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Police Record, Page 2

Endorsements, Page 7

Crossword Puzzle, Page 8

Student Life, Page 9

Sports, Page 11

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Friday, February 27, 2015 INCLEMENT WEATHER

Emory Closes Wed. Due To “Inclement Weather”

By Annie McGrew Asst. News Editor

The University closed for all of Wednesday, Feb. 25 and until 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26 due to “anticipated severe weather conditions,” according to all-Emory emails from Associate Vice President of Communications and Executive Director of Media Relations Nancy Seideman.

Emory was one of six universities that closed in the Atlanta area on Wednesday, and the City of Atlanta also shut down, according to an online Weather Channel report. According to an article in Decaturish, the City Schools of Decatur, Fulton and DeKalb Counties and the Atlanta Public Schools also closed on Wednesday.

On Thursday, City Schools of Decatur, DeKalb and Fulton counties were also closed due to the forcasted weather, according to another Decaturish article.

According to Seideman’s email, the announcement of the University

closure on Wednesday applied only to the University. Seideman noted that Emory Healthcare (EHC) employees should refer to the EHC intranet and emails from EHC for information regarding operation. On Wednesday morning, EHC tweeted that all EHC hospitals would be running as per usual.

In a Facebook and Twitter post on Wednesday, Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair announced that although the University was closed, Campus Life would be working to take care of students.

The Dobbs Market in the Dobbs University Center (DUC) was open on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Clairmont Campus Student Activity and Academic Center (SAAC) operated under normal hours, but the SAAC dining area closed early at 7 p.m.

Nair also announced that the

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Students Will Vote on Changes to Constitution

By Rupsha Basu News Editor

staff met with ESJP members on Monday morning “to discuss the incident [and] provide them with support, as well as outline options and next steps for their open expression display and bias incident reporting processes.”

A spokeswoman for the EPD declined to comment on the investigation.

College sophomore and ESJP President Jonathan Hussung, College senior Kolia Kroeger, College junior Dina Masri and two other members who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue, assembled the standing display from around

Emory students will participate in a referendum to vote on two amendments to the Student Government Association (SGA) Constitution during the election period, which takes place starting tonight at 8 p.m. and continues until Monday, March 2 at 8 p.m.

The student body was notified about the referendum in an all-student email on behalf of SGA. The email contained the text of the amendment that will appear on the election ballot as well as links to the full texts of both bills that proposed the amendments.

The first amendment proposes a measure of public scrutiny — or the widespread distribution of information to students and the hosting of a public forum — on all matters that the bill describes as “Issues of Significance.” These issues are defined in the amendment as: amendments to the Constitution, changes to bylaws, codes or governing documents concerning the collection or distribution of fees (including the Student Activity Fee) and changes to the manner in which offices are chosen and changes to the number of divisional councils.

The bill was proposed by Elections Board Chair and College junior Reuben Lack. At this past Monday’s SGA meeting, the Legislature unanimously passed the bill with no dissent, meeting the minimum requirement to pass an amendment to the Constitution, which is two-thirds of

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Emory Students for Justice in Palestine constructed a wall referring to Israel as an apartheid state on Sunday. In response to the wall, Jewish student group Hillel erected their own Truth Wall on Tuesday on McDonough Field.

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Decide to Cancel School?

By Annie McGrew Asst. News Editor

Ever wonder how the University decides to close because of the weather? Chief of Staff and director of Customer Relations and Support for Campus Services Karen Salisbury delineates the process.

According to Salisbury, the decision makers are a group of executive and senior leadership members who meet and consider the options of

“delayed opening, early release or closing the University.”

Salisbury added that the meeting to discuss the decision is typically arranged by Senior Administrator for the Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) Sam Shartar, and includes Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Claire Sterk, Executive Vice President of Business

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By Lydia O’Neal Asst. News Editor

At least one perpetrator tore down and ripped apart a display constructed by Emory Students for Justice in Palestine (ESJP) on the Dobbs University Center (DUC) Terraces on Sunday night and Monday morning, according to ESJP members. The display, a wall that referred to Israel as an apartheid state, meant to raise awareness of Israel’s oppression of Palestinian people.

Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair sent an all-Emory students email on Tuesday afternoon detailing the bias incident.

“The destruction of the display

runs counter to our community’s commitment to debate and dialogue,” Nair wrote in the email. “Emory University unequivocally affirms that our community members have the right to open expression without interference.”

The Emory Police Department (EPD) is currently investigating the incident, and the Bias Incident Response Team and Open Expression Committee​“became aware of the incident and responded immediately” after a member of ESJP submitted a Bias Incident Report on Monday, according to Matthew Garrett, the interim senior director of the Division of Campus Life.

Garrett added that Campus Life

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GREEK LIFE

Delta Tau Delta Gains Many New Members

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

CC, SGA Candidates Face Off in Wheel Debates

By Lydia O’Neal Asst. News Editor

By Lydia O’Neal Asst. News Editor A new chapter of Delta Tau Delta (DTD), the newest fraternity colony in the Interfraternity Council (IFC), has amassed 64 members and hopes to have its own house next year, according to members of the fraternity. DTD plans to hold its first meeting next week.

Comparatively, DTD has gained larger amounts of members more quickly than other new fraternities at Emory.

By late November 2012 following its fall revamp that year, Chi Phi’s colony consisted of 26 members.

(Editor’s Note: Student Life Editor Stephen Fowler is a founding member of DTD.) The fraternity’s international headquarters suspended Emory’s chapter of DTD in 2008 due to a “steady decrease in membership, failure to submit paperwork for Emory’s Greek Life Advancement Program and the chapter’s low chance of becoming nationally accredited,” according to a 2008 article in the Wheel.

IFC member organizations voted on Sept. 22, 2014 to approve the fra-

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ollege senior Phil Winkle gave the audience a taste of his poetry at the Emory Arts Showcase, an annual event that occurred on Friday, Feb. 20. The event featured performing and visual artists, such as hip-hop dance group Adrenaline and a cappella group No Strings Attached.

PANEL

University Panelists Discuss Disability Rights

By Annie McGrew Asst. News Editor

A panel of university professors, including Emory Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie, discussed the human rights of those with disabilities at a panel on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 24).

Rushdie, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University Eva Kittay and Emory English Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Benjamin Reiss comprised the panel, titled

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“Disability Rights as Human Rights.”

More than 100 faculty and students attended the panel, held in White Hall.

The planning for this event has been ongoing since early fall in order to occur during the week-long visit of Kittay, according to GarlandThomson. However, when she and colleague Reiss realized that Kittay’s stay would compete with Rushdie’s final visit as University Distinguished Professor at Emory, they recognized the opportunity for “expanded dialogue.”

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The discussion centered around human rights and how disability figures into that equation, drawing on Kittay, Garland-Thomson and Reiss’s experiences in disability studies and Rushdie’s experience as an advocate for human rights and as a novelist.

This event was co-sponsored by Emory’s New Leaders/New Thinkers Fund, the Hightower Fund, the Center for Ethics, the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality

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Presidential and vice presidential Student Government Association (SGA) and College Council (CC) candidates discussed their visions for their respective governing bodies at the annual Wheel Debates in White Hall on Tuesday night.

SGA and CC elections open Friday, Feb. 26, and close Monday, March 2.

Throughout the event, members of the audience of around 30 students could also tweet questions with the hashtag #wheeldebates.

CC Vice President CC vice presidential candidate and College junior Sheena Desai was the first candidate to answer questions from Editor-in-Chief elect Dustin Slade. Desai is running unopposed.

Desai previously served as freshman legislator and vice president of Student Affairs, and said in her opening statement that, if elected, she would work to “bridge collaboration between organizations on campus that wouldn’t necessarily collaborate.”

Desai said that she believed the biggest issue faced by CC is legislators’ tendencies to lose sight of their own initiatives.

“A lot of times, it’s hard to keep everyone engaged,” Desai said, adding that the Council’s budget often occupies much of the legislators’ attention. “The biggest challenge has been focusing on those smaller

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In her closing statement Desai said that it had been her primary goal for the year to come was “to keep you guys well-connected to the administration.”

CC President Next, CC presidential candidates College junior Goldy TenreiroBraschi and College junior Alyssa Weinstein took a seat on the stage.

When asked what she thought was the biggest issue on campus, Weinstein, who serves as CC vice president and was previously sophomore legislator, cited students’ tendencies to remain within their own particular club without branching out.

Students deeply involved in cultural groups and organizations “don’t often go outside the bounds of those groups” she said.

Tenreiro-Braschi, who previously served as CC’s vice president ofProgramming, said she thought the biggest problem on campus was “a lack of community and diversity.”

“Sometimes we get super involved in our own organizations, so there’s sometimes not an opportunity to get involved with other clubs,” TenreiroBraschi said. She added, citing the Indian Cultural Exchange as an example of a club that stays within its own cultural boundaries, “just because you’re [of] a certain ethnicity, like [those involved in] ICE, doesn’t mean that at the end of the

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NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News • A United Nations Security Council report released Wednesday accused former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh of amassing $30 to $62 billion worth of assets, spread between accounts in 20 countries under various names, during and after his 33-year incumbency. Saleh denied the corruption allegations.

• Paris police arrested three Al-Jazeera journalists Wednesday for flying drones over the parts of the city without a license, which is illegal.

There were five reported sightings of the drones between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 2 a.m Wednesday.

• The Federal Bureau investigation arrested three foreign men in New York accused of trying to join the Islamic State militant group on Wednesday. Uzbekistani citizens Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, and Abror Habibov, 30, and Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, of Kazakhstan were arrested after the latter tried to board a flight to Istanbul from the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.

use of the drug in a November referendum, which voters overwhelmingly approved. Washington D.C. joins Colorado, Washington State and Alaska as areas of the U.S. that permit recreational marijuana use.

• Georgia Governor Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency due to weather conditions on Wednesday afternoon after a winter storm warning for 50 Georgia counties took effect. In a statement, Deal said he hoped to keep commuters home, despite forecasts of above-freezing temperatures for the day’s entirety.

• The execution of Kelly Gissendaner, the first woman to be put to death by the state of Georgia in nearly 70 years, has been delayed to March 3 due to weather conditions.

Gissendaner, who was sentenced to death in 1998 for plotting to murder her husband in 1996, was denied clemency on Wednesday, her original execution date.

— Compiled by Asst. News Editor Lydia O’Neal

• Washington, D.C. residents over age 21 could legally smoke marijuana as of midnight on Thursday. The district legalized private recreational

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• On Feb. 19 between 4:20 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to a call regarding a theft on Haygood Drive. A female individual was driving a male individual in her car, when the male took $50 from her purse and jumped out of the car. Neither of the individuals is associated with the University. Officers responded to the scene and located the male individual but were unable to locate the money.

Officers took a statement from the man and told the woman how she could pursue additional charges.

• On Feb. 19 at 9 p.m., EPD responded to a call regarding a theft at the American Cancer Society Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge. A 2015 Ford truck’s passenger window was

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shattered, and bags were removed from the backseat. The owner of the truck did not report the theft because he was late for an appointment. There are no suspects at this time, and the case has been turned over to an investigator.

• On Feb. 20 at 10:30 a.m., EPD responded to a call regarding a student receiving numerous harassing phone calls. The female student receiving the calls said that she knew the caller. EPD contacted Campus Life to provide additional services to the student. The case was turned over to an investigator.

• On Feb. 22 at 12:22 a.m., EPD responded to a call regarding an underage individual under the influ-

ence of alcohol inside the Woodruff Memorial Building. The caller became concerned when an individual went in the building to use the restroom and didn’t come out for 15 minutes. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the individual passed out in the restroom.

Emory Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and an ambulance arrived and transported the individual to Emory University Hospital.

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that room. A resident of the building called EPD. Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) arrived and made sure the individual was not in danger. After determining that the individual did not need transport to the hospital, he was reunited with his sister. ​

— Compiled by Senior Staff and Crime Beat Writer Brandon Fuhr

• On Feb. 22 at 4:17 a.m., EPD responded to a call regarding an underage individual under the influence of alcohol. A visitor to the University who was visiting his sister in Harris residence hall, tried to enter the wrong room and was continuously knocking on the door to

EVENTS AT EMORY FRIDAY Event: The Transformation of Teaching and Learning in the Life Sciences at Harvard Time: 9 a.m.

Location: Rita Anne Rollins Room, Grace Crum Rollins Building Event: Chemistry Week: Study Abroad Celebration and Info Session Time: 12 p.m.

Location: Atwood 316 Event: Dr. Rodney Priestley — Confined Glassy Properties and Constrained Volume Processing of Polymer Nanoparticles Time: 2:30 p.m.

Location: Mathematics and Science Center E300 Event: The Digital Evolution of the University Time: 4 p.m.

Location: Rita Anne Rollins Room, Grace Crum Rollins Building Event: Srebrenica: A Cry From the Grave Ethics, Human Rights and the Environment movie series Time: 5:30 p.m.

Location: Center for Ethics 102 Event: Into the Heartland of the Ordinary: Seamus Heaney, Thomas Hardy, and the Divided Tradition of

Modern and Contemporary Poetry Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Woodruff Library Jones Room

Event: LGBTQ Study Abroad Night Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Candler Library 114 Event: Annual Samothrace Lecture Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall

SATURDAY Event: Food Insecurity: A Challenge to Faith Communities Time: 11 a.m.

Location: Rita Anne Rollins Building 252

Event: “Therapeutic Development for Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies using Viral Mediated Gene Replacement” Time: 4 p.m.

Location: Whitehead Biomedical Research Building 400 Event: Tribute to John Berryman Time: 4 p.m.

Location: Emory Barnes and Noble Event: Trans-forming Gender Discussion Group Time: 5 p.m.

Location: Office of LGBT Life, 232E DUC Event: Erika Hibbert Artist Talk Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Center for Ethics 102

Event: Rapid HIV Testing Time: 11 a.m.

Location: DUC Coke Commons

Event: Bisexual/Pansexual Discussion Group Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Office of LGBT Life, 232E DUC

Event: Sustainability Office Hours With Emily Cumbie-Drake Time: 12 p.m.

Location: Few Hall Drop-In Space

Event: “Jump” (1965), Film Screening Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: White Hall 208

Event: Open TED Talk Mini Film Festival Time: 3 p.m.

Location: Woodruff Library Jones Room

SUNDAY Event: Financing Long Term Care Time: 12 p.m.

Location: School of Public Health, Rita Anna Rollins Room Event: Sterol and Nonsterol Signals Regulating ERAD of HMG CoA Reductase Time: 12:15 p.m.

Location: Whitehead Building, Ground Floor Auditorium Event: Chemistry Week: Atwood Addition Tours Time: 2 p.m.

Location: Atwood Chemistry Center Event: AntiquiTEA Time: 4 p.m.

Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall Event: Chemistry Week: ChEmory Annual Demo Show Time: 5:30 p.m.

Location: MSC E208 Event: Linguistics Circle Film Festival — “The Linguists” Time: 5:30 p.m.

Location: White Hall 205 Event: Jazz on the Green Time: 6 p.m.

Location: Patterson Green, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

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English Professor Benjamin Reiss, Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University Eva Kittay, University Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie and English Professor Rosemarie Garland-Thomson participate in a panel titled “Disability Rights as Human Rights.”

Defining Humanity Can Result in Exclusion From Rights for Some, Kittay Says a concept of humanity that is more inclusive.

Studies department.

“As soon as you start giving a defiAt the start of the conversation, nition of the human in terms of a set Reiss noted the timely nature of the of capacities, you wind up excluding discussion, since this year marks the some who don’t have those capaci25th anniversary of ties,” Kittay said, the Americans with citing her daughter, who has cognitive Disabilities Act, “As soon as you start disabilities as an which was signed giving a definition of example. “I don’t into law in 1990.

The Act prohibits human ... you wind up know if she has the discrimination and ability to reason, excluding some who guarantees that peobut she is certainly don’t have those ple with disabilities human.” have equal opporReiss then shiftcapacities.” tunities as all other ed the discussion Americans. to language used in — Eva Kittay, Reiss began the the United Nations’ professor of Philosophy, Stony Convention on the discussion by askBrook University Rights of Persons ing what the word “human” means in with Disabilities, the context of disnoting use of the ability rights. term “autonomy” in the Convention.

“I want to focus on the first part He also cited Rushdie’s lecture, of that word, [human rights],” Reiss “The Liberty Instinct,” at Emory last said. “Because people with certain Sunday where Rushdie said, “We are kinds of disability have been con- autonomous individuals, and we want sidered not fully human and thus not to practice our autonomy.” covered by human rights.”

Reiss asked the panelists what the Rushdie responded to this empha- term autonomy means to them. sizing that “if there are such rights, Rushdie responded, citing the way they must derive from human nature.” autonomy is dealt with in literature.

“That’s true whether one is disIn order to write any kind of story abled or not,” Rushdie said. you have to have an understanding Kittay expressed her desire for of the characters as distinct cells,

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Rushdie said. “Without self-con- in such a negative sense. sciousness, it is very difficult for a Garland-Thomson expanded on writer to make anyone alive on the the idea of dependency stating that all page.” Garland-Thomson, who also humans are dependent and have the teaches courses in bioethics, brought need for a supportive environment. up the difficulty of autonomy in many “The main difference between medical decisions. people with disabilities and what we “Autonomy imagines a capacity might call able-bodied people is that to express one’s will, desire, wish- the able-bodied live in an environes,” she said. “This is complicated ment that is built to support them,” because often times the subjects who Garland-Thomson said. are involved, whose autonomy is First-year English Ph.D. student sought in medical decision-making, Amy Li, who attended the lecture, are disabled.” said she thought Kittay called the conversation on autonomy a autonomy and agen“[Rushdie’s] input cy was an interest“demanding term,” provided a literary and ing topic, “considsaying that although social context to some ering what those autonomy implies of the more abstract two words mean self-rule, “most of and in conjunction us, even in our best concepts ...” with the label of moments have trouble with self-rule.” what it means to be — Zachary Issenberg, human.”

She expressed her College sophomore wish for a shift in College sophomore Zachary language, displacing autonomy with Issenberg said that “agency.” She cited at the beginning self-determination and self-sufficien- of the lecture, Rushdie’s presence cy as integral parts of autonomy. seemed somewhat forced but that, “Self-sufficiency is a myth,” she “in the end, [Rushdie’s] input prosaid, adding that whether one is dis- vided a literary and social context to abled or not, we all have people in our some of the more abstract concepts lives that we are dependent on. Kittay articulated.”

— Contact Annie McGrew at said that her hope is that in the future, anne.elizabeth.mcgrew@emory.edu we can understand dependencies not

the Legislature or 26 affirmative votes — whichever is higher.

If the amendment is passed, it would stipulate that the Speaker of the Legislature notify the student body of all “Issues of Significance” in a timely manner,including email notifications on the day the issue appears on SGA’s agenda and throughout the legislative process. The bill also requires that a public forum be held to discuss the issue and requires attendance from a representative from all branches of SGA and all the divisional councils, ​ which include the governing bodies of each of Emory’s schools. The forum must also be held in a place accessible to students.

The amendment will take effect if and only if a majority of the students voting in elections affirm it.

The second amendment to the Constitution, which was also unanimously approved by the Legislature with no dissent, would replace any instances of pronouns that enforce a gender binary, e.g. “his” or “her,”

which the gender-inclusive pronouns “they,” “them” and “their.” These pronouns are meant to include the identities of nonbinary individuals, including those who are genderqueer and gender nonconforming, among others.The Wheel reported that the debate surrounding gender-inclusive pronouns includes concerns about English grammar rules, specifically that the pronoun “they,” which is standardly a plural pronoun, will refer to singular individuals.

However, SGA President and College junior Jon Darby said he believed the goal of gender inclusivity is more important than these grammar concerns.

As with the first amendment, this amendment will take effect if a majority of the students voting in the election affirm the amendment. The election ballot, which will contain the amendments, will be accessible to all students via a link in an email from the Elections Board when the election period begins tonight at 8 p.m.

— Contact Rupsha Basu at rupsha.basu@emory.edu

HONOR COUNCIL

• A student in an upper level science course notified the class professor that another student, a senior who she did not know the name of but described to the professor, appeared to be cheating. The professor and teaching assistants, however, noted that there was in fact nothing unusual about the accused student’s behavior and nothing unusual about his answers. The Honor Council dismissed the charge of seeking unauthorized assistance on an exam.

• The night before the due date of a major research paper, a junior in a lower level humanities course hastily paraphrased several online sources, many of which were not credible or scholarly, in her paper. The professor found these unreferenced and dubious passages easily when grading her paper. The student, who claimed to have been going through some personal difficulties at the time, was found guilty of plagiarism and received a two-year mark on her

record and an F in the course.

• A sophomore and a senior sat next to one another and shared information during a lower level social science course exam. Two other students notified the professor that they noticed a student using her cell phone while taking the test. Once the professor and teaching assistants began to observe the student accused of checking her phone, they saw that this student and her neighbor looking at one another’s test papers.

Though the accused students pleaded their innocence, their multiple choice test sheets contained all of the same answers with one exception, as well as the same erasing marks. Their short answer question responses were also nearly identical.

The two students received an F in the course and a four-year mark on their records.

— Compiled by Asst. News Editor Lydia O’Neal

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Zoberman Runs Unopposed; Tilwa, Lee Debate for President Continued from Page 1 day you don’t have the same motives [as other cultural campus groups].”

Tenreiro-Braschi added that, along with bridging the gaps between these groups, she would, if elected CC president, initiate improvements and find better uses for campus residential buildings like the Asbury House and Spanish House.

Residence Life and Housing recently renovated and repainted Spanish House, a themed residence hall on Peavine Creek Road that currently houses Spanish-speaking students. Asbury House, which served Xi Kappa fraternity last semester, is currently vacant, according to Residence Life and Housing.

Aside from plans for the Asbury House, Tenreiro-Braschi said she agreed with Weinstein in terms of Emory students’ apparent apathy.

“What you’re saying about apathy — yes, it’s true, but I wouldn’t necessarily say [students are] apathetic towards their organizations,” Tenreiro-Braschi said.

When asked why her candidate statement and platform did not focus on CC’s budget, Weinstein said she believed CC “did a great job of managing the budget this year.”

“I made sure as vice president that the VP of finance indicates in his minutes how much money we have,” she said, adding that the Council was faced with a “near financial crisis” during her freshman year and has erred on the side of financial conservatism since then.

When asked about how she would adjust to the position of Council president after spending a semester abroad, Tenreiro-Braschi responded saying that her experience abroad has “allowed [her] to come back to Emory’s campus with a new and fresh perspective.”

“When I was on the Council before, I thought things were a lot better than I do now that I’m on the outside,” she said.

She added that it is “imperative” to focus on CC’s budget, and to ensure clubs receiving money from CC are increasingly budget-focused as well.

“We need to be more transparent, but clubs need to be more transparent with us,” she said, emphasizing the importance of audits for CC-funded organizations and tracking money.

Tenreiro-Braschi also stressed the importance of “holding legislators accountable.” She said she had urged some outgoing CC executives to print out all of their emails so that incoming members could quickly be up to date.

Weinstein said she agreed, adding that the Council “needs to increase transparency” and improve its website.

“Applying for a budget [for a campus organization] can be almost impossible without the right technology in place,” she said, adding that student responses from a recent CC campus-wide survey recommended a better technological infrastructure.

In response to how each candidate would encourage clubs to spend more responsibly, Tenreiro-Braschi

again emphasized the importance of club audits and money tracking, and Weinstein agreed, adding that Council money to clubs could be more restricted.

“The student activity fee just goes to food at an event, but how good is an event if you have to have food to get people to come?” Weinstein asked, adding that she planned to cease Council funding for food at clubs’ social events.

For her closing statement, Weinstein stressed the importance of the Council’s “active involvement on campus” and pledged to “build on the success of the last three years” she has spent at the Council.

“I also want to say that it’s really important for you to vote, whether you vote for me or not,” she said.

In Tenreiro-Braschi’s closing statement she said she plans to focus long-term goals in addition to shortterm ones so that she can return to campus after graduating as a proud alumna.

SGA Vice President SGA vice presidential candidate and College sophomore Max Zoberman, who is running unopposed, promised to “make a commitment to more openness between the student government and the student body” if elected.

He also pledged to have SGA regularly publish its meeting minutes and legislative changes and to create “a third party polling body to better inform SGA of what [the student body] wants.”

He also expressed his plan to increase lighting around campus for nighttime safety, institute “minority weeks” for cultural student groups, make on-campus printing cheaper and extend reading days before winter and spring final exams.

A joint Atlanta and Oxford Campus freshman orientation week was also one of Zoberman’s goals.

“From the outset we need to make sure [freshman students] don’t feel dissociated,” Zoberman said. “In reality, we are one Emory.”

Zoberman also emphasized that SGA-instituted changes to the Cliff shuttle system were not yet complete, and in his closing statement, said that SGA “has room to grow.”

“We need to make the student body feel like they’re part of the Student Government, not against us,” he said.

SGA President SGA presidential candidates and College juniors Raj Tilwa and Elyse Lee were the last of the candidates to answer questions.

Tilwa, who is currently serving as SGA vice president, discussed the importance of SGA’s dual role as “a facilitator for students” and a body focused on “student advocacy.”

Lee, who previously served as a College representative and chair of the Student Life Committee, agreed.

“In terms of representation, we have to represent what our students want,” Lee said. “As leaders, we need

Sex Week, Lecture, CMF Finale Rescheduled Continued from Page 1 SAAC would be operating under normal hours on Thursday and that SAAC dining would serve lunch and dinner on Thursday.

According to the Emory Transportation and Parking Services’ (TPS) winter weather information webpage, TPS provided limited shuttle service on Wednesday and planned to serve riders, weather permitting.

On Thursday shuttles returned to their regular schedules.

TPS tweeted that, weather permitting, C-route shuttles would run from Woodruff Circle to Clairmont Campus until midnight on Wednesday.

Events on campus, such as the Campus MovieFest Finale and an Economics department-sponsored lecture, were cancelled due to the inclement weather and the University’s closing. Campus MovieFest announced that its finale event would be rescheduled to Tuesday, March 3.

The Sex Week event, “What is (Safer) Sex?: A Discussion on the Social Construction of Sex,” sponsored by Emory Pride and Sexual Health Advocacy Group (SHAG), will be postponed until Monday, March 2, according to the event’s Facebook page.

Renowned Harvard University economist Gregory Mankiw’s lecture on Wednesday afternoon was also cancelled. The Economics department, which organized the lecture, has not yet set a rescheduling date,

according to Stephanie Gray, the department’s graduate program coordinator.

College freshman Robby Gershowitz wrote in an email to the Wheel that he felt that the University’s closure on Wednesday was a mistake citing that the forecast “clearly showed it was mostly rain [on Wednesday] with a slight chance of snow, which was not likely to occur due to the warm temperatures.”

Gershowitz added that since the library and gym were closed, and the DUC had limited hours, he was “basically stuck in [his] dorm for the day.”

“It was basically a wasted day with people sleeping in, hanging around the dorm and playing online,” he wrote. “As a result of the snow day, I also lost out on valuable time to review material in class before my exams. Overall, I would have preferred a regular school day.”

College junior Donna Mitchell wrote in an email to the Wheel that although she understands why the University made the decision to cancel school, she thinks “the University should make the decision the morning of so that they can actually assess the situation and see if it is necessary.”

“With that being said, it was nice not having to stress for a day and having the extra hours to do what I wanted,” Mitchell wrote. “I only wish I was more productive because it was a great opportunity to get a lot done.

Thanks Nancy!”

— Contact Annie McGrew at anne.elizabeth.mcgrew@emory.edu

to take initiatives that perhaps students don’t know, or haven’t thought of yet.”

Tilwa then added that SGA needs to improve its communication with students, and Lee concurred, noting “a lot of students don’t know what we do, or what we stand for.”

When asked what she thought was the biggest issue facing SGA, Lee cited lacking representative attendance.

“We need to have more of an accountability system in place,” she said, adding that, at the beginning of meetings, it can take up to 20 minutes for members to find proxy representatives when they cannot attend.

“In the upcoming year, I want to do a lot of reform on accountability so we don’t waste valuable time,” she said.

Tilwa said he saw room for improvement in SGA’s use of software and technology and described his plan for a website to replace the Emory Bubble and other University communication platforms.

In response to an audience question asking Tilwa to be more specific about his plans for potentially leading the SGA, Tilwa said he planned to allocate 30 percent of the executive budget to student initiatives and to make members of SGA “facilitators of dialogue on campus.”

Responding to a question about facilitating integration of international students on campus, Lee said she hoped to create campus outreach liaisons and improve English teaching programs for those who are nonnative speakers. She also described plans to push bills outside of the SGA’s jurisdiction by holding talks with campus divisions and members of the administration.

“I’m running for SGA president because after three years, I really want to take it to the next level,” Lee said in her closing statement. “There needs to be a fundamental change in how we address student needs, and I think I’m the perfect candidate for that.”

Tilwa wrapped up the SGA presidential debate by emphasizing the importance of a sense of community at Emory.

“When I came here and saw this diverse community, I was amazed,” Tilwa said. “There are so many ways to get involved. There are so many things for [SGA] to do next year, and just thinking about those things makes me really excited.”

College sophomore Hobie Hunter, who attended the Debates, said he wasn’t surprised by the low turnout of around 30 students, given the Wheel’s live-streaming of the event online.

He added that he was surprised that two of the candidates, CC vice presidential candidate Sheena Desai and SGA vice presidential candidate Max Zoberman, ran unopposed.

As for the content of the debates, Hunter said, “Honestly, I think it was as informative as it was going to be,” but that he was very satisfied with what the candidates discussed and planned on voting again this year.

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

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he University closed on Wednesday and delayed opening until 11 a.m. on Thursday due to anticipated weather conditions. The cancellation resulted in limited shuttle operation as well as limited dining hours at Dobbs Market and the cafe in the Student Activity and Academic Center.

New Fraternity to Hold First Meeting Sunday

Continued from Page 1 ternity’s return to campus, according to a September 2014 Wheel article.

Assistant Dean for Campus Life and Director of Sorority and Fraternity Life Marlon Gibson said he thought DTD would reestablish itself on Emory’s campus sooner, but that the chapter delayed its return “to make sure they had a very successful advisory board.”

According to Gibson, DTD now has 64 members, a grade point average of 3.5 and a solid connection to the city of Atlanta.

“DTD’s international president actually lives in Atlanta,” Gibson said. “One of the things that is really neat for the 64 people that we are initiating is that he does their initiation.”

Gibson added that the organization also has very few seniors, ensuring the longevity of the chapter.

“I got to know the entire leadership consultant team, and I think that they did a great job and they were very friendly and cordial throughout the entire process to all the people who came up to their little table in the DUC,” Gibson said. “Yesterday it felt weird not seeing the table that had been there the whole month.”

He emphasized the importance of more unique chapters within IFC to serve the needs of students who are unable to find their niche among the current chapter options. “[Students] just aren’t satisfied with some of our current chapters, and when new or refounded chapters come back to campus, there is an opportunity to create the experience that they have been looking for,” Gibson said.

Andrew Schreiner, a DTD leader-

ship consultant, said he and three other such consultants mainly relied on referrals from professors and student leaders during the recruitment process.

“We’re looking for guys with strong academics, who are really involved on campus and who are still trying to find their niche,” Schreiner said. “We just have different values — I’m not saying we’re better or worse [than other IFC fraternities].

We’re just looking to build better men.”

College freshman and DTD President and founder Mike Bertram wrote in an email to the Wheel that he started the colony as an alternative to the common perception of IFC’s fraternity options.

“I did not want to associate myself with some of the negative stigmas of ‘frats,’ and I had heard many stories of hazing, for which I have zero tolerance,” Bertram wrote, adding that he did not attend fraternity recruitment in the fall or spring. “Delta Tau Delta has a strict no hazing policy, which is why I felt safe accepting my bid.”

Bertram wrote that an international chapter leadership consultant called him to see if he had any interest in the fraternity’s Emory chapter colony, Beta Epsilon.“Knowing that my brother was part of this fraternity at the Ohio State University, I told him that I would swing by their table in the Coke Commons to listen to what Delta Tau Delta was all about,” Bertram wrote. He added that many of his close friends then participated in DTD recruitment, and that he liked the thought of “starting a new brand of fraternity.”

According to DTD Vice President and College freshman Eduardo

Armenta, the leadership consultants began giving applications for executive positions once the chapter colony reached 50 members.

“The way we see it, so far we have a good set of people,” Armenta said.

“They’re responsible, they take care of themselves.”

The reason for DTD’s rapid growth, Armenta said, could be a value system that differentiates it from other IFC chapters known for hazing and raucous parties.

“You want to base recruitment on values, like what people believe in, not so much social stuff,” he said.

“Every fraternity is based on different values. For us, it’s mostly academics, philanthropy and reaching out to the community.”

After Bertram submitted his application to the DTD leadership consultants, who gave him a series of interviews, one of the consultants called and asked if Bertram would like to be President of DTD’s Beta Epsilon chapter, Bertram wrote.

Pritchett, the international chapter communications director, wrote that “now was the right time” for DTD to return to Emory’s campus.

“We first hope the fraternity we established will meet [to] ask [what are] the requirements necessary to [gain a] charter as an official chapter of DTD in a timely manner,” Pritchett wrote. “We also hope the fraternity will be a positive influence on the Emory community and provide young men with an opportunity to grow their leadership potential.”

Senior Staff Writer Brandon Fuhr and Staff Writer Ashley Marcus contributed reporting.

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

No Facilities Severely Affected by Weather, Salisbury Says Continued from Page 1 Michael J. Mandl, Executive Vice President of Emory Healthcare Wright Caughman, Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair, Vice President of Campus Services Matthew Early and, occasionally, others.

“Many factors are considered in making the decision, including multiple weather forecast sources, current and expected weather and road conditions based on those forecasts, weather and road conditions which could impact the safety of faculty, staff, students, health care employees, etc. who are commuting from outside the greater Atlanta area,” Salisbury wrote in an email to the Wheel.

She added that other factors considered are MARTA operations, the

ability to operate Emory shuttle services and the impact closing might have on Emory’s ability to provide health care and conduct research.

Although the University considers other county, school, university and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decisions on delayed openings and closures, Emory’s decision is not dependent upon the decisions of surrounding institutions, Salisbury wrote.

Salisbury confirmed that no facilities were severely affected by the weather this past Wednesday, except “for a few small areas on the bridges and entrances to health care facilities where Campus Services applied ‘deicer’ as a precautionary measure.”

According to Salisbury, in general, preparations for cold weather conditions start in early November by

ensuring Emory’s roads and grounds, zone maintenance and parking and transportation services have adequate supplies of “de-icer” and equipment to dispense it.

“As forecast of extreme cold temperatures are known, dry fire suppression systems are relieved of any build-up on condensate to prevent freezing,” Salisbury wrote. “Backup generators are checked to ensure they are topped off with fuel. Flood restoration equipment and supplies are prepared and staged in the event of flooding.”

When cold weather conditions become more immediate, the University implements “round the clock” attention to pipes and systems and coordinates logistics with food services and housing, and for food and shelter of employees that stay on

campus during extreme weather.

“For this most recent inclement weather event, approx[imately] 80 Campus Services employees remained on campus during the closure and through the delayed opening providing round the clock care for the University,” Salisbury wrote.

Overall, Salisbury wrote that she felt it was in “the best interest” of the University to close on Wednesday due to the multiple weather forecasts Emory officials had to consider.

“We all must keep in mind the thousands of faculty, staff and students who commute great distances to support the Emory mission and take considerations for their safety in getting to and from the campus,” Salisbury wrote.

— Contact Annie McGrew at amcgre2@emory.edu

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Perpetrators Tear Down Apartheid Wall Twice, Hillel Responds With ‘Truth Wall’ the Palestinian territory, which lies within Israel’s boundaries, accord10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday​, accord- ing to ESJP member and former ing to Hussung, who added that they Palestinian citizen Masri, who added returned to the DUC around 10:30 that the act of vandalism hit her on a p.m. the same day to find the col- personal level. lage’s bare frame. (Hussung identifies “That’s hurtful to me — to try to as a non-binary gender and prefers take the truth away — because there the gender-neutral pronoun “they.”) is oppression going on there,” she Hussung promptly called EPD, said. “I know. I’ve lived there.” which then began its investigation, Masri was born in the U.S. and Hussung said. moved to Palestine The following with her family morning, Hussung “This is in no way anti- at age three. She said they began stato live semetic — it is not okay returned pling sheets of paper in the U.S. during to discriminate against second grade but containing information previously dissaid she moved any nationality.” played by the wall back after the collage onto the frame — Dina Masri, Sept. 11 attacks on around 12:50 p.m. on the World Trade College junior and member of Monday. Hussung Center in New ESJP York. She said she returned to the DUC around noon to find understood that the perpetrator tearing those sheets Israeli Apartheid was “an emotional down as well. issue” but added that ESJP did not “I heard someone screaming mean to discriminate against any ‘Fuck you and your fucking wall!’” nationality.

Hussung said. The student who took “This is in no way anti-semitic — down the papers, before heading it is not okay to discriminate against upstairs to the second floor of the any nationality,” Masri said, adding DUC, told Hussung to “eat shit, you that she has faced plenty of such dismotherfucker” as Hussung attempt- crimination herself. ed to film him using a cell phone “I’ve had people come up to me camera. and scream at me, saying that I’m Hussung did not know the identity a terrorist,” she said. “That kind of of the perpetrator, and again called discrimination is not okay.”

EPD. Hussung said they submitted a Hussung added that the group had Bias Report on Monday around 8:15 not meant to target Jewish people. p.m. for the vandalism and verbal “One of the most important disassault that occurred over the previ- tinctions we want to make in this ous two days. issue is that being Jewish is not the “I was not feeling very safe,” same as being Israeli, or as agreeing Hussung said of the Monday encoun- with Israeli foreign policy,” Hussung ter. “What made me feel that way said. “People are demonizing us withwas the fact that they would hurl such out even reading what’s on the wall, hurtful words at me just because I and they can’t, because people keep was associated with a wall that was tearing it down.”

ESJP reassembled the wall, which supposed to educate you.”

ESJP constructed the wall as read in black spray-painted letters, part of Israeli Apartheid Week, an “Israel is an apartheid state,” late annual international awareness week Tuesday morning. It held a sign readthat seeks to draw attention to harsh ing “4th Geneva Convention, Article policies of the Israeli government on 49: Settlements Are Illegal, Signed

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by Israel in 1951,” in reference to the painful for some people to face those Convention’s article banning an occu- facts,” but that “it is essential that we pying state from allowing citizens to have all those facts, because the pain settle in occupied territory, namely, experienced by Palestinians who are Palestine. living (and dying) under apartheid It also displayed a list of frequently cannot be eclipsed by the pain of asked questions, such as “What is wrestling with the reality of the conGaza and what is Hamas? Why was sequences of Israel’s actions.”

When asked whether the it in the news over the summer?” and information on the wall separat- University would provide protection ing Palestine from Israel and ESJP’s for student groups when their rights political stance. to freedom of expression are threat“We oppose all forms of oppres- ened, Garrett wrote in an email to the sion (including anti-Arab racism, Wheel that, as expressed by the Open anti-semitism and Islamophobia),” Expression Policy, “any individual the group wrote in a paper posted on group can make a request for addithe wall. “We oppose the occupation tional security, and Campus Life will of Palestine by the State of Israel, and help support that decision.” we support Palestinian self-determiESJP has declined security assisnation and the application of interna- tance for the group’s wall, according tional law in Israel-Palestine.” to Garrett and Hussung.

The wall stood at the Terraces as Andrew Alter, vice president of of late Thursday afternoon.

Israel Affairs for the Jewish stu“We will not be dent group Emory silenced by fear,” Hillel, sent out Hussung said. an email regardIn his email, “We will not be silenced ing ESJP’s Israeli apartheid wall to Nair wrote that free by fear.” members affiliated expression is open to with Hillel around all students but also — Jonathan Hussung, 10 p.m. on Sunday. offered a cautionary College sophomore and ESJP In his email, message. president he urged Hillel “...we understand that — while the members to post demonstration wall is an expression pictures of themselves in Israel or of free speech — it may be painful Israel-supportive websites on social for some members of the Emory media on Tuesday, to stop by Hillel’s community,” Nair wrote. “We ask all Wonderful Wednesday table this members of our community to weigh week and to attend a question and these responsibilities carefully when answer session event on Thursday at exercising their right to open expres- 7 p.m., the location of which was yet sion. Let us deliberate ideas, ideolo- to be determined. gies and policies with which we dis“We think [the wall] is counteragree, rather than target individuals productive towards a conversation or groups with whom we disagree.” on the oppression and suffering of Regarding Nair’s recommendation people in the Middle East,” Alter for students to “carefully” exercise said in an interview with the Wheel. their free expression rights, Hussung As for the email, he said members wrote in an email to the Wheel that affiliated with Hillel thanked him for ESJP members “have facts on the urging them to show their pride of the wall, facts about Palestinians’ human Jewish state. rights being violated by the state of Alter added that the Jewish student Israel.” group sent a message to members Hussung wrote that “it may be discouraging them from tampering

in Israel every day.” with the wall.

“We do not support this,” he said.

Beneath “The Myths” were three “No one [in Hillel] I talked to sup- paragraphs under the headings, ported this.”

“Myth 1: Israel is an apartheid state,” Katie Fishbein, a College junior “Myth 2: Israel’s security fence is and member of Hillel, said she was an ‘apartheid’ wall” and “Myth 3: upset that the Jewish student group Israel commits war crimes by killing didn’t immediately civilians.” send out a campusHillel also held wide email cona pep rally at the demning the van- “Building walls, figura- Woodruff Health dalism of ESJP’s tively and literally, puts Sciences Center wall collage. up blockades to dialogue A d m i n i s t r a t i o n “While I truly, Building on vociferously dis- and to progress. Yet that Thursday night as agree with what’s doesn’t warrant vandal- part of its initiaon that wall, it’s tive in response ism.” extremely important to ESJP’s Israel that they have the Apartheid Wall.

— Katie Fishbein, right to express their Ethan Arbiser, a College junior and member of Hillel member and views,” Fishbein Hillel College sophomore said, adding that she had initially asked who is also associated with Jewish Hussung if ESJP had taken it down on their own when student group Chabad on Campus, she heard about the Sunday incident. wrote in an email to the Wheel he Fishbein added that “putting up a thought the perpetrator’s tearing wall” may not be the best method of down the ESJP wall was “completely creating conversation, and that “it’s inappropriate.” sometimes not what you say, but how He added that the Truth Wall you say things that matters.” “gives people a better perspective” on In a later email to the Wheel, the conflict between the state of Israel Fishbein said she did not condone and residents of Palestine.

“It allows the students unfamiliar Hillel’s responsive Truth Wall, which was erected on McDonough Field with the conflict to see both sides of the argument,” Arbiser wrote. “Most Wednesday.

“That the plan to respond was importantly, the Truth Wall constructto build a Truth Wall to counteract ed [on Tuesday] illuminates many of the initial Apartheid Wall, I am so the misconceptions about Israel that sorry for that,” she wrote. “Building are posted on the Apartheid Wall.”

Alter expressed a similar walls, figuratively and literally, puts up blockades to dialogue and to sentiment.

“We erected the Truth Wall not progress. Yet that doesn’t warrant a as a way to end conversations but to response of vandalism.”

The Truth Wall, a blue poster with show people walking by that there white tape, was divided into two sec- is another side and, if interested, tions: “The Myths” and “The Facts.” they should try to learn more,” Alter Under the latter heading, four later wrote in an email to the Wheel. paragraphs of text included state- “Hopefully next year, no one will ments like, “Arabs are represented build walls, and we can instead in the Knesset, and have served in devote this time towards planning the Cabinet, high-level foreign min- informative events together.” istry posts” and “More than 40,000 — Contact Lydia O’Neal at lmoneal@emory.edu Palestinians from the territories work

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The Emory Wheel

ELECTIONS

Candidate Statements

Vice President

Max Zoberman

President Elyse Lee My name is Elyse Lee, and I’m running to be your next SGA President because while my past three terms have been rewarding, and a lot of great work has been done, I think SGA needs a change of leadership to adequately address the needs of our student body.

Many Emory students don’t know what SGA does.

Elect me, and together we can change that.

Just this past year, while serving as the Chairwoman of the Student Life committee, I introduced the resolution to extend the Add/Drop/ Swap period, created the resolution to reform our academic schedule to reduce stress, and worked collaboratively with a College Council member to draft a bill creating a Vice President of International Student Life.

These are a few highlights that show I have the track record and vision to push changes that impact all of us.

I want to become your SGA

President because I want to do more than write legislation.

The presidency enables its holder to drive change and I want to utilize the position to follow through on my vision for our community.

Additionally, less than 6 percent of SGA is made up of women and only 1 percent of SGA consists of international students or minority groups.

After attending the Elect Her workshop and witnessing the incredible skills and capabilities of my peers, I’m running because I want to encourage more talented and underrepresented Emory students to run for elected office.

Please check out my platform — they are real ideas that will produce real results.

If elected, I will make enhancing our community through SGA my first priority.

Please don’t hesitate to message, text, call or meet with me to talk if you have any questions, feedback, or want to get involved!

Raj Tilwa Where’s home? It seems like a fairly straight-forward question, and for most people, it has a fairly straight-forward answer. For me, answering that question has always been a little difficult. I was born in Pennsylvania, brought up in India, and went to high school in Singapore. When I came to Emory, I found a community where I could invest in relationships, organizations, and personal and intellectual growth. Over the years, the question of where I call home has become easier to answer. Home for me is Emory University.

That is why I want to become your SGA President. I want to give back to the community that has given me so much. I want to serve my friends, family, and neighbors.

Over my year as Executive Vice President, I’ve worked tirelessly to improve my home. I started Community Conversations, supported independent student-led initiatives, advocated for graduate student representation on Student Pro-

gramming Council, and took initiative to strengthen the relationship between the Oxford and Atlanta campuses through Community Conversations. As your President, I will set aside at least 30 percent of the Executive Account — over $12,500 — to support independent student-led initiatives to bring your ideas to life. I will advocate for a neutral programming space to ensure that all of our organizations have an opportunity to host events and provide inclusive late-night programming to our community.

I will develop a bias incident protocol for the Student Government Association to provide an equitable response to incidents of bias on our campus regardless of what community is affected. I would love the opportunity to serve my home — our community — as the Student Government President.

With my experience in SGA, my passion for this campus and its students, and your vote, we can move Emory forward.

Vice President

bring it back for a second successful year in 2014.

While I believe that large-scale programming events like CultureShock and State of Race are important, smaller-scale initiatives can have an equally lasting impact on our community. Thus, I want to gear the 60th College Council toward channeling feedback we gather into small yet tangible projects that address student concerns.

To make this a reality, I would like to alter the structure of general body meetings such that legislators are allotted time to brainstorm initiatives and collaborate with other Council members to make their initiatives a reality. Additionally, a primary goal of mine in the upcoming year is to enhance lacking communication between the student body and administrative offices.

While Emory is a wonderful place that I’m unbelievably happy to call home, I see a lot of potential for improvement. Please see my platform below for the initiative projects I would like to see the Council implement or enhance during the 2015-2016 school year.

Alyssa Weinstein My name is Alyssa Weinstein and I am currently running for College Council President. After serving first as a sophomore legislator, and now as Vice President, I have developed an understanding of the inner workings of campus administration in order to successfully accomplish initiatives. I have started the Emory Presidents Forum, which invites the Presidents of every student organization chartered under College Council to network and encourage co-club collaboration. I have also managed the Collegiate Readership Program to bring the New York Times to campus at a less expensive rate while increasing overall readership. And finally, I instituted numerous reforms to the Council’s internal processes to increase our efficiency and promote innovative initiatives.

I would be honored to continue my public service at Emory to carry out even more improvements to our campus. While I

have about six pages of initiatives (see my platform), the main three are the following: First, I would begin an annual Town Hall Forum by College Council, where students are able to bring their concerns to administrators to create transparency, collect feedback, and solve problems on campus.

Second, I want to continue to foster the creation of a scholarship for students who take unpaid internships to encourage Emory students to participate in public service and non-profit work professionally. And finally, I would like to further develop the Class Forum platform on BlackBoard, which will allow students to have a better understanding of classes before they register.

I highly value transparency and communication, so if there are any questions or concerns about any of my initiatives or my platform, I encourage you to email me at adweins@emory. edu.

SGA Rep. at Large President Genevieve Roth My name is Genevieve Roth and I would be honored to serve as your Student Programming Council President. I encourage you all to read my platform that outlines my vision for the future of SPC. As president, I will advocate for collaborations with other organizations throughout all areas of the university. I will work to generate Emory spirit and a sense of community by increasing transparency

with SPC post-event open forums.

Lastly, I will work to diversity programming to match the diversity of our campus by gathering information about the individuals who attend SPC events. I believe that my dedication, passion, and experience make me the best candidate for SPC President. I am excited to see the Student Programing Council and university grow together over the next year, and there is no

RHA President | Kyle Adams I’ve dedicated myself to ensuring that the voice of my peers is heard.

I served as the Secretary of Turman Hall from 2013-2014 and currently serve on the RHA Executive Board as Dooley’s Bowl Chair.

RHA is my passion!

In alignment with the mission of RHA, I plan to enhance the Emory residential living experience through advocacy and visibility, implementing campus-wide activities for and by the students.

Oxford-Atlanta campus orientation activities as well as further joint programming throughout the year, and build a cohesive series of “Awareness Weeks” for minority and interest groups, with the full support and endorsement of the Student Government. Third, I will carry my commitment to Campus Safety reform into the Executive. I will work tirelessly to finish infrastructural improvements to campus, to make good on the promise to be able to see two BlueLights from every one, to light up dark “hotspots” on campus, to install better security features in parking structures, and to continue working with University Transportation to make Safe Ride more efficient while keeping the regular shuttle service you’ve come to rely upon.

Finally, I will live a commitment to action on initiatives the student body cares about. I will pursue subsidized printing, extended pre-exam reading periods, and non-greek social options in a neutral social space. My time in the legislature has not been without difficulty, but I welcome the opportunity to have productive dialogue with my classmates about how to be better, and I remain enthusiastically committed to building a better Emory. Let’s do it together.

President

Sheena Desai

It is difficult for me to describe in one statement how substantial of a role being a member of College Council has played in defining my Emory experience. I started out on Council as a Freshman Legislator, then proceeded to move up to the position of Assistant VP of Student Affairs. I have since taken on the role of VP of Student Affairs.

Throughout my time on Council, I have had the opportunity to glean a vast amount feedback from students about what they would like to see changed at Emory, and have done my best to help the Council address them through various initiatives. For example, in response to concerns about the lack of collaboration among cultural groups on campus, I co-planned College Council’s first ever CultureShock event in the fall of 2013. This event aimed to bring the various cultural organizations on campus together with members of the Emory community to celebrate the unique identities on campus, as well as the common bond we all share as Emory students. After receiving a wave of positive feedback about the event, the Council was able to

I passionately want to keep working with the students and faculty of this University to build a better Emory, and I would be humbly honored to do so as your next Student Government Association Vice President. First and foremost, we, as a representative body, must work quickly and diligently to repair the breakdown in communication that has frequently occurred between the SGA and the student body. I’ve learned through trial and error, that the best way to make changes that benefit every member of this community, is to consult first and act second. You have the right to be informed and to participate in your legislature, and to make that happen, I would like to produce a regularly published description of every piece of legislation up for vote. I would like to regularly publish the SGA financials, including an itemized breakdown of our expenditures, and I would like to form a body, unaffiliated with the SGA, to conduct polling of student approval of legislation before said legislation comes to vote.

Second, we must do better to bring the Emory community together. If elected, I would do everything possible to augment Graduate representation/ involvement, work toward joint

Justin Sia

Gurbani Singh

As a former Freshman Senator and Public Relations Chair in the Oxford SGA, I know how to actively listening to the concerns of students as well as acting on them. I have learned that real, beneficial change can only happen through open-dialogue and open minds. As the SGA Representative-at-Large, my main goal is to maintain and strengthen the collaboration and communication between all Emory divisions within Emory University, especially the connection between the Oxford and Atlanta campuses, so that SGA can more effectively tackle student concerns.

Increased transparency through weekly newsletters, more outlets for communication with SGA legislators, and constant outreach to the community from SGA legislators such as myself are just some ideas that can promote an atmosphere of collaboration and ultimately address student concerns more effectively and efficiently.​

I served on the Student Government Association as a firstyear representative last semester.

I also organized the Thanksgiving shuttles and made changes in Dobbs Market in the DUC (ice cream toppings bar, vegan desserts, late night options, Greek salad bar addition).

On the Campus Services committee, we worked on a new safety initiative and extended the WoodPEC hours on the weekends.

On the Student Life committee, I worked with another legislator to attempt to bridge the gap between students at the Oxford and Atlanta campuses.

Next year, I want to continue to serve the university as a Representative At-Large in transportation, safety, food, community, and other concerns that you may have.

I am very passionate about efficiently making changes that benefit the student body.

Goldy Tenreiro-Braschi Since first arriving at Emory, I have been through two campuswide elections, each offering its share of wonderful candidates with a zeal for Emory and lofty vision for reform. Although, many of these students enter with the passion to effectively pursue these initiatives, the council as a whole has rarely had the ability to effectively support these efforts. This is why I would like to enter my term by reforming the constitution itself. What Emory College Council needs is a fresh start and an administration that is willing to take risks and implement solutions that will not just influence current Emory students, but that will influence change ten years down the line. My experience at Emory University and on Emory College Council has shaped my collegiate years and my love for this institution. I am hoping to have the opportunity to inject this love into the rest of the Emory Community while continuing to push Emory to it’s fullest potential.

For the 60th College Council, I am planning on reinventing what we now know as Emory College Council. Currently, Emory College Council is a relatively large organization with noteworthy influence, but unfortunately significant turnover. This stems from constitutional challenges such as issues of

accountability, lack of productivity and efficiency, as well as issues of institutional memory. It is vital that we work to reform the constitution in a way that will support the advancement of Emory’s College in a revolutionary and fresh manner. If we continue to allow the inefficiency of General Body Meetings and issues of communication between student organizations and the council to get in the way of evolution, we will never be able to push towards progressive change.

I strongly believe that there is room for vast and feasible improvement in the college. I want College Council to take the time to seriously evaluate all the positions at hand and ensure that each individual is not just passionate but is accountable, motivated, and especially committed to the growth our campus needs and will thrive off of.

I am confident that these changes will lead to a stronger community. I believe in an Emory in which students are driven to establish, expand, and revolutionize campus community through innovative clubs and progressive events. Let’s work on creating one united Emory. I hope you join me in working to facilitate a stronger, more diverse, and ever-growing Emory community.

University Senate Connor Crum My platform is the same one that I have been running (and serving) on since I arrived at Emory.

Namely that representatives should serve their constituencies rather than work for their own interests.

I have had a considerable amount of experience dealing with policy and university governance which I think places me in a unique position to ensure that both students’ rights and their interests are being attended to.

If elected, my first priority is to ensure that the issue of due process is being faithfully addressed.

I intend to ensure that the university functions the way that it is supposed to and that the root causes of problems are addressed rather than band-aid solutions.

Nowmee Shehab Hi, I’m Nowmee, and I’m a junior at Emory.

I’m running for Senator, because I believe that the University Senate needs a strong advocate for the issues that really matter to students.

For the last two years, I’ve fought for students as the senior coordinator for RespectCon, Vice President of Emory Pride, a lead organizer for Freedom at Emory, and as part of the leadership team for the Center for Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council. I have learned how to bring together diverse groups of students to work on tough issues.

Students need a representative who will work across differences to create sustainable and ethical solutions and I have the proven track record to be that Senator.

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Endorsements Our annual endorsements of student government candidates are designed to help the student body elect its representatives in a more informed manner, as well as to offer the Wheel’s opinion on the best candidate for each position. The Wheel endorsement committee came to the opinions expressed below after observing and reporting on student government, studying student concerns and interviewing the candidates. The committee discussed each candidate, and endorsees were selected by majority vote. We believe that as the student newspaper and as one of the checks on student government, it is our responsibility to research every candidate and provide our best-informed opinion to voters.

Tilwa’s Passion, Skill in Motivation Outweighs Lack of Previous Action

Due to his previous experience and his ability to lead and motivate the legislature, the Wheel endorses College junior Raj Tilwa for Student Government Association (SGA) President. However, we that find many of the initiatives Tilwa promoted in his campaign for SGA Vice President went unfinished, such as increasing alumni engagement and advocating for underrepresented groups on campus, such as students with disabilities.

Therefore, our endorsement comes with some hesitation.

Although Tilwa cites unexpected and unforeseen circumstances for the inability to accomplish these goals, we hope that as SGA President, he will work to ensure he

can accomplish the goals outlined in this year’s platform while also handling the day-to-day tasks of the position.

We believe one of Tilwa’s greatest strengths lies in his ability to lead and his institutional knowledge of SGA. This background, coupled with the important personal relationships he has with Emory administrators, will allow for a smooth transition between leadership and allow for SGA to continue operating at full speed, where Tilwa will be able to know exactly who to contact in order to get different initiatives completed.

However, these personal relationships could also be detrimental to the role of SGA President, where, at times, Emory students may be critical toward the administration.

As SGA President, we hope Tilwa represents and responds to these students and is willing to be critical of the administration when necessary and to challenge the status quo.

Although we are not extremely

inspired by the ideas outlined in his candidate statement and platform, we do believe there are some important changes he can bring to the Emory community.

One of the larger projects he will face will be in the already ongoing implementation of a management and collaboration platform. Citing the ineffectiveness of the Emory Bubble, Tilwa has said Emory needs a truly integrated social platform to allow for students to really engage with one another. Tilwa’s emphasis on improving Emory’s digital infrastructure is critical, as students need a place to become informed about events, club chartering information and more. As long as Tilwa continues the strong communication that SGA has instituted this year and ensures student feedback and support for the new platform, we believe this is a strong move in the right direction.

Tilwa also included in his candidate statement the TapRide app, which is in progress, to allow students to call SafeRide shuttles

through an app much like Uber. We are excited for this idea and hope that if elected, Tilwa can deliver on this promise as well.

The above two ideas highlight some of our favorite portions of Tilwa’s campaign. Other ideas such as continuing to grow the Student Experience Fund, pushing for a neutral programming space at Emory and increasing support for independent student initiatives, to which he would devote 30 percent of his executive budget, are also important to his candidacy.

Overall, Tilwa is a strong candidate who has presented many useful, tangible ideas to the table , but we hope he can deliver on these promises while still maintaining the strong communication the current administration has already established. We hope he can channel his obvious passion for the Emory community through ensuring he accomplishes most of the goals outlined in his platform in the coming year if elected the next SGA president. ​

Zoberman Consistently Champions Communication, Safety, Inclusion College sophomore Max Zoberman is organized and committed to making a change on the Student Government Association (SGA) executive board. In the year that he has served as SGA Campus Services chairman, Zoberman has increased communication between SGA and the student body and has worked towards creating a safer, more inclusive Emory community. Due to his commitment and initiative, the Wheel fully endorses Zoberman as a qualified candidate for SGA vice president.

In Zoberman’s time as sophomore legislator, he has worked to increase the communication between SGA and the student body.

Zoberman, who is running unopposed, often reaches out to stu-

dents via email and many Facebook groups to increase awareness around new initiatives and gather student input, and it is never difficult to know exactly what he’s working on or has accomplished.

This year, Zoberman engaged the Emory community through his Yik Yak and nighttime shuttle initiatives, and, through trial and error after both resolutions, he has learned to pay close attention to student feedback. Zoberman plans to ensure SGA consults the student body before making major decisions as vice president, and we are fully confident in his ability to do so.

Zoberman’s platform includes making itemized breakdowns of club expenditures more available, which would make important strides toward increasing transparency, and increasing inclusivity on campus through advocating for gender-neutral signage for some bathrooms on campus. Along with College juniors SGA President Jon Darby and SGA Vice President Raj

Tilwa, Zoberman authored the recent gender-neutral language initiative for SGA’s Constitution. While many different candidates have used “inclusivity” in their candidate statements and platforms, we believe Zoberman has the record and commitment to make strides in the University’s inclusiveness.

Zoberman’s strong focus on campus safety also differentiates himself from other candidates in student elections. We feel that the safety of the student body should be a top priority of the University and applaud Zoberman for taking on this responsibility as an SGA representative when the University may fall short.

As vice president, Zoberman plans to re-evaluate the efficiency and safety of the NightOwl and SafeRide shuttles. He is currently working with the Office of Transportation to develop TapRide for the Emory campus, an app for shuttles that is similar to Uber.

Zoberman also hopes to increase lighting in dark areas on campus,

create GotchaRide, where golf carts would patrol the campus at night, and work closely with Interfraternity Council (IFC) to ensure there is an adequate disciplinary process for sexual assaults. ​ For one problem, Zoberman comes up with multiple solutions. We feel that with his previous experience as chair of campus safety gives Zoberman the perspective and experience to execute these plans.

Though we do have reservations about the feasibility of Zoberman’s joint Oxford-Emory orientation initiative, overall, we feel that t​he initiative addresses the disconnect between Emory’s Atlanta and Oxford campuses, and that Zoberman has a strong grasp on the intricacies of SGA and is prepared to address any problems and issues SGA faces if elected.

We feel that Zoberman has proven to be an extremely worthy candidate for the role of SGA vice president due to his past SGA record and future ideas to address the concerns of the student body.

Desai’s Experience, Innovative Ideas Promising for CC’s Future

Because of her experience in the organization and her ambitious ideas, the Wheel endorses College junior Sheena Desai for College Council (CC) vice president.

Desai, who is running unopposed, is currently serving her third year on CC, now as vice president of Student Affairs, and she was previously assistant vice president of Student Affairs and a freshman legislator.

In fall 2013, she co-planned the first CultureShock event, an important initiative that has since gone on to successfully bring various cultural organizations together on campus and help students appreciate cultures different from their own.

As the Vice President of Food Advisory Committee Emory (FACE), Desai helped pioneer the

Dooley Discount program, which is an agreement with local restaurants for a discount when students shows their Emory IDs. Desai said that College Council general body meetings often turn to circular conversations as a result of miscommunication, and that is it imperative that the vice president work to restructure those meetings for maximum efficiency. If elected, she plans to frequently have smaller meetings with the CC president and advisor, and to allow time in general body meetings for the representatives to brainstorm and work on their initiatives together. From these initiatives, it is clear that CC needs some internal work and that Desai could bring some improvement. However, we believe that if Desai is elected, she will need to compile a more concrete plan for meeting improvement, which can be difficult to fix at times.

The initiatives with which Desai is concerned are both large and small in their scope, and she believes that College Council has too often neglected smaller projects in the past. As vice president, she would like to gear the organization

toward projects such as improving dining and creating an umbrella rental system in the library. We applaud Desai for realizing that focusing on smaller issues is often just as important as creating larger ideas and events, especially for an organization that can take the time to address smaller issues such as CC. Desai also believes the enrollment process to be difficult and time consuming for students. This year, she worked with members of CC and the Committee on Academic Integrity to create a comprehensive database of course syllabi called the Class Forum.

She also plans to make the course and instructor evaluations that students fill out at the ends of semesters available to students who are looking at the same course and instructor in the future and to create a master exam schedule so that students can more easily plan their end-of-semester travels. These initiatives pair well with those of CC Presidential Candidate Alyssa Weinstein, who we also endorsed, and we are eager to see the two candidates work together specifi-

cally on the College academic enrollment and calendar, which needs improvement.

Desai also plans to work toward improved, safer bike paths, such as the one from Clairmont to main campus. She also plans to work with Transportation to improve the reliability and convenience of SafeRide and the campus shuttles.

Finally, CC’s activities are not well known to many students at Emory, and Desai stated she wants to improve the organization’s transparency, which is lacking, and she hopes to improve CC’s digital presence and to use that presence to better communicate with the student body.

This piece is critical, especially in the social media age, where organizations are expected to not only create new initiatives but also market them.

Desai stated that she has made an effort to connect with all members of CC, and that they feel comfortable coming to her with questions or for help. For her strong ideas and passion for the organization, Desai will be a good candidate for CC vice president.

Endorsement Committee Members Erik Alexander Nick Bradley Sam Budnyk Elana Cates James Crissman Hagar Elsayed Stephen Fowler Rhett Henry Lizzie Howell Zak Hudak

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Weinstein Takes Initiative, Stresses Accountability With her noteworthy experience in College Council (CC) and emphasis on incorporating diverse ideas, College junior Alyssa Weinstein has outlined several initiatives that would strengthen CC internally and externally. The Wheel confidently endorses Weinstein as the best candidate for CC President.

Weinstein’s platform includes initiatives that would make CC more accountable, such as increasing use of its Standards Board to make sure members are accomplishing what they set out to do, as well as ideas to improve the College experience such as an expanded scholarship for students with financial need who take an unpaid internship.

During the past year, she has taken action to make ideas such as the Online Pathway for University Students (OPUS) Waitlist become realities. More importantly, she aims to take these initiatives to the next level. Her platform includes linking OPUS with the Course Atlas to make course registration more efficient, and she aims to improve the Class Forum as well.

We believe that the Class Forum could be a useful and important tool — but only if CC expands and increases marketing of the Forum

significantly. Weinstein recognizes that the Forum needs some serious work. Additionally, her emphasis on improving the Club Liason System, which pairs CC members with individual student clubs as an accountability measure and resource, showcases her focus on excellence.

CC is, at its core, a budgeting organization, and it is one that has historically had considerable issues with managing finances. While Weinstein’s opponent, Goldy Tenreiro-Braschi, emphasized the budget much more intensely than Weinstein did, we believe Weinstein’s work with fixing CC’s budget this year has been promising and will allow CC to focus on other issues in the future. However, as CC has little financial record or memory to work with, Weinstein should continue to focus on CC’s budget if elected, as its historical mismanagement means further attention is needed to ensure the budget runs smoothly for years to come. We also hope that Weinstein will take note of Tenreiro-Braschi’s general concern for CC’s internal processes, where accountability is a major concern. While Weinstein hopes to encourage use of the Standards Board, perhaps more direct and mandatory usage is necessary.

Overall, we are hopeful that Weinstein will make a strong and effective CC President, continuing to turn around the crisis-filled historical legacy of the organization and making it a body that truly serves the College.

Roth Displays Understanding in SPC Structure

Because she possesses clear, tangible goals and experience as a member of the Student Programming Council (SPC), the Wheel endorses College junior Genevieve Roth for SPC President.

Beginning her work with SPC as a freshman representative, Roth, who is running unopposed, is familiar with its strengths and deficiencies, enabling her to be effective in improving the organization as a whole.

Furthermore, her goals are achievable and are rooted in areas that she has seen a need for improvement in the SPC. Roth told us in her interview with the Wheel that she wants to “bridge the gap” between the various student bodies that make up the SPC’s constituency. The organization faces many unique difficulties because it is intended to represent all of Emory University, not just the College, and her focus on reaching out to graduate students and other schools is necessary for SPC’s mis-

sion. Roth also said she hopes to foster diversity in SPC, and if all groups are better represented,then SPC will be able to do its job more effectively.

Her belief in greater delegation of duties in the SPC is encouraging because it could allow for a more efficient SPC that could better handle the needs of our community. Going hand-in-hand with her desire to get SPC members more involved through delegation, she also wants to push towards greater transparency in both processes and in spending. This important move would allow students to engage more fully with SPC as a major body, especially as SPC’s budget is one of the largest in the University. While transparency may just be a buzzword, we hope Roth will be able to make serious moves to show how the organizations is spending its money.

We have high hopes that Roth will make a special focus on improving both the relevance of SPC for those students who are not part of the College and on effective spending for major SPC events such as Dooley’s Week, focusing on bring musicians and comedians that appeal to the wider Emory student population while avoiding unnecessary or inefficient purchases.​ We hope Roth will stay true to her platform and make strong strides for SPC in the next year.

Editorials The Emory Wheel

Friday, February 27, 2015 Editorials Editor: Rhett Henry

Our Opinion

Open Expression Necessary For Campus Dialogue On Sunday, the Emory Students for Justice in Palestine (ESJP) erected a wall that stated “Israel is an Apartheid State” in order to raise awareness of the oppression of Palestinian citizens in conjunction with Israel Apartheid Week, an international awareness week. Hours after the wall went up, at least one perpetrator tore it down on Sunday night and, after it was reconstructed on Monday morning, it was torn down again, according to ESJP members.

Campus Life gave ESJP permission to construct the wall, and the group did not violate any University rules. The papers stapled to the wall contained information about ESJP’s stance on Israel and the organization’s mission, and the group used a nonviolent form of expression to share opinions about a controversial topic.

When the wall was torn down twice, Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair sent an all-Emory email on Tuesday afternoon that emphasized the right to freedom of expression for the Emory community. “Emory University is committed to an environment where the open expression of ideas and open, vigorous debate and speech are valued, promoted, and encouraged,” Nair wrote, deeming the wall’s destruction as “counter to our community’s commitment to debate and dialogue.”

We at the Wheel condemn the perpetrators of the wall’s destruction who found it appropriate to silence a group’s right to expression and who also verbally assaulted members of ESJP. Our University values discourse and dialogue, and to silence nonviolent expression opposes the nature of a university like ours.

While it is positive for the University to respond to this with a student-wide email and to employ the Bias Incident Response Team, we take serious issue with part of Nair’s email.

“At the same time, we understand that — while the demonstration wall is an expression of free speech — it may be painful for some members of the Emory community,” the email states.

“We ask all members of our community to weigh these responsibilities carefully when exercising their right to open expression. Let us deliberate ideas, ideologies and policies with which we disagree, rather than target individuals or groups with whom we disagree.” ​Nair has been a strong advocate for students, but this part of his email has an implicit chilling effect — the discouragement of exercising a legal right, such as free speech in this case, by threat of potential sanction — on free expression. Because ESJP did not violate any University rules, used nonviolent methods of expression and engaged in academic discussion, this section of Nair’s email had no place in affirming the group’s right to open expression. As a representative of the University administration, Nair’s words come from a place of power, and when he asks student groups such as ESJP to “weigh these responsibilities carefully” after those groups have just been silenced, the effect could deter future actions of free speech by student groups who may already feel out of place at our University.

While Nair’s point is very truthful — our community should respect the diverse members that comprise it and should not target individuals or groups unnecessarily — it does not have a place in this context. Instead, the lasting message of Nair’s email should have been an explicit condemnation of vandalism and a commitment to Emory’s promise to freedom of speech.

The University should always protect and advocate for students’ freedom of expression and speech on campus, regardless of the ideology being expressed, with the exception of hate speech. We are sincerely disappointed in those who felt that it was acceptable to violate ESJP’s freedom of speech and disrespect the people who invested time, money and effort in the display.

Additionally, the Wheel does not take a stance on the enormously complex conflict between Israel and Palestine, but, regardless of anyone’s opinion on this conflict, we should all feel that the values of our community were violated this week. Open expression is integral to productive dialogue at Emory and is necessary to promote intellectual curiosity and debate on campus. The vandalism runs directly counter to this idea and promotes a hateful environment that propagates the bifurcation of students on campus.

Emory Hillel, a Jewish cultural organization, erected a Truth Wall on Wednesday in response to ESJP’s Apartheid Wall, and we feel this was an equally appropriate form of open expression.

This response is productive and sparks the kind of dialogue our campus should facilitate. It’s important to discuss sensitive issues, which are often emotional. In order to learn and develop our own viewpoints, we need productive, challenging dialogue, and we need for that dialogue to not be silenced. We hope that bias incidents in our community and acts to suppress speech will be few and far between in the future.

The above staff editorial represents the majority opinion of the Wheel’s editorial board.

Editorial Roundup

College editorials from across the country The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Monday, February 23, 2015 ...Private prisons...often lack supervision and have less comprehensive security requirements than equivalent institutions run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. CAR prisons’ immigrant detainees also have access to fewer education, work, medical care, emergency care, and drug treatment resources than prisons operated by BOP. These are issues that too often are ignored by the general public. Given these conditions and the corresponding lack of attention, prisoners often have few methods other than riots or outside investigations to express discontent—the former might appear especially appealing when the latter fail to effect reforms. There can be no doubt that the voices of these prisoners deserve to be heard when their rights are being compromised, regardless of the means.

Moreover, private prisons benefit from their inmates’ displeasure as overcrowding their facilities helps bring in a profit. Between 1990 and 2009, inmate populations in prisons

grew 17 times their size, in step with drastic rises in revenues for major private-prison firms; by 2009, revenue for the largest firm had reached $1.7 billion.

The deportable community is especially susceptible to this exploitation. As the most rapidly growing constituency of inmates in America, illegal immigrants have been particularly lucrative for the private prisons. In fact, the richest of these private prison firms even announced that “leniency in conviction or parole standards” would hurt its business model. This perhaps explains why inmates at Willacy County Correctional Center describe the prison as having “severely crowded and squalid living conditions.”

Though private prison firms claim that they are a more cost-efficient alternative to state-run prisons, data does not support this conviction; in fact, private prisons may actually be more expensive. In short, there is no real need for private prisons, and the relatively unregulated nature and undisputedly appalling conditions of these facilities is a further strike against the privatization of the criminal justice system...

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Emory’s Israel Dialogue Needs Work Leah Michalove My fellow Emory students, I must admit that I am nervous today. From my email inbox to my Yik Yak feed, I hear the distant drums of war. Smoke rises over the horizon, and I am nervous.

Some students on our campus have chosen to erect a wall in protest of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. This is their right. Other students on our campus have chosen to vocally declare their support of Israel with a social media campaign. This, too, is their right. And though the week is only starting, I see the debates about to unfold, as they did last fall.

Or rather, I do not see debates at all. I am not nervous for the conversations on campus this week, but for the silence I will hear as Emory Students for Justice in Palestine (ESJP) refuses to talk to Emory Students for Israel (ESI) for fear of normalizing the conflict, and as ESI refuses to talk to ESJP for fear of legitimizing their critique.

It is the same silence I will hear between friends who walk past ESJP’s wall, between classmates who dare to bring it up in lectures.

The silence is what bothers me.

And it should bother you. Emory students are a vocal bunch. We speak up when we see injustice in our communities and willingly unite to support each other.

The rallying among students on campus around Ferguson and the Alpha Epsilon Pi incident proved just that. We are not afraid of hard questions, of social action or of thoughtful debate. So why then on this issue are we silent?

Perhaps we are afraid of angering our

Jewish friends, of alienating ourselves from a perceived majority opinion. Or maybe we are scared of seeming close-minded and conservative, of failing to identify with an oppressed people. But these binaries are false, constructed by the very silence we perpetuate. Somewhere between “Ask me why I love Israel” and “apartheid” lies a conversation, a conversation that we as a community need to have, one that is long, long overdue.

Let me begin: I love Israel, but she is not a perfect place. I do not love checkpoints, settlements, the imprisonment of children. I stand with Israel, but I do not stand for a wall that cuts through orchards owned by generations of Palestinians, that separates families and neighborhoods. I don’t love Bibi or his coalition. I don’t love chocolate milk in a bag.

So let’s open the conversation up to those we agree with and to those we don’t.

These ideas do not make me anti-Semitic; they don’t even make me anti-Zionist. I need not agree with the terminology of apartheid to find the Separation Wall problematic, to know that a sustainable peaceful future for the State of Israel lies in the end of the occupation.

I do recognize and support Israel’s right to exist, right to defend herself from Gazan rockets and suicide bombers, right to make and enforce laws within her borders. I do no support boycotts, divestment or sanctions as tools to combat occupation. I do not support

the silencing of Israeli academics for their government’s actions.

These are my personal views, and you do not have to agree with them. In fact, maybe it is better if you disagree. Because discourse, discussion and debate themselves are integral not just to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but in bridging the widening gap between sides in our community.

As long as we entrench ourselves in the black and white of an infinitely grey situation and confine ourselves to equally flawed and partisan narratives, we fracture our community and the power of that community to affect change.

For silence, not debate, is the enemy of peace. Discussion breeds ideas, and ideas breed change. What then could be the objective of the silence so ubiquitous on campus?

Over 7,000 undergraduates eat at the DUC, spend Saturday nights in the library, wait for Dooley to let out class and complain about our lack of snow days.

Those 7,000 students could be engaged in conversations around injustice, sovereignty, freedom, in solutions even. But instead we have silenced the voices of those with whom we disagree, and silence is hardly our natural state.

Our community is made up of thoughtful, involved, critical-thinking individuals, and we can do much, much better than silence.

So let’s open the conversation up to those we agree with and to those we don’t. And somewhere in the arguing and the critiquing, we might just find the community we lost, and the power to rebuild it.

Leah Michalove is a College junior from Atlanta, Georgia.

Letter to the Editor Emory Students for Justice in Palestine Respond to Vandalism, Address Concerns Dear Members of the Emory Community, We are writing collectively as Emory Students for Justice in Palestine (ESJP). We appreciate Dean Ajay Nair’s statement regarding free speech. We are writing to clarify some of our values.

We are nonviolent, student activists. On Sunday, Feb. 22, we built a display, a model of the Apartheid Wall that runs through the West Bank to draw attention to the wallingoff of many Palestinians from their families, jobs, schools, hospitals and other crucial aspects of daily life. On this wall, we attached educational materials about the general situation in Israel and Palestine, international law as is applicable to the Apartheid Wall and statements about our group including that we “oppose all forms of oppression (including anti-Arab racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia).” Our goal is to increase awareness of the violations of Palestinians’ human and civil rights, Israel’s violations of international human rights law and the United States’ complicity in these violations.

We hope that by raising awareness, we can increase support for the U.S. and Israel to move towards more humane policies and practices towards Palestinians.

The wall we built is a physical expression of our speech. It originally contained facts, quotes and pictures regarding what the United Nations (UN) defines as apartheid. While this is our understanding of the Palestinian reality, we also realize others have been exposed to a different understanding. In doing so, we also

accept the freedom of speech for those who disagree. The Apartheid Wall is a sensitive subject for Israelis and Palestinians alike and we ask for restraint from expressions of physical and verbal violence.

We are disappointed that at least two individuals (during two separate incidents) defaced and destroyed what we created, rather than engage with us about their concerns. Our contact information was located on the wall along with an invitation to inquire about the issue. In the past, Emory has worked to facilitate dialogue about differing facts and ideologies. We hope that the Emory community will again engage with us.

As we discuss the conditions of Palestinians, we also acknowledge the history of antiSemitic discrimination, and we distinguish between what some call hate speech and criticism. Members of ESJP are from a diverse background that includes an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian. We have diverse political ideas but agree that we cannot remain silently complicit as the State of Israel, with financial and material support from the United States, continues to violate the human rights of the Palestinian people as outlined in international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute.

As we continue to use the name Apartheid Wall, it is important to understand why we call it as such. In 1974, the UN held the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, which defines apartheid in Article II (c) as:

“Any legislative measures and other measures calculated to prevent a racial group or groups from participation in the political, social, economic and cultural life of the country and the deliberate creation of conditions preventing the full development of such a group or groups, in particular by denying to members of a racial group or groups basic human rights and freedoms, including the right to work, the right to form recognized trade unions, the right to education, the right to leave and to return to their country, the right to a nationality, the right to freedom of movement and residence, the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”

While some maintain that Israel does not engage in such acts, a glance at Israeli and Palestinian identification papers will quickly find that Palestinian IDs are color coded for quick distinction. The purpose of this system is to allow guards to quickly identify Palestinians in order to prohibit their travel.

But this is only one example of Israeli policies that makes clear distinctions based on which side of the Apartheid Wall a person lives on.

We invite all members of the Emory community to engage with us from within a framework of social justice and international law as we move forward and discuss what steps we can take from within the United States to ensure that the human rights of all people in Israel and Palestine are defended.

Emory Students for Justice in Palestine

Student Life The Emory Wheel

Friday, February 27. 2015 Student Life Editor: Stephen Fowler (smfowle@emory.edu)

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Food Column

By Stephen Fowler Student Life Editor When talking about food, ‘medium rare’ refers to cooking meat so the outside is browned with just a hint of red in the middle, striving to provide the perfect combination of tenderness and flavor. This column, much like its namesake, strives to provide the perfect combination of epicurean insight and Atlanta-area atmosphere.

Top Neighborhoods for Food in Atlanta When it comes to Atlanta’s food scene, words cannot describe the level of diversity, quality and accessibility that is prevalent all the way from the impressive international mecca of Buford Highway to the cozy comfort foods in Candler Park. Today, Medium Rare will take you through some of the high spots of heavenly dining throughout the 404.

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College junior Hannah Grosman places a condom on a zucchini as part of the Greek Games, a sex-positive-themed relay race aimed at engaging the Greek community in dialogue about safer sex. Greek Games helped to kick off the second annual Sex Week, sponsored by Sexual Health Advocacy Group and the Office of Health Promotion, which promotes sexual health on campus.

Sex Week Arouses Student Interest in Sex Positivity

By Christina Archer Staff Writer

The second annual Sex Week at Emory, the love child of the Sexual Health Advocacy Group (SHAG) and the Office of Health Promotion, is at it again, educating students across campus about safe sex through a variety of fun and interesting events, and it is making orgasmic waves in the process.

“Sex Week is a week dedicated to

spreading sex positivity and providing sexual health education to the entire Emory community,” Casey Costello, SHAG vice president and College junior wrote in an email to the Wheel.

“We want to reduce the stigma attached to talking about sex and sexuality, while continuing to further the Emory community’s knowledge about sexual health.”

The week of events began Monday with “Sexonomics,” a discussion

by Andrew Francis and a round of Greek Games that focused on getting members of the Greek community involved in a discourse about safer sex.

These events kicked off the week with success, as a team comprised of members from Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Phi Beta Sigma fraternity won the put-the-condom-on-the-zucchini relay race Monday evening.

Sex Week continued Tuesday with the “Sex and Culture Panel,” which

Emory Students Celebrate Chinese New Year

Emory Chinese Student Association (ECSA) hosted the Lunar Banquet at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 21, in order to bring alive the spirit of Chinese New Year at Emory.

In addition to allowing students to taste authentic Chinese food from The Royal China restaurant, the event — which has been organized at Emory for the past 15 years — features cultural performances.

This year, ECSA invited multiple student groups, including the band Momentum, Mulan dance group, Emory Swing Club and individual performers from Emory, the University of Georgia and other schools from the area.

There was a diverse set of performances, such as taiji, taekwondo, other martial arts, a magic show and other dance performances.

“Lunar Banquet is one of my favorite events to attend and to organise. The guests love the food and enjoy performances such as the lion dance and magic show which display the culture,” ECSA Vice President of Communication and Goizueta Business School junior Zhiding Wang said.

The Chinese New Year is one of the most important celebrations in the Chinese calendar. The celebration began on Chinese New Year’s Eve, Feb. 18, and will end with the Lantern Festival, which will be on March 5.

“In China, on this festival, almost everyone would watch the Chinese New Year celebration on TV and therefore, the show at the Lunar Banquet provides a way for Chinese students to feel at home,” added Wang.

Over the years, the celebrations have become widespread and are not only restricted to China, but also take place in surrounding countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and at various Chinatowns in countries all over the world.

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Candler Park Just a few streets over from Little Five Points, Candler Park is typically associated with the Flying Biscuit Café and a distinct lack of parking. Also home to a Fellini’s Pizza, Tex-Mex café Gato and La Fonda Latina, the close-knit neighborhood is perfect for a casual brunch as well as an intimate date night. Oh, and Dr.

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“featured students and professionals speaking about the intersections of sex and different cultures,” according to Costello. This was a new event to the Sex Week schedule, adding a pertinent subject to the sexual health discussion on campus.

The other events included the “What is (Safer) Sex?” discussion, a safer sex demonstration, “Sex Trivia” and Clinical Sexologist Megan

Little Five Points Most notably home to the infamous Vortex Bar and Grill, where there is an inverse relationship between deliciousness of food and heart health, Little Five Points has a smattering of quirky, tasty restaurants to satisfy anyone’s craving. Just down the road from the Vortex, I recommend the connected strip of Front Page News, Tijuana Garage and Cameli’s Pizza for Cajun, Mexican and Italian cuisine, respectively.

While DPhiE hopes to surpass the $2,000 that it raised last year for this, one of its three philanthropies, this week is largely aimed towards education.

In addition to continuing events from previous years such as DPhiGlee, a sing-along night, and an ANAD vigil, DPhiE began new strategies to raise awareness, such

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Many things during the Chinese New Year are red. This is because red (symoblizing fire) drives away bad luck

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Shou Sui is the practice of staying up until midnight to greet the new year with family

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Emory’s Muslim Students Association (MSA), a religious, social, cultural and educational organization that facilitates the practice of Islam in the Emory community, launched the #CountOnMe social media campaign to celebrate the diversity of the Emory Muslim community.

Each day of the month of February, a Muslim student or alumnus of the Emory community has been featured on the MSA Facebook page, as well as on a daily blog where they post about their religious identity.

The goal of the stories that the students and alumnus tell is to express the diversity of experiences within the Muslim community at Emory and exemplify how these richly varied stories bring together a group of individuals, each of whom contribute to the multitude of perspectives on campus.

Formative stories — those that featured — shared throughout this month include College freshman Sundus Tameez’s story of wearing the hijab and how, during high school, wearing this garment helped her to dispel many stereotypes held by her peers and teachers regarding Islam.

Third-year Emory Law student, Ahmad El-Gendi, wrote about how he views his fellow worshippers as a part of his extended family.Many stories detail other kinds of experiences that have formed the identities of Muslim students in the Emory community.

Oxford MSA’s Events Chair sophomore Naveed Noordin shared his account of immigrating from Pakistan to the United States at the age of 13 and how he was originally scared in this new environment, but

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Buckhead Located in the trendy northern point of Atlanta, Buckhead is loaded

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heralds in a more calm and creative atmosphere

Westside Provisions District/ West Atlanta A straight shot across Atlanta via 14th Street, the west side of Atlanta has entered into the food scene with an explosive amount of quality additions across all spectrums of gastric goodness. The main focal point, Westside Provisions District, has everything from award-winning JCT. Kitchen & Bar to West Egg Café.

Other favorites include Taqueria del Sol, Osteria del Figo, another Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream location and Star Provisions, billed as the “culinary dream shop for the gourmet expert and novice alike.” For those with deep pockets (and stomachs), Zagatrated Best in Atlanta Bacchanalia offers a five-course menu for $85.

MSA ‘Counts’ On Shared Stories

— Contact Sumera Dang at sumera.dang@emory.edu

The Year of the Sheep

Downtown Decatur Just a short drive from Emory’s campus, Downtown Decatur provides an atmosphere of belonging mixed with a lazy, southern small town.

Victory Sandwich Bar, as I have said before, is a priority visit, while Iberian Pig, Leon’s Full Service and Brick Store Pub are quality substitutes for a nicer dinner in the city. No trip to Decatur would be complete without a visit to Jeni’s for some ice cream, and the close proximity of most restaurants to the Decatur Square means a pleasant place to walk around pre- or post-meal. For a hidden gem, just outside the square over the train tracks is The Imperial, a hole-in-the-wall bar/restaurant with a great vibe and better burgers.

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“At Emory, this festival is greatly anticipated by international Chinese students who are away from home, as well as students from other nationalities,” ECSA Vice President of PR and College sophomore Rachel Wang said.

The event aims to bring together cultural heritage from the other side of the world to our campus and allows individuals to learn and feel the festivities unlike their own.​

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Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party is a must-visit for anyone who loves tea, books or happiness.

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embers of The Dooley Players act in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange and directed by College senior Troizel Carr. The piece follows seven women who have suffered racist and sexist oppression from society.

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ANAD Week Sheds Light on Eating Disorders

By Ashley Marcus Staff Writer Although 86 percent of eating disorders manifest before the age of 20, only 10 percent of students diagnosed with an eating disorder receive treatment, according to the National Association of Anorexia and Associated Disorders.

Hosting their second official Anorexia Nervosa and Associated

Disorders (ANAD) Week, which ran from Feb. 23 to Feb. 26, Delta Phi Epsilon (DPhiE) Sorority aims to improve this statistic by building on last year’s weeklong event to raise awareness and money for the National Association of Anorexia and Associated Disorders, a non-profit organization that provides programs and conducts research for the prevention and alleviation of eating disorders.

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Atlanta has several well-known and diverse neighborhoods where one can explore food of all kinds and tastes, such as Buford Highway (Above).

Prices, Quality High at Grant Park Restaurants Continued from Page 9 with trendy food galore. Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chao, Maggiano’s and The Cheesecake Factory mark staple higher-end offerings, while locally owned restaurants in and around Phipps offer more variety.

Additionally, visit Buckhead Diner for an experience that is anything but an ordinary diner experience.

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mory students recently acquired new geofilters on the Snapchat app. Most notably, these unique geofilters can be found for first-year residence halls. First-year students in Longstreet-Means, Hamilton Holmes and Dobbs Hall can be seen studying in their respective lounges, while students in FEVANS show off their art.

Grant Park Travel south a little ways towards Oakland Cemetery and you run into a truly unique mix of homegrown favorites with award-winning gastropubs. Ria’s Bluebird and Six Feet Under are two Memorial Drive standouts, while Home Grown Restaurant lives up to its name to provide locally sourced breakfast in a setting straight out of Mayberry. For those who like

adventure and getting your money’s worth (with a fair amount of money involved), Chef Kevin Gillespie’s Gunshow combines the roving offerings of a Fogo de Chao with Chinese dim sum.

Atlanta Food Truck Park While not technically a neighborhood, this permanent collection of mobile munchies is the perfect place for those looking to try foods for the experience as much as the taste.

Reclaiming an abandoned hotel’s site, the food truck park sits just north of Atlanta on I-75 and features everything from Sweet Auburn Barbecue (which has since expanded into its own restaurant due to popularity), Nana G’s Chicken and Waffles and even a Highland Bakery on Wheels.

— Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu

Sorority Events Should Be Fun, Promotes Positive Informative, Costello Says Body Image

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as writing messages like “Be your own kind of beautiful” on mirrors in residence halls and throughout campus on Monday with the intention of focusing on positive self-image.

“Monday’s messages are to brighten people’s days around campus and remind them that they are beautiful and perfect the way they are,” College junior and DPhiE Vice President of Programming Molly Teplitzky said.

Sisters stationed themselves at special DPhiE CampusCouches scattered around campus on Tuesday to engage students in conversation about healthy body images and ideals of beauty.

DPhiE had activities planned for Wonderful Wednesday, but had to cancel since school was shut down due to inclement weather. DPhiE planned a scale smashing event originally intended for Wednesday for the following day.

“Smashing scales and trashing our insecurities act as symbols of rising above our self-doubts and being sensitive to how we perceive ourselves and others,” Teplitzsky said.

Instead of hosting the karaoke night off campus, this year’s DPhiGlee was held in Harland Cinema. The event included a screening of Pitch Perfect, a movie that DPhiE believes breaks down barriers of body image and beauty and encourages individuals to celebrate themselves and others. During the event, students were encouraged to sing along with the movie instead of standing in front of their peers to sing karaoke.

The night concluded with speakers who struggle or have struggled in the past in an eating disorder.

Throughout the week, DPhiE also spread information about campus resources available to students who would like to seek help to combat eating disorders.

“I really love the unity our university shows at our events due to the importance of our message,” Teplitzky said. “We hope we can continue to progress in our efforts to raise awareness of eating disorders, provide relevant resources and collect much-needed donations for the National Association of Anorexia and Associated Disorders.”

“It definitely is inspiring ... everyone should be able to be comfortable in their own bodies and that’s what we’re promoting,” College freshman and new member of DPhiE Hannah Billings said. “We’re promoting ... stronger people.”

(Note: Asst. Student Life Editor Hayley Silverstein is affiliated with DPhiE.) — Contact Ashley Marcus at ashley.megan.taylor.marcus@emory.edu

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Andelloux as the headline speaker.

All week, each event opened up the conversation about safer sex. “[Sex Week] has the potential to change how sex is talked about,” Hannah Grosman, who attended the event on Monday, wrote in an email to the Wheel. “It won’t happen in one one-hour long discussion, but I do know that nothing will happen if we don’t talk about it at all.”

Before they began Sex Week, SHAG felt that the opportunities to talk about sex, sexual health and sexuality in a safe environment were severely limited. Freshman health does not include a segment on sex education and sexual health, so students do not have a mandatory academic outlet in which to discuss sexual health.

SHAG’s main goal is for “Sex Week to be a fun, informative and interesting experience for all those who participate in our events,” Costello wrote.

“We hope to provide education that is extremely important to the health of the community, as even at a school like Emory, many people lack comprehensive sexual health educa-

tion,” Costello wrote.

Grosman said she is already feeling the changes SHAG is hoping to make.

“Of course I do not believe that learning how to put a condom on [a] cucumber will solve all of our problems, but these discussions are a start,” she wrote.

Empowering students to make safer sex choices is a significant part of what Sex Week, and the organization as a whole, is aiming to do, according to Costello. Additionally, SHAG hopes to disrupt the stigmas in this area and make sexual health a positive and necessary topic of conversation.

SHAG has recognized that expecting young adults to conduct themselves responsibly in the realm of sexual health without ever giving them an outlet to ask questions and discuss this topic is an outdated and problematic philosophy.

“Ultimately, we want to be a part of a campus that understands and appreciates the need to learn about sexual health, and to be active in creating a healthy atmosphere for sexual expression,” Costello wrote.

— Contact Christina Archer at christina.e.archer@emory.edu

Courtesy of Emory Muslim Students Association

College junior Maheen Nadeem (Left), Zobida Dat (‘13C, Middle) and College junior Abdullah Sufi (Right) pose with their respective #CountOnMe days. The campaign aimed to raise awareness of Muslim students on campus.

Campaign Humanizes Islam, Shaheen Says

Continued from Page 9 now thanks God for the opportunity he has to live and study in the United States.

Emory Medical School Resident Farah Khan reflected on the role of Bollywood movies in South Asian society and how that same role has drawn her in. MSA’s Chief of Staff, College junior Maheen Nadeem, wrote about her love of scuba diving.

All of these stories were selected to celebrate the personal perspectives of Muslim students, professors and

alumni and how they contribute to the campus community.

“I think #CountOnMe is inspiring,” College freshman Sahar Panjwani said. “I find myself riveted by the stories that people [shared] and am constantly amazed by the diversity of the Muslim community at Emory. There were Muslims who I was familiar with before, but after reading their stories, I feel closer to them because I think #CountOnMe allowed readers to catch a glimpse of the person’s life.”

College freshman Gulrukh

Shaheen said that the initative was great because of its attention drawn to individuals instead of the religion as a whole.

“I like the blog because it humanizes the Muslims on campus. Instead of just focusing on what Islam is, it focuses on how Islam plays an integral part in people’s lives,” Shaheen said. “It hones in on a common teaching that Islam is more than a religion — it is a way of life and the blog really epitomizes that.”

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Portland Basu: Net Neutrality Makes a Affects Sports Fans, Too Smart Move Continued from the Back Page

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ally need, while Kanter is already a huge upgrade over Perkins. Losing Jackson hurts, but Augustin is a solid player, and the upgrade in depth more than makes up for his loss.

Winner: Oklahoma City Thunder Brooklyn sent Kevin Garnett to Minnesota for Thaddeus Young.

NJ: This is a feel good story that benefits both teams but literally has zero impact on the league.

JD: This trade does nothing for anybody besides Garnett’s homecoming.

Winner: Kevin Garnett The Trail Blazers acquired Arron Afflalo and Alonzo Gee from the Nuggets in exchange for Will Barton, Victor Claver, Thomas Robinson and a lottery-projected 2016 first round draft pick.

NJ: The Nuggets are like Circuit City right before they went under.

Every player is on wholesale, and the Blazers cashed in on an experienced two guard who can help them make a run deep into the playoffs.

JD: Other than the Sixers’ deal for the Lakers’ pick, I like this deal the most. The Trail Blazers got a player who is already the best player on their bench.

It wasn’t too long ago that he was heralded and the next two-way All Star two guard. He’s not that player, but he is a good player that greatly improves their bench. He’s going to be important come playoff time.

Winner: Portland Trail Blazers​​ — Contact Jacob Durst at jacob.j.durst@emory.edu and Nathan Janick at nathan.janick@emory.edu

Internet as a public utility, as they do with telecommunication providers.

I’m about to explain why you, an avid sports fan, should care.

Say you frequent ESPN. You visit the website every morning when you wake up, receive alerts and game updates on your smartphone, and watch videos of game highlights after every major game. Now, say your ISP is Time Warner Cable.

ESPN is jointly owned by Disney Media Networks and the Hearst Corporation.

If net neutrality did not exist, Time Warner Cable could slow down the videos that are streamed on ESPN for you because it heavily competes with Disney Media Networks and the Hearst Corporation, all of which are mass media corporations.

On the other hand, ESPN.com visits are not the only thing at stake.

According to billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who himself made a fortune from a web broadcasting company, the FCC regulations have implications for network television.

He argues that open Internet would change television as we know it, because it is made up of all data bits equally, whether they be Internet content or television content.

If open Internet applies to television (because television technology now digitally transfers data in a similar way that Internet technology operates), Cuban says service providers would not be able to prefer cable users over Internet users, potentially leading to buffering on televisions.

Additionally, the government regulations could require consumers to purchase new equipment.

Keep in mind that this is not the

first time that the FCC and the world of sports have crossed paths.

What is now affectionately referred to as “Nipplegate” caused a legal mess when the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show featured a close-up of Janet Jackson’s breast due to a wardrobe malfunction.

The FCC subsequently called for an investigation into the halftime show, which led to Viacom being charged with more than $500,000 worth of fines. This decision was met with widespread disapproval, both by the FCC investigation’s opponents and supporters.

So as we can tell, the FCC has not had an uneventful history with sports fans.

As such, you should be considering a few things when deciding whether to support net neutrality.

First, should the FCC have the right to regulate the Internet? Is the Internet a public utility? And second, how does net neutrality affect your access to sports information?

How do you want your information delivered to you? How does fairness figure into all of this?

If you are a person who rarely engages with political issues, I don’t blame you. But this is an issue that not only directly affect sports fans but has the potential to be incredibly divisive.

If Cuban is right, then the pastime of live television sports is most likely in danger.

If the FCC is right, then we ought to be concerned with equal access to sports content.

Plus, for all you League of Legends fans, the subject of net neutrality has many implications for sports.

— Contact Rupsha Basu at rupsha.basu@emory.edu

TWO MINUTE Courtesy of Emory Athletics

Junior Beatrice Rosen tosses the ball before a serve. Last season, she earned a spot on the all-University Athletic Association (UAA) First Team.

Squad Continues Strong Start Into Week Four Continued from the Back Page Camille Wilson and Fuhr beat Nikki Langford, each winning their match 6-0, 6-0.

The doubles competition started with the team of Satterfield and freshman Bridget Harding dominating their match 8-0. DeMeo and Rosen beat their opposing team 8-1, and Fowler and sophomore Bruna Correa defeated their opponents 8-1, as well.

Agnes Scott’s loss dropped their overall record to 0-2.

The last match against Oglethorpe followed suit as Emory swept all nine matches.

Satterfield started the singles matches, defeating Caroline Johnson 6-1, 6-0. Su beat Katherine Walker 6-0, 6-1.

Harding won against Ingrid Wilcox 6-0, 6-0 as Harris defeated Marcail McGranahan 6-0, 6-0.

Loutsenko defeated MaryAnne Hafen 6-1, 6-0 and Truitt ended the matches with a win against Deanna

Walls 6-0, 6-0.

The Satterfield and Harding team started the doubles matches with a win, defeating their opponents 8-1.

DeMeo and Gordon teamed up to defeat their opponents 8-3. To end the day, Fowler and Correa teamed up and won 8-1.

Oglethorpe dropped to 1-1 after the loss.

After the wins on Sunday, Emory’s record improved to 4-1. Emory remains in the number one spot on the NCAA Division III rankings.

“This year’s goal is to fight hard while staying balanced,” Bryant added.

The Eagles returned to action Thursday night against Georgia Gwinnett College.

The Eagles won five of six singles sets and swept the doubles competition to win 8-1.

They will return to action this Saturday in Marietta, Georgia for the Kennesaw State Tournament.

— Contact Elana Cates at

elana.cates@emory.edu

DRILL WITH

Brett Lake

By Zak Hudak Sports Editor Brett Lake, a College senior majoring in international studies, is an outfielder and captain on the second-ranked Emory baseball team. Last season, he led all Division III hitters with 69 RBIs and was named a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-America Second Team. He was one of two players named a University Athletic Association (UAA) Most Valuable Player, and his 86 hits were only one behind the Emory record. In the Eagles game against Webster University (Mo.), Lake went fourfor-five with one RBI and a run.

Emory Wheel: What is your biggest goal for this season?

Brett Lake: The [College] World Series.

EW: What are your responsibilities as a captain?

BL: Make sure we have more energy than Coach T. EW: High or low socks?

BL: Low. EW: Why? BL: I did high socks as a freshman and sophomore, and I called my low socks my power pants for when I’m trying to hit for more power. I’m trying to hit for more power.

EW: Favorite MLB player?

BL: Yasiel Puig.

EW: Do you prefer hitting or fielding?

BL: Hitting.

EW: Favorite pitch to hit?

BL: Fastball.

EW: Hard line drives or long bombs?

BJ: Hard line drives.

EW: Favorite MLB team?

BL: The Dodgers.

EW: Best Emory baseball memory?

BL: The World Series last year.

EW: What are your plans for after graduation?

BL: I’m applying for jobs now, and maybe I’ll get drafted, but we’ll see. No idea.

— Contact Zak Hudak at zachary.j.hudak@emory.edu

Baseball Prepares for Methodist and Birmingham-Southern Continued from the Back Page got on the board in the top of the sixth with two runs when sophomore first Gorloks baseman Kyle Uhrich doubled to center field, driving in senior outfielder Charlie Gandolfi and sophomore outfielder Alec Bahnick, who had reached on a throwing error.

Eagles senior Michael Byman came in on relief for Merolla in the seventh and gave up two runs in the top of the eighth.

Down 4-2, the Eagles responded in the bottom of the inning with two runs of their own. Maldari started the inning with a single, and Wetmore followed with a home run to right field, knotting the score at four.

Sophomore Jackson Weeg pitched a scoreless ninth, putting the Eagles in position to break the tie in the bottom of the inning. Lake led off the inning with a single, but Peacock struck out and Maldari lined out centerfield, leaving the Eagles with only

one more out to score before extra innings.

Wetmore hit a long fly ball, but Webster left fielder, Gandolfi, misjudged it and allowed it to drop. Lake scored, giving the Eagles a walkoff win.

Merolla pitched six innings, giving up three hits and one earned run and striking out six, but got no decision. Weeg, who pitched two scoreless innings and struck out three, got the win.

Josh Fleming got the loss for the Gorloks. At the plate, Lake went fourfor-five with a double, Maldari added two hits and Wetmore drove in two, including the decisive one in the bottom of the ninth.

On Saturday, the Eagles took on the 25th ranked Rhodes College (Tenn.)

Lynx. Sophomore Hans Hansen started for the Eagles. Rhodes got out ahead in the bottom of the third with one run off Hansen, and in the bottom of the fourth, the Lynx added three

more runs. Rhodes’ Will Gietema led off the inning with a walk and Jackson Lourie singled to left field, driving him in. After four innings, Hansen’s day was done, relieved by sophomore left-hander Luke Emmett.

Emmett pitched three innings, giving up one unearned run.

The Eagles struggled at the plate, mustering only four hits, all of which were singles. Despite the team’s hitting woes, Maldari continued to lock in at the plate, getting two.

“Phil works really hard, and we need him to fill in the middle of our lineup,” Lake said about Maldari.

On Tuesday, the Eagles took on the Oglethorpe University (Ga.) Stormy Petrel’s. Junior Tyler Sprague started on the mound for the Eagles, his first start in more than a year because of injury. Sprague struck out the leadoff hitter, but after giving up a double, a single, a two-run double and a single, he was replaced by Michael Byman after only getting one out. By the

end of the half inning, the Eagles had given up three. In the bottom of the inning, Peacock walked and scored on a sac fly from Lake.

The Petrels added three more runs in the top of the second and one more in the top of the fifth bringing the score to 1-7, Oglethorpe.

Down five runs, the Eagles began to chip away at the Petrel’s lead. In the bottom of the fifth, the Eagles scored a run of their own on a single from infielder Ronpirin that drove in freshman catcher Mitch Kerner who singled to left.

In the bottom of the sixth, Vizvary led off with a walk and Maldari followed with a single. Morgan reached on a throwing error, scoring Vizvary.

With two outs, Peacock singled to center, driving in Morgan and Maldari.

In the bottom of the eighth, Peacock walked, advanced to second on a wild pitch, stole third and scored when Ronpirin reached on a throwing

error, narrowing the deficit to 7-6.

However, the Eagles failed to score in the bottom of the ninth and ultimately fell to the Petrel’s 7-6.

“We got down early and almost came back, but we just need to work on getting the lead in the beginning of the game,” Lake said.

The weather conditions did not help the fielders on either team and caused the Eagles too many errors, according to Twardoski.

“Our strength is pitching, and we need to get back to that,” Twardoski said.

Playing four games in five days was tough on the Eagles. The good news was that it gave younger players a chance to show what they’ve got, Twardoski said.

The Eagles, currently ranked third in the nation, will take on Methodist University (N.C) in a double header this Saturday at Chappell Park. ​ — Contact Joseph Shapiro at

joseph.elliott.shapiro@emory.edu

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On Tuesday, On Fire revealed part one of the “All Time Sports Movie Oscars.” This list generated tremendous controversy in social media, with the Twitterverse and blogosphere erupting in discussion over who was slighted and who was the biggest surprise pick.

Settle down everyone, settle down.

That was just part one. Without further ado, we will now release part two.

5. Best Sports as an Agent for Social Change Movie: “Remember the Titans” This is a film about how sports can enable us to overcome the differences that divide us. Sunshine, Rev, Superman, Petey, Coach Boone, Coach Yoast ... Football allowed them to transcend the barriers that centuries of racial strife had erected. It tells an important story in our history, one that we all should know. We can all take a lesson from the Titans.

But this movie shines in ways beyond mere social commentary. At its heart, it is a story about a great football season. How strong is Gary Bertier? Too strong! Left side! Strong side! Left side! What kind of power does Julius Power? Soul power!

Plus — Denzel. Nothing more needs to be said.

6. Best Hair in a Sports Movie: Tie Between White Goodman in “Dodgeball” and Ricky Vaughn in “Major League” “Feathered and lethal. You just don’t see it nowdays.” So said the legendary Pepper Brooks, giving us the perfect description of the wonderful flow that is Goodman’s hair. The owner of Globo-Gym has the hair of a champion. But Vaughn has the hair of a bad boy. Jagged, pointy and intense. You do not want to mess with Vaughn.

7. Best Sex Scene in a Sports Movie: “Jerry Maguire” Tom Cruise. Renée Zellweger.

Damn. Those are two beautiful people. And they go at it. With class.

With grace. With style.

An honorable mention goes to “Caddyshack.”

8. Best Announcers in a Sports Movie: Pepper Brooks and Cotton McKnight in “Dodgeball” We know what our readers must be thinking: in the words of Pepper Brooks, “I feel shocked.” Aren’t those just two idiots who said lots of dumb things? No. These two gentlemen set a whole new standard for sports broadcasting. The insight, the wit, the humor, the perspective, the history lessons ... They do it all. Yes, they make jokes. But as Pepper said when learning that Average Joes would be forfeiting the match, “It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off.” (Spoiler alert: It does.)

When Peter LaFleur blindfolds himself, who would know what to think if Pepper had not said, “He will not be able to see very well, Cotton.” The answer is no one. Pepper and Cotton, we salute you.

9. Best Sports Movie Featuring an Animal with Incredible Jumping Abilities: “Air Bud” That dog sure knows how to jump high. I mean, really, really high. But that owner sure was mean.

10. Best Sports Movie Set in West Texas: “The Rookie” When your On Fire correspondent was younger, he (or she) thought that if a movie were ever to be made about his (or her) life, Dennis Quaid would star in it. The jury is still out on whether or not this will be the case. The jury is not out, however, on “The Rookie’s” place in the pantheon of sports movies set it West Texas — it sits firmly at the top of the heap.

This because it is such an educational movie.

Who knew, for instance, that if you wanted to stop deer from eating up your newly seeded baseball field, you should put human hair all over it?

Who knew that sometimes the speed detectors on the side of the road do not work? Who knew that Quaid was so handsome?

Actually, anyone who saw “The Flight of the Phoenix” could have told you that last one.

11. Sports Movie Most Likely to Cause a Religious Conversion: “Angels in the Outfield” This one kind of speaks for itself.

12. Sports Movie Most Likely to Make You Carve Your Own Baseball Bat by Hand: “The Natural” He made the bat out of a tree that had been struck out of a bolt of lightning. That is pretty dope.

12. Sports Movie Most Likely to Make You Try to Breathe With Your Eyelids: “Bull Durham” Because, in the words of Annie Savoy, “A guy will listen to anything if he thinks its foreplay.”

13. Sports Movie Title That Best Expresses a Universal Truth: “White Man Can’t Jump” So true.

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Friday, February 27, 2015 Sports Editor: Zak Hudak (zachary.j.hudak@emory.edu)

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Nosebleeds: Winners In Recent NBA Trades

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Senior right hand pitcher Connor Dillman hurls a pitch. Dillman started for the Eagles in their road victory over Millsaps College (Miss.) last Friday. The Eagles are now 5-2 on the season and Dillman is 2-0.

Eagles Split Four Tough Games Over Week

In what proved to be a tough week due to injuries and inclement weather, the Emory baseball team played four games, winning two and losing two.

On Friday, Feb. 20, the Eagles traveled to Jackson, Miss. to take on the Millsaps College Majors.

Senior ace Connor Dillman started on the bump for the Eagles, and Millsaps got on the board first, putting up four runs in the bottom of the third innings. With two outs and the bases loaded, Millsaps junior outfielder Isaac Glenn singled to right center, scoring senior infielder Samuel Doucet. The next Majors batter, senior infielder Annon Etheridge singled to right field, scoring Glenn and senior infielder Keith Shumaker scored.

The Eagles got on the board in the top of the fifth, as junior infielder

Dylan Eisner reached on a throwing error by the Millsaps shortstop to lead off the inning. After advancing on junior outfielder Chris Slivka’s groundout, Eisner stole third and scored when the Millsaps second baseman misplayed a groundball hit by junior infielder Jack Karras.

Dillman left the game after the sixth, striking out five and allowing only three hits, but giving up four earned runs.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Eagles exploded for seven runs.

Eisner started the rally off with a walk and scored when the next hitter, junior designated hitter Ben Vizvary, doubled to center field. With one out, sophomore Wilson Morgan, who was pinch-hitting for sophomore catcher Austen Maggin, singled to left field, scoring freshman Thomas Sprague who was pinch-running for Vizvary.

Sophomore outfielder Cody Wetmore walked, advancing Morgan to sec-

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ond. After senior infielder Jordan Selbach struck out, senior outfielder Brett Lake reached on a fielding error by a Millsaps shortstop, loading the bases. With two outs, senior outfielder Wes Peacock doubled down the left-field line, scoring Morgan and Wetmore. The next batter, sophomore infielder Phil Maldari singled, scoring Lake and advancing Peacock to third. Maldari stole second and Peacock scored on the throw the second.

The Majors answered with one run in the bottom of the inning on a home run by Shumaker off Emory sophomore reliever Kyle Monk. Monk remained in the game, shutting the Eagles down in the seventh and eight and earning three strike outs en route to his second save of the season. The Millsaps pitchers gave up two earned runs, seven hits and struck out 10.

The Eagles took advantage of the Majors’ three errors, which led to five

unearned runs. The game came to an end with the Eagles winning 7-5.

“This is the time for younger players to step up and find their place,” Head Coach Mike Twardoski said.

Later that day, the Eagles faced the Webster College (Mo.) Gorloks. In a game that went down to the bottom of the last frame, the Eagles prevailed 5-4 on walkoff contact from Wetmore.

Junior pitcher Paul Merolla started on the mound for the Eagles. The Eagles started the scoring in the bottom of the first with a double from Lake that drove in junior infielder Jeff Ronpirin. The Eagles got one more in the bottom of the fourth when senior infielder Jordan Selbach reached on a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded that scored Vizvary from third. Merolla threw five scoreless innings before Webster finally

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This trade deadline was a good one. We have profiled what we thought were some of the more important things that happened.

Here’s our analysis: Miami acquired guard Goran Dragic and guard Zoran Dragic from Phoenix for center Justin Hamilton, forward Danny Granger and first-round draft picks in 2017 and 2021.

Nathan Janick: Miami became an Eastern contender for 24 hours with this trade before Chris Bosh was sideline with blood clots in his lungs. Gorgan is a top-10 point guard in this league and adds much-needed scoring to the point guard position in Miami. Mario Chalmers and Norris Cole weren’t cutting it in Miami.

Jacob Durst: You have to feel like nothing has gone right for the Heat since LeBron James left over the summer. Wade is a shell of what he was.

All they have is Hassan Whiteside and the Dragic’s now. Their contender hopes were smashed once Bosh went out for the season, which is compounded by the fact that Josh McRoberts won’t see the floor for the rest of the season.

Phoenix wins this trade solely because Zoran was leaving anyway, and the Heat gave up big future pieces for a contender status that is already gone.

Winner: Phoenix Suns Milwaukee traded guard Brandon Knight and guard Kendall Marshall and Los Angeles Lakers’ projected 2015 first-round draft pick to Phoenix for guard Tyler Ennis and forward Miles Plumlee and acquired

guard Michael Carter-Williams from Philadelphia for the Lakers’ projected 2015 first-round draft pick.

NJ: The Sixers got another first round pick. Before long they might have every other pick in the upcoming drafts. Carter-Williams, who is one of the most overrated young prospects in this league, went to the Bucks who gave up Brandon Knight, who is a very underrated young player.

JD: The Sixers played this perfect. They spent two years artificially inflating Carter-Williams’ value as a below-average point guard by playing him tons of minutes and giving good counting stats.

Then they sold him off for by far the most valuable thing to change hands this deadline, the Lakers’ projected pick.

It’s projected top five this year, top three next year and then not at all in 2017. Theoretically, the Sixers might have just traded a rotation player on a good team for the number one overall pick. Not bad.

Winner: Philadelphia 76ers In three-team trade, the Thunder acquired Enes Kanter and Steve Novak from the jazz for Kendrick Perkins, Grant Jerrett and two draft picks (one from the Pistons); Oklahoma City also received D.J. Augustin and Kyle Singler from Detroit for Reggie Jackson.

NJ: The Thunder traded Jackson for one year of Kevin Martin ... no wait, the Thunder made a deal that helps them now. Perkins is very far past his prime and might not start on some intramural teams at Emory.

Jackson was begging for a trade, so this is an addition by subtraction.

So what did the Thunder get in return?

A more than competent young big man who will help the thunder become an even more appealing pick to win the West.

JD: I really like this Thunder trade. They got rid of the walking moving screen, Perkins and a couple of other non-factors for a ton of depth.

Novak is the shooter they actu-

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Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality

Rupsha Basu Before we all get too excited for March Madness, it’s time we divert all the energy — that for the last few weeks went toward arguing about the Super Bowl — to something a little off the beaten path for sports fans: net neutrality.

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed new net neutrality regulations that protect the flow of content on the internet and ban Internet Service Providers (ISP) from asymmetrically allowing access to legal content and instituting service discrimination.

Specifically, the regulations disallow ISPs from charging users for speedier content and slowing down content from providers that compete with ISPs. The FCC regulations treat the

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Freshman Bridget Harding squares up to the ball. Harding won her singles sets against Oglethorpe University (Ga.) last Sunday and Georgia Gwinnett College Thursday. The Eagles are now 5-1 on the 2015 season.

Top-Ranked Women Sweep Four-Game Week With Ease

By Elana Cates Asst. Sports Editor Through the pouring rain, the Emory women’s tennis team moved to the indoor courts at the WoodPEC and captured wins in all three of their matches this past Saturday, Feb. 21. Emory won 8-1 over Millsaps College (Miss.), 9-0 against Agnes Scott College (Ga.) and 9-0 over Oglethorpe University (Ga.).

In an email to the Wheel, Head Coach Amy Bryant wrote, “the past matches gave us the opportunity to utilize what we have been working on in practice. The wins enabled us to build confidence and reassurance about the strategies we’ve been working on. However, it’s a journey and this is one step in reaching our goals.”

In the singles competition against Millsaps, Emory won five out of six matches. Sophomore Michelle

Satterfield defeated Deena Li Kam Wa 6-3, 4-6, 10-8. Freshman Julie Fowler beat Ma Claiborne-Sharpe 6-0, 6-0. Senior Catharine Harris also won her match against Anna Brahce 6-0, 6-0 while junior Marissa Levine beat her opponent, Rachel Beck 6-0, 6-0 and junior Stephanie Loutsenko beat Reya Hayek 6-0, 6-0.

In a close match, Emory’s only singles loss came from junior Madison Gordon, defeated by Ashley Ford

6-0, 2-6, 10-8.

Emory won all three of the doubles matches against Millsaps.

Sophomore Katarina Su and freshman Anna Fuhr defeated their opponents 8-2. The team of sophomore Michelle DeMeo and junior Beatrice Rosen and the team of Loutsenko and senior Danielle Truitt each defeated their opponents 8-0.

After the loss, Millsaps dropped to 1-1 on the season.

“All of the doubles matches really set us up well for singles,” Bryant wrote.

The next match against Agnes Scott was a full sweep, as Emory won each match.

In the singles competition, Rosen defeated Claire Rinaldo 6-0, 6-1 and Fowler defeated Maddie Hoffman 6-0, 6-2. Harris beat Anne Rinaldo, Levine beat Taylor Lee, Truitt beat

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