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Emory Events Calendar, Page 2

Student Life, Page 9

Crossword Puzzle, Page 8

Staff Editorial, Page 6

Police Record, Page 2

On Fire, Page 11

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Alpha Phi Alpha to Return to Campus By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity (APhiA) is returning to campus in fall 2014 to join the National PanHellenic Council (NPHC) following their removal from campus in 2011 for hazing violations, according to Arthur Doctor, assistant director of the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life. The Mu Alpha chapter of APhiA was suspended for “physical and psychological hazing,” former Director of Greek Life Buck Cooke told the Wheel in 2011. APhiA was founded nationally in 1906 at Cornell University as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudices, and focuses on principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character and the uplifting of humanity, according to the APhiA website. Doctor said the return of APhiA to Greek life is part of a greater contribution to Emory’s already diverse community. “Our office is excited about the expansion and recolonization of chapters within the Multicultural Greek Council and the National PanHellenic Council,” Doctor wrote in an email to the Wheel. “By bringing new chapters to campus, we believe that it only helps our students embrace the passion and unleash their potential by becoming members of a sorority or fraternity.” Richard Young, advisor for the chapter, did not respond to an email inquiry seeking comment by press time. Doctor added that the addition of these groups also meets the desires of students from different backgrounds who may not have seen options for them in the Greek community prior to these organizations gaining approval to join or recolonize.

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ollege sophomore Will Russo (left) and College sophomore Megan Rosa cheer at this week’s Wonderful Wednesday on Asbury Circle. Along with their booth, sorority Delta Phi Epsilon members sold tickets for their charity event, DPhiGlee, and smashed scales in support of the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (ANAD).

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Campus MovieFest Competition Kicks Off By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor Campus MovieFest (CMF), a week-long movie-making competition, kicked off Wednesday as teams of students picked up video cameras and laptops from the Dobbs University Center to create a fiveminute film. Students have a week to produce a film during the week of the competition, which takes places on college campuses all over the country. At each university, the short film voted Campus Best Picture goes on to compete at the national CMF competition. One-hundred fifty teams at

Emory signed up to compete this year, according to CMF Promotions Manager Ruth Rudnick. This year, CMF was postponed for two weeks due to Emory’s snow days, pushing the finale date back to March 18. During the finale, the top 16 movies will be screened and the winners will be announced, according to Rudnick. Kevin Boonruang, College junior and the director, writer and editor of his own CMF movie, said he thought the two-week delay was slightly inconvenient because of the overlap with students with midterms. According to Boonruang, the filming schedule is quite rigorous.

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He said not only will the team be filming all weekend, but also last year, “the editing part took forever. We spent 15 hours straight editing last year.” However, Boonruang said editing was his favorite part of the process. “Last year I was sitting in the editing room, and it was like the seventh hour in editing, and it was exhausting; we were all starving, people were laying down on the floor sleeping, and I just thought ‘Wow I love this,’” he said. This year, Boonruang said his film is a love story set just prior to an

See CMF, Page 4

CAMPUS MOVIEFEST Number of teams 150

Deadline March 18

Finale Showing March 19

Awards Best Picture, Best Comedy, Social Justice Award

NEW CHAPTERS Returning Fall 2014 Alpha Phi Alpha

Working to Return Sigma Beta Rho, Theta Nu Xi, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, Sigma Gamma Rho In addition to APhiA, Sigma Beta Rho, Theta Nu Xi and Lambda Upsilon Lambda, three Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) chapters have been given the rights to build membership on campus and Sigma Gamma Rho, an NPHC chapter, is in the process of re-establishing an on-campus presence. Sigma Gamma Rho sorority will be recolonizing their chapter and conducting membership intake this semester. Theta Nu Xi multicultural sorority, Sigma Beta Rho fraternity and Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity have all begun recruiting efforts and will continue those efforts to establish a strong interest groups, Doctor wrote. The new chapters will hold informational meetings throughout the spring semester for potential new members. Doctor wrote that the new options on campus are signs of continuing healthy growth in the Greek community. “Personally, I am very excited about the growth that is occurring in the entire Greek community, but more specifically the growth that will occur over the next year within the MGC and NPHC,” Doctor wrote. “It only confirms the message both councils have been using throughout their different social media outlets: #WeAreOnTheMove!”

—Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu

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Emory Robert Franklin Named To Host Moral Leadership Chair Bioethics Summit By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor

By Dana Youngentob Contributing Writer The Emory University Center for Ethics is planning a global summit to be held in May 2015 that will focus on major ethical and policy issues that surround biotechnology. The summit is called “Biotechnology and the Ethical Imagination: A Global Summit (BEINGS).” According to a Feb. 11 University press release, the summit’s purpose is to bring about a consensus on biotechnological efforts to develop international standards and guidelines for cellular biotechnologies as well as establish a vision for the most desirable uses of advanced biotechnology. The summit will bring together policymakers and scientists, and people from the arts, humanities, religion and philosophy, to draft a set of universal ethical standards for biotechnology,” said Paul Root Wolpe, director of Emory’s Center for Ethics and organizer of the summit. “We will have some talks, some panels and workshops to start writing the standards.”

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Theologian Robert Franklin, Jr. has been named the inaugural James T. and Berta R. Laney Chair in Moral Leadership in the Candler School of Theology, according to a Feb. 19 University press release. He will be installed into his new position at Candler’s fall convocation on Aug. 28. This is Franklin’s third appointment and fourth position at Emory, having first served as the director of the Black Church Studies program at Candler and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics, and now as the senior adviser to the provost on community and diversity, according to the press release. As part of this endowed professorship, Franklin will be responsible for shaping a program of moral leadership that challenges Emory students to embrace and extend moral leadership throughout the world, according to the press release. The endowed professorship in the Candler School of Theology is named in honor of Emory President Emeritus Jim Laney — who also served as dean of Candler from 1969 through 1977 — and his wife, Berta, according to the press release. Franklin said his role is one that he looks forward to developing to help navigate the waters of morality. “I am deeply humbled and honored to lead this new initiative at Candler,” Franklin said. “This pro-

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Robert Franklin, Jr., President Emeritus of Morehouse College, will be the Chair in Moral Leadership in the Candler School of Theology on Aug. 28.

gram will impact us locally, regionally and hopefully globally.” To Franklin, the professorship also validates the commitment that Emory has stated in its mission as an ethically engaged university. “There are a number of exciting people and resources at Emory and in metro Atlanta that benefit the world as a whole, from the Carter Center to the National Center for Human Rights,” Franklin said. “I look forward to reaching out and expanding this program.” Franklin said he hopes to use his fellowship not only to engage with the Candler community but also to reach out to the general Emory community through leadership seminars, keynote lectures and trips into Atlanta to gain hands-on experiences in moral leadership. The visits into Atlanta are a key part of the plans for the fellowship, Franklin said, as it is important to connect civic leaders and Emory

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ollege senior Mishi Bhushan (left) and College junior Megha Chiruvella play Operation to advertise for a Student Alliance for Health Involvement general body meeting that will include an admission panel.

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Program Encourages Healthy Eating By Ashley Bianco Features Editor As freshmen search for their meals in the Dobbs Market, peer counselors will be ready with tablets to answer their questions thanks to an Emory student and an alum who have joined forces to encourage freshmen to eat healthier in the Dobbs Market.

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The Healthy Eating Partners Program is a newly developed program by College senior Kylie McKenzie and Brooke Woodward (’13C) co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Human Health and Emory Dining. The program participants will have tablets on hand with access to nutritional profiles so that they can

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help direct first-year students, especially those with dietary restrictions, to better meal choices during peak hours. The program is an extension of the Peer Health Partner Program, in which upperclassmen receive academic training to lead freshmen

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HONOR COUNCIL CASES The following reports are real cases adjudicated by the Emory College Honor Council. Any personally identifiable information has been omitted to protect the privacy of all parties involved. • A sophomore received a two-year mark on his Personal Performance Record and an F in his upper-level history course after the Honor Council found him guilty of intentionally plagiarizing a scholarly book review. The student claimed to have no intention of turning in the paper containing copied material and wished to simply draw his professor’s attention to the book review. However, he acknowledged that the work was not his own and wished to take full responsibility. • An upper-level science course professor noted that, on an exam for which a sophomore student had submitted a re-grade request, one of the answers had been changed. The student claimed that, because she had been in a hurry when completing the request, she had forgotten that she had made additional notes on one exam question. The Honor Council decided that the additional notes would in fact have had no impact on the student’s credit and found the student’s testimony credible.

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• For a written assignment, a junior in an upper-level laboratory science copied entire sections from the lab manual and other course materials without quotation marks or references. The Honor Council found the student guilty, giving her a zero on the assignment and a two-year mark on her Personal Performance Record, despite her apparent misunderstanding of common academic writing standards. • Though much of a freshman’s final paper consisted of his own work, the Honor Council found him guilty of plagiarism for copying and paraphrasing online sources without quotation marks or references. He received a two-year mark on his Personal Performance Record and a zero on the paper. Still, the Honor Council found that the student had a limited knowledge of proper referencing and thus gave him the possibility of receiving a D in the class if he rewrites his paper and attends a workshop on plagiarism.

Corrections • In the last edition of the Wheel, the photo with the headline “Dodge, Dip, Dive, Duck and Dodge” was misattributed to Photography Editor James Crissman. Khang Huynh took the photo. • In the article “Four Seniors Receive Bobby Jones Scholarship,” Bobby Jones was referred to as a professional golfer. He was an amateur golfer and never turned pro. The Wheel reports and corrects all errors published in the newspaper and at emorywheel.com.

NEWS ROUNDUP •Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych resurfaced on Thursday, claiming that he is still the country’s legitimate head of state. The Russian government endorses Yanukovych, who fled from the capital of Kiev on Saturday, Feb. 22. However, Interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and his opposition government have already applied for financial help from the European Union and International Monetary Fund. •On Thursday, President Barack Obama launched his new initiative for providing greater opportunities for young black and Hispanic men, known as “My Brother’s Keeper.” To address racial economic disparities, the White House is partnering with

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Event: CMBC Post Doctoral Lunch Symposium Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Location: PAIS 464 Event: Frontiers in Neuroscience Yves De Koninck, Ph.D. - Expanding Your Toolbox: New Approaches to Probe the Brain With Light” Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Whitehead Biomedical Research Building Auditorium Event: Athletics — Softball Time: 12:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Emory Softball Field Event: The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World Time: 12:30-2 p.m. Location: White Hall 101 Event: Discussion and Presentation on “Drone Art” Time: 1:30-2:45 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library 874 Event: EUEC 2013-2014 Awards & Honors Reception Time: 3:30-5 p.m. Location: Governors Hall, MillerWard Alumni House Event: The Winslow Boy: Spring Drama Production

businesses, nonprofits and foundations, which so far have invested $150 million in the project. • On Monday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill promising harsher penalties for gay citizens and criminalizing those who do not report them. Firsttime offenders will receive at least 14 years in jail, while those who engage in “aggravated homosexuality” may receive a life sentence. In Uganda, homosexual acts are already illegal, but gay activists plan to challenge the new laws in court.

Thursday. In the new design, the amount of calories per serving and number of servings per container would be enlarged and in bold face, while the number of calories from fat would be removed. The FDA would also change serving sizes to more accurately portray the amounts people eat or drink in an effort to simplify calorie counting.

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• The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed changes to nutrition labels on packaged foods and beverages on

Mar. 2, 1990 Due to an increase in enrollment, the Residence Life Association (now known as Residence Life and Housing) decided to place freshmen and sophomore women in Harris Hall in 1990. Prior to the decision, Harris housed upperclassmen women, who received a “special lottery” for upperclassmen apartments after being bumped from the residence hall. Residence Life Association also announced plans to extend housing to all students in the future. At the time, only freshmen were guaranteed housing.

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Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Location: Tarbutton Theater, Oxford College Event: Film Love Presents Jan Nemec’s “Diamonds of the Night” Time: 8-10 p.m. Location: White Hall 208 Event: Film Love presents Jan Němec’s Diamonds of the Night Time: 8-10 p.m. Location: White Hall 208

SATURDAY Event: Design Your Next Chapter — Career Workshop Time: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: Miller-Ward Alumni House Event: Athletics — Baseball Time: 1-3:30 p.m. Location: Chappell Park Event: Men’s Lacrosse Game Time: 4 p.m. Location: Kaminsky Field Event: World Premiere String Quartet by Richard Prior Time: 8 p.m. Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Event: Film Love Presents Jan Nemec’s “A Report on the Party and the Guests” Time: 8-10 p.m. Location: White Hall 205

SUNDAY Event: Athletics — Women’s Tennis Time: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Athletics — Baseball Time: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Location: Chappell Park Event: Athletics — Softball Time: 12-4:15 p.m. Location: Emory Softball Field Event: African Art Lecture Time: 2-3 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall Event: Polar Plunge for PAWS Time: 2:30-4 p.m. Location: SAAC Pool Event: Pre-Health Personal Statement Workshops Time: 8-9 p.m. Location: White Hall 205

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Event: Uncommon Counsel Stress Management & CLE Time: 12-2 p.m. Location: Tull Auditorium Event: An Introduction to Fulbright Scholar Grants for US Faculty and Professionals Time: 12:30-2 p.m., 2:30-4 p.m. Location: Math Science Center E208 Event: Athletics — Men’s Tennis Time: 2-4:30 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Industry Focus Night: Careers in Business & Creative Time: 6:30-8 p.m. Location: Winship Ballroom DUC Event: Carlos Reads Book Club: The Lost Books of the Odyssey Time: 7:30-9 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum Board Room Event: Minton Sparks: Music, Poetry, and Storytelling Time: 7:30-8:30 p.m. Location: Tarbutton Theater, Oxford College

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New Advising, Scheduling Tool Replaces Older System By Cindy Tang Contributing Writer Emory College’s Office for Undergraduate Education recently launched the Advising and Support Scheduling Tool (ASST), pronounced “assist,” at the beginning of this semester. As the name suggests, the new system allows undergraduate students to schedule academic advising and tutoring sessions online. According to Emory College’s Director of Communications Steve Savage, Simplicity Corporation, the same company behind Emory’s job search tool Eagle Ops, powers the new program. Before ASST was introduced, the college relied on the AdvisorTrac and TutorTrac systems to schedule academic advising appointments and tutoring sessions, respectively. Savage said the systems were not advanced enough to meet the needs of Emory’s network of students, and even shut down for an extended peri-

od of time last semester. Savage and his team at the Office for Undergraduate Education, after deciding Emory was ready for a change, implemented ASST not only to provide for more advanced appointment and session scheduling, but also to provide an online module for programs outside of advising or tutoring. While Academic Advising, EPASS peer tutoring and English as a second language (ESL) tutoring remain the staple programs under ASST, Savage listed Dual Degree Advising, Emory Scholars, Learning Specialists in the Office for Undergraduate Education and National Scholarships and Fellowships as programs that will operate using the new system as well. Savage clarified that these offices plan to use ASST for scheduling appointments—a direct replacement for AdvisorTrac and TutorTrac—in addition to posting event sign-ups for their respective programs. Savage said that the National Scholarships and Fellowships pro-

gram plans to use ASST to create event sign-ups for student workshops regarding scholarships and fellowships. That way, students will be able to register for events through a school platform, rather than through Facebook or other social media outlets, Savage said. The Office for Undergraduate Education sees many great possibilities with the implementation of ASST, Savage said. Following the technical and functionality issues the programs and students encountered with AdvisorTrac and TutorTrac, Savage said ASST introduces a much more user-friendly, reliable and suitable interface. Convenience, in particular, characterizes the new system, he said. According to Savage, in the past, students needed to make appointments in person, by e-mail or over phone. These methods not only were time consuming, but also made finding a suitable time difficult.

ASST, which contains a handy “calendar” function, allows students to look up available times for the program they plan to make an appointment for and then add the appointment to their calendar. Savage also said that the system makes signing up for appointments and events quick and easy, which caters to the busy college students it serves. Since ASST incorporates such a wide range of undergraduate programs, Savage said, “as students use the system, we hope that they might discover other types of resources available to them in the College that they may not have been aware of.” According to Savage, he and the team at the Office for Undergraduate Education wished for the highly functional ASST system to encourage students to actively take advantage of the many advising, tutoring and academic programs Emory College has to offer.

— Contact Cindy Tang at xin.tang@emory.edu

CMF Offers Students Hands-On Opportunities, Rudnick Says Continued from Page 1 apocalyptic event. While many CMF competitors, like Boonruang, have participated in the competition before, many are inexperienced in filmmaking. “We really aim to help students try something new they’ve never done before,” Rudnick said. She added that CMF is a great opportunity for students who have never made a film to learn the equipment and discover a creative side they never knew they had. Rudnick herself was involved with CMF and later went on to intern at CMF, and obtaining her current position in January. According to Rudnick, CMF is sponsored by a student organization on college campuses. At Emory, Emory TV (ETV), Emory’s student-run television program, brought CMF to campus, and the equipment is funded through the Student Activities Fee. CMF bestows awards in the categories Best Picture and Best Comedy as well as a separate category called

the Elfenworks Social Justice Award, which goes to a film that addresses a social justice issue. The winner of that award receives $10,000 to be given toward the cause of their choice. All winners are invited to the CMF Festival in Hollywood, where their film is screened to winners around the country and a few Hollywood celebrities, Boonruang said. Boonruang’s film last year, which was a documentary about Buddhist monks, also received an invitation to Hollywood because it was the campus Wild Card Pick, which means it received the most views online. This year’s Best Picture winner will also receive a year’s subscription for Adobe Creative Cloud, which is a service that gives users access to graphic design, video editing, web development and photography software, Rudnick said. The finale for CMF will take place on March 19 in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.

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

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Furhman Says New Program Fosters Dialogue Between Students, Staff Continued from Page 1 health courses. “We strive to create a dialogue between students, dining services and Emory’s academic community in order to help students create healthy eating habits grounded in the science of health that will stick with them throughout college and beyond,” Woodward wrote in an email to the Wheel. McKenzie and Woodward started working with Emory Dining as well as the Center for the Study of Human Health to promote healthy eating habits years ago. They have formalized the partnership with this program. Dave Furhman, senior director of Emory’s Food Service Administration, said this program marks the importance of open information about campus food. “Unlike commercial dining programs or commercial food establishments, we not only have a commitment to uphold standards and the vision of Emory, but we have the responsibility to provide information to the campus community,” he said. The program leaders hope to

integrate education and community outreach to create peer-to–peer counseling that will help students make healthy eating decisions, according to an article in Emory Magazine. The article says the students work in conjunction with Emory Dining to provide information and resources to students that they might need to make healthier decisions. “We have already seen many improvements, many of which are a result of our efforts over the past couple of years,” Woodward said, citing the examples of fresh-squeezed orange juice, fresh bread and olive oil instead of vegetable oil. Cristina Caro, registered dietitian with Emory Dining, said the Healthy Eating Partners peers will be working closely with Executive Chef Colin Quirk to get early access to menus to quickly identify items with healthier nutritional profiles. “I only see this program growing, as part of our vision is to be a resource,” Furhman said. “It’s also to help students find important information that’s going to affect healthy choices.”

— Contact Ashley Bianco at ashley.bianco@emory.edu

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ollege senior Adam Braun (left) and College freshman Melissa Nahin dance to music on Asbury Circle during this week’s Wonderful Wednesday. Many others filled the circle to dance. The booths that lined the circle include Alpha Tau Omega Hugs, Hillel, Black Student Association, American Red Cross and more.

Summit Agenda Includes Stem Cells, Cellular Genetics Continued from Page 1 Some of the invited guests include distinguished scholars such as Steve Pinker, an experimental psychologist and popular science author and George Church, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and director of PersonalGenomes.org, according to Wolpe. According to a Feb. 11 University press release, the summit will consist of up to 25 distinguished scholars, hundreds of delegates from the 30 top biotechnology producing countries and will accommodate up to 1,000 observers. There will be an observer gallery at the summit and tickets will go on sale later this year. The agenda for the summit will be set by surveying the hundreds of delegates from 30 countries before their arrival and a consensus will be reached as to what the group

thinks are the most difficult policy and ethical issues in biotechnology as it relates to cell biology, Wolpe said.

“This summit is my brainchild and is a oncein-a-lifetime event. I have gotten enormous support for the idea from President Wagner.” — Paul Root Wolpe, director of Emory’s Center for Ethics

He added that the focus is on stem cells, synthetic biology, cellular genetics and then trying to forge a consensus on how to solve those problems.

University President James W. Wagner — who serves as vice chair of the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues — said, “Open dialogue on the ethical concepts that will shape biotechnology’s contribution to human flourishing is critical, and this conference will provide an important forum for just that,” according to the press release. Additionally, Emory student workers and volunteers will play a fundamental role in the summit, helping out delegates as they arrive from 30 different countries, and will help plan and execute the conference. “This summit is my brainchild and is a once-in-a-lifetime event,” Wolpe said. “I have gotten enormous support for the idea from President Wagner, so I decided to go ahead and start the process of organizing [the summit].” — Contact Dana Youngentob at dana.youngentob@emory.edu

New Chair to Seek Guidance From Students Continued from Page 1 leaders with concepts of moral leadership. Franklin also said he will be reaching out to Emory students for topics of conversation to guide early discussions of what constitutes moral leadership as a foundation to build his program. Franklin has served in numerous capacities before arriving at Emory, including as the president of Morehouse College, the director of the religion department at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y. and as a faculty member at the University of Chicago, Harvard and ColgateRochester divinity schools.

— Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu

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John Lewis Selected For Commencement Speaker Should Challenge, Inspire What makes a good commencement speaker? Is it the content of the speech — its inspirational qualities, its call to reflection and future action — or the style of the speaker? Should speakers be nationally famous or locally relevant? And should students or administrators hold the power to choose who will address the class? Every year, when the Commencement speaker is announced, our discussions tend to come back to these questions. This year’s Commencement speaker, U.S. Congressman and Civil Rights icon John Lewis, is no exception. When Lewis was announced earlier this week as this year’s Commencement speaker, some students reacted skeptically — Lewis’ name was not included on a survey of potential speakers sent out to the class last spring, and he may not the typical “celebrity” speaker some might have anticipated, in the vein of Stephen Colbert or Ellen DeGeneres. While we acknowledge that choosing a Commencement speaker is no easy task, and it is virtually impossible to please everyone, we at the Wheel find Congressman Lewis an excellent choice. His relevance to the Atlanta region, remarkable life story and continuing commitment to the cause of social justice makes him an especially fit speaker to address the Class of 2014. Lewis may be from Atlanta, but he is considered by many to be a national hero. Lewis is the only one of the six living major civil rights leaders, known as the “Big Six.” He played a key role in leadership of the Civil Rights movement, chairing the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and planning the historic March on Washington in August 1963, when he was only 23 years old. He participated in the Freedom Rides and led demonstrations to desegregate public lunch counters and facilities. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor granted by the President of the United States, in 2010. Though the Class of 2014 is made up of more than 1,000 students, with many disparate interests and backgrounds, the graduates who will matriculate in May have one thing in common: a special connection to social justice issues. Major protests at Emory have occurred nearly every year since 2010, from concerns about Sodexo workers, to protests about department changes, to the demonstration at the opening of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference gallery opening last spring. In this sense, it seems fitting that Lewis, a social justice icon who continues to participate in demonstrations today, and who has been arrested 45 times for his history of activism, would be chosen to speak to the class of 2014 in particular. His perspective on his own fight for civil rights will be especially valuable. Though many students may not recognize Lewis’ name immediately, he is highly relevant to their lives in Atlanta, considering he is the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 5th congressional district. Lewis continues to do impactful work in Atlanta: just this week, he joined Mayor Kasim Reed in a national campaign to legalize gay marriage in Georgia and throughout the South. Because he originates from and represents this area, Lewis has a heightened awareness of Emory, especially as it relates to Atlanta. Lewis visits Emory frequently and was awarded the Emory President’s Medal in 1999. This relationship with Emory makes Lewis more likely to appeal and relate to the interests of graduating Emory students. As explained in a Wheel 2012 feature, “Choosing a Commencement Speaker, No Easy Task,” the search for a Commencement speaker begins early – in the spring of the year before Commencement. Though the preferences of the Commencement speaker committee are considered in speaker selection, they are not the end-all, be-all: in many cases, it is more practical for Emory to reach out to candidates with whom it has a pre-existing relationship. Star power and speaking ability are often in conflict during this decision process. In light of this, we wonder if Lewis was a very ambitious choice for Emory, considering his connection with Emory and ties to the local area. A good commencement speech inspires the graduating class to reflect on their own successes and failures, and urges them to move forward in the service of others. We at the Wheel are thrilled with the choice and certainly hope Lewis’ speech inspires the graduating class in this way, and we feel confident in both his ability and potential. The above staff editorial represents the majority opinion of the Wheel editorial

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Editorial Roundup College editorials from across the country The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 In its staff editorial, “Cacophony in Kiev” The Harvard Crimson discusses what they perceive as the tenuous situation in Ukraine. They argue that only a stable, democratic government can quell violence. In November, the now ousted Ukrainian President Viktor F. Yanukovych balked on a trade agreement with the European Union after he was strong-armed by Russian President Vladimir Putin into instead accepting a $15 billion bailout and cheaper natural gas badly needed for the flailing economy. Then the protests began. And now Yanukovych is out—fleeing the capital Kiev on Saturday after an interim deal with opposition leaders signed on Friday fell through. The president’s ouster came after one of the deadliest weeks in decades for Ukraine: At least 77 were killed in clashes with police, who allegedly used snipers and machine guns to suppress the anti-government protestors in Independence Square.

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Now a coalition of opposition leaders have coalesced the powers of the government into the new parliament speaker, Oleksandr Turchynov, who found the president unable to fulfill his duties and has rightly repealed most of the strict “anti-protest” laws that limited freedom of speech, press, and assembly. His close ally, the jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, was also freed on Saturday. But now should not be the time for retribution. The election, set for May 25, must be carried out fairly, freely, and expeditiously. The most important objective for the transitional government ought to maintaining the country’s unity. Ukraine is already a divided country. Western Ukraine, which speaks the official language of Ukrainian, is more pro-European, and strongly supported Tymoshenko in the 2010 elections. Eastern Ukraine is heavily Russian speaking and overwhelmingly voted for the pro-Russian Yanukovych. [...]

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Obama Should Have Followed Suit with Economy ERIK ALEXANDER Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was personable. He could relate to his audience, whether he was speaking privately with Winston Churchill or communicating to Americans en masse. On March 12, 1933, FDR delivered a speech over the radio with the dual purpose of rebuilding Americans’ confidence in their financial security and educating them on the workings of the economy. The speech was the first instance in U.S. history of a president utilizing mass media to speak directly to the public. Its success in boosting FDR’s popularity encouraged him to make 29 more like it over the next 11 years. These speeches are together known as the Fireside Chats due to their cozy nature, a result of the President’s amicability. In the first speech, for instance, FDR explained to his people in simple terms the concept of banking: “Let me state the simple fact that when you

deposit money in a bank the bank does not put the money into a safe deposit vault,” he said. “It invests your money in many different forms of credit-bonds, commercial paper, mortgages and many other kinds of loans. In other words, the bank puts your money to work to keep the wheels of industry and of agriculture turning around.” Such a statement would sound silly coming from a public official nowadays, but back then people really did not know any better. People still do not know any better today, only about different things, like how the economy works. Our current president is arguably as personable as FDR, if not more so. But Obama’s ratings have taken some pretty sizable blows throughout his presidency; the recession has lasted longer than it should have, and people blame him for not being able to get us out of it. I understand that being the president entails serving as the public’s scapegoat for its economic woes (and its savior when the economy is stable). What I do not understand is why Obama did not find it necessary to take

the same proactive measures that his fouryear-term-serving predecessor did in order to mitigate the public’s disdain for its President in such desperate times. It is common knowledge that the average American knows little to nothing about the economy. Those who are honest at least admit their ignorance. Then there are those who pretend that they know the secret to economic stability: absolution from the government. These are the people who see it as their duty to defend private business with their lives from government takeover even though such a threat is nonexistent. They are the ones who bring up Smith’s invisible hand with a complete disregard for his statements condoning government regulation. The only way to deal with these people is to sit them down and explain to them that they are ignoramuses, and that it’s okay, just like FDR did 81 years ago. Erik Alexander is a College sophomore from Johns Creek, Ga.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Discussion Necessary to Confront Social Issues I wanted to write in and express my support regarding Charlie Price’s article “Understanding Respect as a Material Condition” in last week’s paper. I found it was particularly relevant as this week is “Social Justice Week.” As I’m sure Price would agree, social justice should not be limited to just one week of passing acknowledgement by both students and the University. It should be embraced as a lifestyle, a shift in paradigm that can perhaps remind us to be grateful for the material items that we do possess, but also allow us to not be attached to such transient things. As a graduate student, I realize that I am removed from what campus life is actually like, but from my experience, the presence of social concern is not as strongly felt by the

student body as I was led to believe. I know there is an organization on campus called Volunteer Emory, so perhaps this is a venue to help motivate people. Another thing I have noticed, but again my perception could be wrong, is that there is a lack of discussion around these issues in the classroom. Concepts like the culture of poverty, white privilege, oppression, dignity, etc. are imperative to include in our classroom discussions if we are to accurately understand the world. Price is absolutely right that the economic success of the few is built on the backs of the poor. Those that are in power have structured our society in a certain way to benefit the few, and it really is a matter of luck whether one is born into a position of privilege or not.

American philosopher John Rawls discusses this in depth with his theory “the Veil of Ignorance.” That is, if we did not know whether we would be born male or female, what our skin color would be, what sexuality we would have, etc., would we structure our society differently than it is today? I am glad and thankful that Price wrote this op-ed because we do need a more open discussion about these issues. I believe it is the first step towards a more equal society. Sincerely, Sam Eiffert She is a first- year Graduate student at the Rollins School of Public Health from Columbia, Mo.

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Obama’s Ambitions Overstep Legal Boundaries Legislative Challenges Don’t Justify Executive Actions BEN PERLMUTTER In the 2014 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama declared, “wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that’s what I’m going to do.” While Obama is motivated by a noble sentiment, to improve the lives of millions of American families still suffering the economic aftershocks of the recent recession, the means by which he seeks to instigate this improvement, by non-legislative measures, is severely misguided. Due to congressional gridlock, the Obama administration has been and continues to circumvent the congressional legislative process through executive action. The administration is overreaching its constitutional authority, undermining the rule of law and establishing dangerous precedents, despite its noble intents. Obama should cease these actions. The Obama administration has been mired by a polarized and gridlocked Congress. Since Obama took office in 2008, Congress has consistently resorted to obstinate partisan squabbling instead of legislating. The shutdown of the federal government this past October serves as the most recent example of this governmental dysfunction, during which 800,000 federal government employees were furloughed and the American economy lost $24 billion. While it is certainly fair that the Obama administration grows tired of this gridlock, the President is trying to remedy it by incorrect means. In recent executive actions, Obama has made executive decisions that have been reserved by the Constitution and judicial precedent for Congress. For example, following the State of the Union address, Obama announced a series of executive actions to address climate change, including financing solar farms in the Mojave Desert and mandating the State Department to stop funding coal-powered projects overseas. Republican lawmakers have taken the Obama administration to federal court on the matter, with the case heard on Monday, Feb. 22, over the President’s misuse of executive authority. Then there’s the boggled rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) last fall, where 6.2 million Americans were poised to lose

their health insurance, despite administration assurances that such an event would not happen. To stay true to this promise to the American public, the Obama administration moved the onset date of the ACA from Jan. 1, 2014 to Jan. 1, 2015. This move by the administration is unlawful because only Congress can change the effective date of a law’s institution. Moreover, the Obama administration is undermining the rule of law by changing the law in such a manner. When Obama signed the ACA into law in 2010, health care companies were told that the new policies would begin on New Years Day of 2014. By arbitrarily changing the implementation date by executive mandate, the administration is demonstrating a disregard for the health care industry, a massive sector of our economy, spending on which constituted 18 percent of GDP in 2010. This capricious change in policy by the administration sends bad signals to the health care industry, which is poised to grow dramatically in coming decades, and American enterprise as whole. Law needs to be consistently executed, in accord with the legislative decision, to facilitate a well-functioning business environment. By so suddenly changing the policy, in a manner inconsistent with constitutional precedent, the Obama administration is undermining a sacrosanct value of our liberal capitalist system, rule of law. The Obama administration is setting a dangerous precedent for executive action, not only in business matters, but also for the entire nature of our governmental structure. While today the Obama administration abuses its executive power for the benevolent purposes of environmental protection and universal affordable health care, decades onward we cannot be so certain that a future administration will have the same benign intents. What today is executive overreach for the expansion of the right to affordable health care could tomorrow be the abridgment of freedom of speech. Obama must cease this misalignment of the separation of powers, and stick to the powers reserved to the executive branch, the execution of the law, not legislation of new policy. The power of legislation belongs to Congress, as mandated in Article I of the Constitution. While the Obama administration has

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abused its power, Congress is equally guilty of its own misconduct: the failure to responsibly legislate. Congress has repeatedly been unsuccessful in making decisions that are vital to the integrity and prosperity of the United States, as evident during the debtceiling crises of 2011 and federal shutdown of 2013. This is largely the result of an increasing partisan polarization in Congress, where currently the most “liberal” Republican is more conservative than the most “conservative” Democrat.

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In Obama’s honorable desire to accomplish the “change” that he promised while campaigning for the presidential seat in 2008 in spite of the Congressional gridlock, he has had to resort to executive overreach because of congressional inaction. Such overreaching policies are not the answer though, as they risk the competitiveness of the United States as a business environment and establish a dangerous precedent. While we should sympathize with Obama for the sclerotic Congress that he must attempt to work with, we should

not endorse his attempts to remedy the situation with executive overreach. Instead, Obama should cease his policy of executive overreach and Congress should attempt to once again become an effective legislator. Hopefully, the public will acknowledge the paralyzation that afflicts the American legislative branch and use the power of the ballot in upcoming congressional elections to help begin the remedy of this federal plight. Ben Perlmutter is a College sophomore from Chappaqua, N.Y.

‘Real World’ Still a Space to Explore A Senior Reflects on What Comes Next MARY CLAIRE KELLY

College Freshman Cathy Tang (Right) and College freshman (Left) Jonathan Chay support the movement at Emory of Asian American Pacific Islander Student Activists (AAPISA) Wonderful Wednesday’s Event #NotYourAsianSidekick.

Asian Sidekicks and the ‘Model Minority’ NOWMEE SHEHAB Last December, writer and activist Suey Park initiated a discussion about Asian American feminism on twitter by using the hashtag #NotYourAsianSidekick. On Feb. 18, Asian American Pacific Islander Student Activists at Emory (AAPISA) brought the conversation to our campus through Wonderful Wednesday. The idea is simple yet powerful. The AAPISA table had blank paper with the hashtag #NotYourAsianSidekick printed on it. Students and faculty could come and write whatever they found appropriate. College freshman Cathy Tang said that “the hashtag was an easy way to open up a space for AAPI student/faculty to fight back against the microaggressions they face on campus. It doesn’t take a lot of work but it gives a little bit of power back to the AAPI community — it leaves them feeling a little more emotionally charged.” Tang is one of the students who started AAPISA. She said that she was compelled to do it because she felt that there was a “lack of conversation on campus about the Asian American identity.” AAPISA is also determined to push back against the “Model Minority Myth,” which is the idea that Asian Americans are culturally and genetically poised to strive in academia, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields and succeed financially to achieve the “American Dream.” This is still painfully true in most media depictions of Asian Americans. Several students at Emory challenged this assumption in their signs at the Wonderful Wednesday event. There were several varia-

tions of “No, I’m not majoring in biology or chemistry” and “No, I didn’t have a Tiger Mom, I succeeded through my own will.” You can see the photos of Emory students holding up their #NotYourAsianSidekick signs and speaking their truths of being Asian Americans on their Facebook page. The “Model Minority Myth” oversimplifies Asian Americans. First, it robs us of the depth inherent in culture and ethnicity while simultaneously using us to preserve the idea of American exceptionalism. Second, it presupposes a lack of cultural, ethnic and class diversity of Asian Americans. Millions of people who immigrated from across a large continent do not share the same story. Some Asian Americans are privileged insofar as they are from upper, middle class families and have high college graduation rates; Korean Americans have nearly twice the college graduation rate than the national average. However, some don’t even make it to high school graduation; Cambodian and Hmong Americans have some of the lowest rates of high school graduation. Some are trafficked to the U.S. and forced to do sex work. The U.S. State Department estimates that approximately 600,000-800,000 people are trafficked across international borders annually. Asian American women have been victims of forced migration for decades. The image of a model, high achieving Asian American is simply not true and is a gross generalization that removes agency from some minorities while hindering others from bringing their issues to light. The “Model Minority Myth” also pits Asian Americans against other minorities in the U.S. In popular understandings of race relations in this country there is an accusation

of African American and Latino people of not working hard enough, of not ‘pulling themselves up from their bootstraps,’ of not being ‘good minorities’ (like Asian Americans). Not only does this sentiment paint all minority experiences in the U.S. with the same brush, but it uses the Asian Americans and the “Model Minority Myth” to perpetuate antiblack racism. Additionally, the “Model Minority Myth” erases the rich history of cross-racial organizing between the African American and Asian American communities. This organizing peaked during the late 60s and 70s — in fact the term ‘people of color’ was born out of this solidarity work. To bring this back, activists have started using the hashtag #BlackPowerYellowPeril to highlight contemporary cross-racial organizing and to build an intersectional racial justice movement. Though the Asian American identity is in some ways limiting since it waters down experiences of millions of people to fit a constructed narrative, it can and has been used productively to do solidarity work. In college campuses, the “Model Minority Myth” restricts Asian American and possibly all students from looking beyond diversity statistics. The Emory Class of 2016 is 32 percent Asian and Asian American. What is beyond celebrating diversity? There are so many issues particular to the API community like immigration, domestic violence, illiteracy etc. that gets overlooked. Cathy Tang wants to stress that AAPISA is an activist group, not a cultural diversity group. They are bringing much needed conversations to this campus. Nowmee Shehab is a College sophomore from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

MTV’s groundbreaking reality television show “The Real World” has been on air since 1992, the birth year of a sizable chunk of the Emory College Class of 2014. A similar idea has simmered in the minds of this year’s College seniors: the “real world” that falls at the bottom of the college graduation cliff. The real world means taxes. It means working and figuring out how to use an iron. The real world means no coddling and has no safety net. The real world is “when people stop being polite ... and start getting real.” As a senior stressing out about a future that, in my darkest moments, I expect to be fraught with unemployment scares and the other luxuries that accompany a liberal arts B.A., I have been reflecting a lot about the weight of adulthood. Biologically, I was an adult with my first menstruation. Legally, I was an adult on my 18th birthday. Socially, I was an adult on my 21st birthday. Recently, I have become aware of even more milestones I can use to mark the start of my adulthood. My brain will not finish developing until I’m about 25 years old. At 25, I can rent a car, without paying a penalty fee. At 26, I can no longer use my parents’ health insurance. A view of adulthood as flexible and beginning even in my late 20s is great because it allows for mistakes. It allows for experimentation and career changes and opportunities to “find myself.” I have lately seen many BuzzFeed and Thought Catalog articles with titles such as “30 Scientific Reasons Your 20s Are For Doing What You Want” or “18 Ways to Make the Best of Your Twenties.” Many other pieces, often written by people either still in or just out of their 20s, chronicle the spiritual journey of this decade with titles like “Every Year of Your Twenties, Ranked From Worst to Best” and “Life in Your Early Twenties Vs. Your Late Twenties” (That last one was all in .gifs). In spite of these notions about the fluidity of this life phase, “self-exploration” is rarely an accepted answer to the common question directed at college seniors: “So, what are your plans for after graduation?” Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer in Sociology Professor Tracy Scott is currently researching long-term career plans for undergraduates with a specific focus on gender differences. Scott and her students have found that college undergraduates tend to take the responsibilities of life — even in

areas like eating healthy and exercising — loosely in college. “College was a time out from real life, and real life was going to start when they graduated,” Scott said of many undergraduates. This view of putting off responsibility puts a lot of pressure on post-graduation plans. While mentors and relatives may assure students that they have plenty of time to figure things out, that message conflicts with separate pressures to do well immediately and not mess up. “There’s this pressure to sort of have a real career set,” Scott said. “But most people realize that they’re not going to keep doing the same thing they do when they first get out.” Scott said, for the typical unmarried recent college graduate, your 20s are “a time when you’re an adult but you don’t have the responsibility of a spouse or partner or children or anything like that. So it’s a time of independence, I would think.” This independence is uplifting to me, because it allows for deviation from “the career plan” that my elders have been interrogating me about since I was old enough to talk. However, lack of structure can be restricting in its own way. It can be difficult to direct your life when it seems like the actual direction from the beginning doesn’t matter. Constant messages about the sorry state of the economy for Millennials don’t help anxiety either. Thankfully for Emory students, Scott pointed out that most of the worries about employment are for older workers and not for recent college graduates. Last September, the Emory Career Center published a survey stating that recruitment trends are strong for Emory seniors. Of the College Class of 2013, 85 percent had definitive post-graduation plans. That 15 percent of the class seeking opportunities or with indefinite plans at the time of graduation is down from 23 percent from the class of 2009. While those statistics are encouraging, they do not completely alleviate fears about what comes next. Considering that I, and many of my peers, have been in school for 17 years of our lives, the anxiety is hard to shake. I asked Scott what she tells college seniors who come to her worried about entering the real world. Her advice to her students: “Things will change and [you] need to try to find something [you] think [you’re] going to enjoy and explore. And don’t be afraid to change your mind, don’t be afraid to try new things. You’ve got a lot of time, and lots and lots of opportunities. And you’re smart. And you’re going to be successful.” Mary Claire Kelly is a College senior from Tucker, Ga.

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ORGANIZATION SPOTLIGHT

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Atlanta High School seniors learn about emergency medicine at a Pipeline Project meeting. The Emory Pipeline Project pairs high schoolers with South Atlanta School of Health and Medicine students and Emory University undergraduate, graduate, public health and medical students.

Emory Pipeline Fosters Student Mentorship By Lindsey Sheppard Contributing Writer Cheyenna Roberson, a senior at Atlanta High School, is confident that after she graduates, she will successfully embark on the next chapter of her life thanks to the Emory Health Sciences Pipeline program. Emory Pipeline fosters a unique mentorship between high school students at the South Atlanta School

of Health and Medical Science and Emory’s undergraduate, graduate, public health and medical students. It is a three-year mentorship program, with each year primarily focusing on a specific aspect of health. Roberson, who first became involved in Pipeline during her sophomore year of high school, is now completing her third and final year in the program. She has developed a strong relationship with

her mentor, College senior and Undergraduate President of Pipeline Elena HogenEsch. Roberson and HogenEsch are part of a smaller group within the program which is comprised of four undergraduate mentors and their mentees, as well as two graduate student mentors. The first year of the Emory Pipeline program focuses on sexual health. Mentors and their mentees discuss topics such as safe sex prac-

tices and the differences between bacterial and viral infections through a hypothetical case study of a sexually active high school student. This curriculum also focuses on engaging students and having them share questions, thoughts and experiences relating to these personal topics. It was originally difficult for Roberson to open up and share her personal life with HogenEsch.

“The first year, focusing on sexual health, it was understandably difficult to get our mentees to open up about their questions and experiences. We were total strangers to them,” HogenEsch said. “I think the most important thing for any mentoring relationship is that it is built on trust and mutual respect, and I definitely have that with [Roberson].” Today, Roberson and HogenEsch are close and continue their mentor-

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ing relationship. One of Roberson’s favorite experiences was creating a short public service announcement video with her group at the end of her sophomore year. These videos were presented to the entire sophomore group and their parents in a competition during the closing ceremony at the end of the year. Roberson’s group won the prize for best video.

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ADVICE

Dear Doolina: Graduation Gloom Dear Doolina, I’m graduating from Emory in the spring and have a job lined up in Chicago — but I’m terrified of moving to a new city, making new friends, creating a new support system and all that jazz. What can I do to make myself less apprehensive and more excited about this new chapter of my life?

Sincerely, Sleepless Chicago

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Stuff your face with delicious dim sum from Canton House. (The dish above is not actually from Canton House, but doesn’t it still stimulate your senses?) You can only imagine the wonders that await you at this fine dining establishment, quite like the wonder above.

Canton House: Indulge in Dim Sum By Ethan Samuels Staff Writer A few weeks ago, I wanted to celebrate the Chinese New Year with some friends, one of whom just got back from studying abroad in Beijing — really, it was just an excuse to pig out on some great dim sum. I’ve missed the dim sum I ate every few

months in Los Angeles’ Chinatown. Atlanta does not have quite the Chinatown L.A. does, but nevertheless has a few great restaurants. Drive about 15 minutes down Buford Highway and you’ll find Canton House. Packed with locals and steaming, whizzing carts, Canton House has everything you would want in an authentic dim sum restaurant.

Try and go with at least three people and sample a bit of everything. With so many options and smaller portions, the beauty of dim sum is that each person can get what he or she likes while also trying new dishes. A good rule of thumb with dim sum is: if you haven’t seen it before, try it. Dim sum is incredibly cheap, so there’s no pressure to take

a chance. Who knows? You may end up loving it and discovering a new favorite food. For me, one of the highlights was undoubtedly the classic pork bun — puffy on the outside with succulent pork on the inside. It’s the perfect taste of Chinese-American cuisine.

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Dear Sleepless in Chicago, As always, Doolina’s here to save the day! Here’s a step-bystep guide for managing your anxiety. 1. Stop thinking about what may happen until it does happen. There’s literally nothing you can be doing to prepare for your move to Chicago right

now, so try to ease your worrisome thoughts out of your mind. 2. Once you actually move to Chicago, try scoping out your co-workers, who will be your most obvious, and most convenient, source of new friends. I’m sure there are also other former Emory Eagles hidden somewhere in the Windy City, so try going through the Alumni Association to connect with them! 3. Remember that you don’t have to create an entirely new support system just because you’re moving to an entirely new place. Your old friends and family won’t simply disappear as soon as you move. Make an effort to keep in touch, and you’ll be well rewarded. Delightfully, Doolina P.S. If you’re feeling especially lonely, you can

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Ditch Your Roomie for Cats, Duh

YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL OF THE WEEK, IN THE CONTEXT OF ASTROLOGY... Aries (3/21-4/19)

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Your spirit animal for this week is the hummingbird, Aries. You will be feeling independent and playful. Enjoy the life around you and be present in your interactions.

always write to me! Hopefully I’ll respond. Dear Doolina, My roommate of two years is deathly allergic to cats, but I really want one. Would it be wrong to ditch her next year and replace her with a cat?

Taurus (4/20-5/20)

Luck is coming your way this week, Taurus! Your spirit animal is the panda, which is gentle, balanced and full of good fortune. The new moon is working in your favor this week.

Sincerely, Purrfect Roommate Dear Purrfect Roommate, No. In fact, that sounds pawsitively amazing.

Gemini (5/21-6/21)

Delightfully, Doolina

Like a tiger, you will be feeling courageous and strong but a little unpredictable. As the new moon approaches, try to balance your emotions and avoid acting impulsively.

P.S. Petco. Saturday, 2 p.m. See you there. Dear Doolina,

Cancer (6/22-7/22)

You will be soaring like an eagle this week, Cancer. You will feel bold and powerful. Mars is aligned to provide you with the strength and courage to do something meaningful.

Leo (7/23-8/22)

This week you should be as wise as an elephant. Saturn is entering retrograde and freeing your house of knowledge. Now is a good time to consider broad questions about your future, as you will be full of insight.

Virgo (8/23-9/22)

The deer is your spirit animal this week, as the new moon gives you the grace and agility to cruise through any obstacles. You should be feeling gentle and sensitive to the world around you.

Libra (9/23-10/22)

Your curiosity and desire for adventure makes your spirit animal this week a cat. Routines are good for a time, but you want to explore new territory. With Mars and Saturn both entering retrograde, you may be able to.

Scorpio (10/23-11/21)

You are feeling vulnerable this week, and therefore the sheep is your spirit animal. Vulnerability can lead to many positive outcomes, so let your heart and mind be open to new ideas.

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The executive board of the Emory Pipeline Project (from back left to front right), Jaye George, Jordan Rosen, Ahyan Niazi, Taylor Werkema, Elena HogenEsch, Steve Kong and Bridget Cashman, gather in front of the fountain behind the School of Medicine.

Program Prepares High School Students for College Academics Continued from Page 9 “I remember they were totally taken by surprise,” HogenEsch said. “Seeing our mentees being rewarded for their hard work and dedication was such an inspiring experience.” HogenEsch also said she enjoyed helping the students write and perform a song about mental health. For example, Roberson and HogenEsch’s group wrote and performed a song about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to Justin Timberlake’s “Suit and Tie.” This tied into the junior year curriculum, which focuses on mental and neurological health. While mentees become aware of traumatic brain injuries and the risks associated with concussions, a large portion of the curriculum addresses the stigma associated with psychological illness. The final year’s curriculum brings together all that the students have learned about sexual and mental health in the previous two years. “We really want our mentees to think about the factors that shape their health on environmental, community and individual levels,”

HogenEsch said. A portion of each session is also focused on college preparation, as many of the students have limited resources to devote to SAT and ACT preparation and the college application process. Roberson feels as though this portion of the program has benefitted her immensely. “It will help me get adjusted to the college campus life,” Roberson said. She hopes to attend either Howard University in Washington, D.C. or Tuskegee University in Alabama. HogenEsch said she is deeply impressed by Roberson’s determination and dedication to her education. She specifically explained that she admires Roberson’s practicality in choosing a school where she will be able to graduate without debt. “This is the smartest decision any student applying to college in today’s economy can make,” she said. “[Roberson’s] commitment to her education never fails to inspire me, and she always manages to surprise me with more common sense than I possessed at her age.” Roberson noted that the program has helped her maintain a balance

both within and outside of school, which she believes will be useful at college as well. She hopes to one day become a nurse anesthetist and believes that Pipeline has helped fuel her interest in medicine. As for HogenEsch, Pipeline has been one of her best experiences at Emory. She said it has opened her eyes to the realities facing lowincome high school students and their families in Atlanta. “It can be easy at times to become caught up in the isolation of our tightknit Emory community,” HogenEsch said. “I think that one of the best aspects of the Pipeline program is that you get to form a close relationship with a student from a very different background than the typical Emory student over the course of three years.” HogenEsch is also confident that Pipeline will prove helpful for her in the future. “As a future medical professional, I know that my experiences with Pipeline will help me to work with and treat people from all walks of life in a compassionate and respectful

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manner,” she said. Roberson said she plans on staying in touch with HogenEsch after she graduates from high school, and HogenEsch would like to continue to help Roberson if she ever has questions or concerns. “I know how helpful it would have been for me to have an older student who I could go to for advice about classes and professors when I was a freshman,” HogenEsch said. Although their experiences with Emory Pipeline are soon coming to a close, both Roberson and HogenEsch hope to see the program grow in the future. HogenEsch specifically hopes that funding will be secured to expand the program so that more South Atlanta High School students can participate. She would also like the program to increase its focus on college preparedness. “I would encourage other students to get involved in Emory Pipeline,” Roberson said. “It is an overall great experience, especially if you plan on majoring in the medical field.”

— Contact Lindsey Sheppard at lindsey.ann.sheppard@emory.edu

Your search for freedom makes your spirit animal the horse this week. You have been feeling limited by a pursuit that has not gone your way, but now you should have the passion and drive to release yourself from its constraint.

Capricorn (12/22-1/19)

After a few weeks of being challenged, you will be feeling the physical and mental strength of the fox. No tricky situation will bring you down, and you will be recognized for your ability.

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Like a turtle, you will be feeling peaceful and emotionally strong this week. Things have been hectic so far this year, but now is a good time to slow down and appreciate your environment.

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You will be feeling great spatial and visual awareness this week, so your spirit animal is the hawk. Allow your attentiveness to lead you to greater appreciation and understanding of your environment. This week’s stars interpreted by Celia Greenlaw

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Student Life congratulates Wheel Exec 2013-14 on a paper well done. We will miss you!

Sincerely, Desperate Diner Dear Desperate Diner, This is a problem a lot of people have and affects more people than you might think. To be honest, there aren’t any easy ways of avoiding this problem. If it’s a big celebration, you could try attending without ordering anything and eating beforehand or afterwards, or you could order something small and cheap, like an appetizer. Another option is to try and initiate the plans so you can set the options and make sure all of them fit your budget. But really, the biggest favor you can do for yourself is to try and have an open discussion with your friends about why you often skip out on dinner and are always busy during group celebrations. Your friends will be understanding, and hopefully this will prevent you from having to repeatedly turn down dinner invitations. Delightfully, Doolina

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I’m able to attend Emory thanks to a generous financial aid package, but I still need to work so that I have adequate spending money. A lot of the friends I’ve made come from different backgrounds than me and clearly are able to spend a lot more money than I am. I can usually avoid having things get awkward, but one thing that keeps coming up is eating out at restaurants. Friends often want to catch up over lunch, or celebrate by going out to dinner, but I can’t afford to not be using my meal plan. How can I handle this?

Of course, you must get a few shrimp shumai, pork dumplings and some vegetables. I am partial to the bok choy or Chinese broccoli. There is nothing novel about Canton House, but that’s a good thing. Dim sum has been relatively the same for years and years; there’s a reason for that. Having dim sum is such a different dining experience than what we are accustomed to. There is no waiter or cashier to order from, and hardly any English

is spoken at all. The universal language of pointing and nodding has a welcomed simplicity and calmness to it among the hectic atmosphere of zipping carts and furious eating. Keep a watchful eye out for a cart you find intriguing, say “mhm” while pointing with your chopstick to a steaming metal pot that holds something delicious and repeat until uncomfortably full. If you feel like you have to be rolled out of the restaurant, then you know you’ve done dim sum right.

— Contact Ethan Samuels at ejsamue@emory.edu

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Scheck: Tanking is Quickest Way to Top of the NBA Continued from the Back Page American way to purposely lose games. There is no arguing that tanking is somewhat immoral. However, given the current system in place today tanking is the most logical strategy for improvement, Look at the Atlanta Hawks. They are in the eight seed right now in the Eastern Conference and have no superstars. That means if the season ended right now they would play the Pacers. From a pure statistical standpoint, the Hawks would be swept and receive a middle round draft pick. Making the playoffs good and all, but the fact of the matter is the Hawks are going to play four more games than the team that drafts the next superstar in the lottery. It is important to realize what tanking means in this context. It does not mean purposely losing games. Instead, tanking refers to a rebuilding process. A team will rebuild through trading valuable older players for

draft picks and starting younger players over older ones. The goal is to put your team in the best chance to lose while allowing players to try their hardest to win. Of course tanking is not necessary for building title contenders. Nevertheless, it is far more likely that a team like the Thunder will draft a superstar than obtain a superstar through free agency or trade. Obviously it takes more than one a great prospect from the draft to win a NBA championship. Basketball is a team game. But getting that superstar to build around is definitely a great starting point. Analysts have been claiming this year’s draft class is one of the most talented classes ever. If given the opportunity, who wouldn’t have tanked for a better opportunity to get a Kevin Durant or a LeBron James? Teams are going to tank until the draft system changes, and no one should be appalled by it. — Contact Michael Scheck at michael.scheck@emory.edu

Adam Troyetsky If you haven’t heard yet, the New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter will be retiring at the end of the 2014 season. Jeter has been with the Yankees since 1992 when they drafted him as the sixth overall pick in the draft. Jeter made his first appearance with the Yankees in 1995 and never looked back. In 1996, Jeter was unanimously selected as the AL Rookie of the year. Jeter didn’t qualify for this award in 1995 as he didn’t play a full season with the team. Jeter was part of the 1996 team that would prove to hold many other Yankee greats including Andy Pettite, Mariano Rivera, and Jorge Posada. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Jeter was part of four Yankees World Series winning teams including the 1998 team which is regarded as one of the best teams in baseball history. Led by Jeter and his stellar post season play, the Yankees totaled 114 regular season wins and 11 postseason wins, marking them as the most winning team in baseball history. With all the accolades that Derek Jeter has accumulated throughout his career, where does he stand compared to some of the other great shortstops of all time? Derek Jeter currently has 3,316 hits, earning him 10th on the list of most hits all time. The only shortstop above Jeter on the list is arguably the man who people most compared

Jeter to: Honus Wagner. Wagner had 3,420 hits, 104 more hits than Jeter. Wagner played nearly his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1900-1917 and had a career batting average of .327. Though he only won one World Series in 1909, Wagner won the National League Batting Title (the Silver Slugger award didn’t exist at the time) eight times. However, it’s important to note that the MLB season was slightly shorter in the early 1900s than it is today. Based on the 162 game average, Wagner hit just under 200 hits per year compared with Jeter’s 162 game average of 206 hits. It’s hard to say whether Jeter is a better shortstop than Wagner or vice-versa. The two played nearly 100 years apart from each other and the game as a whole has evolved a lot. Steroids have certainly had a prominent impact on the game and have made it hard to evaluate what a player’s talent is because it’s hard to completely know whether or not they’re clean. For now, we’ll give Wagner the upper hand being that if Wagner would’ve played in the full 162 game season, he would certainly have somewhere closer to 4,000 hits. To make this a bit easier, let’s compare Jeter to another shortstop that’s been known to many as the Iron Man: Cal Ripken Jr. Though he too only won one World Series title in his career, Ripken Jr. was a 19 time all star, tallied 3,184 hits, and still holds the record for 2,632 consecutive games played in. To get a better understanding of this number, Ripken essentially played in 16 straight seasons without missing a game. Interestingly

enough, Ripken decided to voluntarily end his consecutive games played streak. Despite Ripken’s impressive resume and his 98.5 percent Hall of Fame Induction vote in 2007, Ripken only has a career batting average of .276 compared with Jeter’s career batting average of .312. However, it’s hard to measure a player’s value to his team based on statistics. Ripken did more for the Orioles franchise than anyone can imagine. Yet, one can easily make the same argument for Jeter. Even though the Yankees have always prided themselves on winning, Jeter did contribute to five World Series during his tenure with the Yankees. Even though Ripken changed the city of Balitmore forever and his streak will remain intact for a long time, Jeter changed the face of a franchise and has and will always have the support of the Yankees franchise, fans, and city of New York. Not to downplay Ripken and his amazing career, but as a shortstop and as a baseball player, I believe that Jeter is better. Jeter can easily be compared to other magnificent shortstops such as Robin Yount, Ozzie Smith, and Barry Larkin but I believe that Jeter’s five World Series rings give him an easy edge over these three players. It’s difficult to say whether Jeter is better than Honus Wagner as it’s nearly impossible to say how Jeter would’ve fit into the game in 1908 and how Wagner would’ve fit into the game in 2014. However, most baseball enthusiasts and historians give Wagner the slight edge over Jeter and it looks like he’ll always have that slight edge. — Contact Adam Troyetsky at adam.troyetsky@emory.edu

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A match made in heaven? On the left, former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel addresses the media. On the right, Houston Texans Head Coach Bill O’Brien speaks at a press conference.

Patel: Manziel Would Be Great Fit for Texans, O’Brien With Number One Pick Continued from the Back Page and be prepared to take a hit. If this means he needs to bulk up, so be it. However, his transformation from freshman to sophomore year as a passer showed exponential growth; I firmly believe that he will continue to grow and improve provided that he is under the tutelage of an intelligent quarterbacks coach. Manziel has begun to make much better, smarter reads with his throws and has also improved his arm strength and accuracy. People were very concerned

with his arm strength freshman year, but if you look at his tape from this season you will notice significant improvement. Although his running numbers were down, he has picked his spots better. This will limit his chance of injury once he gets to the NFL, and prevent him from suffering the fate of Robert Griffin III. The elephant in the room with Manziel has always been, and will always be, his maturity. Some critics will say that he is too much of a wild card for a team to invest millions in, others will say that his general lack

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of respect for authority will cause him to butt heads with coaches in the locker room. I believe that both of those claims are both unwarranted and blatantly incorrect. Johnny Manziel is a 20-year-old superstar enjoying his time in college during the social media era. Everything he does becomes public knowledge instantaneously, so naturally only the bad press rises to the top and becomes ‘news’. But the facts are that he has never actually done anything illegal. He has never had an altercation with a person of authority. He has

never shown up to a game drunk or hung-over, fought with a teammate, or reported out of shape to a spring practice. Johnny Manziel has fun, and gets it done. The Houston Texans will kick off this year’s NFL Draft with the first overall pick, and many draft pundits believe that they will take a quarterback. Manziel played his college ball at Texas A&M and grew up in Tyler, Texas, a mere three hour drive from Houston. New Head Coach Bill O’Brien has a history of working magic with quarterbacks; his poten-

tial refinement of Manziel’s skills could be the difference between a good quarterback and a great one. Houston already has a stellar defense, a powerful ground attack, and vertical threats at the wide receiver position. Johnny Manziel should be the number one overall pick. Hopefully he can find a few good bars and nightclubs in Houston to celebrate at when he brings home the Super Bowl trophy. I am willing to bet no one will have a problem with that. — Contact Jayson Patel at jayson.patel@emory.edu

As our loyal readers should already know from reading last week’s On Fire, the sports team here at the Wheel recently discovered that we hold tremendous power in our hands. On October 27, 1960, David Kross, one of our illustrious predecessors, decreed from the bully pulpit that is the sports section of the Wheel that the Emory sports teams would henceforth and forever more be known as the Eagles. In last week’s column we paid tribute to the great man himself. Today, we would like to discuss the power of the position and contemplate different ways in which we may use it. To be completely clear: if the sports section can give a name to the Emory sports teams, then we can take the name away, and we can change it at our pleasure. And to be frank, we at On Fire are getting a little bit tired of Emory being the Eagles. Not that Eagles is not an awesome nickname, with connotations of imperial Roman and democratic American power. It is just that we are tired of using it in headlines. The first rule of journalism is the all amazing and awesome headlines automatically alliterate always. Everyone knows this. Since Emory is the Eagles, we in the sports section use the word ‘Eagles’ in headlines constantly. In fact, we use it once every issue on the back page, and another time every issue on page 11, for a total of two times per issue, no more, no less. (If our loyal readers are interested, the other favorite word of the sports section for headlines is ‘squad’, a wonderful, versatile, all-American word). Put it is so tough to make alliterative headlines with the word ‘Eagles’. Ponder our conundrum, dear reader – how many words begin with the letter ‘e’? To answer this rhetorical question, not many. To put things in perspective, the only word beginning with an ‘e’ in the previous paragraph was ‘Eagles’ – which was only used to describe how it is the bane of alliterative headline writers everywhere! In fact, that word, ‘everywhere,’ was the first word that I have used that began with an ‘e’ since ‘every’ 105 words ago. And ‘every’ is a weak little adjective. For amazing alliterative headlines, one needs strong, active verbs. But if you were to peruse the rest of this article, you would find only two others words beginning with an ‘e’ – ‘Emory’ and ‘everyone’. In this article so far, there are 269 e’s, and in only 16 of those is the e at the beginning of the word. And every single one of those words is either ‘Emory’, ‘Eagles’, ‘every’, or an ‘every’ compound. Not a single verb! What are we headline writers to do? If the basketball team scores a lot of points, we can say ‘Eagles Erupt in Victory’. If the volleyball team knocks another team out of the playoffs, we can say ‘Eagles Eliminate Opponent’. But outside of these situations, we literally cannot think of a single instance where acceptable alliterations are achievable. So what are other possible nicknames for the Emory sports teams? For inspiration, let us turn our gaze to our peer institutions in the UAA. What inspiring, alliteration-friendly names do these teams have for themselves? NYU is the Violets. Washington University is the Bears. Case Western is the Spartans. Brandeis is the Judges. Carnegie Mellon is the Tartans. So we have a mixed bag. Wash. U and Case Western are pretty normal. Brandeis is a little funky, but when they win their student announcers get to shout, “The Judges are judging you,” which is pretty darn cool. A potentially great headline that the NYU sports section could use has popped into the head of your politically-correct On Fire correspondent, but because discretion is the better part of valor, he (or she) will refrain from writing it. But the point remains – we could do better. And we will. Here are three suggestions: the wide-eyed wanderers; the restless warriors; or the starcrossed voyagers. Ok, we may have stolen those names from Elton John’s masterpiece Can You Feel the Love Tonight, which is widely considered to be the greatest song of all time (along with Come On Eileen by Dexys Midngiht Runners). Or, to stick to the bird-of-prey theme established so long ago by Mr. Kross and in honor of #thanksgary, our snow day hero, how about the Hauks?

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Featured Athlete: Jake Davis Senior forward Jake Davis was selected by DIII News as Player of the Month. Davis had an impressive February, averaging 24 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest, leading the Eagles in both categories. Davis leads the University Athletic Association (UAA) in points per game this season with 23.0. The Eagles have one game left in the regular season--a road date this Saturday against the University of Rochester (N.Y.). Featured Athlete: Brittany File Freshman pitcher Brittany File was named the UAA Pitcher of the Week. The award follows a week where File went 2-0, defeating Centre College (Ky.) and Case Western Reserve University (Ohio). File pitched a complete-game shutout against Centre, giving up only four hits and striking out 16, the second-highest single game total in program history. Against Case Western, she went six innings and surrendered one run, striking out seven. File now stands at 3-0 with a 1.96 earned run average on the season.

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Junior center fielder Wes Peacock awaits the pitch as his teammates look on from the dugout. Peacock went two for three with four RBIs on Tuesday as Emory topped Oglethorpe University 13-4.

Retraction In the Feb. 25 issue of the Wheel, senior guard Savannah Morgan’s name was misspelled in a photo caption. The article also contained factual errors regarding the end of the women’s basketball team’s game against Brandeis University (N.Y.). The Wheel regrets the errors.

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Eagles Trounce Oglethorpe By Nicola Braginsky Staff Writer The baseball team bounced back from a pair of losses, defeating Oglethorpe University 13-4 on Tuesday afternoon at Chappell Park. The victory was foreseeable from the start with a four-run first inning. Junior center fielder Wes Peacock had an outstanding game with a twofor-three performance at plate. This included a three-run home run in the fifth inning. Peacock ended with four RBIs, and is currently tied for second on the team with 13 runs. He is batting .341 on the season. Senior Ryan Toscano also had a big day with a pinch-hit two RBI double in the sixth inning and a sacrifice fly in the eighth, adding up to a three-RBI day, Toscano was quick to defer praise

to the Eagles’ pitching staff, “We had a great outing from our pitchers and they kept their hitters off-balance all day.” he said. Offensively, the hitters had a great approach and hit well with runners in scoring position.” Junior Brett Lake went two-forthree in the game, including an RBI double. He upped his hitting streak to 12 games and is batting a remarkable .535 this season. To round out some of Emory’s standout performances, senior shortstop Jared Kahn went two-for-four with a double, two runs scored, and two stolen bases. Offense hasn’t been an issue for Emory this season. The Eagles’ 13 runs were the second-most by the team in a game this season and the fifth time over eleven games that the team has scored in double-digits. Senior Matthew McMahon also

credited the Eagles’ mental toughness for the victory. “The key for us against Oglethorpe was that we maintained our high energy mentality through the full nine innings,” he said. “In past games we’ve had a tendency to slip mentality at times. Against them though, the energy on the bench and the field was consistent and once we got ahead we didn’t get complacent,. Other notable performances in the game came from senior starting pitcher Ben Hinojosa, freshman Jackson Weeg, sophomore Steven Summey and senior Robert Gross. Hinojosa went four innings and struck out two without walking a batter on 62 pitches, earning his first victory this season. Weeg pitched a pair of perfect relief innings in the fifth and sixth innings, and Summey followed suit with a perfect seventh inning of relief.

Gross closed out the contest with a scoreless ninth inning. Their strong outings--at one point, Emory pitchers retired 11 straight Oglethorpe batters-- complemented the Eagles’ hitting prowess. Emory’s overall average this season is at over 8.6 runs per game with a .319 batting average The team improved to 7-4 on the season with the win. They have a perfect 3-0 record at home at Chappell Park this season. The Eagles also brought Oglethorpe’s three-game winning streak to an end. The Stormy Petrels are 4-3 on the season. This weekend, the Eagles will host Rochester College (Mich.), an NAIA squad, at Chappell Park at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 1 and 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 2. — Contact Nicola Braginsky at nbragn@emory.edu

Johnny Football. The man, the myth, the enigma. Ever since Manziel began lighting up the SEC two years ago, the spotlight has been squarely focused on his every move. From his extravagant nights out at Miami Heat games to his post-season partying, Manziel has always found a way to enjoy life despite the hefty media scrutiny that engulfs him like a cloud. And when he gets drafted this April, you can certainly bet that ESPN will follow his every step; never has an athlete been constantly under the microscope since Tim Tebow was in the league. There are many teams near the top of the draft that have a need at the quarterback position. Lucky for them, there are many quarterbacks that have the potential of being first or second round picks. Although he needs to be put in a good situation, I wholeheartedly believe that Johnny Manziel will not only be the best quarterback in this draft class, but that he will become one of the top quarterbacks in the league. While it may seem like I am drinking the Johnny Football Kool-Aid, I am aware that he still has some flaws in his game. A major issue this season was that Manziel would attempt to leave the pocket when he felt it was collapsing, even if there was no pressure from the defensive line. The play would then break down and he would have to improvise. In the same vain, when Manziel scrambles, he has a bad habit of trying to take an oncoming defender one-on-one rather than keep his eyes downfield. Both of these strategies work in college because he is a superior athlete, and this allows him to beat the defender, readjust, and make the right pass. In the NFL, there is no guarantee that he will beat the defender. He needs to keep his eyes focused downfield,

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Michael Scheck The sad truth in the National Basketball Association is that very few teams have a chance at winning the title. While 16 teams make the playoffs each year, only six or so have an actual chance at making and then winning the championship. What do all of these contenders have in common? All contenders have superstars that were taken during the draft lottery. The Oklahoma City Thunder drafted Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. The Portland Trailblazers drafted LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard. The Miami Heat’s “Big Three” all come from the top five lottery picks in the 2003 draft. The point is that teams that contend for the title have All Stars, and that All Stars are drafted early. Simply put, NBA draft lottery is the best opportunity for terrible teams to rapidly improve into possible contenders. The Thunder, Clippers, Warriors, Pacers, Heat, and Spurs all have acquired superstars through the NBA draft lottery. This correlation between lottery picks and contenders poses the question: Why don’t teams tank to get superstars? The typical response to this controversial question is that it’s not the

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Senior Gabrielle Clark (left) and sophomore Beatrice Rosen (right) return serves. Clark and Rosen helped to lead the Eagles to a Tuesday sweep of Georgia Gwinnett College and Oglethorpe University.

Squad Stays Perfect, Raises Money for Winship By Ryan Smith Sports Editor The second-ranked women’s tennis team stayed undefeated on the young season, cruising past Georgia Gwinnett College and Oglethorpe University on Tuesday. The Eagles defeated Georgia Gwinnett 7-2 and shutout Oglethorpe 9-0. The Eagles had their hands full with Georgia Gwinnett, an NAIA

program that came into the match at 7-0, but got by on the strength of their depth. GGC won the number one singles and doubles spot, with Valeria Podda besting Emory senior Gabrielle Clark 6-4, 6-0, and Clark and freshman Melissa Goodman falling to GGC’s top doubles team 8-6. Those were the only games Emory lost on the day. Sophomore Beatrice Rosen won in a 6-0, 6-0 decision in the number two spot, while freshman Michele Satterfield, Goodman and

sophomore Madison Gordon won the number three, four and five games in straight sets. Freshman Katrina Su also prevailed in the sixth spot. Gordon and Satterfield each added a win in doubles play as well. The Eagles switched up their lineup in their match against Oglethorpe and still won without much trouble. Su took over the number one singles spot and defeated Oglethorpe’s Jahau Freeman-Clark in a 6-3, 6-0 decision, while the two through six spots won

their games by a combined total of 60-5. Freshman Michelle DeMeo teamed with Su for the number one doubles spot and triumphed 8-3. The second and third Eagles doubles teams swept their competition. Emory’s on-court dominance had added benefits-- the Eagles received donations towards the Winship Cancer Institute for every ace they served over the two matches. The team notched 22 and raised $5,551

for cancer research. The Eagles are still accepting donations. To donate money for the cause, visit emoryathletics.com, click on “Emory Raises Over $5K for Cancer Research through ‘Aces for the Cure’”, and follow the link provided. The team will be in action next on Saturday when they hit the road to take on Clayton State University. — Contact Ryan Smith at ryan.smith@emory.edu