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Bill to Increase SAF Passes First Vote Second SGA Vote to be Held on Nov. 18

By Tanika Deuskar & Ana Kilbourn Senior Staff Writer & Staff Writer

The 53rd legislature of Student Government Association (SGA) voted to pass a bill that would increase the Student Activity Fee (SAF) from $95 to $110 for the next academic year and make minor revisions to the SGA Finance Code. The bill passed with eight votes in favor, zero votes opposing and two abstentions.

A revision of the SGA Finance Code is deemed an “issue of significance” under the SGA Constitution, according to SGA Vice President Lori Steffel (21B). The bill will need to pass by a two-thirds majority of the SGA legislature for a second time on Nov. 18. A town hall to discuss the issue will be held the same day at 6 p.m. before the SGA meeting at 7 p.m.

If the bill passes the legislature a second time, SGA will hold an undergraduate-wide ballot referendum on Nov. 20, which must receive a majority of votes in favor of the bill in order to pass. SGA President Ben Palmer (18Ox, 20C) will send the bill and the results from the referendum on Nov. 25 to the Emory Board of Trustees, which has a final say on all initiatives

that affect tuition.

In addition to increasing the SAF by $15, the bill also stipulates that the fee will increase by 1.5 percent every academic year to keep up with inflation. However, clause 18.2.1.1.1 of the proposed SGA Finance Code will allow SGA to suspend the automatic annual SAF increase at any given time.

The Board of Trustees also reserve the right to suspend the SAF increase.

Vice President of Finance Ben Wiener (21C) said that the 1.5 percent increase is a conservative estimate of annual inflation based on numbers from the Federal Reserve Economic Data and the Social Security Administration. The current rate of inflation is 1.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Wiener said the current buying power of the SAF amount is 15 percent less than what it should be. “[With inflation,] the buying power of your dollar decreases,” Wiener said.

“That $86 isn’t worth as much in 2019.

The equivalent amount in 2019 is $108 and some cents.”

The proposed bill will increase the SAF in tandem with tuition each year.

The Office of Financial Aid will factor the rising SAF into its aid packages.

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Emory increased veteran recruitment efforts this year, enrolling about 90 military veterans.

Current veteran students were honored as a part of the University’s Veterans Day celebrations.

Univ. Hosts Veterans Day Ceremony

By Phyllis Guo Contributing Writer

This Fall, Emory enrolled around 90 military veteran students, most of whom are in graduate programs, according to Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admission Giles Eady.

Eady said Emory enrolled more students with military backgrounds this year than the last in an effort to adhere to their commitment of doing good and giving back to the community. He also cited the importance of the diversity that veteran students bring to the classroom.

“Unlike the traditional first-year students who come from high school, most veterans really had ... experience before they [came] to Emory,

and those experiences really add and elevate the profile of the classroom,” Eady said.

Most military veteran students struggle with a lack of confidence in their ability to study at reputable institutions like Emory, Eady said.

However, he noted that statistics have shown veteran students to excel in the classroom.

According to Eady, a chief responsibility of undergraduate admission officers is to convince veterans that they are capable of excelling academically.

In addition to funding from the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, Emory’s participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program offers money for veterans to offset tuition costs. Therefore, finance is typically not a concern for veterans

pursuing higher education after military service.

Emory’s emphasis on a liberal arts education is one of the many factors that attract veterans to study at the University, according to Eady. “[How] we differ from large, public state schools is [by] the liberal arts education that we offer here,” Eady said. “Once an individual understands what liberal arts means, it’s very attractive.”

Emory has also expressed dedication to help veteran students adjust to college life.

“In [Campus] Life, we have a person dedicated to work with all the veterans that come to Emory,” Eady said.

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Alpha Phi Alpha to Return Fall 2020

By Calen MacDonald Senior Staff Writer

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Award-winning author and Professor of Poetry at Yale University Claudia Rankine speaks at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Rankine is the first black woman Ellmann Lecturer.

Ellmann Lectures Host Rankine

By Anikka Jordan & Franklin Nossiter Contributing Writers

Emory University hosted awardwinning author and Fredrick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University Claudia Rankine as a part of the Richard Ellmann Lecture Series in

Modern Literature from Nov. 7-9 at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.

Rankine is the author of two plays, five volumes of poetry and several video collaborations, and the first black woman to present at the Ellmann lectures. Previous Ellmann lecturers have included Irish poet Seamus

Heaney, American literary critic Helen Vendler and Canadian novelist, literary critic and poet Margaret Atwood.

The lecture series first started in 1988 and has had 13 iterations since.

The series commemorates the late Richard Ellman, who was the biogra-

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African-American fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha (Alpha) will return to their original house at 13 Eagle Row beginning Fall 2020, according to Interim Director of the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life (OSFL) Scott Rausch.

Alpha was removed from campus in 2011 following hazing violations.

The house at 13 Eagle Row is currently occupied by Xi Kappa, an Asianinterest fraternity, which will remain in the house for the rest of the academic year. It is not yet known where Xi Kappa will move next year, but OSFL has offered all multicultural fraternities, including Xi Kappa, the opportunity to move into 15 Eagle Row in Fall 2020, according to Coordinator of Sorority and Fraternity Life Kenneth Anthony.

Prior to Fall 2020, 13 Eagle Row will undergo renovations, according to Rausch.

Alpha President Tombari GeorgeKomi (18Ox, 20C) told the Wheel that Alpha has been trying to return to campus since moving off in 2011.

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Alpha alumni were the driving force behind the return to campus, according to George-Komi.

“It was 90 percent them,” GeorgeKomi said. “They helped to put up money and helped to organize. They helped to talk back and forth with Emory. They cared more about the house than we did, to be completely honest, because of the memories that they had.”

Alpha alumni paid for several of the conference rooms in the Emory Student Center, as well as the welcome desk there, and were honored in a dedication ceremony during Homecoming Week.

In a Nov. 12 email to the Wheel, Anthony described the process that Alpha and OSFL went through to bring the fraternity back to campus.

“Once the chapter requested a return, all constituents then worked together for a minimum of 12 months to determine the chapter’s eligibility and developed a timeline of return,” Anthony wrote. “Elements of all processes included a recruitment plan,

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Distinguished Professor and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to Emory University Hospital on Nov. 11.

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Colonel and Emory University Goizueta Business School alumnus Matt Smith (o1B) speaks at the University’s 11th annual Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, Nov. 11.

Emory Extends Support to Veteran Students

Continued from Page 1 “This person works [only] with veterans because a lot of them are transfer students, so their curriculum may be shaped differently than [that of] traditional students.”

The Emory Veterans Association, a student organization comprised of veterans from undergraduate and graduate programs, also provides support for veterans.

“We found that veterans helping [other] veteran[s] typically is the best way because you speak to someone who has been to you’ve been to and who’s going to the same place you are trying to go,” said Eady.

The application for veteran students is identical to the regular undergraduate admission application, but the content usually differs because veterans generally talk about their military experience.

Jihea Song (21C), a veteran student who served as a U.S. Army combat medic in South Korea, is now majoring in international studies at Emory College.

“Back in the military, I only had to complete my mission or task in the given time limit.

Here in school, I have to manage my own schedule.”

— Jihea Song (21C) She thinks one of the most significant challenges of transitioning to a college student from a military life is managing her schedule independently.

“Back in the military, I only had to complete my mission or task within the given time limit,” Song said.

“Here in school, I have to manage my own schedule for studying and assignments. As there are so many assignments and [an] intensive level of studying that I have to do, I always end up having to study longer than I planned, and lose sleep hours.”

Song said she feels significant support from the Emory Veterans Association and from her Office of Undergraduate Education adviser. She noted that Emory has provided her with opportunities to promote herself within the military.

“There have been wonderful opportunities to meet military leaders who [have] great impact in the U.S. Military through [the Emory] Veterans Association,” Song said. “I enjoyed talking to them [and] getting advice on military leadership.”

— Contact Phyllis Guo at xguo68@emory.edu

Carter Admitted to Emory Univ. Hospital

By Gabriella Lewis Contributing Writer

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized on Monday and underwent surgery at Emory University Hospital on Tuesday morning to relieve pressure on his brain caused by a subdural hematoma.

Harvard Health Publishing describes a subdural hematoma as a collection of blood between the brain and outside layers of tissue that occurs after the bursting of a blood vessel near the brain’s surface. The Carter Center reported that there were no complications with the surgery.

Carter told his church congregation on Nov. 3 that he was “completely at ease with death.”

The Carter Center reported that the hematoma was a result of Carter’s recent falls.

Carter has received treatment for a variety of illnesses over the past five years. In May, Carter underwent surgery after breaking his hip in his Plains, Ga. house, and in early October fell again and received stitches on his

face. Later that month, Carter fell a third time at his home and suffered a minor pelvic fracture. In 2015, Carter was treated for cancer at the Emory Winship Cancer Institute, where he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and given only weeks to live. He recovered in a matter of months after strict treatment.

Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, is a University Distinguished Professor at Emory and speaks to firstyear students every fall.

He was granted tenure this June after three decades of teaching at Emory.

In 1982, he opened the Carter Center, which works on democractic and human rights issues.

Carter remains very involved in his Plains, Ga. community and teaches Sunday school every week. Beyond that, he has worked extensively with Habitat for Humanity and written 32 books, according to the Carter Center.

— Contact Gabriella Lewis at gabriella.lewis@emory.edu

Bill Proposes Yearly 1.5 Rankine Highlights Race Inequality in Arts Percent Increase to SAF Continued from Page 1

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Apart from the increase in the SAF, the Finance Code will allow execu“The bill moves [the SAF] from $95 tive agencies to vote on the Finance to $110,” Wiener said. “I know that Committee instead of having a single sounds like a big jump, but that jump vote as an entity. Other revisions to the just catches up with everything we Finance Code include minor changes lost.” to the language of the code.

The fee was first set at $86 in 2006.

College Council (CC) President Under the current Jacob Hicks (18Ox, Finance Code, SGA 20C) told the Wheel must vote to increase “The bill moves [the in a Nov. 12 email the SAF by 3 perthat CC will consider SAF] from $95 to a resolution supportcent every four years. $110. I know that Wiener said that this ing the bill at their sounds like a big increase has been Wednesday meeting. insufficient in keepjump, but that jump Oxford SGA President ing up with inflation, just catches up with Rachel Ding (20Ox) resulting in clubs haveverything we lost.” said in a Nov. 11 email that the organization ing less buying power is looking to survey over time. This year, — SGA Vice President the Oxford student the SAF was supof Finance body to gauge supposed to automatically Ben Wiener (21C) increase from $92 to port for increasing the $95 through Student SAF. Government Services, according to the BBA Representatives Ned McLean current Finance Code, but failed to do (21B) and Vicky Wang (21B) declined to so which resulted in Campus Life sub- comment on their decision to abstain.

SGA also unanimously appointed sidizing the difference.

Wiener argued that a failure to raise Associate Justice on Constitutional the SAF would backtrack on the prom- Council Jane Wang (22C) to the ise made to incoming students that University Senate Committee for Open they could either form or join any club Expressions. Wang has previous expethey were passionate about. rience in the area of open expres“We’re on an untenable path and sion as an intern at the organization a path that’s going to lead [to] a lot of Foundation for Individual Rights in problems for a lot of clubs at Emory,” Education.

Wiener said. “The Board of Trustees isn’t going to step in and raise the SAF — Contact Tanika Deuskar at for us. We [as students] have to vote to tdeuska@emory.edu and do that because that’s something that Ana Kilbourn at we control [over].” akilbou@emory.edu

pher of James Joyce and Oscar Wilde and served as the first Robert W. Woodruff professor at the University from 1980 until his death in 1987.

The first event, a lecture held on Thursday, discussed the role of poetry in intervention against racism, and drew on the work of curator Denise Murrell in studying Édouard Manet’s 1863 painting “Olympia” and the work of Literary Scholar and Cultural Historian Saidiya Hartman.

Rankine cited Murrell’s 2018 Columbia University oil painting exhibition, “Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today” in her analysis of the presence of black servants in Manet’s works.

According to Rankine, the exhibition testifies to the lack of inclusivity in art history.

Murrell, who received a doctorate from Columbia in 2009, wrote her thesis on art historical representations of black figures after encountering little discussion in class regarding the black female figure in “Olympia.”

The thesis expanded into a groundbreaking show that ran from March to July 2019 at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Rankine claimed that such developments in academia began to occur only a decade ago due almost solely to Murrell’s scholarship and activism.

On Friday, Winship Distinguished Research Professor in Creative Writing and poet Jericho Brown introduced Rankine before she took the stage at the Schwartz Center.

Rankine spoke about the intersections of poetry and nationalism, a core

subject of her acclaimed 2014 prosepoetry book, “Citizen: An American Lyric.”

Rankine touted the work of The Racial Imaginary Institute in creating and challenging conversations and narratives about race and its manifestations in society. The Institute serves as a platform for “an interdisciplinary range of writers, thinkers, activists, and artists … to convene a cultural laboratory in which the racial imaginaries of our time and place are engaged, read and constrained.”

In the hour-long lecture, Rankine discussed the work of several poets and photographers who have addressed manifestations of race and nationalism in the United States.

She began with a discussion of 20th century German poet Paul Celan as an example of an author who combatted forgotten narratives from the Holocaust. She then moved on to discuss American photographer Mark Peterson’s series called “The Past is Never Dead.”

The series showcases snapshots of white nationalism across the U.S. from 2005 to 2019 — images that evidence the media’s failure to cover contemporary racial and hate crimes and emphasize the widespread regrowth of supremacist hate groups.

Rankine also spoke about the works of American artist Nate Lewis, Chinese American poet Wendy Xu, Pomona College Loren Barton Babcock Miller Fine Arts Professor and visual artist Mercedes Teixido, and author Asiya Wadud.

Rankine highlighted the artists as figures who confronted narratives of memory and forgetfulness about race

and nationalism in the U.S. in their own ways. She spoke about the importance of spreading awareness of social injustices at home and abroad, including continuing acts of voter suppression and mass incarceration.

During the final event on Saturday, Rankine hosted a book signing and reading. She read a monologue, reflecting on how to better understand her unease toward white male hegemony. An actor took the stage to voice the white male exemplar of her unease, and Rankine responded to his qualms with intense stoicism. She spoke about her July 2019 New York Times article on white privilege, in which she expressed concern about responding to thousands of outraged readers who denounced the supposed universality of their privilege.

William Olson (19Ox, 21C), who attended the first lecture, said he was moved by the way Rankine made him reflect on his own identity.

“It felt like we were anywhere and everywhere at once,” Olson said. “I found it very hard not to reflect on who I was as a white male, and in what ways I contributed to the category of white men.”

Elysia Utech (22C) said she was impressed by Rankine’s unfiltered lectures.

“I also enjoy how she always seems to be the speaker of her [own] work,” Utech said. “Rankine unapologetically embraces her own experiences and transcribes them to help others better understand the role that race continues to play in our society.”

— Contact Anikka Jordan at anikka.g.jordan@emory.edu

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Crime Report Compiled By Phyllis Guo

On Oct. 30 at 12:53 p.m., the Emory Police Department (EPD) received a report of harassing communications via telephone. The complainant, a faculty member, said that he and other professors from the Department of Psychology, along with current and former graduate students, have been receiving emails from a former graduate student for the past few years. The complainant said that the emails have become “scary” over the past month.

He also informed that the subject is not on campus and only communicates through email. The complainant also said that the subject has been known to shoot at Quickshot Shooting Range, which, combined with his constant communications, is the cause of concern. The complainant stated that the emails sometime in early 2015 and that the subject’s primary concern seems to be that individuals are either stealing or using his work in their scholarly papers without giving him appropriate credit.

On Oct. 30 at 4:30 p.m., EPD responded to the Emory University Hospital (EUH) valet parking in reference to a report of entering an automobile. The complainant said that he drove to the location to visit a patient at 2 p.m. and that he always has two keys for his car with him. He gave the valet employee his vehicle, which

had a spare key in the ignition, and left the other key attached to a set of keys on a key ring on the front driver’s seat of the vehicle. The complainant stated that at 3:45 p.m., he went to the employee to receive his vehicle and, upon entering, observed that the spare key was missing. The valet service told him that there was no spare key when he had received the vehicle. The complainant described the spare key as a silver key with a black chipped piece at the top and an Emory emblem. The valet employee who received the complainant’s car told the EPD officer that he observed the key in the ignition was on a set of keys on a key ring. The valet employee stated that he used that key to log the vehicle into their valet system. He stated that when receiving the car he did not observe a single spare key in the vehicle.

On Oct. 31 at 10:47 a.m., EPD responded to Robert W. Woodruff Library in reference to a report of theft. The complainant, an Emory student, said that he was missing his black MacBook Pro laptop, valued at $3,000, on the third floor of the Robert W. Woodruff Library.

The complainant said that he placed the laptop in his black backpack at approximately 6 p.m. on Oct. 30 and left his backpack on the third floor of the library overnight. He said when he returned to the library at approximately 8 a.m. on Oct. 31, the backpack

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was there but the MacBook Pro and charger were missing. The complainant said he purchased the laptop in Japan and that he was attempting to locate the serial number at the time of the report.

On Oct. 3 at 7:48 p.m., EPD responded to Emory University Hospital Midtown in reference to a report of a subject causing a disturbance in the Emergency Department. The EPD officer observed that the subject was escorted by Emory Healthcare Public Safety (EHPS) officers out of the Emergency Department. The EPD officer detained the subject by handcuffing him. The subject had a prior trespass warning. The subject would not provide the EPD officer with his name or date of birth on scene, and instead kept asking what his own name was. The officer asked the subject if he was on the property to seek medical attention or to visit a current patient. The subject said that he was at the hospital so that he could inject “ice” in the Emergency Department restroom. The officer asked the subject if he injected methamphetamines in the restroom. The subject said he did. Upon searching the subject incident to the arrest, EPD officer recovered multiple empty syringes within his backpack.

— Contact Phyllis Guo at phyllis.guo@emory.edu

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Emory Johns Creek Hospital Adds 2 New Floors To Expanding Facility On Nov. 7, Emory Johns Creek Hospital broke ground for a $61 million expansion that includes the addition of two new floors and 40 beds to the hospital, according to a University press release. The facility’s addition will continue to be sustainable; incorporating large windows to welcome natural daylight, as well as LED lighting, low-emission interior finishes and waste and reduction efforts throughout the construction process. The hospital will begin construction this fall, and the new area is expected to open April 2021.

Georgia Tech Staff Member Sends Out Student Data On Nov. 5, an employee at the Georgia Institute of Technology sent personal information, including student identification numbers and grade point averages (GPAs), to about 1,100 students via email. In addition to GPAs and ID numbers, the employee sent a file that contained student names, ethnicities and email addresses. According to a Nov. 6 email released by Georgia Tech, the file had been attached to the email “inadvertently.”

The email also confirmed that the file did not include information about social security numbers or student birthdays. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), a similar situation occurred in July 2018 when a member of the university mistakenly emailed personal information of nearly 8,000 College of Computing students to other students.

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SGA President Ben Palmer (18Ox, 20C) announces the legislature’s plans to revise the Finance Code and raise the Student Activity Fee at a joint SGA-GSGA meeting on Nov. 6.

SGA, GSGA Hold Joint Meeting

By Tanika Deuskar Senior Staff Writer The 53rd legislature of Student Government Association (SGA) and the 4th legislature of Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) convened for a joint meeting on Nov. 6 to discuss the creation of a marketplace platform and begin collaborations on various initiatives.

Associate Director of Student Governance Services (SGS) VonYetta Hunter discussed a potential collaboration with Modo Labs, a company that develops platforms for commercial activities at universities.

In her presentation, Hunter said that SGS and Student Involvement, Leadership and Transitions (SILT) are discussing the possibility of partnering with Modo Labs to create a platform to host on-campus commerce.

Modo has developed apps that provide a range of services to both institutions of higher education and workplaces.

The presentation aimed to gauge student leaders’ interests and concerns regarding such a platform.

“We are currently looking for a way that organizations can sell to students and students can sell to other students — a marketplace of sorts,” Hunter said.

Students would be able to pay using Eagle Dollars, credit or debit cards,

according to Hunter. Through the platform, organizations would be able to collect money for fundraisers and sell tickets for events. Students interested in selling art to their peers would also be able to utilize the platform.

Hunter said that the platform would better hold student organizations financially accountable by allowing effective tracking of income and expenses. Currently, most student organizations use apps like Venmo, Zelle or Cash App to pay or receive money, which is technically not allowed according to SGS rules. SILT Director Lisa Loveall said that such apps have not proven conducive to student commerce. So far, however, student groups have been permitted to bend these rules due to a lack of alternatives to cash and checks.

“Per Emory and SGS, you should not be using Venmo … Cash App and Zelle, because we cannot monitor that,” Hunter said. “We don’t know what money is going to who and [to] whose personal private accounts.”

Members of SGA and GSGA raised concerns over whether students selling items to other students would be required to use the platform. Hunter said that the platform would not be compulsory and that students would be allowed to make their own arrangements if so desired. However, if imple-

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mented, student organizations would be required to use it.

Members of SGA and GSGA also expressed interest in the platform and many said that they thought it would be useful.

Both SGA and GSGA spoke about their aims to revise their respective governing documents. Members of the SGA legislature also discussed some of their initiatives such as providing shuttles to the airport and improving on-campus shuttles, improving on-campus food options, expanding the free tampons initiative and reviewing the free printing initiative.

GSGA expressed desire to collaborate with SGA Sophomore Representative Rhea Kumar (22B), SGA Freshman Representative Joseph Banko (23C) and Diana Hernandez (23C) on their initiatives to increase on-campus dining options and provide shuttles to the airport during Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks.

SGA President Ben Palmer (18Ox, 20C) also announced SGA’s plans to revise the Finance Code and to increase the Student Activity Fee by $15. GSGA Speaker Aisha Mahmood (20PH) said that GSGA would be increasing its SAF from $92 to $100.

— Contact Tanika Deuskar at tdeuska@emory.edu

Pop singer Taylor Swift will play the Capital One JamFest on April 5 at the Centennial Olympic Park during the NCAA Men’s Final Four Tournament.

Capital One announced that the concert will be a free event for fans.

Additionally, Swift has stated that she will not tour in 2020, excluding her Lover Fest West and Lover Fest East shows.

Previous performers for the Capital One JamFest include Bruce Springsteen, Maroon 5, Katy Perry, the Dave Matthews Band and Sting.

U.S. Department of Education Cancels Loans For Defrauded Students U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy

DeVos announced the cancellation of federal loans for about 1,500 students who were enrolled at either The Art Institute of Colorado or the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago on Nov. 8. Both schools were a part of Dream Center Education Holdings, a non-profit that owns a chain of higher education institutions, which collapsed.

Additionally, students enrolled in another 24 schools owned by the same company may have their loans erased after June 29, 2018.

Schools under Dream Center Education Holdings shut down in March after millions of dollars in federal financial aid funding went missing, according to The New York Times. Most borrowers will still owe federal loans taken out before Jan. 20.

However, some students may still be able to qualify for total student loan elimination through the department’s closed school discharge program, meaning students would no longer have an obligation to repay their loans and would receive reimbursement of payments made voluntarily or through the forced collection.

Protesters Express Disapproval At Atlanta Trump R ally During President Donald J. Trump’s visit to Atlanta, about 200 protesters from all over the country came to the Georgia World Congress Center to criticize the president’s policies and actions. According to the AJC, people carried signs that read “Country over party” and “45 is a racist.” For the most part, the protest was peaceful. Anger erupted when some of the president’s supporters tried to rationalize their support to the protestors, who stated their support for his impeachment.

Protestors also expressed their concern about Trump’s negative rhetoric when he discusses black-majority cities like Atlanta and Baltimore.

Emory Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary of $100 Million Woodruff Gift On Nov. 8, 1978, Robert W. Woodruff, who attended Emory until 1912, donated $100 million to Emory University in the form of 3 million shares of Coca Cola stock. Woodruff, a retired Coca Cola chairman and College alumnus, gave his first gift to Emory in 1947 and donated over $230 million to the University throughout his lifetime. The gift was the largest single donation in the history of American philanthropy at the time, according to The Times.

— Contact Layla Wofsy at lwofsy@emory.edu

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Panelists Lori Warrens (Left), William De Baets (Center) and Nadine Cornier (R ight) discuss humanitarian crises and public health at one of a series of France-Atlanta panels on Nov. 9.

Rollins Hosts Humanitarian Forum

By Gabriella Lewis Contributing Writer

France-Atlanta, a series of events sponsored by the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology, hosted a humanitarian forum discussing logistics and supply chain management in international emergencies on Friday, Nov. 9 at the Rollins School of Public Health.

The series focuses on innovation and French-American cooperation in science, business, culture and humanitarianism.

The first of two panels featured Nadine Cornier of the United Nations Population Fund, Consul General of Belgium in Atlanta William De Baets, and Director of MedSurplus Alliance Lori Warrens.

The panelists discussed logistics in the case of emergencies, emphasizing the difficulties and complexities of supplying medical resources such as pharmaceuticals during humanitarian crises.

“It is about the right supplies at the right time,” Cornier stated. “It can’t work if you don’t have supplies.”

Cornier discussed the current strategy for preparedness in humanitarian crises, which entails the prepositioning of supplies. She said that medical resources are currently stored in Turkey and, whenever possible, sent to Syria to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Beyond that, the United Nations, in conjunction

with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), operates a massive warehouse in Dubai stocked with supplies for similar purposes in various African and Asian countries.

De Baets chimed in on the importance of intergovernmental cooperation in disaster management.

“The role of foreign affairs cannot be underestimated,” De Baets said.

“Quite often, people think that delivering humanitarian aid is like ordering something on Amazon. … It doesn’t work like that. You need the authorization to bring in supplies in the affected country.”

Panel moderator Lara Martin, the manager of education and programs at the Center for Humanitarian Emergencies at Emory asked the panelists how students and civilians could best become involved in emergency humanitarianism.

“Listen first to the people on the field,” Da Baets said. “They know what they need. [Not asking] is the biggest mistake we make.”

Cornier encouraged students to receive necessary training for deployment during humanitarian emergencies. Human resources, she said, are always crucial to relief efforts.

The second panel, composed of Joe Ruiz, director of the Humanitarian Relief and Resilience Program and Communications at The UPS Foundation, and Georgia Department of Public Health Medical Countermeasures Program Manager Leah Hoffacker, focused on logistics

in both global and local emergencies. Ruiz and Hoffacker stressed the importance of public-private partnerships in response to emergencies.

Ruiz cited the Ebola crisis and subsequent disaster relief in West Africa as an example of successful collaboration between the government, NGOs, small regional businesses and corporations.

“Without private partnerships, the [humanitarian] mission is impossible,” Hoffacker added.

The event was dedicated to a public health worker, Jennifer Schlecht, who was murdered by her partner on Wednesday. Schlecht was a New Yorkbased public health specialist who worked in humanitarian response and reproductive health.

Martin spoke about the impact Schlecht made on the humanitarian world and on those at the event.

“She was a tireless advocate for women and children in emergencies and women and children across the world,” Martin said, fighting tears.

“She was a great friend, and she was an amazing humanitarian. I know we are grateful and honored to have worked with her. So we dedicate this forum to her.”

France-Atlanta will continue to host events discussing humanitarianism, public health and the relationship between the U.S. and France in these domains.

— Contact Gabriella Lewis at gabriella.lewis@emory.edu

said.

Nobles holds a doctorate in public health from The University of Incoming Vice President of Texas Health Sciences Center at Research Administration Robert Houston.

Nobles, whose appointment was Nobles received both his bachelor’s announced in a Nov. 5 University press and master’s degrees from Florida release, said he is excited to begin his A&M University. new job on Dec. 1. He hopes to stream“[Rollins] is a premier public health line the research process and increase institution,” Nobles said. “I’m just the efficiency of researchers at Emory. looking for the opportunity to meet Most recently, Nobles served as the with the faculty, staff, students and interim vice chancellor of research administrators of that phenomenal at the University of Tennessee at school and see if there is any possible way that I can add value to the great Knoxville.

“Emory, like many universities, work that they are doing.”

Nobles serves on the Public has a profound research enterprise,” Nobles said. “I have worked, since the Responsibility in Medicine and early 2000s, in building infrastruc- Research board of directors, an orgatures and operational nization that faciliefficiencies around “I’m excited to learn tates the training of supporting faculty researchers interabout the culture and nationally, in areas and students conducthistory of Emory. focusing on both ing research activity, and I do that by partI’m humbled by the human and animal subject research. nering with staff and opportunity.”

He also serves administrators across on the Federal the university.”

— Incoming VP of D e m o n s t r a t i o n Nobles noted the Research Administration Partnership executive importance of helping Robert Nobles committee, a national researchers find their research organizaway through administrative red tape in order to reduce tion of which Emory is a member. In inefficiencies. Collaboration between his role, he worked with agencies in administrators and researchers is Washington, D.C. to streamline partoften the key to this goal, he said. nerships between faculty researchers “[I] help them, not just with paper- and the government.

The group works to make research work, but [also with] the legalities and the regulations that actually cause more effective and efficient by harmoextra time to be spent paying attention nizing rules and regulations, he said. to some of the administrative respon“It becomes a challenge when indisibilities,” Nobles said. viduals spend more than 40 percent Nobles has helped implement this of their time with the paperwork of model at previous institutions where conducting research rather than savhe has worked, which include The ing lives or helping to improve our University of Texas Health Sciences communities,” Nobles said.

Center at Houston and Texas A&M Working at Emory will be a homeUniversity. Both times, he served as a coming of sorts for Nobles, who worked research compliance officer and public at the Centers for Disease Control and health faculty member.

Prevention in the early 2000s as a Nobles hopes that he will be able to public health prevention specialist. have the same impact at Emory.

“I’m excited to learn about the cul“Emory already has some phe- ture and the history of Emory,” Nobles nomenal administrators facilitating said. “I’m humbled by the opportunity.”

Nobles is replacing Interim Vice research activity, and that there is an opportunity for a leader to join President for Research Administration them that understands how to help Todd Sherer. add value in their processes to help streamline work for individuals con— Contact Musa Ya-Sin at ducting research at Emory,” Nobles musa.ya-sin@emory.edu

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13 Eagle Row, currently home to Asian-interest fraternity Xi Kappa, will be returned to African American fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha after the group’s removal from campus in 2011.

Xi Kappa to Vacate 13 Eagle Row in Fall 2020 Continued from Page 1 expected engagement of alumni advisory board, membership development and education plan.”

Alpha was the first and will be the only historically black fraternity to have a house on campus, according to George-Komi.

He emphasized the importance of the Alpha house as a space not just for the fraternity’s brothers, but also for all National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) organizations.

“I think it’s important because we are a minority [in] a predominantly white institution, and so we don’t have a lot of spaces on campus that

are for us,” George-Komi said. “Even in the past, talking to alumni, it has always been a place where all of the NPHC fraternities and sororities can come and hang out and just be together.”

— Contact Calen MacDonald at ccmacdo@emory.edu

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Winship Midtown Expected For 2023

By Calen MacDonald Senior Staff Writer Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) and Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University broke ground on a $469 million cancer treatment facility on Tuesday, according to a University press release.

The Winship at Midtown facility was funded in part from a $400 million donation from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation in 2018, of which $200 million was specifically dedicated toward the development of a new cancer facility in Midtown.

The facility is intended to unify the treatment experience for patients by bringing doctors, staff and services together in one building.

The tower was designed based on input from patients, faculty and staff of the facility. Winship at Midtown will be the only National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Georgia.

This designation “recognizes centers around the country that meet rigorous standards for transdisciplinary, state-of-the-art research focused on developing new and better approaches to preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer,” according to the NCI’s website. The 17-story facility will hold 64 inpatient beds, 26 observation beds, six operating rooms and a radiation facility.

It will be located on what is currently the Linden Avenue parking lot at EUHM. Winship at Midtown is on track to earn a silver certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and to expend about 40 percent less energy than the average Atlanta hospital.

The building will be inspected for LEED certification upon completion.

The project is expected to be completed by Spring 2023, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

— Contact Calen MacDonald at ccmacdo@emory.edu

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Colombian Ambassador of Colombia to the U.S. Francisco Calderón (Left) and Emory Political Review (EPR) Managing Editor Noah Cosimano-White (19Ox, 21C, R ight) speak at a Nov. 12 lecture held at Tarbutton Hall and organized by EPR.

Ambassador Talks Future of Democracy

By Matthew Takavarasha Contributing Writer

Ambassador of Colombia to the United States Francisco Santos Calderón, known as Pacho Santos, expressed concern over the future of democracy in Latin America and the Western world in a lecture at Tarbutton Hall on Tuesday.

“I think this is the beginning of very turbulent times,” Santos Calderón told the crowd of approximately 20 students. “Welcome to the rollercoaster.”

Santos Calderón, who previously served as the Vice President of Colombia between 2002 and 2010, was joined in conversation by Noah Cosimano-White (19Ox, 21C), managing editor of the Emory Political Review.

Prior to his tenure in the executive branch of the Colombian government, Santos Calderón served as Deputy Editor and night Editor-in-Chief of Colombian national newspaper El Tiempo. Speaking on growing public distrust toward journalism, Santos Calderón described a “crisis of the media,” detailing how an increasing reliance on social media has resulted in not only a deterioration of longstanding journalism practices, but also a spread of misinformation.

“Social media has allowed the citizen to get information without knowing where it comes from,” Santos Calderón told the audience. “You have people who are a lot more informed but very shallow.”

Santos Calderón pointed to CNN as an example of how the quality of jour-

nalism is “suffering”, with the exception of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. “[On CNN] today you have talking heads with opinions,” he said.

“Journalism is, to be very sincere, left behind.”

Santos Calderón argued that misinformation has made it “very easy to manipulate” the population, and that such practices “poison” the political debate. Santos Calderón’s concerns were motivated by his belief that the system of democracy is underpinned by the “crucial” practice of journalism.

Citing The Washington Post slogan, Santos Calderón stated: “Democracy dies in darkness.”

Santos Calderón also acknowledged that the perils of journalism are not merely limited to popular distrust, and that reporters can often find themselves in dangerous situations.

“I’ve seen cases where they publish where a journalist lives,” he revealed to the audience.

Last year was the deadliest year on record for journalists, with 80 journalists killed, 348 in prison and further 60 held hostage. Santos Calderón was himself kidnapped in 1990 by the Medellín Cartel founded by Pablo Escobar, in an attempt to pressure the Colombian government into retracting its support for the extradition of narcotraffickers to the United States.

Santos Calderón, whose tenure in the executive branch focused on anticorruption, was nevertheless quick to specify that while journalism is vital in exposing corruption, it should not sup-

plant the state, particularly the judicial system, in upholding democratic values.

“You can be a great newspaper doing great investigative journalism, but if you don’t have a good judicial system you just end up crying wolf,” Santos Calderón said.

Santos Calderón also discussed the strengths and weaknesses of various levels of government, touting the benefits of local government and expressing skepticism toward the government at the international level.

“Sometimes international relations are just the expression of national interests,” Santos Calderón said.

“There’s a lot of hypocrisy.”

Nevertheless, Santos Calderón recognised the potential that the benefits from international government are larger in scale. He pointed to the success of the bipartisan American initiative Plan Colombia, which has provided Colombia with $11 billion since 2000. The initiative has been overseen by four separate Colombian and U.S. Presidents each.

“I think [Plan Colombia], after the Marshall Plan, [is] the biggest foreign policy success that the United States has had,” Santos Calderón stated.

In spite of this, Santos Calderón confessed his pessimism regarding the future of international relations.

“I think countries have to be prepared for a world where we’re less stable,” he acknowledged. “The sphere of influence is going to be dictated more by geographical relationships than common values.”

He was similarly pessimistic in

imploring governments to take action to ensure the protection of the Amazon rainforest.

“I personally think that there’s no way back from what we have done,” he said. “[Still,] it’s very important to do as much as we can.”

Santos Calderón concluded with his thoughts on the future of democracy. Comparing the U.S. and Latin America, he detailed how increasing political polarization has served to undermine democracy. He noted that the causes of this polarization differ between the two nations. In the United States, he argued, this polarization represents an “expression of frustration” against globalization, which has “impoverished the middle class.”

He blamed the phenomenon in Latin America on individuals such as former Bolivian President Evo Morales, who, by adapting institutions to suit their personal needs, set a “very troublesome” legal precedent.

“Democracy is very fragile,” he explained. “If you play with the rules of the game, you know where you start, but you do not know where you finish.”

Cosamino-White stressed the importance of student political participation on Emory’s campus.

“When you’re in there in the room with someone, it’s engaging,” he said.

“I would encourage everyone to come out and engage with these [speakers], because we always try to have a Q&A afterwards.”

— Contact Matthew Takavarasha at mtakava@emory.edu

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | Opinion Editor: Zach Ball (zach.ball@emory.edu)

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Trump’s Atlanta Visit Exacerbates Racial Tensions U.S. President Donald J. Trump arrived in Atlanta on Friday to kick off a new initiative intended to court black voters for his re-election bid. If we lived in a world where political gestures could reasonably be taken at face value, this strategy might have been impactful. But Trump’s speech, beyond a few threads focused on health care and crime, couldn’t have been more tailored toward energizing his predominantly white base. Trump’s rally was a pandering job, meant only to show some semblance of support for African American communities while doing nothing to actually help them. By stoking the flames of division while allegedly supporting America’s black communities, the president has only rubbed salt into our country’s long standing racial wounds.

But this should not be a surprise. The president secured victory in 2016 with only 8 percent of the black vote. While increasing that percentage wouldn’t hurt, it’s not clear that black voter support is a significant factor in his electoral strategy. Instead, by launching misguided criticisms of Democrats’ record at black voters, it’s unlikely that Trump will likely improve upon his low African American turnout for the 2020 election. To win the upcoming presidential election, Trump would need to maintain his grip on key swing states, likely by once again targeting white voters without college degrees that comprise much of his base.

Even given this evidence, it is possible that Trump nevertheless is trying to widen his support by including black voters. However, his speech on Friday was a swaggering assertion of the same inflammatory rhetoric he’s relied on since 2016. Trump quoted his famous exhortation to the black community — “What the hell do you have to lose?”

— as a confident expression of his ideals.

In between tangents about the “rigged” 2016 election and the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Trump did mention details relevant to the black community.

He mentioned several times that the black unemployment rate has reached record lows during his administration. While true, these numbers continue a trend which began under former President Barack Obama, and belies the fact that many of these jobs are minimum-wage or low-paying. Trump offered little in the way of concrete proposals to erase the gaps in employment, wages and educational opportunity which

continue to exist between white and black Americans.

The fact that Trump spoke this way in the center of Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, represented by civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), speaks volumes to his strategy regarding black voters. In 2017, Trump tweeted that the district is “in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested),” prompting widespread condemnation from across the political spectrum.

Trump’s tweets about Atlanta and other predominantly African American cities demonstrate a minimal understanding of the nuanced problems facing the United States’ black population, including housing segregation, lack of access to educational opportunities and racial profiling by law enforcment.

True presidential leadership in this area would involve meeting with civil rights leaders like Lewis who have worked for decades to advance equality for African Americans. It does not mean flying in and giving a one-hour speech listing Trump’s “accomplishments” for the African American community, many of which are, in fact, achievements of the previous administration.

Trump’s divisive rhetoric and defense of racists may reduce black voter turnout, but it is unlikely that it will do much to diversify his predominantly white male voting bloc. Trump’s attempt to court black voters in Atlanta is the height of hypocrisy. This is a man who got his start in the business world by discriminating against black tenants in his apartment and whose administration has actively worked to roll back civil rights protections. The extent of his racist remarks and actions make them impossible to fully list in this editorial.

Trump then appears a hypocrite and a liar; invoking the struggles of the black community to further a divisive cause is itself ironic, but his bold-faced distortion of the facts darkens the tone of an already suspicious endeavor. While Trump supporters may argue that Trump’s speech demonstrated outreach to the black community, one speech can’t reverse the wealth of racist rhetoric and policy that Trump has officiated since taking office. Americans of all stripes must remember Trump’s record when we head to the ballot box next year.

Emory, Give Us Election Day Off to Bolster Turnout In America, viewed by some as a bastion of democracy, not enough people are casting their ballots. In Georgia, voter suppression tactics will likely have a negative impact on turnout in future elections, which makes efforts to get out the vote all the more important. To address alarmingly low turnout in all elections, Emory University must cancel classes on election days to encourage students and faculty members to participate actively in their local political community.

Early results show that just under 11 percent of registered voters in DeKalb County cast their votes on Nov. 5, 2019, about a quarter of the already-low average national midterm turnout of 40 percent. With a stronger push from the University’s administration, these numbers could change. In giving students and faculty Election Day off, the school would be effectively endorsing the right to vote. Paired with an information campaign about the importance of voting, the University would advance voter literacy and foster a more engaged, more informed young electorate.

As an institution that values community and civic engagement, making Election Day a holiday will further strengthen the University’s values. Rather than skipping

a meal to rush to the polls or waking up absurdly early to return for a full day of classes, students would not be forced to choose between political participation and their health. As individuals who’ve only recently become eligible to vote, it is crucial that going to the polls becomes a habit now — and Emory could make that happen.

Emory committed itself to increasing voter turnout in 2018 with the Emory Votes initiative, a program that offered rides to polling places last year and sent students information about voter registration. However, this year, the program was not enacted. Unlike last year’s midterms, there were no free shuttles to transport students to polling locations. If the Emory administration truly wants to encourage voter literacy and turnout, it must stress the importance of every election — not just midterm or presidential elections — by instituting a yearly holiday on the November election day.

Ultimately, a liberal arts education should empower individuals to think critically and gain a breadth of knowledge so that they can engage in society. But a good education must also require a practice of those principles. Emory, in this responsibility, must help facilitate civic participation and make Election Day a holiday.

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Before Cancelling, Dialogue Is Not the Answer Consider Discourse Emory Students for Justice in Palestine

Throughout our country’s history, there have been countless examples of Andrew Kliewer activists willing to work with imperfect figures and institutions to achieve If anything unifies the increasingly change. Perhaps the most compeldivided Democratic party, it’s support ling illustration is former President for former President Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln’s effort to end slavwho still holds approval among 97 per- ery. At the outset of the Civil War, cent of Democrats. However, Obama’s Lincoln refused to commit to abolition recent comments regarding “call-out and instead sought to keep the slaveculture” and social media activism holding border states in the Union.

It was this action, however, which sparked rare controversy among the left, and were condemned by some as likely allowed the Union to win the taking a “boomer view” of the world Civil War and Congress to finally erase slavery from our country with the 13th and “scolding” younger generations.

“This idea of purity and ‘you’re never Amendment.

As abolitionist Frederick Douglass compromised and you’re always politically woke’ and all that stuff — you stated after Lincoln’s death, “Had he should get over that quickly,” Obama put the abolition of slavery before the said in a speech at Illinois Institute of salvation of the Union, he would have inevitably driven from him a powTechnology.

Although younger Democrats may erful class of the American people not agree completely with Obama, dis- and rendered resistance to rebellion missing his opinion out of hand would impossible.”

A century later, Martin Luther be a mistake.

At Emory and across the country, King Jr. also worked within a deepliberal activists must focus on col- ly flawed system to achieve greater laboration, not just confrontation, as racial equality. While King and other a means to achieve meaningful social activists risked their lives to pursue racial equality, they did so with a clear and political change.

Obama’s criticism was aimed in purpose: to convince the federal govpart at “cancel culture,” an increas- ernment to pass comprehensive civil ingly popular trend where individuals rights legislation.

Ultimately, it was former President refuse to engage, or “cancel,” those Lyndon B. Johnson, they disagree with. a Southerner with For example, students some arguably racat the University of The solutions to the ist views, who signed Pennsylvania used the Civil Rights Act of social media to push myriad problems for the cancellawe face as a society 1964 into law, ending most forms of govtion of a former U.S. Immigration and won’t just come from ernment-sanctioned slogans or hashtags. discrimination.

Customs Enforcement Obama’s unity administrator’s speech message during his on campus. Other 2008 campaign serves prominent figures have been “canceled” by social media as a more modern case, delivering boycott campaigns, ranging from Bill Democrats a sweeping electoral victoO’Reilly to Kanye West. As one New ry which allowed them to enact conseYork Times op-ed succinctly put it, quential reforms on our financial and “Everyone Is Canceled” in our society health-care systems, among numerous because all people have moral failings other accomplishments.

Many of his votes came from people to some degree.

Cancellation can be effective in who supported Trump in 2016, and limited circumstances, particularly in those individuals could swing their punishing actions that clearly violate votes again in 2020. Reaching out to these voters is critical if Democrats societal standards.

Few would argue that Harvey hope to defeat Trump next year.

These precedents underscore the Weinstein deserves to be producing movies or that Kevin Spacey should general nature of societal change still be on “House of Cards,” following throughout American history. It rarely their involvement in sexual harass- comes in nicely bundled packages or ment scandals. However, as a singular occurs in a completely linear fashion. tool for achieving progress on many Instead, durable change takes place other issues, “cancel culture” inevita- mostly through incremental steps, rarely satisfying anyone’s ultimate bly fails.

President Donald J. Trump remains goals immediately.

And this progress almost never the president of the United States despite his continuous stream of rac- occurs without some effort to win over ist, sexist and xenophobic remarks. those holding opposing viewpoints, The 46 percent of 2016 voters who rather than simply attacking or ignorsupported Trump could very easily re- ing them.

Certainly, social movements in elect him in 2020. Does anyone seriously think that the president or his the present such as #MeToo or Black base can be simply “canceled” from Lives Matter have had great success our society without any serious debate in attracting attention to, and in some cases effecting change on, pressing or discussion?

The truth of the matter is that can- issues.

However, the lasting impact of cellation serves as a convenient strategy for us to sidestep answering dif- these movements will be measured ficult questions like why Trump won in large part by their ability to win in the first place. All the anger in the over Americans who may currently world will not reverse the results of disagree with some of their aspects. the 2016 election, nor will it deliver Hashtags and social media campaigns Democrats the White House in 2020. must be viewed as a means to this end, As Obama said himself, “Passion is rather than ends in and of themselves.

With this in mind, the next time vital, but you have to have a strategy.”

While raw emotion alone is a powerful you feel the urge to “cancel” someone driver of change, it is not enough for a you disagree with, sit on it for a while. substantive impact without a thought- Maybe even consider engaging with them or making an effort to underful plan.

Ultimately, the solutions to the myr- stand their viewpoint.

You’ll likely be surprised by what iad problems we face as a society won’t just come from slogans or hashtags. you learn.

They need to be derived from good Andrew Kliewer (20C) is from faith efforts to engage with others, parDallas. ticularly those with whom we disagree.

This Thursday’s “Narratives Dinner: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” marks the first event of this academic year claiming to promote “dialogue” about Israel and Palestine on campus.

We in Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) are skeptical of this event — and all those like it — for we have seen how “dialogue” is regularly used as a political tool to capture and control criticism of Israel. “Dialogue” implies two equal parties meeting voluntarily at the table to reach common ground.

But that is not what events such as this dinner are, nor can they be, for the power relationship between Israel and Palestine ensures that dialogue is always, in Ghassan Kanafani’s words, a “conversation between the sword and the neck.” We write this op-ed to express our concern about the continued use of “dialogue” as a guise to control and silence those speaking the truth about the state of Israel.

It is our experience that when Emory students attempt to speak up on behalf of Palestine, we are routinely abused verbally, intimidated or threatened in attempts to shut us down.

Self-identified Zionist students have heckled us, the conservative press has slandered us, the Emory Police has investigated us, and the University president has even conflated our antiZionist position with antisemitism.

Indeed, in an email responding to the eviction notice controversy of last spring, Sterk wrote, “What happens on the Emory campus does not happen in isolation. All of us are aware that anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise on college campuses and throughout American society today.” To say that the University has remained neutral in this is laughable. This week, Dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences Michael A. Elliott is moderating a conference with an academic, Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, who characterized a cofounder of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as personifying “antisemitism on the left.”

Ultimately we feel that the only place where we are encouraged — by either pro-Israel students or by the University — to speak out about the injustices taking place against Palestinians is in the highly controlled and regulated space of the “dialogue.”

We are thus left feeling that “dialogue”

is carefully curated to change nothing, maintaining a pro-Israel status quo, while giving those of a pro-Israel position the facade of earnest political engagement.

Meanwhile, dialogue asks vulnerable individuals, especially those who have suffered first hand at the hands of Israel, to publicly share their vulnerability. As you would not ask a mother who lost her child to gun violence to have a conversation with an NRA member, and especially not a school shooter, we suggest that it is insensitive to invite Palestinians and their allies into conversations with those who are complicit in and supportive of the violence perpetrated against them.

Even more insidiously, we find that dialogue events are often the sites of surveillance by Zionist groups who seek to identify and quell dissent.

In the past, student-advocates for Palestine across the United States have had their names and personal information posted on blacklisting websites such as Canary Mission, which claim to document individuals who “promote hatred of the USA, Israel, and Jews.” In practice, these websites are tools to defame students who organize around injustice in Palestine or those who simply hold cultural events or celebrations. Websites like these put students in imminent danger just for expressing their personal beliefs and may prevent them from getting jobs in the future. In the dialogue event of last spring, pro-Israel students “promised” pro-Palestinian organizers that they would not be put on Canary Mission if they attended, effectively admitting their power to do so.

Last spring, when conflict erupted on campus during SJP’s Israel Apartheid Week, the very students organizing this Thursday’s “Narratives” event organized a private dialogue dinner between students and University President Claire E. Sterk, Dean Elliott and Professor of Pedagogy in the Religion department Bobbi Patterson. Zionist student-leaders at the dinner substantially outweighed the smaller number of pro-Palestinian student voices. In the discussion, several pro-Israel students refused to acknowledge the Palestinian state’s existence and repeatedly referred to Israel-Palestine solely as “Israel.”

Meanwhile, the administrators remained predictably neutral and diplomatic, their ambivalence effectively siding them with the apartheid status quo. What did this event accomplish?

Zionist student leaders got to encounter their critics on terms which they were comfortable and the administration got to look like they played the part of the benevolent peacekeeper, while pro-Palestinian students were left feeling used, as pawns, in someone else’s optical game.

As sociologist Lisa Taraki put it in 2011, dialogue “deliberately avoids acknowledgment of the basic coloniser-colonised relationship. Dialogue does not promote change, but rather reinforces the status quo, and in fact is mainly in the interest of the Israeli side of the dialogue.” To have a dialogue about Palestine is to suggest there is something ambiguous or subjective about what is happening to Palestinians, that there is room for debate and multiple sides to the story.

The United Nations has already had the dialogue and made their statement. There is no discussion left to be had.

Here is where we stand our ground firmly. SJP exists to call attention to the unimaginable atrocities exercised on Palestinians by the state of Israel. We seek to support the people of Palestine and amplify their voices.

We stand against all social injustices, including antisemitism. However, as Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stated, “The struggle against antisemitism is also the struggle for Palestinian freedom.”

To recognize this struggle is paramount to combating oppressive structures across the world. We understand that it is the intentional program of Israel to keep Americans, and especially Jewish Americans, in ignorance or denial of the violence Israel requires for its continued existence. The fact that many Emory students are so reactive to SJP organizing is a testament to the effectiveness of the Israeli campaign. But this is precisely why we are needed: if the voice denying human rights violations remains the loudest, humanity is in trouble.

Instead of attending the Narratives Dinner this Thursday, join us, Students for Justice in Palestine, in our event Thursday to further discuss how bad faith practices of “dialogue” are in reality artfully veiled displays of power that further entrench liberal disaffection in relation to the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Opinion Editor Zach Ball (21C) previously served as president of Emory Students for Justice in Palestine and was not involved in the writing or editing of this op-ed.

Most Controversial Opinions

America Was Always Great Robert Schmad The idea that America ought to be made great again is oftentimes challenged by the assertion that America has never been great.

While this stance could hold if the tenants of our modern moral para-

digm are applied to the past, we must understand that doing so would be erroneous. Greatness is an exercise in relativity, as we determine what is great through the comparison of an entity to its contemporaries.

Since its inception, America has always been one of the greatest nations on earth.

We sparked the flame of Western

liberty, pioneered transnational diplomatic cooperation and spearheaded decolonization in wake of the Second World War. Though America has never been perfect, we’ve always been a heck of a lot better than pretty much everyone else.

Robert Schmad (23C) is from Kennewick, Mass.

Sequels Can Surpass Originals Adesola Thomas Sequels are not always lazy cash grabs.

Sometimes they are successful additions to existing stories. “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” slaps much harder than its predecessor because it showcases Lauryn Hill, the struggles of underprivileged kids with creative aspiration and champions high

school show choir long before “Glee.”

Similarly, “Shrek 2” and “Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams” are the strongest installments within their respective four-part series.

“Shrek 2” thoughtfully explores the strain new romance can place on old friendships and contemplates the significance self-love holds among societally dismissed people.

“Spy Kids 2” strengthened the family-friendly kid film by addressing issues of maturation and purpose.

Steve Buscemi plays a lonely geneticist named Romero, who poignantly ponders, “Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of his own creation?”

Robert Rodriguez challenges the children’s adventure genre by presenting existential musings into the sprightly mix. Sequels can be effective.

Adesola Thomas (20C) is from Hampton, Ga.

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U.S. President Donald J. Trump kicked off his “Black Voices for Trump Coalition” initiative on Nov. 8 with a speech at the Georgia World Congress Center. Trump discussed the economy and criminal justice and criticized the Democratic Party. The event spurred a protest calling for Trump’s impeachment. The photographs below were taken by Editorial Board members Devin Bog, Andrew Kliewer and Meredith McKelvey.

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Rex Orange County Matures in New LP Rex Orange County Pony (2019)

By Kamryn Olds Contributing Writer Released Oct. 25, Rex Orange County’s newest album, “Pony,” contains all the qualities instantly recognizable to fans of Rex’s work: his complex layering of electronic sounds, his nearly idiosyncratic use of orchestral instrumentation, his emotional and unembellished vocals. Despite similarities with his previous work, “Pony”s fluidity and comfortability with itself also demonstrate Rex’s notable growth over the past two years. The first of his three records to be released with Sony Music Entertainment, “Pony” is likewise Rex’s first album since the success of his breakout hit “Loving Is Easy” and his two features on Tyler, the Creator’s 2017 “Flower Boy.”

With more resources, the artist’s newest album purposefully strives to outdo his previous work. The nolonger independent 21-year-old Brit is done making music out of his bedroom. Still, he has yet to dispense with his deep roots in the genreless sound and sensibility of bedroom pop.

The album opener and debut single, “10/10,” is a lighthearted introduction and thesis statement for the rest of the record. Over a steady pop beat that almost forces you to nod your head, Rex sings matter-of-factly, “I had a year that nearly sent me off the edge/ I feel like a five, I can’t pretend/ But if I get my shit together this year/ Maybe I’ll be a 10.” The themes in these lyrics are characteristic of Rex’s earlier work: a consistent pursuit of happiness and an uncertainty about how to achieve it. The playful rhyming and danceability in this song, however, indicate a hope for the future less pronounced on previous albums. On “Pony,” Rex actively tries to change as an artist and

explores personal development. Still, he acknowledges how difficult it is to make this change. Just as the sound of the album reflects both his earlier music and new confident experimentation with style, the lyrics reflect Rex’s careful movement from the past into the future.

If we could place these songs into neat categories of evolution, “Stressed Out” would best represent the beginnings of Rex’s career, portraying his angst and his isolation. “They wanna see me stressed out every day, I know it,” he sings. “They wanna lie and still be friends/ … You didn’t know any better/ Doesn’t it feel unfair?” This song displays the same distrust of others and purposeful separation that Rex explored on his debut record, “Bcos U Will Never B Free.” Occurring at the halfway point on the album, the lyrics on “Stressed Out” highlight Rex’s relapse into familiar patterns, particu-

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obtuse and flawed, to say the least.

Written by Frank Loesser in 1944, this duet between a man and a woman The words “Christmas Classic,” and lends itself to an annual controversy, as “Date-Rape Anthem” are rarely ever it depicts a man hinging over a woman asserted in the same sentence. Yet these and ignoring her desire to leave his words have consistently been used to house while she wonders what’s in her describe the infamous Christmas song drink.

The original’s lines, “Say, what’s in “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”

After all, in our era of #MeToo, any this drink?/No cabs to be had out reference to the historical ignorance of there,” are replaced with, “If I have a woman’s consent is justifiably cruci- one more drink,” sung by the host of fied, no matter how remote or overt. “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” to which Although the debate around “Baby, the 10-time Grammy Award-winner responds, “It’s your It’s Cold Outside” body and your choice.” pops up every winter “Baby, It’s Cold like snow on a crisp In light of this Outside” won the Chicago morning, its progressive age, Academy Award for significance has never “Best Original Song” been more poignant, one might wonder in 1950 and has ironiespecially with John about the need to cally been supported Legend and Kelly Clarkson’s rekindling reignite a song that is by some feminists of the infamous song. blatantly in contempt arguing that the song In their re-imaginaof the principles of actually advocates for women’s empowertion, the song carries equality, justice ment by encouraging new meaning; instead and the integrity of their sexual liberation of convincing the and agency to make woman to stay, the women. independent choices. man calls her a car to Obviously problematic go home after a night of debauchery and revelrous drinking. lyrics such as “I ought to say, no, no, Legend and Clarkson, both famed no, sir/Mind if I move in closer?” make singer-songwriters revered for their it incredibly challenging to accept this unparalleled musical talents that have perspective, however.

We are in a cultural moment when brought the world classics such as “All of Me” and “Since U Been Gone,” are the voices of women are finally being being criticized for their confusing and listened to, not simply heard and consomewhat superficial version of “Baby, currently forgotten.

The Time’s Up and #MeToo camIt’s Cold Outside.”

Despite these contemporary “The paigns have gained momentum Voice” coaches, and American para- because women have demanded digms’ naive intentions to resurrect change and are claiming the power “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” in a more politically abreast sense, the result is See classic, Page 10

Theater in Atlanta

‘Downstairs’ Stifled

By Gender Sterotypes

By Joel Lerner Senior Staff Writer

Grade: B Plays stand out among other art forms because of the intimacy with which audiences experience the performance — only an arm’s reach away from the actors. Actor’s Express at the King Plow Arts Center continues its 32nd season by putting on an invigorating performance of Theresa Rebeck’s play “Downstairs.” In the show, a brother and sister reunite for the first time in years and must face both their troubled childhood and current circumstances. The most prominent motif in the show is manipulation, which acts as a reminder of how not to foster healthy relationships. The play runs from Nov. 6 to Dec. 1, and while it has some confusing moments, it’s an insightful and thought-provoking performance.

“Downstairs” is a riveting and immersive play set in the cluttered basement of a modern-day home. The play focuses on a short segment of Irene’s (Mary Lynn Owen) life as her financially distressed younger brother Teddy (Travis Smith) makes a place

for himself in her basement, much to the disapproval of her husband Gerry (William S. Murphey). While at first the play meanders around the history of the characters on stage, it eventually explores the growing strife within the family. Painful memories from the past collide with the harsh realities of the present in ways that drastically change the characters’ lives. The magic of “Downstairs” becomes apparent as conflicts between characters arise. When Teddy and Irene get lost in recollections of their past, their onstage energy increases as they laugh, cry and lament together about their broken family life. But when one character is dissonant from another, like when Teddy and Gerry clash about the immediate future of the family, the tension is almost painful. That is the root of the play’s interpersonal conflict.

The performances, however, are less impactful when examined individually. Teddy’s tendency to jump from idea to idea, while establishing his relationship with others through excited or anxious stuttering, negates the development of the plot because of his

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Tom (Henry Golding) and Kate (Emilia Clarke) star in ‘Last Christmas,’ released on Nov. 8.

‘Last Christmas’ Gift Wraps Redemption

By Becca Moszka Staff Writer

Grade: BIt’s a bit early for “Deck the Halls” and “Jingle Bells,” but the festive trailer of Paul Feig’s 2019 romantic comedy “Last Christmas” will make you want to throw on your Santa hat and curl up with a mug of hot chocolate. The film offers more than the holiday cliches its trailer promises, making it far more intriguing than your typical win-

ter-themed movies. And while there are plenty of hijinks to go around, “Last Christmas,” written by Emma Thompson, is less a holiday movie and more a tale of forgiveness and growth that happens to be set during the holiday season.

“Last Christmas” falls flat at some points but is refreshing because it throws many rom-com cliches out the door in favor of a more poignant and more compelling Christmas story.

Former “Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke stars as the unlucky,

disgruntled Kate, a Christmas store worker whose excessive drinking and series of bad decisions leave her cynical enough to punch a reindeer, literally. Kate is not quite homeless, but she is troubled by her past with a mysterious illness and too ashamed of her disposition to reconcile with her mother, Petra (Thompson), or her sister, Marta (Lydia Leonard). She crashes on friends’ couches and hangs onto her job by a thread after consistently arriv-

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Student Director, Angela Yang, Discusses ‘Peerless’

By Eythen Anthony Contributing Writer

Emory prides itself in its theatrical production opportunities for young actors and directors alike. Continuing this tradition in the performing arts is director Angela Yang (20C), the newest member of the increasing list of Emory student directors. Yang’s directorial debut, “Peerless,” premieres on Nov. 14.

The South Florida senior has been active in theater throughout college, primarily in Oxford College productions like “Pillowman.” Yang is currently double majoring in theater and

economics. In fact, it was through her pursuit in theater classes that she first learned of “Peerless” by playwright Jiehae Park.“I encountered the play [in Fall 2018] in a ‘Reading for Performance,’ Yang explained. “My professor had assigned [this play] ... and I just fell in love with it.”

“Peerless,” based on “Macbeth,” tells the story of two Asian American twins, L (Anna Ree (21C)) and M (June Kwon(20C)). The two work together to get M into her dream college by getting her the “affirmative action spot.”

However, the spot is given to D (Chris Lowery (20C)), a white man who is 1/16th Native American. Enraged,

the twins develop a plan to murder D and claim the university spot for themselves.

Also included among the characters of the play are BF (Matthew Nails (22C)), the boyfriend and emotional support to M, and Dirty Girl (Julia Byrne (20C)), a racist, precognitive student who foreshadows events throughout the play.

The play’s small-scale cast required only a small production team, according to Yang.

“Having [fewer] people to herd around has really been lucky,” Yang said. “Outside of working professionally with them, they’re all dear friends

of mine so it is really easy to trust them and to openly communicate problems.”

“Peerless” discusses a variety of social issues such as racism, violence and murder. For example, the play features characters using a collection of slurs and derogatory terms toward one another. The playwright wrote, “It is a comedy, until it’s not.” Emory’s production will include a warning of such topics at the beginning of the play, according to Yang.

The play attempts to discuss these real-life issues “while taking it so far that it is mocking,” Yang remarked.

“The play has this idea that they live in this world you could never imagine,

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Continued from Page 9 and respect that they are due. In light of this progressive age, one might wonder about the need to reignite a song that is blatantly in contempt of the principles of equality, justice and the integrity of women without any particularly good reason.

Why not leave this baffling, halfhearted re-imagination of a notorious song in the past where it belongs, along with all the rest of the pop culture blunders including Katy Perry’s “Ur So Gay” and Taylor Swift’s “Picture to Burn?” Clarkson and Legend’s regeneration of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is not an exceptional occurrence since many a couple has delivered this duet in the past, namely the scandalous scene from the movie “Elf,” without paying much attention to its sexist and misogynistic lyrics.

Additionally, the dispute over this song is not a new one, and neither are the observations of its chauvinism and bigotry, as radio stations began to ban the song after the Time’s Up movement surfaced, including Cleveland’s WDOK, asserting that it has “no place” in the #MeToo period.

Clarkson and Legend rewriting some of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”s lyrics in an attempt to please older generations that have the song ingrained in their vision of an ideal Christmas, as well as the reformist younger crop, is unfruitful. The final result is as baffling as their silence to the question, “Why didn’t you just write a new song?”

Protesting, boycotting and overcorrecting are eternal hallmarks and symbols of the American psyche, and Clarkson and Legend’s meager version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” should be no exception to these sentiments.

Both new and old renditions of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” must be banned from all soundwaves to finally end this relentless cycle of propagating untimely, cynical and frankly false messages to unsuspecting consumers of pop culture. Ultimately, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” must be left outside our conscience this winter because the Christmas classic has undoubtedly aged poorly.

but everything they’re feeling and the general atmosphere is something that can be familiar to viewers.”

The play’s dramatic energy is apparent even in production rehearsals.

With quick-witted dialogue, emotional lead characters and well-thought-out stunt choreography, “Peerless” is the play that will make you feel relieved about college applications finally being over with.“Peerless” will be playing from Nov. 14 through Nov. 16 and Nov. 21 through Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Burlington Road Building.

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mous Teamster president.

Then there is the much-discussed de-aging technology that is utilized to transform these actors into their younger selves. The best thing I can say about it is that, after about 10 minutes of the approaching “uncanny valley” quality of their facial movements, the effect is unnoticeable.

The film uses a mixture of visual effects and makeup to seamlessly age the famous actors throughout the nearly six-decade timeline. The specter of death looms largely over “The Irishman.”

Scorsese never allows the audience to forget the inevitable doom of his characters. Jimmy Hoffa is first introduced at the exact moment that a bullet enters his head, forcing the audience to view his journey culminating in his quick demise. Certain characters are even introduced with a blurb about the time and circumstances of their death.

Death is a fate inextricably linked to the life that these men chose to lead and, in the third act of the film, Scorsese reckons with fact. All of this culminates in the finale of “The Irishman” which ranks amongst the most impactful sequences in Scorsese’s career as Frank is forced to confront the loneliness that his crimes have left him with.

Alone, waiting to die, Frank is a man trapped in his own past sins and has no one to blame but himself.

“The Irishman” is a poignant denouement for Scorsese’s filmography. A surprisingly emotional examination of the kind of person Scorsese loves to portray, “The Irishman” fits alongside “Mean Streets,” “Goodfellas” and “The Departed” as a significant work in a career overflowing with masterpieces.

The film premieres on Netflix on Nov. 27 but if you have the opportunity, see this three-and-a-half-hour epic on the big screen.

larly in the face of his recent come-up.

In a second category, however, the song “Pluto Projector” may be the closest we get to a taste of Rex’s newer style. He hasn’t changed that much, and the structure of this song is relatively familiar; he begins quietly and plaintively, with only a guitar as accompaniment.

Then, he adds the drums. Then, the chorus. For a moment, the song gets quiet, back to the single guitar.

But then, strings reach a marvelous crescendo. Finally, the song concludes again with the guitar, now accompanying a solo electronically manipulated voice.

This medley of layered instruments and vocals was also present on Rex’s second album, “Apricot Princess.” Yet, in “Pluto Projector,” it has a particular strength that wasn’t there before.

As Rex treads the familiar ground of his relationship with his girlfriend, the new precision of the lyrics that imagine their future together is uniquely striking. Raw and open, over the strings he cries, “I don’t think I’m meant to understand myself.” He doesn’t know what will happen next; he doesn’t know how he will create the future he imagines.

On “Pony,” Rex expertly crafts a narrative of change and attempts to break away from the patterns of his past. He tells a story about the difficulty of necessary maturation, and in doing so, shows how he has grown artistically since releasing his debut album just three years ago.

In an interview for “Pony,” Rex stated, “Going from … 18 to 21, it’s like you just learn a lot, I think.” While Rex has definitely learned a lot, these words — reflective of how a short span of time can feel so long in youth — likewise attest to the fact that there is still so much more to do and so much more to learn. In the closing track of “Pony,” Rex repeats, “It’s not the same anymore.”

In his growth, both he and his music have changed. And in this maturation, Rex has hope: “It’s not the same anymore/ It’s better/ It got better.”

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Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) scheme in “The Irishman.”

‘The Irishman’: A Mobster Masterpiece

By Zack Levin Staff Writer

Grade: A+ Martin Scorsese is possibly the most enduring and accomplished American director still working in the industry today. Even after making films for over six decades, he still exhibits the vitality and creative ambition that has escaped his 1970s contemporaries. In the past decade alone, he has directed a psychological thriller throwback to the 1940s noir genre, a family-friendly 3D extravagant love-letter to the movies, a high-octane thrill ride through Wall Street greed and an introspective examination of the Catholic faith.

“The Irishman” follows this trend of experimentation and resembles the director’s earlier crime works of “Goodfellas” and “Casino” while providing a unique perspective on the genre of a man looking back on what his life has meant. “The Irishman” explores the life of mob hitman Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (Robert De Niro) as he recalls his journey through the ranks of organized crime.

The film’s 50-year spanning narrative focuses on Frank’s relationships with Philadelphia crime boss Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), specifically detailing the hitman’s possible involvement with the disappearance of Jimmy.

The film’s status as an outlier of the crime genre, specifically those of Scorsese’s filmography, is asserted from its opening shot. The slow glide through a nursing home to the tune of a melancholic 1950s doo-wop before the camera comes upon an old Frank Sheeran, alone in a wheelchair foreshadows the emotional toll that these crimes will take on the old man.

Scorsese utilizes his stylistic trademarks with the technical mastery of an artist at the height of his creative power, but each trademark works

with a twist to the formula of previous Scorsese films. There’s the fourth-wallbreaking narration that illustrates the minutiae of this world of crime as is shown by Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) in “Goodfellas” or Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” In “The Irishman,” however, Frank’s voice-over is rambling, grumbly and to-the-point, showing a man at the end of his life.

There’s also Scorsese’s trademark use of graphic violence but instead of it being hyper-stylized and lingering on brutality, the violence in “The Irishman” is far blunter and is filmed at distant. The man was alive, and now he isn’t — as meaningful to Frank as any menial task on the job would be.

The film is reflexive, a stocktaking of what one man’s life was worth if it meant anything at all.

Fourteen years since their last collaboration in “Casino,” Scorsese reunites with De Niro and Pesci, the latter of whom was coaxed out of retirement in order to appear in this film. As Russell Bufalino, Pesci forgoes his usual hot-headed, loosecannon character for a more measured menace. Though Russell is always the calmest presence in any scene he’s in, Pesci never fails to hold an iron grip over his situation. After starring in a string of bad comedies and a stale performance on “Saturday Night Live,” De Niro reminds us why he belongs in the upper-echelon of actors.

Frank Sheeran is a soldier at heart who is willing to kill another if it allows him to stay alive for another day but doesn’t know what to do with that life. De Niro embodies the slow corrosion of Frank’s character as he continues to take lives in honor of his loyalty to his criminal family over spending time with his real family.

The real stand-out of the cast, however, is first-time Scorsese collaborator Al Pacino. As Jimmy Hoffa, Pacino devours every scene he’s in with his finger-waving, expletive-spouting, icecream obsessed portrayal of the infa-

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Continued from Page 9 ing late and neglecting her professional duties. When she meets Tom (Henry Golding), a cheerful young man brimming with aphorisms, Kate begins to ascend the steep hill of recovery from her past trauma and learns the value of each day she is living.

“Last Christmas” is, simply put, funny. Clarke’s radiant personality shines through as she stumbles around London in a leopard-print coat and elf shoes after being kicked out of various friends’ houses.

Kate does not handle herself with much poise or grace, but that is precisely what makes Clarke’s performance so charming.

Kate is unlucky, but well-meaning enough to convince the audience to root for her, even though she unknowingly sleeps with a man who has a girlfriend and accidentally fries her friend’s pet fish. Kate’s boss at the Christmas store, known as Santa (Michelle Yeoh), comes equipped with lots of sarcasm and eye rolls, while Petra, a well-intentioned but suffocating Yugoslavian immigrant with a penchant for singing rather atrocious lullabies, steals scene after scene.

As funny as the film is, it fails in the romance department. Golding’s Tom, though likable, is far too perfect to be realistic. Tom relentlessly tails Kate, eager for her affection, and while this

is supposed to be endearing, it ends up coming off as rather pathetic, considering Kate does not return Tom’s affections in the slightest at the beginning of the film. Every word Tom speaks sounds scripted and syrupy, as though he swallowed a romance novel. One can’t help but wonder whether anything he says is truly genuine. From insisting Kate “look up” (he doesn’t use a cell phone, a detail that makes him even more unrealistic) to selflessly volunteering at the local homeless shelter, it is a wonder whether Tom is simply an annoyingly cheerful person or just a caricature of perfection.

While the relationship between Kate and Tom is sweet at times, it is difficult to call their interactions “romantic” when Tom’s character feels so contrived. And while the tired trope of an infallible male hero rescuing the damsel in distress may be more acceptable in a typical Christmas movie, it feels out of place in a film that’s less about infallibility and more about recovery from traumatic experiences.

While the romance between Kate and Tom is unfulfilling, “Last Christmas” does have other selling points beyond the humor infused throughout.

The film brings attention to several important issues facing the world today and does so in a tactful manner. The film does not shy away from discussing feminism, immigration,

homosexuality and mental health, and manages to slide these discussions into scenes in ways that don’t seem forced.

Kate and her family are immigrants from war-torn Yugoslavia, and this detail is not skimmed over; Kate anglicized her name from “Katerina” and is especially sympathetic toward immigrants since she is one herself. Kate also struggles with her mental health throughout the film, troubled by her past illness and inability to find meaning in her daily life.

Despite the gaudy figurines that make up the Christmas shop and the red and green lights strung up around London, “Last Christmas” is a holidaythemed roadmap to recovery.

The film is not quite romantic enough to be deemed a romantic comedy, and Tom is likeable only to the extent that he helps Kate pull through her past trauma. However, the film is imbued with enough comedy and discussion of important issues that it is salvageable.

If for no other reason, I recommend watching the film for Clarke’s performance. Clarke’s departure from the world of “Game of Thrones” and her entrance into the far less rigid and far more cheerful world of rom-coms certainly makes “Last Christmas” worth your time.

— Contact Becca Moszka at becca.moszka@emory.edu

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Actor’s Express Play Tackles Mental Health Continued from Page 9 hard-to-follow dialogue. Furthermore, Irene’s character transformation from a meek, submissive woman to an individual who stands up for herself is poorly supported as the play continues, making moments where she acts on her own behalf stand out as surprising and out of character.

“Downstairs” highlights crucial, current issues such as mental illness and toxic gender norms. The play overtly casts a negative light on the issues it hopes to illuminate in society but plays into the stigmas of gender inequality. The disparaging language of misogyny, in turn, propagates those issues as permissible and somewhat tarnishes the message the play is trying to communicate. The 105-minute play runs without an intermission, but scene transitions come at key

moments, especially when audience members need a moment to recover and catch their breaths. For example, Gerry delivers a moving monologue about personhood in a modern, cramped society, which left me reeling because of the character’s grim philosophy and the actor’s powerful delivery of the lines. These transitions are accompanied by changes in the basement’s lighting where thin, grimy windows set high on the rear wall faintly reveal the time of each scene.

Though the play never leaves the cramped confines of the basement, “Downstairs” excels at building an immersive setting. The plot and its intricacies are introduced from the first moments of the play as Teddy practices his morning routine and brings attention to several items throughout the set. The attention to detail continued after the play concluded as director

Donya K. Washington showed me various set pieces that subtly added to the aura of the set, from books on the shelf to specific workbench items that exceeded what one would normally find in a basement. “Downstairs” is an incredibly well-produced show that allows the audience to effortlessly hone in on the dialogue unfolding on stage. Upon further scrutiny, however, the lack of dynamic gender representation weakens the effectiveness of the overall message by pandering to stereotypes of gender inequality.

“Downstairs” is tough to swallow at times, but it is a high-quality theater experience for audiences willing to explore manipulation and doubt, as well as come face-to-face with the worst sides of humanity.

— Contact Joel Lerner at joel.lerner@emory.edu

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A&E Writers Discuss Favorite Films of 2010s

By A&E Writers

As the 2010s come to a close and we humble Arts & Entertainment writers gawk at Pitchfork’s “best of” lists, we thought it useful to compile our own list of the best art of the decade. Here are our top film choices of the 2010s.

Adesola Thomas: “Lady Bird” I cannot warble on enough about how effective and compelling a film “Lady Bird” is. Stories about adolescence are so often coded as Apatowian, boyish and clumsy. “Lady Bird” was an immense relief, not just because it centers on blossoming womanhood, female sexuality, class and the complexity of mother-daughter relationships, but because it is brimming with intention and care.

It does not shrug away from high school party make-out scenes or anxiety about virginity, but these elements of the film are not its prime focus. The point is to notice Christine McPherson’s (Saoirse Ronan) relationships and desires which make her imperfectly human. The discomfort of her becoming isn’t relegated to easy jokes; it’s honored and given room to be interacted with. “Lady Bird”s glory lies in its capacity to celebrate tenderness, compassion and attention.

A ayush Gupta: “Inception”

with which Elio and Oliver’s love story unfolds.

Saru Garg: “The Florida Project” Director Sean Baker’s brightly saturated, sun-soaked sophomore feature moved me more deeply than perhaps any other film this decade. The movie focuses its lens on the motel communities that live on the margins of the “Happiest Place on Earth.” Baker effectively juxtaposes the innocent summer escapades of a group of children with the unpleasant realities of their impoverished lives.

The film hires those who are not professional actors to heighten its sense of realism, with Bria Vinaite (Halley) providing a captivating firsttime performance. As the audience follows a roaming camera in and around Kissimmee, Fla., we are made privy to all the magic and misery in the lives of people too young to understand the reality of their situations. In equal turns sweeter than melting ice cream and more painful than a stinging sunburn, “The Florida Project” is the most empathetic and poignant film of the last decade.

K amryn Olds: “Dawn of the Planet of the A pes”

Perhaps it is a testament to motion capture technology that I look into the Rarely does one scene spawn as eyes of the ape Caesar (Andy Serkis) many arguments, theories and articles and see myself. Perhaps it is Serkis’ as the ending scene of “Inception.” performance and mastery of acting It teases the audience to think care- within this medium. Or perhaps it fully and pay close attention to minute is the source material and the prior details in the film, compelling review- adaptations from which this film pulls ers to rewatch it again, and again, and that make me feel as if I am watching again. Never has a film revealed some- something necessary, something both thing new to appreciate with every timeless and of our time. Matt Reeves’ viewing. Watching “Inception” is an “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” is exhausting experience. Christopher a film that, after five years, has yet to fully fade from my Nolan creates a farmind. rago of dumbfounding Because of the visvisuals and plot twists “The screenplay ... ceral feeling of the and distorts realis brimming with action, the trauma, ity, establishing him sensuality and the hate and the hope as one of the greatest modern directors. passion between the that drive its characI fear the film Additionally, Hans two young lovers as ters, as a reflection of Zimmer’s masterthey hurdle toward what could be. In this ful score titillates the viewer’s senses. their heartbreaking decade, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” The most impressive end.” and its Caesar are a quality of the movie, literal illustration of however, is that it tugs at the heartstrings of — Becca Moszka (21C) the canonical struggle to imagine a future the audience with its better than the now. poignant emotional messages, whilst providing a thrill.

“Inception” shows the power and Rhett Hipp: “A Silent Voice” potential of a simple idea: it asks viewers to take a leap of faith. In the end, it I have never been through a better leaves you breathless and starstruck, theatrical experience than seeing “A gaping in awe at its intricacy.

Silent Voice.” The film is empathetic and conveys a yearning to understand one another. Watching it feels very Becca Moszka: “Call Me By Your intimate. The film gets to ruminate Name” on complex issues with the nature It’s hard to say what exactly makes of forgiveness, understanding, frienddirector Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me ship and communication through the

By Your Name” such an enticing film. story’s unique perspective of a former It could be the soundtrack that show- grade school bully, Shôya Ishida (Miyu cases Sufjan Stevens’ melodic voice Irino), trying to make amends with the in “Mystery of Love” and “Visions of deaf girl he bullied, Shoko Nishimiya Gideon.” It could be the visuals of the (Saori Hayami). Coupled with Kyoto Italian countryside or the charm of the Animation’s beautifully rendered anismall town of Crema. 0Or maybe it mation and style, outstanding editis because of how natural and believ- ing under Naoko Yamada’s direction, able the love story proves to be. Elio and a stylistically dynamic soundtrack (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver’s from Kensuke Ushio, this film is a (Armie Hammer) chemistry is so inti- near-perfect experience.

For a decade where people often mate it feels as though you are intruding on their romance. The screenplay, complain about a lack of communicawritten by James Ivory, is brimming tion and understanding or too much with sensuality and passion between interpersonal aggression, this film the two young lovers as they hurdle feels like a triumph in examining toward their heartbreaking end. Those the difficulties of our social lives and who have not seen the film should be why we continue to try and be better prepared for the intensity and beauty individuals.

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BOB ROSS PAINTING WORKSHOP

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The Emory Arts Club and the Music, Literature, and Arts Outreach House hosted a Bob Ross painting workshop on Nov. 8, where students displayed their artistic skills with paint brushes following along to a Bob Ross painting tutorial on projectors.

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ADVICE

Bundle Up With These 8 Fall Essentials Doolino Knows Best:

By Sara Khan Contributing Writer

For someone like me from the Northeast, fall is more than just a season: it encompasses all aspects of my lifestyle from September to November.

I’m always cozied up in a bright-colored sweater, drinking a seasonal hot tea and finishing off the day with a fall-themed movie (when I have time in between studying for midterms).

Although trying to tackle all the elements of having a festive fall season can seem daunting, my suggestions should help make the process more seamless and enjoyable.

Season’s Best Binges The plethora of fall-themed movies and TV shows are also an essential staple of the fall season.

My personal recommendations for great fall movies are “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Good Will Hunting.”

Both movies take place in a classic fall atmosphere, so sit back, relax and pull out those fuzzy socks because I’m sure that these movies can please even the pickiest of film fanatics.

“The Nightmare Before Christmas” is the perfect balance between the recently departed spookiness of Halloween and the soon-to-be holiday cheer.

If you’re still not quite over the sombre feeling of October, grab a couple of friends, pop some popcorn and beat the cold weather with some muchneeded reminiscing of Halloween.

“Good Will Hunting” tells the story of a gifted janitor with a genius-level IQ working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

When it was released in 1997, the movie received many awards, such as the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay — perfect for anyone who loves highbrow cinema.

Sweater Weather Both high-end and affordable brands are bringing out their sweaters for the fall season, and a common theme seems to be loose sweaters in bright color waves.

The Agatha Balloon Sleeve Sweater from Urban Outfitters features a slouchy crew neck-style fit with dropped, long balloon sleeves and tight banding at the cuffs, hem and neck.

Its pastel shades of yellow, brown and purple go great with the muted colors of fall.

Although on the pricier side, if you’re looking for something that will last for years, maybe give up a few pumpkin spice lattes and invest in the $69 warm and trendy sweater. A more affordable option is the Knit Mockturtleneck Sweater from H&M. This loose turtleneck sweater with balloon sleeves has tight banding around the cuffs and hem, like the balloon sweater from Urban Outfitters.

Uniquely made from recycled polyester material, you can still be trendy while feeling good about your impact on the planet.

The $34.99 sweater comes in dark green and grey, and the fit and quality of the material make the product an affordable and worthwhile investment.

Atlanta Outings B.J. Reece Orchards, a local apple orchard in Ellijay, Ga., is a great place to go apple picking with your friends to get into the fall mood while also taking a much-needed break from the stress of impending finals.

With a petting zoo and on-site bakery, along with 20 different types of apples, there is plenty to do for a couple of hours.

Although an hour and a half from campus, the orchard makes for a great weekend road trip.

Surrounded by the colorful forests shedding their leaves on the Blue Ridge Mountains, you may even consider staying a full weekend and setting up camp in the many national parks around the area.

For those looking for something closer to Emory, Fall Art Festival will take place in East Atlanta Village Farmers Market, a 15-minute drive from campus, on Nov. 16 from 12 p.m. to 6 pm.

Nestled within the brightly colored and artistic neighborhood, the festival will host 30 local vendors and will feature art, food and music.

Since the area is always busy with

events, consider taking that Saturday off and exploring the graffiti-filled walls and Atlanta-based cuisines of East Atlanta.

Cozy Sips If you’re a cold brew fan and want to add a little fall flavoring to the boring cold brew flavor, consider heading over to Aurora Coffee in Little Five Points, just a 15-minute drive from campus.

The coffee shop offers their “Bear Menu,” which consists of eight distinct cold brew-flavored concoctions.

The 12-ounce Red Bear, just $3.25, pairs a surprisingly toasty gingerbread flavor with almond milk and a rich cold brew flavor profile.

It makes for a much-needed boost of energy while still highlighting the classic flavor of fall.

If you’re looking for something a little more winter-themed, the Polar Bear, featuring peppermint and white chocolate syrup, is the way to go.

For a drink closer to campus that you can indulge in on a more regular basis, the Mighty Leaf Tea Masala Chai tea bags sold at Peet’s Coffee are also a win.

It has a nice cinnamon taste that fits in with the coziness of fall.

I recommend steeping the tea for at least five to seven minutes so that flavors can evenly disperse throughout the hot water; otherwise, it’s quite bland.

Although a little pricey at $2.40 for 12 ounces for a drink you must steep yourself, if you need a quick and relatively cheap drink to warm you up during this cold weather, it is definitely worth trying once.

Final Thoughts From apple picking to visiting festivals around Georgia to mixing up your boring coffee with seasonal drinks to indulging in hours of movies, there is no limit to the amount of things that you can do during the fall season.

With the plethora of opportunities around Atlanta available to students, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate this time of the year.

— Contact Sara Khan at skha239@emory.edu

Squirrel Abduction

The climate is cooler, the stakes are higher and those repeated weeks of missing “just one more class” are finally catching up to you. If it ever seems like you’re barely ambling by like a puppet on a broken marionette, have more confidence in yourself! At least you aren’t doing as badly as the person who submitted a question for this week.

Dear Doolino, It’s your boy Uncle Kracker. I was supposed to perform at Homecoming before I got sidelined with a different project. I was wondering if you could help me “Krack” down on an issue that has been plaguing my life.

There I was, sitting on my patio at my Michigan estate, when I saw a small squirrel approach me. I tried to go in for the pet, but he scurried away, scared, probably a-“Krack”-nophobic.

As the squirrel ran to a nearby hill, he looked back at me wistfully. I could see in his eyes that he wanted me to follow. I ran in hot pursuit and named him Gregory.

The squirrel led me to a deep grotto in the nearby woods. We descended for what seemed like hours in pitch blackness. Eventually, we reached level ground, where I saw them: an entire colony of hundreds, maybe thousands, of squirrels, all circled around a horde of walnuts.

One of the squirrels, an older-looking one with a comically miniature walking cane, approached me and started speaking to me telepathically.

“We are an intelligent race of squirrels, ancestors of a once prosperous civilization. Here, we have assembled our true progenitor’s secret treasure: a large pile of walnuts.

However, evolution has been unkind to us over the generations, and we seem to be unable to efficiently open all of these special nuts,” the elder squirrel directly communicated to my consciousness.

They locked me in a sealed container in the grotto and forced me into a lifetime of labor cracking walnuts for them. I don’t even know why they want me to do this.

Aren’t squirrels biologically adapted to cracking nuts? I’m not even par-

ticularly good at it. They can visibly see me struggle to get my nails under the crevices of the shell. They seem to have misunderstood my name to be some sort of testament to my nutcracking capacities, when really it’s just a name Kid Rock gave me because I’m white.

I write this note to you on a napkin that Gregory grabbed for me from the outside world. I think he feels guilty for getting me into this situation because he keeps giving me his scraps of walnuts.

I have been here for one month now. I had to miss the Homecoming concert and have Kristian Bush cover for me instead.

Though I will admit my nut-cracking skills have improved, this simply isn’t a life for a former Billboard Top 100 artist famous for “Follow Me” and “Drift Away.” How do I get out of this situation?

Best, The NutKracker Dear NutKracker, You know, the moment you canceled the alumni concert I had a suspicion that you had been kidnapped by telepathic squirrels in some bizarre misunderstanding involving a rodent prophet’s secret treasure.

It is unethical of the squirrels to keep you locked up against your will.

At the same time, it might look bad if a white, privileged skeleton tries to dictate what squirrels want to do on squirrel soil.

In an effort not to commit to my skeletocentric worldview, I think it best to let the squirrels decide what to do with you. Though it is sad what has happened, you sort of deserve it for chasing a squirrel.

Either way, the seven undergraduates who actually attended the alumni concert were heartbroken but carried on. Seize your fate as the true shepherd of the squirrels because it’ll probably do you better than your music career.

Best, Doolino

— For your day-to-day qualms send anonymous questions to doolino.emory@gmail.com

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No Laughing Matter: McManus Talks Clowns

By Aditya Prakash Associate Editor

Sadie Schwartz/Contributing Writer

Food Terminal, which opened its second location on Oct. 8, puts a modern twist on Malaysian and other Asian cuisines.

Food Terminal Cooks Up Ode to Malaysian Cuisine

By Sadie Schwartz Contributing Writer

Located in the heart of the Georgia Institute of Technology neighborhood in West Midtown, Food Terminal opened its second location on Oct. 8. The Asian fusion restaurant puts a modern spin on Malaysian cuisine and other Asian food. Malaysian chefs Amy Wong, who sold street-style noodles from a kiosk in Malaysia at the age of 15, and her husband Howie Wong founded the restaurant along with popular bakery Sweet Hut Bakery & Cafe and Thai and Malaysian restaurant Top Spice.

Food Terminal’s white and bright yellow exterior with a “grand opening” sign alongside balloons poses a warm welcome. The modern interior followed the same color scheme, featuring large bright signs with Malay characters hanging from the ceiling, mimicking an outdoor street markets in Malaysia.

The 52-page menu divided a plethora of choices for any dietary needs and taste preferences. Each page featured an intricate description of the dish paired with a photo, an eye-catching and interesting take on a menu. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable about the dishes and our meals only took about 10 to 15 minutes to arrive at the table.

My friend started with the Japanese sencha tea and described it as refreshing with strong vegetal flavors and accents of citrus. As a Briton, she prides herself on being acquainted with the best teas and gave Food Terminal’s offerings a strong approval.

As part of the grand opening special, the waitress served us free appetizers such as vegetable samosas and fried pork wontons. Since I don’t eat pork, the waitress was very considerate of my dietary needs, giving me extra samosas instead.

My friend noted the crispiness of the pork wontons, describing the meat as juicy and melting in the mouth. She especially enjoyed how the crunchy exterior both offset and complemented the soft meat.

The flaky vegetable samosas were also delicious, filled with potatoes, carrots and peas and topped with cilantro for added freshness. Though I was initially hesitant to dip the pastry in the curry-based hot chili sauce because of my low spice-tolerance, the mildly spicy sauce added a whole new dimension of flavor.

Alongside our free appetizers, we ordered the $6.50 Chinese broccoli, a flat, blue-green leafed vegetable with thick stems. Despite its simplicity, the dish was well worth the low cost.

Topped with sweet oyster sauce and fried onions, the broccoli was perfectly cooked — soft and fresh-tasting.

For the main course, we ordered two broth-based noodle dishes: curry

Food Terminal West Midtown

laksa chicken and the Ipoh chicken and shrimp hor fun. Both cost about $12, not too expensive for a main course. In the end, we both preferred the curry laksa chicken.

A traditional Malaysian dish with a curry-soup base on a bed of Food Terminal’s signature thin yellow noodles, the curry laksa chicken was topped with boneless chicken thigh, fish cake, fried shallots and a hardboiled egg. The exotic-tasting creamy broth used coconut milk, curry powder and chicken along with different types of cloves and mint leaves that left a slight tomato aftertaste. The dish was well-spiced with the curry base but did not overwhelm. The fish cakes tasted a little strange due to the potent fishy aftertaste. Still, they were redeemed by the delicateness of the hard-boiled egg and chicken.

An overall simpler plate that originated from a small Malaysian town called Ipoh, the Ipoh chicken and shrimp hor fun felt much lighter. The entree consisted of a chicken broth with shredded chicken, fresh shrimp, fish cakes and bean sprouts, topped with chives and fried shallots.

Ultimately, it lacked flavor and could have done with a kick of spice or sweet seasoning.

For dessert, we ordered the sticky rice topped with thin slices of perfectly ripe mango. The rice was quite sugary, but the garnished mint leaves added a burst of freshness to the otherwise overwhelmingly honeyed dessert. A coconut milk and sugar syrup also complemented the rice and mango exquisitely, making an otherwise simple dish taste like a saccharine dessert.

In total, we spent $46, a reasonable price for the amount of food we ordered.

The modern interior of the restaurant matched the overall modern take on the dishes, and we were altogether impressed with the food and staff. Soft music enhanced the ambiance, contrasting with the upbeat environment.

The dining area was a truly immersive experience with dark green and yellow mood lighting, while the bar gave off a striking aura with tall yellow stools, a clear marble table and yellow, green and blue lighting.

If Food Terminal was closer to Emory, I would certainly go more often and attempt to try every meal within the intricate 52-page menu. If you’re looking for trendy take on Asian cuisine with some Malaysian dishes you might not have tried before, consider heading to Food Terminal for a night out with your friends.

— Contact Sadie Schwartz at sischwa@emory.edu

At eight years old, Associate Professor of Theater Studies and Theater Emory Dramaturg Donald McManus began his acting career at the Montreal Children’s Theatre in Canada, a decision that led to his participation in more than 100 shows in his career.

The Montreal Children’s Theatre doubled as an agent, procuring gigs for actors in the city.

In this way, even at a young age, McManus was constantly given a wide variety of acting opportunities, fueling his desire to act and passion for being on the stage.

“When I was really young, I had a fantasy that I was going to be a priest, … which is a similar vocation [in a sense],” McManus said.

As McManus began high school, he was forced to keep his theatrical side to himself, as he attended a large, sportsoriented high school that stigmatized people in the arts.

Eventually in his senior year, he built up the confidence to act in a school production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” a decision he claimed brought him to devote the rest of his life to acting.

After graduating from high school, McManus took his first steps into the art of the clown. As a budding actor in Montreal, McManus taught himself fundamental clown tenets such as juggling, unicycling and miming, citing the work of English comedian and actor Walter Wakefield as a catalyst for his clown career.

Moreover, McManus saw the clown as a way of putting on a mask and a means of relating to any crowd anywhere as a universal outsider.

“Living in the French-speaking Montreal, everyone [noticed] the Anglo accent in [my] French,” McManus said, “[As a clown], I wanted to be a person of mystery. I didn’t want people to know much about me. Mime was useful in that sense [because] I wouldn’t have to talk to anybody like a normal person. I would have a mask that would work anywhere.”

McManus, who speaks English and French, said he leveraged his multilinguality to capture the “otherness” he believes essential to the clown and central to the form of improvised theater.

He cited Grock, an influential Swiss clown, as a model for what the clown embodies: using outlandish looks and fourth-wall breaking to acknowledge themselves as an “other.”

In McManus’ 2003 book “No Kidding!” he explores the clown as a tragic hero figure, aware of the audience and the actors but never understood by anybody.

McManus was hired by the B’nai B’rith, an international Jewish service organization, in the early to mid’80s in Montreal to serve as a visiting performer for orphanages, McManus saw how the clown could be used in caregiving.

This experience formulated his current interests in the types of clown therapy used in children’s hospitals.

“The thing you quickly realize the clown is good at is [connecting] to the caregiver,” McManus said.

To a tired nurse or child care worker, constant bombardment of bad news and negativity can be embittering and can isolate the caregiver from the children.

By appealing to these justifiably exhausted caregivers directly and making them smile, the clown brings levity and cheer to the authority figure and the children, McManus said.

After working as both a performative and therapeutic clown for several years, McManus completed his undergraduate degree from the University of Torontoand a PhD in theatre and drama from the University of

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Donald McManus has been involved in over 100 shows in his career and published his 2003 book “No Kidding!” in which he explores the clown as a tragic hero figure.

Michigan. Though he was not working exclusively as a clown anymore, the themes of the art still followed him.

McManus mentioned that after taking a job at the Doon School in 2004, a private school in Dehradun, India, he directed a play version of Cyrano de Bergerac’s “Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon” with a local production company.

McManus, who starred as the lead Cyrano, remarked at how the slapstick quips of the play were a huge hit despite the cultural barrier, in terms of the values and art, between the Indian audience and the 16th century French play.

“[As a clown], I wanted to be a person of mystery. I didn’t want people to know much about me. Mime was useful in that sense [because] I wouldn’t have to talk to anybody like a normal person. I would have a mask that would work anywhere.”

— Donald McManus, Associate Professor of Theater Studies and Theater Emory Dramaturg “The audience was totally on it,” McManus said. “They were laughing.

The traveling, the bizarreness, the [fact that] at one point Cyrano shoots [up] to the moon in a cannon. … All of it made complete sense to them.”

McManus came to Emory University in 2006, drawn by both the high quality of academics and the uniqueness of Theater Emory.

He cited the presence of Equity actors and directors, which refers to actors who are paid professionals, as one of the reasons for the production of high quality plays.

Having seen firsthand the appeal of the clown to the Indian audience and bearing a cultivated interest in world cinema, McManus now aims to incorporate more global theater into Emory’s campus.

He cited the Emory Chinese Theater

Club, which was founded by his former student Wencong Chen (12C), as an example of how global theater can genuinely lead to more diversity in the arts at Emory.

At Emory, he casually brought up his aspiration to eventually direct a rendition of “Layla and Majnun,” one of the most influential stories in Iranian history by Nizami Ganjavi.

“We talk a lot about diversity, [but] I hate [when] it’s just a catchphrase,” McManus said. “[‘Layla and Majnun’] is essentially a ‘be good to the planet’ message, a cautionary tale. In light of climate change, a [non-Western] perspective on the issue is so relevant.

Asking those hard questions [is fitting] for a college environment.”

Haley Williams (20C), a theatre studies minor, is currently enrolled in McManus’s THEA 210W class “Reading for Performance” and is one of McManus’s independent study advisees.

“When working with [McManus], nothing is off-limits … he really tries to push those boundaries.” Williams said.

He gets very personal and he forces you to think critically … his [teaching style] scholarly but free-form, willing to get to the dark edges of what your mind is willing to think about.”

Williams said.

Though films like “Joker” and “It” portray clowns as merely horrific “other” figures meant to resemble the worst aspects of society, McManus emphasizes that the clown can exist as a unifying figure that helps establish commonalities even among a diverse group of people.

In the same way, he argues that global theater, though differing greatly in form, helps make obvious that across cultures, human themes and values are similar. “[Nowadays] I find the clown where you didn’t realize it was a clown,” McManus said.

Whether through a slapstick performance or through a contemplative piece on climate change, in subtle ways, to McManus many contemporary works of art are “functioning with clown logic.”

— Contact Aditya Prakash at avpraka@emory.edu

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FROM THE ARCHIVES, FALL 1979:

Woodruff Gives University $100 Million

By Tali Segal Soft drink magnate and longtime Emory benefactor Robert W. Woodruff gave the university a nostrings-attached endowment valued at over $100 million Thursday, making Emory the South’s most heavily endowed university.

The gift, consisting of all assets of the Emily and Ernest Woodruff Fund, Inc., is the largest gift ever made by a living donor to any philanthropically supported institution of any kind ever in United States history.

Although the retired Coca-Cola chairman was not present for the announcement, he stated in a letter to President James T. Laney that he and the trustees of the Woodruff Fund donated the resources to Emory in order to better service the South.

They feel Emory has the greatest potential for continued educational excellence.

“Emory University and Emory College at Oxford have demonstrated leadership in educational excellence for nearly a century and a half...

Resources committed to their (the trustees) care for public benefit can be of greatest potential for service in the South ... if concentrated now in Emory University,” he stated.

According to Robert Strickland, chairman of the board of trustees of the university, “This gift...will enable Emory University to go into the eighties with new plans and new programs that will allow the university to assume higher levels of attainment in leadership in education than ever before…”

The board also adopted a $160 million capital funds campaign. The $100 million endowment already puts Emory more than half-way towards “The Campaign for Emory” goal.

The campaign’s success will lead to improvements in campus facilities and will be used to bring, in Laney’s words, “new and distinguished” faculty to Emory.

One-fourth of the gift will be allotted for scholarship fund increases, Laney also indicated.

Laney, Strickland, and outgoing board chairman Henry L. Bowden made the announcements at a press

There are no conditions attached to the gift, although the money must be used entirely for endowment.

Laney, however, believes “there’s a moral attachment that we recognize at Emory.” He feels the trustees of the Woodruff Fund, have shown great

confidence in the university by donating this unprecedented amount.

“We want to match that confidence on the part of the alumni and friends of the university by raising the full amount of the capital funds goal and demonstrating our capacity to emerge as one of the principal institutions of higher learning in the United States in the next decade,” Laney said.

“The $160 million campaign means that we can realize...Emory moving into the front ranks of American universities, and this $100 million assures us that this total goal is within reach,” he added.

According to Laney, the size of the Woodruff gift will now place Emory “among the top eight or nine” richest schools in the country.

“In the south, this, I think, probably will put us as number one,” Laney stated.

Woodruff’s total endowment to Emory, with the addition of this gift, is over $200 million.

Woodruff’s gifts to the Atlanta area in general now total $350 million.

Emory’s total endowment is now $268

million.

The gift of the Woodruff Fund will allow the university to meet about 20 percent of its annual budget needs through endowment income. The endowment is 100 percent stock held in Coca-Cola. When Coke’s stock goes up one dollar, the endowment will increase by approximately $3 million. Likewise, if Coke’s stock falls, the endowment amount will fall.

The gift is actually valued at over $100 million right now, and may be even more by the time Emory receives the fund early in 1980. In addition, the annual interest on the endowment will be six percent.

The gift is in the form of over three million shares of Coca-Cola stock, adding to the two million shares to which Emory already lays claim. “We are therefore encouraging everyone to drink Coke,” laughed Laney.

“The confidence that is expressed in the gift is awesome,” Cconcluded Laney. “A responsibility evolves upon us, those who will be its beneficiaries in the generations yet to come, long after we’re gone.”

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31. ____ Baker; podcaster, author, but backwards 32. Old spelling of a cabbage-like vegetable 37. Sinatra’s gang 38. Rapids in a Six Flags water ride 43. Steve Jobs staple, abbreviated 44. Berry of “X-Men” and

“Monster’s Ball” 45. Singular score in soccer 46. Human habitats in the forest 47. Emory Math/CS professor 48. Spanish for “other” 49. French for “cabbage”

conference Thursday, following the board’s annual meeting. The usually stoic Laney, wearing an Emory blue and gold striped tie which matched Bowden’s, beamed under the television lights.

“This gift ... will allow the university to assume higher levels of attainment in leadership than ever before. ” — Robert Strickland, Chairman of the Emory Board of Trustees

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By Aditya Prakash, Associate Editor Across

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McKnight Comes In Clutch v. UChicago Continued from Back Page well against us, and we were definitely prepared for them to bring their ‘A’ game.”

Martin lead the Eagles offensively with an outstanding 25 kills with a highly efficient .400 hitting percentage throughout the tournament.

Freshman setter Cassie Srb supplied a season-high 62 assists, while senior libero Elyse Thompson and senior outside hitter Sara Carr led the team with 16 and 14 digs, respectively.

The UAA championship match featured not only the two best teams in the UAA, but the two best teams in the country. The hosts UChicago, who defeated Emory in a five-set thriller during the regular season, took the first set 25-19. The Eagles responded well with a 25-17 victory in the second set but dropped the third set 25-18.

In the fourth set, UChicago led 24-22 and had a golden opportunity to secure the UAA title, needing just one point.

With the Eagles’ backs against the

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wall, senior outside hitter Morgan McKnight stepped up and produced three crucial kills in succession to take the lead. Emory went on to win the set 27-25.

McKnight attributes her ability to step up with the championship on the line to the team’s collective mentality in crunch time.

“Our team loves high pressure situations and seems to thrive in them,” McKnight said. “Our focus and determination gets more intense, and our execution becomes cleaner … [The match saving points] were just another instance of that.”

The Eagles took an early lead 5-2 lead in the fifth set and never looked back as the lead remained at least three the rest of the set.

The Eagles successfully defended their title of UAA champions with a 15-10 victory. Junior right-side hitter Leah Saunders, McKnight and Martin impressed as well and combined for 49 of the team’s 58 kills.

Thompson led the team with 27 digs,

and Saunders added 15 digs to her offensive performance.

McDowell said the program’s championship has to be accredited to the attitude of her players.

“Winning back-to-back championships is a credit to how hard our team works,” McDowell said. “I think it reflects the passion and heart of our team.”

With the UAA championship victory, the Eagles secured an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Emory has been listed as one of the eight host sites for the first round of the tournament and will play Notre Dame of Maryland University on Nov. 15. Martin said the team is excited about the opportunity to host in the tournament.

“It feels great to be able to host this weekend,” Martin said. “It’s truly an honor, and we are so excited to get to play one last time in front of our fans.”

Clio Hancock and freshman Savannah Sowards.

Hancock accounted for half of those six wins: the 200-yard individual medley (IM) (2:05), the 200-yard butterfly (2:05) and the 400 IM (4:24).

She posted nearly NCAA B-Cut times — times that could qualify Hancock for national meets — in the butterfly and 400 IM. Howell made note of Hancock’s stellar performance. “[Hancock] is an example of someone who is going to stand out this year,” Howell said. “She definitely is on a good roll right now.”

Hancock was not the only swimmer on a roll. Sowards excelled in the sprints, winning the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.59 seconds and the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.09. Olson led in the 100yard freestyle, finishing in first place (52.08).

The women also showed their strength by sweeping all four relay events, with Olson involved in every

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W Basketball

@ Piedmont

6 p.m.

W Basketball Volleyball

Lynchburg NCAA Champs

6 p.m.

8 p.m.

Saturday Nov. 16

M Cross Country W Cross Country W Soccer

@ NCAA Regionals @NCAA Regionals Claremont-M-S

11 a.m.

12 p.m.

10:30 p.m.

sunday Nov. 17

W Basketball

Colorado College

1 p.m.

*Home Games in Bold

Corso Optimistic of World Cup Chances Continued from Back Page our soccer profile, not only regionally and nationally, but globally, has catapulted us in the eyes of the soccer world. I think it should help us very much working with Atlanta United and the stadium in the next part of the bid process.

TEW: To clarify, what is your general pitch for why Atlanta should host World Cup matches? You alluded to transportation and the stadium.

Would you mind emphasizing that again?

DC: [First], Atlanta United and the passion that we have for that brand and franchise, and soccer in general.

[In addition, with] Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the Georgia Dome, we have traditionally sold a lot of tickets and had great attendance for our friendlies, MLS All-Star Game [in 2018], the [2018 MLS] Cup and Atlanta United matches. We have some great soccer attendance here, so there is a passion for the sport.

And you have our infrastructure for hosting, which is what we call our “championship campus.” At the

core of that you’ve got Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is surrounded by the Georgia World Commerce Center, State Farm Arena [and] Centennial Olympic Park, which is then surrounded by the attractions World of Coke, Georgia Aquarium [and] College Football Hall of Fame. And that is surrounded by restaurants, and that is surrounded by 12,000 hotel rooms, all within walking distance of all of that.

That is quite the formula for hosting these big events. It creates density. It creates a buzz, an energy. It is easier for people to move around. It creates efficiency in planning which is big for these large events. We have a campus downtown that is second to none.

Also, Hartsfield-Jackson [Atlanta] International Airport has over 80 percent of the U.S. population within a two-hour direct flight. You put all that together, and it is really impressive.

EW: If Atlanta successfully wins the World Cup bid, and they host [some] World Cup matches, how do you think hosting such a global and influential sporting event will raise Atlanta’s sporting status? Do you think it might even be more impactful than

single race: Olson, junior Lucy Daro, sophomore Taylor Leone and freshman Caroline Maki in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36); Olson, Daro, Maki and sophomore Edie Bates in the 400-yard medley (3:53); Bates, Olson, Daro and Sowards in the 200-yard medley (1:46) and Daro, Maki, Olson and sophomore Catarina Sterlacci in the 400-yard freestyle (3:31).

On the men’s side, junior Kellen Stillman, sophomore Zach Lorson and freshman Nicholas Goudie led the team in individual victories, while sophomore Lucas Bumgarner made a splash with another school record in the 1-meter, 11-dives event.

Goudie registered two individual wins in the 100-yard freestyle (46.04) and the 50-yard freestyle (20.80), while Lorson did the same in the 1650yard freestyle (16:05) and the 400yard IM (4:02). Stillman added to the final score by finishing first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:41).

The men also impressed in the relays, winning all but one of the four events. Goudie, senior Sage Ono, junior Chris Nicholson and sopho-

more Colin LaFave worked together to win the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:23). LaFave, along with Goudie, Nicholson and sophomore Pat Pema, won the 400-yard freestyle (3:05).= Ono, Goudie, and sophomores Jason Hamilton and Hwa Min Sim were also successful in the 200-yard medley (1:33).

Based off the women’s and men’s performances, especially in the relays, Howell sees the team’s depth as their greatest advantage.

“Overall, the team is very wellrounded,” Howell said. “I think there are some events where we have more depth or have someone who is performing well and sitting atop the national rankings, but the way our team works together at events makes us stand out against the other teams.”

The Eagles will return to the pool on Dec. 5 for both the Denison Invitational in Granville, Ohio, and the Savannah College of Art and Design Invitationals in Savannah, Ga.

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the [1996] Olympics or the recent Super Bowl[LII]?

DC: We can never forget what the Summer Olympics in 1996 did to this city and this state. When it comes to hosting big events, it was the catalyst to get it all going. [The Atlanta Sports Council] aspire to have a major sporting event each year for the next 10 to 12 years until about 2030. We are on a good run: [College Football Playoff] Championship in 2018, Super Bowl [LII] in 2019, [NCAA College Basketball] Final Four in 2020, MLB All-Star game in 2021.

We would hopefully have a FIFA World Cup [in 2026], followed by another Super Bowl and another Final Four at the later part of [the 2020s].

Of all of those, the FIFA World Cup is the biggest. It is certainly comparable to [the Olympics].

If you can imagine starting with the [1996] Olympic Games and 30 years later having the World Cup, and everything else in between, that is quite the run for our city.

Three minutes in, Rochester freshman forward Tony Hypsher passed several Eagle defenders and headed straight for Carlson. Confronted oneon-one, Carlson came out to the edge of the box, kicking the ball away to stop Hypsher.

As the clock wound down to the last 10 seconds, the Eagles approached Curran. Yellow Jacket defenders started to swarm senior forward Keegan McCombie, who made an unsettled and guarded shot. Curran caught the shot and held onto the ball until the overtime period came to a close.

The Eagles were not selected for the NCAA playoff bracket on Nov. 11, ending their season with a 9-5-4 record.

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Women Qualify for Postseason Play festivities and the team’s win made the day extremely special according keeper Emma Schechter after a previ- to Pratt. ous hit off the top of the goal and tied “It was an absolutely perfect start the score in the 69th minute. to another victorious day,” commented Blanchard was thrilled about scor- Pratt. ing the first goal, especially due to the This triumph continued Emory’s significance it carried winning streak to for her fellow senior six and placed the players. team second in the “I think [Kolski] “[Kolski] had a really deserved to get University Athletic really great shot that that win as all of the Association with their went off the crossbar 13-4 season score. other seniors did.” and I’m happy that Thanks to their I could finish it for season performance, — Aubrey Blanchard, the women’s soccer her,” noted Blanchard.

Freshman forward team will compete in “I think she really deserved to get that the NCAA Division III win as all of the other bracket. seniors did.”

Their first match will be against Following shortly after that goal, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College freshman defender Peyton Robertson (Calif.) on Nov. 15th. scored off an assist from sophomore midfielder Arielle Williamson.

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FIFA

FIFA Explores ATL for 2026 World Cup

By Sammy John Senior Staff Writer

Courtesy of Emory Athletics

The Emory volleyball team celebrates after defeating the University of Chicago in the UAA Championship on Nov. 9. The win gives the Eagles their second straight UAA title.

Emory Wins UAA Champ Again

By Charlie Scruton Senior Staff Writer

The No. 1 Emory volleyball team beat No. 2 University of Chicago (UChicago) on Nov. 9 to secure their second straight University Athletic Association (UAA) title.

The victory marks the Eagles’ ninth UAA title and fourth title in the last six years.

Head Coach Jenny McDowell said she is thrilled with the prolonged success of the program.

“I’m most proud of our success of our program over a long period of time because it shows that so many players and coaches have contributed to our success,” McDowell said. “The program is much bigger than any one

person.”

Emory’s title defense began with a quarterfinal matchup against Brandeis University (Mass.) on Nov. 8.

The Eagles jumped out to a quick twoset lead with a 25-11 first set and a 25-10 second-set victory. Brandeis put up more of a fight, almost catching up to the Eagles in the third set, but to no avail. Emory completed the sweep with a 25-20 win.

The Eagles moved on to a semifinal matchup against University of Washington in St. Louis (WashU) (Mo.) just hours later. WashU started strongly with a 25-21 first-set victory before taking a 23-20 lead in the second set. Desperate to not fall in a 0-2 hole, Emory fought back to even the score at 23-23. The Eagles went on to

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even the match with a 28-26 secondset win.

Emory maintained their momentum into the third set and took a 2-1 lead with a 25-22 score. WashU won the fourth set 25-17 and forced the already highly competitive match to a sudden death fifth set.

The Eagles surged late in the fifth set and took seven of the last nine points to secure their place in the final 15-10.

Despite WashU’s lack of a ranking, sophomore outside hitter Tara Martin said the team was prepared for a challenging match.

“WashU is always a great team,” Martin said. “They always play really

See MCKNIGHT, Page 15

While teams are qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the United States, Canada and Mexico are beginning to formalize arrangements for the 2026 FIFA World Cup — the first time in history that three countries will co-host the World Cup and the second time that the U.S. will have hosted the World Cup since 1994.

Hosting 60 of the 80 total matches, the U.S. will choose 10 cities as game locations from a list of 17 candidate cities, a list in which Atlanta has emerged as a frontrunner. The man spearheading Atlanta’s host efforts, President of the Atlanta Sports Council Dan Corso, spoke with The Emory Wheel to discuss the massive implications the potential matches would have for our beloved city.

This transcript has been edited for clarity and length.

Sammy John, The Emory Wheel: What is the latest update on Atlanta’s bid to host World Cup games?

Dan Corso: So, we are in a waitand-see mode now. [We are] waiting to hear from U.S. soccer and FIFA on when the next steps will take place. ...

FIFA will decide and confirm all cities

by December 2020 or early 2021.

TEW: Have any FIFA officials gone around to different cities? Have they come to Atlanta to look at the facilities, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and assess the conditions?

DC: It happened back when the

North American bid was active [in 2018]. FIFA officials did come. We gave them an up-close look and feel of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. We have not had them back, but we hope to welcome them back in the next phase of the bid process.

TEW: Did you have a positive impression about those interactions?

How did that inspection visit go?

DC: Yes, ... after North America won the bid, there was a bid evaluation report that came out. [Atlanta] as a community received really strong technical scores, including the [MercedesBenz] Stadium. We received a 4.1 out of a maximum of 5. Our accommodations, our transportation and our potential locations for the FIFA Fan Fest all scored superbly.

TEW: You have mentioned that Atlanta has owed a lot to the success of Atlanta United, the MLS team. United has really made the world notice that Atlanta loves soccer, and MercedesBenz Stadium has been a fantastic venue for them. Can you speak to how important the success of Atlanta United will be to a potential semi-final match in Atlanta?

DC: You have to look at MercedesBenz Stadium coupled with Atlanta United, two of our strongest points for FIFA to consider.

Then, when you look at it in comparison with other markets that we are now competing within the US, ... what Atlanta United has done to raise

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Emory Senior Day Match Ends in Draw Robertson’s Goal Swims Downs Past Rochester Wingate

By Jessica Solomon Contributing Writer

By Lynden Fausey Staff Writer The Emory men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams won out at the Emory Fall Invitational on Nov. 8 and 9. The women’s team dominated the competition with a final score of 672 with second place team Wingate University (N.C.) scoring only 593. The men’s team clinched first place over Wingate, earning a score of 631 compared to Wingate’s 605.5.

Head Coach Jon Howell enjoyed watching his team perform and hopes they can take what they learned from this meet to improve on the season.

“This meet was more of a training meet for us,” Howell said. “I think it was productive. But how productive it is depends on how they take what the learned and apply it later on.”

The women registered six individual first-place finishes courtesy of senior Caroline Olson, sophomore

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In their final game of the regular season, the Emory men’s soccer team competed against the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Yellow Jackets on Nov. 9, finishing in a 1-1 tie after double overtime.

The match was off to an aggressive start as soon as the first whistle blew.

Both the Eagles and the Yellow Jackets fought for loose balls and took many shots. For the majority of the first half, the Yellow Jackets dominated offensively.

The game was so aggressive that senior goalkeeper Trevor Stormes had to be subbed out after colliding with Yellow Jacket senior midfielder Josh Cooley when both players went after a loose ball. Stormes left the game with injuries, and sophomore goalkeeper and University Athletic Association Soccer Co-Defensive Athlete of the Week Max Carlson came in and played the rest of the match.

But, in the 17th minute, freshman midfielder Alejandro Gomez juked out a Yellow Jacket defender, and gave himself the space to cross a high ball into the box. Senior midfielder Jun Tsuru got on the end of the cross and headed the ball into the goal, putting the Eagles up 1-0.

Given that the game was played on Senior Day, Tsuru was more excited about scoring.

“When I scored, I just wanted to

celebrate and make the most of that,” Tsuru said. “I didn’t know if that was going to be my last goal.”

The rest of the first half remained scoreless, but there was still plenty of action on the field. With under 10 seconds left in the half, freshman forward Madison Conduah broke away in what looked like was going to be the Eagles’ second goal. Conduah found freshman forward Zach Kornblum open in the box, but the shot was saved by Rochester’s junior goalkeeper Hugh Curran.

Going into the second half, the Eagles and Yellow Jackets were tied with five-shot attempts apiece. But, the Yellow Jackets came into the half with heat. In the 60th minute, Rochester senior midfielder Owen Carroll received a yellow card for aggressive play.

The penalty, ironically, only charged the Yellow Jackets’ momentum more.

Just two minutes later, Rochester’s Cooley shot off a deflection and into the far post, tying the game 1-1.

With 10 minutes left in regulation, the Yellow Jackets had the Eagles’ defense on its heels.

Carlson jumped to save a shot from Rochester but missed. Luckily for the Eagles, senior midfielder William Jones was behind Carlson to prevent the goal.

After going after a loose ball against a Rochester offender, however, Jones accrued a foul for aggressive play, giving the Yellow Jackets a free kick.

Near the end of the second half, Tsuru found himself on a breakaway.

He crossed the ball into the box, but was not able to find an Eagle to score a goal. The regulation period ended in a 1-1 tie.

Going into overtime, the Eagles knew they needed a goal. But, having already played such a long game, the Eagles were struggling to stay focused, according to Tsuru.

“It’s a long game,” Tsuru said. “A lot of things can happen in that period of time. There were spurts where we lost concentration, and I think that was our Achilles’ heel.”

Both teams came flying out of the gate at the start of the first overtime period. Within the first minute, Yellow Jackets’ sophomore defender Will Eisold received a yellow card, which gave the Eagles a direct free kick opportunity.

Junior forward Nate Sampson took the kick. With a three-man wall in front of him, the odds of scoring seemed slim. But Sampson guided the ball around the wall into what was primed to be an Eagles’ goal. Despite passing the defenders, the ball hit the right goal post, and the Eagles could not get their foot on the rebound. The first overtime period came to a close, and the teams were still tied 1-1.

Similar to the first overtime period, the second overtime period was full of powerful offensive attempts.

The Emory women’s soccer team defeated Rochester University (N.Y.) 2-1 on Nov. 9 after celebrating the accomplishments of their five graduating players on senior day.

Before the game, the team commemorated forward Shivani Beall, midfielder Morgan Brandewie, forward Caroline Kolski, goalkeeper Haley Pratt and defender Paige Santee for their hard work and determination over the past four years.

Each player received a bouquet of flowers and a framed photo of this year’s team.

Despite 14 total shots, the first half ended with Emory and Rochestor in a scoreless tie.

Rochester forward Carolyn Richard scored the game’s first goal in the 46th minute.

Undeterred, the Eagles kept shooting, recording 15 more shots in the second half. Freshman forward Aubrey Blanchard shot past Rochester goal-

See EAGLES, Page 15

See WOMEN, Page 15

By Eythen Mayblum Contributing Writer