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SGA SPLITS INTO TWO BRANCHES University-wide Referendum Passes in Landslide By eMily Sullivan Associate Editor

The Student Government Association (SGA) will split into two autonomous graduate and undergraduate branches following the passage of a University-wide referendum by a vote of 3,773 to 364 Tuesday night. Legislators will now serve on either the Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) or the Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA), each of which will function independent of the other. USGA will act as the primary governing body for undergraduates, and GSGA for graduate students. A Joint Governance Committee (JGC) composed of executive members of both branches will meet regularly to address University-wide issues. GSGA will collect and monitor its own graduate student activity fee, according to the referendum website. The bill to split SGA was proposed and passed by SGA last semester to address concerns about the lack of equitable graduate student representation. The SGA Restructure and Transition Plan, created in anticipation of the bill’s passage, projects that its six phases — which include the amendment of previous governing documents and a review of all organizations holding University-wide status — will be completed by April. About 7,800 undergraduate stu-

dents and 6,900 graduate students had the opportunity to vote online between Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. on the “Bill to Create an Equitable Student Government Structure.” The number of undergraduate versus graduate students who voted in the referendum is not available because the voting system does not break down voters by division, Emory University Elections Board Chair and Goizueta Business School senior James Cahill wrote in an email to the Wheel. GSGA President and Goizueta Business School graduate student Jared Greenbaum called the passage of the referendum “a historic moment for Emory.” Greenbaum said that the breakdown of the vote — 91.2 percent for and 8.8 percent against the bill — “shows the importance of this vote.” SGA President and College senior Max Zoberman agreed, stating that the voter turnout itself — 4,137 total student voters — reveals the significance of this referendum. “This is the highest turnout of any election in Emory’s history,” Zoberman said. “I’ve never seen numbers like this, ever.” The referendum attracted 69 more voters than the Fall 2014 referendum in which students voted against an increased per-semester Student Activity Fee (SAF), according to a Dec. 8, 2014 Wheel article.

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College seniors Dennis Kamara (Top) and Harpreet Singh (BoTToM) sign demonstration organizer and College freshman Ruhika Prasad’s bed sheet.

By hannah e. conway Associate Editor About 70 Emory affiliates gathered in Asbury Circle in a demonstration against President Donald J. Trump’s policies two days after his executive order on immigration. Some at the Sunday protest shared personal stories about the past and present effects of the United States’ immigration system on their lives and their families. They also marked a bed sheet with phrases calling for resistance to the order and compassion for those affected. Trump’s executive order prevented all refugees from entering the United States for 120 days and prohibits Syrian refugees from entering

the U.S. indefinitely. Signed Friday afternoon, the order also bars all citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 days. A federal judge issued a nationwide stay that blocked parts of Trump’s order Saturday, preventing the deportation of some individuals detained at airports. College freshmen Luisa Kim and Ruhika Prasad organized Emory’s demonstration by creating a Facebook event after Kim read an article Saturday night about Trump’s executive order. “Having a platform where people can share whatever they’re thinking is

“I feel devastated,” Emory University School of Medicine Cardiology Fellow Heval Mohamed Kelli said when asked about his reaction to President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on immigration. “I would’ve never been able to do today what I did 15 years ago.”

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CLIMATE

RUN THE ROW

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Fraternity pledges prepare to run down Eagle Row to their respective houses in Emory’s “Run the Row” tradition. Current fraternity members wait on the lawns of their houses, ready to officially welcome the new members into greek Life at Emory.

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A climate change and public health conference initiated by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and several non-governmental organizations will replace the cancelled Centers for Disease and Control Prevention’s (CDC) Climate and Health Summit, according to a Jan. 26 American Public Health Association (APHA) press release. Organizers began planning the new Climate and Health Meeting last week — less than a month before its Feb. 16 start, and will keep the conference to a single day, according to Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute Ashish Jha. The CDC’s Climate and Health Summit had been scheduled to take three days. Taking place at the Carter Center, the new conference will feature panels and speakers, including some who were scheduled for the cancelled event.

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Following President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, the CDC alerted attendees that the conference was cancelled, according to The Washington Post. “[The CDC] cancelled [the Climate and Health Summit] out of fear of retribution from the Trump administration,” Jha said. Trump publicly denied that climate change is real on several occasions, and announced plans to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency last year. Minutes after Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, the topic of climate change was almost entirely eradicated from the White House website. “Today we face a challenging political climate, but climate shouldn’t be a political issue,” Gore said in a Jan. 26 press release. The CDC did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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The undergraduate legislators of the 50th Legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) continued discussions on the proposed Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) restructure Monday, following the SGA meeting in which the legislature granted funding to an African cultural event. After considering last week’s feedback, SGA College-wide Representative and College junior William Palmer presented undergraduate SGA legislators with a revised version of the proposed USGA legislature which would consist of 15 members. Last week, undergraduate legislators discussed what the new undergraduate structure would look like after SGA splits into two autonomous branches, an undergraduate branch and a graduate branch. Palmer increased the proposed number of legislators on USGA in response to concerns that only 10 members would lead to insufficient discussion and participation in USGA. The undergraduate legislature proposal included one member from each year in the College; two College-wide representatives; one junior and one senior BBA representative; one BBAwide representative; one junior and one senior Nursing representative; one Nursing-wide representative; one freshman and one sophomore Oxford College representative; one Oxford continuee representative; and one ex-

officio Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) member. Each USGA member would also sit on a divisional council to “improve communication,” according to Palmer. All committees, with the possible exception of the Diversity and Equity Committee, would no longer be needed because the matters they oversee would be handled by USGA legislature as a whole, Palmer said. He said that the Executive, Constitutional Council and Finance Committee will remain unchanged. Undergraduate legislators raised concerns about committee elimination, since legislators typically form committees to carry projects to fruition. Diversity and Equity Committee member and College sophomore Ruben Diaz Vasquez argued against his committee’s dismantlement. “Diversity and equity has to be something that everyone is considering as they’re legislating,” Diaz Vasquez said. SGA Attorney General and Goizueta Business School senior Christopher Lam suggested ad hoc committees, which would be organized as needed in the USGA structure. During its legislative session, SGA passed Bill 50s818 requesting $2,000 to rent a room at the Emory Conference Center for the African Student Association’s “Taste of Africa” event by a majority vote.

— Contact Christian Garcia at christian.garcia@emory.edu

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By alex KluGerMan Staff Writer Before Stefan C. Passantino began advising the White House on compliance and ethics issues as President Donald J. Trump’s deputy assistant and deputy counsel, he was a student at Emory University School of Law. Stefan Passantino, Deputy White House counsel for compliance

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Passantino currently heads the president’s compliance team, which is charged with ensuring the executive branch complies with all ethics laws and rules. He graduated from Emory’s law school in 1991, and was managing editor of the Emory Law Journal from 1990 to 1991. Passantino’s team is composed of former U.S. House Financial Services committee attorney Uttam Dhillon, Investigative Counsel for the Office of Congressional Ethics Scott Gast and former Cozen O’Connor Law Firm attorney James Schultz. Their task is made more complicated by the Trump Organization’s myriad worldwide business interests, run by Trump’s sons, Donald Trump, Jr. and Eric Trump. Historically, past presidents have moved their financial holdings into a blind trust, which allows an inde-

pendent manager to manage assets without the president’s knowledge. Despite being urged to do the same by ethics experts and elected officials, Trump has not. A former partner and political law team chair at Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, Passantino represented clients including politicians, interest groups and corporations. He specializes in elections law, pay-toplay compliance, ethics and lobbying laws. Prior to joining Dentons, Passantino was a partner at the Atlanta- and D.C.-based Arnall Golden Gregory Law Firm and served as counsel to former Emory alumnus and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) (65C) and U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mich.). Gingrich, who retained Passantino as his counsel for almost 20 years, said in a Jan. 25 White House statement that he has the “utmost confidence that [Passantino] will serve in the White House with professiwonalism and courage, standing firm for an administration that is above reproach.” Passantino received bipartisan support, including backing from former Chair of the DNC and former Gov. of Vermont Howard Dean. “[Passantino] will be clear about what the legal and ethical boundaries are in his advice to the White House,” Dean said in the same White House press release. Passantino did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

— Contact Alex Klugerman at alex.klugerman@emory.edu

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Compiled By Monica Lefton On Jan. 26 at 11:54 a.m., an Emory Police Department (EPD) at a blue light emergency phone on Means Drive near the Emory School of Medicine. A piece of paper with profane writing was attached to the post with a hardened substance, covering the phone’s

assigned to a detective. On Jan. 27 at 12:15 p.m., EPD responded to a call regarding a theft at the Michael C. Carlos Museum. suggesting that an item was taken and replaced with a forgery. The

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port. The backpacks and MacBook are valued at $1,360 total. The case has been assigned to a detective. On Jan. 29 at 1:14am, an EPD ofthree men standing over an intoxicated individual lying by a bush near Raoul Hall at the intersection of Asbury Circle and Eagle Row. who said they were visiting from Vanderbilt University (Tenn.). Emory Emergency Medical Services (EEMS) and DeKalb County American Medical Response (AMR) also responded. DeKalb AMR transported the intoxicated individual to Emory University Hospital (EUH).

Management removed the paper. A ber said more than 15 similar incidents occurred at other blue light phones around campus this past semester. The case has been assigned to a detective. Campus Life

and with intent to defraud.” Priyanka Sinha, director of Communications and Marketing at Carlos Museum, said she was unaware of a forgery at the museum. The case has been assigned to a detective.

On Jan. 27 at 10:30 a.m., EPD responded to a call regarding a theft at the Dobbs University Center (DUC). An Emory student reported a package missing. He said he picked up the package Jan. 13 from the DUC Mail Center, went to the dining area to eat and accidentally left the package there. When he returned Jan. 14, the package was gone. The package was unopened and contained Nike shoes valued at $200. The case has been

On Jan. 27 at 2:45 p.m., EPD responded to a call regarding the breaking and entering of an automobile at the Lowergate Visitor Deck. The subject, a visitor, said he parked his white 2015 Volkswagen Jetta on level F of the deck around 8:12 a.m., but when he returned to his vehicle at 2:40 p.m. the driver’s side rear window was shattered and two backpacks were missing. The L.L.Bean and Ful backpacks contained a MacBook Pro, clothing, medicine, toiletries and a pass-

On Jan. 29 at 9:28 p.m., EPD responded to a call regarding a theft at the Computing Center at Cox Hall. The victim, an Emory student, reported his iPhone 5 missing from the printer-area charging dock. He left his phone to charge at 5:45 p.m. When he returned at 8:30 p.m., the phone was gone. The phone is valued at $100. The case has been assigned to a detective.

pendent sexual assault investigation independent of a completed criminal investigation, according to Emory Title IX Coordinator Lynell Cadray. A Title IX coordinator is appointed to a case; he or she determines whether charges for a sexual-misconduct policy violation should be pursued and if there is sufficient evidence to support those charges. The Title IX office conducts an additional hearing if the student who reported the assault wishes to pursue disciplinary action. Colleges receiving federal funding are required to address sexual harassment and misconduct under the Education Amendments Act of 1972, which created the Title IX coordinator position. Cadray said that, if passed, the state bill would not supersede the act because Title IX is federal law, adding that Emory will follow any future federal changes. Cadray said Ehrhart’s proposed bill would decrease the willingness of students to file sexual assault reports. “When victims and students come forward, they really are very much concerned about Emory being a safe place for them to go to school and to learn and to work,” Cadray said. “They may be a lot more reluctant if they have

to go through a criminal process or have to go to police.” The bill stipulates that universities can only conduct independent investigations if they collaborate with campus law enforcement officers who are certified by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. Should the bill pass, Emory could independently investigate crimes only by collaborating with Emory Police Department (EPD) officers, because all officers in EPD are certified peace officers, according to Manager of EPD Communications Tamika Kendrick. Cadray said that Emory’s Title IX office works with EPD on some sexual assault cases. “Sometimes criminal cases can take a little bit longer and get more detailed,” Cadray said. “The goal for [Emory] is to make sure there is an intervention, that we can stop the behavior as quickly as possible.” Ehrhart proposed the bill because he was concerned about the cost of lawsuits against schools for mishandling cases and the misuse of federal funds and the current process’ failure to condemn the guilty or exonerate the

who was the only scheduled speaker. “He’s racist, inept and out of control … Take action, start calling your senators, city council persons and protest.” Muslim Student Association (MSA) President and College junior Sundus Tameez thanked demonstrators for their sharing their experiences and offered support on behalf of MSA. College senior Kathryn Taylor said she participated in the demonstration because Trump has exceeded his political power and violated basic American values like human rights and respect. “It was great to hear everyone speak about their personal stories and their beliefs about what they want

our political system to represent,” Taylor said. “I’m really glad that college students are coming together to say that, ‘We’re not just going to sit by and let this happen.’ ” The organizers said they were surprised by the number and diversity of people who volunteered to speak at the open mic. “To be so close to these people that were pouring their hearts out … made me have so much more faith in people, and Emory as a campus,” Prasad said. University President Claire E. Sterk and Emory’s International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) sent emails about the executive order

— Contact Monica Lefton at monica.lefton@emory.edu

TITLE IX

By iSaBeTh MenDoza Contributing Writer A proposed state bill (HB51) could alter Emory’s sexual assault investigation process and require Georgia universities to turn over investigation of crimes committed on campus to police if passed in the Georgia legislature. State Rep. Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs) introduced HB51 Jan. 11. The bill would bar Georgia universities from conducting university-led independent investigations of crimes and would leave investigation and prosecution to law enforcement officials. The bill would also prevent schools from penalizing individuals until they are convicted by law enforcement. The only exception in the bill is that an institution could suspend a student who poses an immediate threat to the lives, health or safety of the student body and whose criminal charges are pending. If passed, the bill would affect Emory, as the University receives state grants such as the Georgia Tuition Equalization Grants (GTEG) and the HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) Scholarship. Currently, Emory can begin an inde-

Continued from Page 1 really important,” Kim said. “I was kind of disappointed when I came to Emory because there was almost no social activism, so I thought, ‘Why not? Get a mic, gather some people and it can totally happen.’ ” The demonstration was met with support and austerity as students raised their voices on the premise that all Americans, including Trump, are or descend from immigrants. “What is dangerous is a president of the United States giving out executive orders like they’re only candy without considering the consequences or the legality of these orders,” said College sophomore Nora Elmubarak,

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Compiled By Richard Chess neTworK ShuT Down overniGhT EmoRy – Emory Unplugged shut down between Saturday evening and Sunday evening, during which Wi-Fi users were unable to access the internet on Emory’s network. More than a dozen workers from Library & Information Technology Services worked to identify the problem, which was not caused by an external breach, according to Director of Network Services Wayne Ortman. Ortman declined to comment further on the cause of the shutdown. Free TaMpon proGraM reneweD EmoRy – College Council (CC) announced it would renew its program that provides free tampons at three locations on Emory’s Atlanta campus. Student Health Services and the Office of Health Promotion will join Campus Services to fund the program, which will continue through Dec. 31, 2018, according to CC President and College senior Molly Zhu. The program, which ran Sept. 6, 2016 to Dec. 5, 2016, was renewed after CC being deemed it successful — more than 1130 tampons and 60 pads were used, according to CC’s calculations. The bathrooms with dispensers containing free tampons are located at the main women’s bathroom in the Dobbs University Center (DUC), White Hall and the first two floors of the Robert W. Woodruff Library.

manently Sunday after one-anda-half years of business. Chief Operating Officer Ted Lescher said sales were insufficient to continue operating at the Village location. The restaurant owners are looking to sublet to a new tenant, according to Lescher. Lucky’s will continue serving food at its remaining locations in Brookhaven and Roswell. GraD STuDenTS Try To unionize EmoRy - Some Emory graduate students are attempting to form a graduate student union following the National Labor Relations Board’s declaration that graduate students at private universities working as teaching and research assistants are covered by federal labor laws, according to The Chicago Tribune. Laney Graduate School students Cameron Thurber and Molly Slavin are seeking signatures from 30 percent of Laney students so a formal vote to unionize can be held for all Laney students. Thurber said that a group of Emory graduate students “want[s] … to make sure that the work that [graduate students] do is recognized and compensated at a rate that is nationally prescribed.”

— Contact Ricky Chess at richard.chess@emory.edu

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Last week’s article “DTD, SigEp to Occupy Former Beta House” stated that DTD’s Emory chapter was founded in 2015 and never had its own house. DTD’s Emory chapter was founded in 1882 and had a chapter house at 4 Eagle Row until Summer 2007.

and its potential effects on Emory students, faculty and staff. Kim and Prasad said they plan to write a petition to urge Emory administration to issue more concrete actions, rather than sending more emails. “Emory did send out an email to all international students because it might affect them, but I do think that the school should tell us what to do, or what we can do to help,” Goizueta Business School sophomore Sania Chandrani said. “Other than donate to the ACLU or call judges, there’s not really much that we have the ability to do, which is a really terrifying and helpless feeling, and I can only

imagine how people who are in this situation feel.” Protests at Atlanta’s HartsfieldJackson International Airport and other major national airports occurred Sunday to oppose Trump’s executive order. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, thousands of people gathered at Hartsfield-Jackson Sunday to protest, including U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). Michelle Lou and Ricky Chess contributed reporting.

— Contact Hannah Conway at hannah.conway@emory.edu

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By iSaBeTh MenDoza Contributing Writer Carlos del Rio, chair of the Hubert Department of Global Health, succeeded Leon Haley Jr. as executive associate dean of clinical affairs at Grady Memorial Hospital two weeks ago, chalking up a fifth current Emory University leadership position. Del Rio assumed the new position Jan. 16., making him the principal liaison between Emory School of Medicine and Grady, Haley said. Del Rio is now responsible for the strategic direction, operation and function of Emory faculty, residents and staff who practice primarily at Grady, according to Haley. Haley, who had served as the executive associate dean since 2013, was named dean and vice president of health affairs at the University of Florida College of Medicine â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jacksonville Jan. 1.

Headed by Gregory Jones, the associate vice president for health affairs in the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, the search for a permanent dean of Grady is expected to be completed by the end of del Rioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s term. In addition to his Hubert chair, del Rio is a professor in the division of infectious disease at the School of Medicine, a program director for the Emory AIDS International Training and Research Program and co-director of the Emory Center for AIDS Research. Since completing his internal medicine and infectious disease residencies at Emory, del Rio served as chief of the Emory Medical Services at Grady Memorial Hospital from 2001 to 2009. Del Rio worked with Grady patients in his research, which focuses on the epidemiology of HIV. Del Rio said his various directorships within the University make

him a strong bridge between the Emory and Grady communities. At Grady â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the largest hospital in Georgia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about 700 University faculty supervise 366 Emory residents and fellows as they provide patient care. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From a leadership perspective, [del Rio] knows Grady very well and has worked with Grady for years in the past,â&#x20AC;? Haley said. As interim dean, del Rio aims to balance Emoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission of providing opportunities to students with Gradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission of delivering outstanding patient care, he said. Del Rio believes Emory ought to engage with the local community in Atlanta. He hopes to see faculty and students from other Emory schools become more involved with patients, suggesting that Emory School of Law students, for example, could help patients who need but cannot afford legal services.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Emory is] located in Druid Hills in a wealthy neighborhood but we live in a city where there [is] a lot of poverty and underserved populations,â&#x20AC;? del Rio said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a private university we have a responsibility to be engaged with our local community.â&#x20AC;? Chief of Infectious Disease at Grady Memorial Hospital Jeffrey Lennox praised del Rioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;incredibly intenseâ&#x20AC;? passion for health and medicine, which fuels del Rio to mentor public health and medical students and collaborate with scientists around the globe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Del Rio] is not someone who just sits back and accepts the status quo,â&#x20AC;? Lennox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My hope is that he is really able to transform the clinical care at Grady so that it is even more patient centered and has better outcomes for all of the patients.â&#x20AC;?

The new conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organizers, including the APHA and Goreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nonprofit Climate Reality Project, asked former U.S. President Jimmy Carter if they could host the conference at the Carter Center since attendees were already planning to travel to Atlanta for the cancelled conference, according to Director of Communications at the Carter Center Deanna Congileo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to bring people together â&#x20AC;Ś to discuss the problems that climate change creates but also potential solutions,â&#x20AC;? Jha said.

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in the proposed area. Engle reported that each category received more than 70 percent approval. DCSD did not respond to requests for comment, but the lawsuit states the district will lose tax revenue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The annexation removes properties from DeKalb Schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; taxable territory, which deprives DeKalb Schools of its entitlement to funding to support and maintain the public education system in DeKalb County,â&#x20AC;? the lawsuit said. Taxpayers in the annexed area are now contributing toward Atlanta Public Schools (APS) and paying off DCSDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previously accrued bond debt. Students currently attending DCSD schools, however, must transfer to APS schools at the end of the 2016-17 school year. This marks the first time DCSD has challenged annexation through

the court system â&#x20AC;&#x201D; other neighborhoods have been annexed since 2014 without protest. DCSD had threatened litigation in a 2014 superintendentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report for neighborhoods that attempted to be annexed into Atlanta. The lawsuit, filed in Fulton County Superior Court, claims that Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annexation procedure did not follow Georgia state law. Additionally, DCSD claimed in the lawsuit that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;due process clausesâ&#x20AC;? of the Georgia Constitution and U.S. Constitution were violated because DCSDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equal rights to other governmental organizations were deprived. DCSD says it could not adequately present objections to the annexation to residents of the previously unincorporated streets. However, to help residents and other community members understand what would happen under the annexation, the community held

regular meetings starting November 2015, according to Engle. He said the meetings were intended to be transparent with the community. DCSD school board member Marshall Orson, DeKalb County Commissioner Jeff Rader, Atlanta councilmember Alex Wan and several representatives from the Atlanta Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office attended some of those meetings, Engle said. Emory announced September 2016 it would seek annexation into Atlanta. University representatives said introducing long-term transit improvements was a priority, and annexation into Atlanta would make funding a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) station near Emory easier, according to a Sept. 27, 2016 Wheel article.

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DeKalb County School District (DCSD) filed a lawsuit against the City of Atlanta Dec. 29 in an attempt to stop the annexation of two previously unincorporated streets into the city of Atlanta. More than 70 percent of University Drive and Spring Valley Lane residents signed a petition to annex homes into Atlanta August 2016, according to petition filer Darin Engle. After Engle filed the petition, the city approved the petition and formally annexed 58 residences and one synagogue Dec. 1, 2016. Engle said the petition received overwhelming support from residents. Annexations in Atlanta require two sets of signatures: one from 60 percent of residents and the other from 60 percent of registered voters

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Continued from Page 1 Kelli, who immigrated from Syria to Germany in 1996 and moved to Atlanta in 2000, is just one Emory affiliate impacted by Trump’s executive order. As a result of the order, Emory community members must now contend with issues such as travel bans and being unable to see family members. Signed Friday afternoon, the executive order bars all refugees from entering the United States for 120 days and indefinitely prevents Syrian refugees from entering the country. The order also suspends citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. A federal judge issued a ruling Saturday night that blocked parts of Trump’s order, preventing the deportation of some airport detainees. Emory’s International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) advised international students who are citizens of or born in one of the seven aforementioned countries to avoid international travel in a Jan. 28 email. Though Kelli is now a U.S. citizen and will not be directly affected by the ban, he said the order will hurt the U.S. economy and that allowing refugees entry into the country is an investment in the United States and its future. “I had some hope to bring my cousins [to the United States], but now I have no hope,” Kelli said. Program Coordinator for International Students Rick Huizinga discussed the gravity of the execu-

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tive order’s effect on Emory’s campus, side professional associations and explaining that some students don’t colleagues to advocate for favorable realize how it may indirectly affect immigration policies that benefit everyone.” other classmates. Huizinga said the Office of College sophomore Nava Amalfard’s grandmothers visit annu- International Student Life (OISL) ally from Iran for Persian New Year in will prioritize issues regarding March. To visit this year, they’ll have immigration. University President Claire E. Sterk toTo visit this year, they’ll have to travel to a country that is not affected also voiced concerns about how travel by Trump’s restrictions and receive restrictions from Trump’s executive approval from that country’s embassy order could affect Emory affiliates and the school as a global research to visit the United States. “For my … grandma who is in a university Sunday, promising that wheelchair [overcoming those restric- the school is committed to protecting tions is] not possible,” Amalfard the rights of all students, faculty and staff. said. “There’s no “I wholeheartedly guarantee that they would approve [her “I think Emory needs share the concerns and insecurity expressed traveling].” to be very vocal by many of you,” Sterk The order can about the wrote in a Jan. 29 allcause stress for resources they are Emory email. “While I students, who like providing ...” believe in the need for Amalfard, are not immigration laws and directly affected by — Nava Amalfard, a strong visa process the ban but have College sophomore for national security, family or friends who I am concerned about must contend with its the impact that this restrictions. Emory responded through cam- executive order may have on our facpus-wide emails, an action Huizinga ulty, students and staff.” Sterk wrote that Emory has said maintains a uniform message partnered with the Association of across campus. ISSS’s Jan. 28 email to interna- American Universities (AAU) and tional students detailed Trump’s two other organizations to “remain comkey international policy changes: the mitted to [Emory’s] values of incluentry ban for those traveling from sion, compassion and integrity.” AAU released a Jan. 28 statement certain countries and the suspension of waivers for in-person visa calling for the executive order to “end as quickly as possible” because it disinterviews. The process to obtain or renew a rupts the education of students unable visa could take longer than usual as to return to their campuses. The orgaa result of the order, ISSS wrote in nization argued that the United States should welcome as much talent as the email. ISSS promised to “work with out- possible for its economic sake, and

to maintain the country’s status as a global leader in higher education and research. Emory students collected emails in preparation to petition administration to take direct action against the executive order Sunday, when approximately 70 Emory affiliates demonstrated in Asbury Circle. “I think Emory needs to be very vocal about the resources they are providing,” Amalfard said. “There’s a lot of student activism, but I’d love to see faculty and administrators on board and [showing] tangible support.” Kelli urged the Emory community to take an active role supporting Atlanta’s immigrant and refugee community. “Showing up and saying, ‘You are welcome. We are here for you,’ ... creates comfort, welcome and safety,” he said. Huizinga echoed Kelli’s sentiments about the power of community, stating that students affected by the Trump’s order can often find a silver lining when fellow students reach out to them. “When they can feel like they’re part of a community, they feel welcome and ready to study regardless of what’s happening,” he said. ISSS declined to comment on the number of students directly affected by the executive order. Both ISSS and Sterk pledged to continue to monitor the order closely. Julia Munslow reporting.

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Continued from Page 3 innocent, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ehrhart also challenged universities’ criminal investigation processes last year when he called a meeting of state legislators and Georgia Institute of Technology leadership to review the school’s due process policies after complaints and lawsuits were filed by students who were expelled for sexual misconduct, the AJC reported. Ehrhart did not respond to multiple requests for comment as of press time. In 2016, students reported 65 cases directly to Emory’s Title IX office. Emory’s Atlanta campus reported six rape cases, 11 fondling cases, two domestic violence cases, three dating violence cases and 17 stalking cases; Emory’s Oxford campus reported four cases of fondling and two cases of dating violence; Emory University Hospital Midtown Campus had one case of fondling, according to EPD’s 2015 Security Report. Sexual Assault Peer Advocates (SAPA), an Emory organization that supports survivors of sexual assault, condemned the bill in an email to its members Jan. 24. The email said the bill “strips survivors’ agency” by restraining the steps they could take following a sexual assault. SAPA did not respond to request for comment as of press time.

— Contact Isabeth Mendoza at isabeth.mendoza@emory.edu

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rothers of Alpha Tau Omega welcome fraternity pledges outside their house after Run the Row, an Emory tradition in which new members sprint to the doors of their fraternities. During fraternity rush, students have the opportunity to bond with brothers of each house and recieve a bid from one or multiple fraternities.

FASHION

Spring: New Trends Blossom by noyona MukherJi Contributing Writer

Due to Atlanta’s erratic weather, spring temperatures arrived early this year. The Wheel is here to keep your wardrobe updated during this seasonal transition with some tips for how to dress for events ranging from comfy casual for class to dressing up for a night out.

stripes Spring’s stripes don’t speak softly. Bold, bright and brilliantly textured, they’re are a jolt of energy. A popular twist to the trend is inspired by the beach. Ranging in color, beach stripes are especially fresh in the form of a knit dress. If you are feeling sporty, then consider incorporating stripes into your gym clothing. neon Is it just me, or is the future looking especially bright? Designers dipped their toes back both for day and for night. While the high-wattage look may seem overwhelming , neutral-colored layers and an athleisure vibe suggest a wearable way to try out the

Q the Trumpets: Emory’s Best BBQ by MitChell FriedMan Contributing Writer

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khakis “Beige” stopped being a synonym for “boring” when Kim Kardashian began rocking a Band-Aidcolored bodycon dress regularly. This would be a great look for lunch with friends just as Kim Kardashian wore this dress while going out for a family lunch. This spring, neutral hues will be especially widespread. The timeless trench silhouette can be transformed from dull everyday-wear into tailored, slitshoulder jackets and belted skirtpants for a night out.

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College sophomore Suzy Kunitz boasts a cut-out shirt on the Cox bridge as she leaves Cox Hall. trend at home as well as in nightclubs. one shoulder You didn’t think the cold shoulder was going anywhere, did you? The exposed-shoulders look still remains popular. Spring 2017 fashion trends have an answer to this summer’s off-the-shoulder phenomenon: the one-shoulder top or dress. Styles range from ‘80sinspired to deconstructed fabrics. shades oF blue and pink richest cerulean, blues are a tune everyone can sing. Pinks ranging from pale rose to shocking magenta are also popular this season. This should come as some relief to those in need of a break from wearing winter’s staple colors, black and white. The relatively subdued, blushpink trend evolved into deep fuchsias, magentas and shocking Schiaparelli pinks that dominate the runways. You might pair these colors with some denim or a matching trench coat for cooler days.

StateMent sleeves Shoulders have been the focal point of nearly every fashion girl’s spring, designers are turning their attention a little lower, adding print to the lower sleeve. A new take on the now pervasive off-the-shoulder silhouette, a bandeau paired with cuffed balloon sleeves, spices things up a little. rising trend (despite their unfortunate name). Statement sleeves are a great way to incorporate spring colors like blue sheer chiffon and magenConClusion Spring 2017 is the time to be bright and bold. This season people will boast twists on common trends and bright spring colors including blues, yellows and pinks. A striped top with khakis for class or a cut out neon dress for a night out are perfect for the season ahead. noyona.mukherji@emory.edu

“You know a place has good barbeque if there are paper towels on their tables,” said College freshman and South Carolina native Andrew Worthy. Community Q Barbeque, located near Clairmont campus, sports paper towels on its tables in addition to an array of mouthwatering Southern delights. Within the Emory bubble, it may be easy to forget that we are, in fact, in the South, and that it’s important for everyone to get a taste of Southern culture at least once before graduation. So take Emory’s North/South DeKalb Mall or CCTMA shuttle to the intersection of Clairmont Road and North Decatur Road. A two-minute walk north is all it takes to get to Community Q. Since they smoke all their meat daily, they may run out if you get there too late.After stepping through the threshold, queue up to order at the counter. Community Q’s large, orange menu that adorns the wall beside the counter will leave you spellbound. Although overwhelming, there are no bad choices on this menu. Most meats can either be bought as a platter or an à la carte sandwich. Be that as it may, adding a side or two is a prudent idea for the full experience. After ordering comes the onerthing easier said than done at dinner time. Each table has a tomato-based barbecue sauce sitting on top of it.

Not only does this sauce maintain a but also leaves a pleasant aftertaste. Community Q also has a North Carolina-style vinegar sauce, which I don’t personally care for, though the diversity of sauce is always appreciated.Suddenly, I heard one of the food runners call, “Mitchell!” As she arrived at my table, I was awestruck by the ambrosial sandwich. My usual order is a pulled pork and brisket sandwich with a side of macaroni and cheese, though I have been known to get the ribs on occasion. The sandwiches are served on Texas Toast and are coated with just the right amount of butter before they are toasted to a perfect crisp. Ever so carefully, I lift up the top piece of bread to glaze the sandwich’s valuable cargo with some of the aforementioned barbecue sauce. The generous servings of pulled pork and brisket are well seasoned and melt in your mouth. pulled pork with the brisket creates combination. The perfect way to enhance one of Community Q’s sandwiches is with their macaroni and cheese. Community Q’s famous macaroni and cheese recipe contradicts itself: the top is exceptionally crispy whereas the interior maintains a fantastically creamy, gooey consistency. It is made with large rigatoni noodles and is heavily infused with sharp and mild cheeses. We are very fortunate to have such a quality barbecue restaurant so close to campus. What is served at Community Q is something special, something I hope to indulge in again very soon. mitchell.friedman@emory.edu

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RADIO

Doolino Knows Best: Free Fallin’ It’s suddenly cold in Atlanta, hearts of the student population right now. from the minor nuisance of dodgy ing issue of certain international students not being able to travel home, negativity persists in many shapes and sizes. It is at this juncture where I would normally contrast my sour world outlook with some vague, word count, but given the gravity of certain people’s situations, I cannot falsely promise that my advice will do any meaningful good. I encourage you to read what I have to say, because even if I cannot offer to you a morsel of useful guidance, at the very least allow me to put even the smallest of smirks on your otherwise sad and tired face. Dear Doolino, I didn’t get a bid from the fraternity I wanted to join. I had been working so hard to be a brother, but now I feel like all the work I put in was a waste of time. What do I do? On one hand, I could wait till next year to rush again, but on the other hand I could accept another bid because not being a part of a frat would basically end my social life. Sincerely, Nervous Fratmosphere

because you’re asking the numberone guy when it comes to commentating on people’s Greek life escapades. It is imperative to mention that you are more than a fraternity; your social life does not depend on whether or not you are a brother. Don’t give yourself up to whatever fraternity wants you out of compulsion. Do it because it is the right place for you. Each frat is more than just a tool to get yourself drunk. With this in mind, I cannot give you a solid answer to your question. Instead, ask yourself this: did I enjoy my time at the rush events of the frats I got bids from? If the answer is “yes” then accept your bid! If not, then wait until next year, with the expectation that you won’t have less fun just because you didn’t pledge. Dear Doolino, Okay, so I don’t have a job right now due to … reasons, but the point is I need some sort of income ing to come after me. I have about $30 in my bank account right now and that is definitely not going to be enough to satisfy the boss. He told me my actions would have consequences, but I wasn’t expecting this. What do you think I should do? Sincerely,

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The band Mothers perfoms at the WMRE 2016 fall concert in Cox Hall. WMRE puts on multiple music events a year for the Emory community.

Though this might not be as sustainable as a regular job, sell old books and appliances on the Without a use for my old texts (such as my signed copy of the Declaration of Independence), it made perfect sense for me to sell them. You may not realize it, but some of your stuff may just be your ticket to paying back “the boss.” There is very little else I can help you with. In the future, apply for on-campus jobs earlier on in the semester (rather than relying on your rather dubious streams of income). Dear Doolino, I live off campus in an apartment. For the past few months, I have owned a dog named Buddy, whom my landlord’s kids like to play with on a daily basis. However, out of nowhere, my landlord suddenly imposed a ban on pets while I was taking Buddy for a walk and he did not let me bring Buddy back into the building. He said that it is because his son was bitten by a different dog; therefore, all dogs must be vicious creatures. How do I remedy the situation? Sincerely, Embuddyment of Peace Dear Embuddyment, Irrationally characterizing all puppies as evil just because of a single anecdotal experience is not landlord’s actions. Given that the dogs add so much to your apartment’s community, and seeing that the landlord’s kids play with Buddy, you would think your landlord has the sanity to see

Ignoring the “minor” details of your question, what you’re basically asking is the question of literally everyone with a pulse: “how to make money, fast.” There is no good answer, but

conditions. There is little to do but talk to your landlord. Use your tools of reason, logic and patience to try and get them to see the fallacies in their argument. It is only when you challenge an opponent with these qualities that anyone will even bother trying to listen.

to approach the Career Center. While a good chunk of campus jobs may no longer be available, there may well be something there for you.

minor life crises, send anonymous questions to: doolino.emory@ gmail.com

by MoniCa leFton Staff Writer WMRE is Emory’s only radio station. Beginning as a mere idea in the early 1980s, in 1989 the station broadcasted its first show across campus through 590AM. Clear sounds didn’t last long on the AM channel, forcing the station to shift to a cable signal and then the internet, where it can be heard today. The shift in broadcasting also helped the clubs’s shift in production, and in 2008 they moved from the basement of a now-demolished Longstreet Hall to its current studio on the fifth floor of the Dobbs University Center (DUC). The club is open to all Emory students and encourages a creative outlook on the world, not solely limited to music. The organization biannually produces a magazine covering all things music and culture, Each semester WMRE hosts an on-campus concert, Localfest and Spring Band Party, featuring local and national acts. WMRE shows take all forms, from political and sports commentaries to music segments featuring one-person acts or ambient music. “We really try to be a counter to the mainstream of Emory community life,” said Ryan Myers, college senior and WMRE’s music director. “We really try our best to not stick by the standard form of activities and events.” Although he now heads up the show Rotation Axis, Myers embraced the irregular last semester with his show Tunes from the Toilet, playing songs that were virtually unknown and therefore assumed to be bad. Myers played selections by Aunt Sis, Diiv and Warehouse. The variety of shows WMRE hosts allows the radio station to be a unique operation. To function as an alternative, creative space on campus often is an unsaid mission of WMRE, and other college radio stations in.

“College radio has been this central part of a typical college experience. It’s just this space that encourages people to look at intersecting forms of art and a culture that advocates that,” Issenberg said. The creative potential in spaces like WMRE make it open to all type of students. “It has a low barrier of entry. I don’t think there is anyone that can’t have a conversation for at least 30 minutes about music they like,” Issenberg said. This freedom is what drew several of the radio’s current DJs. “It is a platform; if your application is strong, [you] really have an hour to talk about anything you want,” said Austyn Wohlers, college sophomore and WMRE’s programming director.

“College radio has been this central part of a typical college experience.” College senior and WMRE General Manager College junior Noor Khan and College junior Sue Estes use their show, 80085, to appreciate feminist music and discuss pressing political issues, as well as personal stories related to the female experience. “It’s just a nice hour where I can just sit there and listen to music that I really like with a friend,” Khan said. WMRE gains some of its air-way freedom by being an online station. Although it originated as an AM channel, WMRE is now streamed completely online, along with a mobile listening option and access on various social media accounts, including Spotify. WMRE skips regulations around profanity and professional training face. The shift to online broadcasting is one of several changes that the

radio and the larger music industry made in the past decade. Despite some major readjustments, including the buyout of Georgia State’s college radio, WRAS, by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WMRE members aren’t worried about the future. Part of this confidence comes from Emory’s dedication to a dynamic liberal arts education. “As Emory becomes more progressive and as Atlanta grows more and more, people are going to want to go to Emory and be involved in [the radio],” Khan said. “So many more people are becoming interested in what we do, because it’s hip, it’s trendy.” Murphy agrees that Emory needs this creative outlet. “At times when you see arts and humanities get cut constantly, you need [the radio], especially if you come here like me wanting to do art and [be] around people that are socially different,” Murphy said. “It really is kind of sacred.” Although he doesn’t know who specifically will take over, Issenberg feels he is leaving the club in “much better hands” than when he came, and he hopes it continues to serve an alternative crowd. “[I want to] make sure it’s place for freshmen and sophomores to come in and have a home,” he said. “If I can just make sure this club stays a sort of community then I’ve done something right.” Even after members leave, the purpose of college radio will remain. “It’s going to continue to be a frontier for new artists to be showcased, and it’s always going to be a haven for college students to participate in alternative culture,” Wohler said. “I don’t know if it needs to fundamentally change because every person who comes through is fundamentally changed by it.” Zachary Issenberg, a member of the Wheel’s Editorial Board, did not contribute to the writing or editing of this story.

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FILM

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‘I See You’ is Awkward By Devin Bog Asst. A&E Editor

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Bailey (voiced by Josh Gad, Left), shares a tender moment with his owner from his first life, Ethan (Dennis Quaid, R ight).

Man’s Best Friend Flops By KatheRine MccLuRe Contributing Writer Grade: B-

Have you ever wondered what goes on inside a dog’s head?

If you’re thinking squirrels, tennis balls, food and its owner’s well-being, you’d be right. A Dog’s Purpose follows man’s relationship with dogs through an animal’s reincarnation. The protagonist, a dog first in the

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form of a Golden Retriever named Bailey, is reincarnated four times throughout the film, each time changing breed, gender and name, and significantly impacting its owner each

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There’s a connective tissue that exists between each and every iteration of mainstream pop. As guitars give way to synthesizers and tastes change, one thing remains constant: people like their music loud with every single moment filled to the brim with content and excitement. It’s a proven method for creating music the general public wants to listen to, but over time it can become sickeningly overindulgent. This isn’t to say that projects that seek to excite or those thick with redundant layers are categorically boring. It’s simply that formulas do get overused as a matter of course, which is what made the xx’s debut chilledout, slow indie pop album, xx, all the more refreshing. With all the essential stylings of its peers — sweet melodies, enticing vocal deliveries, undeniably catchy hooks — other redundancies are swept away. By means of quiet, echoing guitars, an unassuming drum machine and the occasional synth pad, the xx created an incredibly spacious soundscape that allows the sparse instrumentation to resonate. The group was acclaimed for this unique sound on xx and their follow-up album, Coexist, but their latest LP has gone in a

the xx i see you

decidedly more expansive direction. I See You, like its predecessors, is a sensual reflection on love and intimacy, but has freed itself from the group’s former self-imposed tightness of its instrumentation to explore those themes. That relaxation is clear from the album’s first moments. “Dangerous” opens with a lo-fi recording of horns blaring a short fanfare. After a second’s pause rolling, punching beat kicks in under a grooved-out bassline and Oliver Sim’s vocals enter the fore. The most readily apparent difference on this track is the mixing — though the driving percussion is a distinct step away from the xx’s usual fare, the greater clarity on each instrumental track vies for attention more independently and competitively than the xx’s older work. The stylistic changes become increasingly clearer as the album progresses. The track “Lips” centers around a sample of a Trio Mediaeval piece with a beautiful three-part vocal harmony. The song builds from bare percussion to a climax in its layered chorus which almost sways back and

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‘Violamania!’ Proves Alto’s Staying Power Unique Arrangements By naoMi Keusch-BaKeR Contributing Writer What’s better than a viola? For people who disparage the middle child of the strings family, the cruel answer is “everything.” However, to the Jan. 28 audience of the onetime recital Violamania! in Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, the response is “nine violas.” While the use of one type of instrument limits the range of dynamics, articulation and timbre in the arrangements, a talented ensemble of students and professionals proved that the alto voice of the orchestra has a unique power to execute instrumental works for smaller ensembles. The program’s first piece, Beethoven’s infamous “Allegro Con Brio” from Symphony No. 5 posed the most problems for the group. Originally composed for a full orchestra, the classical masterpiece performed by a viola octet was stripped of its rich, booming quality. Sancho Engano’s arrangement for eight violists sacrificed the contrasting

dynamics that identify the piece, and the tempo changes were less dramatic than most performances. Violas are larger than violins, but their dimensions prohibit the same high level of projection. Since the octet’s voices were more muddled and mellow than a violin, the performers didn’t fulfill Beethoven’s intention. During the opening phrase of Beethoven’s Fifth, the violists could not produce the melody with the robust, unified fervor to which the audience is accustomed. Despite these challenges, the musicians collaborated well, appropriately giving and following cues from each other, and blending their parts. Other pieces were better suited for a viola ensemble, including Scott Joplin’s Ragtime Dance arranged by Peter Taylor and Geoffrey Walker’s Absolute Zero arranged by R.A. Cohen. The violists expressed a youthful spirit in each piece, conveying a relaxed and joyous scene through quick, short bow strokes.

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Joe Mason (Zach Seabaugh, Left) and Inez (Ellie Davidson, R ight) perform a rolling country number for the audience of Alliance Theatre.

‘Troubador’ Brings Nashville to Atlanta By isaBeL oLson Contributing Writer The idea of a musical threaded with country music does not scream success, yet I stand corrected. As it happens, the grounded country melodies blended with the story of finding your voice makes for a light and lovable adventure. Breaking out the cowboy boots and

country songs, Troubadour brings Nashville to Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre from Jan. 18 to Feb. 12 for its world premiere. Its first showing has a surprisingly strong plot full of well-developed characters and a score that sticks with you long after the show. While some might squirm at the thought of three hours of country music, composer and lyricist Kristian

Bush wrote humbling songs that provide short breaks in Janece Shaffer’s hilarious and witty book. This team of Atlanta locals captures Nashville in 1951, inventing an original plot of a radio station’s singing contest and a tailor’s desire to fix up local singing stars in some glitzier costumes. Joe Mason (Zach Seabaugh) grew up

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ment Continued from Page 10 time. The dog experiences numerous relationships with its various owners, ranging from being a lonely graduate student’s place holder for romance to an abused and abandoned pet. Voiced by Josh Gad (widely known as the voice of Frozen’s Olaf), the dog narrates the film exactly how anyone would expect — with an innocent, doglike goofiness. The setting of A Dog’s Purpose varies significantly with each of Bailey’s new lives, as he is born into lives with owners from rural America, major cities, university towns and farm country. Aside from adult Ethan (Dennis Quaid), Bailey’s original owner, and the reincarnated dog (voiced by Josh Gad), the film features many relatively new actors, including Britt Robertson as teen Hannah, Peggy Lipton as adult Hannah and Juliet Rylance as Ethan’s mom. K. J. Apa, teen Ethan, delivers his role flatly. His portrayal leaves us wanting more emotional depth, as many of the character’s dramatic scenes, such as when he breaks up with his girlfriend, are quite one-dimensional. Although the film’s events are quite

Due to the numerous narratives, serious, the quirky 70’s setting paired with Josh Gad’s goofily-voiced narra- there is no suspense or strong desire tion resembles a typical Dreamworks for Bailey to come to any real conclusion about his purpose. film geared towards young children. Although the film comes full circle, In fact, Bailey’s tone and personality could pass for a Disney-Dreamworks it is an unsurprising and unsatisfying hybrid of Frozen’s Olaf and Up’s Dug. ending. Of course, the controversy surDespite the silly thoughts running through his mind, Bailey also man- rounding A Dog’s Purpose concernages to pull up some deeper notions: ing the immoral treatment of their existential questions like who is he dog actors has negatively impacted the film’s publicity. without his owner? Many people and organizations, This provides a rocky segue to notably PETA, have the big revelation of been boycotting this the film — a dog’s “If anything might film in response to purpose. a video, released As someone who had a dog (who decision to watch ‘A via TMZ, showing a scared German looked very much Dog’s Purpose’, it Shepherd being forced like the featured should be the overall into violent waters Golden Retriever) for and being temporarthe majority of my ily submerged before life, I found A Dog’s its handlers pulled it Purpose to be realistic in its portrayal of a dog’s mundane, back up. Much of the blame for this inciday-to-day acts like stealing food off the table. However, aside from the dent falls on a representative of the barely-touched-on idea of a reincar- American Humane Association nated dog, the film lacks a sense of (AHA), who was hired on set specifically for the purpose of ensuring that purpose. I tend to avoid films with multiple the animals were well-treated. This representative, now suspended plot lines; A Dog’s Purpose is definitely and undergoing a third-party investisuch a movie.

gation sponsored by AHA, should have prevented the abuse. Those involved in the film, notably Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, director Lasse Hallstrom and producer and animal rights activist Gavin Polone, expressed their sadness over the incident, acknowledging that it was inexcusable. Polone claims that the dog’s anxiety in the video is not due to fear of the water, but to unfamiliarity with a new vantage point used for the scene, as it was used to doing the stunt from another angle. Quaid additionally claims that the video was heavily doctored to make it appear as though the dog was being abused and was intentionally posted around release time in order to create bad publicity. Aside from the scandal surrounding this film, if anything might influence your decision to watch A Dog’s Purpose, it should be the overall film quality. A Dog’s Purpose seems best suited for young children as a very wholesome family movie. However, to the more mature audience, the film is ultimately flat and lacks compelling plot development.

singing alongside his father Billy Mason (Radney Foster), Nashville’s beloved radio singer. However, Billy’s time in the spotlight is passing, and as Joe prepares to step into his father’s shoes, his relationship with his dad becomes increasingly tense. Seabaugh, whose looks have all the ladies in Nashville competing to be his singing partner, brings a delightful hesitancy to his character, who is unsure of his path. When a singing contest’s reward is found to be singing alongside the handsome Joe Mason, Inez (Sylvie Davidson) from Tuscaloosa tries to showcase her songs. Davidson brings a pure, youthful voice the authenticity of being a true Nashville songwriter to her role. Yet Inez is not the only woman who comes running. Ludee Feeback (Bethany Anne Lind), an off-putting, tone-deaf and flimsy woman craves the opportunity to be Joe’s partner in every sense of the term. Lind embodies Ludee’s character with the sassy and biting persona quite well, but unfortunately she leaves some loose ends that need tying up for future elaborations of this production. As the plot unfolds, it introduces the unexpected debut of Izzy (Andrew Benator), a Russian tailor itching to get his hands on Joe Mason’s wardrobe and invent radically new, bedazzled costumes. The costumes, created by Lex Liang for the show, range from everyday attire to the obnoxious “Leprechaun” suit and firetruck-red dress, which perfectly represent the characters’ embrace of new style throughout the show. Benator steals the show in his phenomenal portrayal of Izzy. He embraces this quirky character and delivers every line with passion — the audience gets genuinely excited every time he enters the stage.

The characters all grapple for their position in the musical world, their plots intertwining. Once the primary conflict of the father-son relationship is exposed, however, it could do more to pick up the pace or heighten the stakes. Act 2 drags slightly and while the songs are delightful additions to the plot, they do little to further it. The musicians’ storyline makes the musical seem somewhat more realistic. Nevertheless, the addition of some lengthier songs that urge the plot forward would greatly benefit the show.

“The characters all grapple for their position in the musical world, their plots intertwining.”

over-sentimentality is multiplied by its accompaniment: strained and droning orchestral strings create a melodramatic tension. At points the strings are joined or replaced by an interlocking guitar melody and bassline that sounds straight from one of the xx’s earlier works, but in their new context only accentuates the artificial sensuality. The same can be said for most of the tracks on this album — in the xx’s desire to remain true to their usual emotional focus and tone, they’ve handicapped themselves. It makes for a disappointing listen. There are glimpses where the xx’s pop sensibilities, so critically acclaimed on their earlier work, shone through, but during most of the album those instincts felt stifled or muted. Ultimately, I See You is an album with potential that simply wasn’t reached.

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An exceptional set design by Todd Rosenthal guides the audience through constant set transformations. Both sides of the stage depict the recording studio where the onstage band plays live music, while in the center stands a turntable which rotates to show the different settings of the studio, a dressing room and Izzy’s makeshift apartment in the back of a gas station. This shifting set makes every new scene feel fresher. In totality the show is a “pick-me-up” the tailor drives home with a dumbfoundingly silly song “God Made Rhinestones.” As Susan Booth, director of Troubadour and Artistic Director of The Alliance Theatre, said at the beginning of the production, “You’re gonna have a large time,” — and that you will.

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forth. “On Hold” is similarly strengthened and characterized by its intelligent use of a single sample, manipulating a vocal selection performed by pop duo Hall and Oates as the foundation of its hook. Recut, it adds a bubbling, colorful texture that makes for an irresistibly catchy song. Both tracks take full advantage of the opportunities that this new direction offers by layering entrancing melodies without straying into mainstream overindulgence, allowing each track to expand and resonate with the others instead of keeping them tightly distinct. Unfortunately, that makes these songs exceptions. Most songs on I See You, in their desire to explore those themes of sensuality, create atmospheres that simply fail to engage. The lyrics in “Performance” describe a person hiding their heartbreak from a former lover. On its own the text might already be sappy, but the

Continued from Page 10 The nostalgic twentieth-century tunes meshed well with the ensemble’s humbleness, not being excessive with regards to vibrato or other embellishments. Joplin’s playful tune was fitting for the violists as their tranquil timbre embraced a casual, non-royal character. Fun is one of the most important parts of performing: if people on stage are genuinely enjoying themselves, the audience resonates with their emotions. Performers mentioned how the viola is misunderstood and used the pauses between pieces for purposes of both music and humor. The youngest member, Irene Kwon, was called from the audience by her teacher, Yinzi Kong, to perform Allegro from Paul Wranitsky’s Concerto for Two Violas. The audience related to the student-teacher interaction but other interruptions between pieces were distracting. For example, transitioning from the octet to a quartet, members individually left the stage, giving fictional excuses for their departures. The professional and student violists are not trained actors, so the dialogue was weak and detracted from the show. Having the performers speak to each other and the audience gave Violamania! personality, but felt out of place. The most engaging pieces were Kong’s solo performance of Max Reger’s Unaccompanied Suite No. 1 and the quartet in Max Bruch’s Romanza. Kong is a professional violist with the Vega String Quartet, which is in residence at Emory University. Her honed skills were beautifully demonstrated through Reger’s piece, a common choice for violists to exhibit their technical proficiency and musicality. Kong’s earthy and rough lower tones complemented her aerial, smooth higher notes. Kong stayed true to the structural integrity of the piece, but her style was personal and connected with the audience. In their performance of Romanza, originally scored for viola and orchestra, the musicians adapted to sound like a standard string quartet. The four distinct voices were cleaner than the earlier octet, which gave the quartet a grander stage presence than the larger group. The suspenseful motion created by precise articulation proved that four violists can accomplish what a standard string quartet can. Violamania! succeeded in educating the public about the capabilities and limitations of the viola. Historically used by composers to fill in orchestral gaps and provide harmonies, the modern viola was not originally a featured instrument, and compared to others, has minimal repertoire. However, the passionate performers demonstrated that the viola can transpose music meant for other instruments into new and exciting art.

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mance came from freshmen Kemdi Okafor in the weight throw. Okafor the women’s team stepped up in a finished No. 21 in the event with a major way Sunday and came away throw of 11.63m, improving her best score by over a meter, an outstanding with some great races. “On the women’s side we had some margin in such an event. “It was a great meet for us as a really big performances,” Curtin said. team,” Head Coach “Far and away the most John Curtin said. “It impressive was [junior Gabrielle] Stravach. “It was a small group, was a small group, In her first mile of the but the folks that we but the folks that we took were ready to year, she ran 5:02.97, took were ready to perform and I was which is the tenth fastperform and I was really pleased.” est [time] in the country While there were and just a second off our really pleased” not many top eight school record.” Stravach’s per— John Curtin, finishes for the formance was good Head Coach Eagles, the meet’s steep competition enough for a second place finish in the event, just behind presented a tremendous learning Middle Tennessee State University opportunity for the Emory athletes. “That’s part of the deal when you junior Agnes Abu’s time of 5:00.23. “[Abu] helped me a ton because run track and field at Emory,” Curtin with track and running it’s all about said. “It’s tough, but our kids undercompetition,” Stravach said. “Me and stand that you’ve got to look at it as [Abu] went back and forth the whole an opportunity. You get to compete race...I’m definitely competitive, so against some really high level athletes, having someone else passing me moti- and that, in the long run, is what makes you better.” vated me to go faster.” The track and field season continues The Eagles fared well in the distance events. Mia Eisenhandler fin- Friday and Saturday when the Eagles ished second in the women’s 3000m travel to Johnson City, Tennessee, for the Buccaneer Invitational. run. She clocked in at 10:37.45, with Middle Tennessee State fresh— Contact Kevin Kilgour at man Julia Jelagat coming in first at kevin.james.kilgour@emory.edu 10:29.89. Another sensational perfor-

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Women Down Visitors NYU & Brandeis Continued from Back page Emory’s key players in the victory. Leading the team with 19 points, Oldshue was a dominant low-post presence for the Eagles. playing aggressively on the boards and benefiting the offense, Kaniut grabbed eight rebounds and scored 16 points in the game. Seeking to replicate their win, the Eagles battled NYU in a game that was competitive to the final buzzer. Although NYU was winless coming into conference play Sunday, the Violets were determined to redeem themselves from their previous failures. Both teams found an offensive rhythm in the first quarter. Emory barely edged NYU in play, outscoring the Violets 27-25. The Eagles garnered baskets from a plethora of different players and rode the strong offensive presence to a two-point lead after one quarter. Flipping the script on Emory in the second, NYU dominated the Eagles to close out the first half. The Violets enjoyed a 12-2 run in the latter half of

the second quarter. Unable to respond to NYU’s offense, the Eagles fell behind 44-39 at halftime. Down by five, Emory attempted to erase NYU’s lead in the third quarter. Despite their efforts, NYU kept the play even and matched Emory’s third quarter total of 16 points. Oldshue hit a major jump shot with only three seconds left in the quarter to keep her team within five points of the Violets. With little more than four minutes to go in the fourth, Emory faced a six point deficit. However a three-point basket by senior guard Fran Sweeney with 4:08 to go began Emory’s steady comeback. Chipping away at NYU’s lead, the Eagles edged a lead. Thanks in part to the three consecutive baskets by senior guard/forward Michelle Bevan, the Eagles found themselves within one point with less than a minute left to play. NYU failed to answer and trailed by three points with one final opportunity to tie the game. With two seconds remaining, the Violets hoisted a three-point basket that could potentially send the

game into overtime, but the equalizer missed. The Eagles flew away with a 78-75 win. Commending Bevan for her strong play, Thomaskutty explained what made the senior a vital part of the team’s victory. “What she did offensively and defensively was great, but most importantly it was her rebounding,” Thomaskutty exclaimed. “She led us in rebounding and when Michelle is rebounding, we’re winning games.” Oldshue affirmed that the team’s defense in the second half is what won Emory the game. “We stepped up our defense,” Oldshue said. “We were scoring well, but we were still letting [NYU] do what they wanted offensively in the first half. In the second half we really started focusing on defense and getting a couple of stops is what helped us win the game.” The Eagles’ next competition will take place Friday Feb. 3 against Brandeis in Waltham, Mass.

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With the Eagles holding a threepoint lead, Fay made a critical threepoint basket with only 13 seconds remaining, sending the game into overtime tied at 81. “When we came back and tied it, we said it was over,” Gordon said. “They had their chance, but now we had the opportunity to take it [ourselves].” In overtime it was all Emory. Helped by buckets from Gordon, Rapp and Gigax, the Eagles outscored the Judges 13-4 to clinch the 94-85 victory. In similar fashion Sunday against NYU, the Eagles jumped out to an early lead. However, New York’s 8-0 run to close out the final two minutes of the half trimmed an 11-point lead down to three, with Emory clinging to a 42-39 advantage. The teams were neck-and-neck

through the second half, with Emory attempting to break away on several occasions only to be denied by New York. The battle between Rapp and NYU junior guard Ross Udine took center stage, with Udine pouring in 21 points and 5 assists, while Rapp set an Emory single-game record with 16 assists that afternoon. In the end, the performances of Rapp, Gigax (27 points, 10 rebounds) and Gordon (18 points, 7 rebounds) propelled the Eagles over a young New York team, 84-75. A sense of deja vu may be inevitable next weekend when the Eagles repeat their schedule, facing off once again against Brandeis on Friday before a rematch with New York Sunday in the Big Apple.

rounded out the B cuts for the women swimming 2:06.20 in the 200 meter butterfly and touched down at third place. The Eagles will be back in the pool in Chicago, Ill., competing in the UAA championships Feb. 8-11. The team will be vying for their 19th consecutive and 25th overall UAA title. “I think we have a really good shot at winning the title again,” Smith said. “But at the end of the day, the team is still a family and we really focus on that. Our common goal is to pull together and make sure every one of use has good races and is contributing to the team aspect.”

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A Look Back at the First Half of the NHL Season By Stephen MatteS Senior Staff Writer

After nearly four months of grueling competition, all 30 NHL teams enjoyed a four-day reprieve from the constant grind of games and practice. Some of the biggest storylines from first half of the season included the dominance of the Washington Capitals and the Columbus Blue Jackets’ franchise-best 16-game winning streak. On top of this, Oilers’ forward Connor McDavid and penguins’ forward Sidney Crosby are in a two-man race to become the league’s most prolific scorer. In the midst of these accomplishments are the presence of failures. The Colorado Avalanche played atrociously, winning only 13 of their first 46 games; the New York Islanders entered the season hopefully, but fired their head coach Jack Capuano after the team greatly underachieved; the Detroit Red Wings seem to be on the brink of failing to reach the Stanley

Cup playoffs for the first time in 25 years. Here are the three biggest takeaways from the first half. #1 The Metropolitan Division is Supreme Three of the league’s top four teams all hail from the Metropolitan Division. The Capitals, Columbus Blue Jackets and pittsburgh penguins challenged match-ups throughout the season. Spending time in the top of the standings is nothing new for the penguins and Capitals, but the Blue Jackets have been a surprising addition to the mix. Certainly the Blue Jackets’ winning streak has been at the root of Columbus’s spot in the standings, but the squad has also been winning consistently. The penguins’ star players proved their talent. Crosby and forward Evgeni Malkin are second and third in the league in scoring, respectively. With

28 goals, Crosby also leads the league in goals scored. This is an impressive feat considering Crosby missed the first six games of the season. For the second consecutive season the Washington Capitals lead the league in standings at the all star break. Forward Alexander Ovechkin continued his reign as one of the league’s top goal scorers with 23 thus far in the season. His 23 goals ties him for the fourth-most in the league. #2 The Impressive Young Guys The league’s top young players deserve their hype. The number-one overall pick from the 2016 draft, forward Auston Matthews, lifted the Toronto Maple Leafs, helping them stay competitive in the standings. He, along with fellow rookie forward Mitch Marner, are tied for the Leafs’ team lead in points scored with 39. Add young players like forward William Nylander and defenseman Nikita Zaitsev and the Leafs have the parts necessary to be successful.

Another young goal-scorer making his mark early in his career is Winnipeg Jets’ forward patrik Laine. Laine held the league in goals for part of the season and has 22 to date. Above all, 2015 number-one overall-pick forward Connor McDavid has arguably been the best player in the league this season. The 20-year-old McDavid has

Connor McDavid has arguably been the best player in the league this season. been a force for the Edmonton Oilers and currently leads the league with 59 points. #3 The Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes are Abysmal Colorado and Arizona are the worst performing teams in the league with 13 and 16 wins respectively, and are at

the bottom of the league’s standings. The Coyotes’ inability to find freeagent star players and failure to successfully develop young talent eliminated their playoff chances. perhaps more surprising, the Avalanche struggled despite possessing the league’s most promising young prospects. Forwards Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene are all individually gifted players. However, the Avalanche roster has resulted in a disaster. The Avalanche is the only team in the league yet to score 100 goals on the season. Colorado’s dreadful play left them with a -63 goal differential. At this point all the Avalanche can hope for is a shot at the 2017 potential number one overall draft pick center Nolan patrick, who currently plays for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League.

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Sophmore Guard Gebereal Baitey goes up for the shot in a home game against new York University on Sunday afternoon. The eagles won the game 84-75.

Wins Keep Eagles in UAA Race By Kevin Kilgour Asst. Sports Editor Needing two wins at home in order to keep pace with UAA league leaders Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) (7-0) and Rochester University (N.Y.) (6-1), the Eagles delivered. Starting with a win Friday over Brandeis University (Mass.), 94-85, the Eagles completed the weekend sweep Sunday by handing New York University its fifth straight loss in UAA play, 84-75. The two wins boost Emory’s record to 14-4 for the year, with a 5-2 record in UAA play. Taking on the visiting Brandeis Judges in their weekend opener Friday, the Eagles looked as if this game would be business as usual. Up 27-19 with seven minutes to go in the first half,

Emory looked poised to maintain the lead for the remainder of the half. Looks can be deceiving. In the final seven minutes of the half, the Judges would go on a 24-4 run, spurred by a stretch of 14 straight missed Emory field goals. The run pushed the Judges to a commanding 12-point lead at the half, 43-31. “They were playing to their strengths while we were making mistakes,” Head Coach Jason Zimmerman said. “We were playing okay early, but then there was a stretch where we didn’t guard and we didn’t hit shots.” Stretching their lead to 17 in the second half, the Judges held a 10-point lead with only five minutes remaining. Senior guards Tim Reale and Jack Fay were a big part of the Judges’ success, each putting up 19 points while

shooting a combined 61 percent from the field. But no lead in this game was safe. Battling back, the tide turned Emory’s way after junior forward Adam Gigax knocked down a long three-pointer from what seemed like the peavine parking lot, bringing the Eagles within three (75-78) with under three minutes left. A minute later, two free throws from Gigax brought Emory to 79-78. “Coach [Zimmerman] always tells us that in basketball, you are never out,” senior forward Jim Gordon said. “I knew we had it in us. I’m going to take some words from Joel Embiid, but ‘trust the process’. We came together and got the win.”

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Emory’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams recorded their first defeats of the season against Division I University of Georgia, falling to 5-1 and 6-1 in their seasons, respectively. The meet last Saturday at the Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Ga., also brought about the end of the team’s dual meet portion of the season. The men ended the meet with a score of 107-175, while the women racked up 99-194 against the Bulldogs. Despite a formidable loss against equally formidable opponents, the Eagles put forth a strong performance and managed an impressive amount of NCAA qualifying marks as well as a few top finishes. “The team put a lot of work in and was well prepared,” Head Coach Jon Howell said. “Even though UGA is better than us, swimming against them helped us expand skill-wise as a team. They did an excellent job and are set up to have a good championship season.” perhaps one of the most competitive assets for the men’s team last Saturday was senior Andrew Wilson. posting two NCAA B cut times in both the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke, Wilson took home the victory in the 100 meter with a time of 54.41. He narrowly missed first in the 200 meter by 0.41 seconds, touching down second with a time of 2:00.64. The men registered another event win in the 200 meter freestyle relay. The team consisted of juniors Alexander Hardwick, Aaron Schwartz and Oliver Smith along with sophomore Trey Kolleck. The foursome not only touched first but recorded a NCAA B cut time of 1:22.26 in the process, the third of the afternoon. Rounding out the B cuts for the

afternoon was Smith in the 50 meter freestyle and stand-out freshman Sage Ono in the 100 meter backstroke. Smith pulled off a top finish of third place with a time of 20.51, missing second by a margin of 0.28 seconds. Ono also came out the pool bearing third with a time of 49.44. Despite losing this meet, the Eagles learned a lot from the D-I competition. “If we can focus and have good races in this type of environment, then it will really help us in competition,” Smith said. “Every year we go to UGA; we use it as a learning experience. There’s a lot to gain from tough competition and overall it just makes us better.” Amidst the men’s loss against Georgia, the women’s team fared rather well against the Bulldogs, registering seven NCAA B cut times for the afternoon. Both Emory relay teams for the 200 meter medley and the 200 meter freestyle swam B cut times, but were upended by Georgia’s relay teams. The 200 meter medley team consisted of junior Cindy Cheng, freshman Maria Kyle, and seniors Annelise Kowalsky and Marissa Bergh, who swam a 1:44.45. Competing in the 200 meter freestyle with a time of 1:35.18 was Bergh, along with fellow senior Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe and sophomores Fiona Muir and Meg Taylor. Muir swam two other impressive B cut times in the 100 meter freestyle where she placed second with a time of 51.43 and placed third in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 23.73. Kowalsky and Cheng each added an individual B cut time for the afternoon, Kowalsky placing third in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1:05.02 and Cheng with a time of 1:51.19. Freshman Maria Turcan

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By Stephen MatteS Senior Staff Writer By Kevin Kilgour Asst. Sports Editor The Emory Track and Field team competed in the KMS Indoor Invitational Sunday, their second consecutive meet at the Birmingham Crossplex (Ala.). After hosting a meet at the same location last week, Emory entered Sunday’s competition as guests. While the meet did not keep overall team scores, the Eagles returned home with experience and stellar performances under their belts. On the men’s side, Head Coach John Curtin noted particularly strong performances by junior Charlie Hu, senior Kyle Veator and senior Brandon Cromer. Competing in the triple jump, Hu set a personal record, jumping just under 44 feet for a twelfth place finish. Hu and fellow teammate Veator also competed in the long jump, finishing in nineteenth and twentieth places, respectively. In addition, Veator achieved a personal best in the 200m, finishing with

a time of 22.94 to place thirty-seventh in the event. “My start was something that I have really been trying to work on, and I think that played a big factor in the final time,” Veator said. “In the 200m, 23 seconds is a pretty big barrier, and to finally break 23 indoor was a pretty big accomplishment.” Curtin was congratulatory of Veator’s accomplishment, to say the least. “I think that was our most outstanding performance of the weekend,” Curtin said. Cromer, running in the men’s 800m, ran a season best of 2:01.41, narrowly edging out teammate junior Benjamin Rogin. The two finished No. 32 and No. 33 in the event, respectively. Rogin competed in the 60m hurdles as well, coming away with an impressive eleventh place finish with a blistering time of 8.60. Facing some serious competition,

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The Emory women’s basketball team emerged victorious in a pair of UAA conference games at the WoodpEC last weekend. Emory bested the Brandeis University (Mass.) Judges Friday and capped the weekend off with a tightly contested match-up against the New York University Violets Sunday. The first game started off even as the Eagles matched Brandeis’s total of 17 points. Sophomore center Ashley Oldshue possessed the hot hand out of the locker room, tallying eight points in the first. Distancing themselves from their opponent, the Eagles accumulated a six-point lead against Brandeis in the second quarter. Emory only allowed eight points from the Judges’ offense, and Oldshue racked up four more points in the quarter to tally 12 points in the half. Resembling the defensive play of the second quarter, the Eagles and Judges scored 11 and nine points, respectively, in the third. Head Coach Christy Thomaskutty

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emory senior guard Shellie Kaniut drives to the rim in the eagles’ home game against Brandeis University (Mass.). Kaniut scored 16 of the eagles’ 61 points in the win. commented on Brandeis’s style of play and how her team responded to dictate game play. “Brandeis wants to grind it out, play a physical game and slow down the pace a little bit,” Thomaskutty said. “When we picked the tempo up [the game] was definitely in our favor.” Determined to outplay Brandeis to the final buzzer, Emory extend-

ed its lead in the fourth. Outscoring Brandeis 19-16, the Eagles marked a 61-50 victory against the Judges. Though Brandeis pulled within one point of Emory’s lead in the fourth, the squad quickly responded, building a much more comfortable lead. Oldshue and Kaniut were two of

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