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NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News • The House and Senate approved last-minute legislation ending the 16-day government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling to avert a financial default Wednesday night. President Barack Obama signed the bill at around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday. The Senate plan allows for government funding through Jan. 15 and an extension of federal borrowing power through Feb. 7. Obama praised Congress shortly after the Senate vote and expressed hopes that the shutdown, which sent Republican poll ratings plunging, cost the government billions of dollars and damaged the nation’s international credibility, would not be repeated. • Syria’s deputy prime minister said Thursday that an international conference on a political solution to the Syrian conflict could take place Nov. 23-24. This is the first mention of possible dates for peace talks, after the United States and Russia have tried to push Syria’s divided opposition toward negotiations for months. Many militants in Syria have flatly rejected suggestions of negotiating with President Bashar Assad’s regime, while the government has
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refused to hold talks with the armed opposition. Still, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke Wednesday of intensifying efforts to hold a Geneva meeting in mid-November. • A U.S. Navy crew aboard the USS San Antonio transport dock ship rescued 128 Somalian migrants from a craft in rough Mediterranean waters Wednesday. A patrol aircraft from Malta noticed the raft and called the San Antonio, which was 60 miles away. The men aboard the craft ranged in age from 20 to 30 and were taken to the Maltese Grand Harbour where they were turned over the Maltese coast guard. The Navy did not say whether any of the migrants were injured in the Mediterranean, where there have been two shipwrecks and nearly 400 deaths in recent weeks.
— Compiled by Senior Staff Writer Lydia O’Neal
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This Week In Emory History
POLICE RECORD • On Oct. 15 at 9:45 p.m., the Emory Police Department (EPD) received a call from a female student located in Clifton Tower. According to the individual, she entered her room to unpack and left her wallet and keys on a coffee table. When she went back to retrieve the items, she noticed the door to her room was open and her keys and wallet were missing. The student later located her keys in a nearby stairwell. The wallet could not be located. The incident has been turned over to an investigator. • On Oct. 15 at 1 a.m., EPD responded to a report from the Cox Hall Bridge. According to the report, an individual in a wheelchair was soliciting passersby for money. Upon the officer’s arrival, the individual
had moved to the Woodruff P.E. Center. Officers were able to make contact with the individual and identify him. They determined he had no business on campus and asked him to leave.
student who owned the card, who claimed she did not authorize the order. Dominoes was not able to get back in touch with the owner of the card. The incident has been turned over to an investigator.
• On Oct. 15, EPD responded to a fire in the Psychology Building. A staff member notified officers of the fire that occurred due to a hot light that was left on and ignited a “screen.” The individuals in the room were able to put out the fire. The fire department was not notified.
• On Oct. 13, a student located at Evans Residence Hall discovered that her bike had been taken from the bicycle rack at Few Residence Hall. The bike is valued at $275. The incident has been turned over to an investigator.
• On Oct. 10 at 2 a.m., an order was placed over the phone at Domino’s Pizza using a student’s Emory card for $57. Later that day, Dominoes received a call from an Emory
— Compiled by News Co-Editor Dustin Slade
Oct. 21, 1994 The Emory University Committee on the Environment (COE) delayed groundbreaking for a proposed Wellness Center and adjacent parking lot by protesting the construction’s violation of the University Senate forest policy. The relocation of the development appeared imminent after the protest. COE even met to decide on a new position for the Wellness Center and parking lot, saving 35 acres of undeveloped forest from construction. University president William Chace admitted Emory’s failure to understand its own policies, and said that “COE was right and we [the administration] were wrong.”
EVENTS AT EMORY MONDAY Event: Developing Your Savings Plan for Retirement Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Harland Cinema, DUC
Event: Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano Time: 8 p.m. Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
TUESDAY
Event: Catholic Studies Discussion Group Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Center for Ethics
Event: Club Volleyball Invitational Tournament Time: 9 a.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center
Event: A Conversation with Rev. Canon Gideon Byamugisha Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Location: Rita Ann Rollins Room, Rollins School of Public Health
Event: IM Swim Meet Time: 12-5 p.m. Location: WPEC Aquatics Center
Event: Public Health Grand Rounds Presents Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: CNR Auditorium, Rollins School of Public Health Event: The Empire Writes/Bites Back: “Culinary Coups in Caribbean Literature” Time: 3-5 p.m. Location: Kemp Malone Library
Event: Emory Wind Ensemble with Emory University Chorus Time: 8 p.m. Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
WEDNESDAY Event: Athletics — Men’s Soccer Time: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: Woodruff PE Center
Event: Athletics — Men’s Soccer Time: 5-7 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center
Event: Emory University Worship with The Rev. Lisa Garvin Time: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Location: Cannon Chapel
Event: Athletics — Women’s Soccer Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center
Event: Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church Worship Time: 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: Glenn Sanctuary/ Auditorium Event: Athletics — Women’s Soccer Time: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Beethoven in Bluejeans Family Concert Time: 4-5 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall Event: Concerto & Aria Competition Time: 7 p.m. Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Event: Rathskellar Improv: “Nightmare on Skell Street” Time: 8 p.m. Location: Harland Cinema, DUC
THURSDAY Event: Place, Prophecy, and Confession Time: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Location: Candler School of Theology 102 Event: Emory Faculty Panel: The Impact of Open Access Publishing on Scholarly Communication Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Location: Jones Room, Woodruff Library
Event: Digital Identity: Using Omeka to build your Online Exhibits Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library 217 Event: SPARC/World Bank OA Week Kickoff Webcast: “Open Access: Redefining Impact” Time: 3-4 p.m. Location: Woodruff Library 312 Event: Laughing Gas - No Laughing Matter for Climate Change and the Environment Time: 4-5 p.m. Location: Math & Science Center N306 Event: Summer Open House Advising Hours Time: 4-5 p.m. Location: Candler Library Suite 200 Event: Disability Studies Graduate Reading Group Time: 4:30-6 p.m. Location: Candler 125 Event: Careers for Writers Networking Night Time: 7-8:30 p.m. Location: Winship Ballroom, DUC