INDEX
Emory Events Calendar, Page 2
Police Record, Page 2
Crossword Puzzle, Page 8
Staff Editorial, Page 6
Story Snippet, Page 9
On Fire, Page 11
THE EMORY WHEEL Since 1919
The Independent Student Newspaper of Emory University
Volume 94, Issue 15
www.emorywheel.com
Friday, October 26, 2012
Every Tuesday and Friday
ACTIVISM
DEPARTMENT CHANGES
Emory’s AAUP Chapter Criticizes Dept. Changes Statement to Cite Faculty’s Lack of Involvement in Process By Evan Mah Editor in Chief
Austin Price/Photography Co-Editor
Associate Professor of Medicine Neil Shulman engages in the second protest of the Atlanta Action for a Rape Free Congo series of demonstrations that are meant to raise public awareness about the gang-rape violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Protest Raises Awareness About Violence in the DRC By Elizabeth Howell Multimedia Editor
Congo, which Emory School of Medicine Associate Professor Neil Shulman organized in an attempt to engage the Emory community. The demonstrators attracted the attention of drivers on North Decatur Road by holding signs calling for the U.S. government and United Nations to intervene in the Congo. Some of the signs listed statistics of the violence in the Congo, while other expressed demands such as “I want a better world” or “UN/US GOVT protect [women] and children in Congo.”
Demonstrators gathered at the traffic circle at Emory Village in front of the main entrance to the University on Wednesday afternoon in order to raise awareness about the use of rape as a war tactic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The event was the second in a series of demonstrations called the Atlanta Action for a Rape Free
The goal of the protests is to attract media attention in the hopes of putting pressure on the U.S. and the United Nations to help stop the destruction in the Congo, according to Felix Tshimanga, a doctor at the Emory University Hospital who is from the Congo and was present at the demonstration. Although Wednesday’s protest was fairly local, the next Atlanta Action for a Rape Free Congo demonstration will be in downtown Atlanta in front of the CNN building.
POLITICS
Since neighboring countries invaded the DRC in 2000 in order to mine gold and other minerals used in modern technology, 8 million people have been killed, and 48 women are raped every hour in this war for resources, according to Tshimanga. Despite this great injustice, international powers have taken little action to put an end to the violence, Tshimanga said. Neil Shulman, who is the organiz-
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Emory’s local chapter for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is set to release a statement next week questioning the process that led to the recent department changes. The association consists of 34 Emory faculty and former administrators and is part of a national organization comprised of more than 500 campus chapters. The AAUP aims to support academic freedom and shared governance at universities across the United States. The group met shortly after Sept. 14, when College Dean Robin Forman announced that the College would be phasing out or suspending admission to select programs in the College and Laney Graduate School, according to Barbara Ladd, AAUP’s current president and a professor in the English department. Such decisions, Ladd said, were not Forman’s to make. “That flies in the face of AAUP recommendations,” Ladd said. “It’s stated very clearly and has been a stated principle of AAUP for decades that responsibility for curriculum is in the hands of the faculty and that a dean or another administrator over-
Theft, Assault Reported Around Campus
Analysts, Students React to Final Presidential Debate In the final debate of the presidential campaign on Oct. 22, President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney argued about several foreign policy issues, including Iran’s nuclear capabilities, the Afghanistan war and China’s growing eminence in the global economy. In addition, they continued the fight over their ideological differences regarding domestic issues, during moments of the debate that deviated from the standard format. The debate, which was moderated by CBS News journalist Bob Schieffer, took place at Lynn University in Florida. According to The New York Times and CBS News, Romney moved towards more moderate positions regarding foreign policy issues. This, according to political analysts, has been his past debate tactic to appeal to independent and undecided voters. Many newscasters declared Obama the unofficial “winner” of the debate because of his aggressive debating style, said an Oct. 23 Times article. Many students have agreed with that claim, stating that Romney’s proposals lacked unique appeal. “[Obama] seemed more in command. Romney didn’t really propose any different policies; he just agreed with what Obama said,” said College sophomore Nikita Shrinath. The outcome of the debate, however, was unlikely to have changed many voters’ minds, an Oct. 23 CBS News article said. While Obama may have displayed a stronger performance according to some viewers, his victory fell short of what would have been required to shift the polls into giving him a clear
ELECTION SERIES This Issue: A look at the final presidential debate before the election. on Nov. 3.
By Stephanie fang News Co-Editor
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he Bra Chain Campaign displayed bras in a chain stretching across McDonough Field on Oct. 24. The bras, collected by members of Feminists in Action and Sexual Assault Peer Advocates, will be donated to a local shelter.
ACADEMICS
REALC to Offer Korean Studies Minor By Harmeet Kaur Staff Writer As global dynamics shift toward a heightened role for Asia, the Korean Studies program at Emory is experiencing a wave of growth and development. Juliette Apkarian, associate professor and chair of the Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures (REALC) department, announced plans for development within the program. As of now, Korean Studies does not house its own department but is instead a program within REALC. Coursework in Korean Studies cur-
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university in Seoul, South Korea. Sociologist Sun-Chul Kim has been appointed as assistant professor of modern Korean society and culture in Emory’s REALC department. This appointment is the second fulltime position created in the Korean Studies program. Dr. Bumyong Choi, a specialist in Korean language and linguistics, was appointed the first regular faculty member of the Korean Studies program in July 2011. Interdisciplinary initiatives are also in place. The Korean Studies program plans to partner with the
Administrators received reports of a theft that occurred on campus and a physical assault that occurred in a neighborhood near campus. Both incidents occurred yesterday afternoon, according to a Universitywide email. The theft occurred in front of the Alabama Residence Hall at about 3:50 p.m. Two male perpetrators, both of whom remain at large, responded to an online advertisement that a male student had posted, according to the email. The perpetrators agreed to meet the student in front of Alabama so that he could sell them his old cell phone. However, the subjects snatched the cell phone as soon as the student had placed it on a table in front of them and ran from the area. One of the subjects reportedly punched the student after he began to run after them. Both subjects ran down Dickie Drive toward Eagle Row, according to the email. The student described the assailants as two black males — one described as wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, approximately 5 feet 5 inches, 130 pounds with short hair and a dark birthmark between his eyebrows. The other subject reportedly was wearing a T-shirt of unknown color and blue jeans, approximately 5 feet 7 inches, 150 pounds and had a “lowcut hair style.” No weapon was involved in the
Next Time: Professors discuss last minute polls
margin. On the other hand, many believe that Romney avoided damage on a topic he was perceived to be weaker on, furthering the continuation of the close margin between the two candidates. “In general, voters care less about foreign policy than domestic policy, and debates rarely move the polls much, the first debate being an exception,” said Professor of Political Science Kyle Beardsley in an email to the Wheel. He added that “a foreign policy debate is not likely to matter much in determining the winner of the election.” During the debate, Romney attacked Obama’s foreign policy initiatives. These included what Romeny said was a nonexistent Israel and Palestine peace agreement, Iran’s nuclear bomb capability and al-Qaeda’s continuing eminence in the Middle East. Romney’s justification for denouncing Obama’s foreign policy moves as president was that Obama had failed to accomplish anything concrete, especially in regards to a Palestine/Israel written peace agreement. Additionally, he claimed that Iran was no further away from a nuclear
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By Anusha Ravi Staff Writer
turns decisions taken by the faculty only in rare and exceptional cases.” The statement is the first step toward what could be a long process. Should the national organization conduct an investigation and find issues with faculty governance, Emory would be sanctioned, according to Sharon Strocchia, AAUP’s presidentelect and a history professor. The report would be widely circulated and signal to the public “unsatisfactory conditions of academic governance” at Emory. “Being sanctioned by the AAUP could very well make it harder to recruit professors, especially if they have other employment options,” Strocchia wrote in an email to the Wheel.. While administrators such as Forman and Provost Earl Lewis, Emory’s chief academic officer, have said the decision is final, Ladd said she hopes that the University will allow several faculty bodies such as the Governance Committee, Humanities Council and University Senate to review the decision. The committee that directly advised Forman — the College Financial Advisory Committee (CFAC) — is comprised only of faculty members, but Ladd said the
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rently satisfies major and minor requirements for the East Asian Studies and International Studies programs. Apkarian said the REALC department is developing a degree minor in Korean Studies. A proposal will be submitted to the curriculum committee this year, and Apkarian said she hopes to see the degree offered next year. The study abroad programs in Korea are also expanding as the department works with a wider range of universities. In addition, the program is launching a teaching-assistant fellowship between Emory and Yonsei University, a private research
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