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Police Record, Page 2

Staff Editorial, Page 6

Arts and Entertainment, Page 9

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 AWARDS

Emory Ranks First in NIH Fellowship Recipients By Lydia O’Neal News Editor

This year, for the first time, Emory had the most graduate students who were awarded National Institute of Health (NIH) Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) predoctoral fellowships than any other university, according to the NIH. “Emory is always striving to be number one in things as much as possible, and we are number one here,” said Anita Corbett, a professor of biochemistry at the School of Medicine, who added that this ranking could aid both graduate student and faculty recruitment efforts. According to Corbett, 50 Emory applicants received the competitive research fellowship — more than the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins University. This is despite the University’s ranking at 14th in total NIH funding, according to the NIH. Each fellow receives a $23,000 stipend, tuition funding and other costs, such as health care, according to the NIH. Together, the Emory fellows won a total of roughly $2 million, around $850,000 of which will go to the University in the form of tuition, according to Corbett. Corbett and biochemistry professor Richard Kahn said this year’s successful rate is due to a grant writing graduate course. After Kahn was “shocked” that there was no formal process for writing grants when we arrived at Emory, he developed a second-year graduate “Hypothesis Design and Scientific Writing” course in 1998 that Corbett now teaches. Before the course, Kahn said, Emory received close to zero fellowships like the Kirschstein NRSA. The course, he said, is “very laborintensive” for both students and professors, requiring students to submit

one writing assignment each week, to think critically of their research projects and to improve their English skills. “The hard work comes not from spitting out 10 to 12 page papers — most of us did that the night before [they were due] as undergraduates,” Kahn said. “This is about writing it, rewriting it, often throwing away what you wrote and then rewriting it multiple times.” Kahn cited one issue with the course that he said he hopes professors will avoid in the future: the temptation to rewrite a student’s grant request for them in the hopes of winning the University some extra funding. “I started this as a student exercise, but too often, the student’s mentor views it as an opportunity to make money,” Kahn said. “One has to constantly point out that this is a class — this is not the NIH.” The course’s success has coincided with a proliferation of NIH grant offerings in the past few years, according to Kahn. With so many more NIH institutions, such as the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Kahn said he expects other institutions to follow Emory’s footsteps in creating a grant writing course. The course is now required for second-year graduate students in the School of Medicine, according to Corbett. Students must write a proposal in the style required for the Kirschstein NRSA fellowship, work closely with a mentor, cover other components of the application process and eventually submit a version of their application. Corbett and six other School of Medicine faculty teach “Hypothesis Design and Scientific Writing.” Kevin Morris, a second-year medical school student and 2015

See FELLOWS, Page 3

SGA Toughens Attendance Policy

EVENT

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Hip hop artist J. Cole performed on McDonough Field on Saturday night as part of this year’s Dooley’s Week. J. Cole’s performance, which was organized by the Student Programming Council (SPC), was opened by Bas, Cozz and Omen.

J. Cole, The Knocks Draw Thousands By Samantha Goodman Staff Writer After much anticipation, hip hop artist J. Cole and house music duo The Knocks brought throngs of Emory students together to close Dooley’s Week with their weekend concerts. Hip hop artist J. Cole was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012 and his most recent album 2014 Forest Hills Drive was his third to

debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The Nu-Disco group The Knocks are an electronic music duo from New York City consisting of Ben Ruttner and James Patterson. They have played alongside numerous top artists, including Ellie Goulding and Diplo, and their 2014 hit song “Classic” has been supported by numerous DJs across the world. Bright lights lit up McDonough Field, and screams of excited students echoed around campus, while students, alumni and guests danced

Doors opened at 7:00 p.m., but students began lining up as early as 4:00 p.m., as SPC advertised that students would be turned away after the concert reached capacity. At John Mulaney’s show on Thursday evening, SPC reached capacity before dismissing more than 100 students. College freshman Emme Luck said she and her friends worried that they would not make it through the gate and decided to get in line around

See DOOLEY’S, Page 4

ENVS Dept. Introduces Minor in Sustainability decision, Donaher wrote in an email to the Wheel. This announcement followed the Students can declare a new addition of an Earth and Atmospheric minor — Sustainability Sciences Sciences (EASC) minor to the (SSC) — in Emory’s Department department’s offerings earlier this of Environmental Sciences (ENVS) spring, according to a Jan. 30 Wheel article. Along with the existing this fall. “One of the big goals of this is to Environmental Sciences minor, the prepare students to be able to under- department now has three minors. stand and have creative solutions Although the minor was initially toward the global challenges we are developed with ENVS students in going to face on this planet,” ENVS mind, Donaher noted the minor is Lecturer and Coordinator of Minors also available for other majors. Shaunna Donaher said. “This would really allow them The minor’s six required courses ... to show that they have a core include an introductory course, a understanding of the science and the methods course, the Service Learning way that it interacts with their social course and three ENVS-approved science backgrounds,” Donaher said. natural and social science electives. To establish the minor, Donaher After the department adminis- and Hall submitted their proposal to trators began to hear about student the Curriculum Committee. interest in the field of sustainabilThey also had to examine whether ity, Senior Lecturer and Director of the ENVS courses already in place in Undergraduate Studies Anne Hall the department were sufficient, or if and current ENVS Professor and for- the development of new courses was mer Chair of the department Lance needed, and found the former to be Gunderson began working on the true, Hall said. minor’s proposal in fall 2013, accordHall noted that the only significant ing to Hall and Donaher. change that will be made for the “This minor allows the opportu- minor is that the Service Learning nity for [students] to really show that course will be taught by a full-time [sustainability] is a true interest and faculty member, ENVS Senior something that they’ve really got a Lecturer John Wegner, instead of background in,” Donaher said. alternating professors. Recent external reviewers from Hall said that as the minor grows, institutions with strong programs in the department will develop new sustainability — such as Stanford courses and increase the availability University and Dartmouth College of the courses. — recommended that the departHall added that the College would ment add the opportunity, which was See SUSTAINABILITY, Page 3 “instrumental” in the department’s

By Annie McGrew News Editor

The 48th Legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) convened on Monday evening for its last legislative session before the newly elected legislators take over and passed two bills to approve funding for a gender-neutral bathroom and to alter its attendance policy.

See BILL, Page 3

to the hip hop and electric sounds coming from the stage. Student Programming Committee (SPC) President Michael Nathin reported that J. Cole attracted approximately 5,000 students and guests to Dooley’s Frolics on Friday night and just under 2,000 to The Knocks’s performance at Dooley’s Ball on Saturday night. J. Cole’s performance featured members from Dreamville, his independent record label, including Bas, Cozz and Omen.

ACADEMICS

By Luke White Senior Staff Writer

College senior and SGA Collegewide Representative Aaron Tucek submitted Bill 48sl26, which proposed that SGA implement a stricter attendance policy for its representatives. The original version of the bill proposed that all representatives have a maximum of four absences per legislative term, after which their status with SGA be at the discretion of the speaker. Representatives who are absent from a meeting are expected to find suitable replacements to take their spots so that SGA can reach quorum. “The idea behind this bill is to take a stab at solving the attendance

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mory’s Indian Cultural Exchange and Rollins Association of South Asian Health hosted Holi 2015 on McDonough Field this Sunday. During the event, students celebrated Holi by listening to music, throwing water ballons and covering themselves and others in color.

LECTURE

Economist Talks Income Inequality By Zak Hudak Managing Editor Gregory Mankiw, former economic advisor for President George W. Bush and Mitt Romney, spoke about tackling income inequality in the United States to a nearly-full 280-seat White Hall auditorium on Friday. “One question to leave with is, what

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makes the typical rich person rich?,” Mankiw said in his lecture “Income Inequality: Facts, Hypotheses and Policy Prescriptions.” “That’s the right versus left debate,”he said. The Robert M. Beren professor of economics at Harvard University served as the 21st chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Bush and as an economic

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advisor to Romney during his 2012 presidential bid. Mankiw authored two introductory economics textbooks and an intermediate one, all of which are widely used by the Emory faculty. He began by discussing the introduction of the working-class ste-

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A&E J. Cole’s energetic

performance, overly short set, not satisfying

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SPORTS Men’s track

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Incoming Class of 2019 admissions numbers ... Friday

NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News

• Following its second bomb threat in two days, Turkish Airlines forced one of its commercial planes heading to Brazil to land in Morocco on Monday but resumed the flight after no explosives were found. A flight attendant had discovered the word “bomb” on a note in the plane’s restroom. • South African comedian Trevor Noah, 31, will replace outgoing “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart later this year. Noah became one of the Comedy Central satirical news show’s correspondents in December. Stewart, 52, has hosted the show for 16 years after taking over for Craig Kilborn in 1999. • A shooting at the gate of the National Security Agency (NSA) campus outside Washington, D.C. left one dead and another severely wounded on Monday morning.

Though officials said the attack was not an act of terrorism, FBI agents were dispatched to the scene, where an unnamed driver rammed a car into the gate. • On Sunday, four days after a gas explosion flattened three buildings in New York City last week, rescue workers uncovered two bodies from a sushi restaurant hit by the blast. Officials continue to investigate the cause of the explosion, which injured 22 people. • Spelman College named Mary Schmidt Campbell, the former dean of New York University’s Tisch School of Arts, its president on Saturday. The historically-black women’s school’s current president, Beverly Tatum, will retire this summer after leading the Atlanta college for 13 years.

— Compiled by News Editor Lydia O’Neal

Corrections • In last Tuesday’s edition of The Emory Wheel, the article “Neustetter’s ‘Light Experiments’ Illuminates Night’ omitted information on the nature of Neustetter’s relationship with the Michael C. Carlos Museum. “Light Experiments” is a part of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art’s exhibition “African Cosmos: Stellar Arts” currently hosted at the Carlos Museum. His work “Chasing Light” is also hosted in this exhibition. Furthermore, a reference to a display of the “final product” in the Carlos Museum was incorrect, for it is not intended to be displayed there. The Wheel reports and corrects all errors published in the newspaper and at emorywheel.com. Please contact Editor-in-Chief Dustin Slade at dustin.slade@emory.edu

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POLICE RECORD

• On March 24 at 3:03 a.m., Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to a call regarding a narcotics violation at Dobbs Hall. According to the Resident Advisor (RA) at the scene, there was a strong odor of marijuana coming from a resident’s room. The resident gave officers permission to search the room. Officers discovered a glass pipe with marijuana residue in it. Officers confiscated the pipe and notified Campus Life. • On March 25 at 11:00a.m., EPD responded to a call regarding a theft at the Oxford Road Building Starbucks. A Georgia Institute of Technology student left her belongings at a table so that she could place an order. A male individual took the student’s laptop while she was placing the order. The individual took off

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running towards the CVS in Emory Village. A witness chased the thief but lost sight of the individual in the vicinity of North Decatur Road and Oxford Road. When officers arrived at the scene, they were unable to locate the individual. The case is currently under investigation.

• On March 25 at 2:40 p.m., EPD received a call regarding a suspicious phone call that a student received. According to the student, an individual posing as an IRS agent told her that she had to pay a $700 bill. The student became weary of the situation and called EPD. The case has been turned over to an investigator. • On March 27 at 1:10 a.m., EPD responded to a call regarding an underage individual under the influ-

ence of alcohol at Turman Hall. The student had been drinking and in the process, she ended up with a laceration on the back of her head. When Emergency Medical Services arrived at the scene they met with the student, who refused transportation to the hospital. The student was allowed to stay in her room. Campus Life was notified. • On March 27 at 6:49 a.m., an individual called EPD saying that there were two large raccoons in her driveway. The caller said she couldn’t leave her house because she is afraid of raccoons. Officers responded to the residence on Gatewood Drive but was unable to locate the animals.

This Week In Emory History April 3, 1958

Four Emory University students, selected based on intellectual ability, character and personality, were awarded Woodrow Wilson National fellowships for graduate study. The students, among 1,000 finalists, would receive $1,400 plus tuition to study at a graduate school in the United States or Canada. New in 1958, 800 more students nationwide received this fellowship due to a $25,000,000 grant from the Ford Foundation.

— Compiled by Asst. Digital Editor Brandon Fuhr

EVENTS AT EMORY

Event: Emory Farmers Market Time: 11 a.m. Location: Cox Bridge Event: Café Chocolat Time: 12 p.m. Location: Callaway N106 Event: Dr. Mario Belloni Time: 2:30 p.m. Location: Emory Center for Ethics, Commons 102 Event: Ostern Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: German House Event: Ethics on the Stage with Pearl Cleage: Blues for an Alabama Sky Time: 7 p.m. Location: Emory Center for Ethics, Commons 102 Event: Lecture: Heaven’s Things in San Art and Folklore Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, Level Three Event: Emory Jazz Combos Time: 8:00 p.m. Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall

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Event: Collective Computation in Biological Communication, Neural Dynamics, & Behavior Speaker Series: Neural Computations Underlying Acoustic Communication in Drosophila Time: 12 p.m. Location: Modern Languages Building Room 201 Event: Public Mental Health Grand Rounds Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: Grace Crum Rollins Bldg., 8th Floor, Rita Anne Rollins Room (RAR) Event: Climate@Emory Seminar: “Assessing Resilience and Governance in Regional Scale Water Basins Facing Climate Change” Time: 4 p.m. Location: White Hall 207 Event: Assessing Resilience and Governance in Regional Scale Water Basins Time: 4 p.m. Location: White Hall 207 Event: In Dialogue: Faculty Conversations with the Provost Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 3rd Floor

Event: International Career Networking Night Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Miller-Ward Alumni House

Event: Laszlo Excalibur Lecture Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall, Level Three Event: Drumline (2002), film screening Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: White Hall 208

THURSDAY Event: Minimizing Surgery for Rectal Cancer Time: 7:00 a.m. Location: Emory University Hospital Auditorium Event: Teaching and the Digital Humanities Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Emory Conference Center Hotel Event: Mittagstisch Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Highland Bakery Event: University Worship Evening Service - Maundy Thursday

Time: 5 p.m. Location: Cannon Chapel Event: Guest Lecture - Reza Shah-Kazemi Time: 5 p.m. Location: White Hall 207 Event: Guided Meditation with Emory Buddhist Club Time: 6 p.m. Location: Cannon Chapel room 106 Event: Queer Students of Color Discussion Group Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Office of LGBT Life, Dobbs University Center 232E Event: Pay for Success Financing Panel Discussion Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Goizueta Business School, Room 301 Event: Marisol, by José Rivera Time: 7 p.m. Location: Marisol, by José Rivera Event: Argentine Tango Music Concert Time: 8 p.m. Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall

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Sustainability Major May Be Possible, Hall Says with prerequisites in ENVS. “Taking those upper level elecevaluate the minor in three to five tives will expose students to a greater years to assess the success of the variety of sustainability concepts,” program as all she wrote. “I anticiCollege departpate that as the minor ments undergo grows, it will also “I anticipate that as the result in more varperiodic review. Hall said a minor grows, it will also ied course offerings SSC major could within the departresult in more varied be a possibility, ment, which would be depending on the course offerings ... which great.” College junior demand and how would be great.” Leo Ragazzo said he the field changes. College senior — Aubrey Tingler, thought the minor would increase accesand ENVS major College senior and ENVS major sibility to the field of Aubrey Tingler sustainability, espewrote in an email cially for students to the Wheel, that she thinks the minor is a good who are not able to commit to the addition because students from other major or do not have the time to take majors will have more access to the classes outside their major. study of sustainability. “I think that’s awesome that Tingler also wrote that she thinks Emory is supporting that,” Ragazzo the existence of the minor may incen- said. tivize students to take courses past — Contact Annie McGrew at the introductory level and courses anne.elizabeth.mcgrew@emory.edu

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Bill Contributes Funds to Construct Gender Neutral Restroom that a proxy attended in their place, graduate representatives argued, they problems that we’ve had all of this should not be punished. session,” Tucek said. “Very consisSGA responded by amending the tently, we’ve had to use proxies just to bill to say that the Speaker of the meet quorum, and this has been a big Legislature would have very broad problem for the Legislature. This bill discretion to excuse members from ... seeks to take very drastic action.” meetings, so that as long as members SGA members engaged in a made reasonable efforts to fulfill their lengthy debate over the bill. Some responsibilities, they would not be questioned whether it was neces- subject to penalties. The amendment sary, and others wondered whether it also gave the speaker the final say would be effective. on whether or not to expel members. “We just have to be logical about Furthermore, SGA included in the [attendance] ... and having some- amendment that the speaker must one keeping track of it,” Goizueta email members who have accrued Business School junior and SGA three or four absences to remind them Junior Representative Luke Bucshon of the attendance policy. Expelled said. “I don’t think it’s something members will have the opportunity to that we necessarily have to enforce appeal their removal during the next harder.” meeting of the Legislature. Several SGA members from gradThe amendment passed by a unanuate school divisions expressed con- imous vote, and the bill passed as cerns about the use of proxies, which well by a vote of 16-3-2. is common throughout SGA but especially prevalent among graduate Gender-Neutral Bathroom student representatives. Some graduate student representaSGA President and College junior tives argued that it was unreason- Jon Darby then submitted Bill 48sl28, able for members to be required to which requested that SGA provide attend every meeting; therefore, as financial support for the construclong as representatives made sure tion of a gender-neutral restroom and

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changing facility within the George W. Woodruff Physical Education Center (WoodPEC). “The reason I wrote this bill is to demonstrate to the student body that this is a cause that SGA cares about,” Darby said. He added that SGA also pushed the amendment “to sort of shame the University because this type of project is something the University as a whole should fund, but they’ve been unwilling to put up money.” The bill proposed that SGA allocate $10,000 to the project, which in total will cost over $100,000 and will be paid for by the WoodPEC. Darby referenced the approval in a University-wide referendum of a recent SGA amendment to remove gender-binary enforcing language from the SGA constitution, and he said that this event showed the widespread support among students for gender inclusion. Darby submitted the SGA gender inclusion amendment, which eliminated all instances of pronouns, such as “he” or “she,” that impose a gender binary. SGA passed the amendment by a two-thirds vote and 65 percent of the student body.

According to Darby, the restroom will be on the first floor of the WoodPEC, and it will include a shower and a changing bench. “If students believe that this is an important cause and are willing to put up their money for it, then the University should do it too,” Darby said. “Our contribution is more than symbolic. We’re investing in inclusion.” SGA members overwhelmingly supported the bill, although many of them questioned why $10,000 was needed to show that SGA was in favor of the move. “By putting this money in, I don’t think we’re making an impact on the construction itself,” Vice President for Finance and College senior Patrick O’Leary said. “We could make this symbolic gesture with a smaller amount of money.” In response to O’Leary’s comment, SGA amended the bill to reflect the majority of SGA members’ desire to change the contribution amount from $10,000 to $5,000. SGA passed both the amendment and the bill.

— Contact Luke White at william.white2@emory.edu

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Kirschstein NRSA fellow who researches genetic causes of intellectual disability, said the course not only helped him attain the fellowship, but also helped him prepare for the qualifying exams. Another fellow, Julia Omotade, who researches brain cell development and neurodegenerative diseases, said her writing style improved after she took the course. “It helps you learn to market your science to a broader audience,” she said. “It showed me how to sell the importance of my science and how to show why I’m uniquely qualified to receive the money.”

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

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Melissa Defrank/Staff (Top Left), Erin Baker/Staff (All other photos)

The Knocks (Top left) performed on Friday and J. Cole (Top and bottom right) performed on Saturday as a part of Dooley’s Week events this weekend. Both events took place at McDonough Field where students flocked to see the artists perform. Audience cheered on J. Cole enthusiastically (Bottom Right).

Dooley’s Week Closes With McDonough Crowd Continued from Page 1 5:30 p.m. “I knew a lot of people were excited to see J. Cole, and we didn’t want to be turned away,” Luck said. SPC ultimately let people into McDonough until the concert ended. J. Cole, who did not begin until 9:30 p.m., played many songs from his most recent album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. He also sang some classic crowd favorites, like “In the Morning” and “Crooked Smile.” The crowd packed into a small portion of the field, everyone trying to get as close to the stage as possible

and huddling together for body heat, as the temperature hovered in the mid-forties. He closed the show with his hit “Power Trip,” a song the whole crowd could sing along to. Long-time J. Cole fan and Goizueta Business School junior Max Levinson said Friday’s concert was his favorite one put on by SPC in his past three years at Emory. “I knew J. Cole would attract a lot of Emory students and people offcampus, but the fact that people were lining up at 4:00 [p.m.] is an indicator of how big of a draw he was,” Levinson said. On Saturday evening, The Knocks

took the stage at McDonough Field for Dooley’s Beach Ball.SPC provided Zaxby’s chicken, pizza and cookies for students in attendance. The duo played their popular singles, such as “Classic” and “Modern Hearts,” as well as remixes of wellknown hits. B-School sophomore Kerry Vance said The Knocks put on a more “intimate” show. “I had a great time dancing with my friends and really enjoyed their remixes of the throwbacks everyone knows,” Vance said.

— Contact Samantha Goodman at samantha.h.goodman@emory.edu

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Former Presidential Economic Advisor Mankiw Breaks Down Income Inequality Continued from Page 1 reotype “Joe the Plumber” during President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Comparing the period between 1947 and 1973 with the period between 1973 and 2005, Mankiw showed that the lowest income groups have faced the greatest decrease in household income growth. Still, the international rate of extreme poverty — referring to those who earn less that $1 a day — has decreased since the 1970s, Mankiw said. While Africa has seen little improvement in the area, East Asia has seen major reductions in extreme poverty, he added. There is only some truth to the theory that income inequality in the U.S. is due to the country’s income inequality, according to Mankiw, who showed a model conveying the positive correlation between child and parent income rank. The model finds that the children of the ultra-rich tend to do slightly worse than their parents while those of the extremely poor tend to do better. Mankiw said that problems in the

data that he uses play a part in his calculations of the country’s economic inequality. For instance, fringe benefits, such as employer-provided health benefits, which have risen since 1960, influence income in ways that skew the data. Mankiw said he believes that income inequality is largely the product of “the race between technology and education,” a hypothesis presented in a book by that title and co-written by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz. He explained that skilled jobs — those performed by highly educated people — produce the greatest economic return. Low-skilled jobs are increasingly less necessary because of technology, while those who work with technology tend to be skilled. Since 1964, the wage gap between varying education levels has reached an all-time high. Moreover, globalization can play a part in extracting unskilled jobs from the Unites States but is not the main factor, Mankiw said. Mankiw turned to economist Sherwin Rosen’s superstar exceptions. As technology increases our access, many of us are willing to pay for the products that experts create.

For instance, actor Robert Downey Jr. may receive a very small portion of the revenue from movie tickets that Americans buy to see Marvel’s “The Avengers.” When tens of millions see the movie, however, Downey makes millions himself, Mankiw said. Additionally, Mankiw offered the women’s movement and assortative mating — in which people gravitate toward potential spouses similar to themselves — as hypotheses for increased income inequality. In the 1960s, he said, women often stopped working when their husbands reached a certain income. Today, while the wealthy may be less likely to marry another member of their social class than they were in the past, Mankiw said similarly intelligent and motivated people tend to end up together now. A top university, he added, takes the first step in filtering out students’ unmotivated and unintelligent potential spouses. “If you want to help inequality, marry a poet,” Mankiw joked. It is unlikely that the country will be able to stop the increase in technology, reverse globalization or alter assortative mating, Mankiw said, adding that it is possible, however, to

increase the supply of skilled workers. He said that this process can begin with improvements at the preschool level as well as more national openness toward skilled immigrants. Additionally, Mankiw proposed an alternative to loans for students who cannot afford a college education. Equity financing, in which someone could fund a student’s education in exchange for a certain percentage of that student’s post-graduation income, would spread the risk of the investment, he said. Rather than addressing the direct causes of income inequality, it can seem easier to treat the symptoms, Mankiw said. “We have to think deeper than Republican versus Democrat tax policies,” he said. The optimal tax system is a normative or subjective economic debate, Mankiw said. The British philosopher Jeremy Bentham proposed utilitarianism — the widely-accepted theory that the moral action is the one from which the greatest good follows, Mankiw said. Still, utilitarianism can be taken too far and has flaws, Mankiw said. “How can we compare different people’s tastes?,” he asked.

Utility for one person may not mean the same thing as utility for another. Moreover, Mankiw described “trolley problems” — hypothetical questions that test the basis of ethical ideals. Utilitarianism, he added, can lead to “tagging” — which is the use of traits other than income in determining taxation. For instance, based on the correlation between height and income, Mankiw created a table of how much one ought to be taxed based on the two variables. According to his calculations, if a 69-inch tall person and a 73-inch person each made $100,000, the taller person would be taxed over $4,000 more. Robert Nozick’s “Anarchy, State and Utopia” can be simplified to say that there are two sorts of “rich guys,” Mankiw said. Good rich guys, such as Downey, create their wealth by benefiting the other members of society. Bad rich guys, like Bernie Madoff, unfairly divert the wealth from those who deserve it. College junior Connor Crum, who attended the lecture, which was hosted by Emory’s economics department, said Mankiw appeared far less

conservative than he had expected. “The thing that really impressed me was how much less conservative than I thought he’d be based on some of the policies he’s implemented,” Crum said. “Also, I heard he was kind of a jerk, but he was funny and very nice.” Still, Crum said he felt that Mankiw’s topic of income inequality missed the mark. “It’s not so much that there’s growing inequality, but growing poverty,” he said. “[Mankiw] didn’t address the root problems of poverty.” Although the questions Mankiw answered at the end of his lecture pushed the event 20 minutes past its planned end time, the auditorium remained full to the end, and students and faculty lined up to speak with the professor one-on-one. “[Mankiw] was very clear, breaking complicated issues to their core in a way that is easy for everyone to understand,” said Hugo Mialon, the director of undergraduate studies in economics at Emory. “No matter which side of the isle you’re on, I think everybody could get something from his talk.”

— Contact Zak Hudak at zhudak@emory.edu

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Swap to Bon Appétit Appropriate, Ethical In light of Emory ending its food service relationship with Sodexo USA and selecting Bon Appétit Management Company, we at the Wheel would like to voice our appreciation both for the group Students and Workers in Solidarity (SWS) and for the University’s Food Service Administration (FSA). The primary focus of SWS since its founding in 2010 has been the treatment of Sodexo workers who are subcontracted by Emory on campus. In 2011, the organization garnered significant attention and media coverage when its members staged a protest against Sodexo on the Quadrangle during graduation setup, which resulted in seven arrests. Ultimately, these protests did not engage with other students as much as current SWS methods. SWS redesigned its efforts to get inform the Emory community of Sodexo’s alleged mistreatment of its workers through open dialogue between students and the University, including a recent discussion in Winship Ballroom last Monday, days before the FSA decided that it would not renew its contract with Sodexo. We commend SWS for being instrumental in raising campus awareness and holding Emory accountable. We wish SWS well in its efforts to negotiate the specifics of the yet-to-be-drawn contract with Bon Appétit. It is troublesome that SWS hasn’t been able to engage Sodexo workers directly on a larger scale. Of course, this was a difficult obstacle to circumvent, for not only are Sodexo workers contractually prohibited from unionizing, but they also cannot voice their opinions as a condition of their employment. Thus, the failure of SWS to sufficiently achieve its self-titled solidarity with workers actually underscores the nature of the problem with Sodexo. We compliment Senior Director for University FSA Dave Furhman and the rest of Emory Dining for their decision not to renew Emory’s food service contract with Sodexo. The Food Advisory Committee at Emory (FACE) has once again demonstrated its commitment to student opinion through its online surveys and monthly meetings. We take very seriously the assurance that no hourly Sodexo employees will lose their jobs as a result of the swap, and we urge Emory Dining to inform these employees of their renewed contracts as expeditiously as possible. Bon Appétit seems like a much better fit for Emory considering its commitment to sustainability, which aligns with the University’s own goals. Its website lists numerous examples of sustainability initiatives that include its recent phasing out of pork raised in gestation crates, its measures not to deplete fish stocks through the use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) and its Low Carbon Diet program designed to address the negative impact that food production can have on climate change, to cite just three noteworthy examples. Bon Appétit is not as large a company as Sodexo, yet its clients include notable names like Starbucks, Target, Lucasfilm Ltd., Twitter, Best Buy and Google. It also serves colleges like Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania. Bon Appétit appears to be a more ethical alternative and a great step forward from our past with Sodexo. We can only hope that Bon Appétit delivers on our expectations and does not become a mere “lesser of two evils.” It would be a shame if, like Sodexo, Bon Appétit is uncooperative with the University in investigating the treatment of its workers. It is very important to us as an ethically engaged community that no force, from outside or within, imposes restrictions on our access to information that might contradict the values of our community. The above staff editorial represents the majority opinion of the Wheel’s editorial board.

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College editorials from across the country The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Safe spaces on college campuses have recently come under scrutiny for discouraging intellectual discussion, even as some students at the University and even UC presidential tickets have advocated for more safe spaces on campus. There can be no doubt that certain safe spaces on campus can serve a positive purpose, especially when acting as judgmentfree zones or havens for marginalized students; however, ones that stigmatize opposing beliefs do not. When a “safe space” becomes synonymous with an environment that works to eradicate controversial viewpoints, it enforces narrowmindedness and undermines learning. Safe spaces should protect people, not ideas— making the world a more just place requires people to engage with both like-minded and dissenting opinions. Invoking safety as an excuse to ban opposing perspectives is entirely counterproductive. Recently, student activists at Northwestern University carried mattresses around campus, using Columbia student Emma Sulkowicz’s tactic not to lobby for an alleged rapist’s expulsion as she did, but instead to protest an article that opposed the ban on studentfaculty relationships, written by Northwestern Professor Laura Kipnis. The students asked administrators to officially condemn the ideas in the article due to “the violence” of its message, and for such a response to be “automatic” in the future. But there was no “violence” in Professor Kipnis’ article, and for students to ask Northwestern to officially and automatically censure her viewpoints is unjustified.

Sadly, the request and protest at Northwestern was also unsurprising, and representative of a dangerous trend on college campuses of using false attacks on safety to shut down provocative opinions; it is a pattern that contradicts the goal and culture of higher learning, which should instead foster intellectual debate. Repressing ideas that students dislike will only leave them ill-equipped for life after college, where ideas roam free. While empathizing with upset peers is important, the purpose of an acceptable safe space should be to provide care, not to facilitate the avoidance of contrary opinions. A recent debate at Brown University about campus sexual assault, which featured speakers of various beliefs, prompted the establishment of a safe space during the debate for those who were potentially troubled by certain aspects of the discussion. The initial purpose of this safe space—to protect students—was laudable; on the other hand, when such a space is appropriated as a shelter against dissenting beliefs, as was the case for some students at Brown, it no longer has value. Students—not their ideas— deserve protection. Places like Room 13, which forgo prejudice and offer tolerance in order to give individuals the opportunity to voice their concerns without fear of judgment, are worthwhile safe spaces. But not all safe spaces are created equal, and some harm more than they help. Colleges that allow students to opt out of conversations involving ideas with which they disagree cannot properly claim that they are promoting the growth of their students or preparing them for the real world. Ultimately, a trend that encourages people to refuse to engage with all but one view of justice is not the way to a just society.

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Eugene Ahn Emory University recently decided not to renew its contract with Sodexo as its primary food service vendor, opting instead to go with Bon Appétit Management Company. This decision came amidst increasing discussion on campus regarding allegations made against Sodexo regarding the company’s supposed treatment of its employees, amongst other things. If everything is to be believed, Sodexo has indeed a lot to answer for: human rights violations, threatening its workers if they should ever unionize, denying them access to health care, the list goes on and on. Emory itself had previously admitted, in a recent labor report, to not being able to determine its employees’ experience with the food service vendor. Also it is interesting that Sodexo is involved in private prison companies — a fact that has been on prominent display throughout campus this past week. While, yes, Sodexo eventually ended its investment on American soil, it continues its involvement with the private prison industry in Europe. All of this is to say, Sodexo had a shaky track record at best; at the very worst, Emory was willfully contracting a company with disturbing policies on employment and work. One can imagine, then, the positive response that came forth with the announcement that Emory University has ended its relationship with Sodexo. As a University that has always purported to serve humanity, severing ties with Sodexo was the longawaited move in the right direction. Also, the University claims that all current Emory food service employees will continue to keep their jobs. In all respects, this was a victory, a step away from its previous hypocrisy and toward a more open and honest platform of operation. So why do I still feel like something is still not right? Don’t get me wrong. While only time can tell whether or not Bon Appétit will repeat Sodexo’s mistakes, getting rid of Sodexo was

the right thing to do. However, I cannot help but wonder how much Emory University, be it the student body or the administration, really cares about the safety of the workers who are employed with companies Emory is involved with. Take Emory’s partnership with Apple, for instance. As one of the three computer contract suppliers for the University, its products are also arguably the most prevalent on the Atlanta undergraduate campus. The vast majority of desktop computers provided by Emory are manufactured by Apple, while in the Tech Store, located in Barnes & Nobles, Apple products are on prominent display. The benefits of having access to their equipment on campus is undeniable, as I am sure most students, myself included, will attest. Yet, just a few short months ago a BBC undercover investigation exposed several violations in a factory that produced Apple products, such as the iPod. Employees there were subjected to mandatory 12-hour shifts and worked over 60 hours a week. The investigation also discovered that raw material from illegal mines in Indonesia, mines that employed children to work in hazardous conditions, may have been used to assemble Apple products. This investigation came just a few years after reports in 2010 that employees in another factory complex were attempting suicide over labor abuses. In fact, the number of suicide attempts had gotten so bad that the entire complex had set up suicide prevention nets surrounding their buildings to catch employees falling to their deaths. Against an international call to answer for these violations, Apple continues to deny these charges and furthermore maintains its relationships with all of the previously mentioned manufacturers. I am a senior, and in my time at Emory I have yet to see a single protest, demonstration or flyer that spoke out against Emory’s continued relationship with Apple. Admittedly, I have only been here a short three years and could have quite possibly missed a rally or call to arms. But as I am sure

that many other students will agree, there has been little to no discussion in regards to the University’s partnership with Apple, especially in comparison with the recent dialogue on Sodexo. Why is that? Both companies have come under attack for the well-documented mistreatment of employees. In fact, Apple’s employment of factories carrying numerous allegations of human rights violations has had arguably larger coverage in recent media than Sodexo ever had. And yet, Apple still remains on campus while Sodexo is leaving next semester. Under such convenient timing too, as its decade long contract was just expiring at the end of this term. One can only guess whether Emory University would have even considered severing ties with Sodexo if the contract had continued onto the next ten years. Really, what sort of victory is that? Yes, by all means, it is definitely a victory for both the students who fought for the decision and the employees who will hopefully benefit from this change, but should we really be congratulating the administration for switching food service vendors when it was finally convenient for them to do so? To return on the original point — we as students should not be blind to the injustices occurring across the world, especially if our purchases encourage these injustices to continue to happen. Yes, it is much easier to get behind a cause when we can put a face to it, and in the case of Sodexo the faces of the food service employees we have all met and interacted with surely played a part in motivating students to fight against Sodexo. But please, do not ignore those who we cannot immediately see. If you claim to truly care about the fate of employees, then perhaps it is time to take notice of Apple’s injustices against its workers. Let us look past the faces we can see to the ones we cannot, because if we choose to be inactive in light of such violations, then we too become hypocrites. Eugene Ahn is a College senior from Raleigh, North Carolina.

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A Problem With Democracy in the United States Alex Chen I wish to speak of the condition of what I consider to be “unfreedom” in modern societies. There are two broad forms under which a society may be considered “unfree” in the modern world: in the first instance, those governments that are generally authoritarian may be regarded as such. They restrict the freedoms of the press, of speech, of the right to peaceful demonstration and such things, and I do not think that this statement is a very controversial one. The second form of this type of society, however, is far more dangerous because its citizens bring unfreedom upon themselves such that it never even enters their minds that they are among the oppressed — it must be remembered that servitude, even when blindly chosen, nevertheless remains servitude. Moreover, this second form of society has been hiding under so lofty a name that I hesitate and shudder at the thought of attacking it, but it is necessary to persevere and follow one’s convictions in matters such as these. This form of society is called the “democratic.” The Athenian conception of democracy was inextricable from their notion of the primacy of speech, for which reason their politicians were literally called “speakers” (οἱ ῥήτορες). The state of freedom is fundamentally distinguished from the state of unfreedom in that in the former, the powers of speaking (λόγος) and of persuasion (πειθώ) are thought to constitute the material out of which political activity is constructed, whereas the state of unfreedom is ruled by means of necessity (ἀνάγκη) and force (βία). The fact we have forgotten, however, of which the Athenians were only too keenly aware, is that the faculty of speech and of persuasion could only function if people were actually heard — it was not sufficient simply to grant them a public forum, but it was moreover necessary to ensure that said public forum was to be regularly populated by a sizeable amount of the polis’ (free) population. In our modern state, we tend to value free speech in abstracto and are content with the mere idea that we are able to voice our opinions, no matter how off center they may seem to be — and, though we are too painfully aware that the right to an opinion does not mean that it must be heard, we reconcile this painful contradiction by finding recourse to the argument that listeners are free to choose who they give ear. Part of this, no doubt, has to do with the fact that our modern culture is, at bottom, a literate one, whereas the Athenians operated in more of an oral culture. For us, it is sufficient to record our opinions in writing, whether we have auditors or not, because the literate culture instills the idea within us

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that our opinions will be preserved for future generations to read, even if nobody should be around to hear them in the present. But in an oral culture, the only way opinions might at all have held influence (or even if they were at all to be preserved) was if they were heard, and then discussed. The master of the house who, in the private sphere, was free to do anything and say anything to his slaves, lived in a condition of unfreedom, because he engaged with the politically voiceless members of society; in expressing his opinion to them, he was expressing his opinion to nobody at all. But in the public sphere, when the Athenian engaged in spoken discourse amongst equals, he was then able to be free, because he both spoke and was heard. Of course, such a democracy can exist only as a product of the social-historical time period out of which the Athenian polis flourished, and it would be beyond foolish to suppose that we might ever again recapture the lofty spirit of those ancient Greeks. But the lessons that they imparted to us Americans in respect to their conception of democracy must never be forgotten, and our ears must be well on their guard, lest they permit us to be cheated by means of such doughty terms as “democracy” or “liberty.”

From the Archive: Earth Day 2005 This article appeared as an editorial in the April 26, 2005 edition of the Wheel. It was written by Steven Stein, a freshman from Los Angeles, California. “We’re finally going to get the bill for the Industrial Age. If the projections are right, it’s going to be a big one: the ecological collapse of the planet.” -Jeremy Rifkin President Bush’s re-election is not going to lead to the ruin of American society. The requirement of an identification beyond an EmoryCard for Georgia voters is not discrimination. And the Iraq War is not an oppressive, imperialist invasion. Much like other forms of liberal activism, the environmental movement has lost its focus and has become overrun by extremist ideology and unfounded concerns. Earth Day 2005, which was held Friday, exemplifies how out of touch environmental liberals are with reality. Earth Day arose in 1970 out of a decadelong fight to bring environmental issues to the forefront of American politics. Earth Day worked because it was a spontaneous, grassroots response to real injustices committed against the environment. Today, Earth Day has become a soapbox upon which every activist with an environmental agenda, valid or not, voices his or her opinion. While many of these opinions are compelling, claims such as that global warming will soon lead to the melting of the polar ice caps are corruptions of the truth. Critics of global warming argue that seven of the 10 warmest years of the 20th century occurred during the 1990s. However, in the 4.5 billion years of this planet’s existence, 10,000 years – let alone 10 – is a small sample size from which to derive theories forecasting worldwide disaster. Environmental scare tactics are not unique to the issue of global warming: Extreme environmentalism has muted the general public’s care for the environment. Earth Day needs to rediscover its focus before it is relegated to the realm of irrelevant national day designations. Earth Day must become a celebration of the often overlooked beauty of our planet, as well as a day in which practical environmental issues are intelligently addressed. One vital issue that merits discussion among environmentalists is the United States’ depen-

dence on foreign oil. After Saudi Arabia, the United States is the second largest producer of oil in the world. The United States, however, is also the largest consumer of oil. Nearly half of the oil used in the United States is imported from the Middle East and from politically unstable nations such as Venezuela and Nigeria. As the astronomical oil prices currently plaguing our country can attest, the slightest political tremors in oil-producing countries can have a detrimental effect on our economy. In order to control our own economic and political fate, we must control our own oil production. To produce more oil, however the United States would have to pursue off-shore drilling in Alaska – a move environmentalists are staunchly against. While the drilling itself would cause minimal harm to the environment, critics fear that spills such as the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster would be catastrophic to the Arctic ecology, and would be difficult to clean up in the icy conditions in Alaska throughout the year. Therefore, I would propose a compromise between environmentalists and their oildrilling opponents. The United States should allow drilling in Alaska, but should require that a 5 percent export tax be added to every barrel of oil. The export tax can be used to ensure the safety of drilling in Alaska and to guarantee that a disaster such as Exxon Valdez is never repeated. The United States could also implement a 5 percent tax on every barrel of oil sold within the United States and then proceed to devote that money to the development and promotion of technology that will lessen America’s dependence on oil altogether. The United States needs to promote hybrid automobiles – some of which lessen gas emissions by more than 50 percent – as well as further research on hydrogen cars and safer nuclear power. We must rediscover the spirit of Earth Day – a frank, yet practical grassroots discussion of environmental problems – and address the legitimate environmental issues plaguing the world. If not, the bill for our inaction will be served to future generations in the form of damage to both the environment and the status of the United States as a world power.

Extreme environmentalism has muted the general public’s care for the environment.

Our American democracy is not a democracy in the true sense, in that it grants us merely the right to speak but not the right to be heard. The root of this problem lies in the fact that our democracy operates within a political framework that has been distorted by virtue of it being constituted in respect of an apparatus of mass politics: a democracy does not and cannot function democratically in a society of masses.

It is a cruel joke for the voter: they are able to choose, but only “either/or.” In such a society, aggregates of individual people form; they compose special interest groups and political parties, and then some of these parties combine to form coalitions and yet greater and more complex organizations, with the result that, in the end, the individual becomes nothing more than a statistic, lost within the sprawling political machine. President James Madison’s argument in

Federalist No. 10, that the effects of “faction” could be reduced by a number of competing local interests, has proven itself false; in many cases, these local interests have themselves been subsumed under the care and oversight of either the “Democratic” or the “Republican” Party. One need only glance briefly at the political make-up of our federal government, or even at the political make-up of our state governments, to see that this is the case: that ideology has been divided with an almost automated efficiency along the harsh lines of red or blue. It is a cruel joke for the voter: they are able to choose, but only “either/or.” They must remain mute if they wish to be heard, and they must be ignored, if they wish to speak. Perhaps the best example of this diminishing of the individual voice may be seen in the role of the Green Party in the 2000 U.S. presidential election. In the election, as I am sure many of you are well aware, Ralph Nader is often alleged (and quite correctly) to have been a “spoiler” who drew votes away from Al Gore that would have otherwise been likely to have won him the election. In this particular instance, because Nader decided to reject the institutional demands of our two-

party system, which would have demanded his silent support of Gore (on account of their sharing more ideological similarities), and went instead to speak wherever he might have been heard, ironically, President George Bush ended up winning the race for the Oval Office. Members of both the Democratic Party and the Green Party were silenced, because one individual decided to speak, not on behalf of one of the two dominant parties, but for the sake of his own convictions. But under what standard are we disposed to regard a society as democratic, if we are punished in the political sphere by speaking in the civic one? Too long in America have we attempted to overwhelm the civic with the political; too long have we attempted to subordinate the fluidity of individual conviction under the heading of the aggregate. At present, the individual’s locus of speech is lost in the party and obscured among the rabble, and though he may prophesize the truth at the top of his lungs, even the incessant hum of our quietest political machines have long since learned to overwhelm the present insubstantiality of human elocution. Alex Chen is a College sophomore from Palo Alto, California.

Yemen: Rebellion Meets Sectarian Strife Hussein Ali The Yemeni situation is, on the contrary to what it seems, not an easy-read political outburst, since it pertains to the socio-cultural foundations of the Yemeni people. We cannot label the political scene involving the Houthis as an insurgency without paying attention to the historical details that ground the situation, the conflict between the South and North and the consequences of the unification of Yemen or the presence of the AQAP (al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula), which controls the other half of the country. The land of Yemen is characterized by a rough political scene where violence reaches its utmost point of intensity; it is also often portrayed as a country where tribes control every decision according to their religious affiliation. The history of that region provides many examples of how the Houthis or the Sunni tribes in the South, for example, have always played significant roles in changing the political environment of the land. In other words, the tribal voice presents itself as a legislative force that approves of any political change in Yemen, giving the tribes themselves the upper hand and the president of the republic the lower hand as it is seen today in the conflict between the recently resigned Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s allies and the Houthis. The Houthis are members of a militant group known as Ansar Allah (Allah’s Victors) that adhere to a branch of Shia’i Islam, known as Zaydi’ism. Its followers, known as Zaydis, make up one third of the Yemeni population. An example of how complex the Yemeni problem is: The deposed, previous president of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh is a Zaydi himself, but throughout his history as the president of the republic he had multiple disagreements and conflicts with the Houthis’ forces. However, earlier this year, a phone call between the leadership of the Houthis and Saleh was leaked. Saleh expressed approval of how the Houthis are slowly seizing control of the country from the hands of Hadi and his allies. On the other hand, Northern Yemen was ruled by the Zaydis for at least 1,000 years, until the establishment of the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) in 1962 by Abdullah al-Sallal. Thus, we can see this as the beginning of a Zaydi rebellion, which could culminate in the 21st century. In the long summer of 2009, the men

of Ansar Allah, represented by a group of Houthis in the Northwestern side of Yemen, led a wave of insurgency against the government of Saleh, marking another wave of violence since the establishment of the YAR. The cause behind this particular wave of violence, as the government of Saleh insisted at that time, was the alleged accusation that the Houthis were kidnapping foreigners in the province of Sa’ada, some of whom were later found dead, and the rest are still missing. The Houthis, led by Abdul Malik Badr alDin al-Houthi, denied such accusations and blamed the Yemeni drug cartels for kidnapping and murdering these foreigners, but the conflict still persisted between the Houthi rebels and the Yemeni army. In October, two months after the first spark of a conflict between the Houthis and the government and its tribal allies, the Houthis — so the story goes — raided a territory in their borders with Saudi Arabia, Saudi territory, which resulted in the Saudi Arabia launching heavy air strikes against the Houthis at their center, starting multiple clashes between the Ansar Allah and Saleh’s forces.

The problem still persists: how can we read this rather complex, political situation ... ? One difficulty that we may come across when we try to analyze the current events in Yemen is the confusion of alliances and rivalries between the many forces involved in the scene. Saleh was an enemy, now an ally to the Houthis; Iran’s connection to the Ansar Allah is now clearer than ever; AQAP and Houthis are fighting each other like archenemies; Saleh’s government, which was supported by the United States since his installment as the president of the republic, is against AQAP; but it seems that the United States had many military encounters against the Houthis, as their leaders suggest. The problem still persists: how can we read this rather complex, political situation that plays an instrumental role in the Middle East? Of course, the answer to this question requires taking sides and choosing allies; one cannot treat this as a problem that will ultimately reach a resolution — it is a crisis that threatens the whole Arab world and that will not see a winner any time soon. Our only concern is that the impending war against the Houthis will take away our

attention from AQAP, which is enjoying a tactical advantage now that the surrounding countries are fighting the Houthis and their allies. The series of “heavy” air strikes, initiated by Saudi Arabia and approved by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the resistance of the Houthis, who are allegedly backed by Hezbollah and Iran, will doubtlessly destabilize the region, both inside and outside of Yemen. The Arabic mainstream media is framing the military intervention as a direct attack against the government of Iran and its allies and the Shia’i expansion in the region. There is, then, a sectarian narrative that cannot be separated from the crisis that we are today facing in Yemen, reminiscent of the oppressive roles that the Salafi extremists played during the conflict that occurred in 2009, when a renowned Saudi Arabian clerk declared that the leader of the majority of Shia, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, was “a great sinner and infidel from a remote corner of Iraq” after the Houthi announced to choose him as their own arbitrator. Another theme that is being implemented by the media, led by Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, is the defeat of the Persianization of the Arabian Peninsula, so it seems. However, it is necessary to point out that these thematic topics have always been present in the mainstream media led by the Dohabased broadcasting channel Al-Jazeera. These aspects of the situation cause the Arabs to be less sympathetic to the problems that Yemen is facing and to ignore the fact that the exiled Yemeni president is losing popular support in his own government. Yemen seems isolated and, geographically, its alleged allies Iran and Hezbollah are distant from the site of the airs strikes. The leadership of the Houthis and its supporters from different political parties have announced a war against the Arab League’s joint armies. The other voice, represented by the deposed president, is already calling for a ceasefire and for the leaderships of Yemen to discuss a resolution with Saudi Arabia and Hadi. One cannot doubt that these events will shape the course that the future of this region will taken; our only concern is whether the air strikes will be effective or ineffective in convincing the Houthis to accept the idea of a truce, or whether the Houthis should listen to the demands of the Arab League, which believes in the legitimacy of Hadi’s claim to the throne. Hussein Ali is a College sophomore from Berkeley, California.

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J. Cole’s Too-Short Concert Filled With Energy ‘Crowned Love’ Raises Trafficking Awareness By Ben Perlmutter Staff Writer

Expectations were high for J. Cole’s performance at “Dooley’s Frolics,” the headline concert for Dooley’s Week, on Friday, March 28. Fans lined up before 5 p.m. to be the first ones into the concert when doors opened up at 7 p.m. When the doors finally did open at 7 p.m. (on the dot), the line had already snaked around the circle outside of the Woodruff Physical Education Center (WoodPEC). Goizueta Business School junior Josh Cowle said that the line “was the longest [he’s] ever seen it.” As guests were let in, they accumulated around the stage, escaping from the brisk weather into the warmth of the crowd. Spirits were high. But as the evening went on and continued to grow colder, the opening acts and J. Cole were still yet to be seen. Fans were beginning to grow restless. Luckily the Student Programing Council (SPC), the organizers of the event, learned their lesson from the fiasco that was Chance the Rapper last year, and did not hand out glow sticks to the crowd. While we cannot be sure that similar near-rioting would have occurred this time, there was certainly a restless atmosphere similar to that of last year. Finally, the opening acts came on stage at 8:30 p.m. The three openers, Omen, Cozz and Bas, were all rappers and members of Dreamville Records, J. Cole’s record label. Omen went first, performing only one song. Then Cozz performed next, giving the crowd a set that consisted of a few songs. Bas, who was the last of the openers, gave the strongest of the opening performances. He had great crowd control, with the crowd waving their hands and

singing the hooks to some of his songs, such as “Fiji Water In My Iron.” Bas gave a rousing performance of “We Made It,” for which he brought a score of Dreamville entou-

Album REview

Arts awards

By Emily Sullivan Staff Writer

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Rapper J. Cole performed at Dooley’s Frolics on McDonough Field. Cole rapped a selection of some of his most popular music.

rage on stage to bounce with him as he rapped. With energies running high after Bas, the crowd eagerly anticipated J. Cole. But, unfortunately, we

were subject to yet another lengthy wait between the openers and the headliner. The crowd was growing restless,

See Headliners, Page 10

“I imagined a bunch of people in a little boat at midnight,” said Georgia Representative Mike Glanton as he recalled his first assumptions about human trafficking and his repulsion with the truth. Each month in Atlanta, 300-500 girls are bought or sold. Additionally, the median age at which children are abused is 9 years old. “What do you do with a 9-yearold baby?” he passionately asked a crowd of about 40 people, all of whom had come to Emory’s Cannon Chapel to generate awareness against trafficking and domestic violence — especially those which occur in and around Atlanta. Human trafficking and abuse occur daily in Atlanta and all over the world, but generally fail to catch the attention of the public. In hopes of ameliorating these issues through raising awareness, Lady Dana Austin and Ms. Brenda Stanley held “Crowned Love: An Evening of the Art and Awareness Against Human Trafficking and Violence” on Saturday, Mar. 28. Austin and Stanley presented a variety of art; each piece shared a message of advocacy and each artist had a story to share. Whenever there’s a social issue, “the arts has often been an avenue through which to get the message across,” Austin said. Both Austin and Stanley share a belief in “integrating the arts with social issues,” exemplified through their successful and cohesive event. After introductions, the program’s hostesses presented a video by trafficking survivor and nonprofit Girls Educational and Mentoring Services

(GEMS) founder Rachel Lloyd. In her video, Lloyd shared her story and connected some of the dots between abuse, trafficking and rescue. She explained that many girls who become caught in “the life” are vulnerable or have experienced past abuse. As DeKalb County Chief Assistant District Attorney Dalia Racine elaborated, many girls act based on the seemingly rational mindset, “if I was a little bit more like [other girls], I could be a little bit less like me.” Racine went on to cite “Pretty Woman” as the film that is most damaging to the collective confidence of girls, causing some to feel unworthy of truly enjoying life. Following the video presentation, Ayo Jones performed a rendition of “The Greatest Love,” accompanied by Darren Ellis on piano. Jones tightly grasped the microphone with both hands as she sang, “Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be.” She then sang an encore of the same song (I had no complaints), while volunteers in purple collected cash donations from the audience members. After Jones’ performance, the abundance of art presentations continued — Stanley presented her original confidencesparking skit, “Sweet Sixteen,” and introduced visual artist Katherine Roundtree, whose work was on display downstairs. Austin and Stanley then presented a spoken word poem named after their organization “Crowned Love,” after which Deidre Pratt discussed her book Worth, filled with girls’ stories. Westwood College’s Dr. Lester Mae Jackson then led a charge to further inspire the crowd: “What do you see when you see a

See Audience, Page 10

Earl Emory Graduate Students Recipients of Emerging Artist Awards Sweatshirt: Incessantly Brooding By Julia Munslow Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor

By Joshua Lehman Contributing Writer Very rarely does an album title capture the pure essence of an artist’s expression. One of these anomalies is Earl Sweatshirt’s I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside, which reflects his apparent impulse to detach from reality. This clear message is furthered by a minimalist album cover and a harsh, raw delivery that spawned Sweatshirt’s cult following. Born Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, Sweatshirt bloomed to stardom as the introverted adolescent sidekick to an exuberant and almost comically arrogant Tyler the Creator. Following an exile to a Samoan school for atrisk boys, Sweatshirt was met with an overwhelming global fan base that resonated with the lyrical sermons of an exasperated teen. The Earl Sweatshirt of 2010 has been cast aside (along with his sootlined garage studio), although I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside pays homage to his original message of defiance. Ordinarily, Sweatshirt’s projects are filled with featured verses and production from members of his label Odd Future. Instead, the ten-track LP features obscure up-and-coming rappers such as Dash, Wiki, Na’kel and Vince Staples. His omission of established artists and inclusion of those who have a more similar style allow for a message much closer to home: a life of conflict with disapproving parents and skating the streets of Santa Monica. One track to highlight is “Faucet,” in which Sweatshirt professes his desire for isolation from his grow-

See Sweatshirt’S, Page 10

While the image of the “starving artist” may be the stereotype that many people picture at the mention of an artistic career, two Emory University graduate students have turned that image on its head, proving that it is possible to find success in the arts. Emory graduate students Meredith Kooi and Amina McIntyre were both selected as recipients of the Emerging Artist Award by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. According to a press release from the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, the award seeks to “recognize talented professional artists living and creating art in the City of Atlanta, with the aim of increasing awareness for their work and furthering their professional development and careers.” The winners received an award of $1,500 each, as well as the opportunity to display their art in an exhibition at the Chastain Arts Center. The exhibit will be free and open to the public, running from April 17 through April 30. Kooi, a student in the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, is a conceptual artist who works in a variety of mediums. Her work has been shown at venues including the High Museum of Art and MINT Gallery. She works as the editor of Radius, a project dealing with experimental radio broadcasts, which is preparing to release a book about the curatorial process. McIntyre, a graduate student in the Candler School of Theology working toward a Master in Divinity, is a playwright who draws inspiration from real life situations. Her plays have been presented by multiple universities, conferences and companies. She holds the position of Managing Director of Karibu Performing Arts, LLC and an apprenticeship at Horizon Theatre Company. Both Kooi and McIntyre were excited and honored to receive the award.

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Artist Meredith Kooi performed in “Radio Movements” for the series Dance Chance Atlanta. Kooi is one of two Emory graduate students who received the Emerging Artist Award.

“I screamed,” McIntyre said in a phone interview with the Wheel of the moment when she found out that she won. While McIntyre has created poetry and fiction throughout her life, she was first drawn to playwriting in a graduate program at Indiana University while working in African American and African Diaspora studies in 2005. “I felt like [playwriting] was the best way [to express the subject]. It would be able to encapsulate all of it.” While McIntyre is most comfortable working with words, Kooi’s creative process as a conceptual artist allows her to work with many different mediums.

Her current focus is installationbased work, which has recently centered around the thickness of space. She hopes that her artwork provokes a feeling of strangeness in her audience that causes people to look at each space in a new way. “[I want it to] lead you to reconsider maybe how you typically experience that space and understand that space,” Kooi said in a phone interview with the Wheel. “[I want to make] the typical unfamiliar to you.” She hopes to include artwork in her dissertation, which is about looking at art installations as a means of understanding the world and its strangeness. “[My dissertation] looks at immer-

sive art installations that use immaterial mediums [including] sound, light or radio,” Kooi explained. “I’m interested in looking at these installations and theorizing them as somehow related to the womb space, and then where that leads in terms of experiencing and understanding.” She believes that art is a powerful means of looking at the world in an incredibly personal way. “I think that any artwork sets up the conditions for inner confrontation,” Kooi said. “That’s super important in different ways of thinking about things in approaching and understanding the world.” Not only has Kooi created multiple pieces of her own artwork in the form

of installations and performances, but she also inspires others in their own creative endeavors. She described one of her proudest moments as when a former student told her that her class affected the student to the point where she wrote about it in application essays. “That felt like a real achievement on my part,” Kooi shared. McIntyre also sees art as a valuable outlet for college students, particularly in a society where there seems to be more emphasis on mastering a certain set of skills. “There’s just more to life than getting a job and being done,” McIntyre said. “I think that the arts can encourage a sense of play.” McIntyre also emphasized the importance of collaboration in the arts. “I love helping other artists do things. There’s no competition in theater for me. There’s competition [in art], but if we’re competing for an award and [if] you win, I’m going to celebrate you.” Both artists’ advice to aspiring artists was to keep going and to stay true to themselves. “You’re constantly making yourself vulnerable to an audience,” Kooi said. “A lot of times [you’ll] get rejected from things.” McIntyre also offered her own words of wisdom. “Be who you are,” McIntyre said. “Don’t try to compare yourself to other people because you’re not other people. You’re you.” Kooi’s future plans include releasing a book and and starting a personal curatorial project. McIntyre intends to write a short play about a family that has to decide whether or not to recommend the death penalty for a relative. Kooi and McIntyre will receive their awards at the Chastain Arts Center on Friday, April 17 at 7 p.m. The event will include an opening of the exhibition, celebration of the awards, a visual arts exhibition, dance performances and readings from the artists.

— Contact Julia Munslow at julia.munslow@emory.edu

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arts & Entertainment

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

album review

Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ a Modern Classic By Abdul Bingahlan Contributing Writer Modern Classic. These two words seem to be thrown around Kendrick Lamar more than any other modern hip-hop artist. Due to his breakout display of lyricism and mastery of flow on his debut album, Section.80, many considered Dr. Dre’s most recent protégé to be equally as skilled, and to ultimately become as widely known as his predecessor: Marshall Mathers (Eminem), a multi-platinum recording artist and both Grammy and Academy Award winner. It was not until Lamar’s universally praised sophomore album, good kid, m.A.A.d city (GKMC), that he truly began to embody those two words: modern classic. GKMC was truly a triumph in storytelling and displayed a return to complex, multisyllabic lyricism in mainstream rap. GKMC’s lead single “Swimming Pools (Drank)” is an anti-abuse anthem under the guise of a bottlepopping club banger. “Poetic Justice” is a treatise on practicing caution with those we love, with the token Drake feature in order to appeal to radio audiences. This album balanced it all, garnering both critical and mainstream success. How could Lamar possibly top the massive crossover appeal and expectations set for his third LP? After about a year of silence, Lamar dropped the lead single, “i,” for his then-unannounced album, To Pimp A Butterfly. Many noted how this jazz-inspired production differed vastly from his

heavily west coast influenced (and Dre-executive produced) sophomore LP and wondered in which direction Lamar’s sound would go for his new album. Over 5 months after “i,” he released “The Blacker The Berry” without notice. A rather significant juxtaposition from the joyous anthem espousing self-love, “Berry” was a gloomy, raw shout from the chains that Lamar felt himself in. While Lamar states “I love myself!” in “i,” the first words out of his mouth in his second single shout “I’m the biggest hypocrite of 2015.” As confused as people may have been about the direction of the album after the first single dropped, the second single provided no further clarity, yet it left one thing on the mind of the audience: whatever Lamar was going to do, they wanted more. To Pimp A Butterfly, Lamar’s third studio album was announced on March 10, 2015, then released five days later. Even from the first song it is clear that the album is a vast departure from anything that Lamar previously released. Jazz and funk influences are rampant throughout Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly. From the synth-laced production by Flying Lotus to the deep, droning bass lines of acclaimed bassist Thundercat featured on the album, Lamar was clearly trying to distance himself from the work that made him so popular. Lamar was trying to change. Change is an extremely prevalent component of this album, be it change in Lamar himself or change that he seeks in both the United States

and the world. To Pimp A Butterfly is as much a statement about Lamar’ own views, as it is representative of the turmoil boiling in the United States over the past few years. The massive unrest in the United States over the deaths of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and countless others is mirrored directly in To Pimp A Butterfly, and turned into almost a rallying cry. Lamar morphs his previous mantra of “HiiPower,” a statement towards self-enlightenment and reflection, into a motto of black power. Lamar continues to communicate the self-love evidenced on the lead single, urging the black community to love themselves, to respect the beauty

Jazz and funk influences are rampant throughout ... To Pimp A Butterfly.

and grace that they all have. He raps that “Black man takin’ no losses” on “King Kunta.” To Pimp A Butterfly is a highly complex piece of art that does not trouble itself with mainstream appeal, sometimes to its own detriment. At times the album may run overly long: at nearly 80 minutes and 16 songs, it is a behemoth to partake in. The album is extremely unfriendly to listen to any song out of context of the LP, as each song is both thematically and contextually dependent on the songs preceding and following it. Lamar begins a poem at the end of the first song that is repeated and

extended line by line as the album progresses from song to song with the last line in the poem foreshadowing the thematic content of the song that follows. It is revealed in the final 12-minute long track “Mortal Man” that Lamar has been reciting the poem to the deceased rapper Tupac Shakur. He then proceeds to interview Shakur, a technical innovation and example of mastery in itself. It is in this interview that Lamar finally provides some context to the somewhat enigmatic title: To Pimp A Butterfly. It is not simply an allusion to the magnum opus of Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird), but rather how Lamar sees the African-American community as a caterpillar in today’s world. Lamar believes that the beauty and grace of his people are stifled by societal constructs and conflict throughout the ages; he believes that their natural elegance and splendor is taken advantage of and “pimped” for the benefit of entertainment. With this conclusion, he not only condemns the vast majority of the hip-hop world, but also himself, truly making him the “biggest hypocrite of 2015.” Is Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly a modern classic? Does he live up to the expectations set by his universally praised good kid, m.A.A.d. city? No matter the answer, Lamar will undoubtedly go down in the annals of history as one of the most accomplished and ambitious rappers of our generation.

— Contact Abdul Bingahlan at abingah@emory.edu

Headliners Solid, Delays Frustrated Students Continued from Page 9 with pockets of explicit chants rising and then falling throughout the crowd, airing grievances against SPC, Emory and J. Cole. If people were not too busy huddling together shivering to keep warm, we might have seen a repeat of the massive chants and boos that the crowd partook in last year when Chance the Rapper was slow to start his set. Finally, J. Cole came out at 9:40 p.m., almost three hours after the doors opened. He opened with “Nobody’s Perfect,” a classic cut from his 2011 freshman album Cole World. The tension that had just gripped the crowd evaporated. McDonough was illuminated by the flashes of guests’ smartphone cameras. Then J. Cole transitioned to his new material, mostly from his new album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. “Wet Dreamz” was a standout performance, with the crowd singing along. I thought it was pretty funny that so many people were singing along to a song about nocturnal emissions — but hey, whatever floats your boat, Emory. “G.O.M.D.” was another standout performance. J. Cole bounced around stage as he sung the chorus (which is certainly not publishable in this newspaper) with a ferocity in his voice. The crowd loved his emotive performance, bouncing around and singing along the entire time. Audience members’ phone camera flashes acted as strobe lights, suitable for this turnt up track.

J. Cole went on from his new material to some of his greatest hits, including “Work Out” and “Crooked Smile,” before concluding with my personal favorite song in his catalog, “Power Trip.” The crowd enthusiastically sang and danced along to these hits. After the song ended, with the sound of its booming, warbled baseline fading into the chatter of the crowd, the lights quickly dimmed to off. The show was over.The show ended at 10:36 p.m. — less than an hour after J. Cole arrived on stage. While J. Cole was a great performer, the brevity of his set and his lateness really undermined what the show could have been. It was a bittersweet performance. I got the sense that J. Cole could not have cared less about this concert. He just came to get his money, play the shortest set possible and leave. Throughout the show, J. Cole sounded great and had great crowd control, making the audience sympathize with him on the sad songs and turn up on the more upbeat songs. The openers were impressive as well. J. Cole is truly a great artist and it certainly showed during his set. When he was spitting, he got the crowd fired up, despite how cold it was outside. But the quality of the performance did not quite make up for how late it started and how short it was. To paraphrase J. Cole: We couldn’t get enough of him, but hey, nobody’s perfect.

— Contact Ben Perlmutter at benjamin.perlmutter@emory.edu

Comedian

Five Things You Need to See (Or Hear) Now That You Love John Mulaney By Jenna Kingsley Special Sections Editor

John Mulaney is, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest comedians of our time. And though he broke my heart by taking a major dump on the Wheel last Thursday in Glenn Memorial (“Why is it called the Wheel? I don’t know if you just saw it, but a hundred people just went *shrug*”), I’m a big enough person to forgive and forget. However, as “one of the greatest comedians of our time,” Mulaney has a much deeper comedy bench than the paltry tricks he performs for us college students. As a self-proclaimed comedy hipster who annoyingly told multiple friends she “liked Mulaney before he came to Emory,” I have, from the kindness of my heart, provided a list of Mulaney’s “greatest hits” — mostly to help new fans discover more of Mulaney’s phenomenal work, but also to prove that I liked him first. “New In Town,” via Netflix: Watch Mulaney’s full stand up special from 2012, “New In Town,” via Netflix, or watch clips on Youtube and Comedy Central.

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“Saturday Night Live” comedian John Mulaney performed at Emory University as part of Dooley’s Week. However,

Mulaney’s ‘greatest hits’ might be found elsewhere.

Highlights include a detailed breakdown of Ice T’s role on “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,” the advantage of having a Jewish

Audience Participation, Poetry Highlighted Continued from Page 9 woman torn, walking down the streets from dusk to dawn looking for a man to pimp or ride giving up her dignity and her pride.”

Although the overall stiatution is ... dire, all artists and organization representatives ... maintained ... optimism. The presentations continued with a short video, “One Billion Rising,” which featured Tim Heintz and Tena Clark’s song “Break The Chain” and choreography originally performed by an anti-trafficking, anti-violence flash mob on Valentine’s Day of 2013. Coordinated by Lori Teague, Director and Associate Professor of Dance, students in Emory’s Dance Department had the opportunity to perform the choreography once again — for the Cannon Chapel audience. Involved with the Dance Department myself, I got to witness the chapel’s energy from the front of the crowd as we started to perform; the audience slowly began to move, clap or do anything that would confirm their presence. The several children in the audience ran to the front, jumping up and down to the music.

The multitude of art mediums and performances made for an effective program that, at the least, introduced a few more people to the severity of trafficking and abuse throughout Atlanta. Various performers and organizations brought faces to their names, including Out of the Darkness, an organization that directly interacts with trafficking victims at weekly events. One of these events is called “Princess Night,” during which volunteers travel to areas where trafficking and prostitution run heavily. On Princess Night, the organization and its volunteers aim to increase victims’ awareness of their options by bringing with them a prayer, a card, a lipgloss with the “Out Of The Darkness” hotline and a rose for the victims. Although the overall situation is simultaneously uncertain and dire, all artists and organization representatives that participated in Saturday’s program maintained a certain optimism. Even Racine, who acknowledged that the smallest factors can yield catastrophic results (“Pretty Woman” and its effect on girls), is confident that law enforcement — and the public — have the “tools in [their] arsenal” to find and to stop those responsible for trafficking and violence.

— Contact Emily Sullivan at emily.sullivan@emory.edu

girlfriend and the innate joy of sitting around and doing nothing. Biggest perk: watching the special in the comfort of your own bed

instead of in a sweaty, unventilated church. “The Top Part,” via Spotify: You can listen to Mulaney’s full

stand up special from 2009, “The Top Part,” via Spotify. It’s the perfect background to any mindless task — cleaning your room, ignoring your roommate, pretending to do work in the library. “Oh, Hello,” series from the “Kroll Show,” via YouTube: If there’s only one thing you watch from this list, make it the “Oh, Hello — Too Much Tuna” skit from Nick Kroll’s “Kroll Show.” Mulaney and Kroll play two elderly New Yorkers — George St. Geegland and Gil Faison — with a prank show on public access television. On their prank show, they surprise their guests by giving them “too much tuna.” And that’s it. It’s a devious, ridiculous and hilarious set of sketches that raises the stakes every time a new plate of tuna is delivered. “Stefon” from “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), via YouTube or NBC. com: Weekend Update’s hottest correspondent? Stefon Meyers. Played by Bill Hader and created by both Hader and Mulaney, Stefon’s legacy as SNL’s New York City correspon-

dent opposite Seth Meyers will never be forgotten. Stefon’s recommendations for NYC nightlife range from the club Crease, where you can find “lights, psychos, Furbies, screaming babies in Mozart wigs and sunburned drifters with soap sud beards to taste” where “the door’s guarded by 10 jacked homeless guys in old-fashioned bathing suits.” Best part of watching? Seeing Hader break on screen after Mulaney changes the cue cards last minute. John Mulaney Radio on Pandora: If you want more Mulaney but there’s nowhere to turn, consider adding a John Mulaney station to your Pandora list. You’ll get to hear classics from “New In Town” and “The Top Part” while also discovering hilarious comedians like Kumail Nanjiani, Chad Daniels, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Patton Oswalt and more. People might wonder why you’re walking around campus with a smirk on your face, but that’s O.K., it’s none of their damn business anyways.

— Contact Jenna Kingsley at jenna.kingsley@emory.edu

Sweatshirt’s New Album Full of Antics, Angst, Cynicism Continued from Page 9 ing fame over a declining guitar riff reminiscent of Hall & Oates’ ballad “Sara Smile.” Sweatshirt’s brash, bitter delivery is coupled perfectly with a set of muffled hard-hitting kicks of a bass drum. He states, “I feel like I’m the only one pressin’ to grow upwards,” which could mean that he is weary of the immaturity associated with Odd Future. This theory holds some truth, as when The Fader magazine asked Tyler the Creator how he felt about Sweatshirt’s signing to Columbia Records, he replied, “We just aren’t as close as we were. It’s kind of weird, but I’m aware and smart enough to know.” Sweatshirt may be becoming more mature and moving away from a forever-mischievous Tyler the Creator, who had been heavily influential in Sweatshirt’s early career. For instance, an example of Tyler’s classic tomfoolery occurred in a 2012 interview with Stephen Smith of “Newsnight,” who posed the question, “What are you saying in your lyrics?” to which Tyler replied, “Nothing, shit to piss old white people off like you.” Sweatshirt reveals in the “Faucet” chorus, “And I don’t know whose house to call home lately/I hope my phone break, let it ring/Toe to toe with the foes/new and old/Basic hoes try to cage him like the po’/When I run, don’t chase me.” His message has become more sophisticated over the last half-

decade, while his physical vocal tone has remained unaltered, aside from a natural deepening from age. Sweatshirt’s early work is flooded with hackneyed expletives that add nothing to the overall work at a semantic level. However, as a whole, his early work represents a blatant lashing out without the means to state it directly. Sweatshirt’s artistic journey moreover may be traced through his acquisition of a vocabulary and greater understanding of his sound in order to better describe his life. The majority of the new album discusses Sweatshirt’s personal issues in detail. The discussion of intimate content seemed uncharacteristic of him until the release of “Chum” off of his 2013 LP Doris, in which Sweatshirt delves into his emotions surrounding the absence of his father growing up, which laid the groundwork for other discussions of anguished sentiment. The discernible “theme song” of the album is rightly titled “Grief,” as it evokes incredibly bleak imagery and was the only single released to promote the album. The instrumental is comprised of a low ominous combination of deepened pitched Erykah Badu hums from her track “Fall In Love (Your Funeral),” topped by a scattered snare line that visualizes the eerie image of tapping on a window. Sweatshirt’s pitch is artificially deepened, and he is heard occasionally muttering indistinguishably behind the lyrics to supplement the bloodcurdling vibe. The lyrics are no more cheery, ringing out, “Lately I’ve been panicking a lot/

Feeling like I’m stranded in a mob/ Scrambling for Xanax out the canister to pop.” The music video, which was released simultaneously with the track, presents a morose Sweatshirt, as we see him alone, angry and resorting to drug use. The inverted black-and-white visuals and use

“And I don’t know whose house to call home lately/I hope my phone break, let it ring/Toe to toe with the foes” — Earl Sweatshirt, in “Faucet” of fire induces an especially sullen mood. A track that fails to facilitate the mood of the album is “Wool,” in which Staples and Sweatshirt humorously explicate their various antics through their lyrics. The fluttering offbeat bass kick drum evokes the image of the deck of a skateboard slamming against a hard concrete surface. This is far from the first time Staples has been accompanied by a Sweatshirt produced beat. Their joint history precedes either of their stardoms, and even extends back to a track on Earl (2010). The nasally, higher tone of Staples contrasts starkly with that of Sweatshirt, which is deep and incredibly pronounced.

Another feature of the track is its lack of refrain, which is common in many Odd Future songs. The usage of a refrain would likely defy the unpolished rough sound that Sweatshirt is looking for. As Sweatshirt told Noisey in their “Inside the Beat” documentary, “I like to keep Vince [Staples] around when I’m writing, cause I think he’s better than me. It makes me try really hard.” One can tell in this track that the two friends are pushing one another to make the best possible verses that they can. “Wool” in its current state makes listeners remember the Sweatshirt who would perform garage-based recordings and freestyles. I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside surfaces a level of angst and cynicism that far exceeds what would seem reasonable from a 21-year-old rap mogul. The surprise release of this 10-track journal entry signals Sweatshirt’s growing relevancy in mainstream media, as the album immediately circulated through the Internet upon its release. For his limited number of record releases, Sweatshirt’s breadth of stardom is astounding. It seems as though the farther he turns inward, rejecting those around him, the greater his cult following grows. If one wants to see the extent to which fans practically idolize Sweatshirt, his tour will stop in Atlanta on April 29 at The Masquerade, featuring guests Staples and Remy Banks. — Contact Joshua Lehman at joshua.evan.lehman@emory.edu

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Sports

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

agle xchange

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Wed 1

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Eagles Hope To Continue Win Streak

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Women’s Tennis

Track & Field

vs. VertKlasse vs. VertKlasse Meeting Meeting All Day All Day High Point, N.C. High Point, N.C.

Baseball Softball

vs. Covenant 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. Lookout Mountain, Ga.

Golf

vs. Sewanee 3 p.m. WoodPEC vs. BirminghamSouthern 7 p.m. Birmingham, Ala.

Wynlakes Spring Classic Time TBD Montgomery. Ala.

men’s Tennis

Fri 3

vs. Columbus State 11 a.m. Columbus, Ga. vs. Huntingdon vs. Huntingdon 7 p.m. 1 p.m. & 4 Montgomery, p.m. Ala. WoodPEC

vs. Berry 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. Mt. Berry, Ga.

vs. BirminghamSouthern 12 p.m. & 2 p.m. WoodPEC

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The women’s tennis team gathers for a huddle before their match. The team will go up against Sewanee: The University of the South (Tenn.) at home on April 2.

Squad to Host Senior Day Against Sewanee Continued from the Back Page

vs. N.C. Wesleyan 3 p.m. Rock Hill, S.C.

Schaengold: Baseball Is an American Staple

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World Series since 1908 and haven’t had a winning record since 2009. This will change because of new manager Joe Maddon, who keeps his teams relaxed with road trips and bought the media a round of drinks at his inaugural press conference. The emergence of Kris Bryant will be a sight to see. He hit .325 with

43 homeruns in the minors last year. Once the Cubs call him up to the majors, I see him having an Abreu type impact. If the Cubs are able to jive with Maddon’s style, we could see a wild card run from them this year. Just hope no Billy Goat or Steve Bartman shows up! — Contact Andrew Schaengold at andrew.schaengold@emory.edu

In the doubles competition, freshman Anna Fuhr played with Satterfield in the first position, losing against Meighan and senior Patricia Kirkland 8-3 in a pro set. Rosen and sophomore Melissa Goodman competed in second doubles, defeating Donnelly and Buell 8-6. Su and freshman Bridget Harding played third doubles, defeating senior Kelsey Vella and freshman Michelle Fleenor 8-2. “I was really impressed with [Harding],” Head Coach Amy Bryant said. “She really stood out in doubles and singles.” In their next match, the Eagles played against the undefeated Williams, losing 6-3. Rosen competed against senior Maria Pylypiv in first singles, losing 6-0 and 6-0. Satterfield once again played second singles, losing 6-2 and 6-1 to freshman Juli Raventos. Su played third

singles, losing to sophomore Linda Shin 7-5 and 6-2. In doubles, Fuhr teamed up with Satterfield in first singles against freshman Julia Cancio and Pylypiv, losing 8-4. Rosen played with Goodman in the second singles position, losing to Raventos and Shin 8-1. Su played with Harding in the third doubles position, securing the team’s only doubles win of the day against senior Rebecca Curran and junior Maya Hart 8-4. “We got pushed around a little bit,” senior Rebecca Siegler said. “We saw where we could get better. Competing against tough teams helps make us tougher, and we are kind of a young team and it’s good we are getting this experience.” In the final match of the weekend, Emory defeated DePauw in a solid 8-1 victory. In the first singles position, Satterfield took over for Rosen, defeating senior Claire Marshall in a super tiebreak 10-2 after the first

two sets split 4-6, 7-6. Su retained her spot at second singles, defeating senior Maggie MacPhail 10-7 in a super tiebreak after the first two sets were split 5-7, 6-0. Goodman played third singles defeating senior Taylor Mahr relatively easily 6-1, 6-0. Fuhr and Satterfield lost against Marshall and MacPhail in first doubles, 9-7. The team of Harding and Su defeated seniors Julie Wittwer and Kaitlin Pickrel 8-6 in the second doubles position. Goodman and Gordon played third doubles defeating Mahr and senior Carolyn Huerth 8-4. “We’re playing well, not perfectly, but well,” Bryant said. “We have a lot of exciting stuff coming up, including Senior Day and a couple tough upcoming matches.” Senior Day will be Tuesday, April 2, against Sewanee: The University of the South (Tenn.) at 3 p.m. at the WoodPEC. — Contact Jacob Spitzer at jacob.alexander.spitzer@emory.edu

with a double and two RBIs, sophomore Hannah Sendel who batted 3-4 with two RBIs and freshmen Ashley Powers who batted 2-3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs. In the bottom of the second, Powers kick-started the offense by hitting her fifth home run of the season, and scoring one run for the team. “I had two strikes on me, so my mindset was to hit anything that came near the strike zone,” Powers said. “I believe I fouled one ball off, let one strike go, and maybe I had a few balls on me. I was ready to hit the next pitch she brought in the strike zone, so I swung with all I could.” By the time the Eagles made it to the fourth inning, they were ready to bring the hammer down on Wesleyan; The squad scored nine runs that inning. Fallahee doubled down the line at the beginning of the inning, bringing Sendel and Scharff home. Powers grounded out to shortstop, but was able to bring home Fallahee. Junior catcher Carter hit a solid single to bring home freshman designated hitter Janelle Turnquest. Senior infielder Brianna Berceau hit a solid RBI single to score the fifth run of the inning. Scharff hit a two run RBI double followed with an RBI by Sendel and Fallahee to bring Emory’s total runs to nine for the inning. With solid defense, Emory gave up only one run in the fifth inning, sealing the game’s fate with a mercy rule with a score of 14-2. The Eagles hope to continue their winning streak as they travel to play against Covenant College (Ga.) today (March 31) at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Lookout Mountain, Ga. — Contact Michael Scheck at michael.scheck@emory.edu

Baseball

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Sophomore Brian Hernandez is up to bat. Hernandez and the Eagles won three games this past weekend against the University of Chicago and LaGrange College (Ga.).

Baseball Overcomes Losing Streak With Three Wins By Joseph Shapiro Staff Writer

After coming off their five-game losing streak, the Emory baseball team won all three games over the weekend, sweeping a doubleheader against the University of Chicago Maroons and a matchup with the LaGrange College (Ga.) Panthers. In the first game against Chicago on Saturday, the Eagles offense exploded for 11 runs on 16 hits, carrying them to an 11-4 victory. Eleven different Eagles had hits in the game, including sophomore third baseman Philip Maldari, who led the way with four hits and three runs batted in. In the first four innings of the game, nine runs were scored and the Eagles held a 6-3 advantage. The fifth inning was the first inning in which neither team scored, but in the bottom of the sixth, the Eagles blew the inning open with five runs, extending their lead to 11-3. The Eagles began the bottom of the inning with a single from junior Ben Vizvary and a double from Maldari. Senior infielder Jordan Selbach followed it up with a single up the middle, scoring both Vizvary and Maldari. A single from sophomore catcher Brian Hernandez drove in Selbach and the Eagles added two more on

a fielder’s choice and sacrifice fly. Senior outfielder Brett Lake added two hits in the game and Vizvary had two more hits as well. Senior right-hander Connor Dillman started on the mound for the Eagles and went six innings, giving up three runs, one earned, and striking out two. In the back end of the doubleheader, the Eagles remained hot at the plate, scoring ten runs on twelve hits and defeating the Maroons by a wide margin of 10-1. On the mound was sophomore left-hander Jackson Weeg who went seven innings, only gave up three hits and one run, and struck out six. The Eagles got on the board right away, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first. The first run came from Maldari’s double which scored senior outfielder Wes Peacock. The Eagles got two more in the fourth with sophomore catcher Chris Young’s single and a sac fly from Peacock. The Eagles added three more in the fifth on a double to left field from Maldari, a single up the middle by Selbach and a bases loaded walk by Peacock. In the top of the sixth, the Maroons finally got on the board with an RBI single to center. Locked in at the plate and sharp on the mound, the Eagles continued

to cruise to a 10-1 victory. Maldari, Peacock, Selbach and Vizvary each drove in two runs, and sophomore catcher Brian Hernandez added two hits and scored three runs. “Jackson’s been unbelievable this year and he’s matured a lot and he’s developed his changeup which has allowed him to pitch deep into games,” pitching coach Connor McGuiness said. On Sunday, against the Panthers, in thrilling high scoring matchup, the Eagles narrowly defeated the Panthers, pulling out a 9-8 victory. Junior infielder Dylan Eisner, Hernandez and Maldari each had three hits. Hernandez’s game-winning single drove home Eisner, securing the victory. Through five innings of play, neither team was able to put any runs on the board, as junior right-hander Paul Merolla and the Panthers’ pitcher senior Tyler Brooks traded zeroes. However, in the sixth, the Panthers finally got the scoring, putting five runs in the top of the inning. After failing to answer in the bottom half of the inning, the Eagles exploded for eight runs in the seventh inning. Doubles from Maldari and sophomore outfielder Wilson Morgan’s doubles each drove in two, and a triple from Selbach scored two, as well. Eisner and Hernandez each added

run-scoring singles. The Panthers scored one more in the top of the eighth and two in the top of the ninth, tying the game at eight. In the bottom of the ninth, Eisner led off with a single and freshman catcher Mitch Kerner drew a one out walk. With two outs, Hernandez singled up the middle scoring Eisner, giving the Eagles a walkoff win. Rebounding from tough losses the previous weekends, the Eagles were able to buckle down and get the job done. “Definitely being in the right mindset helps towards success because you’re going up to the plate with the confidence that you are going to get a hit,” Maldari added. “We were more aggressive [this game] and more comfortable and got into a zone.” With a lot of games still left to play, it’s important that the Eagles stay healthy, according to McGuiness. “Our pitchers have built up their arms early and so they are ready for a long season” McGuiness added. “It’s important to go one game at a time and not to get ahead of ourselves.” Tonight, the Eagles will travel to Birmingham Southern College (Ala.) for a 7 p.m. game. — Contact Joseph Shapiro at joseph.elliott.shapiro@emory.edu

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Senior Stephanie Crane leads a race. Crane and the track and field team will travel to High Point University (N.C.) for their next meet.

Women’s Track Places Second at Classic Continued from the Back Page

team, helping the Eagles claim fifth. “I was pretty happy with my performance,” said Hoberman. “I could have done much better though. I started out shaky with the long jump, but in my best event, the triple jump, I won. I didn’t break any records or have a personal best, but it’s nice to win. Hoberman added that the 4x100 meter relay team was also a bit shaky with the handoffs. He said they weren’t perfect, but they weren’t bad. Sophomore Grant Murphy won the 15,00-meter run with a time of 3:58.21 the seventh fastest mark in NCAA Division III this season. He also won the 4x800 meter relay with a time of 7:56.34. Junior Spencer Koh continued Emory’s winning streak with a 4.21meter pole vault. He also finished second in the javelin throw with a throw of 48.88 meters. Freshman Daniel Pietsch had a very impressive meet, finishing first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.50 seconds, along with an eleventh

place finish in the 200-meter dash. Freshman Phillip Greenfield finished 11th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.25 seconds, 14th in the 200-meter dash and helped the Eagles secure a fifth place finish in the 4x100 meter relay. Junior Jack Siegel also had a solid performance with an eighth place finish in the shot put competition and a 15th place finish in the discus throw. “The team has been doing a great job,” Curtin said. “I can’t remember the last time we had a stronger start to an outdoor season. We have to remember, though, that there is still so much we can improve upon before the [University Athletic Association (UAA)] Championships.” Curtin added that everything the team is doing for the rest of the season is in preparation for the UAA Championships and nationals. Emory will continue the outdoor season on the road for the VertKlasse Meeting, hosted by High Point University (N.C.) on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. — Contact Jacob Spitzer at jacob.alexander.spitzer@emory.edu

Sports The Emory Wheel

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Sports Editor: Elana Cates (elana.cates@emory.edu)

Track & Field

Column

Why You Should Care About Baseball

Andrew Schaengold

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Freshman sprinter Daniel Pietsch competes at the Emory Classic this past weekend. Pietsch and the men’s team won the meet, while the women’s team came in second place.

Men’s Track and Field Wins the Emory Classic By Jacob Spitzer Asst. Sports Editor The Emory men’s track and field team won its second straight meet, while the women’s team came in second this past weekend at the Emory Classic. Freshman Julia Leventhal had a strong meet finishing eleventh in the 100-meter dash, fourth in the 200-

meter dash and helping the Eagles secure sixth place in the 4x100 meter relay. Senior Stephanie Crane had a strong performance, as well, finishing third in the 800-meter run, and fourth in the 4x800 meter relay. Sophomore Erica Goldman finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.21 seconds. Senior Marissa Gogniat continued

Women’s Tennis

her great start to the outdoor season with the only first place win on the women’s team, winning the 5,000meter run with a time of 17:59.91, the 11th fastest time in 2015 by an NCAA Division III athlete. “Marissa [Gogniat] has been the biggest highlight of the outdoor season so far,” Head Coach John Curtin said. “She ran [the 5,000-meter] on her own. She was ahead the entire

time, and didn’t let up. She has really broken out and emerged as a rising star.” Junior Max Hoberman continued his strong year, winning the triple jump event with a distance of 13.45 meters. He also had strong showings in the long jump, finishing 13th, and as a part of the 4×100 meter relay

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Baseball: America’s favorite pastime. Hot dogs and apple pie. You all grew up playing baseball; maybe your dad was even your coach. You played on a team whose name should have been in “Backyard Baseball” — Go Wombats! Maybe you were the kid chasing butterflies in the outfield, but you loved it anyway because at least you got snacks after the game. I was that annoying kid who wanted to play every position at the same time. Baseball has been a passion of mine since I was little, and here are a few reasons why you too should pay attention to this year’s Major League Baseball season: 5. The Up-and-Coming Stars We’ve seen Mike Trout, Yasiel Puig and Bryce Harper electrify baseball recently. Instead of guys who just go “ya-ya” (hit homeruns) we’re now seeing more five-tool players — guys who can do it all: both at the plate and in the field. This year, watch out for these three players — Christian Yelich of the Miami Marlins (Fla.), Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs (Ill.) and Taijuan Walker of the Seattle Mariners (Wash.). 4. The Cubans

Yoenis Cespedes, Puig, Jose Abreu and Aroldis Chapman. Over the last six years, we’ve seen an influx of talent from Cuba and we shouldn’t expect anything less this year. Jorge Soler of the Cubs is my guy to watch this year. He played outstanding in his call up to the show last year (.292 average, 5 home runs, 20 RBIs in 24 games) and won’t be distracted by all the attention that other Cuban stars will be getting because the Cubs are filled with young, exciting talent. 3. The Father-Son/Daughter Moments Go to a game with your dad or grandpa. They grew up loving baseball even more than our generation. Ask them about the Big Red Machine, the Miracle Mets of ‘69, or Hank Aaron breaking the home run record. Ask them how baseball helped America heal after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. One of my best memories from childhood was going to Camden Yards with my dad and brother and seeing a doubleheader that went till 1:30 a.m. when I was 10 years old. 2. Parity! Your team could win it all ... or at least make the playoffs! According to fangraphs.com only two teams are projected to win more than 90 games this year. That leaves four divisions to be decided in the last week of the season and four wildcard spots to battle over. Due to a rise in large local TV contracts, small market teams have more money to spend. Maybe the hapless Houston Astros or San Diego Padres will sneak into the playoffs this year. 1. The Cubs Everyone’s really excited for the Cubbies this year. They haven’t won a

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Softball

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Junior Madison Gordon prepares to hit the ball. Gordon and the Eagles competed in the Fab 5 Tournament this past weekend.

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Tennis Wins Two, Drops Softball Wins Doubleheader at Home One at Fab 5 Tourney Senior Micah Scharff runs past third base as her coach stands close by. Scharff and the Eagles won both of their games this past weekend against Wesleyan University (Conn.).

By Jacob Spitzer Asst. Sports Editor

The women’s tennis team competed in the Fab 5 Tournament this weekend at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., picking up wins against the Washington and Lee University (Va.) Generals and the DePauw University (Ind.) Tigers, but losing to the Williams College (Mass.) Ephs, bringing their record to 11-3 for the season. In the first match of the weekend,

Emory defeated the Generals with a solid 7-2 score. Junior Beatrice Rosen played first singles, beating senior Sonja Meighan in a tough three set match, 6-7 (7-9), 7-5, 7-5. Sophomore Michelle Satterfield fell in the second singles spot against sophomore Brooke Donnelly. Sophomore Katarina Su defeated her opponent in a solid 6-2, 6-1 victory in the third singles division against senior Meghan Buell.

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By Michael Scheck Staff Writer

The Emory softball team played a double header against Wesleyan University (Conn.) this past Saturday, winning the first game with a score of 4-0 and the second with a score of 14-2. The wins extend their overall record to 22-2, and boosted their winning streak to 11 games. In the first game, the Eagles made a statement to the Wesleyan Cardinals with their defensive play and pitching.

Throughout the entirety of the game, the Eagles only gave up one hit to the opposition. Emory’s first run came in the first inning, starting with senior catcher Micah Scharff’s double to left field. Then with two outs, sophomore designated hitter Tara Fallahee’s triple to centerfield became the game winning RBI as Scharff scored. Leading the Eagles on the mound in the first game was junior pitcher Sydney Carpenter. Carpenter, who pitched six out of seven innings in the first game,

faced 22 batters and only allowed four of them to reach home. The win moved Carpenter’s record to 13-0 on the season. At the beginning of the first inning, Carpenter walked Wesleyan freshman center fielder Jessica Fleming, and Wesleyan successfully completed a sacrifice bunt to move her into scoring position. Carpenter then struck out the next two batters, getting her team out of the jam. “Every time I get on the mound, I’m just thinking about getting the

job done for my team,” Carpenter said. “Our defense has been amazingly supportive of the pitchers this year, which has allowed us to throw without hesitation, knowing they’re there to back us up.” The Emory offense dominated the second game, as the Eagles defeated Wesleyan 14-2 over five innings of play. Leading the Eagles on the offensive was Scharff, who batted 3-3 with two doubles and three RBIs, junior Melody Carter who batted 2-3

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