February 28, 2018

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

GEORGIA GUBERNATORIAL RACE

GUN CONTROL

Admissions: We Won’t Punish Peaceful Protesters By alex Klugerman News Editor

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Georgia State rep. Stacey Evans (D-Smyrna) speaks at Emory School of Law Feb. 21 about her goal of making higher education more accessible to low-income students.

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Emory will not rescind offers of admission to high school students who engage in peaceful protest in wake of the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting, according to Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admission John Latting.

“We respect the action of students who engage in peaceful protest, particularly on an issue like gun violence,” Latting wrote in a Feb. 24 email to the Wheel. “Emory will not rescind the offer of admission to students because they engage in peaceful protest, nor will such protest action negatively affect future admission deci-

sion making for students involved.”

Emory’s policy follows similar announcements from other universities including Brown University (R.I.), Yale University (Conn.) and George Washington University (Washington, D.C.).

The Office of Admission posted the announcement on their blog and Facebook page about one hour after the Wheel requested a statement from the Office regarding admissions decision for students who protest. After Nikolas Cruz, a former student at at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killed 17 students and school employees total

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ROSE LIBRARY

Emory Acquires Collection of Harper Lee’s Personal Letters By alex Klugerman News Editor

A collection of personal letters Harper Lee wrote to her friend and architect Harold Caulfield is set to be displayed at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Books Library, according to Director of the Rose Library Rosemary Magee.

The collection’s previous owner,

retired attorney Paul R. Kennerson delivered the “To Kill A Mockingbird” author’s collection to the library last week.

The letters include Lee’s correspondence with Caulfield and date from 1956 to 1961. She wrote the letters while she was living in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala., according to Magee. Lee wrote four of the letters prior to the publication of “To Kill A

Mockingbird” and two after the novel had already become a bestseller and garnered a Pulitzer Prize. Photographs and a signed copy of the book are also included in the collection.

Magee declined to state how much Emory paid for the collection, although Christie’s auction company valued the collection between $150,000 and $250,000 in 2015. The collection failed to sell at the 2015 auc-

tion because bidding stopped below the reserve price of $90,000.

Kennerson approached Emory after he provided the collection to Jimmy Carter Professor of History Joseph Crespino to use in Crespino’s research for his upcoming biography of Lee’s father A.C. Lee, Associate Director of University Media Relations Elaine Justice wrote in a Feb. 27 statement to the Wheel. “A mutual contact interme-

diary” arranged the purchase, Magee said.

The collection must go through a standard “care” and documentation process before it is available for public viewing. A public finding aid and inventory of the collection will be made available beginning April 2, according to Justice’s statement.

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GREEK LIFE

LEGISLATURE

GSGA V.P. Proposes $1,000 Exec Salaries

By Christina yan Asst. News Editor The second legislature of the Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) convened Monday evening to discuss an informal compensation proposal for some GSGA executive members and conduct a first reading of a proposed financial reform bill.

GSGA Executive Vice President Vineet Tiruvadi (18G, 21M) proposed to compensate GSGA executive members, except for the president and the vice president, $1,000 annually from student activity fee funding.

Twelve students comprise the 20172018 GSGA executive board. The GSGA president and executive vice president appoint all executive board members, after which the legislature must approve the president and vice president’s selected candidate by a

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New changes on Eagle row in 2018-19 include DtD moving into Pike’s former house and Beta returning to 15 Eagle row.

Pike Loses House; DTD, Sammy Join Eagle Row By alex Klugerman News Editor

After a series of swaps and switches, some Greek organizations will find a new home on Eagle row for the upcoming academic year.

Delta Tau Delta (DTD) fraternity

is set take over the house where Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) members reside Sigma Alpha Mu (Sammy) and Beta Theta Pi (Beta) fraternities are also set to move onto Eagle Row for the 2018-2019 academic year, according to Senior Director of Housing Operations Elaine Turner.

Sororities Alpha Kappa Alpha and Kappa Alpha Theta are both set to return to campus’ Sorority Village after a one-year hiatus, according to Associate Director of Sorority and Fraternity Life Arthur Doctor.

Delta Sigma Theta lost their oncampus housing in Lodge B.

“History and the size of the chapter that can occupy a particular house are key factors in determining which sorority and fraternity chapters reside on Eagle Row,” Turner wrote in a Feb. 26 statement to the Wheel.

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NEWS

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

The Emory Wheel RACE

Scholars Call for Black, ‘Latinx’ Groups to Unite

By Valerie sandoVal Senior Staff Writer

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Freshman representative austin Graham (21c) (Center) talks funding for an annual event, ‘thankserving,’ monday night.

SGA Funds ‘For the Kids Week’ By alex Klugerman News Editor

The 51st legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) funded $345 for “For the Kids Week,” an event organized by Camp Kesem, Emory Miracle and Kappa Sigma fraternity, and recognized “Thankserving” as an annual SGA initiative at Monday night’s legislative session. SGA tabled a funding request bill for Emory African Student Association (ASA)’s 2018 “Taste of Africa” event for the second consecutive week due to confusion over the amount of funding requested by the group.

Bill 51sl49, which passed unanimously, provides funding for the first “For the Kids Week.” The multi-day charity event is set for Feb. 26 to March 3 and raises funds for Camp Kesem and Emory Miracle.

The bill was submitted by Kappa Sigma Philanthropy Chair Neil Kumar (19B), Camp Kesem Fundraising Gala Coordinator Vijay Joshi (17Ox, 19C), Emory Miracle Co-president Emma Cole (17Ox, 19C) and SGA Freshman Representative Austin Graham (21C).

The money that the groups received from SGA will go toward offsetting the cost of fundraising events, including dunk tanks and donuts at Wonderful Wednesday and Blue Donkey coffee for a Feb. 27 sale. The groups are hoping to raise between $1,200 to $1,500.

“Any help we get from student organizations … increases the amount of money we are able to give to the philanthropic causes rather than fund the events,” Joshi said.

The legislature also unanimously passed Bill 51sl48, which recognizes “Thankserving” as an annual SGA

initiative to be executed by the SGA vice president of student experience.

The bill was submitted by SGA Junior Representative Maddy Zapata (19C), Harry Teplow (18C), Frances Connor (19C) and SGA Vice President of Student Experience Daniella MorenoKaste (19C).

“Thankserving’s collaboration with Campus Kitchen and the Emory Panhellenic Council will provide food and volunteers to make this a zero cost event,” the bill reads.

Teplow said he had been formulating an idea for an event where Emory students serve Emory Dining staff but did enact the plan until last semester.

“The idea [behind the event] is to foster a more mutually respected relationship between students and dining staff,” Teplow said.

Zapata and Connor will take over planning duties next year with the vice president of student experience set to serve that leadership role in the years after. The pair said they want to cement the event’s status as an annual affair.

“It’s an event that brings many parts of the community together,” Zapata said.

The bill proposes a tentative event date of Nov. 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. because that is when most Emory Dining staff members are able to attend the event.

SGA tabled Bill 51sl46 after it remained unclear how much funding the ASA was requesting from SGA. Before the Monday night meeting, bill sponsor and ASA President Clementina Nyarko (18C) emailed SGA representatives to tell them that ASA had received $2,971 in funding from other sources but did not specify a reduction in funding from

The Emory Wheel Volume 99, Number 18 © 2018 The Emory Wheel Alumni Memorial University Center, Room 401 630 Means Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322 Business wheelbusinessmanager@gmail.com Editor-in-Chief Julia Munslow julia.munslow@emory.edu Founded in 1919, The Emory Wheel is the financially and editorially independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University in Atlanta. The Wheel is a member publication of Media Council, Emory’s organization of student publications. The Wheel reserves the rights to all content as it appears in these pages, and permission to reproduce material must be granted by the editor-in-chief.

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Corrections

• In last week’s issue, “Emory Seniors Receive Bobby Jones Scholarship” misidentified Lisa Neiman’s majors as anthropology and human biology and Ancient Mediterranean studies.

She is actually majoring in classics and Ancient Mediterranean studies.

• In last week’s issue, “Emory Team Advances Toward Alexa Prize” incorrectly stated that there were 15 finalists for the 2018 Amazon Alexa Prize competition, but there are actually eight finalists. The article also mistakenly said that the team ranked fifth in the 2018 Amazon Alexa Prize competition. The team is a finalist in the 2018 Amazon Alexa Prize competition, and placed fifth in the 2017 Amazon Alexa Prize competition. The article also initially said that the team beat out more than 200 universities to become a finalist, but they actually beat out 195 applications. A sentence in the article initially stated that the socialbot technology will not be integrated into Amazon’s line of Alexa products, but the sentence was clarified online to say that the socialbot technology will not be integrated into Amazon’s line of Alexa products, but some of the algorithms may be implemented when they’re ready for commercial use. A quote about the students’ backgrounds in computer science was clarified in the online story to reflect that they did not have much computer science background prior to coming to Emory.

their original $8,000 request. Nyarko and bill co-sponsor ASA Treasurer Onyi Ohamadike (16Ox, 18C) did not attend the meeting. Bill co-sponsor ASA Sophomore Representative Ngozi Ugboh (20C) was at the meeting but unable to answer legislator’s questions regarding funding.

College Council (CC) denied earlier in February the ASA funding request after representatives from ASA did not attend their scheduled supplementary budget request hearing.

ASA is hoping to receive about $500 to $1,000 from the Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA), according to SGA Executive Vice President Natasha Armstrong (18B).

The annual “Taste of Africa” event, scheduled for April 6 at the Fox Theatre in Downtown Atlanta “unites people of different backgrounds in the Emory community, and orchestrates a call to action concerning Africa while raising awareness about the continent,” according to the bill.

The legislature previously expressed concern over the low percentage of Emory students projected to attend the public event.

Of 400 estimated attendees, ASA projected that 120 would be Emory undergraduates, 90 graduate students, 100 non-Emory students, 40 Emory affiliates (faculty, staff and administrators) and 50 Atlanta community members, according to ASA’s presentation last week.

If SGA grants the full $8,000 in funding, it would be the largest amount of funding for any single event this year.

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

A panel of four interdisciplinary professors discussed how black and “Latinx” communities should unite to combat racial prejudice to an audience of about 50 people at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) Feb. 22.

The panel consisted of Alan Aja, associate professor of Puerto Rican and Latino studies at Brooklyn College (N.Y.); Andrea Benjamin, assistant professor of political science at the University of Missouri; Darlene Rodriguez, assistant professor in the Department of Social Work and Human Services at Kennesaw State University (Ga.); and Angela Stuesse, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Emory University Associate Professor of Political Science Andra Gillespie moderated the discussion.

Gillespie posed a series of questions that explored the conditions that either promoted solidarity or exacerbated competition between black and “Latinx” communities.

To start, Aja explained the difference between race and ethnicity. According to Aja, race is a social construction without any biological foundation that reinforces class hierarchies and the dominance of some social groups, and ethnicity is shared common national, cultural or religious characteristics among a group of people. He also explained that the term “Latinx” is gaining popularity because it is a neutral term that doesn’t reinforce the gender binary of Latino or Latina.

Aja argued that people’s skin color affects their personal experiences because whiteness has been socially constructed as the most desirable race. He argued that a white-passing Latino has a fundamentally different experience than someone who is Afro-Latino, or a Latino with darker skin, even though the two share an ethnicity.

“While a ‘Latinx’ white person might identify as ‘Latinx,’ that is not the same experience as somebody who identifies as black or African American or Afro-Latino,” Aja said. “Yes, [Race and ethnicity] can be fluid and intersect, but historical experiences are not

always the same.”

Rodriguez commented on the connection between skin pigmentation and power, and how within black and “Latinx” communities, those with lighter skin are seen as higher in the social hierarchy.

Benjamin expanded on that idea by sharing a quote from DominicanAmerican writer Junot Diaz.

“We as black [and] ‘Latinx’ [people] are so anti-white nationalism when it’s them doing it, but we ourselves have internalized a lot of it too,” Benjamin quoted.

Benjamin said that there have been political incentives to avoid bringing up common experiences between black and “Latinx” communities because the two communities can be better exploited when they are pitted against each other. She said that she hopes the two groups can unite based on shared experiences and realize that they have both been impacted by structural racism.

“In the local context that means: Why are we always stopped by the police?” Benjamin said. “Why don’t we have nice homes? How come we are being redlined? Why are our schools so bad, and now that the new people are here with their million dollar condos and they can send their kids to private school?”

Stuesse argued that white supremacy helps to reinforce stereotypes of the two groups. She said that “Latinx” people buy into the discourse that black people are criminals and lazy, just as black people buy into the narrative that “Latinx” immigrants are taking their jobs. These stereotypes pit the two groups against each other for white people’s benefit, according to Stuesse.

“There is this idea of a race to the bottom or zero-sum competition between black and ‘Latinx’ communities,” Stuess said. “I think we need to look at neoliberal capitalism and the way that that has been constructed to create this idea of competition. I think this feeds into [the acceptance of] a lot of the stereotypes.”

Stuesse and Benjamin both agreed that competition between the two communities creates an insider-outsider dynamic. Benjamin stated that racial attitudes are hard to change

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SEXUAL ASSAULT

Profs Talk #MeToo Movement By molly Ball Staff Writer

In wake of sexual assault allegations against film executive Harvey Weinstein reported by The New Yorker and The New York Times, other allegations of sexual harassment have arisen against powerful men across the film and media industry and in politics in the United States.

Revelations of the allegations led women across entertainment and other industries to create the #MeToo and the Time’s Up movements to display solidarity and support for victims of sexual assault and harassment.

The Emory Wheel sat down with Associate Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Beth Reingold and Associate Professor of Organization and Management at the Goizueta Business School Melissa Williams to discuss the impacts of these social movements. molly Ball, the Emory Wheel: Why are women only now speaking about their encounters with predatory men?

Beth reingold: They’re not only now doing it. Women have been speaking out and organizing about sexual harassment in particular at least since the 1980s, if not [earlier]. It’s not the first time it’s ever happened, but it is perhaps the most prevalent because of social media and current events. I would venture to say that we probably have more women telling their stories now than before. melissa Williams: Women are feeling newly empowered by the voices of [other] women. Now they’re feeling like the environment is safer than it used to be, so speaking up about harassment especially when the person doing harassing is more powerful — that always carries risks to jobs, to health, to reputation.

EW: Do you think any real change will come out of this national conversation? Has concrete change happened already?

Br: Concrete change, that, I don’t know. It looks like there’s going to be some change in [Congress] … but I would venture to say that the same thing might be going on in a lot of

state legislature and city councils. One of the things that has come up in the recent discussion has to do with these settlements that require victims to keep their mouths shut and give perpetrators cover. That basically prevents any information from going public. mW: I hope so. On the one hand, we’ve been here before a little bit. In the early ’90s, there [was] the Anita Hill [testimony in the] confirmation hearing for [U.S. Supreme Court Justice] Clarence Thomas [in which Hill accused him of sexual harassment]. He was confirmed anyway, but it did start a conversation in the country about … harassment, how common it is, what women experience and [if] we need to be taken more seriously. I have to say this period feels different, so I have some optimism that we’ll see real change that we haven’t seen in the past. We do see responses becoming swifter; the goal here isn’t to rush to judgement without true understanding of the facts, but I do think it is a positive thing.

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NEWS

The Emory Wheel

News Roundup Compiled by miChelle lou rose aCquires BlanCo’s PaPers The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library acquired a new collection of papers from poet Richard Blanco, who delivered his poem “One Today” at former U.S. President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2013, according to a Feb. 21 University press release. The papers include first editions of Blanco’s books, commissioned and occasional poems, correspondence with other writers and unpublished writing. The fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, Blanco is the “youngest, first Latino, immigrant and gay person” to deliver a poem at a U.S. presidential inauguration, according to Blanco’s website. loCal resident missing For WeeKs Timothy Cunningham, 35, an employee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been missing since Feb. 12, according to The New York Times. In partnership with Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta, Cunningham’s family in partnership with Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an indictment or arrest. Atlanta Police Department (APD) told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that there is no evidence of foul play as of Feb. 26.

Cunningham’s parents reported their son missing Feb. 16.

“Dr. Cunningham’s colleagues and friends at CDC hope that he is safe,” CDC spokeswoman Kathy Harben wrote in a Feb. 27 email to the Wheel.

“We want him to return to his loved ones and his work — doing what he does best as a CDC disease detective — protecting people’s health.”

The Harvard University-educated researcher had been serving as a commander with the U.S. Public Health Service and as a team lead for the CDC’s State Chronic Disease Epidemiology Assignee Program in the Division for Population Health when he went missing. He was deployed in the Zika virus and Ebola outbreaks and was named one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “40 under 40 Award” winners in 2017. sCotus denies daCa aPPeal The U.S. Supreme Court turned down President Donald J. Trump’s administration’s request for the court

to decide immediately whether the administration could shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which offers about 700,000 undocumented immigrants a temporary immigration benefit, according to The New York Times.

“Emory University is encouraged that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal to bring an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program,” a Feb. 27 University statement sent to the Wheel

by Associate Director of University Media Relations Elaine Justice reads.

No courts of appeals, the appellate level below the Supreme Court, have ruled yet on the issue, though two federal judges have ruled that the administration uphold major portions of the DACA program while legal challenges to Trump’s decision to end DACA proceed, the Times reported.

The White House announced September 2017 that it would end the program, and Trump called on Congress to replace the policy by March 5. Congress has not yet made any concrete plans regarding the undocumented immigrants and the undocumented immigrants’ status in the U.S. remains uncertain. ga. senate BloCKs delta tax BreaK The Georgia Senate voted Tuesday to block a $50 million jet fuel sales tax exemption bill that would have benefited Delta Air Lines after the Atlantabased airline ended its discount fares for National Rifle Association (NRA) members in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., high school mass shooting and nationwide protests for stricter gun control legislation.

“I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA,” Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle tweeted Monday. “Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.” slaVe dataBase reCeiVes $300K The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded $300,000 to Emory’s Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) to expand the Emory-hosted website Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database for a new project called “People of the Atlantic Slave Trade” (PAST). PAST will provide information on historical figures who “can be

Emory Follows in Peer Institutions’ Footsteps Continued from Page 1 with a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle Feb. 14, student survivors from the school launched a movement called “Never Again,” which calls on lawmakers to take action on gun control. To protest school shootings and gun control laws, thousands of high school students nationwide staged walkouts last week, and national events have been planned for March 14 and April 20, the one-month and 19-year anniversaries of the Parkland and Columbine High School shootings, respectively. Some high schools have threatened to punish students for participating in protests and missing school, according to the Washington Post. Students from at least two dozen Atlanta area schools are set to participate in the March

14 event, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC).

School of Medicine student Alyssa Greenhouse (21M) told the AJC she is planning an Emory Walkout event in hopes of drawing attention to gun control issues including stronger background checks and banning assaultstyle weapons. March For Our Lives, a group composed of Parkland survivors, have planned a March 24 protest rallying for lawmakers to strengthen gun control, according to the New York Times.

Similar to the Women’s March movement, partner events will take place in major cities across the country, including Atlanta.

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

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linked to a slave voyage, enslaved and enslavers alike,” according to a Feb. 26 University press release. ECDS is re-coding and re-designing the new site and hopes to offer a new database that will be composed of 10,000 intraAmerican slave voyages by mid-2018, the press release reads. The project began in 1992 as a CD-ROM but has grown with more than $3 million in funding from various donors.

Jemile hill talK resCheduled ESPN reporter Jemele Hill, who was scheduled to deliver the state of race speech at Emory Feb. 22 for College Council’s (CC) annual event Culture Shock, is now set to talk March 8 at 8 p.m. in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC).

“Jemele Hill’s management requested to reschedule after having a scheduling conflict arise for February 22,” CC adviser Sarah Beth Potter wrote in a Feb. 26 email to the Wheel. Hill made headlines last fall when she sent tweets critical of President Donald J. Trump, which led ESPN to temporarily suspend her. Hill has remained at ESPN since the controversy, but has moved from the position of an anchor for program SC6 to working as a senior correspondent and columnist for website The Undefeated. nair to reCeiVe nasPa aWard NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education awarded Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair the Doris Michiko Ching Shattering the Glass Ceiling Award.

The award is given to an individual who has made an “outstanding impact on the Asian/Pacific Islander/ Desi American (APIDA) community through leadership, service and scholarship,” according to the NAPSA website. Nair is set to receive the award at the annual NASPA conference in March.

“Ajay has left an indelible mark on many through his leadership in both the student affairs field and within the APIDA community,” NASPA wrote in a Feb. 13 press release. “He has consistently challenged the status quo, creating ways to empower students so they can reach their goals at highly complex institutions.”

— Contact Michelle Lou at michelle.ann.lou@emory.edu

Compiled by Valerie sandoVal On Feb. 21 at 7:40 p.m., Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to a case regarding fleeing or attempting to elude police officers.

An officer on patrol observed a yellow Toyota Prius with its hazard lights on stopped on the roadway. The officer had reason to believe that the vehicle was involved in several of the entering autos cases that occured over the past few weeks. The officer activated his emergency equipment to approach the vehicle after observing the Prius on North Decatur Road near Briarcliff Road. When the traffic light turned green for traffic, the Prius suddenly crossed the double-yellow lines and drove on the wrong side of the road before turning left. The officer turned on his lights and sirens in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle.

Instead of stopping, the Prius passed a vehicle on the wrong side of the road and began to speed up, heading south on Briarcliff Road. The officer terminated the pursuit due to traffic.

The case has been assigned to an investigator.

On Feb. 21 at 4:41 p.m., EPD responded to a call from an Emory student regarding a theft by taking.

The complainant reported that between Feb. 6 and Feb. 15, his Serato turntable set and the metal box in which it was stored were stolen from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, located at 18 Eagle Row. The student said he kept the boxed turntable set, valued at $900, behind a sofa on the first floor for safekeeping while he was on vacation for Mardi Gras. The complainant later contacted EPD and reported that the property had been returned to him intact.

On Feb. 22 at 2:05 p.m., EPD responded to an anonymous report from a Campus Security authority regarding a forcible sex offense at the Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity house, located at 10 Eagle Row. The incident was first disclosed to the Campus Security Authority on Feb. 21.

On Feb. 22 at 7:44 p.m., EPD responded to a call from an Emory student regarding theft by taking.

The student reported that at 4 p.m.

Feb. 8, he placed seven $100 bills in the right pocket of a black suit and hung the jacket in his bedroom closet at Clairmont Tower. When he

checked his pocket again Feb. 22 at 5 p.m., the complainant discovered the money missing. The complainant reported that his spare car key and the debit card he previously left in the same pocket were still there. The complainant also reported that both the front door to his apartment and the door to his bedroom are usually left unlocked. Campus Life has been notified about the incident. The case has been assigned to an investigator.

On Feb. 23 at 9:20 p.m., EPD responded to a call from the Robert W. Woodruff Library regarding suspicious activity. The complainant, an Emory student, reported that she was studying in a room on the sixth floor of the library when a man approached her to participate in a survey about being barefoot, as he was trying to develop a more comfortable shoe “that felt more like walking barefoot.”

The complainant agreed to participate in the survey. The suspect gave the complainant a handwritten survey before saying that there was also a physical aspect to the questionnaire.

The suspect claimed he needed to measure the strength and flexibility of her feet, and asked the student to push against his fist with her feet, spread her toes and manipulate her feet. While the complainant moved her feet, the suspect photographed her feet in different positions. The suspect also asked the complainant if she could do anything abnormal with her feet, and whether they smelled. The suspect then asked the complainant for her email address for follow up questions. She provided it to him. The suspect was described as a black male with a slender build in his late 20s to early 30s with crooked teeth, wearing a black or dark grey shirt.

The complainant said she sent a text message to her friend to tell him about the survey and asked him to come to the room because the survey was “getting weird.” After the complainant’s friend arrived, the suspect also asked him to participate in the survey. He refused.

The complainant reported that she did not feel unsafe, just “weird.”

The complainant and her friend not believe the subject was an Emory student. The case has been assigned to an investigator.

— Contact Valerie Sandoval at valerie.sandoval@emory.edu

Honor Council Report Compiled by Christina yan The following reports are based on real cases adjudicated by the Emory College Honor Council. Any personally identifiable information has been omitted to protect the privacy of all parties involved unless involved parties have granted the Wheel permission to identify them.

• The Honor Council found a sophomore in an upper-level science course responsible for plagiarizing on a report.

The student used significant portions of course materials and tried to pass it off as their own analysis of the experiment without proper citation, stating that they believed that the materials did not need to be cited because the professor had provided students with the information.

The Honor Council did not think that the student intentionally violated

the Honor Code, but because all external sources need to be attributed in assignments, the council recommended an F in the course and a two-year mark on the student’s record.

• The Honor Council found a freshman in a humanities course responsible for plagiarizing online sources on an essay. The professor identified several portions of the essay that had been poorly paraphrased from online resources.

The student said that they had originally sought out online resources to better understand the essay topic and that they believed that the plagiarized portions of the essay probably came from their notes on the online resources.

The Honor Council recommended a zero on the assignment, a one-letter grade deduction in the course, an educational program and a two-year mark on the student’s record.

• The Honor Council found that a sophomore in a lower level science course was not responsible for cheating on an exam.

The professor had identified similarities in the student’s and a neighboring student’s exams, but the student on trial explained that the other student was a regular study partner and that the two had worked on problems together prior to the exam.

The student provided joint study materials to explain the common mistakes made on the exam.

The Honor Council determined that the student was not responsible for cheating.

Editor’s note: Leigh Schlecht, assistant copy editor and Honor Council member, had no role in composing or editing this article.

— Contact Christina Yan at christina.yan@emory.edu

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Abuse Rampant in All Industries, Professors Say Continued from Page 2 EW: Can you talk about hierarchies and power structures in the workplace? mW: When a person obtains a position of power, and this is true for men and women both, it can blind you a little bit. It creates a mental distance between yourself and those below you, and so we find in the research that people who are managers, people who are in positions of power, tend to underestimate the degree to which their position influences others people’s behavior. [For example], if I’m a manager, I tend to think that if my subordinate is smiling at me, she must really like me or be communicating friendliness, and we forget the fact that of course a subordinate is going to smile at the boss because they’re the boss. [This] creates all kinds of difficulties when it comes to misinterpreting signals, when it comes to the assumption that if she doesn’t like it, she’s going to tell me about it. I think managers assume that when they don’t get the immediate negative outcry … then it must be okay.

EW: What can people or institutions do to combat a gender imbalance?

Br: Litigation hasn’t been the long term solution to the problems. In fact, the way lots of litigation has gone, it’s covered up the problem, more than anything else. Plus, it puts the onus on the victim to come forth and to report it. “#MeToo” kinds of movements can really make a difference in raising awareness. It’s all important and necessary, but it’s one piece of the puzzle. Part of the problem is that there [aren’t] enough women in positions of power. The assumption is that this wouldn’t happen if the roles were reversed. mW: There are big structural problems. But I think if we can work on the problem of harassment, that will be a positive step forward because we know that women’s choices about where to work and what industries to work in … are influenced by the things

they’ve learned from other women about safe versus dangerous workplace environments. So if women don’t have to make differential career choices … based on a fear about how they will be treated, than they might have more opportunities.

EW: Is there a concern about the lack of due process in some of these allegations, what with immediate condemnation from the public of the alleged attackers? What are the ethics behind most of these allegations going into the court of public opinion?

Br: They are very much part of the reason why so few women before now have been able to speak out, because the mere act of accusing seems to be like [another] violation. The presumption behind all those concerns is that women make these things up to persecute and harm innocent men. mW: That’s always a concern anytime anybody’s reputation is at stake.

We of course don’t want to rush to judgement and accuse somebody of something that has career consequences for somebody who didn’t do anything, but I think if we’re concerned about the likelihood that someone going to be falsely accused relative to the likelihood that harassment is going to go unreported, than the latter is likely a much bigger concern.

There are many more women who are not reporting the negative treatment they experienced … we’re just trying to do a better job of achieving the right balance.

EW: Will the #MeToo movement keep its momentum?

Br: No movement lasts forever, and part of the lesson of this movement and just about any others is that it’s really hard to keep it going, … so in the end, you would be hard-pressed to find a social movement you could say was completely successful. There has been a lot of talk about [modern] hashtags movements in general and [if they are] more effective, less effective.

I’m not sure there’s a real clear consensus on that yet. mW: That’s difficult to predict, but

as I mentioned, before the internet, we’ve had people talking in other outlets in print media and so on about sexual harassment, and we see this topic having ups and downs in the media in the past. Now again that was pre-Twitter, so things may be different.

I hope that it will last, but I’m only cautiously optimistic.

EW: It seems like almost every profession has been rocked by sexual assault abuses — has this happened in higher education/academia? mW: It does happen in higher education. The power structure in higher education can be just as strong and impactful if a professor has control over somebody’s research funding or career.

EW: With allegations against powerful people such as Harvey Weinstein, a group of people knew about his predatory behavior. Why was this never revealed until the New York Times and the New Yorker released articles on it?

Br: It’s important to realize that the power that enables Harvey Weinstein to do what he does is also the same power that enables him either actively or passively, explicitly or implicitly, to keep people silent and complicit.

So, even if other people were aware, they either feared the consequences of being on the wrong side [of Weinstein] … We put powerful people on a pedestal, and we find it very hard to believe that someone who’s so successful, so smart, so talented, so good at what he does can do these kinds of things. We get wrapped up in the aura. mW: When powerful men have a long history of harassment it’s not just those individual men that are implicated, but also others who enable or at least failed to report the behavior. We can’t know or we may never know the details of those individuals’ choices, but we can speculate that it’s likely they faced some fear or uncertainty as well: ‘What does it mean for my career if I speak up about this?’

— Contact Molly Ball at molly.ball@emory.edu

Christie’s Valued Collection at $150-250k in 2015 Continued from Page 1 “[The collection is] a very personal … [and] significant set of materials that I think are revealing about her,” Magee said. “[Lee writes in the way] that one writes to their friends when they can be candid and responsive.”

The letters reflect some of the themes that are evident in Lee’s writing like social justice and racial inequity, according to Magee.

“You can see through her correspondence how her ideas evolved,” Magee said. “[Lee was] living in a time where there’s great change occuring in the world around her, both throughout the country as a whole and in the South. Her perceptions to that and her place in it are very revealing.”

Crespino’s book entitled “Atticus Finch: The Biography” is set to be published May 8 and serves as a “political and cultural history” of Atticus Finch.

The book theorizes that Harper Lee based Atticus Finch, the main character in “To Kill A Mockingbird,” after her own father.

Kennerson told The San Diego Union-Tribune that the letters would complement Crespino’s work while Magee said the professor will “continue to draw from them.”

“This correspondence from Harper Lee, some of which show her at home taking care of her ailing father, provides wonderful insight into her life during the critical years when she

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harper Lee’s letters are set to be public at the rose Library. wrote what would be her only two novels,” Crespino said in Justice’s statement. “They provide a window into her life and her views during a period of tumultuous change in southern political life.”

Crespino did not respond to the Wheel’s interview request by press time. Lee’s letters coincide with the library’s collections in literature and poetry, Southern history and African-American history. Magee said the works will be “in conversation” with other recently acquired collections, including those by former U.S. President Barack Obama and authors Flannery O’Connor and Jack Kerouac. “[Harper Lee’s] lifespan overlapped with O’Connor and Kerouac,” Magee said. “[Although they come from] completely different sites of work and impulses, you begin to learn more about an era and see a set of ideas that are emerging. Unusual conversations begin to occur.”

Magee anticipates the collection will

be used in research by students and professors due to the endearing legacy of “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The novel has sold more than 40 million copies since its 1960 release, but it is also one of the most challenged titles due to its inclusion of the N-word and controversial portrayal of the American South, according to The New York Times.

Magee, whose last day as director at the Rose Library is Wednesday, said she is “proud, honored and humbled,” that the collection will be a part of her legacy at the archives. “[The Harper Lee Collection] broadly represents the mission and enduring focus of the Rose Library,” Magee said.

“I encourage everyone, especially students, to use the Harper Lee materials … as an opportunity to reflect deeply on the meaning of life and how one person’s life can make such a profound difference in the world.”

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

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Beta Returns to Row, to Share House With SigEp Continued from Page 1 All assigned housing placements are as of Feb. 26, per Turner. Occupancy changes or other decisions by chapters, nationals or the university could cause a change in the current housing plan, Turner told the Wheel.

LacKiNG mEmBErShiP, PiKE LoSES 10 EaGLE roW

Row, which is currently inhabited by non-Greek affiliated sophomores, juniors and seniors.

“Sammy is one of our largest chapters, and they’ve been asking for a house for a long time,” Gibson said.

Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) occupied 8 Eagle Row from 2009 until the 20162017 academic year.

The fraternity lost its on-campus housing after an investigation by the Office of Student Conduct uncovered violations of the Undergraduate Code of Conduct’s anti-hazing policy and the alcohol and drug abuse policy.

ZBT also lost University recognition and is on disciplinary probation until Aug. 1, 2019, the Wheel reported Aug. 26, 2017.

Gibson refused to answer questions regarding the current status of ZBT’s disciplinary review.

Pike lost its house at 10 Eagle Row because it failed to recruit a sufficient number of members to live in the house.

“They haven’t been able to fill it, plain and simple. For the past two years they’ve had multiple vacancies,” Assistant Dean for Campus Life and Director of Sorority and Fraternity Life Marlon Gibson told the Wheel.

“We’ve been praying and hoping that KaPPa aLPha thEta [Pike] would be at a place where they rEturNS to LoDGE D had a stronger membership this year.”

Pike President Zach Zlatin (19C) Kappa Alpha Theta is set to return did not respond to multiple requests to Lodge D in Sorority Village after for comment.

DTD is set to occupy 10 Eagle Row a one-year absence at the insistence next year with a one-year contract for of the Theta national headquarters, which disallowed the chapter from the house.

The group currently cohabits 15 accepting Emory’s housing offer for Eagle Row with fraternity Sigma Phi the 2017-2018 academic year.

Nationals reached Epsilon (SigEp) and an agreement with the can now occupy “Moving back into OSFL that the chapter a larger space on Eagle Row due to our historic house is a would return to the DTD’s recruitment big move forward for lodge for the 2018-2019 academic year after a of new members, our fraternity.” period of reorganizaaccording to Gibson. tion that included the DTD will have 10 — Oliver Hart (20C), resignation of the fordouble rooms, or 20 Beta Chapter President mer chapter president, beds, according to Virginia Dollins (18B), DTD President Neil the Wheel reported Shahdadpuri (19B).

“It’s great to have our own house on August 2017. the row,” Shahdadpuri told the Wheel. aLPha KaPPa aLPha “A big thing OSFL and IFC are trying rEturNS to LoDGE a to push for hopefully an all-Greek row, and, yes, we’re still inclusive of After a one-year voluntary absence, the [Black Student Association] BSA house and the [Media, Literature, and sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha is set Arts Outreach] MLAO house but we to return to Lodge A in the Sorority also do want to bring back the pride Village, according to Doctor.

The sorority voluntarily gave up the of Greek life that Emory used to have.”

DTD’s current spot in 15 Eagle Row lodge because it lacked enough memis set to be occupied by Beta, who had bers to fill the space.

The organization will return to lost the house after it failed to meet active status following a Spring 2018 the occupancy requirement in 2015.

Beta initiated 30 new members recruitment period, according to February 2017 after the chapter under- Doctor.

The lodge currently serves as sophwent a reorganization after allegations that a member drugged a female stu- omore housing. dent, the Wheel previously reported.

DELta SiGma thEta The 15 Eagle Row house is where vacatES LoDGE B Beta has historically resided on campus, according to Gibson. Beta hopes Delta Sigma Theta sorority, which to fill 20 to 24 spots in the house out of 47 total beds, according to Beta returned to campus Fall 2017 after a six-year absence after a four-year suschapter President Oliver Hart (20C).

“Moving back into our historic pension for hazing in 2011, will vacate house is a big move forward for our their current residence, Lodge B in fraternity; since our re-organization Sorority Village because the sorority we have been working hard to estab- is unable to fill the space.

Instead, Emory Housing plans to lish ourselves as a strong group on campus, and with the addition of a offer the six-bedroom space as female house we will be able to increase our sophomore housing. presence while also creating a great Richard Chess and Michelle Lou living environment for our brother,” Hart wrote in a Feb. 27 email to the contributed reporting.

Wheel. Hart said Beta worked with Editor’s note: Devin Bog and Jesse the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life (OSFL) starting mid-Fall 2017, Weiner are both editors of the Wheel adding that the fraternity hopes to fill and members of Delta Tau Delta (DTD). the entire house in the future.

They were not involved in the composition or editing of this article.

Sammy to iNhaBit 8 EaGLE roW Sammy is set to reside at 8 Eagle

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

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Evans Emphasizes Access To Education in Georgia

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ering 3.0 GPA requirement for technical colleges to 2.0 in 2013, according to CBS 46. Evans also helped creGeorgia gubernatorial candidate ate a subgrant, now called the Zell and Georgia State Rep. Stacey Evans Miller Grant, that covers full tuition (D-Smyrna) hopes to make higher for top-performing students in technieducation more accessible to low- cal colleges.

At Emory, 566 students currentincome families, she said to about 25 students at student group Emory Law ly receive the HOPE or Zell Miller scholarship, according to University School Democrats’ elections Feb. 21.

Evans, one of two female Democrats Director of Financial Aid John Leach.

Evans criticized her Democratic among a pool of six Republicans running for the seat, spoke about her opponent and State Rep. Stacey campaign platform and said that Abrams (D-Atlanta) for co-authoring she intends to make higher educa- the legislation that led to the HOPE tion more accessible, invest in public cuts.

“We’re just different people, and I schools and expand health care in think you can see that if you look at Georgia.

Evans said that the election of a our paths to public service,” Evans told Democratic governor could lead to the Wheel. “[Abrams] ran for office more fair legislative maps as opposed and spent five years with the title of to the current gerrymandered dis- representative before she introduced a tricts. The current and recent past single piece of legislation. I’ve always governors of Georgia are both been looking for the place where I could do the work, not rack up titles.”

Republicans.

Evans emphasized the imporEvans has held a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives since 2010 tance of investing in public educabut said she felt that her efforts in tion throughout Georgia because class that role to make changes, especial- sizes are too big, budgets are too low ly regarding the preservation and and teachers are overburdened.

She also plans to expand Georgia’s improvement of the HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) Medicaid.

Additionally, Evans hopes to financial aid program, have stalled at increase Georgia’s minimum wage, the governor’s office.

The HOPE program provides schol- and said that, at $5.15 an hour, Georgia arships and grants to Georgia high has the lowest minimum wage in the school students pursuing higher edu- country.

The minimum wage in Wyoming cation and is funded by the Georgia is also $5.15, and, Lottery. under the federal “I realized I had Fair Labor Standards reached the limits of “None of this is Act (FLSA), most what I could do in the employees in states minority party in the easy — investing that have minimum legislature, and if I in infrastructure, wages below the fedwas going to continue schools, making eral minimum wage my fight to restore tuition free tech col- higher education more are covered under federal minimum lege, I was just going accessible, expanding the wage of $7.25 per to have to become health care.” hour, according to the governor,” Evans Politifact. said.

Evans also emphaFrom its inception — Stacey Evans, in 1991 until changes Georgia gubernatorial sized the need for to the program in Candidate transportation infrastructure improve2011, the merit-based ments throughout HOPE scholarship Georgia. has been awarded to She said the Georgia government any Georgia high school student with a 3.0 GPA and covered four years of should work to connect rural areas to college tuition at any public or private Atlanta and to one another.

“None of this is easy — investing in school in Georgia, according to the infrastructure, schools, making highscholarship website.

The program has benefited more er education more accessible, expandthan 1.7 million Georgia high school ing health care,” Evans said. “But none students, according to Georgia of these things are out of reach if we are deliberate and focused.”

Student Finance Commission.

Evans told the Wheel she sees The HOPE grant allowed students to attend two years of technical college political organizations such as Young tuition-free, according to the Georgia Democrats at the undergraduate level and law school as a great opportunity Student Finance Commission.

The HOPE program faced bank- to get involved in politics and credited ruptcy as more students qualified the Young Democrats of the University for the scholarship, according to a of Georgia for kick-starting her career February 2011 Office of the Governor in politics.

Sydney Kaplan (19L) said that she press release.

As a result, Georgia Gov. Nathan was inspired by Evans’ story of going Deal introduced changes to the HOPE to law school, working for a law firm and then going into public service. program in 2011 to keep it alive.

“As a future female lawyer, I hope An SAT score requirement was added, where students must have a to follow a similar path, and I hope minimum score of 1200. In addition, she is able to take the next step in her the GPA requirement was raised from career as the first female governor of Georgia,” Kaplan said.

3.0 to 3.7.

Matt Freifeld (20L) said that he To qualify for the HOPE grant, students needed to maintain a mini- appreciated the opportunity to hear mum college GPA of 3.0 to retain the Evans speak.

“It was awesome to hear about the scholarship.

The grant covers only a portion of goals of potentially the next governor tuition, with the amount varying for of Georgia,” Freifeld said. “It made me each student, according to Georgia confident for November 2018 regardless of who wins the primary.”

Student Finance Commission.

Evans voted against those cuts Richard Chess contributed in 2011 and over the next two years introduced legislation that removed reporting. the GPA requirement from the HOPE grant.

— Contact Valerie Sandoval at In 2013 the legislation passed, lowvalerie.sandoval@emory.edu

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a panel of professors moderated by associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the james Weldon johnson institute andra Gillespie talk black and ‘Latinx’ solidarity.

Continued from Page 2 because both groups are so susceptible to constantly reinforced stereotypes about the other.

“The U.S. exports racism really well,” Benjamin said. “Immigrants come and think, ‘You haven’t gotten ahead because you don’t work hard.’ ” Aja also commented on politicians using immigration as a tool to break up “brown/black” coalitions.

“It’s an easy wedge issue to use,” Aja said. “You tell someone that someone is going to come and take their job, but in the world of capitalism, jobs don’t have names on them. The boss is going to use the most exploitable person.”

Gillespie also asked the panel if the “Afr0-Latinx” population could serve as a bridge between the two groups.

Stuesse responded that although that idea is good in theory, it’s difficult in practice because the Afro-Latino population is very much invisible.

She shared an anecdote of an AfroLatina woman from Nicaragua who worked in a poultry factory in rural Mississippi. The woman explained to

Stuesse that at one point some of her black co-workers asked her “What are you?” and were shocked to learn of the existence of an Afro-Latino, as they thought slavery was only in the United States. Aja pointed instead to the role of white-passing Latinos in building a bridge between the communities.

“I think there is an unfair pressure on Afro-Latinos to build a bridge,” Aja said. “White-passing Latinos need to help and not be complicit.”

Rodriguez argued that political involvement would encourage solidarity and help end the exploitation of the two groups.

“Rather than just talk a good game or create a hashtag — a hashtag is not a movement — I’d say get your butt out of the seat, show up to the capitol,” Rodriguez said. “[Go] to the places where legislation and pieces of commerce and transaction are taking place where your voice will be considered because if you’re not at the table, you’re on the table, and we’ve been on the table far too long.”

Benjamin agreed that political

involvement is important for minority communities.

“Black and Latino communities are underrepresented in local government, and local government is an opportunity for the two communities to unite and form coalitions on issues,” Benjamin said.

Ericka Canon (20C) said she “loved” the panel and thought that Emory should hold similar panels more often.

“They were speaking on a lot of issues that I think we don’t really talk about, especially between black and ‘Latinx’ communities and how they intertwine sometimes,” Canon said.

“I think it was a really good panel and discussion.”

Vanessa Perez (21C) thought that the conversation was necessary and needs to be continued.

“There are very controversial perspectives on it, and I think it’s interesting to see which voices are represented and which ones aren’t,” Perez said.

— Contact Valerie Sandoval at valerie.sandoval@emory.edu

Raju Presents GSGA Financial Reform Bill

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simple majority vote. “[Compensation] lets the exec board know that they are working for the students,” Tiruvadi said. “This is a way to not only compensate them for their time and their effort, but it’s a sign to actually demonstrate to them that ... this is a responsibility that you have to the student body to do your job.”

Tiruvadi said he excluded the president and the vice president from the proposed compensation plan due to the two receiving other benefits from their positions, such as increased contact with University administration, students and divisions.

Legislators expressed reservations about the proposal, with multiple legislators calling the proposal “fishy” for compensating only appointed executive members.

“You’re giving mind to people who weren’t elected. That just doesn’t sit well with me,” Legislator Sydney Kaplan (19L) said.

Legislator Byron Wratee (18T) voiced his doubts about the merits of some current executive board members.

“I know some people on the executive board, and I’m pretty sure they don’t deserve $1,000,” Wratee said.

GSGA Vice President of Finance Deepa Raju (18B) questioned the proposal’s impact on future GSGA executive member applicants.

“Without a monetary incentive, you know that whoever is in that position is in there because they are genuinely interested in the job,” Raju said. “I feel like when you have monetary incentives sometimes that changes why people might sign up for a job.”

Wratee echoed the Raju’s

sentiments.

“I’m really worried about the type of people that will now apply,” Wratee said.

Tiruvadi said that compensation could help attract students who otherwise could not participate in student government due to monetary and time restrictions, adding that executive compensation is already in place at peer institutions, such as the Georgia Institute of Technology, where Tiruvadi also serves as a member of the graduate student government association, but he agreed to take legislators’ doubts into account for a formal proposal in the future.

“This is great for temperature taking,” Tiruvadi said. “I heard exactly what I needed to hear to do a little bit more of the homework and the research.”

Tiruvadi emphasized that the proposal is entirely subject to the GSGA legislators. “[Compensation] should be up to the legislature to decide whether this is something they want, what the amounts would be, what the concerns would be,” Tiruvadi wrote in a Feb. 26 email to the Wheel. “I think our team this year has done an amazing job, and I want to set up a system that can ensure future GSGAs improve on our foundation.”

GSGA also conducted a first reading of Raju’s proposed financial reform bill, which was previously discussed at the Feb. 6 GSGA meeting.

The proposed bill would require divisional councils to provide transition plans to their successors to avoid future financial complications.

A divisional council’s transition plan would include monthly account statements for the academic year; their

speedtypes, or account numbers; their divisional accounts; a list of all active, probationary and deactivated organizations; a copy of the GSGA monetary code; and a rough financial timeline for the academic year.

Raju’s bill also states that divisions must follow a specified timeline in the financial transition between academic years. “[The bill] requires that organizations get their requests into the divisions by a set date, that the divisions transfer that spreadsheet to the vice president of finance by a set date, that way everything can get to [Associate Director of Student Governance Services (SGS)] VonYetta [Hunter] in the SGS office in time, so that they have it before the summer, and it will be transferred in the beginning of the year,” Raju said.

The proposed financial reform bill would also require divisions to keep $5,000 of anticipated semester budgets as “pending” to prevent divisions from over-budgeting to organizations.

The divisional councils set and approve budgets in spring semesters, but their allocated amount is typically received in the fall semester. Divisional councils can approve student organizations’ request for funding, but they can’t disperse the funding until the divisional councils actually receive the money once the Add/Drop/Swap period ends.

Next semester’s budgets are typically based on the previous semester’s budget, but GSGA cannot guarantee exactly how much each organization will receive because enrollment numbers sometimes fluctuate. GSGA is scheduled to vote on the bill next week.

— Contact Christina Yan at christina.yan@emory.edu

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Editorials

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 | Editorial Page Editor: Madeline Lutwyche (madeline.lutwyche@emory.edu)

Student Government Websites Need Overhaul To students who want to know who their Student Government Association (SGA) It is critical that students have easy access to governing or Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) representatives are, good luck. documents, proposed bills and meeting agendas and minutes.

SGA’s OrgSync and website are both woefully out of date, listing multiple members Without a method to track policy decisions, student government who are no longer active and lacking updated information such as representatives cannot be held accountable for their campaign proposed bills and minutes from the past couple of academic years.

Constituents must be able to easily contact individual Without a method to promises.

The SGA website has not been updated since 2015, and representatives and track their representatives’ voting decisions.

OrgSync only has accurate information about forms and track policy decisions, To ensure accountability and facilitate student involvement in lists the SGA president, executive vice president and treasurer. campus governance, all governing bodies should take measures student government to increase their transparency and community presence. Beyond Similarly, GSGA’s OrgSync has not been updated since April 2017, and its website also fails to list all website updates, there’s a simple way for Emory’s student representatives current legislators or any new events since last semester. government to achieve this: Livestream meetings. cannot be held Although GSGA and SGA have released versions of their Livestreaming would require minimal cost and effort, while respective constitutions and bylaws to the Wheel after accountable for their allowing students to easily observe or review regular public meetings multiple requests, they are not readily available to the public. students’ convenience. SGA and GSGA ought to follow the lead of campaign promises. at SGA President Gurbani Singh (18B) wrote in her presidential student governments at other universities, including the University platform last year that she hoped to “improve communication and of Massachusetts Amherst and Kansas State University, where transparency between students and our [SGA] administration.” legislatures broadcast meetings on free streaming services such as Although Singh’s administration created a communications committee Facebook Live.

November 2017, the committee has not achieved its purpose, which Singh Student government elections are set to take place in March. defined as updating “the website, our design, our strategy for communicating.”

As that deadline looms, our legislators should make a concentrated effort to Student government’s lack of transparency makes it difficult ensure that their constituents know who their representatives are and what those for the greater student body to properly engage in policymaking. representatives are doing on students’ behalf before we cast our votes.

A New HOPE for Non-Traditional Students Non-traditional Emory University students who are at least 25 could soon be eligible to receive financial relief via the HOPE Scholarship. Emory should take steps to support legislation to make Georgia’s in-state colleges and universities more accessible, which has already gained support in the Georgia House of Representatives.

House Bill 928, sponsored by State Rep. Rick Williams (R-Milledgeville), would expand eligibility requirements for the HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) Scholarship to include students up to 15 years out of high school, from a previous cap of seven years.

Not only does the law offer benefits to current and future Georgia students, but it does so without financially risking the HOPE scholarships of current ones — existing scholarship amounts are set and sufficient funding exists to cover the proposed expansion.

In the 2015-16 academic year, 3 percent of Emory’s 6,861 undergraduate students were over the age of 25, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. If current non-traditional students hail from Georgia, they could be eligible for up to $4,480 in annual state-funded grant aid, nearly 10 percent of Emory’s full tuition.

That funding would help Emory attract the diverse pool of students it touts as central to its educational mission and make higher education more attainable for non-traditional students.

In 1993, former Georgia Gov. Zell Miller created Georgia’s state lottery to fund the HOPE Scholarship and pre-kindergarten programs. But after the Great Recession forced cuts to the HOPE Scholarship, Georgia diverted money to a legally mandated reserve to protect the scholarship. Sufficient funding exists to finance H.B. 928: Since the recovery of lottery revenue after 2011, the mandated reserve has swelled to $490 million, alongside the growth of an unmandated reserve that has reached $500 million, and for the last five years, an additional $73 million has been put aside to help fund HOPE. The bill has already passed through the Georgia House of Representatives’ Higher Education committee. Emory’s administration and community should support nontraditional students by advocating for the bill’s passage through the Georgia House and Senate. Backing H.B. 928 is a low-stakes, substantive action the University can take to support educational access within Emory and across Georgia.

The above editorials represent the majority opinion of the Wheel’s Editorial Board.

The Editorial Board is composed of Nora Elmubarak, Andrew Kliewer, Madeline Lutwyche, Isabeth Mendoza, Boris Niyonzima, Shreya Pabbaraju, Isaiah Sirois and Mathew Sperling.

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Restrict Access to The Luxury of the Liberal Arts Military Weapons Four Years in the Ivory Tower Annie Cohen I understand the thrill of shooting a gun. For one blissful moment, everything melts away, and all that your brain focuses on is that satisfyingly heavy piece of metal molding perfectly into your hands. It gives you a power you never thought possible.

Shooting a gun gives you a tangible sense of control, fills you with adrenaline and makes you feel alive.

That feeling is exactly why we need to reform gun laws and create legislation that will enact stricter civilian ownership of military-grade weapons.

Nobody should be allowed this type of power.

I have never been more afraid of guns than when I was shooting one in a gun range where everybody was armed. To know that I was holding something that gave me the ability to end human life with the flick of a finger gave me inexplicable power. I felt like a god, and I was afraid.

Humans are not meant to feel this way. We are not designed with razor sharp teeth or claws to kill. The ability to kill does not come naturally. It is learned and developed with tools — guns give too much power to those who, frankly, do not need it.

The Second Amendment was written in a different age, an age of militias and British invasion. Guns, back then, were also fairly inaccurate and unreliable unless you were within four feet of your target.

Why, then, are we allowing 18-yearolds to purchase assault rifles? There are no redcoats at our doors, and these guns are more deadly than any founding father could have imagined. The U.S. Constitution is a living document for a reason. The times — and guns — have changed, and our constitution must follow suit.

It is simply too easy for anybody to find a gun and do with it as they please. In the United States, an individual can purchase a rifle at age 18, a handgun at 21 and can inherit a gun at any age.

No restrictions exist on guns changing hands once they are purchased, and most states only require background checks from licensed dealers, resulting in what is known as the gun show loophole: Only 12 states require background checks for any gun purchase made in gun shows.

That is unacceptable.

Picture someone who feels like they have no control over their life or their emotional state. They feel powerless.

They go to a gun range for the first time and feel the tension in the air as they look at case after case of shiny semiautomatic firearms. They go back and set up their target, an ambiguously human shape, and heft the cold gun into their hands.

I know the power that could surge through one’s muscles. I know how the mind can marvel at the destruction that happens 20 yards away. I know how nerves might react to the recoil, a feeling etched in muscle memory for hours after the adrenaline leaves their bloodstream — the result of putting holes in the frame of a person. It scared me to know that by holding a gun I held death in my hands and that anyone could be at my mercy.

Just because guns can be fun, and even though they can be handled safely with proper instruction, civilian ownership of military-grade weapons is just not safe. We cannot allow gun enthusiasts and Second Amendment die-hards to endanger the lives of innocent Americans. It’s simply not worth it.

Annie Cohen (20C) is an English and creative writing major from New Orleans.

Comes With Opportunity Costs Madison Stephens A mounting sense of disappointment surrounds Emory’s 2018 commencement speaker, Michael Dubin, co-founder and CEO of Dollar Shave Club.

His unconventional path, however, from obtaining a bachelor’s degree in history to becoming a successful business owner, has been touted by some as a testament to the value of a liberal arts education.

While a liberal arts education from a top university can serve you well, it is imperative to note that such an education only accessible to a select few and perpetuates a system that limits the mobility those of a lower socioeconomic class.

Liberal arts education advocates cite academic exploration as key to identifying one’s interests. While that may be true, academic exploration is an inherently privileged pursuit.

The ability to take a year to study the connections between organized religion and sexuality is a luxury.

There are benefits to developing skills emphasized in the liberal arts world through non-major general education requirements (GERs).

But skills like communication and curiosity can be accessed without paying $60,000 in tuition.

Proponents argue financial aid and other scholarships make college accessible for anyone and everyone.

Lower the Drinking Age Ineffective Policy Promotes Toxic Culture Evan Amaral For the millionth time, lower the drinking age.

Whether it’s drinking socially in moderation or getting totally drunk with friends, alcohol is bound to social traditions across the globe. In the United States, the national drinking age of 21 is a complete legislative and social failure.

Conceived as a way to curb deaths due to drunk driving, the drinking age has instead contributed to the creation of a toxic drinking culture.

The age should be lowered to 18 to make the legal meaning of adulthood more consistent and to shorten the amount of time in which young adults could learn toxic behaviors, such as binge drinking.

Much of the rhetoric supporting the current drinking age is about keeping teenagers safe.

Underage people are going to drink, no matter the drinking age. Lowering the drinking age to 18 has absolutely nothing to do with allowing adolescents to drink.

We’re talking about adults. Legally, an 18-year-old is considered an adult in the United States, someone who can die for their country and drown themselves in student loan debt. Simply, the fact that the law does not trust a legal adult — who should have the freedom to make their own decisions — to drink alcohol is imbecilic and puritanical.

That is not to say that there aren’t risks to drinking alcohol. But some of these risks are the fault of American drinking culture, which are only worsened by the drinking age being set at 21.

Yes, drinking at a younger age can inhibit the development of one’s prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for making decisions, but a higher drinking age would encourage the toxic culture that for some leads to harmful drinking habits at a younger age.

The fact that the law does not trust a legal adult — who should have the freedom to make their own decisions — to drink alcohol is imbecilic and puritanical.

Acute problems that result from a toxic drinking culture — such as death from alcohol poisoning — are just as dangerous as this inhibition.

As a college student, I’ve witnessed multiple situations where an inexperienced drinker does not understand their alcohol tolerance and ends up sick or even hospitalized for drinking too much.

In those cases, the law is an overprotective helicopter parent, attempting to shield everyone from the reali-

ties of the adult world. This sort of excessive drinking is for 4,300 deaths a year in the U.S. Lowering the legal age to 18 would allow young adults to learn to drink respectfully and in moderation, leading to a healthier drinking culture, such as those in many European countries, where children are eased into more considerate habits from an early age.

A 2011 World Health Organization study found that even though Americans drink less than Europeans, we die more frequently from alcoholrelated causes.

In addition to lowering the drinking age, a better dialogue within parenting and educational communities is essential to reforming American drinking culture.

Current standards mirror the failures of abstinence-only sex education, which does nothing to curb teen pregnancy by telling people to “not have sex.” We should encourage an understanding of normal human behavior — whether it be sex or drinking — not make taboos out of them. In the end, drinking alcohol is a bonding tradition within many communities, and has been throughout history. So many healthy adult relationships are forged with these potent brews, and trying to force the instinct to drink away is as damaging as a college kid’s worst blackout, except with much larger social implications.

Evan Amaral (21C) is a film studies major from Statesboro, Ga.

But that argument perpetuates the mentality that people should pull themselves up by their bootstraps and further justifies the view that those who don’t or can’t are inferior and lazy. The inaccessibility of four-year institutions extends beyond tuition.

Students must also account for the four-year opportunity cost of not working a full time job as a result of attending such an institution.

Students’ ability to work is limited while attending college, and though their projected incomes may be higher postgraduation ... such a financial risk is a barrier.

GERs, an inherent feature of most liberal arts curriculums, make graduating in fewer than four years difficult.

Students’ ability to work is limited while attending college, and though their projected incomes may be higher post-graduation than they would without a degree, such a financial risk is a barrier for some students who may need to support families back home.

Some assert that a liberal arts education is a precursor to being a socially conscious, effective citizen.

Confining that knowledge to only the elites inhibits social mobility and maintains the current power structure by perpetuating stereotypes.

It also portrays those who pursue other education options, such as professional training programs and two-year colleges, as unfit to partake in the political system and scapegoats the uneducated as the source of government corruption, such as the blaming of uneducated whites for President Donald J. Trump’s education, rather than actually holding those in power responsible for their actions.

Willard Dix, a former admissions officer at Amherst College (Mass.) wrote, “[Liberal arts education] enables students to see beyond one perspective, encouraging them to understand others even if they don’t agree.” While that argument stands, it insinuates that empathy is fostered through a liberal arts education and is consequently an inherently elite value.

As of 2015, only one-third of Americans over the age of 25 held four-year degrees.

The aforementioned reasoning implies that two-thirds of the population may lack empathy, which just isn’t true. That argument works as simply another justification for subjugating those in a lower socioeconomic class as not only uneducated, but also less human.

Madison Stephens (21C) is an English major from Little Rock, Ark.

A Gospel of Greed: Osteen’s Lies Isaiah Sirois Billy Graham, the evangelical Christian known as “America’s Pastor,” died Feb. 21, leaving a void at the forefront of the American evangelical movement. Newsmax named Graham America’s most influential evangelist, and though Graham was certainly imperfect, his theology was far better than that of those in position to replace him.

His death has opened the door for a far more toxic form of evangelism: the prosperity gospel. That school of theological thought has been popularized by Joel Osteen, America’s third most influential evangelist. Osteen’s prosperity gospel holds that material wealth is a sign of God’s blessing, something achieved by both faith and hard work. It offers no explanation for failure beyond personal blame or God’s plan. The idea entered the American mainstream as a function of the 1980s televangelist movement and continues to spread alongside the growing Christian sect of Pentecostalism.

Osteen and the prosperity gospel have gained notoriety despite wantonly ignoring Scripture. Specifically, the prosperity gospel’s message is contradictory to Luke 18:24-25, which reads, “24. And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 25. For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” That message is not limited to the Gospel of Luke.

The same parable is also present in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew.

If wealth were correlated with faith, then it should also be correlated with ease of entry into eternal life — yet Jesus clearly stated the contrary. But a passage that should be damning to

bad theology is itself excused by bad archaeology: some Christians have argued, without evidence, that the parable refers to one of Jerusalem’s gates. Colloquially known as “the eye of the needle,” getting a camel through this gate would have been inconvenient, requiring careful unloading and reloading of its luggage, thus changing the meaning of the passage from an indict of wealth to a mere warning about its inconveniences.While the prosperity gospel of Osteen promises financial and spiritual success to his followers, it’s based upon a myopic reading of Scripture, and it’s financially and spiritually harmful. Despite what he would have readers believe, his $40 million net worth is probably a sign of his selfishness instead of divine favor. Despite his charities, Osteen’s yachts, megachurches and expensive suits evince a selfish obsession with worldly pleasures.

It’s not enough to prove Osteen wrong, however, becauses doing so overlooks the harmfulness of his teachings. The self-help seekers that stumble on Osteen’s work are told that they, too, can be financially successful, and entirely through their own agency.

But if their actions are enough to grant them success, then any failure demonstrates a lack of effort despite circumstances outside their control. The prosperity gospel is yet another way Americans are reminded to pull themselves up by the bootstraps in the face of wage stagnation and rising income inequality, neatly packaged in self-help books penned by silver spoon preachers. After Billy Graham’s passing, the American evangelical movement has the opportunity to turn toward new leaders — hopefully this does not yield a wider audience for Osteen’s empty promises.

Isaiah Sirois (20C) is a history major from Nashua, N.H.

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Saturday’s TEDx event stayed true to everything for which TEDx stands — to spread and share ideas with communities in a diverse range of disciplines — succeeding even in the current tumultuous political climate..

Thirteen speakers, including two University students, gathered Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building (WHSCAB) to present at the conference. Roughly 550 students and faculty attended the event, according to TEDxEmory Director of Marketing Jenna Sands (18C).

TEDxEmory is the University’s student-run chapter of the international nonprofit organization TED, which aims to share “Ideas Worth Spreading.”

This year marks TEDxEmory’s eighth event and introduces its new partnership with a startup called Pnyka, an online platform based on prompts and discussion forums that allow audience members to continue conversation after the event. This year’s theme was “Solve for X,” which several speakers used to address the uncertainty of the 2018 political climate.

“Our team was inspired by the multiplicity of problems, interesting conversations and new discoveries taking place around the world and here at home,” TEDxEmory President Mackenzie Aime (18C) said. “We wanted to create a theme that allowed for an exploration of the variety of ways people pursue their passions and contribute to larger social change.”

The first speaker, attorney Gerald Griggs, spoke about political uncer-

tainty in the United States. He urged students to educate themselves in light of current events relating to racism, women’s rights and gun control and stressed the importance of community participation. Griggs concluded by challenging students to participate in a March 14 nationwide walkout in response to the recent mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Staying on the topic of race relations, the next two speakers related racial justice to their respective studies. University of the Pacific Associate Professor of Sociology Alison Alkon explained how racial prejudice continues to affect the distribution of farmland.

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Jimmy Carter Professor of History Joseph Crespino (Left) and Wake Forest University neuroscience professor Jonathan Burdette (r ight) speak at TEDxEmory’s 2018 ‘Solve for X’ Feb. 24 in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building.

“I didn’t expect a talk on food could relate to issues with race,” Aila Jiang (21C) said about Alkon’s speech. “It’s just something I wasn’t really aware of and never would have thought about if I hadn’t attended.”

Taking a different approach, Emory University Jimmy Carter Professor of History Joseph Crespino focused on black underrepresentation in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” applauding Atticus Finch’s pursuit for justice while criticizing the novel’s focus on an individual white man as the hero, with black people as a passive object of pity.

In reality, Crespino noted, black people had a large active role in civil rights.

Shifting gears, Laura Briggs (19C) raised the subject of women and shav-

ing, questioning why the majority of U.S. women partake in such a timeconsuming and costly activity without intuitive benefit. Briggs analyzed the linked history of women and shaving and determined the activity to be a part of the infantilization of women in order for them appear more desirable to men.

Some speakers targeted the subject of social justice, while others explored music, scientific research and life lessons using personal anecdotes. Atlanta Opera Director Tomer Zvulun related opera to the iPhone and Wake Forest University Professor of Radiology Jonathan Burdette explained how the brain reacts differently to music based on preference. Bhargav Annigeri

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The online community allowed students to personally and constantly connect with local nightlife through event promotion and on-campus entertainment.

Its success as a digital promotion board and quasi-social network was almost instantaneous, Suchin said.

A double major in political science

When I first visited the United States six years ago, I had a hard time finding vegetarian food. The average American eatery did not cater to my meatless diet, leading to disappointing meals of plain cheese quesadillas and bland cheese pizzas. Fast-forward to 2018, and the U.S. is sitting on the precipice of a gastronomic revolution in the form of the Impossible Burger — a sign that meatless food need not be some bland abridgement of cheese and bread.

Impossible Foods showed its mettle to Emory two weeks ago when it planted a food truck on Asbury Circle and distributed free samples of the Impossible Burger to the community.

My first bite into the sample slider brought forth a primal surge of excitement, like a caveman biting into a wild animal. The vegan burger was one of the most savory things I had ever eaten, and it was simply made from ingredients including wheat, coconut

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Nestled in a back parking lot off Memorial Drive, Revelator Coffee Company in Grant Park has hosted Korean pop-up “Anju” since Jan.11.

Named for the Korean term for small dishes served with alcohol, Anju brings a pleasant scent of stir fry instead of the coffee-ground smell that’s typical to a coffee shop.

The pop-up, open Thursdays from 6 to 10 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 6 to 11 p.m, offers a limited menu, including a handful of Korean entrees and seasonal sides. A long drinks menu offers traditional Korean drinks, like the fruity saduchi citrus-flavored

(19Ox, 21C), inspired by his love for both Hindustani styles and American genres, spoke about the power of using culturally diverse music in music sampling.

“Some of these things I’d never get to hear about on a day-to-day basis,” Florencia Zamora (21C) said. “Like just now, I barely ever think about opera, much less how it relates to an iPhone.”

Georgia Institute of Technology Professor of Fluid Mechanics David Hu, whose research was featured in “Saturday Night Live”’s Weekend Update in February 2015, garnered laughter from the audience when he introduced his study of different species’ average urination times, a study which Sen.Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., described as a waste of taxpayer funds.

Hu’s research, however, sets a precedent for diagnosis standards for prostate diseases.

“I wanted to talk about something that was timely, and the senator’s accusations just happened in 2016,” Hu said. “Doing seemingly strange research is a problem that a lot of scientists face. I was hoping this talk would bring science and the public together because recently they’ve become increasingly at odds.”

Other speakers shared lessons learned through personal anecdotes.

Molly Welch, a motivational speaker and activist for ending distracted driving, received a standing ovation after she related her story of recovery from a head-on collision with a pick-up truck.

Emory alumnus Yu-Kai Lin (01C), founder of contemporary art gallery Kai Lin Art and a professional pianist,

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Zachary Suchin (06C) co-founded in 2009 creative agency Brand Knew, which helps companies manage their digital presence through their social media.

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By Monica Lefton Senior Staff Writer When Zachary Suchin (06C) arrived on Emory’s campus as a freshman in 2002, he quickly grew unimpressed with the coordination of campus nightlife.

After Suchin realized that individuals from various fraternities threw fliers under the doors of female under-

graduates so that students knew which clubs would be popular each night, he created a LearnLink community (similar to Canvas) called Emory Nightlife.

Suchin added every underclassman listed in various campus resources including class rosters and a physical ‘face book’ containing every member of the freshman class and available to students.

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Musical group revelations performs at the Annual Moonlight Gala in Cox Hall Ballroom Feb. 24. Left to r ight: Chris Park (19B), Kevin Xu (20C), David Liu (17ox, 19C) and Joseph Ahn (19C) comprise the group.

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without those experiences of trial and error, of trying things everyone told me was outside and film studies, Suchin had no formal busi- the scope of my capability or was not worth ness or technological training but spent much my time because it was below me, I learned of his free time creating and testing social a great deal.

College is a great time for experinetwork startups.

In 2009, Suchin co-founded Brand Knew, mentation, and I’m not talking about drugs.

It’s a great time for you to pursue what you a “creative agency and technology studio” in Los Angeles, with fellow Emory alumnus want and either fortify your interest in that or to recognize that you don’t love something as Jason Schutzbank (09B).

The company is in its ninth year and helps much as you thought you might.

[College is] your last bastion of less responboth small startups and big businesses maintain a current digital presence and grasp on sibility, and then you enter the world, and the expectations of you are increasingly developing technologies.

Suchin spoke to The Emory Wheel about intense and it’s much more difficult to take the community he found at Emory and in risks.

I think there is something to be said for Atlanta and how he learned the importance people who go abroad in a of following his passion in the country where they don’t face of failure.

“You build an speak the language.

This transcript has been That kind of experience edited for length and clarity. appreciation for other Use the institution’s struc- people’s perspectives builds the type of character you need in order to be an tures — the classes you have and lifestyles, and effective person in the workto take, the events you have to you build empathy.” place and a better human participate in — as a foundabeing. tion, and then look beyond — Zachary Suchin (06C) You build an appreciathat and really think about tion for other people’s what interests you. perspectives and lifeDon’t think about what styles, and you build empathy. your parents want you to do.

Take the time to get real experience Don’t think about what society tells with a meaningful internship or apprenticeyou you should be.

Think about what you want to do, because ship somewhere where [you] can underin this perpetually shifting ecosystem where stand the trial and error of working in a real technology has totally flattened the globe, environment.

The Emory experience for me was somethere is an occupational pursuit for whatever thing that not only provided the incredyour genuine interest is.

Genuine interest is always going to ible education in the classroom but lead fulfillment, to a sense of feeling [also] gave me real life experience.

I don’t think I would have had [this experiwhole.

In my younger years I was heavily focused ence] in any other city, because [Atlanta] it’s on understanding how to get from point A to a growing metropolis but with a small-town feel. point B as quickly as possible.

The sense of community at Emory has been And it’s only gotten more intense for you [all] and people who will go to Emory after a strong driver for me in understanding that we’re all connected. you.

We all fundamentally appreciate the same It’s more competitive. It’s tougher.

Society is putting more pressure on kids to things and want the same things in life.

For a school that doesn’t have a football do great things.

[But] you have to live a life worth liv- team and isn’t known for sports, [Emory] ing, taking the time to appreciate progress really has a wonderful sense of pride in the and appreciate the people that you’re on the community that extends beyond [sports culture]. journey with.

Failure is the greatest professor I had at Emory.

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Anju’s menu offers six items, including stir-fry dish japchae.

Coffee by Day, Casual Korean Cuisine by Night Continued from Page 9 colorless liquor Soju, alongside trendy, coffee-inspired cocktails, such as the Irish coffee. For dinner, I ordered japchae and a side of white rice. The japchae consisted of thin sweet potato noodles, beef and stir fry vegetables.

With only six dishes offered, the menu surprisingly includes both vegetarian and meat options. I ordered at the counter and filled up a complimentary water cup before I headed back to my seat amid the wood tables and benches spaced throughout the shop.

The japchae and white rice both arrived almost immediately in small, nondescript bowls. The heavenly aroma that had greeted me by the door engulfed my senses once more as I looked down at my dish. Beautifully messy, the japchae boasted a wide variety of color and textures.

The thinly-sliced beef lay atop the glassy, flimsy noodles, which were soaked in a bath of sesame-flavored stir-fry sauce. The dish was on the spicy side, as it contained jalapenos, and while delightful to the taste buds, the dish was small for the price I paid.

The side of white rice was slightly crunchy but appropriately sized for the price.

My friend ordered the kimchijeon, a savory kimchi pancake served with apple soy sauce. She loved her dish, but she was disappointed when her

meal included one small, thin pancake instead of a few. My other friend ordered the bibimbap, a mixed rice bowl served with vegetables and gochujang sauce, and had to make frequent trips to refill her water cup because the gochujang was so spicy.

Overall, Anju offers a casual, mouthwatering late-night dinner opportunity. The restaurant, which is far from any street lights, bears a dark exterior. Dim string lights are the only signs of life as you approach the coffee shop. Sparsely populated, the long farmhouse tables boast a generous amount of space. Patrons order at the counter and sit wherever they want throughout the restaurant until a waiter brings them their food.

The Grant Park location may be a bit inconvenient for the typical carless college student, but the flavors of the food make the trip worth it. The subway-tiled, chalkboard-laden and dim ambiance of the hipster coffee shop paint an odd background in which to eat Korean food, but also provides a serene, tasty experience different from the options near campus. I recommend visiting Anju with reservations, as you should keep in mind that the delicious food tends to be served in smaller quantities, which may leave you wanting more.

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oil and potatoes. Most crucially, it has the iron-containing compound heme, which is found in blood red meat and plants and gives the Impossible Burger its characteristic meaty taste and appearance.

After just two or three bites, the burger was gone. Impossible Foods sells its revolutionary product to several businesses, including Grindhouse Killer Burgers, which has locations in Decatur and downtown Atlanta.

At Grindhouse Killer Burgers, I ordered a double Grindhouse Style Impossible Burger with a side of fries.

The burger featured two Impossible Burger patties wedged between a soft bun with melted American cheese, lettuce, grilled onions, pickles and Grindhouse sauce. Like many restaurants’ signature sauces, the Grindhouse sauce was a Thousand Island deviation.

Within 10 minutes, the waiter served me my burger, a compact mass of faux meat and cheese. The patty itself bore an uncanny resemblance to ground beef.

Had there not been a helpful flag on the bun that read “Impossible Burger,” I likely would have confirmed my order with a waiter. The heme oozed like blood from the patty and added to the illusion of beef.

After one bite, I had a “Ratatouille” moment.

Of all things, the burger reminded me of the taste of McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets, a treasured treat I gave up when I decided to become a vegetarian. Though McDonald’s nuggets are hardly the pinnacle of culinary achievement, that distinct umami of meat is something I have not tasted since going meatless.

That is, until now. The Impossible Burger’s juices melded perfectly with the slight sweetness of the Grindhouse

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Across 2. Author of “The German Ideology” 3. This sophomore residence hall does not have dorm rooms on its first floor and was at one point inhabited by freshmen 5. Emory Point dining location known for its sushi burritos 9. An old residence hall that was destroyed during summer 2015 10. This professor recently spoke at TEDxEmory about the lack of black representation in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Page 9) 12. Rock musical about artists as they try to make ends meet in the midst of the AIDS/HIV epidemic (Page 12) 13. The former CEO of ______ Parks and Entertainment, who recently stepped down after the company experienced low show attendance due to its treatment of killer whales Down 1. Poet who recited his poem “One Today” at former U.S. President Barack Obama’s second inauguration (Page 3) 3. The Gang of ____ was a faction within the Communist Party of China consisting of Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, Wang Hongwen and Jiang Qing (Mao Zedong’s wife at the time) 4. Chlorine, bromine and iodine are all in the _______ group.

6. Indian mathematician with no formal training, portrayed by Dev Patel in “The Man Who Knew Infinity” 7. A Korean glass noodle dish (Page 9) 8. The only country with a non-rectangular national flag 11. Psychologist responsible for developing the theory of classical conditioning using a dog and a bell 13. The capital of this country is Damascus

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sauce and created a tango of savory and saccharine that was offset by the sharp sourness of the pickle.

The patty collapsed under the sheer weight of my greed, leaving a delicious pool of ground faux meat and Grindhouse sauce on my plate.

The chunks that missed my mouth enjoyed the consolation of topping my fries, a solid postgame to my hearty burger.

My non-vegetarian accomplice managed to halt me for a split second and requested to taste the Impossible Burger.

After I sidelined my gastronomic avarice in favor of my journalistic rationalism, I obliged, interested to see the perspective of a meat lover. She said that it reminded her more of sausage than a burger, owing to the patty’s crumbly texture, adding that she could have mistaken it for meat. My only real misgiving with the meal was the price: It costs an extra $2.50 to replace the a Grindhouse Killer Burger’s patty with an Impossible Burger patty.

At $10.50 for a relatively small burger, the burger is difficult to recommend to people who are not vegetarian or vegan. That alienation of non-vegetarians is crucial.

My intrigue in the Impossible Burger is that it is so good it could — after some refinement — be a genuine substitute for meat, not just an option for deprived vegetarians like myself.

Until that day, I will continue to treat myself with the occasional Impossible Burger, and I am excited to see how the concept will be improved in the future.

shared his three secrets to a successful creative career: good mentorship, scheduled routines and networking.

Some audience members were drawn in by certain speakers, but ended up staying the entire event.

“I was mainly interested in the science-related talks but … I saw other speakers who I thought I wouldn’t be interested in but ended up liking,” Zamora said, adding that the event “kind of broadened my horizons [on] certain issues that I just wasn’t aware of.”

Though the event was designed for speakers to share their work to the audience, several speakers brought family and stayed to listen to other talks.

“I stayed for all the talks. ... I also brought my family, including my wife and two kids,” Hu said. “It was only a day long, but it has provided my wife and I with several days of conversations. Since then, we watched Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play together, I showed her Molly Welch’s public service announcement about distracted driving and we plan to visit Yu Kai Lin’s art gallery.”

Though topics and opinions varied, the evening’s takeaway message remained clear: Conversation is important, especially between those of diverging views. In 2018’s sphere of ingroup bias and group polarization, this has become more difficult to accomplish but more important than ever, as Griggs said during his talk.

For the eighth year in a row, TEDx has provided Emory with the platform to do so, uniting students and faculty to commune on the world’s innovations.

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from the recent Campus Movie Fest.

Strip lights adorned the walls, and a small arrangement of them (shaped like a glowing throne) on an empty wall served as a photo opportunity for many guests.

But no, the scale had to do with a

Science fiction has long been one of the most popular genres in film and literature.

It allows us to project questions of personal, social and philosophical depth onto the cold field of science, humanizing these fields and making them more digestible.

The modern era is plagued by questions, and the need for science to answer them has never felt so pressing.

In classic cinematic fashion, director Alex Garland’s “Annihilation,” based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer, provides our generation with its ultimate sci-fi picture, a beautiful head trip that transcends its flaws to become a contemporary landmark.

The film opens on Lena (Natalie Portman), who is an ex-military biologist teaching at Johns Hopkins University.

Her husband Kane (Oscar Isaac) has been missing for a year since he left for a mission with the U.S. Army.

One evening, he returns home and

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clocKwise, froM the left: alice Zheng (21c) looks at Spencer Mccray’s “2 Smithereens”; “Black woman” by Oluwatoyin Thompson (16c); Bockarie amara (17c) performs a piece to cap off the night; Megan weible (20c), Maria McNiece (20c) and kaledlani Laymon (21c) pose for a photo in the gallery; Ted Jesus chua (21c) strums his guitar in a one-man jam session.

Art’s Not Dead: ‘Festival of Insignificance’ Lives

By Devin Bog Arts & Entertainment Editor

Emory Arts Underground (EAU) hosted its annual spring student art showcase, the “Festival of Insignificance,” Feb. 25 and 26 at the Visual Arts Building. But that name couldn’t be any more of a misnomer.

Beyond conversations about art and meaning, this wasn’t an event meant to fade into the depths of Facebook newsfeeds — it was created to be seen.

When I walked into the gallery I was struck by the scale. It didn’t come from the size of the gallery, per se.

The well-furnished space, housed in the western wing of the building, was

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just large enough to feel like there was a space to explore without losing that sense of intimacy which makes these student-run shows so addicting. It was split into about four sections: three enclosures filled with selections of visual and literary art, and one a small cove with a projector, playing a selection of films, some

THEATER REVIEW

Bateman, McAdams Barely Collect in Roles

By Katherine Mcclure Staff Writer

Grade: B When I heard that a new film with Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams was coming out, I thought “This could be good.” Both are quality actors with many award-winning films under their belts — “Game Night” had the potential to be another. But I doubt the film would have held my interest if not for them, as the drama didn’t stand on its own. “Game Night” was underwhelming, with only a few modestly funny moments and an uninspired plot.

“Game Night” follows the events of a married couple’s weekly game night gone wrong.

Max and Annie (Bateman and McAdams) host a group of their closest couple friends for board games and charades.

Max’s competitive brother Brooks (Kyle Chandler) visits him and suggests they hold the next game night as his place. Trying to show up his brother, Brooks takes game night to the next level, planning an elaborate murder mystery. But when real kidnappers burst into the house, everyone thinks it is just part of the game. They soon discover the kidnapping is real, and fight to save Brooks from certain death.

Although the plot of “Game Night” seems like it would fall into the category of an action-suspense film, it was advertised as more of a comedy. While there were a few funny moments, the climactic soundtrack (or lack thereof), claymation set and dramatic transitions suggest that the director wanted the audience to perceive the film as suspenseful. The contradictions were confusing. I did

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Mimi Marquez (Skyler Volpe), poses on a railing during her performance of “Out Tonight” in playwright Jonathan Larson’s “Rent.”

‘Rent’ Reboot Pays Its Dues

By Maggie higginBothaM Contributing Writer

I have to be honest – I went to see “Rent” on a Tuesday night without expecting much. I know the plot, I can sing all the songs and I would have bet money that I could guess how the entire thing was going to be staged. While the production delivered the expected cookie cutter, traditional theater that appeals to a wide range of audiences, by the end of the two hours it was a moving theatrical experience bringing actors and audience members

together.

We all know and love “Rent,” and as a 20th anniversary tour by Work Light Productions, this show celebrated just that. The characters wore their iconic sweaters, coats and leather pants, the staging echoed the famous images from songs like “Seasons of Love” and “La Vie Boheme.”

“Rent” is a Tony Award-winning rock musical written by Jonathan Larson and loosely based off the opera “La Boheme.” The show follows a group of young artists in New York City as they struggle under the loom-

ing threat of HIV/AIDS. It’s a powerful script, and the show’s design really impressed.

As we entered the theater, the curtain was drawn back so we could see the set before the show started. The set was made up of stairs and levels and lights — clearly meant to be explored. Throughout the show, actors crawled in between rails and hopped down from stairs, tables moved and performers climbed into the rafters on a structure that shifted from an apart-

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Showcase Features Emory, Atlanta Artists Continued from Page 12 different metric: the number of pieces on the wall. The gallery, in sheer terms of volume, felt full. No clear struggling to barely fill the space, no single piece dominating an entire fourth of the room. It was an exciting surprise.

And the gallery was dense with talent. Some stand-out pieces: an acrylic-on-wood piece painted by alumna Oluwatoyin Thompson (16C), “Black Woman,” stood out from the entrance of the gallery, its dark subject surrounded a beautiful palette of vibrant, elegantly light-colored flowers, evocative of an easy, natural grace.

Georgia Institute of Technology junior Spencer McCray’s two towering 96”x48” monoliths — “2 Smithereens,” depicting the outline of a nuclear blast over a red background, and “But So It Goes…,” a red claw shooting out of a black sea — seemed to be as much of a blast to make as they are to look at, confident in their sparse but effective political imagery.

All of local Atlanta artist Jaeyoun Shin’s pieces were delightful collages of color and shape with a sharp intent — ”Martian Exploration 1” and “Martian Exploration 2” break into the surreal to find a joy and wonder in new frontiers.

Joi Massat’s (19C) digital graphic prints, “What’s Happenin’, Cat-Man?” and “Watcha Kno’-Good?,” featuring those words in exaggerated typeface and speech bubbles, are absolutely mind-bending if stared at for too long — or just long enough.

But this list isn’t exhaustive — it fails to mention the live performances across the street during the opening night, hosted at the Campus Life

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an untitled collection submitted by an anonymous artist to the festival, arranged by kyra O’kelley (19B).

Pavilion. The line-up included spectacles by student performance groups like Break Emory, a breakdance group that stunned the crowd with its fluid, high-speed antics. EAU did well to reach out to the community, recruiting local artist Erika Renee Land, a self-styled “21st-century war poet” and motivational speaker who performed “As the World Turns” and the first poem she ever wrote, “War Songs.”

But the night was also made by the more intimate performances — for example, a whirlwind beatboxing set by Davin Lama (18C), who dropped some of the dirtiest beats I’ve heard in years.

And at the end of the night, it was none other than Bockarie “BOREGARD.” Amara (17B) who closed things off with a quick two-song set.

But at the end of the night, I thought back to my shock at the number of pieces in the room, and remembered why I was surprised.

Most Emory students, this deep into the spring semester, probably don’t need a refresher on the state of the arts at Emory. Honestly, talking about it at all feels trite. Emory, despite having one of the strongest liberal arts programs in the nation, is largely a

ment to a Christmas tree to a shop on the streets of New York City. The set design was engaging right from the beginning. As soon as I saw all of the places an actor could explore, I was ready for an adventure.

Just as the set invited the audience to engage with the action of the piece, the lighting design asked us to empathize with the characters as we followed them through some of the hardest times of their lives. A bright pink special — a type of light — glared at the audience as Angel (Aaron Alcaraz) entered in full drag for the first time, catching the audience’s attention and preparing us for the upbeat musical number to follow. A light from the side of the stage cast a shadow on Roger (Kaleb Wells) as he plucked at his guitar, creating a 20-foot silhouette that did the same. Each of those moments was theatrical in its own way and allowed even those who had seen “Rent” before to enjoy a fresh experience.

While those designs added to the professional quality of the touring show, several other elements pulled the audience out of its viewing experience and back into the real world. The beginning of the production dragged.

It felt tired and worn, and I worried I would have to sit through two hours of a lackluster production. While the show slowly picked up speed, I couldn’t help but be disappointed by those initial moments of the show:

the exact ones meant to draw you into their world forced us out. The cast was clearly strained from the exhausting tour schedule. In her first two songs, Skyler Volpe’s (Mimi) voice cracked three times. While she continued to belt out her popular melodies, her voice was tired and overworked.

While much of the musical was a pleasant viewing experience — the choreography was sharp and the orchestra, which shared the stage with the actors, never missed a note — nothing truly stood out until the end. There is a pivotal scene in “Rent” in which Mark (Sammy Ferber), a filmmaker working on his opus, presents his footage to his friends and by extension, the audience. It is expected and loved. But as the audience watched the footage, we slowly realized that these weren’t actors playing a part — these were actors having fun. The scenes projected onto the backstage wall weren’t of Mark or Roger or Maureen, they were of Ferber and Wells and Lyndie Moe (Maureen) rehearsing, laughing and generally having a good time on their tour. It reminded the audience what “Rent” is truly about — community, friendship and enjoying the good times in life despite the bad. With one magical, surprising moment, the show transformed into everything a tour should be: a celebration of life and theatre, of “Rent” and of spending time with the people you love.

— Contact Maggie at mhiggi5@emory.edu

pre-professional institution. The students we attract just don’t have a lot of interest in art. And because of that, events like this showcase will always be necessarily niche.

But that statement isn’t anything more than a lazy assumption, contradicted by a truth on display this past weekend: The arts at Emory are thriving, even if its practitioners don’t always get the recognition they deserve.

The closing line from EAU’s Facebook event: “Remember, the arts are NOT dead.” Corny? Yeah. But in an environment that can sometimes have this weird, ironic and distant pride on its separation from those things which define our culture and our humanity, how else do you grab someone’s attention? No, the arts at Emory aren’t dead — they’re flourishing.

Editor’s Note: Senior Film Critic Evan Amaral (21C), who is an executive board member of Emory Arts Underground, was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.

— Contact Devin Bog at devin.bog@emory.edu

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not know whether to laugh at the jokes or jump with fright. The woman sitting next to me seemed to share my sense of confusion quite audibly (and hilariously). At numerous points she actually screamed. But she, along with the rest of the audience, was gripped by laughter several times as well.

They laughed hysterically at jokes that barely seemed funny to me.

Regardless, comedy and horror are two genres that I do not believe mix well, as they elicit two very opposite reactions. “Game Night” seemed an unnatural and forced combination of the two.

That contradiction was further expressed through the strange set and dull color palette. During scene transitions, overhead shots showed that the suburban neighborhood appeared to be composed of clay.

Those unnerving shots transitioned to live action, close-up scenes also composed of a spookily dull color palette. The soundtrack contributed to that creepy, suspenseful vibe.

There were also moments of complete silence, which always make me somewhat uncomfortable. Perhaps that was the intention. Suspenseful music broke at a jump scare. These menacing sounds and disturbing images contradicted the comedic intention of the film.

Despite the spooky background elements, the casting choices stayed true to the intended comedy genre, as

all of the actors are most well known for comedic roles.

Aside from Bateman and McAdams, “Game Night” featured other comedic actors on the rise such as Billy Magnussen (“The Big Short” and “Into the Woods”) and Lamorne Morris (Winston Bishop in “New Girl”).

Magnussen played airhead playboy Ryan and Morris played Michelle’s goofy husband Kevin. As I expected, the actors portrayed their characters effectively, delivering comedic lines with signature style.

For example, Bateman tells his best jokes as snide side comments while Magnussen plays the immature, unintelligent character who spouts out one-liners. Overall, the film’s comedic value comes largely from one-liners, rather than its plot.

Despite its high caliber of comedic actors, “Game Night” falls short.

Although I appreciated the relatively original plot in a period where Hollywood is giving us remakes and sequels, it seemed like the creators could not decide on a genre, which distracted from whatever merit the actors offered.

That’s not to say that “Game Night” was not funny, as it certainly did have a few quality one-liners that shocked the audience. Overall, the comedic aspect of the film was disappointing and overshadowed by violence and suspense.

— Contact Katherine McClure at katherine.mcclure@emory.edu

Film Finds Humanity in Coldness of Science Continued from Page 12 falls mortally ill. The next morning, Lena finds herself in a remote outpost, with machines keeping her husband alive. Dr. Ventress (Jennifer Jason Leigh) reveals that Lena’s husband was the sole survivor of an expedition into the Shimmer, an expanding ecosystem that consumes everything around it.

No other teams survived. In order to save her husband, Lena joins Ventress and three other volunteers — paramedic Anya (Gina Rodriguez), physicist Josie (Tessa Thompson) and surveyor Cass (Tuva Novotny) — on one final attempt to discover the origin of the Shimmer.

Garland, who began his career as a writer for mid-aughts genre hits like “28 Days Later” and “Sunshine,” has grown in his skills since taking on directing. His debut feature, 2015’s “Ex Machina,” was a chilling, intimate dive into the relationship between humans and technology.

“Annihilation” continues Garland’s exploration into contemporary scientific and ethical issues. It is “2001: A Space Odyssey” for an era when our environment tries to kill us, when our personal lives become entwined with larger threats to the physical world. That isn’t the only legendary film Garland draws inspiration from — another notable example is Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Stalker,” a portrait of psychological, ecological and political states of being.

In one sense, Garland is an even better director than writer, though both skills are essential to his voice in the world of science fiction.

Unfortunately, his writing some-

times suffers from over-explanation, which certainly true in “Annihilation.”

Garland’s characters spew intensely scientific expositions, which isn’t necessary for a general audience to understand the film and detracts from his gorgeous, impressionistic sequences.

Perhaps the greatest moment in the picture is the nearly wordless, 20-minute stretch in the third act, which condenses the metaphysical and scientific journey of the entire film into an avant-garde package. The images and sounds could have been ripped from a Stan Brakhage film, a beyond thrilling thing to see in a wide-released studio film.

In a way, “Annihilation” is ultimately a film about how women will save our world from oblivion.

Remnants of a flashback structure hinder the picture’s flow, but it fashions itself into a stunningly ambitious and emotional final moment that raises 10 times as many questions as it answers.

Still, the film’s strongest element is by far its cast. As Cass says early in the film, all of the main characters are “damaged goods” — people haunted by the tragedy of their pasts who take on a suicide mission precisely because they have nothing left to lose.

Lena, Ventress and company are looking for answers in a broader

mystery represented by the Shimmer itself. Portman is incredible in the lead, as usual, but the tough-minded Rodriguez and nuanced Thompson steal the show as their characters.

In the tradition of films like “Alien,” “Annihilation” is hard sci-fi anchored by brilliant women, all complex in their own right, fighting against violent, horrifying forces beyond their control. Though some credit belongs to Garland, the majority belongs to the extraordinary cast. In a way, “Annihilation” is ultimately a film about how women will save our world from oblivion.

As with all lofty and challenging works of art, “Annihilation” poses a threat to the Hollywood status quo. In a controversial move, Paramount Pictures sold the rights to “Annihilation” to Netflix in all foreign territories. Reports stated that the studio was afraid that such an ambiguous, strange film would alienate audiences.

But Paramount couldn’t have been more wrong.

Garland has crafted a sci-fi spectacle for the ages, one that replaces explosions and cataclysmic disasters with deeply engaging questions about the nature of psychology and the environment.

“Annihilation” asks a lot of its audience, but depriving them of such a film should be criminal.

If you are in the United States, do your part and see “Annihilation” as it should be seen — on the biggest screen possible, where its sights and sounds can overwhelm your mind and senses.

— Contact Evan Amaral at evan.amaral@emory.edu

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On

Fire “If you ain’t first, you’re last.”

— Ricky Bobby In the annual lull between the the regular football season and the start of March Madness, the 2018 Winter olympics in pyeongchang, South Korea briefly turned every American into a self-proclaimed ice dancing expert.

But your on Fire correspondent’s heart is broken, not for the termination of the all-too-quick Winter olympics, but for the United States’ dismal performance.

Before I criticize my beloved country, a few notable victories are worth mentioning.

1. red Gerard won the United States’ first gold medal in the men’s snowboard slopestyle.

Maybe just as importantly, his family won my heart by shotgunning beers at 8:30 in the morning in celebration of his performance. Few things are more American than claiming supremacy in a sport as arbitrary as sliding down a mountain on one fat ski, but beer for breakfast with your kin is definitely one of them.

2. the U.S. men’s curling team took gold. A team that looks like a group of dads who finished last in fantasy football and had to join curling as punishment defied all odds and trounced Sweden, a heavy favorite leading up to the event.

3. Shaun White is still alive?

Apparently.

White earned us another gold medal, but wow, I haven’t heard of this guy since he starred in the 2007 American Express commercials.

4. Women’s hockey won gold. In a glorious shootout victory, the women’s hockey team defeated our northern neighbor Canada in a test of whether universal health care covers broken, maple-shaped hearts.

In spite of the glorious performances, the U.S. finished fourth in the overall medal count, falling behind Canada, Germany and — wait, that can’t be right — Norway?! (to be honest, your on Fire correspondent probably could not locate Norway on a map.) the U.S. has 64 times the population of Norway, and they nonetheless destroyed us in the medal count (39 medals against our 23) and pushed us off the overall podium, which is absolutely unacceptable. Did this year’s olympians even watch ‘Miracle’?!

Don’t even get me started on Iceland, which qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup despite having a population smaller than Wichita, Kansas. the United States didn’t qualify for the World Cup on purpose, but if we were trying to earn a spot in the field, that would have been a huge embarrassment. regardless, Norwegians probably enjoy winter and going outdoors or something — freaks. Fortunately, the 2020 Summer olympics (the only olympics that actually matter) in tokyo, Japan, are only two years away. Hopefully we garner 64 times the medals of Norway.

While your on Fire correspondent is forever quick to criticize the United States’ lack of even a bronze overall medal, he or she is just as quick to advocate for stomping some probably socialist Scandinavian country into the snowless ground.

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Tampa Bay Lightning Buy, New York Rangers Sell at Deadline Continued from Back Page L ightning Power Move in Bringing in McDonAgh AnD MiLLer Unlike the tanking rangers, the tampa Bay Lightning put together a strong 2017-18 campaign and added two talented players at the deadline.

Since McDonagh entered the league in 2010, he has been the rangers’ most prized possession as the top defenseman on their blue line. As the rangers’ captain for four seasons, he led the defensive unit that carried the team to the 2014 Stanley Cup. With an already stout defensive unit headed by Victor Hedman, the Lightning added another asset — Miller — who gives them arguably the best defense in the league.

Along with McDonagh, the rangers sent Miller, who accumulated 72 goals and 100 assists in 341 NHL games, to tampa Bay.

BrUins BoLster Forecheck with rick nAsh the Boston Bruins’ most notable acquisition is ranger forward rick Nash, who has played more than 1,000 games in the NHL and obtained nearly 800 career points. over the years, Nash has built a reputation as one of the league’s most prolific scorers, with his highest goal total adding up to 42 in the 2015 regular season. While Nash has only 18 goals so far this season, he remains a valuable addition and slots in as a top-six forward on almost every team in the league.

Jets, shArks, goLDen k nights AiM For PLAyoFF PUsh oUt west In the Western Conference, the Winnipeg Jets, San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights all made hefty acquisitions, each claiming a productive forward.

Currently No. 2 in the Central

Division, the Jets added skilled center paul Stastny from the St. Louis Blues to the roster. But Stastny came at a steep price of a 2018 first-round pick, a 2020 fourth-round pick and a prospect. He has played in more than 800 games and amassed more than 600 points throughout his 12-year career.

In 63 games this season, Stastny has totaled 12 goals and 28 assists. the Sharks claimed left winger Evander Kane, a former No. 4 overall draft pick from the 2009 draft.

Kane’s scoring dynamic has been consistent since his first year in the league, and he has totalled 340 points in 557 games played.

In exchange for Kane, the Sharks forfeited a 2019 conditional first-round pick, a 2020 conditional fourth-round pick and 24-year-old forward Daniel o’regan, who is just starting his NHL career.

In a shocking initial season, the

Stravach, Bland Lead Eagles’ Trek to Third Continued from Back Page mark in the long jump with a distance of 5.35m.

Senior captain Gabrielle Stravach seized a title on Sunday in the mile run. She dominated her opponents, winning the event by more than six seconds with 4:57.42, the second- fastest time ever in the event.

In the pole vault, freshman Andi Breitowich placed fourth, just outside the top three positions. Breitowich slotted in a career-best height of 3.37m.

Junior Dani Bland led the way for the Eagles on the second day of competition with three event titles: the 60m dash, the 200m dash and the 4x400m relay. In the 60m dash, Bland ran a personal best of 7.71, the fifth best women’s time in Emory history.

In the 200m, she added a seasonbest time of 25.52. Her third title was in the 4x400 relay, which she clinched with teammates junior Dilys osei, sophomore Kaitlyn Leonard and senior Erica Goldman with a time of 3:56.40. osei impressed in the 60m hurdles with a personal record of 8.98, the fourth fastest time in the history of the program. the sixth title for the women’s side came from sophomore Greta Wilker in the shot put, who threw for a distance of 12.32m. Senior Kora Dreffs threw for 11.69m and finished in third place. the Eagles added a third place effort from Goldman in the 400m dash with a time of 57.79.

on the men’s side, seniors Benjamin rogin and Max Brown starred throughout the weekend. rogin ran for second place in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.30 and tied the Emory record in the process. Brown added hardware with a third-place finish and second straight All-UAA finish with a time of 4:17.26 in the mile run.

“[on the men’s side], we’re obviously very disappointed.”

— John Curtin, Head Coach

rogin said he was proud of his record tying performance. “[It’s] something I’ve been going for [since] my freshman year,” rogin said. “It’s a really cool experience and I’ve got two more meets. Hopefully, I can bring [the time] down and get the record [itself].”

Several Eagles just missed out on the podium. Sophomore Luis torres placed fourth in the 5000m run with a time of 15:04.62. In the distance medley relay, sophomores Samuel Branson and Alex rand, senior robert Wilhelm III and Brown clocked in a time of 10:14.74. the total run is 4000 meters (a 1200-meter leg, a 400-meter leg, an

800-meter leg and a 1600-meter leg, in that order). Another fourth place finish from the Eagles was in 4x400m relay. Led by rogin, Wilhelm, rand and sophomore Aria Mohseni, the team rounded out the effort with a time of 3:26.86.

In regards to the team’s seventhplace finish, rogin said the UAA has become more competitive over the past few years and that most of the team competed as well as they could.

“We had close to 30 records and competed the best they could,” rogin said. “there’s something to be proud of. We had a lot of younger guys trying to adjust to the conference meet. We all know we can do a little bit better going into the outdoor season soon.” the impending outdoor season signals a transition period for much of the team. Individual runners on the team will have differing training regimens based on the meets they plan to run, according to Curtin.

“Some of the kids will be running at tufts [University (Mass.)] in the indoors, [but] a lot of the kids are resting and recovering from UAAs,” Curtin said. “We have one group going back to base work and building up fitness for the [outdoor events].” the Eagles will have several athletes competing in last-chance meets this week, Mar. 3-4, at tufts University before the NCAA DIII Indoor Championships at the Birmingham Crossplex Mar. 9-10.

— Contact Anirudh Pidugu at anirudh.pidugu@emory.edu

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Every one of ya.”

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Golden Knights hold the best record in the Western Conference. the Knights traded their 2018 first-round pick, 2019 second-round pick and 2021 third-round pick to the Detroit red Wings in exchange for forward tomas tatar. tatar has yet to hit his stride this season, joining the Knights with only 28 points in 62 games played with a struggling red Wings team.

With a change of scenery, the Knights hope tatar will improve his record, given his previous three straight 40-plus point seasons with the red Wings and a career high of 56 points back in the 2014-15 season.

With more than 400 games played in the NHL, tatar brings to the Golden Knights experience and another solid addition to their forecheck.

— Contact Stephen Mattes at stephen.mattes@emory.edu

Two Minute Drill With Oliver Smith

By Annie UichAnco Asst. Sports Editor oliver Smith (18C) excelled in his final UAA Championship meet Feb. 14-17, winning the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 19.93 and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 44.53. the senior is a biology major from Milan, Mich. Emory will compete at the 2018 NCAA DIII National Championships March 23-24.

Annie Uichanco, The Emory Wheel: What’s your go-to warm-up song?

Oliver Smith: I like a lot of Eminem. I don’t have one [favorite song] in particular.

EW: What’s your perfect pre-game meal?

OS: Chicken parm. ... I love chicken parm.

EW: Favorite sports film?

OS: What I’m thinking right now is “42” about Jackie robinson. that was a good one, but there are so many of them. I really love all sports films.

EW: Who’s an athlete that you look up to?

OS: I look up to my brother a lot. He was an athlete, he swam in college and now he’s in [medical] school, so he’s kind of my role model.

EW: Do you have a motto that you live by?

OS: My family, growing up, we had this motto. It was meant as a joke whenever me and my brother got in a fight, but I kind of took it to heart.

It’s called, “Life’s a competition. Don’t lose.” So when I’m swimming, I kind of use that.

EW: What’s one thought you have before jumping into the pool?

OS: “this is gonna hurt.” In respect to holding my breath, especially.

EW: What is one major aspiration for you in life?

OS: right now, I’m at a place where I’m kind of deciding what I want to do next, so I plan on swimming next year.

If I can get fast enough this summer, then I’ll continue swimming to see if I can aim for olympic trials in 2020.

EW: Confession time. Do you pee in the pool?

OS: oh yeah, absolutely. Every swimmer does, and if they tell you no, they’re lying. this transcript has been edited for clarity and length.

— Contact Annie Uichanco at annie.uichanco@emory.edu

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Ongoing Streak Sets Up Date with Berry Continued from Back Page Adam Gigax and four high-pressure free throws by Davet and rapp. the Eagles’ performance secured the team’s 12th win in the UAA. “I’m proud of how we finished,” rapp said. “We had a lot of contributions from multiple guys along the way, and we want to continue with that same drive heading into the postseason.”

After a triumphant end to the regular season, the Eagles have turned their focus to the next item on their agenda — the NCAA Division III tournament.

“For us veterans, we are hungry to keep the season alive going into the national tournament,” Avant said. “We have made some great runs in the

tournament the past several years but are looking to take it further than ever before.” rapp, who recently broke Emory’s all-time assist record, hopes to make the most of his final tournament campaign.

“It’s a new season now, and we will take it one game at a time,” rapp said.

“And hopefully in three weeks, we’ll have six more wins.”

Emory will host Berry College (Ga.) in the first round of the NCAA DIII tournament Friday, March 2. It will be the two teams’ second meeting this season: Emory came out on top in a high-scoring affair, 109-103, at Berry Nov. 21.

— Contact Joseph Oh at joseph.oh@emory.edu

Gustavus pushed Emory to its limit.

Five of the six singles matches went to three sets, and Emory won by only one point, 5-4, after the conclusion of the nine total singles and doubles matches played between the two teams.

“We tried to prepare the players mentally and put pressure on them [in practice] so they’re prepared for the pressure,” Browning said. “It’s easier said than done because it’s different when you’re actually there. Certain players are just prepared and rise to that occasion.”

In the semifinals, the Eagles pulled off another 5-4 victory against their highly-ranked foe, No. 9 UChicago.

“I got a lot older after this weekend,” Browning said. “It came down to the very end. We got off to a good start in doubles, which is important. Chicago is really good and talented.”

Against UChicago, Emory received a similar boost in momentum thanks to critical performances from the bottom half of the singles lineup for the team.

“We were able to get really good production from Harrington at [No.] 5 [singles],” Browning said. “[Junior] Jonathan Jemison played well also. our freshman [Cassone] played really well to clinch at 7-5.” the Eagles were prepared mental-

ly for what turned out to be a close matchup against UChicago. Competing against a UAA rival, Emory knew moving on wasn’t going to come easy.

“Chicago is a great team,” Harrington said. “one thing that helped me was respecting my opponent. I knew had to be prepared for a tough match, which helped me stay strong mentally.”

In the championship contest, Emory faced the unfamiliar circumstance of playing an especially early match and dropping individual matches early on in the competition. the Eagles nonetheless pulled out a third 5-4 victory and clinched the championship.

“It was an interesting match because we had to play at eight in the morning,” Browning said. “We did not play well in doubles and got off to a slow start 2-1. We started to feel the momentum slip when we went down 4-1.” things started to swing in the Eagles’ favor due to a critical shift for [junior] Adrien Bouchet in his match en route to victory, as well as the efforts from the back end of the singles lineup, which stringed together a series of strong performances throughout the weekend.

“When Adrien Bouchet started to gain momentum, which helped us moving forward, our 4-6 played well again,” Browning said. the Eagles clinched the champi-

onship due to the heroic efforts of Harrington, who in the decisive third set of the match won a tiebreaker 7-3.

It highlighted what turned out to be a standout weekend for the captain.

“Harrington had the whole tournament on his back in the third set breaker and I’m proud of how he handled that situation,” Browning said.

Going into the tiebreaker, Harrington put pressure aside and focused on winning each point.

“Something I’ve learned [is that] you can only control your ability to compete and your mindset,” Harrington said. “ I decided to just put everything I had into the match and see what happens. I just tried to focus on every point individually and luckily it all came together in the end.” though the championship victory represents a major milestone in Browning’s career, Browning was more focused on the team’s goals moving forward.

“I never really care about the record,” Browning said. “It’s more about us and what we achieve at the end of the year.” the Eagles begin their outdoor season at home when they will face North Carolina Wesleyan College March 3 at 11 a.m.

— Contact Craig Supcoff at craig.supcoff@emory.edu

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Sophomore third baseman Jessy McLean makes a dash for first base in a match-up against Covenant College (Ga.) Feb. 24. McLean tallied three hits and one run in total over the double-header.

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Senior pitcher Audrey Weller winds up to throw to the Scots. Weller pitched five and two-thirds scoreless innings, striking out four batters while allowing only four hits in the 2-0 winning effort.

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 | Sports Editor: Kevin Kilgour (kkilgou@emory.edu)

SOFTBALL

MEN’S TENNIS

Eagles Claim ITA Throne

TRACK & FIELD

Women Soar, Men Stumble

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By AnirUDh PiDUgU Staff Writer

With three wins over the course of three days, the Emory men’s tennis team claimed the throne at the ItA National Indoor Championships in Minnesota Feb. 23-25. the victories also propelled Head Coach John Browning through the 500-win threshold for his career, putting an accent mark on the team’s weekend achievement. the Eagles claimed each victory in nail-biting fashion. they defeated Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) in the quarterfinals on Gustavus’ home courts in Mankato, Minn., before they traveled to St. peter, Minn., for wins against the University of Chicago (Ill.) in the semifinals and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) in the championships.

In their quarterfinal matchup against Gustavus, the Eagles overcame a boisterous Gustavus crowd with key performances by freshman Hayden Cassone and seniors Scott rubinstein and captain Andrew Harrington.

“Gustavus had a ton of fans and you could barely hear anything in front of you,” Browning said. “our [No.] four through six [singles] guys [Cassone, rubenstein and Harrington] … were able to stay calm in the midst of the turmoil, which was pretty impressive.”

But the Eagles had to withstand a furious Yellowjacket rally. A layup

by Avant gave the Eagles a 12-point lead with 16 minutes left. Nonetheless, the Yellowjackets blazed to a 12-1 run that left them with a mere one-point deficit. While a couple of buckets from Davet helped Emory to a 59-53 edge with under seven minutes in play, the Yellowjackets erased the Eagles’ margin, tying the game at 59 with four minutes remaining.

Despite the deadlock, a crucial final two minutes pushed the Eagles to victory. Emory scored the final nine points of the game, highlighted by a three-pointer from senior forward

the Emory women’s track and field team finished third with a total of 104 points in the University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor track and Field Championships this past weekend (Feb. 24-25), while the men’s team totaled 29 points to land in last place.

In the competition, held at at the Veale Athletic Center at Case Western reserve University (ohio), the University of Chicago women’s team took home first place while Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) won the men’s side.

Head Coach John Curtin said the women’s score of more than 100 points would have been enough to win the UAAs in some of the past years but that the men’s team has never performed this poorly. “[on the men’s side], we’re obviously very disappointed,” Curtin said. “[After the meet], our guys, we got together, and we took a long look at each other and saw each other’s faces and believe there’s too much talent in that room. We should’ve done better.” on Saturday, the women’s team logged in a pair of All-UAA and thirdplace finishes. Junior paris Wagner recorded a distance of 14.87m in the weight throw and freshman rebekah Bondi finished with a personal-best

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Junior outfielder Sarah Flanders steps up to plate in a home double-header against Covenant College (Ga.) Feb. 24. The Eagles swept both matches 5-1, 2-0.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Five-Win Streak Spurs NCAA Bid

By JosePh oh Contributing Writer

the Emory men’s basketball team increased their winning streak to five after they defeated the University of rochester (N.Y.) Yellowjackets 71-61 in both teams’ final regular season game Feb. 24. With this victory, the No. 7 Eagles finish the regular season with a 21-4 overall record and 12-2 in the University Athletic Association (UAA).

Freshman forward Matt Davet led the Eagles in scoring, shooting 6-9 and securing 16 points. the senior duo of guard Whit rapp and center Christopher Avant rounded out Emory’s double figure-scorers with 12

NHL

Deadline Deals Bolster Stanley Cup Race By stePhen MAttes Senior Staff Writer In the days leading up to the Feb. 26 NHL trade deadline, general managers have had their final chance to decide whether to buy or sell as they hunker down for the dog days of the playoff chase. Below are the breakdowns from some of the most noteworthy storylines on the deadline. new york r Angers BreAk UP their core the rangers have maintained a strong core centered around their star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. the apex of the rangers’ seven consecutive playoff appearances occurred in 2014 when the team reached the Stanley Cup Finals only to lose to the Los Angeles Kings in five games.

Four years after their finals appearance, the rangers traded five of their key starting players. the team made its first move Feb. 20 when it traded defenseman Nick Holden to the Boston Bruins for a third-round pick and a prospect in the

2018 NHL Entry Draft.

New York’s trades gradually grew. the team traded forward Michael Grabner to the New Jersey Devils for a 2018 second-round draft pick and a prospect.

New York then made another deal with the Bruins during which the rangers parted ways with top-six forward rick Nash for a 2018 firstround draft pick, prospects and utility players. the rangers put an exclamation on their deadline deals by trading their team captain, defenseman ryan McDonagh and another top forward, J.t. Miller, to the tampa Bay Lightning. In exchange, the rangers received a 2018 first-round draft pick; a conditional 2019 second-round draft pick; an established player, Lightning forward Vladislav Namestnikov; and a pair of prospects. those major deals reveal the rangers’ commitment to a rebuild and their aim to create a core that will lead to future success.

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points apiece.

“Winning 21 games overall, and 12 games in conference is tough to do, and that’s something to celebrate,” Avant said. “We have grown a lot throughout the year, individually and as a team.” throughout the first half, the Eagles seemed to hold the upper hand.

After only seven minutes of action, the Eagles held a 10-8 advantage. A quick 7-2 run led by junior guard Beau Bommarito pushed the Eagles’ lead to 17-10. the team held a 10-point edge with three minutes left in the first half, but a three-point shot by freshman guard romin Williams and layups by Davet and Avant pushed the score to 38-24.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

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Senior Bridget Harding swings at the WoodPEC in a scrimmage against Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta) Feb. 25. The women topped the Bees 9-0.