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Volume 100, Issue 6 DIVERSITY

Petition Spurs College to Hire ‘Latinx Studies’ Profs.

By nikki horton Contributing Writer

The College is seeking to hire at least three professors with a background in “contemporary Latinx studies” by Fall 2019.

The search process comes after students in the Spring 2018 “Latino/a Civil Rights Movement” class sent an April letter to University President Claire E. Sterk demanding a Latino studies department and a doctoral program in African American studies. The students met with Provost Dwight A. McBride, Laney Graduate School (LGS) Dean Lisa Tedesco and other administrators at the end of the Spring 2018 semester to discuss their requests. McBride’s office did not allow the Wheel to report on the meeting. Elliott said that meeting was productive in allowing University administration to understand the changes students wanted to see.

“That conversation helped us understand from a student’s perspective the urgency of moving forward quickly,” Elliott said.

The College has a Latin American and Caribbean Studies department, but the class’s letter notes the absence of a program that directly studies

Latino culture in the U.S. “Neither the provost nor I think that we are offering enough in the undergraduate curriculum for students who are interested in learning about these topics,” Elliott said.

The new faculty members will both instruct and conduct research in Latino studies, working between multiple humanities and social sciences departments. Elliott said the new faculty members would supplement Emory’s commitment to diversity in academic offerings.

“Part of the College’s strategic plan calls for increasing our scholarly work in the study of race, inequality and resilience,” Elliott said.

Sofia Garcia (20C), who signed the April letter to Sterk, said hiring three new faculty members is insufficient.

“We would like to see a greater amount of courses that cater to our needs as Latinx students,” Garcia wrote in an Oct. 15 email to the Wheel.

“We want to see professors who look like us, be with students who think like us, while taking courses that pertain to us.”

The new hires could result in new courses or programs of study if the new

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GREEK LIFE

Pike’s Charter Suspended Chapter Owes $10,000 to Nationals

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Pike’s charter is suspended because of its debt and decline in membership.

By Matt Barrett Contributing Writer Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) nationals has suspended the Emory chapter’s charter pending inevitable revocation. Pike nationals cited the chapter’s accrued debt and a sharp decline in membership over recent years as reasons for the suspension, according to former chapter President Kenneth SalkowShapiro (20B).

The chapter is currently about $10,000 in debt to nationals and has

DINING

Cox Receives ‘C’ on Health Inspection Report

By Calen MaCDonalD Contributing Writer

Cox Hall Food Court received a “C” grade in a routine health inspection on Oct. 10.

The inspection report, issued by the DeKalb County Board of Health, left Cox Hall Food Court with an overall score of 76 and noted violations of

unclean food surfaces and utensils and improper timekeeping procedures, among other violations.

In one violation, the inspector found two containers of uncovered raw beef stored directly on top of ready-to-eat salad mix. The inspector also observed an employee touch salad with bare hands, according to the report.

Other violations included rinsing a

sanitizer bucket and sauce dispenser in a vegetable sink; improper temperatures of chicken and rice; and meat thawing in standing water without running water.

DeKalb County Board of Health is scheduled to conduct a follow-up inspection on Nov. 5 because it earned

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nine members, Salkow-Shapiro said.

He said previous chapter leadership did not pay nationals because they didn’t care about the chapter’s future.

“Previous administrations were irresponsible,” Salkow-Shapiro said.

“When we found out that we were losing the house, the seniors elected to drop and saddled us with the debt that hadn’t been paid, and a smaller brotherhood wasn’t able to pay that debt.”

Salkow-Shapiro said he was notified Pike’s charter had been suspended pending revocation in a Sept. 24 email.

Current Emory chapter members may surrender the charter at Pike’s national convention in 2020 or challenge the revocation. If they surrender the charter, the chapter will be absolved of the debt, and a new chapter may be chartered starting in 2021.

If they challenge the recommendation and “win,” the chapter will still be liable for the debt, Salkow-Shapiro said.

Nationals granted alumni status to all current members, Salkow-Shapiro

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CLUBS

Gassel Resurrects College Republicans

By Carson Greene Contributing Writer

Student group Emory College Republicans is making a comeback on campus after the club went largely inactive since Spring 2017.

The club disbanded after several club leaders resigned and did not promote College Republican events on campus.

Arianna Gassel (22C) sought to join the club as an incoming freshman this year. But by the time Gassel arrived on campus, the previous College Republicans executive board had abandoned running the club. Gassel said she could not find a club representative at the Fall 2018 club interest fair, so she messaged the club on its Facebook page and contacted several listed club representatives on OrgSync, Gassel told the Wheel. After she did not receive a response for a week, she contacted Frank Lechner, professor of sociology and the club’s adviser, to reform the club.

With Lechner’s assistance, Gassel created a new executive board.

“I met quite a few conservative students on campus and so we basically took it upon ourselves to understand that it is important for other like minded students to have organization like College Republicans on campus,”

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Gassel said.

Gassel selected herself as president, Bradley Bennett (22C) as vice president and Harrison Cohn (22C) as treasurer after she gained Lechner’s support.

DeCline of the Group Christian Zimm (17C), who served as president in 2016-2017, said the club used to regularly table at Wonderful Wednesdays, invite Republican guest speakers and hold debates with student group Young Democrats of Emory.

After Zimm graduated in Spring 2017, Julia Skyhar (17C) became president. Under Skyhar, the club did not bring any prominent speakers to campus. Skyhar graduated early in December 2017, leaving then-vice president John Mikuta (19C) as president.

“I guess I was moved up a notch [when Skyhar left], so John ... was president and I was vice president,” Elias Neibart (20C), who was previously treasurer, recalled. “I can’t recall the people underneath us.”

Mikuta declined a request for interview, but, according to Neibart, Mikuta resigned his position last May because he founded Emory’s Club Swim Team and was elected co-president.

Neibart said he became president

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MARTA to Partially Fund Clifton Corridor By niCole saDek Managing Editor (Abroad)

The MARTA Board of Directors approved $350 million in funding to develop the Clifton Corridor, though $100 million of that amount depends on obtaining funding from other sources.

The final “More MARTA” plan, approved on Thursday, cut funding to the Clifton Corridor project by $150 million from a previous proposal, counting on other funding sources to make up part of the difference.

The plan distributes $2.7 billion to 21 Atlanta transportation projects. The Clifton Corridor project, which is estimated to cost more than $500 million, plans for a four-mile light rail line between Lindbergh Station and Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Clifton Corridor light rail is projected to have 23,300 riders per day.

MARTA expects the federal government to match local funding by 100 percent. Private funding could come in the form of joint development or transit-oriented development (TOD), according to the MARTA Board of Directors Meeting presentation.

The 40-year expansion plan calls for the construction of 29 miles of light rail, an additional 40 miles of bus route service and the improvement of existing stations.

“More MARTA” was partially fund-

CURRICULUM

Emory College will pilot a new one-credit seminar course in Spring 2019 for freshmen and sophomores to apply their skills from a liberal arts education to a career, according to College Dean Michael A. Elliott.

In class, students will complete activities to identify their personal strengths, participate in class discussions and receive instruction on how to utilize those skills as they search for jobs and begin to work.

The course also includes resumebuilding, presentation skills and mock interviews, according to a course syllabus provided to the Wheel by Director of Emory’s Quality Enhancement Plan and seminar instructor Tracy L. Scott.

In the final part of the course, students develop a five-year plan with specific academic and extra-curricular opportunities that students wish to pursue, such as internships and study abroad programs, according to the syllabus.

“What we want the course to do is help students understand what skills they’re getting from liberal arts education that they can translate when they leave college and go into the workplace,” Scott said.

The seminar is part of a larger initiative called Emory Edge, which aims to connect current students with peer, faculty and alumni resources that will give them the skills they need for success after graduation.

Instructors will help connect students with alumni and the Career Center, according to Scott.

Scott emphasized that the course focuses on the skills Emory students should gain from their liberal arts education at Emory.

“What the research shows is that

the thing that matters the most for work are these high level skills like analytical thinking, social interaction skills, writing [and] speaking,” Scott said. “Those are the things that are most important for both getting a job ... and being successful in the workplace.”

Scott said the course aims to provide students with information on research studies that demonstrate the usefulness of these skills.

The seminar is set to be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis, Scott said.

One 21-student section will be open to freshmen, and another 21-student section will be open to sophomores next semester, according to Scott.

Students are not required to participate in the pilot, but Scott said that if enough students give positive feedback about the class, it may become mandatory.

Elliott, who told the Wheel he planned to boost the liberal arts at Emory when became dean in 2017, said it is important for undergraduate students to understand the values in a liberal arts education and available resources on campus.

“It’s part of a desire to help students both understand the value of their educations and understand the resources that are available here at Emory to help move them forward both during their time at Emory and beyond,” Elliott said.

Elliott said he hopes to gauge the interest for a course like the pilot seminar.

“We are trying to understand what the interest is in such a course and ... if there is a lot of interest we will figure out how to move forward there,” Elliott said.

— Contact Nikki Horton at nikki.horton@emory.edu

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ed through a half-penny increase in Atlanta’s sales tax, which began in 2017 and is expected to generate $2.5 to $3.5 billion by 2057. Some Atlanta residents argued that the previous plan to provide about $400 million for the Clifton Corridor project was too expensive because Emory was not part of Atlanta when the sales tax was initiated.

“The entire region is one step closer to a smart, sustainable and efficient transit network that connects communities as never before,” University President Claire E. Sterk wrote in an Oct. 4 statement. “Emory University and Emory Healthcare look forward to joining with businesses, government entities, and others who recognize the importance of this public transit opportunity and are committed to work in broad partnership.”

A regional transit group called The ATL is expected to be formed by 2019 to guide the project, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The MARTA Board of Directors approved the “More MARTA” program on Sept. 27, which included a comprehensive list of transit expansion projects that were later narrowed down. Thursday’s vote represents “the region’s largest transit investment in more than four decades,” according to an Oct. 4 MARTA press release.

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Emory is planning to construct a new biomedical research facility on a vacant lot on Haygood Drive.

Emory to Construct New Research Building By alBert ZhanG Contributing Writer Emory is planning to construct a $260 million biomedical research facility on a vacant lot on Haygood Drive, adjacent to the Health Sciences Research Building, according to Vice President for Campus Services Matthew Early.

The building, expected to open in December 2021, will house 300,000 square feet of office and lab space for researchers studying “five emerging priorities in 21st century medicine,” including brain health, cancer, heart disease, immunology and biomedical imaging, according to a Jan. 8 University press release.

Construction is set to begin in Fall 2019, Early said.

Some employees who currently work in the Woodruff Memorial Research Building (WMRB) will relocate to the new building, according to Early.

“It’s really an update and expansion of our research facilities on campus and [will] provide the latest in research technology and research space,” Early said.

The project is in the “schematic design” phase, during which architects identify achievable goals for the building and establish a general blueprint for the project.

Campus Services hired the architectural firm HOK to design the facility, according to a September 2018 capital projects update report. HOK previously designed Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium and portions of HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport, according to its website. Campus Services has not yet decided on a contractor to begin construction, according to the report.

Barbara Walsh, director of special projects in the Office of the Vice President for Research in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC), told the Wheel that the building is in the elementary stages of planning.

“We have just begun the schematic design phase and have not yet finalized the building occupants or design,” Walsh wrote in an Oct. 2 email to the Wheel sent via Director of Emory Healthcare Media Relations Janet Christenbury.

Some building features indicate that the new building will include ani-

mal research facilities. Early said the plans call for a vivarium, which is used to house live animals, and the capital projects update report states that a “cage wash feasibility study is ongoing and may become a future separate capital project if we move forward.”

Cage wash setups are used to automate animal enclosure cleaning.

“There may be animal research in the building, however, this will depend on the research spaces assigned,” Walsh wrote.

The current Health Sciences Research Building houses a primate MRI scanner and a below-grade vivarium for researching rodents, according to a June 2013 Emory press release and the Coulter biomedical engineering department, which uses space in the current building.

The new building was funded through a $400 million donation from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation in January 2018, the Wheel previously reported. The donation also funded a new Winship Cancer Institute in Midtown.

— Contact Albert Zhang at albert.liang@emory.edu

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Crime Report Compiled By Valerie Sandoval On Oct. 4 at 3:27 p.m., Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to the Claudia Nance Rollins Building in reference to a report of harassing communications. The complainant, an Emory faculty member, reported that she had received harassing communications since March 2017 and that someone created accounts in her name on adult websites. The complainant provided the officer with 73 pages of offensive emails, phone call records and a list of sites where accounts were created in her name.

Some of the pictures and information on the fake accounts were taken from the complainant’s social media accounts. The complainant said she believed a female acquaintance who is or was in a relationship with a mutual male acquaintance was responsible for the harassment. She knew the male acquaintance because they both frequented the same swimming pool, but she believed the female acquaintance may have thought she and the male acquaintance were dating. The complainant suspected the female was responsible because one online post accurately described what the complainant wore when the two last saw each other in September. The complainant contacted all the sites with fraudulent accounts in her name and requested that they close the accounts.

She also told EPD that she texted and emailed the suspected female and the male acquaintance, requesting an end to the harassment. The case has been assigned to an investigator.

On Oct. 6 at 5:23 a.m., EPD responded to Emory University Hospital (EUH) in reference to a report of a sexual assault by a person with supervisory authority. The case has been assigned to an investigator.

On Oct. 7 at 8 p.m., an EPD offi-

cer was patrolling Old Briarcliff Way when he noticed an open gate that should have been closed. The officer went up the driveway and saw a red Mazda 3 with two occupants parked near the dumpster. The officer approached the driver and asked why he and the passenger were there, to which the driver responded that the two were “hanging out.” While speaking with the driver, the officer smelled unburned marijuana from inside the vehicle. The driver told the officer there was a small amount of marijuana inside, so police searched the vehicle and found the marijuana.

EPD Dispatch told the officer that the passenger had an active probation violation warrant in Dunwoody, Ga. The officer did not charge the subjects for possession of marijuana because they were cooperative, but he ordered the driver to destroy the marijuana by stomping it in the dirt with his foot. The driver was released, and the passenger was transported to DeKalb County Jail for the warrant. Neither of the subjects are affiliated with Emory.

On Oct. 10 at 12:47 a.m., EPD responded to Tin Lizzy’s Cantina at Emory Point in reference to an intoxicated person. The complainant, an Emory Point security guard, reported that a drunk man, later identified as the manager of Tin Lizzy’s, was on the restaurant patio at about midnight and removed his clothes when the guard asked him to leave. When officers arrived, they found the subject with his genitals exposed, passed out on some bushes near the sidewalk.

One officer asked the subject multiple times if he knew where he was, how he got there and what his name was, but the subject refused to answer. The subject declined medical attention but did not have anyone nearby to care for him, so the officer arrested the subject and transported him to EUH in his patrol car. Once hospital staff medi-

Honor Council Report Compiled by eMMa siMpson The following reports are based on real cases adjudicated by the Emory College Honor Council. Any personally identifiable information has been omitted to protect the privacy of all parties involved unless involved parties have granted the Wheel permission to identify them.

The Honor Council found a freshman in a humanities class responsible for plagiarism.

The student said he altered an image from the internet and thought that it was then considered a new image, so he failed to cite the original source in an assignment.

He said the professor did not give clear instructions about citing material in the assignment guidelines.

The Honor Council determined that the professor could have provided clearer expectations, but the student ultimately plagiarized the image. The Honor Council recommended a zero on the assignment, a verbal warning and a mandatory Honor Code educational program.

The Honor Council found a freshman responsible for providing false information to a professor in a firstyear course.

The student asked a peer to sign

him in as present on the attendance sheet when he was absent. In the course, students are evaluated on attendance.

The student said he did not know this was an Honor Code violation, but the student accepted responsibility for the violation later at an expedited hearing. The Honor Council recommended the standard sanction of an unsatisfactory grade in the course and a two-year mark on his personal performance record.

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cally cleared the subject, the officer transported him to the Atlanta City Jail on charges of public indecency and disorderly conduct while under the influence.

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On Oct. 11 at 12:03 a.m., EPD responded to the Woodruff Residential Center in reference to a call regarding harassing communications. The complainant, a resident adviser (RA), reported that two roommates told her they received harassing text messages. One student said her boyfriend became upset after she did not answer his phone calls and told her that if she did not answer the phone, he would drive to her residence and it would not be pretty. The male subject said he did not like his girlfriend’s roommate and located her girlfriend’s father on LinkedIn. She said she learned of the subject’s activity because her father called her, inquiring about a LinkedIn notification he received from the male subject. The students declined to move rooms, and the officer advised the students to call EPD if the subject came to their residence. The case has been assigned to an investigator.

The voter registrations of 53,000 applicants are on hold in the Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office, according to the Associated Press.

Kemp is the Republican candidate for Georgia’s gubernatorial race in November.

The the 53,000 applicants are predominantly black, a demographic that typically leans Democratic, according to AP. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ campaign has called for Kemp’s resignation as secretary of state and released an Oct. 10 statement accusing Kemp of using his office to suppress votes for political gain.

“As he has done for years, Brian Kemp is maliciously wielding the power of his office to suppress the vote for political gain and silence the voices of thousands of eligible voters — the majority of them people of color,” the Abrams statement reads.

Kemp’s campaign team told 11Alive that the applications are in “pending status” because the applications failed the “exact match” system, which specifies that voter application information must match a driver’s license, state I.D. card or social security number.

Kemp said the AP story was “completely manufactured,” noting that those people are eligible to vote as long as they show I.D. at their respective polling location, according to the Gwinnett Daily Post.

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has filed a lawsuit against Kemp’s office, alleging the “exact match” system is discriminatory against minority voters, according to 11Alive.

— Contact Valerie Sandoval at valerie.sandoval@emory.edu

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On Oct. 10 at 4:41 p.m., an EPD officer spoke via telephone regarding a theft report. The complainant, an Emory student, reported that on Sept.

25 at around 8 p.m., she began studying near a group study room on the first floor of the Robert W. Woodruff Library. The complainant said she placed a case containing her Canon EOS 60D camera and Apple AirPods under the desk. At about 12:45 a.m., the complainant left the desk to get food elsewhere on the same floor of the library. At about 5 a.m., she realized that her camera case was missing. The case has been assigned to an investigator.

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The Honor Council found a freshman in a science class responsible for plagiarism.

The student said she was overwhelmed from a heavy course load and forgot to cite some of the sources she used for an assignment. The Council found that the student demonstrated an understanding of the importance of citing sources in other parts of the assignment. However, more than half of the assignment came from unacknowledged sources.

At an expedited hearing, the student accepted responsibility for the violation. The Honor Council recommended the standard sanction of an F in the course and a two-year mark on her personal performance record.

said. However, two members who joined Pike during Fall 2018 rush may no longer be inducted as new members, according to Salkow-Shapiro.

Last year, the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life (OSFL) moved the chapter out of 10 Eagle Row due to low membership, the Wheel previously reported. The chapter was instead offered housing space in Evans Hall.

“The situation is very sad and the University is currently doing everything we can to support Kenneth and the other members during this process,” Director of OSFL Marlon Gibson said. Gibson noted the situation is especially difficult because the chapter would have had its 100th anniversary on Emory’s campus this year.

Gibson told the Wheel in February that he hoped the fraternity would recruit new members and eventually return to a fraternity house on Eagle Row. Nationals did not respond to multiple requests for information through the website’s contact form.

— Contact Emma Simpson at emma.simpson@emory.edu

— Contact Matthew Barrett at mbarre6@emory.edu

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office announced on Oct. 10 that Georgia broke its record for the highest number of registered voters of all time, according to a press release.

Kemp’s office said there are more than 6,915,000 registered voters and that the number is likely to break 7,000,000 as more forms are processed.

The last day to register to vote in Georgia’s midterm elections was Oct. 9, and early voting began on Oct. 15.

of those deaths were in Florida, six in Virginia, three in North Carolina and one in Georgia, but the number of unaccounted persons is still unknown, according to CNN. The Category 4 hurricane made landfall in Florida on Oct. 10.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced on Saturday that law enforcement officers and ambulances were dispatched to impacted areas in the Panhandle and the Big Bend to provide assistance to residents.

Additionally, the Florida National Guard began assisting with search and rescue efforts, cleared roads and delivered supplies, according to CNN. DeKalb County, Ga., officials said crews worked from Oct. 10 through Oct. 12 to clear storm damage and recovered 55 tons of debris and more than 40 downed trees, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. sterk eleCteD to national aCaDeMy of MeDiCine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) elected University President Claire E. Sterk to its 2018 class of leading health scientists, according to the Emory News Center.

NAM members are nominated by peers for their accomplishments and contributions to the advancement of medical sciences, health care and public health. Emory currently has 31 members in the NAM. Prior to becoming president, Sterk held positions at the Rollins School of Public Health, including associate dean for research, chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education and associate director of the Women’s and Children’s Center.

Sterk’s research has focused on social and health disparities and addiction and infectious diseases, specifically HIV/AIDS. She has also served as a member of task forces at the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.

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on Oct. 13 and is expected to still rise, according to CNN. At least eight

— Contact Valerie Sandoval at valerie.sandoval@emory.edu

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Doctoral Student Stipends to Increase to $31,000

By BeliCia roDriGueZ Senior Staff Writer Emory’s Laney Graduate School (LGS) will increase the base stipends for doctoral students who teach undergraduate courses from $24,000 to $31,000 in Fall 2019, according to an Oct. 2 University-wide email from University President Claire E. Sterk and Provost Dwight A. McBride.

Emory committed $40 million over five years to the initiative, an attempt to match peer institutions’ stipends, the email said.

The stipend covers full tuition and health insurance, which are valued at $24,366 for the 2017-2018 academic year, according to the LGS website.

In addition, doctoral students must pay a $50 semesterly computing fee, $50 semesterly enrollment fee, $142 annual athletics and recreation fee and a one-time $70 transcript fee.

LGS Dean Lisa Tedesco wrote in an Oct. 16 email to the Wheel that the increased stipends would help graduate students gain more financial security while pursuing their studies.

“While some of our stipends were already competitive with peer-

level institutions, others were not, particularly in the humanities and social sciences,” Tedesco wrote.

“This investment helps to address differences, making sure we are attracting top students to Emory and that those that choose Emory as their academic community can pursue their studies with a greater sense of financial security.”

Tedesco added that LGS worked “over several years with leadership and partner units at Emory to establish the necessary budgetary foundations to prepare us for this significant investment.”

Duke University (N.C.), which has a graduate student union, offers doctoral students $31,160 annually; Rice University (Texas) pays $21,000 to $30,000 annually; and Vanderbilt University (Tenn.) pays $14,000 to $30,000 annually.

In Spring 2018, LGS announced that doctoral students would receive partial stipend support in August, which alleviated the “pay gap” between when students must move to Atlanta and incur relocation expenses and the time they receive their first paycheck, according to Tedesco.

EmoryUnite, the voluntary graduate student union, applauded the move, but believes there are other issues surrounding graduate student finances, such as the $1,000 student fees, a lack of vision insurance and more.

“Emory still needs to reduce the copay and deductible for our healthcare and provide vision insurance, to offer free access to Emory’s child care facilities and improve parental leave policies, to improve the grievance procedure for victims of discrimination and sexual harassment, and much else in order to truly demonstrate a commitment to the diversity and well-being of our student body,” EmoryUnite wrote in an Oct. 4 Facebook post. “The stipend increase represents a crucial step forward in bettering the quality of life of Laney graduate students, but it cannot be the only step.”

Because graduate students receive different stipend amounts depending on their departments, the lowest stipends in the humanities and social sciences will see a 29 percent raise, and the highest stipend is given at the Graduate Division of Biological and

Biomedical Sciences will receive a 2.5 percent, according to Jonathan Basile (24G), a voluntary graduate student union Emory Unite Organizing Committee member.

“I’ve heard … students getting 31,000 saying, ‘People were only getting 24? That’s offensive.’ That’s ridiculous that an institution with a $7 billion endowment would be paying that little to its teachers,” Basile said.

In addition, LGS doctoral students entering their sixth year currently have a reduced base stipend of $18,000 and it is unclear how exactly the stipend increase will affect their wages.

“That’s a pretty significant gap at this point,” Basile said. “Emory is acknowledging, and we’re glad that they are, that $24k is not a living wage, so how are they justifying paying people $18,000 a year?”

LGS student Courtney Rawlings (23G) said the stipend increase will help students from working class backgrounds access a graduate education.

“When you’re living on your stipend, I don’t know how you would exist without calling your parents or friends to borrow money occasion-

ally,” Rawlings said. “Not only will this make [Emory] more prestigious, but this allows from people from all different backgrounds to pursue a degree in higher education where maybe before it would’ve been prohibited.”

LGS student Isaac Horwedel (17T, 23G) said increasing the stipend will allow more people to participate in graduate studies but that LGS still has to address other issues of inclusion.

“Paying graduate students a liveable wage allows for more people to be able to pursue graduate work just because it pays more,” Horwedel said.

“What we would like to see is ... a more proactive approach to providing liveable wage benefits and to more adequately address the different ways that people are denied access to graduate work from Laney instead of just the liveable wage.”

Basile said LGS has not yet contacted graduate students to discuss the issues listed on EmoryUnite’s Facebook post, but he said he would want a Q&A session with Tedesco and other Laney administrators.

— Contact Belicia Rodriguez at belicia.rodriguez@emory.edu

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Waka Flocka to Perform at Homecoming

By Valerie sanDoVal Senior Staff Writer

Rappers Waka Flocka Flame and Ugly God are set to perform on Oct. 19 at the Quadrangle for this year’s Homecoming, according to Student Programming Council (SPC) President Abbey Kelly (19B).

Juaquin James Malphurs, known by his stage name Waka Flocka Flame or simply Waka Flocka, is an Atlantabased rapper who first rose to prominence as Gucci Mane’s protege.

His hits include “Get Low” and “No Hands,” which hit No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2011.

Royce Rodriguez, known by the stage name Ugly God, is known for his debut single “Water,” which he released on SoundCloud in March 2016.

The song was later released for

digital downloads in November 2016.

The song peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2017 and went platinum in 2017.

SPC decided to pursue hip-hop and rap artists based on the results of undergraduate student surveys, according to SPC Band Party Co-Chair Jarret Rovner (19C).

“From there, we reviewed the many options, consulted with other SPC members and Campus Life professionals, and thoughtfully selected our artists,” Rovner wrote in a Sept. 13 email to the Wheel. “We are incredibly excited to bring Ugly God and Waka Flocka Flame who both are going to put on great live performances.”

R&B singer Keri Hilson (03Ox, 05C), is scheduled to perform at the alumni Homecoming concert on Oct. 20 at the Quadrangle, the Wheel previously reported.

Kelly declined to provide the amount paid to the artists for their performances.

Collin Kelly (19B) said he was happy with the artists and that this is the first time he has been excited for the Homecoming concert.

“Having a recent SoundCloud rapper and a throwback main performance is a perfect balance of the current rap scene,” Kelly said.

Hyman Abadi (21C) said he wished SPC brought artists from different genres.

“SPC should appeal to more than the 15 percent of students who like rap music,” Abadi said. “Both concerts last year are the same type of music, a type of music that does not embrace the diversity Emory prides itself with.”

— Contact Valerie Sandoval at valerie.sandoval@emory.edu

Mental Health Research at Emory University Project Director: Dr. Elaine Walker The Mental Health & Development Program is now accepting participants for an NIMH research project concerned with identifying factors that contribute to mental health problems.

Volunteers may be eligible if they are 13 to 30 years of age, and are experiencing unusual thoughts or perceptions, or increased suspiciousness.

Participation includes diagnostic and cognitive evaluations, MRI scans, EEG, and blood work. There is no charge for the assessments, and participants are compensated for their time.

For more information, contact the Mental Health & Development Program: (404) 727-7547

mentalhealth.research@emory.edu

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Cox Hall received a “C” in its latest health safety inspection.

Bon Appetit Says It Plans to Resolve Issues Continued from Page 1 a “C,” according to the inspection report.

At Cox Hall’s last inspection in June 2017, the facility received an overall score of 90. The inspection before that, conducted in January 2017, gave Cox Hall a score of 91.

Cox Hall will not be subject to another follow-up inspection if it earns a grade of “C” or higher, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health Rules and Regulations.

Letter grades are scored on a 100point scale. Any score of 69 or below is considered “unsatisfactory.” An institution with an “unsatisfactory” score is required to undergo a follow-up inspection within 10 days and will be requested to voluntarily close if it fails.

The inspector corrected several of the infractions on-site and noted that some were first-time violations.

Bon Appetit Resident District Manager Kellie Piper told the Wheel that the company plans to address the issues.

“We are disappointed by the recent

dip in our rating from the DeKalb County Health Department and immediately held training refreshers with our staff,” Piper wrote in an Oct. 16 email to the Wheel. “I am confident that we will regain our excellent A rating when we are re-inspected.”

Piper added that Bon Appetit hires an independent inspection company to ensure compliance with health standards.

Lauri Schleicher (19B) said the results deterred her from continuing to dine at Cox Hall.

“I don’t want to go there,” Schleicher said. “If there’s any other choice, I’ll take that over Cox. The prepackaged foods I’d still be OK eating, but nothing else.”

Najla Phillips (17Ox, 19C) said she was also disgusted with the inspection results.

“I eat there almost every day,” Phillips said. “That’s scary. I’d almost rather eat ramen.”

— Contact Calen Macdonald at ccmacdo@emory.edu

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New Hires To Provide Mentorship Continued from Page 1 faculty members choose to expand on current academic offerings, according to Elliott.

“We’re not recruiting with the goal of creating a separate program,” Elliott explained. “One of the ways that they will have impact will be through existing departments and programs, but they may come and propose new programs.”

Elliott said the new hires will ideally provide mentorship to students with interest in Latino studies.

Existing faculty members will benefit because the new hires will share the responsibility of mentoring students with these academic interests, the dean said.

“Our faculty of color are oversubscribed and constantly being called upon to participate in these activities,” Elliott said.

Elliott said that although Emory’s goal is to hire the new professors

by Fall 2019, the process could be delayed.

“When we hire someone, we want them to be the person we’re most excited about,” Elliott said. “We’d rather take an extra semester to get that person here.”

Garcia acknowledged that hiring new faculty brings Emory closer toward inclusion and representation of a growing Latino demographic.

“The next step is making a concerted effort to recruit Latinx students both in Georgia and out of state,” Garcia said.

— Contact Nikki Horton at nikki.horton@emory.edu

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Former Student Leaders Abandoned Club Operations Continued from Page 1 after Mikuta resigned. However, Neibart also relinquished the title and his membership because he said he was busy serving as president of the Emory Pre-Law Society.

Neibart said he and Mikuta decided in May 2018 that they would search for new club leadership but admitted the search never occurred.

“We were gonna wait until we got back to campus and see if there were any interested students,” Neibart said.

“We just didn’t really look.”

Gassel said she believes the club disbanded because of the club’s proTrump rhetoric and because it seceded from the Georgia Association of College Republicans (GACR) in June 2017. The club seceded because it opposed the GACR’s decision not to redact an “anti-Trump statement,” the Wheel previously reported.

“I think they were relatively proTrump and that [was] one of the reasons they seceded from the Georgia Association of College Republicans,” Gassel said.

Gassel also said she heard the club had poor leadership last year.

“I would say that [the College Republicans] probably could have done better for leadership in terms of who they selected,” Gassel said. fresh faCes assuMe leaDership Gassel said she received permission from the Office of Student Leadership and Service (SILT) to serve as president and appoint people to other executive board positions.

Gassel added that she was unsure

of the club’s current charter status. formal election process to fill its execuBennett said he believes College tive board.

“I have yet to look over it, but I defiCouncil (CC) never de-chartered nitely want to make sure that our new Emory College Republicans as a club.

When Gassel, Bennett and Cohn members can read it,” Gassel said.

Bennett said he, Gassel and Cohn took over, they rejoined GACR. Bennett explained that it was chose to postpone the vote on the important for the club to rejoin GACR president, vice president and treasurer so they could build support through- roles until next semester because they felt changing leadership would inhibit out the state.

He hopes that by rejoining the the club’s growth.

Bennett noted that there are no state organization, Emory College Republicans will grow and receive the more SGA executive board training needed monetary support to host more sessions which he said they all attended, and it could complicate the process events.

“Since we are a smaller group here if other people were elected to those than most places … we definitely need positions.

“We’re gonna make a lot of the state supsure we get things port,” Bennett said.

The club held its “We were gonna wait started, make sure we get the ball rolling on first general body until we got back things,” Bennett said. meeting of the year to campus and see Neibart said he is on Sept. 28 and if there were any confident in the new had advertised on interested students. club leadership.

Facebook that they “The new people would vote at the We just didn’t really involved are great — meeting on all execulook.” they’re really passiontive board positions, ate people,” Neibart including president, — Elias Neibart (20C), said. “I just helped vice president and former president [Gassel] out basically treasurer. of Emory College explaining what a club Instead, the club Republicans was at Emory.” did not hold elections for those positions but elected a freshman tension With younG representative, secretary, philanthroDeMs py chair and outreach manager.

The club later modified the original Young Democrats co-President Facebook post so that it did not include Brett Kleiman (20C) said the club was that they would be voting on the presi- struggling when Zimm was president. dent, vice president or treasurer.

“The club wasn’t so healthy — they Gassel told the Wheel that she had were just all Trump supporters and not read the Emory chapter’s consti- they weren’t very eager to engage in tution and is unsure if it requires a serious dialogues,” Kleiman said.

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Zimm also noted animosity between Emory College Republicans and Young Democrats of Emory when he served as president.

“There were certainly ... a bunch of bitter Democrats that treated us like a punching bag since they couldn’t get over losing the election,” Zimm said.

Kleiman described a feud on Twitter between the Emory College Republicans and Young Democrats over the 2017 Georgia 6th district special election between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel.

“I was very passionate about Jon Ossoff obviously,” Kleiman said. One Emory College Republicans tweet directed at Kleiman read, “What a shame,” and attached a link to a New York Times article announcing that Ossoff had lost.

In June 2017, Young Democrats of Emory tweeted that they were proud of Emory College Republicans for “being smart enough to not defend” Handel’s stance against imposing a “living wage.”

Emory College Republicans replied, “Must be nice to not have anything to do in the summer but s**t post and blame [Republicans for] everything.”

Neibart said he didn’t recall a feud on Twitter and denied knowing Emory College Republicans maintained a Twitter account.

“I absolutely know nothing about that … I don’t think we have a Twitter,” Neibart said.

Richard Chess and Alisha Compton contributed reporting.

— Contact Carson Greene at crgree5@emory.edu

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Opinion

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | Opinion Editors: Madeline Lutwyche and Isaiah Sirois (madeline.lutwyche@emory.edu and isaiah.sirois@emory.edu)

SGA’s Audit is a Step Short One-and-a-half months is not enough time for Emory’s Student Government Association (SGA) to conduct an audit that could cause long-lasting consequences with due diligence.

While the audit’s intention is to equitably distribute the Student Activity Fee (SAF) between clubs, its limited scope will ensure that it does just the opposite — the audit will lead to the division of money in a way that may not represent the needs of Emory’s clubs.

Since the audit is limited to the period of Sept. 31 to Nov. 19, midterms, fall break and Homecoming will skew findings about student participation rates. Furthermore, clubs that held activities earlier in the Fall or have larger activities planned for the Spring are unfairly punished by the audit’s time constraints. Instead of a rushed audit, SGA should have approved the proposal by College Council Vice President Hemal Prasad (19C) to extend the audit for a full year.Because the audit is so short, there is no

guarantee that its outcome will lead to fairer allocation of the SAF. Worse, the credibility of the audit is undermined by the lack of buy-in from most divisional councils. According to SGA Executive Vice President John Priddy (19C), only the BBA Council expressed interest in the audit.

Instead of immediately implementing changes based on the audit’s results, SGA should send any proposed changes to the SAF split to an undergraduate referendum.

This would add a democratic check and provide needed legitimacy to any changes.

Although a shorter audit may be the most politically expedient move, its inherent limits indicate that SGA does not prioritize long-term success over short-term accomplishments. Extend the audit to a full year to ensure fairness.

Kimia Tabatabaei is a freshman legislator on College Council and recused herself from this piece.

Upping Graduate Student Pay a Good First Step Emory’s Ph.D. student stipends finally caught up to those of its peer institutions when the University announced that the base stipend for students pursuing doctoral degrees will increase to $31,000 from $24,000 beginning in Fall 2019.

This is a necessary reform to address concerns voiced by Emory graduate students about inadequate stipends and to ensure Emory is competitive at the graduate level.

However, the University should take further steps to address other graduate student needs.

The stipend increase addresses the increasing disparity between stipends and Atlanta’s rising cost of living. By bumping up base stipends by 29 percent, Emory is preserving its culture of innovation and research and providing graduate students more financial security. And since the National Labor Relations Board considers graduate students who work as teaching and research assistants as employees, they should be treated more similarly to other Emory employees; graduate students should be focused on producing high-quality research and on providing high-level undergraduate instruction, not on taking second jobs to cover skyrocketing rents.

However, this stipend increase is only the first in a series of steps necessary to keep Emory a top destination for doctoral candidates. Concerns expressed by the voluntary graduate student union EmoryUnite as well as the Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) include calls for better transportation and housing options, career advising and cheaper childcare.

Fortunately, Emory has already demonstrated a willingness to address graduate student conditions. The University created a half-month stipend for first-year graduate students in August, addressing concerns about the dead-period period they previously faced. This half-month pay is better than no pay, but it does not cover all the expenses incurred by graduate students moving to Atlanta. Moving, rent and student fees represent financial constraints that could prevent the best graduate students from coming to LGS. As EmoryUnite has requested, full stipends should be dispensed earlier to ease graduate students’ transition into the academic year. The University has argued that

obtaining I-9 documentation makes this difficult, but Emory should still take the lead among its peer institutions and do away entirely with the dead-pay period.

Emory should take a similar approach to increase campus accessibility to graduate students. Emory only guarantees two years of housing for undergraduates, and graduate students do not receive on-campus housing assignments. Because of this, graduate students are forced to seek off-campus options. “Most [graduate students] cannot afford to live anywhere near Emory on our stipends,” EmoryUnite Organizing Committee member Jonathan Basile (24G) wrote in an email to the Wheel.

While the University may not be able to provide more accessible housing, it can provide graduate students with better transportation options. GSGA, for example, called for a more convenient shuttle schedule. Even though MARTA has announced plans to build the Clifton Corridor that better connects Emory with Atlanta, the University should still accommodate GSGA’s request since that project is years away from completion. In addition, graduate students do not have access to the same parking benefits extended to Emory faculty, leaving them no choice but to pay $672 annually for a parking pass. Providing graduate students with this pass is a concrete way to reduce their expenses.

LGS should also help graduate students with dependents pay for child care.

Currently, the cost of sending a child to the on-campus Clifton School is up to $326 a week, or nearly $16,000 annually — more than half of a graduate student’s base stipend.

And though the Emory-affiliated Clifton School offers tuition assistance to Emory employees earning less than $58,000 per year, this offer is not extended to students. For those with dependents, covering this expense even with the improved stipend is often impossible. Should it be an option financially, Emory should take similar steps to make child care more affordable.

While the Editorial Board commends Emory for increasing graduate students’ base stipends, the University should ensure that their increased pay isn’t bogged down by high transportation and other costs.

The above editorial represents the majority opinion of the Wheel’s Editorial Board.

The Editorial Board is composed of Zach Ball, Jacob Busch, Ryan Fan, Andrew Kliewer, Madeline Lutwyche, Boris Niyonzima, Omar Obregon-Cuebas, Shreya Pabbaraju, Isaiah Sirois, Madison Stephens and Kimia Tabatabaei.

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The Editorial Board The Wheel’s 2018-2019 Editorial Board is composed of the eleven individuals below.

Five members returned from last year’s Editorial Board, and the Wheel selected six new members after a rigorous application process.

The Editorial Board is tasked with researching and debating issues important to the Emory community and developing the Wheel’s official stances on those issues.

Zach Ball

Jacob Busch

Zach Ball (21C) is from Griffin, Ga., double majoring in history and political science. He is a passionate advocate for social justice and global humanitarian issues, and hopes to work in either higher education or international relations in the future. Ball is an avid reader of political news and opinion and can often be found discussing current events with fellow Emory students. Ball is a staff writer for Emory Political Review. In his free time, he enjoys exploring Little Five Points, listening to music and playing retro video games.

Jacob Busch (22C) is a progressive studentactivist from Brookhaven, Ga. His primary passions are gun control advocacy, women’s rights, criminal justice reform and poverty eradication.

He is currently undecided on his major but is exploring political science, sociology, and philosophy. When he’s not reading for class or fun, you can find Busch listening to Atlanta rap or classic rock. He plans to volunteer for the Atlanta Mission and to determine a consistent eating schedule. Busch is a huge sports fan and cheers for any and every Atlanta team.

Ryan Fan

Ryan Fan (19C) is from New York, doublemajoring in neuroscience and behavioral biology and English and creative writing, with plans to do Teach for America and later pursue medicine. He runs for the Emory cross country team and is the president of the Odyssey at Emory, having published 192 articles to date.

Fan has seen “The Wire” three times through and thinks it is “God’s gift to the Earth.” He claims the show changed his life and persuaded him to seek a career educating and empowering inner city youth.

Andrew Kliewer

Madeline Lutwyche

Boris Niyonzima

Omar Obregon-Cuebas

Andrew Kliewer (20C) is from Dallas, double majoring in political science and economics. He was an editor for his high school newspaper and started writing opinion pieces for the Wheel his freshman year. At Emory, Kliewer runs on the varsity cross country and track and field teams and is a Center for Law and Social Sciences fellow. When not running or studying, he enjoys reading about history and current events, as well as winning Lucky’s Trivia. He is passionate about anything related to history or politics, especially environmental and economic issues.

Madeline Lutwyche (20C) is from Baltimore and serves as an opinion editor for the Wheel.

She came to Emory primarily for the warm weather and joined the Eeditorial Bboard in Fall 2016. Pursuing a degree in mathematics, she enjoys being right and correcting other people’s grammar. She is a diver on Emory’s women’s varsity swimming and diving team and a member of Delta Phi Epsilon. Lutwyche was born in Kilchberg, Switzerland, but her English parents eventually found their way to the United States when she was four years old.

Boris Niyonzima (20C) is from New Milford, N.J., majoring in political science and minoring in media studies. He is involved with the Wheel and Volunteer Emory, organizations that encompass his biggest interests: community service and storytelling. Niyonzima’s op-ed, “Wheel Lacks Black Student Voices: The Need for Diversity in the Newsroom,” placed first for “Best Column” in the Georgia College Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest in 2018.

He spends most of his time talking loudly about hip-hop, his favorite tweets and voting rights.

Shreya Pabbaraju

Isaiah Sirois

Madison Stephens

Kimia Tabatabaei

Shreya Pabbaraju (21C) is from Duluth, Ga., double majoring in political science and English and creative writing. Pabbaraju co-hosts the WMRE radio show “The Next Best Alternative.”

She is also involved in Residence Life, is a tour guide and is an IDEAS fellow. Over the summer, she worked for the Institute for Developing Nations. When she isn’t writing poetry and short stories, she loves to learn about tea and coffee brewing. She hopes to one day master the art of the pun. If you want to be her friend, buy her kalakand.

Isaiah Sirois (19C) is from Nashua, N.H., majoring in history, and he also serves as one of the Wheel’s opinion editors. Outside of the Wheel, he works for the Atlanta Urban Debate League and is a Franklin Junto Fellow. He hopes to return to the Gulf Coast that his family hails from after graduation, either during or after law school. When he is not productive, he can be found obsessing over NASCAR, the Baltimore Ravens or fantasy sports; otherwise, he’s probably in the library.

Madison Stephens (21C) is from Little Rock, Ark., and is double majoring in English and political science with plans to pursue a master’s degree in journalism after graduation. Last summer, she interned at the Arkansas Press Association. Stephens is passionate about social justice issues and strives to help foster an inclusive environment at Emory by prioritizing the voices, stories and perspectives of marginalized groups on campus. When not arguing over politics, she enjoys reading novels, consuming copious amounts of coffee and napping.

Kimia Tabatabaei (22C) is from Newton, Mass., planning to major in international studies. Her annual visits to family in Iran and involvement in grassroots peace activism have given her a greater appreciation for the freedom of speech she has as an American and for the importance of civil discourse. In high school, she served as editor of the school paper’s centerfold section and played viola in the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. Kimia also enjoys listening to “Waking Up With Sam Harris” and similar podcasts that allow her to hear contrasting perspectives.

Omar Obregon-Cuebas (20C) is a Puerto Rican from Greensboro, N.C., who is majoring in philosophy. Obregon-Cuebas is a writer, photographer and a bona fide Frank Ocean propagandist. Obregon-Cuebas wrote for the Greensboro newspaper, YES! Weekly, during the summer.

His proudest accomplishment is winning the best paper in the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Philosophy Department. He transferred to Emory in Fall 2018.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Emory’s Future Doctors Can’t Forget the Humanities Ryan Fan Although your pre-med friends may seem like they’re always studying for an organic chemistry exam, there is much more to medicine than science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professor of the History of Technology Deborah Fitzgerald wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe in which one of her former pre-medical students noted how being a physician didn’t just require medical knowledge. The student told Fitzgerald that “MIT biology prepared me for medicine. Literature prepared me to be a doctor.”

Those who have taken the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT), including myself, can tell you that, yes, mastery of scientific concepts is significant, but knowing how to read passages is more important.

There is an entire MCAT section on

critical analysis and reasoning skills that navigates passages from history, philosophy and literary analysis.

Some pre-meds feel as though they need to have the perfect GPA and MCAT score, in addition to performing thousands of community service hours, shadowing a dozen doctors and participating in 15 clubs.

And peer comparison between other pre-meds who feed into that culture doesn’t help: you don’t have to search long on Student Doctor Network forum to find threads including: “I got a B in Physics...are my chances blown?”

Perhaps the need for perfection and insecurity about anything less is just a stage through which pre-meds often go.

The world is more just than numbers neatly confined in a lab setting or an Excel spreadsheet.

Fitzgerald also wrote that “the challenges of our age are unwaveringly human in nature and scale.”

One of my professors, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology Melvin Konner, told our Foundations of Behavior class that the greatest thing you can learn in college is how to appreciate ambiguity.

The humanities courses I have taken helped me both to appreciate that ambiguity and to grow out of the toxic pre-med culture.

Pre-meds are no exception to that sentiment and I wish I had heard it when, sophomore year, I staggered into an organic chemistry lab just looking for good results and thought I had failed when those results didn’t

come.

I would have told a younger me that there were more things to learn than those face-value results, and that those other avenues were far more important.

I fit the hypercompetitive, cutthroat, number-obsessed stereotype at various points in my college career, and I still do to some extent. It’s how many of us conditioned ourselves to survive.

It’s not uncommon to hear someone, especially a pre-med, groan when they talk about Emory’s humanities, arts and performance (HAP) courses or the continued writing general education requirements (GERs) they still need to take.

The humanities courses I have taken helped me both to appreciate that ambiguity and to grow out of the toxic pre-med culture.

In an English class, I learned that the condition of life is a “terrifying” one of anxiety and uncertainty. In

both my English classes and heavy sciences, I learned to critically interpret data and evidence to support my hypotheses.

In my creative writing workshops I learned that, in Fitzgerald’s words, “life itself is rarely, if ever, as precise as a math problem, as clear as an elegant equation.”

A creative writing class with Professor of Practice Hank Klibanoff taught me that a story and the answer are always complicated, and don’t usually fit into our preconceived and oversimplified narratives.

And it was in all these courses that I learned how to read and analyze passages for my MCAT. As course registration rolls around, I urge you to take advice I would give a younger version of myself: you need the humanities to not only be a good doctor, but to grow as a person.

Ryan Fan (19C) from Stony Brook,

is N.Y.

U.S. Politics Ruled by Rage Time to Revive Stephen Altobelli “Boofing” refers to the “art of keeping the bow of your kayak from diving underwater,” according to paddling. com. Like most salacious media debacles, Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation affair has left us with plenty of new terms in the modern political lexicon. “Boofing” and “Devil’s Triangle” — which were featured in Kavanaugh’s Senate testimony — will now join “Hanging Chad,” “Access Hollywood” and “Pizzagate” on the list of odd phrases regularly trotted out by incensed talk show types. And, like most media debacles of the past, it has also left us with anger.

On Oct. 6, the Senate voted 50-48 to confirm Kavanaugh as the new Supreme Court justice. Anger has characterized the entire process, from Kavanaugh’s well-publicized rage to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)’s absurd histrionics and furious op-eds, including one in which the author rants about wanting to “dismember men with her fingernails.” The entire country seems trapped in “28 Days Later” mode, and it hasn’t abated yet.

E.J. Dionne Jr. of The Washington Post declared that “democracy itself is at stake,” and Charles M. Blow of The New York Times literally titled his op-ed “Liberals, This is War.” My favorite New York Times op-ed, by Alexis Grenell, calls female Kavanaugh supporters “gender traitors.” Grenell says she wasn’t entirely sure of Sen. Susan Collins’ (R-Maine) words.

“I couldn’t even hear through my rage headache,” Grenell wrote.

Really? This is the kind of rhetoric that spawns triggered feminist memes and makes alt-right trolls cackle with glee. And to what end? Maybe, as some Democrats are predicting, it will lead to that Blue Wave we’ve been hearing about for months now. But more likely, it will prove to be nothing but yet another crack in our fractured country.

I was surprised by the fury displayed by all sides. I’ve heard comparisons to President Donald J. Trump’s election, after which there was a sense of shock, disappointment and, yes, anger. However, comparing the two situations is like comparing apples and orangutans, as Trump’s election was a legitimate shock to some.

Additionally, he came off as a wholly unqualified wannabe-tyrant; he was

all vulgarities and empty threats. On the other hand, Kavanaugh, before his accusers came forward, was a straightlaced, eminently qualified judge with a sterling track record and a notable number of female clerks, not one of whom had ever complained about any kind of workplace misconduct.

According to a Morning Consult/ Politico poll, support for Kavanaugh among Republican women dropped from 60 to 49 percent after the allegations emerged. Comparatively, a FiveThirtyEight poll from 2016 shows that 73 percent of Republican woman still believed that the GOP should support Trump after the release of his “grab them by the p***y” “Access Hollywood” tape. Those are two very different responses, and they only prove that partisan anger has increased since 2016. I’m sure that many women, especially sexual assault survivors, are truly incensed by the allegations and by Kavanaugh’s demeanor. I’m equally sure that plenty of political sharks have gone mad at the scandalous chum of these accusations and won’t stop until they’ve tasted blood.

I don’t know if Kavanaugh lied about sexually assaulting anyone, but I do know that, for the rest of his life, he’ll be Rapist Kavanaugh first and Justice Kavanaugh second.

Part of this may be that Trump’s comments came slightly before the Me Too movement. Part of it may be the optics of the situation — a drunken, fratty Kavanaugh certainly makes for an unappealing picture, much like a predatory Trump — but I think that the real origin of the fury was that in this scenario, the subject of the accusations was already all but confirmed for his position. According to a 2016 FiveThirtyEight forecast, Trump only had a 28.6 percent chance of victory. On the other hand, an easy Kavanaugh confirmation was expected until the allegations first broke.

Suddenly realizing the precariousness of his appointment, both sides unleashed every tactic in the book.

Jonah Goldberg makes some good

points in National Review, notably that Kavanaugh had a right to be angry. I don’t know if Kavanaugh lied about sexually assaulting anyone, but I do know that, for the rest of his life, he’ll be Rapist Kavanaugh first and Justice Kavanaugh second. His daughters will be the daughters of a monster; his wife will be a “gender traitor.”

Another point that Goldberg makes is that the Democrats couldn’t conclusively prove that Kavanaugh was a sexual assaulter, so they tried to prove that he was a beer-soaked boor; a rich, privileged frat boy; and the walking embodiment of the White Male Establishment — that nebulous entity holding sway over our political systems. Was he all of those things?

Very likely. Does that disqualify someone from the Supreme Court? Maybe.

It’s certainly a much trickier question than asking if Kavanaugh is a rapist.

Liberals couldn’t answer that one, so they came up with another one and answered it, hoping that their fury would drown out the opposition.

Kavanaugh’s outburst indicates that he thought that fighting fire with fire was the best policy. I’m not sure how well it worked for him.

I liked him a lot more before he started spouting off about how this whole thing was “revenge for the Clintons” (who are starting to look like this century’s Rothschilds). Even so, his family is destroyed and every single one of his verdicts from here on out will be accused of illegitimacy.

Some victory.

I’m not entirely sure who emerged victorious. Really, no one escaped the media meat grinder unscathed — not Kavanaugh, not Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), not the Republicans and not the Democrats.

Poor Christine Blasey Ford’s life is in shambles, even as Democrats hold her up as a quasi-angelic figure of empowerment. People found guilty in the court of public opinion can never truly win — just look at Woody Allen. Both Ford and Kavanaugh faced threats, intimidation and fear these last few weeks. They’re both linked inextricably to this tawdry moment in our history. When people think of them, they’ll think of this. At least Michael Avenatti got his 15 more minutes of fame.

Our country is looking more and more boofed by the hour.

Stephen Altobelli (22c) is from Westminster, Mass.

Radical Politics Angela Davis Reminds Emory of Protest’s Power Zach Ball

In the United States’ tumultuous political environment, some Americans have found themselves asking foundational questions about society beyond the scope of mere partisan politics. For some, it’s no longer about what kind of reforms should be instituted to curb societal injustice and inequality; rather, it’s about the very nature of the governmental and economic regimes we live under. As material conditions for working-class citizens and impoverished minority communities have failed to markedly improve under either Democratic or Republican control, Americans have become exhausted with party politics and reformism.

But the more radical politics of protest that underpinned the civil rights movement offer some lessons for us today, and on Oct. 10, activist and author Angela Davis provided the Emory community with some important insight to that end.

During her lecture, titled “1968: Lessons From Fifty Years of Change,” Davis reflected upon her decades of experiences with political activism.

The key events that she recounted from that year included the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April, Paris’s widespread student uprisings in May and the subsequent election of former President Richard Nixon in November — which coincided with the election of the first African-American woman to Congress, Shirley Chisholm. As someone with no personal connection to this period in American history, I was struck by the familiarity of such a polarized environment.

Through her lecture, Davis painted a picture of a divided America rife with racial tension and societal unrest, comparing it to the current political climate under President Donald J. Trump. She expressed concern that institutional issues like

police brutality and disproportionate incarceration of racial minorities remain challenges that America has yet to overcome.

At the same time, she criticized the notion that these kinds of issues can simply be legislated out of existence, insisting that the deep structural nature of these inequalities must be considered and addressed.

These are the kinds of conversations I find myself having with friends on a regular basis, and it was reassuring to hear someone so profound asking people to think outside the scope of existing structures, as I often urge my fellow students to do.

Davis repeatedly cited revered academic and feminist thinker Audre Lorde in declaring that “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house,” a wake-up call to the reformminded. Davis urged them to alter their praxis and to seek radical change at an institutional level instead of altering existing structures to make them more inclusive.

It can be intimidating and frustrating to break free from the traditionally narrow debates of liberalism versus conservatism — to observe society from a broader institutional perspective.

Change doesn’t happen overnight, and those who benefit from the status quo will not relinquish authority willingly; only repeated direct action by radical activists can force the powerful to capitulate to popular opinion.

However, these conversations are absolutely essential in bringing meaningful material progress to the world, and Emory’s position as a resource-rich Southern research institution presents opportunities for the University to break ground and support broader institutional changes.

To this end, I feel that the entire Emory community could be enriched by considering Davis’s vision of the future.

Zach Ball (21c) is from Griffin, Ga.

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Barinholtz+Talks+Politics,+Directing BY#ELIZA#PAPRIN Contributing*Writer The* setting* is* a* dystopian* United* States.*An*egotistical,*polarizing*indi4 vidual* has* taken* control* of* the* presi4 dency.* The* country* is* more* divided* than*ever.*Citizens*have*turned*against* each* other* and* hate* crimes* are* more* prevalent*than*ever.* Sound*familiar?*It’s*supposed*to.

Comedian* Ike* Barinholtz’s* direc4 torial* debut* “The* Oath”* provides* a* chilling* look* at* the* current* climate* of* the*United*States*through*the*lens*of*a* not4so4dystopian*America.* It* follows* a* family’s* reaction* to* an* oppressive*president’s*demand*that*all* citizens*sign*an*oath*stating*their*loy4 alty*to*the*new*government.*When*the* family* accidentally* incapacitates* two* agents* of* the* governmental* Citizens* Protection* Unit* (CPU),* they* try* to* resolve* the* situation* —* hilarity* and* violence*ensues.

The*Wheel*sat*down*with*Barinholtz* on* Sept.* 21* to* talk* about* the* film,* which*is*set*for*release*on*Oct.*19.* This* transcript* has* been* edited* for* clarity*and*length.* Eliza& Paprin,& The& Emory& Wheel:*What*role*did*politics*have*in* your*life*growing*up?*What*led*you*to* want* to* create* and* develop* a* political* satire?* Ike& Barinholtz:* When* I* was* really* little* growing* up* in* Chicago,* my*dad*was*marginally*involved*with* [politics].* In* Chicago,* the* neighbor4 hoods* are* broken* up* into* wards* and* each* ward* has* an* alderman.* My* dad* was*friends*with*one*of*the*committee* members*of*the*wards*so*he*would*do* some*political*stuff*there.* I* remember* election* day* was* so* cool,*waking*up*early*and*going*to*the* polling*place*with*my*dad*and*helping* out*and*giving*out*buttons.*There*were* two* things* that* really* took* me:* one,* the*food*was*really*great.*There*[were]* donuts*and*popcorn.* Also,* on* a* bigger* level,* I* loved* the* characters*of*the*politicians.*I*thought* they* were* all* so* interesting.* I* would* watch*them*talk*to*their*constituents,* and* the* constituents* would* look* at* the*politicians*and*really*have*hope*in* their* eyes* for* a* better* life* —* whether* it’s*for*them*or*for*the*country*—*and* then*this*politician*would*look*at*them* and*say,*“I’m*going*to*fight*for*you*and* work* for* you.”* There* was* something*

so* satisfying* about* it.* I* was* taken* with*politics.*I*was*the*nerdy*kid*who* would* watch* Ronald* Reagan* at* the* Republican* Convention* in* 1984.* And* then* I* just* always* kept* an* interest* in* it* and* I* realized* I* probably* didn’t* have* the* grades* to* be* a* politician,* although* now* I* could* be.* Now* I’m* a* Rhodes* Scholar* compared* to* some* [politicians].* EP:* Would* you* say* that* [the* 2016* election]* was* the* political* event* that* the*sparked*the*idea*for*this?

IB:*One*hundred*percent.*If*Hillary* Clinton* had* won* that* election,* this* movie* would* not* be* made.* Look,* this* is*not*a*partisan*film.*I*think*what*I’m* trying* to* do* in* this* is* show* how* both* sides’*brains*are*breaking.* But* this* is* not* a* political* movie,* it’s* about* [a]* family* trying* to* figure* out* how* to* live* in* this* new* kind* of* America.* One* thing* about* Donald* Trump*is*that*him*winning*really*just* changed* everything.* Not* just* the* way* we* look* at* politics,* but* the* way* that* we*digest*our*politics*and*the*way*the* 244hour*news*cycle*works.*I*just*really* wanted*to*take*that*paradigm*and*blow* it*up.*

you?*I*know*that*you*worked*with*the* producing*team*of*“Get*Out.” IB:* Yeah,* QC* [Entertainment].* I* think* the* two* kinds* of* movies* that* are* the* most* fun* to* see* in* theaters,* for* the* most* part,* are* comedy* and* thriller.* Those* two* genres,* more* than* any*other,*feed*off*the*collective*expe4 rience* [the* audience* is]* all* sharing.* If* you*hear*other*people*laughing,*you’re* going* to* laugh* harder.* At* the* same* time,* when* you’re* freaked* out* and* other*people*are*too,*there’s*an*energy* in*the*room.* Obviously,* I* have* a* lot* more* expe4 rience* with* comedy,* but* I* also* love* thrillers.* I* love* those* feelings* of* not* knowing*what’s*going*to*happen.*

EP:* Were* there* certain* steps* you* took* to* prepare* for* such* a* big* feat?* After* all,* you* wrote,* directed* and* starred*in*this*film.*This*is*your*baby.* IB:* Oh,* it’s* my* baby* (laughing).* Aside*from*my*three*babies,*this*is*my* baby.*I’m*very*lucky*that*I*have*a*great* support* system.* I* have* a* writing* and* business* partner* who* I’ve* been* with* for* 30* years* and* I* have* good* manag4 ers* and* great* friends* who* are* writ4 ers,*creators*and*directors*themselves.* Whether* it’s* getting* notes* on* a* script* from* a* friend* or* showing* the* movie* to* Seth* Rogen* or* Mindy* Kaling,* I* got* a*lot*of*help.

EP:*I*think*a*lot*of*people*will*reso4 nate*with*the*film.*Even*with*my*fam4 ily,* for* instance,* your* character* is* my* father,*the*biggest*news*junkie.*Every* time*Thanksgiving*comes*around,*he’s* so*passionate*and*gets*into*every*polit4 ical*issue*even*when*it’s*not*necessarily* appropriate.* I* know* that* he’d* be* the* exact* same* way* in* that* situation.* It’s* such*a*similar*family*dynamic*to*mine,* and*I*know*that*it*will*be*similar*to*a* lot*of*people.* IB:* That’s* the* most* popular* com4 ment* I’ve* received* from* people* that* have*seen*the*film,*that*they*find*their* families*in*this*family.*That*was*defi4 nitely*my*goal.*The*overall*message*of* the*movie*is*that*we*have*an*obligation* as* Americans,* but* also* as* daughters,* husbands,* sons,* wives,* fathers* and* mothers*to*try*our*best*to*not*let*exter4 nal*forces*that*we*can’t*control*perma4 nently*destroy*our*relationships.* There* are* a* lot* of* people* where* that* ship* has* already* sailed* and* they* say,*“I’m*never*speaking*to*my*cousin* again.”* Because*at*the*end*of*the*day,*there* will* be* a* new* presidentT* there* will* be* a* new* governmentT* there* will* be* a* worse*president*one*day.*Well,*maybe* not*worse,*but*equally*as*bad.*And*you* don’t*want*to*throw*the*baby*out*with* the*bathwater.* You*don’t*want*to*think*in*10*years,* “Oh,* I* haven’t* talked* to* my* mom* in* so* long* because* she* likes* Trump,* but* he*got*impeached*in*2019!”*My*whole* hope* is* that* people* try* their* best* to* keep*it*together,*but*at*the*same*time,* make*their*own*decisions.

EP:* Is* there* any* particular* aspect* of* the* thriller* genre* that* appealed* to*

—"Contact"Eliza"Paprin"at" eliza.paprin@emory.edu

EP:* This* is* the* first* movie* you’ve* directed,*correct?

IB:* Yeah,* but* I* directed* episodes* of* “The* Mindy* Project”* before.* And* I* knew*I*really*liked*directing.*Directing* a* TV* show* is* one* thing,* but* direct4 ing*a*movie*is*a*lot*more*work.*It*was* something*I’d*wanted*to*do*for*a*while,* and*once*I*knew*in*my*mind*what*the* story* was* going* to* be,* I* knew* that* I* could*do*it.*

tion* it* only* in* passing* or* ignore* it* completely.* Truthfully,* it* would* have* been* bet4 ter* if* Twenty* One* Pilots* had* aban4 TRENCH doned* the* concept* entirely,* because* TWENTY&ONE&PILOTS&(2018) the* minimal* snippets* of* information* given*about*the*story*leave*a*lot*to*be* desired.* The*album*kicks*off*with*the*single* Catchy* choruses* and* somber* song4 writing* reign* supreme* on* “Trench,”* “Jumpsuit,”* which* is* memorable* for* the* new* album* from* pop* duo* Twenty* its* chunky* bassline* and* frenzied* pre4 chorus*crescendos.* One*Pilots.* It’s*easily*one*of*the*most*creatively* Singer,* songwriter* and* producer* Tyler* Joseph* and* drummer* Josh* Dun* produced* songs* the* duo* has* released* gained*a*following*and*moderate*com4 and* leads* off* the* project* impeccably.* mercial*success*with*their*2013*album* “Levitate”* sees* Joseph* spitting* for* “Vessel,”* but* rose* to* mainstream* nearly*the*entire*track*with*one*of*the* prominence* in* 2015* after* the* band* best* flows* he* has* ever* demonstrated,* received* massive* radio* play* with* sin4 complemented* well* by* enticing* drum* gles* like* “Stressed* Out”* and* “Ride.”* patterns*and*an*addictive*beat.* Joseph’s* falsetto* on* the* chorus* of* These*songs*both*appeared*on*Twenty* One*Pilots’*album*“Blurryface,”*which* “Morph”* sounds* excellent,* and* the* reached* number* one* on* the* Billboard* track’s*beautiful*production*makes*up* 200* chart* and* has* spent* 177* weeks* for*its*somewhat*lackluster*verses.*The* single* “My* Blood”* is* a* definite* stand4 on*it.* Unfortunately,* commercial* success* out*as*well,*even*if*its*lyrics*aren’t*all* is* really* all* “Blurryface”* had* going* that*remarkable.* The* instrumental* for*it.* on*this*track*is*remi4 The* album’s* pot4 niscent* of* the* direc4 pourri*of*genres*made* tion* MGMT* took* on* it* feel* unfocused* Joseph*and*Dun* their* latest* release* and* incoherent,* and* “Little* Dark* Age,”* although*the*duo*tack4 which* is* high* praise* led* some* serious* and* some*growing*pains* for* a* modern* synth4 meaningful* topics* like* depression* and* to*get*over,*but*...*the* pop* song.* “Chlorine”* self4harm,* they* often* duo*took*a*massive* comes* next,* utilizing* the* titular* chemical* did* so* in* a* way* that* step*forward*with* as* a* metaphor* for* felt* banal* and* even* ‘Trench.’ substances* that* are* disingenuous.* equal* parts* harmful* However,* after* and*cleansing.* hearing* the* singles* The* distortion* on* that*preceded*this*lat4 est* project,* I* grew* hopeful* that* the* Joseph’s* vocals* here* is* reminiscent* of* band*was*taking*their*music*a*bit*more* the* group’s* mega4hit* “Stressed* Out,”* but*the*effect*goes*over*a*lot*better*this* seriously.* Luckily* it* seems* like* they* are,* time*around.* One* of* the* album’s* biggest* pitfalls* as* “Trench”* is* an* improvement* on* is*that*the*second*half*is*considerably* “Blurryface”*in*every*conceivable*way.

Lyrically,*the*album*revisits*a*lot*of* weaker* than* the* first.* While* songs* the* themes* that* have* defined* Twenty* like* “The* Hype,”* “Pet* Cheetah”* and* One*Pilots’*music,*especially*loneliness* “Legend”* are* good,* they* don’t* quite* and*depressionT*however,*these*topics* pack*the*punch*that*the*first*few*tracks* are* now* explored* in* a* more* mature* did.* I* was* hoping* that* “Nico* and* the* and*thoughtful*way.* The*track*that*highlights*this*best*is* Niners”*would*grow*on*me*when*I*lis4 “Neon*Gravestones,”*on*which*Joseph* tened*to*it*within*the*context*of*the*full* sings*about*the*glorification*of*artists* album,*but*the*vocals*and*reggae4pop* who*commit*suicide*and*suggests*that* production*are*still*off4putting.*“Leave* romanticizing* this* act* has* a* harmful* The* City”* is* a* decent* conclusion* to* influence* on* people* who* suffer* from* “Trench,”*but*I*wish*the*duo*ended*the* album*with*more*of*a*bang. depression.* Joseph* and* Dun* definitely* still* He* even* relates* this* to* his* own* personal* experiences* with* suicide* have* some* growing* pains* to* get* over,* but* with* greatly* improved* produc4 contemplation.

“I* could* use* the* streams* and* extra* tion,* more* mature* lyrics* and* catchier* conversations* /* I* could* give* up,* and* hooks,* the* duo* took* a* massive* step* boost* up* my* reputation* /* I* could* go* forward*with*“Trench.”* Although* the* album* still* suffers* out* with* a* bang* /* They* would* know* my*name*/*They*would*host*and*post*a* from*inconsistency,*it*feels*like*Twenty* One* Pilots* put* a* lot* of* effort* into* this* celebration,”*he*sings.

The* album* also* features* a* loose* release.* I* commend* them* for* resisting* the* concept* based* around* a* fictional* city* called* Dema,* which* is* ruled* by* nine* inevitable* urge* to* capitalize* on* their* bishops* who* exercise* control* over* the* last* album’s* monumental* success* and* populace* with* the* religion* “Vialism.”* just*make*“Blurryface*2.”* A* bit* more* refinement* would* go* Although* the* concept* is* interesting,* the*duo*doesn’t*explore*it*all*that*much* a* long* way* for* the* band,* but* this* is* undoubtedly* a* big* step* in* the* right* within*the*songs.** Only* “Nico* and* the* Niners”* and* direction.

“Bandito”*focus*entirely*on*the*Vialism* theme.* —"Contact"Aidan"Vick"at" The* rest* of* the* tracks* either* men4 aidan.vick@emory.edu

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The Emory Wheel DRAMA REVIEW

Wednesday,*October*17,*2018

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DOCUMENTARY REVIEW

‘First+Man’+Solid,+Less+Than+Stellar+ BY#AAYUSH#GUPTA Contributing*Writer

Grade:&B Throughout*history,*brave*explorers* have* pushed* beyond* the* limits* of* the* known*world*to*discover*new*lands.* In*the*20th*century,*the*space*race* saw* a* giant* leap* in* exploration* when* Neil* Armstrong* and* Buzz* Aldrin* became* the* first* people* to* land* on* the*moon.*“First*Man,”*starring*Ryan* Gosling* as* Armstrong,* depicts* the* grand* story* about* one* of* mankind’s* greatest*historical*achievements*—*the* 1969* moon* landing* —* in* a* beauti4 fully* constructed* and* gripping* narra4 tive* that* ultimately* fails* to* strike* the* potential*emotional*strings.

In*an*iconic*tale*of*men*who*pushed* the*boundaries*of*human*achievement* to*new*heights,*the*film*does*a*brilliant* job* setting* up* the* conflict* between* man,*nature*and*technology.*However,* it*underwhelms*by*failing*to*deliver*a* final*poignant*punch.

Beginning* with* documentary* foot4 age* from* the* moon* landing,* the* film* wastes* no* time* in* introducing* the* characters*and*the*setting.* Director*Damien*Chazelle*does*not* shy* away* from* showing* the* intensi4 ty* and* brutality* of* NASA’s* mission* through* adroitly* placed* scenes* of* news* reports,* radio* commentary* and* protests.* Lagging*behind*the*Soviet*Union*in* the*space*race,*NASA*and*the*American* government* came* under* increasing* pressure* from* the* American* people* regarding* the* mission’s* feasibility,* as* well*as*their*capability*to*manage*the* pressure.* The* public’s* unrest* regarding* their* taxpayer* dollars* paying* for* a* seem4 ingly*impossible*and*unnecessary*task* is*juxtaposed*against*the*internal*tur4 moil*within*NASA*and*the*astronauts’* personal*lives.* Death* and* injuries* run* rampant,* along* with* growing* discontent* and* stress* in* the* protagonists’* minds,* as* they* fail* in* their* initial* attempts* to* reach*the*moon.* The* plot* weaves* together* several* narrative* threads* to* show* how* the*

socio4political* conflict* in* the* back4 ground* affects* the* protagonists.* Here,* Gosling* truly* shines* in* his* per4 formance,* embodying* the* role* of* the* silent* masculine* authority* attempting* to* appear* strong* and* unfazed.* Yet* he* succinctly* conveys* the* Armstrong’s* suffering,* losing* friends,* colleagues,* neighbours* —* and* even* his* two4year4 old*daughter*to*a*tumor*—*on*his*path* to*the*lunar*surface.* In* contrast,* Claire* Foy* delivers* a* frustratingly* wooden* performance* as* Janet* Armstrong.* This* may* partially* be* because* Chazelle* wanted* Gosling* to* be* the* sole* focus.* However,* while* it*suits*certain*aspects*of*the*story,*at* other* times* Foy’s* acting* is* incredibly* lackluster.*

Chazelle*exploits*the* IMAX*cameras*to* their*full*potential*to* provide*the*audience* with*some*stunning* visuals.

Furthermore,* her* character’s* unwillingness* to* explain* Armstrong’s* absence* and* potential* death* to* their* children* feels* uncharacteristical4 ly* forced* and* unnatural* —* it* seems* unlikely* that* a* mother* would* go* against*her*maternal*instincts*and*not* attempt*to*comfort*her*children*in*the* face*of*distress.

That’s* not* to* say* that* the* movie* is* entirely* devoid* of* emotion.* A* scene* involving* Armstrong* on* the* moon,* where* he* reminisces* over* a* certain* personal* tragedy,* tugs* the* audience’s* heartstrings*and*is*arguably*the*most* touching*scene*in*the*movie.*It*is*one* of*the*few*moments*where*one*can*feel* the*pain*and*sacrifice*that*Armstrong* has*suffered.* Another* notable* scene* is* when* he* stands* silently* beside* a* swimming* pool*in*absolute*silence,*staring*at*the* moon*with*a*haunted*expression,*after* hearing* about* the* death* of* a* fellow* astronaut,*who*was*a*close*friend*and* neighbour.*Gosling*skillfully*embodies*

Armstrong* and* executes* the* role* to* almost*utmost*perfection.

Unlike* other* space* movies* that* choose*to*exhibit*the*serene*beauty*and* vast*emptiness*of*the*universe*through* long,*still*pans,*Chazelle*opts*to*film*a* majority*of*the*movie*through*extreme* close4ups*and*shaky*camerawork.* This* technique* heightens* the* ten4 sion* within* the* story,* as* the* astro4 nauts’* expressions* are* extensively* emphasized,*making*the*experience*a* little*more*immersive.* It* gives* audiences* an* indication* of* the*sensation*of*being*inside*a*cramped* space* shuttle.* Chazelle* exploits* the* IMAX* cameras* to* their* full* potential* to* provide* the* audience* with* some* stunning* visuals,* particularly* in* the* scenes*on*the*moon.

“First* Man”* excels* in* its* techni4 cal* aspects.* The* CGI* in* the* movie* looks* real,* and* it* is* difficult* to* notice* any* cartoon4ish* graphics.* The* score,* composed* by* frequent* Chazelle* col4 laborator*Justin*Hurwitz,*is*absolutely* phenomenal* and* complements* the* events*of*the*film*perfectly.*Orchestral* music*with*loud*horns*during*the*tri4 umphant* liftoff* scene,* along* with* the* absolute*silence*immediately*after,*are* followed* by* slow,* sentimental* music* that* brings* some* much4needed* depth* into* the* movie.* Yet* music* cannot* accomplish*the*task*alone.*Ultimately,* the*script*and*some*individual*perfor4 mances*do*not*build*on*the*narrative’s* momentum.

“First* Man”* is* a* well4crafted* film,* with*mostly*exceptional*performances* from*the*cast.* However,* it* lacks* the* emotional* punch* that* could* have* elevated* the* movie*to*a*higher*level,*and*thus*fails* to*leave*a*lasting*impact.* The*pacing*is*a*little*amiss,*with*the* third* act* feeling* slightly* rushed* and* not* providing* enough* time* to* savour* the* fantastic* cinematography* of* the* moon*scenes.* “First* Man”* leaves* the* audience* a* little* unsatisfied* and* ends* on* an* underwhelming,* rather* than* trium4 phant,*note.

BY#AIDAN#VICK Contributing*Writer

Grade:&B

—"Contact"Aayush"Gupta"at" aayush.gupta@emory.edu

“Man* Made,”* a* documentary* co4 written* and* directed* by* Assistant* Professor* of* English* and* Creative* Writing*T*Cooper,*is*a*fascinating*and* enlightening*view*into*the*lives*of*four* transgender* men* (Mason,* Kennie,* Dominic* and* Rese),* who* strive* to* become* bodybuilders.* The* film* fol4 lows* them* in* the* months* before* they* all* compete* in* the* same* transgender* bodybuilding* competition,* Trans* Fit* Con,*in*Atlanta.* The* film* sheds* light* on* the* rela4 tively*unknown*and*small*community* of* transgender* bodybuilders.* Cooper,* a* transgender* man* himself,* said* he* felt* the* need* to* document* the* story* from* the* inside* out,* whereas* most* documentaries* are* told* from* the* out4 side*in.*This*concept*shines*through*in* “Man*Made,”*as*he’s*able*to*personally* unlock*facets*of*the*transgender*com4 munity* as* well* as* the* struggles* that* these*four*men*throughout*their*lives.* Cooper* often* utilizes* a* hand4held* camera* to* share* his* documentary4 making*experience*with*viewers,*mak4 ing* the* film* appear* more* personal* than*a*typical*documentary*film.*This* camerawork* also* makes* the* film* feel* like* less* of* a* grand* cinematic* experi4 ence*and*more*of*a*realistic,*relatable* telling*of*the*hardships*these*four*men* endure.*This*style*helps*to*distinguish* “Man* Made”* from* other* films* and* aligns*well*with*the*“inside4out”*men4 tality*Cooper*described.********** “Man*Made”*was*relaxed*and*infor4 mal,* in* a* good* way.* The* informality* is* accomplished* through* lighthearted* moments*in*which*Cooper*gets*in*front* of* the* camera* and* interacts* with* the* interviewees.*T he*lack*of*filter*also*allows*the*indi4 viduals’* anecdotes* and* reactions* to* feel* genuine* and* unaltered.* Cooper’s* connection* with* the* four* bodybuild4

corridors*and*the*torrential*downpour* outside.* One* particular* visual* high4 light*is*a*long*take*that*follows*Sullivan* as*he*peers*into*windows*that*expose* the*hotel*guests*committing*suspicious* acts.* It* is* an* intricate* and* impressive* piece*of*filmmaking*that*acts*as*a*form* of* character* and* plot* exposition,* as* well* as* a* development* of* the* voyeur4 ism*theme*that*is*a*major*focus*for*the* duration*of*the*film.

The* all4star* cast* delivers* excellent* performances* that* carefully* expose* the*many*layers*of*emotion*and*iden4 tities* that* the* characters* try* to* hide.* The*actors’*fully*formed*performances* allow*the*audience*to*understand*and* connect* to* almost* all* of* the* hotel’s* guests.*Most*of*the*characters*undergo* complex* transformations* throughout* the*film.* With* Bridges’* charming* Father* Daniel* Flynn* and* his* supposed* heart* of*gold*and*Johnson’s*suspicious*Emily* Summerspring* and* her* apparent* hip4 pie*routine,*one*might*forget*Hamm’s* enjoyably* smarmy* home* appliance* salesman* Laramie* Seymour* Sullivan.* The* stand4out* of* the* film* is* relative* newcomer* Cynthia* Erivo,* who* plays* struggling* singer* Darlene* Sweet* with* a* distinct* vulnerability,* serving* as* a* nice* refresher* from* the* larger4than4 life*characters*that*populate*the*hotel.

The*film*is*less*violent*than*it*feels,* but*each*time*blood*spills*on*the*shag* carpeting*of*the*hotel,*it’s*as*shocking* as* the* last.* This,* for* the* most* part,* is* due*to*the*expertly*crafted*tension*that* permeates* every* scene.* Early* on,* it* is* clearly* established* that* harm* could* befall* any* of* the* characters,* making* any* scene* that* hints* at* the* possibility* of*death*all*the*more*unnerving.

The*characters*are*yet*another*high* point*the*film.*Each*has*a*distinct*and* singular* way* of* speaking* that* adds* to* their* characterization,* as* well* as* being*entertaining*and*sometimes*out4 right* hilarious.* There* is* an* especially* charming* running* gag* in* which* the* bellboy* must* give* a* spiel* about* the* grandness* that* is* the* El* Royale* to* each* person* who* comes* rolling* into* the*hotel.

The*film*has*a*lot*to*say*in*its*run4 time,* ranging* from* themes* like* voy4 eurism*and*paranoia*to*grander*ideas* of*the*nature*of*god,*choice*and*moral4 ity* in* a* world* chock4full* of* criminals* and* lawbreakers* seeking* some* sem4 blance* of* redemption.* These* themes* are* well4integrated* into* its* 1969* set4 ting,* with* many* references* to* popu4 lar* celebrities* of* the* time,* including* the* Manson* family* and* former* U.S.* President*Richard*Nixon.*These*refer4 ences*aid*the*development*of*the*film’s*

ers*is*apparent*as*they*share*personal* and* sometimes* horrible* stories,* such* as* their* experiences* coming* out* to* family,* or* the* general* discrimination* they*face.*The*subjects’*openness*with* Cooper* contributes* to* the* documen4 tary’s*authenticity.* Each*of*the*four*men,*who*all*faced* hardships* in* their* transitions,* had* vastly*different*stories*to*tell,*each*one* refreshing*and*powerful.

That* said,* the* documentary* is* not* without* storytelling* issues.* Rather* than*the*audience*caring*about*one*or* two* individuals,* we’re* forced* to* split* our*attention*between*four.*Instead*of* spending*our*time*invested*in*a*single* character’s*plight,*the*movie*ended*up* juggling*four*stories*which*begged*the* question,* how* much* more* powerful* could* it* have* been* had* fewer* char4 acter’s* been* our* protagonists?* Also* disappointing* was* Cooper’s* decision* to* completely* drop* one* of* the* four* stories*about*three4quarters*of*the*way* through*the*film.* We* never* heard* back* from* him,* making*the*audience*question*why*we* followed* his* story* in* the* first* place.* On* another* occasion,* during* a* scene* in* which* the* rest* of* the* bodybuild4 ers*are*introduced,*Cooper*gives*some* of* them* full* scenes* or* interviews* to* characterize* them,* which* was* jarring* and* detracted* viewers* from* caring* about* our* original* four* of* the* main* characters.* These* negatives,* however,* do* not* detract*from*the*film’s*value.*The*jour4 ney*we*take*with*these*four*bodybuild4 ers,* before* and* after* their* competi4 tion,* is*powerful* and* inspiring* to* any* transgender*viewer*—*or*someone*who* simply* has* a* goal* that* is* seemingly* impossible.* For* those* reasons,* “Man* Made”*is*a*film*that*is*definitely*worth* the* watch* —* apart* from* being* inspir4 ing,* it* uncovers* a* community* I* never* knew*existed.*

—"Contact"Aidan"Vick"at" aidan.vick@emory.edu

THRILLER REVIEW

BY#ZACK#LEVIN Contributing*Writer

Grade:&A The* hype* for* “Bad* Times* at* the* El* Royale,”* exploded* into* cultural* consciousness* upon* the* release* of* the* first* trailer.* With* a* style* and* set4 ting* that* felt* wholly* different* from* the* films* being* released* around* this* time,* “Bad* Times”* promised* to* be* a* welcome*addition*to*the*genre*of*styl4 ized* period* piece* mysteries* along* the* lines* of* director* Quentin* Tarantino’s* “The*Hateful*Eight.”*From*the*opening* seconds*of*the*film,*edge4of4your4seat* intensity,* hilariously* integrated* ner4 vous* comedy,* beautifully* constructed* cinematography*and*perfectly*selected* ’60s*pop*music*are*on*full*display.* Set*in*1969,*the*mystery4thriller*fol4 lows* seven* strangers* —* priest* Daniel* Flynn* (Jeff* Bridges),* home* appliance* salesman*Seymour*“Laramie”*Sullivan* (Jon* Hamm),* supposed* hippie* Emily* Summerspring* (Dakota* Johnson),* singer* Darlene* Sweet* (Cynthia* Erivo),* bellhop* Miles* (Lewis* Pullman)* and* the* mysterious* cult* leader* Billy* Lee* (Chris*Hemsworth)*—*who*check*into* the* titular* El* Royale,* a* novelty* hotel* at* Lake* Tahoe* that* is* split* between* California* and* Nevada.* These* guests*

harbor* secrets* about* their* identities* that*slowly*and*violently*unveil*them4 selves* in* exciting* and* profound* ways* over*the*course*of*the*film.

“Bad* Times”* flaunts* its* unpredict4 ability* with* glee.* The* film* shifts* per4 spectives,* tones* and* genres* in* clever* and* inventive* ways* that* entertain* while* giving* insight* into* the* charac4 ters*and*possible*moral*quandaries*for* the* audience* to* ponder.* The* constant* twist4and4turn*storytelling*provides*a* sense* of* propulsion* that* is* felt* even* in* the* quieter* and* more* drawn4out* scenes*in*which*characters*are*seated* and* talking* casually.* The* film* is* 141* minutes* long,* but* at* no* point* does* the* viewer* feel* tired.* Save* for* a* few* flat* minutes* immediately* following* the* explosive* prologue,* “Bad* Times”* is*absolutely*gripping*until*the*credits* roll.

Screenwriter* Drew* Goddard,* who* also* helmed* 2012’s* horror4comedy* “The* Cabin* in* the* Woods,”* directs* “Bad*Times”*with*a*distinct*visual*flair* that*envelops*viewers*into*the*‘60s*and* transports*them*into*the*classic*hotel.* The* beautiful* cinematography* only* adds* to* this* engrossing* and* appeal4 ing* quality,* with* the* primarily* gold,* orange* and* yellow* color* palette* con4 trasted* beautifully* against* the* back4 drop*of*dark*blues*and*blacks*of*shady*

COURTESY&OF&K IMBERLEY&FRENCH

Cult&leader&Billy&Lee&(Chris& Hemsworth)&wreaks&havoc&at& the&El&Royale&hotel. ideas* until* the* thrilling* and* wholly* satisfying*conclusion.

Overall,* “Bad* Times* at* the* El* Royale”* is* one* of* the* best* films* of* the*year.*The*film*features*a*cast*and* crew* at* the* top* of* their* games,* and* every* frame* is* an* entertaining* paint4 ing.* “Bad* Times”* will* have* audiences* guessing* who’s* good,* who’s* bad* and* who’s*going*to*survive*their*stay*at*the* El*Royale.

—"Contact"Zack"Levin"at" zack.levin@emory.edu

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | Emory Life Editor: Seungeun Cho (seungeun.cho@emory.edu)

FACULTY

Yarbrough: Jack Of All Trades

ALUM SPOTLIGHT

Emory’s Ombudsperson Talks Resolving Student Issues

By Wendy Zhu Contributing Writer

Dona Yarbrough, Emory ombudsperson, director of Center for Women

Students who find themselves facing a particularly confusing issue might consider turning to Emory University’s ombudsperson, who helps students resolve academic and non-academic conflicts at the C D Y University.

In managing the position, Director those things,” Yarbrough said.

Yarbrough is also required to of the Center for Women Dona Yarbrough, Emory’s ombudsper- keep students’ identities anonymous son, assists students with a range of when they seek her assistance, unless issues including financial aid required by law or compelled by immibilling, transcript problems, Honor nent risk of harm.

Although the ombud role does not Code disputes and harassment require specific academic qualificaallegations.

The ombud position at Emory was tions, the job does require certain created as part of the 2012 Campus skills and personality traits, Yarbrough Life Compact for Building an Inclusive said.

The International Ombudsman Community, which was designed to address “growing student concerns” Association, which supports and conabout “issues of race, gender, privi- nects ombuds worldwide, explains that lege, sexual violence and oppression ombudspeople must be active listeners, successful communicators and on campus.”

The role is supposed to “serve as problem solvers.

Yarbrough said her doctorate in a clearinghouse for student-reported English and her expeincidents of bias,” riences teaching writnamely incidents of ing, literature and racial, gender, sexual “It may also be public speaking have and other forms of disdifficult to think helped her assist stucrimination, accorddents in communicating to the compact. through strategies ing their problems to However, the role when a complex faculty members. has evolved to encomproblem occurs ...

“Often, when stupass a broader range The ombudsperson dents come in, they of purposes.

“Typically, students [helps] students find give me a somewhat jumbled and very contact me when monothey have a particu- resources and identify emotional problem-solving logue about everylar, somewhat comthing that’s going plicated problem,” strategies.” on [in their lives],” Yarbrough said. “They Yarbrough said. “I may be having a con— Michael Shutt, Campus help them prioritize flict with a professor, Life senior director of their objectives, organeeding help navigatcommunity initiatives nize and edit what ing Emory offices and they want to say.” systems or [are] seekYarbrough’s previous positions as ing information about how to make a complaint or who best to talk to about an on-call dean and in sexual assault crisis intervention taught her to remain a situation.”

Michael Shutt, Campus Life senior calm in stressful situations, she said.

Besides her ombuds role, which director of community initiatives, said the ombudsperson is crucial to helping Yarbrough said comprises only 10 perstudents navigate the different sys- cent of her job, Yarbrough also works as senior director of learning and innotems at Emory.

“There are so many resources, vation in Campus Life.

While Yarbrough has mostly worked but it can sometime be hard to find them when they are most needed,” in areas of diversity and inclusion Shutt said. “It may also be diffi- throughout her professional career, cult to think through strategies she has also dabbled in academic and when a complex problem occurs in or student affairs.

She joined the University as a facout of the classroom.

The ombudsperson [helps] students ulty member 10 years ago and said that find resources and identify problem- working as ombudsperson has become one of her favorite jobs at Emory. solving strategies.”

“I’m part advisor, part coach and Yarbrough explained that, as the ombudsperson, she helps students part detective,” Yarbrough said. “[But] resolve problems by referring them at heart, I’m an educator, so it feels to the necessary resources or faculty great both to help students in the moment and to help them gain some members.

“I do not conduct investigations, real-life skills that will help them in overrule decisions made by another the future.”

University official or take formal complaints, but I can help students get — Contact Wendy Zhu at in touch with the people who can do wendy.zhu@emory.edu ourtesY of

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Roshani Chokshi (13C) discusses her novel, ‘Aru Shah and the End of Time,’ at a talk on Sept.

28. The novel is rich with Hindu mythology and gained support from author Rick Riordan.

Alum Reshapes the Face of Fiction

By Bushra rahman Contributing Writer While fictional characters such as Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Katniss Everdeen are well known to any young-adult reader, they are far from representative of their diverse readership.

However, Roshani Chokshi (13C) is striving to increase representation in novels with her newest book, “Aru Shah and the End of Time.”

A young girl who discovers she’s a demigod, a cursed lamp that unleashes a demon when lit and a cynical guardian pigeon are just a few of the images that Chokshi paints in her New York Times bestselling, young-adult novel, “Aru Shah and the End of Time,” the first in her four-book “Pandava” series.

Chokshi’s fantasy fiction novel has its roots in Hindu mythology, and tells the story of Aru Shah, a 12-yearold girl with an overactive imagination and a tendency to stretch the truth.

These traits lead Aru to face several perilous adventures, which Chokshi bases loosely off Hindu epics such as “The Mahabharata.”

Aru grows up in a fictional “Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture,” which was partially based on the Michael C. Carlos Museum.

Chokshi said she writes novels rich with the Hindu mythology of her childhood so she can see herself represented in young adult novels — something she longed for as a child.

“The older I got, the hungrier I got to see the stories that I grew up with,” Chokshi said. “I wanted someone on a book cover that looked like me for a change.”

At her Sept. 28 talk at the Carlos, Chokshi recounted various aspects of her upbringing that influence her work: an intense epic about a Hindu god that served as a bedtime story, her grandmother’s deep-rooted Hindu beliefs and dealing with countless mispronunciations of her name.

Her experiences inspired her to write stories that reflect her childhood and provide mainstream representation for people of similar backgrounds.

“I deeply believe that every kid deserves to see themselves in stories,” Chokshi said.

Her series was picked up by “Rick Riordan Presents,” a publishing

imprint with Disney spearheaded by the eponymous author of the wildly popular “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” book series.

His imprint strives to promote authors “from underrepresented cultures and backgrounds, to let them tell their own stories inspired by the mythology and folklore of their own heritage,” according to the imprint’s website.

In the past, Riordan often received requests from fans to write series set in different mythological backgrounds.

“You guys have been asking about a Percy Jackson-esque take on Hindu mythology, and let me tell you, Rosh does it better than I ever could,” Riordan wrote on the imprint’s website.

“Aru Shah and the End of Time” has been a long time in the making.

Chokshi mulled over the novel for so long that it took her just a little over a month to write it.

“You guys have been asking about a Percy Jackson-esque take on Hindu mythology, and let me tell you, Rosh does it better than I ever could.”

— Rick Riordan, author of the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” book series Chokshi said her time at Emory proved formative to her current success as a writer.

“One of the best things that Emory taught me was how to think for myself,” Chokshi said.

Still, her journey has changed dramatically since graduation. Becoming a fiction writer was not part of her initial plan.

“I thought I was going to be a lawyer or a journalist, and I am neither of those things,” Chokshi said. “But I think I do similar things [to] what I set out to do in those fields in the first place. I wanted to tell truth and I wanted to tell stories.”

Like most students, Chokshi struggled with competition and perfectionism while at Emory, but her experiences after college left her with newfound wisdom.

“Don’t put pressure on yourself to be exceptional,” Chokshi said. “Enjoy

Roshani Chokshi (13C), New York Times bestselling novelist, “Aru Shah and the End of Time” CourtesY of roshaNi Chokshi

your time here. Take it for what it is. …

Ignore the noise that comes from selfcomparison. Nobody else’s success or failure will affect your life at all.”

At Emory, she majored in English with a concentration in 14th-century British literature.

Chokshi admits she was never an “exceptional” student, but said that inspired her to take more creative risks in her writing.

“If I had been called out as exceptional, I would be writing very depressing literary fiction about someone in the suburbs,” Chokshi said. “I don’t think I would have [had] the courage to do and tell the sorts of stories that I could want to read myself.”

English Professor James Morey said, in class, Chokshi demonstrated astute thinking skills and an innate ability to draw parallels between class readings and Hindu mythology.

“Her energy and insights were remarkable,” Morey said. “I remember in particular her interest in the Celtic geas, which is a taboo or some kind of vowed prohibition. Heroes and heroines must always navigate imaginatively around those prohibitions, and in similar ways Roshani has claimed and blended multiple mythologies to create her own stories.”

The film rights to Chokshi’s novel were recently auctioned to Paramount Pictures, and she expressed excitement toward seeing Aru’s story come to life on the big screen.

Currently, she is working on her next young adult fantasy novel, titled “The Gilded Wolves,” which is scheduled for release in January 2019.

The story will involve a 19th-century Parisian treasure hunt.

The author attributes her success to staying true to herself and the desire to tell her own story through her novels.

“The reason I write these stories is completely out of narcissism,” Chokshi said. “We all deserve to see ourselves as the Chosen One of our own stories.”

— Contact Bushra Rahman at bushra.rahman@emory.edu

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Hidden Gems: Spring 2019 Courses

By Janvi Pamnani Staff Writer As enrollment for Spring 2019 rolls around, students are once again preparing to grab a seat in a majorrequired class before the green circle turns into a cold, blue box on OPUS. If you’re grimacing at having to take organic chemistry or managerial accounting for your major, consider sprucing up your schedule with one of the following unconventional classes.

Enroll in a class for fun, and remember what “liberal arts education” means. the musical Brain nBB 300/mus 309 Humans perceive music when the brain processes tonal frequency patterns that align with a rhythm. “The Musical Brain,” co-taught by Director of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology (NBB) Paul Lennard and Senior Lecturer in NBB Robert Wyttenbach, examines this phenomenon from both a neuroscience and a music theory perspective. Last offered in 2016, the course will return for the Spring 2019 semester.

Wyttenbach said Lennard provides the course’s neuroscience perspective while Wyttenbach elucidates the music theory. Lectures cover topics including changes in the chemical composition of the brain in response to musical training and computer analyses of the sounds produced by various instruments. Wyttenbach said that, while students should ideally have backgrounds in Ωmusic theory and neuroscience, the course will help familiarize students with both disciplines.

“One of the things I like about the students of the class is [that] they’ll bring their own perspectives,” Wyttenbach said. “I know pretty much nothing about pop or rap or rock, so it’s really cool to see the examples that students will bring in from more contemporary styles.”

The class typically has 40 to 50 students, but can accommodate up to 75. visual culture ids 216 In the age of Instagram and Snapchat, the average person consumes a prolific amount of visual content. Postdoctoral Interdisciplinary Teaching fellow Aubrey Graham believes it is critical that people possess some level of “visual literacy” in order to intelligently consume visual content, including photographs, films, memes and designs. Students practice analyzing this content to critically engage with political and economic implications. Graham said the class is

built around three assignments that challenge students to create their own visual content: a photograph, a “visual portrait” consisting of five to 10 images about an object of their choice and a “visual argument,” which forgoes the traditional essay. This spring, two sections that can accommodate 19 students each will be offered.

“It’s just so important to make people understand what you’re saying and [to] be critical,” former class member and teaching assistant Amanda Obando (19C) said. “When I taught, there was a girl who used my lesson to analyze Beyonce ... [After the class], students understand [the implications of] what they’re looking at on Instagram instead of just scrolling through.”

Graham expressed excitement in seeing students use the course as an outlet to explore creative possibilities.

“In the beginning, students look at me sideways and say, ‘Really, you want us to do what?’ ” Graham said. “[But] about halfway through the course, everyone is taking risks.”

Podcasting on health eng 380/hlth 385-6 Whereas “Visual Culture” may be an ideal class for the visual learner, “Podcasting on Health” may be suited for the auditorily oriented. Taught

by Senior Lecturer in English Sheila Tefft, who has more than 20 years of journalism experience, the course was born out of the scientific community’s need to convey information to the public. Cross-listed between the human health and English departments, this course lies at the intersection of multimedia journalism and medical topics, and aims to help students produce an animated videocast, traditional scripted podcast and informal multi-host podcast on their chosen topics.

“People hear about complex science on the TV and in the news and they don’t know what to make of it,” former class member Deanna Altomara (20C) said. “They get scared of science.

That’s the worst thing that could happen in a time like this with climate change and so many diseases that are gaining prevalence.”

Through the class, Altomara earned a internship with the CDC supporting the production of health podcasts. Tefft said the course also aims to engage the pre-health community at Emory with the field in an interdisciplinary way, and to boost science literacy among the general public.

“Communication is very important,” Tefft said. “[So is] having the ability to convey and distill complexities to people who aren’t really experts on it.”

social enterPrise in latin america oam 334 “Social Enterprise in Latin America” epitomizes experiential learning, and the highlight of the course is a trip to Guatemala over spring break, during which students learn firsthand from local social enterprises.

Goizueta Business School Professor of Organization and Management Wesley Longhofer, the course instructor, defined social enterprise as organizations whose aim to positively impacting communities while making profit through business acumen.

Though the class has traditionally visited Nicaragua, the country’s increasingly unstable political climate led Longhofer to shift the trip to Guatemala this year. The course will examine topics related to international development, including the production and history of fair trade coffee, microcrediting and climate change.

“Students ... come back and tell me the 10 days they spent in Central America are maybe the 10 best days they had in college, ” Longhofer said.

Since the 20 enrolled students travel together, Longhofer said he sees camaraderie develop over the semester that doesn’t exist in other classes. Aaina Pahwa (19B), who took the course last spring, said she formed meaningful bonds with her classmates.

“In the beginning, no one really knows each other and you kind of just all sit there,” Pahwa said. “Then you go on this trip, and you come out of it really close friends. I was able to receive a lot of mentorship from seniors [in the class].”

This class is only open to Goizueta Business School students who have taken “Business and Society.” It allows students to travel in an educational context, since many forgo studying abroad for credit completion and company recruiting cycles. However, Longhofer stressed that only students who are genuinely interested in social enterprise should take the class, and that students looking for a fun spring break trip should look elsewhere. conclusion The above are only four of myriad stimulating classes offered next semester. Other honorable mentions include “Nazi Medicine and Biology” (GER 315-1), “The Math of fairness” (MATH 385-1) and “The Psychology of Political Persuasion” (POLS 385-2).

Hopefully, this guide inspires you to find a class to take that pushes the boundaries of your comfort zone.

— Contact Janvi Pamnani at janvi.pamnani@emory.edu

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The grilled shrimp vermicelli with crispy egg rolls are one of five vermicelli dishes that Vietnamese stand Pho Nam offers.

Pho Stand Opens at Krog Street Market

By Whitney ForBis Contributing Writer

Although dozens of bustling food stalls fill the open space of Krog Street Market with scents from all across the globe, Pho Nam brings the mouth-watering aromas of authentic Vietnamese cuisine to the renovated warehouse space.

Pho Nam offers a relatively simple menu of Vietnamese basics: six pho options, five vermicelli choices, banh mi sandwiches and appetizers such as spring rolls and pancakes. Though all pho soups are made with chicken broth, vegetarians can opt for a vermicelli bowl with tofu.

At the waiter’s recommendation, I ordered grilled shrimp vermicelli with crispy egg rolls. The dish contained myriad flavors, and the best part was by far the egg rolls, which had been chopped up and mixed throughout the bowl. The intense, savory flavor of the rolls contrasted well with the freshness of the noodles and the chopped lettuce and carrots.

My friends ordered beef pho and chicken pho, but the menu also offers more unorthodox options like meatball pho and brisket. The warm broth swirled with onions, noodles and meat and came with a plastic bag containing an assortment of bean sprouts, herbs and lime. My friends dressed their pho with individualized portions of herbs, hoisin and sriracha. The piping-hot pho provided a comforting meal with an excellent broth-to-noodle ratio. fifteen barstools line the clean counter at Pho Nam, and patrons can order at the cash register before taking their seats. Although the server claimed that our food would arrive in 10 minutes, we received it

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within a fraction of his prediction. The staff were friendly and happy to recommend dishes and explain the menu to my friends who had never tried pho.

Unlike other pho restaurants, Pho Nam provides manageable portions of both pho and vermicelli. My friends joked that they would not feel terrible about themselves if they finished their dishes, but some managed to bring back leftovers.

Despite the wide menu, Pho Nam offers limited beverage options.

Canned soda replaces a traditional soda fountain, but the restaurant does offer tea and Vietnamese coffees, such as cafe sua da, a strong iced coffee sweetened with condensed milk.

While Pho Nam’s food was delicious, the restaurant did not seem to value sustainability. The plastic spoons, single-use bowls and plastic bags felt unnecessary given that we ate at the restaurant’s counter, where they could have easily served us in reusable dishes. I felt guilty when clearing my plate, dumping the unused cilantro into the trash.

The pho dishes are slightly more expensive than at other restaurants, with prices ranging from $10.50 to $14.50, but they fit in with pricing at Krog Street Market’s other venues.

Despite the restaurant’s reliance on plastic dishware and cutlery, Pho Nam proves, with fresh ingredients and reasonable portions, that its dishes deserve a spot at Krog Street Market.

— Contact Whitney Forbis at whitney.forbis@emory.edu

HOMECOMING 2018

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This year’s Homecoming, themed “Homecoming at Sea: All Aboard the S.S. Swoop,” kicked off on Oct. 14 with a pool party at the Clairmont Campus Student Activity and Academic Center (SAAC). The week will conclude Oct. 20 with a concert opened by rapper Ugly God and headlined

by Waka Flocka Flame. Tyler Zhang (22C, r ight) rides a surfing simulator as part of “Surf Life on Deck” on Oct. 16 on Cox Bridge.

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Haiti Debuts in FIFA U-23 Women’s World Cup Continued from Back Page learned of her call-up to the U-20 Haitian Women’s team for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. “I was definitely shocked,” Darius said. “I had talked to the [Haitian] coaches before summer. I heard they needed people, but I hadn’t heard a lot after. I kept my summer open, but I was mostly focusing on the MCAt.” Darius said she agreed to an offer to play before considering any other options because she was so excited for the chance to play for Haiti.

Darius has represented for Haiti before, when she played for the senior Haitian women’s team for the 2018 CoNCACAF Cup qualifiers in May, catching the attention of the Haitian team selectors.

Fellow Emory senior defender and co-captain Nikki Batt said Darius’ warm personality is a great morale booster and facilitates a sense of teamwork. “personality-wise, [Darius] is easy to talk to, easy to approach,” Batt said.

“She is always smiling, no matter what we are doing. It’s nice to see, when you are struggling, and she is looking at you with her big smile.”

Batt added that Darius’ intelligent playing style is another major asset to the team, saying Darius sets a great example with her commitment to the game.

“I would say [Darius] is a lead-byexample type of girl,” Batt said. “She likes carrying the team on her back.

She loves having the responsibility of being a captain and an attacking defender. If we need to score, we throw ‘DD’ up top because we know she will get it done. She’s going to crash the goal.”

Batt said the Emory team was proud of Darius, known to her team as a hardworking, passionate and humble soccer player “[Darius] is so humble, and very low-key about [her soccer ability],” Batt said. “We were doing a lift one day, and we were like ‘Where is DD?’ then we found out she was trying out for the Haitian team in Florida. We all flipped out and texted her good luck. If anyone on the team were to get this opportunity, we’re all glad that it [would be] her.”

Many Emory teammates actively followed Darius’ U-20 World Cup games online, Batt said.

the team kept in touch with Darius to wish her luck and motivate her through the tournament.

After her international experience, Darius said she expected a lot more from herself as an Emory Eagle.

Upon returning to train with Emory, Darius noticed that her time on the professional pitch benefited her playing style.

“I was not accepting any bad touches,” Darius said. “I really wanted to be almost perfect.” the summer also made her realize the value of teamwork.

“I value team chemistry a lot more now,” Darius said.

Depending on if she is accepted to medical school this cycle, Darius said she is open to playing soccer after she graduates from Emory.

For now, Darius will look to sign off her Emory career on a high note. After scoring her first goal of the season and the game-winner against Brandeis University (Mass.) on oct. 14, Darius is on track for a fairytale finish as an Emory Eagle.

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Petrels Storm Past Team on Eagles on Home Turf Track to Continued from Back Page ing the Eagles to two shots on goal.

Although the game ended in defeat, Gallagher impressed during the game with seven saves, tying his previous career-high.

“We all go through our ups and downs,” Gallagher said. “It’s always going to be frustrating when we’re in a patch like this. right now, all we can do is stick together as a team, as friends, as brothers. the Eagles could not stop their losing streak as they lost to oglethorpe, 2-1, on oct. 16 at the WoodpEC. the first half was scoreless and thus mostly uneventful.

However, after the break, oglethorpe found the goal in the 50th minute through freshman midfielder

NCAA Champs

Angel Guevara. Eagle senior midfielder tyler Walsh equalized eight minutes later off a pass from sophomore midfielder Max Mehlman. the Stormy petrels found the gamewinner in the 73rd minute when freshman forward Abraham Lopez netted in from the near post.

Emory will continue to try to find answers on oct. 21 in a non-conference game against Berry College (Ga.).

“We’ve had five games in the last 10 days, so ... we’re going to take some time off,” Greiner said. “We’re going to take a couple days to relax, rest, recover, get away from soccer to gear back again for the weekend.”

“We need all hands on deck to be ready to compete for a spot in the NCAA [D-III Championships],” Curtin said of the men’s and women’s teams going forward. “that is our goal on both sides.” the Eagles return to action on oct.

20 at the Bobcat Invitational hosted by Georgia College in Milledgeville, Ga.

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Sophomore goalie Cole Gallagher sets up a goal kick in a match against Oglethorpe on Oct. 16.

Gallagher tied his career high of seven saves against Brandeis University (Mass.) on Oct. 14.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Soccer Survives UAA Weekend

By Alex Moskowitz Contributing Writer

After traveling to Massachusetts from New York on oct. 13, the Eagles took on the Brandeis Judges on oct.

After a weekend in the Northeast, 14, pushing them from No. 14 to 15 the Emory women’s soccer team in NCAA Division III rankings. the returned with two season-saving Eagles pounced early on two of the results. the Eagles tied 1-1 against Judges’ errors to climb to 2-0 by the New York University (NYU) in a tough 26th minute. phaneuf netted the first goal, conference matchup on oct. 12 and defeated No. 15 Brandeis University extending her scoring streak to three (Mass.), heading into the weekend 2-1. games, off a penalty kick in the 10th In their first game of the weekend, minute.

According to patberg, the pensenior midfielder Madison phaneuf alty kick was due to scored her fifth goal “the highline that of the season in the their defense played, 28th minute, a freekick right outside of “I told myself to stay enabling [her] attacking players to get in the 18 yard box, to put calm and put the ball behind the defense.” the Eagles up 1-0. out of the keeper’s Senior defender “I knew that this Danielle Darius tapped would be a low-scorreach.” in the second goal in ing game, so every the 26th minute after opportunity mattered for us,” phaneuf said.

— Senior midfielder a long scramble in the box.

“I told myself to stay Madison phaneuf However, the calm and put the ball Judges did not go out of the keeper’s down without a fight reach.”

However, the Eagles’ lead did not and ended up putting late pressure on last, as they conceded a converted pen- the Eagles after they scored a goal in alty kick in the 35th minute from NYU the 80th minute. Ultimately, Staffin senior midfielder Maddie pena, tying denied the Judges three times in the final 10 minutes to preserve the Eagles’ the game at 1-1.

Late in regulation, NYU had a victory of 2-1.

Staffin received high praise from chance to remain perfect in conference play, but was denied on breakaway by patberg after the game. “[Staffin] played two great games senior goalkeeper Dani Staffin.

“We really talked [prior to overtime] and only really gave up one goal about continuing to do the things we because one goal allowed was off of a do, but we needed to be more orga- penalty kick,” patberg said. the Eagles will have their next nized to make sure we were not getting counter-attacked,” Head Coach game on oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. against Covenant College (Ga.).

Sue patberg said.

Even after overtime, the two teams were still locked at 1-1, giving the — Contact Alex Moskowitz at Eagles a hard-fought draw. apmosko@emory.edu

Lopez, Cartledge Capture Doubles Draw in Statesboro Continued from Back Page Head Coach Amy Bryant said that Gonzalez-rico’s difficulties in the first set stemmed from her overagressiveness on the court and desire to finish the match quickly.

“She was rushing a little,” Bryant said. “And then she just needed to slow down a little bit, and then [the match] went very smoothly.”

After Gonzalez-rico won, she said she felt “ecstatic and extremely tired.”

With her victory, she became just

the seventh ItA Division III singles champion in the program’s history. Her victory earned her a wild-card berth into the singles draw of the oracle ItA Fall National Championships in Surprise, Ariz., from Nov. 7-11, consisting of the best Division I players in the country. Gonzalez-rico and freshman Jessica Fatemi also reached the semifinals of the doubles draw, but lost to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.)

6-0, 7-6. the rest of the team played in the Georgia Southern Shootout on

oct. 14 in Statesboro, Ga., against all Division I athletes.

In doubles, senior Daniela Lopez and freshman Emma Cartledge captured a “really impressive victory,” according to Bryant, where the duo won the main draw with a 6-2 win over Georgia State University.

Sophomores Stephanie taylor and Defne olcay also had an impressive showing with third place in the third doubles flight with a 6-1 victory over Appalachian State University (N.C.).

In singles, No. 3 taylor won her grueling match in the third singles draw, defeating Georgia Southern University senior Lindsay truscott 6-4, 7-6.

No. 5 Emory freshman Lauren Yoon also played a difficult singles match in the third singles flight, beating Winthrop University (S.C.) senior Ellie Burns in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 10-8, respectively.

Emory sophomore Sasha Hartje triumphed over Savannah State University (Ga.) freshman Christy

turner in straight sets 6-1, 6-0 to win the ErK round robin bracket.

Bryant made sure to single out Hartje for her victories this weekend. “[Hartje] won her bracket as well,” Bryant said. “[Her victory] shows our depth from one to 10.” the Eagles will next travel to Spartanburg, S.C., for the Wofford Invitational from Nov. 2-4.

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MEN’S SOCCER

SPOTLIGHT

Darius Reflects on Int’l Soccer Experience Senior Defender Joins Haiti U-20 Team

By Sammy John Contributing Writer

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Senior midfielder Tyler Walsh (Left) scores the Eagles’ lone goal against Oglethorpe University (Ga.). The Eagles extended their losing streak to three games, falling 2-1 on Oct. 16.

Late Goals Cost Eagles Big Time By anirudh Pidugu Staff Writer The Emory men’s soccer team suffered a trio of heartbreaking losses by conceding late goals to New York University (NYU) on Oct. 12, Brandeis University (Mass.) on Oct. 14 and Oglethorpe University (Ga.) on Oct. 16.

The Eagles kicked off the weekend against the NYU Violets, losing 1-0 in a University Athletic Association (UAA) game at Gaelic Park in Riverdale, N.Y. NYU sophomore forward Maxi Rodriguez knocked in the only goal of the game, capitalizing off a rebound in the 81st minute. Emory sophomore goalkeeper Cole Gallagher made a fantastic save to stave off a shot from NYU

freshman forward Oliver Kleban. But Rodriguez was in prime position to score his fourth goal of the season off the post.

Even after the late goal, the Eagles had a number of chances to tie the game. NYU senior goalkeeper Grant Engel made two spectacular saves to deny Emory senior midfielder Tyler Santee from scoring two back-to-back headers, separated by a minute. Junior midfielder William Jones also had a shot from within the box that Engel saved, securing the victory for the Violets.

“We do finishing every day at training,” Head Coach Cory Greiner said.

“It’s important especially when you’re in a funk and you’re not struggling to

CROSS COUNTRY

Cross Country Keeps Pace at NCAA By ava viLLaLBa Contributing Writer

The Emory women’s and men’s cross country teams finished No. 10 out of 52 teams and No. 15 out of 50 teams, respectively, at the NCAA Division III Pre-Nationals at the Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne, Wis., on Oct. 13.

On the women’s side, the No. 28 squad closed out the meet with 296 points.

Senior Kaylee Slade finished first of the Eagles, clocking in a 6K time of 22:43, ranking 27th of 349 total runners.

Sophomore Carrie McIntyre finished next on the Eagle scoreboard, crossing the line at 23:10, placing 51st.

Also running for the Eagles were senior Kayla O’Shea (23:13, 54th), sophomore Susie Martin (23:15, 56th) and senior Maeve Andrews (23:52, 108th).

“O’Shea had our best race,” Head Coach John Curtin said. “She got off the line well and got our entire team in a good early position.”

The women’s team trailed firstplace, and No. 1 WashU, by 226 points, second-place Massachusetts Institute of Technology by 188 points and thirdplace Brandeis University (Mass.) by 83 points.

“I think we surprised a lot of competition with how well we competed,”

score goals. Forwards and the guys in attacking positions need to see the ball hitting the net on a regular basis.”

The Eagles lost their second game of the weekend 1-0 in the dying moments of the game against the Brandeis Judges at Gordon Field in Waltham, Mass.

Brandeis senior forward Andrew Allen scored the lone goal with 14.5 seconds left in double overtime. Allen also scored off the post on his own rebound after a group of Eagle defenders blocked the initial shot, giving the Judges the win.

Brandeis dominated most of the game with nine more total shots, hold-

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The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup has catapulted many women’s soccer players like Brazilian forward Marta Vieira da Silva and American forward Sydney Leroux into stardom.

Emory’s senior defender and co-captain Danielle Darius joins their ranks with her debut in the 2018 edition on the Haiti women’s national U-20 football team.

A week before she took the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), Darius, a psychology major on the pre-med track, received a call from the Haitian coaches offering a spot on the team.

She hopped on a plane to Haiti the day after she finished the grueling exam.

In Haiti, the student athlete said she had to adapt to the faster style of play for international-level soccer, as well as the language barrier within her own team.

“It was very difficult at first, being almost an outsider joining the team,” Darius said. “I knew a little bit of French, but I had to pick up on Haitian Creole. There were a couple of

American girls that had played previously and helped me out.”

Sports runs in the Darius family.

Both her brother’s and her father’s involvement in sports inspired her to take up track and field and soccer in high school. However, Darius, affectionately known to her Emory teammates as “DD,” eventually stuck with soccer.

Darius’ love for soccer started at age six. Her childhood soccer journey led her from her hometown of Lutz, Fla., up to Emory, where she has become a standout player on Emory’s defense.

As a testament to her importance to the team, Darius was the only player to start all 18 games during the 2017 season.

Playing as a fullback or outside defender, Darius is impressive both on defense and offense. While she was part of an Emory defense that kept nine shutouts in 2017, Darius also tallied three goals and an assist en route to being named to the All University Athletic Association (UAA) Second Team.

Despite her impressive Emory career, Darius was surprised when she

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Emory Steals ITA Cup Singles

Curtin said. “We beat six teams that have been ranked ahead of us all year, so that was a big step.”

The No. 31 men’s team recorded 504 total points. Sophomore Jack Whetstone led the Eagles for the first time, finishing with an 8K time of 26:19, placing him 76th of 344 runners.

Junior Sam Branson finished next with a time of 26:30, placing 98th on the leaderboard and notching his fourth consecutive race in the Eagles’ top two runners. Also racing for the Eagles were senior Bennett Shaw (26:31, 100th), junior Luis Torres (26:34, 107th) and freshman Brett Lucas (26:42, 123rd).

“We got off the start line aggressively and were able to navigate the race in a huge field,” Whetstone said of the team’s 8K experience.

The men’s team fell short in the competition to first-place North Central College (Ill.) with 41 total points, second-place Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) (Mo.) with 97 points and third-place Calvin College (Mich.) with 127 points.

“We need to focus on moving our pack up in the race, as well as knowing where our main competition is,” Whetstone said.

Both the men’s and women’s team are currently gearing up for the NCAA D-III Championships.

Like Michael Jordan in Game Five of the 1997 NBA finals, who overcame sickness to score 38 points and capture his fifth NBA championship, sophomore Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico battled ailment this past weekend at the ITA Cup Division III Singles National Championship to pull off a stunning victory.

Gonzalez-Rico’s displayed a heroic effort after she contracted food poisoning the night before the finals match of the Oct. 13 championship in Rome, Ga. Despite the setback, the player still managed to defeat John Carroll University (Ohio) senior Lauren O’Malley 6-4, 6-1.

Although the final score may seem like the match was an easy victory, Gonzalez-Rico struggled to maintain her composure in the first set.

“I was down 4-1 in the first set, and then I figured it out,” Gonzalez-Rico said. “I told myself to be more patient.”

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Courtesy of international tennis hall of fame

Sophomore Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico competes at the ITA Grass Court Invitational on Sept. 16. Gonzalez-Rico became the seventh champion in program history at the ITA Cup Division III Singles National Championship on Oct. 13.