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Crossword Puzzle, Page 8

Staff Editorial, Page 6

Police Record, Page 2

Student Life, Page 9

On Fire, Page 11

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By Brandon Fuhr Senior Staff Writer

By Karishma Mehrotra News Editor

Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of the Hard Rock Café and founder of the House of Blues, delivered the keynote speech at the 15th annual Undergraduate Business School Leadership Conference (UBSLC) in the Goizueta Business School on Thursday. The student-run conference encouraged participants to explore unknown passions and interests, according to B-School junior and UBSCL 2014 Chairman Jonathan Robeny. Participants from across the United States and abroad attended. Tigrett opened the address by saying, “I’m a weird cat. I’m going to say a lot of things that you are not going to like.” According to Tigrett, the 1960s was a time of amazing culture. Then social revolution occurred. People dropped out of school. With the new movement came new clothing and new music. “I never thought in my lifetime I would see another major cultural change, until the last 10 years with technology,” Tigrett said. Tigrett said he began making his fortune selling cars. He found a window in the car market and started bringing cars to the United States. By the time he was 18, he had accumulated $250,000. “I was blessed to go through the most incredible change of the 1960s,” Tigrett said. “We had a women’s feminist movement, we had a civil rights movement going on and we had an amazing pill called lysergic acid.” During the event, Tigrett turned

prise appearance from Lord James W. Dooley, who wore a purple version of his traditional black top hat to announce this year’s Willy Wonkainspired theme. The crowd came alive as Dooley Noted performed directly after the reveal with the song “Imagination” from the movie. The winners of the Founders Week scavenger hunt, which took place the week prior, were also announced at the event. According to Angel, the scavenger

For someone who spends most of his days in front of a microphone, whose voice on the radio is the soundtrack to five million people’s afternoon and whose line — “But first, lets Kai Ryssdal do the numbers” (’85C), — resonates with National much of America, a keynote address Public Radio host of at Emory’s Founders Week is “Marketplace” probably a walk in the park. Kai Ryssdal’s (’85C) seamless, comedic and heavily anecdotal Goodrich C. White Lecture on Tuesday evening made it seem as such. Ryssdal — the host of National Public Radio’s “Marketplace” and an alumnus of Emory College — presented the topic “Repeat After Me: The Dow Jones Is Not the Economy — and Vice Versa” to a full hall in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. “I’m assuming that you are all Marketplace listeners, right?” the Navy and U.S. Foreign Service veteran asked, as his audience laughed along. “If not, the exit is right over there.” Ryssdal journeyed through prominent moments in his biography with specific details of his career, including the first time he anchored and all

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A horse-drawn carriage gave students rides as part of Emory’s Founder’s Day Celebration sponsored by the Emory Student Alumni Association. Other activities included performances and the announcement of the Dooley’s Week theme: “Dooley and the Chocolate Factory.”

Founders Day Honors Emory’s History By Naomi Maisel Campus Life Beat Writer The second annual Founders Day Celebration took place Thursday with fun and games, along with the announcement of the 2014 Dooley’s Week theme, “Dooley and the Chocolate Factory.” The day was part of the commemoration of the first official gathering of the founders of the University on Feb. 6, 1837. The event included a timeline of Emory’s history, horse-drawn carriage rides, corn-hole, ladder-ball and

a photo booth. Actors dressed up as Emory founders, and walked around the celebration, mingling with the crowd. In addition to the games, student a capella groups such as Dooley Noted, Aural Pleasure and ChaiTunes performed. Free food, Coca-Cola products and a keg were also offered. According to Goizueta Business School senior Jordan Angel, Founders Day co-chair, the Student Alumni Board and the Founders Day Committee organized the event, in addition to sponsorship by the Emory Alumni Association, Student

Government Association, BBA Council, many graduate programs and alumni. Referred to by Angel as “Emory’s birthday,” the event attracted students, staff, faculty and alumni, all of whom gathered in Asbury Circle and Tull Plaza, located behind the Dooley statue, to kick off the Founders Day celebrations. “As a committee we were aiming to create an event that was fun for the entire community and provide opportunities for students to learn about the rich history of Emory,” Angel said. The fun continued with a sur-

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ResLife Enacts New Greek Policies Policy Requires Frequent Frat House Inspections By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor

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oizueta Business school seniors Rahil Patel and Raghvi Anand emceed the Indian Cultural Exchange (ICE) Date Auction Thursday in the Dobbs University Center. ICE raised more than $1,000 for Raksha, a Georgia-based domestic violence nonprofit organization.

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Project Facilitates Personal Websites By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor Domain of One’s Own, a program that allows more than 600 Emory students to create a digital portfolio of coursework on their own website, started last fall and will host an incubator event later this month to expand the project to other schools.

The project is part of the Emory College Writing Program and run by Project Manager and Assistant Director of Emory Writing Center David Morgen. Domain of One’s Own provides students enrolled in participating classes with domain names, which they may use to display multimedia portfolios for journalism, art, musi-

cal compositions and film projects, among other disciplines. More than 30 professors in the College are participating in Domain of One’s Own this year, including faculty in the English, Religion, Anthropology, American Studies and Italian departments, among oth-

Emory Residence Life and Housing (ResLife) has conducted walkthroughs of fraternity houses since the beginning of the fall semester in order to check for rule violations, according to Jeff Tate, assistant director of housing operations. As part of the walkthroughs, house directors — Emory graduate students who oversee the daily operations of the houses — check the common areas of each house on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. According to Tate, the walkthroughs are there to ensure resident comfort and safety. “We encourage residents on Eagle Row to access the House Director On Call when they need support,” Tate said. “House Director rounds have taken place in the past and started again this past fall as a way to increase their visibility as a resource as well as enhance the safety of the community.” College senior and former Interfraternity Council (IFC) President Jason Stern added that

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the reason for the walkthrough policy is to ensure that no unregistered parties occur, policies on alcohol are enforced and no hazing is taking place. One of the policies enforced is a ban on drinking games, even for participants who are 21 years old, according to the housing policy website. According to ResLife policy, “beer slides, drinking contests and drinking contest paraphernalia (i.e. funnels, beer pong tables and ice slides) are prohibited within residential facilities,” in addition to a ban on alcohol in common areas. Some fraternity members take issue with the walkthrough policy and the perceived message that it sends. “Even though it is University policy, no fraternity enjoys feeling they’re constantly being watched,” an IFC chapter president who requested anonymity to protect the identity of his chapter said to the Wheel. “Our chapters pay to use the common rooms in the houses and lately we feel restricted in a lot of what we do.” College sophomore Alan

The Office of Residence Life and Housing will work more closely with Greek chapters next year to cut the costs of empty beds, clamp down on housing process deadlines and reduce behavioral issues related to non-member residents in chapter houses, according to ResLife Assistant Director of Operations Jeff Tate. While continuing to parallel the Phoenix Plan, the housing system guaranteeing fraternities long-term housing through signed agreements, the recently updated the ResLife housing policy requires each chapter to maintain 100 percent occupancy of their designated houses each year. “Right now, there are between 25 and 30 vacancies across fraternity and sorority houses — 25 spaces chapters have to pay for,” Tate said, adding that some groups pay more than $800 more for such vacancies. “We don’t want to make it any more expen-

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NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News • The first formal peace talks between the Pakistani government and a select group of Taliban envoys ended Thursday morning at an undisclosed location. Both sides aimed to start planning an end to Tehreek-eTaliban’s insurgency, which began in Pakistan in 2007 and in January alone caused the deaths of more than 100 people. Government officials reported that the talks, which lasted three hours, were friendly and cordial. • Suzanne Basso, 59, was put to death via lethal injection on Wednesday night, making her the 14th woman in the U.S. to receive the death sentence in nearly four decades. Basso was found guilty of the 1998 torture and killing of a mentally impaired man she had promised to marry. The Supreme Court sentenced her to death after rejecting her lawyer’s appeal that she was not mentally competent. • The number of jihadist attacks in Egypt has escalated in the past six weeks, according to a CIA official.

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The surge represents a swift increase in the return of Taliban insurgents in Egypt from abroad to join a campaign of terrorism against the military-backed government. • In the course of 24 hours, Italy’s navy rescued 1,123 African migrants from inflatable boats in the Mediterranean. The migrants, 47 of them women, four pregnant and 50 children, attempted to enter Spanish territory on Thursday. At least seven migrants drowned while trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa, while more than 2,000 have landed on Italian shores in the past month alone.

POLICE RECORD • On Feb. 2 at approximately 6 p.m., the Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to a call regarding a student’s car that was damaged at Woodruff Residential Center. The right rear door and quarter panel of the student’s car was damaged while she was gone. It appears as if white paint transferred from another car to the student’s car. The incident has been turned over to an investigator. • On Feb. 2 at 2:42 a.m., EPD responded to a call regarding an underage student under the influence of alcohol. The student was found on Eagle Row by another student and brought to her room. DeKalb Fire and Rescue arrived on the scene to provide transport to the hospital. The student refused transport to the hospi-

— Compiled by Senior Staff Writer Lydia O’Neal

Corrections • In last week’s crime report, we said “a group of 12 members from AEPi tried to push their way into the front door of ATO, however they did not gain entry to the house.” This should have been attributed to an ATO member. The Wheel reports and corrects all errors published in the newspaper and at emorywheel.com. Please contact Editor-in-Chief Arianna Skibell at arianna.skibell@emory.edu.

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tal. The case has been turned over to Campus Life. • On Jan. 31 at 1:22 a.m., EPD responded to a call regarding an underage individual under the influence of alcohol at Smith Hall. The individual said she had been at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and that they were serving punch. The American Medical Response team responded to the location and the student was transported to Emory Hospital. Campus Life was notified. • On Jan. 30 at 4:20 p.m., EPD received a complaint from a resident of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. The resident said someone broke a window in his room, possibly with a snowball. Another resident at the location

witnessed the window after it was broken and realized someone threw snowballs at the window. Facilities management repaired the window. • On Jan 30 at 2:45 p.m., EPD responded to a call regarding the smell of marijuana at Sigma Chi fraternity. EPD attempted to make contact with the house director, and officers were unable to detect any odor of marijuana at the time they arrived.

— Compiled by Crime Beat Writer Brandon Fuhr

Feb. 14, 1995 Twenty female students were entered into the Campus yearbook’s beauty queen contest in 1952. The winner, also known as “Miss Valentine of 1952,” would be announced at an all-campus dance the day after Valentine’s Day. Of 20 photographs turned into the Campus yearbook office, six finalists would be selected by an anonymous judge. Tickets for the dance cost $1 for singles and $1.50 for those with dates. A nursery was provided for married students with children.

EVENTS AT EMORY FRIDAY Event: Communities in Networks Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Location: Modern Languages 201 Event: Frontiers in Neuroscience: Ming-fai Fong and Christina Nemeth, Senior Student Presentations Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Whitehead Auditorium Event: PCMD Colloquium: “What Fanon Really Said” Time: 2:30-5 p.m. Location: PAIS 290 Event: Startup Crunch Time: 5-6 p.m. Location: Eagles Landing Event: “The Great Sports Spectacle: Marketing the Super Bowl,” Lecture by Kenneth Shropshire Time: 6 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library Jones Room

Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall

Location: Theater Lab, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Event: Gary Motley Trio and Barbara Morrison at Emory Jazz Fest Time: 8 p.m. Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Event: Newport Jazz Festival: Now 60, Featuring Anat Cohen Time: 8 p.m. Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

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Event: Men’s Ultimate Frisbee Tournament Time: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Location: Kaminsky Field Event: Athletics — Softball Time: 10-11:45 a.m., 12-1:45 p.m. Location: Emory Softball Field Event: Artful Stories Time: 10-11 a.m. Location: Carlos Museum Exhibition Galleries Event: Table Tennis Tournament Time: 12 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center 1st Floor

Event: Athletics — Softball Time: 10-11:45 a.m. Location: Emory Softball Field Event: Emory University Worship with The Rev. Lisa Garvin Time: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Location: Cannon Chapel Event: Athletics — Softball Time: 2 p.m. Location: Emory Softball Field Event: Romare Bearden Collage and Watercolor Workshop for Children Time: 2-4 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum Tate Room

Event: Theater Emory’s Brave New

Works: Native Guard Time: 7-8 p.m. Location: Theater Lab, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Event: Musical Bedtime Stories Time: 7:30 p.m.

Event: Women’s Rugby Game Time: 5 p.m. Location: Kaminsky Field Event: Element of Risk: Bringing Bravery Into the Creative Process Time: 5:30 p.m.

Event: Guest Lecture by David Graf Time: 3-4:30 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall Event: Department of Pediatrics Celebration of Top Five NIH

Ranking Time: 9:45-11:30 a.m. Location: Health Sciences Research Building Event: Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the Legal Implications Time: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Location: Gambrell 5E

MONDAY Event: Dr. Vlad Pribiag: Exploiting Spin-Orbit Coupling in Semiconductor Nanowires and Topological Insulators - Delft University of Technology Time: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Location: Mathematics & Science Center E300 Event: Muhammad Among the Prophets Time: 4-6 p.m. Location: Candler 102 Event: Social Science Seminar Series: Economics for the Anthropocene Time: 4-5:30 p.m. Location: Mathematics and Science Center N304

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Ryssdal Engages Students Can Use Domain Names for Employment Applications, According to Morgen Students With Anecdotes Continued from Page 1

Continued from Page 1 the pages of his script fell off his desk while he was live on air. Throughout the stories, there was one underlying point Ryssdal wanted to drive home. With no journalism background and a history degree from Emory, Ryssdal said “none of [his career] would have happened without the four years [he] spent at this institution.” “[It was] the people, the experiences, the realization — and I apologize to those in the audience who are [academics] — that you are not in college to get A’s. You’re just not,” he emphasized. “You’re here to find the time, the space to have a passion and interest for the thing that will drive you as you go on.” Ryssdal emphasized the same message at a journalism class earlier in the day: Ryssdal’s liberal arts education allowed him to learn a new trade and enter the public radio world in his 30s. During the question-and-answer session after Ryssdal’s speech, he answered almost every question with a story, resembling Marketplace’s uncanny ability to engage average folk in otherwise dry reporting through the art of storytelling. “If my mom is going to turn off the radio, we’ve failed,” he said. Ryssdal’s lecture came after a long day of class visits, group discussions and interviews. Although Ryssdal receives plenty of speaking invitations, Founder’s Week was one of the rare ones he accepted. College senior Natalie Duggan, one of the students who attended a classroom discussion with the radio host, listened to Marketplace every day on her commute over the summer. As graduation looms and her future remains uncertain, Duggan said Ryssdal’s story resonated with her. “I was glad to hear Ryssdal attribute so much of his success to the strong foundation provided by a liberal arts degree,” she wrote in an email to the Wheel. “He also encouraged us to always say yes to new opportunities, and not to rule anything out at this point.” College senior Adam Braun said he was humbled by Ryssdal’s presence and insight. “Hearing his personality through his voice in his lecture was an unexpected but outrageously hilarious surprise,” he wrote in an email to Wheel. “My impression of Kai [Ryssdal] was that he was a student like any other Emory student who let hard moments happen but never let them be forgotten. All of his advice came from a personal place.”

— Contact Karishma Mehrotra at kmehrot@emory.edu

ers, according to the project’s website on the Department of English’s homepage. Ownership of a domain name grants the user administrative autonomy over a website address via the Internet. “We’ve gotten really positive feedback from the faculty and students so far,” Morgen said. According to Coordinator of the Writing Center and participating English professor Mandy SuhrSytsma, all participating professors underwent a training process last summer to learn how to build a website. “I had never made a website in my life,” she said. “I was doing a lot of learning alongside the students.” The Department of English’s website features tutorials for navigating domain mapping and learning the basic functions of the web host. “There’s a certain kind of frustra-

tion that comes with working with technology that can be sometimes difficult to navigate in the classroom,” Morgen said of the challenges students face in learning to create a website. “It’s a productive kind of frustration.” Morgen added that the websites can have future use after the student takes the class, for graduate school and employment applications, for example. Senior Journalism lecturer Sissel McCarthy said her students were assigned multimedia assignments like podcasts, television broadcasts and online news articles for Domain of One’s Own. She added that the personal websites were a huge benefit to her students because she said she believes digitization is the future of journalism. According to Morgen, the websites are hosted under Weebly and WordPress, both of which are webhosting services that employ a plug-

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University, Georgia Tech Launch Computing Cluster By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor Emory and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have launched a new high performance computing cluster called TARDIS. The cluster features more memory and flexibility and less power usage, according to a Dec. 20 University press release. A computational cluster is a system of a many computers arranged in an efficient architecture, according to Michael Zwick, associate professor of human genetics and scientific director of the Emory Integrated Genomics Core. The TARDIS cluster will be located at Georgia Tech in the Rich Computer Center, but will be accessible from any lab on the Emory network, according to the press release. “The goal is to allow rapid analysis of large research and clinical applications that cannot be accomplished on a standard desktop computer,” Zwick said. Dieter Jaeger, professor of biology and chair of the Executive Committee for High Performance Computing at Emory, said the current cluster system, which they have named Ellipse, was reaching the end of its life expectancy and the service contracts for it were running out. Zwick said the new servers will drastically decrease the time and money spent conducting large-scale experiments. “On the new server, we have a 60-fold increase in speed,” Zwick said. “We will be a significant user of the new cluster and our computational services will be taking advantage of this exciting new capability.”

Zwick said that the need for faster analysis spurred the new cluster. “The ability to perform very large DNA and RNA sequencing experiments is now possible and being pursued by many researchers at Emory,” Zwick said. The ability to analyze and make sense of data gathered is now the critical challenge facing Emory researchers and clinicians, Zwick said. According to Jaeger, the bulk of the research that relies on this cluster includes genome research, computational neuroscience and image analysis. Jaeger said that while those key groups are the primary users of the new cluster, the available processing power and storage space leaves room for countless other research purposes. “There are researchers from all over the University using this for faster, better research, so this is definitely an initiative that fully benefits all of Emory,” Jaeger said. The cluster shares its name with the TARDIS time machine in the science fiction series “Doctor Who,” according to the press release. Jaeger said users of the system voted on the name, and TARDIS was the most popular and seemed appropriate. “The fictional TARDIS is known for housing a large interior within a small exterior space, and the Emory computing cluster follows suit, taking up a single cabinet instead of 20,” Jaeger said. Georgia Tech is also responsible for the system administration, maintenance and general upkeep of the cluster, Jaeger said.

—Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu

in or drag-and-drop style of blog building. The Emory Writing Program provides financial assistance for students who are unable to afford the cost of domain registration or maintenance, according to the website. Originally, the project was piloted at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia by Director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies Jim Groom. The program is a result of a movement Groom coined in his essay called “edupunk.” The term is defined by The New York Times as “an approach to teaching that avoids mainstream tools like PowerPoint and Blackboard and instead aims to bring the rebellious attitude and [Do It Yourself] ethos of 70s bands like the Clash to the classroom.” “WordPress is free open source software,” Morgen said. “Why are we going through all these corporate sources?”

However, some students feel as though Domain of One’s Own’s effect on the classroom is more of a burden than a useful classroom tool. “[Domain of One’s Own] assumes that we would know how to create a website, or that a student even owns or has regular access to a computer,” said College senior Emily Gutierrez, who works at the Emory Writing Center. She added that an increased Internet presence can be “dangerous” because it assumes that students want their academic work shared on the Internet and anyone can find them. Others said they feel it would be a benefit to their educational experience. “I think it’s an incredible opportunity to be able to publish your own work to a site tailored specifically for you,” College junior and Film major Kara Lucarini said. “The [website] would allow me to show future employers a portfolio of my work in a unique and organized

way.” Suhr-Sytsma said her students at first found it challenging to learn web design while simultaneously learning writing skills but ultimately had a positive experience. The incubator event will be on Feb. 13-14 in the Goizueta Business School West Wing. According to a statement Morgen emailed to the Wheel, the purpose of the incubator is to “foster pedagogical conversation and innovation.” The event will invite Emory participants as well as interested participants from schools like Agnes Scott College and Duke University in order to gain a broader outreach for domain programs, according to Morgen. “Not only is my hope that it expands beyond Emory, but I think we can make Atlanta into the center for this kind of work,” Morgen said. “It’s exciting on a lot of different levels for me.”

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

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Policy Requires Members to Meet House Process Deadlines Continued from Page 1 sive for people to live on campus.” The new process described by the updated policy also requires nonmembers who wish to live in a chapter house to submit requests individually to ResLife via email. In addition, the chapter must submit a request to place the individual on its roster and include “how this non-member will contribute to the communal nature of the facility,” according to the first section of the policy. Though Tate pointed out that “the whole point” of a fraternity house is to foster closeness in each chapter by allowing new and upperclassman members to live together, he cited a rare exception. If a new member, for instance, wanted to live with his freshman year roommate, who planned to rush in fall 2014 and could not participate in rush this year because of academic pressures, finances or some other reason, the request may be granted, according to Tate. “It becomes difficult when only 25 of the 40 guys living in the house are chapter members,” he said. “We’ve definitely seen some poor behavior in non-members living in chapter houses in the past.” Interfraternity Council President (IFC) President Brian Diener wrote in an email to the Wheel that the policy’s emphasis on limiting nonmembers in chapter houses would make the residences “actually feel like homes” and “not just places to host a party.”

“We have had a few issues with non-members living in fraternity houses who were not treating the houses or fraternity members living in them with the respect they deserved,” Diener wrote. He added that while the IFC judicial process and individual fraternity judicial processes allow the Greek community to hold members accountable for their actions, the same is “not possible with non-Greek students living in houses.”

“We have had a few issues with nonmembers living in fraternity houses who were not treating [the houses] with respect.” — Brian Diener, Interfraternity Council president Aside from the restriction of nonmembers living in chapter residences, the updated policy focused on the issue of chapters and individuals meeting housing process deadlines. The timeline stretches from November, when ResLife will provide house rosters and room usage information to each chapter, to just after spring break, when ResLife will request a final roster from each house. In between, chapters must request occupancy changes, housing applications must be completed and first,

second and third versions of house rosters must be submitted by precise dates specified early in the fall semester. During the course of the general timeframe described by the policy, “[ResLife] maintains the option to sanction, amend or suspend any chapter’s housing privileges” if deadlines for lists of eligible members, house rosters or applications are not submitted by the given due dates, the policy states. Some of these sanctions include housing probation, sanctions on social privileges or even housing suspension, in which ResLife may remove the chapter from its current residence. Another less-severe feature of the new ResLife policy requires several chapter members to serve as “standby” residents in the event that one or more members may choose during the summer not to live in the house for the following academic year. “One chapter had a member who got married — you can get out of the [Greek housing] contract if you get married and want to live with your spouse,” Tate said. “Our hope is to get five [standby residents], though some may only have two or three to fill those spots.” Overall, however, Tate’s biggest concern is a financial one. “We need to have the ability to redo carpets and paint walls,” he said. “We have to work to contain costs — it’s financially in everyone’s best interests.”

— Contact Lydia O’Neal at lmoneal@emory.edu

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Dooley’s Week Balanced Heart and Mind Important to Success, Tigrett Says Theme Announced At Celebration

At the end of the address, Tigrett put up a slide stating that thought, off the lights and played “It’s Alright word and deed must always be the Ma” by Bob Dylan for a meditation same. session to add perspective to the culHe clarified that one should not ture through which he lived. catch him or himself saying one thing According to Tigrett, much of his and meaning another. success came from the Hard Rock Calman Hilkert was one of the Café and the House of Blues. The many participants at the address. Hard Rock in London became the Hilkert is a junior at the Wisconsin first American restaurant in Europe. School of Business studying operaHowever, Tigrett tions mangement emphasized that the and supply chain. Hard Rock became “I thought the “You do not exploit the first classkeynote was really culture. You have to less restaurant in great,” he said. “I London. represent it. That is what think it was a dif“When I went ferent perspective, we spent the first 15 there, it was a place and it needed to be years trying to do.” where a baker and brought about espea banker were cially with how the — Isaac Tigrett, world is today and allowed to commune,” Tigrett said. co-founder of Hard Rock Café that love and peace According to the and House of Blues is important.” UBSLC Keynote According to Biography, Tigrett Robeny, the UBSLC created more than $1 billion in equity was able to schedule Tigrett as the for his investors and took the Hard keynote speaker with the assistance Rock Café through three successful of Holli Semetko, Asa Griggs Candler public offerings in the United States professor of Media and International and Europe. Affairs at Emory University and Ajit “You do not exploit culture,” Kumar, Consulate General of India. Tigrett said. “You have to represent “I think today’s keynote is very it. That is what we spent the first 15 unique because it differs from the years [of Hard Rock] trying to do.” traditional keynote,” he said. “Often According to Tigrett, the mind and there is a very big structure on the the heart need to be balanced. keynote, but he was being himself. “You don’t go to church on Sunday When you are being yourself, it has and pray for peace and go out on the biggest impact on the audience.” — Contact Brandon Fuhr at Monday and screw someone out of a brandon.spencer.fuhr@emory.edu million bucks,” Tigrett said.

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Continued from Page 1 hunt led participants to locations such as the Gravity Monument and busts of the founders located throughout campus. The winners of the scavenger hunt received prizes such as a semester’s worth of King of Pops and two tickets to the Falcons game with Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair. Angel said this year’s celebration was in response to an overwhelming excitement, specifically from alumni, regarding last year’s Founders day and the similarity to previous years’ Founders Week events. In order to keep the traditions alive, this year’s celebration highlighted Emory’s history and created more opportunities to bring together students from all of Emory’s schools and communities, Angel said. College senior and Student Alumni Association member Alicia Ju said that the event was exciting and took a lot of preparation. She added that there was a great turnout, with students arriving from different schools across the University. College sophomore and member of the Student Alumni Board Sarah Henry agreed and said she saw a much better turnout this year than last.

— Contact Naomi Maisel at namaise@emory.edu

IFC Chapter Presidents Express Concerns About Policy Repercussions Continued from Page 1 Bleiberg calls the policy an invasion of privacy. “Since they own our houses, they have the right to do this,” Bleiberg said. “Yet since Emory fosters such a strong Greek community, I don’t think it’s fair to then limit and direct the atmosphere of our experiences.” Another IFC chapter president, who also requested anonymity to protect the identity of his chapter, said that while he understands the intent behind the walkthrough, he feels the reality of the situation is something different. “The walkthroughs do a very effective job of making us feel uncomfortable,” he said. “I feel that the policy does nothing to address students pregaming in their rooms.” He added that with the walk-

throughs occurring, there is a perceived shift toward drinking moving “underground” or off campus, essentially eliminating oversight and creating a safety issue. Tate said that the reintroduction of the enforcement of policies is in the best interest of the Emory community. “In order to facilitate a safe and healthy living and learning environment, all residential staff address and document behaviors that may violate policies including the housing policy on alcohol,” Tate said. “In partnership with the leadership of each fraternity and sorority chapter residing on Eagle Row, we uphold the standards of community.”

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Tenn. Initiative Shows ‘Promise’

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Emory Alum, Tenn. Governor Proposes Two Years of Free School In his State of the State Address this Tuesday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, an Emory alum (‘80C), proposed an initiative called Tennessee Promise. If passed, the bill would make two years of technical college or community college completely free for Tennessee residents. The entire program could be funded at a predicted $34 million a year — a relatively small portion of Tennessee lottery money. We at the Wheel applaud Haslam for his bold attempt to lessen economic and educational inequality, and we encourage the passage of Tennessee Promise. We also would like to take a moment to consider what services and courses Emory itself could offer to the community free of charge. Tennessee Promise would make Tennessee the only state in the U.S. to charge no fees to incoming students at community and technical colleges. The sticker price of Community College and Technical College tends to run at about $4,000, but with grants and scholarships, many students are able to attend these schools virtually free of charge. However, many students are not aware of these grants and scholarships, so making school completely free opens up opportunities for thousands of students who may not be ready for a four-year college experience. Tennessee Promise confronts an important reality in today’s economy: four-year universities are simply not for everyone. Whether public or private, the traditional university experience is both costly and time-consuming. Many students are not academically or financially prepared for a four-year university in their first year out of high school. Community college and technical school can serve as a way for students looking to learn marketable skills and further develop their previous educational experiences. Certainly, Tennessee Promise provides opportunities for students who are unable to afford further education. In the midst of sudden surpluses, state governments have opportunities to spend money on educational initiatives that lessen economic and educational inequalities. In New York, a debate about how to fund pre-school continues. Yet, even in light of government surpluses, it is important to keep in mind how programs will be funded year after year for those who need them. Were Tennessee to experience an influx of applicants to technical and community colleges, could the state afford to continue funding their tuition for the next 10 years? What about 15 years? If a student enters his or her senior year of high school hoping to take advantage of Tennessee Promise, the state should ensure that the money does not run out before graduation. In light of this, we suggest that long-term financial planning for this bill be considered carefully by legislators before the bill goes to a vote. Additionally, we would like to initiate dialogue surrounding what Emory can do to extend its educational resources to those who cannot pay tuition. The Emory Center for Extended Education offers many helpful courses to community members, but we wonder if a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) would go even further to offer Emory’s incredible resources to the world. Haslam’s plan is inspirational. We hope that Emory will follow his lead and begin looking at ways to make education more accessible for the Atlanta community.

An Effective Solution? Greek Housing Initiative Causes More Problems Than It Resolves Since the fall, fraternities that reside on campus have been under close observation from their respective house directors, who have been visiting unannounced on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. The goal, Greek life officials say, is to halt any drinking games and underage drinking, as well as keep an eye out for hazing, an action that violates Emory’s conduct code and Georgia state law. We at the Wheel recognize the importance of addressing these issues but feel that this process is not the most effective means of doing so. It takes more than a weekly inspection to change the actions of such a large group of people. By instituting such a policy, Emory is only pushing the activities that they want to eliminate elsewhere. A student or member of a fraternity who wished to visit a fraternity on a weekend night might instead be encouraged to travel somewhere off campus, increasing the possibility of drunk driving and moving students farther away from the residence halls that would normally be just a quick walk away. The policy also creates an unsafe space inside a location where people live and call home. Additionally, fraternity members who want to engage in drinking or other illegal activities now know that the weekends are off limits. Instead of stopping, they will most likely participate in these activities on weekdays or off campus. It is difficult to say exactly what an alternative solution might be. Again, we do agree that underage drinking and hazing are issues that a university like Emory should work to address, as both of these actions violate laws and have possibly dangerous consequences. But this process simply does not seem to be the best solution. The above staff editorials represent the majority opinion of the Wheel.

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Commodifying Race Relations Reject Zimmerman-DMX Boxing Match This week, representatives for George Zimmerman and hip-hop musician DMX announced that the two were in negotiation with celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman to fight a televised pay-per-view boxing match. Though there has been no formal contract signing, the match is expected to take place sometime in March. If you’ve somehow forgotten, Zimmerman is the man from Florida accused of the murder of Trayvon Martin but acquitted on July 13, 2013. There has been an incalculable amount of ink spilled on Martin and Zimmerman since the latter’s murder of the former, and I assume that the readers have reached their own conclusions about that whole situation. I feel very strongly that Martin’s murder was motivated by racism on Zimmerman’s part and that these same factors affected his subsequent acquittal. However, I will restrain my discussion to the boxing match itself. And what a boxing match! The event is almost beyond my comprehension. My immediate reaction was overwhelming alienation. Who, I wondered, could birth such a craven, exploitative exhibition? Who could conjure up such a horrifying celebration of violence and disengagement from the concrete suffering of human beings?

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Feldman received thousands of requests to challenge Zimmerman, and though I cannot endorse his involvement in the project, I refrain from taking a stance on something so obviously charged by the United States’ history of racism for DMX. This boxing match exists beyond the pale of cultural tragedy. It is another in a long line of abuses against African Americans, a farcically overt disregard for the horrors of racism and violence as experienced by millions of people every single day. I implore you, reader, to reject this at all costs. Do not purchase this pay-per-view event or you will be putting more money into Feldman’s and Zimmerman’s pockets. Discourage everyone who expresses even the most remote interest from watching this. No amount of ironic detachment or hope to see Zimmerman bested by DMX could ever justify your financial show of support. Take a stand against this complete disregard for human dignity. We, as a culture, can be better than this. We do not have to accept this order of cynicism disguised as event viewing. Asst. Editorials Editor Rhett Henry is a College junior from Lawrenceville, Ga.

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The match was, apparently, Zimmerman’s idea. Feldman, the organizer and an admitted opportunist, said that he received more than 15,000 requests to fight Zimmerman in the ring, ultimately deciding on DMX. What’s more, the event was announced in most major news sources on Feb. 5, Martin’s birthday. Feldman has already apologized for this socalled ‘accident,’ but I am skeptical that a man who trades in manipulation and ‘shock factor’ could have acted out of anything other than the cruelest calculation. But alienation quickly gives way to unmitigated rage. I am repulsed beyond measure. This is the vilest form of spectacle, a display of the most atrocious sort of pleasure. I usually hesitate at the rhetoric of cultural decline; I think such arguments are often grounded in misdirected moralism and covert prejudice. However, this boxing match is unprecedented in it depravity. It feels torn from the pages of a satire, more Pynchon or Swift than anything that could ever actually happen. Zimmerman is cultivating a cultural niche on the bones of a murdered young man. DMX’s involvement is a more complicated matter. One senses that his motivations are personal as opposed to financial. Again,

things, this credo highlights caring and generosity. We believe that we are best able to succeed when we engage our community and act generously and humbly. The students mentioned in the following letter exemplify our credo through their generosity and caring, or as Suzan Rhodes puts it, through “the selflessness of their actions in extreme circumstances.” After gaining permission from Ms. Rhodes, I shared her letter on Facebook with the following statement, “This is why I love Emory students.” Time and time again, I am reminded of our amazing community of students. Their generous and courageous leadership is a great source of pride for this

institution and for me personally. Ajay Nair is the Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life. Letter: On the Tuesday of the snowstorm, I left work at around 6:00 PM. As I left the Clairmont parking deck, I saw Clairmont Rd. was a complete mess with cars and trucks stuck everywhere as the roads were fast becoming a sheet of ice. It took about three hours to get free of the ice-covered parking lot, which would not have happened for many drivers had it not been for the students of Emory University. There must have been about 15 students from all over the world working to help free cars from the ice that held them captive. For the three hours I was stuck, I watched these wonderful students

work in the freezing cold to help drivers like me get home. These young people helped to free the streets by pushing cars and trucks and by rocking them back and forth to free them of the ice. I was so very proud to be affiliated with Emory at this time. I don’t know the names of these wonderful young people, but if I could speak to them again I would tell them how grateful I am to have gotten home Tuesday night. I do not know what would have happened to many of us without their help. I don’t know if you can print this somewhere that these students can see, but I believe they should get some type of recognition for the selflessness of their actions in extreme circumstances. Suzan Rhodes is a Sr. Medical Secretary at the Emory Eye Center

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Creating Change and Building a Progressive Queer Movement NOWMEE SHEHAB While Emory students were facing a #snowpocalypse, taking cute #selfies in the snow and enjoying an unexpected #break, seven undergraduate and two graduate students were in Houston attending the 26th National Conference for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality (LGBT): Creating Change. Creating Change is an annual conference organized by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a non-profit political organization that engages in grassroots organizing for LGBT equality. Recently, LGBT equality has been pigeonholed to only mean legalizing same-sex marriage. This insular message has been fostered by the media and the practice of polarizing politics in the U.S. As in, you are either for or against same-sex marriage, leaving no space for other issues. And if a politician is for marriage, organizations will throw their support and money at them without examining other aspects of their politics. But four thousand queer and allied people showed up in Houston for LGBT equality beyond marriage. This was my first year at Creating Change and what struck me most about the conference and the Task Force itself was the broad and inclusive definition they had of LGBT equality. Unlike many other LGBT organizations, the Task Force does not have same-sex marriage as their central goal. They are cognizant of the fact that justice for queer people includes immigration reform, youth empowerment, prison reform, health care access equity etc., and have been working on these issues for years. In the past five years that I have organized for LGBT justice, I have never come across a national organization that explicitly acknowledges how inextricably linked these issues are. I went to workshops ranging from “Queering Reproductive Justice” to “Saving Muslim Queers: Islamophobia and the War Against Terror.” Though organizations like the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and American Foundation for Equal Rights are usually cited as the premier LGBT rights group in the U.S., they have mostly remained single-issue organizations. The HRC in particular has a long history of trans exclusion and has been sponsored by drone manufacturers.

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Michael Shutt, Nowmee Shehab, Kolia Kroeger, Liz Reynolds, Dohyun Ahn, Jake Joseph, Samantha Allen, Madeline Melnick, Danielle Steele, Josh Bergeleen and Kayley Scruggs at the Creating Change Conference in Houston, Texas. At Creating Change the opening keynote speaker was Laverne Cox, an activist and an actress who plays the groundbreaking role of Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African American transgender woman on the show “Orange Is The New Black.” In her speech, Cox spoke about her experiences of being a transgender woman of color and how important it is that the LGBT movement push for progressive politics. She brought to attention the alarming rates of violence that transgender women face; she highlighted the case of CeCe McDonald, a transgender woman who was incarcerated for defending herself against a man who was attacking her. Though McDonald is now free, violence against transgender people is an issue that is far too often overlooked. Injustice At Every Turn is a

report that the Task Force abides by about the rampant discrimination that transgender and gender non-conforming face in every aspect of their lives. What kind of LGBT politics are being built if they are not addressing transgender issues? If they are not addressing the injustices of the prison system? If they are not addressing the current immigration policies that are separating families and refusing to create an accessible path to citizenship? If the people engaged in this politic are not advocating to stop the wars that are killing millions of civilians and perpetuating mass atrocities? Queer activists have spoken out about this mainstream exclusionary gay rights movement. Dozens of local, community-based organizations have started to advocate for a

politics that includes anti-war activism, racial justice and centering transgender rights in the movement namely the Audre Lorde Project, FIERCE and Southerners On New Ground. Here in Atlanta we have JustUsATL, a youth-run organization that provides a safe and affirming space for the Atlanta area’s LGBT youth. By amplifying the voices of queer youth, JustUsATL is empowering the next generation to create the world in which they want to live. Georgia Equality is doing amazing work creating safer schools for all students, protesting the school to prison pipeline, raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and making sure that all voices are brought to the table. Now imagine where our nation would be if every LGBT organization and every queer activist

came to work with that outlook. We were able to go to Creating Change because of generous funding from the J. Michael Aycock Student Leadership Development Fund, Dr. Daniel D. Adame Student Leadership Fund, Emory College Council and a grant from the Alliance for Full Acceptance. I was honored and deeply moved to share space, learn and grow from queer activists around the nation at Creating Change. It made me believe more than ever that another world is possible. Inclusive politics is possible. Justice is possible. We’re here, we’re queer and we demand a liberation movement! Nowmee Shehab is a College Sophomore from Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Sex-Positivity and Sex Week 2014 RACHEL EZROL Sex Week at Emory, sponsored by the Office of Health Promotion, is Feb. 8-14. Sex should not be something we tiptoe around and whisper about. There are real physical and mental health consequences to not talking about sex. Sex is about more than contraception. Making free condoms available is a significant, yet one-dimensional, representation of a more comprehensive initiative to promote healthy sexuality. Healthy sexuality is neither synonymous with “hookup culture” nor does it constitute any one flavor of sex; rather, it refers to a sense of personal freedom, a capacity to make well-informed decisions about one’s body and sexuality. Sexuality looks strikingly different for everyone, the common thread being a sense of agency and security to authentically explore one’s likes and dislikes. This could mean choosing to abstain from sex or choosing to engage in sexual activity with multiple partners. The goal of Sex Week is to safely promote awareness on our campus about a spectrum of personal values, gender identities and expressions, sexualities and body images. Through the Sex Week programs, student groups and sponsors intend to showcase contraceptive and safer sex options so that discourse is possible and resources are made visible. No one experience is prioritized over another; healthy sexuality is about discovering what is meaningful for you as an individual in a supportive environment. Emory’s healthy sexuality initiative endeavors to celebrate the diversity of experience and systems of belief; Sex Week will be a platform through which to learn and respectfully converse.

We tend to internalize as normal what we are exposed to growing up, what we learn in the classroom and what we see on TV. Oftentimes, this is a mere snapshot of someone else’s version of reality: sexual intercourse will lead to pregnancy and/or disease, heterosexuality is the only sexuality, girls wear pink, boys wear blue and then they get married. Ideas such as these seamlessly become our truths, informing our lived experiences. To be truly liberated, to live authentically and fully, it is important to experience what I like to call an “Aha moment;” that is, the moment you feel like your world has been turned upside down for the better. For the first time, you can see clearly. From that moment on, you can’t help but think critically; it’s empowering. A single conversation, a film screening, reading Gayle Rubin’s “Thinking Sex,” listening to a lecture, finding the right resource — all seemingly trivial experiences, can be transformative beyond belief. The Sex Week programs are intended to inspire students to engage with new ideas and identities, to safely explore uncharted territory without judgment and to reflect, with the necessary support, on the diversity that is reality. The fact that so many student organizations, such as Student Health Advocacy Group (SHAG), Sexual Assault Peer Advocates (SAPA) and Feminists in Action (FIA), and campus divisions like Emory University’s Office of Health Promotion (OHP), have pledged their support to this initiative is a testament to the significance of having these conversations that are too often dismissed as taboo. OHP, in partnership with SHAG, recognizes that some college students will choose

to engage in sexual activity during the time they spend at Emory. The office supports students to make decisions about sexual behavior that are consistent with the student’s values. OHP’s Respect Program also engages the Emory community to prevent and respond to sexual assault and intimate partner violence. OHP not only seeks to prepare students for formative years at the university, but they also seek to provide support for students who will one day be Emory graduates, navigating a lifetime of experiences, experiences that for many will include sex. OHP provides students with access to information about healthy sexuality and safer sex that they can choose to utilize. Lauren (LB) Bernstein, coordinator of the Respect Program, elaborates on its meaningful mandate, “The Respect Program’s mission is to engage the Emory community to prevent and respond to sexual assault and relationship violence. Sexual assault and rape are not about sex but are about power and control. However, teaching sexual communication and supporting students to make decisions about sexuality that are consistent with their values help us foster healthy behavior and recognize unhealthy experiences. In the Respect Program, we support students in making decisions consistent with their values and engaging in sexual respect and open communication.” Thankfully, silencing well-informed sex-positive dialogue is not the approach taken in health promotion at Emory. Stifling such conversation is counterintuitive to helping students achieve wellness, academic success and social justice. I’ll be at Sex Week — will you? Rachel Ezrol is a College junior from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

What is racism? You might think that most educated people know, but you would be assuming too much. Over the past several months, numerous meetings, resolutions from the President’s Commission on the Status of Minorities and from the Black Student Alliance, letters from faculty and administrators, newspaper articles and private conversations have taken place on campus regarding the racist incident that occurred in the Anthropology Department. One such meeting, held this past Friday afternoon between a small group of African American and white faculty and administrators holding various opinions regarding the incident and the issue of academic freedom, presented a unique opportunity - one where people talked to each other and disagreed. The overarching issue in this small-group discussion was how to move forward and create and practice community. While we did not reach consensus on how to move forward or how best to create and practice community, what was most interesting to me were the questions that emerged from the conversation. Words like racism, academic freedom and power were bandied about when someone asked, “What is institutional racism?” This question made me realize that in order to create and practice community, we must first be able to communicate. Clarity is essential, and while not everyone will agree on definitions, when terms are clearly defined, we at least will have a basis from which to operate. Operational definitions are necessary. In 1967, when Carmichael and Hamilton defined individual and institutional racism as somehow being different in Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America, they certainly expanded the prevailing definition. However, the individual cannot be separated from the institution. “Structures of racism do not exist external to agents - they are made by agents,” Essed wrote in Understanding Everyday Racism: An Interdisciplinary Theory. According to Essed, racism is the expression or activation of group power that perpetuates in which whites dominate. Individual racism may not be racism at all but prejudice. G.L. Brandt, in The Realization of Anti-Racist Teaching, introduces the concept of “systemic racism.” Racism that is systemic feeds on micro-inequities that are destructive but difficult to address without appearing oversensitive or paranoid. While all members of the white race enjoy white privilege, whether they want to or not, let me be clear in stating that not all whites are perpetrators of racism and not all blacks are the victims. Fanon’s work on the psychol-

ogy of oppression helps to explain blacks who sustain and enact racist policies. Perhaps the practice of community has already begun. If it can continue, then we can grow in cultural awareness and competency creating a community that engages diversity. When I was a graduate student at Boston University, I was required to take a course, “The Psychology of Racism,” taught by Dr. Clara Mayo, a white professor. This course demonstrated to me the importance of engaging with diversity and stepping beyond individual comfort zones. Emory needs such a course. All of us, whether we intend to or not, teach by example. All of us who teach know that we learn by teaching. It is not just incumbent upon African American faculty to teach about race and racism. Everybody is responsible for creating and practicing community. One way to practice community is to participate in ongoing intellectual critiques of difficult issues. Much has been made over “no-fault reconciliation,” but no-fault sounds very much like no-responsibility. Power and responsibility are interrelated. One who exercises power has the agency to act differently. People are responsible for their actions as well as for their inactions. An issue has also been raised regarding academic freedom. While racial epithets not protected under free speech, and considered by courts to be fighting words, can and should be used in the context of research, scholarship and teaching, outside of these contexts academic freedom ends. The so-called “politically correct” idea that racism is wrong has, as Essed observes, “a certain disempowering impact on individual members of the dominant group. Today, the almost universal rejection of racism is often experienced by whites as a restriction. ... They feel that the norm against racism has made them prisoners of their own ‘tolerance.’” Solomos, in Race and Racism in Great Britain, concurs that “the most strident voices...in academic discourse are raised not against racism but against...antiracism.” In Friday’s meeting, one of the proponents for revoking the policy stated that she was sorry that people got their feelings hurt. We should be civil to one another, she said. What happens when we are not? Racial insults are not about hurt feelings. Racial slurs are symptoms of malignant tumors that we must excise before they metastases and destroy our entire faculty and student body. Nagueyalti Warren is currently the Professor of Pedagogy and Director of African American Undergraduate Studies at Emory. This editorial has been edited for length in this edition.

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The Emory Farmer’s Market takes place on Cox Bridge every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. College junior Casey Horowitz resolves to spend 15 minutes at the Farmer’s Market each week in order to sample the local flavors available.

The Farmer’s Market Manifesto By Casey Horowitz Contributing Writer While incoming freshman and prospective students eagerly search for the “Emory” experience with a naïve (and precious) curiosity, the typical Emory student has grown accustomed to these experiences and may even take them for granted. I am one of those students who has become desensitized to my life as an Emory student. The novelty with which I perceived my Emory experiences was lost somewhere along the hundreds of trips I made to the Dobbs University Center, or somewhere in

the dimly lit parking lot of the Toco Hills Steak n’ Shake at 2 a.m., or somewhere inside cloudy memories which have receded into an unforgiving night on Eagle Row. The truth is, I have forgotten what makes me unique as an Emory student. For this reason, I aspire to publish a weekly manifesto: a declaration of intentions (and suggestions), that if acted upon, will allow any Emory student to seek out and live their Emory experiences to the fullest potential. Between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesdays, the Emory Farmer’s Market sets up along the

Cox Hall Bridge. Farmers, cooks and food artists alike line up to sell their local organic and sustainably produced bread, meat, cheese, fresh produce and other artisan products. Beginning next Tuesday, and every Tuesday thereafter, I intend to live my life in accordance to the Farmer’s Market Manifesto: 1. Before I leave my apartment, I will ensure that I have at least $5 in my wallet so that I may afford one modestly priced food item from the Farmer’s Market. If said money is not there, I will harass my roommates for money, aggressively dig through the seat cushions of my couch for

any spare change it may be hiding or dip into the cash that Mom and Dad told me to use only in case of an emergency. 2. I will allocate 15 minutes between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to thoroughly explore the various options that the Farmer’s Market offers. I will also overlook the fact that I have consumed similar food items to those offered at the market in the past 48 hours because these items are likely far superior in their Tender Loving Care (TLC) content than their processed counterparts. 3. I will abide by the Rule of Three: if I am to sample three items at

a particular tent, then I must commit myself to purchasing an item from that tent. I will abstain from creating an elaborate excuse as to why I cannot afford to purchase the tent’s product because it’s obviously delectable, and I need to either a) consume it immediately or b) add it to my empty mini-refrigerator. 4. I will learn to affiliate my hunger with the goods offered by local producers at the Farmer’s Market to restrict my impulse buying on other days of the week. In doing so, I will condition myself to be patient

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Dear Doolina: Sorority Sorrows Dear Doolina, When I get stressed I stop eating, which I know isn’t good for me, but I just can’t seem to motivate myself to eat. Obviously I can make the time to eat ... I just don’t. What should I do? Sincerely, Stressed and starving Dear Stressed and starving, Do you think you may be depriving yourself of food because you think you don’t deserve it, as you should be working on other things? If so, try to reframe how you think about food. It’s not something you either deserve or don’t deserve, but something you need simply for sus-

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History Sam Stevens College ’15 What exactly is the History major? Ordering a disgusting amount of books from Amazon each August and January. Why are you majoring in History? As a freshman and even a sophomore I was not sure of what I wanted from the next three to four-ish years. Selecting the History major was an opportunity to avoid binding myself to an inflexible path. If on Monday I am fascinated by Latin American history but by Wednesday I care only about Middle Eastern politics, it’s not the end of the world. History majors are able to tailor their educations to their needs and interests. We have the luxury of changing our minds. What has been your favorite thing you’ve done as a History major? More than anything I’ve done, I like what the History major has done to me. The constant reading, writing and discussion have made me a more articulate speaker and a more critical observer. I like going to a new place and realizing that it has a history about which I know nothing. There is always something new to be learned even about our most familiar places. The History major has taught me to consider my perceptions and beliefs from alternate angles. What is the hardest part of being a History major? Explaining to people that being a History major does not mean I know the history of everything.

What kind of career are you hoping to pursue with your major? I’m not entirely sure, and only time will tell, but hopefully something in foreign affairs and writing. All I really want is to live abroad and fall off the grid for a few years post-graduation, maybe longer. Does study abroad play a big part in the major? Do most majors study abroad? I’m not quite sure about the majority of the History majors, but I do know a good few who have been abroad. Going abroad is not a necessity for the course of study, but it can be a pivotal experience in an individual’s intellectual history. Sometimes you fall in love with a place and learning its history can transform from a hobby into a thesis project. If you could create your own class within the major, what would it be? Why? Another attribute of history is the interdisciplinary nature of the field. Last semester I took a course on the history of violence. We read a few psychological studies to better understand how and why violence occurs but on a microscopic scale. I really enjoyed learning history from an unconventional source. I would like to see a history class listed as a PPF — the history of yoga or something ... with a lab portion held in the WoodPEC actually doing yoga, of course. If you had to give advice to

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eople slept in their offices, on the floors, down on the couch downstairs in the cold. The main chef, the top dog of the DUC, put some catering tablecloths on the floor of his office and slept on them. Everyone is super tired, but we had to make sure you guys got to eat. You stuck so we can’t let you be stuck without dinner.

Soundtrack 2 My Life: Girl Problems Tony Walner Contributing Writer My future wife was predetermined. My mom and my mom’s best friend got pregnant around the same time. They’d been best friends since college, and they’d planned for their kids to get married, but we both turned out to be boys so our parents never really pushed for that to happen. I peaked sexually when I was seven in the closet of my basement with Jamie Shephard playing explicit games of “doctor.” Even though Jamie is beautiful, it’s hard to brag about our explicit games of doctor now because 1) she denies they ever occurred, and 2) she’s sort of my cousin. I thought I’d rebounded in fifth

grade when I received a Valentine’s note on my desk that read, “I’ve really been thinking about this a lot, and I think we should go out. Let me know, Steve! Love, Your Secret Admirer.” The only problems were 1) it was signed “Secret Admirer,” so I had no idea who wrote it, and 2) my name isn’t Steve. It’s Tony. Steve sat in the desk to the left of mine. I never gave him the note. Sixth grade was the year of seven minutes in heaven. The year that should have been my first kiss/hardcore make out session simultaneously. At one of Ian Johnson’s parties, I was paired in the closet with Lindsay Bonner. I managed to get in the closet with her because the bottle never landed on me, and she felt bad. We went into the spare bedroom’s closet and sat amongst mothballs and

mink coats. It was seven minutes in heaven, so I knew all I had to do was lean in or say, “Can I kiss you?,” but I couldn’t do it. Instead, I asked, “What’re your thoughts on death?” After seven minutes, people stormed in and took pictures of us, so she never got the opportunity to hear my views on reincarnation. “High School Musical” came out in seventh grade, and everyone in my class was obsessed with Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. At the beginning of eighth grade, a series of photos leaked of Vanessa Hudgens in her bedroom. I’d never seen anything like it. I stayed in my bedroom and faked sick for a week as she became my high school musical. Later in eighth grade my sort-ofcousin Jamie Shephard came over for

a family dinner. Skirt steak, mashed potatoes and broccoli. We went to the pool table in my basement after dinner, rolling balls into pockets and blocking them with our hands. Jamie jammed her finger, started clutching it in her palm. I rushed over to look at it. “Let me see.” She gave me her finger. “Want some ice from Dr. Walner ... Like old times, eh?” “So creepy. Why do you always do this? Like what the f--k are you even talking about?” “What do you mean what am I talking about? We used to play doctor. Just admit it. Really explicit games of doctor.” “Ew, no, I’d rather die.” “What’re your thoughts on death?”

— Contact Tony Walner at awalner@emory.edu

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for next week’s Farmer’s Market. If I am craving kettlecorn, I will learn to affiliate that hunger with Henry’s Kettlecorn. If I am craving tarts, I will hype myself up for The Little Tart Bakeshop. So on and so forth. 5. I will satisfy my caffeine addiction with Blue Donkey Coffee. I will complement said coffee with a Revolution doughnut. Or a Revolution coffee because my caffeine addiction is insatiable. 6. If I purchase an ingredient, I will inquire about explicit directions on how to apply said ingredient to a

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Aries Friends should be the center of your attention this week, Aries. You have some very important decisions to make when it comes to career or relationships, and a friend will help you sort through your choices.

Taurus This will be a successful week for you, Taurus. You have been pursuing a goal for a while, and the pieces should start coming together as Mercury enters retrograde this month.

Gemini Take things slow if you can this week. You may want to jump into some new projects, but remember that moderation is key. Try not to overwhelm yourself with too many responsibilities.

Cancer

You are entering a month of development, Cancer. This week you should try to acquire new skills or knowledge wherever available. You may be feeling stagnant, but this work will soon pay off.

Leo Be wary of miscommunications this week, Leo. You may feel particularly emotional, so try to be careful in your interactions. Take time to yourself to find your center of happiness.

home dish besides chips and bread. Rumor has it that Fairywood Thicket Farm has a private menu that shows how to prepare various dishes with their delectable jams. I will procure said menu. 7. I will inquire about the backstory to whichever producer I am purchasing from. In doing so, I will befriend individuals like the kindhearted Jennifer behind Jennifer’s Pesto and will learn about their businesses and creative processes behind their food items.

— Contact Casey Horowtiz at cdhorow@emory.edu

Amazon Prime The Naked Truth: Snuggie Supplies Solution to Stripping Essential to His- Continued from Page 9 tory Majors Continued from Page 9 someone considering the History major, what would you tell them? Get Amazon Prime. What is one thing every History major knows? How to skim their readings. If you could have lunch with any historical figure, who would it be and where would you take them? I think every History major has been asked this question in some form or another ... I would take an average 20-year-old American woman from 200 years ago to somewhere completely normal and unappreciated for its technology. Probably an airport to people watch.

tenance. In fact, if you’re stressing over a test that you need to study for, not eating will only make it harder to study. You need the energy food provides to be at the top of your game for studying. That’s my advice, logically speaking. However, from your message, it seems like this might not be something Doolina can solve with logic. Consider making an appointment with a licensed mental health professional who can work you through any deeper issues that may be contributing to this problem. Delightfully, Doolina

Facebook, and we seemed to have a lot of similar interests and got along really well, so we decided to become roommates. The one thing I didn’t know about her before we became roommates is that when she’s in our room, she prefers to be in the nude. I’m not prudish or anything like that, but I can’t help but feel weird when I come back to the room and see her doing her calc homework completely naked. Am I wrong for feeling like this? Should I say something to her?

If you have talked to her, and she’s still not covering up more, I think it’s time to resort to passive aggressive antics, like trying to wrap her in a Snuggie whenever you can or using this opportunity to start perfecting your drawings of the human form.

Sincerely, Feelin’ like a prude for not liking the nude

I spent much of last semester excited to rush a sorority, but I got cut. Now a lot of my closest friends are pledging, and I can’t help but feel resentful and jealous. I keep wondering where I went wrong in the rush process, but can’t put my finger on anything specific. How do I get over this?

Dear Feelin’ like a prude,

Dear Doolina, I’m a freshman. Before school started, I started talking to a girl on

If the situation makes you nervous, try picturing her in her underwear ... oh wait, that probably wouldn’t help. Have you tried actually saying something to your roommate? If not, that seems like an obvious place to start.

Delightfully, Doolina Dear Doolina,

Sincerely, Pledging Sigma Alpha Delta

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Dear Pledging Sigma Alpha Delta (S.A.D), You get over this by realizing getting cut from rush does not signify anything about who you are or your worth as a person. You get over this by realizing your close friends will still be your close friends even if they’re in sororities. If they drop you because you’re not in their sorority, then they really weren’t all that good of friends anyway. Also, fake it ‘til you make it: at least try to pretend to be happy for your friends who are happy, and eventually, that fake smile will turn into a real one. Until then, try finding something on Netflix to binge watch — probably something other than Greek, though (as good as it is). Delightfully, Doolina

Snow Quotes & Frozen Fun By Jenna Kingsley

Virgo Expect to have a lot of fun and new experiences this week. It may not be the most efficient time for you, but it will be a welcome break. Enjoy the reprieve and keep your eyes open for opportunities.

Libra With the Sun and Mercury both entering retrograde you can expect to have a balance of impulsivity and luck. This will be a great combination for you Libra, especially when it comes to relationships.

Scorpio Your academic workload may feel overwhelming, but soon you will see rewards for your diligence. Projects from this winter will start to show meaning, and you should have a fulfilling week.

“I’m from the South. I didn’t grow up with that much snow privilege.”

“These aren’t even bad driving conditions.”

Sagittarius Emotions are running high for you, Sagittarius. Try to channel your feelings into actions, and you will make huge progress. Avoid unnecessary confrontation this week.

Capricorn

“Miamian.”

With Venus coming out of retrograde, this is a great week for love and harmony. You should be in a good mood, and you can expect a few pleasant surprises soon this February.

Aquarius It is a great week to create some long-term goals. As Mercury enters retrograde you will want to do some planning, and you will have to drive to start new projects.

Pisces Mercury will be entering retrograde this week, and your House of Health will benefit. Anticipate increased physical strength and motivation. This is a great time to start a new fitness routine. This week’s stars interpreted by Celia Greenlaw

“Californian.”

“It’s something to celebrate.”

Pictured: Ankita Shirahatti (top left), Thomas O’Leary (top right), Uma Veerappan and Greg Santos (bottom left), Lauren Stewart and Michelle Gillig (bottom right)

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Julio Jones, wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons, lines up before the snap. The Falcons are a sleeper pick to reach the Super Bowl next season.

Sleeper Super Bowl Picks for 2014 Atlanta Falcons

Eagles Set for Roadtrip Before Home Opener also face Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) and Cal Lutheran University, the latter of member of the all-UAA second which is ranked 10th in the country. team. Peacock led the entire team The team will play its home opener last season with a batting average of on Feb. 15 against Piedmont College. .358. Junior Brett Lake looks to see Twardoski wants the team to be the field more after more consistent this an injury plagued season: “We gave 2013, and will protoo many games vide cover for the “This team’s strength is our away [last season].” experience.” outfield along with Twardoski is not junior Stephen the only one with Sotiriou, sopho—Mike Twardoski, this mindset. “They more Chris Slivka, [the team] want Head Coach to show not only and freshmen Jack Dougherty, Cody themselves that they Wetmore, and can do it, but also Wilson Morgan. the alumni and parBobby Perez, ents,” he said. who has been with the team the last The Eagles’ game against six seasons, will join Twardoski for Occidental will be at 5 p.m., while his 15th season as Emory Coach. their doubleheader vs. Cal Lutheran Emory alum Connor McGuinness will take place at 2 and 5 p.m. on (C’12) will join the staff for the Saturday. first time this season as a pitching The roadtrip will conclude with coach. Former major leaguer Greg Pomona-Pitzer at 5 p.m. McMichael will also assist with the It will be the Eagles’ first ever pitching staff. matchup with all three teams. After their opening game against — Contact Oliver Rockman at Occidental on Friday, the Eagles will oliver.m.rockman@emory.edu

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Brian Chavkin As the long, eventful NFL season comes to an end, many fans are already looking forward to the draft, training camp and eventually the start of next season. Minutes after the Seattle Seahawks beat up on Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos, football analysts began to rank the favorites for next year’s Super Bowl winner. Many have similar teams expected to compete for the opportunity to play in next year’s Super Bowl. After winning it all this year, the Seahawks are obviously contenders to repeat. So are the San Francisco 49ers, who came so close to taking down the Seahawks in the NFC Championship game. The Denver Broncos and New England Patriots are also expected to contend as Peyton Manning and Tom Brady return for another year to play quarterback for their respective teams. It isn’t fun to talk about the teams that are supposed to reach the Super Bowl each year because most of the time it is pretty obvious to pick the favorites at the beginning of the year. That is why I am going to give you three sleeper teams that did not even make the playoffs this year, that will have a shot to make the playoffs next year, and maybe even the Super Bowl.

The Atlanta Falcons were a common pick to reach the Super Bowl from the NFC at the start of the season. Injuries to their two top receivers, Roddy White and Julio Jones, their running back, Steven Jackson, and multiple defensive players contributed to the Falcons’ terrible season. Matt Ryan did not help as well, as he went through one of the toughest years of his career. Football fans in Atlanta, however, should be excited for the start of next season. The team will have its two star receivers healthy for the first time since week 5 against the Jets. Ryan is also expected to have a bounce back year and return to the player he was when he led the Falcons to the NFC Championship game just one season ago. With a top five pick to add to an already stacked roster, the Falcons should once again be major players in the NFC South, and could make a run at a spot in the Super Bowl. St. Louis Rams The Rams are so close to being a really good team. This organization, which has not made the playoffs in 10 years, has rebuilt their team through smart trades and smart draft picks. The Rams were able to obtain three first round draft picks when they traded their number two overall spot in the 2012 NFL Draft to the Washington Redskins, who eventually selected Robert Griffin III. Now, the Rams are in a very similar situation. Sitting once again in the number two overall spot of this year’s draft,

the Rams could pull off a similar deal that could land them more future draft picks. Add those to a team that finished 7-9 with Kellen Clemens as their staring quarterback, and the Rams will be back in the playoffs in no time. Sam Bradford will return next year to a team that has become dominant on the defensive side of the ball, and has gradually improved on the offensive side of the ball. The Rams could be a very surprising team by the end of next year. Detroit Lions I’ve been waiting for the last couple of years for the Lions to finally reach their potential and dominate the NFC North. This year was their best chance when both Jay Cutler and Aaron Rodgers went down with injuries for extended periods of time. With the amount of talent on both offense and defense, a year ending without reaching the playoffs was a complete embarrassment for the Lions. The team fell apart down the stretch of the season, losing six of their last seven. A large part of the blame should be, and was placed on the Head Coach, Jim Schwartz, who was fired the day after the season ended. With a new head coach, and a new mindset in place, things will be better for the team next year. Matthew Stafford will have a career year throwing to Calvin Johnson and Reggie Bush, the defense will dominate behind Ndamukong Suh, and the Lions will finally win their division and make a run at the Super Bowl. — Contact Brian Chavkin at brian.chavkin@emory.edu

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On the left, sophomore Sarah Arington leaps for the tip-off. On the right, sophomore Davis Rao drives towards the paint. Both teams are faced with two away conference games this weekend.

Big Weekend Ahead for Men’s and Women’s Squads By Ryan Smith Sports Editor Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams are approaching critical stretches in their respective seasons. The upcoming weekend will go a long way in determining the teams’ fates for postseason play. The men’s team is currently 12-6 on the season with a 4-3 mark in University Athletic Association (UAA) play. Last weekend, the team

took on the University of Chicago and Washington University (Mo.) at home but dropped both games in close contests that were competitive until the final minute. This weekend offers a chance for revenge. In an odd scheduling setup, the Eagles will hit the road for rematches with both teams — U Chicago first on Friday at 9 p.m., and Wash. U on Sunday at 1 p.m. Chicago is 11-7 on the season and 4-3 in the UAA, while Wash. U —

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ranked third nationally in Division III by BennettRank — is 16-2 overall and a perfect 7-0 in league play. In contrast, BennettRank slots the Eagles at number 32 and Chicago at 59. As usual, seniors Jake Davis and McPherson Moore have led the way for the Eagles lately. Davis averaged 16 points per game last weekend, while Moore averaged 15.5. It could be a special weekend for Head Coach Jason Zimmerman, who is currently tied with former

coach Brett Zuver for most wins in Emory history. Just a split will allow Zimmerman to claim the record. The women’s team is in a similar situation. The squad, ranked 19th nationally, stands at 15-3 with a 4-3 mark in the UAA. The Eagles were off to a fantastic 14-0 start before dropping two straight games, but they rebounded last weekend and split a pair of home conference games, beating Chicago 86-78 and losing to Wash. U 69-61.

The women, like the men, will get another crack at both teams. The Eagles will take on Chicago on Friday at 7 p.m. and Wash. U on Sunday at 3 p.m. Chicago is currently 10-8 with a 4-3 mark in UAA play, while Wash. U stands at 17-1, 7-0 and sports a number two national ranking. Senior Savannah Morgan still leads the team in scoring and assists. — Contact Ryan Smith at ryan.smith@emory.edu

Loyal readers of the Wheel may very well recall a column that graced these fair pages in the fall of 2012, a wonderfully written piece entitled, “What the Olympics are Really About.” The author of this piece, the thenAsst. Sports Editor Bennett Ostdiek, addressed it to his good friend from high school, Karsten Lutz, whom his friends affectionately referred to as Bambi. Karsten rows crew, frats with Kappa Sigma, and studies some sort of engineering at a small west coast school called Stanford University. Karsten has the perfect body type for a rower – at six feet five inches tall he has a long, lean frame ideally suited to propelling a boat through the water. Bennett’s dearest dream is for him to row for Team USA is the Olympics. Unfortunately, Karsten’s dearest dream is to be a frat star and study just hard enough to get a good job upon graduation. In his column, Bennett explained how he has tried every argument with him. He appealed to his sense of patriotism. No dice. He brought up the sweet Team USA swag that all Olympians get. Nothing doing. He described to him a future in which he could begin stories by saying, “When I was in the Olympics…” Even this brilliant rhetorical tactic made no headway. But then he found his argument – the sea of beautiful, passionate, incredibly athletic women looking to let off a little steam after their events that is the Olympic Village. Bennett has not filed a column as of yet on whether this line of reasoning brought Karsten to his senses. But we can surely imagine that it provided at least a little bit of motivation. After all, we surely all remember the stories from the giant orgy that was the Olympic Village in London in 2012, which businessinsider.com (it is clear to none of us here at On Fire what business businessinsider.com had reporting on sex in the Olympic Village, but it is our policy to never question our sources) has described as a “massive sex party.” Not to suggest by association that any of the following ladies either did or did not participate in the “massive sex party,” but the beauty of many of the Olympians is enough to set many a man’s (or woman’s) heart racing. Your On Fire correspondent personally will never forget the sight of Alex Morgan playing soccer or the beautiful Dutch field hockey team (seriously, why else would anyone ever watch field hockey?). Folks, we at On Fire am here with good news. The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are not going to be any different. According to the Washington Times, “Olympic officials are taking precautions for the rampant sex that will undoubtedly take place at the Winter Olympics by distributing 100,000 condoms to athletes.” All of us here at On Fire wholeheartedly applaud this decision. The IOC’s bold decision to distribute an average of over 13 condoms per athlete gives these great men and women a high bar to reach – and all of us here at On Fire are very confident that they will reach this bar. And, loyal readers, do not forget that these 13 condoms are per athlete – if they are having sex with each other, that means that if all the condoms are to be used up, each athlete will need to have sex 26 times during the two weeks of the Olympics. We here at On Fire wish them the best of luck. Of course, it is possible that athletes might use some of these columns while having sex with non-athletes. If there is any man or woman out there who manages to have sex with a member of the Dutch field hockey team while using one of their Olympic condoms, the On Fire internship will automatically be yours – all other applications will be thrown out (yes, we already have one application!). (For those of you who have not heard, if you are interested in hardhitting journalism, incisive social commentary, and potentially mingling with celebrities, please apply for the On Fire internship by sending in a resume, cover letter, and the number of Dooley Dollars you have to bostdie@emory.edu). If two of you manage to perform this epic feat – well, your On Fire correspondent could always use two interns. Of course, the Olympics are about so much more than sex. And so is the On Fire internship. That is just one of many things the two have in common. Apply today.

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Friday, February 7, 2014 Sports Editors: Bennett Ostdiek (bostdie@emory.edu) and Ryan Smith (ryan.smith@emory.edu)

SEASON PREVIEWS

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On the left, junior Connor Dillman delivers a pitch. On the right, junior Micah Scharff prepares to swing. Both the baseball and softball teams will open their seasons this weekend. The baseball team will be in California, the softball team at Emory.

Eagles Return to the Diamond Baseball to Start Season in California Softball Looking to Build on Strong 2013 By Oliver Rockman Staff Writer The baseball team will begin its 2014 season Friday, Feb. 7 at Occidental College (Calif.), after a 22-17 season in 2013. The squad finished strong last season, winning nine of its final 13 games, and tied for third place at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships, making up for a disappointing beginning of the tournament by winning four of its last five games. The team has been working hard in the offseason, prompting Head Coach Mike Twardoski, who is entering his 15th season at Emory, to say, “I can’t wait to coach this team.” The Eagles are a much older team than last year, with 10 seniors this year contrasted to just one last season. “The team’s strength is our experience,” Twardoski said. The pitching staff contains a lot of depth, sporting experienced starting pitchers, as well as a strong

bullpen. The Eagles return their top three starting pitchers from last season, junior Connor Dillman and sophomores Paul Merolla and Tyler Sprague. Dillman’s performance’s last season earned him all-Region and all-UAA Second Teams. Rounding out the rotation are junior Michael Byman and senior Ben Hinojosa, who is returning from a season long injury. “Out of the bullpen, we are as strong as we have ever been,” Coach Twardoski said in an interview with emoryathletics.com The pitchers who give Twardoski such a high level of confidence include junior closer Graham Bloomsmith, senior Matt McMahon, and senior Mike Bitanga, who is also returning after sitting out last season through injury. The infield boasts a similarly impressive array of experienced talent, highlighted by senior shortstop Jared Kahn, who led the team in on base percentage last season. The Eagles sport multiple options

at each of the infield positions. Senior Ryan Toscano will share third base with junior Warren Kember. Sophomore Ben Vizvary will play first base, after posting a batting average of .340 in an impressive freshman year. Junior Kyle Arbuckle will provide seasoned cover for the position. Sophomore Dylan Eisner impressed as a freshman at second base, and will take a larger role at the position this season. Sophomore David Coble, and freshman Cole Vercammen provide valuable versatility for the infield. Senior Jared Welch, a former member of the all-UAA first team, will start for the fourth consecutive year at catcher, backed up by senior Josh Bokor and freshman Chris Young. The Eagles return three outfielders whose excellence earned recognition last season, with senior Brandon Hannon and junior Wes Peacock being named to the all-UAA first team, and senior Daniel Iturrey a

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By Alexander Del Re Staff Writer The softball season is right around the corner and the Eagles are getting ready to get back to competition. The 2013 edition of the softball team took advantage of solid veteran play along with timely contributions from a number of newcomers to produce another fantastic season. The Eagles, led by Head Coach Penny Siqueiros, posted the 14th consecutive winning season and finished with an overall record of 42-5. This win total represents the second highest win total in school history. Last season also signified the fourth time in the last five years where the Eagles won more than 30 games. Emory received a bid to the NCAA tournament last year for the 11th time in school history and the seventh time in the last eight years. The Eagles also brought home their fourth straight and seventh overall University Athletic Association

(UAA) Championship. The Eagles were 8-0 in UAA play and they outscored their opponents by a margin of 56-20. Emory looks to see production continue from some of its key players from last season. Junior Megan Light was the essential part of Emory’s offense due to the fact that she led the team in hitting with a .408 average. Light received many honors for her performance last season including National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) First Team All-America acclaim and UAA Player of the Year recognition. Light hit a school season record 12 home runs and recorded a league-high 59 RBIs, representing the second highest total in school history. Senior Amanda Kardys emerged as the support of the pitching staff. She earned NFCA Third AllAmerica honors after compiling a win-loss record of 25-5. Her victory total of 25 wins is a school record. Throwing 179 2/3 innings with a 1.60 ERA, Kardys threw 18 complete

games. Senior Ally Kersthold was one of the team’s unsung heroes. She started 43 of her 46 games and ended with a strong .336 average at the plate. Kersthold finished third on the team with 32 RBIs, 44 hits, and 13 doubles. Kertstholsd also registered a team best 12 game hitting streak during the year. Junior Micah Scharff came through on numerous occasions with multiple contributions both offensively and behind the plate where she made the majority of her starts. Garnering Second Team AllUAA recognition after posting a .333 effort at the plate, Scharff landed a spot on the Salem, Va, NCAA Region All-Tournament Team. Due to scheduled rain for this weekend, the Eagles will begin their season on Friday, Feb. 7 at its 3 n 2 Take Off Event that Emory is hosting. The Eagles will play against Averett University (Va.) and Maryville College (Tenn.). — Contact Alexander Del Re at alexander.del.re@emory.edu

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Track and Field The men’s and women’s track and field teams will compete in the Samford Invitational at the Birmingham Crossplex today and tomorrow. After this meet, there will be two more until the University Athletic Association (UAA) indoor Championships. Men’s Basketball The men’s basketball team will play conference rivals, the University of Chicago today and Washington University (Mo.) Sunday, both away. The Eagles, 4-3 in conference, lost to both teams earlier in the season. Women’s Basketball The women’s basketball will also play Chicago today and Wash U Sunday, both away. They beat Chicago earlier in the season and lost to Wash U. They are 4-3 in conference play. Baseball and Softball The baseball and softball teams open their seasons today, baseball against Occidental College in California and softball against Averett College at Emory.

Curling is Hipster, Hot and Other H-Words By Bennett Ostdiek Staff Writer So curling. It is the obscure sport that hip people love to ironically pretend to love. I am here to tell you why I actually love it. Just an hour ago, I overheard my co-Sports Editor Ryan Smith talking about how much he could not wait to see curling in the Olympics. Now, despite the fact that he wears cool glasses and tighter pants than me, I would not go so far as to say that Ryan is a hipster. In fact, right after he made his statement about curling, he told a fantastic story about how when he ordered Dominos pizza to a party full of hipsters that he was at with Student Life Editor Jenna Kingsley, he was met with judgment and hostility from the other guests (apparently pizza is too mainstream now). This just goes to show how far this fake love of curling has penetrated American culture. Even my younger brother (who is admittedly much hipper than myself) pretends to love it. Hipsters, I suggest you find a new sport to ironically

love. Honestly, they probably have and I just have not heard about it yet. But that is beside the point. The point is, I love curling. Not because of the beauty the game. In fact, I do not have a single clue how this game is played. My love is because of the beauty of Anna Sidorova, a Russian curler. Seriously, just Google her. She is ravishing. Not to mention a phenomenal athlete (seriously, I am not going to mention her athletic ability because I know literally nothing about curling besides for the fact that you need a broom to play (do you even play curling?) it). This week’s edition of On Fire describes the “giant orgy that is the Olympic Village.” I would like to avoid such lewd discussion in the hallowed pages of the Sports Genie. Instead, I will talk about beauty. Let us continue with the sport of curling. The Russian team is stacked with top quality talent. How about Alexandra Saitova? Olga Zyablikova? Ekaterina Galkina? Seriously, what is with these

Russian curlers and why are they all so beautiful? Also, why do all of both their first and last names end with the letter a? And that is just the Russian team. Our American ladies do our country proud as well. Figure skater Alissa Czisny, hockey player Amanda Kessel, snowboarder Clair Bidez – while I am sure that these ladies are all intelligent, interesting, passionate, driven, and kind, I know from the online photo gallery titled, “The 76 Hottest Female Athletes at the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014.” Ok, that is actually all I have to say about beauty. I would now like to share with my loyal readers the excellent advice that our neighbors at Emory, the U.S. Center for Disease Control, issued for people travelling to Sochi for the Olympics. They said, “Healthy habits. Always wear seatbelts. Wash your

hands well and often.

Drink alcohol in moderation and use latex condoms if you have sex.” Besides for the fact that this first sentence is a sentence fragment, lacking a verb, I think this

is excellent general advice, and all of my loyal readers should follow it as much as they can. Travellers to Sochi are particularly in need of good advice at the moment, as the situation over there is looking quite bleak. Early reports from other journalists who are already over there describe a situation that is none too pretty. Doorknobs are falling off doors, toilet’s have seats that are put on upside down, and apparently stray dogs are wandering around everywhere. And this is not to even mention the toxic yellow water that is spewing from the sinks. Yeah, apparently Russia is really nice this time of year. On an utterly unrelated note, the pitchers and catchers reported to spring training on Tuesday. As we contrast the beauty and the bleakness of the Russian Winter Olympics, it is worth taking a moment to remember the pure joy of spring that is baseball. — Contact Bennett Ostdiek at bostdie@emory.edu