11.12.13 by The Emory Wheel

INDEX

Emory Events Calendar, Page 2

Staff Editorial, Page 6

Police Record, Page 2

Crossword Puzzle, Page 8

Arts & Entertainment, Page 9

On Fire, Page 11

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DANCING AT DIWALI

Univ. Senate Approves Open Expression Policy

Emory Hospitals Rank in Top 10

By Stephen Fowler Central Administration Beat Writer

By Harmeet Kaur Health Sciences Beat Writer Emory University Hospital and Emory University Hospital Midtown were recently ranked in the nation’s top 10 academic medical centers for quality leadership by a University HealthSystems Consortium (UHC) study. Emory University Hospital was ranked second on the list, while Emory University Hospital Midtown was ranked third. According to its website, UHC is a national organization representing academic medical centers across the country. UHC annually recognizes the top 10 academic medical centers that demonstrate superior performance in delivering high-quality patient care. Using its Quality and Accountability Study, UHC evaluates academic medical centers on factors such as patient safety, mortality, clinical effectiveness and equity of care. William Bornstein, chief quality and medical officer for Emory Healthcare, said Emory Healthcare implemented various measures to improve its quality score in the past few years. One such measure was creating a “Quality Academy,” which educates health care leaders on terminology, basic concepts and approaches to improvement. “There’s a whole other set of skills that historically most health care providers haven’t been trained in, so that’s why we needed to develop the Quality Academy and help train people in the techniques,” Bornstein said.

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mory’s female dance group Zeebah performs at Indian Cultural Exchange’s Diwali 2013 on Friday night, held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. The organization started selling tickets for the event on Oct. 17.

SERVICE

Students Volunteer to Show They ‘Care’ By Brandon Fuhr Senior Staff Writer Students participated in activities ranging from raking leaves to cleaning up a park this past weekend as part of Emory Cares Day, an annual, joint community service effort between Volunteer Emory and the Emory Alumni Association (EAA). According to College senior and Volunteer Emory Co-Director Rachel Cawkwell, Emory Cares Day is Emory’s largest day of service. Renelda Mack (’83C), who led the effort to establish an alumni day of service, founded the service day in 2003. This year, projects included maintaining outdoor trails and working on a farm to writing messages to

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children in the hospital. In 2012, Emory Cares Day had 1,848 volunteers for 70 projects in 35 cities and five countries, according to the Volunteer Emory website. The website states that the service day’s mission is to collaborate with agents of change for service projects and social justice work that promote learning about self and society. “It’s a great opportunity to meet new people and even learn about potential career pathways in nonprofits,” Cawkwell said. Some volunteers went to Kittredge Park in Atlanta on Emory Cares Day, where they teamed up with the Friends of Kittredge Park to remove invasive species and beautify the park. Friends of Kittredge Park is an organization founded by residents in

the communities that surround the 30-acre park in DeKalb County. Alan Pinsker, 53, is one of the members of Friends of Kittredge Park who guided Emory Volunteers. “The ultimate goal is to make this a pleasant escape from the urban aspects of the area and enjoy an unspoiled natural environment that is right in the heart of DeKalb County,” Pinsker said. Pinsker said the park was overgrown and had many invasive species. The initial mission of Friends of Kittredge Park was to make the trail accessible. It was difficult to navigate the park because there was a large squatter population and trash everywhere,

See PINSKER, Page 5

The University Senate approved a new policy on open expression that includes the creation of a Committee for Open Expression at its Oct. 29 meeting. The new policy and committee will serve to better articulate standards for expressions of dissent, according to Matt Garrett, director of the Office of Student Leadership and Service and a member of the task force that rewrote the policy. According to Garrett, the policy has created two new groups within the Emory community to handle dissent: the Committee for Open Expression and Open Expression Observers. The Committee for Open Expression is a group of Emory community members who seek to promote and protect the rights of community members related to issues involving speech, debate, open expression and protest, according to the committee’s website. According to the Respect for Open Expression Policy, the committee will consist of 13 members, including four faculty members, three staff members, one representative from the Division of Campus Life and five student members. Of the five student members, two must be Emory undergraduates, two graduates or professional students and one from any academic division at Emory not already represented. The Open Expression Observers will be a pool of 20 individuals who would attend events of protest and dissent and assist with protecting the rights of the meeting or protest participants in non-disruptive ways, according to the Open Expression website. This group will help address potential limitations that involve health and safety standards dur-

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Emory Students for Israel (ESI) commemorated the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, a 1938 series of coordinated attacks against Jews in Europe by Nazis, on Sunday evening. Holocaust survivor, Laura Gris, and Chief Political Correspondent and Analyst for The Jerusalem Post, Gil Hoffman, spoke to a group of students in the Winship Ballroom about their experiences and connections to the Holocaust. According to College sophomore Aaron Karas, ESI’s executive board member at-large, it is important for Emory Students for Israel to hold an event like this one because the Holocaust is a large part of Jewish

history. “It is important to share the words of Holocaust survivors with everyone, also because it’s a large Jewish ideal to prevent genocide or anything like the Holocaust to happen again,” Karas said. Kristallnacht — also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass — occurred on Nov. 9-10, 1938 in Germany and parts of Austria. According to Gris, at least 91 Jews were killed and 30,000 were deported to concentration camps around Europe by the paramilitary of the Nazi Party. “I think that Kristallnacht, more than anything else, was a wake-up call,” Gris said.

Latino Conference Promotes Education By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor

the main speaker, by highlighting some of his more notable roles, including Jonathan from NBC’s “30 Rock,” Sanjay from Showtime’s “Weeds” and Baljeet from Disney’s “Phineas and Ferb.” Pancholy opened by expressing how much he loved Atlanta, the South and Southern hospitality. “People are so nice down here,” he said. “I’ve never been called ‘sugar’ or ‘honey’ in my entire life.” Pancholy said the purpose of him

The Latin American Association (LAA) hosted the 14th annual Latino Youth Leadership Conference this weekend, featuring speakers and workshops for middle and high school students to encourage them to pursue higher education at Emory. This is the third consecutive year that Emory partnered with the LAA to host the event. More than 1,200 students and 200 volunteers participated, according to LAA Communications Manager Aixa Pascual. In addition, more than 90 schools from all over Georgia were represented among the participants, according to a Nov. 6 LAA press release. The press release notes that through its youth program and annual conference, the LAA and its partners “are working to decrease Latino dropout rates and close the achievement gap.” The conference began with an opening ceremony at the Woodruff P.E. Center Saturday morning and continued with presentations from

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College Council’s first-ever CultureShock featured actor Maulik Pancholy in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building (WHSCAB) Saturday late afternoon.

See HOFFMAN, Page 5

CC’s CultureShock Features Pancholy By Stephen Fowler Senior Staff Writer

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Paula Gris, a Holocaust survivor, spoke at Emory Students for Israel’s event commemorating the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

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Survivor, Journalist Remember Kristallnacht By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor

ing instances of protest and dissent, Garrett said. The policy change and committee formation make up the second stage of recommendations of the 2011 Task Force on Dissent, Protest and Community Report, which aimed “to lay the foundations for, and to initiate, dialogue and education about the fundamental commitments of the Emory University community to dissent and protest,” such as how to foster and respect dissent activities, according to the report. The 2011 Task Force was assembled at the request of University President James W. Wagner after the April 2011 arrests of seven members of Students and Workers in Solidarity, a group that protested the alleged mistreatment of Sodexo workers on campus, on the Emory Quadrangle. After five days of protesting and camping out in tents on the Quad, the students — some of whom were students from other Georgia institutions — refused to vacate the area and were arrested for trespassing. Garrett added that the committee can also serve as a body that makes recommendations to change policy and advocate for those who feel their open expression rights have been violated. “The new policy and process calls for us to take an affirmative commitment to still support that protest,” Garrett said. “So instead of trying to figure out ways to shut down that protest, we want to find ways to help them continue with the spirit of the protest with both the goals they have and the limitations of the policy.” Garrett said instances such as the 2011 arrests should not happen in the future. “[The policy] takes what was a very restrictive, limiting policy and turns it on its head,” Garrett said. “It now requires the University to

College Council (CC) held its first-ever CultureShock event last Saturday, featuring actor Maulik Pancholy and student group performances, and including food from several Emory cultural organizations. The event took place in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building (WHSCAB). According to an email that CC sent to students, CultureShock serves

as a “huge celebration of the unique identities on Emory’s campus and the overall unity we share as Emory students.” The WHSCAB auditorium filled with more than 500 students as CC members threw CultureShock shirts into the crowd and danced to music. College seniors Alex Lopez and Bisi Adeyemo served as emcees for the night, welcoming the audience as AHANA a cappella, the R&Bfocused singing group, performed two songs. Lopez then introduced Pancholy,

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NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News • Officials estimate a death toll of up to 10,000 in the Filipino city of Tacloban, where Typhoon Haiyan made landfall Friday. Damage to roads and airports hindered rescue efforts for the more than 9 million people affected, many of whom struggle to survive without food, shelter or clean drinking water. The weakened storm, which made landfall in North Vietnam on Monday, left nearly 630,000 people displaced. Haiyan brought winds of 147 miles per hour with gusts reaching 170 miles per hour, as well as waves up to 45 feet high and almost 16 inches of rain in some areas. • U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara filed a request Friday for $864 million in compensation from Bank of America for losses over home loans sold to the U.S. government by the bank’s Countrywide Financial unit. The investigation is one of at least nine conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in recent months. J.P. Morgan will pay a record $13 billion fine to settle investigations into its mortgage-backed securities, while Wells Fargo agreed to pay $335 million to settle claims that it misled investors over mortgage-backed bonds. Countrywide, acquired by Bank of

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America in 2008, was found liable of selling thousands of defective loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. • On Sunday, Nov. 10, the U.S. Navy unveiled the first of its new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, named after the late President Gerald Ford. The USS Gerald R. Ford, about 70 percent complete, is designed to get more fighter planes into the sky more quickly but with 1,000 fewer crew members. The socalled “super-carrier,” which weighs about 100,000 tons and is scheduled to be finished in 2016, will be the most technologically-advanced aircraft carrier the U.S. has ever built. • Former Texas prosecutor Ken Anderson, charged with withholding evidence in a 1987 murder trial, agreed to a plea deal forcing him to serve 10 days in jail, perform 500 hours of community service and be debarred. In 1987, Anderson withheld a transcript of a police interview proving the innocence of convicted murder suspect Michael Morton, who was exonerated after DNA evidence tied the crime to another man in 2011.

— Compiled by Senior Staff Writer Lydia O’Neal

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This Week In Emory History

POLICE RECORD • On Nov. 8 between 6:50 a.m. and 3:40 p.m., a person removed a North Face jacket, valued at $228, from a 2011 Honda Accord located in the Clairmont Campus parking deck. The owner of the vehicle was an Emory visitor. She noticed her door locks were not opening and it was determined that her vehicle was damaged when someone tried to gain entry. The costs of the repairs are approximately $300. The incident has been turned over to an investigator. • On Nov. 8 at 12:45 a.m., the Emory Police Department (EPD) was notified of damage to the glass on the front door of Few Residence Hall. Facilities Management has since cleaned up the area. The incident is currently under investigation.

• On Nov. 8 at 2 a.m., officers responded to a call from Harris Residence Hall after a student found his roommate unresponsive. The student was transported to Emory Hospital. Campus Life was notified. • On Nov. 7 at 1:17 p.m., an Emory staff member spotted an individual demonstrating suspicious behavior in the Atwood Hall west wing basement. The basement is usually unoccupied, so the individual looked out of place. The individual was approximately 6’4” and was wearing a skullcap. When officers arrived, the individual could not be located.

floor of the B. Jones Center. A door appeared to be tampered with, but it appears the room was not entered. The incident has been turned over to investigators. • On Nov. 6 between 7:37 p.m., and 9:53 p.m., EPD received 18 noise complaints during Fall Band Party. Two complainants came from residents of Emory Rd. who met with EPD at complainants’ request. The information was shared with the Student Programming Council.

— Compiled by Crime Beat Writer Brandon Fuhr

• Between 4 p.m. on Nov 6. and 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 7, there was a criminal-attempted burglary on the fourth

Nov. 14, 1989 Approximately 50 Emory students marched and chanted for legalization of abortion at Woodruff Park and the state Capitol. Many of the pro-choice students, holding up signs reading “Defend the Right to Abortion” and “Keep Abortion Legal,” wore purple sashes and green Statue of Liberty crowns. Georgians for Choice, a coalition of more than 30 women’s rights groups, joined the Emory protesters in a mobilization for “women’s lives.” Protests took place in multiple U.S. cities in response to the 1989 Supreme Court ruling of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services.

EVENTS AT EMORY TUESDAY

Event: Symposium on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Shelby County, AL

Time: 1-2 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library 217

THURSDAY

vs. Holder Event: Emory University Woman’s Club Time: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Location: Houston Mill House Event: China in Africa: Think Again Time: 10:45 a.m.-12 p.m. Location: Winship Ballroom Event: Treating Drug Addiction as a Public Health Issue and Not a Criminal Issue Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Lawrence P. and Ann Estes Klamon Room, Claudia Nance Rollins Building Event: Emory College Wellness — Healthy for the Holidays Time: 2-3:30 p.m. Location: Anthropology 303 Event: Academic-Corporate Partnerships in Research: Opportunities and Land Mines Time: 3-5 p.m. Location: Jones Room, Woodruff Library Event: Master of Arts in Bioethics Open House Time: 5 p.m. Location: 1531 Dickey Drive

Time: 6:15-9 p.m. Location: Tull Auditorium, Emory University School of Law Event: Public Health, Religion and Ethics Fall 2013 Series — BBC’s “Call the Midwife” — Topic: Suicide Time: 7 p.m. Location: Center for Ethics 102 Event: Where in the World is Dooley? Time: 7-8 p.m. Location: Winship Ballroom Event: Dance for Reel: An Evening of Dance on Camera Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Oxford Road Building Presentation Room

WEDNESDAY Event: Summer Study Abroad Fair Time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Location: DUC Commons Event: Submitting Your Electronic Dissertation/Thesis Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library 314 Event: Digital Identity: Pedagogical Approaches to Digital Identity

Event: “Emory Medicine 2014” with School of Medicine Dean Christian P. Larsen Time: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Location: WHSCAB Auditorium

Event: Advances in the Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Time: 7-8 a.m. Location: Emory University Hospital Auditorium

Event: Opening and Preview of the Traveling Exhibit “Joe Louis Barrow: A Life and Career in Context” Time: 6-8 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library Jones Room

Event: Legal Issues Surrounding Death & Incapacity: Wills, Trusts and Powers of Attorney Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Location: Boynton Auditorium, Goizueta Business School

Event: “Henry Darger, Throwaway Boy: The Tragic Life of an Outsider Artist” Time: 6-7 p.m. Location: Emory Barnes & Noble

Event: “Flavoenzymes, Metalloenzymes and Other Activities: Reflections on 33 Years at Emory” — Dale Edmondson, Ph.D. Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Whitehead Building, Ground Floor Auditorium

Event: Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome Lecture Time: 7:30-8:30 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall

Event: Global Health in Universities Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library Jones Room

Event: “Annie Hall” (1977), Film Screening Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: White Hall 205

Event: Digital Learning: Adobe Illustrator — Creating Graphics for your Publication or Research Paper Time: 1-2 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library 214

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ACADEMICS

VIGIL FOR VICTIMS

Film Dept. Proposes New Five-Year Degree By Alyssa Posklensky Staff Writer The Department of Film and Media Studies has proposed a fiveyear combined Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (MA) degree program which could launch as early as fall 2014. The program will give students the ability to earn the MA more quickly than usual, at a lower cost and while working closely with faculty members and doctoral students, according to a statement sent to the Wheel written by members of the Film and Media Studies department summarizing the program. The program still needs final approval from the Graduate School Executive Council, an elected governing body of nine faculty members, to determine whether it would be within federal guidelines and has a sufficient number of faculty members, according to Karla Oeler, director of graduate studies in the Department of Media and Film Studies. “This program would give advanced students in-depth exposure to graduate study in film and media, furthering their research and critical

skills,” the statement said. Department members first discussed the program with Lisa Tedesco, dean of Laney Graduate School, last year. It is modeled after the 4+1 program in the English Department, according to Oeler. Oeler said the department had initially proposed a program specifically for current undergraduate film students but determined that many students in the graduate program did not major in Film Studies during their undergraduate careers. The program is designed so that students from all undergraduate departments can apply during their junior year if they have taken five courses in the Film and Media Studies Department. Students must take courses in film and media history as well as film and media theory, and students must have a B average or higher in each course, Oeler said. Department faculty have conducted informal surveys in undergraduate classes and determined that around 50 students are interested in applying to the program, according to Oeler. Students will gain in-depth exposure to film and media, and the program will serve as preparation for

career tracks for which an MA is helpful, including film and festival curation, film archiving, production, Ph.D. programs and teaching, according to the summary. Students in the program will begin enrolling in graduate courses in the fall of senior year, when they will take “Introduction to Graduate Film Studies” and a film graduate colloquium. In the spring semester, students will take two graduate seminars and the graduate colloquium, according to the summary. The fifth year at Laney Graduate School will consist of two to three graduate courses per semester: the graduate colloquium and a Master’s thesis under the guidance of a faculty advisor. The final year of study will take place at Laney Graduate School, and students will pay 50 percent of the graduate school tuition, according to the summary. “The program really starts in the senior year, so you could still be winding up your undergraduate coursework in the senior year, but you would be embarking also on a bit of graduate work,” Oeler said.

— Contact Alyssa Posklensky at alyssa.posklensky@emory.edu

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he University Office of Multicultural Programs and Services held a candlelight vigil in commemoration of the “Holodomor,” a pre-World War II period during which more than 7 million Ukranians were killed through a manmade famine generated by Stalin.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SGA Appoints Members to Elections Board By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor The 47th Legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) voted unanimously to establish the position of associate vice president for communications and confirm new members to the SGA Elections Board. Current SGA Vice President for Communications and College sophomore Jon Darby said a need for an associate exists. “The office increasingly requires a specialized set of skills, including some basic HTML knowledge,” Darby said. According to Darby, there is a precedent for this with the associate vice president for alumni relations. Similarly, an associate vice president for communications would be

a two-year commitment. During the first year, the VP for communications would train the associate, who would then assume the former position during the second year. According to Darby, this will maintain continuity for those holding the position. “Students wouldn’t see breaks in all the great things we’ve established for communications,” he said. The bill, which needed 26 affirmative votes to pass since it changes the SGA Constitution, was approved unanimously by all 27 members present. SGA also unanimously appointed College senior Matthew Pesce as chair of the SGA Elections Board, fifth-year Ph. D. student Meredith Philyaw as vice chair of the SGA Elections Board and Goizueta Business School senior Ben Lepore

as treasurer of the SGA Elections Board. The SGA Elections Board oversees University-wide elections and arbitrates campaign conflicts. Next week, SGA will hear a bill that proposes changes to the monetary code, submitted by SGA Finance Committee Chair and College senior Calvin Lee. Full-time Goizueta Business School MBA student David Kaplan also said he wants Lee to start including updates on the financial state of SGA’s accounts at the end of every agenda, which is also the subject of a bill that the Legislature will vote on next week. The SGA Contingency Account currently has $8,984 for the rest of the semester, according to the agenda.

— Contact Rupsha Basu at rupsha.basu@emory.edu

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FUSION FUN

Fox Says Emory Healthcare Redefined Since 2006 Continued from Page 1 In addition, Bornstein said Emory Healthcare created the “Care Transformation” model, which addresses ways that employees and health care providers work together to deliver patient and family-centered care. “We’ve made quality our No. 1 priority in the organization and made sure that the quality measures are visible,” Bornstein said. Bornstein said quality in health care used to primarily refer to new treatments, diagnostic tests and

inventions. He added that while these are important, health care quality should also encompass dimensions such as knowledge, transparency and education. President and CEO of Emory Healthcare John Fox discussed the patient-centered aspect of healthcare quality. “Since 2006, Emory Healthcare has been on a journey to redefine the quality of care and service we provide to our patients,” Fox wrote in an email to the Wheel. “We believe over these past seven years, we have made significant strides in infection

rate reduction, mortality reduction, ventilator-acquired pneumonia and many other quality and safety indicators to improve outcomes for our patients.” Despite the latest rankings, Bornstein said health care is complex to evaluate through ranking processes. “Most of these measurement systems are just scratching the surface,” Bornstein said. “But I think they have value. What’s really happened is it’s driven everybody to improve.” — Contact Harmeet Kaur

at hbhagra@emory.edu

Patel, Houry Support New Policy, Committee Continued from Page 1

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Dooley Noted, one of Emory’s a cappella groups, performed at CultureShock.

College Council’s CultureShock Showcases Diverse Food, Music Continued from Page 1

dance teams Zeeba and Persuasion performed in addition to a cappella coming to CultureShock was to share groups ChaiTunes and Dooley Noted his diversity experiences, beginning before he moved to the upper lobby with his childhood. for a meet-and-greet with cultural “I told my parents I wanted to be student organizations. an actor at the age of five,” Pancholy The organizations offered music, said. “I don’t know what the f--k I information and food representwas thinking. There ing their different wasn’t anyone that cultures. looked like me on Emory Students “I don’t know what the for Israel’s table TV at that time.” He said he disoffered falafel, while f--k I was thinking. tanced himself from There wasn’t anyone that the Association his Indian culture of Caribbean growing up, attend- looked like on TV at that Educators and ing Northwestern Students table time.” University and offered goat curry majoring in a the— Maulik Pancholy, and rice. ater program he said Several orgaactor consisted of “mostly nizations had a white” students. chance to perform Then, Pancholy shared an anec- as well, including Zuri, the tradidote about a negative experience at tional African dance group and seva South Asian Student Association eral Multicultural Greek Council mixture, which for him solidified a organizations. “shunning of culture.” College sophomore Alison Pancholy showed clips from “USA Wagman said she enjoyed High,” “The Comeback,” “30 Rock” CultureShock and added that it and “Law and Order: Criminal “should happen every year.” Intent” and offered commentary on It’s a chance for different cultures the growth of his career as well as to really show who they are to the rest his acceptance of his Indian heritage. of campus,” she said. His presentation ended with a clip According to College sophomore of a new project for Nickelodeon he is and CC legislator Sarah Choi, the working on — a cartoon series called CultureShock photo contest leading “Sanjay and Craig.” up to the event was part of CC’s pub“What’s great about Sanjay is that licity efforts to “spread the word and he has an Indian dad, an American get people excited.” mom, but he’s really just a 12-yearChoi said she was pleased with old kid that happens to be an Indian the turnout of the event, noting that American,” Pancholy said. CultureShock was a “good mix of fun Pancholy discussed how far he has and education, which allowed a lot of come as an actor and how the film people to participate but also learn and television community has come while having fun.” to embrace different cultures. “I think it definitely brings awareBefore taking questions from the ness to all the different cultural audience, Pancholy said he hoped that groups we have at Emory and allows the audience understood the impor- us to just really celebrate our divertance one’s heritage and culture are sity,” Choi said. to their identity. — Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu Following Pancholy’s speech,

take an affirmative commitment to supporting dissent and protest when it exists.” Garrett said he is excited to see changes to the policy and its implementation in the future. “This is all designed to be much more transparent than processes in the past,” he said. “The University recognizes dissent and protest may take a variety of forms to help further the educational mission of the institution.” University Senate President Deb Houry wrote in an email to the Wheel that the policy “reaffirms Emory’s unwavering commitment to a community that inspires and supports courageous inquiry through open expression, dissent and protest, while acknowledging the challenges of the creative tensions associated with courageous inquiry in an ever changing community.”

“This is all designed to be much more transparent than processes in the past. The University recognizes dissent ...” — Matt Garrett, director of the Office of Student Leadership and Service College senior and Student Government Association (SGA) President Raj Patel wrote in an email to the Wheel that he fully supports the new committee, and he is confident in its benefits to the Emory community. “SGA is committed to free and open dialogue among all members of the University community,” Patel said. “The Committee for Open Expression supports this goal by ensuring that students are not afraid to speak up and that they cannot be arbitrarily denied a space on campus to express themselves.” Houry wrote she is optimistic that the policy and committee will have long-standing benefits. “The Senate’s hope is that this new standing committee will affirm open expression that is in line with civility and mutual respect,” she said. “Expectations regarding open expression may not have been as clear before and our hope is that this allows for better understanding of how to have open expression and what is expected.”

— Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu

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mory’s classical fusion dance team Savera was one of the performers at Indian Cultural Exchange’s Diwali 2013 this Friday. Along with Savera, the night featured performances by SaRaas and a fusion performance by Persuasion and Azaadi.

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Pinsker said. “We could not achieve what we are doing today if it were not for volunteers,” Pinsker said. “Emory is among the most valued volunteers to come and do this.” According to Cawkwell, Volunteer Emory also provides leadership opportunities for students, as each project is led by one or more “project leaders,” or Emory students who undergo a several-week training period in order to coordinate the trips. College sophomore Andrew Block was a project leader for the Kittredge Park 2013 Emory Cares Day trip. Block said Kittredge Park has been a Volunteer Emory location in the past and that the park has been improving each year. “It’s very rewarding because you get to invite a lot of friends to a community service trip that they normally wouldn’t do,” Block said. “You can connect a bunch of different friend groups.” According to Venus Miller, the

coordinator for regional volunteer programs at the EAA, the EAA has been expanding in the United States as well as abroad. The EAA was able to get eight chapters confirmed internationally, Miller said. She added that last year, it had four or five projects internationally, and the numbers for this year’s projects have grown significantly. Cawkwell said Wendy Rosenberg (’82C) and Debbie Genzer (’82C) founded Volunteer Emory in 1980 in an effort to connect individuals to service opportunities in Atlanta. Volunteer Emory has expanded to offer 25 different group service projects every week, five alternative breaks each fall and spring break and several large days of service. “Emory students and staff are so into community service,” Miller said. “Even outside Emory Cares, Volunteer Emory is always doing service trips year-round. Giving back to the community is what the Emory community represents.” — Contact Brandon Fuhr at brandon.spencer.fuhr@emory.edu

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Pinsker Praises Volunteers, Project Leader Calls Day ‘Rewarding’ Continued from Page 1

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mory’s co-ed Karma Bhangra team performs at Indian Cultural Exchange’s Diwali 2013. The tickets for the night sold out within three hours. Along with other cultural performances, the organization hosted an open dance floor with DJ Jay Gandhi and Indaglow Productions.

Hoffman Says Israelis Have Moral Obligation of Compassion Conference Includes Speakers, Continued from Page 1 Gris described her childhood while growing up in Eastern Europe during the late 1930s. “The war was over there,” she said, referring to her initial perception that the war was contained in Nazi Germany and did not reach the rest of Europe. When Gris was three years old, her father was arrested in her childhood hometown, which was then a part of Romania. “Being a child survivor is a very strange thing, because as a child you’re not oriented to politics,” Gris said. Her memories of the Holocaust became more salient as the violence escalated, especially the Romanian extermination of Jews in a place called Transnistria, where thousands of Jews were killed. “To die in Auschwitz was easier than to die in Transnistria,” she said. During her speech, Gris skipped over parts of her experience and paused during personal and emotional moments of her story. “My story is harder to tell than the Germany story because it’s about me,” she said. In 1941, Gris said she and her mother were deported to Transnistria, where her mother helped build roads for the German invasion of Stalingrad. “There’s a good ending to that, actually, because I’m here,” she said. “That’s the best ending.” Gris said she survived due to the inordinate amount of abuse her moth-

er endured on a daily basis. She also described how she felt when her family was liberated. “[The Russians] came right through our camp,” Gris said. “The Germans ran away, and our camp was left unguarded.” She added that very few people survived. Gris was six years old when she, her mother and her sister returned home to see who else had survived.

“It really hits home for me because I know that this happened to my people.” — Aaron Karas, College sophomore “We practiced silence,” she said. “Inside of us, there was a scream that was never let out.” The audience responded to Gris’s story, some of them tearing up during its most poignant moments. “I got really emotional, and it really hits home for me because I know that this happened to my people and my ancestors,” Karas said. Audience members who do not have ancestral ties to the Holocaust also said they found meaning in the event. “Even though I could never personally relate to what [Gris] went through, I felt like she did a great job of making her story broad enough for everyone in the audience to understand,” College sophomore Jack

Karras said. “I’m grateful to have seen her and heard her story, and think it’s great that Emory gave her a chance to speak in such an intimate environment.” Hoffman, whose grandparents were Holocaust survivors, addressed the audience as an advocate for Israel and the Jewish people. Hoffman said his grandmother was sent to Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp in Poland, and rarely spoke of her experiences later in her life. However, after her death, he said his father found a picture of her in the section on recovery in Yad Vashem, Israel’s official museum and memorial to Holocaust victims. Hoffman transitioned to the importance of remembering Kristallnacht. “We are the victors over the Nazis,” Hoffman said. “We have a responsibility, and part of that responsibility is making people know, which is why it’s so important to have an event memorializing Kristallnacht 75 years later.” As Hoffman’s speech progressed, he charged Jewish Americans with the moral obligation to be compassionate toward Jews and non-Jews alike. “[Our responsibility is] also to be a moral voice to the world,” he said. According of Hoffman, a component of this voice applies to Israel’s role in the current Middle Eastern political landscape, specifically in Syria. “You’d think in Israel we wouldn’t be too upset about it because our enemies are killing our enemies,”

Hoffman said. However, Israelis are unhappy about the 115,000 deaths in Syria, which, according to him, is a testament to the merciful nature of the Israeli people, he said. According to Karas, Hoffman falls slightly right of the center on the ideological spectrum in terms of Israeli issues. “One of ESI’s major goals is to support Israel and share its culture in a positive light,” Karas said. “Having speakers like Gil Hoffman is a pretty good fit for us.” Hoffman also talked about Israel’s position on nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. Specifically, he cited Israel’s stance against Iran acquiring weapons of mass destruction. “And here Israel is again – the moral voice – telling the world ‘you can’t let it happen,’” Hoffman said. Hoffman concluded his speech with a statement of identity about the Jewish people. He said Israelis are a humanitarian force throughout the world. “Good luck with carrying out that responsibility; good luck defending Israel on your college campus, telling people who we really are,” Hoffman said. He concluded on a slightly lighter note, joking about Miley Cyrus visiting Israel and inviting the audience to ask questions. “I think it is important to have speakers who highlight positivity in Israel and explain the importance of Israel’s actions,” Karas said of Hoffman’s speech.

— Contact Rupsha Basu at rupsha.basu@emory.edu

Workshops, College Fair

Continued from Page 1 the conference’s keynote speaker and career motivational speaker Gabe Salazar and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Sonia Nazario. “He was very energetic,” Pascual said of Salazar’s speech. “He really hit it off with the kids.” The speech explored the difference between wishing and dreaming, Pascual said, the latter of which Salazar said helps to overcome many of today’s adversity and social barriers. “I believe you’re bigger than poverty,” Salazar said. “I believe you’re bigger than the lack of education. You’re bigger than gang violence. You’re bigger than all of these issues that are affecting your community and your society in a negative way. You are bigger than that.” Nazario, who spoke at Emory last week about her 2006 book Enrique’s Journey, presented a workshop on storytelling. According to LAA High School Program Manager Saul Valdez, the conference gives younger students a taste of higher education. “The significance for me is how middle and high school students get to connect with current college students,” he said. In addition to listening to speakers, the students also learned about educational opportunities through a college and career fair. According to a Pew Research Center study cited in the press release, the rate of Latino high school

dropouts has been declining; however, Latinos still lag behind other demographic groups in earning bachelor’s degrees. In addition to encouraging students’ academic aspirations, the conference also gives them information about applying for scholarships and financial aid, a structural barrier to many students. The annual conference seeks to advance higher education among Latinos through leading by example, Valdez said. “What’s beautiful about it is that there are a lot of student-led workshops,” he said. “We’re all walking and talking symbols of higher education.” Twenty institutions of higher education were represented among college student volunteers, Valdez said. According to Pascual, Emory’s partnership has a had a significant and positive impact on the conference. “It was very powerful, very exciting to see them walking around the Emory campus,” Pascual said. “We were thankful to have held it at Emory.” Emory’s Office of Community and Diversity, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Center for Community Partnerships also participated in the event. “It was a very inspiring event, and it’s all due to the efforts of the community at Emory and volunteers,” Valdez said.

— Contact Rupsha Basu at rupsha.basu@emory.edu

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Communicating Campus Crime The Pros and Cons of the Clery Act Less than 24 hours after a female student came forward about an alleged rape at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house on Sunday, Nov. 3, the University sent out a school-wide email the following Monday to alert the community of the reported incident. The reason? Timely notification of such a crime is required under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act — known simply as the Clery Act — of 1990. The act mandates all private and public colleges and universities that partake in federal financial aid programs to disclose information about crime on and near their campuses. The act itself was named after Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old Lehigh University (Pa.) freshman who was raped, beaten and murdered in her residence hall in 1986. After Clery’s parents found that students had not been informed about more than 30 other violent crimes on Lehigh’s campus in the previous three years, they and other advocates pushed for Congress to enact the federal law. As a result, according to the act, higher education institutions must publish and distribute an annual security report providing crime statistics, maintain a public crime log, implement an emergency response and notification policy, create a system to handle reports of missing students and issue “timely reports to the campus community on crimes considered to be a threat to other students and employees.” The email sent to the Emory community Monday contained the date, time and location of the alleged rape, with the University offering media organizations including the Wheel an additional statement with even more information about the investigation. In the aftermath of this reported rape and amid an increased number of students reporting sexual assaults on campus, we feel that the Clery Act is important and beneficial for college communities, including Emory, though the implications of the Clery Act raise important questions about victims and campus safety as well. The Clery Act might cause one to wonder whether all students, faculty and staff should be notified of a sensitive alleged act, like a rape or sexual assault, so soon after it is reported to police. Doing so might upset a victim as he or she undergoes an already extremely difficult time. But sending out a mass email also keeps the community alert and allows us to make informed decisions when there is a possible threat to our safety. We at the Wheel feel that sending out a school-wide message is vital regardless of the sensitivity of the crime so long as the student reporting the crime is fully informed by officials beforehand that information about the crime will be distributed in this way. Having sensitive information about a scarring experience shared with others may be difficult, but as demonstrated in the case of Jeanne Clery, it aims to serve the community as a whole. We are not saying that students should not go out to parties on the weekends anymore, but we do feel that students have a right to stay informed and make these types of decisions for themselves. Meanwhile, the email sent out on Monday did not explicitly state whether the two alleged perpetrators were actual members of the Beta fraternity. While this information is important, we recognize that simply stating the location of the reported incident is a positive way to keep the public informed. Naming the two students as Beta brothers could have damaged the reputations of many people who were possibly not involved, especially potential negative consequences in terms of the fraternity’s Emory and national charters. Additionally, not releasing identifying traits in the blast protects the victim’s identity. While we feel that it’s important to alert the community of any alleged violent crimes, we also feel strongly that it’s necessary to protect and respect the identity of the victim. In general, we feel that the Clery Act truly does more good than harm. Still, it is important to note that the act raises a key question: should colleges be able to reveal crimes to the public on a case-by-case basis instead, because distributing sensitive information could hurt the victim if everybody is discussing the reported crime? Regardless, the Clery Act protects the public as a whole and provides an invaluable service to institutions across the nation. The above staff editorial represents the majority opinion of the Wheel’s editorial

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Editorial Roundup College editorials from across the country The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 In its staff editorial, “Let Them Eat Code” The Harvard Crimson discusses the decline of the humanities major. We never thought we would see the day when adults were bemoaning the foresight and responsibility of the American youth. But the national anxiety over the decline of the humanities major smacks of exactly that sentiment. Young adults, some argue—under pressure from their parents and an unforgiving job market—feel they must pursue practical paths. For others, the fact that fewer students are choosing to study things like English and art history is evidence that our society’s cultural fabric is fraying. But we’re not especially sorry to see the English majors go. Economies change, as does the demand for certain types of expertise and skill. Increased mechanization and digitization necessitates an increased number of engineers and programmers. Humanities apologists should be able to appreciate this—if Thought Catalog and Instagram are any indication, they’re fans

of the internet, too. It’s true that fewer humanities majors will mean fewer credentialed literary theorists and hermeneutic circles. But the complement—an increased number of students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math—will mean a greater probability of breakthroughs in research. We refuse to rue a development that has advances in things like medicine, technological efficiency, and environmental sustainability as its natural consequence. What is more, the decline of the humanities major need not give us reason to anticipate the decline of the humanities: Academics do not have unique access to the instructions for being human. Whether they study history and literature, applied math, or organismic and evolutionary biology, people will continue to seek truth in philosophy, solace in music, and company in the pages of books. In fact, we suspect that humanities professors’ effective surrender of any claim to objectivity—that is, their admission that they cannot provide authoritative understandings of texts on the grounds that no such understandings exist—was the first nail in the humanities’ coffin.

Passion in Kazakhstan’s Sports

Without even a football team, I think I can make the polemic assumption that many of us here at Emory are less than interested in sports. Then again, the argument can be made, I suppose, that we venerate sports to such an elevation as to intentionally keep our athletes away from them. We in Kazakhstan, however, are never faced with such dispassion about our sports. HE MORY HEEL This is because Kazakh sports are vastly Arianna Skibell EDITOR-IN-CHIEF superior to those of the American variety. Therefore I urge you, dear reader, to wipe the Jordan Friedman Executive Editor American misconception of the term “sport” Volume 95 | Number 20 Lane Billings Managing Editor from your memory and embrace the beauty of our athletic heritage. Copy Chief Business and Advertising Asst. News Editor Sonam Vashi As a child in Uzbekistan, I remember News Editors Rupsha Basu Akeel Williams BUSINESS MANAGER trying to introduce the neighborhood kids to Dustin Slade Asst. Photo Editor Karishma Mehrotra Thomas Han Blaire Chennault Sales Manager baseball. Editorials Editor Asst. Features Editors Maggie Daorai Design Manager Priyanka Krishnamurthy Zoe Mesirow After several run-throughs, the questions Sports Editor Ashley Bianco were always the same: “Can I defend myself Account Executives Ryan Smith Online Editor Student Life Editor Bryce Robertson, Lena Erpaiboon, Salaar Ahmed, Ross Fogg with the bat after I hit the ball? Do I have to Jenna Kingsley Christopher Hwang Przybylski, Annabelle Zhuno, Julia Associate Editors Arts & Entertainment Editor run the bases in order?” Then they’d run the Leonardos Justin Groot Emelia Fredlick Business/Advertising Office Number Vincent Xu bases backwards, trip the runners and, this Photo Editor Emily Lin James Crissman (404) 727-6178 time true to the sport, blatantly lie about fouls, Nathaniel Ludewig Features Editor Nicholas Sommariva Nick Bradley balls and strikes. These were, of course, all after the initial shock of baseball’s primary tenets: “you hit a ball with a stick and run The Emory Wheel welcomes letters and op-ed submissions from the Emory community. in circles?” My backyard quickly devolved Letters should be limited to 300 words and op-eds should be limited to 700. Those selected into memories from Little League. I soon may be shortened to fit allotted space or edited for grammar, punctuation and libelous content. realized that it was useless to bring America Submissions reflect the opinions of individual writers and not of the Wheel Editorial Board to them, and, in true accordance with everyor Emory University. Send e-mail to askibel@emory.edu or postal mail to The Emory Wheel, thing American, that there was no foreign oil Drawer W, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322. to merit further frustrations. And so, we all decided to play a local variant of hide-and-go-

seek-tag instead. Later, in Kazakhstan, I began to realize the rich athletic heritage of the person I was becoming. My first summer there I joined a baseball team, the initiative of the American Embassy sponsored by Exxon Mobile. When the few local kids, my brother and I all gathered for practice in Centralni Stadion, Central Stadium, I began to watch, to see what sports the Kazakhs engaged in. It was the perfect situation for a field study: multiple small soccer fields, a running track, a long jump pit, acrobatic bars, a baseball field, a discusthrowing field and more had somehow been all lumped into one multipurpose sports field hardly bigger than an American high school football field. Although disconcerted by the discus throwers, who practiced right beside the baseball field with notorious aim, I was enchanted by the legions of boxers, sweating out their rigorous routines and stretches and the gymnasts, lithe on the bars. The soccer players, twisting, wriggling, juggling the soccer ball in their confined spaces, held me spellbound as an outfielder. The occasional javelin thrower certainly sharpened my peripheral vision and was no doubt, in conjunction with the discus throwers, the reason for my superb spatial relations scores in general aptitude testing. On the slopes of the Tien Shan mountains I encountered world-class skiers and a few snowboarders.

Kazakhstan was also the proud host of the 2012 Winter Olympics and has fine teams in cross-country skiing, cycling, football (actual football, not American), ice hockey, speed skating and even bandy. In Olympics in general, Kazakhstan has not escaped the world unnoticed, taking medals in boxing, weight-lifting and most noticeably, cycling. Cycling is probably Kazakhstan’s most successful field of athletics, with a few top five Tour de France finishes. The citizens of my hometown, Almaty, know that the Mongolian passion for horses, now diverted to the twin spinning wheels of bicycles, runs deep among the Kazakh people; it is not uncommon for hordes of them to clog up the roads and back up traffic. Of course, no discussion of Kazakhstan’s athletic pastimes is complete without Kokpar. Imagine, dear reader, a mash of horse and rider as the sharp hooves dig into a sheep carcass, the center of the commotion. Riders pluck up the courage to duck into the thick of it, hanging by their stirrups, retrieving the hundreds of pounds worth of carcass and trying to haul it to the end of a field to score a goal. All the while the carrier faces opponents’ horse whips, horse rammings and grabbing hands. Games can last days. Unsurprisingly, the results can be fatal. Negotiations with Wagner and the Emory Equestrian club to start a Kokpar team are still in progress. Jonathan Warkentine is a College sophomore from Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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Being Conscious of the Privilege Attached to Education As an institution of higher learning, Emory operates with many distinct values and the solemn responsibility to use what is learned in the classroom and apply it to the betterment of society. One of Emory’s core principles, being “an ethically engaged institution,” concisely reflects this general idea. But while being engaged in an educational or academic context usually means having awareness of things like the achievement gap in inner cities or endemic malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, it often comes at the price of being oblivious to what it happening in front of us on a daily basis. It is obviously important to understand and improve where possible these very real problems that exist outside of our immediate perception. When one generally thinks about being “ethically engaged,” the first things that come to mind is reading national or global news, taking a class with deeper social implications, educating others about an issue that impassions us or volunteering one’s time. But none of these avenues of ethical engagement mean very much if the mindset starts and stops at one’s convenience, if it can be forgotten about when the class ends, the article is read, involvement with an organization is over or the issue becomes passé. It is impossible to juggle all of the issues and realities we are supposed to care about as progressive, mindful individuals — any such attempt will end in failure and disappointment. Instead, a more effective and lasting alternative is to remember that life goes on outside of our perception of the world. Ironically, this particular understanding of being of the world exists in a bubble like Emory itself, in which the individual is often completely isolated from the issue. The colloquialism of “the bubble” is inherently opposed to the notion of being an active participant in a world of greater consequence. Robert M. Pirsig writes in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a book that I

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would readily call required reading for being a person, that “the place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” Being part of the world on a greater level begins

in the mind, and it is necessary to look at it differently and recognize what is in front of us — to understand what many of students at this university have had the privilege of not having to experience.

It is uncomfortable to admit that this is an issue largely dictated by social class. But being engaged with the world means experiencing things like working a menial minimum wage job, doing manual labor for

an extended period of time or actively contributing to one’s household. Or if not personally having to live with these circumstances, being both extremely aware and mindful that, for many people, these are realities that are rarely given much thought by those who experience them and instead are expectations of what life is. It is fair to say that many students at this institution, where having parents who are both doctors or lawyers is almost the norm, have not experienced any of this. In all likelihood, not many of Emory students probably know how to change a tire or navigate a toolbox. But people are the products of their environment, and while education can insulate the student from the broader world, it also offers the opportunity to think differently about one’s surroundings. American novelist David Foster Wallace’s commencement address at Kenyon College (Ohio) in 2005, popularized as “This Is Water,” explains the value of a liberal arts education past the exhausted, ready-made answers of teaching us how to think or whatever. The value and privilege of our education, according to the great DFW, is “learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.” If one wants to have an active role in the world, it is absolutely necessary to be able both to recognize the privilege of receiving an education and to think about all of the struggles many of us will probably never have to experience as a result. This is what it means not only to have taken classes or received a degree but to have truly received an education. This is what each student, whether a firstsemester freshman, a senior anxious to soon have a job or a graduate student, must always be conscious of. Online Editor Ross Fogg is a College senior from Fayetteville, Ga.

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On Sexual Assault and Blame Sobriety Is Not A Good Enough Answer RACHEL MYERS In this day and age, it is no secret that the number of women who claim to have been sexually assaulted is far too high and completely unacceptable. The incidence rate is notorious across college campuses. When I started law school several months ago, I was hardly surprised to learn that three of my four closest girlfriends are victims of a sexual assault, myself included. It is also no secret that there exists an obvious and substantial correlation between drinking and the high rate of sexual assaults. The Internet is rampant with article after article assessing why the statistics are so high. And theory after theory hinges upon notions of the “drinking culture,” “frat parties,” “implied consent” and “girls who play the victim.” Most recently, women have begun to generate a lot of talk about the role alcohol plays in this widespread epidemic of sexual assaults on college campuses. The extensively publicized article by Emily Yoffe on Slate.com titled “College Women: Stop Getting Drunk” suggests that women need to start taking responsibility for their weekend festivities. I agree; women should be informed of the responsibilities and subsequent risks associated with college drinking. I will be the first to admit that the sexual assault I experienced would likely not have happened had I not been drinking. In consideration of my own reckless behavior, however, I do not agree that telling women to drink less is an actual resolution to the problem. Alcohol abuse on college campuses will continue no matter what because telling students to cut back on drinking is about as effective of a solution as preaching abstinence.

If someone had warned me, would I have listened? Probably not. I would have said something along the lines of “Thanks, but don’t worry because I would never let that happen no matter how drunk I am.” Or, “There is no way I wouldn’t speak up for myself if I wasn’t consenting to a sexual encounter.”

While I attempted to find my voice, the assault continued to happen. Furthermore, no amount of warning or information could have prepared me for the sudden loss of power over my body that I experienced during the actual assault. My mind went numb, and it was not because I was drunk. I was confused, and I was terrified. While I attempted to find my voice, the assault continued to happen. In these moments, I lost my dignity and sense of autonomy. No degree of sobriety could have prepared me for the onslaught of emotions that I experienced while I was completely violated. What I experienced was a trauma in every sense of the word, and I am offended to be regarded as a mere drunk girl who should have been more responsible with her liquor. On the other hand, I also do not think that the man who assaulted me was just being a drunken idiot who failed to respect my womanhood. So, who do I blame? Well, I blame you. In fact, the blame is on each and every one of us right now in this very moment. Not only did you fail me, but you failed the man who did

this to me. We failed each other because in our everyday lives, we communicate blurred lines as opposed to clear lines when it comes to what we will and will not accept as appropriate sexual behavior. To women: you say you want to be respected. You hold Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In as a modern field-guide as you approach your 20-something ambitions and dilemmas. Yet you allow images of Miley Cyrus leaning over to flood our everyday lives. As consumers, we hold the power to control the market through our demands. So I ask that we start figuring out what it is exactly that we do demand. To men: you also have failed to take responsibility for yourselves by placing the burden of defining what is and what is not a sexual assault on women. You wait until you, or someone you know, has been accused of an assault before taking a moment to cultivate an opinion on the matter. Your construct is based solely in hindsight as opposed to a valuebased belief on what constitutes acceptable behavior. Women deserve to know where you stand so we can trust and hold you to a definable standard when we are in your company. I ask that my fellow 20-somethings think about what you would consider a “sexual assault.” How will you define the line for your children? How will you raise them to think and behave in situations where the line is not so clear? Maybe then we will see real results. Rachel Myers is a first-year law student from Anchorage, Alaska. If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence, you have support at Emory. Please contact Lauren (LB) Bernstein, Assistant Director for the Respect Program at 404.727.1514 or respect@emory. edu for confidential support. You can also learn more about the Respect Program at

What are the characteristics that Emory students use to define their opinions of others? The list is numerous and unique for each individual. However, a significant portion of the student body uses intelligence as a critical gauge of a human being’s worth, In the rat race that life can often degenerate into, a measuring stick of human intellectual capability can be and often is desired. How one stands up or down to a “smartness” standard in a student’s mind is often one of the most prominent and powerful ways that people use to judge others. So why do so many people place such an emphasis on intelligence? The root probably lies in the supposed connection between academic achievement and intelligence. Of course, some people do better than others on this or that test or subject. Some guy might be able to recite all of Shakespeare’s plays and give thoughtful insights into each, while another struggles with literacy. The world Emory students live in often promotes a Darwinian notion of survival of the smartest (along with survival of the best looking and connected). Intelligence = money. What a horridly skewed view to possess. In the society students dwell in, they are surrounded by little tests that proclaim the quantitative nature of intelligence. SATs, IQ tests and others seem to indicate that intelligence is something that is easily scaled and defined. This cannot be further from the truth. Intelligence can take such a variety of forms that it becomes unrealistic to describe it as anything but relative. Each individual is a genius and a dunce in his or her own way. Intelligence means nothing without the integrity and selflessness to complement it. Intelligence can be viewed as a tool, a perk from God, if you will. Each individual has a different looking but perfectly functional

intelligence tool. The tools might not work the same or be particularly useful in certain situations, but all are crafted from the same material. The question then becomes: What is the tool used for? This is the important determining factor. It doesn’t matter if you’re a billionaire with an IQ of 220, if you are greedy, dishonest and cowardly. The one thing that cannot be bought or thought into existence is respect. It is earned through human deeds of substance and meaning. Genuine respect for a person based on his or her soul, and not on how flashy his or her transcript looks, is what’s real and lasting and meaningful. I am sure some students are sick and tired of having people ask them what their SAT scores were or what grade they made on last week’s test. Shouldn’t the emphasis be shifted to the nature of a person, rather than how they rank on a scoreboard filled with impersonal numbers? The current society needs to temper intelligence with benevolence and humility. Intelligence alone is such a clumsy weapon with which to enter the struggle of life. It is not that academic achievement and intellectual ability are, in and of themselves, evil or destructive. The most desirable combination involves intelligence with moral guidance. The poor woman who gave all she had as an offering was praised over the rich man who gave a superficially large sum of money. The C-student who lives his life poor and dedicated to others should deserve praise over the valedictorian millionaire who thinks only of himself. A human life is too short to be wasted on placing oneself and others on a scale. There are so many more vital things in life waiting to be explored and pondered. It is the least you can do for yourself and others not to let them pass you by.

A human life is too short to be wasted on placing oneself and others on a scale.

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No ‘Static’ In Cults Concert By Saher Fatteh Contributing Writer

Hiddleston. In fact, the London-born actor made a guest appearance at Comic-Con this year during the promotion of “Thor: The Dark World,” clad in full Asgardian armor and asking the audience to chant his name. After, he declared in a slightly amused tone: “it seems I have an army.” Hiddleston uses this natural sense of humor to add another dimension to his lines. Hiddleston’s acting supplies the final touch to this deeply disturbed character, adding a dynamic to the

Cults, the New York-based indie pop band, certainly know how to work a crowd. They performed that feat last Friday during a concert at the Loft in Midtown Atlanta. A small, intimate venue, the Loft was extremely conducive to Cults’ sound. “The Loft definitely created a more personal experience and accentuated Cults’ sound,” said College freshman Jasmine Tang, who previously saw Cults perform at an outside venue. The show opened with short sets from alternative rockers Mood Rings and Sacco. Mood Rings, a local Atlanta band, sent the crowd back to the ‘90s with their new wave sound and psychedelic riffs. Rock band Sacco’s heavy guitar sound served as a perfect juxtaposition to Cults’ trademark soft tone, gearing the crowd up even more for the feature presentation. Cults finally arrived on stage, and without any introduction or opening remarks the group began singing “High Road,” the top track off their new album Static. They immediately absorbed the crowd’s attention even more with “Abducted.” This was obvious from the way the crowd sang along, completely engrossed in the music. On tour to promote their new album, Cults’ lead singer Madeline Follin and guitarist Brian Oblivion treated the fans to a perfect medley

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Natalie Portman (left) and Chris Hemsworth (right) star in the latest addition to Marvel’s canon of superhero flicks, “Thor: The Dark World.” Hemsworth originated the role of the titular character in 2011 and also appeared in the 2012 box office smash “The Avengers,” which ultimately became the third best-grossing film of all time.

Thor Assumes the Throne in ‘The Dark World’ By Sierra Cortner Contributing Writer Fellow humans and Asgardians alike: “Thor: The Dark World” has officially opened with mostly positive praises from all nine realms. And that’s no small feat. “Thor” has big shoes to fill after the string of Marvel films that have been sprung upon us over the past few years. In the second installment of Marvel’s Thor franchise, Chris Hemsworth (“Rush”) reclaims the role of the legendary Norse god that

Thor: The Dark World Now Playing Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston he assumed in the 2011 release of “Thor” and 2012’s flick of the summer, “The Avengers.” This time, however, darker forces threaten the well-being of everyone’s favorite god of Asgard, darker even than those sur-

rounding Loki — the prime disputant in both “Thor” and “The Avengers.” The film opens with a scene in which Thor’s grandfather, Bor, wars with the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim, one of the nine realms of the Marvel Universe. Malekith, leader of this elfin race, wants to harness the dark energy of the Aether, better known as an Infinity Stone (think of the Tesseract from “The Avengers,” except far more lethal). Malekith, whose intentions involve bringing darkness upon all nine realms, proves to be just another

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villain. He doesn’t possess the sly and sarcastic cool that Loki brought forth in “Thor” and “The Avengers,” his intentions are painfully cliché and his strength seems all too easily rivaled by Thor’s mighty hammer and godlike capabilities. Despite the dark tone of the film, screenwriters Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely incorporated comedic relief through Loki, the god of mischief, who is portrayed by Tom Hiddleston (“Midnight in Paris”). There is never a dull moment with

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Atlanta’s Whitespace Gallery is currently hosting photographer Vesna Pavlović’s exhibition “Fabrics of Socialism,” a work inspired by memorabilia Pavlović came across at the Museum of Yugoslav History in her native Serbia.

Art and Other Lies

By Logan Lockner Staff Writer In his “Requiem for a Nun,” William Faulkner famously wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even passed.” Photographer Vesna Pavlović approached the image archive in the Museum of Yugoslav History in Belgrade with a similar spirit while gathering material for her exhibition “Fabrics of Socialism,” which is currently installed in Inman Park’s mysterious but cozy Whitespace Gallery. What makes the enduring presence of the past particularly complicated for Pavlović is that she is attempting to navigate not only large-scale political history but also her own personal history in the

exhibition. A native of Serbia — which formerly constituted part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia — Pavlović returned to her home to investigate the national record of life in post-war Yugoslavia and to challenge the boundaries of memory, personal as well as collective, and the limits of photographic representation. A juxtaposition of individual experience against the sweeping forces of national and global history creates the poignant, beautiful and quite disturbing drama at the heart of “Fabrics of Socialism.” Pavlović’s photographs of the towers of reels of film contained in the Museum of Yugoslav History achieve a paradoxical effect. Though these archives ostensibly form a record of

history, history itself is destroying them, rendering the physical components of that record increasingly less accessible. In addition to these photographs, the exhibition includes two multimedia elements. One of these is a slideshow presentation of photographs from Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito’s travels around the world. The second is a looping video of Yugoslavian state television’s broadcast of the 1979 Relay of Youth, an annual event held in honor of Tito’s birthday. For this event, various youth groups participated in a relay race requiring them to carry a baton from Tito’s hometown of Kumrovec to Belgrade’s Partizan Stadium. Upon the baton’s arrival in the stadium, there is an enor-

mous celebration with a degree of pageantry familiar to many viewers only in Olympic opening and closing ceremonies. Nine-year-old Pavlović participated in this ceremony and was able to identify herself in the video among the seemingly countless exuberant youth present to honor Tito and celebrate the future of Yugoslavia. This video and photographic slideshow possess some of the qualities of a home video: one is easily lulled into fascination with the spectacle of the Relay of Youth or entranced by the mechanical whir of the slideshow projector. Simultaneously, however, an underlying awareness of the sinister character of it all never quite departs from the viewer. Though

photographs and video would aspire to impart objective representation of the past, almost no answers are offered here, especially in regard to the culpability of those depicted — and perhaps even those doing the depicting. As the members of the Youth Army assemble into the shape of the Soviet hammer and sickle, one cannot help but wonder how many of these boys are still alive, where they live now and what journey carried them from the Partizan Stadium of 1979 to their present location. Bodies are equally, if not more, vulnerable than spools of film to the violence of history, and it is concern for these bodies, living or dead, that transcends representation.

— Contact Logan Lockner at llockne@emory.edu

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3. “Home for the Holidays” “Home for the Holidays” is the Holy Grail of dysfunctional family movies. Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter, “As Good As It Gets”) is all set for Thanksgiving with the parents. Then she gets fired, makes out with her exboss, finds out her daughter is ready to lose her virginity over the holiday and has to meet her brother Tommy’s new “boyfriend.” Antics ensue. But with a pre-”Iron Man” Robert Downey, Jr. and a way, way pre-”Homeland” Claire Danes along for the ride, those antics sure are fun to watch. Holly Hunter,

Films to Watch Before Thanksgiving

Robert Downey, Jr. 1995. PG-13.

By Emelia Fredlick Arts & Entertainment Editor From the cheesy to the zany, here are five flicks to make you thankful — just in time for Thanksgiving. Whether that means making you are thankful for the roof over your head, or just thankful your family isn’t quite as dysfunctional as these characters, you’ll be more prepared than ever for that turkey dinner and quality time with the relatives. 5. “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” Have you ever had one of those days where everything just goes horribly wrong, and one simple task turns into an event of epic proportions? Neal Page understands. Page (Steve Martin, “Cheaper By the Dozen”) is trying to get home to Chicago after a business trip to New York, but with blizzards, thieves and annoying companions abound, that effort seems nearly impossible. It’s a slapstick comedy involving constant bickering and freaking out, but by the end, it turns into quite the heartwarming flick. (Spoiler alert: they make it home.) And fun fact: it’s directed by John Hughes. Yes, John Hughes of “The Breakfast Club” fame. Steve Martin, John Candy. 1987. R.

2. “Miracle on 34th Street” Okay, I guess this is technically a Christmas movie, but it begins on Thanksgiving, so that’s good enough for me. A pre-”West Side Story” (and pre-puberty) Natalie Wood plays Susan Walker, a young New Yorker whose tell-it-like-it-is-and-that-means-there’s-no-such-thing-as-Santa-Claus mother has to contend with a man who seriously believes he’s Santa. Make sure to get the original: the remake implements unforgivable changes like turning the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade into a Kohl’s Parade (seriously?) and a random scene where the bad guys tell Kris Kringle to make a reindeer fly in a courtroom. Whatever. Stick to the original, and within two hours you’ll believe in miracles. Natalie Wood, Maureen O’Hara. 1947. G.

4. “The Pursuit of Happyness” Ah yes, the Smiths’ glory days before “After Earth.” Will Smith (“The Fresh Prince”) is Chris Gardner, a struggling single dad determined to make a better life for him and his son (played by Will’s real-life son Jaden) by applying for a job as a stockbroker. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry — you’ll be grateful you’re not sleeping in a subway bathroom. But what really makes this movie is the sheer integrity of Gardner, and the life lessons he seems to dole out on a daily basis. I’m looking at you, “People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you that you can’t do it. But if you want something, go get it.” All that from a simple basketball game. Will Smith, Jaden Smith. 2006. PG-13.

1. “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” It’s the Thanksgiving special that lives on forever. Thanks to “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” we got classic moments like Charlie trying to kick the football while Lucy continues to pull it away (that jerk). All the classic “Peanuts” characters are there for the holiday: Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, Woodstock. This goes down in history right next to all the other Charlie Brown specials, including the Halloween one (which we shouted out a couple weeks ago) and the Christmas special. Emmy-award winning, childhood-nostalgia-inducing ... any film that ends with two lovable animals downing a Thanksgiving dinner together is fine by me. 1973. Not rated.

— Contact Emelia Fredlick at emelia.j.fredlick@emory.edu

Cults Fuse Old and New Sounds, Captivate Audience Continued from Page 9

Gods and Humans Tangle In “Thor: The Dark World” Continued from Page 9

of new and old songs throughout the set list. Static’s comparatively somber tone and pessimistic lyrics can be attributed to the recent breakup of the leaders of the group. Yet the end of their four-year relationship did not affect their connection on stage but rather made the songs more heartfelt and genuine. As Follin sang the lyrics “reach out a hand to me, it’s not over,” from their new song “So Far,” the sense of sorrow and regret was almost tangible in the room for just a moment. But during songs like “Bumper,” in which there is a dialogue between Follin and Oblivion, the duo sounded completely natural together. The new album also features a more electronic sound, as heard in “Were Before,” where the light sounds of glockenspiels, deep guitar and repetitive drums replaced acoustic strums. Despite the incredibly highpitched voice that Follin maintains in all of the songs on both the new and old albums, the live experience of Cults sounded remarkably similar to the record. While belting the high-pitched chorus of “You Know What I Mean,” Follin’s voice never broke or hit a sour note. One surprisingly prominent element of the concert was the light show that accompanied Follin’s stel-

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Cults’ lead vocalist Madeline Follin belts it out during a performance on Friday, Nov. 1 at the Loft. The duo released its sophomore album, Static, this year. lar vocals. A simple projection on the back wall behind the stage showing video clips and retro light designs made the concert a very aesthetically pleasing experience. The video clips and bright lights matched the tone and mood of each

song, whether it was chaotic light displays to accompany the drums in “Were Before” or dark blue hues to mirror the sadness in “So Far.” The concert ended on a high note with the dreamy ambience of “Go Outside,” the song that originally placed Cults on the map.

The only pitfall was that this set fell on the short side at just under an hour, which left fans wanting more. Still, for the time that Cults were on stage — however short — they definitely delivered.

— Contact Saher Fatteh at saher.fatteh@emory.edu

super-villain that makes the audience root for him even when he is playing upon his antagonistic nature. His sly demeanor couples with his snarky ways, such as a scene in which he and Thor are trying to transport to Svartalfheim — only for Loki to act the part of the proverbial “backseat driver.” These antics let him steal the show. Scenes like this make Loki a three-dimensional character, leaving the audience in distress whenever Malekith’s elfin subjects attack him. Aesthetically, “Thor: The Dark World” is mind-blowing. The scenes in Asgard (the realm that Thor calls home), reveal a majestic and intriguing landscape to the audience. This realm is a mixture of lore and technological advancements that are as jaw-dropping as they are masterfully designed, exposing a mysterious and truly enchanting world of skyscraping castles and scenery that rivals the traditional depiction of the Biblical Garden of Eden. On the other hand, the scenes in Svartalfheim show a rugged, terrifying terrain that contrasts the majestic realm of Asgard. The two realms further illustrate the conflict between good and evil: Thor and Malekith. Characteristic to Marvel films, “Thor: The Dark World” possesses a deeper meaning behind the brawny vigilantes and toned temptresses. It is in the moment that Thor comes to

realize he must choose between a life with his love, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”), or one of decadence and the throne of Asgard, which proves to be a focal point in which the audience relates to the larger-than-life Norse god. The soundtrack — which ranges from spine-chilling and slow-paced orchestral numbers to pieces that mimic the regality of pomp and circumstance — masterfully narrates Thor’s human-like decision process throughout this thematic tale. Even gods must make choices. This installment of Marvel’s Thor franchise may not have been as successful as its successors “Thor” and “The Avengers,” the latter of which ultimately became the third highestgrossing film of all time, but it did prove to be an enjoyable and slightly spine-tingling film, especially during the customary Marvel post-credit scene that reveals the Collector: a new villain who hopes to acquire all of the Infinity Stones that plague the Marvel Universe. This may be a war that Thor alone cannot face. Ignoring the positive approval shortcomings, it seems that Chris Hemsworth successfully reclaimed the big screen as the mightiest Avenger. After all, who needs a catchy title or a better villain when your hero is the god of thunder?

— Contact Sierra Cortner at sierra.briana.cortner@emory. edu

DIWALI

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ultural Indian dance group Azaadi and the all-female hip-hop-centric Persuasion were among the many groups to partake in Emory’s Diwali festival, which took place on Nov. 8. Diwali, which means Row of Lights or Festival of Lights, was organized by the Emory Hindu Students Association, a group which aims to bring people together with goals of spirituality and peace. The celebration featured Indian food, music and dancing.

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Senior Matt O’Brien comes up for air. O’Brien is one of many seniors leading the men’s swimming and diving team to a 2-1 start.

Squads Dominate SCAD at Home By Ryan Smith Sports Editor

Team to Play in National Tournament The Emory rugby team accepted a bid for the Division II and Division III USA Rugby 7s National Tournament. The team qualified after beating the only other non-Division I team playing in the “Battle for Atlanta” November 2. The regular rugby season is the spring, when the better known fifteen-on-fifteen, 40-minute-halved version of rugby is played. In the fall, the seven-on-seven, seven-minute-halved version of rugby, known simply as “sevens,” is played. While both versions of rugby favor quickness over brute strength, the importance of speed increases logarithmically in 7s. This is good for Emory, a team largely based around quickness according to Emory rugby captain and president Henry Yelin. Emory will be able to take 12 of their 21 7s players to Greensboro, NC November 22-23 to play in the tournament. This will be the third time this event has taken place, but the first

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time Emory has received a bid. This reflects well on the still-developing Emory squad. Yelin spoke of the progress that the Eagles rugby team has made. “We came from having very little 7s to going to the national championship in a really short amount of time,” he said. Eight other teams will compete in the non-Division I bracket. Emory is the only Division III team competing in the tournament. Last Saturday, the Eagles won the 2nd Annual Veterans Day 7s Tournament in Athens, Ga. against adult rugby clubs. Yelin came away impressed with the competition at the tournament. “These teams are often more challenging than college teams.,” Yelin said. Between the two teams in the tournament, their record was 3-3. The competition will serve the Eagles well as they prepare for the tournament. It will be another large step in the development of a rapidly improving squad.

— Contact Zak Hudak at zachary.j.hudak@emory.edu

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The swimming and diving teams cruised past the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Bees last weekend, with both the men’s and women’s teams picking up easy victories in their second straight dual meet wins of the season. Both teams are 2-1 on the year. The men won by a margin of 99-77, while the women topped the Bees 120-79. The meet started with a bang as the Eagles claimed all top four spots in the women’s 200-yard medley relay, with Emory’s D team topping SCAD’s A team by less than a second. The Emory A team, who won the event, consisted of sophomore Ellie Thompson, freshman Annelise Kowalsky, freshman Kristine Rosenberger and freshman Claire Liu. The men’s 200-yard medley A team of senior Ross Spock, sophomore Andrew Wilson, senior Matthew O’Brien and freshman Ryan Bass followed in similar fashion, topping the Bees’ A Team by over four seconds. Junior McKenna NewsumSchoenberg started strong in the individual events, winning the women’s 100-yard freestyle with a time of 10 :25.46. Freshman Mitchell Cooper took the event for the men with a time of 9:47.97. It took all the way to the meet’s sixth event for SCAD to win an event, when Bees’ senior Pat Cardillo cap-

tured the men’s 200 yard freestyle. Spock and Liu responded by winning the and women’s 50-yard freestyles, respectively. The Eagles swept the 110-yard butterfly events as well, with junior Nina Zook and O’Brien each capturing first place. The final scores were deceiving. The Eagles swam unseeded in many of the final individual events, allowing the Bees to make up some ground on the scoreboard. Between the men’s and women’s teams, he Bees earned over 80 points in events in which the Eagles earned none. The men and women both closed the meet in impressive fashion, claiming the 200-yard freestyle relay. The women’s team of freshman Marissa Bergh, senior Suzanne Lemberg, junior Dana Holt and junior Nancy Larson turned in a time of 1:38.00, while senior Jake Stephens, sophomore Matt Kuhlik, senior Ryan Bass and freshman John Roberts clocked in at 1:25.79. It was a dominant performance on the whole, the Eagles claiming first place in 17 of the meet’s 22 events and winning all four relays. The men and women combined for four NCAA ‘B’ cut times, with junior Brooke Woodward earning one in the 400 yard IM, while Kowalsky, senior Kylie McKenzie and Wilson all made the mark in the 100-yard breaststroke. The team’s performances boded well for their title aspirations. It’s still early in the season, but the women’s team is attempting to defend their national title while the men’s team

is seeking to improve on their thirdplace national finish. For their efforts, Wilson and Kowalsky were named UAA Swimmers of the Week. Wilson, an All-American, won three events on the day, while Kowalsky won two. Howell named Wilson and Kowalsky among the many athletes that have stood out for the Eagles thus far. “It’s been a pretty balanced group,” he said. “Annelise has been really strong. [...] A lot of the underclassmen have been good because of the support they’ve received from the upperclassmen.” He continued: “On the men’s side, Ross Spock is a real competitor for us. Andrew Wilson has been great.” The Eagles will face a much more challenging test next when they travel to Athens to face the University of Georgia Bulldogs on Friday, Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. Howell complemented the Bulldogs for their talent, citing their women’s team winning a national championship last season and the perennial strength of their men’s team. “It’s like night and day,” Howell said. “We’re in a sport where we’re defined by times. It’s less of a win or lose situation. Whether we’re against UGA or SCAD, we can look at that.” The Bulldogs won’t be a measuring stick for Emory but instead another opportunity to better themselves and their times. C’est la vie for the title-contending Eagles.

— Contact Ryan Smith at ryan.smith@emory.edu

Let us take a moment to accentuate the aesthetic importance of the name of a sports team. If the ‘Miami Heat’ were called the ‘Miami Lukewarms,’ they would not pack the competitive punch they do now (or don’t, whatever — our On Fire Correspondent is a staunchly unbiased journalist). However, the name of a sports team can also serve as an obfuscating factor. “What is a Heat?” you may ask. “What constitutes a Green Wave?” you may desperately inquire. “Why is anything in the world called the Ragin’ Cajuns?” you are hopefully not wondering. All this does is distract from the talent (or lack thereof) of a sports team. Thus, given the Atlanta Braves’ tragic uprooting from Turner Field to the barren purgatory that is Cobb County, they ought to take this opportunity to reconsider their name in an effort to shift the focus from their, let’s face it, pretty mediocre competitive record. Your On Fire correspondent proposes that they rechristen themselves the Cobb County Compadres. This way, despite Cobb County having a notably higher percentage of whites than Fulton County, the decision to move to an irredeemable wasteland will be construed as less racist. When people talk about Atlanta’s baseball team, they will not make generic statements like “oh yeah, they’re a good team ... I guess.” Instead, they will be confounded and slightly perturbed by the new name’s potential imperialistic implications. 2. Nobody Cares About Cricket But seriously. Why does ESPN cricinfo exist? 3. Why Not Talk About the Olympics Three Years in Advance? Since imperialism seems to be coming up a lot lately, we at On Fire would officially like to voice our frustration that the next two summer Olympics games will not be held in English-speaking countries. While we love to travel, having to translate sports commentary in rapid Portuguese is not something we look forward to. Why must we translate this when there will be perfectly fine English coverage of the games, you ask? Oh. Good point. But when the Winter Olympics come around we’ll be begging for someone else to cover them. Where are those happening again? Madrid? Mars?

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The volleyball team in action. The team finished second at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships. They will next play in the Division III NCAA Tournament.

Eagles to Take On Agnes Scott in NCAAs Continued from the Back Page She continued: “The best is yet to come. We are primed and ready to start the NCAA tourney next weekend.” Emory’s seventh straight 30-win season featured a mixture of stellar individual performances from both new and old faces. Leading the team in total kills were juniors Jacobs and Bowman,

closely followed by Holler and McGrath. Sophomore Sydney Miles led the squad with an impressive total of 1220 assists, averaging over 10 assists per game. Erwin led the team in digs by a huge margin — she finished with 555 total digs, with the next closest teammate finishing with over 200 less. The Eagles will open play this Friday at the Woodruff P.E. Center against Agnes Scott College. Agnes

Scott was just 11-17 on the season but earned an automatic bid after winning their conference tournament. The winner of that game will take on the winner of Washington & Lee and Berry for the right to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals in Holland, Mich.

Sports Editor Ryan Smith contributed reporting — Contact Ethan Morris at ethan.morris@emory.edu

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

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On the left. sophomore Jordan Morell looks to pass the ball. On the right, junior Cat McGrath leaps for the ball. Both the women’s soccer and volleyball teams were selected to the Division III NCAA Championships on Monday. The volleyball team will begin action on Friday, and the women’s soccer team will begin on Saturday.

Emory to Host D-III NCAA Championships Women’s Soccer Wins Seventh Straight By Zoe Elfenbein Staff Writer The women’s soccer team was able to finish its regular season on a high note by triumphing over nationallyranked opponent, Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) 3-0 on Saturday at home. The win improved the squad’s record to 14-3-1 for the season. It was the Eagles’ 12th win of their last 13 games. The Eagles established a lead early on over the Tartans when senior defender Lauren Gorodetsky set the pace by scoring her fourth goal of the season. The play started when junior forward Charlotte Butker took the corner kick and found senior forward Veronica Romero. Around the 18-yard box, Romero fired in a cross that Gorodetsky was able to head in past the Carnegie Mellon goalkeeper. Emory finished the half leading 1-0. Within the first few minutes of play of the second half, Emory was able to increase their lead. The goal resulted initially from a free kick that Gorodetsky took and found junior forward Karina Rodriguez. Rodriguez was able to redirect the ball to junior center midfielder Jennifer Grant who fired in a shot past the goalkeeper to make the score 2-0. The goal was Grant’s second of the season. Just 20 minutes later, the Eagles

were again able to take advantage of a scoring opportunity that solidified the win at 3-0over the Tartans. Senior center midfielder Samantha Bleiweis initiated the scoring play with a shot on goal that was blocked by a defender. Junior forward Emily Feldman controlled the rebound and finished the play with a shot on goal. The goal tallied Feldman’s second of the season. Overall, the Eagles outshot the Tartans 27-6 in the game, including a 12-2 edge in shots on goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Liz Arnold played the entire game to record her sixth individual shutout. “It was a very physical game,” Head Coach Sue Patberg said. “Carnegie Mellon is always a talented team, but we were able to finish with great results.” The game was also Emory’s Senior Day, in which the squad’s seven graduating players were honored. The seniors included Bleiweis, Caitlin Clark, Kelly Costopoulos, Lauren Drosick, Gorodetsky, Clare Mullins and Romero. Mullins and Costopoulos set a new program record with their 82nd career appearances for Emory. As a class, the seven seniors went 61-814 during their four-year careers, including four trips to the NCAA Tournament and one to the NCAA Championship game last season. Rodriguez finished the regular

season play as the leading goal scorer with a total of 6 goals and 17 points overall. Gorodetsky, Rodriguez, Drosick and freshman defender Hannah Meyer were all named University Athletic Association (UAA) Athletes of the Week for Women’s Soccer during the 2013 season. The Eagles finished the regular season ranked eighth. Even with the win, however, the Eagles came up short in their bid to share the UAA title with Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.), who beat Chicago in a decisive 2-0 win. Emory finished second, but Patberg remains in good spirits. “We are in a good spot right now,” she said. “We have progressed and continue to get better each game,” The Eagles were selected to compete for a national title on Monday afternoon. They will host an opening regional round, taking on Piedmont College at the Woodruff P.E. Center on Saturday. The winner of the regional, which also includes Lynchburg College (Va.) and Centre College, will go on to the quarterfinals. Senior and captain Costopoulos summed up the team’s mindset: “We are peaking at the right time with the tournament starting next weekend, and we are all very excited for the chance to compete.”

Sports Editor Ryan Smith contributed reporting — Contact Zoe Elfenbein at zoe.elfenbein@emory.edu

Volleyball Falls in UAAs, Grabs At-Large Bid By Ethan Morris Staff Writer The No. 6-ranked Emory volleyball squad completed its regular season this past weekend, as the team travelled to Brandeis University (Mass.), the host of the UAA Championships. The Eagles were hoping to cap off an impressive regular season with a second consecutive conference championship. The team did its part in the first two matches, defeating Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) and then Washington University in St. Louis in the semifinals. The No. 20-ranked University of Chicago abruptly halted the team’s run in the championship game, which is the first time a school other than Emory and Wash. U won the UAA Championships since 1988. Emory began the UAA championship tournament with an opening round bout with the 15-15 Case Western Spartans. The Eagles won in straight sets (25-23, 25-10, 25-23), led by juniors Leah Jacobs and Kate Bowman, who each finished with double-digit kills. Emory also held a commanding 53-38 advantage in digs, led by sophomore Taylor Erwin’s 22 digs. Emory advanced to the semifinals and faced its rival, the No. 8-ranked 26-5 Wash U Bears. Emory won with conviction, defeating the Bears in straight sets (25-23, 26-24, 25-16) and advanced to the UAA Championship

Match. The squad displayed its resilience in the match against the Bears, battling down 22-19 in the second set to come back and win the set. Led by Jacobs’s 12 kills and freshman Jessica Holler’s seven blocks, the Eagles led in every category, including hitting percentage and digs. The Emory volleyball team met its match in the UAA Championship game, matching up with the 25-10 University of Chicago Maroons. After winning the first set, the Eagles dropped the next three, as the Maroons captured the title. This was the second time the Eagles had faced the Maroons this season with Chicago winning both 3-1. Chicago outhit Emory .237 to .197, while barely leading in digs 84-81. Leading the Eagles’ balanced offensive effort were Jacobs, Holler, freshman Sarah Maher and junior Cat McGrath, who each finished with double-digit kills. Finishing what was a strong season, Erwin had 22 digs, her 12th effort with 20 or more digs on the season. Head Coach Jenny McDowell was generally positive in describing the weekend. “We played extremely well and at a high level in the first two rounds against CWRU and Washington University. But we had an off day on Saturday against Chicago. Chicago played extremely well but we didn’t execute like we needed to,” she said. McDowell also praised Jacobs for

her play this weekend: “(She) took some huge swings at the biggest times and got kills for us. She is really playing great volleyball right now!” Jacobs, rather than focus on her individual performance, would rather look forward to the team’s next challenge, the NCAA tournament. “Our team goal since the beginning was to win a national championship. Our regular season insured we would make the tournament, but the only thing that matters now is the future,” Jacobs wrote in an email to the Wheel. The Eagles found out on Monday at 11 a.m. that they had secured an at-large bid to the tournament. Emory will host an opening-round regional that includes the Eagles, Agnes Scott College, Berry College, and Washington & Lee University (Va.). Jacobs alluded to the urgency and pressure that comes with the NCAA tournament: “We have six games we need to win in order to reach our goal, and that’s all that matters. That is what’s left of our season. Every game could be our last, so we need to play as such. If we do, we win. It’s as simple as that.” Asked to evaluate her squad’s season, McDowell said: “This has been an extremely successful regular season, going 30-4. We play an extremely tough schedule and won 30 matches.”

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Volleyball The sixth-ranked volleyball team will host the opening round of the Division III NCAA Championships at the Woodruff P.E. Center. They will open play against Agnes Scott College on Friday. The winner of that game will play the winner of Washington & Lee University (Va.) and Berry College. Women’s Soccer The eighth-ranked women’s soccer team will also be hosting the first round of the NCAA Championships. The Eagles will kick things off against Piedmont College at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The winner of the match will take on the winner of Lynchburg College (Va.) and Centre College.

Eagles Tie Carnegie Mellon, Denied NCAA Bid By Shawn Farshchi Staff Writer This past Saturday, the men’s soccer team tied Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) 1-1 at home. Senior forward Andrew Jones scored Emory’s only goal on a penalty kick in the ninth minute. The goal was Jones’ third of the season. Carnegie Mellon tied the game on a shot from inside the box in the 18th minute. After many chances both ways in the second half and two overtime periods, the game finished with a score of 1-1. The game went back and forth, with Emory dominating the first half and Carnegie Mellon creating many chances in the second half. The game went to double overtime as well, with Emory controlling the first overtime period and Carnegie Mellon controlling the second overtime period.

Carnegie Mellon struggled to hit the target on their shots, with only seven of their 29 attempts making it on goal. Coming into the game, Emory and Carnegie Mellon were tied for first in the University Athletic Association (UAA). After the draw on Saturday, both schools received a share of the division title. It is the Eagles’ second straight year sharing the UAA title. The team finished with a season record of 11-5-2. The Emory team is one of the youngest in the UAA, with only one senior, forward Andrew Jones. Carnegie Mellon, the co-champion of the UAA, has 11 seniors this season. Emory has a strong freshmen class this year as well, with many receiving significant playing time already. With such a young team, Emory still managed to play at as high of a

level as they have in recent years. “The team matured greatly as the season progressed, and we have built a great foundation for the future,” Head Coach Sonny Travis said. One player who improved greatly from his freshman season was sophomore goalkeeper Abe Hannigan. “Hannigan’s confidence grew in leaps and bounds, while improving his range in the air and his shot blocking,” Travis said. One game that stood out this season was Emory’s 3-1 victory over Brandeis University (Mass.) on Oct. 20. Brandeis came into the game being one of the best teams in the UAA and ranked 12th in the nation. After conceding a goal only 21 seconds into the game, Emory responded with a dominant performance the rest of the game, including six saves from Hannigan. Junior striker and co-captain Dylan Price added two of

the three goals. The Eagles had put together a strong resume for the NCAA tournament with many signature wins such as the Brandeis victory and an impressive record against ranked teams. The Eagles received the news Monday afternoon that they were not selected to the field, snapping hopes of two consecutive trips to the tourney, Still, the Emory team is set up well for the future. With only one member graduating and a strong recruiting class coming in, they have a chance to do even better next year. The team will return, including Price, who led the team with 10 goals and 24 points. The next two highest point-scorers — freshman Jason Andrejchak and junior Michael Rheaume — will also return. Andrejchak contributed five goals

and three assists this season, while Rheaume had four goals and two assists. Hannigan, who had a stellar season in goal with a goals against average of 1.09, is only a sophomore. The team is deep at almost every position and with more experience under their belt, they will be in a position to be a favorite to win the UAA and be in the mix for the NCAA Division III tournament. The UAA is one of the toughest divisions in the nation, and winning the title outright would make Emory a legitimate title contender. With solid depth at every position, young talent gaining experience and an excellent recruiting class, the future is bright for the men’s soccer team.

Sports Editor Ryan Smith contributed reporting — Contact Shawn Farshchi at sfarshc@emory.edu