moments,” Williams said, adding, “I just get in a different zone. I have fun.” A potential business major, Williams has already established himself as a dynamic force on the court. In a Jan. 26 home game against the University of Chicago (Ill.), the Eagles stretched a 10-game win streak to 11 with a 71-66 victory. Williams’ 31-point scoring flurry — 19 of which were scored in the second half — was critical to keeping the win streak
alive. After each successful bucket, the Emory crowd fed off Williams’ contagious energy. Williams has no poker face, wearing his emotions and excitement vividly on the court. “I love when it’s close and we need a big play,” Williams said. “That’s my favorite part of the game. It’s the transition play. Something can happen [to] make the crowd go crazy, make our team go crazy.” Williams attributes his love for basketball to his father, even though he never played the sport. “Ever since I started [playing basketball, my dad] would always support me,” Williams said. “He’s not the biggest guy … but he always pushed me to do certain things and always be the best that I could be. Without him, I don’t think I’d be in the position I’m in.”
Williams said he had no Division III schools on his horizon nearing the end of high school, until he met Emory’s former Associate Coach Chris McHugh, now Head Coach at Washington and Lee University (Va.), at an elite basketball camp in Columbia University (N.Y.). Williams had his sights set on Columbia, but Williams and McHugh hit it off, spawning his interest in Emory. An exchange of email correspondence ensued, ultimately leading to Williams’ recruitment. Head Coach Jason Zimmerman saw potential in the young athlete, and Williams eventually paid a visit to the Eagles’ home. “[Williams] had a very successful high school basketball career,” Zimmerman said. “You don’t ever truly foresee what is exactly going to hap-
BASEBALL
Eagles Drop to Scots, Best Petrels By stephen MAttes Senior Staff Writer
Emory baseball delivered a statement win Tuesday night with a 13-1 demolition of Atlanta rival Oglethorpe University. The offensive explosion came on the heels of a lackluster 2-3 start to the season. Prior to their meeting with Oglethorpe, Emory split a twogame series on the road against the Covenant College (Ga.) Scots, Feb. 9. Through the team’s first five games, the Eagles allowed a total of 36 runs. In comparison, the Eagles began their 2017 campaign 5-0 with only 15 runs allowed. In the first game of Friday’s doubleheader, the Scots dominated in a commanding 8-3 victory. Covenant jumped ahead early with two runs on four hits and an error against Emory’s starting pitcher, sophomore Richard Brereton, in the first inning. Covenant added one more run in the bottom of the second, establishing a 3-0 lead. Despite giving up three runs in the first two innings, Brereton found his stride on the mound in the third and fourth innings, striking out two Scots in each. Emory reduced the deficit in the top
pen, but … we knew Romin could be a very good scorer for us right away, and we think he’s going to be a tremendous basketball player for us for four years.” After Williams played with seniors forward Adam Gigax, guard Whit Rapp and center Christopher Avant during the recruitment process, Williams finalized his decision to commit to Emory. “Those guys want to win and they push me every day to be the best I can be,” Williams said. “That showed me a lesson for when I’m a senior, [and] I know how to treat the freshmen.” Now, in his first collegiate season, the freshman guard is an integral member of Emory’s men’s basketball team. In the Eagles’ most recent contest, Williams provided a much-needed offensive boost, scoring 20 points in the game against Case Western
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of the fourth after sophomore third baseman Christopher Stern’s two run triple found the gap between the center and right fielders. Breathing down the necks of the Scots with the score at 3-2, the Eagles quickly lost momentum in the bottom of the fifth when Covenant extended the lead by four runs. Brereton started the inning on the mound but was quickly sent to the bench after a Covenant two-run home run with no outs. In relief, freshman pitcher Jared Gaer allowed two more runs, one unearned.
Down five, Emory was unable to stage a comeback. Both teams scored one more run as the Scots coasted to an 8-3 win, their first on the season. Head Coach Mike Twardoski said that the team struggled to limit bad innings and string together effective at-bats in the first game. “[In] the first game, we gave up too many hits in a row and they scored multiple runs in two different innings,” Twardoski said. “We got single hits in the first and therefore weren’t able to
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Junior second baseman Thomas Baumgartner slugs one of his two hits in a win against Oglethorpe University (Ga.) Feb 13.
Reserve University (Ohio). The match marked Williams’ fifth time scoring 20 or more points in a game. Shooting six of 12 from the field and three of five from behind the arc, Williams solidified the slim Eagle victory, 75-72. “[Williams’] strength right now is he’s really natural at scoring,” Zimmerman said. “He’s going to become a better leader. He’s going to see reads better on the court as he continues to play with our team, so he’ll be able to make those adjustments as he goes through his career.” Williams has time to find his rhythm and role in his four-year stint as an Emory Eagle. “There’ve been ups and downs, but this team is perfect,” Williams said. “I feel as though, if we keep practicing
The No. 2 Emory women’s tennis team lost their first two matches of the season this past weekend. The Eagles suffered a 6-3 loss at home to Georgia State University Feb. 10 and a 6-1 loss to Coastal Carolina University (S.C.) Feb. 11. Senior Bridget Harding and freshman Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico won their doubles match 8-3 against Coastal Carolina, moving Harding to tie for fifth place all-time with 93 career victories. But Coastal Carolina won second and third doubles to claim the point. Gonzalez-Rico was the only Eagle to snag a singles win, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). Against Georgia State, Harding and Gonzalez-Rico won first doubles, while senior Anna Fuhr and freshman Stephanie Taylor claimed second doubles, both matches by a score of 8-5. Sophomore Emma Perelman won sixth singles for Emory in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. The team is set to play at home again Feb. 18 against Columbus State
University (Ga.) at 1 p.m. Georgia Gwinnett College swept the Emory men’s tennis team at home, 9-0, Feb. 11 in the Eagles’ first match of the season. Senior Scott Rubinstein and junior James Spaulding played to a close 8-6 loss in first doubles, matching the result of junior Jonathan Jemison and senior Max Renke in third doubles. The Eagles will face at home Feb. 17 Bluefield State College (W.Va.) at 10 a.m. and Xavier University of Louisiana at 3 p.m. — Alisha Compton softBAll redeeMs in reMAtCh The Emory softball team began their season by splitting a doubleheader against the BirminghamSouthern College (Ala.) Panthers Feb. 9. The Eagles came up short in the first game, losing 5-2, but came back to shut out the Panthers while putting up five runs of their own. Both teams were tied at one run a piece heading into the top of the
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