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CLERY REPORT

On-Campus Rape Increases in 2018

By Nicole Sadek Editor-in-Chief

Emory’s 2019 Clery Report, released in a University-wide email on Sept. 30, revealed increases in reported rape, dating violence and liquor law violation referrals on the Atlanta campus in 2018.

The University releases the report annually in compliance with the Clery Act, a federal regulation that requires all colleges and universities participating in federal financial aid programs to disclose information about campus security.

The statistics were compiled by the Emory Police Department (EPD) and based on reports made directly to EPD, campus security officers, residence life staff members and other authorities.

Reported rapes on Emory’s main campus increased from six cases in 2016 and nine cases in 2017 to 12 in 2018. On the Oxford campus, reported rape increased from two in 2017 to three in 2018.

“The numbers show our community is becoming more comfortable coming forward due to campus-wide initiatives that provide confidential

advocacy-based counseling and prevention education and the training of advocates to help survivors of sexual assault,” Director of Media Relations Elaine Justice wrote in an Oct. 1 email to the Wheel.

Justice referenced support resources in the Center for Student Success Programs and Services that are available for students who experience assault.

On the Atlanta campus, reported cases of dating violence, which consists of threatening or abusive acts that occur within unmarried couples, increased from four to seven.

Reported incidents of stalking on main campus sharply decreased from 20 to 10, as did cases of domestic violence, which fell from 10 to five. Oxford remained steady with zero reports of either crime.

Events categorized as “fondling” increased from eight to 10 on main campus and decreased from two to zero at Oxford.

Disciplinary referrals for liquor law violations saw an increase on both campuses. On the Atlanta campus in

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Jessie Wang, Contributing

New York Times bestselling memoirist Tara Westover discusses her latest work, ‘Educated,’ which delves into her upbringing in a Mormon survivalist family.

Tara Westover on Being ‘Educated’

By Matthew Takavarasha Contributing Writer

Historian and award-winning memoirist Tara Westover discussed themes of family and education in her memoir “Educated” at the Emory Student Center on Sept. 26.

“Educated” has won over a dozen awards and was named Book of the Year by the American Booksellers Association. The bestselling memoir chronicles Westover’s upbringing as a Mormon survivalist in the mountains

of Idaho and her attempts to reconcile her desire for self-determination with the strict ideologies of her parents.

Westover, 33, was joined in conversation by Carol E. Henderson — newly appointed vice provost for diversity and inclusion, chief diversity officer, and adviser to the president — as part of the Emory Integrity Project’s Common Read “One Book, One Emory” program.

Westover was raised by Mormon survivalist parents who distrusted public education and health, and did

not set foot in a classroom until she was 17. Despite studying independently for the ACT and subsequently gaining entrance to Brigham Young University (Utah), Westover quickly became aware of how insubstantial her homeschooling had been.

“The only history I learned was my father’s,” she said. “I didn’t even know what the Holocaust was.”

Westover acknowledged that although her unique upbringing made

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HEALTH CARE

EHC, Falcons Break Ground on Sports Medicine Facility

By Musa Ya-Sin Contributing Writer

Emory Healthcare (EHC) and the Atlanta Falcons broke ground on a new orthopedics and sports medicine facility at the Falcons’ headquarters, the IBM Performance Fields, in Flowery Branch, Ga., on Sept. 23. The construction of the facility, which is slated to open in the fall of 2020, is the latest development in the longstanding relationship between the Atlanta Falcons

and EHC. EHC doctors have served as team physicians for the Falcons for the last seven years, and last year EHC became the team’s official health care provider. The two organizations recently announced a significant expansion of that partnership, which includes joint fundraising activities, community activities and construction of the orthopedics facility. “[The facility] will help us take care of the Falcons organization as

well as the public in the same facility,” said Scott Boden, professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedics at the Emory University School of Medicine.

The facility will help reduce injuries and improve outlooks for injured Falcons players. The sports medicine physicians, as well as high quality diagnostic imaging, will provide a level of injury detection and quick diagnosis that few NFL teams have, according to Boden.

SYMPOSIUM

“The way that we are able to bring that to the Falcons is by virtue of the fact that we will be operating that facility also for the public because you couldn’t justify committing those kinds of assets just for 60 football players,” Boden said.

This facility will be the northernmost branch of the Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center and will be able to treat many musculoskeletal problems, short of ones that require surgery. Patients will receive treatment ranging from

Scott Boden,

Chair of the Dept. of Orthopaedics at the Emory University School of Medicine Courtesy of Emory Healthcare

back or neck problems to arthritis.

“Pretty much any orthopedic problem will be able to be seen there, and

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ADMINISTRATION

NATO Adviser Addresses Law School University Appoints New Ombudsperson

By Julie Vo Contributing Writer

Steven Hill, chief legal adviser to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, spoke about global security concerns and technological advancements at Emory University School of Law on Friday. The presentation was part of a symposium hosted by the Center for International and Comparative Law to mark the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949.

The treaty aimed to minimize conflict across NATO’s 29 member nations, as well as to promote transatlantic cooperation between North America and Europe.

The event brought together students, professors, military officials and lawyers to examine NATO’s legal and cooperative successes and future challenges in deterring conflict.

In his keynote speech, Hill called

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By Emma Simpson Staff Writer

Jessie Wang, Contributing

NATO legal adviser Steven Hill speaks at the School of Law on the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949.

Emory named Lynell Cadray as the inaugural University ombudsperson and senior adviser to the president.

Cadray assumed the position on Tuesday and will act as a resource for informal conflict resolution within the campus community.

According to Cadray, an ombudsperson is an impartial and confidential third party who works to resolve conflicts among campus employees, administrators, faculty, students and University leadership.

The Office of the Ombudsperson will provide resources to discuss a variety of conflicts that range from interpersonal issues to generalized

Lynell Cadray,

University Ombudsperson

Courtesy of Emory Photo/Video

concerns.

Cadray said her department ultimately plans to catalyze policy change by identifying broader concerns and trends. “[The ombudsperson] serves as an agent for change,” Cadray said.

“Sometimes procedures and policies can slow things down and slow processes down. … The ombudsperson can see and identify trends and pat-

the North Atlantic Treaty a “partnership of people bound by shared values and shared goals” and highlighted the bond between Europe and North America as a symbol of the treaty’s strength.

Hill touched on several current security concerns, including Russia’s illegitimate annexation of Crimea, the destabilization of eastern Ukraine, continued instability in the Middle East

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NEWS

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Crime Report

Compiled By Phyllis Guo

On Sept. 18 at 10:35 a.m., the Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to Wesley Woods Towers, room 308, in reference to a report of a theft.

A resident care provider assisted the officer in speaking with the complainant because the complainant has poor hearing and experiences increased difficulties with speech and memory as the day progresses. The staff informed the officer that the complainant had been telling staff at the facility that her son was stealing from her. During the EPD officer’s conversation with the complainant on Sept. 19, the complainant said she was a wealthy woman.

She also said people kept asking her, “Can I have this?” and “Can I have that?” until she had little left. The staff member said that she would be willing to provide a statement regarding what she had heard and seen from the complainant.

On Sept. 18 at 5:02 p.m., EPD respond to the Emory Point Parking Deck in reference to property damage.

The complainant said she parked her vehicle on the fourth level of the parking deck on Sept. 7 and had no issues with her tires. Upon her return the next morning at 9:30 a.m., the front driver’s side tire on her vehicle was completely flat. The complainant took the tire to a shop for repair. She said the shop found a piece of plastic placed inside the valve cap. When she asked if the incident could happen accidentally, the shop said it would have to be an intentional act. The complainant said she parked her vehicle in the same deck on the evening of Sept. 16 and had no issues with tire pressure or appearance. When she

returned to her vehicle at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 17, she found that a tire was flat again. The complainant said that she could not think of anyone who would want to cause harm to her or her property. The complainant has suffered no financial loss from this issue due to her AAA membership.

On Sept. 19 at 10:27 p.m., EPD responded to the Emory Briarcliff Campus in reference to property damage. The officer observed a gray pole with a security camera knocked to the ground when he reached the gate arm and attempted to access the area. The lens of the camera was destroyed. The parking staff came on the scene and said that the pole had been upright on Sept. 18. The staff member estimated the cost to replace the pole and camera to be approximately $5,000. The officer also observed a set of tire tracks beginning several feet away from the curb. The tracks made contact with the curb, intersected with the pole and continued over the pole. Due to the orientation of the camera and the direction of the treads, it is unlikely that the camera was able to capture the incident.

On Sept. 23 at 10 a.m., EPD received a theft report via telephone. The complainant, an Emory student, said he was on the first floor of the Robert W. Woodruff Library on Sept. 22 at 11:30 p.m. He stated that he left his laptop on a table located on the library’s first floor, next to the library printers. He said he left the table briefly to print some papers and then left the library without his laptop. The complainant said he realized he had left his laptop at the library and went back on Sept. 23 at 9:45 a.m. to see if he could locate it. His

Honor Council Compiled By Emma Simpson

A senior in a social science course was found responsible for plagiarism.

The professor reported that the student’s work on two written assignments was more advanced than her previous work, and it was found that much of her work was copied from online articles. In an expedited hearing, the student took responsibility and acknowledged that she plagiarized from an online source. Due to the direct and extensive plagiarism of multiple assignments, the Honor Council recommended the standard sanction of an F in the course, a oneyear Honor Code probation and an educational program.

A sophomore in a humanities course

was found responsible for unauthorized assistance and providing false information on a homework assignment. The professor reported that two students submitted identical work on an assignment that asked for personspecific information. In a full hearing, the student reported that he had forgotten about the homework assignment, so he used a photo of another student’s work to complete his own.

Due to the insignificant value of the assignment, the Honor Council recommended a sanction of a zero on the assignment, a one-letter grade deduction, a one-year Honor Code probation and an educational program. This sanction was upheld on appeal.

— Contact Emma Simpson at esimps3@emory.edu

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Corrections

• In last week’s issue, “Emory Cinematheque Gets Wilder” incorrectly spells Matthew Bernstein’s name Matthew Berstein. In fact, his name is Matthew Bernstein.

• In last week’s issue, “Community Joins National Climate Strike” incorrectly calls Ben Levitt (22C) the co-president of ECAST. In fact, Levitt is co-president of the Climate Reality Project: Emory Chapter.

• In last week’s issue, “From the Archives” incorrectly credits writer First Last. In fact, contributing writers Aysha Tahir and Nadia Sanders wrote the article in 2007.

laptop was not at the location where he left it. The complainant stated that neither the staff nor the security guards at the library were able to locate the laptop. The missing laptop was a 15-inch gray MacBook Pro, valued at $1,100.

On Sept. 23 at 10:20 a.m., EPD received an anonymous report from a Campus Security Authority (CSA) regarding aggravated assault. The disclosure was made to the CSA on Sept.

21, and the report was made for statistical purposes.

On Sept. 23 at 1:19 p.m., EPD responded to Woodruff Circle in reference to a report of theft. The complainant, an Emory student, said he boarded the C Route shuttle from Clairmont Campus on Sept. 9 at approximately 9 a.m. He was on his way to Woodruff Library to return a camera and associated accessories that he had checked out. After he departed the bus and while walking to the library, he realized he did not have the camera bag with him. The complainant said he immediately returned to the location where he had exited the shuttle. Upon his return, the shuttle was still there.

The complainant said he searched the shuttle but was unable to locate the camera bag. He contacted First Transit and asked if anyone had returned the camera bag but was informed that no items matching the description had been turned in. He said he delayed his report to the EPD due to his continued search for the camera bag. The complainant told officers that the value of the camera and accessories was approximately $1,000.

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

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New Facility to Research Sports Injuries younger athletes because a lot of these problems happen before they become either treated there, or, if necessary, professionals, even though they only bring in other specialists [who] are manifest themselves later on when part of the larger Emory orthopedic they get to the usage and the skill system,” Boden said. level required of a professional,” Boden Most of the facility’s $15 million said. construction cost will be covered by the The research will not be limited to Falcons, according to Boden. football and will be applicable to other “The structure [of the deal] is sim- sports as well.

Research will work ilar to if [EHC] were to prevent ACL tears, going to rent office a common leg injury space anywhere else in “[The facility] will that affects playthe area. The Falcons help us take care are essentially serving ers of almost every of the Falcons as the developer and sport. Similarly, conbuilding the building,” organization as well cussions, a major Boden said. as the public in the injury concern for “Emory is going football, also affect same facility.” to cover the cost of soccer, softball and some of the finishes basketball players.

— Chair of the The research will be and equipment for the Department of conducted at high building, and obviOrthopedics at schools throughout ously is going to lease the Emory University Georgia. the space, like we School of Medicine “It depends on would any other medithe funding, but our cal office, from a third expectation is to actually go out to party.”

Beyond serving the Falcons, the new remote schools and do some injury facility will also research injury pre- screening and prevention, and then vention for student athletes at the high offer certain students in certain situschool level and will work to make ations the opportunity to come in for football safer. more intensive studying or prevention Researchers will work to identify strategies at the laboratory in Flowery athletes who are at risk for certain Branch,” Boden said. injuries and prevent them before they happen.

— Contact Musa Ya-Sin at “A lot of this research will involve musa.ya-sin@emory.edu

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News Roundup Compiled By Layla Wofsy

Dept. of Education Orders Duke And UNC Chapel Hill to Remake Middle East Studies Program The U.S. Department of Education instructed Duke University (N.C.) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to reconstruct their collaborative Middle East studies program, according to The New York Times.

The department concluded that the program placed a signifiant emphasis on the positive aspects of Islam but did not put any focus on the positive aspects of Christianity, Judaism or any other religion practiced in the Middle East. The investigation is a rare occasion of the federal government getting involved in specific course material at the college level. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos ordered the investigation to see if the program had misused of any of the money it received in a Title VI grant, which funds foreign language and international studies programs. Research and Education Manager at Jewish Voice for Peace Tallie Ben Daniel believes that the department’s investigation was an effort “to enforce a neoconservative agenda onto spaces of academic inquiry and exploration.” Palestinian rights groups have accused the department of intimidation and infringment on academic freedoms. However, Miriam Elman, an associate professor at Syracuse University (N.Y.) and the executive director of the Academic Engagement Network, an organization that opposes the boycott Israel movement, believes that “to get Title VI, you really have to strive for viewpoint diversity.”

Atlanta Climate Protest Leads to Arrests Nineteen climate change protestors were arrested on Friday after

they attempted to block lanes of traffic, according to the Atlanta JournalConstitution (AJC).

About 200 people attended the movement to advocate for lawmakers to take direct action against climate change. The protesters moved from marching on the sidewalk into the street. Police officers surrounded the crowd to stop them from continuing down the street and forced the protestors back onto the sidewalk. The protest comes in the aftermath of a worldwide climate strike on Sept. 20.

Education Department Finds Less Students Failing to Pay Back Federal Loans The U.S. Department of Education announced that the proportion of students who failed to make payments on their federal student loans within three years of graduating college reached its lowest level in seven years.

The department found that around 10 percent of student loan borrowers who began their repayment on Oct. 1, 2015, failed to pay by Sept. 30, 2018.

This is about a 6.5 percent decline in the number of students who failed to pay their loans during the prior repayment period. The department also noted that cohort default rates, a three-year metric used to determine if schools are qualified to receive federal student aid, have also decreased.

Additionally, the number of students entering repayment who attended community colleges or for-profit schools has declined over time, reflecting an overall decrease in enrollment at those types of schools.

Georgia Tech Men’s Basketball Team Banned From Postseason by NCAA The NCAA announced Thursday that the Georgia Institute of Technology men’s basketball team

would be banned from participating in postseason competition and placed under a four-year probation.

According to the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions, coaches Josh Pastner and Darryl LaBarrie allowed boosters from outside the organization to participate in various banned recruitment events.

The NCAA describes boosters as individuals who “support teams and athletics departments through donations of time and financial resources which help student-athletes succeed on and off the playing field.”

The recruitment activities included taking a high school recruit to an Atlanta strip club and allowing a booster to give gifts to potential transfer recruits and team members.

In addition to the team’s probation and postseason ban, they will also face reduced recruitment programs for the upcoming season.

Georgia Citizens R ally in Support of Refugees On Saturday, Georgia locals gathered to advocate in response to the federal government’s proposal to continue to cut down the number of immigrants allowed into the country, according to the AJC. On Thursday, the State Department issued a plan for Oct. 1 that would cap the number of allowed refugees at 18,000.

About 200 people attended the rally to push their legislators to support the Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act, which would increase annual refugee acceptance to 95,000.

Advocates believe that this number is essential in order to secure the U.S. modern refugee resettlement program.

— Contact Layla Wofsy at layla.gari.wofsy@emory.edu

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INFRASTRUCTURE

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LEGISLATURE

DeKalb County to Student Bill of Rights, Explained Replace Water Lines

By Gabriella Lewis Contributing Writer

By Caroline Catherman and Isaiah Poritz Senior Staff Writer and News Editor The Briarcliff Corridor Water Infrastructure Replacement Project, which will replace about 45,000 feet of water lines along Briarcliff and North Decatur roads, began construction on Sept. 22, according to Engineering Manager at the DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management Keith Laguaite. The project will replace several pipes that have been in use for over a century.

Construction will last for about two years, with normal construction hours in most residential areas on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In Emory Village, construction will last from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday.

The project will implement rolling, single-lane closures rather than complete road closures.

Laguaite said the county had been receiving a high volume of service complaints about the water system in the Briarcliff area for the past decade.

In June 2019, the county determined that the water lines needed to be replaced after complaints from local residents. “[The complaints] really spiked back in May or June this year when it got warm,” Laguaite said. “People probably started watering grass, fill-

ing pools and the available flow was reduced. … they would turn on their faucet and they’d get water, but it just wasn’t what they’d expect.”

The area’s oldest water lines were installed in 1907 and the rest in the 1930s and 1940s. Laguaite said that these lines, which are composed of pipes between six and eight inches in diameter, have all exceeded the serviceable life. The project plans to replace all lines with eight-inch steel piping.

Several scheduled water outages will occur throughout the project, and residents will be notified between 48 and 72 hours in advance.

Laguaite said the outages usually last five to 10 minutes, and at most a few hours.

Emory’s water supply will be unaffected by the replacement project because the campus has a separate water supply system, according to Laguaite.

“The bigger issue is just traffic.

Whenever you cut a road to install a water line or infrastructure, it messes up traffic,” Laguaite said.

“We are working the first couple of weeks down around Emory Village at night to avoid the commercial interruption.”

— Contact Caroline Catherman and Isaiah Poritz at cecathe@emory.edu and iporitz@emory.edu

College Council (CC) and BBA Council have adopted the Emory Student Bill of Rights, a resolution authored by CC Chief of Staff Alex Chanen (21B).

The resolution was presented to the Emory Student Nurses Association (ESNA) on Sept. 27 and is under review for adoption.

The Emory Student Bill of Rights focuses on issues such as food insecurity, homelessness and campus safety, all fundamental needs that allow a student to focus on being “a student first.”

The document states that “every Emory student deserves to have equal opportunity and access during their enrollment at Emory.”

Chanen will present his resolution to the Oxford Student Government Association (SGA) this week. If it receives enough votes to pass at Oxford, he will present the bill to Emory SGA on Oct. 7.

Chanen said his inspiration for the bill came from his time working in politics in Washington, D.C. over the summer.

“For a school as politically engaged as Emory is, I don’t think we are a very politically active place,” Chanen said.

“We’re especially not very politically active on campus.”

Chanen’s drive to propose the bill arose from his concern that students weren’t talking about social issues.

“I started talking to people who are also pretty engaged, politically active

[and] politically aware ... about what some issues [are], and started drafting the document and came up with what it is today,” Chanen said.

Rather than offer concrete policy changes, the Emory Student Bill of Rights presents a set of morals and goals for Emory student governance.

“The passing of this [document] by government or student organizations … does nothing physically,” Chanen said. “All it does is it sends a message saying … student government agrees we should be holding ourselves to these standards.”

Chanen believes that any opportunity available to an Emory student should be easily available and accessible.

“I have felt very strongly since my freshman year that it’s really hard to get involved at Emory,” Chanen states.

“Because we don’t have a way to orient people to student activities… Then it becomes this weird thing where people don’t want to get involved” He noted that social stigmas surrounding food insecurity can stop students from seeking resources. “[New York University] has a great thing where you can have no questions asked if you are dealing with food insecurity on campus [when you] have money added to your campus dining card,” Chanen said. “That’s not a permanent, perfect solution, but it does provide in the short term … because it removes that barrier.”

The resolution also addresses homelessness: “Every Emory student deserves to go to sleep every night in a bed with a roof over their head,” the resolution states. The resolution also

highlights the need for well-funded and established affinity spaces, which Chanen noted would require administrative funding and support.

A closing clause of the bill reiterates the point that every student deserves equal opportunities for academic success in a nondiscriminatory environment.

Chanen said he knows people who have spent time working to afford college and as a result, lack enough time to study.

According to Chanen, the second part of the bill reinforces the idea that students should only have to focus on their academic pursuits.

He stated that the goal is to ensure “voices are being heard and people aren’t being shut out of the conversation.”

Chanen hopes University administration will support the bill by commissioning studies and conducting research on how other schools are approaching these issues.

He also hopes that the resolution will inspire political activism among students.

“If you are interested in working on something, and you also don’t know how to get involved … don’t hesitate to reach out,” Chanen said. “I would love for people to use this as inspiration to take stances on things they care about.

I would love to be a school that is more conducive to having activism on campus, to talking about the issues that are affecting students every day.”

— Contact Gabriella Lewis at gvlewis@emory.edu

Cadray Aims to Provide Resources for Conflict Resolution Panel Honors

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terns that need immediate attention.”

Cadray noted that bringing a conflict to an ombudsperson is much more informal than utilizing a human resources office.

“As an employee … you might be reluctant to go to a human resources

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2018, 165 referrals were made compared to 142 referrals in 2017.

At Oxford, referrals rose from 28 to 46. Liquor law violations include infractions of “state or local laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession or use of alcoholic beverages,” according to Clery crime definitions. Liquor law violations do not include driving under the influence.

Drug law violation referrals decreased from 36 in 2017 to 19 in 2018 on main campus. Burglary, which increased minimally on Emory’s main campus between 2016 and 2017, fell in number with 30 cases reported last year compared to 38 in 2017.

Emory does not have an explanation for the fluctuations in drug and liquor law violation referral numbers, according to Justice.

“The numbers shift from year to year based on human behavior,” Justice wrote. “The university remains committed to providing a safe environment for our students, for all community members, to live, learn and grow.”

— Contact Nicole Sadek at nicole.sadek@emory.edu

office because you know that there’s a file and a case number and there’s a tracking of that,” Cadray said. “That lends itself to all types of issues that might be related to retention practices, and people might be a little reluctant to go there.”

With students, Cadray expects to

deal with grade disputes, studentinstructor misunderstandings, roommate conflicts and generalized concerns over procedures. Additionally, Cadray will serve on Emory’s presidential leadership team, where she will advise University President Claire E. Sterk on issues of university-

wide concern and identifying important constituent behavioral trends.

Cadray previously served in Emory’s Office of Equity and Inclusion as vice provost.

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described as “difficult and long.”

“When I went through that process, I just felt like I was the only person it had ever happened to, and I thought it might be helpful for other people to read about it,” she said.

Westover’s described her writing process in “Educated” was like journaling, which she said helped her cope with the changes in her life.

written about my father that would have been too shocking, and they would not have been received in context,” she said.

One potentially controversial passage that Westover did keep in the memoir featured the repeated use of the N-word. Westover included the story in the memoir to highlight her conscious evolution, tying into the larger theme of what it means to be “Educated.”

“I wanted to write a story about language and the power of it,” Westover said. “For so long I just heard [the N-word] as any other word, and then I was awakened to how powerful it was.

I didn’t want to blunt the power of it by representing it in any way less than it was.”

Westover acknowledged that it was a difficult choice, one that still gives her food for thought.

“I rethink it all the time,” she confessed. “Maybe I made the wrong decision.”

Concluding the discussion, Westover revealed that she would not offer any advice to her younger self.

“There are things you have to learn that nobody can tell you,” Westover said.

Westover was raised by Mormon survivalist parents who distrusted public education and health, and did not set foot in a classroom until she was 17.

and North Africa, worldwide cyber attacks, hybrid warfare and continued international terrorism. He noted that security challenges have become much broader and more unpredictable in recent years.

Hill contributed NATO’s success over the past decades to continuous adaptation to new security challenges and the organization’s ability to innovate and remain at the forefront of technological change.

Since 2016, NATO has seen increased investment in defense.

In the last three years alone, NATO allies have invested over $100 billion to face these threats, according to Hill.

Hill referred to Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty, which states that “an attack against one ally is an attack against all,” as an important part of maintaining stability.

“NATO will remain a pillar of stability in an uncertain world for the next generations,” Hill said.

The symposium also included notable speakers and panelists, who analyzed specific articles of the North Atlantic Treaty, discussed policy and legal issues in the accession of new member states, and examined the challenges NATO faces looking forward.

In conjunction with the symposium, the Center for International and Comparative Law will also publish a volume of articles and essays by international legal scholars and NATO practitioners in honor of NATO, according to Emory School of Law Dean Mary Anne Bobinski.

— Contact Matthew Takavarasha at mtakava@emory.edu

— Contact Julie Vo at julie.vo@emory.edu

— Contact Emma Simpson at esimps3@emory.edu

Acclaimed Memoirist Talks Change, Acceptance

her stand out among her peers, her differences have never bothered her.

“I spent my whole life not fitting in,” Westover said. “I’m OK now with not fitting in. I’ve accepted that conformity is an illusion. … You don’t have to be like everybody else.”

Another byproduct of Westover’s idiosyncratic childhood was the perspective she gained on what it means to be “educated” — something she wanted to convey through the ambiguity of her book’s title. “[Educated] can mean informed, fearless, intelligent, arrogant, brainwashed,” she said. “Part of the way that I would define education was getting access to other points of view.”

Westover emphasized the importance of appreciating and accepting other perspectives, noting that “two people can have the same experience and come to different conclusions.”

“I think that respecting people that you disagree with is a prerequisite to self-respect,” she said.

Nevertheless, Westover voiced her concerns that education was beginning to associate more with certainty than inquiry, which she believes has bled into how we perceive others.

“We’ve kind of gotten into a social space where we think if we know one thing about a person, we know everything,” she said.

Westover stated that she was inspired to write about her life as a way to cope with her gradual estrangement from her parents, a process she

Westover was raised by Mormon survivalist parents who distrusted public education and health, and did not set foot in a classroom until she was 17.

She argued that journaling was more therapeutic than the act of writing for readers and encouraged the audience to consider it.

“There’s something in writing that I think is therapeutic,” Westover said.

“But then I also think that when you write for people, it’s not really as therapeutic because there are different rules.”

Westover also revealed that there are aspects of her life that she deliberately omitted from her memoir for fear that they would be poorly received, and pointed to the vast cultural differences between rural and urban America.

“There are some things I could have

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Congress Needs to Trump Administration’s Title VI Impeach Trump Editorial

Threats are Weak and Prejudiced The U.S. government should not be able to dictate the terms of a university’s curriculum to advance its agenda.

But the Trump administration recently attempted to do just that when it threatened to end federal support for Duke University (N.C.) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s (UNC) jointly-run Middle Eastern studies center.

A letter from the Department of Education (DoED) to the universities alleged a “lack of balance” in their curriculum, and the DoED warned that it would revoke grant funding if the consortium continued to favor Islam over Judaism and Christianity. While the government has an interest in assuring that grant money is used correctly, the DoED’s threats are unjustified intrusions into academic freedom. Worse, they are a part of a broader anti-Muslim pattern in the Trump administration.

The joint program is partially funded through the Title VI grant, which supports foreign language or international studies programs that support national security.

The DoED’s letter alleged that most of the consortiums’ activities did not qualify for federal funding under these standards.

As a result, the government has demanded that the consortium provide a “revised schedule of activities,” accompanied with explanations as to how each “actively promotes language learning” and “advances the national security interests and economic stability of the United States.”

Conveniently, these demands misconstrue the legal provision that grant funding should foster the “full understanding” of the regions in question. The letter mentioned the “full understanding” clause only to criticize the consortium’s alleged failure to represent religious minority groups like Kurds, Bahais, Yazidis and the Druze.

But if learning about these small minority groups is necessary to fully understand the region, why aren’t topics like Islamic intellectual history and mainstream film also important? Without any clear rule for what constitutes a “full understanding,” the government’s letter reads as both narrow and arbitrary.

The government’s attempts to pressure Duke and UNC to limit their programming in this way violates the schools’ basic academic freedom. If the government had a problem with funding classes on Middle Eastern film or research projects like “Radical Love: Teachings from Islamic

Mystical Tradition” as the letter claims, the DoED could have denied the consortiums’ original grant requests.

Instead, Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education is now attempting to stifle intellectual discourse through retroactive conditions for federal support based on a self-servingly limited interpretation of Title VI. The intrusion could result in a chilling effect on academic freedom. Karen Anderson, the executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, argued that the letter “represents a significant threat to any academic program that fails to toe the line on the government’s anti-Muslim agenda.” Unless the government can provide more coherent reasons to limit Title VI funds, schools should not give in to the administration’s threats.

The DoED’s letter is yet another bad-faith step in the Trump administration’s anti-Islamic agenda. Anderson also stated that the DoED’s actions were an attempt to “inject [the administration’s] long pattern of anti-Muslim bigotry and discrimination into our universities.”

From Trump’s travel ban, which was effectively a Muslim ban, to his appointment of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has peddled “clash of civilization” rhetoric about Muslims and Christians, the administration has routinely embraced an unfair stance on Islam.

Additionally, as UNC’s response to the government noted, the consortium has organized “numerous programs” on the persecution of religious minorities in the Middle East.

Both schools have also hosted specific events exploring Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East, so it’s clear in this case that the government has advanced a false narrative to pursue its anti-Muslim agenda.

That said, opposition to the consortium’s activities did not magically appear. Continued government support only became a question after after U.S. Rep. George Holding (R-N.C.) requested that DeVos’ Department of Education investigate anti-Israel bias at one of the consortium’s events. The event featured an anti-Semitic rapper, which did merit a federal response. Still, it does not justify the letter’s excessive demands and certainly does not justify cuts to the program’s funding.

The Trump administration should not be able to impose its prejudiced agenda upon America’s universities, and schools that receive Title VI support should not be intimidated by the administration’s bluster.

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Spencer Moore After months of speculation over whether or not U.S. President Donald J. Trump colluded with Russians or committed obstruction, it only took the release of a reconstructed phone call transcript to implicate the president in potentially impeachable offenses.

Now the House of Representatives, led

by Sen. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), has begun an impeachment inquiry. The House must proceed behind Speaker Pelosi with full faith and commitment to the impeachment process, as the integrity of the Constitution demands it.

The president, allegedly seeking to gain an electoral advantage, halted aid to Ukraine in advance of a phone call with its president. He even suggested a Ukrainian investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Given that Trump has acknowledged these actions, it is now up to Congress to investigate and determine wrongdoing. Pelosi’s ordering of an official inquiry is a significant acknowledgement of Trump’s dubious actions, but it’s now on the House of Representatives to take real action.

The impeachment debate shouldn’t be about whether or not Trump should be removed from office, which is unlikely to happen. Instead, it should be about whether Congress is ready to break out of its collective daze and use its oversight powers to check the numerous and absurd oversteps committed by the Trump administration.

In doing so, our legislators can signal to the public that they respect the Constitution and the rule of law.

The Constitution says that a president can be removed upon conviction of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Given that the House is still investigating, Trump is innocent until proven guilty. But since Congress is entrusted with the defense of the rule of law through leveling charges against the president, it’s imperative that the House of Representatives fulfills its constitutional duties.

When former President Richard Nixon was being investigated for the Watergate scandal, former Rep.

Barbara Jordan (D-Texas) emphasized, “It is a misreading of the Constitution for any member here to assert that for a member to vote for an article of impeachment means that that member must be convinced that the president should be removed from office.” Quite the contrary; it’s not a partisan action. Pelosi has called for a serious inquiry into grave misconduct.

Given that this latest allegation caps two years of disorder and questionable behavior from the White House, Congress should take a stand.

Halting the process simply because political blowback could happen would be a serious dereliction of duty on Congress’ part. Although some argue that impeachment could cost members of Congress from swing districts their seats, that argument ignores Congress’ obligations. While this was a valid concern before, the issue concerning the phone call is more understandable to the electorate compared to the Mueller Report, and thus Congress shouldn’t hesitate with impeachment proceedings. Although the Mueller Report found 10 instances of potential obstruction of justice, the details were buried in pages of legalese that the average American might not have had any interest in reading. This issue, however, has been widely reported and is relatively easy to understand: Trump asked a foreign leader to investigate his potential election opponent. And because this episode could appear as a much stronger example of an attempt to undermine the rule of law, impeachment wouldn’t seem to be a strictly partisan affair, but rather a faithful effort to protect the Constitution’s integrity.

While some may still see impeachment as a Democratic effort to depose Trump, the issue is more nuanced. The Mueller Report, which documented potential cases of obstruction of justice, could have prompted action. But now that there is clear evidence that the president has yet again pushed the boundaries of his power, the House of Representatives must do its job and fully commit to the impeachment process. If not, history will judge us accordingly.

Spencer Moore (23) is from Rochester, Minn.

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Spare Trudeau From Cancel Culture Emory Must Foster Ben Thomas The United States and Canada have always had a great deal in common, from our shared values of democracy and free expression to the side of the road we drive on. Now, however, we share a much more somber parallel: both nations’ heads of state stand accused of overt racism.

Americans and Canadians alike erupted in cries of denunciation upon the release of photographs featuring Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in racist makeup. But now, nearly two weeks and several apologies later, it’s time to move on. Let’s stop wasting our energy “canceling” Trudeau on Twitter and let Canadians use the best tool of political participation available to decide his fate: the voting booth.

On Sept. 18, 2019, Time magazine published a photo of Trudeau wearing brown-colored makeup, known as brownface, at an “Arabian Nights”themed party while he was a private school teacher in 2001.

Soon after Trudeau apologized, he also admitted to wearing blackface in high school to sing the Harry Belafonte song “Day-O.” On Sept. 19 and yet again on Sept. 29, videos featuring him gesticulating wildly in full blackface appeared on the internet. Perhaps most damning of all, however, was Trudeau’s eventual admission that he has no idea how many other times he had made a racist caricature out of himself.

The backlash against the erstwhile poster child for Canadian inclusivity has been brutal. His current reelection campaign looks to be in real danger; elected officials across the political spectrum are baying for his blood. If anything, the general public’s response has been harsher still.

As citizens of a nation that’s increasingly aware of ethnic and racial concerns, we Americans have a duty to, in the words of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, “root out injustice wherever it exists.” An equal society requires equal contribution to the common good, and when faced with blatantly public prejudice, we must do our part by highlighting the problem, considering its causes and taking cor-

responding action.

There can be no doubt whatsoever as to whether Trudeau’s use of blackface and brownface constituted injustice. Since the minstrel shows of the mid-19th century, blackface has been unimaginably demeaning to minorities throughout the U.S., Canada and beyond. White stage actors used burnt-cork masks and polish to darken their skin and accentuate other features in order to appear stereotypically black, and in the process, portrayed black people as indolent, promiscuous, unintelligent and worse.

To wear blackface today is to recall that cruel, racist mockery; it is itself overtly discriminatory and worthy of bitter denunciation.

[Trudeau] deserves, at the very least, an honest chance in the public arena.

That said, we must be cognizant of the distinction between unjust acts and unjust people. While Trudeau’s use of racist makeup deserves the condemnation that it has received, the man himself has been a champion of inclusivity and diversity for years.

Throughout his current term in office, he has formed Canada’s first genderbalanced federal cabinet, welcomed tens of thousands of Syrian refugees and made several laudable commitments to advocate for the rights of Canada’s First Nations peoples.

Trudeau’s administration has not been without the occasional civil rights failure, however. Most notably, he has spent months pushing for an oil pipeline passing through indigenous lands, and recent shifts in public opinion may soon force him to retreat from his position on asylum seekers.

But these are exceptions to the norm; Trudeau has generally fought for inclusivity with remarkable determination.

His record is far from perfect, but managing conflicting domestic interests is simply a part of his job description. Trudeau has accomplished and will likely continue to accomplish a great deal for civil rights causes, and any judgment of his ability to rep-

resent Canadians’ values of diversity and multiculturalism must include his recent accomplishments in government alongside his past indiscretions as a private citizen.

Americans confronted a similar scandal not too long ago. On Feb. 1, 2019, Big League Politics reported a 1984 yearbook photo allegedly featuring Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam either wearing blackface or dressed in Ku Klux Klan-style robes.

Northam dealt with a firestorm of criticism from both sides of the political aisle for weeks afterward, but eventually, successive news cycles shifted away from the story and the public moved on.

Now, nearly eight months later, Northam has a net positive approval rating, which begs the question: why expend so much energy in an effort to “cancel” a government official when the damage to the target eventually fades regardless?

Instead of judging Trudeau and other public servants on the basis of ill-conceived, decades-old actions, we as citizens owe it to ourselves to judge their fitness for office based on all the information available to us. The best way to determine whether someone can govern in accordance with your values is to consider how they’ve governed in the past, the sum total of their words and actions and how they respond to their scandals. When former U.S. President John F. Kennedy had to face the nation after the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion, he did not invent excuses or hide behind bluster — he explained what had happened honestly and left it at that. Trudeau acted in much the same way, apologizing profusely and with authentic humility.

Such leadership deserves, at the very least, an honest chance in the public arena.

As Martin Luther King Jr. warned, “the day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.” But we have already spoken. Our obligation to highlight unjust acts and initiate a trial in the court of public opinion is fulfilled — so instead of wasting our time in an effort to “cancel” Justin Trudeau, let’s focus on our election and let the Canadians focus on theirs.

Ben Thomas (23C) is from Dayton, Ohio.

Political Awareness Gian Luigi Zaninelli

As assignments, clubs and friendships dominate our daily lives, it’s easy to lose track of the larger world on our well-manicured, marble-covered campus. Even though Emory claims that it trains students “to serve and lead in an increasingly interconnected world,” in practice, this is far from the truth.

If Emory is truly “about impact,” then it must make present-day political issues unavoidable to the students who will eventually be responsible for solving them.

To do so, the University could introduce new curriculum, further publicize existing resources and pool Emory’s intellectual resources to develop innovative solutions..

At present, Emory lacks an effective method to ensure that its students are adequately politically aware. While the University hosts a wide variety of forums, panels and retreats devoted to addressing vital issues on a major scale, these efforts tend to fall short.

Attending these events can be difficult because they impose a fairly high opportunity cost on students: going to a panel on an important issue when you could be studying for something more pertinent to your career path might not be feasible for many students.

Students without an awareness of the most urgent issues of our time will surely be ill-equipped to make a positive impact on the world.

An effective method of distributing information about the ongoing human rights abuses, natural disasters, conflicts and resource shortages which affect billions of people is the crucial first step to responding to them, preventing similar crises in the future or mitigating existing damage.

A world without political awareness is one where business leaders sell their goods to despotic regimes like Saudi Arabia and where doctors only perform plastic surgery for the wealthy while millions die without sufficient medical care. It’s a world exactly like the one we live in. As such, an approach that doesn’t seek to raise

awareness to change these conditions is one that’s not worth the paper it’s written on.

There are a variety of ways that the administration and Emory community could improve student awareness and engagement with political issues. For instance, integrating current events into first-year seminars in the same way that evidence is integrated into evidence-focused seminars could be effective.

This would not only make course material highly approachable for freshmen but it would also be wonderfully conducive to the kind of change-oriented thinking that we need to foster.

Professors could use current news to explain concepts relevant to class content, and the University could introduce an optional “global consciousness” class for freshmen that would introduce students to major global issues and the ways academic knowledge could be deployed against them.

Furthermore, the University could more effectively publicize the fact that it has guaranteed access to publications like The New York Times for all students.

If nothing else, the University should establish a task force to explore all methods of increasing political awareness. Anything that moves the needle toward greater consciousness on campus should be celebrated.

However, no one action will be able to bring about all of the change that we need, but actively facing our deficiencies instead of turning our backs to them will go a long way towards a goal we can all get behind.

A student body that impacts change is more than mere window dressing for applicants and donors.

Students, if Emory’s administration fails to address the challenge of living up to its prideful self-description, then we must face the challenge ourselves.

Take it upon yourself to be informed, to consider the significance of what you learn and to urge others to do the same.

Gian Luigi Zaninelli (23C) from

Hattiesburg, Miss.

Let’s Unite Against Global Warming After the Climate Strike Ben Levitt Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 was a historic day. Hundreds of Emory students, faculty and community members gathered in a moral call to action on the climate crisis. The climate strike took place on a day when 4 million people in over 160 countries participated in youth-led climate strikes. This Fridays for Future movement was launched

by Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist who has inspired millions of young people around the world to demand action from government officials.

In a massive show of civic engagement, young people are demanding that our leaders listen to us and rapidly accelerate the process of global decarbonization. We must push our government to make the enormous changes to our energy grid, transportation sector, agricultural practices and industrial processes that are necessary to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Insufficient emissions reduction will lead to a series of chain reactions and feedback loops that exacerbate crises of agriculture, drought, extreme weather, migration and species extinction.

The climate crisis is terrifying.

What’s particularly devastating are the ways in which poor communities, communities of color and communities in the global South are disproportionately affected by climate change even when their actions have contributed the least to the crisis.

Thinking about all of the work necessary to transform our society can leave one feeling helpless and demoralized. However, there is also a lot to be hopeful about.

You’ll often hear people talking about whether we can “solve” the climate crisis, as if it’s a jigsaw puzzle or a tough math problem that requires us to find a clear-cut solution. I don’t find that language particularly helpful. For starters, as Thunberg so poignantly said, “We already have all the facts and solutions.

All we have to do is to wake up and change.” We already know how to develop technologies to enable a transition to a green economy. Just look at the drastic decrease in the cost of renewable electricity in the last few years and its enormous expansion. In the United States, utility-scale renewable energy is rapidly becoming cheaper than all non-renewable electricity sources. It is already the cheapest form of new electricity generation in most major economies.

Taking action at the scale of the problem requires us to use every tool

in our arsenal as Emory students.

Changing individual behavior will not be enough to prevent the worst effects of the climate crisis. We must focus our energy on demanding systemic action from leadership on the national, state, municipal and institutional levels.

We must educate ourselves about Emory’s current performance and advocate for institutional improvements to its climate commitments. Recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that the world must cut emissions in half by 2030, and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

According to Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives website, Emory is committed to a 50 percent reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Although Emory certainly deserves praise for its widereaching sustainability efforts, the science is clear: we must reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Fifty percent is a notable commitment, but it simply does not go far enough.

Additionally, Emory is the largest employer in metro Atlanta; its institutional leadership and lobbying power can and should shape future climate policy in Atlanta and Georgia. But climate action will be a top institutional priority only if students are knowledgeable and engaged in the conversation.

The Emory chapter of the Climate Reality Project was founded last spring to bring moral clarity to the forefront of climate discourse at Emory. As an organization, we welcome students of all backgrounds to join this movement for climate action. Just as we collaborated with several groups at the Emory University Climate Strike, we aim to collaborate with other campus organizations on many of the issues that intersect with the climate crisis, particularly those related to climate justice.

Through student engagement and knowledge of Emory’s existing commitments, we want to urge the University to revise and improve its current climate goals. And our organization wants to place climate justice at the center of our mission.

We strongly believe that Emory University has the potential to be a leader in climate action in the Southeast. Despite Emory’s exceptional commitments to sustainable practices in many areas, we believe much of its potential, particularly when it comes to renewable energy, has yet to be reached.

The Emory Climate Strike on Sept.

20 was just the beginning. Supported

by The Climate Reality Project, an international organization working “to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action nec-

essary,” our chapter is committed to working for institutional change that will make Emory a true leader in climate action.

That’s why the Emory Climate Strike was an event filled with hope.

Yes, we are facing an enormous crisis.

But we are also facing an incredible opportunity to secure a more sustainable future.

Addressing climate change is simply a matter of having the moral courage to take action and implement the solutions we already have.

It’s a matter of committing ourselves to making this a just transition that prioritizes the needs of marginalized communities most deeply affected by the climate crisis. It’s a matter of offering job retraining programs for fossil fuel workers to ensure that no one is left behind in the new green economy.

It’s a matter of respecting, honoring and learning from indigenous communities and the sacred relationship they have with the earth. Above all, it’s a matter of rethinking civic engagement and redefining what it means to be a member of the global community as we aim to rapidly transform the world economy.

Ben Levitt (22C) is from Toronto.

He is the co-president of the Climate Reality Project: Emory Chapter.

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ARTIST

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Self-proclaimed graffiti artist Garrett Rea (22C) provides paintings for a variety of organizations including restaurants, gyms, dance studios and conservatories. His signature “Man of Mercy,” a man wearing a respirator, is a regular subject throughout much of his work.

Student Spreads Mental Health Awareness Through Graffiti

By Caleigh Leyton Contributing Writer

Sporting circular glasses and a brightly-hued graffiti jean jacket, Garrett Rea (22C), a self-proclaimed graffiti artist and aspiring nurse practitioner, loves to add color to the world around him.

Rea’s career as a graffiti artist started when he was a high school junior in his hometown of Lexington, Ky. After

playing hooky one day in 2016, he fell down a YouTube rabbit hole of graffiti culture. He became fascinated and decided to try it for himself.

That same day, he spray-painted his first piece of lettering on an empty wall in his basement, a first attempt he called “amazingly terrible.” Ever since then, his mantra has been “practice, practice, practice.”

Rea has credited his progress to watching other artists work their

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craft. He stated that he still returns to YouTube to see how other artists hold the spray can or which specific markers they use on sketchbook drawings.

But Rea has developed his own routine of blending colors with alcohol markers and adding in eye-catching details with sharp lines using acrylic markers. He then transfers most of his work, which resides in a few sketchbooks he always carries around with him to a wall, typically organizations

who commission his work. Rea notes that the technical aspects of graffiti are the same for most artists, but style, handwriting and name ultimately define an artist’s work. He tags his artwork under the name “Mercy,” short for “Man of Mercy,” to distinguish his designs from others.

Rea adopted the pseudonym from a quote his father told him. “‘[God] didn’t make you to be a fighter, he didn’t make you to be a

brawler,’” Rea’s father said. “‘He made you to be his man of mercy. To give somebody an open hand when they really need it. There’s enough bad in the world, and you don’t need to be a part of it.’”

The themes of mercy and a helping hand show up often across Rea’s work, as he hopes to depict uplifting and emotional messages. In one of his

See ASPIRING, Page 8

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Data Scientist Analyzes Vintage Apparel Makes Comeback Finance, Linguistics

By Allan Lee Contributing Writer

By Rebecca Levy Contributing Writer From predicting American Idol Winners to the spread of the swine flu, Bruno Goncalves (01G) has used huge amounts of data to help predict the future.

Using big data science to model human behavior has allowed Goncalves to make discoveries in a variety of fields ranging from politics to American reality television. Such discoveries would have been completely impossible 15 years ago.

Originally from Portugal, Goncalves received his master’s degree in computer science and a doctorate in physics from Emory in 2008 under the advisement of Department Chair of Physics Stefan Boettcher.

At the time, big data was still relatively obscure at the time since capable

software systems were only just beginning to emerge. Still, Goncalves used his background in physics and computer science to create new applications for data science, which he is still doing today.

Goncalves took advantage of Emory’s public health network and applied his skills to predict the spread of the nationwide swine flu outbreak in 2009.

By developing and testing programs to create outbreak models, he and a team of Emory researchers were able to generate reasonably accurate predictions about when the flu’s spread worldwide.

“With what we can simulate, we can have [a] type of early warning system,” Goncalves said.

Jose Javier Ramasco, who shared

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As the fall season brings back the cozy color palette into fashion, the long-forgotten looks of the 1990s and 2000s are trickling back into high fashion. It won’t be long before fur coats and flashy monograms cover Emory’s campus as the vintage style makes a comeback.

The Vintage Comeback

1990s vintage and 2000s excess have been making a stronger-thanever comeback in 2019. Gucci, Fendi, Dior and Saint Laurent have revived the trend to feature monograms and animal patterns in sleeker renditions of older looks.

Celebrities including Beyonce and Emma Watson were the strongest proponents of the late 1990s vintage resurgence. Once social media influencers began to rework the aesthetic to make their own bold fashion state-

ments, the famous Fendi Baguette Bag became synonymous with celebrity.

Social media may be partly responsible for the sudden resurgence, as apps like Instagram make it much easier for users to explore their idols’ styles.

The maxi wallet of the last decade has decreased in popularity, replaced by mini purses and wallets. After all, a small crossbody bag like the Balenciaga Explorer Crossbody Pouch Bag will always offer more convenience and aesthetic appeal than heavily stuffed pockets.

The early 2010s were heavy on tight jeans and now with the vintage style comeback, long high-waisted jeans have made their return. Fendi has hopped on this tend with their highwaisted Fendi’s beige silk and wool pants.

The white leather profile on the side of the pants provides a pop of color, unseen in typical high-waisted blue jeans.

Monograms

Paris Hilton may have faded from the tabloids, but the monograms she sported have come back in style.

Although monogram prints have been Louis Vuitton’s signature since 1854, other brands such as Gucci, Burberry, Fendi and Dior are starting to revisit the late-2000s trend.

Burberry’s new runway piece Ship Print Oversize Silk Shirt showcases the brand logo monogrammed across the entire sky-blue collared shirt.

Unlike other classic monograms, Burberry has chosen to simply outline the logo, making the shirt pronounced but not overwhelming. The most striking detail are the two traditional masted sailing ships symmetrically handdrawn across the front of the shirt.

Animal Prints In addition to monograms, fur and prints are slowly regaining popularity.

Dior’s leopard print high-top sneakers,

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REVIEW

Atlanta Fall Flavors: Searching for the Best Cozy Drinks

By Sun Woo Park Contributing Writer

Caribou Coffee: Pumpkin White Mocha ( 2/5 )

As summer fades into a distant memory and the autumn breeze scatters multicolored leaves, you may find yourself desiring a toastier flavor profile for your beverages.

If café-hopping with a group of friends across Emory and the Greater Atlanta area sounds interesting, check out some of these places for new autumn-themed drinks.

Next on my coffee shop hop across Atlanta was Caribou Coffee, located at the Food Court in SunTrust Plaza.

After a confusing and hectic walk across Midtown, I arrived at the coffee shop and ordered a Pumpkin White Mocha. Initially, I was hesitant about the drink, as I am not usually a fan of hot coffee. At first glance, the mocha appeared very bubbly and mediocre.

The coffee cup also somewhat unappealing — half-empty and with milk drying down the sides — which further dampened my enthusiasm. However, as a book should not be judged by its cover, neither should coffee.

The mocha exceeded my expectations, moderately sweet with strong notes of pumpkin. The chaotic atmosphere, however, detracted from the drink’s redeeming qualities, as the food court bustled with business people trying to grab food during

their lunch breaks. Regardless, the mocha was still a worthwhile $5 drink, though probably worth ordering to-go.

Panera Bread: Cinnamon Spice Cold Brew ( 3/5 ) Panera Bread, which has a location at the edge of Emory Village, has just introduced their fall menu.

After a long day of classes, the frozen Cinnamon Caramel Cold Brew sounded like the perfect midday pick-me-up.

As chilly weather seems yet to reach us, the choice of a frozen drink was fine.

With a generous swirl of whipped cream and an elegant drizzle of caramel, the drink was visually beautiful.

The cold brew was smooth and easy to drink, while the faint traces of caramel offered a favorable sweetness.

The drink was pleasant for a fastcasual restaurant, and would have fit

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Aspiring Nurse Practioner Designs Custom Denim Continued from Page 7 works featured on a wall in Lexington, which he graffitied in March 2019, Rea used fiery colors to portray his signature “Man of Mercy,” a man wearing a respirator to symbolize breathing in bad air and letting good energy out.

Most recently, Rea made a piece documenting his transformation at Emory. He depicted his signature “Man of Mercy” and added the details of a cracked glass lenses as an allusion to the “Contendings of Horace and Seth,” an ancient Egyptian myth about relatives’ battle for kingship. The story, which discusses past experiences and a path forward, resonated with Rea, who believes his previous experiences guided him through his time at Emory and through his art.

Along with the theme of mercy, Rea aims to portray hope through his artwork. He said that vibrant colors are the key to sending this message.

“I’m gonna put [hope] in pretty colors … because even in moments of pain, you can find something beautiful,” Rea said.

In Lexington, Rea has painted and sprayed walls, made custom-designed jean jackets and has been commissioned by local restaurants, gyms, dance studios and conservatories to add life, emotion and vibrancy to their walls. Rea shared that every time he adds his name or designs to a wall, he feels that he creates a new home — someplace he feels comfortable enough to share and hone his craft.

He said one of his favorite commissions was his first piece at a restaurant in Lexington called DV8 Kitchen, which aims to hire recovering addicts.

The restaurant’s charitable mission and aspirations resonated with Rea because the custom mural he created

fell in line with what he hoped to convey through his art already. “[DV8 Kitchen] wanted me to fill [the mural] with these happy and encouraging messages, … writing the words ‘feed your spirit’ in orange letters all around the restaurant,” Rea said. Currently the vice president of the Table Talk Couches Branch and an executive board member at the Ambience Department of Emory Arts Underground, Rea has had art featured in shows for The Pulse and Emory Dark Arts. In Spring 2019, he did a live graffiti painting on plywood at an Emory Arts Underground event and displayed some of his custom graffiti jean jackets alongside other Emory student artists’ work. Nathaniel Thomas (22C), Rea’s friend since the first semester of freshman year, mentioned that Rea’s exhibit that night was one unlike any he had ever seen before. “[Rea is] so good at picking out colors for people,” Thomas said. “He has amazing associative ability. He’s really a circuit for emotion, love and intuition. It flows through him, and he represents you through colors, and he connects with you. Him doing art in front of you or doing art of you is the best experience.”

Rea also credited a lot of his evolution as an artist to his time at Emory.

He notes that the driven and passionate community, especially his closeknit friends, have pushed him to practice more and make more meaningful art.

“I’m around people all the time here at Emory who are spectacular … and when I’m around my friends that work so hard and study and really work on things they’re passionate about, I go, ‘Dang! Why am I watching television?’” Rea said. “It makes you better. It spirals. It’s a positive effect.”

High Fashion Brands Release 2019 Fall Collection Continued from Page 7 Saint Laurent Paris’s fur scarf, Louis Vuitton’s mink Intarsia straight coat are just some examples of cozy animalpatterned elements that are returning to the ready-to-wear rack.

A staple for every closet is the white tee. Stand out and follow the Dior and Raymond Pettibon’s print and embroidery T-shirt trend, a white and leopard-print t-shirt with a leopard drawing design. It’s still your basic white t-shirt, but the leopard print adds much-needed personality that’s not limited to the fall and winter seasons.

Dolce & Gabbana (D&G) is known for its aristocratic design. Their Medium Devotion Bag in leopardprint jacquard perfectly balances the high-end DG vibe with wilderness. It can be worn both formally and informally. And, as the times have proven, leopard print never goes out of style.

Though Dolce & Gabbana continues to be an icon in the fashion industry, the Instagram advertisements that it posted back in 2018 has caused massive withdrawals from Chinese customers. Several media outlets reported on the issue, which has affected Chinese consumer demand.

Real vs. Faux Though real fur used to be a runway mainstay, many brands have transitioned to faux fur in consideration of animal rights movements and endangered species protection. Gucci, Versace, Prada, Burberry, Miu Miu

and many other high fashion brands have all joined the anti-fur movement and announced the end of animal fur, that harms the animal in the process of acquisition, in future collections. In order to mimic the look, brands use wool (an arguably cruelty-free alternative) or artificial plastic-based fur to mimic the look without harming animals. As the animal trend comes back, the Saint Laurent pea coat in camouflage fake fur fits right in. For occasions that require a bit more swagger, this coat would definitely be a show-stopping statement piece.The Givenchy Mini Eden bag in crocodile effect leather, while less recognizable than other luxury brand bags, mimics the elegance of genuine skin. The grayish brown color perfectly matches the fall and winter atmosphere, complimenting trench coats or formal wear.

Conclusion As you revamp your closets to prepare for colder weather, consider these items to accentuate your style. You can find resurged vintage styles at local thrift shops — a great way to dress on a budget with one-of-a-kind accent pieces. High fashion brands might set the trend but the rest of the other brands will eventually follow, likely at a lower price point. It is not necessary to splurge on specific brands. Rather, keep an eye on them to keep your closet up to date.

— Contact Allan Lee at alee422@emory.edu

Garrett Rea (22C), Student Graffiti Artist

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Liam Harvey (22C), Rea’s hallmate freshman year, said that he would want to see Rea produce a mural in the new spaces in the new Emory Student Center. Rea said that if asked, he would make something beautiful for Emory in return for being “home” for him.

“I really hope that [Rea] gets more work on campus,” Harvey said. “I think that the murals are basically a market that haven’t been exploited yet, especially with the new Student Center. There’s tons of stuff and tons of potential here. I feel like he should be receiving more opportunities from creative clubs [at Emory].”

In the long term, Rea hopes to continue making pieces that speak to himself and others. He noted that he wishes to “keep developing a style that is solely [his] own” through more commissions. As Rea continues to develop his art and style, he hopes to use his distinct messages and vibrant colors to help him better connect with his patients suffering from mental health issues as a nurse practitioner. “[Graffiti is] all about elevating yourself … It lets me have faith in myself” Rea said. “When you see these pieces around town, it’s somebody trying to say, ‘I’m here.’ It’s all about saying, ‘Hey! My circumstances right now might not be the best, but I‘m going to make the best out of it because I’m me and I can give it a shot.”

— Contact Caleigh Leyton at cleyton@emory.eduw

into a Starbucks fall menu. If you’re hankering for a standard, refreshing $4 fall-themed drink within close walking distance, this is the drink for you.

Cultivate Food & Coffee: Pumpkin Spiced Latte (5/5) Suffering from a slight caffeine overdose, I arrived at Cultivate Food & Coffee located in Northwest Atlanta, near the Peachtree Hills neighborhood. Despite knowing better, I asked for the $8 Pumpkin Spiced Latte.

Though overpriced, the drink’s flavor compensated. The latte was beautifully presented, with a rich, creamy top layered over the hot pumpkin-flavored coffee. The latte distinguished itself from all the other drinks with a perfect combination of sweetness and flavor.

The cream was pillowy and slightly cold, which contrasted with the steaming coffee and spiced pumpkin.

Cultivate also offered a very relaxing and calm atmosphere, a noticeable contrast from Caribou Coffee. Though the expense and distance of Cultivate makes it less accessible than all the other options, consider taking a trip over while exploring local hotspots like Atlanta Memorial Park.

The Depot by K aldi’s Coffee: Baked Maple Pumpkin Latte ( 4/5 ) For my final drink, I headed over to Emory’s very own Kaldis’ Coffee to start off my Saturday and ordered a

Baked Maple Pumpkin Latte for only $4 Dooley Dollars.

The drink was pleasantly surprising, as it was different from all the other coffees I had previously tried.

The coffee was very creamy, more so than all the other drinks, and had a slightly bitter taste. It was hard to distinguish the maple and pumpkin in the latte, for they seemed to intertwine, but these were arguably the only shortcomings. The richness of the drink and the perfect blend of cream and coffee made the latte quite palatable, not too bitter nor too sweet, unlike some previous drinks. Though not my favorite, this drink may be perfect for crammers looking for a bolder coffee flavor.

Conclusion After a long weekend of putting Atlanta coffee shops to the test to find the best fall drink, my conclusion is clear: Cultivate Food and Coffee’s Pumpkin Spiced Latte.

Although the name may be deceiving, as it represents the most basic fall drink, it offers the perfect balance of sweetness, pumpkiny warmth and bitterness.

While expensive, the coffee shop’s atmosphere and superb flavors make up for every penny that could have been used to get two mediocre Starbucks drinks. At the short end of the stick lies Caribou Coffee’s Pumpkin White Mocha, which just about lacked in every aspect.

— Contact Sun Woo Park at spar723@emory.edu

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“These kinds of tools are going to become fundamental for any authority trying to protect the population from disease spreading,” Ramasco said regarding the programs developed by Goncalves’ team. “Data science … is a major advance of the last decade [because it allows us to view] society on a computer and extract realistic predictions.”

Since leaving Emory in 2008, Goncalves has spent the last 10 years working at New York University (NYU), Indiana University at Bloomington, Northeastern University (Mass.) and Aix-Marseille Université in France.

He currently serves as Vice President for Data Science and Finance at JPMorgan Chase. During this time, his work overlapped with multiple other fields, such as linguistic and financial analysis, which have helped him broaden his discoveries.

While working at Northeastern University in 2012, Goncalves began analyzing political tweets. At the time, Twitter was not used yet by prominent political figures in the same way it is today.

Goncalves and his team wrote a paper postulating that the rightleaning Twittersphere tends to be more politically active and interconnected than the left, allowing its users to share political information more efficiently.

In one project at NYU, Goncalves and a colleague examined how tweets

from around the world can show how the English used internationally is gradually changing from British English to American English.

“In Europe, [though] people are learning British English… we started seeing an increase in American vocabulary,” said Goncalves.

In another project, Goncalves used Twitter data to understand the use of different Spanish dialects in different regions of Spain. Through his use of Twitter data, Goncalves has allowed researchers to discover trends language change. This confluence of linguistics and big data made him notable to colleagues.

“The advent of large-scale online social media services implies that we can, for the first time in history, perform a detailed analysis of how language is used informally around the world,” wrote Goncalves and coauthor Daniel Sanchez in their paper about Spanish dialects .

A data scientist and friend of Gonclaves Naomi Derzsy attributed much of Goncalves’ success to his intellectual drive and determination in the face of failure. “[Goncalves] is an extraordinary scientist, [and is] constantly on a mission to apply his passion and expertise in physics to solve real world problems through data,” Derzsy said. “[His] endless curiosity always makes him learn new tools and technologies … [and] he is probably the most optimistic person that I know...[and] never lets any failure affect him,” Derzsy said.

Goncalves was also involved in a project at Northeastern University in which he and several colleagues predicted the 2012 American Idol winner Phillip Phillips.

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By considering the number of tweets referencing each contestant, they attempted to predict the winner before the show officially announced them. Though they initially failed, the team eventually adjusted their prediction model to get more accurate results. They found that the tweets with geo-locations were particularly important in predicting show outcomes because there were strong regional polarizations, according to the paper detailing the project.

Now working in finance, Goncalves synthesizes large quantities of data for investment banks to help them better profit from the market.

Without big data scientists, it would be impossible for finance industries to analyze markets on the current scale, according to Goncalves.

These changes have afforded Goncalves a diverse range of opportunities, and he hopes to explore new applications of the technology.

“Data science will only become more important in the future,” Goncalves said.

Goncalves said he plans to continue investigating the uses of big data in finance and is looking forward to exploring future developments in the field.

— Contact Rebecca Levy at rlevy5@emory.edu

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Dr. Frank -N- Furter (Tim Curry) performs in the 1975 ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show.’

‘Rocky Horror’ Enthralls Plaza Theater

By Kelly Martinez Contributing Writer It’s midnight on a Friday and instead of heading back to my dorm, I’m at the doors of the Plaza Theatre, ready for the “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

I enter a buzzing lobby lined with vintage posters and am immediately greeted with a tube of red lipstick and the question, “Are you a Rocky Horror virgin?” “Virgins” are people who, like me, have never experienced “Rocky Horror.”

As per Plaza Theatre tradition, virgins wear a bright red “V” on their forehead. I instead opt for one on my hand and make my way to join the sprawling line of fellow virgins, newer fans and longtime devotees.

Apart from a short trailer of a scantily clad, lipstick-wearing Tim Curry, I have no idea what to expect from the show. After some time, I make it to

the entryway. I briefly meet one of the cast members, a title sequence dancer dressed as Minnie Mouse in a leotard, before being ushered into a night of Taylor Swift, crude humor and wet newspaper.

The premise of “Rocky Horror” is simple: Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon), a newly engaged couple from Denton, Ohio, are stranded after their car breaks down. Conveniently, they come across the spooky mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), where they are thrust into a world of science, monsters and sexual liberation. But the Plaza Theatre tests the boundaries of “Rocky Horror.” Concurrent with the run of the film, a group of performers take the stage.The actors are members of Lips Down on Dixie (LDOD), a nonprofit theater company that pushes for inclusion, artistry and authenticity.

They serve as a shadowcast for the film

— somewhat echoing what is seen on screen, somewhat elevating the film’s liberated take on sexual expression.

Though Curry’s performance is almost impossibly excellent, the shadowcast nonetheless elevated the “Rocky Horror” experience. There are some deviations from the film — the shadowcast actors are much younger than the film’s (notably, LDOD only incorporates young adult actors in their performances), and the performers also physically engage the audience.

They urge the audience to leave their seats for the film’s iconic “Time Warp” dance. They spray audience members with water, forcing people to use their newspapers as cover. The show also makes an effort to underscore sexual liberation as a theme, which manifests in a few ways: sensual dancing at the film’s title sequence, partial nudity

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” This phrase has taken on a whole new meaning in the modern era, where love is celebrated in real life and on stage and commonly defies its previous heteronormative confines. Joshua Harmon’s play “Skintight,” which opened at Actor’s Express in Atlanta on Sept. 18, brings audiences up close and personal to the societal taboo of crossgenerational relationships. “Skintight” is anything but subtle, and the play’s unapologetic bluntness makes it a hard pill to swallow at times it places even the most awkward of family exchanges under a microscope. This is directly countered by the comedic undertones throughout the performance. Due to the intimacy of the theater, the fluidity of on-stage interactions and the pacing of transitions, the show resonated both with me and my fellow theatergoers as we laughed, gasped and rolled our eyes together for the duration of the 110-minute play.

“Skintight” follows a New York family reunion after life keeps the relatives apart for a stretch of time. Jodi Isaac (Wendy Melkonian) is recovering from a rough divorce, her 20-year-old son Benjamin Cullen (Jake Berne) is briefly back from studying abroad in Hungary and her father Elliot Issac (Chris Kayser) has a new partner who is 50 years his junior — not to mention that the woman Jodi’s ex-husband left her for is also much younger. What is meant to be a peaceful celebration of Elliot’s 70th birthday turns into an

exposé of the difference between love and lust. As I walked into the theater, I was excited to dive deep into the family tensions that were alluded to in the play’s promotions. The opening scene fully matched those expectations, with relatable characters emoting in ways I could see myself doing with little imagination. Melkonian’s explosive rant displays the leading lady’s perspective on why her life is falling apart, and from the get-go her performance showcases the genius of Harmon’s writing. By establishing the family’s backstory right away and intertwining Jodi’s physical comedy and mannerisms with setting, Harmon is able to focalize the characters’ interactions with one another as the show progresses. Harmon lets the characters shine, building off of the comedic moments he sets up in the beginning to get crowds roaring at joke after joke throughout the show.

It was special to be surrounded by an audience of people touched by issues regarding sexuality while those topics were being explored on stage.

A large portion of the play centers around the family’s Hungarian roots and how men are treated differently for acting more feminine, highlighting the disconnect between Elliot and Benjamin. Harmon effectively comments on the struggles that men sometimes have with being manly and performing masculinity, themes that feel especially relevant considering the evolving idea of masculinity and what it means to be a man. The theater itself fosters a connection between the audience and cast that allows for the

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Boyfriend Brings Her Insightful Rap and Vintage Lingerie to Emory

By Sophia LiBrandi Contributing Writer

A woman dressed in a sequin gown and gloves gracefully twirled around the stage. Then she removed a glove.

Slowly and seductively, she stripped until she was in nothing but her thong and pasties, and, despite her vulnerability, she never lost her aura of elegance and power. Boyfriend, the pro-

vocative, feminist cabaret rapper, took stage at Emory’s Mary Gray Munroe Theater on Sept. 27 and 28 for an event hosted by Theater Emory. Suzannah Powell, who performs under the stage name “Boyfriend,” coined the term “rap-cabaret” to describe her work, which highlights her combination of music and theater. The opening scene set a commanding, relatable and passionate tone for the rest of the show.

Boyfriend demanded the attention of every single person in the room.

Between her vintage lingerie, hair full of curlers and ability to rap at lightning speed, she managed to captivate every single audience member with her music.Boyfriend’s performance perfectly toed the line between concert and theater, blending the two to create something even more powerful.

The show was flooded with stimula-

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watching her perform but also playing a part in the performance.

The artist’s performance was about what it means to be a woman. Her music is angry, raunchy, emotional and incredibly relatable. She sings about everything from sex to equal pay, from menstruation to relationships. Through her undeniably femi-

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Half Alive Delivers Kinetic Concert

By Gaby Blade Contributing Writer

Known for her powerful and soulful voice, Brittany Howard — the lead singer and guitarist of the highly celebrated, Grammy Award-winning band Alabama Shakes — has decided to step away from the group. This should come as no surprise, though, to fans of the talented, young artist, who is the source of much of the band’s unique sound.

Like many artists who break away from their collectives, Howard has a

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tion. Whether it was when Boyfriend walked on stage in a full wedding gown and veil, when she poured champagne directly into the mouth of an audience member or when she held “group therapy” and had the audience scream at the top of their lungs, Boyfriend made the stage her home. Her ability to break the fourth wall and create a more intimate space allowed the audience to feel like they were not only

On Sept. 23, Half Alive offered the crowd at the Masquerade’s Heaven stage something more than a typical concert experience. Half Alive presented a visually cohesive performance that extended beyond musicality to include a rich synthesis of aesthetics and choreography. Frontman Josh Taylor and drummer Brett Kramer founded the California-based band Half Alive in 2016, and the band later expanded to include bassist J Tyler Johnson. Although they released their first EP, “3,” in 2017, it was their single

“still feel.” and its accompanying video that brought them to fame within the alternative rock community.

Noted for its remarkable cinematography and choreography, the successful video propelled the single to NPR’s “All Songs Considered.” Catapulted by the success of their single the band signed with RCA Records in late 2018 and released their debut album, “Now, Not Yet,” in August 2019. Although Half Alive is primarily an indie-pop group, critics have lumped them in with the recent trend toward postgenre music because they draw inspiSee CHOREOgraphy, Page 10

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Boyfriend performs in Emory’s Mary Munroe Theater.

Continued from Page 9 nist music, Boyfriend argues for gender equality and respect. Through its graphic and sexual nature, Boyfriend’s show implicitly challenged the shame that many women feel about their bodies and sexuality. She spun the restricting nature of society into a positive, saying that women should not try to hide themselves. It’s okay

to be explicit and sexual and loud — Boyfriend’s music proclaims that there is no one right way to be a woman.

Most of all, underneath all the theatrics and humor, Boyfriend created an incredibly touching and universal performance. At one point in the show, standing center stage in her bra and underwear, she raised her hands above her head as another performer began to shave her armpits. Boyfriend sang,

Choreography and Color Engage Rock Audience Continued from Page 9 ration from a wide range of styles such as jazz, R&B, soul and gospel.

However, the band’s unique focus on aesthetics sets them apart from other groups. As the band opened with “ok ok?” the first track off of “Now, Not Yet,” they stepped onto a stage awash in chromatic hues.

The lights switched between cool blues and vibrant yellows, oranges, reds and pinks. The bright colors of the band’s wardrobe seemed to mimic the lights, creating a visually cohesive presentation. The audience, comprised largely of college-age kids, seemed to have either consciously or subconsciously imitated the aesthetic of the band, as they wore brightly colored prints and fabrics. Just from the first few moments, it was easy to discern the effects of Taylor’s background in film studies on the performance. The environment of the concert was deeply cinematic, reminiscent of a Wes Anderson set.As the band moved into “RUNAWAY,” the second single off of their latest album, the artistic image presented on stage further developed.

“I don’t need to run away,” Taylor sang with a sense of urgency as he moved into the chorus of the song.

Dance group JA Collective, consisting of Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry, joined the stage; the bodies of Taylor, Johnson and Carberry seemed to meld together. Their intertwined, fluid movements created the illusion of a single body moving as one to the snare drum beats woven within the chorus. These interspersed instances of choreography flowed throughout the set, building a cohesive artistic aura. Half Alive’s set was dominated by these dramatic moments.

Up-tempo songs like “Maybe” and “ice cold.” glittered with sparkly synth breaks and hypnotic beats. The audience’s captivation was undeniable, as they clapped along to the peppy yet sincere chorus of “Pure Gold.” As the intro to the band’s hit single “still feel.” began to play, excitement pulsated throughout the crowd.

“Feeling closer to the stars,” Taylor

sang, stepping back from the mic, giving the audience a chance to sing the rest of the verse back to him: “Outer space.” When the bass dropped into the chorus, it was nearly impossible to hear the earnest voice of Taylor over the chanting of the crowd. Although these theatrical images dominated the concert, Taylor and the band’s lyricism truly shone in the quieter moments. In songs like “The Fall,” the group traded out high-concept dance numbers for a toned-down performance. Taylor sat at the piano and led the audience in a chorus of “oohs” amidst a break in the song. In these moments, Taylor glowed with youthful sincerity, characteristic of the band’s quick rise to fame. In “Aawake at Night,” Taylor crooned, “There must be something more than dreaming,” expressing an existential anxiety that persists throughout many of their songs. Taking a closer look at their lyrics, it comes as no surprise that Half Alive is deeply inspired by Christianity. Songs like “TrusT” grapple with the difficulty of trusting God among the strains of daily life.

The band brought the show to a close with one of their most powerful songs. “Creature,” the final track off of their full-length album, merged striking aesthetics with breathtaking lyricism to produce a stunningly climactic scene. As the song rolled into the outro, the room fell black, lit only by fluorescent orbs on stage. Red hues slowly filled the stage, falling back to black as Taylor sang the last lyric of the song: “Slowly I’m recovering the beauty of discovery.” The only light left on stage was a white orb in Taylor’s hands, which cast a soft glow across his face. This light faded from white to red, and finally the stage was submerged in darkness.

As the crowd began exiting the venue, I realized I had been holding my breath. For the entirety of the event, I had been completely absorbed not only by the music but by the picturesque aesthetics created by the distinctive color scheme and choreography.

— Contact Gaby Blade at gaby.blade@emory.edu

“Why won’t you love me?” a cappella until the shaving was done. The room was silent. She then asked the crowd, “Why do we work so hard to be beautiful?” Amid all the fanfare of the rest of the show, raw moments like this drove home the truth Boyfriend was conveying: the world works hard to tear people down.

Regardless of gender, sexuality, class, race or ability, people are constantly working to fit in. Boyfriend says that we should say no to these constraints and that we should embrace the ugly, the weird and the rejected because that’s what makes us unique.

The show delivered on all accounts.

Perfectly balanced between concert and theater and between humor and humane, Boyfriend brought the audience together and demonstrated the importance of shedding societal expectations and embracing oneself.

As she sang in the final song of her set, “We’re all gonna die someday,” so we might as well unapologetically be ourselves.

— Contact Sophia LiBrandi at sophia.ruth.librandi@emory.edu

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Live Rendition of Cult Classic a Must-See Continued from Page 9 and re-enacting moments of intimacy without the film’s careful censorship.

Most importantly, however, the show offers a stronger comedic presence than the film, incorporating humor in various ways. Actors on stage as well as actors sitting amongst the audience shout derogatory remarks to the actors on screen. The Plaza Theatre mostly forewarns the audience about the potentially offensive nature at the show’s start. Some jokes are simply unestablished quips — for instance, one actor declares that they identify as a Hufflepuff during the show. Some one-liners acknowledge elements of the film: when a coffin appears on screen, an actor suggests that inside it is Taylor Swift’s music career. More common, however, are jokes that play off the film actors’ lines. A character labeling something as an “illusion” is met with performers yelling “like your neck!” — a quip at the actor’s high-

collared suits. But aside from these liberties LDOD takes, the live-action show brilliantly mirrors the film. Lead performer Angel Schmeck presents a somewhat toned-down yet nonetheless emotionally believable performance of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

Costume, makeup and casting are true to the film and reflect attention to detail and professionalism. And when paired with the film’s spooky setting, the show’s comedy and interpretation of sexuality offers a unique, memorable experience as the Halloween season sets in for students. “The Rocky Picture Horror Show” at Plaza Theatre is an enduring Atlanta tradition. The show runs every Friday night at 11:55 p.m. from late September to early December. For those interested in comedy, horror or in simply having a good time, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a definite must-see.

— Contact Kelly Martinez at kelly.martinez@emory.edu

Harmon’s Play Tackles Sex, Family, Beauty

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Continued from Page 9 soft-spoken and quiet moments of the play to shine through just as much as the in-your-face, bold moments. The small, yet packed audience sits just off the stage, forming an L-shape around a modern-style living room with a door leading to the kitchen and a staircase to the upper floors of Elliot’s four-story home. With the furthest audience member being some 50 feet away from the couch that sits center stage, the audience heard every whisper in way that larger theaters cannot

accomplish even with microphones.

The cast’s interactions with their surroundings make the set feel like a genuine home. Whenever Benjamin gets upset, he rushes straight to the foot of the stairs, ready to storm away if further agitated.

Jodi frequently fills the room by pacing through every possible inch of it or curling up on the couch that dominates the stage’s center. Jodi’s interactions with the room drive home how the change brought on her life by her father’s latest lover, Trey (Truman Griffin), affects her. Trey nonchalantly

makes himself at home, forcibly integrating himself into the family despite Jodi’s anger at his presence.

The variable pacing of the show compounds the intimacy of the theater, capitalizing on the audience’s engagement. Harmon’s writing brings the energy of the show from a rapid boil to a simmer with his use of tension between family members, but he never cuts out the heat that allows the show to flourish. The scene transitions are smooth, yet still innovative: the dialogue comes to a natural-sounding end, the lights cut to hot pink and a rhythmic pop song plays, giving the cast time to finish what they are doing and leave the room for the next scene to begin. The movement and rhythm of the show work well, in addition to the play’s intriguing plot. “Skintight” is an excellent example of how comedy can tackle serious topics and break them down to be relatable. An absolute must-see for Emory students, “Skintight” incites engaging thoughts and laughs that do not stop until the very end of the show.

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

Upcoming Howard Goes Solo Arts in ATL, At Emory Continued from Page 9

• Oct. 2, 7 p.m., Atlanta Celebrates Photography festival, SCADshow • Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m., Emory Cinematheque: “Sunset Boulevard,” White Hall 208 • Oct. 3-6, “fence” by Staibdance, Dance Studio, Schwartz Performing Arts Center • Oct. 4-6, 7 p.m., Dooley’s Players: “I am an Emotional Creature,” Harland Cinema, AMUC • Oct. 5, 8 p.m., Garba 2019 Indian Folk Dance Night, Emory Student Center Ballrooms • Oct. 5, 11:55 p.m., Movie Night: “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Plaza Theatre

story to tell that she could not express through the group’s music. However, on her debut LP, “Jaime,” the musician tells a personal tale about her complex relationship with her Southern roots.

Howard named the album after her late sister, who first taught her to play piano, read poetry and who Howard says “shape[d] [her] as a human being.” The record plays with genre in ways that are reminiscent of the 2015 Alabama Shakes album, “Sound & Color.” Perhaps most evident on her single “Stay High,” the similar musicality of Howard’s solo career and previous work can be explained by the fact that her fellow band members played the instruments for the record.

That said, “Jaime” also has a voice that is very specific to Howard herself.

Of the few love songs on the album, “Georgia” is the sharpest. Here, like

other moments on the album, Howard uses lyrical repetition to imbue words with heavier meaning. The hook is a single line — “I just want Georgia to notice me” — which seems to grow more pained as the track continues.

The ending of the song demonstrates what Howard was able to do on this album that she could not with the Shakes, as she uncharacteristically leans on keyboard and synthesized sounds and concludes the track with a final euphoric flourish of instrumentation. Throughout the record, Howard contemplates feelings of longing, anger, frustration, love and jubilance.

The album is an ode to her Alabama upbringing as seen through the eyes of a mixed-race, queer woman.

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— Contact Kamryn Olds at kamryn.olds@emory.edu

Hate Plagues World’s Most Popular Sport Continued from Back Page have allowed such prejudice to thrive in professional soccer.

For one, Europe lacks the diversity of the United States. The entirety of Europe has recently experienced a surge of immigration, sparking xenophobic sentiments and popularizing right-wing extremism in several countries.

Robert Claus, an author and expert on right-wing extremism in soccer, spoke about “hooliganism,” or disorderly fan behavior which often includes racist behavior. Claus said that hooliganism in Germany is mostly found within fans with far-right leanings, and the rightward shift in European politics has only fueled the phenomenon.

Along with Germany, Italy has experienced one of the highest immigration rates in Europe, resulting in nationalistic behavior. Some Italians have spent hundreds of years fiercely attacking outsiders, blaming immigrants for a lack of jobs and an increase in crime rates.

In the realm of soccer, Italy is infamous for groups of rabid fans known as “ultras” which is Italian for “beyond.”

From drug dealing to murder, “ultra” culture is a primal defense of one’s territory akin to “Game of Thrones.” They often cry racist and pro-facist chants in addition to other violent acts with both racist and non-racist motivations.

In 2016, when an “ultra” member killed pedestrian Emmanuel Chidi Namdi, a Nigerian immigrant, ultras sang the killer’s name at each home match in an act of solidarity with the murderer.

Some Italians won’t recognize their behavior as true racism. In 2013, one Hellas Verona fan called his support of Hitler and his use of the n-word, “a dark sense of humor,” a nonchalant sentiment shared by many of his compatriots.

In response to monkey noises directed at Inter Milan forward Romelu Lukaku on Sept. 1, ultra group Curva Nord insisted that racism in Italy is not as bad as other Northern European countries where “racism is a real problem.” In a Facebook post, Curva Nord defended the incident as a sign of respect. This denial and downplay of racism has been common practice for fans who confuse hatred with passion.

Referenced in Rapinoe’s speech, Koulibaly was racially abused by Inter Milan fans in December 2018. Upon hearing the racist insults, Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti repeatedly requested to stop the game for a stadium-wide warning about the chants in accordance with Italian Football Federation policy.

After denying requests, the referee gave Koulibaly a red card for sarcastically applauding his decision.

Unfortunately, Italian officials are notorious for not enforcing the federation’s anti-racism policies.

Thus, another major reason for why racism has remained in soccer is the lack of punitive measures taken as well as the limited intervention of global organizations like FIFA and UEFA. Despite Inter Milan being forced to play the two subsequent games after the Koulibaly incident in an empty stadium, fans were again caught shouting racist chants against A.C. Milan midfielder Franck Kessie in March 2019.

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In response, FIGC issued a flimsy punishment to Inter: a suspended sentence, the closing of one small section of the stadium, to be carried out in one year, with additional racist incidents adding extra sanctions.

Arguably, Italy needs a stronger stand against racism. Regretfully, empty stadiums and future punishment were not enough to discourage racism with Inter Milan, but FIFA seems unwilling to intervene beyond their empty “zero tolerance” policy for racism.

Retired goalkeeper, ESPN FC analyst and anti-racism ambassador Shaka Hislop believes that FIFA’s inability to take a hard line on racism is a major concern, and their commitment to combat racism is lackluster.

“I can remember that not so long ago FIFA instituted a zero tolerance [policy] around racism in [the] sport,” Hislop said. “But then when these incidents occur, they are like, ‘Players shouldn’t walk off the field, and it’s just a minority of fans.’ Whatever happened to zero tolerance?”

Zero tolerance could manifest in added FIFA funding for high tech listening devices and cameras, which have helped to better detect racism and enact harsher punishments in England and France.

But tolerance starts with the fans.

In her speech, Rapinoe referenced the power of fans to enact change.

Importantly, Rapinoe argued that all fans and players, not just those targeted, should be concerned for the welfare of fellow teammates.

“If we really want to have meaningful change, what I think would be most inspiring, is if everyone other than [Sterling] and Koulibaly, if they were as outraged about racism as they were.

If everybody else was that,” Rapinoe said.

Yet, this racism goes beyond professional European soccer and affects all levels of soccer, right down to the college pitch. Emory men’s soccer captain and senior midfielder Jun Tsuru believes that racism in soccer is largely psychological. From his playing experience, Tsuru said that racism often manifests in “trash talk”, from which he learned valuable lessons.

“I am constantly competing, and I have to deal with things like trash talking that involves racism or prejudices against who I am innately,” Tsuru said.

“There is nothing I can do to control it. It might suck at first, but eventually you develop tougher skin. You develop the resilience you need to deal with it and to use that energy to make something productive out of it. At the end of the day, people will say whatever they can to get into each others’ head.”

But professionals like Rapinoe continue to urge fellow players to use their platform to advocate against racism on the pitch.

“That is my ask of everybody,” Rapinoe said. “We have such an incredible opportunity as professional footballers. We have such incredible success. We have incredible platforms.

I ask everyone here, lend your platform to other people, lift other people up. We have a unique opportunity in football different from any other sport.

To use this beautiful game to actually change this world for better.”

— Contact Sammy John at sammy.john@emory.edu

Futcher SWOOP’S Looks to SCOOP Future Continued from Back Page “Heading into this tournament, we didn’t have as many practices,” said Jalakam. “We’re [going to] have more of a practice schedule [and] try and focus on course management, wedge shots and putting.”

“Our players ... made great adjustments from the first tournament.”

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The Eagles will continue their first year of play at the Laurel Valley Invitational at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pa. on Oct. 7 and 8.

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Conduah Confident in Team’s Offense Continued from Back Page man forward Madison Conduah lit the spark in the Eagle’s offense.

After a quick defense to offense transition, Conduah found himself in the box alongside sophomore midfielder Matt Engler and sophomore forward Ethan Cohen.

After a series of quick passes, Cohen sent a through ball, creating enough space for Conduah to find the back corner of the net.

The textbook nature of the shot was no coincidence. Conduah said that in practice, the team has worked on through balls and beating the defense. “[Greiner] has really emphasized the idea for us to find space behind the opposing defenders,” Conduah said.

“It’s something we’ve been getting a lot of reps at, so when the opportunity arose, I felt very comfortable taking it.”

At the end of the half, the Eagles remained up 1-0. But, the Lynx did not roll over in the second half. A Lynx player sent a shot from the corner of the box towards the opposite upper corner of the goal. But, junior goalkeeper Cole Gallagher made a stunning dive to block the shot. The Eagles created more offensive opportunities thanks to a shutout from Emory’s lockdown defense. Senior midfielder Jun Tsuru was dribbling his way through the box trying to score when Lynx freshman defender Maxwell Hughes fouled him, giving Tsuru a penalty kick.

He was then able to fool sophomore goalkeeper Nathan Meglic and put the Eagles up 2-0.

In the 60th minute, sophomore midfielder Will Tichy put the match out of reach for the Lynx.

On a free kick, Tichy curved the ball around a five-man wall and sent it into the far post.

The squad ultimately finished the game with a 3-0 shutout.

Conduah felt that once the offense got started, it became unstoppable.

“We started off a little slow, but once we were able to find the net for the first goal, we knew more goals were to come,” Conduah said.

Greiner also noted that the Eagles will have to improve their defense as conference play begins.

“Moving into the 2nd half of the season, I think it will be important for the individuals to buy in to their roles on the team (positionally, but also in terms of the depth chart),” Greiner wrote. “We definitely need to improve defensively as the next 4 opponents we play are currently regionally ranked teams, and the UAA is super competitive.”

The Eagles look to continue their four-game win streak on the road in their first UAA game on Oct. 5 against the University of Chicago Maroons at 1:30 p.m.

— Contact Jessica Solomon at jessica.solomon@emory.edu

Eagles Down Petrels in 6-game run Continued from Back Page “Coach [McDowell] assured us [that] we know what we are and what we’re capable of,” Wilkins said.

The Eagles sailed through the next two sets, blowing Oglethorpe away with an outstanding .526 hitting percentage that led to a 25-11 win. In the third set, Emory took nine of the last 11 points to complete the three-set sweep with a score of 25-18. Despite the great run of results, Wikins believes the team still has room for improvement.

“We can still develop our consistency,” Wilkins said. “We haven’t been maintaining our dominance throughout sets.”

The hitting quartet of McKnight, Wilkins, junior right-side hitter Leah Saunders and sophomore outside hitter Tara Martin outhit the entire Oglethorpe team with 37 kills between them. Now roughly halfway through the season, McDowell expressed satisfaction with the team’s performance thus far.

“We feel really good about where we are in terms of wins and losses,” McDowell said. “It’s exciting because we still have many areas to improve on.”

Up next, the Eagles will play a home match against Lee University (Tenn.) on Oct. 2.

— Contact Charlie Scruton at charlie.scruton@emory.edu

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No. 1 Emory Keeps Rolling

By Sammy John Senior Staff Writer

By Charlie Scruton Staff Writer

U.S. women’s national team forward Megan Rapinoe’s speech after receiving the Best FIFA Women’s Player 2019 on Sept. 23 took an unexpected twist.

During the ceremony, held in Milan, Italy, which is notorious for its fans’ racism, Rapinoe talked about how she drew inspiration from stories of resilience in the face of racism across the world.

“Some stories that have inspired me this year [are Manchester City forward] Raheem Sterling and [Napoli defender Kalidou] Koulibaly and their incredible performances on the field,” Rapinoe said. “But the way that they have taken on the disgusting racism that they have to face this year, but probably for their whole lives. Those are the stories that inspire me, but admittedly they make me a little sad, a little disappointed.”

Despite FIFA’s efforts to curb racism, the playing field has grown violent. Hate crimes have increased by 47 percent since 2018 in England, the birthplace of soccer. In an interview, 21-year-old star Chelsea F.C. forward Tammy Abraham said that his mother was in tears after learning that her son was racially abused by fans after missing a crucial penalty during the 2019 UEFA Super Cup against Liverpool F.C. Many complex factors

The squad continued to play aggressively, controlling the ball and defending their goal. The Eagles ultimately took home the 2-1 victory while the Tigers accepted their first home loss of the season.

Riding the high of their threegame win streak, the Eagles took on the Lynx on Sunday. Like their game against Sewanee, the Eagles got off to a slow start with no goals from either side for the majority of the first half.

But going into the game, Greiner felt prepared.

“I thought we had a very good warm-up, and I think we started the game a little bit conservative defensively,” Greiner said. “With the heat index, I knew it would be important to rotate players, and I think that is a serious strength with our team.”

However, in the 36th minute, University Athletic Association (UAA) Offensive Player of the Week fresh-

The Emory volleyball team extended its winning streak to six games with a three-set sweep of Oglethorpe University (Ga.) at home on Sept. 26.

The victory takes the Eagles’ overall record to 12-1, good for the national No. 1 ranking. Despite the achievement, Head Coach Jenny McDowell is more concerned with national tournaments and the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship than with national rankings.

“I don’t really look at that stuff,” McDowell said. “All we focus on is [the UAA Championship and NCAA tournament in] November.”

The Eagles started strong against Oglethorpe, taking a commanding 23-18 lead in the first set. Despite needing just two more points to take the first set, the Eagles’ offense stuttered and dropped four straight points.

Through some offense of their own, Oglethorpe took a 25-24 lead and forced a timeout from McDowell. The timeout proved effective, and junior middle hitter Maggie Rimmel produced a setsaving block on the next play. Senior outside hitter Morgan McKnight followed up with two straight kills to take the set for Emory.

Junior middle hitter Finn Wilkins said the timeout was crucial in allowing the team to regain focus.

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Senior midfielder Jun Tsuru navigates the Rhodes College (Tenn.) defense on Sept. 29. Tsuru scored the game-winning goal in the Eagles’ 2-1 win, their fourth straight victory.

Eagles Win Streak Reaches 4

By Jessica Solomon Contributing Writer

Coming off a successful last weekend, the Emory men’s soccer team continued to make strides in their two games this week. On Sept. 25, the Eagles edged out the Sewanee: University of the South (Tenn.) Tigers 2-1.

They added to their three-game win streak on Sept. 29 against the Rhodes College (Tenn.) Lynx with an emphatic 3-0 win.

Head Coach Cory Greiner said it took some time on Wednesday for the team to adapt and find their rhythm.

“I think it took our team a little bit of time to get adjusted to the rain and specifically playing on turf,” Greiner wrote in an interview with the Wheel.

“The field is also much narrower than most of the fields we play on, so it was an adjustment.”

Against Sewanee, both teams went scoreless for the better part of the first

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half, until the 38th minute when Tigers senior forward Ben Vaeth scored off a set piece from senior defender Rhodes Hall.

Despite six shots on goal, compared to the Tigers’ three, the Eagles could not find the back of the net before the end of the first half.

With renewed vigor in the second half, junior forward Nate Sampson powered the ball to the goal in the 53rd minute, only to have it deflected by the Tigers’ junior goalkeeper James Murray. However, freshman midfielder Owen Hallauer secured a successful rebound and tied the game at 1-1.

With a goal under their belts, the Eagles’ offense started to come alive. It wasn’t long after Hallauer’s goal when senior midfielder William Jones capitalized on a scoring opportunity. After a corner kick in the 63rd minute, Jones dribbled through traffic and sent the ball into the lower right corner of the goal. With Jones’ first goal of the season, the Eagles went up 2-1.

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Freshman Pair ITA Title Streak Extends to 20 Years Finish In Top-20

By Jake Warsaw Contributing Writer

By Anirdudh Pidugu Senior Staff Writer The Emory women’s golf team finished No. 7 out of 12 teams in the Montgomery Country Club Women’s Intercollegiate hosted by Huntingdon College (Ala.) on Sep. 28 and 29 at the 5,806-yard, par-72 Montgomery Country Club course.

The team of five freshmen ended the tournament with a total score of 643 strokes (321-322).

The winners, Centre College (Ky.), had a strong first day, shooting 294.

On the second day, Centre shot 18 over par and finished with a total score of 600.

The No. 11 nationally-ranked Methodist University (N.C.) finished just short of Centre with 603 shots (304299). No. 4 Rhodes College (Tenn.) placed third with 604 (305-299).

To round out the rest of the top five, No.13 Washington and Lee University (Va.) recorded a score of 614 (302-312) and No.12 Oglethorpe University (Ga.) finished with 627 (312-315).

Coach Katie Futcher felt that that team was performing well but still had room for improvement, specifi-

cally in how Emory golfers approach their shots.

“I think we can get better at eliminating our silly mistakes and have better course management,” Futcher said. “Our players are aware [of] that, and they made great adjustments from the first tournament.”

Ksheera Jalakam led the Eagles with a total of 151 strokes, good for 11th place overall. Alice Acosta and Jessie Ji had the most birdies for Emory, both recording four.

Ji tied for 17th place with 157 strokes, while Acosta tied for 35th with 164 strokes. Lillian Knetter and Amisha Singh made their collegiate debuts, finishing in 53rd and 58th place, respectively.

Futcher praised the top-20 performances of Jalakam and Ji. “Both of [Jalakam’s and Ji’s] performances were really impressive,” said Futcher. “With the team being so young, those performances are very encouraging.”

Jalakam felt that the team will be able to improve on their start with more practices and further preparation.

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The Emory women’s tennis team continued their strong start to the season at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) South Regional Championships from Sept. 27 to 29 in Rome, Ga., by taking home both the singles and doubles titles.

Freshman Alexa Goetz performed particularly well at the tournament, taking home the singles title and the doubles title with sophomore Christina Watson.

“I was really nervous going in as a freshman,” Goetz said, “I wanted to prove myself to my coaches and my team.”

The first day of the tournament, the Eagles came out strong with 10 players winning their opening matches and advancing to the round of 16.

Junior Sasha Hartje outplayed Rhodes College’s (Tenn.) Lea Letourneau 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 and went on to top North Carolina Wesleyan College’s Jules Johnson via retirement after taking the first set 6-2.

All singles players played strong matches, with eight of the 10 winning in straight sets.

The Eagles also triumphed in doubles, as all five teams made the quar-

terfinals. Sophomore Lauren Yoon and junior Stephanie Taylor nearly swept Piedmont College’s (Ga.) Caroline Connelly and Megan Waldheim 8-1.

Junior Defne Olcay and sophomore Emma Cartledge claimed a hard fought 8-7 (2) victory against Emma Smith and Taylor Sprouse from Sewanee: The University of the South (Tenn.).

The Eagles continued to outplay the competition on the second day of competition. In singles, Goetz bested teammates Hartje 6-0, 6-0 and sophomore Jessica Fatemi 6-2, 6-4, earning Goetz a spot in the semifinals.

Watson defeated the remaining Sewanee players with victories over Morgan Downing 6-1, 6-1 and Smith 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-1.

In doubles, the Eagles claimed the whole bracket, setting the stage for an all-Emory final. Goetz and Watson topped Millsaps College’s (Miss.) Grace Gaskins and Morris Kelly Clayton 8-2 and then went on to eliminate teammates Fatemi and junior Katie Chang 8-2 in the semifinals.

Olcay and Cartledge came out on top after beating Hartje and freshman Stephanie Shulman 8-3, before defeating Yoon and Taylor 8-5, in the semifinals.

The Eagles had the titles all but locked down by the final day of the

tournament. Goetz topped teammate Olcay in the semifinals 6-4, 7-5 before besting Cartledge 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 to extend Emory’s now 18-year tradition of taking home the ITA South singles title.

Goetz continued to dominate the tournament in doubles, teaming up with Watson to beat teammates Olcay and Cartledge 6-0, 6-1, taking home Emory’s 13th consecutive ITA South doubles title.

Assistant Coach Barbora Krtickova was very proud of her team’s success and has high hopes specifically for Goetz. “[Goetz] is a very hard worker,” Krtickova said, “[She] devotes a lot of time to thinking about the game and how she can improve. ... She has a bright future ahead of her.”

Goetz was very proud of her and her team’s performance and is excited for her upcoming season at Emory.

“Overall I just think the whole team should be really proud of their performance,” Goetz said. “I’m looking forward to the next three years.”

The Eagles will play next on Oct. 11 at the Georgia Southern Fall Shootout in Statesboro, Ga.

— Contact Jake Warsaw at jake.warsaw@emory.edu