9.7.12 by The Emory Wheel

INDEX

Emory Events Calendar, Page 2

Police Record, Page 2

Q&A with Gandhi, Page 9

Crossword Puzzle, Page 8

Staff Editorial, Page 6

OnFire, Page 11

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Friday, September 7, 2012 STUDENT LIFE

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LGBT LIFE

Orientation LGBT Students React to Controversy, Ranking Changes Emory Named in Top 25 Leadership Colleges for LGBT Life Structure By Stephanie Fang Asst. News Editor

By Wendy Becker Staff Writer This year's freshman orientation program combined the past roles of Orientation Leaders (OLs) and PreMajor Advising Connection (PACE) leaders in an attempt to better acclimate freshmen to life at Emory. Before this fall, freshmen received advising from two different sets of peer mentors: OLs, who led orientation activities such as "icebreakers" and tours of campus facilities, and PACE leaders, who assisted freshmen with academic advising and course sign-up. However, administrators chose to merge the responsibilities of OLs and PACE leaders, therefore consolidating all the responsibilities into a single OL position. Tanya Willard, director of the orientation program, wrote in an email to the Wheel that having only one group of students in charge of orientation allowed freshmen more clarity during their introduction to campus life. “Our decision to make these changes was driven by our desire to create a more seamless experience for new students," Willard wrote. “In the former model ... it was confusing for them to know the difference.” OLs also underwent a new system of training this year. Emily Sankey, the assistant director of orientation and family programs, wrote in an e-mail to the Wheel that training for OLs began in the fall with a teambuilding retreat. Traditionally, training occurred the spring before the next academic year started. In addition, the change in date allowed OLs to spend more time working together and getting to know one another, she wrote. “This training had enabled the Orientation Leaders to become a cohesive unit before the Orientation program began," Sankey wrote. Both Willard and Sankey noted that they felt the program was successful. Willard stated that program administrators have received positive feedback from faculty, students and parents. Faculty have also informed Willard and Sankey that they felt OLs were more prepared to deal with academic questions than PACE leaders had been in the past. This year's Orientation Captains were in charge of training OLs and helped lead orientation activities and events. College junior Meredith Green, who is one of many Orientation Capatins, said she felt that this year’s program ran exceedingly smoothly. She said that the success came from the staff she oversaw. She said they seemed more driven now that the programs have been combined. “Combining the PACE and OL [programs] was a fantastic idea because it strengthened the Orientation staff as a whole,” Green said. “It allowed the OLs to build deeper and more holistic mentoring relationships with students.” College freshman Alison Wagman said she feels the new program was beneficial and that she could approach the OLs with questions she had about the University. Wagman remarked that Orientation helped her figure out where buildings and activities were located on campus. Despite the changes in this year's Orientation model, College freshman Jessica Corbin said that the program could still improve - especially in terms of the activities it offered new students.

— Contact Wendy Becker at wendy.becker@emory.edu

Emily Lin/Photography Editor

Students buy food from the Chick-fil-A on Emory’s campus, located in the Cox Hall Food Court. The LGBT community has been calling for Chick-fil-A’s removal.

Committee Calls for Chick-fil-A’s Removal By Jordan Friedman News Editor Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community are calling for the University to remove the Chick-fil-A located in the Cox Hall Food Court. The LGBTQ community has formed a committee focusing specifically on removing Chick-fil-A, and students have written letters to University administrators on the subject. “The symbol of Chick-fil-A, the restaurant itself, has become a potent symbol of discrimination and inequality,” said Andy Ratto, a fourth-year student in the Laney Graduate School student and a member of the committee. Chick-fil-A has received much

SEE INSIDE Editorial reaction to the presence of Chick-fil-A on Emory’s campus. See Page 6 criticism in the past few years from gay rights activists, who have accused the nationwide chain of donating money to anti-gay organizations. During the summer, Chickfil-A President Dan Cathy acknowledged these accusations, stating, “Guilty as charged.” Then, in another interview, Cathy said, “we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.’” The committee has responded that Cathy’s interviews have “solidified Chick-fil-A as a definitive sym-

bol and rallying point for anti-gay sentiment.” Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair said in a statement released in August that while Cathy’s statements do not reflect Emory’s value of the LGBTQ community, Emory also emphasizes the freedom of speech. “Emory ... respects the right of people to express their disagreement with Mr. Cathy by not patronizing Chick-fil-A,” Nair wrote.

A Committee for Action Ratto explained that during the summer, he emailed several of his friends who he thought might be interested in vocalizing support on the matter.

See LGBTQ, Page 3

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

On any typical afternoon at Emory University, the campus is rife with students relaxing in between classes and meetings – chatting with friends or squeezing in quality time with significant others to relieve stress during an otherwise hectic day. As a third-year graduate student in the Laney Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Karen McCarthy normally has a fairly busy schedule. However, she spends the majority of whatever free time she has on campus with her girlfriend. “[My girlfriend and I] hold hands and kiss goodbye and all of that other sappy stuff people who are crazy for each other do,” said McCarthy, who studies in the Philosophy department. “No one I know has ever been less than happy for us, and we’ve never encountered anything like harassment.” McCarthy, who came out approximately 10 years ago, identifies as a member of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community at Emory, an environment where she said she feels “perfectly safe” from most instances of homophobia. Outside organizations have now taken notice of the University’s commitment to a healthy LGBTcommunity, and recently Campus Pride recognized Emory as having one of the top 25 most LGBTfriendly campuses in the country. Campus Pride, a non-profit organization that collaborates with organizations and leaders at colleges across the nation to generate support for LGBT students, worked with the Huffington Post to rank 339 colleges, according

to an Aug. 21 Huffington Post statement. Emory University was the only institution in the southest to make the list. According to Michael Shutt, the director of Emory’s Office of LGBT Life, Emory has always implemented progressive policies and programs geared towards increasing inclusion and fostering a positive environment for the University members who identify as LGBT. He added that Emory was the first university in the Southeast to open an Office of LGBT Life 21 years ago. “We set a bar at that point in time because we were also the 10th [university] in the nation to do that – to hire someone and provide resources,” Shutt said. “It was early on that we were doing that.” In addition, Shutt mentioned that this year marks the 40th anniversary of Emory’s Gay Liberation Committee, a group founded on campus in 1972 after the Stonewall Riots, an event that drove the beginning of the gay rights movement. The Gay Liberation Committee seeks to empower what Shutt called “queer leadership” at Emory. Despite efforts that the University has made towards creating a safe space on campus for the LGBT community, some students believe that the University still has much room to improve. College senior and Emory Pride co-president Shu Ong explained that she believes administrators needed to “focus on educating Emory’s community as a whole” in order to further “create a safer and more conducive environment for LGBT individuals on campus.”

See SHUTT, Page 4

MAKING PROGRESS

Council Proposes ‘Thank Dooley It’s Friday’ Event By Joy-Annette Atsegbua Staff Writer TGIF or TDIF? The 57th Legislature of College Council (CC) discussed plans for a new initiative called “Thank Dooley It’s Friday” at its meeting Wednesday evening. College senior and senior legislator Kala Simone Hurst, who developed the idea for the event, said students can expect a great time since it will celebrate the end of the week with food, music, games, performances and any activities that will help students kick-off their weekends. The event for students would take place on the last Friday of each month. Hurst said she came up with the idea after receiving complaints from students that there are not enough fun activities on campus and because some students are unable to attend Wonderful Wednesday. “Thank Dooley It’s Friday” would take place in the early evening, from either 5 to 7 or 6 to 8 p.m. CC President and College senior Amitav Chakraborty said he was “really excited” about the idea, and that while it is currently in the planning stages, it could become a regular event at Emory. In addition to the “Thank Dooley it’s Friday” initiative, CC focused on addressing student organizations’ funding requests.

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THANK DOOLEY IT’S FRIDAY Who: College Council When: The first Friday of each month

What: An initiative to celebrate the end of the week CC also worked on defining its role in the affairs of student organizations as well as brainstorming new ideas for student activities. The meeting opened with presentations from the leaders of student groups such as Mock Trial, the Latino Student Organization, Liberty in North Korea, the Persian Club and Model United Nations. These groups presented their operational and special events budgets to CC legislators. CC passed all budgetary bills from the organizations that presented. Chakraborty and College junior Kurtis Anderson, the vice president of administration, brought five bills before CC. These bills involved making amendments to the size of the CC’s executive board, determining CC’s involvement in disputes between student groups on campus and discussing a timeline for student groups to request funding from the Council. — Contact Joy-Annette Atsegbua at jatsegb@emory.edu

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mory broke ground on its new 200,000-square-foot, five-story Health Sciences Research Building on June 15, 2011. Construction on the Health Sciences Research Building is progressing, and is expected to be completed by April 2013.

LIBRARY

Cleage Donates Works to MARBL By Nicholas Sommariva Asst. News Editor Nationally-recognized playwright, poet and novelist Pearl Cleage placed her works at the University’s Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL), according to an Aug. 28 University press release. Randall Burkett, Emory’s curator of African American collections

,said in the press release that Cleage’s papers “add luster to our holdings of brilliant African American women writers, artists and activists.” According to the press release, Cleage said that she decided to place her papers with MARBL after holding discussions with Burkett and the late professor Rudolph Byrd. “Emory was a place that would

See PEARL, Page 4

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Pearl Cleage, a playwright, poet and novelist, has donated her papers to the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library at Emory University.

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NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News • The Democratic convention recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday. Its addition contradicts the Obama administration’s stance, which was that the capital should be agreed upon with the Palestinians. • A federal judge ruled that Arizona authorities can require criminal suspects to prove their immigration status. However, they cannot arrest people for harboring suspected illegal immigrants. The judge defended the state’s tough immigration law from 2010, which the Supreme Court upheld in June. • A former Atlanta go-go dancer was convicted of trafficking victims for prostitution. Steven Donald Lemery’s youngest victim was 15. Lemery was sentenced to 80 years in prison and probation for the rest of his life.

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• A new historical marker is being placed in a small down near Macon, GA, commemorating the place where Jimi Hendrix played 42 years ago. In July of 1970, the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival occurred in the town and included over 30 acts, one of which was Hendrix. He died less than three months later. • An elderly German man unintentionally grew 1,000 cannabis plants. Concerned neighbors informed local drug enforcement agents who investigated the situation. The man was unaware of the situation but explained that he had spread birdseed around the field, which must have had contained hemp. He plowed the field and destroyed the cannabis plants.

POLICE RECORD • On Sept. 3 at around 10:30 p.m., the Emory Police Department (EPD) discovered a male student who was on Starvine Way near the exit to the bus roundabout at Clairmont campus. He was injured when officers found him and appeared to have lost a tooth. Emory Emergency Medical Services (EEMS) arrived and determined he had fallen off his bike and hit the payment. Another Emory student transported him to the hospital. Campus Life was notified. • Officers arrested an Emory freshman on Sept. 2 at 12 a.m. for public intoxication and possession of alcohol underage. EPD found the subject stumbling around the front courtyard of the Woodruff P.E. Center.

• In the last issue of the Wheel, in the staff editorial “Social Freeze is Ineffective,” it was misstated that freshmen are subject to disciplinary action — specifically forfeiting the right to participate in recruitment — if they are caught on Eagle Row during the social freeze. This editorial should have read that freshmen might possibly face this consequence if they are seen on the Row, on a case-by-case basis. The Wheel reports and corrects all errors published in the newspaper and at emorywheel.com. Please contact Editor in Chief Evan Mah at emah@emorywheel.com to report an error.

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The student was violent, threatening to slice the throats of the officers. EEMS and DeKalb County Police arrived and arrested the subject. The same student had been in the Emory University Hospital on Aug. 31 after he admitted to consuming Valium, a bottle of wine and shots of liquor. The student reportedly told the police he was not going to snitch or squeal about where he got the drugs and alcohol. • A female faculty member’s Trek hybrid bike was stolen outside of the Rich Building on Aug. 31 between 10 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. The bike was attached with a cable lock.

student in Longstreet Means Hall on Sept. 1 at 9:30 p.m. She was intoxicated and said she had been drinking rum and tequila shots. She was transported to Emory University Hospital. Campus Life professionals were notified. • A male Emory student was passed out after underage alcohol consumption in Dobbs Hall on Sept. 2 at 1:45 a.m. EEMS was on the scene as officers arrived, but the student refused transport to a medical facility, and the resident director arranged for someone to stay with him.

Sept. 13, 1983 The Wheel introduced two new sections. One section was a creative expression display, featuring poetry and short stories. The creative expression section featured works by Emory students. The other new section was a current issues forum, offering opinions on current issues from Emory faculty and students.

— Compiled by Asst. News Editor Nicholas Sommariva

• EPD responded to a female

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FRIDAY Event: Managing Your Credit & Debt Time: 12 p.m. Location: Dobbs University Center, Harland Cinema Event: Fifth Annual Creativity & Arts Soiree Time: 4 p.m. Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Event: Athletics — Volleyball Time: 5 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: An Evening With Daniel Imhoff Time: 5 p.m. Location: Emory University, Dobbs University Center, Food E U Event: Athletics — Volleyball Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Event: Dan Imhoff Conference Time: 10 a.m. Location: Food E U at the DUC

Event: University Worship Time: 11:00 a.m. Location: Cannon Chapel

Event: Emory Remembers 9/11 Day of Unity Time: 11 a.m. Location: Dobbs University Center (DUC) Coca-Cola Commons

Event: Bach Live! Time: 4:00 p.m. Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall

Event: Athletics — Volleyball Time: 11:30 a.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Athletics — Volleyball Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: Woodruff PE Center

MONDAY Event: Biblical Moab: New Light on an Ancient Land Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall

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LGBTQ Students Oppose Presence of Chick-fil-A

Continued from Page 1 When other students started expressing interest, they formed the committee of about 10 students, which has met twice thus far this semester. Members of the committee launched its advertising campaign by hanging flyers around campus yesterday. The flyers include statements such as “Make Chicken, Not Judgements.” Another flyer quotes a straight ally at Emory: “I want my LGBT friends to feel comfortable in their relationships as I do. Don’t eat at Chick-fil-A, Don’t support hate groups.” The committee has also started distributing buttons on campus to garner support from the community, according to College junior Dohyun Ahn, Emory Pride President and a member of the committee. Nair wrote in his statement that it is the University’s “hope that our educational environment promotes diversity of thought and encourages dialogue on this issue with the aim of benefiting our local and global communities.” But, the committee’s perspective, according to Ahn, is that “Chick-fil-A has become a symbol against LGBT students, and Emory needs to do all it can to support all its students and their health,” in reference to mental

“Chick-fil-A has become a symbol against LGBT students, and Emory needs to do all it can to support all its students ...” — Dohyun Ahn, College junior and president of Emory Pride

and emotional in addition to physical health. Ratto stressed that it’s not necessarily the fact that the Cathy has expressed his stance on gay rights but rather, the idea that the company’s money is going to anti-gay organizations. “For someone like me, [forming this committee] was about realizing that this company had this history of behavior,” Ratto said. The committee has been working closely with Michael Shutt, director

Science Research Roundup Massages Boost Health Benefits

Jordan Friedman/News Editor

The LGBT community has posted flyers around campus, urging students to no longer eat at the Chick-fil-A at Cox Hall. of the LGBT Office, who noted that or not Emory University wishes to the LGBTQ community has been support Cathy and Chick-fil-A in discussing Chick-fil-A’s stance on gay denying myself and all other members of the LGBTQ community our rights for the past few years. position as fully “That [isn’t] the human.” only thing that gave In an additional a symbol — that “All of these things add letter to University gave a negative mesup. They are President James sage — to LGBT W. Wagner, Lilly folks,” Shutt said. micro-aggressions.” Correa (’73C) “But we know that and Ryan Roche there are racist, — Michael Shutt, (’03OX, ’05C) — homophobic, sexist, director of LGBT Office on behalf of the anti-Semitic things University’s LGBT that are being said in alumni — wrote: classrooms, written on bulletin boards in residence halls, “It is clear that Chick-fil-A does not [things] people hear as they walk to represent the values embraced by the campus. All of these things add up. Emory University community, and allowing such an organization to conThey are micro-aggressions.” tinue to operate on our campus runs Letters to Administrators counter to the spirit of equality that the University claims to champion.” The LGBTQ community has also Ahn explained that the committee expressed its disapproval of Emory’s and the LGBT community are planChick-fil-A by writing letters to ning more ways to engage the Emory administrators. In an Aug. 7 letter community in the debate. addressed to Nair, Karen McCarthy, “We students live here on campus, a graduate student in the Philosophy and Chick-fil-A is here at our home,” department, wrote that in Nair’s state- Ahn said. Asst. News Editor Stephanie ment, he “grievously misstates the Fang contributed reporting. actual issues at play.” — Contact Jordan Friedman at McCarthy wrote that the “focal jordan.m.friedman@emory.edu point” of the controversy is “whether

A recent study has shown that frequent massages have many health benefits, such as a stronger immune system, reduced stress hormones and alleviation of depression and fatigue. The study showed that people who received regular massages reported a greater sense of well being, calm and relaxation, explained lead researcher and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the School of Medicine, Mark Rapaport. Rapaport said the multi-billion dollar massage industry claims frequent massages have many health benefits but has had no conclusive findings on how exactly massages improved health until now. Researchers conducted the study in a five-week period to measure the neuroendocrine and immune changes associated with frequent massage visits, Rapaport explained. The researchers advertised for healthy individuals between the ages of 18 and 45 with no history of physical or mental illness. Participants were randomly placed in groups: those who received massages frequently versus participants who only received light touch. The participants who received weaker massages showed an increase in white blood cells, which fights infection and other diseases and demonstrate a decrease in cortisol levels, a type of stress hormone, Rapaport said. According to Rapaport, these preliminary works suggest that there may be differences in hormone and immunity levels due to the frequency of having a massage. The study concludes that massages are biologically active, meaning that they stimulate the immune, hormone, and stress systems compared to similar, but simple touch. “We need to replicate and extend this work, but it may have significant impact on the use of massage

to help treat a variety of conditions,” Rapaport said. Rapaport said that if the immune findings are correct, massages could help in cancer treatment and if the hormone findings are correct, massages may even be useful as part of a treatment for a number of stress-related conditions.

New Technology Developed for Treating Stroke Recent clinical trials have introduced new devices, called the Trevo Retriever and the Solitaire, as better treatments for strokes. The specific kind of stroke that these devices treat is called ischemic stroke, which occurs when a clot of some sort prevents blood from flowing to the brain, according to an Aug. 26 University press release. Both the Trevo Retriever and Solitaire are clot-removing devices that have shown to restore blood supply to the brain more efficiently than previously used devices, the press release states. These studies looked at the neurological outcomes after using the new devices compared to the previously used Merci Retriever, an older device used to treat ischemic stroke. The studies showed that patients who were treated with Trevo or Solitaire stayed in the hospital for a shorter period and had better quality of life 90 days after the stroke, the press release notes. According to the press release, the Trevo study took place at 16 sites across the United States while the Solitaire study took place at 18 sites across the United States. Neurointerventionalist and professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, Raul Nogueira, led both of these studies. According to Nogueira, restoring blood flow to the brain is critical to recovery, and thus, more effective devices allow physicians to improve the overall quality of care of patients who have suffered from stroke.

Sleep Improves Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease A recent study suggests that people with Parkinson’s disease wake up with a better memory after a good night’s of sleep. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease with symptoms like tremors, slow movements and impaired “working memory,” according to an Aug. 26 University press release. The study showed that sleep is required for better working memory ability, and people with Parkinson’s and sleep disorders suffer more than average, according to an author of the paper and postdoctoral fellow at Emory, Michael Scullin. Donald Bliwise, professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, is the senior author of the study. According to the press release, working memory is the ability to temporarily store and integrate information, an important part of everyday planning, problem solving and thinking. The research has shown that sleep is vital for the brain’s ability to reorganize and make new connections, according to the paper published in the journal Brain. Sleep disorders like sleep apnea interfered with memory reorganization and did not show a memory improvement in the morning, explained the news release. Patients also taking dopamineenhancing medications saw the greatest improvement from sleep, indicating that the dopamine neurotransmitter is beneficial in memory, according to the published study. Scullin and Bliwise said they believe addressing sleep disorders in the care of people with Parkinson’s could greatly improve their memory and overall quality of life.

— Compiled by Staff Writer Mallika Manyapu

POLITICS

Polls Suggest Decrease in Young Voters By Brian Arola Minnesota Daily, U. Minnesota 2008 was a monumental election year for young voters — one of the highest turnout percentages in nearly 40 years. This year, according to polls, young voters aren’t planning on repeating this feat. Expected voter turnout among 18 to 29 year olds is down from the 2008 election, according to a July Gallup poll. The poll found that only 58 percent of people in the 18 to 29-year-old demographic say they will “definitely vote” in the upcoming elections. These numbers mark a steep decline from 2008, which found that 78 percent answered they would do the same. With such a stark contrast between the 2012 poll findings and previous years — expected turnout numbers were also higher in 2004 — the question of why this demographic’s interest has declined has arisen. Larry Jacobs, a professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University, cited troubled economic times, dissatisfaction with the current administration and less student engagement with the media as reasons why students might be less inclined to go to the polls this fall. A “disappointment factor” in the Obama administration, as David

Schultz, a professor of public policy at the Hamline University School of Law referred to it, was an often cited reason among experts for the expected low voter turnout. “There was this sense that he represented change. Change in the sense of a break from a previous generation, a break from George Bush, a break from the status quo. In many situations, he doesn’t have any of that going for him now,” Schultz explained. Schultz also talked about Generation X-ers and Millennials perhaps putting unreasonably high expectations on the Obama administration. “The phrases hope and change meant many things to many people, but it also meant that people had an exaggerated sense of what he might accomplish,” Schultz said. Despite the disappointing poll results, student groups on campus will be gearing up to get out the vote by informing college students about the process of voting. The process of registering to vote can often be the major stumbling block getting in the way of students going to the polls, according to Minnesota Student Association President Taylor Williams. “[Getting students registered] is more difficult than most people realize. A lot of students show up at the polls because they care and they

want to vote, and they’re turned away, which is a shame,” Williams said. A lack of consistency at polling stations regarding what materials are needed to register can further frustrate and confuse hopeful voters, Williams said. “There’s quite a bit of variance depending on the polling station you go to and the election officials that are working,” Williams said. “So one year a student at Bierman Place may have to just bring postage with their name on it to prove they live at that place, but the next year there could be a higher standard.” The MSA already registered young voters at welcome week events on campus, with further plans to do so in the coming months at off campus apartments. “We’re working with the Secretary of State’s office to try to coordinate a voter registration drive and a voter turnout drive at the largest apartments around campus,” Williams said. Minnesotans historically turn out to vote at a higher rate than the rest of the country. The state was ranked number one among all states in voter turnout percentage in 2008, according to U.S. Census Bureau voting and registration data. The deadline to register in Minnesota is Oct. 16 by mail and Nov. 6 in person, as long as you can provide proof of residency.

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Pearl Cleage Donates Photographs, Manuscripts to Emory Continued from Page 1 value the work that I’ve done and make the papers available in a way that would make it productive to place them there,” Cleage said. Cleage’s donation will include her correspondences, printed material, photographs as well as manuscripts and typescripts of drafts of her writing, according to the press release.

Cleage will join distinguished African American women writers at Emory’s MARBL, artists and activists including Camille Billops, Elaine Brown, Mildred Thompson and Alice Walker. Burkett said Cleage fits well in this group of leading creative figures of the 20th and 21st centuries, according to the press release. Cleage is an Atlanta resident and

is best known for her novels What Looks like Crazy on an Ordinary Day and Babylon Sisters as well as her plays Blues for an Alabama Sky and Flyin’ West. What I Learned in Paris, Cleage’s latest production, is running from Sept. 5-30 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. — Contact Nicholas Sommariva at nsommar@emory.edu

Shutt Hopes to Expand Support for the LGBT Community Continued from Page 1 “There have been few reported cases of outright harassment of LGBT individuals on campus that I know of,” she said. “However, I would say that there is also a general sense of apathy towards LGBT issues on campus and while a large majority of students are tolerant, they may not

necessarily be accepting.” The Office of LGBT Life plans to work with different student groups to plan and host upcoming events that will help the University move forward in order to provide additional leadership opportunities and support systems for LGBT individuals at Emory, according to Shutt. “Emory is not different from the

real world,” Shutt said. “We know that our students are bumping up against sexism, racism, etc. everyday. What we want to do as an institution is ensure that we’re doing everything we can to remove barriers so that students can do everything they want to achieve.”

— Contact Stephanie Fang at fang.fang@emory.edu

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Friday, September 7, 2012 Editorials Editor: Shahdabul Faraz (sfaraz@emory.edu)

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Restaurant Has Become Symbol of Intolerance Chick-fil-A President and COO Dan Cathy made national headlines this past July when he expressed his views on same-sex marriage. In an interview on The Ken Coleman Show, a independently-syndicated talk radio show, Cathy said, “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.’” He continued by stating, “I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.” Almost immediately, Cathy’s comments sparked a whirlwind of controversy about the implications of his statements with respect to the official stance of his company. While the personal beliefs of a company’s president do not necessarily reflect those of the rest of the company, Cathy’s statement has prompted many LGBT or pro-LGBT individuals to boycott Chick-fil-A and its infamous chicken products. Many have also expressed support for Chick-fil-A, notably former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee who called for a Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. The controversy brings Emory into the picture since the Chick-fil-A located in the Cox Hall Food Court was the first to open on a college campus. Emory has been recognized as one of the most LGBT-friendly universities in the Southeast, and there has been much uproar within Emory’s LGBT community in response to Cathy’s comments. The University released a statement in August asserting that, “Recent public statements by Dan Cathy, president of Chick-fil-A, do not reflect Emory’s values as an institution … Emory therefore respects the right of people to express their disagreement with Mr. Cathy by not patronizing Chick-fil-A.” Unfortunately, Emory’s statement does little to address the big question: What’s going to happen to our Chick-fil-A? We at The Emory Wheel recommend that Emory replace the Chickfil-A in the Cox Hall Food Court with another restaurant that doesn’t alienate segments of the student body. While we understand that Cathy’s anti-LGBT statements do not necessarily represent the views of the rest of the company or of our particular franchise, we must also believe that the Chick-fil-A brand has become a point of much discontent for members of the Emory community. It is neither Cathy’s place, nor that of any other company president, to make proclamations about personal religious beliefs in public and, as a result of his actions, the brand is now associated with anti-LGBT beliefs. The restaurant’s presence on campus has become a symbol of homophobia and stands in direct conflict with Emory’s stated vision of being an “inquirydriven, ethically engaged and diverse community.” Emory’s LGBT community is an active one and has already begun calling for Chick-fil-A’s removal. Letters have been written to key administrators, and flyers have begun appearing around campus declaring, “Make Chicken, Not Judgements” and, “Don’t eat at Chick-fil-A, Don’t support hate groups.” If Emory University is truly the caring and ethically-engaged institution that it claims to be, it will understand its obligation to the student community to remove this symbol of homophobia from campus. Emory’s actions will set the precedent for other college campuses struggling with this issue and, once again, the University is being called upon to be a leader among its peers. We must also keep in mind that Chick-fil-A is contracted through Sodexo. While Emory cannot directly remove the chain from campus, Emory contracts Sodexo and can certainly apply considerable pressure. To those students for whom the loss of chicken sandwiches and waffle fries will be too much to bear, we offer the consolation they may take in the knowledge that their sacrifice has enabled the carriage of justice on campus. The above staff editorial represents the majority opinion of the Wheel’s editorial board.

Editorial Roundup College editorials from across the country The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Thursday, September 6, 2012 In its staff editorial, “Red and Undead: Keep Student Journalism Independent” The Harvard Crimson discusses the recent upheaval at UGA’s The Red and Black and the importance of independent student journalism: On August 17th, the staff of the University of Georgia’s independent student newspaper, The Red & Black, scored a victory for student newspapers across the country and for the integrity of modern-day journalism. Over the summer, the paper’s board tried to take editorial control over the daily out of the student’s hands and to give nonstudent managers the power to review the paper’s content before it was published, and even veto the decisions taken by student editors. In response, these editors took part in a courageous walkout, publishing their content on other forums, until the proposed changes were rolled back. Student journalism is a valuable forum for discussion on university policies and serves as a check on the institutional abuse of power, largely because of its perspective. Granting anyone other than a student editorial review power over student-produced content would be antithetical to the goals of student journalism and open up the possibility of corruption. Students offer a unique perspective on universities, who through their own publications seek to cast themselves in the most positive light possible. Students, on the other hand, are best in position to experience the effects of the university’s policies and to comment candidly on them. By challenging the status quo when the

situation demands it, student journalists can have a real and positive impact over the world they are a part of. To provide just one recent example, this spring the Harvard Management Corporation announced it would not reinvest in HEI Hotels & Resorts, a company criticized for repeated allegations of labor rights abuses. The Crimson played a part in encouraging this decision through sustained coverage of these accusations as well as repeated calls to investigate the allegations. As a matter of fact, by defending their journalistic integrity, student newspapers demonstrate their ability not only to be valuable members of the press community, but also their potential to be leaders in the field. [...] It is this paper’s firm belief that quote review debases the basic principle of honesty on which journalism relies. Unfortunately, leading media organizations such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Reuters have all recently agreed to quote review, largely out of pressure from political campaigns. While we understand that such large media companies respond to different concerns than a student newspaper, we nevertheless would like to see more of the press taking the courageous stance, rather than the easy one, in this regard. Despite the many struggles faced by journalism—whether high-profile lying scandals or widespread financial distress, to name just two—events at the University of Georgia have demonstrated that the industry has hope for a bright future. Congratulations to our peers at The Red & Black, and keep the old sheet flying.

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Afghanistan is Still Volatile The White House might have to consider their position on training Afghan troops in light of numerous stories of Afghan police officers defecting to the Taliban and carrying out attacks on American troops. Another distressing matter is that the Afghan defectors are taking the modern weaponry, radios and armored Humvees to the Taliban, thus, strengthening the Taliban. There have been instances in the Farah province in Western Afghanistan when highranking Afghan officials have poisoned subordinates that refused to defect along with them. There is also the possibility that these commanders have passed crucial intelligence information to the Taliban. This comes as a setback for the American and other international forces in Afghanistan because they have been successful in getting Taliban insurgents over to the government side. Instances of defection are rarely reported

in the Afghan media, but they occur on small scales throughout the country. They occur mostly in volatile regions such as Helmand, Musa Qala and Kandahar. The American troops feel the frustration of defecting Afghan officers because they play a vital role in remote areas in negotiating with the Taliban to implement a cease-fire. This is one of the few ways to avoid constant fighting and to broker peace agreements. Hence, defections make it far more difficult for the Americans to trust locals now. Local Afghans, however, have a different story to tell. They blame the weak government and argue that the police officers that defected were poor and not paid on time. Therefore, they had no option but to defect to the Taliban, who provided food and other securities for the families of defectors. This situation in Afghanistan highlights a precarious situation not only for the Afghans, but also the American administration because

of the constant talk of withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan. The White House might have to rethink its strategy now because America would not want to leave Afghanistan in a situation worse than what it was in 2001 with a stronger-than-before Taliban. There is also the additional pressure from neighboring countries such as India because an American withdrawal from Afghanistan could lead to an increase in Islamic militancy, which could have potentially devastating ramifications for the Indian subcontinent and also the West because of their military involvement in Afghanistan. Therefore, it is imperative that the powers in America do some careful thinking about this delicate situation in Afghanistan. Any wrong decisions could have hazardous consequences in the long term. Aditya Mehta is a College junior from Mumbai, India joint majoring in SociologyReligion and minoring in Global health, Cultures and Society.

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‘Organic’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Healthier’ Buying organic groceries comes at quite a high price, but people justify it with all of the nutritional benefits of eating all-natural. It’s just too bad there really are none. A recently published paper by Stanford University demonstrated that there are no “marked health benefits from consuming organic versus conventional foods.” This paper used meta-analysis — the process of consolidating data from previous experiments and papers — to look at the aggregate results of a previous 237 studies, the largest analysis done to date. The results showed no significant differences in the nutritional values of organic fruits, vegetables and meats. There were some differences in organic products, such as lower levels of pesticide residues, though both organic and conventional foods were under the levels required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Additionally, organic meats contained less antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The effects, if any, of these small levels of pesticide residues are unclear, and all bacteria should be killed if food is cooked correctly. This study does have a significant downside. It is not a long-term study and only looked at the food samples. There are no studies out that look at the health effects of individuals eating organic versus conventional

food over long periods of time. While not all people buy organic food purely for the health benefits, farming conditions and taste of the food are both considerations that should be made whenever purchasing groceries. Health is definitely an aspect that had been accepted by the general public (myself included) unflinchingly up until this point. There are two possibilities that might explain this mindset. First, it could be that these organic foods, and places that sell them, are normally more expensive and thus are just assumed to be “better” for the consumer. Sometimes, price and credibility go hand-in-hand. Second, it could be the by-product of the advertisement campaign for a healthier lifestyle by the same stores that are selling all these organic products. This sort of advertising has successfully convinced people that organic food is healthier than it really is. The study serves as a reminder that we should be wary of what we may hear online or on television. After all, companies, even ones like Whole Foods, are looking to make a profit. They don’t care if they have to lie to you to do it. A perfect example is the cigarette industry. When they were first introduced, the tobacco companies were advertising all the

health benefits of their product. You heard me right, cigarettes were once lauded as a healthy habit. Tobacco was considered a good weightloss supplement and, yes, a cough suppressant. At the time, “leading doctors” signed off on one brand after another. While lawsuits would keep companies from making such hugely false claims today without at least some prior research to back it up, the use of doctors to back claims for our health is just as prevalent. But it doesn’t stop with cigarettes. In the early 1900s trans fat was used as a cheap alternative to butter. Advocates of trans fat claimed that their product was healthier for people than the saturated fats in butter. Turns out, it wasn’t true. Trans fat is one of the unhealthiest things you can eat. I’m not trying to convince you what to eat and what not to eat. You should go to a nutritionist for that. It is just important to stress how willing companies are to lie to you. Caution is necessary when evaluating any information you’re given. I’m not suggesting you don’t shop at Whole Foods anymore — and by the way, their hot food is fantastic — but don’t fool yourself with ideas that everything you eat there is adding years to your life. Associate Editor Jeremy Benedik is a College senior from Georgetown, Texas.

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The ‘Facts’ Aren’t Quite Right

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When it Comes to the Economy, Politicans Don’t Always Check Their Facts Before you read any further, be warned that this column is going to be a bit wonkish. It is no secret that the state of the economy is the overriding issue in this upcoming Presidential election. In his speech at the Republican National Convention last week, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell claimed that the economies in states with Republican governors were doing better than states with Democratic governors: “In states with Republican governors, the average unemployment rate is a full point lower than in states with Democratic governors.” It’s not, by the way. But, in the spirit of the GOP’s determination not to let fact checkers interfere with what its candidates say, let us put the inaccuracy aside for a moment and look at the politics of the statement. One has to admit that arguments such as

these are appealing. They win over people’s common sense by providing an easy to comprehend comparison of policy that works and policy that fails. You don’t often get a message that can be much better than that. There’s just one problem: it’s wrong. As anyone who has gone to a single Statistics 101 class can tell you, averages can be devilishly misleading. With this measure, outliers can skew whole mean results. For instance, if a company has ten employees where nine of the workers make $30,000 and one makes $100,000, one could accurately state that the average wage at that company is $37,000. Of course, that’s b.s. The average does not change the fact that nine out of ten workers is making $7,000 less than the “average wage.” The same problems go with McDonnell’s little equation.

Republican states like North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Oklahoma — all with unemployment rates below 5 percent — are statistical outliers. They are not the norm of states with Republican executives by any means. Nor are states like Governor Nathan Deal’s Georgia (9.3 percent unemployment), Nikki Haley’s South Carolina (9.6 percent unemployment), Chris Christie’s New Jersey (9.8 percent unemployment) or Brian Sandoval’s Nevada (12 percent unemployment) representative of the other 25 red states. A better indicator is the median. It neutralizes outliers — in both directions — and provides a fairer representation of a party’s performance on jobs. Using this more accurate tool, we find a very different picture than the one that Bob McDonnell painted at the RNC. States with

Democratic governors have a median unemployment rate of 7.4 percent, while states with Republican governors have a median unemployment rate of 7.6 percent. (Note: the median unemployment rate falls to 7.35 percent in Democratic states if Rhode Island’s Independent Governor Lincoln Chafee is not included.) That is a very small, insignificant difference in the Democratic Party’s favor. This difference would theoretically be greater if some of the states Democrats lost between 2009 and 2010 — where unemployment was already lower than the national rate or were in the process of falling rapidly — were held by their party’s candidate. But they weren’t, and fair is fair. Still, what do these rough numbers tell us? Do they mean that Democratic governors are

better than Republican governors? Not necessarily. Different states have different problems and different tools to fix their economies. What may have worked in North Dakota, where local residents are in the middle of a major energy boom, may not work in states like New York, Georgia or California. Sometimes, it just happens to be the luck of the draw. What they do say is that voters should be wary of broad generalizations by politicians with agendas that aren’t driven by facts and accuracy. Not exactly new, I know. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing to be reminded of every so often.

Former Editorials Editor James Sunshine is a College senior from Boca Raton, Fla.

NICHOLAS BRADLEY

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Emory’s Tobacco Ban Needs Work

Yesterday, Amazon announced the arrival of six new additions to the Kindle family of e-readers and tablets. The first two are new versions of the Kindle “paperwhite” e-reader, which, according to the tech media blog “The Verge,” feature upgraded pixel density and contrast, a lower price and 3G capabilities. Also released yesterday was an improved version of the seven-inch Kindle Fire, which includes a faster processor and twice as much RAM as the old version, and the new Kindle Fire HD line. The Kindle Fire HD comes in 7- and 8.9inch versions as well as a version that features LTE connection capabilities. Amazon’s new line of Kindle HD devices represents what could be an interesting change in the direction of the company. Before Amazon was the catch-all e-commerce hub that it is today, it was, and continues to be, an online bookstore. It is for this reason that the original Kindle, other than being a pioneering technology in the burgeoning field of e-readers, never aroused much curiosity regarding the direction that Amazon was taking with its business. In fact, it seemed only natural that an online bookstore might also break into e-reader technology. But the Kindle Fire, which runs an Android operating system, doesn’t seem much like an e-reader anymore. Instead, it looks and feels more like a tablet — something along the lines of Apple’s iPad. In fact, it’s easy to tell which device Amazon’s designers were using to model the Kindle Fire — it looks a lot like the first generation iPad. Even on the seven-inch model, its screen is spacious and bright. Given Apple’s recent legal tangle with Samsung, this ought to raise some concern at Amazon. Although it utilizes an entirely different operating system, the hardware’s design is strikingly similar to the iPad’s — it even features a forward-facing camera. Amazon’s announcement of the Kindle Fire HD family means that it has fully committed to going the route of Barnes and Noble’s Nook — which is to say that Amazon will definitely continue making its e-readers with color screens and tablet-like functionality. While this isn’t a problem — in fact, I suspect that the Kindle Fire HD will make lots of money for Amazon — it also suggests that Amazon may be taking a bigger step into the field of consumer electronics. It’s hard to argue that the Kindle Fire isn’t remarkably

similar to the Apple iPad — or the B&N Nook, or Samsung’s line of Galaxy tablets. Is it possible that Amazon will make a little extra competition for these other companies? I couldn’t tell you for sure — after all, I’m only a writer for a college newspaper. However, something that did catch my eye was the announcement that all of the new Kindle Fire devices will feature advertisements and special offers from Amazon on their lock screens. These advertisements serve two main purposes. The first, and most obvious, is to facilitate Amazon’s never-ending quest to sell more stuff to more people. From a business standpoint, advertising on a device’s lock screen makes pretty good sense. For those of you with smartphones, think about your own lock screen. With the exception of a clock and maybe some musicrelated controls, the lock screen is essentially wasted space. Capitalizing on this space is a great way for Amazon to generate more sales without sacrificing functional screen space. Whichever Kindle Fire designer came up with this idea deserves a big pat on the back. The second purpose of advertising on the lock screen is to drive down the price of the Kindle Fire itself. If Amazon can incite consumers to buy other, Kindle-related goods, it can generate the money necessary to drop the price of the device. Consumers are always more inclined to buy products that cost less, so finding a way to make the Kindle Fire less expensive is a great way for Amazon to generate sales. On the other hand, a device with advertising on the lock screen reeks of corporate mischief and could prove to be nothing but an inconvenience for consumers. In this modern world, nothing is more frustrating than dealing with pesky advertising, especially where it isn’t wanted. Clever though it may be, advertising on the lock screen may prove to be just another frustration for Kindle users. In the end, Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HD family looks promising. Will this new advertising on the lock screen be a detriment to the device’s sales? Will other tablet manufacturers start doing it, too? As before, there really isn’t any way of knowing — it’s just fun to think about. Assistant Editorials Editor Nicholas Bradley is a College sophomore from Skillman, N.J.

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I was a smoker. I was vocally opposed to the ban, or at least snobbish about it. “Oh, they’re just doing it so that employee health care is cheaper,” or “It’s just to give the school one more ‘wow’ factor for visiting parents.” All conspiratorial ideas that I haven’t completely shaken, but so it goes. But, I quit. I quit for a variety of health reasons and for the added benefit of a few more bucks in my pocket. Hopefully, I’ve quit for good, but we’ll have to see. Now that I’ve shown hand, I want to express some thoughts. I’m not looking to try to argue against the ban. It’s such a monolithic thing, and frankly I’m tired from the past week. My most immediate objection to the wording of the ban is its prohibition against so-called “e-cigarettes.” For those who don’t know, e-cigarettes release a vapor of nicotine that can then be inhaled. E-cigarettes don’t carry the same risk of harm that cigarettes do because they don’t have any of the (numerous) other ingredients that go into cigarettes. Though the wording of the tobacco ban only lists tobacco products, e-cigarettes are also listed on the Tobacco Free Emory website’s list of banned items. I will grant that e-cigarettes are a new product and that there isn’t much research on

them. However, e-cigarettes could be used in much the same way as nicotine patches are used: as a means of quitting. Alongside that, e-cigarettes are a socially harmless means of consuming nicotine.

Tobacco isn’t the only issue that the Emory community should take action on. People are affected by secondhand smoke from cigarettes, but as with a nicotine patch, no person other than the smoker is harmed by the use of e-cigarettes. Banning e-cigarettes is, simply, ridiculous. My second matter is less technical, though may be seen as a finger-pointing tactic, but that is not my desire at all. Emory’s campus, dear reader, has something of a drinking problem and Adderall problem. Drinking may be talked about in a freshman’s health class, or in AlcoholEdu, but nothing different from what people would have already heard in an 8th grade health

class. No conversation about how alcohol can be a problematic substance without being an ‘alcoholic.’ Just a general message of, “Don’t get caught with it under 21, and oh yeah don’t get alcohol poisoning.” But at least alcohol is addressed. Pharmaceutical drugs like Adderall, intended for those with ADHD and other attention disorders, are used by many on campus. Some use them recreationally, but they’re often used just to stay on top of one’s work. This ties itself into the stress levels that many Emory students are made to endure because of their classes, and that’s a different topic for a different day. The point is that Adderall abuse is a meaningful problem. Which brings me to my point. There is a tobacco ban. The campus engaged in a dialogue about tobacco and did something (big) about it. I’m not saying that I think Emory should become a dry campus or pharmaceutical-free. But these are issues that need to be discussed in a big, meaningful way. It can help Emory achieve its goal of being a healthful environment for its students and faculty. Finally, I extend my solidarity with Emory’s tobacco-users. Rhett Henry is a College sophomore from Lawrenceville, Ga.

CHRIS MCCANDLESS Chris McCandless is an Emory College alumnus from the Class of 1990. He was the Asst. Editorials Editor and wrote numerous opinion pieces during his tenure at The Emory Wheel. The book and popular movie “Into the Wild” are based on his adventures, and eventual death, in the Alaskan wilderness. On Wednesday, November 4, 1987, the Georgia Supreme Court voted to reverse the murder conviction of one Jerome Holloway, a 30-year-old mentally retarded inmate whose attorneys had claimed possessed the mind of a 7-year-old child. The high court, in a unanimous decision, declared that Holloway had been denied an independent psychiatric evaluation which may have shown him too incompetent to stand trial. Said Chief Justice Thomas O. Marshall Jr., “There is in this case a serious question of the extent to which Holloway was capable of differentiating between right and wrong at the time of the crime.” The Georgia Supreme Court is mistaken.

In all probability, Jerome Holloway knew exactly what he was doing when he attacked and murdered [the] elderly 65-year-old neighbor, Corabelle Berry. After Holloway had beaten Berry so long that the left side of her face was gone, he hid the body and disposed of his blood-drenched clothing. Why would Holloway have hidden Corabelle Berry’s body if he didn’t feel the murder was wrong? Why would Holloway have disposed of his bloodstained clothing if he didn’t have some premonition that smashing in an old woman’s face was not quite the noble deed society applauds. Perhaps Holloway just got confused, Huh?..... Yeah!.....Dat’s it….. Holloway, poor chap, just got momentarily confused for a little while…..Yeah….. for a little while he just got confused and thought that killing was good….. Yeah, Yeah, Dat’s it!..... and, of course, Holloway, always the dispenser of good will, decided to do Miss Berry a little favor….. Yeah, Dat’s it! Dat’s the ticket! Unfortunately for Holloway “dat” is not the ticket. It seems quite evident to me that

Holloway clearly understood his actions to be in violation of the law. Why else would he have taken such deliberate measures to avoid detection if this was not so? If Holloway lacked intention in his actions, why did he later spend several hundred dollars of Miss Berry’s money on expensive stereo equipment? Jerome Holloway’s case vividly exhibits the failure of the American Judicial system to effectively deal with our most dangerous criminals. When a person chooses to take the life of another they make a decision which can never be alleviated. Once they pursue that course of action they are permanently and irreparably separated from society. It should not be the burden of law abiding citizens to turn these murderers back upon themselves, nor to support such criminals throughout their natural lives. When an individual decides to murder another human being, they also decide to murder themselves as human beings, and therefore lose their rights as human beings, becoming only a dangerous element which must be eliminated from society.

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TAURUS You might want to re-think trying out for that a cappella group: the rings of Saturn will not be aligned in your favor this week (and your roommate is sick of hearing your voice).

GEMINI To prevent an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction that might come your way, switch out last year’s school clothes for some new fashions. Plus, there will be great sales this weekend. Austin Price/Photography Co-Editor

College senior Caleb Peng (above) started “Project Unspoken: I am Tired of the Silence” to raise awareness and bolster prevention of sexual assault and relationship violence.

‘Project Unspoken’ Breaks the Silence By Arianna Skibell Executive Editor A man misses the bus one evening after dark and decides to walk the two miles home. On his way, he thinks about what he can do to enhance attitudes in the work place, what he is going to make for lunch the next day and which pajamas he’s going to wear to bed. A woman misses the bus one evening after dark and decides to walk the two miles home. On her way, she thinks about how to fade into the background so no one notices her. She visualizes where the pepper spray is in her purse and maps out the fastest way to access it. She walks with her phone in her hand, ready to dial 911 in an instant. What do you do on a daily basis to avoid

rape, sexual assault or harassment? This is the first question posed in College senior Caleb Peng’s video “Project Unspoken: I am Tired of the Silence” to a series of males ranging from Emory College students, staff and faculty to University President James W. Wagner. The 8-minute video, which is on YouTube, has garnered nearly 2,800 hits and attracted the attention of other universities, educators, rape crisis centers and even the White House. All of the groups, according to Peng, are looking for ways to use the film for educational purposes. Project Unspoken is part of Emory’s Respect Program, which aims to engage the Emory community in preventing and responding to sexual assault and relationship violence. Peng spent the summer working on the film as an intern in

Q&A

the Office of Health and Promotion in Emory University Student Health and Counseling Services in the Division of Campus Life. “The process of creating, sharing and talking about this video has been one incredible facet in pursuing that mission,” Lauren Bernstein wrote in an email to the Wheel. Bernstein is Peng’s mentor and the coordinator of Sexual and Relationship Violence Prevention, Education and Response. “A great deal of the power of this video comes from Caleb’s care and attention to representing this issue’s nuances while still creating a captivating video. Though the first group of male participants in the film try to think about the question in a serious manner, most cannot help but crack a smile or chuckle at the seemingly ridiculous nature of the question.

In the next segment of Peng’s film, however, a series of women are asked the same question: What do you do on a daily basis to avoid rape, sexual assault or harassment? Woman after woman describes well-thought-out tactics for avoiding sexual assault, everything from being aware of their surroundings to walking in lighted places, parking near entrances, and traveling in large groups. What they wear, where they walk, how friendly and trusting they are, calling friends when they leave a place and when they arrive, are all factored into the women’s strategies for avoiding harm. Peng’s inspiration to create this film stemmed from his learning that many of his friends had been affected by sexual assault.

See PENG, Page 10

BUCKET LIST

PSY seems to be a pretty relevant artist right now. I think he’d be great.

Would you rather fight a flock of eagles or a single velociraptor? Definitely a single velociraptor. Eagles are American, and I would never fight anything American. America.

Favorite video game as a kid: Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo. That’s all I had growing up. That’s all I needed.

Which mythological creature would you most like to have as a pet? A jackalope. I really don’t know why I would choose a jackalope. I’m not even sure what a jackalope is. But you can buy a head mount of one, and my roommate and I are thinking of getting one, apparently.

It doesn’t take an astrologer to predict that this week is going to be tough. Hang in there; things will get better. Or at least less terrible. One can hope, anyway. Eat a lot of ice cream to soothe your woes, and you should make it through alright.

Virgo Your ability to make new friends easily will be useful for the beginning of the year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make enemies. Just remember to watch your back in that “Tai Chi with Swords” P.E. class. Accidents happen — that’s what they’ll say, anyway.

Scorpio The stars are perfectly aligned with Jupiter this week, so everything will go your way when you attempt a triple back flip off of the high dive at Clairmont pool.

There’s really no way I’m going to survive the entire Atlantic on a kayak, nor am I going to survive a cruise ship. I might as well take the cruise ship, go ahead and just get infected on day one, and have a decent time for the rest of the voyage…

If you could bring any one musician or band to perform at Emory, who would you choose?

LEO

This week, a back-to-school party will rekindle an old flame from last year. Don’t get too excited: chances are there’s a reason things didn’t work out.

Would you rather cross the Atlantic Ocean in a kayak or a cruise ship full of zombies? Explain.

Shuttle driver. I already have all the guns I need on my right and left arm.

When the stars align with Pluto, watch out for those Libras. You’ll think they are looking good at the party, but if you fall for their charms, the case of back-to-school mono you will receive will make you wish you’d never looked at them twice.

Libra

We sat down with SGA President Ashish Gandhi to discover his deepest, darkest secrets. The results of our investigation were shocking.

Would you rather be an Emory shuttle driver for a day or an Emory police officer on a Friday night? Explain.

CANCER

SAGITTARIUS Austin Price/Photography Co-Editor

The fountain behind the Medical School is by far the most pleasurable to splash around in.

Things to Do Before You Graduate

1. Study in the stacks of Woodruff Library. 2. “Study” in the stacks of Woodruff Library <winky face>. 3. Trick-or-treat at JWags’ house. 4. Feed the ducks at Lullwater. 5. Chase the ducks at Lullwater. 6. Run in your birthday suit through the Quad at an ungodly hour. 7. Fall asleep on a bench. 8. Mask a fart in the Reading Room by coughing and making your chair squeak. 9. Receive a cigarette burn from a drunk girl at Maggie’s. 10. Fall off a chair/table/whatever happens to be elevated at Maggie’s. 11. Skinny dip at the fountain behind the Emory Medical School. 12. Try to fit a kayak in afore-

Compiled by Roshani Chokshi

mentioned fountain. 13. Scare an Emory tour group simply by glaring at them with your sleep-deprived eyes. 14. Write a poem to Dooley to get let out of class. 15. Get let out of class by Dooley. 16. Walk out in the middle of class because you can’t understand your professor/graduate student’s Engrish. 17. Shoot the hooch! 18. Try all the food in Cox. 19. Steal silverware from the DUC. 20. Pass yourself off as a freshman to get free food from the DUC. 21. Use your freshman medical amnesty during Dooley’s Week. 22. See the original Piranesi etchings at MARBL because they’re

quite awesome and are 400 years old. Cray. 23. Run past the speedometer on Eagle Row and pretend you’re an eagle. 24. Attend First Fridays and despair over your lack of singing skills. 25. Get mistaken for a freshman by a well-meaning OL. 26. Skip class on Friday. 27. Use the word “rage” around a professor and watch them cringe. 28. Vigorously defend the glory that is Einstein Bros. Bagels. 29. Pull an all-nighter at the library. 30. Hide in the library bathroom past closing and spend the night roaming the dark stacks. Maybe even take a shower.

A pop quiz in your astronomy class will surprise you early in the next week. Study up on the stars, and maybe I won’t have to keep predicting your horoscope.

CAPRICORN Your study habits are great now, but once that Aries with the hot bod walks into your life around the 10th, you will be spending more time hitting the sack than hitting the books.

Aquarius Go ahead and talk to that French foreign exchange student that sits next to you in class – they will turn out to be a great study buddy and more!

Pisces Don’t drink that punch! Horoscopes by Isabella Fraschilla and Liz Frame

THE EMORY WHEEL

STUDENT LIFE

Friday, September 7, 2012

Student Activities Calendar Friday, September 7 — Thursday, September 13

RUSH

BE CULTURAL

Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity Fall Rush Professional Night Monday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m. Goizueta Business School

RANDOM STUFF

Indian Cultural Exchange with PSA

Student Programming Council

ICE Cream Social Friday, Sept. 7, 4:30—6:30 p.m. Quad

Back to School Pool Party Saturday, Sept. 8, 1-5 p.m. SAAC

Arab Culture Association

Professional Attire. Brotherhood Night Tuesday, Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m. Goizueta Business School

Send-A-Smile

Informational Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. White Hall Lobby

General Body Meeting Monday, Sept. 10, 4 p.m. DUC 355

Food will be provided.

Emory Student Ambassadors Interest Meeting Monday, Sept. 10, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 4:30 p.m. Oxford Road, Presentation Room

THEIR HIPS DON’T LIE

Casual Attire. Social Night Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m. Goizueta Business School

Karma Bhangra

For new students interested in ESA.

Try-outs Friday, Sept. 7, 6:00—8:00 p.m. WoodPEC

Casual Attire. Attendance at 2/3 events is necessary to receive and invitation to Closed Rush. Applications are resumes are due on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Closed Rush will take place on both Saturday, Sept. 15 and Sunday, Sept. 16. Please keep these dates open if you are expecting an invitation.

Interfraternity Council Upperclass Recruitment Convocation Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m.

Emory Reads

Training Session Monday, Sept. 10, 6 & 7 p.m.

Zeebah

Auditions Saturday, Sept. 8, 1:30 p.m. 4th Floor Aerobics Studio in the WoodPEC

Mandatory for new and returning tutors.

Alloy Literary Magazine

Weekly Submission Review Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 12, 6 p.m. Candler Libary 114

Zeebah is a Persian/belly dance group.

Ngambika

Outdoor Emory

General Body Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 11, 6 p.m. White Hall 206

General Body Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. Harland Cinema

Brotherhood of Afrocentric Men

Round One Wednesday, Sept. 12, 8-10 p.m.

General Body Meeting Thursday, Sept. 13, 7 p.m.

Round Two Thursday, Sept. 13, 8-10 p.m.

RELIGIOUS LIFE

Want to be listed on our calendar?

Emory Christian Fellowship

Email Elizabeth Howell at ehowel5@emory.edu. Include the name of your event, the name of your organization, date and time, location and a one sentence description of the event.

Twitter Shorts Contest Think you know how to write a story? Try your hand at our 140-character short story contest. Winners will be featured in an upcoming issue. Submit entries to jgroot@emory.edu. Deadline is September 12th.

“Thursdays at 7” Thursday, Sept. 13, 7 p.m.

Peng Hopes to Make the World a Better Place Continued from Page 9 “I felt frustrated and angry after hearing their stories,” he wrote in an email to the Wheel. “[Often,] the people responsible for their suffering did not face any consequences. In fact, the vast majority of perpetrators go unpunished because sexual violence is usually silenced. I [want my film] to challenge society to break this silence.” Though there were many technical challenges in the creation of this film, such as gathering information, interviewing people and editing the footage, the most difficult aspect for Peng was the presentation, he said. “I didn’t want to make it seem like only females get sexually assaulted and raped; males are affected as well.

But at the same time, I wanted to show that just being a male will most likely give you the privilege of safety since we live in a patriarchal world.” After viewing the film, College senior Ann Willcox said she specifically felt how stark the contrast between the males’ and females’ responses was. “I’ve continued to wonder since seeing the video if a society in which women would respond the same way to the question that men did is possible,” she said in an interview with the Wheel. College senior Aaron Leven was also struck by this contrast. “What was even more powerful was the difference in the tone and attitude [between the men and the women],” he said in an interview with

the Wheel. “It’s not that the men were insensitive to the question, but they almost brushed it off or laughed at how odd the question seemed.” The film closes with two powerful segments. A listing of sexual assault statistics is followed by a litany of voices affirming how “tired” they are of sexual violence: “I am tired of being afraid of other people,” “I am tired of victims being stigmatized for something that is out of their control” and “I am tired of saying this is a women’s issue. This is an everybody issue.” “Project Unspoken” is not a standalone piece for Peng. He plans to create a series of videos to raise awareness about this and other issues, including prevention of sex trafficking.

“I also hope that this video and future videos will be a resource that anyone in the world can use to educate and encourage people to join the cause,” Peng said. “To be honest, I’m just an ordinary guy that enjoys sports, watching movies, listening to music and hanging out with friends. And at the end of the day, every ordinary person can help put an end to sexual violence.”

— Contact Arianna Skibell at arianna.skibell@emory.edu If you have been affected by sexual assault or relationship violence, contact Lauren (LB) Bernstein, Coordinator of the Respect Program, at 404.727.1514 or visit http://www. bewellexcel.org/respect for more information.

POEM

Emory’s Smoking Ban From the Perspective of Dooley I am Dooley, Dooley I am. That Dooley! That Dooley! I do not like that James W. Dooley — he won’t let me smoke at Emory! He does not like those cigarettes... Would he like them here or there? He would not like them here or there. In fact, he would not like them anywhere. Can I smoke them with a goat? Can I smoke them in a boat? “NO! NO!” he says, you cannot smoke them with a goat,

You cannot smoke them in a boat (unless of course the boat and the goat are off campus). Can I light one up on parents day with my mama? Can I share one with the Dalai Lama? NO! NO! You cannot smoke them with your mama You cannot share one with the Dalai Lama, (where would he keep his pack, anyway?) Can I smoke them with noted literary character Sam-I-am? Can I smoke them with hip hop musician and producer Will-i-am? (maybe he would be here for a presentation on race relations or something...) NO! NO! You cannot smoke them with noted literary character Sam-I-am! Furthermore, you cannot smoke

them with hip hop musician and producer Will-i-am, why ever reason he is on campus. Can I smoke a cigar? Can I smoke one in my car? NO! NO! You can’t smoke a cigar in your car! Not in a truck! Not in the DUC! Not in the dorm! Not even while filling out a FAFSA form!! Can I smoke them on Eagle Row? NO! Just because I said it’s so! You should know by now Emory University policy is “No Tobacco!” You can’t bring candy or cookies to the fourth floor library either and you can’t complain about limitations to personal freedom, so don’t even try that! Where can I get my nicotine? Not from a Coke*... (*registered trademark of the CocaCola Company, Atlanta GA) No longer can I make my classmates choke. Enough! Enough! Watch me take my last puff! Enough of this negotiation, I have decided to enter smoking cessation! James Dooley James Dooley, one question I got Why do you want all this smoking to stop? That’s easy to answer, how do you think I became a skeleton?

By Anonymous

Graphic by Mimi Hacking

the Isabella Kurzner/Staff

itting in Atlanta summer rain, I thought wet might end when school started, like a magical mop, soaking up the moisture that has kept our cotton heavy. Hoping that fall would come and leaves would turn and we would go to the library. For some of us the first weeks are slow, for some still we each hold our breath for the deluge we foresee. With weeks to come, we stockpile energy, hoping to hold on a little longer this ride around the rodeo. Our new freshmen friends have never worked this hard, some of us take the classes that count, some of us cruise. But we crack down, library. We hunt for workstations, Cox. A moment on the quad? A breath of fresh air? Maybe now, while our summer rain calm lingers. Girls in galoshes think their summer socked feet are pointless when the day dries on, until somewhere between classes it rains, again, sum-

By Chloe Olewitz

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mer storms, school soaked because we don’t know how to drain. In a fresh quad afternoon, I wish I had thought of rain boots when the downpour begins and I run umbrellaless to a building conveniently completely across campus. My feet are puddle-soaked but I issue silent prayers for a dry laptop when I dash into Peavine and drag my drenched day home. Three years ago, my freshman Fall semester was waterlogged. Everything was wet and we waddled through puddles unprepared in a city we had selected to seek better weather. More sun. Longer soft seasons. There was the rain then, and we have the same dark rain now, and if it’s not raining it’s gray, and I have convinced myself it really is nature’s way of forcing us to study. Eliminate weather kind distractions, and without a chance to frolic in shorts and sandals we will definitely study more. I’m sure we

will. Right? So how are classes going so far? Are we working too hard yet? Are we bored yet? Is it time for vacation? Thanksgiving? Escape hangs heavy on the tongues of Coxburdened students buried under bookbags and highlighters for color coding, but it’s only September and we’ve been here not much more than one week. So we throw our hands up on the rollercoaster, maybe, and welcome the ride. The wet ride through rainy campus with no gear, thinking we should put a slip and slide down Dickey Drive. I run into new kids on the block with high school swag from my hometown, I give the best welcome I can, I show them the good spots and share the Hotlanta love, rain or shine. We see people we know, we share brollies, we hide under Cox bridge coverage. I tell them, wellies might be a good investment, y’all.

THE EMORY WHEEL

SPORTS

Friday, September 7, 2012

agle xchange

MEN’S SOCCER

at Centre College (Ky.) 6 p.m. Danville, Ky.

vs. Spalding Univ. (Ky.) 5:30 p.m. Danville, Ky.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

SAT 8

vs. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 7:30 p.m. Raleigh. N.C.

WOMEN’S MEN’S CROSS VOLLEYBALL CROSS COUNTRY COUNTRY

FRI 7

vs. Transylvania Univ. (Ky.) 5 p.m. WoodPEC

SUN 9

MON 10

On Fire

Augusta National says women are people too. Who knew?

TUES 11

at Meredith College (N.C.) 2:15 p.m. Raleigh, N.C. vs. Averett Univ. (Va.) 11:30 a.m. WoodPEC Georgia State Invitational 9 a.m. Hampton, Ga.

The women’s basketball team traveled to Italy where they played two games against local teams. In both of the contests, the Eagles held their opponents to under 33 points in the game.

Georgia State Invitational 9 a.m. Hampton, Ga.

Team Enjoys History, Culture, Gelato in Italy

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Eisenberg: Yankees Find Top Pitcher in Off-Season ‘Throw-In’ Continued from the Back Page with a puny 3.69 runs per game, barely enough to work with on most nights in the American League.” To put it another way, Kuroda has the same number of wins on his record as CC Sabathia despite receiving, on average, more than two runs more per game, fewer in run support. Kuroda leads the Yankees in ERA, Innings Pitched, Quality Starts and, perhaps the most indicative stat of value, Wins Above Replacement (WAR) — which calculates how many wins a player has earned for his team over a league-average replacement player. (For those curious, Kuroda’s WAR is 5.2, meaning he has single-hand-

edly earned the Yankees approximately five wins on the season, better than Clayton Kershaw’s WAR at 4.5, Albert Pujols’ WAR at 4.4 and Josh Hamilton’s WAR at 3.8.) As the 2012 season winds down and the Yankees continue to tread their slimming first-place lead in the standings above Baltimore and Tampa Bay, the team can only look back on that eventful day in January and feel lucky they signed the best insurance policy available. If the playoffs come around and the Yankees are fortunate enough to make it, they will have to attribute much of that good fortune to the “throw-in” of a busy Jan. 14. — Contact Jacob Eisenberg at jacob.eisenberg@emory.edu

Continued from the Back Page meals, Venice canal boat rides, guided tours in the historic cities and, of course, lots and lots of gelato, the team learned and enjoyed all aspects of Italian life and culture. “I loved Venice; it was my favorite part of the trip,” Whitmer said. “And the gelato, I think everyone’s favorite part of the trip was the gelato.” In addition to their time spent traveling through the various cities, visiting Italian landmarks and sampling delicious food, there was also some time in the team’s jam-packed itinerary dedicated to basketball. Prior to the trip, Thomaskutty held a few practices and scrimmages to get the team ready for play in Italy. However, with players just returning from summer break and several members of the team treating injuries, these were much shorter and less intense than the usual ones during the season. While in Italy, the Eagles held a

few training sessions there as well. The players noticed right away how these differed greatly from those at the Woodruff P.E. Center. As Whitmer notes in her blog on Emoryathletics.com, the gyms had mosquitoes inside, requiring the girls to apply bug spray before practice. The courts also did not have any air conditioning, making it a much less favorable practice facility. “We take so much for granted here, and I think that was the first time some of my players were like wow we are so privileged with everything we have in this country,” Thomaskutty said. In Italy, the Eagles played two games against local teams. They were scheduled to play a third game, but the team dropped out. Emory played in its first game in Empoli. There, the Eagles dominated throughout the entirety of the game, finishing with a solid 71-26 victory. In the Eagles’ second game, which

took place near Lake Como, the team had another strong showing with a 90-33 outcome. “I was really proud in our second game ... I thought once we settled down and started playing our game it wasn’t about the opponent, it was about our goals,” Thomaskutty said. “It was 54-17 at the half, and we didn’t want them to score as many points in the second half, and I thought our defense really picked it up.” Overall, the trip was a tremendous success on multiple levels. It gave an already close-knit team a chance to become even closer while touring the historical sites of Italy and honing their basketball skills. “It was multi-tiered in that I wanted our kids to play, I wanted them to learn, I wanted them to have a good time and continue to build their relationships,” Thomaskutty said. “I thought we got all of those accomplished.” — Contact Elizabeth Weinstein at eweins2@emory.edu

— NFL PICK ’EMS: WEEK ONE — Storylines Worth Buying Into... 1. Ladies and gentlemen, let the games begin. The stakes? Enormous. The prize? Momentous. The competition? Fierce.

ELIZABETH WEINSTEIN has promised a hug to the victor. Despite the fact that she is awkwardly short and never knows what to do with her chin while giving hugs, this is a prize any mortal would desire. Get pumped!

2. A giant walks among us. JEREMY BENEDIK is making an appearance in every section this week – except, that is, News, which some argue (incorrectly) is the only section that matters. He also made his picks with no thought or strategy and, like the girl in the office March Madness pool who picks teams based on who has the cutest mascot, will probably win.

Dallas (+4) at N.Y. Giants Ind. (+10) at Chicago

Philly at Cleveland (+9) Buffalo (+3) at N.Y. Jets Washington (+7) at N.O. New England at Tenn. (+5.5) Jax (+3.5) at Minnesota Miami (+12) at Houston

St. Louis (+7.5) at Detroit Atlanta at Kansas City (+3) S.F. (+5) at Green Bay Carolina at Tampa (+2.5) Seattle at Arizona (+2.5) Pitt. (+1.5) at Denver Cincy (+6) at Baltimore San Diego (+1) at Oakland

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NFL

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Freshman outside hitter Kate Bowman passes the ball to teammate sophomore middle hitter Cat McGrath.

Eagles Take Lessons Away From First Loss of Season Continued from the Back Page

a problem,” Miles wrote in an email to the Wheel. Even though the Eagles lost in disstruggling for points. Eventually, the Flames glowed a appointing fashion, they nevertheless little brighter than the Eagles, win- loved the challenge of playing Lee ning 13-15 as Lee sophomore Marija and will use this loss as additional Zelenovic ended the match with a motivation. “Lee is always a tough team. We decisive kill to go along with her 19 came out strong with our senior leadslams and seven digs. “In the fifth game, we were really ers,” Bowman said. “[Because of this focused, but we came up short,” soph- loss] we learned a lot. We just need omore middle and outside hitter Kate to fine-tune, really. The loss fueled our fire.” Bowman said. Despite their Bowman had 10 terminations in the “[Because of this loss] we loss, the Eagles will contest, Bourque learned a lot. We just need continue to improve posted 14 kills on to fine-tune. The loss fueled and march on towards November. the night with a .385 our fire.” Be sure to check attack percentage out the ambitious and senior captain Alex Duhl regis— Kate Bowman, matches tonight and tered 11 attacks. freshman outside hitter Saturday. “The goal of The freshmen duo Emory volleyball of setter Sydney is always to win a Miles and libero national championTaylor Erwin conship,” McDowell said. “It will be a tinued to shine. Miles was like an “unassertive” very exciting team to watch. We need LeBron James by racking up an as much student and fan support as impressive 43 assists. Erwin dug deep we can get. The game atmosphere will be great. We need everyone’s for a team-high 14 digs. It may be difficult for freshmen support to be the team we can be.” The volleyball team will take on to become acquainted with college, let alone freshman athletes; however Transylvania University (Ky.) tonight Miles has transitioned smoothly in at 7 p.m. in the Woodruff P.E. Center. Saturday, the Eagles will face Averett college due to her helpful team. “Due to [the] amazing atmosphere University (Va.) at 11:30 a.m. and of the Emory volleyball team and the Berry College at 4:30 p.m. at home. — Contact Zonair Khan at outstanding senior leadership, adjustzonair.khan@emory.edu ing to the collegiate level has not been

NFL Playoffs President Obama’s re-election campaign has not looked terribly impressive up to this point. If it were not for the fact that he is running against a man who, your perceptive On Fire correspondent is 97 percent sure, is a robot, On Fire would advise the President to cut his losses, call it a day and find a sunset to sail off into. But Mr. Obama is facing said robot, and besides, your opinionated On Fire correspondent does not write for Editorials. We are not here today to offer any advice. Rather, we are here to applaud and celebrate a bold, brilliant and bodacious decision the President recently made. When things looked to be at their darkest, he turned to the one shining light still left in the world. That is right, sports. To be more specific, Mr. Obama played a round of golf with former President Bill Clinton. Their relationship has been a little strained as of late, beginning for unknown reasons at or around the time that Mr. Obama beat Mr. Clinton’s better half for the Democratic presidential nomination. But this was not just any round of golf. The current President needed this former President’s help. Why? Because Mr. Clinton has managed to pull off a trick that has eluded Mr. Obama for most of his life — being likeable, friendly and fun. And believe it or not, people are a lot more likely to give you money when they like you. Mr. Obama (fun fact alert!) is currently on pace to become the first incumbent President in recent memory (your initiativetaking On Fire Correspondent is not sure exactly how long a time period “recent memory” is and is too lazy to look it up) to be out-fundraised during an election campaign. Ever since this momentous round of golf, Mr. Clinton has been a vocal and active member of Mr. Obama’s campaign. Your politically-active On Fire correspondent is not sure exactly how much, if any, his support has helped the President, but to be completely honest, your apathetic On Fire correspondent does not care. Because this is not a column about politics; as your repetitive On Fire correspondent has already mentioned, we are not in the editorial section. This is a column about golf. You focused On Fire correspondent has strayed a little bit off-topic, but he (or she) could not resist showing off his deep and thorough knowledge of current events. This is a column about the miracles and wonders that the game of golf has worked, the social progress it has wrought, the milestones that have been achieved on the fairways, roughs and greens of America, with the reconciliation between two Presidents with tremendous egos being only the latest. Augusta National, the legendary private golf course, admitted its first two female members in August. The only words that come to mind which can even begin to describe this decision by the famously liberal club are bold, brilliant and bodacious (much like, if you will be so kind as to notice the thought we put into tying everything together, Mr. Obama’s decision to play golf with Mr. Clinton). We live in a time when the role of women in society is constantly being called into question. Is their primary role in the household to cook or to clean? Is the fact that there is no road between the kitchen and the bedroom the only reason why they are such bad drivers? Should they make half or three-quarters of what men make for doing equal work? Talk is even being made of giving them the vote soon. And amidst all this, Augusta National comes out and makes a statement. They have shown, at a time when no one else has the courage to, that they believe women are people too. One of the women is even black! This is what golf is all about. Some adjectives that leap to mind to describe this game: progressive; boundary-pushing; diverse; synergizing; risk-taking. And that is just off the top of our head. When your youthful On Fire correspondent told his (or her) wanna-be hipster Theory of Knowledge teacher in high school that he (or she) had spent the past weekend watching golf instead of doing the assigned paper, he (or she) was told that he had an old soul. But your agreeable On Fire correspondent begs to differ. Golf is not about old white guys and lazy Sunday afternoons. Golf is about President Obama finally making a good decision in his presidency. It is about Augusta National taking a courageous first step in the fight for equal rights for women. From all of us here at On Fire, here’s to golf.

SPORTS THE EMORY WHEEL

Friday, September 7, 2012 Sports Editor: Elizabeth Weinstein (eweins2@emory.edu)

MEN’S SOCCER

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Squad Returns From Adventures in Italy

Featured Athlete Dylan Price Eagles’ sophomore forward Dylan Price scored two goals and had an assist in their 3-1 win over Maryville College. Price now leads the team with five points in 2012. This was Price’s second multiplegoal game of his career.

By Elizabeth Weinstein Sports Editor

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Volleyball The Eagles have their home opener Friday, when they host the Emory Classic. The team will first play Transyvlania University. It will be the first ever match between the two squads.

Women’s Soccer The UAA honored two-time All-American junior center back Lauren Gorodetsky as the first Defensive Athlete of the Week for Women’s Soccer of the 2012 season.

VOLLEYBALL

Tough Five Set Loss Against D-II Foe By Zonair Khan Staff Writer The fourth-ranked volleyball team proved unable to sustain the dominance of last weekend’s immaculate 4-0 performance in the Maryville College Invitational this past Monday evening, losing to the Flames of Lee University of Cleveland, Tenn. in a 5-game thriller. The Eagle’s record now stands at 4-1. Head Coach Jenny McDowell, however, believes that her squad took positives from the loss. “We learned that we can compete at the highest level,” McDowell said. “We have all the pieces we need to have an outstanding team, for sure. We just have to keep staying patient. We have a new team; we have to stay patient with each other.” Despite the divisional difference between Emory (Division III) and the Flames, who recently entered Division II after being a longtime NAIA powerhouse, the Eagles hung tough, battled hard and led for the majority of the evening. “The game against Lee was a really good match. It was a great testament to what this team has to offer and our potential to be a top competitor this season,” freshman setter Sydney Miles wrote in an email to the Wheel. Emory won the first set 25-21 due to the efforts of team captain and middle hitter senior Breanah Bourque (three kills), outside hitter sophomore Cami Silverman (four kills) and right side sophomore Hannah Everett. In the second set, however, the Flames handily defeated the Eagles by a score of 17-25. Emory regained some control of the match after winning the third set 25-23. But with their backs against the wall, the Flames ignited in the fourth set, winning 14-25 and asserting that they were not going to fall at home. The fifth set may have very well served as a microcosm of the match itself with both teams rallying and

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Senior defender co-captain Andrew Natalino dribbles the ball down the field. In the Eagles’ 3-1 victory over the Maryville College Scots Wednesday, Natalino scored his first goal of the season.

Price Scores Twice, Team Earns First Win of Season By Bennett Ostdiek Asst. Sports Editor The men’s soccer team collected its first win of the season this Wednesday, defeating the Maryville Sept. 5 College (Tenn.) MARYVILLE Fighting Scots 3-1. COLLEGE 1, The Eagles’ record EMORY now stands at 1-1-1. UNIVERSITY 3 The Eagles were led to victory by sophomore forward Dylan Price, who had two goals and an assist on the game. “We were really lucky to get that first win in and turn the season around,” senior captain and mid-fielder Andrew Natalino said. “Hopefully we can build off that this weekend. It helps us a lot going into these next few games.” Emory struck first, taking the lead with a goal in the 16th minute of the game. Price took the ball through the Maryville defense and found Natalino running into the box. Natalino was able to send the ball into the back of the net for his first goal of the season. “A lot of us were frustrated that we only scored one goal last weekend, so [Head Coach Sonny Travis] made it clear that my job was to stay up with the forwards,” Natalino said. “I had a good run, and Dylan was able

to find me, and I got lucky and put it through.” The Eagles scored again in the 35th minute of play when Price scored off a penalty kick. The penalty was earned by junior forward Andrew Jones, who was taken out inside of the penalty box. The Scots’ goalie managed to get a hand on Price’s shot but was unable to deflect it totally, so Price raised the Eagles’ lead to 2-0. “Some people say 2-0 is the most dangerous lead in soccer because you being to relax and that sometimes allows the other team score on you,” Natalino said. “After this goal we tried to keep our focus up high. But unluckily we got scored on again [later in the match].” After 45 minutes of play. Emory took the 2-0 lead into halftime. In the second frame, though, the Scots were quick cut the Eagles’ lead in half. In the 66th minute, Maryville managed to take a shot from inside the box. The ball bounced off an Emory defenseman before getting past senior goalkeeper Aram Keteyian. The goal was Maryville’s first of the season and made it a 2-1 game. “This was unlucky,” Natalino said. “We had a little bit of a lapse on defense, but we have sorted it out, and it should not be happening again.” The game remained close until the

88th minute, when the Eagles earned a corner kick. Senior defender David Garofalo took the kick, and Price headed it in for his second goal of the game, to go with one assist. “That secured the victory for us,” Natalino said. “Dylan is a great player. Last year he really stepped up and had a few big game winners in overtime. He has really improved a lot since last season and is definitely one of our best attacking players. Over the next few years, he will be a force to be reckoned with.” Price led the team with seven goals last year and was second with 15 points. This was the second multigoal game of his Emory career, and his five points on the game were a career high. Emory dominated Maryville in shots, outshooting the Scots 21-11. They also held a 7-6 edge in shots on goal. The squads were even in corner kicks at five apiece. Keteyian made five saves in the contest, and his goals-against average now stands at 0.92. The Eagles will next take the field this weekend, travelling to Kentucky to play Spalding University Friday evening and Centre College Saturday evening in the Centre College Tournament. — Contact Bennett Ostdiek at bostdie@emory.edu

The women’s basketball team began preparing for its 2012 season a little differently than it has in the past. This year, the Eagles spent 10 days traveling through Italy, kickstarting practices with an additional bit of culture and giving them a chance to focus on history, food and, of course, basketball. “It was very different and very exciting,” sophomore forward Gabi Whitmer said. “We got a cultural experience from it, and we also learned a lot about ourselves basketball-wise, so it was really good coming from both aspects.” In October 2011 sophomore guard Hannah Lilly, along with two of her senior teammates, first approached women’s basketball Head Coach Christy Thomaskutty about a team trip overseas. While many of the players have had the chance to study abroad, or travel prior to this, they have never had the opportunity to do so as a team. Thomaskutty told those senior players that it was possible, but all members had to be on board, and they would have to fundraise the money. “For me, it was we can do it, but everybody has to be in. It has to be team thing,” Thomaskutty said.

After many fundraising events, including a golf tournament and working at various Emory varsity games, the players had raised the amount they needed to make their dream trip a possibility. “We had a team goal, and we said we are all going to make this goal,” Whitmer said of the team’s fundraising efforts. “It was stressful getting everything together, but it was worth it.” And so, after a year of preparations, their hard work paid off as they gathered at the Atlanta airport on the morning of Aug. 13 to fly out to Rome and begin their Italian adventure. During the 10 days, they traveled throughout the country and soaked in all that Italy had to offer. In addition to Rome, the Eagles toured San Gimignano, Montecatini Terme, Florence, Venice, San Marco Island, Milan, Lake Como and Bellagio. “What we did as far as touring was really remarkable,” Thomaskutty said. “I mean that was pretty intense, and I was really proud of my girls that they just kept trucking on, and I think they really enjoyed it.” As far as cultural experiences go, the members of the team had plenty of those along with their sightseeing. From traditional three course

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The women’s basketball team poses in front of Capitoline Hill in Rome during their 10-day adventure through Italy.

MLB

Appreciating Yankees Pitcher Hiroki Kuroda Jacob Eisenberg On Jan. 14, 2012, the Yankees made two acquisitions. In the first one, the team traded for a prodigious 22-year-old with an electric fastball and a mammoth frame who reminded scouts of a young CC Sabathia. To many, the 22-year-old’s addition signified a securing of success in both the Yankees’ short and long-term plans. In the second acquisition of the day, the Yankees signed a 37-yearold veteran with a career record of 53 wins and 56 losses. Although the 37-year-old had been known to be a better pitcher than his record suggested, the move was perceived to be a mere throw-in on a busy day of dealing. To many, the 37-year-old’s signing would be, at most, a minor commitment for New York. He would serve as a stopgap for the team only if other pitchers got injured. What a difference eight months make to public perception. While Michael Pineda, the 22-year-old “prodigy,” has been injured all season with a torn labrum, Hiroki Kuroda, the 37-year-old

“insurance policy,” has developed into the Yankees’ most consistent and dominant pitcher. The decision to sign Kuroda seemed suspect from the start. After all, his sub-.500 winning percentage in five years of pitching was hard to overlook. Furthermore, he had been pitching in the National League, and it has long been an accepted fact that the American League is the stronger league comprised of better teams with significantly deeper lineups. Most assumed that Kuroda’s marginal-at-best success in the National League would translate to even less success in the American League. Moreover, Kuroda was from Japan and had never faced the wrath of the New York media, which had ripped Kuroda’s Japanese predecessors Hideki Irabu and Kei Igawa apart during their short-lived Yankee pitching careers. As expected, the Yankees’ fans were apathetic toward Kuroda’s signing. After acquiring Pineda, adding Kuroda looked like the Yankees were throwing $10 million at a pitcher who might not even make the rotation. With CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Phil Hughes, Freddy Garcia and Pineda on the payroll, the team was already committing nearly $50 million for the 2012 season to five pitchers. Another $10 million to the payroll for a sixth pitcher seemed superfluous.

Now, entering the height of the American League’s pennant run, the Kuroda signing has become anything but superfluous. After a rocky first two months of the season during which fans and media members called for the Yankees to remove Kuroda from the rotation, Kuroda has made the necessary adjustments to adapt to the American League and has silenced the critics who doubted he could pitch in New York. To say the 37-year-old has been consistent would be an understatement: in his past 19 starts, Kuroda has pitched into the seventh inning in all but one of them, and reached the ninth inning in four of his past five. His high point of the season came on Aug. 14 when he threw nine shutout innings of two-hit ball against the American League-leading Texas Rangers. Kuroda, who had been the victim of awful run support from the Dodgers for years, figured he would finally have enough offense behind him in New York that he could win games even if he did not pitch masterfully. While Kuroda’s porous 13-16 record in 2011 signified a forgettable season, Kuroda actually finished the year with a career-best 3.07 Earned Run Average (ERA) — the ninth best in the entire National League. Unfortunately for Kuroda, his

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MLB right-handed pitcher Hiroki Kuroda signed with the New York Yankees as a free agent in January 2012. He is 13-10 this season. arrival in New York has not granted him the run support he had anticipated. Consistently throughout the 2012 season, the Yankees’ hitters have stalled at the plate when Kuroda takes the mound. As Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York noted in a recent column: “on most of the nights Kuroda pitches, the Yankee

bats go cold, and there are numbers to prove it. He gets by far the lowest run support of any Yankee starter — CC Sabathia leads the way with 5.9 runs per start, followed by Freddy Garcia (5.43), Ivan Nova (5.00) and Phil Hughes (4.96). Then comes Kuroda

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