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Emory Events Calendar, Page 2
Police Record, Page 2
Crossword Puzzle, Page 8
Staff Editorial, Page 6
Arts & Entertainment, Page 9
On Fire, Page 11
THE EMORY WHEEL Since 1919
The Independent Student Newspaper of Emory University
Volume 94, Issue 43
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Every Tuesday and Friday GRADUATE SCHOOL
Laney Lamar, 3Lau Draw Massive Crowds During Dooley’s Week Students To Vote on Wagner DOOLEY’S WEEK 2013
‘Confidence’ Ballot To Be Held April 16 By Jordan Friedman Executive Editor
in a non-designated area. After Goswami filed his appeal, though, the Election Council determined that Goswami ’s “chalking ” was not a violation. The committee also decided to revoke Goswami ’s disqualification and instead penalize him with five community service hours. Upon further discussion, the committee determined that another general election would be held in which all candidates, including those eliminated in the run-off round, would be able to participate. Goswami, in an interview with the Wheel, expressed his frustration with the way in which the allegations of cheating were presented to him. According to Goswami, the allegations blind-sided him at a meeting in which he had no time to prepare a defense. He said he believes the allegations made against him by Simon were made as a last-effort attempt. “It was brought up only because I won, ” Goswami said. “These ‘violations ’ were part of the general election, so if they were this significant, she should not have waited until I won. If you follow the code she was supposed to bring them up after the
The Graduate Student Council (GSC) passed a bill at last week ’s meeting that will allow Laney Graduate School students to vote next Tuesday on whether they have confidence in University President James W. Wagner. The ultimate results will “let the University faculty, administration and trustees know where Laney graduate students stand on the issue, ” according to the bill. A single question — “Do you have confidence in James Wagner as President of Emory University? ” — will appear on the ballot, and students will be able to vote “yes, ” “no, ” or “abstain. ” The legislation, passed at a GSC meeting last Thursday, comes more than a week after College faculty members voted in favor of holding their own vote via electronic ballot. Voting for College faculty started yesterday and lasts through Friday. A vote of “no confidence ” would not directly affect Wagner ’s employment position at the University but would demonstrate that the graduate student body feels he is no longer fit to lead. The GSC, which represents the Laney Graduate School, also voted to amend the original bill — submitted by fourth-year graduate student Andy Ratto — thereby adding a text box to the ballot for students to explain the reasoning behind their votes. The date of the vote was also changed to coincide with a GSC event already planned for next Tuesday, “so students can be encouraged to vote while they are at the event, ” Ratto wrote in an email to the Wheel. He declined to comment further. Ratto had previously submitted a similar bill to the Student Government Association (SGA), which the legislature failed on March 25 despite amendments that changed the bill ’s focus from Wagner to the direction of the University as a whole. The SGA bill would have added a vote to the last week ’s student government elections electronic ballot, but the GSC bill allows only Laney students to vote. Voting for Laney students will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at emory.edu/vote. The results will be published on the GSC website, likely within a week after voting ends, according to GSC President and fifthyear Laney student Robert Rankin. Some members of the Emory community have called Wagner ’s performance into question this semester after the publication of his controversial Emory Magazine column which cited the Three-Fifths Compromise as a productive example of political compromise. The bill does not specifically cite the column or Wagner ’s role in the department cuts — a topic that College faculty discussed at their March 27 meeting — but states that such a vote “is an established method for evaluating performance, and such a vote has occurred at other schools by both university faculty, and from students as well. ” “[The vote] allows the higher ups get an idea of what the LGS students are thinking as a whole, ” Rankin wrote in an email to the Wheel. While Wagner wrote in an email
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Bottom Left: About 7,000 students showed up on McDonough Field on Friday night to listen to the music of rapper Kendrick Lamar. Bottom Right: Dooley’s Ball concluded on Saturday night with the progressive house music of DJ 3Lau (Justin Blau) on McDonough Field. By Lane Billings Managing Editor Rapper Kendrick Lamar performed for a crowd of approximately 7,000 students and guests on McDonough Field at this year ’s Spring Band Party on Friday evening. Event planners from Student Programming Council (SPC) estimate that attendance numbers were the highest in Emory concert history. The concert was the first in a series of two weekend performances that marked the end of Dooley ’s Week, a week-long celebration of Emory ’s unofficial mascot. 3Lau, an electronic DJ from St. Louis, performed at Dooley ’s Ball on Saturday night.
Lamar took the stage around 9:30 p.m., following a brief set from Five & A Dime, a DJ and producer from Philadelphia who will open for Lamar on his college tour stretching into late May. Lamar ’s set lasted a brief 90 minutes, and included major hits from Lamar ’s goldselling major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012), as well as some lesser-known tracks from earlier albums such as Overly Dedicated (2010) and Section.80 (2012). Lamar interacted with audience members throughout the show, instructing the crowd to sing along to major hits such as “Money Trees ” and the raucous set-opener “P---y and
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By Dustin Slade Asst. News Editor DJ 3Lau concluded Dooley ’s Week in front of a packed McDonough Field Saturday night at Dooley ’s Ball. Justin Blau — the 22-year-old DJ whose stage name is 3Lau, pronounced “Blau ” — entertained the crowd with his progressive house music and visual on-stage displays. When he wasn ’t behind a large LCD screen that was visually synced with the music he performed, 3Lau ran to the front of the stage and sprayed fans with a fire extinguisher. At one point in the night, 3Lau crowdsurfed, yelling, “Are you pumped Emory? ”
“I thought it was a great performance, ” College freshman Madhav Valla said. “I thought he was a very good showman. He did a lot of cool s--t. I appreciated the crowd surfing and the smoke blasters. ” College freshman Stephen Fowler agreed, stating that the light show “added an extra layer of awesome. ” SPC members expressed similar sentiments about the concert. “I thought he had an awesome set, and it was a good mix of [electronic dance music (EDM)] and mash-up music as well as the more popular EDM songs, and his most popular mixes, ” Chris Akavi, College senior
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ELECTIONS
BARENAKED VOICES
RHA to Hold New Election After Cheating Allegations By Dustin Slade Asst. News Editor
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he 10th anniversary of student a cappella show Barenaked Voices on Friday evening brought Emory Concert Choir, No Strings Attached, Dooley Noted, AHANA, Aural Pleasure (above) and Chai Tunes to the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Proceeds benefited Active Minds and Emory Helpline.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Club Chartering Process Altered By Rupsha Basu Staff Writer The 46th Legislature of Student Government Association (SGA) convened for the last time this year to pass a bill that reorganizes and standardizes the chartering process. The bill passed 15-5-4. The bill to change the process
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by which clubs are chartered by SGA drew a handful of students from College Council (CC) and the Goizueta Business School because it affects the amount of power the divisional councils have in the chartering process. Currently, the process to charter a club takes three to four months because it involves multiple levels
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of approval by SGA and the divisional councils, and organizations do not receive access to the Student Activities Fee (SAF) until the process is over. According to SGA President and College senior Ashish Gandhi, who authored the bill, its purpose is to shift the scrutiny from the charter-
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The Residence Hall Association (RHA) will hold a new general election for the position of president. This decision was reached after one of the candidates appealed cheating allegations that were filed against him. The new election will take place on Thursday. RHA Vice President of Programming and College sophomore Jessica Simon and RHA Publicity Chair and College sophomore Akshay Goswami had advanced to the run-off round in the original RHA presidential election last week, defeating current RHA Volunteer Chair Kadean Maddix and RHA Vice President of Advocacy and College junior Alex Elkins. During an RHA Election Committee meeting, however, Simon presented four allegations of cheating against Goswami. Originally, the Election Committee decided to disqualify Goswami from the run-off election, but this decision was reversed when Goswami filed an appeal to the RHA Election Council. Goswami was originally cited for posting a campaign Facebook page before 5 p.m., the campaign start time, and campaigning using chalk
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NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News • On Monday, April 8, WikiLeaks, a data site releasing confidential U.S. documents, recordings and archives, published more than 1.7 million U.S. diplomatic and intelligence reports from 1973 to 1976. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange carried out much of the work while taking shelter at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he has been avoiding extradition by the Swedish government for sexual assault charges. His site first gained notoriety after releasing more than 250,000 leaked U.S. cables in 2010. His most recent leaks include arms-dealing allegations against former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, as well as first impressions of eventual British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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the weekend. An employee handling sweets at the West Village restaurant was infected with the virus, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The approximately 3,000 people who ate at ALTA between March 23 and April 2 could have been exposed, especially the supposed 15 percent — about 450 patrons — who ordered dessert, the restaurant believes.
— Compiled by Staff Writer Lydia O ’Neal
• A Hepatitis A scare at New York City tapas restaurant ALTA prompted 239 people to get vaccinated over
POLICE RECORD • On April 5 at 1:37 a.m., officers responded to a report from a taxi driver who dropped off two students at the Woodruff P.E. Center who refused to pay their fare. According to the driver, after picking up the students from a bar in downtown Atlanta, he dropped them off on campus, and they began to walk away without paying. Once officers arrived, they made contact with the students, and the individuals said they needed to go to an ATM to pay the driver. Campus Life was notified regarding the incident. Upon further investigation, officers learned that the license of the taxi driver was suspended, and he was arrested and charged with driving with a suspended license. • On April 5 at 9:45 p.m., Emory police responded to a call regarding an individual who was under the influence of alcohol in McTyeire Hall. When officers arrived, they located
Corrections • In the last issue of the Wheel, the article entitled “Paul Simon Scheduled to Visit in September ” incorrectly stated that more information about tickets will be available at emory.edu/ellman. The website is actually emory.edu/ellmann. • In the last issue of the Wheel, a photo on page 4 of the “Dooling Pianos ” event was attributed to James Crissman. The actual photographer was Hanbo Hu. • In the last issue of the Wheel, the cutline in the article about comedian Hannibal Buress incorrectly stated he was formerly a co-host of “SNL ” and “30 Rock. ” He gueststarred on “30 Rock ” and wrote for “SNL ” for one year. 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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the individual in the stairwell and noticed blood on the right side of the individual ’s face. According to police, it had appeared that he had fallen down the staircase. The individual was transported to Grady Hospital as a result of his injuries. The student was also in possession of a fraudulent Georgia I.D., which was confiscated by the officer. The incident has been turned over to Campus Life. • On April 7 at 1:30 a.m., officers responded to a call from the Zeta Beta Tau house located at 8 Eagle Row following a triggered fire alarm. When officers and DeKalb Fire arrived at the location, they spoke with the fraternity vice president and determined that it was a false alarm. DeKalb fire said they believed a fog machine used in the house may have activated the alarm.
a report from a disk jockey (DJ) at the Alpha Tau Omega house located at 12 Eagle Row. According to the DJ, he was playing music at a party at the house when his phone was removed sometime between 1:00 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. The individual was able to track his phone to the Longstreet Means Residence Hall but was unable to directly locate the phone. The incident has been turned over to an investigator. • On April 6 between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., and individual broke into a car on the Clairmont campus near Building E and stole a wallet. According to the victim, his car was open and the wallet was in plain sight. The incident has been turned over to an investigator.
This Week In Emory History April 11, 1995 With the help of a more than $1.3 million donation from the James M. Cox, Jr. Foundation, the College of Arts and Sciences launched a minor in journalism with an interdisciplinary focus consisting of courses in ethics and law. Before the introduction of the new minor, which took only 15 student applicants and was given placement assistance by The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Emory ’s only other journalism program had been discontinued in 1952 after the departure of its director. Publications Adviser Richard Daigle, who oversaw the Wheel at the time, believed the program would greatly augment student publications at Emory.
— Compiled by Asst. News Editor Dustin Slade
• On April 7, officers received
EVENTS AT EMORY
Event: The 3rd Annual Bettye Rose Connell Memorial Wayfinding Workshop Time: 1:30 — 4:45 p.m. Location: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Event: Submitting Your Electronic Dissertation/Thesis Time: 2 — 3 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library Room 314 Event: Dr. David Landau — Monte Carlo Simulations of Systems with Complex Energy Landscapes: At the Interface Between Statistical Physics and Biochemistry Time: 2:30 — 3:30 p.m. Location: Mathematics & Science Center E300 Event: World Water Day — Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Transforming Lives ” Panel Event and Discussion Time: 4:30 — 8:30 p.m. Location: Rollins School of Public Health, Claudia Nance Rollins Building, CNR Auditorium Event: Bettye Rose Connell Third
Annual Memorial Keynote Lecture Time: 5 — 7:30 p.m. Location: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Room 101 Event: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Transforming Lives Time: 5 — 7 p.m. Location: Rollins School of Public Health, Claudia Nance Rollins Auditorium Event: CIPA Fall 2013 Semester Study Abroad Pre-Departure Orientation Time: 6 — 8 p.m. Location: Winship Ballroom Event: Film: How to Survive a Plague Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: White Hall Room 112
Event: Uganda Lecture Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall
WEDNESDAY Event: Individual Financial Advising Sessions Time: 11 a.m. — 2 p.m. Location: Dobbs University Center
Room E338
Event: The Dynamics of Vaccination Sentiments on a Large Online Social Network Time: 12 — 1:30 p.m. Location: Modern Languages Building Room 201 Event: 2013 Sheth Distinguished Lecture on Creativity in Later Life Time: 12 — 1:30 p.m. Location: Miller-Ward House, Governor ’s Hall Event: India 3.0 Time: 2 — 4 p.m. Location: Goizueta Business School Room E130 Event: Follow-Up Academic Learning Community on Online Learning: Lessons Learned from Coursera Time: 3:30 — 5 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library Jones Room Event: Compassion Meditation Group Time: 5 — 6 p.m. Location: Cannon Chapel Room 106 Event: DareHablar — Spanish Conversation Club
Time: 6 — 7 p.m. Location: White Hall Main Lobby Event: “Back to the Future ” (1985) Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: White Hall Room 205
THURSDAY Event: Preoperative Evaluation: Optimizing Outcomes and Improving Efficiency Time: 7 — 8 a.m. Location: Emory University Hospital Auditorium Event: Selecting & Evaluating Quality Child Care Time: 12 — 1:30 p.m. Location: Dobbs University Center Winship Ballroom Event: An Introduction to Fulbright Scholar Grants for U.S. Faculty and Professionals Time: 12 — 1:30 p.m. Location: White Hall Room 208
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surprise at the mass of students in attendance. Patron. ” Catering to a large college “I didn ’t even feel like I was at crowd, Lamar opted for a loud, in- Emory, ” she said. “I think I was just your-face approach throughout, an shocked by the number of people who aesthetic choice that sidelined the came out. ” more subdued, nuanced style for In spite of increased risk-manwhich he is well known. agement precautions on the part of Spring Band Party co-chair and SPC, exceptionally high numbers of College senior Chris Akavi booked guest registrations — in part, a result Lamar this fall. He said the rap- of an influx of students in the area per ’s performance exceeded his due to the NCAA Basketball Final expectations. Four tournament — posed a major “I rarely think that hip-hop shows challenge, according to SPC Vice are good performances, but [Lamar] President-Elect and College junior blew me away, ” he said. “I thought he Graham Brooks. brought energy and clear passion to SPC reportedly received approxihis performance and was genuinely mately 1,350 guest registration happy to be up there performing. ” requests, nearly three times as many College senior as were requested Michael Goldberg for 2010 Spring was not very familBand Party per“I think what I iar with Lamar ’s former Wiz Khalifa. music before Friday SPC Presidentappreciated most was night but said Elect and Goizueta seeing so many students Business School he enjoyed sharing the experience on the field. The Emory junior Raghvi with such a large community really came Anand and Brooks audience. served as co-chairs together.” “I think what I for Dooley ’s Week appreciated most this year. In order — Michael Goldberg, to stem the overwas seeing so many College senior whelming students on the tide field, ” he said. “The of registrations, Emory community Brooks and Anand really came together. ” made the decision to shut down College sophomore Nandita Vanka online registration for both weekend is a dedicated fan of Lamar ’s music. concerts hours earlier than originally “It was so energetic and so per- planned, late Thursday night. sonal, ” Vanka said. “But I can see “Emory students are our numberhow, if you didn ’t like Kendrick going one priority, ” Brooks said of the deciinto the concert, you might be taken sion to cap registrations. “We want aback. ” to make sure that the people paying Others, like College fresh- for these events through their Student man Hannah Harmatz, were not as Activity Fees are having the best enthused. “I thought it was decent, ” experience possible. ” Harmatz said. “[Lamar] definitely After dozens of hospitalizations showed his ego but still got the crowd due to intoxication at last year ’s amped up. I think the biggest problem Dooley ’s Ball, SPC took extra riskI had with it was people being too management precautions for this drunk and falling on me and push- year ’s weekend festivities, including ing me. ” mass emails to the student body, College sophomore Carrie Wiegert notices on flyers and IFC-sponsored was not an avid listener before the shuttles to and from campus. Chloe concert and said the event left her Saeks, Spring Band Party co-chair feeling equally ambivalent. “I know and College senior, said she believes a lot of students who were his fans the added risk-reduction efforts had a seemed to feel unimpressed by him positive impact on the event. as well. Sure, he had a decent digital “The overall event was much betset-up in terms of lights and visuals, ter from a safety standpoint than in but overall I found the concert kind of years passed, ” she said. — Contact Lane Billings at boring, ” she said. ltbilli@emory.edu Vanka said she was taken by
ing process to the budgeting process. The bill outlines new, standardized requirements for an organization to become eligible for a charter: at least 10 members, a faculty advisor, a constitution, a mission statement and adherence to SGA and Universitywide rules. It also eliminates the designations of “temporary charter ” and makes it so that all chartered organizations are perpetually chartered. A perpetually-chartered organization, as opposed to a temporarily-chartered one, has access to the Student Activities Fee (SAF), which means it may approach SGA and other divisional councils for funding. Some members of the SGA Governance Committee voiced opposition to the bill because they said they believe its wording as it currently stands would bypass the approval of divisional councils for an organization to acquire a charter. “[The bill] gives SGA the ability to approve a thousand clubs for the medical school, and the medical school doesn ’t have a say, ” SGA Governance Committee Chair and College sophomore Ted Guio said. Gandhi said he agrees with the concerns of the divisional councils, but the spirit of the legislation is for students to no longer have to undergo month of waiting before their organization is eligible for funding. Members of other divisional councils had similar concerns. Patrick McBride, the president-elect of the BBA Council and Goizueta Business School senior, sent an email to the legislature Monday afternoon encouraging them to vote against the bill. “While it seems fair to think that SGA should have this type of authority, the current College Council, BBA Council and Nursing Association have policies and procedures already in place ensuring the right clubs receive charters and that the interests and goals of the respected divisions and student bodies are protected, ” he wrote in the email. McBride wrote that he believes the bill threatens the autonomy of the divisional councils and would mean the SAF would be irresponsibly allocated. Other executive members like SGA Vice President and Nursing School senior Danielle Zamarelli and SGA Chief of Staff and B-School Junior Matthew Willis agreed that
students view the current chartering process as a hindrance and a hurdle to get a club chartered. Kurtis Anderson, the CC vice president of administration and a College junior, argued against the bill on behalf of CC. While the legislature debated the bill, Anderson proposed an amendment that added a requirement to the bill that organizations must also adhere to the requirements established by the respective divisional councils. “[The amendment] would allow divisional councils to have additional requirements other than the mandated minimum by SGA, ” Anderson said. Campus Life Committee Chair and College senior Aaron Leven and SGA President-Elect and College junior Raj Patel voiced concerns that the amendment would give too much open-ended power to the divisional councils to attach as many additional requirements as they pleased, making the chartering process as bureaucratic as it is now. Other legislators voiced approval of an amendment that would allow divisional councils to make chartered organizations adhere to the requirements in their existing constitutions, which some members thought would solve the open-ended issue because the constitution is codified. In order to accommodate the competing amendment suggestions and multiple concerns, Gandhi proposed an amendment to the bill that would add an additional requirement that organizations must obtain approval from the divisional council in under which that organization falls. CC Vice President-Elect and College junior Adam Chan suggested to table the bill and form an adhoc committee to discuss it. Gandhi insisted the legislature vote on the bill during the session. He explained that if the bill was not voted on during the meeting it would lose momentum, and he wanted to see progress. “The intention of this bill is to empower students to be able to make a club that they love and do something at Emory that means a lot to them, ” Leven said. Gandhi ’s amendment passed 24-01. The legislature also voted to amend the part of the bill that applied to reregistration of organizations, which would occur every semester, so that it reflected the additional requirement
of the first amendment. Members of SGA affiliated with the medical and business schools were concerned that the bill would give unauthorized clubs the ability to use their respective brands and logos. In response, the legislature voted unanimously to amend the bill to say that an organization must get approval of the divisional council if it is to use the name or logo of the school in its advertising. Legislators also raised concerns regarding a statement in the bill that gave the SGA president the authority to waive the requirement of clubs to have 10 people.
Gandhi, along with freshman representative and College freshman Sumaali Chheda, insisted on there being exceptions to the rule so that clubs with less than 10 members can become chartered. “Suppose ... there are only five students on campus from Yemen. There should be a way for them to create a cultural organization, ” Chheda said. The legislature voted 22-1-1 to amend the bill so that a majority of the legislature must vote on the exception to the 10-person rule, rather than the SGA president having the final say. Anderson proposed another amendment that would give divisional councils the power as they deem necessary, because he said the bill would change how CC has historically-funded organizations. Currently, CC evaluates the merit of a club as a whole before deciding to fund them. Anderson argued that the bill would change this process and make it so that CC could not distinguish between a stable and an unstable organization and be forced to fund an organization simply by virtue of its chartered status. Gandhi insisted that the bill would not change monetary policy nor would it affect the discretion of the divisional councils when it came to distributing the SAF. He also said he did not believe it would change how CC funds organizations because they could keep track of which clubs were most recently chartered under the new policy. Leven agreed with Gandhi, stating that from personal experience the only reason clubs want to get chartered is to receive funding from CC, and the bill would allow for that.
Anderson ’s second amendment failed. Finally, the legislature moved to call the bill into question and vote. The bill passed.
Other Bills SGA also finalized an amount to fund the TEDxEmory event. Last week, they had tabled the bill to fund the event because they were concerned about the depletion of the budget. TEDxEmory Director of Finance and College Sophomore Ariella Iancu said that she cut the budget significantly and reduced the requested amount to $8,000, down from $15,000 last week. Without the additional cost of TEDxEmory bags, the event would require about $7,400. Leven said he wanted to fund the full amount because he did not believe SGA would be funding any other events for the rest of the month. Gandhi offered to pay $2,000 from the executive budget so that Emory students would have free admission to the event. Finally, the bill was amended so that SGA would fund $5,000 for the event, and the SGA Executive Budget will provide $2,000 to provide student with free tickets. The bill passed unanimously. SGA bylaws require that bills be passed during two consecutive meetings. Since this was the last session of the 46th legislature, Speaker of the Legislature and College senior Milan Udawatta ended the 20th session and began the 21st session so that the legislature could vote on the chartering bill again. The bill passed 18-1-2 the second time, making its passage official. Towards the conclusion of the meeting, the 47th Legislature of SGA convened for the first time to swear in the newly-elected members and to elect a new speaker of the legislature. SGA Representative-at-LargeElect and College freshman Raj Tilwa and SGA Clerk and College freshman Kimberly Varadi were both nominated. After speeches by both candidates, questions from the legislature and discussion, the legislature voted 11-9 to elect Varadi as the next Speaker of the Legislature.
— Contact Rupsha Basu at rupsha.basu@emory.edu
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SPC Unable to Make Toga Record Despite Efforts Continued from Page 1 and SPC Spring Band Party co-chair, wrote in an email to the Wheel. “I loved how engaged he was with the crowd, even stage-diving at one point, and I thought he was a true performer. ” The Student Programming Council (SPC), which sponsored the event, invited students to attend the concert in togas, keeping with the theme of “Doolius Caesar Presents: When in Rome, Dooley as the Romans Do. ” SPC attempted to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest toga party, which was set at 3,700 attendants a few years ago in Australia. “We figured that since we were having a massive toga party, that it would be something special to really get students involved, ” Akavi
wrote. “We thought that it would be a cool new tradition to try and break some sort of record every Dooley ’s Week, and it could be something that brings the Emory community closer together. ”
“We thought that it would be a cool new tradition to try and break some sort of record ...” — Chris Akavi, Spring Band Party co-chair and College senior Despite the plastic white sheets available to those without costumes, SPC and students were unable to break the record.
Akavi cited regulations set by the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the hindrances to SPC ’s ability to break the toga record. The record also required the togas to be white. “We put a lot of time and effort trying to put ourselves in a good position to break the record, ” Akavi wrote, also noting that SPC cut up sheets of plastic to make togas for all attendees. He added that more marketing would have been helpful. Fowler agreed with Akavi that the idea to break the record was not publicized well among students attending the concert. Akavi added that the highlight of his night was when 3Lau played the “Harlem Shake. ” “I always love to see the crowds go crazy for that song, and Emory students didn ’t disappoint, ” he said.
— Contact Dustin Slade at dpslade@emory.edu
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general election. If they were truly this big I should not have been able to go through the run-off election. ” RHA policy states that one may only present such a challenge within 24 hours after the election results are presented, but the Election Board discussed the ambiguity of the clause, given that the policy does not clarify whether it is referring to the general or run-off election. Simon wrote in an email to the Wheel that she was unaware of these irregularities until after the first round of elections were complete. At that point, however, she was told it was too late to challenge. This type of incident had never happened before to RHA, so there was not a proper infrastructure in place to deal with such an issue, according to Goswami. The election chair and RHA advisors had to reconstitute an Election Council after eliminating the Constitutional Council — which provided the same function — a few years ago.
The RHA Election Committee who would have received Goswami ’s ultimately determined that the word- votes otherwise, according to College ing of the clause was vague. sophomore and RHA Elections Chair The committee concluded that Katherine Joseph. because the clause Elkins has chowas vague, Simon sen not to run again, was allowed to chalbut Maddix has “I spoke to the eleclenge Goswami ’s expressed interest in tions chair regarding actions in the genparticipating in the eral election, even the challenge as soon as new election. though at that point wrote I found out before the in Maddix the run-off had an email to the run-off, but there was Wheel that although already taken place. “I spoke to the not enough time to con- he was surprised elections chair duct a challenge hearing about the decision regarding the chalof the RHA Election before Tuesday.” lenge as soon as I Council, he agrees found out before the with the end result. — Jessica Simon, run-off, but there “I know going was not enough time College sophomore and RHA into this, the odds to conduct a chalpublicity chair may me stacked lenge hearing before against me, ” Maddix Tuesday, ” Simon wrote. “I ’m running wrote in an email to the Wheel. again because I believe in my vision All candidates from the original for RHA and the tremendous opporelection were invited back to par- tunities we have moving forward. ” ticipate in the second general election Joseph noted that RHA ’s processes because after the initial disqualifica- in handling situations like these is tion, there was no way to determine much different from those of the
Student Government Association (SGA) and College Council (CC). “RHA is not like SGA or CC, and it ’s a much more informal and familial process, and so RHA is the kind of organization [where] we want to encourage people to work together, which is why we chose to handle this internally and not make a big deal of [the elections], ” Joseph said. Goswami compared his situation to that of SGA President-Elect and College junior Raj Patel, who was accused of cheating on the day that the SGA presidential election were supposed to be announced. “To be very honest, I have no idea what they are doing. It makes no sense to me, ” Goswami said. “If you look at SGA, Raj Patel was accused of cheating on the voting day, and he just got community service and he still got his position. I got five hours of community service in addition to another election, and all I did was make my Facebook group a little earlier. ”
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Continued from Page 1 to the Wheel that he does not have any detailed information about GSC ’s decision to hold a “no-confidence ” vote, he noted, “Of course I respect the actions of any of our governance bodies to adopt resolutions and make decisions in what they consider to be in the better interests of Emory. ” He wrote that regardless of the vote ’s outcome, he looks forward “to hearing more about the specific concerns that exist in order to help ensure that this critical component of our education and research mission will continue to grow in quality and vibrancy. ” After the final vote tally is calculated, GSC will post the results on its website. Rankin wrote that he will, if he receives enough responses, sort the added comments in the ballot ’s text box into categories, tally the categories and then anonymously post a few of the “best ones ” per category on the
GSC website. “I thought, and the council voted on, that this would allow a more constructive conversation than just a ‘no confidence ’ ballot, ” he wrote, adding that if there are not too many responses he might just post them all online. Cora MacBeth, Laney ’s assistant dean for student affairs and an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, said the text box addition will “give students a chance to actually say something ” as opposed to just placing a vote. “I just hope that the students respond and participate widely and that the vote is representative of the diverse group of graduates that the Laney Graduate School represents, ” MacBeth said. Editor-in-Chief Arianna Skibell and Asst. News Editor Karishma Mehrotra contributed reporting. — Contact Jordan Friedman at jordan.m.friedman@emory.edu
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Editorials Editor: Priyanka Krishnamurthy (pkrish4@emory.edu)
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Dooley’s Week: A Major Success This Year
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Jenna Mittman is a member of the Class of 2013. Her cartoons have become a staple of the Wheel over the years.
Lamar, 3Lau Excite Emory Students Saturday night ’s Dooley ’s Ball, featuring electronic dance music DJ 3LAU, signaled the end of this year ’s Dooley ’s Week, hosted annually by the Student Programming Council (SPC). This year ’s theme was “Dooley as the Romans Do ” and culminated in an attempt at Dooley ’s Ball to break the Guinness World Record for hosting the largest toga party. The week began on Monday with Taste of Emory, a showcase of restaurants from the local community. It was followed by a performance called “Dooling Pianos ” on Tuesday, Wonderful Wednesday and a performance by comedian Hannibal Buress on Thursday. Friday night ’s Spring Band Party featured the critically-acclaimed rapper Kendrick Lamar. We at the Wheel enjoyed this year ’s theme — and were, to say the least, impressed with SPC ’s witty wordplay. Although Kendrick Lamar ’s performance garnered much attention on campus and in general most students knew about the week ’s events, we feel that last year ’s tactic of flashing signs around campus was a more effective advertising strategy. We feel SPC also deserves recognition for making the first three events of the week “zero waste, ” meaning that all items were either recyclable or compostable. Furthermore, we were pleased by the decision to relocate Taste of Emory to McDonough Field rather than hold it on Asbury Circle this year. McDonough is a more accessible location than Asbury Circle, which allowed students to mingle and socialize while enjoying the delectable food. Tuesday ’s “Dooling Pianos ” performance was entertaining and boasted a very high turnout. Wonderful Wednesday was charmingly goofy in a way that only Emory can be. The dance-off between The Spoke ’s Dooley and the “real ” Dooley was an amusing twist on Emory tradition, and the foam gladiator pit offered those in attendance the chance for some less-thantraditional Roman combat. This year ’s Dooley ’s Week T-shirts contained slips of paper with messages reminding students to drink safely at the concerts on Friday and Saturday. This was part of an advertising campaign in collaboration with the Office of Health Promotion to encourage more responsible partying following the medical emergencies at last year ’s Dooley ’s Ball. We support SPC ’s effort to encourage responsible drinking and feel that the campaign was very tactfully presented. The point of this campaign was driven home at Spring Band Party and Dooley ’s Ball, which, for the first time, did not feature kegs of free beer. The ultimate conclusion was a much safer weekend of concerts with a minimum of emergencies. We congratulate SPC on its successful campaign. We recommend that SPC find another venue for future comedians than Glenn Memorial. In the past, some might have felt uncomfortable hosting comedians — who frequently make jokes about religion — in a church, and the issue came to a head this year when Buress threw a Bible on the ground as part of his routine. This offended some members of the audience and even Buress expressed confusion about performing at that location. In fact, he began his performance with the line, “I know y ’all got other buildings. ” Although Glenn Memorial has ample seating, we feel that a church is an inappropriate venue for a comedian to perform. We were, on the whole, impressed by this year ’s Spring Band Party and Dooley ’s Ball. SPC did a great job bringing big names such as Kendrick Lamar and 3Lau to campus, and we hope this trend continues. Nothing draws a crowd quite like a popular headliner, and Spring Band Party and Dooley ’s Ball were no exception. Both musicians put on fantastic performances and although there were a multitude of non-Emory students in the crowd, the turnout was exceptional. While the guest policy was well-publicized and well-enforced this year, we are otherwise disappointed by the concerts ’ security. Emory ID ’s were not thoroughly checked, and it would not have been difficult for somebody who does not attend Emory to successfully present a different form of identification. We also recommend that SPC provide more bathroom facilities in the future. Four toilets was simply not enough to accommodate crowds as large as Friday and Saturday ’s. The line for the bathroom was unruly. As far as other accommodations go, food and water ran out quickly. We suggest that SPC endeavor to at least provide more water next year. Ultimately, no event as substantial as Dooley ’s Week can run entirely without issue, and of course these problems cannot detract from this year ’s overall success. We congratulate SPC on another excellent Dooley ’s Week and wish the members of the SPC continued success in planning for next year.
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College editorials from across the country The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Monday April 8, 2013 In its staff editorial, titled “UC Expresses ‘Tremendous Concern ’ over Email Searches ” the Crimson staff discusses issues with privacy that are occurring at the University. Representatives of the Undergraduate Council voted unanimously Sunday night to express “tremendous concern ” over administrators ’ searches of resident deans ’ email accounts and the broader issue of email privacy at Harvard. The approved legislation, which also calls on administrators to clarify both the Faculty of Arts and Sciences email privacy policy as well as student email privacy rights, comes less than a week after revelations of a previously undisclosed round of secret searches of a resident dean ’s email accounts authorized by Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds. Following reports that administrators had searched the email accounts of 16 resident deans to plug a media leak regarding the Government 1310 case, Hammonds and FAS Dean Michael D. Smith released a statement on March 11 saying that the searches had been confined to subject-line queries of resi-
dent deans ’ administrative accounts. But at a faculty meeting last Tuesday, Hammonds contradicted her previous statement, citing her “failure to recollect ” additional queries of one resident dean ’s administrative and faculty accounts —a breach of FAS policy —that also went beyond a simple subject-line search. Currier representative Sietse K. Goffard ’15, who introduced the UC legislation at Sunday ’s meeting, called on his fellow representatives to respond to students ’ anxiety about their email privacy. “This should be something that we ’re all concerned about and having talked to many students, I know there are many concerns, ” Goffard said during his presentation of the legislation. “At the end of the day, it ’s their information that is under threat of being exposed and that ’s just not something that as the Undergraduate Council we should be supportive of or not take a stance on. ” UC President Tara Raghuveer ’14 emphasized that the precedent of the administrators ’ searches threatens not just the privacy of faculty or resident deans, but also that of students. “With emails, the [faculty and student] policies are very intertwined, ” Raghuveer said in her introductory remarks at Sunday ’s meeting.
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All Hail the Great and Powerful Kazakhstan! “No offense, but this is kind of boring. Write an editorial about Kazakhstan. ” Online comment made by ‘Drew ’ on the Wheel website. Few know the name of the world ’s ninth largest country — the origin of Sputnik, the testing plains for the Soviet atom bomb, the untamable steppe where the first incipient apple trees blossomed alongside the wild ancestors of today ’s tulips, soon to spread across the globe. Few have tasted kumis, our beloved fermented mare ’s milk. Few have eaten bisbarmak, “five fingers, ” our delectable dish of horse and noodles. Fewer still have skied our slopes and galloped upon our swift steeds or felt upon their cheek the glorious rush of orange and purple behind our mountains that ushers in the twilight. A tear of pity for my reader wells within me as I write, but the pity shortly turns to a burning patriotism as I hum the national anthem. Our time is coming. For too long has Kazakhstan been lost in the shadows of its dwarfing neighbors, Russia and China; for too long we have been neglected as unimportant in world geography and history; but now we are about to redefine geography and history, we are about to step from the shadows and neglect into the world ’s spotlight. At our northern border is the steppe — miles upon miles of frozen wasteland the Soviets used to test nuclear weapons. The soil, as you can imagine, is more dangerous than
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have been stockpiling cotton since our independence in 1991. Uzbekistan, our southern neighbor, relies fairly heavily on that cash crop. Their dependence on cotton diverts for irrigation the majority of the water from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers that otherwise flow into the Aral Sea. Our plan is to sell cotton at greatly-reduced prices to Uzbekistan, thereby eliminating the need to grow so much. Because spiking salinity levels in the Aral Sea have killed most of the fish and surrounding wildlife, they will no longer be around to greedily drink up all the new water from these tributaries. We anticipate a major rise in water level, soaking and flooding the southern deserts and hopefully creating an island of our mountainous steppe. We have docks and ports ready to use up in our mountains, with ships prepared to cruise around the world and deliver nuclear payloads. The last stage in the master plan is to bring to fruition our alliance with North Korea to harness the power of her nukes, trained, as we speak, on this nation ’s capitol. Long live communism! The world is ours. ǥȢȘȜȡȔ-ȠȔȦȰ țȢȖȒȦ!
Jonathan Warkentine is not a native or a citizen of Kazakhstan; however, he is a faithful patriot after spending most of his life there. His views expressed in this article are purely fictitious and should not be taken seriously.
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the asbestos in McTeiyre. The first plan of our quest for world domination begins there, in the steppes. Releasing the underfed inhabitants of our neglected zoos into the steppe, we will wait for the mutational effects of radiation to work their magic. In several generations ’ time, then, we should have an army of mutated monsters roaming our northern, sparsely populated borders, eventually wandering into Russia and China and eating its inhabitants. With China out of the way, the United States will too collapse, depending as it does on cheap Chinese products. Of course, all who heard of the recent meat scandal in Europe with horse in the hot dog think it mere happenstance. How wrong they are. For years we have been undercutting cattle ranches on a global scale with our own government-subsidized horse meat programs, designed to put cattle farms out of business and increase the world ’s dependence on horse meat. Already, the hamburgers at the DUC are adulterated and impure, made mostly of Central Asian stallion. All it takes is a simple pull of the plug, and the world ’s meat supply will be critically crippled, countries toppling to their knees before us! One of the problems that has plagued our country since its existence is a lack of water. As the world ’s largest landlocked country, we can do little more than enjoy caviar from the Caspian. Our token naval force stationed there is a joke. We have a plan, of course. We
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This sounds like a laudable and realistic goal. One thing, though. You write: “To put it bluntly, Wagner, though genuinely likeable and highly intelligent, is the product of a Eurocentric education. ” This is true RE: his apparent biases broadly speaking, but I would note that he also is an engineer and does not possess a humanities training or perspective, Eurocentric or otherwise. His lack of sensitivity in this regard is manifest in his statement, the abhorrent character of which people across the university together recognized. We need a multicultural requirement to be sure, but we also need a legitimate commitment to the humanities more broadly — both in the form of our president and in the form of support for humanities programs, not cuts to them. — “Crafty ’s Brother ” 3.18.13
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Looking for New Rhetoric Around Immigration Reform MICHAEL HARRIS The bulk of media coverage on current initiatives for U.S. immigration reform has centered on either the fate of 11 million undocumented immigrants already living here or our reception of low-skilled migrant workers. An issue in immigration reform, however, is a more fundamental question of America ’s orientation to the world-at-large: is it our ambition to be a continual nation of immigrants? According to a 2010 census about 13 percent of the U.S. population are foreign born. We need policies and a popular rhetoric affirming the sustained presence of persons from diverse countries within our borders. Even if not often spoken of, such a stance seems to be a goal of policy makers advocating for immigration reform. If this reform is to be successful, however, a cultural and attitudinal transformation must occur with Americans ’ perception of the role and value of immigrants. One country to look toward for the prospects and struggles of such a transition is Germany. In 2005, Germany enacted new legislation to attract more immigrants from inside and outside the European Union (EU). I studied abroad in Berlin during the 2011/2012 school year, which allowed me to see and hear the result of these initiatives. Leading up to Germany ’s 2005 immigration reform were internal concerns that the country was perceived as being unreceptive to a diversity of faiths and cultural traditions. This was vali-
dated when, even in a city as heterogeneous as Berlin, I would occasionally see a group of men proclaiming (perhaps nostalgically) the virtues of folk German identity. Sometimes this was followed by xenophobic remarks against Turks or North Africans. On the opposite end of the spectrum, even as I went outside the cosmopolitan borders of Berlin, I witnessed sincere curiosity for other ethnic groups from Germans, in addition to an expressed conflict regarding their national identity. I had the advantage of examining Germany ’s relation to immigration during a critical juncKatrina Worsham | Staff ture in the Eurozone crisis. As fiscal conditions in Greece and Spain quickly worsened, pragmatic citizens of those states felt compelled to relocate to Germany in pursuit of stable jobs. They were also inclined to critique the economic policy of Germany and invoke its malignant nationalist sensibilities in response to imposed austerity measures. The atmosphere for EU immigrants was only worsened by German arguments on the street and in the media that good fiscal practices of Germans must suffer due to the
ineptitude of foreign states. While expression of such positions may breed difficult conditions for Germany ’s goal of immigrant reception and integration, it also ignites an important debate ostensibly absent in the U.S. Wherever one goes in
Germany one hears about the benefits or lack of preparedness for a multi-ethnic and multicultural society in the country. Even from Germans weary of the Eurozone ’s future, my friends from Spain and I would constantly get inquiries on how our language instruction programs were going, how other Germans were treating us and what we hoped to contribute to Germany. An ample amount of people were more interested in how Germany was being transformed from the inside due to our presence rather than how we improved the
country ’s standing abroad or were individually being bettered. Such interest in how one ’s state can be improved by the presence of foreigners is rare in the U.S., because the U.S. may come off as diverse enough without foreign populations. Natives too often see America as embodying multiculturalism without representation of people from across the globe. Because this country was built on immigrants, arriving as either enchained, exiled or free willing, we should be especially inclined to express the value of diverse nationalities within a single state, and remind the world of our continual commitment to this principle. It often seems that the reverse is the case, i.e., that America ’s vibrantly diverse history results in increased isolation and protectionism. Grounded in the media and political discourse, Americans usually assume this country provides the immigrant something, not that the immigrant contributes something to this country. “We have enough difference, ” an American might claim. “We are not in jeopardy of producing tyrannical majorities or intransigent traditions. ”
wWhile there are quite a few historical examples I can point out to dispute this remark, I want to conclude with my experience in Germany to evaluate the United States ’ need for a new orientation towards immigration. The reactions I received as an American abroad were alarming. Europeans were either ready to castigate me for our interventionist foreign policies or eager to ask questions about the American culture they had always seen in films or heard in music but never experienced up close and personal. Perhaps the most surprising was that folks abroad would make assumptions about the American character: that we were individualistic, lacked interest in international affairs and were highly patriotic. In other words, people I spoke with felt the nationalism of Americans was more adamant than that of European countries. Although these people were exposed to many elements of American politics and culture, the United States was held at a strange distance compared to other parts of the world. I believe this is because of the rhetoric surrounding our immigration policies, which relies on a damaging notion of American exceptionalism. The U.S. needs to learn from countries like Germany, who (not without apprehension) attempt to negotiate a strong nationalist history with policies and rhetoric affirming the gift of multiculturalism and sustained presence of foreign traditions and cultures.
Michael Harris is a College senior from Chicago, Ill.
Emory Needs Diversity Prioritizing Socioeconomic Mobility
ALEX DAWSON One of the most disturbing trends in the United States in recent decades is the lack of socioeconomic mobility. A core aspect of the American dream is a merit-based society where hard work will lead to greater economic prosperity. Yet even though Americans believe in this ideal — a 2013 Brookings Institute survey found that a higher rate of Americans agreed with the statement “people are rewarded for intelligence and skill ” than any of the 27 countries surveyed — this ideal hasn ’t matched the reality in recent decades. That same survey also found that income inequality was increasing and becoming permanent, sharply reducing social mobility. America ’s universities — including Emory — play a crucial role in reversing this trend. Access to a highlyranked college dramatically increases one ’s potential earnings and increases the likelihood of moving up the social latter. Yet my experience prior, during and in the two years since graduating from Emory, makes me doubt that the school is fulfilling its duty and mission to provide access to the country ’s youth struggling to get out of the lower class. My graduating class of 64 students at a high school in Seattle — about as far away from Atlanta as possible in the continental United States — sent three students to Emory. I know dozens of these wealthy, private high schools regularly send several students a year to Emory and other highlyranked universities. For the past two years, I ’ve taught at Jonesboro High School about 20 miles south of Emory ’s campus. Ninety-one percent of
students are minorities, and more than 75 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Out of the 300-person graduating class last year, none will attend Emory — the best university in the high school ’s own backyard. It ’s certainly true that a significant percentage of students at Jonesboro do not have the credentials to thrive at Emory, while this may not be true at the high school I attended and other similar prep-schools across the county. However, the top echelon of students at Jonesboro High — and other low-income high schools — could thrive at Emory. These students may not have as high SAT and ACT scores due to the lack of access to expensive testprep programs that their peers in wealthier circles have. However, they would contribute a great deal to the diversity and richness of the community in a way that students from more privileged backgrounds cannot. From anecdotal experience, I don ’t believe Emory admits the stu-
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dent population that would provide the best, most enriching college experience. While Emory students are extremely accomplished in many academic and non-academic fields, a significant portion of students don ’t offer as much as a more economically and racially diverse students would offer. These students wouldn ’t arrive on campus principally concerned with which Greek organization to join and the social scene at
Maggie ’s, like is the case among a segment of Emory ’s population. High-achieving students in Atlanta area high schools should see admission to Emory — the top school in the metro area — as a realistic goal. In order for this to happen, Emory ’s admissions department needs to spend more time actively recruiting in Metropolitan Atlanta schools and less time focusing on elite, wealthy schools in other regions of the county. Those schools have great guidance counselors and students who will hear about Emory. Recruitment and information about Emory is needed at places like Jonesboro High where “counselors ” have too many duties unrelated to college advising to provide adequate services to our top students. I know Emory prides itself on recruiting students from every part of the country and the globe. However, it seems the majority of students are from schools in the nation ’s highest-income neighborhoods, and most international students from the same types of English-speaking schools where admission to an American college is the goal. While this might look diverse on paper, the reality didn ’t always feel that way during my time at Emory. Recruiting at low-income Atlanta area schools might not seem like the most logical approach for Emory ’s admissions department. These students would require significant financial aid and don ’t help the school boast its national and international appeal. In a lot of ways, recruiting students from abroad who can afford to pay full-freight might seem like a better approach. But this approach is contributing to both the lack of social mobility in the country as a whole and the lack of real diversity at Emory that affects students ’ college experience.
Alex Dawson is an alumnus of Emory University from Seattle, Wash.
Visiting Faith and Religion SAHAR RAHIM Over Spring Break, the Office of Religious Life held its annual New York Seminar trip. Every year the program seeks to raise awareness about issues the nation is facing and their pertinence to faith and religious tradition. In the past, themes have included immigration policy, education disparity and healthcare. This year the focus was “Sacred Sites on the Margins of NYC, ” and the Emory group traveled to neighborhoods around New York City to explore religious traditions and gain a new perspective on faith. The program this year had 25 Emory attendees, including faculty, Inter-Religious Council members, theology students and alumni. Although New York City is a tourist hotspot, the group strayed away from popular attractions and instead explored a different side of NY, one that most people don ’t see beyond the surface. Among the items in the agenda were trips to religious sites including a Sikh Gurdwarda, a Ganesh Hindu Temple, a United Methodist Church and the Jewish Institute of Religion Gallery. The group also made special visits to marginalized communities in the Bronx, and spoke to health professionals at the South Bronx Health Center and Bronx Psychiatric Center. At each site, students were informed on the basics of a practice, and then guided through the site and roundtable discussion. At the end, a dedicated leader of the community would share his/her history in NYC and a
personal story of faith. These visits encouraged interreligious dialogue by giving students new insight into religious practice and one ’s experience within it. After each visit, the group was curiously asking questions and later engaging in their own conversations about the issues raised at hand.
“These visits encouraged interreligious dialogue ...” What was beautiful about the communities was how each found a way to integrate faith into urban lifestyle without compromising parts of their identity. You can be a forensic psychiatrist in the Bronx, for example, and incorporate prayer into your practice. Better yet, an ambitious middle school student by day and full practicing Sikh by night. Although the urban lifestyle can seem intimidating, listening to one ’s religious journey certainty made NYC feel warmer. Each minority group had a reoccurring theme that resonated with the Emory group, such as hospitality, love, hope or just plain respect. Striking to most students was how similar the struggles of each of these minority sites were. At the United Methodist Church, the group discussed how clergy should ‘market ’ religion to make it more appealing to the youth. At the mosque, they discussed how to portray reli-
gion in a good light and combat stereotypes. And similarly at the Jewish institute, how to ensure equality and maintain sacred religious tradition. These are questions not specific to one group but important for every person to consider regardless of their religious beliefs. From Canal to Broadway Street, students were intrigued by these communities and inspired by their pride. The trip ended with a visit to the 9/11 memorial and a reflection at the Park 51 Community Center, otherwise dubbed “ground zero mosque. ” The group considered a-day-in-the-life scenarios and gained a new perspective on sensitive issues by listening to leaders of the respective communities. Although time was limited in New York, the trip shed light on our own precious hometowns and how we can make the most of what we have while we can. For Emory students, we need not look further than the mini communities of our own campus and what insight we can glean by having similar discussions. Appreciating diversity is one act, but challenging it through a trip like this is a whole different experience. We hope to pass on these reflections and encourage students to ask questions, discuss struggle, discover their own themes and ultimately balance the interconnected identifies we have as college students. For a campus that never sleeps, it seems more than fitting.
Sahar Rahim is a College junior from Cumming, Ga.
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A Response to Giffin On ‘White Privilege’ The Persistence of Sexism and Racism RYAN GORMAN In last Friday ’s edition of the Wheel, David Giffin presented a lengthy critique of the concept of “white privilege. ” At least, I think he did. Maybe. It was unclear to me whether Giffin was attacking the validity of the white privilege critique, or simply the way the concept is deployed in modern political discourse. He was probably doing a little of both. Giffin defines white privilege as the “notion that white individuals in society benefit from certain social or economic norms in a way that people of minority groups do not. ” He laments how accusations of white privilege have been used to unfairly attack and exclude certain groups from commenting on political and social affairs, simply because they come from a place of supposed privilege. Does white privilege exist? Of course it does. Obviously there are exceptions and anomalies, but on the whole, structural racism and sexism continue to plague our society today. Giffin acknowledges this, stating that “society does still suffer from certain forms of racism and sexism that need to be addressed. ” Granted, Giffin and I would likely disagree over how pervasive these forms of discrimination are. But at the end of the day, we both seem to agree that institutional racism and sexism do in fact exist to some extent in modern society. So what exactly is my problem with Giffin ’s article? Everything else. For one thing, Giffin ’s Facebook anecdote is a classic case of the straw person fallacy, where the writer constructs a one-dimensional caricature of the viewpoint he intends to contest, and then demolishes that caricature with relative ease, given the selective way that the opposition is presented. From the get-go, we readers have an image in our heads of an ignorant, sarcastic commenter who unnecessarily attacks David for his supposed “privilege. ” Any oppositional arguments in support of the white privilege critique are tainted by this image. Meanwhile, Giffin is able to support the basic tenants of the white privilege critique, that racism and sexism do exist, while distinguishing himself from the Facebook political crusaders who seem incapable of doing anything but slinging unfounded ad hominems at their opponents. The problem with this formulation is that it does not give an adequate voice to those who would disagree with Giffin ’s claims.
Any attempt to criticize white privilege is immediately pigeonholed into this caricature. Throughout the rest of the article, “check your privilege ” is presented forever and always as an ad hominem attack, rather than as what it could and should be —a constructive prescription to (yes) check our privilege. Because we do need to check our privilege, especially when it comes to formulating our political views. Politics is the one place where we absolutely must check our privilege, because our political ideas don ’t just affect us or people like us. When we participate in the political process, we present ideas about how we think the whole of society should be structured. When I advocate for a particular policy or support a particular political viewpoint, I must consider how it will affect all members of society —not just other white males. This is where the concept of privilege becomes important. Whether I like it or not, the privileges I have enjoyed as a white male have subtly but surely shaped the way I view the world. I unconsciously view obstacles that I have had to personally face as more legitimate than those I have been spared from having to deal with. I have never had to deal with racial discrimination. I have never experienced personal discomfort or disadvantage due to gendered cultural norms. My privilege has taught me to prioritize issues that affect me personally. As a result, I sometimes forget about the issues that don ’t affect me personally, especially those that I am spared of having to confront simply thanks to the fact that I am male and white. White male privilege does indeed exist. And it does indeed need to be checked. Do I disagree with the substance of Giffin ’s argument? Not necessarily. Of course it is wrong to exclude someone ’s viewpoint simply because they come from a place of supposed privilege. Of course it is wrong to generalize an entire political party as racist simply because its members tend to be predominantly white and male. Who wouldn ’t agree with that? Do I disagree with the manner in which Giffin structured his argument? Most definitely, because I believe he glosses over the very real issue that is white male privilege. But Giffin ’s last point rings true to me. Without rational, level dialogue, there is no way that we as a society can hope to progress. Discussions of white male privilege can and must be a part of that rational and constructive dialogue.
“... on the whole, structural racism and sexism continue to plague our society today.”
Ryan Gorman is a College sophomore from Plano, Texas.
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College sophomore Julia Weeks (left), College freshman Nysa Loudon (center) and Associate Professor of Theater Studies Donald McManus (right) perform in Theater Emory’s production of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard this weekend. The Cherry Orchard will run at the Mary Gray Monroe Theater through April 14.
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heater Emory’s current production of The Cherry Orchard presents an aesthetically-striking and emotionally-volatile vision for Russian dramatist and author Anton Chekhov’s final play. The first thing that strikes viewers upon entering the Mary Gray Monroe Theater (MGMT) is the careful innovation with which the physical space itself has been treated; the audience is seated so that they are not wholly separate from the play’s action but simply on its periphery. The set blends aristocratic interiors with expanses of turf littered with ruins, giving concrete presence to the psychological and social state of many of the play’s characters. Each character contains a certain paradoxical duality — a penni-
less noblewoman, a son of a serf who is nearly a millionaire, a student who will seemingly never graduate — and the set successfully embodies these contradictions. The Cherry Orchard centers on the return of an aristocratic woman, Ranevskaya, to her native home after having lived abroad in Europe for several years. Along with her foppish brother and daughters, Ranevskaya faces the task of finding a way to save the estate’s finances or else risk losing her home at auction later in the year. Audience members soon learn the tragic circumstances under which Ranevskaya originally fled her Russian home, and it’s obvious she has not yet truly found emotional and psychological resolution from that trauma.
A retinue of valets, maids and governesses with concerns of their own attends this noble family in decline, giving the cast a certain upstairs-downstairs feel reminiscent of a twisted version of “Downton Abbey.” The cast functions well as an ensemble, giving each character the appropriate level of visibility to appear fully developed but reasonably damaged by the situation. As Ranevskaya, however, Theater Emory’s artistic director Jan Akers masterfully provides a center for the discontent group, even if that center is proverbially one that cannot hold. Akers, who also serves as a senior lecturer in Emory’s the-
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AHANA Features Several Standouts By Emelia Fredlick Asst. A&E Editor AHANA ’s semiannual dance performance always comes with a massive range of possibilities. Where else could you see caricatures of every type of performer, video-game mockeries and evocative, elegant works, all in the span of one hour? The diversity of AHANA Dance ’s performances is undoubtedly owed to its role as a vehicle for student artistry. Every single element of the performance is student-created, from the pieces ’ choreography to the technical choices. The show offers opportunities for independent student choreographers as well as specialized dance groups. And with that much of a range in choreographers, you never quite know what you ’re going to get. In the case of AHANA Dance ’s Spring Show 2013, which ran from April 4 though 6 at the Performing Arts Studio in the Burlington Road Building, it meant everything. The show kicked off with “Kill This Switch, ” choreographed by College senior Lauren Kaplan and set to Icona Pop ’s exuberant “I Love It. ” The piece was visually striking, with arresting colors and sensational tricks, but for the amount of energy generated by the music and Kaplan ’s vivacious choreography, the overall
mood of the piece was surprisingly lackluster. The show went on to showcase performances by dance team E-Motion, tap group Tap That and several individual choreographers. For the most part, those pieces were engaging for the span of the performance but didn ’t leave a particularly lasting impression. Nonetheless, it ’s clear that AHANA Dance ’s choreography as a whole has grown, even over the past couple of years, and that evolution in the sophistication of their movement deserves to be recognized. But the performance that undeniably left audiences talking was that by Trickanometry (TNT), Emory ’s all-male hip-hop group. Since the club ’s inception four years ago, TNT has garnered an incredible amount of Emory star power for their high-energy performances, crowd-pleasing satires and explosive hip-hop stunts. TNT ’s self-titled routine was particularly noteworthy for its collaboration with Moving in the Spirit, an Atlanta-based organization that strives to inspire confidence and leadership in kids through dance. “Founded in 1986, Moving in the Spirit reaches over 250 young people annually through dynamic programs that educate, inspire and unite young
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Chai Tunes, Emory’s Jewish a cappella group, performs at Emory’s 10th annual Barenaked Voices Concert in the Schwartz Center’s Emerson Concert Hall on Friday, April 5.
Concert Strikes A Cappella Gold Mine By Annie McNutt Staff Writer Every seat was filled in the majestic Emerson Concert Hall at the Schwartz Performing Arts Center last Friday night, and no, it wasn ’t for Kendrick Lamar. The 10th annual Barenaked Voices concert, featuring all of the a cappella groups at Emory,
took place Friday, April 5 at 7 p.m. The groups sang three phenomenal songs. It was a “first Friday ” on steroids, and it was awesome. The first group to perform was No Strings Attached, and let ’s be honest, isn ’t that everyone ’s favorite (for at least all of the girls)? College junior Benito Thompson was a fan favorite, singing “Dancing
in the Moonlight ” (originally performed by King Harvest), complete with funny dance moves and outlandish gestures. College senior C.J. Shepard carried the crowd away with his striking rendition of Michael Buble ’s “End of May. ” His steady, smooth voice filled the large concert hall, immediately calming the audience and put-
ting everyone at ease. Their final song was a new song for the group, “Seven Nation Army ” (originally performed by The White Stripes), sung by College senior Alex Riddle, who hit the high notes with epic precision. Following No Strings Attached was Chai Tunes, Emory ’s Jewish a
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Alvarez Shocks Audience With Gore By Steven Wright Staff Writer If you’re one of those people who rates horror films by the amount of blood on screen at any given time, then Fede Alvarez’s “Evil Dead” is probably going to be your favorite film of all time. Taking cues from its source material, the cult 1981 film “The Evil Dead,” Alvarez quickly makes it clear that he has no qualms about turning the gore up to 11 in every scene. Besides this penchant for ultra-violence, however, “Evil Dead” is a surprisingly by-the-book affair that rips its best moments directly from superior films while showing none of the satirical qualities that made the original film such a classic. The setup is as old as the genre itself: five stock characters of various backgrounds gather together in an abandoned cabin in the middle of some creepy woods in order to accomplish a task that they could have easily carried out back in civilization. In this case, a blank slate protagonist named David (Shiloh Fernandez, “Red Riding Hood”), his girlfriend, his sister, a nurse and a bookworm have left civilization in order to get the sister to kick her heroin habit. Shockingly, they find the cabin, owned by David’s mother, in a state of disrepair and immediately find a bunch of dead animals hanging in the basement, along with a book that is sealed shut. Naturally, instead of piling back into the Jeep and heading for the hills, the five friends decide to stay in the cabin. Naturally, the bespectacled scholar-type decides to take wire-cutters to the seals of the nasty book, and naturally, all sorts of awful events follow, most of which involve copious amounts of blood and power tools. While the plot may be thin at best, that was never the point of horror films to begin with, so it’s easily forgivable. Far more damaging to the movie’s quality are the characters themselves, who never rise above their designated roles as cardboard cutouts for the evil spirits to take down in increasingly gruesome ways. And of course, in classic horror movie fashion, the five characters have the combined intelligence of a raw potato.
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Nysa Loudon (left) and Jan Akers in Tim McDonough’s production of Chekhov’s final play “The Cherry Orchard.” The play also starred Julia Weeks, Mark Cabus, James Donadio and Jake Krakovsky.
Theater Emory Plays With Characterization, Improv in Chekhov’s Last Play Continued from Page 9
ater department, commands the audience’s attention in her performance of the endearing, frustrating and deeplyunsettling Ranevskaya. Akers deserves a great deal of admiration for the way she balances Ranevskaya’s aristocratic appearances with the profound trauma she continues to experience. One of the most fascinating parts of watching this production is wondering just when and how severely Ranevskaya will finally lose self-control. In the role of Ranevskaya’s brother Leonid Andreyevitch, Mark Cabus gives a delightfully sinister performance as an untrustworthy brother and manipulative uncle. Early in the play (and occasionally
thereafter) he straddles a rocking horse in the estate’s nursery, establishing his appearance as a slightly-dangerous overgrown child. As the eternal student and typically-frustrated intellectual Petya, College senior Jake Krakovsky speaks with an authentic blend of conviction and subtle vulnerability. His political and philosophical speeches provide a great deal of useful historical contextualization without feeling heavy-handed or uncomfortably like a lecture. One unique addition to this production’s cast in particular is that of the character of Anton Chekhov himself, the playwright. According to the production’s director, Theater Studies
Department Chair Tim McDonough, “[The] idea [arose] that it might illuminate The Cherry Orchard to see Chekhov learn something from the play by experiencing whatever happens to him as the story develops.” This additional presence feels a little less than convincing at first but soon feels organic and compelling. Donald McManus, another theater studies professor and Theater Emory company member, largely plays Chekhov for comedic effect: strolling around playing a guitar, passing characters their lines on small slips of paper, whispering in characters’ ears. Though such gestures garner a laugh from the audience, they also destabilize
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this production seizes onto that ambiguity of genre, producing moments that are as tragic as only absurdist farce can offer. There is a melancholic, angry bitterness that underlies most of the show’s comedic moments, and it is often the case that the audience experiences that emotional contradiction more authentically than during moments that are played in total seriousness. These farcical moments also allow for the feeling of utter strangeness that permeates this show, a kind of strangeness that results from feeling as if one is in the middle of this unhappy family’s conflict.
— Contact Logan Lockner at llockne@emory.edu
AHANA Experiments With Storytelling, High-Flying Fun
“Alvarez quickly makes it clear that he has no qualms about turning the gore up to 11.” Deep in the movie’s second act, a bloodied David suggests to his bookish friend Eric (Lou Taylor Picci, “All Together Now”) that perhaps his sister is just infected by a virus that she caught from the dead animals in the cabin’s basement. That’s right — after seeing one of his best friends rip her face off with a piece of glass and his sister give herself third-degree burns in the cabin’s shower, he still rules out the supernatural. While that previous scene made me laugh, there were little-to-no comic moments to be found anywhere in “Evil Dead.” Even as David’s sister, Mia (Jane Levy, “Suburgatory”), twists her head 360 degrees and shouts obscenities about the next victim’s mother, it feels like a limp shout-out to the source material, not a shockingly funny moment of self-awareness. Without the humor element of the formula, the film quickly begins to feel like an exploitative gore-fest with no aim other than to up the ante from the last bloody spectacle. On this level, the film is an unqualified success, but it made me wonder what exactly the point of it all was. Sure, each scene successfully outperforms the last in terms of viscera and filth, but after 70 minutes of watching fingers get smashed or heads chopped off, the effect begins to numb. As such, it’s hard to recommend “Evil Dead” to anyone but the most rote horror fans — it may hit all the right notes, but it sure is a familiar tune.
the sense of narrative cohesiveness within the play. The playfulness of Chekhov the character makes the action of The Cherry Orchard feel almost entirely improvisational, as if the outcome of the story is as unknown to its author as to its characters and the audience who are watching it. In a play that is so much about the cumbersome passage of time, this novel aspect makes the present feel alive and urgent throughout the show. The laughter drawn by Chekhov’s occasional antics is not undeserved, and for all of its concern with weighty topics of death and change, The Cherry Orchard isn’t necessarily entirely a tragedy. In fact, Chekhov himself subtitled the play as a comedy. At its best moments
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Tye Tavaras (center) performs with Aural Pleasure, Emory’s oldest co-ed a cappella group. The Barenaked Voices performance also featured Dooley Noted, No Strings Attached and The Gathering.
A Cappella Groups Celebrate Common Ground Continued from Page 9 cappella group. They opened with “Downfall, ” a song by Matchbox 20 and continued with a Hebrew love song. College senior Michael Goldberg and College freshman Gabrielle Bloch sang the emotional and soothing love song effortlessly. Finally, College sophomore Becky Morris sang her heart out during a rendition of KT Tunstall ’s song “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree. ” Up next was AHANA, Emory ’s R&B a cappella group. AHANA performed “Hate That I Love You ” by Rihanna, “Halo ” by Beyoncé and a mash-up of Adele songs. The most exciting performance of the three was the Adele mash-up. Without looking up, one would have thought that Adele was actually singing at Emerson Concert Hall because Goizueta Business School senior Arista Ware had the key and pitch spot on. The fourth group to perform was The Gathering, Emory ’s only all-female a cappella group. They sang “Wide Awake ” by Katy Perry, “Tainted Love ” by Soft Cell and “Bridge Over Troubled Water ” by
Simon & Garfunkel. The latter was the most memorable, with masterful harmonies and an outstanding performance by College freshman MacKenzie Wyatt. Wyatt ’s small frame definitely did not stop her huge and powerful voice from projecting to all corners of the room. Aural Pleasure, Emory ’s oldest co-ed a cappella group sang three songs: “Some Nights ” by fun., “Let it Be ” by The Beatles and “Leave My Body ” by Florence & the Machine. Law student Tye Tavaras brought the entire concert hall to their feet with her amazingly powerful, strong and emotional rendition of “Let it Be. ” Tavaras was definitely the star of the night. The second-to-last group to perform was the Concert Choir, who sang two beautiful pieces. The 50-person ensemble was overwhelming. Incredibly, 50 voices came together as one while still managing to create distinct and unique harmonies. The seventh and final group to perform was Dooley Noted, Emory ’s philanthropic a cappella group. First, College junior Jenni Seale sang Blondie ’s “Call Me, ” then College senior Michael DelGaudio
sang a heart-melting rendition of Jason Mraz ’s “I Won ’t Give Up. ” Finally, the group closed with “Mercy ” sung by College junior Stephanie Yates. However, the most interesting aspect of Dooley Noted ’s entire performance was the fun and funky choreography that accompanied their final number “Mercy. ” Spinning, hippopping and gaudy gestures, and that was just the guys. The evening ended with the room going black as a faint orange glow began to appear, surrounding all of the a cappella groups that had come together for a final number. This year, for the first year ever, the finale featured a duet by Laney Graduate School student Tyrone Webb and College senior Chonise Thomas. The entire group sang a touching rendition of “Ain ’t No Mountain High Enough. ” The finale brought the evening home perfectly by reiterating what the night was all about: varying groups coming together to celebrate the common love of a unique musical form: a cappella.
— Contact Annie McNutt at annemarie.mcnutt@emory.edu
people through dance in order to help them become successful, compassionate leaders, ” according to their website. Before the show began, TNT cofounder and College senior Julio Medina explained alongside Moving in the Spirit director Chris McCord that TNT had recently begun a partnership with the kids ’ hip-hop group, Men in Motion, and this production marked the first time the boys were performing on the Emory stage. But by the time TNT ’s slot in the performance arrived, a good half-hour had passed, and most of us audience members had forgotten about that announcement and were just anticipating a good oldfashioned TNT performance. The dancers started upstage, in dim lighting, moving in slowmotion towards the audience. But as soon as the lights went up and the performers removed their hats, we were thrown for a loop — this wasn ’t TNT at all, but rather their kid counterparts. And by and large, these kids were unnervingly exact doppelgangers of the TNT dancers, demonstrating the same commitment and energy, which was a delight to see in action. The TNT dancers themselves did not disappoint. They kicked off their routine with a satirical movement set to Taylor Swift ’s “I Knew You Were Trouble, ” even parodying the “goat version ” of the song that has recently gone viral. They went on to mimic the oldfashioned Pac-Man video game sounds, and naturally, closed the routine with their trademark hip-hop stunts, bringing the kids back for solos of their own. Together, the entire team dominated the stage with their fierce, uncompromising cool and confidence. That collaboration and demonstration of charisma alone was well worth the price of admission.
Additionally remarkable was College sophomore Dana Sokolowski, whose “Why Don ’t You Like Me ” closed the show on a bang. The piece featured over a dozen performers, each depicting caricatures of a different kind of dancer: the prim and proper ballerina, the straight-faced hip-hopper and the Shirley Temple-esque, smile-permanently-pasted-on performer, to name a few. As these dancers got tired, annoyed or frustrated, they gradually moved offstage, eventually returning as changed characters. The piece exhibited technical talent, characterization and storytelling, and perhaps most i m p o r t a n t ly, the high-flying fun we ’ve come to expect from AHANA Dance. Serious, interpretative pieces are beautiful, but audience members come across humorous pieces like this one so rarely that the tonal shift always comes as a welcome change.Sokolowski ’s willingness to poke fun at herself and how seriously artists take themselves could have come across as tactless, but she managed to keep it lighthearted and charming. Like any ongoing conversation, the AHANA Spring Show came with plenty of filler. The remainder of the pieces seemed to blend together, often leaving the audience with nothing but an impression of the costumes or the music. Ultimately, this production didn ’t leave me speechless. But AHANA Dance did succeed in providing an entertaining performance and giving Emory students an opportunity to showcase their creativity. And in that vein, I was definitely impressed with the range, imagination and presence of Emory students. Fortunately, they ’ll be back next semester to continue the conversation.
“[TNT’s] demonstration of charisma alone was well worth the price of admission.”
— Contact Emelia Fredlick at emelia.j.fredlick@emory.edu
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Junior right-handed pitcher Robert Gross delivers a pitch in a game at Cooper Field. The baseball team won two of three in a series against Hendrix College this weekend.
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Junior Gabrielle Clark returns a serve during an early season tennis match at the WoodPEC.
Eagles Fall to No.5-Ranked Williams College Continued from The Back Page who went on to win the next four single matches, winning the overall match by a score of 6-3. “Even though we didn ’t come out on top against Williams, each of us fought and gave it our all, ” Loutsenko said. “I think we ’re definitely more united, and it shows in our matches. ”
Team Tops Div. III Ranked Opponent Continued from The Back Page team dropped in singles play. It was Wagner ’s first shot in the No. 1 singles spot this season, with number-one player Eric Halpern out with mono. Sophomore Alex Ruderman rebounded in the second singles match with a victory over junior Alex Blakhin, 6-2, 6-1. Ruderman now stands at 13-7 on the season, including 6-3 in the second spot.
“When you start thinking about the future, you lose your focus.” — John Browning, Head Coach Freshman Rafe Mosetick improved to 13-5 on the season in his first crack in the number-three spot, defeating his UMW opponent 6-1, 6-3. Kahler, Adams and junior Simon Lavoie-Perusse all contributed wins in the remaining matches, only dropping one set between the three of them. Emory should have Halpern back in time for the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships, where they will begin their quest for a national title. “That ’s the unspoken goal, ” Browning said. “When you start thinking about the future, you lose your focus. ” Emory will try to build on the win on Tuesday, the team ’s lone match of the week, when they take on Sewanee University (Tenn.) on the road at 3 p.m. — Contact Ryan Smith at ryan.smith@emory.edu
Now, Emory will turn its attention to conference play. After a three-week break from game-time, the Eagles are headed to Altamonte Springs (Fla.) for the 2013 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships. The matches will begin on Thursday, April 25. — Contact Nicola Braginsky at nbrags@emory.edu
allowed Hendrix to take an early 2-0 lead, with a hit-by-pitch, a walk and two singles putting them on the board in the first inning. The Eagles responded in the second inning. Iturrey doubled, advanced to third base on a passed ball and scored on a groundout by sophomore centerfielder Wes Peacock. The Eagles now trailed by a score of 2-1. Emory took the lead the next inning. Junior third baseman Ryan Toscano singled and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Khan then ripped a triple, driving in Toscano. Junior right fielder Brandon Hannon singled, driving in Khan. A single from Welch, a wild pitch and an Iturrey groundout then brought home Hannon and gave the Eagles a 4-2 lead. The Eagles added on a run in the fourth inning, when sophomore designated hitter Chris Brown singled, then moved around the bases on a wild pitch, balk and sacrifice fly. Emory then scored two more in the fifth. A double and a hit-by-pitch put Hannon on first and Khan on second, and the two executed a doublesteal to advance to second and third. Welch hit a sacrifice fly to bring home Khan, then a double by Iturrey drove in Hannon. The Eagles went on to tack on three more runs in the sixth inning and one more in the seventh, eventu-
ally winning by a score of 11-4. Khan led the offensive outburst, going three for four with a double, two triples, three RBIs and three runs scored. Iturrey chipped in two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored, and Hannon also drove in a pair of runners. “Offensively, we tore it up, ” Iturrey said. “Jared Kahn went crazy; he is a warrior-killer. He led our offense this weekend, and everybody else did their job. ” Merolla picked up the win for the Eagles. He allowed four runs and nine hits over five innings and improved his record to 3-1. Junior Robert Gross and sophomore Michael Byman each pitched a scoreless relief inning to close out the game. “Our pitchers really held their own, ” Iturrey said. “They threw a lot of strikes and got deep into the game. They kept Hendrix down in runs so the offense could keep scoring and help us win games. Our relief pitchers did their job really well and kept runs of the board for the most part. ” The Eagles took the rubber game of the series Sunday afternoon, winning by a score of 8-1 behind the pitching of Dylan Finer and the offense of Iturrey. Finer allowed just one unearned run in five innings on the mound and improved his record to 2-0 on the year and his ERA to 2.84. Junior Robert Gross and sophomore
Graham Bloomsmith contributed two scoreless innings of relief. Iturrey went two for four in the batter ’s box, including a double, three RBIs and two runs scored. The Eagles took the lead in the first inning. Kahn singled, extending his hitting streak to 14 games, stole second and scored off a single from Welch. Hendrix tied the game in the bottom of the inning, but the Eagles took the lead for good in the fourth inning. They scored three runs, behind two walks, two wild pitches, a sacrifice fly, an error and a single. From that point forward, the game was never close. The Eagles added on two runs in the seventh inning and two more in the ninth to close out the 8-1 victory. The Eagles offense and pitching staffs both performed terrifically over this three-game series. The Eagles scored 20 runs over the three games, while allowing only seven. The Eagles next take the field tonight, when they travel to Berry College (Ga.). “At this point, we need to win every game, ” Iturrey said. “Berry is going to be really important to continue this streak. The next game is always the most important one, because at the end of the day, we will need all of the wins possible to make that playoff push. ” — Contact Bennett Ostdiek at bostdie@emory.edu
Xu: The March Success of FGCU and Harvard Should Spark Dialogue Continued from The Back Page Division I sport. However, athletics scholarships are not offered at the Division III level and this extends to programs that have one Division I sport. (There are certain multidivisional exceptions, but usually those schools have single Division I programs, which have been grandfathered in.) The process is also cumbersome. “It is timely and it ’s expensive, ” Downes said. There are certain facility requirements and the issue of finding a conference to join, Downes added. And there is no indication Emory will alter its athletic course any time soon. “I ’ve received [Division I] inquires, I think its natural, ” Downes said. “Institutionally we look like a Division I school. However, we ’ve never had any serious conversations. ” Nonetheless, though the possibility of seeing Emory dance in March is very dim at best, the topic is worth exploring because, well, other schools are doing it. More specifically, Harvard. FGCU ’s tournament success this year comes 16 years after graduating its first student. In short, FGCU has concentrated on beefing up its athletics program as a means to establish itself and grow. To be frank, FCGU is famous because of its basketball team. Their circumstance, for obvious reasons, does not apply to Emory. But what Harvard is doing serves as a better comparison. President Wagner has often articulated the goal to make Emory a “destination school, ” though his actions this past year might suggest otherwise. Harvard is as “destined ” as a school can be and they, like FGCU, are making moves. Their reputed smarts proceed them. Read Jack McCluskey ’s ESPN post on Harvard ’s first NCAA tournament victory or Bloomberg sports columnist Jonathan Mahler ’s piece
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— that win was no fluke. This year ’s first postseason win was not due to some sort of Crimson moxie, it was the result of a calculated commitment to the basketball program. As McCluskey notes, Harvard hired Tommy Amaker as their head coach in the spring of 2007 after he was fired by Michigan. Amaker cut his teeth as a player and then as an assistant coach at Duke, as part of Coach K ’s basketball factory. In other words, Harvard brought in a man straight from the Division I heavyweights, well versed in not just basketball but, more importantly, recruiting. (Amaker lucked into Jeremy Lin, who was already at Harvard when Amaker came on board. Then again, everyone lucked into Jeremy Lin.) The point is, Harvard is implementing a plan, a plan which requires extensive resources. Yeah Harvard is dedicated to excellence, but only a fool would believe that them wading into the expensive trenches of college basketball is purely out of dedication. This is a calculated move: the Harvard bigwigs calling the shots believe investing in basketball is justified. In simpler terms, it is worth it. Trying to conclude exactly how so is speculative, but the incentives are clear. More telling is a school with Harvard ’s cache and hegemony is doing so. Emory also has resources. We have a $5.4 billion endowment. (At least that ’s what the tour guides preach.) How much “belongs ” to the College, especially in contrast to the Hospital, is another issue. And a big endowment does not necessarily mean the hard cash that is needed to fund and build a top flight Division I caliber program is available. And
that ’s assuming hard cash will lead to basketball success. My overall point is that Emory has pretty considerable capabilities. Let ’s be serious, a significant chunk of Emory ’s regular season athletics schedule is against regional liberal arts schools; Emory ’s student body number and financial heft dwarfs many of its opponents. (There are exceptions of course, most notably the formidable swimming program which faces off against Division I programs on the regular.) Emory is already peculiar for not fielding a football team. We go to school in Atlanta, but this is still Georgia. Georgia Tech is a 15-minute drive away. And in times when storied football programs are being shut down, neighboring Georgia State University recently started a football program. Also, did you see how much that new Falcons stadium will cost the public? ($200 million.) But then again, I think it ’s safe to conclude Emory is not a southern school. In fact, the University Athletics Association, Emory ’s Division III sports conference, is relatively new, having been founded in 1986. Before then, Emory forewent varsity athletics and focused on physical education and recreational activities. So Emory ’s athletics program is relatively young. “Athletics is the front porch to your house. It does bring in more applications, it does attract students, ” basketball Head Coach Jason Zimmerman said. “People know FGC because of what happened in the last two weeks. Is that right? It comes back to the commitment. What is your philosophy? Our mission is excellence in the classroom, excellence in the field. ” Zimmerman and Downes both
“... though the possibility of seeing Emory dance in March is very dim at best, the topic is worth exploring ...“
emphasized that athletics should reflect the school ’s philosophy. The UAA is comprised of similar schools, (as opposed to being based on geography like most Division III conferences), such as research universities who want to compete in athletics. “I feel very strongly that the NCAA needs places like Emory, ” Downes said. “Talk about the scholarathlete, it ’s real here. Our primary focus is developing students and using athletics to develop students. Higher education needs places like Emory to justify student athletics. ” Certainly, for all the glamour and gold, student development is not a top priority for many pure Division I schools. And we haven ’t even gotten started on football. That is not to say Division I is non-academic, just like it is untrue that Division III is not non-competitive. But without a doubt, things can get pretty ugly at the most competitive level: recruiting scandals, grade scandals and other skullduggery. At the highest competitive level it is difficult not to compromise standards, notably with respect to recruiting. “Now if you admit student athletes who can ’t handle the academic rigor of your school, you ’re going to have problems, ” Zimmerman said. “Between getting the most talented athlete you can get and the athletes who can make it at your school academically, I think there ’s a fine balance there. ” It ’s all about finding the right person, which is hard work. Though it is not impossible to run a clean, principled and successful Division I basketball program, there are schools which do so. It seems that Emory is content with staying in its niche for the foreseeable future. Yes, the benefits of the Division I NCAA tournament are clear, but Emory will not participate. Anticlimactic? Admittedly, and selfishly, yes. — Contact Vincent Xu at vxu@emory.edu
We at On Fire love to rank things. Until recently, our favorite basketball player was Metta World Peace (for the record, we care more about the quantity of different skills unrelated to basketball in a basketball player than we do about the quality of his actual basketball skills). Here is a quick rundown, for those of our loyal readers who are unfamiliar with the multitudes of talents of this man. As “The Captain ” told us in season six of “How I Met Your Mother, ” all great men name themselves. Well, Mr. World Peace took this advice straight to heart. His mother named him Ronald Artest. He first asserted his independence early in his youth, making it known that he preferred to be called Ron instead of Ronald (in the name of full disclosure, we must confess that we did not ascertain for certain whether Mr. World Peace ’s birth name actually was Ronald [we just assumed that it was] and neither did we investigate into whether it was actually Mr. World Peace ’s decision to shorten that name, if it was his, into Ron). But Mr. World Peace did not stop there. Living up to The Captain ’s advice, he proceeded to change his name, legally, to Metta World Peace. And in so doing, by the logic of The Captain ’s statement (and we at On Fire hold everything said on “How I Met Your Mother ” to be infallible), he made himself a great man. Our resident logicians have pointed out that The Captain ’s statement was an if/then statement, not an if and only if statement. In layman ’s terms, he was saying that if you are a great man, then you will name yourself, but you can name yourself and still not be a great man. In other words, naming yourself is a necessary but not sufficient step in becoming a great man. Regardless, we at On Fire believe that Mr. World Peace is a great man. In addition to naming themselves, all great men excel at more than one thing or at least dabble in several different hobbies (we were unable to find a quote from a minor character on a past-its-prime TV show to say this for us but nonetheless, our readers can rest assured that this statement was read by two members of our executive board and our excellent Copy Chief before being printed, and therefore must be true). Well, Mr. World Peace plays basketball by day, but by night he hits the clubs as a rapper. Come to think of it, most basketball games take place at night so he probably hits the studio by day, but either way Mr. World Peace knows how to bust a rhyme. He is so committed to his rapping that he once asked the Detroit Pistons, his former team, for a year off so he could finish his first album. His request was denied. Big corporations and stuffy executives are forever squashing the great ambitions and grand dreams of great men like Mr. Artest. But he tried, and that is all that we at On Fire really care about. Sports Illustrated once asked Metta what he would name a racehorse, if he owned one. Without hesitation (we assume, only having read a print version of the interview), he responded “Ghetto Fabulous. ” That little anecdote in no way relates to Metta ’s status as a great man, but we at On Fire find it to be extremely funny. But this column is not actually about Metta (we just love him so much that he inspires long tangents). This article is about our new favorite basketball player — Iman Shumpert of the New York Knicks. Mr. Shumpert passes the many skills test. Like our friend Metta, he is a rapper. But the difference is that, whereas we admire Mr. World Peace for his commitment to the music, Mr. Shumpert is actually good (at least, according to ESPN.com; we at On Fire are terrible at evaluating rap and generally prefer country music). And music is not his only skill — this kid also has some great hair. He is bring the high-top fade back, and we at On Fire could not be more excited about it. The cool thing about the high-top fade is that you can grow it long up top but can still shave funny things onto the side and back of your head. And that ’s exactly what Mr. Shumpert did. He endorses Adidas, and in a spectacular show of brand loyalty, he shaved their logo onto his head. The NBA told his to shave it off, citing league rules, and in another instance of corporate suits suppressing the dreams of great men, the logo went the way of Metta ’s rap album. Now just an awkward triangle remains on Mr. Shumpert ’s head. This one is for you, Iman. Keep fighting the good fight.
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Tuesday, April , Sports Editor: Nathaniel Ludewig (nludewi@emory.edu)
MEN’S TENNIS
Squad Defeats Ranked UMW By Ryan Smith Asst. Sports Editor
The No. 3-ranked men ’s tennis team defeated the University of Mary Washington (Va.) Eagles 6-3 in a battle of nationally ranked teams on Saturday. Emory moved to 9-5 on the season with the win over No. 25-ranked UMW. Head Coach John Browning was pleased with his team ’s performance. “This is a young team, ” Browning said. “We ’ve had a lot of guys step up. ” Emory was down early after the doubles portion of the match. Their sole victory came in the No. 1 spot, as the team of senior Elliot Kahler and sophomore Ian Wagner battled UMW counterparts sophomore Donato Rizzolo and sophomore Evan Charles to a 9-7 victory. Kahler and Wagner improved their record to 16-3 on the season, including a 12-2 mark in the No. 1 spot. The Eagles did not fare as well in the other two doubles matches. Junior Jackson Isaacs and junior Eric Seidelman fell 8-5 in the second spot, while freshman Will Adams and junior Ayush Bajoria dropped a close 8-6 decision, giving Mary Washington a 2-1 lead. It was Isaacs and Seidelman ’s first match of the season together, while Adams and Bajoria fell to 4-3 on the year. Emory fell in the first singles match as well, as Wagner was defeated by UMW sophomore Tyler Carey, 7-5, 7-5. It was the only singles match that Emory would lose on the day, however, and two of just three sets the
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March Madness: Should Emory Be Dancing? Vincent Xu Another iteration of March Madness is in the books. Kudos to last night ’s newly anointed champions, and kudos to the rest of the basketball powerhouses and their fat T.V. contracts. The players, with their free education, benefit too, of course. And there are also the underdogs, the yearly cinderellas everyone falls head over heels for. Nine-seed Wichita State was in town for the Final Four. Bonus points if you can tell me which state they are in. Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) dunked their way to the Sweet 16 and onto the national stage. Harvard, for once not the top dog, won their first-ever NCAA tournament win. On the basis of their basketball teams, these three schools reaped plenty of benefits, both tangible and intangible. In other words, March was a good month. There ’s the cold hard cash the teams receive from T.V. contracts. Less tangible, but arguably more important, is the publicity value, as winning teams and cinderellas make for good copy. (Butler University [In.], in a study commissioned by their athletic program, did put a precise number on the publicity value of their 2010 NCAA Championship bid: $639,273,881.82). To point out the obvious, publicity equals a higher profile. Even less tangible, but no less important, is the effect a Cinderella-run has on the home school. School spirit is fomented, not just among the kids currently enrolled, but among the (income-earning) alumni. If you are keeping count, a successful tourney run generates profit, increases a school ’s popularity and adds excitement to the school ’s com-
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Sophomore Michael Florin, the Emory men’s basketball team’s point guard, dribbles the ball down the court. Florin and the rest of the Eagles fell in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament this season. munity, among other things. Given the many many incentives, a successful Division I basketball program can have, it begs the question: should Emory position its basketball team to compete in Division I and
pursue the potential glory and riches that await? This is not to denigrate Emory ’s current Division III basketball program, or the strong athletic program as a whole. The Eagles work hard to
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Featured Athlete: Graham Bloomsmith Sophomore right-handed pitcher Graham Bloomsmith pitched twice for the baseball team last week, allowing just one base-runner over three innings of work in the Eagles ’ loss to Birmingham-Southern College (Ala.) and 8-1 victory over Hendrix College (Ark.). Bloomsmith is now 1-2 on the season with a team-leading 1.50 earned run average and three saves. The Eagles are 15-13 on the season.
sible for Emory to do so. According to Athletic Director Tim Downes, schools can be multi-divisonal and Divison III programs can have one
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
Women Win Two In Northeast Trip
Track and Field The men ’s and women ’s track and field participated in a pair of meets over the weekend, with a handful of distance runners heading to the Duke Invitational (N.C.) on Friday and a larger group representing the Eagles at the Terrier Relays in Spartanburg, S.C. on Saturday. There were multiple standout performances from each day. On Friday, sophomore Stephanie Crane posted a season-best time of 4:41.09 in the 1500-meter run. Sophomore Tamara Surtees also ran a season-best time, clocking in at 18:20.76. The Eagles also earned a number of first-place finishes on Saturday, led by senior Theresa Ford ’s victories in the long jump and the high jump. Senior Kaele Leonard finished first in the 400-meter dash, while junior Morgan Monroe won the 100-meter hurdles. For the men, freshman Jacob Seigel finished seventh in the discus throw. His mark of 44.02 meters was both a season best and the seventh-best mark in meet history. Junior Brandon Bassell also notched a season-best height in the high jump. Junior Samuel Jean-Baptise finished the 100-meter dash in a team-best 11.38 seconds.
be the best they can be at their level, of this there is no doubt. Rather, the question is should the Eagles, specifically the basketball program, aim for a higher level? First off, it is more or less impos-
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Sophomore outfielder Brett Lake (right) catches a fly ball and prepares to throw out a runner tagging from third base.
Eagles Win Two of Three Against Hendrix College By Bennett Ostdiek Asst. Sports Editor The baseball team played three games against the Hendrix College Warriors (Ark.) this weekend, losing the first game of a double-header Saturday by a score of 2-1. The Eagles went on to win the second game 11-4, and won the third game of the series 8-1 on Sunday. The Eagles ’ record now stands at 15-13 on the season. “I thought we did a really good job coming out and taking two out of three, ” junior left fielder Daniel Iturrey said. “We just need to maintain the consistency — keep hitting and keep pitching, and everything else will fall into place. Everyone has
been doing their jobs, and that ’s what we need to keep doping. ” In the first Saturday game, the Eagles and Warriors played scoreless baseball for the first two innings. The Eagles took the lead in the third, however, behind the efforts of junior shortstop Jared Kahn. Kahn singled and stole second then scored on a single from junior catcher Jared Welch. The hit was the 100th of Welch ’s career. The Eagles entered the fourth inning carrying a 1-0 lead. Freshmen Tyler Sprague was pitching for the Eagles, and with one out in the inning, he allowed three consecutive singles, and the Warriors tied up the game.
Sprague went on to pitch through the fifth inning and allowed just one run and seven hits while recording a no-decision. He was relieved by junior Matt McMahon. The score remained knotted at 1-1 until the bottom of the eighth inning. Hendrix loaded the bases with two walks and a single, and then McMahon allowed another walk to bring home the winning run. McMahon took the loss and fell to 2-3 on the year. However, he only allowed one hit over his three innings on the mound. Freshman Paul Merolla started the second game for the Eagles. He
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The No.3-ranked Emory women ’s tennis team took off on a threematch, northeast road trip this weekend, winning two of three matches. The Eagles defeated No.9-ranked Middlebury College (Vt.) on Friday and No.9-ranked Bowdoin College (Mass.) on Saturday. On Sunday, Emory fell to No.5-ranked Williams College (Mass.). On Friday, the women defeated Middlebury 7-2 on Middlebury ’s home courts. In a sweep across all three doubles matches, Emory solidified an early lead in the match. The Eagles ’ team of junior Gabrielle Clark and freshman Annette Sullivan came together at first doubles, defeating their opponents 8-5. At second doubles, senior Jordan Wylie and freshman Madison Gordon came out with an 8-4 victory. Freshman Emma Taylor and junior Brenna Kelly followed with another 8-4 win at third doubles. “We have been working more as a unit and really supporting each other and helping one another fight till the very end in all our matches, ” Taylor said. While the doubles teams were cleaning up on one side of the court, the back end of Emory ’s singles lineup secured the final victory. Freshman Beatrice Rosen, at third singles, defeated her opponent 6-4, 6-1. Wylie followed with a 6-3, 6-3 final score over her competition at fourth singles. Gordon, at fifth singles, walked off of the court with a 6-2, 6-0 score, and Kelly secured the doubles play with a final mark of 6-4, 6-1 at sixth singles. On Saturday, the Eagles continued their winning streak with an 8-1 win
over Bowdoin. The match was played at Williams College. Once again, the doubles teams breezed by the competition. Clark and Sullivan finished with a victory of 8-3 at first doubles. Wylie and Gordon brought home an 8-5 win at second doubles. Rounding out the doubles victories were Taylor and Kelly, earning an 8-4 final score at third doubles. At this match, the singles play proved to be just as successful. The Eagles defeated their opponents in five out of the six matches. Clark slaughtered her opponent 6-2, 6-2 at first doubles. Rosen continued powerful play with a triumph of 6-3, 6-0 at third singles. At number four singles, Gordon came off the court with a 6-3, 6-1 victory. At fifth, Kelly went into a third set, beating her counterpart 6-3, 4-6, 10-6. Freshman Stephanie Loutsenko closed out Bowdoin, winning by a final score of 7-5, 6-3 at sixth singles. “We had some strong play the first two days up in New England, ” sophomore Allie Damico said. “All of our hard work during practices and on our own time out of practice really showed out on the courts. ” The Eagles ’ four-match winning streak came to an end on Sunday, as Emory fell to Williams by a score of 3-6. Emory ’s lone doubles win came in the third doubles match as Taylor and Kelly came out with a win of 9-7. Clark and Sullivan came close to giving the Eagles a 2-1 advantage in doubles play but fell by a score of 9-8. At first singles, Clark defeated her opponent with a score of 6-0, 6-4. Rosen followed at second singles with a win of 7-5, 6-2. From there, it was all Williams,
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