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The Emory Wheel
Volume 99, Issue 10
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
ATL MAYOR
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
Bottoms, Norwood Head to Runoff
Doctors to Re-evaluate Father’s Eligibility By Molly Ball Contributing Writer
By Valerie SandoVal Staff Writer Atlanta City Councilmembers Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood (74C) were the top two candidates in the Atlanta mayoral race, bringing the race to a Dec. 5 runoff. In the general election yesterday, Bottoms received 26.83 percent, and Norwood received 20.57 percent as of 1:06 a.m. with 95 percent of votes counted, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The AJC called the election as a runoff between Bottoms and Norwood at 12:53 a.m. Outgoing Mayor Kasim Reed has held office for two terms since 2010
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part of the child’s transplant team, according to Boazman. “In reviewing our communication with the family, Emory Healthcare wants to acknowledge and apologize for a breakdown in communication on our part,” a Nov. 2 Emory Healthcare statement sent to the Wheel by Interim
Emory University Hospital (EUH) is re-evaluating Anthony Dickerson’s ability to become a kidney donor for his son, A.J. Burgess, although the 2-year-old is not currently fit to receive a transplant, according to one of the family’s attorneys Harold Spence. The Emory Healthcare transplant team; A.J. Burgess’ parents Dickerson and Carmellia Burgess; and the family’s attorneys Mawuli Davis and Spence met Monday and discussed how to address elements of the transplant process that were affected by Dickerson’s Sept. 28 arrest. EUH delayed the child’s kidney
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Sankofa United Church of Christ Pastor Derrick Rice speaks to Candler School of Theology students at a protest for A.J. Burgess’ kidney transplant.
EUH Apologizes for Poor Communication By richard cheSS News Editor Emory Healthcare has apologized for “a breakdown in communication” with the family of A.J. Burgess, 2, whose kidney transplant has been delayed by Emory University Hospital (EUH). The apology followed a five-hour Thursday meeting between Emory
Healthcare officials and physicians; A.J. Burgess’ parents, Anthony Dickerson and Carmellia Burgess; the Burgess’ and Emory Healthcare’s attorneys; former Atlanta City Councilman Derrick Boazman; and some Candler School of Theology students. The Healthcare representatives included Emory Healthcare CEO Jonathan Lewin and Professor of Surgery Christian Larsen, who is a
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Club Sports Lacks Grad Students Ezeokoli, Abraha Vie By chriStina yan Contributing Writer
The first legislature of the Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) convened Monday evening to discuss funding for Emory Club Sports and support for A.J. Burgess’ family and to vote on a resolution for GSGA to ask University administration to partner with campus dining delivery app Tapingo. Club Sports Council President Kitty Liang (19B) and Vice President Jared
Linsky (18B) sought to delay the date when Club Sports would lose its $6,000 in funding from GSGA for lacking graduate student representation. Club Sports could lose its funding as early as Fall 2018, according to Director of the Officer of Student Involvement, Leadership and Transitions and SGA Adviser Lisa Loveall. In order to retain its status as a University Wide Organization (UWO) and receive funding from GSGA, 15 percent of Club Sports’ membership must be graduate students.
Club Sports is struggling to meet the 15 percent graduate student membership requirement before the February 2018 review. “We’re just over 7 percent graduate student participation,” Linsky said. “That’s certainly nothing to be too proud of right now. We have to effectively double that number in order to maintain our UWO status.” Further, the graduate membership must include representation from at
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Campus Services to Standardize Waste Bins
Emory Campus Services spent between $200,000 to $300,000 to purchase new waste bins and signs to comply with Emory’s new waste management policy, which will be implemented January 2018, according to Vice President for Campus Services Matthew Early. The new policy includes removing all outdoor landfill bins, standardizing interior waste bins and halting deskside waste bin service. All University-owned, operated and controlled facilities within Emory’s Atlanta, Oxford and Grady campuses will undergo the changes, according to the policy. The changes are intended
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to further Emory’s efforts to divert 95 percent of waste to streams other than landfills, according to Ciannat Howett, director of sustainability initiatives at Emory. Campus Services has hired Cascadia Consulting Group and Burns and McDonnell, two national consulting firms that have developed a materials management master plan (MMMP) with recommendations for Emory to improve its current rate of about 53 percent landfill diversion, according to Early. Campus Services will be in charge of operational changes, while the Office of Sustainability Initiatives (OSI) will fund and lead outreach and
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EDITORIAL Bottoms
By MadiSon BoBer Staff Writer The Rollins Student Government Association (RSGA) presidential election is heading to a runoff between Nchedo Ezeokoli (19PH) and Rosa Abraha (19PH), who received 130 votes (35.33 percent) and 121 votes (32.88 percent), respectively, according to preliminary election results.
A runoff election takes place if no candidate garners more than 50 percent of the vote, according to the RSGA Elections Guide. The third candidate, Mahnoor Mahmood (19PH), was eliminated after she received 24.46 percent or 90 votes. In her platform, Ezeokoli said she
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SGA
RECYCLING
By lauren Balotin Staff Writer
For RSGA Presidency
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Student government Association (SgA) legislators passed bills to fund Thanksgiving shuttles to the airport and TableTalk and Refugee Revive’s ‘Dinner Syries’ monday.
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