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Project Is the First Hydroponic System in the Nation By Rupsha Basu News Editor A new project commissioned by the Office of Sustainability Initiatives will repurpose sewage water to fuel air conditioning and heating at Emory by spring 2015. The project, called the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF), is currently under construction on Peavine Creek Road near the baseball field and behind Beta Theta Pi fraternity. It will consist of an indoor greenhouse facility as well as an outdoor facility between the fraternity house and the baseball field. WRF is the first of its kind in the nation to use hydroponic technology to treat waste water, according to Brent Zern, environmental engineer for the Division of Campus Services. Hydroponic technology is a waterbased method of growing plants that uses mineral solutions rather than soil, Zern said. WRF’s function is to conserve water and save utility water costs, Zern said. He added that this is especially necessary given that Atlanta is undergoing heavy droughts — a “water crisis.” The project began three years ago with feasibility studies from an economic and engineering perspective, Zern said. As soon as the Board of Trustees gave the greenlight, construction began last winter and will conclude in either January or February of 2015. There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the facility in April, Zern said. According to Zern, large plants in the greenhouse will have a substantial
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root system which undergoes a ecologically-based, biological treatment. “The magic happens in the root system,” Zern said. The roots are submerged in aerobic and anaerobic chambers — or large concrete vaults — that are home to 2,000-3,000 unique microorganisms that are able to break down waste, according to an Oct. 22 press release from the Office of Sustainability Initiatives. Liquid waste from one of the three underground waste lines at Emory will be recycled and circulated through these chambers and treated with the microorganisms. The water first gets circulated through the indoor chambers and then the outdoor facility, which has different, climate-specific plants. “Waste water is moved through the chambers, and these organisms eat the waste,” Zern said. “When it comes out, it’s a very clean water product.” He added, however, that this recycled water is never meant to be drinkable. The WRF can treat 400,000 gallons of water per day, which amounts to 146 million gallons per year, Zern said. He added that the facility will not produce to capacity at all times and will produce a projected average of 300,000 gallons of reusable water per day. Emory currently has a chiller plant and a steam plant that converts clean water from the county to air conditioning and heating for every building. According to Zern, the WRF would do away with the need to purchase drinkable water from
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By Lydia O’Neal Senior Staff Writer
go through may seem unusual — one observer at the Alpha Phi Alpha probate likened it to a mixture between a boot camp and Bar Mitzvah — but the processes are steeped in history and tradition unique to each organization. Arthur Doctor, assistant director of Sorority and Fraternity Life and the primary advisor to the MGC and NPHC, said that each organization has a different terminology for the process, whether it be a probate, new member presentation or reveal. Doctor said that in 1990, to combat hazing, the organizations of the NPHC banned public pledging as a form of new membership admission and instead focused on an underground secret membership intake process that culminates in members revealing themselves to campus as a new person who has pledged to
The number of Emory College and Oxford College Early Decision I (ED1) applicants rose again this year, albeit by less than last year’s growth in high school seniors making Emory their top choice, according to a Nov. 24 University press release. Emory College saw a nine percent rise in ED1 applications, from 1,146 applicants last year to 1,253 this year. Oxford College received 25 percent more ED1 applications than the previous year, up to 454 applicants this year from 363 last year. Emory College and Oxford College saw respective ED1 applicant increases of 20 percent and 35 percent in fall 2013. “Last year’s [growth] being 20 percent — that’s huge,” Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Enrollment John Latting said when asked about the decline in growth over the past year. “The nine percent that we have is still a big number, and I’m really pleased with it.” Latting added that last year’s increase likely reflected a nationwide trend in high school counselors advising seniors to apply early to their priority schools. Half of the class of 2018, he said, applied either ED1 or Early Decision II (ED2). “We don’t want to go any higher than that,” Latting said. Growth in ED1 applicants at both colleges was predominantly driven by international students and American students living abroad, who account-
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EDxEmory and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity hosted a Salon student speaker event at the fraternity’s house on Thursday night. Each of the speakers, Andy Kim, Cara Ortiz and Anusha Ravi, Rafi Hoq, Aneyn O’Grady, Nandi Vanka and Brian Klarman, gave a short talk followed by a Q&A session.
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NPHC, MGC Reveal New Members By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor
Eight men clad in black-and-gold masks stand in a straight, disciplined line. It’s a chilly November night, but over 100 people are huddled in a semicircle around Tarbutton Hall. One man dances out of line to cheers from the crowd, then an anxious silence envelops the plaza as he waits to take off his mask. “My name is Kevin ... Pierre ... Satterfield ... Jr.,” he yells. “I’m a senior studying political science and economics... I’m from Charlotte (‘Queeeeeeen City’) North Carolina.” One by one, the rest of the men reveal themselves to the community, sharing their newly-given line names, or intimate nicknames acquired during the pledging process, their hometown and majors. These are the men of the Mu Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha — the fraternity that returned
to Emory’s campus after a three year hiatus due to hazing violations — who are ready to wear their letters with pride. Members of Alpha Phi Alpha, commonly known as the Alphas, were unveiled in a probate — a display of fraternal history, brotherhood, dancing and discipline. Led by a constant swaying of head nods from alumni and students alike, the new Alphas made their way through a roll-call of fellow National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) organizations in attendance, performed highly elaborate and synchronous dance routines and recited facts about the ideals and history of the fraternity with an high level of discipline and precision. The Alphas are one of the six NPHC fraternities and sororities on Emory’s campus. To the uninitiated, the new member process that NPHC and Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) organizations
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Social Life Social Enterprise Supports During Nicaraguan Farmers The Social Freeze By Annie McGrew Staff Writer
By Ashley Marcus Contributing Writer Since this month’s ban on fraternity social events in response to sexual violence, Emory students have sought alternatives for social events on the weekend. Students have reported straying from their typical weekend events on the Row to more intimate gatherings both on and off campus with friends. Rather than getting ready for Friday night frat parties, students like College freshmen Torrin Jacobsen and Jake Cronin are spending more time doing anything from studying for their midterms to using Uber car service to catch a movie at Phipps Plaza or to get to Opera Nightclub for some music and dancing. On Nov. 3, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) announced a selfimposed ban on fraternity social events on campus in response to a Nov. 2 sexual assault at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity house and other previous sexual assaults. IFC has said it will lift the social ban once it has created “tangible and proactive steps” toward social wrongs in
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A new Goizueta Business School social enterprise is trying to bridge the ever-growing gap between coffee consumers and coffee farmers by ensuring fair pay to coffee farmers. Farmers to 40 provides excellent coffee to consumers while returning 40 percent of the retail price of a bag of coffee directly to their partner farmers in Nicaragua, according to Peter Roberts, co-founder of Farmers to 40, B-School professor of Organization & Management and academic director of Social Enterprise @ Goizueta, a program focused on utilizing business skills to achieve meaningful and enduring social impacts. Jon Thompson, who invested in one of the farms that works with Farmers to 40 is the other co-founder of the enterprise. Farmers to 40’s high level of return is rare in the specialty coffee market, according to Roberts. Roberts said that other coffee companies such as Counter Culture Coffee and Bird Rock Coffee Roasters offer transparency reports and indicate on their coffee what percentage of their price goes to farmers. However, Counter Culture only gives their farmers 20 percent of the value of the coffee, half as much as the 40 percent that Farmers to 40 guarantees to its farmers, according to Roberts. The mission of Farmers to 40 is to “encourage economic development within coffee-growing communities by adequately and transparently com-
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pensating farmers for the time, skill and effort required to grow coffee beans of the highest quality,” according to the Farmers to 40 website. With multiple locations in Atlanta and Alabama, local coffee shop Octane Coffee is the exclusive roaster of Farmers to 40 coffees. The coffee can also be purchased online through their website. Roberts said that he has always been interested in specialty coffee markets and how they work, and he began taking regular trips to Nicaragua to visit coffee farmers about five years ago, before Farmers to 40 was officially started in October 2013. Farmers to 40 is now working with three local farms in Nicaragua: Finca El Petén, Finca Los Pinos and Finca Los Maderos. When the enterprise was working with two farms, both were run by male farmers. After the first visit to the farms, some visitors asked why they weren’t representing any female coffee farmers. “Our answer was that we just hadn’t met one yet.” Roberts said. Farmers to 40 then assured that their third farm, Finca Los Maderos, was run by a woman. Roberts added that Farmers to 40 will never own a farm but instead seeks to help local coffee farmers who are too often underpaid for their services. Two important objectives for Farmers to 40 are sustainability and transparency, according to Roberts.
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he Emory Muslim Student Association illustrated the differences between diverse sects of Islam in a gallery in Cox Hall Ballroom on Sunday night. The event also featured a talk by the Muslim motivator and radio host Hanif J. Williams.
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Doctors’ First Success in Ebola Dialysis By Lydia O’Neal Senior Staff Writer
Doctors at the Emory University School of Medicine recently released a study on their successful use of dialysis as a life-supporting treatment for a patient at Emory University Hospital infected with the Ebola virus — the first known successful use of such treatment. The study’s two lead authors, Dr. Michael Connor and Dr. Harold Franch, presented their findings to
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the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) in Philadelphia and published the study online on Friday, Nov. 14. The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology will feature the findings in its Nov. 25 issue. “Whether someone did it in the 1990s and didn’t write about it, we don’t know, but so far as we know, we were first,” Connor, an assistant professor of medicine, said of the dialysis treatment for Ebola patients. The patient receiving dialysis, who was not identified, was the third Ebola
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patient cared for in the Hospital’s isolation unit, following surviving missionaries Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, who arrived about a month earlier. The patient arrived at Emory University Hospital on Sept. 9 from Sierra Leone after four days of showing symptoms, according to Franch, who is also an assistant professor of medicine. Four days after the third patient’s arrival, Franch said, “his kidneys
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news roundup National, Local and Higher Education News • A suicide attacker killed 45 people and injured 60 others at a volleyball match in Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktika province on Sunday. The bombing followed a decision by the Afghan parliament to allow U.S. and NATO forces to remain in the country after 2014. The Taliban took responsibility for the attack. • Nuclear negotiations with Iran hit a dead end in Vienna, just before a midnight Monday deadline. Diplomats revised their target date for reaching the basics of an accord to June 30. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were present at the talks, which aimed to limit Iran’s nuclear program. • Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who has held the position since February 2013, stepped down on Monday. Though some said President Barack Obama asked Hagel to resign on Friday, White House officials on Monday portrayed the resignation as a mutual agreement. The move, according to White House officials, was an acknowledgement of new security threats facing the U.S., such as the Islamic State militant group, and the concurrent need for new lead-
ership to address those threats. • Police in Cleveland shot dead a 12-year-old boy playing with a toy handgun at a playground on Saturday afternoon. Tamir Rice, an African American, had been sitting on a swing, pulling off the toy’s orange safety tip and pointing it at frightened passers-by, according to witnesses. Two policemen arrived and ordered Rice to raise his hands. Instead, he reached for the toy and a policeman fired two shots, one of which hit Rice in the stomach. Rice died of his injuries at MetroHealth Medical Center early Sunday. • A large fire in Cobb County, Ga. destroyed 16 condos in the Willows apartment complex on Saturday. The blaze began as a balcony fire around 5 p.m., though the Cobb County Fire Department still struggled to distinguish it for hours afterwards. No residents were injured, though many said they were struck by the number of the area’s recurring major fires — five in less than a decade.
— Compiled by Senior Staff Writer Lydia O’Neal
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• On Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 10:09 a.m., Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to a call regarding an odor of marijuana in Harris Hall. When officers arrived on the scene, a Resident Advisor (RA) turned over confiscated paraphernalia. Officers located a green leafy substance at the scene. Information regarding the case has been turned over to Campus Life. • On Friday, Nov. 21 at 6:30 a.m., EPD responded to a call regarding a suspicious package left at a bus stop outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Clifton Road. EPD officers assisted the DeKalb Police Department with evacuating nearby buildings. The package contained personal belongings that were later claimed by an individual. Clifton Road was reopened at 7:51 a.m. Emory faculty,
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staff and students were notified of the suspicious package through an all-Emory email sent early Friday morning by Associate Vice President of Communications and Executive Director of Media Relations Nancy Seideman.
• On Saturday, Nov. 22 at 8:38 a.m., an Emory Emergency Medical Service (EMS) vehicle was flagged down by an individual. The individual said that an 18-wheeler truck struck a telephone pole on Lavista Road. The pole snapped and in the process, multiple vehicles on the street were damaged. The individual said he tried to stop the truck, but it would not stop. Officers were able to locate the truck and met with the driver. The driver didn’t realize he hit anything. Information regarding the case has been turned over to the
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• On Sunday, Nov. 23 at 12:30 p.m., EPD responded to a fire call at McTyeire Hall. The Residence Hall Director on the scene called EPD when he noticed large amounts of smoke in the kitchen. Officers determined that the smoke was caused by a person reheating a pizza in a cardboard box. There was no fire when officers arrived on the scene, but the box was burned. DeKalb County Fire & Rescue arrived on the scene and reset the fire alarm.
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that the individual had fallen during the night. The individual was transported to Emory University Hospital for further treatment. Campus Life was notified.
— Compiled by Crime Beat Writer Brandon Fuhr
• On Sunday, Nov. 23 at 1:55 a.m., EPD responded to an underage individual under the influence of alcohol at Clairmont Building B. The individual had been drinking throughout the night and had vomited. EMS arrived on the scene and determined
Events at emory
Event: Medicine Grand Rounds: Ethics Time: 12 p.m. Location: Emory University Hospital Auditorium Event: Athletics — Women’s Basketball Time: 6 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center
WEDNESDAY Event: Sustainability Office Hours With Emily Cumbie-Drake Time: 12 p.m. Location: Few Hall Drop-In Space
THURSDAY Event: Thanksgiving Holiday: University Closed Time: 2 days Location: All schools
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Event: Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour Time: 12 p.m. Location: Longstreet-Means Great Room
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Event: Athletics — Men’s Basketball Time: 4 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center
SUNDAY Event: Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church Worship Time: 8:30 a.m. Location: The Little Chapel in the Church School Building Event: Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church Worship Time: 11 a.m. Location: Glenn Sanctuary/ Auditorium Event: Athletics — Men’s Basketball Time: 4 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: The Gathering @ 5:05 Worship Time: 5:05 p.m. Location: Ward Fellowship Hall at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church
MONDAY Event: Queer Men’s Discussion Group
Time: 5 p.m. Location: Office of LGBT Life, 232E DUC
Event: Queer & Asian Discussion Group Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Office of LGBT Life, 232E DUC Event: Carlos Reads Book Club Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum Board Room Event: “Selznick’s March”: The “Gone With the Wind” Premiere in Atlanta Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: White Hall 205
TUESDAY Event: Collective Computation in Biological Communication, Neural Dynamics, and Behavior Speaker Series: Statistical Inference on Networks of Spiking Neurons Time: 2:30 p.m. Location: MSC E300 Event: Athletics — Women’s Basketball Time: 6 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Emory Jazz Ensembles
Time: 8 p.m. Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
WEDNESDAY Event: 2014 McDonald Lectures Time: 11 a.m. Location: Rita Anne Rollins Building 252 Event: Sustainability Office Hours With Emily Cumbie-Drake Time: 12 p.m. Location: Few Hall Drop-In Space Event: Trans-forming Gender Discussion Group Time: 5 p.m. Location: Office of LGBT Life, 232E DUC Event: Bisexual/Pansexual Discussion Group Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Office of LGBT Life, 232E DUC Event: “Blind Chance” (1981), Film Screening Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: White Hall 208 Event: MORE Stud Pageant Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Harland Cinema
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New Member Presentations Offer Personal Growth, Self Awareness, Doctor Says ment and said the new member process is unique because it forces you to uphold the ideas and values of their really think about your strengths and respective organizations. weaknesses as a way to build yourself While the specifics of the respec- during the process. tive new member processes largely “The process allows you to think remain secret, new members spend of yourself in the context of a brothertheir time “online,” or undergoing the hood,” Satterfield said. new member proA d d i t i o n a l l y, cess outside of the Satterfield said public eye, learning “Most of the service and that skills learned about the ideals and philanthropic endeavors through the new histories of their member process organizations, grow- these groups take on are transcends the every week, they’re in fraternity. ing closer with the rest of their pledge “The entire prothe communities and line and performcess is so applicable very hands on.” ing several song and because I’ve been dance routines at able to take away so — Arthur Doctor, much and translate their reveals. assistant director of Sorority it into different enviA d d i t i o n a l l y, most of the NPHC and Fraternity Life ronments as well,” organizations are he said. “In my currequired to be affilirent role as a memated with an alumni chapter that pro- ber of the STEER Team in the Office vides mentorship, the chapter advisor of Student Leadership and Service, and an emphasis on lifelong dedica- I’m constantly reminded of what I’ve tion and service to the organization. learned and how much I’ve grown MGC fraternities Xi Kappa and both as a person and professional.” Sigma Beta Rho, MGC sorority Delta Satterfield said that the moment Phi Lambda and NPHC sorority Zeta he and his fraternity brothers were Phi Beta all held their new member able to reveal themselves to the compresentations in the past two weeks munity was the biggest sigh of relief as well. he has ever had. In regards to the new member “During our new member process, process and the NPHC and MGC I had to pretend as if I wasn’t undergroups on campus, Doctor encour- going one of the most challenging ages Emory students who may not and time-consuming moments in my be familiar with the organizations life,” Satterfield said. to reach out and get “I had to carry to know more about on with my classes, them and what they “[My brothers were] also ext racu r r icula rs do. leadership why I was able to finish and “Most of the positions as if I had ... I had seven other in- everything under service and philanthropic endeavors dividuals who supported control.” these groups take pointme when I didn’t have ed Satterfield on are every week, to the fact that energy to juggle it all.” the several-month they’re in the communities and very process was made hands on,” Doctor — Kevin Satterfield, less challenging by said. “That’s stuff I College senior and Alpha Phi his fraternity broththink a lot of people Alpha brother ers to be able to don’t see, and if they undertake together. did, there would be “[My brothers a lot more underwere] also why I standing about the NPHC and MGC was able to finish,” Satterfield said. groups.” “I had seven other individuals who Doctor added that the new mem- supported me when I didn’t have the ber process is an opportunity for energy or courage to juggle it all.” those who go through it to become For Nell Hodgson Woodruff more aware of themselves and grow School of Nursing senior and into a newer, better person. President of Lambda Theta Alpha Satterfield echoed Doctor’s senti- Latin Sorority (LTA) Analy Varajas-
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Xi Kappa Asian interest fraternity (top left) held revealed its new Zeta class at the Medicine School fountain on Thursday, Nov. 20 (Photo: Erin Baker, Staff). Zeta Phi Beta African American interest sorority (top right) introduced its three newest members at the DUC Terraces one week earlier (Photo: Hagar Elsayed, Photo Editor), while Latin interest sorority Lambda Theta Alpha (Bottom) revealed its six new members at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building Auditorium on Wednesday, Nov. 19 (Photo: Mark Igbinadolor, Staff).
Gonzalez, their intake process is an exciting time for all involved. LTA was founded at Emory in 2003. At the LTA new member presentation on Nov. 19, the six new members of the sorority recited history of the sorority, poems about their older sisters in the sorority and revealed their identities to a packed crowd in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building Auditorium.
In between different parts of the presentation, cries of “I see you Ace! I see you Tail!” echod from members of Emory’s NPHC and MGC communities, sister chapters from other schools and a number of curious onlookers there to learn more about what was taking place. Varajas-Gonzalez said the decision to undergo the new member process for LTA is something to be
cherished and is just the beginning for the creation of lifelong bonds among all sisters. “Although we are Latina-based, we are not Latina-exclusive,” VarajasGonzalez said. “Lambda Theta Alpha prides itself in its philanthropy and strong bonds among sisters.” For Satterfield, his decision to become a member of Alpha Phi
Alpha will not be over once he walks across the stage as he graduates in May. What he learned along the way is something more. “This process has shaped my life in ways that extend beyond my time at Emory and I’m so excited to continue this lifelong journey as a man of Alpha Phi Alpha,” he said.
— Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu
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SGA Passes Student Activity Fee Increase By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor
The 48th Legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) passed two bills proposing an increase to the Student Activities Fee (SAF) and Cost of Living Adjustment (CoLA), respectively, and four appointments to the Constitutional Council on Monday during its final meeting before Thanksgiving break. Bill 48s108, which calls for an increase in the SAF to adjust for inflation and improve the buying power for various initiatives around campus, proposes that for fiscal year 2015-2016, the SAF increase from $89 to $110. In addition to the current SAF increase to $93 set to occur during 2015-2016, College junior and SGA President Jon Darby and College senior and Vice President for Finance Patrick O’Leary’s bill proposes a two dollar increase to “correct the current adjustment shortfall” and an additional $15 increase to fund multiple programs by the SGA. These multiple programs are not already chosen but, according to the language of the bill, will include “student experience equity programs created by the Student Legislature and Executive Board to enable full
participation in academic and extracurricular activities regardless of socioeconomic status, enhanced programming and creation of a Meeting and Event Facilitation Fund,” among other qualifications. There were two amendments to the bill that passed; one amendment changed the language surrounding the $15 increase, which originally was delineated in three different five dollar usages, and the other called for the Governance Committee of the Legislature to contact heads of every Divisional Council to notify them of the impending referendum should this bill pass. A third amendment, which called for the $15 increase to be a separate referendum question than the other SAF increases, was rejected by Darby and O’Leary. After discussion on the impact the changes would have on graduate school fees and funding, how the dollar amount numbers were derived and how the referendum would work, the bill was passed 15-9-3. The bill will be put up to a University-wide referendum no later than Dec. 9 and, if passed, must be approved by the University Board of Trustees before taking effect. Bill 48s109, also written by Darby and O’Leary, alters the CoLA process
from changing three percent every four years to two percent every year. The CoLA is a periodic adjustment to the SAF that takes into account the increase in the cost of living each year. Darby explained the two percent number is on par with annual inflation rates and will provide a predictable change in the SAF for students every year. This change would also begin in the 2015-2016 school year. Additionally, the language of the bill allows the Legislature to “pause” the increase whenever it feels the CoLA outpaces inflation or isn’t necessary. Since the CoLA bill modifies the SGA Finance Code, the bill must be passed by the Legislature in two consecutive sessions by a majority vote of quorum or a two-thirds majority vote, whichever is larger. The bill passed unamended 25-0-2. The Legislature also unanimously confirmed College junior Connor Crum, College freshman Talia Burstein, College sophomore Brian Sy and second-year Emory Law student Amin Sadri as Associate Justices of the Emory Constitutional Council.
— Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu
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mory’s Liberty in North Korea student group hosted a benefit concert in Cox Hall Ballroom on Friday night. The event featured free Korean food, raffles with prizes of up to $3,000 and performances by No Strings Attached, Adrenaline and Mulan Dance Group, among others. The organization seeks to raise awareness of humanitarian issues in North Korea.
Jump in Intl., Hispanic, WesternU.S. Students Applying ED1 Continued from Page 1 ed for 70 percent of this year’s ED1 increase. Latting and Oxford College Dean of Enrollment Services Kelley Lips pointed to the addition of several international recruiting representatives — up to four from just one representative two years ago — as a primary reason for the jump in international ED1 applicants. “This is not just an Emory phenomenon,” Latting said, noting the increase in the number of students outside the U.S. taking the SATs. According to a National Business Times report, the number of international students taking the SAT has doubled over the past eight years. Because of the number of Emory’s international ED1 applicants, Latting said he expected a proportional increase in international regular decision applicants at both colleges, as committing to an overseas school early is a significant promise for families outside of the U.S. “It’s hard for families to make the decision ... it’s more complex for them,” Latting said, adding that international students have such aspects as visas, flights and language proficiency to consider. China accounted for half of the growth in international students, according to Latting. “Not just in college admission but
also in economic terms, China is really growing,” he said. “Right now we’re living in an era of the growth of China.” Increases in ED1 applications came from inside the U.S. as well, specifically California, as well as much of the western and midwestern U.S., according to Latting. The most common state origins of this year’s ED1 applications included Georgia, Florida, California, New York and New Jersey. The latter two states and most of the mid-Atlantic region have had a strong presence in Emory’s ED1, ED2 and regular application pools for decades, Latting said. In terms of demographics, the fastest ED1 increase came from Hispanic and Latino applicants, Latting said, adding that he expects the trend to continue. Overall, Latting and Lips were happy to see that growing numbers of students considered Emory their top choice, according to press release statements from both. “It’s great to see a rising interest in Emory,” Latting said. “It’s always good to have more talent to choose from.” The ED1 applicants will find out whether or not they are going to join Emory’s class of 2019 on Dec. 15. The deadline for ED2 and regular decision applicants is Jan. 1.
— Contact Lydia O’Neal at lmoneal@emory.edu
Roberts noted that Farmers to 40 ensures that its farmers use sustainable practices, such as using fertilizers instead of chemicals. “[We work with farms who] are growing coffee the right way” Roberts said. “So you don’t have this thing where, in order to grow coffee, you’re cutting trees down, you’re applying pesticides, you’re making the value of your land temporary. That’s not going to help the folks in Nicaragua long term. [We want to create farms that are an] ecologically sound engine that will keep growing coffee, in essence forever.” Roberts said that transparency is one of the most significant factors in the enterprise. “I’m a believer that markets work when everybody that contributes gets paid appropriately.” Roberts said. “There’s so much talk that goes around about what coffee consumers should want from coffee growers and the relationship that roasters have with growers, but there’s so little transparency in terms of what coffee growers are actually getting paid.” Robert’s hope is that by putting information about how much farmers are paid into the market in a very accessible way, the market itself will decide what’s the appropriate share. According to Roberts, Farmers to 40 would like to normalize fair pay for farmers, forcing consumers to question why certain coffee roasters pay some farmers less than others. “It’s this kind of pressure, we hope, that will ultimately kind of allow all farmers to at least have better leverage.” Roberts said.
B-School Master of Business Administration (MBA) student Aamil Sarfani wrote in an email to the Wheel that Farmers to 40’s commitment to transparency allows the consumer to connect with their purchase in a way that they couldn’t before. “Knowing exactly how much of one’s purchase goes to the farmer gives the consumer a tangible impact that can be measured and forces the consumer to question what the current prices are that are being paid to farmers.” Sarfani wrote. “This farmer-centric strategy is the reason why I believe in their social endeavor.” Kaili Delp, a B-School MBA student and a second-year student in the Rollins School of Public Health, wrote in an email to the Wheel that her favorite part of being involved in Farmers to 40 was learning about where coffee comes from and all of the steps that go into making a cup of coffee. She also noted the importance of Farmers to 40 in being an example of “organic agriculture done right.” She called Farmers to 40 an example of true fair trade, adding that giving 40 percent of the cost of a pound of coffee to the farmer is what they deserve. In the future, Roberts would like to work with more farmers in Latin America and would like to see Farmers to 40 continue to sell more coffee, creating increased revenues for the farmers. He also would like there to be an improvement in the certification for fair trade coffee roasters to more accurately reflect the amount that farmers are paid.
— Contact Annie McGrew at amcgre2@emory.edu
Hemodialysis Not Feasible in West Africa, Doctors Say according to the study’s co-author Dr. Colleen Kraft, who was one of seven weren’t working so well.” doctors caring for the patient. The patient suffered from acute Another worry, Connor said, was kidney injury, a common complica- the case of an emergency. tion of Ebola due to the dehydra“We had to come up with stringent tion caused by the sufferers’ frequent protocols to not only protect health vomiting and diarrhea, according to care workers, but also the patient,” Connor. The hemodialysis machine, he said. “In the biocontainment ward, used not as a treatment for the virus, you can’t just rush in to help the but as a life-support mechanism, patient — you have to put on all of acted as an artificial kidney to pre- the personal protective equipment on vent renal failure by filtering out first. So we had a nurse prepared waste that would for any emergency normally exit the in the room with patient through uri- “Providing dialysis is not the patient at all nating, Connor said. a treatment specifically times.” “Providing dialyThirty-five days for Ebola — it is a form after his diagnosis, sis is not a treatment specifically for of life support ... It allows the patient was Ebola — it is a form declared Ebolathem to stay alive long of life support,” free and released. enough to see if their Connor said. “It Three other body can get rid of the allows them to stay patients in the alive long enough to United States and virus” see if their body can Europe received get rid of the virus.” similar treatment — Dr. Michael Connor, About half of following the assistant professor of medicine Emory University Ebola patients suffer from acute kidHospital success. ney injury during intensive care unit On Oct. 8, Liberian national admission, Connor said, and about Thomas Eric Duncan, the first perfive to 10 percent of them require son diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. dialysis. soil, died after he was placed on a The procedure, however, had ventilator and dialysis machine for many safety implications, with one just over a week at the Texas Health of the biggest concerns being the size Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, of the catheters used to transport the according to a Reuters report. patient’s blood through the filter and Martin Salia, a surgeon who conback into his or her body. tracted Ebola in his native country Patients may be confused and of Sierra Leone, was rushed into could potentially pull out the IVs, emergency dialysis after he showed
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no kidney function on Saturday, Nov. patients may not even come to need 15, The Washington Post reported. dialysis in the first place. Salia died on Monday, Nov. 17. “Right now the mortality rate is On Friday, Nov. 14, however, a about 50 to 70 percent,” he said. Ugandan man was released from the “With intravenous fluids, we could University Hospital Frankfurt after probably reduce that to around 20 to receiving a Hemopurifier dialysis 30 percent. With dialysis, theoreticaltreatment, which “targets viral patho- ly we should be able to save another gens and immunosuppressive toxins” 30 to 40 percent [of those patients].” released by the virus, according to an Connor stressed the lack of infraonline Fox News article. structure in West African countries The authors of the Emory School most affected by the virus, like of Medicine study expressed doubts Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. when asked about the Hemopurifier “[Dialysis] is very labor intensive, technology. very resource intensive, and they’re “I think this still struggling to proconcept has been vide basic resources, used in one patient such as aggressive IV “With intravenous — we can’t draw resuscitation, fluids, we could probably fluid conclusions yet,” basic labs and nursreduce [the mortality Kraft said. ing support,” Connor According to said. rate of Ebola] that to Franch, studies But in more develaround 20 to 30 percent.” oped have proven the countries like effectiveness of the U.S., the life— Dr. Harold Franch, support method can the technology, assistant professor of medicine and should be used but by the time the studies were conaggressively, the lead ducted, the viral components targeted authors said. by the Hemopurifier were already “The big points are that we’re able beginning to drop in number. Regular to do this safely and the patient actuhemodialysis, let alone a cutting-edge ally recovered quite nicely,” Franch Hemopurifier, the doctors said, will said. “If you do it safely, your patient not be an option for West African can actually recover.” nations in the near future. In addition to Kraft, the study’s “They have trouble just keep- other co-authors include Dr. Aneesh ing laboratories working [in West Mehta, Dr. Jay B. Varkey, Dr. Marshall Africa],” Franch said, adding that if Lyon, Dr. Ian Crozier, Dr. Ute Ströher the region’s medical centers were bet- and Dr. Bruce Ribner. The ASN was ter able to supply patients with intra- not available for comment. — Contact Lydia O’Neal at venous fluids and other treatments lmoneal@emory.edu common to the developed world,
Office of Sustainability Leads Way in Water Conservation Continued from Page 1 the county and instead use recycled waste water. The amount of water treated will also be seasonally dependent. During hotter months, the water will be repurposed for the chiller plant, and during cooler months, it will be repurposed for the steam plant, Zern said. The Office of Sustainability Initiatives will also pursue the possibility of reusing the water for plumbing in Raoul Hall. According to Zern, Vice President of Campus Services Matthew Early does not want to reveal the monetary specifics of how much Emory is saving by converting to this sustainable alternative. However, Zern said that currently Emory pays a certain amount for utility plants in addition to the cost of the clean water from the county. “Right now, we use good drinking water supplied by the county — we don’t need that quality of water,” Zern said. This facility would eliminate the cost of the clean water, and Emory will receive the waste water at a significantly reduced price, according
to Zern. The facility will also be available as living, learning laboratories for Emory faculty and students, Zern said. Some classes, such as one taught by Eugene J. Gangarosa Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation in the Rollins School of Public Health Christine Moe have already taken samples from the greenhouse. Originally, the greenhouse facility without the outdoor component was designed to treat 200,000 gallons per day, but Zern said Early wanted for it to process more. Therefore, the lot behind Beta Theta Pi became the second, outdoor component of the WRF. According to Zern, other facilities like this exist in parts of Europe and China, but the ecological treatment is unique to the WRF in the United States. “Other people might reclaim water using chemical treatment,” Zern said. He added that the WRF is a smaller-scale project and uses few chemicals. “We’re leading the way in water conservation efforts,” Zern said.
— Contact Rupsha Basu at rupsha.basu@emory.edu
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Students Find Alternatives to Eagle Row Parties Continued from Page 1 its culture, according to a Nov. 3 IFC statement. Jacobsen said that he believes the call for a pause in Greek social events has pushed people to explore Atlanta and to go places they may not have taken the time to visit otherwise. While some students like College freshman Dana Shustik are participating in smaller, more subdued social gatherings on and off-campus, College freshman Samantha Resin said that the lack of fraternity parties on campus has also led them to venture more frequently into bars like Maggie’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill or MJQ, a local nightclub on Ponce de Leon Avenue. Although, on the whole, students have observed the IFC’s ban, Resin said she doubts the effectiveness of the freeze in preventing drinking and partying. “There have still been a lot of parties going on,” she said. “People go to a lot of off-campus fraternity houses, and they still go to different bars and clubs in Atlanta ... Overall, it’s a good warning that [IFC] closed down Frat Row, but it’s not stopping people from partying at all.” According to College freshman Hayley Alperin, students have been seeking off campus parties hosted by fraternities, sports teams or clubs affiliated with Emory. She said the freeze has had virtually no impact on their social lives other than the location of their events. However, parties off campus come with their own set of problems. When students attend parties off campus,
they are faced with the challenge of securing a method of transportation back to campus late at night and maintaining their safety in an unfamiliar setting. Resin said she feels that having parties off campus will put students in a position in which they will be pressured to drive drunk, and that it would be safer simply to have these parties on campus. In response to these issues, Greek organizations have developed systems to look after their members when they are partying off campus, such as through designated driver programs. “We have several brothers who have volunteered to sober drive if someone needs it,” College senior Oliver Paprin, vice president of Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity, said. According to College senior Jane Singer, a member of Sigma Delta Tau (SDT) sorority, sober sisters volunteer as designated drivers and care for those who need help. The social freeze has also led students to re-evaluate their understanding of sexual violence on campus. “I’ve had friends say, ‘I didn’t think this would happen here,’” College freshman Rachael Leader said. “I knew it was a college campus. It doesn’t really surprise me in any way.” According to an email sent out to the entire Emory community by the IFC, the ban on social events on the Row will be lifted after they have created proactive steps to respond to instances of misconduct. “It shows a lot of dedication and passion by the student body to try to resolve [these social] issues,” College
junior and Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity member Matty Simon said. “It shows that we truly do care about our campus — Greeks, non-Greeks, regardless. We seek change, and we want change.” One way that students have been working to create positive change is by engaging with Emory’s Sexual Assault Peer Advocate (SAPA) program and, in the wake of the IFC social freeze, SAPA leaders, such as Vice President of Advocate Training and College senior Becca Woofter have reported an increased number of students getting SAPA trained. “Just by being SAPA trained, there’s this sense of knowledge and awareness on campus such that even if an advocate never speaks directly with a survivor, he or she is more self-aware in their actions and how they conduct themselves on campus,” Woofter said. SAPA trains students to become advocates for sexual assault prevention and distributes information about resources on campus for reporting dealing with sexual assault. The training program is meant to prevent sexual assaults by spreading awareness about the definition of consent as well as by teaching advocates how to fully support survivors of sexual assault. “It’s really exciting that we are in a place where these conversations are happening,” Woofter said. “I’m thankful for these brave individuals who came forward and decided to report ... I do hope that they feel supported and that they have resources on campus.”
— Contact Ashley Marcus at ammarcu@emory.edu
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Emory Arts Club Expands Semi-Annual Event By Ashley Marcus Contributing Writer
Emory’s semi-annual Art Club Lock-In drew students together Friday night, Nov. 21 to participate in the club’s biggest event of the year, which aims to draw attention to the existing program at Emory. Students were invited to come to the the Visual Arts building with their friends to enjoy free food and to create different modes of visual art. Emory Arts Club Co-President and Goizueta Business School junior Clare Wang said that, to encourage students to participate and get involved with the visual arts, the event provided participants with free food, art supplies and admission, eliminating money as a deterrent. She referred to the event as an investment in the students and explained that the Arts Lock-In “brings people out who do not necessarily do art regularly or even think they’re ‘good’ at art.” Students crowded into the venue and enjoyed balloon darts, jewelry making, henna tattoos, ink blowing, still life painting and the newly added coaster creations. The Lock-In designed the activities in such a way as to offer something that appealed to people’s individual interests. To keep the event interesting, the coordinators tried to add new art stations with each event. In the future, the Art Club Lock-Ins may experience a change far beyond adding new craft stations.
“We’re looking to bring in some guest artists, if we can find the connections, and we also really want to do some collaborations with other clubs — maybe a music club, so they can come in and do a performance in the middle of the night,” Wang said about potential upcoming plans for the next Lock-In.
“To see everyone come out and take a few seconds of their time to just relax — you don’t really people relax on the Emory campus that oftern — it means a lot.” — Jaque Galinski, College sophomore and Emory Arts Club co-president The club, limited by their current small venue, is beginning to come up with new ideas to expand this event into something even greater. Though the focus will still remain on the visual arts program, the club looks forward to finding ways to incorporate other forms of art into the event. In addition to creating a more unique experience, the collaboration with performing arts may attract a larger group of students to come out and get involved, according to Wang. Jaque Galinski, co-president of the Emory Arts Club and College sophomore, explained that this event
is certainly not solely for those with a passion for the arts. “To see everyone come out and take a few seconds of their time to just relax — you don’t really see people relax on the Emory campus that often — it means a lot,” Galinski said. She continued on to say that artists (and bored students looking to escape their rooms on a Friday night) were welcome to enjoy the Lock-In and are encouraged to come enjoy the next event in the spring. For College freshman Alex Liu, the Arts Lock-In was a chance to participate in the arts for the first time since graduating high school, where he sketched in his free time. While College senior Alycia Patton said that she thoroughly enjoyed the Lock-In, she found herself overwhelmed by the large turn out and the lack of instructions for the newest art stations. She continued on to say that she found herself intimidated by the talented, more experienced artists and suggests an instructor or laminated instructions at each station. Patton was not the only one surprised by the amount of people who came out to attend the LockIn. According to College freshman Ben Goldfein, the event surpassed expectations. “It was awesome to see how many people participated in the event — I was blown away by the turnout,” he said.
— Contact Ashley Marcus at ammarcu@emory.edu
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 Editorials Editor: Rhett Henry
The Wheel Gives Thanks
As part of an annual tradition in its issue before Thanksgiving, the Wheel gives thanks to the positive aspects of Emory’s campus we often take for granted. Here is a list of things we’re thankful for: Emory’s Partnership with Georgia Tech: From the most recent news of collaborations surrounding the new Library Services Center on Briarcliff campus and winning grants for research on concussion-caused brain impairment to our dual-degree programs in engineering and liberal arts, Emory’s long-standing and constantly growing partnership with Georgia Tech is something for which we are thankful. Wonderful Wednesdays: Wonderful Wednesdays make getting through the week more bearable. Seeing the festivities and happy students dancing to upbeat music brings life to the often monotonous routine we fall into every week. Through this event, students, especially freshmen, get to learn about clubs and organizations from all across campus. We are thankful for the weekly fun, food, friends and free stuff that only Wonderful Wednesday can provide. Sexual Assault Prevention: We are also thankful for a campus that is actively looking for ways to prevent sexual assault. A recent article in Rolling Stone showcased institutional, horrific problems within the University of Virginia and its response to sexual assault cases, exhibiting sexual assault survivors who felt alienated from their college administration. While Emory is also imperfect in this respect, we are thankful to be at a university with faculty, students and some administrators that have demonstrated a clear advocacy for sexual violence prevention on our campus. Programs like the Respect Program and Sexual Assault Peer Advocates (SAPA), administrative tools like the new Standing Committee for the Prevention of Sexual Violence and the many individual student and faculty advocates show that our university is moving to a view of no-tolerance towards sexual assault and towards a true community of care. The Interfraternity Council (IFC): The IFC has taken a greater active role this school year in implementing and affecting positive changes in the Greek community on campus. With their self-imposed ban on social activities as part of “tangible and proactive steps to mend the flaws in [the] social culture at Emory,” we are thankful the IFC is standing up to make a positive change. Guest Speakers: Emory consistently draws remarkable guest speakers and makes a point to make these lectures and events accessible to us students. Last week alone, Emory hosted Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chief of Staff Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming. The guests that Emory brings to the table have ranged from public officials to iconic artists, featuring individuals who are outstanding in specialized fields, and thus may appeal to students studying a particular topic. Library Resources: We owe a great deal to the substantial amount of resources made available to students, faculty, and affiliates. The Robert W. Woodruff Library in particular is ranked amongst the top university libraries in the country, with plentiful resources including the Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL), the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS), Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and the Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library, the reference librarians that are always available to help, the free Lynda tutorials, the huge online databases, the large collection of books, microfilm/microfiche, the government documents and so much more. Emory is No. 5 among universities with the highest licensing revenue per dollars spent on research, based on an analysis of Association of University Technology, which wouldn’t be possible without these resources we have. Creative Opportunities: We’re thankful for the creative outlets that are available for students throughout the community. Students are able to exercise their creative side through publications like student radio WMRE and its music and culture zine, Frequency, the literary Lullwater Review, creative anthology The pulse and humor magazine the Spoke allow students to express themselves outside of the bounds of the classroom. Even for the less creatively inclined, these publications are a chance to read and engage with the work of their peers. Sports at Emory: We are thankful for our student athletes at Emory. They may not always get the perks and glory of their Division I counterparts, but Emory’s athletes nonetheless work hard enough to consistently compete on the national level. We are also thankful for the athletic department as a whole, especially the coaches and administrators, for fostering programs that are able to compete at such a high level. Additionally, we appreciate the University for nurturing such a wide array of club and intramural sports, as well as the students who put their time into running those club teams. Between varsity, club and intramural sports and Play Emory, there is a way for almost everyone to stay healthy and fit, while doing things they love. Erika H. James: We are grateful for new leadership in the Goizueta Business School with Dean Erika H. James. Not only has she has accomplished much in her first couple months, she has also worked actively with the Goizueta community to assess the state of the business school. James met with students and faculty in a town hall setting to learn about challenges the school faces and ways to overcome them. In only her first few months, James was named to Ebony magazine’s “Power 100” list of “the most influential and intriguing men and women in Black America.” We look forward to where James will lead the business school over her tenure. Ebola Treatment: We are thankful for the University’s swift and adept management of the four cases of the Ebola virus that were brought to our campus. In caring for these patients, Emory University Hospital proved itself to be one of the few facilities in the world that could contain the virus and successfully treat it without putting health care workers and other individuals at risk. The international attention brought with these patients showcased our school as one of considerable humanitarian ethics and medical expertise. Committed Professors: We’re thankful for professors and instructors who go beyond the classroom and make it a part of their job description to help their students succeed even after their course ends. Professors are the foundation of educational institutions, and we’re thankful that Emory hosts professors who ensure that their students’ learning experiences are applicable to the outside world. Additionally, we’re thankful for professors who not only teach their students the topic at hand but teach lessons that students can take and use to make their personal lives and the lives of others more fruitful. Without these kinds of professors — who dedicate their personal time to helping students learn and become better members of society — classroom experiences would be dull and uninformative. We’re thankful for those professors who transcend the bare-minimum. Emory Employees: We are especially thankful for the hard work of the non-faculty employees at Emory whom we depend on whether we are conscious of it or not. We thank the exceptional shuttle service, without which we would be at the mercy of exorbitant parking rates or own feet to get around. We are thankful for the food service staff members who provide us with the means to remain focused on our academic work. We thank the custodial staff for maintaining a clean, beautiful environment. Finally, we appreciate the Emory Police and the security guards on campus who provide safety for many. Many others on our campus deserve recognition and thanks. If you feel some aspect of Emory life has been left off this list, please write to Editorials Editor Rhett Henry with your contributions and reasoning. Happy Thanksgiving, and we hope everyone has a safe and satisfying break. The above staff editorial represents the majority opinion of the Wheel’s editorial board.
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Neurodiversity Stigmatized in Appearance Sam Ready I want to get up and wear dark colors under a trench coat with aviator sunglasses and bedhead. This was my look in high school, and I still like the way I feel in it. But instead I will wear a pink shirt and khakis, with a hoodie and a colorful vest, because I know better now. People have found me intimidating for my whole life. Some of it is verbal; I know now, for example, that kids with no nonverbal learning probably shouldn’t attempt to mimic the old “He’s totally going to kill me/I’m gonna kill you” line. Apparently this hyperbolic and idiomatic use of the word “kill” is one television imitation reserved for the “normal” and neurotypical. I know that now; mea culpa. I know to use my inside voice and a vocabulary of more common words. But I had learned and compensated for these things before the end of high school, and, as long as I wore the coat, people still feared me. My main barometer for this, other than what I heard here and there, was the inversely proportionate relationship between tragedy and proximity: Every time a school shooting was reported on television, people walked just that much farther to the side of the hall when I’d walk by. The pattern never failed, to my last, graduating day. This isn’t just simple impressions anymore. The truth is that while schizophrenics and borderline personalities often take the lion’s share of mental health stigma in everyday conversation, the aloof Asperger kids have also gotten an undeserved bad reputation, associated incorrectly with threats to public safety. Why? Because we are eccentric, don’t say much or dress differently. I guess we’re just more likely to break social norms and attract attention to ourselves. Simply put, we have entered an age of neurodiverse profiling. That this connotation should fall on the benign Asperger kid is absurd. But Columbine couldn’t ruin neurotypicality (which the per-
petrators were) for everyone, so it ruined trench coats instead. It’s an entirely too easy leap to scapegoat the nonsocial guy in the coat as the antisocial ticking time bomb, even though one has absolutely nothing to do with the other. I am continually refreshing my wardrobe with softer patterns, cooler colors and carefully planned accessories to foster a more approachable image. I’m not really convinced that it’s working, but I still try. I have to try, because that’s a new burden on the autistic spectrum and on the neurodiverse in general. I’m not saying that it is the same thing as other prejudices in our society, but it is real, and it is a burden. I think about it every time I plan an outfit or cosplay a character with any sort of firearm; because apparently even the obviously fictional phaser is too real a threat in my hands. I love putting on my retro patchwork vest and my kooky accessories and even my pink shirt. But I know that, if it didn’t matter, I’d wear the trench coat and aviators instead. That I don’t do so makes me feel that I don’t really even have a choice in the matter. As an example of the accessories, I have a fun yellow wallet with robots on it. Why? Because I love bright colors and robots are awesome ... Or was it part of a larger, calculated scheme to systematically reinforce to onlookers that I’m completely harmless? I actually don’t even remember anymore. I don’t remember the origin for a lot of the things I do. I used to not care about appearances at all. You probably figured that out from the bit about the trench coats and sunglasses. But now one might say I have a sort of obsession lingering in the corner of my mind. It’s honestly getting ridiculous. And now that I have glasses always slipping down my nose, I’ve gone full George McFly, patron saint of pencil necks and poindexters. The simple answer would probably be to ditch the formalwear pieces for a nondescript T-shirt and jeans, but that’s not me. I like to dress up. There is a projection outward and inward. But my erring on the side of the silly is getting out of hand and
perhaps still getting me nowhere. If the button I picked up at Active Minds is to be believed I am supposed to be a “#stigmafighter,” whatever that means. Threat assessment for unstable personalities and future perpetrators of violence pretends to be an exact science, but it really isn’t even close. The end result is usually a broad reaching-out of support resources for all like the Emory Helpline (the right way) and the singling out of the guy in black wearing sunglasses indoors because he’s clearly of a different mindset (the wrong way). This is why the Aspie needs to wear the outrageous sweater, and fast. And lose the sunglasses, no matter how exponentially it hurts your social game. It’s surface judgment, and it cuts both ways. Because it’s not just my ties and slacks I worry about, either, anymore; it’s other people’s, too. I find myself constantly in a state of Terminator-like vision, scanning and breaking down every outfit I see into baseline research for how not to look like a potential school shooter. That and judging people. I’ve been judging people a lot; who’s smart or not, who’s cultured or not, who’s mature or not, as if such things could even be quantified externally. But to be honest, I shouldn’t be surprised at that; my entire scheme depends on people judging other people by their clothing, and one can only attempt to reverse engineer that process for so long before succumbing to its elitist itemization oneself. This obsession is unhealthy. I still wear one of my long coats sometimes as an overcoat in cold weather, but only if I’ve got something cheerful or colorful to balance it out. The pink shirt, perhaps. Or that colorful vest that makes me so happy when I put it on and so depressed when I “have to” wear it to class. But until our society gets to a more knowledgeable and understanding place about mental health, people like me just have to play the clown. I pray we won’t have to wait long. Sam Ready is a College sophomore from Atlanta, Georgia.
Letters to the Editor Charlie Price Responds to Criticisms of “American Discourse Distorts Gaza Conflict” Jack Arbiser’s Letter to the Editor last week summarizes my Nov. 14 editorial “American Discourse Distorts Gaza Conflict” as a narrative of “Hamas good, Israel bad” and ends by asking, “Finally, who is the unseen hand that Price implies that is preventing discourse in America?” These seem to be not so subtle ways of calling me a conspiracy theorist and a supporter of Hamas. As he has attacked my character and not just my argument, I feel compelled to respond. I’m confused as to how anyone who read my article could state that I think “Hamas [is] good,” as I said explicitly, “individuals on both sides of the border have committed terrible, violent acts.” Let me be as clear as possible — Hamas is a terrible, violent organization that should change its methods if they it wants freedom for the Palestinians. Situating violence within context doesn’t make anyone a supporter of Hamas. It makes them a responsible observer of the conflict. Arbiser states that “Charlie Price characterizes supporters of Israel as either an ‘inadequate or crafty storyteller’ or ‘a duped or vulgar propagandist’.” Actually, what I wrote was that “anyone who ignores this context [occupation and siege] to portray Israel as a noble defender is ... a storyteller ... or propagandist.” His quote seems to imply that I’m not a supporter of Israel. Presumably one can be a supporter of Israel and criticize it at the same time. If we want to avoid fanaticism and jingoism, we should be careful not to define a
“supporter of Israel” as someone who defends the state no matter what. “Who is the unseen hand that Price implies that is preventing discourse in America?,” Arbiser concludes. The implication seems to be that I’m some sort of conspiracy theorist who thinks there are forces controlling the media. It is something of a truism among intellectuals and critical thinkers that the media and political discourse are inaccurate or inadequate in many areas. Is saying that the coverage of Iraq or the portrayal of women is inadequate the same as claiming there are puppet masters pulling strings? Most journalists and politicians say what they say simply because they believe it. A few others may stick to accepted lines because consensus on a number of issues is so strong that they feel social pressure to conform. All of this is common sense, not conspiracy. Arbiser makes a couple of points that I think are misleading or inaccurate. In a letter, I can only mention them briefly. He states, “Civilian casualties are inevitable when schools, hospitals and UN shelters are used as missile depots” and accuses me of intentionally ignoring these issue. According to the UN, rockets were found in three vacant school shelters. Israel attacked several shelters full of persons seeking refuge. He claims that Al-Shifa Hospital’s basement was a headquarters for Hamas. Perhaps, but Israel attacked several hospitals, not just Al-Shifa. One wonders where the displaced, sick and
injured were expected to go. I ignored these issues partly because of space and partly because they are irrelevant to the argument I made. The main point was: one cannot occupy a people for over 40 years, expect them to smile about it and kill a thousand civilians when a few extremists act immorally even if those extremists are carrying out their terror from public spaces. End the siege, end the occupation and allow the formation of an autonomous Palestinian state. If all these conditions are met and Hamas still continues to fire rockets, the standard justifications for war would be much more convincing. I don’t want to misunderstand Arbiser’s point, but I am concerned that he has replaced a strawman version of my argument with something along the lines of “Israel is only good, Hamas is the sole source of blame.” He mentions work done by Israeli hospitals and a few other noble deeds. I, too, admire medical workers, but I am not sure why this is relevant. In my mind, Israeli hospitals treating Gazans for dialysis or the family of Hamas members doesn’t erase or in any way diminish the horrors of siege and occupation. There is no mention of any of this or even a suggestion that Israel might have ever done anything objectionable during the decades long conflict, making the letter a perfect example of the discourse I sought to criticize. Charlie Price is a College senior from Oxford, Georgia.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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Edmund Xu
How the GOP Could Win (Or Lose) in 2016 There is no mistaking it: earlier this month, the Democratic Party and its candidates were electorally annihilated all over the country, up and down the ballot. The nation saw a red tsunami sweep through most of the country, from the Governor’s mansion in deep blue Massachusetts, through red Kansas and its unpopular incumbents, all the way to purple Alaska and its competitive Senate seat. The GOP captured the Senate by gaining an impressive eight seats (possibly nine, pending a run-off in Louisiana) and is one member short of matching their post-World War II record high in the House of Representatives of 246 seats out of 435. On the state level, it didn’t matter if a state was normally red or blue. If a race was seriously contested, the Republican almost always won. That is how the Republican Party won control or continue to hold the Governor’s office in blue states such as Illinois, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Maryland, as well as state legislatures in states such as Nevada and Pennsylvania. Beginning with next year, the GOP dominance in the U.S. Congress and statehouses will have reached dizzying heights. But politics never rests. It is now time to look forward to 2016. The question everyone is asking is: how can the Republican Party win during presidential turnout levels? Based on the results of the elections earlier this month, it may seem that Republicans have an overwhelming mandate to govern and are certain to clinch 2016. It’s not that simple. One important result of this year’s results that has barely been discussed by the media is the overwhelming victory of progressive ballot initiatives across the country. “Personhood” amendments, which would have defined an unborn child as a “living person” in relevant wrongful death and criminal statutes (and effectively criminalize abortion), failed in two states that elected Republican senators this year — North Dakota and Colorado. Four other red states — Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota — passed minimum wage increases. Additionally, Alaska and Oregon passed measures allowing for the recreational use of marijuana, Washington state voted to expand background checks on gun purchases and California voters chose to water down the state’s tough-on-crime laws. Across the country, voters chose to increase taxes to pay for expanding public transit infrastructure, from San Francisco to Arlington, from Detroit to even in Atlanta. These were all issues championed by unions, progressive activists, environmentalists and allied groups
of the Democratic Party. Joe Shlabotnik | Flickr On the other hand, Republicans were mute on issues like samesex marriage and gun control. Voters chose the Republican Party to govern the country out of the dysfunction we’ve experienced for the past few years. I believe that unless the GOP acts on this mandate appropriately, 2014 will be a short-term victory the same way 2010 was a short-term victory for them before Obama was spectacularly re-elected into office two years later. The GOP’s prospects two years from now will be very dim unless they can prove that they can govern smartly, reject dogmatism and dramatically hew to the political center. First of all, the math shows that 2016 will be a difficult year for Republicans. This year, only 36.4 percent of eligible voters turned out to vote, the lowest in 70 years. With the excitement of a presidential election at the top of the ticket, turnout in 2016 will be far higher. Younger voters and racial minorities, a demographic that has always leaned Democratic, will turn out in greater numbers. Voting suppression efforts underway in Republican-led states, such as creating stringent voter ID requirements or closing urban voting precincts, have the practical effect of making the voting process confusing and difficult for enough to dissuade people from going to the polls. The impact of these laws lie squarely on the shoulders of racial minority groups and college students who do not have the proper ID or the means to get one, or the time to waste waiting in line to vote. Whether or not this practice is legal, it is at best a short-term victory for the Republican Party. The Democrats will soon get their act together and make sure their base understands the Byzantine process in order to get a ballot in these states. In the meantime, the long-term effect is that voters will never forget which party tried to stop them from voting. Additionally, the GOP faces in 2016 what
Erik Alexander
Reflection Key to Deciding Major Here I am, a college student reviewing my semester at four a.m. Overall, the semester’s been a pretty bland one. I did decide to change my major from economics to history. An enormous amount of introspection and second-guessing went into making this decision. I think it is fair to say that this has been the defining moment of my semester, and possibly my whole undergraduate career, because it taught me that the most obvious answer is not necessarily the most practical one. My initial decision to declare my major in economics seemed obvious enough at the time. I was, and still am, fascinated by how frequently Keynesian economics, which calls for public spending in times of recession and monetary contraction in times of inflation, is tossed aside in favor of supply-side economics with all its unsubstantiated trickle-down mumbo jumbo and deficit-hawkery. I figured that by learning the history of economic policymaking from the dawn of modern capitalism to the present I could better understand why this is the case. I was wrong to believe that being an economics major was the best way to acquire this knowledge. To put it simply, I find economics courses above the introductory level very boring. Right now I am on track to fail the only economics course that I am enrolled in this semester, a result of sheer disinterest in the material. The likelihood of this happening brings with it a sense of impending doom, one that I cannot escape. Reality is not a desktop computer that can be shut down at your leisure. Performing poorly in a course you are taking to satisfy a major requirement should concern you. Thus as I came to terms with the likelihood of my failing this course, I was forced to reconsider my commitment to studying economics. I still intend to learn about the history of economic policymaking, and a history major affords me this opportunity. “I’ll at least keep economics as my minor,” I initially figured. I so desperately wanted to salvage what I thought was a necessary component in learning about the history of economic policymaking. But were I to do so, I would have been subjecting myself to the same problem I faced as an economics major, just on a smaller scale. So I searched for a minor that would complement my new major and my focus on economic policymaking. I settled on philosophy because sitting in philosophy courses tends to sharpen my mind. My philosophy of science course, for example, has activated two epiphanies in my brain, both of which have made me more
confident in my new major. The first epiphany was sparked after reading contemporary philosopher Helen Longino’s article “Values and Objectivity” in which she emphasizes the social nature of scientific inquiry. I had always been naïve in my view of science as above politics, exempt from the imposition of subjective ideas by those who have the most clout. Even worse, I considered economics to be something more than a dismal science, a misunderstood lamb that tried too hard to be accepted by the rest of the flock. It turns out I was wrong on both accounts. Science is politics, and economics is not even science. The second epiphany came about after reading Karl Popper’s criticism of logical positivism. The logical positivists asserted that the determination of what counts as science, otherwise known as demarcation, ought to revolve around the verifiability of the theory in question. What they mean is that a theory should only be regarded as scientific if it has the capacity to be proven true or false. Popper critiques the positivists’ notion that any theory can ever be verified with absolute certainty and offers a new demarcation criterion known as falsifiability. While we can never be certain of a theory’s truth, we can be certain that certain theories are false. We gain knowledge when we falsify a theory, not when we verify it, is Popper’s argument in a nutshell. As soon as I managed to grasp Popper’s critique of verifiability as a demarcation criterion, I realized another value in changing my major to history. Science is not verifiable, but history more or less actually is. While scientific posits can never be proven true, historical events can be verified as having occurred through primary sources. Thus I now take enormous comfort in my major switch on the basis that I will be acquiring objective knowledge to a degree unattainable by even the most universally accepted scientific theories. This all goes to say that sometimes the most daunting of realities can be overcome through deep introspection. I may still fail this economics class, but now that it is no longer my major, I can sleep more easily at night, hopefully. My new major will allow me to continue chasing my goal of learning the history of economic policymaking despite my being a poor economics student. My new minor will generate within me ideas that progress my understanding of both myself and the world in general. Assistant Editorials Editor Erik Alexander is a College junior from Alpharetta, Georgia.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has only been given a two-year loan in his new office. In the aftermath of the election this year, NBC and the
Wall Street Journal (WSJ ) interviewed
Republican Chris Ladd calls the “blue wall.” This wall consists of states that have voted for a Democratic candidate in every election since 1992, plus Nevada, New Mexico and New Hampshire. These states collectively control 257 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, and no Republican can realistically hope to win them in 2016. Democrats have such a lock here that every single Democrat won their respective Senate races in “blue wall” states this Republican wave year. Any Democrat starts out with only 13 electoral votes left to victory. The 2016 math for the U.S. Senate races is even worse for the Republicans, if that’s even possible. Senate races are up every six years, so 2016’s class of senators are the same who survived the Democratic wipeout in 2010. If a Democrat could win that year, then they are virtually invincible in a presidential election year. The only remotely competitive Democratic-held seat is in Colorado. On the other hand, Republican victories in blue states in 2010 are coming around to bite them: GOP-held seats in eight seats are potentially competitive. More could become competitive if Republican incumbents choose to retire in states like Arizona or Kentucky. On the surface, it looks like the incoming
the electorate to capture an understanding of what America’s expectations and priorities for the new Congress are. The top five most important issues were student loans, infrastructure spending, raising the minimum wage, funding to fight Ebola and climate change and reducing carbon emissions. What I see in the 2014 Republican wave election is a mandate from the voters for the Republicans to govern maturely and responsibly, for the issues they care about. Instead, I see Republicans interpreting the election results as a mandate to push through controversial and radical conservative policies that do not sit well with the majority of America. So what are the priorities of the new Republican congress? First of all, I am afraid that they will continue wasting congressional resources on sham hearings where they screech and whine about the made-up ‘scandals.’ Additionally, I fear that no executive appointment that President Obama makes will pass the Senate, leaving our government increasingly crippled. We do not have a Surgeon General, for example, to lead America’s efforts in fighting Ebola because the Republicans refuse to allow a vote on Obama’s nominee. Obstruction is the game here. In terms of their productive efforts, I believe that one of the first bills to be passed will be a repeal of Obamacare. This is a pointless exercise because Obama will surely veto any blanket repeal. Problematically for the GOP, this proposal is third-to-last place in terms of support among all of the policies that NBC/WSJ interviewed McConnell about. Republicans will no doubt continue to try
any method of thwarting Obama’s executive action on immigration. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has already threatened to turn back any Obama appointment for Attorney General over this issue, leaving the country without its top attorney and legal advisor. Opposition to this executive action will not be popular among Hispanics, whom the Republicans critically need in order to expand their tent. Republicans have also continued to foolishly deny the science behind climate change. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is slated to chair the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee in the next Congress. Inhofe is one of the Senate’s most vocal virulent climate change deniers and a champion of the environmental disaster known as fracking. Indeed, congressional Republicans’ plans for the next two years consist of more of the same: obstruction, negativity and continued intransigence. But in order to win the White House and maintain their grip on the U.S. Senate in 2016, Republicans must reshape their agenda to reflect a positive and productive outlook. They must be specific in their policy points and avoid the tempting shortterm rewards that come from endlessly pursuing a policy based solely around opposition to the President. This year’s electorate presented the Republican Party with a chance to lead. They must take this mandate and pursue a path forward by making tough decisions, tackling challenging questions and providing real solutions for real problems. Wealth inequality is skyrocketing and the middle class is being economically squeezed. Students are finding that the decision of whether or not to go to college is a question between lifelong debt or unemployment. Beyond our borders, we are facing a crisis of trust among our allies and rising anti-American sentiment among others. And the world must work together to solve the problem of climate change and rising seas if we are to share our beautiful planet with our grandchildren. Instead, the Republicans have eschewed compromise in order to pursue Benghazi. Don’t they know that Obama can no longer be their scapegoat? They are in the leadership now, and voters will assess their performance come 2016. The conservative base may like it when the Republicans antagonize Obama. But America would like it if they did what we voted for them to do: get things done. Edmund Xu is a College senior from Los Altos, California.
Ask Us Why We Love Israel Achievements Deserve Celebration
Alyssa Weinstein & Nate Silverblatt We are lucky. Attending a university that spearheads inclusion, community and innovation is not always commonplace. Despite its shortcomings, Emory is close to being a diamond in the rough. With its precedent for high moral standards in the academic community, Emory parallels another entity in the world: Israel. Both places instill the same values, although others may not. While these two communities are not normally associated together, they have more similarities than one might think. And while tragedies occur in both places, bloodshed and war are never fully justified. We should, however, realize that Israel truly earns the right to be regarded as just. Two weeks ago, we, the Emory-Israel Public Affairs Committee (EIPAC), were proud to have nearly one hundred students approach our table at Wonderful Wednesday to share their reasons for loving Israel. We gave out Israeli chocolate bars, distributed Israel-themed apparel and discussed the accomplishments of the only Jewish state in the world. This event was not designed to be political or to create a dialogue on the IsraelPalestine conflicts, as many of our other events are designed to do. Rather, we wanted to highlight the successes of a country that is smaller than the size of New Jersey, surrounded by enemies and under constant threat — yet it is still able to boast accomplishments like having the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the world. Then why is EIPAC under scrutiny for asking students why they love Israel, and nothing more? Why can’t students, Jewish and nonJewish, celebrate all the accomplishments Israel has achieved in the name of peace? Acknowledging the good a country does unto others in no way negates the fact that this country is far from perfect. So, when we read the editorial, “Emory Community Should Question Israel,” written by College senior Anusha Ravi and College junior Ben Crais, we were upset for several reasons. First, their article, which attacks our event on the basis that “the event ignores many of the nuances present in the IsraelPalestine conflict and minimizes the struggles of Palestinians living in the occupied territories of West Bank and Gaza,” reflects an inherent bias and double standard often conflated against Israel. During the United States’ Fourth of July celebrations, we don’t see opinion pieces in The Emory Wheel that
we are minimizing the struggles of Native Americans. If this were an “Ask Me Why I Love France” event, there would not be protests that the event was ignoring the plight of Jews throughout that country. The Israel we love is a complex country; there is a difference between having national pride for a country and having blind approval of a country’s government and policies. Instead, the criticism of our event is derived from the constant questioning of Israel’s legitimacy. No other country in the world is asked to give back land won in defensive wars, just as only victims of terrorist attacks in Israel are reported in the context of Israeli provocation.
This tiny piece of land in the war-torn Middle East strives to help others on a daily basis. Second, the piece minimizes the accomplishments of Israel and attributes its success to the plight of Palestinians. It claims that “these perceived ‘successes,’ and most of Israel’s successes as a nation since 1948, are derivative from its oppression and systematic displacement of Palestinians and contingent upon treating Palestinians like second-class citizens ... ” This is not only untrue, but also a blatant attempt to discredit the remarkable triumphs of a country; its existence is a feat of its own. When looking at Israel’s accomplishments, it is easy to see that this argument is an oversimplification of a complex conflict. This tiny piece of land in the war-torn Middle East strives to help others on a daily basis. No less than a decade after its creation, the State of Israel was helping other countries thrive. For example, it taught the citizens of Ghana better irrigation techniques and water development methods; many other African countries soon reaped the benefits of these efforts as well. Israel is not afraid to assist others, regardless of the consequences. These efforts include needed medical treatment for a relative of one of the Hamas’ top leaders — a leader in same organization that calls for Israel’s destruction in its charter. Israel’s medical assistance reaches not only the leaders of Hamas, but also the Palestinian people. Under the Palestinian Authority, health care is extremely expensive and difficult to receive. However, at one of the leading Israeli hospitals, 30 percent of the children treated are Palestinian. Israel not only assists citizens in other countries, but simultaneously cares about its
own civilians with the same passion; it is also the only country in the Middle East that allows all religious groups to practice freely. These achievements happened because of the hard working, innovative people in Israel, not because of security measures taken against Palestinians. And third, the article is intrinsically hypocritical. It states that, “In order to comply with Emory’s commitment to ethical engagement, it is important to address all sides of an issue — especially one as politically charged and ethically pressing as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Despite the fact that the event was not geared towards engaging in the conflict or its politics, the authors themselves did not live up to this commitment in their omission of several key facts. In the discussion of the summer 2014 war in Gaza, they describe how “Israel bombed multiple UN-operated buildings, including a school that was filled with refugees.” However, there is no mention of the UN’s three separate discoveries of Hamas weapons caches in its schools. There is no mention of the Hamas policy of shooting rockets from residential areas, schools and hospitals to maximize civilian casualties at the expense of Israel’s image. And there is no mention of the disputed and possibly inflated number of casualties from the war, with the difficulties of differentiating between militants and civilians. The difference in casualties between the Israelis and the Palestinians this summer was not a result of Israeli aggression, but of Hamas’ disdain for human life and Israel’s priority for defense. When we host events to promote dialogue and engage in the politics of the conflict, we ensure that all the facts are presented and all viewpoints can be addressed. And when we write articles, we also must ensure that both sides of the conflict are reflected. Israel is doing what every community should do: overcome negativity by moving forward and helping others. Let us acknowledge the good in a country that may not always make the right choice, but often rises to the highest possible moral standard. Events like “Ask Me Why” at Wonderful Wednesday are designed to reinforce the patriotism many students feel about Israel, without the polarization found at the usual political events. Israel may not be a diamond, but the valiant and selfless acts of this country are the purest of form. Alyssa Weinstein is a College junior from Short Hills, New Jersey. Nate Silverblatt is a College freshman from Sugar Land, Texas.
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Arts Entertainment Tuesday, November 25, 2014 Arts & Entertainment Editor: Emelia Fredlick (emelia.j.fredlick@emory.edu)
Student Dance Production
Film Review
Emory Dance Company Features Restaging, New Work ‘Horrible Bosses 2’:
Anything But Horrible
By Emily Sullivan Staff Writer After nearly two and a half months of collaboration, the work of students, faculty, guest choreographers and guest dancers came to life at the Emory Dance Company’s (EDC) fall performance. Last Thursday, Nov. 20, was opening night for the EDC’s “Intersections of Mind and Body.” Some of the pieces were original works by Emory faculty members, while others were comprised of guest choreography; four of the five pieces were newly choreographed. Bebe Miller’s “Prey” was the exception to that rule, and the first performed; Miller’s choreography had been previously hand-notated and was restaged with the help of Agnes Scott College student Bridget Roosa, for a combined cast of Emory University and Agnes Scott College students. In order to make any necessary revisions to the restaging, Miller held an intensive with the EDC over one weekend. Long hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday were filled with rehearsals, explained College freshman Maggie Vail, who performed in both “Prey” and University of Alabama Faculty and Guest Choreographer Sarah Barry’s “Traveling Light.” After a brief introduction from Director and Associate Professor of Dance Lori Teague, eight dancers from Emory and seven from Agnes
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College junior James La Russa (left), College senior Sarah Beach (center) and College senior Aneyn O’Grady (right) perform in Tara Lee’s “The Swimmer,” a piece choreographed for the Emory Dance Company.
Scott walked onstage in a blackout. When the music to Miller’s piece, “Pine Tree and on the Street” began, the dancers proceeded to make noises similar to those of birds cawing. The cast, a grand total of 15 people, proved effectively loud in an engaging and surprisingly non-distracting manner. The use of such a large group was also powerful in terms of the group’s visual dynamic: many movements occurred simultaneously, ranging from crawling to arm flap-
ping to jumping. The next piece performed, “The Swimmer,” was choreographed by Tara Lee of the Atlanta Ballet. This piece presented several duets, including a partnership between Emory College junior James La Russa and College senior Sarah Beach; with the duet came high back attitudes and deep pliés. The duet repeated itself at the end of the dance; tasteful repetition and beautiful technique were the piece’s two strongest suits.
Amongst these duets were movements that simulated weightless swimming, allowing for the audience to feel intrigue but also calmness that was radiating from the dancers. The third piece, falling right in the middle of Thursday’s show, was “Schönheit Gegenübergestellt.” Choreographed by Dance Instructor Tara Shepard Myers and translated from German as “Beauty Juxtaposed,”
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There’s always a tendency to be afraid of sequelitis, the unnecessary continuation of a movie that just happened to have a loose end — and then, unfailingly, the sequel only creates more loose ends. Slapping a “2” onto a movie that would have worked as a stand-alone film is usually what makes action movies redundant. As I walked into the theater to see “Horrible Bosses 2,” there were posters for “Taken 3,” “Big Hero 6” (I wondered where the first five were) and the new “Hunger Games” installment, which, to be fair, is a necessary sequel. However, what makes these problematic is largely their inability to recreate the initial sense of enjoyment that audiences experienced in the first movie’s showing. Some argue that Hollywood is dead, only able to make adaptations of books, adaptations of adaptations or sequels that reuse tropes and storylines that are monotonous. “Horrible Bosses 2” was none of these things. The sequel is an incredibly creative, unique and genuinely funny movie that references the original film only to make sure that very few things were repeated. Without giving away too much information, anything that could or should have happened in the first “Horrible
Benefit Concert
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“Horrible Bosses 2” opens in theaters this Thursday, Nov. 26.
Bosses” played an integral role in giving the movie a surprising sense of continuity. I expected the new movie to be unnecessary, rehashing the same jokes and trying to siphon money out of crowds by way of the actors’ star power and status alone. But “Horrible Bosses 2” was funnier than the first movie, to the point that it could have been a standalone film. With a screenplay by Sean Anders and John Morris, the duo responsible for “We’re the Millers,” the movie had the audience in stitches for a vast majority of the film. On top of a welldone screenplay, it became very obvi-
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Exploring Youtube
LiNK Student Performances Benefits North Korean Refugees YouTube By Julia Munslow Staff Writer
Mention North Korea, and many people will immediately conjure up images of political unrest. However, Emory’s student-run chapter of Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), who recently hosted their annual benefit concert, takes the attention off of the politics and places it on the people, focusing on rescuing refugees. LiNK’s fourth annual Benefit Concert took place last Friday at 7 p.m. in the Cox Hall Ballroom. The event included an educational presentation about LiNK’s cause, performances from student groups such as No Strings Attached (NSA), Adrenaline and Solar Sun and deli-
cious Korean food. LiNK President and College senior Vincent Vartabedian described LiNK as a national human rights organization with two central goals. “The first [goal] is to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in North Korea,” Vartabedian shared. “And the second [goal] is to raise funds so that refugees get relocated and resettled.” The Benefit Concert sought to meet both of those goals. The concert began with an introductory video that asked audience members to imagine living in North Korea: surviving without basic freedoms, such as the freedom of the press and the freedom of speech, and suffering from famine. Members of the LiNK Executive
Board kicked off the performances, dancing to Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass.” The lighthearted performance featured, to the dismay of College sophomores John Lee and Shawn Kim, Lee and Kim wearing bright red dresses and attempting to move their hips as fluidly as possible to the music. Following the Executive Board’s performance, No Strings Attached sang Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely,” featuring College senior Fei Gao, and Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” featuring College sophomore Brian Steinberg. Though Steinberg had to fight through some technical issues, the group did their best to work around the faulty sound system. The Mulan Dance Group followed
Film Review
“You’re going to be the best dressed rebel in history.” That one line pretty much sums up the experience of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1.” Fresh out of the arena, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”) finds herself quite literally thrust into the spotlight when she is asked to become the Mockingjay, a symbolic leader, for the rebels of Panem. Katniss must navigate television ads, wardrobe issues and words of encouragement from her former mentors in order to move a step closer to defeating the elusive President Snow (Donald Sutherland, “The Italian Job”). As the first-half of a two-part movie, “Mockingjay — Part 1” adequately fulfills its role as a stepping-stone for the finale. It pales in comparison to its predecessor, the highly-acclaimed “Catching Fire,” but succeeds in bridging the gap from the action-packed second movie to the (hopefully) astounding finale. “Mockingjay — Part 1” takes flight a few months after “Catching Fire” abandoned us in the moment that Katniss Everdeen learns that her hometown of District 12 was destroyed by the wicked Capitol, who rules over the impoverished districts of Panem. We meet Katniss Everdeen once
again, as she has been shuttled off to District 13 after defying the Capitol yet again and literally exploding her way out of her second Hunger Games. Jennifer Lawrence expertly portrays the fractured, shell of a person that remains after she loses everything. Her partner Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson, “Red Dawn”) was captured by the malicious Capitol at the end of the last movie, and is used throughout the film to bait Katniss in a cat-and-mouse game between our dear femme fatale and the sadistic President Snow. Julianne Moore (“Children of Men”) was also introduced in this film as the President Alma Coin of District 13, a stern, tight-lipped woman who doesn’t bow down to anyone, not even Katniss Everdeen, the beloved Mockingjay. However, her scenes are mundane and lacking in the fire required to accurately capture the determined nature of the woman who is seeking to take down the Capitol. President Alma Coin attempts to unite the districts against the Capitol, a difficult feat since the majority of people in Panem remained oppressed by Snow. These feeble attempts cause the first half of the film to lack the energy that was evident in “Catching Fire.” The lack of action created a tension amongst viewers, who were unsure when the movie was going to take off.
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note, as the three refugees who shared their stories in the video reminded audience members of their ability to save other refugees. Following the presentation, Emory’s belly dancing group, Zeebah, performed. Though a few girls had trouble balancing the golden swords on their heads, the expertise of others was clear, evidenced by those who managed to finish the performance without rebalancing their swords. Next up was Solar Sun, a duo comprised of College sophomore Sol Lee and College senior Erin Sun. The pair slowed down a medley of Beyonce hits, creating a captivating acoustic medley including songs such as “Drunk in Love” and “Single
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Rathskellar Does It Again with ‘Old McSkellar’ Rathskellar has done it again. From the plaid attire to the country twangs, “Old McSkellar Had a Farm” was a farm-filled funny fest. On Saturday, Nov. 22 in Harland Cinema, Emory’s improv comedy troupe, Rathskellar, performed some new games as well as some old classics. The evening started off with a game called “New Choice.” For this game College seniors Natalia Via
and Neel Ghosh, two of my favorite Rathskellar members, pretended to be in a custodial closet. The humor that ensued was a bit grotesque but nonetheless, laugh-out-loud hilarious. Via was also phenomenal in the Shakespeare game performed later on in the evening. Via and College senior Julia Weeks spoke in Shakespeareesque language about a radio, or as they called it, “a metal box of music.” Via’s emphatic gestures and unintelligible verbal ramblings were perfect. Her gestures stood out most when
By Kelsey Klosterman Staff Writer
Weeks threatened to change the radio station to the modern age, and Via became visibly distraught over the thought of losing her Shakespearean identity. Both girls perfectly intertwined the classic English with comedy while at the same time making it seem as though classical English was their first language. Another notable performance was that of College freshman Jay Gillen. Gillen’s first game of the evening was “Musical On-Off.” Taking on
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College freshman Jay Gillen (center) performs in “Old McSkellar Had a Farm,” the latest performance from student improv group Rathskellar, in Harland Cinema last Saturday.
By Annie McNutt Staff Writer
Musicians That You Must Hear Music can come from anywhere and there are dozens upon dozens of platforms out there for musicians to get their work out there. Aside from programs specially tailored to music, like iTunes and Spotify, there are many ways to find music in areas that are used for other purposes — like YouTube. YouTube has videos on just about anything but there’s a huge community within the site that’s set aside for musicians. Viewers go to YouTube to find new artists to listen to and it’s easy to find people you like because of all the collaborations YouTubers create with each other. There are loads of musicians who get their big break from their channels and many who use YouTube as their main platform to put their music on display. Corey Gray is a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles whose main platform for spreading his music is YouTube. He released his first EP, Let Loose, in 2012, which featured four original songs. In January of this year, he released his latest EP, Y.O.U., the title an acronym for “Your Own Universe,” featuring four more tracks. Gray’s YouTube channel is filled with dozens of beautiful acoustic covers of chart-topping tracks from artists of diverse genres, from Lana Del Rey to 3 Doors Down. Covers, collaborations and live music are all over his channel but his original songs are definitely worth a listen, too. One of his most popular originals is “Step Away,” a song from Y.O.U. that depicts a couple struggling with their relationship. It features Gray singing over a piano backing, a simple combination that highlights the sorrow in the song. Other original songs and videos Gray has made are very upbeat, celebrating the carefree lifestyle of people who let loose and have fun. Wisconsin-born Madilyn Bailey has been a musician since she was a child; she plays the piano, acoustic guitar and the drums, but her voice is
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the a cappella group, dancing in beautiful synchronization. The precise and elegant hand movements of the Chinese dance troupe were impressive, though they had trouble filling the room with their presence. Also on tap were LiNK Nomads, who spread the word about the nonprofit organization, traveling the country and educating as many people as possible about the plights of North Korean refugees. LiNK Southeast Nomad Tom Harrington, a national representative of LiNK, followed the dancers with an educational presentation that sobered the mood, sharing videos of refugees who escaped from North Korea as teens. However, the stories of the refugees managed to end on a hopeful
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Concert ‘LiNKs’ Students to Current, Relevant Cause Continued from Page 9 Ladies.” While the mere idea of an acoustic Beyonce medley had me excited before their performance even started, the pair still completely met my expectations. Sun’s soft and clear vocals, supported by Lee’s vocals and guitar, managed to fill the room, eliciting positive reactions from the audience throughout the performance. Following Solar Sun was The AV Club, who performed a cover of Bastille’s “Pompeii.” Comprised of College senior Andrew Navia and Vartabedian himself, the duo showed off their strong vocals and enthusiasm. After The AV Club came beatboxing duo Arjun and Kevin Lu, made up of College junior Arjun Patel and College freshman Kevin Lu. The two managed to stand out from the rest of the program, improvising their performance and astonishing the audience. It was only in witnessing the pair of vocal percussionists with my own eyes that I accepted that the two were solely responsible for the nearly perfect musical simulations. After the beatboxers, musical trio Jenny, Steven and Jae, featuring College senior Steven Song and College juniors Jenny Park and Jae Lee, sang a remix of songs from Korean pop group Big Bang. And Adrenaline, Emory’s co-ed hip-hop group, ended the show with a bang, easily filling the room with their intense presence. The entire concert felt casual and relaxed, focusing on raising awareness for LiNK’s cause instead of
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Mulan Dance Group performed at the LiNK Benefit Concert in the Cox Hall Ballroom last Friday. Various student voices and dance groups performed to raise money and awareness for refugees who escaped from North Korea.
concentrating on perfecting the performances. Multiple LiNK members, equally knowledgeable about North Korea, shared their insights about why LiNK is important. “When people think North Korea, there’s stigma against it, they really just focus on the politics,” LiNK Secretary and B-School sophomore Soo Min Kang said. “But they don’t think about the people who are actually suffering from that government and I think it’s really important to help spread the word, [and] also to
help raise money for those refugees.” Though a relatively young chapter on Emory’s campus, LiNK has found much success on other college campuses around the country. “We’ve rescued over 300 North Korean people,” Harrington shared proudly. “Over half of [the rescues] have been fundraised by college students.” The performers were also aware of the importance of giving back to their community. “When [performers] stick close together and work toward something,
it’s beautiful,” Patel said. Lu agreed, adding, “Hopefully we just bring more attention to the cause and show people what LiNK is about.” While LiNK’s Benefit Concert concert was hardly a professional production, the event succeeded by raising awareness and funds, as well as by showing the enthusiasm and talents of the performers - which is exactly how a benefit concert should be.
— Contact Julia Munslow at julia.munslow@emory.edu
the role of a protective zookeeper, he tried to keep a love-struck girl away from a koala (okay, you kind of had to be there). His musical numbers, full of perfect rhymes and accompanied by incredible dance moves, mesmerized the audience. Standing at six feet, five inches, Gillen’s jig, which consisted of him jumping up and down dancing across the stage, made it impossible not to notice him. As a member of Rathskellar for a matter of months, Gillen is already a rising star. “Death Box,” a game that I had never seen before, was definitely one of the most unique and complex games of the night as it involved multiple players and multiple roles. In this game, four students (four pairs) rotated in a box. Each pair was assigned either a relationship or a non-geographic location. The most entertaining pair by far was Ghosh and College junior Mike Green. Ghosh’s opening line, “This was the worst honeymoon idea ever,” immediately grasped the audience’s attention. The setting was an igloo, and from being ice-stuck to each other to the petty bickerings of a married couple, the two played the perfect honeymooners. Another great game was “Character Switch,” acted by College senior Josh Jacobs and Gillen. Switching between the dark and gloomy Ozzy
Osborne and a jovial drummer was no easy feat, but Gillen and Jacobs managed flawlessly. Gillen began the sketch as Osborne, with Josh as the jovial drummer, a role perfect for his constantly smiling face. Osborne was the dark, negative leader and the drummer was the happy-go-lucky, unsuspecting and faithful drummer. The sketch quickly turned dark with Osborne threatening to kill the drummer. However, this also proved entertaining because the more the two switched roles, the harder it was for Gillen and Jacobs to figure out who was going to meet his demise. The final sketch of the night was Rathskellar’s first-ever long-form: a short play. Though somewhat disjointed, the different acts were related by common themes. The overarching theme ended up being about various friends, lovers and strangers asking each other to prom, which rang true with the college audience as we many of us are familiar with that situation. From the “friend zone” scene acted by Ghosh and Natalia to the “stranger in a well” conflict acted by Jacobs and College junior Rebecca Han, the audience could not stop laughing in mutual understanding. Overall, the show was, as it always is, a great break from the stress of looming finals. It is important to remember to laugh and when you attend a Rathskellar show, they don’t have any trouble reminding you.
— Contact Annie McNutt at annemarie.mcnutt@emory.edu
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YouTube Artists Offer Mix of Content, New Perspective Continued from Page 9 her most important instrument. She has used YouTube as a way to spread her music to the world since 2009. Bailey’s channel features original tracks, but her videos are primarily covers of popular songs. With over 100 covers and collaborations, she has made a name for herself as a famous YouTube singersongwriter. Her tracks often feature her singing over her own piano or acoustic guitar instrumentals. Bailey’s channel also has vlogs about herself, including videos with Q&A sessions and make-up tutorials requested by her subscribers. YouTubers like Bailey are known for their creativity, and another example of this phenomenon is Oregon
singer-songwriter Peter Hollens. Hollens created his YouTube channel in 2011 and has since made a huge name for himself in the music world. He’s spent his entire life in music; he founded the first official collegiate a cappella group in the state, judged and performed in a cappella competitions and recorded for several studios. What makes Hollens unique, though, is his multi-tracked a cappella covers — he records himself dozens of times and combines every track to create a complete song. He’s not only the main voice of the song but the instruments and back-up vocals, too. It’s the epitome of a oneman show. Hollens appeals to all kinds of people: his “Legend of Zelda” and “Skyrim” collaborations with Lindsey
Stirling attract the gaming community, his Wicked and Phantom of the Opera compilations attract the musical theater groups and his covers of chart-toppers by artists like Imagine Dragons and Bruno Mars bring even bigger crowds. When it comes to Hollens, there’s a song for everyone to enjoy. YouTube has a huge community for music-lovers and it’s easy for anyone to find dozens of artists they love. From original music to covers, a cappella to trance, there’s music for everyone. If you’re looking for new artists to listen to, try the YouTube community — they’ll have something to suit every musical taste. — Contact Kelsey Klosterman at kkloste@emory.edu
But everything seems to shift after Lawrence’s highly anticipated rendition of “The Hanging Tree.” Her voice is enticing and it is enough to electrify the people of Panem into revolt. Lawrence’s song seems to awaken the people in their seats who were beginning to lose interest in the mundane wartime saga that comprises the first half of the movie. Woody Harrelson (“True Detective”) brings much-needed comedic relief to the film in his reprisal of Haymitch Abernathy, the (formerly) drunken mentor to Katniss, and his scenes are a welcome change against the seemingly tiresome ones that occur in the bunker-like board room with Alma Coin. Elizabeth Banks (“The 40-YearOld Virgin”) aids in his endeavors to make the audience laugh in her reprisal of Effie Trinket. Banks brings new dimension to a character who has been stripped from the frills of her former life. Her butterfly-applique dress and 12-inch tall pink wig are replaced with a jail-like jumpsuit and headscarf (and never-ending sass to match). With her world turned upside down, Effie struggles to make the transition from Capitol Barbie to a self-proclaimed prisoner of war, even though her only choice was to flee or risk being killed by Snow. Director Francis Lawrence (“I Am Legend”) did a phenomenal job at recreating the militaristic, stringent conditions that the characters are liv-
‘Horrible Bosses’ Sequel Even Better Than Original Continued from Page 9 ous that, once again, the three starring actors had been turned loose to improvise to their hearts content. The chemistry between Jason Bateman (“Arrested Development”) as Nick Hendricks, Charlie Day (“It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”) as Dale Arbus and Jason Sudeikis (“We’re the Millers”) as Kurt Buckman is electric. As Anders has said, “We’d get a take or two that was more-orless on script, and then we’d open it up and let the guys go nuts, and that’s where some of the funniest moments came from.” Resulting is a movie where our less-than-brilliant average Joes are put into yet another impossible situation, and each time they somehow make the worst decisions possible. And it is hilarious. The Wheel had the opportunity to sit in on a conference call with the starring trio. When asked about the best behind-the-scenes pranks, the crew admitted they really had the most fun on the screen. As Day said, “There were not a lot of whoopee cushions on that set.” Jokes and pranks tend to happen off-screen when the mood needs to be lightened, but apparently while filming “Horrible Bosses 2,” it was more necessary to try and get serious. Whereas in the first movie the boys are all trying to kill off their terrible, horrible bosses, the sequel finds Nick, Dale and Kurt deciding to be their own bosses. This, unsur-
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Jennifer Lawrence stars in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1,” reprising her role as Katniss Everdeen.
ing under in the novel. Although the dialogue sometimes adheres too closely with lines from the novel to feel authentic, the actors are generally able to seamlessly incorporate them into a natural dialogue. Fans speculated about where the split between parts one and two would occur. Many believed that part one of “Mockingjay” would end with an overly dramatic scene, intended to up the shock factor and leave fans clamoring for more as seen in previous sagas that split the final novel into two such as “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.” But Director Lawrence doesn’t give the fans the cliché ending that they predicted. He goes past the moment of horror you experience when Peeta lunges at Katniss and he is eventually knocked cold. Instead, he shows the aftermath of this moment, leaving us with characters that are physically and mentally shaken and in their
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prisingly, does not go over well. Most of the movie is dedicated to them trying to fix their resulting failure in the worst way: kidnaping (otherwise known as kidnapping). Unlike the first movie, “Horrible Bosses 2” features Bateman, Day and Sudeikis together in almost every scene. “We spend almost all of the time together,” Bateman explained, “Off the bat we’re all on a couch together.” With Bateman’s straight-man character, Day’s neurotic energy and Sudeikis’ too-cool attitude, their scenes were incredible. Even more incredible was the sheer will it must have taken for the supporting roles to keep from cracking up. Old faces return such as Jennifer Aniston’s sex addict, Jamie Foxx’s criminal advisor and Kevin Spacey’s truly horrible
boss (he’s back, and somehow worse). And there are a few new big-name stars entering the picture, namely Chris Pine (“Star Trek”) as the kidnappee Rex Hanson and Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”) as Rex’s father, Bert Hanson. “Waltz didn’t need to play funny because the humor of his scenes sparked from playing it straight,” Anders explained. If the blooper reel during the credits was anything to go by (yes, there are bloopers, you’re welcome), Pine struggled to do the same. And speaking of Chris Pine ... “We got to have a fourth musketeer,” Day said. “He brought a lot to it. Brought a lot of hotness. He brought the looks.” I couldn’t agree more. “Horrible Bosses 2” is hilarious. It does have its fair share of callbacks
to the first movie, so if you want to see it, I would recommend taking the time to watch “Horrible Bosses” first. But if you want to go to the movies and aren’t up for anything too heavy or dramatic, “Horrible Bosses 2” is lighthearted and sure to keep you entertained the entire way through. I would see it again with my other friends just to see them laugh. It is truly a treat for us to see these three fantastic comedians come back together three years later. As Day said, “It was fun to get back together as actors ... as the characters, though, it’s a seriously bad thing.” But for the audience? A seriously great thing.
— Contact Erin Degler at edegler@emory.edu
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EDC Showcases Four Newly Choreographed Works “Norm” was the last piece performed, choreographed by Senior “Schönheit Gegenübergestellt” fea- Dance Lecturer Greg Catellier. tured wild hair, colorful costumes During the EDC auditions, Catellier and an excellent technique level. stated that he wanted his piece to The dancers of this piece, some involve significant collaboration wearing neon and one in white, uti- between his dancers and himself, lized scaffolding as a prop; display- and the piece proved nothing short ing the dichotomy between attitude of interesting. “Norm” was accomand environment, panied by a jazzy the isolated whitehouse song, “Rose costumed dancer, Rouge” by St. Beach, drifted around “Dancers portrayed the Germain, that the others on, around repeated the lyrsimple desire for and through the bare ics, “I want you to individuality but also for get together.” scaffolding. conformity ... ” Next up was Dancers porBarry’s “Traveling trayed the simple Light.” Vail described desire for indithe process of creating and polishing viduality but also for conformity, the piece: “The cast of nine danc- and often used a wall as a common ers and two understudies worked place on which to lean, to pose and to with [Barry] over two weekends,” she exclude. The piece was ultimately a said. “Her piece, ‘Traveling Light,’ combination of fun personalities, and focuses on community, the connec- a great way to end an awe-inspiring tion between all of the dancers and show. how we support each other.” Emory’s dance students, guests This message was carried out and faculty alike are highly devoted effectively, as the audience could to the EDC and its success. No one envision camaraderie among the conveyed this better than Catellier dancers while uplifting music and himself, whom I was fortunate bright lights showered the stage. The enough to be sitting about two seats choreography appeared difficult but away from. He was laughing, grinrather small at times; attention was ning and grooving for the entire duratherefore drawn more toward the tion of his piece. — Contact Emily Sullivan at dancers’ multitude of emotions and emily.sullivan@emory.edu expressions.
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Charlie Day (left), Jason Sudeikis (center) and Jason Bateman (right) reprise their roles as Dale, Kurt and Nick in the sequel to the 2011 hit comedy “Horrible Bosses.”
most emotionally vulnerable state yet. Although we are not left gasping in our seats to discover the outcome of the infamous choking scene, we are indeed left with characters that sit before us like an open book. Only then does Lawrence choose to close the chapter. The movie seems to come full circle at this moment, with Jennifer Lawrence departing from us in a similar state to the one we found her in: broken. Any of the movie’s previous shortcomings are forgotten. Part one definitely served its function: I am only left waiting for part two and wishing that it wouldn’t be an entire year until these characters grace the screen again. As for the breathtaking song that Jennifer Lawrence sang? Let’s just say it was the perfect one for when the screen went black.
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Seniors End Careers On High Note, Take Hope to Five Sets Continued from the Back Page that’s really what we came up against [with Hope],” Jacobs said in a post-game NCAA press conference uploaded by host Christopher Newport College (Va.). “It was just two of the best teams in the country fighting for whatever they can get.” Overall, the Flying Dutch outhit the Eagles, topping their .195 attack percentage with one of .238 and making them only the second team to do so this season. Without senior middle Cat McGrath, who caught the norovirus and was unable to play in the match, on the court, Maher took the offen-
sive helm for the Eagles, bringing in a The match marked the last of a career-high 21 kills and career-tying successful last season for seniors 14 digs. Meanwhile, Jacobs, McGrath, Jacobs and Holler Bowman and setter each provided the Olivia Volarich. Eagles with 16 “I’ve been doing this “As disappointed kills. Junior setter for a long time, and I’ve as I am about losSydney Miles, also ing the match, I’m never had so much fun more disappointed a member of the Allcoaching a team ... ” Tournament team, that Cat [McGrath] put up a season-high — Jenny McDowell, didn’t get to play in 58 assists. Emory volleyball her last match as a On defense, the head coach senior,” Head Coach Eagle’s held down Jenny McDowell the front, notching said during the post98 digs, 30 of which were boasted game press conference. by senior libero Kate Bowman, to Although disappointed in the finHope’s 87. ish, McDowell could have not been
more proud of her Eagles. “I told them, I’ve never been so proud if a group,” she said. “I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I’ve never had so much fun coaching a team, because they’ve been through more than I could even list for you guys.” Both the season and the careers of four seniors have come to as climatic and admirable an end as could have been imagined. “I know every team goes through things, but it’s just been an honor and a privilege to coach this group,” McDowell said.
— Contact Zak Hudak at zachary.j.hudak@emory.edu
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Sophomore guard Shellie Kaniut prepares to take a shot. Kaniut and the Eagles defeated Berry College (Ga.) 75-70 at home last Saturday. They will take on the Birmingham-Southern College (Ala.) Panthers this Friday.
Team Looks to Improve Foul Shooting Before Birmingham Continued from the Back Page Junior guard Khadijah Sayyid set the tone for the second half with a three-pointer on Emory’s first possession, sparking an offensive onslaught for the Eagles that pushed their lead comfortably back into double digits. Berry continued to threaten the Eagles’ lead, first at the halfway point of the second half, when the Vikings got hot from behind the arc and managed to trim the deficit to three. Emory responded with a 12-0 run, punctuated by seven straight points from junior guard Ilene Tsao. A Tsao three-pointer with just under six minutes to go in the game
made the score a seemingly comfort- “We had to stick to our principles able 69-52, but the Vikings caught and focus on being disciplined on the fire from the field defensive end.” and cut the score Sayyid led the to 71-65 with two “We have so many girls Eagles with 21 minutes remain- that contribute so many points, while Tsao ing. Faced with a added 16. Freshman different things.” decisive possession, forward Mikaila the Eagles turned Schmitt also landed — Khadijah Sayyid, in double digits with to their leading scorer, Sayyid, who Emory women’s basketball 12. Equally impordrained a three, givteam junior forward tant to the contriing Emory a secure butions from the margin to escape Eagles’ stars were with the win. the contributions “It was important for us to con- from their bench. Emory’s bench tinue a relentless mindset,” Tsao said outscored Berry’s 19-5 and provided of holding off Berry’s late charge. Emory with valuable depth through-
out the game. “In close games like this, and just in general, a deep bench can be the key,” Sayyid said. “We have so many girls that contribute so many different things.” The team did shoot just 35 percent from the free throw line, and Tsao and Sayyid cited foul shooting as one of the areas they plan to emphasize in practice. The Eagles will take the court next against Birmingham-Southern College (Ala.) today at 6 p.m in the Woodruff Physical Education Center (WoodPEC).
— Contact Ryan Smith at ryan.smith@emory.edu
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Emory and Guilford College (N.C.). players leap at the basket. The Eages defeated Guilford 77-75 last Sunday.
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start to this season. “We were losing games and later found our groove in the later season," Foster said. “We’re off to a good start and hoping to maintain that.” Zimmerman doesn’t want the team’s winning record to change how hard they work. His players still have a lot to improve upon, he said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re 11-0 or 0-11, there is always something to improve,” Zimmerman said.
“Winning just gives you confidence.” The Eagles have the ultimate goal of taking a national championship title this season, according to Florin. “We have the attitude we can win every game,” he said. “Our goal is to win the [national] championship this year.” The Eagles will return to action on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Woodruff Physical Education Center (WoodPEC) to take on the LaGrange College (Ga.) Panthers.
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Freshman Mara Rosenstock dives into the Woodruff Physical Education Center (WoodPEC) pool. She secured NCAA qualifying scores in the one-meter and three-meter events last Saturday.
Eagles Win Season’s First Diving Invitational Continued from the Back Page She's a huge inspiration and a great role model for all of us,” Rosenstock said. Hope was particularly proud of her one meter performance. “I am happy with my performance at the dive invitational yesterday, but I'm really pleased with how I did on the one meter,” she said. Hope was initially nervous going into the meet, but was calmed by the meet’s environment.
“This was our first 11-dive meet of the season, so I was a little nervous about how it was going to turn out,” Hope said. "However, it wound up being a really great day. Going up against friendly competitors and having friends and families cheering, in my mind, created a fun, relaxing atmosphere, which helped my performance.” The last competitor for the Eagles was freshman Natalie Bauer. Bauer placed third in the six-dive threemeter event with a score of 153.65.
“I am really proud of my teammates because we are improving each meet, and I can't wait to see how far we will get by the end of the season,” Bauer said. “My goal for [the] next meet is to have [a] higher degree of difficulty dives.” The team’s last event this fall season will take place following Thanksgiving, at the Miami University (Ohio) Invitational from Dec. 4 through Dec. 6.
— Contact Michael Scheck at michael.scheck@emory.edu
her 149th. “For the women’s team, we were disappointed overall, the course was so sloppy by the time they ran,” Head Coach John Curtin said. “But, Tam [Surtees] was the highlight. She ran well, and has come very far; to get All-American is an amazing accomplishment. Her last three runs have been great — each has been better than the next, and we are all immensely proud.” Other Emory women who led the team included senior Elise Viox (24:01), freshman Halle Markel (24:19), freshman Gabrielle Rudolph (24:22), senior Stephanie Crane (24:28) and sophomore Sophie Cemaj (24:55). “Nationals is what we work towards the whole year and, even though only the top seven girls race, it's a goal that the whole roster shares,” sophomore Kelsey Abbott said. “We're also all so proud of [Surtees] for making All-American. I can't think of anyone more deserving.” Johns Hopkins University (Md.) won the women’s championships with 87 points. The men’s team finished with 650 points. The men were led by senior Alex Fleischhacker, who finished first for Emory, and recorded a personalbest 8K time of 25:31.5, placing him 128th out of 280. Senior Tyler Cooke also ended his career with a personal-best of 25:32 that placed him 131st. “Our seniors led the way, and the men ran as well as they could,” Curtin said. “Nationals is always hard because it’s the best 32 teams. The quality of competition is very high.”
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Senior Tamara Surtrees runs towards the finish line. Surtees finished 34th and earned All-American honors at the NCAA Division III National Championships. Following the two seniors finished junior Lukas Mees (25:43), sophomore Grant Murphy (25:56.9), freshman Jordan Flowers (26:10), sophomores Austin Hunt (26:23) and Michael Sisario (26:48). North Central College (Ill.) won the Men’s NCAA Championships with a total 130 points. “Overall, we had a successful season for both teams, and I am happy,” Curtain said. “Our best running did happen at Regionals, but it’s always exciting to go to Nationals.”
Although the teams are graduating some of their top runners with the senior class, Curtin maintains high hopes for next season. “Next season, we will have to reevaluate as we are loosing key seniors on both [the] men and women’s sides,” he said. “It will be a daunting challenge to fill their spots. Our goal is, and always has been, to be a national caliber team, and I don’t see that changing.”
— Contact Elana Cates at elana.cates@emory.edu
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Sophomore right side hitter Sarah Maher attempts a spike. Maher put up 21 kils and 14 digs in the Eagles’ NCAA National Championship loss against Hope College (Mich.) yesterday. She and the Eagles finished the season with an overall record of 39-4.
Senior Alex Fleischhacker pushes through to the finish. He led the Eagles at the NCAA Division III National Championships last Saturday with an 8K time of 25:31.5.
Men and Women Squad Finishes Second at National Tournament Compete at Nationals
The Emory volleyball team ended a season for the books yesterday afternoon with a nail-biting, five-set National Championship loss to Hope College (Mich.). The contest was the Eagles’ first National Championship match appearance since 2008. En route to the final match, the Eagles topped both Williams College (Mass.) and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 3-1 in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals and
semifinals, respectively. “Going into these past two matches, we definitely expected to win,” sophomore right side hitter Sarah Maher said of the Eagle’s quarter and semifinal triumphs. “We knew they were not going to be easy matches by any means, but we were confident that we were prepared for them.” The Hope match marked the 39-4 overall Eagles’ first loss since Oct. 18 and their seventh five set-long contest of the season. The Eagles started the match strongly, holding the Hope Flying
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Dutch to a .154 attack percentage in the first set. A kill from senior All-Tournament Team member Leah Jacobs, brought the set to a 21-25 Emory win. Despite being tied 18-18 and 19-19 in the second and third sets, the Flying Dutch pulled through for 25-21 and 25-22 wins, respectively. The fourth set looked like it would be the end for the Eagles, with the Flying Dutch enjoying 10-5 and then 17-10 leads. But with a wild Emory rally, in which Jacobs and Maher knocked out two and three kills,
respectively, the Eagles again tied the score at 19-19. After a gut-wrenching moment of a 24-24 score, sophomore middle hitter Jessica Holler and a Hope hitting error gave the Eagles a 26-24 victory. In the fifth deciding set, Hope held Emory to a .000 attack percentage, while boasting one of .467. After a 7-0 deficit, the Eagles battled the score to 10-7, but the Flying Dutch rallied to finish the set 15-8. “I don’t think we’ve met a team that fought as hard as we did and
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By Elana Cates Asst. Sports Editor The trip home on Saturday was bittersweet for the men and women’s cross country teams. Both were able to compete at the NCAA Division III Championships in Mason, Ohio; however, they both recorded 29thplace finishes out of the 32 teams at the meet. This was the 15th appearance at the NCAA Championships in the history of the program for the men, and
the 22nd for the women. The women totaled 653 points for the day. Senior Tamara Surtees, who ran the 6K with a time of 22:26, placing her 34th out of all 275 runners, led the team. Surtees gained All-America honors, the sixth female Eagle to capture the honor in Emory’s history and the first since 2006. The next Eagle to cross the finish line was senior Marissa Gogniat, finishing with a time of 23:51 that ranked
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MEN’S basketball
Divers Dazzle At Home Invitational By Michael Scheck Staff Writer The Emory women’s diving team performed excellently at the Emory Diving Invitational on Saturday. The Eagles placed first out of three teams that competed at the invitational. The invitational included two three-meter diving events, one consisting of 11 dives and the other of six dives, and a one meter event, consisting of 11 dives. All three Emory divers had a successful day on the board, taking the meet with a total of 106 points. Leading the Eagles on the threemeter 11-dive and one-meter events was freshman Mara Rosenstock. She notched a NCAA qualifying score of 461.95 in route to her first place finish in the three-meter, and she reached another NCAA qualifying score of 455.70 in route to her first place finish in the one-meter. Going into her first invitational, Rosenstock was inspired by her teammate, junior Kellen Hope. “I thought we all did well because it was definitely a new experience for us,” she said. “Kellen Hope, a junior on the dive team, was dealing with a lot of injuries at the time. She was able to push through them and dove amazingly!” Hope placed first in the six-dive three-meter event. She finished with a score of 225.55, earning her the first place mark. However, Hope’s best event was the one-meter. She recorded a personal best score of 437.05, which was good enough for third place and a NCAA qualifying mark. “[Hope] qualified for NCAAs even though she was in so much pain.
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Senior Michael Florin defends against Guilford College (N.C.). Florin would go on to score 21 points, including the game-winning shot with four-tenths of a second left in the game.
Florin Buzzer-Beater Tops Guilford By Jacob Spitzer Contributing Writer Mark Spicer/Staff
Junior guard Khadijah Sayyid attempts a free-throw. The Eagles continue to stand undefeated as their season progresses.
Squad Defeats Berry To Start Early Season Win Streak By Ryan Smith Associate Editor It didn’t come easy, but the women’s basketball team remained undefeated on the young season, fending off a late run from the visiting Berry College (Ga.) Vikings to earn a 75-70 win on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles improved to 3-0 on the year. Emory’s signature stifling defense was firing on cylinders early, limiting
Berry to just three field goals in the first 10 minutes of play. The Eagles took advantage, taking a 24-7 lead on sophomore guard Shellie Kaniut’s three-pointer with nine minutes left in the half. The Vikings, who ran hot and cold for most of the game, slowly chipped away at the lead before finding their stroke at the end of the half and cutting the deficit to a manageable 34-25.
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The men’s basketball team continued their strong start on Saturday, beating Guilford College (N.C.) 77-75 with a buzzer-beating jumper from senior point guard Michael Florin. Emory’s win improves their record to 2-0 for the season. “It’s a moment you dream about,” Florin said about the shot. The Eagles outshot the Guilford Quakers with a 43.7 field goal percentage as opposed to Guilford’s 34.2, and out rebounded the Quakers 46 to 43. However, the Eagles had a lower free throw percentage at 50 percent to 84.2 and more turnovers at 13 to 8. Florin and senior forward Alex Foster continued their strong streak, scoring 21 and 23 points, respectively. In a break out game, sophomore forward Austin DaGue also scored double digits with 11 points. “We expected a tough game,” Head Coach Jason Zimmerman said.
“Guilford has a very good program. It is traditionally a very solid team.” The teams went back and forth for the first five minutes with Emory pulling ahead by nine by the middle of the first half, maintaining their lead until the end of the half with a score of 42-31. Guilford began heating up, going ahead 57-53 by the middle of the second half. “We made a couple of defensive mistakes on two or three of the possessions in the first three minutes of the second half,” Zimmerman explained. The Quakers’ run was aided by a lack of strong Emory defense, according to Foster. “Defensively, [we were] kind of a step behind, not as focused” Foster said. “But not to take away from Guilford. They hit a lot of shots in the second half. Some of the players we knew could heat up heated up.” Emory and Guilford alternatively had big runs, with Emory making a 14-1 run to gain a nine-point lead
with 7:11 to play in the game. With 1:24 remaining on the clock, Guilford was within two of Emory. Following two Guilford free throws, the score was tied. With .4 seconds remaining, Florin took the game winning shot to finish out the game. “My last buzzer beater since fourth grade,” Florin joked. As their season’s first extremely close game, the contest served as a learning experience for the Eagles. “We’re going to be in close games throughout the season,” Foster said. “One thing is that is going to benefit us is knowing we can rely on our players to have the ability to close them.” Guilford junior forward Jonny Rice and senior guard Matt McCarthy lead their team with 16 points each. Sophomore forward Trever Hyatt added to their contributions, notching another 15 points. Emory started last season with a 1-2 record over its first three games last season in sharp contrast to its 2-0
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