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By Dustin Slade Staff Writer Emory University raised more than $1.69 billion through Campaign Emory, a seven-year fundraising effort that was publicly announced in September 2008. The campaign sought to reach a fundraising goal of $1.6 billion by Dec. 31, 2012. The top gainers in the campaign were research — which received 27 percent with $470 million — and capital projects — which received 23.6 percent with $400 million. Of all the donations, 94.1 percent were allocated throughout the University based on donor intent, according to Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations Susan Cruse. She added that the funding raised through the campaign was significantly more than the amount raised in non-campaign years. More than 150,000 donors contributed to the campaign. Of the money raised, $349 million were from Emory alumni, and $105 million were from Emory faculty and staff. University President James W. Wagner said in an interview with the Wheel that although he was overjoyed by the overall success of the campaign he had hoped for better results in a few specific campaign targets. “If there was one area of that I wish we would have been able to interest more donors, it is in the area of scholarships and fellowships, so we will continue aggressively to try to raise funds in those areas,” Wagner said. Hundreds of individuals donated their time and effort to the campaign but according to Wagner, a few individual efforts stood out. “[Cruse] moved us into modern campaign mode,” Wagner said, adding that, under the direction of Cruse, fundraising at Emory took a major leap toward professionalizing fund-
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Committee Responds To AAUP Letter By Evan Mah Editor-in-Chief Emory’s main governing faculty body has rejected the notion that “faculty governance was done improperly” in response to criticisms from a national organization that supports academic freedom at SEE ONLINE universities. The story about The national office of the AAUP’s letter. the American emorywheel.com Association of University Professors (AAUP) sent a letter to University President James W. Wagner in December in support of AAUP members at Emory calling for a full review of the department
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Former Emory Professor Sues University For Alleged Discrimination in Tenure Case By Jordan Friedman Associate Editor A former assistant professor in the Department of German Studies is suing Emory University, alleging that administrators engaged in discriminatory practices when denying him tenure in 2010. The lawsuit, filed by H. Erik Butler, claims that the University rejected to offer him tenure on the basis of his nationality and origin and, in the process, failed to follow proper college-governance principles. Both the American Association of
University Professors (AAUP) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have criticized the University’s actions and supported Butler’s allegations in letters — obtained by the Wheel — to University administrators. Butler, an American Jewish male, began his career at Emory as an assistant professor during the 20042005 academic year and served in that position until 2010-2011. He was on unpaid leave in fall 2007 and paid leave in fall 2009.
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H. Erik Butler Alleges Emory discriminated against him when denying him tenure.
AAUP/EEOC Have criticized Emory’s actions in the tenure process.
Emory University Denies these allegations and will defend them “vigorously.”
Names of faculty members who spoke during the meeting have been omitted, in accordance with the terms that allowed the Wheel to attend the meeting. — Contact Evan Mah at emah@emory.edu
‘The Dooley Show’ Sparks Controversy By Karishma Mehrotra Asst. News Editor A media group of Emory students sparked controversy last semester after releasing YouTube episodes with content that many found insensitive and inappropriate. In response, a newly-created committee hosted a forum for student discussion on the subject Monday. The controversy stretches back to a particular episode of “The Dooley Show,” a satirical student-run show hosted by Emory TV (ETV), which was released in early December. In the episode, the anchor said that since a recent Supreme Court case “ended affirmative action,” its “loyal followers” should find students “who are only here because of affirmative action.” The anchor concluded, “Proven methods here at ‘The Dooley Show’ include lynching, tarring and feathering and cross burning.” Many believe this incident is indicative of larger problems of insensitivity on campus and are working with administrators to implement solutions. College senior and Student Government Association (SGA) President Ashish Gandhi said he officially suspended funding for “The Dooley Show” after Monday’s forum. In a statement ETV released yesterday, they stated that they suspended the show and have revised their oversight process. ETV will be “appointing two executive members that will review and approve all scripts before they are produced and all episodes before they are released through one ETV-monitored YouTube channel”
SEE INSIDE Editorial reaction to the controversy over “The Dooley Show.” See Page 6. and other media outlets. They also apologized for the episodes.
The Episodes Within a span of three days, the episode instigated an outcry of community opposition on Facebook and Twitter. College senior Stephanie Llanes created a Facebook group titled “Keep Emory Free From Racial/Sexual Harassment: Hold Dooley Show Accountable,” which now has more than 600 members and a growing thread of posts mobilizing the effort. College senior Nabila Lovelace has created a petition on change.org that has now received 500 signatures. “The Dooley Show” released an explanation on their Facebook page on Dec. 19 that the “inflammatory nature of the acts were included to accentuate the absurdity of a Supreme Court decision to strike down affirmative action.” That post received more than 100 comments, the majority of which disagreed with the show’s explanation along with a handful that presented support for the show. After community members emailed administrators about the issue, Campus Life released a statement on Dec. 20. Written by Dean of Student Life Ajay Nair, the statement
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Emory College faculty have voted in favor of conducting a review of the departmental changes announced in mid-September. The motion to nominate and elect faculty members to an independent review board was brought up at the last faculty meeting before winter break and passed 64 to 54. While details of the review process will be decided in the coming weeks, faculty members expressed a desire to know how the decisionmaking process was carried out, with specific attention on the Governance Committee, which is the main governing faculty body, and the College Financial Advisory Committee, the group College Dean Robin Forman worked closely with. The new committee will not be looking into reversing the changes, a request that top administers have denied repeatedly. Faculty members also voted in favor of reviewing Emory’s governance structure to consider deeper structural changes to address what some perceive as a breakdown in faculty governance, “We need to feel more empowered as a faculty,” one faculty member said at the meeting. The meeting began with a presentation from the chair of the Governance Committee Stefan Lutz, also an associate professor in the chemistry department, on possible improvements to the College’s governance structure. Lutz suggested ways to improve communication between faculty and administrators, and to address representation issues on various committees. Once the floor opened for discussion, faculty members agreed that serious reforms, not minor tweaks, were needed.
While the motion to reevaluate the College’s governance structure passed easily, the motion to review the department changes led to intense debate. Some faculty felt the motion itself was out of order since it wasn’t on the agenda, which was set before the meeting. One faculty member expressed unease at supporting a motion without confirming explicit details on the nature of the plan. “We’re doing this on the fly,” one faculty member said. “This is the very opposite of deliberative faculty governance, and I object to it.” Some faculty members objected to reviewing CFAC and its deliberations, stressing that the focus should be on moving forward, not looking back at what happened. Supporters reiterated that the goal would be to understand what happened to avoid making the same mistakes again in the future. “I don’t see why we can’t go forward and also look backward,” one faculty member said. “It’s not our nature not to ask what happened. And I don’t think we want — five years, 10 years, 20 years from now — for people to look back at Emory and say, ‘Well, they just wiped out these programs, but why? You know, they never really figured that out. It was just a mystery.” Forman announced early last semester that the College and Laney Graduate School would be closing or suspending several programs and departments in the next two years. The next College faculty meeting is set for Wednesday, Jan. 23.
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Students crowd outside Cannon Chapel to take a moment to celebrate the life of College sophomore Annie Tang. The funeral service was held on Jan. 8 in Maryland.
Tang, 19, Dedicated and Inspirational By Rajiv Velury Staff Writer College sophomore Annie Tang, remembered by her classmates as dedicated and inspirational, passed away shortly after New Year’s Day. She was 19. According to her friends, Tang’s passing was due to a stomach virus. Tang was a resident of Gaithersburg, Md. and planned on double majoring in chemistry and biology. Tang was active on campus — she was a member of the Delta Phi Lambda sorority and a volunteer at the Emory Children’s Center. As a
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result of elections last fall, she was set to assume the position of Assistant Affiliate Member Educator at Delta Phi Lambda this Spring. Outside of coursework and extracurriculars, Tang had many talents. According to College junior Janelle Elysee, Tang was a skillful painter and an accomplished athlete, having played club soccer before her years at Emory. The Delta Phi Lambda website also notes that she was a basketball fan who passionately rooted for the Mavericks. Tang’s funeral was held in Bethesda, Md. on Jan. 8. An additional memorial service was held at
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Sophomore Annie Tang, was from Gaithersburg, Md. and a sister of the Delta Phi Lambda sorority. Emory on Monday, which was attended by Tang’s father. Attendees lit candles and wrote words of encouragement for Tang’s father while many friends of Tang spoke about her. One
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NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News • The speakers for the Inaugural National Prayer Service have become the subject of religious and political debates. The potentials speakers’ views on gay rights as well as the diversity of their religious denominations have received significant attention. Tuesday’s inauguration will most likely include many religiously liberal clergy, including The Very Rev. Gary Hall, who announced the Washington National Cathedral will now bless same-sex marriage ceremonies, as well as the first female Episcopal Bishop, who has backed the acceptance of gay clergy in her denomination. • Lance Armstrong, the American who won the Tour de France seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005, told Oprah Winfrey in an interview scheduled to air Thursday and Friday that he took performanceenhancing drugs during his recordbreaking career. While some feel let down by their hero, others are gloating that he has been exposed as a cheater.
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chief, three zone commanders and a staff of school resource officers, all whom carry guns and Tasers. The school also has an extensive bus safety plan as well as over 4,000 safety cameras. However, the school system will focus on improving the readiness of the individuals in the organization. • A middle-school science teacher was fired after her students found out she had previously appeared in pornographic movies was hoping to get her job back and set a precedent for people trying to escape an embarrassing past. However, a three-judge commission ruled that she could not return to school. The teacher did not star in any pornographic movies while teaching, but was consistently dishonest about her past.
POLICE RECORD • On Jan. 14 at 3:39 p.m., Emory police responded to a report citing that two naked, white males were spotted running around the Sigma Nu fraternity house located at 10 Eagle Row. Officers were unable to locate the individuals. • On Jan. 15 at 8:00 a.m., Emory police made contact with a male subject who was seen sleeping on the bleachers at the Woodruff Physical Education Center. The individual claimed that he was a former employee of the University. Officers asked the subject to leave the building because he did not hold a gym membership. • On Jan. 13 at 12:30 p.m. Emory police responded to a campus life
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report citing an odor of burning marijuana coming from a room at Evans Hall. Officers arrived and identified individuals in the room. A student turned over what appeared to be a bag of marijuana. The student was given a citation for possession of marijuana of less than an ounce.
tiple pairs of shoes, three bottles of perfume, jewelry and a prescription medication were removed from the apartment. The items were valued at $840. Active maintenance was ongoing within the building at the time of the incident. The theft is currently under investigation.
• Officers responded to a report of a suspicious odor coming from an Alabama Hall room Jan. 15 at 4:57 p.m. There was no resident inside the room at the time of contact. Officers noted the location and contacted residence life.
• On Jan. 12 at 11:33 a.m., Emory police responded to a report that an unidentified person hopped the fence near the Student Activity and Academic Center tennis courts and entered the building. Officers searched the building but were unable to locate the individual.
• Sometime between Dec. 23 and Jan. 13 a Clairmont Residential Center apartment was robbed. According to the female student, mul-
Jan. 24, 1994 Emory planned to build a new facility linking Woodruff and Candler libraries and housing study space, electronic classrooms and additional work stations for dissertation and faculty studies. Emory received a $15 million gift from the Woodruff Foundation, which made the construction of the 86,000-square-foot facility possible. The University also committed $5 million of endowment income to renovate Woodruff Library to prepare it for the new facility.
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• The massacre in Newtown, Conn. has prompted Gwinnett County to review the safety plans at its 132 schools. Gwinnett County Public Schools has its own police
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FRIDAY Event: PHS Grand Rounds Presents: Patient Centered Care: What Factors Drive Outcomes in the Hospital Setting? Time: 12 p.m. Location: Rollins School of Public Health Event: The Poet’s Love and Life Time: 12 p.m. Location: Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum Event: Welcome Back to Campus Time: 3 p.m. Location: Emory Bookstore Event: Carlos Museum Bookshop Holiday Sale Time: 7 p.m. Location: Reception Hall Event: 2013 Emory Arts Showcase: Gallery Night Time: 7 p.m. Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Chace Upper Lobby
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Event: Athletics — Swimming and Diving Time: 1 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center
Event: University Worship with Stephanie Foretich Time: 11 a.m. Location: Cannon Chapel
Event: ASC Presents the Emory Community Choral Festival Time: 8 p.m. Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall
Event: The Future Files: Pandemic Threat Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: Georgia Public Broadcasting Event: A Very Varied Goldberg Variations Time: 4 p.m. Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Event: King Week: Presidential Inauguration Viewing Party Time: 11 a.m. Location: Winship Ballroom Event: Bate-papo (Portuguese conversation hour) Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: Starbucks at Barnes & Noble, Emory Bookstore
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Federal Gov. Aids College Graduates By Ben Atlas Michigan Daily, U. Michigan Facing economic uncertainty and the increasing costs of higher education, recent college graduates are getting some relief from the federal government. Last month, the Department of Education introduced a new Pay As You Earn student loan repayment plan, which will cap monthly payments for Federal Direct Student Loans at 10 percent of discretionary income. In addition to reducing monthly loan payments, the program allows graduates to pay off their loan over a 20-year period, rather than the standard 10 years. “We know many recent graduates are worried about repaying their student loans as our economy continues to recover, and now it’s easier than ever for student borrowers to lower monthly payments and stay on track,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a statement. Changes in student loan policy are sure to affect much of the undergraduate population at U. Michigan. According to the University’s Office of Financial Aid, about 85 percent of resident undergraduates and 55 percent of non-resident undergraduates receive need-based and/or non-needbased financial aid. Pam Fowler, executive director of the Office of Financial Aid, said this new plan is a step in the right direction but still foresees graduates running into some difficulties. Because the government offers multiple repayment plans, Fowler said some students may find it difficult to determine which repayment plan is best for their financial situation. On the other hand, many students are unaware of the abundance of loan options available, Fowler said. In some cases, graduates are not getting good information about alternative loan repayment options from the federal servicer who handles their case. As a result students may have issues making their payments in full and on time. If graduates are not receiving sufficient information from their federal servicers, Fowler suggested they contact the Office of Financial Aid for advice. Pay As You Earn, which went into effect at the end of last month, will not have any effect on the limit a student can borrow from the federal government. The Office of Financial Aid is responsible for reporting costs of attendance and the maximum amount a student can borrow each year for accuracy in government loan collection. The new plan will also not affect how the Financial Aid Office operates, Fowler said. The Department of Education will continue to send the office a list of graduates who are late on loan payments, and the Financial Aid Office will try to contact them in order to get them back on track. Fowler warns that students need to borrow responsibly and ensure that they are able to repay the loan entirely. “We still have to do a very good job of cautioning students to borrow for needs, not for wants,” Fowler said.
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By Karishma Mehrotra Asst. News Editor Emory’s suicide prevention program, “Emory Cares 4 U,” will now be funded by the University and conducted within the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), formerly known as Student Counseling Services, after a three-year suicide prevention federal grant ended in August, Suicide Prevention Coordinator Mahlet Endale said. The initiatives under the grant — which provided $100,000 a year for three years from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — will slow down. Also, the duties will now be spearheaded by Endale in CAPS rather than by the previous coalition of about 20 individuals housed in the satellite offices spread throughout campus, Endale said. According to Endale, the program’s former coordinators lobbied for the University to fund for Endale’s position in order to continue program initiatives. The manpower is now limited as the work of a group has now fallen onto the lap of one, Endale said. “We are trying to see, of all the programming, what we can really
do and keep up,” Endale said. “What were the most effective components of the grant?” With the program’s responsibilities supplanted into CAPS, the priorities for this coming year are: “How do we continue to have people who have been involved with the grant maintain their involvement ... Also, how do you sustain a program within the system we have existing,” Jane Yang, outreach coordinator at CAPS, said. Yang was not only involved in the grant’s implementation but also continues her involvement as Endale’s immediate supervisor. According to Endale, the program will maintain three primary initiatives — the online anonymous stress and depression screening, the “QPR Gatekeeper” training (Question, Persuade and Refer trains members to recognize and help those at risk of a suicide crisis) and the suicide prevention helpline, which was not directly funded by the grant but will now fall under Endale’s supervision. Also, whereas people who went through the previous Emory Cares 4 U program were referred to both outside resources as well as CAPS, now, the vast majority of people will be referred to the center.
For example, out of the 160 students who took the online assessment since the beginning of the year, 60 of them sought counseling and only six or seven of those 60 were not counseled in house. Because of this shift, other changes include a reduction in the number of QPR trainings and the number of the center’s University-wide mental health programs. “We can’t emulate [the previous program] directly just because we don’t have the resources to do it.” Endale said. The real goal is to select the most effective programs and discover ways to implement them within this new system, she said. The decisions about where the program should focus its energy was done in collaboration with an advisory committee which includes many of the people who worked under the grant, Yang said. This committee continues to provide feedback on the changeover. Yang said she was pleased to see continued involvement from those who worked under the grant as it signifies the faculty and staff commitment and support. The largest challenges with this shift include people power and maintaining the integrity of the previous program, according to Yang.
“Anytime grant money runs out, it’s difficult because you’re trying to fill a large gap of things,” Yang said. “But the fact that we can hire [Endale] really speaks to the University’s commitment to suicide prevention.” Endale’s personal No. 1 goal is to expand the QPR training to as many people as possible, she said. Also she plans to roll-out the online assessment through mass emails next semester, which the program previously did, rather relying on students to find the link on the website. Yang said she is primarily looking for campaigns for stigma reduction, especially those that involve student help. Overall, Endale said that the Emory University’s suicide prevention program is a much more proactive approach than the other universities she has seen, allowing the student body to discuss the topic in a more open and less stigmatized space. Mark McLeod, Director of CAPS and co-executive director under the grant, said that the grant was one of the game changers that created the progressive suicide prevention program. “The grant, and what we did with it, certainly put us in an elite group,” McLeod wrote in an email. “Having said that, mental health on U.S. cam-
puses is becoming a more talked about subject across the country, not just at Emory, and I do think that is a positive thing.” The previous three years with the grant money were the “start-up years” of the suicide prevention program with the creation of the website and the logistics of the online screening assessment, according to Yang. That assessment became another invitation to students to enter into the center, Yang said. “One of the biggest things that is did was it helped us develop a dialogue around suicide prevention work that involved people from many different campus offices and also the students from many different walks of life,” Yang said. Emory is one of the few schools that has not experienced a completed suicide in a while, Yang said. She also said that Emory is one of the schools that used the grant money most effectively. “The Administration here really cares about how students are doing and that’s reflected in the commitment they have to support the counseling and mental health services,” Yang said. — Contact Karishma Mehrotra at kmehrot@emory.edu
By Lydia O’Neal Contributing Writer The University received the WorkLife Seal of Distinction from the Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP) last Tuesday for the second year in a row. The seal recognizes Emory’s excellence in helping employees juggle career and family life. Fifty-three other organizations, including the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Johnson & Johnson, Yale University and Marriott International, received the honor as well. The American Heart Association also recognized Emory as a “FitFriendly Company” for the fourth consecutive year and as a “Platinum Fit-Friendly” worksite, the highest of the AHA’s “Fit-Friendly” standards, for the third year in a row. The AWLP is a global brand of the human resources association known as WorldatWork, which boasts a membership of 30,000 in 100 countries, according to the organization’s website. The AWLP branch evaluates applicants based on “evidence of their support in areas spanning dependent care, health and wellness, workplace flexibility, financial support, paid and unpaid time off, community involvement and efforts to transform organizational culture,” according to the organization’s press release. John Kosky, director of Emory work-life and compensation, has spearheaded the WorkLife Resource Center since 2008. According to Kosky, recent market studies and employee surveys have confirmed Emory’s excellent reputation for employee benefits throughout the industry. “In terms of work-life comparison to other universities,” he said, “our benchmarking shows that we are among the national leaders in work-life programs and support in academia.” Some of these programs include the Emory Child Care Network, Finance Matters Workshop series, Back-Up Care Advantage Program, Emory Employee Student Job Network and Caregiver Workshop series. Tara McCurley, a Woodruff Library service desk coordinator, enjoyed the options Emory WorkLife’s Summer Camp Expo provided for her eight-year-old. “It was very helpful,” says McCurley, who signed her daughter up for gymnastics camp at the local YMCA. “I don’t have time to research summer camps, and there are so many. But the Expo provides a lot of variety, and it’s all in one place.” According to this mom and Emory employee, numerous parents working at the University use this and other services for their kids. Aside from child and elder care, the Work-Life Department’s Hardship Fund gives the voluntary donations of Emory staff to anonymous employee applicants who have suffered a catastrophic event, such as hurricane or fire damage. “We take one to three applications a month,” says Jessica Perlove, a Woodruff Library specialist who sits on the Hardship Fund Committee. “We review the application, and if you meet the few qualifications, you can receive up to $2000.” Emory’s Work-Life Center also conducts collaborations with the employee benefits department, according to Theresa Milazzo, associate vice president of Work-Life Resources. “For example,” she says, “[both] organize financial education sessions that feature investment planning experts from our retirement plan vendors.” Kosky says he continues to look for ways to improve the award-winning center by designing new and effective programs. “Currently we are working on a comprehensive program to provide work-life support to caregivers of aging adults,” he says. He added that the first phase of the program went live this month and his department has planned for additional enhancements to implmented in the near future.
— Contact Lydia O’Neal at lmoneal@emory.edu
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AAUP, EEOC Criticize Administrators’ Decisions in Butler Tenure Review Case Continued from Page 1 “Given the nature of my case, both [the AAUP and EEOC] could see the merits of my grievances, and both of them could see, from their perspective, that at least matters had been improperly handled by the institution,” Butler said in an interview with the Wheel. Butler, who is currently unemployed and living in California, now seeks to recover damages including, but not limited to, lost wages and benefits, emotional distress, depression, anxiety, loss of reputation and loss of career momentum. The University, however, has denied Butler’s claims. In a statement to the Wheel, Vice President for Communications and Marketing Ron Sauder wrote, “All actions taken by Emory University with respect to Dr. Butler, including the decision to not grant him tenure, were taken for legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons.” He added that Emory “stands by its decisions” and will “vigorously defend those decisions.” The lawsuit alleges that former Provost Earl Lewis and University President James W. Wagner denied Butler tenure due to German Studies Department Chair and Associate Professor Peter Höyng’s criticisms and negative evaluations of Butler. “Emory allowed Associate Professor Höyng’s bias to become part of its negative assessment of Dr. Butler for tenure,” the lawsuit states, also claiming that “Emory failed to follow the processes and procedures for the application and award of tenure ... and breached its employment contract with Dr. Butler.”
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Court of DeKalb County, the lawsuit states that Höyng had voiced objections to Butler’s teaching and research since 2008, despite speaking highly of Butler’s work before then. The tenure review process for Butler began during his second year at the University, which is standard
“Emory allowed Professor Höyng’s bias to become part of its negative assessment...” — Lawsuit filed against Emory University
procedure for assistant professors. In his first tenure review during the 2004-2005 academic year, then Department Chair James Melton gave Butler an overall rating of “exceptional.” Höyng also rated Butler “exceptional” in 2006-2007, though a student had filed a complaint against Butler, which the lawsuit claims was inaccurate. According to the lawsuit, Höyng began expressing concerns in 2008 about Butler’s research focus on Germany’s “dark past” and xenophobia, or a fear of foreigners, in the country. Höyng allegedly criticized Butler for a “lack of ‘collegiality’” and described Butler’s research as “not German enough” because it focused “too much on Jewish matters.” The lawsuit specifies that Höyng is a native German and not Jewish. Höyng declined to comment because the lawsuit is ongoing. In Butler’s fourth-year tenure review, completed in 2008, faculty within
the Department of German Studies — including Höyng — and outside the University evaluated him. Tenuretrack professors are typically given more thorough reviews in their fourth year, which may include external reviews of the professor’s research. Because Höyng served as department chair, he wrote a detailed letter explaining the committee’s assessments and a recommendation for either the renewal or non-renewal of Butler’s appointment on the committee’s behalf. The committee’s outside reviewers approved of Butler’s performance in his fourth-year review, but Höyng — speaking only on behalf of himself — alleged that Butler had “violated the principal of collegiality, as outlined in the Principles and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure,” on multiple occasions, according to the lawsuit. The Principles and Procedures state, “The idea of ‘service’ includes displaying a collegial spirit of cooperation and avoidance of disruptive behavior.” The lawsuit alleges that Höyng’s objections to Butler were actually motivated by “discriminatory intent” on the basis of Butler’s national origin and religion, especially given the fact that other faculty members spoke optimistically of Butler. By the end of the evaluation, four members of the Review Committee recommended Butler for tenure, and Höyng abstained. Fearing that Höyng’s alleged discrimination would impact his tenure application, Butler requested that Emory postpone his tenure review a year, at which time a different department chair would conduct his review. Emory denied his request. In the 2009-2010 academic year, a German Studies Departmental Tenure Review Committee led by
Faculty to Revisit College Governance Structure Continued from Page 1 changes. The local group consists of more than 60 Emory faculty and former administrators and is part of a national organization comprised of more than 500 campus chapters. College Dean Robin Forman, who spearheaded the changes, first announced the reallocation of resources and closing of programs and departments within the College and Laney Graduate School in a Sept. 14 University-wide email. Former and current chairs of the Governance Committee reject the AAUP’s claim that the University did not follow AAUP-recommended procedural standards. “The Governance Committee has held faculty meetings in response to the College restructuring, has met with faculty representatives of the affected departments and has decided that the procedures followed were in fact appropriate,” the letter reads. The letter stressed the College Financial Advisory Committee’s legitimacy in making the decisions before elaborating on the basis for them. “It is surprising that you would identify those decisions as curricular rather than financial, because they were clearly made out of financial
Tang Remembered for Strength Continued from Page 1 such friend was Ling Lu, who had met Annie in the fall of 2011. “Annie had many different sides to her,” Lu said. “Besides the strong and mature girl I had first seen, she was silly and adventurous too. Most strikingly of all, Annie had the gift of understanding and compassionately loving others ... the pains, the joys, the fears in life, Annie understood them all.” College junior Parul Reddy echoed this sentiment when she spoke of Tang’s personability. “Every time I passed her she would always give me a smile or wave without fail,” Reddy said. Reddy also commented on Tang’s academic excellence. “The first thing that came to mind when I thought about her was how brilliant she was,” she said. Additionally, Annie Farrel, president of Delta Phi Lambda, recalled her own relationship with Tang in the sorority. “Even though I’m a senior and she was a sophomore, I really did look up to her,” Farrel wrote in an email to the Wheel. “She always carried herself with such a presence that commanded attention ... she will be missed.”
— Contact Rajiv Velury at rvelury@emory.edu
necessity,” the letter reads. The letter also criticized the AAUP for sending a letter to Wagner first “without the common courtesy of communicating with those involved in faculty governance in the College.” Whether the motives behind the department changes are rooted in either finances or curriculum has been a lingering question since September. In an interview with the Wheel, Forman said that the decision was “not about addressing the financial challenges we’ve faced. Rather, we feel like we’ve emerged from under the yoke of those financial pressures and can begin to think again what are we trying to accomplish [at Emory].” Forman has said that the College is in a unique position since it has no reserve fund, no debt and has projected a balanced budget for 2013 FY. The College had been operating at a multi-million dollar deficit for years, and, in the process of paying off its debt, exhausted its reserve fund, resources typically used for faculty recruitment and renovations as well as other operating costs. By that same token, the College has no financial flexibility. The department changes, though, will free up an estimated $4.5 million to be invested into other programs.
With regards to the letter from the national AAUP, Forman said that the content did not reflect any independent research but rather was commentary on the information sent to them by the local AAUP chapter. “The letter from our local chapter has some important questions that we do need to answer but it also contains some incomplete or misleading statements,” he said. “Our first order of business is to clarify things and try to create a space in which we can really focus on those questions that deserve our attention.” Barbara Ladd, a professor in the English department and president of the local Emory AAUP chapter, remains hopeful that the University will agree to a faculty review of the decisions, a move which the national AAUP office supports. Should the call for a review go unanswered, it is possible that the national office will conduct its own investigation. “It is the kind of investigation that would probably take a couple of years,” Ladd said. “It’s a very serious undertaking with very serious consequences.”
—Contact Evan Mah at emah@emory.edu Dustin Slade contributed reporting
Höyng voted to recommend Butler Emory at the end of last semester to for tenure by a four-to-two vote, accept the position of president of with Höyng and another professor the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, opposing. declined to comment, writing in an The committee’s assessment was email to the Wheel that he is no forwarded to the College’s Tenure longer a University official. He, along and Promotion Committee and the with Wagner and Höyng, directed all College dean. Both recommended questions to Emory communications. Sauder wrote that the University Butler for tenure, and the file went could not comment on the specifics to Lewis. When reviewing Butler’s tenure of the case given the fact that Emory file, Lewis “became concerned about is in litigation. the collegiality issue” that Höyng disFighting for Appeal: cussed in his assessment, the lawsuit The AAUP’s Role notes. In granting tenure to assistant professors, the provost is responsible Former College Dean Bobby Paul for determining whether to send the file to the University president, who first informed Butler that he would then decides whether to submit it to not receive tenure in a June 6, 2010 the Board of Trustees for final action. letter. Paul wrote in the letter that Lewis subsequently arranged a Butler would be able to continue his appointment only telephone conference through the 2010with the Departmental 2011 academic Review Committee “A candidate does not year. — a step that the lawearn tenure unless he Butler sought suit cites as “highly unusual and inappro- or she is approved at all to appeal the University’s decipriate” and against levels.” sions, but, later commonly accepted that month in college-governance — Ron Sauder, vice president a letter, Lewis principles. for communications and informed Butler According to the marketing that he would be lawsuit, Lewis asked unable to do so. members of the com“That appeal mittee: “Does Dr. Butler fit in at Emory?” This enabled procedure applies to cases in which Höyng and another professor to “act a negative decision arises at the on their bias against Dr. Butler,” the Department level or at the Dean’s level,” Lewis wrote in the letter. “In lawsuit claims. Ultimately, Lewis did not recom- this case, because you were recommend Butler for tenure. The law- mended for promotion and tenure suit alleges that Wagner then denied at each of those levels, upon further Butler’s tenure application “solely on review, the appeal procedure ... does not apply to your case.” Provost Lewis’ recommendation.” Gregory Scholtz, the AAUP’s “A candidate does not earn tenure unless he or she is approved at all lev- associate secretary and director, els,” Sauder wrote. “Emory has very wrote to University President James high standards for achieving tenure.” W. Wagner in July that under AAUPLewis, who left his position at supported standards, faculty members
have a right to appeal if they allege that the decision “was based significantly on considerations violative of academic freedom or of governing policies forbidding discrimination.” The AAUP is a national organization that supports academic freedom and shared governance. Following the AAUP’s letter to Emory, the University permitted Butler to “appeal limited solely to procedural irregularities.”
EEOC Finds Discrimination The U.S. EEOC — which is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting discrimination against job applicants and employees — has also criticized the University’s actions. Before approaching the EEOC, though, Butler filed a complaint of discrimination to Emory’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs (EOP), which investigated the matter and found no discrimination. The lawsuit alleges the review was “inadequate.” In a March 8, 2012 letter regarding the lawsuit, the Director of the EEOC’s Atlanta District Office Bernice Williams-Kimbrough wrote to the University that the EEOC has found “reasonable cause” to conclude that the University discriminated against Butler, especially since the “Charging Party’s lack of collegiality could not be substantiated.” Within the letter, the EEOC invited Butler and University administrators to engage in conciliatory talks and establish a “just resolution,” though no such discussions have taken place. Sauder wrote that the University “respectfully disagrees with the EEOC’s opinion” but did not comment further. A trial date has not yet been set.
— Contact Jordan Friedman at jordan.m.friedman@emory.edu
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Congress Averts Fiscal Cliff with Deal By Abbigail Gately Central Florida Future, U. Central Florida As 2012 came to a close, Congress created a deal to prevent the country from going over a “fiscal cliff.” After having 507 days to address the problem, the Senate agreed to a deal three hours before the deadline. This deal prevented the country from spiraling off the proverbial cliff, and 21 hours later, the House of Representatives approved the deal. The resolution led to an extension of the Bush tax cuts for middle class families while also creating a 2 percentage point increase in the payroll tax rate for most workers. Unlike other parts of the resolution, the 2 percentage point increase directly affects more consumers by making their paychecks smaller. Sean Snaith, a U. Central Florida economics professor, said the payroll tax raise will impact those working students while also affecting faculty and staff. “It is going to impact working UCF students; they are going to see 2 percent[age points] less in their pay checks. That affects everyone. People across the spectrum are getting less, from millionaires to the middle class to the working poor,” Snaith said. UCF freshman health sciences
major Kim Tran will face financial consequences from receiving less of her paycheck due to the resolution. “It’d definitely be harder to pay for my car payments and my credit card bill. I mean, each month I’m gonna be spending about $500 for my car and gas, so I definitely won’t be happy,” Tran said. The Bush tax cuts were extended for people who make less than $400,000 and families that make less than $450,000. “The fiscal cliff extended tax cuts for middle class families — that’s $2,000 that middle class families and students can put towards paying the cost of tuition and books,” Brian Zagrocki, a freshman economics major, said. “The middle class tax cut also gives our families money that would prevent UCF students from taking out an additional student loan.” Snaith also talked about the benefit of having the extension of the Bush tax cuts. “The benefit, besides for people making $400,000 above, is the agreement keeps the Bush tax rates so income taxes will not go as scheduled. Future negotiations may change that though,” Snaith said. Zagrocki believes the fiscal cliff results will help middle class families and students. “Extending the tax credit for the
middle class was very beneficial to the economy, since we need a strong middle class in order to grow our economy. We need an economy that is grown from the middle out, not the top down,” Zagrocki said. Snaith, on the other hand, said that due to the increased payroll tax rate, the middle class would have less spending money to put back into the economy. “It is a loss of disposable income. This simply means that there is less money to spend in consumers’ pockets. It will impact purchases of food, clothing, health care, you name it,” Snaith said. Justin Karpf, a UCF senior legal studies major, thought the resolution, with its flaws, did do something for the economy. “It was far from perfect, but it was better than doing nothing,” Karpf said. While the fiscal cliff was averted for now, the question of the debt ceiling and spending cuts were delayed for two months, according to the Huffington Post. “What they did is they basically created a new fiscal cliff, but a smaller one. None of the tax stuff will affect students because students are poor,” UCF senior economics major Isaac Fratti said. “If we go over this new cliff, it will slow the economy.”
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tudents relax and study in a new environment. Over the break, the University renovated the furniture in Coke Commons in the Dobbs University Center. In front of the Dunkin’ Donuts and the information desk, the design adds new colors to the student center’s atmosphere.
raising activities. “[The] campaign communicated urgency to address unique institutional opportunities and challenges, exciting donor interest and commitment,” Cruse, who created an executive plan to help achieve the campaign’s goal, wrote in an email. “It provided a framework for collaboration between institutional leaders, faculty, staff and donors to build a culture of philanthropy.” The campaign followed a strategic planning process in which each Dean and director of individual branches of Emory — such as the Michael C. Carlos Museum and Office of Campus Life — coupled their strategic plans towards philanthropic needs, according to Wagner. He also said that the specific branches of Emory each constructed their own case that assisted potential donors in identifying the areas of need. Prior to the launch of the campaign, Sonny Deriso, a 1968 graduate of Emory College and a 1972 graduate of Emory University School of Law, accepted Wagner’s offer to volunteer as the campaign chairman. Wagner stated in a University press release that, “the Emory community owes a debt of gratitude to Sonny Deriso.” Deriso said in an interview with
the Wheel that the campaign is particularly remarkable because it was publicly announced when the nation was at the beginning of an economic downturn. “We could not have made the announcement at a worse time,” Deriso said. “We decided we needed to press on. Fortunately, many people decided to invest with Emory.” Deriso also said that, even though a campaign consultant had informed him that the campaign would only be able to raise $1.4 billion at most, Emory had a greater need at the time so the University set the goal at $1.6 billion. Universities are among the institutions that people still have a large degree of trust in, said Wagner. He added that, “Universities remain one of the organizations where people feel that their money is going specifically to do what they want it to do.” Wagner also said that he believes education and research can address many of the nation’s current needs. “If we don’t live up to the expectations of our donors to do what we said we would do, I don’t imagine we would expect to have great success in the future with philanthropy,” Wagner said. “With all of this generosity from donors comes a sense of responsibility for Emory.”
—Contact Dustin Slade at dpslade@emory.edu
Students and Administrators Collaborate to Solve Broader Issues Continued from Page 1 noted that the use of satire comes with responsibility, and that the “use of such rhetoric around sensitive topics can be extremely damaging to students who too often are the victims of racial and gender stereotyping and prejudices.” On that same day, “The Dooley Show” released a second, more apologetic Facebook post stating that the segment was written poorly and was not intended to offend students. It also mentioned that “[they] are students as well, learning from this and our mistake, and want to express how much we have learned and taken from this whole experience.” Producers and anchors of the show would not comment further.
Mobilization and the Forum After the incident, two groups rallied in response. Change @ Emory consists of about eight to 10 students meant to serve as advocates and liaisons between the administration and student organizations, according to College senior and member Kala Hurst. Additionally, Campus Life created a committee consisting of five Campus Life officials, a faculty member and 14 students. Several students on this committee are also a part of the Change @ Emory group. The Campus Life committee hosted the forum Monday, during which students responded to prompts — that members of the Emory community had submitted online beforehand — regarding hate speech, discrimination and broader, systemic issues at the University. Llanes, a Campus Life committee member and Change @ Emory member, said that even though the forum served its purpose, she would have liked to have seen more feedback from administrators and a larger attendance from administrators outside of Campus Life at the forum.
“Students were well-spoken in that, it’s not just about ‘The Dooley Show’ ... What’s preventing [other organizations] from doing the same thing ... if they are just going to get a slap on the wrist?” Llanes said.
Consequences Regarding consequences, students have expressed mixed opinions on the consequences the University should impose on the show and its members.
“I think that this incident shows that students aren’t getting an education around race and difference at Emory ... ” — Liz Alexander, graduate student Gandhi said he has been working to establish policies to ensure all student-run media programs are reviewed before publication. He was careful, though, to distinguish this process from that of censorship. Gandhi said producers will be fully aware of the repercussions they could face if offensive material is published, and the final decision regarding publication would be left up to the producers, according to Gandhi. He also said that he hopes the policy will be finalized within the next two or three weeks. SGA funds the Media Council, which funds ETV. wwGandhi said ETV’s shows are not officially recognized by SGA, which he said may change. He also said ETV owns the equipment that student producers use. Neither of the contested episodes were aired on the ETV channel and were released on their private YouTube page without approval from ETC executive members.
College freshman Reuben Lack, attended the forum and said a review process similar to Gandhi’s could have a “chilling effect” and would only lead to more issues, including the subjectivity of the reviewer and the standard for offensive material. Gandhi stressed that consequences were not going to change an insensitive culture at Emory. “[They] are going to make students say, ‘I don’t want to say that because I don’t want to be punished,’” he said. “How do we get to a state where students will say, ‘I don’t want to say that because that’s not what I believe’?” Lack agrees that a broader discussion needs to be had but thinks that the “viewpoint based response” of punishment is a “rash decision” as it sets a poor precedent. “It would be a disservice ... if the way we fight for social justice was unjust,” Lack said. He said he objects to any punishment because the situation shifts from the culture to the repercussion. Lack believes that the show was clearly making a point and if the community labels the show’s members racist, they prevent the conversation’s movement towards the bigger issues. Alumnus (‘12) Sean Steffen saw the Facebook posts and was worried that this incident could get out of hand, ruining the lives of the show’s members. Especially once local news outlets — like CBS Atlanta and Creative Loafing — picked up the story, he said he foresaw that “these writers would be demonized by the entire country as being racist, when in actuality; they were attempting to speak out against racism.” On Facebook, he posted: “It’s important that our reaction to these comments do not diminish the rights of future Emory students ... who DO wish to address the matters ... tastefully.”
Sexual Violence The show, in addition to the comments regarding race, also addressed sexual issues on campus in two episodes in a way that some found offensive. The episodes were quickly removed from YouTube. In another segment in the relevant episode, the anchors discuss the recent “Bra Chain Campaign” and suggested that assault survivors could go to fraternity houses to “claim their bras and their dignity” and that “sexual assault counselors” would be available. According to SAPA community response and College junior Malina Jones, an earlier episode featured a segment in which the reporters of the show interviewed girls on their “walk of shame” back from fraternity houses and asked questions that Jones found “troubling.” The show took down these two episodes after College senior and Sexual Assault Peer Advocates president Anushka Kapoor approached the show’s producer and requested their removal, Kapoor said. According to Kapoor, the show gave her an apology, which did not convince her that the participants understood why the material had to be removed. In the meeting, she described to the show’s members appropriate ways to satirically discuss sexual assault, Kapoor said. Jones said she found it disappointing that the SAPA members were the only forum attendees that spoke about sexual issues and that the talking points presented at the forum shifted the focus towards racial oppression, excluding sexual violence. “I think there was a significant issue with a lack of dialogue about the intersectionalities of all these issues,” SAPA Treasurer and College sophomore Elizabeth Neyman said, including those regarding gender, sexuality, religion and more.
The Issues
For Lynn Nestor, college senior and campus life committee member, there are little things at Emory she has come to expect that demonstrate subversive racism. “I’m not surprised that this [incident] happened at Emory,” Nestor said. “It’s very much what Emory has taught me to expect of [it], and it makes me sad that I have to say that.” She said her and her friends have been waiting to build this mobilization effort since they have come to Emory. Fifth-year graduate student in the sociology department and Campus Life committee member Liz Alexander said that this incident was consistent with the numerous racerelated stories she hears in the class she teaches about racial attitudes. “In some ways ‘The Dooley Show’ was just this thing that happened that allows us to have this broader conversation,” she said. “I think that this incident shows that students aren’t getting any education around race and difference at Emory that would prevent that from happening.” Alexander said that this incident was especially prominent because there was a video that could be exposed. Beyond this situation, she said the “pattern of racial taunting” at Emory doesn’t have a viral video. Alexander cited last year’s controversy over Beta Theta Pi’s chants of “USA” in an intermural volleyball game against a predominately AsianAmerican team.
The movement and solutions Many of the students believe this is one of the strongest movements with multiple communities that they have seen in their time on campus. “If you [want to be] the beacon for diversity and inclusion ... back it up,” Nestor said. “Create [students] that can actually [represent] what you tell people you do.”
Llanes said that she thinks there needs to be more “black spaces” on campus, especially with the removal of African-American Greek life. Also, she added, there is no one on campus who is a race relation’s expert. Llanes said that when this incident occurred, many students didn’t know where to report it. Llanes also said she believes the campus should keep official documents of all the reported incidents similar to this. Llanes also encouraged Emory administrators to look at the faculty ratio in terms of race. Assistant Dean for Campus Life and Director Matt Garrett is optimistic that change will occur, especially with Nair’s “strong background in community building.” “We believe having a broad crosssection of students is the first step, and the second is having administrators there to support, encourage and make changes where we can,” Garrett said.
Satire Steffen said that he believes most of the concerned students were not familiar with the intended style and “usual level of bad writing” because they did not watch the show and described the situation as “friendly fire.” Jones said that the forum didn’t address the nuances of satire and talked only about the issue, not the context of the issue. “It comes down to one core thing,” Jones said. “Satire is humorous criticism. And you have to ask the question ‘What are you criticizing?’ ... Are you criticizing victims of sexual assault? ... or are you criticizing a culture that allows for that to happen?” There will be another forum on Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. in Harland Cinema where the Campus Life group will present its ideas and allow the audience to provide feedback. —Contact Karishma Mehrotra at kmehrot@emory.edu
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DAVID GIFFIN
‘Dooley Show’ Thinking Through a Gun Ban The Irrational Nature of the Gun Control Debate Lacks Tact Jokes, Apology Were Inappropriate “The Dooley Show,” a student-run satirical news show, similar to that of “The Daily Show,” is a part of Emory T.V. (ETV) and is funded by the Student Government Association (SGA). In the show’s latest episode, aired solely on their YouTube channel in November, “The Dooley Show” made two jokes that has resulted in large-scale backlash by the Emory community. The first joke said Emory students who are here because of affirmative action should be found by the loyal 83 followers of the Dooley Show and engage in the “tar[ing] & feathering,” “burning crosses” and “lynching” of these students. The second took a different route, saying girls could go to the Bra Chain Campaign, an awareness event hosted by Feminists in Action (FIA) and Sexual Assault Peer Advocates (SAPA) on McDonough Field, to “claim their bras and their dignity.” These distasteful jokes have created an uproar in Emory’s student body and have resulted in SGA freezing the funds that are allocated towards “The Dooley Show.” We at the Wheel understand that the segment was intended to be satirical, but find the delivery of the jokes and the apology, written some time after the incident, problematic. Members of “The Dooley Show” should have demonstrated greater wisdom when using sensitive topics like race and sex for humor. Although we recognize the show’s right to free speech, we are sorely disappointed at the lack of tact and complete insensitivity that was portrayed by members of our Emory community. Additionally, we are disappointed that the show initially reacted so poorly when it became clear that people found the jokes offensive. Instead of issuing a sincere apology, the group behind “The Dooley Show” simply reiterated that the comment was meant to be a joke. Only after more members of the Emory community expressed frustration at the response did the group issue an actual apology one day later. We expect better of a community that prides itself on diversity and equality, and expect better of those who lead organizations funded students. Since “The Dooley Show” is inextricably linked to the Emory community in funds, students and name, we cannot ignore how this event reflects on Emory as a whole. We find the idea of a satirical show necessary for students’ creativity, but we hope that in the future more care will be taken in the production of such comedic endeavors. Perhaps satirical publications that have the potential to overstep bounds and offend would benefit from a faculty adviser to look over suspect material. We applaud individual students and student groups that have mobilized in the wake of this incident. It is most admirable to see members of our community fighting for what they believe in and fighting against, what they perceive to be, systemic issues of insensitivity. Whether or not the community decides to end “The Dooley Show,” we want to stress that the move would not solve the bigger issues, though it would set a solid precedent for members of the community. The above staff editorial represents the majority opinion of the Wheel’s editorial board.
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On Dec. 14, none of us were able to escape the tragic events that unfolded in Newtown, Conn. Adam Lanza, a 20-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome, shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 26 people. Twenty of those people were children under the age of seven. The other six were teachers and staff who died trying to protect their students. Since that day, numerous important debates were renewed. Several in the media discussed the impact of violence in movies and video games on society. The declining state of America’s mental health and care systems has also garnered a great amount of national attention. However, the biggest debate has been a renewed call for stricter levels of gun control in the United States. And in that discussion and the political debate that have followed from Sandy Hook, multiple segments of the American public have lost their minds. Let’s be clear: what happened in Sandy Hook was deplorable. However, in responding to this tragedy politically we’ve gone completely off the rails with a purely emotional response. It is understandable that our response to gun violence might be more intense after Sandy Hook: after all, the victims were children. But that doesn’t excuse us from the need to behave rationally. According to publiclyavailable government crime statistics, the rate of violent crime in the United States dropped by 50 percent between 1992 and 2011, from 757.7 per 100,000 people down to 386.3. Murder rates have also decreased by over 50 percent during that same time, from 9.3 per 100,000 down to 4.7. Additionally, in 2011, the rates of both violent crime and murders in metropolitan areas of over 250,000 people were over double that of the national average — 754.5 violent crimes and 10.1 murders per 100,000 people, respectively. For a moment, consider our response to plane crashes. Do we ban all planes simply because of the tragic, deadly plane crashes that occur each year? No. We know objectively that the overwhelming majority of plane flights each year are safe, so we instead examine the details as to why that particular crash occurred. Using that knowledge, we can
then formulate a solution, if one is actually necessary. So why aren’t we doing the same with firearms? No gun crime is good, but by looking at these statistics we can see that America is clearly becoming less violent than in previous years. Not only that, but we have the statistical tools at our disposal to isolate truly problematic areas and respond to those hotspots directly. So why aren’t we doing that? Why, as author and Breitbart editor-at-large Ben Shapiro recently accused Piers Morgan of doing on his CNN program, are so many people “standing on the graves of the children of Sandy Hook” and condemning anyone that doesn’t seem to believe that blanket gun restrictions are an appropriate solution? I would argue that we as a society at large simply aren’t encouraged to think rationally on this issue. Popular culture associates certain images of guns with action and violence. When we as individuals see a Bushmaster XM-15 rifle (the gun used by Adam Lanza), we tend to associate it with similar images of automatic rifles seen in scenes of violence and action: millions of bullets flying, blood spraying and Rambo swinging down from the ceiling complete with a bandana and cigar. We know intellectually and morally that those images are neither correct, nor appropriate to adopt in real life, but they are nevertheless still present in our thinking. Those images makes us more likely to respond emotionally and collectively to a firearm rather than rationally and individually, and this phenomenon cuts both ways. One, it makes a negative or fearful response much more likely in groups that pick up on the negative imagery. And two, it makes a positive response more likely in communities that identify with the positive aspects of that imagery — both for law-abiding gun enthusiasts AND for those in the aforementioned urban areas of 250,000 who are actually using guns in violent crimes. This gap in emotional response discourages one half of the equation from engaging with firearms, resulting in less education and awareness about firearms, while the other half generally becomes more aware and at least peripherally better
educated. In this debate, the evocative, less knowledgeable voices are often the loudest and most widely spread. When we hear those kinds of evocative, emotional arguments, we are instinctively encouraged to respond in kind — either negatively or positively — rather than to think through the issue rationally. But in reality, the facts are simple: technologically, there is very little difference between the Bushmaster XM-15 “assault rifle” and the Beretta pistol that your friends or family may own for self-defense. Allow me to explain: Both are semi-automatic weapons, meaning that the gas released each time the gun fires is used to power an internal mechanism that automatically loads one new bullet into the chamber. Automatic weapons, by contrast, continuously fire so long as the trigger is pulled. Really, the only differences between “assault weapons” as defined by the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons ban and semi-automatic pistols are a list of purely cosmetic features: flash suppressors, heat dissipators, bayonet mounts or pistol grips. None of these features actually changes the basic mechanical function of the gun. This is why many conservative critics have begun calling the recent outcry for new assault weapons bans as “scary-looking weapons” bans, because the entire conversation is predicated on cosmetic features rather than hard facts about the weapons themselves. A more intelligent conversation is needed. Rather than blaming the weapons involved in crimes, we need to look at the perpetrators themselves. Where does the impetus for violent crime come from? Is mental health an issue? Why are certain areas of the country more violent than others? Without discussing these key questions — and prescribing appropriate solutions — we will do nothing to bring a halt to mass shootings in the United States. And the political capital from Sandy Hook that could be used to truly help reduce violent crime in this country will instead be squandered, as it currently is, on virtually meaningless gun bans.
David Giffin is a second year Masters in Theological Studies student at the Candler School of Theology from Charleston, Ill.
College editorials from across the country The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 In its staff editorial, titled “Lift the Stigma” the editorial board of The Harvard Crimson encourages students to take steps to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental illness. Last week, The Crimson published a threepart series on mental health at Harvard. The story included interviews with several students who had attempted suicide as well as interviews with University administrators and peer mental health counselors. The narratives related in the series were at once bone chilling and all too familiar: Interviewees described how Harvard’s culture of stiff upper lips and unflagging one-upmanship led them to feel inadequate, as if they were the only ones struggling. Perhaps even more sobering was the College’s suicide rate, calculated by The Crimson to be about double the national average for college students. While some students highlighted allegedly inadequate service at University Mental Health Services, it is clear that the greatest impediment to mental health at Harvard lies in our culture. The shiny veneer of perfection we all don subtly stigmatizes hardship, making those experiencing mental health issues more reluctant to talk openly about their problems. And while the problem is primarily cultural, the University could do more to make UMHS proactive and accessible. A good first step toward improving discourse about mental health on campus would be for the administration to release statistics about the yearly
mental health survey. When it comes to creating a culture of honesty with regard to personal struggles, the burden falls on each of us in our daily interactions. One student, going by the name of Martin, related a mundane but telling common experience: “You come back from summer break, and everyone tells about their amazing summer. They tell perfect, unflawed stories. You begin feeling that everything we do is supposed to be successful; everyone is supposed to be so happy. It leads to a culture that amplifies feelings of inadequacy.” This situation repeats itself hundreds, if not thousands, of times a day in dining halls and common rooms. Surrounded by peers who can come across as flawless automatons, it is daunting to be the one to admit to struggling with grades, friends, or mental health. Our widespread reluctance to speak honestly about personal difficulty thus reinforces itself daily. For this reason, the administration ought to make figures on depression, suicidal thoughts, and other mental health issues public so that we can break the veneer of perfection that stifles frank conversation on mental health.[...] All in all, the current state of stigmatization around mental illness is built by thousands of subtle and otherwise innocuous interactions every day. It is perhaps a natural element of such a competitive and high-pressure environment as Harvard. But all of us can and should take more action to improve the mental health of our campus.
Wagner’s Unacceptable Violation ELIZABETH HENNIG Looking back over the past year, Dec. 4 stands out as an exciting moment in Emory’s history. On that day, students, faculty and staff from across departments stood in solidarity against the program cuts announced by Dean Forman in September and the corporatization of our university. Hundreds of Emory community members participated in a walk out, which evolved into a sit-in that opened the door for a three-hour meeting with President James Wagner and Vice President Gary Hauk. I was among the six delegates who participated in that meeting, and I left Wagner’s office with less faith in the administration than I came in with. My disappointment stemmed from more than just the administrator’s patronizing tone and the contents of our negotiations — it came from something much more personal and much more disturbing... Wagner slapped my arm during the meeting. I don’t think anyone else in the room noticed. It happened during the last twenty minutes, when Forman was on speakerphone, and everyone was focused on Wagner’s cell phone. Wagner and I were sitting next to each other at a rectangular table, and my
friend David Mullins was trying to explain something to Forman at the edge to my left. I leaned forward to clarify a point, and Wagner slapped me away. I sat back, stunned, and didn’t say anything. I looked at Wagner, and he shrugged back, acting as if this were something normal. I didn’t think to make an issue of it at first, but the more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. I was the only person in the room he could have gotten away with disrespecting in that way. I am a woman, and I was also the youngest person there, facts Wagner already knew from our previous encounters. Throughout the meeting, I felt like he was belittling us — and then he treated me as if I were his little girl acting out in public. Higher education is supposed to be a space for exploring progressive ideas, for equalizing those historically oppressed due to gender, color, social class or sexual orientation. Our leaders, however, have consistently displayed values of cowardly violence and moral suppression rather than courageous inquiry and ethical engagement. My experience at Emory is not unique. When seven students were arrested in April 2011 for sitting on the Quad in protest against Sodexo’s labor practices, Wagner mixed up the two women of color in
the group and laughed over his mistake. All this from a man fond of comparing himself and his underlings to the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. How can we progress as an institution when our leaders refuse to move forward? The answer is simple: we push them forward. Universities are not led by administrators, but by the students and faculty who empower them. In the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, in the Civil Rights Movement and now with the Student Re-visioning Committee at Emory, the bottom tier of the university decides where it will go. We are Emory. Without us, no member of the administration can stand. What happened last month now matters more than ever, both in terms of the administration’s lamentable behavior and, crucially, in terms of what the #emorycuts movement has been struggling to achieve. What we are fighting for transcends individual departments — we want control of our university. The administration exists to serve Emory, not the other way around. When we finally have knowledge of the inner workings of our administration, we will have the power to push it in the right direction.
Elizabeth Hennig is a College sophomore from Georgetown, Texas.
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Since December, members of our community have come forth in disappointment and concern over remarks made on recent episodes of “The Dooley Show,” a studentproduced television program aired on Emory Television (ETV). The remarks in question, though made with satirical intent, reference victims of sexual assault, members of the African-American community and members of the broader minority community. These comments have offended and hurt many students on our campus. The Student Government Association’s sole role is to advocate and work on behalf of the student body. We have listened to many students, especially those at the community forum held during the evening of Monday, Jan. 14, and now we will act. This incident — and the underlying culture it indicates — is now our highest priority. Since December, we have been in constant contact with leadership in the Media Council and ETV, who have been extremely cooperative and have too made this issue their highest priority. The Emory Student Government Association has temporarily suspended funding “The Dooley Show.” We are allowing the Media Council and ETV to make the
final decision over the future of “The Dooley Show,” although we are confident from our conversations they will make the decision best for the Emory community. Throughout our conversations, ETV has also been making operational adjustments concerning reviewing and screening episodes to be aired on Emory Television and posted online. Please know the Student Government Association, Media Council and ETV are not in the business of censorship. We work towards creating a campus experience which feels welcoming and safe to all members of our community, yet does not hinder the creativity and passions of students. As an Emory community, however, we must also force this incident to make us recognize a greater issue on our campus and in our society. We must realize the irrefutable fact that, as individuals and as a community, we do not yet the practice the inclusivity we preach. Often times, this is not intentional, but it is still harmful, and it must change. The SGA is working with other student groups, the Division of Campus Life and other staff and administrators on creating a most inclusive, positive environment on our campus and in our community. Potential steps
include additional educational programs for students, faculty and staff. They include an increased focus on diversity and community education in our classrooms, and they include spaces and opportunities for different members of our student body to build bridges of respect and understanding. As always, if you have concerns or suggestions on our path towards a better community, please do not hesitate to reach out to members of the SGA. Please stay tuned for updated responses and actions from the SGA, Media Council and ETV. This is not an issue SGA can solve alone. This will require the conscious work and effort of all members of our community. Many students have already stepped up for this cause, and the SGA has also decided to step up. It is time we all come together and work towards #aBetterEmory. Sincerely, Ashish Gandhi President, Student Government Association Danielle Zamarelli Vice President, Student Government Association
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Internet Anonymity: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Emory Secrets Facebook Page Offers Anonymity, Shows the Internet’s True Colors Since its inception little more than one month ago, the Facebook page “Emory Secrets” — dedicated to collecting and sharing secrets submitted by Emory students and faculty — has grown immensely in popularity. More than 900 contributions have already been posted, which averages to about 30 posts per day. These posts range from the banal to the daunting, covering topics as diverse as grades, relationships, family difficulties, opinions on Emory and sexual assault. The allure of anonymity makes Emory Secrets appealing to posters and readers alike. Posters can rest assured that their identities will not be compromised by their potentially inflammatory opinions or secrets, while readers can gain insight to some mysterious person’s closely-guarded thoughts.
‘The allure of anonymity makes Emory Secrets appealing to posters and Of course, the concept of anonymity is a double-edged sword, making forums such as Emory Secrets at once beneficial and dangerous. Without the potential for a damaged reputation, one is free to say whatever he or she wishes without ramification. This experience can be cathartic, as in the case of a victim of abuse who has never had a chance to tell his or her story for fear of negative consequences. Conversely, one can abuse the privilege of anonymity by using it as an outlet for repressed depravity or malicious thoughts.
Emory students may remember an example of this latter instance in the form of College Anonymous Confession Board, or CollegeACB.com. Now defunct, this site gained popularity both at Emory and nationwide before being met with controversy ranging from general opposition to the (largely belligerent) content of the boards to accusations of defamation. Users on CollegeACB.com could choose to remain anonymous, thus avoiding the accountability associated with, say, posting the same opinions on Facebook or voicing them in public. Accountability is important when looking at virtual mediums such as CollegeACB.com or Emory Secrets: it is relatively nonexistent. Considering the unique popularity of these anonymous boards among college-aged young adults, it seems that we are drawn to forums in which we can avoid taking responsibility when it comes to what we say. That college kids can be irresponsible is nothing new, but there is a profound difference between going to class hungover three days out of the week and anonymously posting on Emory Secrets. The latter allows students to experiment with their own ideas in a safe space while gauging the public reaction to them. Proponents of existentialism will say that refusing to be held responsible for your actions or beliefs is inauthentic, and this may be true. Putting on a Guy Fawkes mask and parading down Wall Street with a sign reading “We are the 99 percent” strips you of your individuality; a true individual would take pride in his or her stance and remove the mask. However, there are undeniably instances in which a mask is necessary. Batman and Spiderman wear masks to protect their true
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identities in order to continue working for the cause of good. A donor may choose to remain anonymous when contributing to a political campaign in order to avoid backlash. Similarly, a student with a sensitive story to share may submit it to Emory Secrets if for no other reason than to get it off his or her chest. To be sure, the anonymity afforded by Emory Secrets is no nobler than it is insidious — it is ultimately up to the individual. Such
power does bear some responsibility, even while donning the mask of unaccountability. If the medium is used for ill purposes, at the very least it can be used as a learning tool to figure out the extent of this responsibility. At its best, however, a forum such as Emory Secrets can help people vent and discuss ideas and foster a sense of community which is unfortunately lacking at Emory. Anonymity can take many forms. It can
be the anonymous donation to a charity, or the anonymous bomb threat at an elementary school. It is both Batman in its heroism and Scarecrow in its villainy — a veil behind which hide saints and sinners alike. With Emory Secrets, as in all aspects of life, we must take the good with the evil and hope that the former prevails.
William Hupp is a College sophomore from Little Rock, Ark.
Topics: The Newtown Shooting and Gun Control Sparking a Necessary Debate Hypocrisy and Elitism Is Our Current System of Gun Control Sufficient? NATHANIEL LUDEWIG The elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn. is among the most horrific tragedies in American history. The current media attention surrounding it keeps it ingrained in the heads of every American, eliciting a wide range of emotions. In the heat of this moment, the discussion has turned towards gun control, and rightly so. The political left has begun a push for a ban on guns in the United States, while interest groups on the right, like the National Rifle Association (NRA), advocate more guns — in the form of armed guards in every school. Somewhere in the middle, Vice President Joe Biden has met with interest groups on both sides, as well as a series of researchers. On Tuesday, his recommendation led President Barrack Obama to call for a new ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, along with more stringent gun ownership requirements, in the form of a universal background check system.
massacre or b) a military attack. Considering that the goal of new gun regulations is to prevent civilian massacres, and that the U.S. has the strength of the most powerful military in the world to prevent foreign military attacks on civilians, it is completely logical to ban assault weapons. They are completely unnecessary for civilian ownership. The next part of new gun regulation aims to tighten background checks and gun ownership requirements. The problem with this? Gun ownership requirements are already supposedly stringent, yet many times background checking takes merely a couple minutes.
and mental health checks on potential gun owners. The company would then charge premiums accordingly. The result of this set-up would be as follows: the demographic that should be allowed to own guns (law-abiding citizens with no family/personal mental health history) would be able to purchase guns at a relatively low rate. Meanwhile, other demographics will struggle. People with crime histories and people with personal/family mental health problems will be unable to afford the outrageous premiums charged by insurance companies. This privatized approach to gun con-
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On Tuesday, the National Rifle Association released a new ad accusing President Obama of being an “elitist hypocrite” for allowing his daughters to attend a school protected by armed guards. The ad argues that, “Mr. Obama demands that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, but he’s just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to their fair share of security.” The ad, on its face, is fairly illogical. President Obama’s children are not like other
We need to take a new approach to gun control. The problem is, none of these solutions are effective. The leftist push for a ban on all guns violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms. It overlooks the basic fact that lawbreakers will always find a way to obtain guns. As long as a person is mentally stable and has no criminal record, he/she should be allowed to own a gun to defend him/herself. Just because I personally would never feel the need to own a gun (or get anywhere near a gun for that matter), does not mean I should take that right away from respectable, lawabiding citizens who would feel much safer with a gun in their possession. This does not mean that the NRA’s advocacy for armed guards at schools automatically makes sense. Putting guns in every school would help to further perpetuate a U.S. gun culture that is already out of control. In addition, consistent exposure to guns and armed figures is frightening to most children. There is little evidence to suggest that the presence of an armed guard at Sandy Hook Elementary School would have done anything to stop the Newton massacre. Obama’s more centrist idea, which advocates the ban of assault weapons and the enforcement of more stringent gun ownership requirements, is a good first step, but it falls short in certain areas. The ban of assault weapons makes complete sense. Recently, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) held a gun buyback event where Los Angeles residents could turn in their guns in exchange for money. The range of guns that were returned to the LAPD featured a long list of assault weapons. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to need an AK-47 or machine gun for simple self-defense. A handgun is completely adequate for self-defense, whereas assault weapons are only necessary for: a) a civilian
ings). And although their membership hovers around four million (and some have argued that it is actually much less), decisions are made by a 76 member board of directors and 10 executive officers who almost all gain office through nominations of a secretive nine-member Nominating Committee. Sitting on this nine-member committee is individual George Kollitides, chief executive of the Freedom Group — the self proclaimed leading innovator, designer, manufacturer and marketer of firearms and ammunition, as well as other individuals who benefit financially from gun sales. There is evidence to support the idea that members themselves have little influence in how the organization runs. Not only do members rarely achieve leadership positions without specific connections, but their own opinions do not translate into actions. A poll conducted last May by Republican Frank Luntz showed NRA members to be in favor of various “common sense” restrictions such as criminal background checks (74 percent in favor) and permits for only those who have completed gun safety training (74 percent in favor). Yet the NRA leaders continue to oppose any type of restriction whatsoever and have instead advocated for more guns.
‘Those few leaders who do make the decisions ... are, by any standard, elite.’
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Recent civilian massacres further demonstrate that it is still too easy to obtain guns. This issue of gun ownership does not need to be controlled by the government. Like most things, the market can handle gun control in a simpler fashion. A new idea, being advocated by economists, such as Nouriel Roubini, suggests the implementation of a mandatory liability insurance requirement for guns. In effect, the gun market would function like the car market. When a person wants to purchase a gun, he/she would be required to purchase gun insurance. The insurance company would assume liability for any instance resulting in bodily harm or violating the law (the gun owner would still face the same criminal penalties, but the insurance company would have to pay the families of victims, health bills of survivors and property damage to property owners in any suit related to the accident). As a result of this liability, insurance companies would work to protect their assets. They would be completely incentivized to conduct extensive background checks
trol will incentivize stringent gun ownership restrictions. Whereas currently, out-of-touch restrictions are mandated by a Congress that a recent Public Policy Polling survey shows 95 percent of Americans resent. On top of all this, a mandatory liability insurance system would be much easier to pass constitutionally. The system still gives every American the right to bear, it just makes it more difficult to do so. The Newtown massacre has brought up a necessary debate on gun control. Knee-jerk reactions such as a ban on all guns or the presence of armed guards in every school are either unconstitutional, illogical, fear-mongering or all of the above. The most effective way to handle gun control would be a government ban on assault weapons coupled with privately-incentivized gun ownership restrictions — in the form of a mandatory liability insurance system.
Sports Editor Nathaniel Ludewig is a Goizueta Business School junior from Los Angeles, Calif.
children; their situation is unique. As White House Press Secretary Jay Carney responded, “Most Americans agree that a president’s children should not be used as pawns in a political fight.” What’s even more disturbing is the disingenuous nature of the ad itself. By attacking “elitism,” the NRA is harnessing populist frustration with the ruling class in America without having to admit that they too are a part of that elite ruling class. Wikipedia defines “elite” as “a small group of people who control a disproportionate amount of wealth or political power.” By this definition, the NRA might be one of the most “elite” institutions in the country. According to IRS filings in 2010, the NRA has a total revenue of $227.8 million and $163 million in assets in the main branch of the NRA alone (the NRA Foundation and the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund have millions more in fundraising and assets); the NRA is, for a political organization, extremely wealthy (values from 2010 IRS fil-
Those few leaders who do make the decisions, and quite a lot of money too, have an immense amount of power in their wealth, connectedness and platform that has allowed them to prevent any semblance of gun reform for years because of the fear they inspire in both the American public and in our elected officials. They are, by any standard, elite. They may not be condescending, cosmopolitan intellectuals but they are a small class of wealthy and powerful individuals. And “elite-ness” should signify power in our political discourse. Not only because power is at the root of the true definition of elite, but because defining it as such lays blame where it is due — with those with the power. When we see truly powerful individuals as powerless, they are absolved of taking responsibility for the consequences their decisions result in. And the current definition used for “elite” in political discourse fuels problems of dishonesty and a lack of accountability. The NRA campaigning against the “big bad elite” is not only misleading, but it allows them to participate in self-involved lobbying under the guise of populist interests and morally-sound objectives. Most of all, this problem fuels hypocrisy. While the NRA attacks President Obama as a hypocrite, they act like an underdog when they couldn’t be farther from it.
Anne Boring is a College senior from Atlanta, Ga.
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Student Life FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013 Student Life Editor: Justin Groot (jgroot@emory.edu)
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By Beatrice Rosen Contributing Writer He chose culinary school over college, the title of “kitchen grunt” over “engineering major,” and the satisfaction of cooking a perfect filet mignon over solving a numerical analysis equation. Now, at 47, Michel Wetli is applying his years of experience in the kitchen and passion for cooking, as well as his mathematic, business and leadership skills to please his “toughest” customers yet: college students. As the general manager and campus executive chef at Emory University, Chef Wetli is focusing on satisfying collegiate taste buds while also looking for ways to integrate local and sustainable foods into Emory’s on-campus dining program. Sustainable food has better quality and helps support local farmers, explains Wetli. He is continuously designing menus that utilize local and seasonable products from farms in Georgia, including White Oak Pastures and Springer Mountain Farms. He works with the Sustainable Food Committee at Emory to help it achieve its goal of procuring 75 percent of ingredients throughout campus cafeterias and hospitals from local or sustainably-grown sources by 2015. Wetli became interested in sustainability in 1987 when he was a chef at Pinon’s Restaurant in Aspen, Colo., which offers local, wild game from a ranch 40 miles away and wildcaught fish on its menu. Since then, “Sustainability has been interwoven throughout my career,” explains Wetli. “When I came to Emory, it worked out wonderfully since Emory was doing work in other areas of sustainability.” Emory’s sustainability program is the largest that Wetli has been a part of, but he never let that intimidate him. The program has improved significantly since his arrival on campus
Taurus Everybody’s fed up with your attitude, Taurus. This semester is a chance to turn things around. If you’re not sure what to say in a given situation, try to figure out what Jesus would say, translate it to English and go with that.
Gemini Starting a new semester can be intimidating, but don’t worry. Nobody is watching, except for your parents, your professors and hundreds of classmates.
Cancer I know it feels like you’ve been alone forever, but don’t give up hope! That special someone is right around the corner! And even if you don’t wind up finding a soulmate, don’t fret — lots of people don’t and still manage to be happy. Just look at Mother Teresa!
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General manager and campus executive chef Michel Wetli’s (right) main concern is to provide tasty, local and sustainable food to Emory students. He features locally-grown food from Georgia farms like White Oak Pastures and Springer Mountain Farms. eight years ago, according to Todd Schram, director of operations for Emory Dining. Under Wetli’s management, “Emory Dining continues to be a leader nationally among colleges and universities,” stated Schram, who associates Wetli’s numerous attributes with the program’s success. “He is very knowledgeable, professional, disciplined and experienced ... you don’t find too many really good chefs who are really good managers, but Michel is one of the exceptions,”
said Schram. “We would be a different team and a different operation without Michel.” Wetli’s journey to Emory began in 1965 in Ottawa, Canada, when he was born into a family of food enthusiasts. His father was a chef for various hotels in Toronto and Montreal, including the Royal York Hotel, and his grandfather was the corporate executive chef for the hotel department of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Wetli lived in Canada for only two
years after which his father left the hotel industry to work for LSG Sky Chefs, an airline catering company in Detroit, and he took the family with him to the U.S. They moved frequently throughout the following 18 years because of the airline food service business, so Wetli grew up in a variety of states across the U.S., including Michigan, California, Colorado and Pennsylvania. Despite his American upbringing, Wetli was frequently exposed to Dutch, Swiss and Jamaican cuisines, because
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his mother was born and raised in Holland, and his father, who was also half Swiss, lived in Jamaica. “Being a chef is kind of in the blood,” Wetli explains with a subtle smile, while reminiscing about his childhood and how his taste buds and passion for food developed at an early age. He recalled the main rule his dad enforced at the dinner table when growing up: “You at least have to try it even when you’re a little kid.”
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A.J. Reflects on His Winter Break By A.J. Artis Contributing Writer
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The Emory Secrets Facebook page allows students to anonymously post thoughts and ideas.
Students Sharing Secrets By Lane Billings Multimedia Editor On Jan. 4, in the middle of winter break, an anonymous post on the Facebook page Emory Secrets appeared: “What does one do with grief so sharp it literally hurts?” Within the hour, at least six Emory students, had replied to the poster’s plea. College junior Will Ezor listed the free grief counseling resources available through Emory Counseling. College Sophomore Vincent Vartabedian, introduced himself as a Sophomore Adviser and made himself available to talk. “Don’t try to go through it alone. You are not alone,” College sophomore Christina Cho added. “Pray for a little strength every day. I’m not very religious, but I believe a line or two of it got me through the toughest days of my life,” College junior Fiza Pirani wrote. These commenters may not know each other, but on Emory Secrets, exchanges like these — unattributed pleas for help followed by words of advice from Emory students — happen every day. The page, which was modeled after similar efforts at schools like Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) and New York University (NYU), hopes to foster a
Welcome back! Hope you relieved a lot of stress over break, because the upcoming semester is going to be more difficult for you than a Swahili crossword puzzle.
sense of solidarity and community among students. “[Posts like #620]” really gave me hope that this page can offer some sort of therapy to people who are hurting and struggling,” one of the founders wrote in a group interview with the Wheel. “Seeing people reach out to others so selflessly, taking the time to type out novels full of encouragement and love, offering to talk to them in person or privately, people just being there for other people,” the founder continued. But not every post receives a response as supportive as #620. Flicking through the hundreds of posts provides a fascinating — and frequently disheartening — view of life at Emory. Topics run the gamut of academic and social life and have been authored by alumni, Oxford continuees, prospective students and — most famously — one Emory professor, who titles his posts “A Professor’s Secret.” Moments like #620 make the founders feel as if the hours spent reading, filtering and responding to Secrets are worthwhile. “It’s a small step in the right direction,” a founder said of the page. “With anonymity, people feel safe and maybe more accepted; they feel like they can be
part of something and have their voices heard without any discrimination or prejudice.” For the founder of Emory Compliments, 45 minutes a day is enough to read and post compliments submitted to the page’s inbox. Like Emory Secrets, the Compliments page was inspired by similar pages at NYU and Columbia University, and similarly, the founder hopes the page will foster community. “[Emory Compliments] helps the student body appreciate what incredible people they are surrounded by, and understand that they are also appreciated by people within the Emory community,” the founder wrote the Wheel in a Facebook message. A quick look at the two pages would make any prospective student’s head spin: the fun-loving University represented on Emory Compliments seems a long way off from the world of Emory Secrets, where revelations on subject matters as serious as sexual assault are often met by trollish comments offering sarcastic advice. The most prevalent issues appearing in students’ submissions concern sexuality, self-confidence, their
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ily there?” Not that I know of. Emory is the kind of school that academics, doctors and businessmen know and This Winter break my friends praise but that your dental hygienist discovered Snapchat. It is a mobile has never heard of. phone app that allows the user to take Contrary to popular belief, there a picture — typically of herself, and is such a thing as too much football, send it to another user for a specified according to my mother. amount of time, then it is deleted After last semester’s finals, I’m forever. I assume it was originally a afraid to go back to the library tool for sex communication. I have because I think the security guards yet to receive pornographic content. I think I’m homeless. There’s nothing think my friends are confused about more pathetic than waking up from a how to use it. You power nap in the can draw on the Chinese Cultural pictures, so, natuExploratorium. rally, on every If you didn’t image I draw a know we had a phallic symbol. Chinese Cultural I’m a boy. Exploratorium, Over break, venture to the I found Emory 1st floor of the Secrets. It is a Library. It has Facebook page three computers where Emory stuand two generic dents post secrets pictures of “Old a n o n y m o u s l y. China.” The I learned that school was given I’m glad I only money from the know people on Haban/Confucius Graphic by Mimi Hacking a superficial level, Institute to creand I hope to never know anyone that ate a wing of the library dedicated well. A professor posts anonymous to Chinese Cultural studies. I don’t secrets bemoaning how students fail think we used all the money. to make connections with their proMy father works for a company fessors. My Emory secret is that I that is famous for canned fruit but think the Emory Secrets professor makes most of its revenue from pet is a terrible lecturer. There, I said it. food. A report on pet food consumers On break, I discovered exactly revealed that humans are pet food what kind of “good” school Emory is. consumers even if they don’t eat it. I went to the Dentist. The Dentist with The report also explained that there the advanced degree asked where I go are three types of dog owners: those to school. I said, “Emory.” He replied, who recognize that dogs are subordi“Great school. Fantastic medical nate allies to the family, those who school. I have some colleagues that recognize the dog as a full member went there. It’s in Georgia, right?” of the family and treat it as such When I told the Hygienist where I and those who believe the dog is a went, she said, “Oh, what kind of person and cook it steak or talk to school is that?” I told her what kind of it and believe it responds, like my school it was. She asked, “Why’d you See BREAK, Page 14 travel so far away? Do you have fam-
Being a Leo is just about the worst possible thing you could be this year, what with President Obama’s upcoming socialist policies that will force all Leos to pay for new gun control laws by purchasing mandatory health insurance from abortion clinics. THANKS, OBAMA!
Virgo There isn’t much to say about Virgo this week. Try not to fall down a flight of stairs, I guess.
Libra After weighing all the different advice I wanted to give my Libra readers, the tip I settled on was this: if you’re going to submit an Emory Secret, please check first to make sure it doesn’t sound like an angsty seventh grader wrote it.
Scorpio My advice for Scorpio Emory students is related to the advice I gave their Libra counterparts: if you’re going to post a comment on an Emory Secret, please proofread first to make sure your comment doesn’t make you sound like a paint-chugging psychopath.
Sagittarius Honestly, it might not be a terrible idea for you to avoid Emory Secrets altogether. We know how you are with words, after all. You know what, why don’t you just stop posting things on the Internet in general? I think that’d be for the best.
Capricorn The next time you’re in an argument with somebody, try looking at things from their perspective. Maybe they’re just having trouble expressing themselves (it’s not their fault that they’re a Sagittarius). Or maybe they’re actually wrong. Worth a shot, though.
Aquarius The last time things looked this bleak for my Aquarius readers was the last time I did the horoscopes. I don’t have anything against Aquarians, I promise! If I could stop the meteors from hurtling in your direction, I would. But unfortunately, being able to converse with the heavens does not mean I am capable of bossing them around.
Pisces By the time I get around to writing Pisces, the stars are usually pretty tired out from sharing all their secrets with me. This week is no exception. I’ll give you what I can, which isn’t much: beware the color orange. Hope that helps. Horoscopes by Justin Groot
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A Break From School Is Not A Guarantee of Glamour Continued from Page 13 aunt. Rocket, my dog, would have been indignant to discover that other dogs eat steak, if he could understand English. He can’t because he’s a dog. I’m still mad at my friend for not picking me up from the airport after I drove him there twice. I’m using my humor column to call him out. Now I’ll find out if he reads these or just says he does. For fun, over break, I followed the Fiscal Cliff drama in real time. Politics is the new reality TV, and it’s awesome. But as it turns out, the people who call in to C-SPAN, who you would expect to understand basic civics, fail to realize you cannot
impeach a president for disagreeing with you. Frankly, I’ll support any administration that can produce this kind of response: “Why would [the Obama Administration] spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?” It’s official, Obama would make a better Emperor than Palpatine. Finally, over this winter break, I learned that the San Francisco Ferry Building has fantastic restaurants with magnificent views of bay, but its railing makes for an uncomfortable, post-New Years Eve hangover vomit.
— Contact Alfred Artis at ajartis@emory.edu
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Wetli works with the Dobbs University Center (DUC) chefs and staff members each day. He keeps employees’ spirits high with his enthusiasm for healthy, appetizing food.
For This Executive Chef, Fun is Priority Number One Continued from Page 13 The influence of these rules showed when Wetli turned 15-years-old and decided to cook professionally at Maxwell’s Too, a local pizza shop in Denver. At the time Wetli also showed signs of a promising future in engineering because of his exceptional skills in math, so it looked as if he was going to follow a traditional collegiate path. He was taking college preparatory classes for engineering while still in high school and “was probably going to be an engineer, the way I was going through life,” recalled Wetli. “But I just started cooking and fell in love with it and just couldn’t stop.” Wetli made the decision to pursue a career as a chef at 18-years-old, when his parents moved from Colorado to new jobs in Pittsburgh. He told them, “I’m staying here.” Wetli spent the next year working for the hotel restaurant in the Denver Hilton Inn South to make money before attending the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. After graduating in 1987, Wetli attended Madeleine Kamman’s School for Young American Chefs in the Beringer Vineyards of Napa Valley, Calif. Since his graduation in 1990, Wetli worked as an executive chef for more than six restaurants, including Stone Mansion Restaurant in Pittsburgh and the Rockaway River Country Club in Denville, N.J. He has also cooked for Princess Diana of Wales, one of the Saudi Arabian Princes, the Dalai Lama and President Jimmy Carter. Wetli’s cooking style is rooted in classic technique and is still evolving because of the extensive traveling he does with his wife, Kathleen. He takes what he learns from each country and recreates the authentic ethnic
dishes back in the U.S., since “my favorite dish to cook is my next dish, the one I haven’t made.” His culinary education and experience in fine dining restaurants also shows in his cooking style; he takes the preparation of every dish very seriously, paying particular attention to flavor combinations. “You could have a normal steak, and I could take it and make it taste like something you’ve never had before,” said Wetli. So how did he end up working in a large-scale position at a campus after 25 years of restaurant work? Wetli said he “wanted a change” and to “just keep progressing.” He was working for Sodexo, the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, before he was initially hired as Emory University’s campus executive chef in 2004. He became the general manager as well in 2009, which allows him to exercise the mathematical talents that he gave up to become a chef. “Balancing budgets, running P&Ls ... that came naturally,” says Wetli. “Being able to combine that and be a chef; that’s been great.” According to recent surveys, diner satisfaction has increased over 30 percent since Wetli became general manager, and the campus is also used as a showcase for Sodexo North America. Improving Emory Dining is not an easy job, though. Wetli is in the Dobbs University Center (DUC) kitchen from lunch until dinner, working with the chefs and staff members to make sure everything is in order, from the moment the doors open for breakfast to when they close after dinner. “He is willing to work extremely hard to improve Emory Dining,” said Karoline Porcello, an undergraduate student at Emory University and
co-chair on the Food Advisory Committee at Emory (FACE). Michael Sacks, an undergraduate student at Emory University and the other co-chair on FACE, particularly admires Wetli’s quick responses to student requests. He recalled one day when “we asked for eggplant parmesan for dinner, and he made it happen without hesitation.” Wetli makes things happen by being an authoritative presence in the kitchen through his energy, enthusiasm and attention to food preparation. The multicultural Canadian of medium-height, with short gray hair and a clean-shaven face, moves from one food station to another, lending helpful tips to employees and some compliments for encouragement. He is always wearing black dress pants and shoes and a button-down shirt and tie, so Wetli is hard to miss among the steaming stovetops and bustling employees in aprons. Amidst the whirl of daily meal preparation and service, you can tell Wetli still “really loves his job,” said Barbara Jones, a staff member for Emory Dining at the DUC and a resident of Atlanta. Not even the harsh food critics of Emory University can discourage Wetli with complaints, for he uses them as motivation to ensure things are better the next day, by taking an honest and hands-on approach with his staff. According to Jones, “Every morning we all have a pre-service meeting with him, and he tells us the facts, the dos and the don’ts, what he requests of us ... If it’s good, he lets us know it’s good, and if it’s bad, he lets us know it’s bad.” Wetli also makes a difference outside of Emory’s campus by applying his take-charge approach to charity work. He likes to “empower people” and did exactly so while working
at Top of the Triangle in Pittsburgh from 1997 to 2001, when he started a program for recent prison inmates that provided entry-level jobs such as dishwashing or food prep. He recalled one particular prison inmate who contacted Wetli more than 10 years later as an executive chef in Miami, thanking him for helping him out. “It’s just that one person,” said Wetli. “That’s all it takes.” When he is not in the kitchen, traveling or doing charity work, Wetli is working through stacks of papers at his desk, managing and overseeing labor and food costs, financial reports, customer service and chef training. Because the math whiz enjoys the business side of his work, Wetli considers his current senior management position the ideal job. “I would love to stay at Emory for the rest of my life if I could,” says Wetli. Although he admits to having serious and straightforward sides, outside of work Wetli is an adventure enthusiast who is into extreme sports, including snow skiing, scuba diving and mountain biking. You might also find him gardening, fishing or even refinishing and restoring old furniture in his free time. He describes himself as mainly “a fun-loving person” who enjoys family and good times, even though he and his wife, who married in 1997, do not have any children. They enjoy teaching their nieces and nephews how to cook and having friends and family over for dinner at their home in Decatur, Ga. Looking back on the decisions he has made since his teenage years, Wetli is more than pleased with how his life has turned out. The quote at the end of his bio in bold, capital letters says it all: “Love life, love my wife & love to cook!”
— Contact Beatrice Rosen at beatrice.rosen@emory.edu
Emory Unleashed A New Student Life Contest Series to Test your Creative Mettle In Student Life’s first semester, we tried more than a few contest ideas. We put on a poetry contest, a photography contest and a variety of other opportunities for Emory students to show off their creativity.
But we weren’t satisfied. The competition wasn’t cutthroat enough. The stakes? Not high enough. The squids wearing suits? Nowhere to be found.
Today, that all changes. The rules of this challenge are simple. Produce a creative work — a poem, a drawing, a painting, a short story, a photo, a diorama, a soap carving, whatever you choose — that has something to do with the theme provided. Submit it to jgroot@emory.edu by Feb. 1 and you’ll have a shot at winning the Grand Prize.
What’s the prize? Our favorite entries will be published in the Student Life section in early February. But that’s not all! For the first time, this contest will include a monetary prize, in the form of a $15 Chipotle gift card for the Grand Prize Winner! Try not to fall off your seats in excitement.
Theme: The Meaning of Life Didn’t promise it’d be an easy theme, did I? Good luck, and have fun! Graphic by Mimi Hacking
Send questions and submissions to jgroot@emory.edu
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he rain welcomes us home and we are wet traipsing from class to class, soaked to the bone because we forgot our umbrellas. Again. Is that just me? It’s slippery in the hallway outside Cox Computing, and I think to myself that my bag is too heavy, and it’s only day three, day four, how am I already behind? Is it a senior thing? Was I like this years ago? Coming back to Atlanta and landing at Hartsfield-Jackson is a surreal experience for me, if not because I’m travel tired then because this is the last time I’m coming home here. This is the last first day of school, my last add/drop/swap. I’m going to miss add/ drop/swap. Is that bizzarre? I wouldn’t have said that as a freshman, when registration was still stressful, and I was at the bottom of the totem pole when it came to overloads and Fitness Yoga. There is a new batch of international students, and I drove some of our beloved monks to school on Thursday. It was raining hard that morning, and we have the kind of Atlanta rain that splashes us sideways, doesn’t it. Farmer’s Market in the rain. Lunch in the rain. Slip and slide when they’re cutting down branches of the big DUC hill trees, around the caution tape. Up and down familiar hills and Chick-Fil-A. Cox Hall sushi. Due dates and midterms and seminars and haven’t we just begun? Welcome back.
Source: Emory Secrets’ Facebook Page
Facebook Submissions Range From Silly to Serious Compliments currently has around 2,600 friends, only 71 of which financial aid standing and competi- were “recently added.” The transient tion and exclusivity. nature of some anonymous forums “We get secrets all the time from — like College ACB or the dead-onpeople who talk about how exclu- arrival Emory Crush page — begs sive some extracurthe question of how ricular groups are, long the posts will how competitive the “To the girl crying in the keep coming. B-school [Goizueta The founders Business School] window last night at 3am: are cautiously interI was awake. And I was and the pre-med ested in expanding shark tanks are, their pages’ reach crying, too.” and how academics beyond the Internet. have become less — Anonymous Submitter, The person behind about competing Compliments hopes Emory Secrets #950 to pass maintenance with themselves to improve and more of the page to anothabout figuring out er student after how to beat out the rest of the kids graduation and says he/she is open to in their classes,” one founder wrote. suggestions on expanding the concept When asked whether a page of the page into an Emory event or focused on highlighting peers’ club. Secrets’ founders write they achievements would foster that have considered one poster’s idea of same kind of cutthroat competition, a real-life SGA forum where students the Compliments founder retorted: express their concerns, but they aren’t “Complimenting others on how well quite sold on the concept — anonymthey have been doing helps shift the ity is too important to the success of environment of competition into a their forum. Nevertheless, they hope healthier one of that members of the amicability ... I Emory community think these compliand administration “Drunk right now before will take note of ments show that the a staff meeting and don’t students’ concerns, Emory community even give a damn.” — students, faculty especially in lieu and staff alike — is of a Dec. 22, 2012 really incredible.” — Anonymous Submitter, New York Times article exposing one A Secrets foundEmory Secrets # 918 student’s difficulty er, who said he/ with Emory’s finanshe is “pretty envicial aid program. ous” of the posi“We get secrets tive environment at Compliments, sounded decidedly less about students having problems payoptimistic. “It’s great how driven and ing for their tuition more consistently passionate people are, but sometimes than any other problem expressed,” that passion becomes toxic for every- one founder wrote. “We think it’s one, and priorities and motivations something that should really be get mixed up. We think it is helpful brought to the attention of the adminfor people to know that everyone feels istration. There are too many voices speaking out about this issue to go this way,” the founder reflected. There’s no way of knowing how ignored before someone somewhere long these forums will remain popu- has to take some kind of action, lar with the Emory community. After right?” The founders recognize that the just one month, Emory Secrets has attracted over 1,500 likes — but possibility of official action resulting 642 of those came during the page’s from such calls for help is slim at the first week. In that time, Secrets has moment. But maybe for now, for hunposted over 930 numbered secrets, dreds of Emory students, just being but the number of new likes has heard is enough. — Contact Lane Billings at steadily declined. This week, they hit lane.billings@emory.edu an all-time low of only 130. Emory
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Schwendel Readies for Rangers Spring Training Eagles number-one pitcher. “Not only was he a great pitcher for us, but a great leader, a great captain and all of those things turned into a draftable guy,” Twardoski said. In the 2012 season, Schwendel pitched a career-high 92.2 innings, where he went 6-4 with a 3.01 ERA. During his senior year, Schwendel had a career-best 103 strikeouts, which was the fifth-best single season mark for an Eagle pitcher. In his 14 appearances, Schwendel pitched three complete games, which is the most by an Eagle since the 2007 season. In addition to his development as a player on the field, Schwendel impressed his coaches and teammates with his dedication to the team and his commitment to baseball. The Eagles right-hander became a mentor for his younger teammates who also had aspirations of playing professional ball. “He was really goal-oriented and really focused on what he wanted to do for his future,” sophomore righthanded pitcher Connor Dillman said. “He definitely showed me the process for what it takes to get where he is.”
Since Schwendel had become such an integral part of the Eagles organization, it was no surprise that the Emory baseball team came together for draft day to anxiously watch the potential draft of their former teammate.
“It’s not only me and the coaches, it is the Emory baseball family that was very proud of the situation.” — Mike Twardoski, Emory head coach “It’s just a great thing to have a family member get drafted, and Paul is a family member,” Twardoski said. “It’s not only me and coaches, it is the Emory baseball family that was very proud of the situation.” Now, less than one year removed from his graduation ceremony, his senior season with the Eagles and his draft selection by the Texas Rangers, the six-foot-five righty pitcher is
Senior Forward Jackson Excels in Conference Match-Ups Continued from The Back Page back on our feet and reestablish ourselves as a force to be reckoned with in the UAA.” With the win on Sunday against the University of Chicago, the women raised their overall record to 12-2, 2-1 in the United Athletic Association (UAA). “This hard-fought victory against Chicago proved to us that the rest of our season will be arduous and has sparked an arms race for the league title,” Dickerson said. At the end of the game, Emory shot 39 percent from the floor and an impressive 44.4 percent from threepoint range. The Eagles’ opponent, the Maroons, finished shooting 35.5 percent from the field and 31.3 percent from beyond the arc. With a total of 18 of the team’s 80 points, junior Savannah Morgan was one of three double-figure scorers. The Eagles played strong offense while maintaining a tight defensive hold on the court. The women’s defensive stand resulted in 18 steals and 29 Maroon turnovers. Morgan contributed four steals, three assists and nine points in each half of the game. Castillo contributed 12 points to the win. Sophomore O’Dez Oraedu completed the highscoring trio with a 10-point contribution. Jackson had 11 rebounds, establishing her seventh contest of 10 or more rebounds this season.
still focused on his baseball career as he prepares to make his way to Arizona for the Texas Rangers Spring Training camp in March. How he performs there will determine his placement for the 2013 season. While Schwendel’s long-term goal is to play for the Rangers one day, for now, he is focused on his plans for the upcoming season. Ideally, Schwendel hopes to start next year with the Ranger’s Class A Advanced team in Myrtle Beach as he continues to live out his childhood fantasy. As for the Eagles, they face the challenge of preparing for their 2013 season without their number one pitcher. And although Schwendel will not be with the team this January, he has certainly made an impact on his former teammates and given them a boost of confidence moving forward. “When you play with people with that kind of talent and you surround yourself with them, you start trying to act like that,” Dillman said of Schwendel. “I think it has given everyone more confidence.” — Contact Elizabeth Weinstein at eweins2@emory.edu
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Senior forward Misha Jackson dribbles the ball up the court. Jackson contributed 19 points and 27 rebounds in the Eagles two weekend games. With a score of 44-37, Emory held a seven-point advantage early in the second half. The Maroons came back with a pair of free throws, Emory responded with a nine-point spurt over the course of two minutes, putting the Eagles back at an 11-point lead. The Maroons started to get close
again, but a three pointer by Morgan and Landry’s bucket brought the score back to a comfortable 76-62. “It was a disappointing loss against Wash. U, but I was tremendously proud of our team against Chicago,” Thomaskutty said. “We did great over all aspects of the game...Chicago was making a run, but we brought
it back and players did some great things out on the court.” The women will face Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) tonight, followed by a Sunday game against Carnegie Mellon University (Penn.). — Contact Nicola Braginsky at nbragins@emory.edu
Ludewig: Expect Nkemdiche to Commit to Ole Miss Continued from The Back Page nasty. Last season, when Rivals four star running back Brian Kimbrow chose Vanderbilt University over instate favorite University of Tennessee (Knoxville), Tennessee fans took to Twitter to call the high school senior a “n----r,” among other things. All of the nastiness aside, the craziness leading up to signing day makes for one of the most exciting sporting events of the year. This year is no different, as many top rated recruits are either uncommitted or wavering. Let’s take a look at some of the top-ranked players and where they might end up. Courtesy of Emory Athletics
Junior Johnathan Chen finishes up his golf swing. Chen is slated at the No. 3 slot of the first-team rotation.
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Q&A Golf
Coming off another stellar winter season, junior Johnathan Chen sat down with us to talk golf, karma and public urination. Nathaniel Ludewig: When did you first start playing golf? Johnathan Chen: When I was really young. NL: Any superstitions? JC: No. Unless you see karma as superstitious. NL: Would you ever come back to Emory to coach? JC: Maybe not to coach, but I definitely want to give back to Emory Golf and the Emory Athletics department. NL: What is your favorite bathroom on campus? JC: The one in Cox Hall. The upstairs one, right above the computing center. Third floor, I think? NL: What has been your most embarrassing moment on the course? JC: One time, I really had to go to the bathroom at a tournament. So I went behind the bushes to go p---. I didn’t realize that the girls’ tournament was taking place on the side of bushes I went to p--- on. NL: Hillary 2016? JC: Absolutely not. NL: Super Bowl picks? JC: Texans, but they lost...
1. Robert Nkemdiche A 6’5” 260-pound defensive end, he is the number-one ranked player in the country, according to Rivals.com. A strong, quick player, he finished his high school career with 43 sacks. He has a top three of Alabama, Clemson and Ole Miss. The consensus among experts is that he will end up at Ole Miss to play with his older brother. Ole Miss. 2. Carl Lawson Another talented defensive end out of Georgia, Lawson is current-
ly committed to Auburn. Auburn’s recent hiring of former University of Georgia (UGA) Defensive Line Coach Rodney Gardner definitely will not help Auburn’s case. Gardner famously fought with Lawson’s father after Gardner did not offer Lawson while he was at UGA. This, on top of the fact that Tennessee was the only team he listened to before Auburn’s coaching change, leads me to believe that Tennessee will come out on top here. Lawson is visiting the Vols this weekend (along with best friend, and current Vol commit Ryan Jenkins); the visit will go a long way towards deciding his future. Tennessee. 3. Reuben Foster One of the top linebackers in the country, Foster hails from Auburn, Ala. A former Auburn commit, he left after the recent coaching changes. Foster is still considering Auburn along with several other schools. He famously got an Auburn tattoo, before decommitting, but my gut says he stays at Auburn to be with his young daughter. Alabama is a school to watch out for here, as is the University of Washington. Auburn. — Contact Nathaniel Ludewig at nludewi@emory.edu
ed junior Jennifer Pak in the 200yard freestyle with a time of 1:56.39, senior Anna Dobben in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.38 and junior Kylie McKenzie in the 100yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.48. The men’s match was much closer, losing by a score of 133-129, falling to a record of 0-5, while the University of Tampa improved to 3-3. “I thought both teams placed well considering the amount of training we had done throughout the week,” Howell said. “Both the men’s and women’s teams put up some nice times. The men’s meet was very close, and we might have won if a few of our swimmers were not disqualified in the final event.“ The men individually combined for six first-place finishes including senior Peter O’Brien, who won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.22, and the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:55.41.
“This meet is a good indicator of how well our team will perform when we taper at the close of the season.” — Eagan Zettlemoyer, freshman swimmer Freshman Eagan Zettlemoyer placed first in two events, swimming the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:49.81, and the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:03.42. “I think that I performed pretty well at the meet against Tampa, considering how tired I was due to the extensive training we did throughout our stay in Florida,” Zettlemoyer said. “Stepping up at a dual meet while on a training trip can be difficult, but I feel that, as a team, we swam well since the meet came down to the final relay. This meet is a good indicator of how well our team will perform when we taper at the close of the season.” Other first place finishes included freshman Andrew Wilson, who finished the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:08.90, and senior Miller Douglas, who finished the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 50.67. Both the men’s and women’s teams next meets will happen on Senior Day — this Saturday, Jan. 19 — at 1 p.m., when the Eagles face the Savannah College of Arts and Design in a dual meet. It will be the final home meet for the men’s and women’s teams. — Contact Brian Chavkin at brian.chavkin@emory.edu
Squad Bounces Back to Earn First UAA Victory Continued from The Back Page In an impressive display of depth, all 16 players who suited up for Emory played, with 10 players scoring points and 12 grabbing rebounds. “That’s a testament to being up by 30,” Zimmerman said. The win snapped a two-game losing streak that included a nine-point loss to a fourth-ranked University of Rochester squad and a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Washington University on a three-pointer with nine seconds to go. The Eagles held the lead well into the first half of both games. Zimmerman stressed the need for
the team to move on from the disappointing finish.
“We’ve played some great stretches of basketball, but we definitely haven’t played our best basketball yet.” — Jason Zimmerman, Head Coach “It’s a long season, and it gets even longer if you get tied up thinking about the last game,” Zimmerman
said. Despite the big win, Friedberg maintains the team still has room to grow. “We’ve played some great stretches of basketball, but we definitely haven’t played our best basketball yet,” he said. “We are always striving to get better in every facet of the game and are never satisfied.” Having now won four of their last six contests, the Eagles will go for their second straight conference victory when they visit Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) on Friday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. — Contact Ryan Smith at ryan.smith@emory.edu
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Our On Fire correspondent is also a farce. 1. “No Such Dame” Notre Dame is the perfect school. Well, at least if you ask them. Their football team is the stuff of legends, the most “feared” and well“respected” in the nation. That was until January, when Alabama tore them apart, running and passing all over them. It’s chill though, because Notre Dame has this thing called moral high ground. They are all religious and stuff, which means they don’t party, have sex or anything boring and weird like that. Not because they are weird virgins who couldn’t get a girl if they tried, but because they are upstanding, god-fearing men with morals and integrity. Except, apparently they are awkward losers with imaginary girlfriends. Well, at least their best player Manti Te’o is. Allegedly. Probably. Definitely. Remember in November when Te’o’s girlfriend passed away right after his grandmother died? And right before she died, his girlfriend texted him to play against Michigan State anyways? And then everyone wore leis and then Notre Dame won? And everyone was crying and Te’o almost won the Heisman, because the Heisman is more about a story then actual skill? Well, awk because apparently his girlfriend doesn’t exist. Deadspin recently ran a story proving that Te’o’s girlfriend was completely made up on the internet. Everything about her. She never existed. The mastermind behind it? Someone close to Te’o. According to Deadspin’s sources, there’s an 80 percent chance Te’o was in on it. According to common sense, he was definitely in on it. The kid told intimate stories to the media of the two meeting and being together, which is impossible, you know, because she doesn’t exist and stuff. We think that Carlos Medina, producer at 680 The Fan in Atlanta, said it best when he tweeted, “Notre Dame guys make up girlfriends. Alabama guys slam Miss America #scoreboard.” Sucks to suck, Notre Dame. I mean, your campus is pretty cool, and you have a good signing class for next year, so hopefully they aren’t psycho freaks who make up dead imaginary girlfriends for attention. 2. Meh Now that the whole Manti Te’o story broke, we don’t really want to talk about anything else. I mean, there’s that whole Lance Armstrong thing where he is confessing that he doped to Oprah. But c’mon, really? We’ve all known that for so long at this point, it’s ridiculous. Since when are we supposed to give a s--t about cycling. Maurice Clarett resurfaced this winter break. His girlfriend beat him up, and there was a warrant for her arrest. Not sure if that’s worse than having your fake girlfriend fake killing herself, but pretty damn close. 3. (Potential) Bad News for The Dog Lovers The Eagles have landed their fish. Out with Walrus Reid and in with Chip “per Jones” Kelly. Is Kelly one of the greatest offensive minds in football who is bringing the heavy to the National Football League? Who knows. We’ll see. Most importantly, of course, Kelly’s hiring has led pundits and whatnot to speculate how it will affect Michael Vick’s status. Previously it seemed he was on his way out. Now? Maybe the Eagles’ brass will unleash the hounds. A Vick-less NFL is a diminished NFL. This is the absolute truth. And it would be such a shame to see him bounce out of the league with the emergence of the read option in NFL offenses, which to this casual observer seems to align quite well with Vick’s skill set. Alas, if only Vick came along in 2012 and not 2001. Imagine though. Blur. Vick. McCoy. DeSean. NFC Conference sixth seed, let’s go. 4. HOCKEY IS BACK A special thanks to the hockey gods for the return of the NHL season. While the football season has truly kept us on the edge of our seats ... nothing is more exciting than the thrill of an NHL game, a win-or-die overtime period. So all of you hockey players stuck in the depths of a Russian/Czech/ Bumf--k European winter, welcome home to the greatest country on Earth. NHL Hockey is back, and we couldn’t be happier!
SPORTS THE EMORY WHEEL
Friday, January , Sports Editors: Nathaniel Ludewig (nludewi@emory.edu) and Elizabeth Weinstein (eweins2@emory.edu)
PLAYER FEATURE
Track and Field
Former Eagle Playing Pro Ball By Elizabeth Weinstein Sports Editor
The men’s and women’s track and field squads look to return to competition after a six-week hiatus for winter break. The teams will compete in two separate races this weekend.
Last January, right-handed pitcher Paul Schwendel (‘12C) had a lot on his mind as he was preparing for his final semester
Swimming and Diving The Eagles will host Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) for a dual meet this Saturday. Prior to the start of the meet, the Eagles will honor their senior teammates with a “Senior Day” ceremony.
Featured Athlete Elizabeth Aronoff Freshman swimmer Elizabeth Aronoff was named UAA Athlete of the Week after her performance in the dual meet last Thursday.
with the Emory baseball team. Like most college seniors, Schwendel had an idea of what he wanted to do after graduation. However, unlike most of his classmates, Schwendel’s post-graduation plan w a s
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to play professional baseball. When the Texas Rangers selected him in the final round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft, Schwendel did not hesitate to sign with the team. “That’s what I have always wanted to do, and I didn’t have another year of eligibility,” Schwendel said. “So it was either that or the end of my baseball career.” Schwendel first caught the eye of a Rangers scout in the Eagles’ 2012 loss in the Regional round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Despite the loss, Schwendel dominated on the mound, pitching eight innings and allowing just one earned run. While the game concluded the Eagles’ pitcher’s college career, it was just the beginning of his journey to the major leagues. “That was the first interest I got from them [the Rangers],” Schwendel said. “So going into the draft, I kind of thought there was a chance the Rangers would take a shot on me, but I wasn’t sure.” The Rangers decided to take their chances and selected Schwendel 1,236th overall in the final round of the 2012 MLB first-year player draft. Schwendel first played rookie ball in Arizona. There he appeared in six games and maintained a 3.00 ERA with 19 strikeouts. Schwendel was then promoted to the team’s Class A farm team in the South Atlantic League, the Hickory Crawdads. Schwendel pitched in 10 games, finishing
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the season with a 2.73 ERA and 35 strikeouts. Throughout the season, Schwendel also got accommodated to the lifestyle of a professional athlete. “It’s definitely tough because people don’t really see how much work goes into it. You’re at the field for 10 hours some days, and you’re there every single day. Sometimes you go three weeks without having a day off,” Schwendel said of his experience with the Crawdads. “But it’s what I have always dreamed of. It’s a blast.” From a young age, Schwendel was focused on playing professional baseball, and when he decided to come to play for a Division III school, he had no intention of giving up on his ultimate goal. “It’s a long shot coming out of such a small school, but it’s always been my dream since I was a little kid,” Schwendel said. Schwendel’s pitching ability became evident early during his freshman year at Emory. He was quick to impress Head Coach Mike Twardoski with his potential on the mound. “You could see he was competitive and had a great body,” Twardoski said. “But he was a freshman pitcher coming in who knew how to throw, but he didn’t know how to pitch.” Schwendel continued to mature on the mound during his sophomore and junior years, but it was during his final year with the team that Schwendel had his breakout season as the
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Tracy Proffitt/Hickory Crawdads Photographer
WOMEN’S B-BALL
By Nicola Braginsky Staff Writer
By Brian Chavkin Staff Writer The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams returned to the pool after winter break to take on the Division II University of Tampa (Fla.) in a dual meet. Both of Tampa’s teams were ranked in the top 10 of Division II swimming and diving teams prior to the event. Led by Head Coach Jon Howell, the women dominated the meet, beating the University of Tampa’s women’s team by a score of 169-88. The win improved the team to 3-2 on the season and dropped the University of Tampa to 5-2. Freshman Elizabeth Aronoff was the only NCAA qualifier from both the men’s and women’s teams, winning the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:24.33. The women finished with 12 firstplace finishes. Senior Leslie Hackler finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:08.93 and in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 59.35. “That particular meet is really a great opportunity to get up and race no matter how tired you are,” Hackler said. “I believe that everyone did an extraordinary job of doing so. The meet is placed right in the middle of the most difficult portion of winter training and in less-than-ideal pool conditions. Both myself and the rest of the team were focused on carrying out race strategies and not so much the times that we swam.” Other first-place finishes includ-
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After a strong fight and close 56-53 loss in overtime to Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) on last Friday, the No. 20-ranked Eagles came back with an 80-64 decision over the University of Chicago at home on Sunday. The No. 3-ranked Wash. U Bears beat the Eagles by only three points after a foul shot in overtime. Emory finished shooting 29.2 percent from the field while the Bears shot 34.9 percent. Junior Selena Castillo hit six out of 13 field goal attempts, including three
three-pointers. She was recognized and named athlete-of-the-week for her success from three-point range. Senior Misha Jackson built on her recent success with 13 points and 16 rebounds. This was her sixth doubledouble of the year. “Misha had a blast anchoring the team as she always does,” Head Coach Christy Thomaskutty said. “Selena gave us great game, and Danielle [Landry, senior center] anchored defense throughout all of the play. I was proud of the way our team responded regardless of the outcome.” A long stretch of the second half was a back-and-forth battle with
numerous lead changes between the two teams. At the end of the second half, with 12 seconds remaining on the game clock, a Bears player’s jump shot tied the game at 49 and sent it to overtime. In overtime, Emory hit one of eight field goal attempts and a three pointer by Castillo, while the Bears brought in five points followed by a foul shot to leave the game victorious. “This weekend was a huge learning experience for our team,” senior guard Katie Dickerson said. “After a heartbreaking loss to Washington University, we were anxious to get
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Junior forward Jake Davis goes up for a shot. Davis had 12 points against the University of Chicago.
Greven Leads Team To Blowout Win By Ryan Smith Asst. Sports Editor
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Senior center Danielle Landry gets set on defense. Landry had eight points and seven rebounds in the Eagles’ win on Sunday over the University of Chicago.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NCAAF Recruits Approach Signing Day Nathaniel Ludewig High school football recruiting is one of the biggest mysteries in sports. If you are the majority of sports fans, you probably don’t know much about it. A couple of Google searches and a trip into message boards such as the Rivals.com forums and the individual school forums serve as a portal into the dark, seedy world of college
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recruiting, where hoards of middleaged men ogle over the highest-rated recruits in the country. The college football recruiting cycle seems relatively simple. High school players begin to be evaluated by college coaches around their sophomore year, sometimes earlier. Throughout high school, players are invited to camps sponsored by companies such as Nike and Adidas. Here, they can showcase their talents for college coaches as well as recruiting services. Recruiting services (such as Rivals and 247Sports) rank the top players in the country using a star system. Only a few elite players receive a five-star rating.
Players typically begin receiving and accepting their scholarship offers during their junior year of high school, but many players choose to wait. Whether a player ‘commits’ or not, is never the end of the battle. Until a player signs his letter of intent, which happens in early February of his senior year, anything can happen. Head coaches and assistant coaches get in players’ ears as much as is allowed by the NCAA (and then some), trying to sway them one way or another. Then there are the fan bases. Fans, usually men 25 and older, spend years of their lives following
individual recruits’ every move until signing day. Now, with the widespread popularity of Twitter, players’ every movement is tracked. Earlier this year, highly-ranked Penn State quarterback commit Christian Hackenberg tweeted, “Pops just told me we are going to Canes. #seeya.” The Twittersphere went into complete meltdown mode, thinking that Hackenberg was going to commit to the Miami University Hurricanes. Hackenberg was instead referring to Raisin’ Cane’s, a fast-food restaurant. The tweeting oftentimes gets
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The Emory men’s basketball team dominated on Sunday afternoon, earning a 79-48 victory over the University of Chicago Maroons. The Eagles improved to 9-4 on the year and 1-2 in University Athletic Association (UAA) play. A strong defensive effort helped the Eagles build an imposing 33-6 lead with two minutes left in the first half. Emory held Chicago to just 14.3 percent (4 of 28) from the floor compared to the Eagles’ 43.8 (14 of 32). “The team was focused early, especially on the defensive end,” said senior forward Michael Friedberg. “Chicago battled back, but we were able to withstand their runs and maintain a large lead.” Also key in establishing the early lead was the play of senior guard Alex Greven, who contributed an impressive 14 first-half points in 15 minutes. Greven scored the game’s first five points and never looked back, pacing the Eagles on an 11-0 run that spanned five minutes and pushed the lead into double digits. Emory led 37-13 at halftime and was never seriously threatened the rest of the game. Four straight points by junior forward Jake Davis within the first two minutes of the second half ran the Eagles’ lead to a staggering 26 points. Just three minutes later the Maroons cut the lead down to 19 points, but Emory responded with a 12-0 run that included five points
from Greven and put the game out of reach for good. With four minutes to go the Eagles extended their lead to 77-38, the largest gap of the game. Head Coach Jason Zimmerman credited the Eagles’ improved defense with holding off Chicago’s runs. “Defensively, we’ve been a bit better this season,” Zimmerman said. “We’ve always been explosive on offense, but you stop runs with your defense.” The Eagles finished shooting 45.2 percent (28 of 62) while holding the Maroons to just 22.8 percent (13 of 57). It was a dominant effort on the glass as well, as Emory earned a 50-32 rebounding edge. The Eagles have out-rebounded all of their UAA opponents thus far this season. Greven finished with a game-high 22 points, his fourth game of the season in which he totaled more than 20. Davis and Friedberg also landed in double digits with 12 and 10 points, respectively. The three players lead the Eagles in scoring on the season as well, with Davis averaging 18.7 points, Greven averaging 15.8 and Friedberg averaging 13.2. Junior guard McPherson Moore and Greven both led the team with seven rebounds, while Moore added a pair of free throws to run his season streak to 25 straight. Freshman forward Will Trawick contributed one of his best games of the season with seven points on perfect 3 for 3 shooting. Neither Trawick nor Friedberg missed a shot from the field.
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