Since 1919
Emory University’s Independent Student Newspaper
The Emory Wheel
Volume 99, Issue 14
Printed Every Wednesday
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
GREEK LIFE
MIGOS
Probe Into Migos Incident Sent to Feds
CLASS AND LABOR
Report Identifies Faculty Inequities
By RichaRd cheSS News Editor
By Nicole Sadek Copy Chief
The Emory Police Department (EPD) criminal investigation into the Dooley’s Week 2017 concert booking scam has been turned over to federal investigators, according to EPD Sgt. Alex Mawson. The Wheel reported July 2017 that students had lost $37,500 to a fraud-
A University committee has identified gender inequities in faculty salaries, “significantly” low levels of faculty diversity and low faculty pay compared to peer institutions. In 2013, then-Provost Claire E. Sterk charged the Class and Labor 2 Committee to examine the impact
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Sisters of Pi Beta Phi greet new members at Bid Day Jan. 28 on the Sorority Lawn after the incoming pledge class recieved bid cards earlier that morning.
DINING
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CAMPUS LIFE
Bon Appetit Workers Seek Union RACE Director Stresses By ValeRie SaNdoVal Staff Writer
Some Bon Appetit employees at Emory are attempting to unionize in an effort to better negotiate wages, benefits, vacation time and working hours. The vote to form a union was scheduled to take place Jan. 26 but was postponed until Feb. 2 due to the federal government shutdown. Emory Unite, a Laney Graduate School (LGS) student advocacy group, has been working to support the workers’ efforts to unionize. The group also worked with SEIU at the start of the 2016-17 academic year to organize a local SEIU chapter that would represent LGS students. The employees are working with Workers United/Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in their attempts to unionize. “We fully support their campaign, all workers on campus benefit when any of us unionize, and we feel Bon Appetit has been unfair in refusing to recog-
nize that a majority of workers have already expressed their desire for a union,” Emory Unite Communications Chair Jonathan Basile (24G) said. Bon Appetit Director of Communications Bonnie Powell wrote in a Jan. 23 email to the Wheel that the company respects its employees’ right to choose representation and will honor all applicable labor laws governing a union vote. Former chef William Bradley was quoted on a flyer published and distributed that alleged Bon Appetit has not been honoring workers’ experience and time on the job. In an interview with the Wheel, Bradley said that in his 18 years at Emory, his wage has increased minimally, having started at $10.10 per hour and currently sitting at $14.48 per hour. When Bon Appetit replaced Sodexo, Bradley had been making $13.98, meaning his wage has increased by 50 cents an hour since 2015. Bradley told the Wheel that he had stopped working as a chef one year ago
LEGISLATURE
SGA Bill Proposes Election Code Changes By Belicia RodRiguez Staff Writer The 51st legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) heard a proposal Monday evening to change the Code of Elections to prevent SGA presidential and vice presidential candidates from running on joint tickets and approved a bill to fund an Oxford early graduates reception. SGA is scheduled to vote on the bill to alter the Election Code at its next legislative session Feb. 5. The legislature passed the bill to fund the reception with nine votes and one
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abstention. Speaker of the Legislature and Senior Representative William Palmer (18C) proposed Bill 51sl40, which would undo the changes made to the Election Code by the 49th SGA legislature. The 49th SGA legislature amended the Election Code to allow candidates for SGA president and vice president to run on a joint ticket, but the code does not specify whether candidates for those positions are required to have running mates, according to Bill 51sl40. Palmer noted that in the Wheel’s
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because he had a seizure and now does non-cooking duties in the DUC-ling. Powell wrote in a Jan. 30 email to the Wheel that Bon Appetit’s minimum rate of pay has increased from $11.88 in 2015, to $12.08 in 2016, to $12.50 in 2017. Employees also receive paid holidays, a free MARTA or parking pass and free staff meals, according to Powell. Additionally, all full-time hourly employees received an additional 16 vacation hours December 2017 in addition to what they accrue annually based on their hours worked and years of service, Powell wrote. “We value all Bon Appetit associates working at Emory University, at every level, and are proud to be a place where our employees can both share and learn valuable skills as part of a team that cooks food from scratch,” Powell wrote. Clara Reid-Buchanan, who works in Cox Hall, was also quoted on the flyer
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Community Service
By Belicia RodRiguez Staff Writer Newly appointed Director of the Office for Racial and Cultural Engagement (RACE) Jade M. Turner hopes to increase her understanding of race relations on Emory’s campus and host a racial justice seminar that encourages community work. Jade M. turner, Racial and Cultural Engagement (RACE) Director CourtEsy of JadE turnEr
Turner, who identifies as a “black feminist,” will head up the Campus Life office that was created last fall. She hopes that the office will be a place
where students of all backgrounds come to understand their identities and their power to make the Emory community a “racially just” place. “Whether you are coming from a background that is marginalized or you’re coming from a background that is extremely privileged, everybody has a race,” Turner said. “The office of RACE serves to help folks explore that in a deeper, more intentional and critical way so that we can all aim towards a common goal and shared purpose in making sure that Emory, among other things, is racially just.” Before Turner came to Emory, she served as the associate director of the Cross-Cultural Center at the University of California at Irvine (UCI), which is also where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Criminology, Law, and Society. After she earned an M.S. in
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‘CONVERSATIONS WITH AMERICA’
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