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Law Prof. on Leave Over New Allegations

By Christina yan News Editor

Courtesy of Brian K emp and staCey a Brams Campaigns

Emory Law Professor Paul J. Zwier II, who was briefly suspended from teaching for saying the N-word in class in August, has been placed on administrative leave after the University received multiple reports that he recently repeated the same racial slur, according to School of Law Interim Dean James B. Hughes Jr. Paul J. Zwier ii, Emory Law Professor

the gubernatorial race between republican candidate Brian Kemp and Democratic candidate stacey Abrams has not yet been certified by the georgia secretary of state office.

Students Await Election Results By alBert Zhang Staff Writer More than a week after election night, Emory students are still waiting to hear if their candidate of choice for Georgia governor won.

Certified results for the unsettled Georgia gubernatorial race between Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams will not be available until Friday at the earliest, according to the Associated Press.

Unofficial results show Kemp leading Abrams by about 60,000 votes of more than 3.9 million cast, according to AP. Abrams needs 21,000 votes to trigger a runoff, which would

be held on Dec. 4, AP reported.

Georgia law stipulates that a runoff must be held if no candidate receives at least 50 percent of the vote. A recount must be held if the margin of victory is less than one percent of the total vote.

Kemp declared victory last Wednesday, saying it was mathematically impossible for an Abrams victory, but the Abrams campaign refused to concede, stating that all provisional and absentee ballots have yet to be counted.

After the Abrams campaign filed lawsuits seeking to force election officials to count all ballots before certifying results, U.S. District Judge

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Amy Totenberg ruled late Monday that state officials must ensure provisional ballots are not improperly rejected, and to not certify any final results until at least Friday, according to AP. Abrams has sought to enforce these rulings retroactively, including in counties which have already certified their ballots.

Throughout the campaign, Abrams repeatedly accused Kemp of abusing his power as secretary of state to suppress voter turnout and registration, especially for minorities. In response, Kemp accused the Democratic Party of Georgia of “cyber crimes” on Nov.

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Hughes announced Zwier’s leave on Monday following a Friday statement that he was investigating allegations against the tenured professor.

Zwier allegedly used the racial slur for the second time on Oct. 31 during office hours with a student, according to a petition by Emory’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and Student Bar Association (SBA).

The petition, started Nov. 12, requests that the University remove Zwier; require mandatory cultural competency, unconscious bias, and sensitivity trainings for all faculty and staff that work with students; and

Dining Reduces Dooley Minimum Purchase By ninad KulKarni Contributing Writer

Students can now purchase Dooley Dollars in increments of $25 instead of $75.

The minimum amount was lowered on Nov. 6. Previously, students who have existing meal plans could only add Dooley Dollars in denominations of $75.

The change could help some students who are financially constrained, said College Council (CC) junior representative Jasmine Cui (20C), who worked with CC freshman representative Jane Wang (22C) to make the change.

“A lot of people might not be able to put $75 if they were asked to immediately,” Cui said. “We want to make sure students can be food secure.”

The two representatives spoke to members of the Emory Sustainability Committee about reducing the minimum purchase. They then involved Director of Campus Dining Chad Sunstein to implement the change.

Cui said students, particularly upperclassmen, were frustrated with the $75 minimum.

“When I tried to put money into my

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VETERANS DAY

By aadit Javeri Contributing Writer

SGA Considers Joint Candidacy

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The 52nd legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) convened on Monday night to discuss bills for a new ad hoc committee to review SGA’s governing documents and a bill that would reintroduce joint candidacy in SGA presidential and vice presidential races.

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Emory may contribute nearly $60 million in “land and operational investment” to develop the Clifton Corridor Transit Initiative, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Emory is proposing to donate 10 acres of land along Clifton Road worth $25.5 million and another $33.9 million to fund new infrastructure, such as a new station or bike and pedestrian path, according to the outlet.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle obtained the information through an open records request, who forwarded the document to the Wheel.

According to the document, Emory

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create a committee of faculty, staff, and students to initiate dialogue on sensitive issues.

BLSA President Wrenica Archibald (16C, 19L) and SBA President Nicole ElMurr (19L), who led a meeting on Friday to gather feedback from students about the situation, did not respond to the Wheel’s request for an interview.

The dean said the University is continuing to “gather the facts” regarding the new allegations in Monday’s statement to the Wheel via Associate Vice President of University Communications Nancy Seideman.

“Emory University’s commitment to the core values of diversity, inclusion and respect is longstanding and non-negotiable,” Hughes wrote on Monday. “We have been guided by these values in responding to both of these incidents.”

Hughes declined the Wheel’s request for an interview on Tuesday and did not respond to an email asking about the timeline and the scope of the investigation.

Zwier declined the Wheel’s request for an interview.

“I have been advised by counsel not to submit to any interviews during the pendency of the investigation,” Zwier wrote in a Monday email to the Wheel.

Seideman said Zwier’s leave is paid in accordance with University Policy

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News Roundup Compiled By Ninad Kulkarni Attorney GenerAl Jeff SeSSionS reSiGnS Former U.s. Attorney General Jeff sessions resigned on Nov. 7, according to The New York Times.

According to his resignation letter, sessions resigned after President Donald J. Trump requested him to step down. Trump selected former Chief of staff to the Attorney General Matthew G. whitaker to head the Justice Department until a permanent attorney general is selected and confirmed. The state of Maryland on Tuesday asked Federal Judge ellen Hollander for an injunction that would declare that whitaker has no legal standing to be acting attorney general and that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should assume the role. Democrats called on whitaker to recuse himself from special Counsel Robert s. Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, citing his previous criticism of the investigation and his friendship with sam Clovis, a former national co-chairman of Trump’s 2016 campaign. senate Minority Leader Chuck schumer said Democrats may force a provision to protect Mueller and his investigation into the next government spending bill, according to UsA Today.

12 DeAD in CAlif. BAr ShootinG A gunman opened fire at a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, killing 12 and injuring 18 others, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Former U.s. Marine machine gunner Ian David Long, the suspected gunman, was found dead at the scene in an apparent murder-suicide.

Armed with a 45-caliber handgun, Long entered the bar at about 11 p.m., according to the LA Times. At the time, The Borderline Bar and Grill was packed with college students for a country line-dancing event for people over 18. Long posted on Instagram in the midst of the shooting, writing, “Fact is I had no reason to do it … Life is boring so why not?” according to ABC News.

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Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously voted on Nov. 8 to uphold a preliminary injunction that prevents the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

DACA, which was established in 2012 through an executive order by former U.s. President Barack Obama, issues

temporary deportation protection for about 800,000 undocumented immigrants who entered the U.s. prior to their 16th birthday. The Trump administration argued that Obama did not have the legal authority to enact DACA, but the appeals court ruled that the federal government has a history of choosing not to enforce immigration policies against certain groups.The suit, along with others around the country, will continue in federal courts while the injunction stands, according to the Associated Press. The Trump administration petitioned the U.s. supreme Court to hear the case, but the request was denied in February.

The administration again requested on Nov. 5 for the supreme Court to hear the case.

CAlif. WilDfireS Kill At leASt 50 At least 50 people have died and hundreds are missing in California since the outbreak of three wildfires in the last week, according to The New York Times. At least 48 of the casualties are from the Camp Fire in Northern California, which has spread through more than 125,000 acres. The fire was 30 percent contained as of Tuesday, the san Francisco Chronicle reported.

The woolsey Fire, which has resulted in two deaths and three firefighter injuries, burned nearly 100,000 acres of land in the Los Angeles area. The fire, which spread from simi Valley to Malibu, has displaced nearly 250,000 residents and destroyed 435 buildings, according to the san Francisco Chronicle. Trump approved California Gov. Jerry Brown’s request for a major disaster declaration for the state on Monday, after previously threatening on Twitter to withhold federal funds, falsely citing “gross mismanagement of forests.” floriDA SenAte, Governor r ACeS heAD for reCount Florida secretary of state Ken Detzner ordered counties on saturday afternoon to recount votes for the state’s governor and U.s. senator races, in addition to other state races, according to the The New York Times. The recounts, which are legally required for races that fall within a margin of 0.5 percent, must be completed by Thursday. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum withdrew his concession hours after the announcement of the recount, tweeting that he was replacing his concession with “an unapologetic and uncompromised call to count every vote.” Gillum currently trails behind Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron Desantis by 33,684 votes, or 0.4 percent, according to the New York Times. Former Florida Gov.

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and current Republican U.s. senate candidate Rick scott’s lead over incumbent Bill Nelson was reduced to 12,600 votes, or 0.2 percentage points.

In response to the recounts, Trump tweeted, “Trying to sTeAL two big elections. we are watching closely!”

JAvA monKey to remAin CloSeD Due to fire The Java Monkey coffee shop in Decatur, Ga., will be closed for at least a month due to a fire that broke out on sunday night, according to an announcement on its Facebook page. The cause of the fire is being investigated. The Decatur Fire Department received a report about the fire at 11:30 p.m.

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Amazon ended its 14-month search for HQ2 locations, announcing on Tuesday that it plans to have two major offices in Long Island City in Queens, N.Y., and Crystal City in Arlington, Va., just outside washington, D.C. each of the buildings will house 25,000 employees. The company could potentially receive nearly $2 billion in tax incentives, per the The New York Times. The incentives are tied to the number of jobs created by the new offices. Attorney General Jeff sessions Resigns Former U.s. Attorney General Jeff sessions resigned on Nov. 7, according to The New York Times.

According to his resignation letter, sessions resigned after President Donald J. Trump requested him to step down. Trump selected former Chief of staff to the Attorney General Matthew G. whitaker to head the Justice Department until a permanent attorney general is selected and confirmed. The state of Maryland on Tuesday asked Federal Judge ellen Hollander for an injunction that would declare that whitaker has no legal standing to be acting attorney general and that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should assume the role. Democrats called on whitaker to recuse himself from special Counsel Robert s. Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, citing his previous criticism of the investigation and his friendship with sam Clovis, a former national co-chairman of Trump’s 2016 campaign. senate Minority Leader Chuck schumer said Democrats may force a provision to protect Mueller and his investigation into the next government spending bill, according to UsA Today.

— Contact Ninad Kulkarni at nkulka7@emory.edu

Honor Council Report Compiled By Emma Simpson The following reports are based on real cases adjudicatd 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 junior in a science course responsible for accessing Canvas to find the answer to a question during a final exam.

The professor confronted the student, who accepted responsibility and acknowledged that she would have had an unfair advantage in the course.

In an expedited hearing, the student received the standard sanction of an F in the course and a two-year mark on

her record.

The Honor Council found a senior in a science course responsible for using another student’s work to complete an assignment. In a full hearing, the student said that he and a classmate only collaborated on strategies for the assignment.

However, more than half of the submitted content was identical. when questioned at the hearing about the assignment, the student could not recall the assignment’s details and the concepts or strategies discussed with the other student. The Honor Council found that the student’s submission was not his own work, and the Council recommended a zero on the assignment, a one-letter grade deduction in the course and a two-year mark on his record.

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The Honor Council found a freshman in a humanities course responsible for plagiarism. The student submitted an essay that included information directly copied from online sources without proper citation. The student said he thought he did not need to cite the information because he considered it common knowledge.

The Honor Council determined that the subject matter was not considered to be common knowledge, as the professor did not know the information upon reviewing the paper.

The Honor Council recommended the standard sanction of an F in the course, a two-year mark on the student’s record and an educational program.

— Contact Emma Simpson at emma.simpson@emory.edu

Compiled By Valerie Sandoval On Nov. 1 at 10:27 a.m., emory Police Department (ePD) received an anonymous report from a campus security authority (CsA) regarding an alleged rape that occurred at an unspecified fraternity house on eagle Row. The case has not been assigned to an investigator because the CsA reported the incident to ePD for statistical purposes.

On Nov. 1 at 2:07 p.m., ePD officers responded to the woodruff Memorial Research Building regarding a theft.

The complainant, who had reported an earlier case of theft on Oct. 31, said that her boss wanted to report a stolen check. The complainant’s boss, who kept a blank check in his unlocked desk drawer for emergencies, said he was unaware of the previous incident but now believes that the two cases could be related. He reported that he found someone whose name he didn’t recognize had drawn a check dated on Oct. 23 in the amount of $1,000 when he checked his bank statement on Oct. 29. After seeing the transaction, he checked his desk drawer and found that the blank check was missing. He immediately contacted his bank to report his discovery. He told officers that he always locks his office door at the end of the day, but the drawer remains unlocked because it does not have a locking mechanism. There were no signs of forced entry on the door, according to officers. The case has been assigned to an investigator.

On Nov. 2 at 10 p.m., ePD responded to a call regarding possession of marijuana. A resident adviser (RA) at woodruff Residential Center reported that she smelled marijuana coming from a particular room while she conducted her daily rounds. she opened the door after receiving no response from knocking. The complainant found that no one was in the room but saw a plastic bag containing marijuana and a yellow grinder on a desk. The residents of the room were not present when ePD arrived to confiscate the marijuana and grinder. Campus Life was notified about the incident.

On Nov. 2 at 10:15 p.m., ePD responded to the area of Lowergate Drive and Clifton Road in reference to a damaged parking lot swing arm.

The complainant, an emory parking supervisor, reported that he saw a white male in a black car with an Uber sign drive through the parking swing arm at Asbury Circle and Fishbourne Drive, causing the swing to break. The complainant reported the license plate

number of the vehicle to the officers, but ePD discovered that the license plate the vehicle belonged to did not match the earlier description of the vehicle. Parking personnel replaced the arm, which was valued at $50.

The case has been assigned to an investigator.

On Nov. 3 at 3:10 a.m., ePD responded to Harris Hall in reference to an intoxicated person. An RA in Harris reported receiving a call from residents on the third floor who said they heard people in another room arguing and someone asking for help.

The RA walked through the hallway several times but did not hear anything. The RA later received a second call regarding the same people and heard faint groaning coming from the room in question. The RA opened the door to the room and saw a male lying on the floor, shaking and unresponsive. The RA called emory emergency Medical services (eeMs) and ePD. eeMs personnel provided medical treatment to the subject, who said he consumed three drinks at Maggie’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill earlier that night. American Medical Response (AMR) responded to the scene and transported the subject to emory University Hospital (eUH).

Campus Life was notified about the incident.

On Nov. 4 at 1:18 p.m., ePD took a report of terroristic threats, stalking and harassing communications.

Officers met with the complainant, an emory student, as well as the Raoul Hall Complex Director and a Campus Life professional (CLP). The complainant reported that she began receiving harassing messages and threats from her ex-boyfriend, who is unaffiliated with emory, in september. The complainant said the subject constantly calls her, sends her text messages and other messages via social media despite her repeated requests for him to stop. The complainant reported that the subject has threatened to cut the brake lines on the complainant’s mother’s vehicle, sexually assault the complainant and have the complainant “jumped” on campus by unknown subjects. The complainant provided the officers with screenshots of the messages she has received from the subject. The CLP said she would look into temporarily moving the complainant to another room in Raoul to help ensure her safety on campus.

The case has been assigned to an investigator.

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

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By iSAiAh poritz staff writer More than half of parents who own guns improperly store their firearms at home according to recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics, a study entitled “A Comparison of Parental Firearm storage Patterns and Children’s Access to Firearms” found.

Of the parent participants who owned guns, 53 percent stored their firearms unsafely, according to one of the study researchers, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and emergency Medicine Physician at emory’s school of Medicine. “what is recommended is that the firearm is stored locked up, unloaded and the ammunition separate from the firearm,” Fraser Doh said.

Fraser Doh said the study also found that less that half of children ages 7 to 17 were able to correctly identify the difference between a real and toy gun when shown side-by-side photos.

“The importance of [this finding] is that you don’t want to have children decipher between toy versus real [guns], nor do you want them to actually pick up the gun to begin with,” Fraser Doh said.

Fraser Doh said children face significant risk of injury after picking up a gun, adding that she was concerned by the number of children who reported they could access a gun within a day.

Fourteen percent of children whose parents own guns and four percent of children whose parents do not own guns said they knew how to obtain a firearm within a day, according to the study. Only five percent of all parents believed their children could access a gun.

The study, conducted during a three-month period in 2017, surveyed 297 parent-child pairs who attended three pediatric emergency clinics throughout the southeast for non-gun related reasons.

The researchers asked participants separate questions regarding their knowledge and behavior relating to gun storage.

Researchers first thought of the idea for the study about two years ago after seeing an increased number of courses about educating children on gun safety and an increase in the number of toys marketed to children that resembled guns.

“There was a news report about a child in Cleveland who was killed by … police officers who thought he had a real gun,” Fraser Doh said.

Fraser Doh noted that the study’s findings could have an impact on gun accessibility debates.

Of the surveyed parents, 80 percent said they supported child access prevention laws that would impose legal penalties on parents if they did not store their firearms safely, regardless of whether they owned firearms themselves. “suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth, and firearm death is about 50 percent of that cause,” Fraser Doh said. “The reason why is because there’s easy access to firearms in the homes of these children who are suicidal.”

— Contact Isaiah Poritz at isaiah.z.poritz@emory.edu

BBA Council is mandating its clubs to include more students by spring 2019, according to BBA Council President Jay Krishnaswamy (16Ox, 19B).

Krishnaswamy said some BBA clubs currently operate under larger “umbrella” clubs, such as Goizueta Finance Group and Goizueta Consulting Group. Umbrella clubs oversee their clubs’ operations and provide support in organizing joint events.

BBA Council Vice President of Clubs Alifya Valiji (19B) said all BBA clubs will now be required to provide rejected applicants with opportunities to participate, including clubs that do not currently operate under an umbrella organization.

Umbrella clubs have always had open membership policies, but Krishnaswamy explained that selective clubs are now required to invite rejected applicants to the corresponding umbrella club’s events and activities.

Valiji explained that selective clubs without an umbrella, such as emory

Impact Investing Group, will not have to make a new umbrella group, but they must form a two-tiered membership structure with the second tier designed to be open for all students. students who actively participate as general body members in open events will be given opportunities to move up and eventually receive greater responsibilities, such as investing club funds.

BBA Council began discussing the changes in spring 2018, Valiji said.

Clubs are now in a “transitional” phase where they will make plans for and begin implementing new membership structures by spring 2019, according to Valiji.

“All the clubs that aren’t necessarily in the umbrella organization will have by next semester found a way to have a general body membership,” Valiji said. “This affects every single club at Goizueta.”

Krishnaswamy said clubs are designed to enhance students’ educations, and students should be provided with opportunities to learn in their areas of interest. “we want to give every student the opportunity to learn from our BBA clubs,” Krishnaswamy said. “when somebody is denied from a club with-

out any avenues to continue learning, it’s a little bit tough.” senior Associate Dean and Director of the BBA Program Andrea Hershatter said clubs may continue to restrict the number of students engaging in “high-stakes interactions” with “external clients and stakeholders,” but emphasized that the changes will enable new club members to gain experience.

Goizueta women in Finance co-President Allison Zieser (19B) acknowledged that umbrellas allow more students to be involved in BBA activities.

“Knowledge is always available to students who want to be interested in finance, even if they may get declined from being in [individual clubs],” Zieser said. student Government Association (sGA) legislators voted on sept. 24 to audit participation in undergraduate clubs, with the goal of adjusting the student Activity Fee (sAF) split based on varying participation in divisional councils.

Krishnaswamy and BBA Council sGA Representative and audit committee member Geoffrey Tseng (19B) co-sponsored the legislation.

Hugh O’Neil (21C), a non-voting member of the audit committee providing statistical support, told the wheel in October that the audit will define active “membership” in a student organization as attendance at two or more club meetings during the Fall 2018 semester or participation in at least 50 percent of general body meetings, whichever is greater.

Tseng explained that this methodology would prevent double counting for membership in regular and umbrella clubs.

“The club audit will only count students who attend 2+ meetings for the umbrella organization itself as members, regardless of whether they are in any other BBA clubs,” Tseng wrote in an Oct. 25 email to the wheel.

Hershatter said she was confident that the changes were not made with the intention of increasing BBA club participation numbers for more funding.

“I see [the club audit and these changes] as completely separate,” Hershatter said. “This came from an entirely different place.”

— Contact Albert Zhang at aliang6@emory.edu

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committee to review and address inconsistencies in sGA’s governing documents.

“There is a lot of language that … preceded the GsGA-sGA split that needs to be amended because it is not relevant to our current structure,” steffel said. “whether it takes the form of a committee or individuals working on this, I think it is something that we should really address because it is a pervasive issue.” steffel said she hopes sGA Attorney General Kaia Ordal (17Ox, 19C), who, according to steffel agreed to assist, would lead the initiative. Ordal did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Most sGA legislators supported the proposal, but sophomore Representative Zion Kidd (21C) said he felt the creation of an official committee was unnecessary, as reviewing sGA’s governing documents is already part of the attorney general’s responsibilities.

“It’s like creating a body that does a job that already exists,” Kidd said.

The bill was tabled and added to next week’s agenda. l eGiSlAture D eBAteS Joint CAnDiDACy in SGA eleCtionS

Kidd, Oxford Continuee Representative Dezmon scott (17Ox, 19C) and Owen Lynch (17Ox, 19C) proposed Bill 52sl37, which would amend the election Code and require sGA presidential and vice presidential candidates to run on a joint ticket.

The bill would reverse an amendment made by the 51st legislature on Feb. 5 that prohibited joint candidacy.

The bill says joint candidacy should allow for synergy between candidates that will improve the functioning of sGA. Kidd said he thought that having a president and vice president with different ideas often made sGA less efficient and resulted in a “power dynamic struggle.” sGA President Dwight Ma (17Ox, 19C) argued against the bill, saying

that running on a joint ticket would decrease holistic representation of the student body.

“Two separate candidates can represent a much larger population,” Ma said. “If they are good friends, they might have similar constituencies.” executive Vice President John Priddy (19C) echoed Ma’s sentiments, adding that a joint ticket might discourage students from running for sGA positions.

“If you require people to run on a joint ticket, that’s going to dissuade people who don’t have sGA experience [or] feel that they don’t know enough people,” Priddy said. “People should have the option to do whatever they want with their campaign.”

After the legislature did a first reading of the bill, steffel moved it to next week’s daily calendar.

“If you require people to run on a joint ticket, that’s going to dissuade people who don’t have sGA experience [or] feel that they don’t know enough people.”

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sGA BBA Liaison Geoffrey Tseng (19B) updated legislators on the club participation audit, reporting that, of the 173 clubs that receive student Activities Fee (sAF) funding, 126 submitted their audit information by the deadline. “[The submission rate] is a lot higher than I expected,” Tseng said.

The committee required clubs to submit membership information on school affiliation, names, ID numbers, emails and event attendance.

Tseng said the committee will be extending the submission deadline for certain clubs with special circumstances.

“Honestly, there were a variety of reasons for extensions, including but not limited to religious reasons, submitting incorrect or outdated information, etc.,” Tseng wrote in a Nov. 13 email to the wheel. “we addressed them on a case by case basis, and there were only a few.”

The club audit committee will begin analyzing the data gathered from current submissions within the next week, according to Tseng.

finAnCe C ommittee DiSCuSSeS SolutionS to SAf BuDGet iSSueS Freshman Representative Mo singhal (22C), who spoke on behalf of the sGA Finance Committee, said the committee is examining the possibility of establishing an endowment for sGA to fix budgetary issues with the sAF. “It would be alumni donating to the sAF fund, which we would then split out according to the same split we have always had and so, therefore, there are no arguments between College Council and BBA [Council],” singhal said.

The Finance Committee hopes that the money from the possible endowment would help to offset the sAF budget deficiency created by the sGA split two years ago.

Ma said he met with sGA Vice President of Finance Paul Park (17Ox, 19B) and RHA President Aaron Jordan (20C) to discuss other possible solutions to raise money.

Ma said he, Park and Jordan are also considering including College Council Vice President Hemal Prasad (19C) in their meetings discussing the budgetary issues caused by the sGA split. “we also might invite Hemal since he created a council committee to increase the sAF fund,” Ma said.

— Contact Carson Greene and Tanike Deuskar at crgree5@emory.edu and tdeuska@emory.edu

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In the first controversy, Zwier said the racial slur during an August introductory tort law class for firstyear law students when he referenced Fisher v. Carrousel Motor Hotel, Inc. After a three-week investigation, the University barred Zwier from teaching mandatory first-year courses for two years and required him to participate in sensitivity and unconscious bias training.

“emory University’s commitment to the core values of diversity, inclusion and respect is longstanding and non-negotiable.”

— James B. Hughes Jr., Interim Dean of emory Law school Zwier later apologized to emory Law students and faculty for using the racial slur.

As of Nov. 4, Zwier is scheduled to teach spring 2019 classes “Advanced evidence,” “Alternative Dispute Resolution” and “Advanced International Negotiations” — all upper level law classes, according to the emory Law website.

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are exploring a number of potential funding considerations, including told MARTA that it was willing to in-kind contributions, and will work contribute right-of-way land that in concert with a broad group of would create transportation stations stakeholders to serve the best interests at Clifton Road and Haygood Drive of the entire region.”

MARTA’s plans call for a new and at the Haygood Triangle.

MARTA is looking for $100 million light rail from the Lindbergh Center in private funding for the Clifton station in Buckhead, that connects train service on the Corridor project after “emory University red and gold lines, the MARTA Board of Directors approved and emory Healthcare to Avondale Transit through partial funding of the look forward to joining station emory’s campus. plan on Oct. 4. with businesses, The purpose of The project will government entities the Clifton Corridor receive $250 million and others who project is to provide in Atlanta sales tax recognize the “better access for a revenue. importance of growing job center, senior Associate improved access this public transit Vice President of to the MARTA rail Government and opportunity.” system, improved Community Affairs Betty willis declined — Nancy seideman, area connectivity and an inter v iew, Associate Vice increased options for directing the President for University emergency evacuation transport,” wheel to Associate Communications and according to the Vice President MARTA website. for University emory currently does not have Communications Nancy seideman. “emory University and emory direct access to a MARTA station Healthcare look forward to joining or interstate. The Clifton Corridor with businesses, government light rail is projected to have a daily entities and others who recognize ridership of 23,000. the importance of this public transit opportunity,” seideman wrote in — Contact Aadit Javeri at a Nov. 5 email to the wheel. “we aajaver@emory.edu

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Young Dems Prepared to Wish Kemp Best Continued from Page 1 4, just two days before the election, without citing any evidence.

Kemp resigned as secretary of state effective noon on Nov. 8 to transition to his role as governor. emory College Republicans Vice President Brad Bennett (22C) said he does not believe either candidate’s claims of electoral misconduct.

“It’s all [a] spectacle,” Bennett said.

“Voter suppression gets Democrats all riled up. Voter fraud gets Republicans all riled up. … I wouldn’t take too seriously any of those claims until the election is over.”

Young Democrats of emory President Brett Kleiman (20C) said that while he did not oppose Kemp’s declaration of victory, he plans on waiting for all votes to be counted before making any judgments. “someone needs to start getting ready to be the next governor of Georgia,” Kleiman said. “That being said, I think it was a little too early [to declare victory] and not fair to the 33,000 ballots that have yet to be counted.”

Kleiman urged all students to call the Georgia voter protection hotline if they were unable to cast a ballot or had any issues voting. “we’re going to let the adults decide this,” Kleiman said. “If people … want to find a way to help, we can put them in touch with people, but this is kind of out of our power to make a difference.”

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Kleiman said Young Democrats members are prepared to wish Kemp the best if Abrams concedes but are also ready to resume canvassing in the event that uncounted provisional ballots force a runoff. “we’ll wish [Kemp] the best as governor and we’re going to disagree with him when we think he’s doing something not good,” Kleiman said.

“If it goes to a runoff, we’re ready to get right back into the grind and canvass for stacey Abrams.”

Bennett said the controversy surrounding the certification of election results was evident of a larger problem with election infrastructure within the U.s. “when it takes weeks and weeks to declare a winner in an election, you have an issue,” Bennett said. “I don’t view this as confined to the KempAbrams race.”

Bennett said that he saw neither Kemp’s declaration of victory nor Abram’s refusals to concede as an issue.

“Kemp has started to put his transition team in place, you can’t fault him for that,” Bennett said. “At the same time Abrams is holding out, waiting for all the votes to be counted.

No fault there either.”

Bennett said College Republicans will focus on engaging with the student body following the election, beginning with a possible victory celebration if the secretary of state certifies Kemp as Georgia’s next governor.

He added that College Republicans

account, I was frustrated because $75 is a lot to ask from a person at once,” Cui said.

Christina Tian (17Ox, 19C) said she liked that emory Dining reduced the minimum Dooley Dollar purchase. “[It is] a good idea because you don’t always need to add that many [Dooley Dollars],” Tian said.

Justin eisner (21B) said the move makes it more financially viable to buy Dooley Dollars.

“It will no longer be as big of a decision to reload Dooley dollars,” eisner said.

— Contact Ninad Kulkarni at nkulka7@emory.edu

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are working with the Young Democrats to host a political debate. College Republicans, which was recently revived this semester after a year of inactivity, is also planning to host guest speakers as well as sponsor a trip to a shooting range.

Bennett would not rule out hosting Kemp as a guest speaker but emphasized that he did not want to attract too much controversy.

“Our goal is not just to see how many protesters we can get outside the Harland Cinema,” Bennett said.

David Ji (21C), who is not part of a student political group, said Kemp’s refusal to resign as secretary of state during the election was a conflict of interest because Kemp was responsible for overseeing his own election.

“If there were to be election fraud, he probably would not have done that much about it,” Ji said. “I feel like having that power should not be allowed.”

Ali Grijak (21C), who also is not part of a student political group, said Kemp’s victory would be especially concerning for minorities considering Kemp’s tenure as secretary of state, comparing his actions to “modern day disenfranchisement.”

“He will be suppressing not only minority rights, but their voices, their incomes, their way of being,” Grijak said. “I believe that his election was a danger to minorities.”

— Contact Albert Zhang at aliang6@emory.edu

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 | Opinion Editors: Madeline Lutwyche and Isaiah Sirois (madeline.lutwyche@emory.edu and isaiah.sirois@emory.edu)

College Council’s $4K Transfer an Imperfect Solution College Council (CC) has continued to obfuscate their financial information.

Last week, CC transferred about $4,000 of its executive funds to BBA Council chartered clubs and organizations frequented by students in the College, including events hosted by the Goizueta Finance Club and the Goizueta Consulting Club. When BBA Council finalized its budget for the Fall 2018 semester, they left a funding gap to be filled by CC. In order to ensure that BBA Council will not lack money required to charter these events in the future, student government leaders should either redistribute the student activities fee (SAF) or encourage funding-starved clubs to use administrative mechanisms in place to fund eligible organizations that serve students across school-wide divisions. CC and BBA Council should also improve communication to the student body concerning otherwise-ambiguous funding transfers.

A misleading Nov. 7 news article published by the Wheel, in which the source and recipients of the $4,000 were unclear, made the transfer appear underhanded and imprudent. In fact, the transfer came from CC’s executive budget, and it was a fulfillment of a previous agreement by CC to co-fund certain events hosted by BBA Council-chartered clubs with College student membership. Problems arose when CC realized they were constitutionally prohibited from directly altering the distribution of the SAF between CC and BBA Council; as such, CC Executive Board’s decision to use executive funds to ensure the success of those events was

necessary and will hopefully be more than just a temporary band-aid to a larger funding issue.

The transfer should be a reality check for CC and BBA Council both to produce a more effective funding system for similar events in the future and to improve communication with the Wheel to ensure students best understand the goings-on of student government.

While it’s fortunate that the transfer will allow some BBA Council-chartered organizations to fund their events, CC’s transfer should have been better publicized. Both divisional councils neglected to announce the transfer to students, and better communication would have helped students and the Wheel understand what had actually taken place. In short, financial decisions made by divisional councils ought to be broadcasted to the student population.

While CC’s actions were justified given the circumstances, BBA Council clubs should not be reliant on emergency transfers from CC to fill their annual budgets. Instead of relying on ad hoc transfers, BBA Council-chartered clubs that need additional funding due to the number of its College members should consider applying to be executive agencies, a process established after the 2017 student government split. An executive agency can receive funding from SGA, allowing them to serve students from multiple schools.

In the future, CC and BBA council should avoid such circumstances and only use the executive fund transfer as a last resort. The councils should respect the predetermined SAF split and resolve funding issues in the open.

Editorial Board member Kimia Tabatabaei is a freshman legislator on College Council and recused herself from this piece.

Trump’s Treatment of the Press is Contemptible When President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated, he swore to defend the Constitution.

That includes the First Amendment’s freedom of the press. However, in his attacks on CNN Chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta, Trump disregarded that oath. Trump’s actions are part of a broader anti-media narrative that threatens the press’s ability to accurately cover the Trump administration. As a student newspaper, the Wheel condemns the president’s actions.

The White House suspended Acosta’s press pass on Nov. 7 after a heated press conference during which Acosta refused to surrender the microphone while questioning Trump’s construction of immigrant caravans as a threat to America’s elections. To justify removing Acosta’s press pass, the White House accused Acosta of laying hands on a White House aide and used a doctored video from Infowars as evidence. Alex Jones’s Infowars has spread conspiracy theories and been banned by social media outlets for hate speech, further illustrating the administration’s tendency to support unreliable news sources.

Acosta was doing his job: asking tough questions to keep the president accountable.

Trump’s removal of Acosta was both unwarranted and inappropriate, part of his continuous undermining of the free press. The president has repeatedly criticized CNN and The New York Times for reporting “fake news” and attacked multiple media outlets as “enemies of the American people.”

Trump’s preference for certain news outlets — especially those that propagate his own agenda — is unnecessarily divisive.

By revoking Acosta’s press pass, Trump demonstrated his ability to suppress the journalism he disagrees with and to intimidate individual reporters He has even threatened to revoke more reporters’ press credentials. The message from the White House is clear: agree with Trump or get out.

The suspension of Acosta’s press pass, in addition to Trump’s attacks on Acosta’s character, mark a shift from exaggerated rhetoric to authoritarian action. While the president’s derogatory rhetoric alone should be condemned, his action directly threatens the freedom of the press that is integral to functioning of any democracy.

Trump’s latest move is part of a larger pattern of disparaging the press. Trump has repeatedly tweeted attacks on news organizations that run articles criticizing him, one tweet featured a photoshopped WWE video of Trump tackling and punching a person labeled “CNN.” During a rally last month, Trump praised Greg Gianforte, the Montana congressman who body-slammed a Guardian reporter. Trump has threatened those who own critical news organizations with financial harm, calling for anti-trust action against Amazon (whose CEO Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post) and attempting to block a merger between AT&T and Time Warner, the owner of CNN. Delegitimizing the press erodes the trust that students have in reputable news sources, whether it’s school publications or national news networks. Students and faculty should make the conscious decision to support credible news sources and scrutinize Trump’s actions that undermine the freedom of the press.

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

The Editorial Board is composed of Zach Ball, Jacob Busch, Ryan Fan, Andrew Kliewer, Madeline Lutwyche, Boris Niyonzima, Omar Obregon-Cuebas, Shreya Pabbaraju, Isaiah Sirois, Madison Stephens and Kimia Tabatabaei.

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In Public Education, U.S. Needs to Pursue Equality Ryan Fan The U.S. education system suffers from an achievement gap — a variance in educational outcomes for groups of students in America’s K-12 education system.

The National Education Association identifies racial and ethnic minorities, students with disabilities and students from low-income families as being at the biggest risk for this gap. Those demographics tend to have higher dropout rates, lower test scores and college enrollment rates below the national average.

For example, in 2017, the NAEP (National Assessment of Education Progress) found that nationwide, eighth graders who receive free and reduced-priced lunches perform 44 percent worse on math and English and Language Arts (ELA) exams than students who do not receive free or reduced lunch.

The average black student performed 23 percent worse and the

average Hispanic student 27 percent worse than the average white student.

To help at-risk students systematically close this gap, educators and policy-makers must acknowledge that student success is largely reliant on an inequitable education system; they must focus on narrowing the opportunity gap to subsequently close the achievement gap.

An opportunity gap is defined as a disparity in the access to quality schools and resources necessary for success.

An opportunity gap, therefore, leads to an achievement gap. Students get better grades when they are wellfed and have money to spend on books, school supplies, internet access and tutoring.

For example, children who receive nutritional assistance, programs that help families purchase food, before age five are more likely to graduate high school, according to the Center for American Progress (CAP).

In some underprivileged areas, students aren’t given the resources and opportunities they deserve, but

which are afforded to more affluent students.

This trend is exacerbated in higher education: in the average OECD country, public spending covered 68 percent of higher education spending and vocational training. In the U.S., public spending picked up just 36 percent.

Despite the poorest school districts having increased student needs, the most impoverished school districts receive $1,000 less per student in state and local funding compared to lowest poverty school districts.

As a nation, the United States spends more than any other country in the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a group of the world’s most developed countries, on education.

Despite its spending, U.S. fourthgraders ranked 11th in the world in math, according to the International Mathematics and Science Study, while eighth graders rank ninth.

In terms of math literacy, 15-yearold students ranked 31st in the world.

Equity in education is increasingly linked to social cohesion, according to the OECD. For a country where the top-third of the income bracket owns more than 85 percent of the nation’s wealth, equal education should be a right, not a privilege, for every American child.

We can do better. The United States pumps a smaller proportion of its money into public education than the average OECD nation, and allots more into the private sector. While in the average OECD country, 84 cents of every dollar dedicated to education in 2010 came from public spending,

in the U.S., only 70 cents originated from similar sources. The remaining 30 cents were covered by parents and private schools.

This trend is exacerbated in higher education: in the average OECD country, public spending covered 68 percent of higher education spending and vocational training programs.

In the U.S., public spending picked up just 36 percent, leaving the rest to families and private sources.

When we talk about the achievement gap, we put the burden of achievement on schools and students and fail to address the larger systemic issues derailing students’ academic success, such as poverty and discrimination.

In the words of the Education Policy Center, schools can’t do it alone.

If we really want to close gaps in academic success, we need to urge our representatives to take steps close the opportunity gap, which means providing all students with equal access to education.

Ryan Fan (19C) is from Stony Brook, N.Y.

Wheel Debates Is Impeaching Donald Trump Worth the Risk?

The Wheel Debates are written by members of the Barkley Forum.

The views argued below do not necessarily reflect each debater’s personal opinions.

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Impeaching Trump Would Platform Pence’s Radicalism

Anthony Wong Some Democrats rallied around the idea of impeaching President Donald J. Trump before the midterms. However, critics of this strategy, including former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, have rebuked such a political move, questioning whether Vice President Mike Pence would be a better president. But when weighed against each other, a President Pence would likely demonstrate greater leadership than President Trump.

Pence could easily be considered a political extremist. He refuses to eat alone with women who are not his wife and he supports anti-LGBT practices such as gay conversion therapy. But to say that his views pose a greater threat to minorities and international stability is an embellishment worthy of Trump Tower.

Trump’s narcissism, xenophobia and disregard for national security jeopardize the safety of everyone in the world.

In stark contrast to Trump’s political inexperience, Pence has been in office for over a decade and is knowledgeable about our political system. His largely quiet vice presidency has been a far cry from a president who criticizes the Federal Reserve and pressures the Justice Department to investigate his political opponents. His track record as Indiana’s governor reflects his measured and quiet approach to governance — he would likely be far more soft-spoken than Trump. Rather than make off-the-cuff decisions, he would spend more time contemplating important policy decision; his temperament would go far in stabilizing the country.

Furthermore, Trump has clearly demonstrated his incompetence in the realm of foreign policy. His refusal to read daily intelligence briefings and ignorance of U.S. nuclear

policy has potentially lethal consequences.

With the stroke of a pen he can upend decades of alliances while simultaneously emboldening the United States’ enemies.

In contrast, Pence falls in line with the traditional conservative foreign policy. His time as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee reveals a voting record that endorses a Bush-esque focus on democracy promotion and a shoring up of international alliances.

Pence could lead to a more stable international climate because he would not allow for erratic swings in policy. He would craft negotiations with pen and paper instead of with 140 characters. At worst, his foreign policy would likely have consistent ideals that rest on decades of foreign policy precedence.

While thoroughly conservative, Pence would not herald in a new dark age for minority rights. Many members of Congress share similar views to Pence. In regards to LGBTQ rights, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) said in an interview that it is acceptable to refuse to sell homes to those who are gay and lesbian.

Even political mavericks such as the late Rep. John McCain (R-Ariz.) were opposed to gay marriage.

Pence’s disregard for minority rights is not a new invention but merely an extension of the past 40 years of conservative ideology.

At the bare minimum, Pence’s ability to articulate defenses of his own political positions, as disgusting as they may be, demonstrate that on his worst days he would be a far better president than Trump. This is not a defense of Pence, but rather an acknowledgement that those who claim that Trump is preferable to Pence are failing to confront the clear and present danger of each day of a Trump presidency.

Anthony Wong (21C) is from Lexington, Mass.

Party. Whereas Trump has been ineffective and even counterproductive to advancing GOP polGabriel Morbeck icy goals like repealing the Affordable Care Act or passing tax cuts for the rich, Pence would be Blatant corruption, the spouting of clear a Koch-owned president. non-truths, the racist dog whistles and the Unlike Trump, Pence has written the policies callous disregard for poor people and women’s that his party champions: he served as presirights: it’s difficult to imagine anything worse dent of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, than the President Donald J. Trump admin- a think tank which helped slash welfare and istration. But that even more nightmarish attack the administrative state and corporate world exists one step away, in Vice President subsidies down to the local level. This policy Mike Pence, who would take over if Trump know-how, combined with the fact that Pence were impeached. Pence is unimaginably worse would likely be better at working with congresthan Trump for the simple reasional officials than Trump, son that a coordinated, ideosuggests that a Pence presilogical push for the far-right would constitute an Pence would also be dency agenda by a man with deeply ideological revolution, returnmore competent in ing the United States to the held beliefs is more dangerous than a largely clueless popu- carrying out the far- free-market fundamentalism list whose beliefs change on a right agenda of the that brought on the Great whim.

Depression.

Republican Party.

The drama and bigotry that Perhaps most importantly, clouds the Trump adminisPence is also a religious funtration would likely exist in a damentalist. While Trump’s hypothetical Pence adminissocial policy has largely fueled tration, as well. For example, it might seem as the flames of the culture war while offloading if Trump’s connection to the Russian govern- actual policy responsibility to officials like ment and involvement in election meddling is Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Pence could a result of his incompetence and ability to be launch a more calculated assault on civil libmanipulated by others. However, aside from erties. He calls homosexuality a sin, believes the possibility that Pence could be implicated that women with children have no place in in obstruction of justice, his “curious pattern public or in the workplace, wants to overturn of alibis whenever controversy strikes the West Roe v. Wade and does not believe in evolution.

Wing” should be a cause for alarm. The fact Although Trump has made some headway in that Pence largely drops out of the field of pub- restricting civil rights, he has not made it a lic accountability by visiting his family, sim- policy priority — that would be entirely differply playing dumb or even exiting the country ent under the Pence administration. shows that he possesses a dangerous ability to As bad as the Trump administration is for forestall investigations and prevent his politi- America, it does not approach the suffering cal allies from ever facing consequences for that would be wrought by a President Pence. outright corruption.

Gabriel Morbeck (20C) is from RutPence would also be more competent in carrying out the far-right agenda of the Republican ledge, Pa.

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FILM REVIEW

‘Boy Erased’ Jarringly Relevant By sAru GArG Contributing Writer Grade: B+

you are here and what you are trying to capture in this moment. Everything else kind of falls into place.

Trishunda Mooney, The Clark Atlanta University Panther: Florian, you shared a quote on thegreatestphysiques.com that said “In the end, everything will be fine. If it’s not fine, then it’s not the end.” Can you reflect on that quote anytime during the production or pre-production of “Creed II”?

Florian Munteanu: In life, things that happen don’t always happen like you want them to happen so you may lose motivation or inspiration. I used that quote in a time when I thought that I had to change my career and I was dealing with problems with my parents. I used this quote to get myself back on track. Once I really did that and did it from my heart, things started to get in the right place again.

“Boy Erased” is unlikely to leave a single dry eye in theaters.

Based on Garrard Conley’s 2016 titular memoir, the film is a relevant, heartbreaking look at conversion therapy.

Its narrative structure and strong lead performances paint a tragic picture of a young man’s struggle with his identity and his religious upbringing.

Although it does not extensively explore every facet of its narrative, the resulting film is still both a beautiful coming-of-age story and a reminder of the importance of acceptance and love.

“Boy Erased” follows 19-year-old Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) as he attends Love in Action, a gay conversion therapy program, at the behest of his father, who is a Baptist preacher (Russell Crowe).

Jared clashes with the program leader (Joel Edgerton, who is also the film’s director) and attempts to come to terms with his past and his sexuality.

His parents, meanwhile, must reconcile their religious views with the newfound knowledge that their son is gay.

The story of “Boy Erased” is told chronologically, but it is threaded with Jared’s flashbacks. These flashbacks

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Michael B. Jordan plays Adonis Creed in ‘Creed II,’ the sequel to 2015’s hit ‘Creed.’ The film, directed by Steven Caple Jr. also stars Tessa Thompson as Bianca, Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa and Florian Munteau as Viktor Drago.

Jordan Discusses Return to Ring in ‘Creed II’

By Jesse Weiner Arts & Entertainment Editor It has been 42 years since Sylvester Stallone introduced the world to iconic fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, but the “Rocky” franchise is somehow still fighting. On Thanksgiving, the eighth film in the Rocky franchise will be released in the form of a sequel to 2015’s hit “Creed.”

“Creed” followed the rise of Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan), son of Rocky’s nemesis-turned-friend Apollo Creed, as he took on Ricky Conlan (Anthony Bellew) and established himself in the world of professional boxing. In the film’s sequel, “Creed II,” Adonis fights for the Light Heavyweight Championship against Viktor Drago (Florian Munteanu), the son of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), the man who killed Adonis’s father in the ring 30 years earlier. With help from his mentor Rocky (Stallone) and

support from his girlfriend Bianca (Tessa Thompson), Adonis must balance family drama with boxing and take on his toughest opponent yet.

The Wheel participated in a roundtable interview with the film’s director, Steven Caple Jr., as well as actors Jordan and Munteanu, to talk about shooting the film, their personal experiences while filming and the future of the “Rocky” saga.

This transcript has been edited for clarity and length.

Mikael, The SCAD Connector: Steven, what was the process of distinguishing “Creed II” from Ryan Coogler’s predecessor, “Creed”?

Steven Caple Jr. (SCJ): I already have my own style and my own tone when I approach things. One, I feel like I’m great at ensemble pieces, telling a story with multiple characters while still having some stick out from the rest. Themes are very strong [in my

films], I think that’s what makes all the “Rocky” and “Creed” [films] relatable, their family and relationships. To get technical, a lot of it is in coloring.

There’s a lot of warmth when you’re in [Adonis’s] world. I also play a lot with sound to get into [Adonis’s] head. This stuck out from the rest of the “Rocky” [films] and “Creed.”

Justice, AUC CAM: Steven, getting picked to be the director for “Creed II,” what was the one thing that you kept in mind each day?

SCJ: It still is a bit of Ryan [Coogler’s] baby, but, most importantly, Michael [B. Jordan’s, too]. As people of color, we wanted to change the narrative a bit. I feel like this is a positive sign of who we are. You talk about black love and stuff like that, and these are conversations that we had every day either with [Jordan] or Tessa.

Another thing is not getting caught up in the hype. As a director, when you step on set, you have [to focus] on why

ALBUM REVIEW

BOOK REVIEW

Muse Album Needlessly Excessive ‘The Darkest Star’ an Addictive Spin-Off

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simulAtion theory Muse (2018)

Nostalgic worship of late ‘80s and early ‘90s media has been incredibly prominent lately, whether it’s stemming from ‘80s blockbuster callbacks like “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017) and “Ready Player One” (2018), or shows like “Riverdale” (2017) and “Stranger Things” (2016) tackling the smalltown mystery genre that “Twin Peaks” (1990) pioneered.

From one look at the cover, it’s immediately obvious that “Simulation Theory” is aiming to capitalize on this nostalgia as well, as the artwork looks like it was ripped straight from the poster of a cheesy ‘80s sci-fi film.

The new album from U.K. alt-rockers Muse, which was released on Nov. 9, is an exercise in maximalism to

an almost unparalleled extent, with massive choruses and an instrumental palette reminiscent of an old James Cameron movie.

Granted, Muse has never been a band that pushes the envelope; their early material, though often enjoyable, never successfully shook off its obvious Radiohead influence. Given Thom Yorke and co.’s previous forays into electronic music, it wasn’t exactly surprising to see Muse heading in this direction at the turn of the decade.

‘Simulation Theory’ is aiming to capitalize on this nostalgia as well.

However, “Simulation Theory” sounds less like Radiohead and more like Depeche Mode, although the album is missing the dark undertones that define that band and many of the

other great artists in the synthpop canon.

“Algorithm” kicks off the album as a fairly by-the-numbers new wave song, and is a largely inoffensive opening track with solid synth leads and a respectable chorus. Singles “The Dark Side” and “Pressure” aren’t too bad either, although they do introduce the album’s trend of ridiculously overthe-top choruses. For example, lead singer Matt Bellamy’s appalling Prince impression on “Propaganda” made me laugh out loud, and the slide guitars on this track don’t fit with the overly synthetic ambience of the album.

It’s jarring to hear a technique so synonymous with blues music, especially since none of the songs on “Simulation Theory” have any of the raw sound that defines that genre.

The track “Something Human” has a similarly strange acoustic guitar section, but the overall result is a marginal improvement over “Propaganda”

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Armentrout’s Follow-up to Sci-fi Lux Series is Strong

By JuliA esposito Contributing Writer Grade: B Four years after the release of the final novel in the alien-based Lux series “Opposition,” Jennifer L. Armentrout has picked up the narrative again with “The Darkest Star.” The Lux series follows Katy Swartz after she encounters a mysterious neighbor who belongs to an alien race: the Luxen. “The Darkest Star”’s plot is set four years after the events of “Opposition” and follows an

alien invasion. Its new protagonist is Evelyn Dasher, who now faces a world in the midst of repairing itself after the invasion. The book is a fun read, filled with drama and plot twists. Although there are cliches and some awkward dialogue, the book is still an exceptional start to Armentrout’s new spinoff series.

Dasher lives in a new world — one infested with Luxen trying to assimilate into the human culture. After the war prompted by the Luxen inva-

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Continued from Page 9 because it has a better vocal melody.

Though, I must admit that the line “You ate my soul just like a Death Eater” causes me pain every time I hear it.

“Thought Contagion” is one of the album’s more rock-focused tracks, but the anthemic “oh’s” and “ah’s” in the chorus are too reminiscent of Imagine Dragons. For an album that seems to be aiming to capitalize on ‘80s nostalgia, there are many mainstream pop cliches that kill any sense of immersion in that aesthetic.

“Get Up and Fight” is a good example of this, as everything from the drumbeat to the quiet verse and explosive chorus screams modern altpop. The lyrics are super cliche as well, with lines like “I can’t do this thing without you / I’m lost in this without you.”

The arpeggiated synth lines in “Blockades” are sweet on the ears, and on the whole the song is the closest Muse gets to their early 2000s sound, which makes it a definite highlight.

There aren’t any annoying vocal effects, and it proves that Bellamy can still give a good performance when he isn’t focusing entirely on making the most histrionic choruses imaginable.

Instrumentally, “Dig Down” sounds a lot like Muse’s massive hit “Madness,” which I highly doubt is a coincidence given that “Dig Down” was the album’s lead single.

It’s an alright track, but without a catchy hook it doesn’t sound like the type of song that’ll be topping the charts.

Much like the opener “Algorithm,” closing track “The Void” is pretty innocuous. The instrumental actually sounds as if it could be from an

‘80s synthpop song, with pleasant, synthesized strings on the verses and an overall melancholy presentation. I wish more songs on the album were as subdued as this, because the difference in quality between this song and the rest of the tracks is like night and day.

In many ways, “Simulation Theory” is enjoyable in the same way that a movie like “Kung Fury” (2015) is: it’s so overblown and ridiculous that the sheer spectacle is something to behold.

That in and of itself makes this album an improvement over Muse’s 2015 album “Drones,” which took itself too seriously despite not actually having anything meaningful to say. “Simulation Theory,” though, is still an absolute mess in terms of thoughtful songwriting and genuine artistic merit with corny lyrics and passe instrumentals.

Additionally, certain songs aren’t enjoyable even in a quasi-ironic way, especially “Propaganda.”

Muse are still taking themselves too seriously here, but the main difference is that they sound like they aren’t, making music that’s ludicrous in spite of itself.

It’s strange praise to give an artist, but it’s probably the best Muse is going to merit at this point.

They still have talent, and while that manifests in certain points on tracks like “Blockades,” I’m doubtful it’ll ever rear its head for the length of an entire release again.

“Simulation Theory” may be the best album Muse has released this decade, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s a career highlight.

— Contact Aidan Vick at afvick@emory.edu

reveal his difficulty grappling with his inner self and the trauma he has experienced.

It is also revealed that, while in college, Jared was raped by a classmate (Joe Alwyn).

This assault is shown to viewers in harrowing detail, but its longterm effects on Jared are largely left untouched by the movie.

For such a serious subject, the film does not afford nearly enough time to fully expand upon the effects of the assault.

Additionally, the film does not spend enough time developing its secondary characters, especially Jared’s peers in his conversion program.

Their stories, which could have added another layer of depth to the film, are hinted at but remain, for the most part, untold.

Much of the film is composed of close-up shots of Jared’s face, which communicates the extent of his internal struggle, along with the pain he feels at Love in Action.

The lack of bright light throughout most of the film, and the blue tint of many scenes, further emphasizes his sorrow.

The gravity of Jared’s situation is underscored by dramatic orchestral music during particularly significant scenes.

Right after these scenes, however,

the film cuts away from the action, and the music abruptly stops, allowing the full impact of Jared’s experience to linger in the air.

Similarly impactful is the recurrence of religious iconography in the film.

Crosses remind audiences that the harm being done to those in conversion therapy is enacted under the pretext of religion.

Hedges gives an outstanding, dynamic performance, not only delivering his lines with great intensity, but also communicating his emotions flawlessly through facial expressions.

More than anything else, “Boy Erased” is driven by its stellar performances.

Hedges gives an outstanding, dynamic performance, not only delivering his lines with great intensity, but also communicating his emotions flawlessly through facial expressions.

His portrayal of Jared puts him firm-

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Stephanie lopez (20C, left) and Jordan henry (20C, r iGht) perform at Rock the Row, a showcase for rising artists hosted at 14 eagle Row on Nov. 10.

Director Caple Jr. Dishes on Future of Franchise Continued from Page 9 Then “Creed II” came up and I grew a lot on this project. Dealing with the script, people around me who were also hard workers and super talented.

I always say to surround yourself with people who make you better, and that happened with the film.

Jesse Weiner, The emory Wheel: This franchise means a lot to the city of Philadelphia, my hometown.

Can you tell me about your experiences filming in Philly?

Michael B. Jordan: This was my second time filming in Philly, and it was awesome.

I’m from North New Jersey and my sister graduated from Temple [University] so I spent a lot of time growing up in Philly as a kid. It was a familiar place.

Rocky is a legend there; it’s his city in a sense, with the statue at

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ly in the running for the upcoming awards season.

Another award-worthy performance comes courtesy of Nicole Kidman, who plays Nancy Eamons, Jared’s mother.

Kidman perfectly captures the conflicted psyche of a woman torn between her religious beliefs and her love for her son.

Both of these performances are key in making the film as moving and poignant as it is.

Perhaps the most heartbreaking part of “Boy Erased” is its ongoing nature.

In the movie’s epilogue, text on the screen tells audiences that at the time of the film’s release, 36 states in the U.S. still allow conversion therapy, and to date, 700,000 individuals have been forced to undergo it. Jared’s story took place in 2004, yet, nearly 15 years later, there are still individuals suffering through similar experiences.

And while Jared’s story ultimately has a happy ending, the same can not be said for others in his situation.

“Boy Erased” is a stirring tale of selfacceptance and a startling reminder that conversion therapy is still all too prevalent in our society. The film suggests, however, that this practice could be avoided if we love one another and preach understanding instead of hate.

— Contact Saru Garg at saru.garg@emory.edu

the museum and everything. It was a great experience. The city is dope.

They showed a lot of hospitality.

JW: Favorite cheesesteak place?

MBJ: Gennaro’s. I’m not a Geno’s or Pat’s fan.

Those are the commercial ones, the tourist spots. I go to the hole-in-thewall, Gennaro’s, that’s the one.

Savannah, All Urban Central: Steven, do you think this is the end of the “Rocky” saga?

SCJ: That’s a [Sylvester Stallone] question. These guys motivated him to get on to “Creed” because he thought [2006’s “Rocky Balboa”] was it. [“Creed”] reignited his love for the franchise.

With this project, we wanted to pay homage to Philly and “Rocky” but start to create the “Creed” path.

Ultimately, if there’s a demand for a “Creed 3” and it still feels natural, I think the franchise will live on.

Jordan, officially live: Florian, this is your first major motion picture.

Did you have any reservations for taking on the role?

FM: If you get a big chance like [“Creed II”], there’s pressure on your shoulders, and Steven and Mike and Sly gave me this chance so there was a pressure to not let them down.

That was my only little concern. If I know something about me, it’s that I work only under pressure. My biggest and best performances are always under pressure.

That’s why I’m pretty confident about myself. Even when Steven told me to have a lot of emotion, I knew that I could do it.

I only need the right people around me. We were like a family, and for me as a new guy, it helped me a lot.

— Contact Jesse Weiner at jesse.drew.weiner@emory.edu

Novel Features Aliens, Unnerving Romance Continued from Page 9 sion, there now remains a shaky peace between them and the humans. Most humans remain resentful towards the Luxen because of the deaths during the war, but Evelyn suspends judgment until she meets one, Luc, at a club. From there, everything spirals out of control for Evie as her secrets are revealed and people mysteriously go missing from her high school.

The characters are easy to invest in and the wild drama makes the novel fly by. In addition, the romantic tension between Luc and Evie is expertly written and takes its sweet time to build. It starts mildly with Armentrout giving the reader time to simmer with the idea of them as a potential couple.

Throughout the story, the romance develops as Luc begins to care more and more about Evie, to the point where the two eventually accept their feelings for each other. Armentrout’s writing style is addicting and her scene descriptions are so vividly written that they make it easy to visualize the settings and plot points in the novel.

However, some of the dialogue feels awkward, yanking you back to reality. The repeated dialogue between Evie and Luc about her peach-scented lotion is meant to be romantic,

but comes off as uncomfortable. The tropes that Armentrout uses are also overdone. Some of the scenes feel a little too predictable and cliche. In the beginning of the novel, Luc comes onto Evie too hard, and despite some obvious questionable actions (such as non-consensual kissing and a threat of kidnapping) that would woo no girl in real life, Evie somehow still finds him attractive. Armentrout takes the bad boy trope too far here, not realizing how Evie’s reaction in this situation may be interpreted. Nonetheless, Armentrout’s writing is so addictive that the book is still intriguing in spite of them.

Overall, I would recommend this book to fans of “Twilight” or the “Hush Hush” series. Similar to both of these, it follows a high school girl as she comes in contact with supernatural elements.

The girl then faces multiple obstacles while romantic tension is introduced. All of these series are very fast-paced. Both romantic and science fiction aspects keep the novel entertaining, and in spite of its issues, this story was addicting. I would read it again.

— Contact Julia Esposito at jnespos@emory.edu

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MEDICINE

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Prof. ‘Flohrs’ Underground Scene

By Caroline SilVa Contributing Writer

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The Air Life Georgia Flight Crew helicopter is equipped like an intensive care unit and can transport one patient.

Helicopter Crew Braves High Stakes

By Varun Gupta Senior Staff Writer Anytime between the crack of dawn and nightfall, Emory students living on campus are bound to intermittently hear the droning sound of helicopters circling overhead. Far above the chatter of campus in the helicopter cabin, a team of highly trained medical experts hooks a patient to a ventilator to stabilize their vital signs until they reach a trauma center. This is the standard procedure for Air Life Georgia’s medical teams.

“There’s only space for one patient in the helicopter,” Air Life Georgia Flight Nurse and Clinical Base Supervisor Amy Merritt said. “I really feel like we get to give the best care. In an emergency room, you are pulled in so many different directions and you have people that are not that sick, whereas, on a helicopter, you get to focus 100 percent of your attention in terms of patient care on this one patient.”

While the inside of an aircraft is equipped with the same medical equipment as an intensive care unit, Merritt said her job allows more freedom than working in a hospital might.

“It’s definitely the most autonomous nursing job that I am aware of, in that we have patient care guidelines that [do] not cover every specific situation,” Merritt said. “From a nursing perspective, normally in a hospital, you are operating under doctor’s orders. In this field, it’s more like, ‘here are some guidelines, and take the best care of the patient that you can.’ ” Operated by Air Methods Corporation and founded in 1980, Air Life Georgia transports approximately 2,500 patients per year to various hospitals, according to Air Life Georgia Medical Director Alexander Isakov.

Six emergency medical helicopters operate in the greater Atlanta area as part of the Air Life Georgia fleet, the

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Having played in experimental rock bands since he was 13 years old, Emory comparative literature graduate student and instructor Eric Flohr Reynolds, known onstage as Flohr, still manages to make time for his hobby. When he is not performing at gigs or teaching courses, Reynolds is out in the city enjoying local shows and clubs.

Reynolds graduated from George Mason University (Va.) with a bachelor’s in philosophy in 2012 before receiving a master’s in philosophy at the New School for Social Research (N.Y.) in 2014.

When Reynolds arrived in Atlanta in 2015, he was shocked by the city’s rich culture and underground music scene, which steered him away from simply playing metal and punk and threw him into the world of electronic and ambient music.

Although he said he came to Atlanta solely to pursue a doctoral degree, both Emory and the city have become his home and influenced the direction of his music.

“When I was in New York at the New School I would go [watch] warehouse raves, avant-garde music and experimental jazz,” Reynolds said.

“And then [I would] be on the train reading philosophy for the next day. …

I probably did most of my reading for my master’s program on the subway.”

Between research, teaching and learning, Reynolds found time to perform more gigs while at Emory than he has in his entire career. His record label, VLSC Records, and his collaboration with the Atlanta Synthesizer Club, allowed him to perform alongside two of his musical heroes, elec-

PEACH BOWL INVITATIONAL

Mock Trial Hosts First Tournament

By GreG Kimmerer Contributing Writer The Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University mock trial teams competed head-to-head in the final round of the Peach Bowl Invitational, which was hosted by Emory for the first time on Nov. 10.

Collegiate teams from across the Southeast flocked to the Emory University School of Law for the inaugural mock trial tournament.

Carolyn Koehnke (19C), president of Emory’s Ben Pius Mock Trial team and co-director of the invitational, said the team had long been considering creating a tournament.

“There’s been a discussion on the team about wanting to run a tournament for the past couple of years, [but] this was the first year where we felt like we had a strong enough reputation in the mock trial community to make people want to come,” Koehnke said.

“We are currently ranked 18th in the country, so we’ve been climbing for the past couple of years.”

Koehnke said that well-ranked teams find more success hosting tournaments because higher ranks suggest organizational capability to other teams.

Koehnke also mentioned that she would like to see the tournament continue in future years, but that the deci-

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The emory Ben Pius mock Trial team competes in the final round of the Peach Bowl invitational against Georgia Tech. sion depends on a vote by the Emory mock trial team.

Teams of six to 10 people consisting of undergraduate attorneys and witnesses competed in a total of four rounds throughout the tournament, with two rounds as the plaintiff and two as the defense.

The case, titled Midlands Television Studios v. Danny Kosack, concerned a chimpanzee’s killing of a writer on the fictional show, “Midlands after Dark with Alex Grace.” The case tackled whose negligence, the chimpanzee’s trainer or the studio, led to the writer’s death.

Each year, all teams nationwide

receive the same case, which they then research and prepare for the rest of the year. Though the Peach Bowl Invitational is a pre-season tournament, students will continue to argue Midlands v. Kosack at the National Championship Tournament at Elizabethtown College in April.

The competing schools included the University of Florida, Furman University (S.C.), Florida State University, Kennesaw State University (Ga.), Spelman College (Ga.), University of Central Florida, Southern Methodist University (Texas), Georgia State

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tronic solo act Telefon Tel Aviv in 2018 and London-based electronic music producer Djrum in 2017. Reynolds called the Atlanta Synthesizer Club the “key to my entire musical life here.”

Reynolds has been in several bands since his teen years, playing either guitar or bass. Now, he is pursuing a solo career, creating electronic and ambient music with his synthesizer.

His interest in music began in the Washington, D.C., hardcore scene, where he found himself picking up the guitar to learn the songs of his favorite metal and punk bands.

“My sister was hanging out with street punks … and there was this one guy that played guitar,” Reynolds said.

“I was just starting to play, and I was like, ‘Can you teach me some punk stuff?’ And he taught me Pantera … and to me Pantera is the opposite of punk.”

Although he was disappointed at the time, learning Pantera blurred the boundaries of genre, which has been a major theme in his music ever since.

“I have begun to think of music functioning in different way, much like comparative literature … music doesn’t have to express a feeling, but it can express an idea,” Reynolds said. “My music has become more abstract and more intellectual.”

Reynolds uploads free recordings of his gigs to Bandcamp, where listeners can also preview his latest EP — a collaboration with VLSC Founder Dylan Banks — and newest project with mixer and producer Anthony Nolan, which debuted recently on the Data Cult Audio podcast.

Reynolds mentioned that although he prefers to be in a band, because much of what he has learned musically is from his bandmates, his solo career has allowed for less rehearsals and more improvisation, as well

as more time spent on teaching and researching.

“There is a level of improv; a lot of it has to be hastily prepared the week of or the night of … and it’s extremely nerve-racking and I put a lot of heart and thought into it,” Reynolds said.

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Sean Meighoo, who met Reynolds when he took one of Meighoo’s graduate comparative literature courses, called Reynolds a “critical thinker.” Meighoo recently attended a performance of Reynolds’s on the Emory campus.

“He performed on a set of modular synthesizers, where he made layered, electronic ambient music,” Meighoo said. “It was a really impressive performance … [for him] just to generate something out of nothing.”

After Reynolds finishes his dissertation, he said he wouldn’t mind joining another band. Reynolds is also currently a member of a duo called Fictions alongside his friend Michael Beiser. Fictions, he said, started in New York and has become one of his longest-running bands.

“We make live music; we use electronic equipment like synthesizers and drum machines … and we try to keep it punk,” Reynolds said.

In the future, Reynolds sees himself performing and rehearsing more with Fictions and has also considered creating an ensemble, which could take his solo music to a larger scale.

Emory has not only influenced Reynolds’s music but has also become a place where he has learned countless valuable lessons in the classroom.

Making sure his comparative literature courses intertwine with his students’ interests, Reynolds said he applies much of what he has learned

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ADVICE

Doolino Knows Best: Romeo and Juul-iet

Dear Doolino, I need some girl advice. I met this one chick at a rager that the brothers and I hosted the other night. We made out a bit and then the next day we decided to study together at club libs.

We seem to get along really well and she seemed totally into my Fortnite replays; after I showed her my 12th one, she said, “oh cool!”

She thinks I’m cool!

Also, she really likes Virginia Tobacco Juul pods, just like I do; she was crying out of what I assumed to be happiness when I forced her to inhale. Fate works in mysterious ways.

But here’s where the problems begin: when I asked her if she wanted to go to a semi-formal with me and the brothers, she just totally ghosted me! I don’t understand why she would do that if she decided to make out and study with me.

I have tried everything to get her to like me. I stole fish from Falafel King for her because she said she likes Falafel King, but when I picked the lock to her door and came in to place it on her bed, her roommate told me to get out of her room before she called the cops.

She once said that she wishes she got into the “Dooley Noted” a capella group, so I kidnapped and waterboarded six of their members and held them for ransom until the group decided to let her in. Even after that kind gesture, she ignored me, going as far as darting off in the complete opposite direction when we made eye contact on Cox Bridge. Now all I have to show for my chivalry is a lifetime ban from First Friday.

O, wise Doolino, how do I get her to go to semi with me? I have

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Comparative literature graduate student and instructor eric Flohr reynolds performs under the name “Flohr.”

Reynolds Balances Books and Beats Continued from Page 11 from his colleagues to his own classroom.

“One thing that I have gotten from [Emory] is that our job is not to force the student into liking the text,” Reynolds said. “It’s not just about converting them into comparative literature majors or philosophers. It’s about opening up the concepts to their world, so I always try to include in my classes an element where students bring something that they are interested in into dialogue.”

Reynolds said his openness to his students’ backgrounds has allowed his students to marry modernity with classical texts and figures. For instance, he remembers receiving “papers about Aristotle and Kendrick Lamar.”

Jane-Marie Anderson (21C), a student in Reynolds’s CPLT 201W course, describes Reynolds as “pretty edgy” for a professor.

“He is really smart, and has a lot of interesting, astute things to say about the material,” Anderson said.

Reynolds also taught CPLT 110:

“What Is a Text?” and CPLT 201: “Tragedy of Philosophy” since he arrived at Emory, and is currently teaching CPLT 201W: “Hermeneutics of Suspicion.”

Reynolds’s research focuses specifically on modern hermeneutics, the theory and history of literary, especially biblical, texts.

He also researches 20th-century philosophy.

For now, Reynolds continues to immerse himself in Atlanta by enjoying local music at his favorite venues.

He encouraged Emory students to do the same.

“Take advantage of being in Atlanta,” Reynolds said. “This is a beautiful campus and a wonderful community … but when you have the time … get out in the city, try out some music, go to a venue if you haven’t heard of the people playing — ‘cause there is something really special happening here.”

— Contact Caroline Silva at ccsilva@emory.edu

Emory University School of Medicine website said.

In the event of a medical dispatch near Emory University, helicopters are certified to take off and land at the Emory University Hospital and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Hospital.

The critical care team enjoys opportunities to save patients in critical condition because those missions enable them to apply all of their medical skills and knowledge, Merritt said.

Air Life Georgia Flight Paramedic J.M. Walker and Merritt are based out of McCollum Airport in Kennesaw, Ga., and work two non-consecutive 24-hour shifts weekly. Much like firefighters, Merritt and Walker eat meals, shower and sleep at the base while waiting for a dispatch call. As part of an ongoing certification process, both also take continuing education courses to build skills, such as aviation safety.

As soon as the team receives a call, they collectively evaluate current weather conditions, the patient’s body weight and the designated landing location before accepting the mission, Merritt said.

Often, the crew responds to transfer requests for patients who need specific medical treatment or medication from a bigger hospital. Other times, the crew may be called to the scene of a car accident or a public shooting, where they must land on the road.

Dispatchers give as little information about the patient as possible when contacting Air Life, Merritt said, in order to ensure the crew’s safety.

“They intentionally don’t tell us that [the patient is] a two-year-old who was hit by a car and is dying, so that we don’t push it and potentially take a flight that is not safe because it sounds

Emory Team Fruitful at Inaugural Tournament Continued from Page 11 University (GSU), Elon University (N.C.) and University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Teams that are rated highly by judges go on to face similarly rated teams in the bracket.

The final round between Georgia Tech Team A and Emory started at 2 p.m. on Sunday and lasted three hours, with Emory representing Midlands Television, the plaintiff, and Georgia Tech representing chimpanzee trainer Danny Kosack, the defendant.

Robert W. Smith Jr., the general counsel for the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, acted as judge, while Jenny Lindsay of Jenny Lindsay and Associates acted as jury.

Judges offered feedback to each team based on their opening and closing statements and the directexamination and cross-examination of witnesses.

Witness testimonies enlivened the final round. Given the nature of the case at hand, the characters played by students were often eccentric.

Robert Roundy (19C) played talkshow host Alex Grace, who wouldn’t have seemed out of place next to Jimmy Fallon, and Kaleolani Laymon (21C) portrayed self-absorbed Hollywood star AJ McClellen, an actor in who appeared as a guest on “Midlands.”

At one point, Laymon, playing McClellen, mentioned how she prepares for appearances by “reading through all my accomplishments and my resume [while looking] in the mirror … It takes about 45 minutes to fin-

ish [this routine].”

Although both Grace and McClellen were witnesses for the plaintiff, meaning they knew beforehand the questions that the Emory attorneys would ask, they also faced questions from the Georgia Tech team, whose goal was to get them to slip up and indicate negligence.

While Georgia Tech’s team consisted of seniors and fifth years, the Emory attorneys were almost all freshman and sophomores.

In an email to the Wheel, Haley Rubin (22C) described the lengthy preparations that the team underwent for the tournament.

“During a typical week our team practices [three] days a week, but leading up to a tournament we practice every day,” Rubin wrote. “Normally, the week leading up to a tournament consists of practicing [four] hours a day.”

Rubin also expressed pride about her team’s ability to “hold their own” against the Georgia Tech All-American team, who have been recognized as one of the best teams in the nation.

Students at the closing ceremony seemed both itching to get home and anxious to hear to final results.

The ceremony began late, eliciting boos, but the roaring cheers after each award announcement were far louder.

The final results are based on the cumulative scores of all four rounds of competition.

In the end Georgia Tech took home first place, GSU took second and Emory third.

The Spirit of the American Mock Trial Association award, which recognizes “the team that best exemplifies its ideals — civility, justice and fair play” comprised a trophy cup filled with peaches, and went to Florida State University.

Tournament co-director Umar Kahn (19C) said the hardest part of planning was finding judges without relations to the students they would critique.

“So far, everyone has said it was an excellent, incredible tournament, and that they were so impressed that our first tournament [ran] better and smoother than [others] who [have run] their tournaments yearly for 10 or 15 years,” Kahn said.

Multiple students at the event corroborated Kahn’s positive assessment. Jessica Lorenzo, a freshman at the University of Florida, expressed approval.

“This tournament has been run very well so far,” Lorenzo said. “We’ve had great judges and … we’re constantly getting ideas from different teams and we’re giving ideas out to other teams.”

Though the first Peach Bowl Invitational has ended, Emory Mock Trial’s season is far from over.

The team will compete on Dec. 1 and 2 at University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

The season could last until April, if Emory again makes it to the national championships.

— Contact Greg Kimmerer at greg.kimmerer@emory.edu

really bad,” Merritt said.

Before the crew clears themselves for take-off, Walker said that he must complete a 13-step pre-flight routine that includes filling a cooler with bags of liquid plasma and securing necessary medical supplies within the aircraft. The entire checklist takes roughly eight to 12 minutes to complete, but the team cannot rush.

“We don’t rush but we’re also not out back smoking cigarettes,” Walker said. “When I was new, what was going through my mind was, ‘don’t kill the patient,’ and even now, my number one thing is safety first.”

“You also have to be able to receive direct communication because ... it’s time sensitive and is life or death.”

— Amy Merritt, Air Life Georgia Flight Nurse and Clinical Base Supervisor As the helicopter exits controlled airspace, Walker and Merritt coordinate a landing with the ground crew and describe the landing zone to the pilot. “[The ground crew] can tell us that we are landing in a baseball field and there are no wires running through the middle of it, but also that baseball fields have high lightbulbs on the outside at the perimeter,” Walker said.

Merritt and Walker said they must remain vigilant during the flight as they scan the views from their respective sides of the aircraft, to alert the pilot about obstacles, such as a tree or light pole, that may obstruct the flight

path.

“You have to be clear and precise — you can’t drone on for two minutes about something and [you] have to be direct,” Merritt said. “You also have to be able to receive direct communication because, both on an aviation and medical side, it’s time sensitive and is life or death. You have to … not get your feelings hurt.”

Unlike ground ambulance care, Merritt and Walker are certified to give blood and plasma or incubate patients during the flight, according to Isakov.

With the expanded range of treatment options, Air Life Georgia nurses and paramedics must anticipate cases that were not taught in textbooks.

Merritt recalled a situation in which a woman needed a certain medicine to survive an inter-hospital transport.

However, none of the crew members knew the dosage to stabilize her vital signs. By quickly thinking on her feet, Merritt found a nearby hospital with a balloon pump to support the patient’s heart function and prolong her life until heart surgery.

Since then, Air Life Georgia has established a medical guideline that delineates the proper dosage for the new medication, Merritt said.

“A flight nurse’s job is to improvise and overcome,” Merritt said. “I know it sounds really cheesy, but it’s life.”

Although the job requires Merritt to be away from her family, she said that the chance to save someone’s life makes every trip worth the sacrifice.

“I would put any of my family members on helicopters without hesitation because I think we do a really good job with these high-level acute patients,” Merritt said.

— Contact Varun Gupta at varun.gupta@emory.edu

It’s Not Easy Being A Frat Bro...

Continued from Page 11 always considered myself a bit of a Barney Stinson with the ladies, so I am shocked to be rejected for the first time in my life.

Desperately, The Frat and the Furious Dear The Frat and the Furious, I don’t know which is the biggest crime you’ve committed: holding six college students for ransom or vaping in the library.

You, my dear Frat and the Furious, are the poster child of toxic masculinity. You are 2 Frat, 2 Furious. Television shows like “How I Met Your Mother” might present gestures like stealing something for somebody you love as “romantic,” but such an action is anything but; in reality, it’s creepy and very illegal.

You project your own interests and experiences onto other people without, for a single second, considering other perspectives. Thinking you can play God, you take little actions that you observed from her and try to pull elaborate meaning out of it just to feed your unhealthy desires.

“I wish I got into this a capella group” does not equate to “please kidnap and torture this a capella group so I can be a part of it,” but your horrific savior complex seems to make you think otherwise.

Read the signs without your ego obfuscating your view. She literally ran away at the sight of you and her roommate threatened to call the cops on you. Even after all of this, are you seriously so delusional to think that she would want to sleep in the same bed as you for an entire weekend?

Perhaps even the worst people can change. I hope you will take my criticism to heart, probably while in jail, given you just admitted to torture and abduction.

Faithfully, Doolino Dear Doolino, I’m staying on campus for break and will have nobody to eat Thanksgiving dinner with. What should I do?

Sadly, Thanksgloomy Hey there Thanksgloomy, I heard the SGA president is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner. He seems like an interesting fellow. Why don’t you join him?

You could also take this time to explore Atlanta or catch a deer sighting at Lullwater.

Best of luck, Doolino

For your day-to-day qualms and minor life crises, send anonymous questions to doolino.emory@gmail.com.

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SGA Must Treat Student Leaders Equally

By Kaenan Hertz Guest Columnist During the Monday, Oct. 26 meeting of the SGA, many issues affecting you and me as students came up. Some were dealt with efficiently, and others weren’t even given the courtesy of an audience. The meeting, once again, showed how deeply divided this campus, or at least the SGA, is.

For example, a major bill restructuring the way SGA controls your money was voted down without the slightest discussion as to its merits or its limitations.

This is only one example of the narrowsighted approach to campus issues that the majority of your representatives have taken to serious issues affecting the student body on this campus. If any of you have ever attended one of the SGA meetings you would see that nearly 100 percent of the issues discussed relate to money. This is deplorable, especially when there are more serious issues affecting you and me such as parking, safety, classroom space and size, health care, child care, and a plethora of other issues. If you are concerned, all I can do is urge you to express your views to your legislators as well as show up on Monday nights in the DUC 355 at 7:00 p.m.

More importantly, last Monday’s SGA meeting showed me once again that the legislature is made up of pusillanimous PC students unwilling to offend a minority student organization by denying it funding for an event. The funding of the rap artist Sister Souljah is just one example. Alan

Dershowitz was right in saying that PC on campus affects not only the students but also the faculty. It limits their ability to hear a diverse set of views, and in our case, it gives some organizations “carte-blanche” to do what they want.

The legislature also showed how insensitive it is to the wants and needs of the Jewish students on campus. It further showed how bitter they are towards the Jewish Education Alliance (JEA) and its leadership.

The way its representatives, Mr. Jonathan Davidoff and Afshin Yasdin, has been treated is deplorable. They, and to a lesser extent, the other Jewish student organizations on campus have been forced to jump through more hoops and requirements than almost any other student group. Is this antisemitism on the part of the SGA? I’m not sure and I would like to offer the SGA the benefit of the doubt, but I think that the evidence weighs against the SGA. Whether it is in the amount of money they allocate Jewish organizations or the way they treat their representatives, Jewish organizations on campus seem to be consistently shafted.

At last Monday’s meeting, the SGA refused to grant the JEA further funding for their event bringing Alan Dershowitz to campus, even after the JEA had the support of two student divisions - the College Council and the Graduate Student Council. This means that the SGA’s contribution to this event is $6,900, far less than the over $8,000 granted to the Black Student Alliance (BSA), who

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aren’t even University-wide, to bring Sister Souljah. Not only that, but Sister Souljah is not in the same academic league as Professor Dershowitz. After all, we are a university.

It is also far less than the over $15,000 we paid last year to bring Spike Lee to campus.

Not only did the JEA have to guarantee how tickets would be distributed, but they were grilled as to why they thought Dershowitz was worth it. The BSA, on the other hand, didn’t even have to formally agree that tickets would be made available to Emory students first. Moreover, the SGA funded this rush request after effectively denying Hillel, a few weeks earlier, money to bring to campus the renowned Nobel laureate, Elie Weisel, on the grounds that a month and a half was insufficient time to plan the event.

The blame for this does not solely rest on the shoulders of the SGA. The BSA brought a dozen or so people to the meeting, a show of force, whereas the Jewish student organizations have never come in such force.

If you are a Jewish student on campus or a Jewish student leader, I urge you to come out in force to SGA meetings and demand your fair share of the pie.

Remember, you represent about onethird of the campus body, but you receive less funding than all the minority student organizations put together.

Finally, all I can hope for is that the SGA starts to use the same pair of glasses in scrutinizing all organizations and not selective ones. More importantly, we should have the dignity to treat all student leaders as that - leaders. After all, they are the ones

putting in the time in the trenches. They are the ones that do the programs and think of the programs. Until that happens, the SGA is nothing more than Wall Street raiders - we sit in our glass offices stripping the company bare and ordering people around like the military. Let’s grow up and treat everyone with respect.

On a more personal note, as a Jew on Emory’s campus, I can’t understand why the BSA consistently brings speakers to Emory that I find offensive.

During the past few years they have brought speakers such as Chuck D, Spike Lee, representatives from Louis Farrakhan, and now Sister Souljah, all of whom have either blatant anti-semitic views, or at best couch them in nicer terms.

My family has worked hard for black rights, marching in the 1960s with Martin Luther King and continuing the struggle for equal rights today, but all I see is this younger generation of blacks who harbour anti-semitic feelings and who don’t recognize the fact that we have had a long-standing mutually beneficial relationship. BSA - wake up and smell the roses. It’s about time you bring some speakers to campus who have academic credentials and are not anti-semitic.

Kaenan Hertz is a student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and is a member of the Student Government Association Graduate Students Committee. [The views expressed above do not necessarily represent those of the G.S.C.]

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Pizzuto.

Senior goalkeeper Dani Staffin closed out the game with 11 saves, her career second-best and fourth clean sheet of the season. Four of her saves came during the final five minutes of regulation, keeping the Nittany Lions scoreless and sending the game into overtime.

Just two minutes and seven seconds into the first overtime period, senior forward Abbe McCarter fired a shot from the right side of the 18 and buried the ball into the left corner of the net, chalking up the first and only goal of the match and sending the Eagles to the Round of 32. The game-winner was McCarter’s team-leading fourth and fifth overall goal of the season.

“I remember stepping on the field, just hoping as a senior that it wasn’t about to be my last time ever playing,” McCarter said. “I knew that we had such a special team, and we had all worked so hard to get here, and we definitely deserved to make it past the first round. It was more after the goal that all of it hit me, how much had been riding on that moment.”

The Eagles led the match in shots 24-21, but PSU-Berks had an 11-9 edge

on shots on goal. The victory extended Emory’s win streak to eight games and boosted their overall record to 14-4-1.

Senior defender Danielle Darius and sophomore defender Lily Dresner both helped contain the nation’s leading scorer, PSU-Berks senior forward Caitlin Golden, who averages a D-III best 5.55 goals per game.

In the second-round match against No.17 Lynchburg, the Hornets controlled possession throughout the first half, outshooting the Eagles 10-2.

In the 37th minute, senior forward Caitlin Mertens dished the ball to junior forward Alyssa Rudy inside the box, allowing Rudy to bury the ball into the lower left corner. In the second half, the Eagles retaliated, applying heavy pressure up front. In the 46th minute, junior forward Caroline Kolski recorded Emory’s first scoring opportunity with a shot from the top of the 18, which Lynchburg goalkeeper Delia LoSapio deflected. In the 53rd minute, Darius rocketed a shot off a corner kick which LoSapio once again stopped.

The Hornets sealed the Eagles’ fate in the 87th minute when the Eagles turned the ball over to Lynchburg senior forward Emily Sanchez who beat out the Eagle defense and fin-

Team Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals Continued from Back Page than from any of the matches against Meredith the previous day. The close score reflected an aggressive playing style from both teams, who found a balance of points from kills and errors.

Colorado took the lead early in the second set forcing Emory to rally from behind, albeit only slightly. A two-point deficit for the Eagles would end up being their most severe of the match. The point total went from 7-9 for Emory to 12-10 for Colorado and then to a tie — a nail-biter if there ever was one. In the end, consistent attacks from Emory allowed them to just barely pull ahead for a set score of 23-25 in their favor.

The third set against Colorado featured some of the most intense volleyball the Eagles have played all season long. Colorado overcame an early Emory lead to tie the score at 14. After battling point for point, the Eagles had the first chance at victory. At 23-24 in Emory’s favor, Colorado both saved themselves and put their opponent in jeopardy with two consecutive points.

At risk of dropping the set with the score 25-24, Emory surged ahead. Two kills and an error earned the Eagles the three points they needed to pull ahead by two, winning the set and the match.

Emory senior setter Mady Arles performed exceptionally well with a stellar 42 assists.

“First off, our passers did a great job,” Arles said in a press conference.

“It made it really easy for me to distribute the ball, look at what was happening on the other side and find out which hitters were hitting hot.”

Helping to finish off Arles’ sets were Martin and sophomore right side hitter Leah Saunders, both of whom found 11 kills in the match.

The finals of the Mount Berry Regional pitted Emory against UMHB. With an appearance in the quarterfinals on the line, the Eagles sent a message quickly by scoring the first five points of the match consecutively.

UMHB responded quickly and aggressively, almost balancing out the score over the next few minutes. Not to be outdone, Emory put themselves back on top and refused to drop, winning the first set 19-25.

The next set saw much more late activity from UMHB, with the team pushing the score into the twenties and looking to contest. Emory clamped down and ended the set 20-25 after scoring another three consecutive points.

Despite a tied score at five early on in the final set, Emory found a sixpoint streak to all but end the match.

The set ended with Emory ahead 14-25, winning them the match, the regional tournament and a spot in the quarterfinals.

The Eagles’ win against Colorado College was the highlight of their weekend and a promising sign to fans.

After moving up to No. 3 in the nation, Emory moves forward in the postseason with their energy surging and their heads held high. Emory will play Ithaca College (N.Y.) in Pittsburgh on Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the NCAA DIII Volleyball Quarterfinal.

— Contact Daniel Huff at daniel.huff@emory.edu

ished to the top left corner.

Lynchburg outshot Emory 16-11, with an 8-5 edge on shots on goal.

Junior forward Shivani Beall led the Eagles with five shots and two on goal, while Kolski followed with three shots and two on goal. Staffin headed the Emory defense with eight saves.

“I think we were on our heels in the first half, but came out in the second with more energy,” Head Coach Sue Patberg said. “We got a lot of chances, and we put on so much more pressure and kept them in their half for a majority of the time.”

The Eagles ended their 2018 season 14-5-1, the most wins in a single season since 2013. The Hornets will go on to the Round of 16 on Nov. 17 against Messiah College (Pa.).

“We had a really accomplishing season this year, and it felt great to get back into the tournament,” junior defender Paige Santee said. “Every person on the team stepped up to a higher level, every training session and every game. The energy on our team was unlike previous years, and I can only see it getting better in the future.”

— Contact Ava Villalba at ava.villalba@emory.edu

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Oldshue Six Runners Receive Optimistic All-Region Honors For Season

JSU Foothills Invitational on Sep. 29.

Sophomore Jack Whetstone tied his said. “We can offer a great education, personal best time of 26:15, finish[and] the people [also] commit to the ing 15th overall. Senior Bennett Shaw team well.” followed with a season-best time of The Eagles featured six of the top 26:19, 17th on the board. Junior Sam 35 overall runners, all of whom earned Branson and sophomore Matt Dillon all-region honors. Senior Kayla O’Shea rounded out the Eagles in 20th and followed Slade with a time of 23:16, 28th place, respectively. The team is good for 13th place. Sophomore Carrie now gearing up for a busy weekend McIntyre was Emory’s third overall ahead. Slade said the team keeps itself runner and 17th in motivated even durthe field with a time ing the grueling seaof 23:28. Sophomore son with rest.

“They should be Susie Martin finished “[We’re] spending at No. 20, and fresh- mentally prepared to a lot of time recoverman Zoe Friedman ing,” Slade said. “We run hard.” finished at No. 26 as are decreasing our the team’s last scormileage a lot but keepers. Sophomore Abby — Jordan Schilit, ing ourselves motivatDurfee and senior Assistant coach ed with lots of spirit Maeve Andrews activities.” rounded the Eagles’ group of seven in The championship this weekend 31st and 47th place, respectively. will be held in Winneconne, Wis. The Assistant Coach Jordan Schilit conditions are expected to be very cold praised the leadership of the seniors and quite different from what the team regarding the consistency of the team. normally races. But Schilit explained “[They’ve] been great leaders and that the team should not have any really helped bring along the young- trouble. er runners,” Schilit said. “The group “We haven’t had super cold condidynamic has been really good.” tions,” Schilit said. “But on the flip On the men’s side, Emory recorded side, if you run through super hot con90 points, good for second behind ditions, that is running through adverRhodes College (Tenn.) with 71 points. sity. That’s still [going to] toughen you Berea College (Ky.) completed the up. They should be mentally prepared top three schools with 107 points. All to run hard.” five Emory scorers ranked in the top Both teams will compete in the 35 runners, earning all-region hon- NCAA Division III Championships on ors. Junior Luis Torres ran a season- Nov. 17. best 8K time of 26:05, good for 10th place overall, his second time lead— Contact Anirudh Pidugu at ing the Eagles this season since the anirudh.pidugu@emory.edu

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some good stops, but we traded too many baskets back and forth. We need to have consecutive stops. That’s how you will win ball games.”

Oldshue also applauded the team’s defensive efforts but said there is room for improvement.

“I thought we had a great defensive night,” Oldshue said. “Holding a team to 58 points in regular time is a pretty good night, and even with that, we still gave up way too many offensive rebounds. However, we can’t only score 58 points over four quarters.”

Despite the loss, Oldshue said the team has potential.

“I think we need to be more confident in what works for us and not stray away from that just because it’s game day,” Oldshue added. “We have to find a way to use all of our strengths together on offense if we want a conference championship and a trip to the tournament in the spring.”

Jackson echoed Oldshue’s thoughts and eyes development as the season progresses.

“Our goal is to get better every day and compete for everything,” Jackson said. “I think we know this can be a really good season for us. We just have to focus on playing our way.”

The Eagles look to bounce back on Nov. 17 against Virginia Wesleyan University at the Guilford College TipOff Classic in Greensboro, N.C.

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

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created Emory’s largest lead of the game. Head Coach Jason Zimmerman said that while he was happy with the team’s win, the team needs to work on keeping up the energy.

“I thought we executed fairly well for about 32 to 33 minutes of the game,” Zimmerman said. “We’re looking forward to making it 40 minutes

for sure. I don’t think it was necessarily the first 30. There were a couple spells where we kind of lost our focus, but for the most part I thought we sustained our focus throughout the game.”

Regarding the players’ performances, Zimmerman said he was impressed by the team’s versatility.

“We had five guys reach double fig-

ures, and they all got there different ways,” Zimmerman said.

Of the Eagles’ high-flying offense, Davet led the team with 25 points, followed by 16 points each from Baitey and sophomore forward Lawrence Rowley. Rowley’s 16 points also marked a career high. Sophomores Nick Stuck and Schner also hit double figures on the night, with each scoring

11 and 10 points, respectively. Baitey said that his biggest takeaway from the game was the team’s need to develop their defense and stay disciplined.

“The pace we play at will make it very hard for teams to stick with us if we remain disciplined and focused,” Baitey said. “We saw that we can score points, but the different-maker for us this year will be how well we defend

other teams. Especially ones that are more skilled than Piedmont.”

The Eagles will see action on the road again on Nov. 16 when they face off against the College of Staten Island (N.Y.) in the Roanoke College (Va.) Tournament.

— Contact Matthew Barrett at mbarre6@emory.edu

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Freshman midfielder/defender Lauren Mahoney fights for possession with the University of Lynchburg (Va.). The weekend was the Eagles’ first NCAA appearance in five years.

Women Return to NCAA Champs

By AvA villAlBA Contributing Writer The No. 22 Emory women’s soccer team kicked off its first post-season run since 2013 on Nov. 10 and 11 in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championships hosted by the University of Lynchburg (Va.). In the first round, the Eagles came out on

top against the Pennsylvania State University-Berks (PSU) Nittany Lions 1-0, but suffered a heartbreaking loss in the second round against Lynchburg 2-0. In the first round match against PSU-Berks, the Eagles and Nittany Lions faced off in a dramatic back-andforth battle. After a scoreless first half, the Eagles had three goal opportunities in the 77th minute of the second half, but they were unsuccessful in

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driving any home. Sophomore midfielder Samantha Hilsee’s first chance was stopped on a kick save by PSU sophomore goalkeeper Bristol Pizzuto before senior forward Sophia Dillon’s rebound ricocheted off the crossbar.

Just seconds later, sophomore defender Caroline Moore threatened PSUBerks with a header that was saved by

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An explosive Emory volleyball team secured their place in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals with three consecutive sweeps in the Mount Berry Regional from Nov. 9 to Nov. 11. The weekend was marked by a nearly flawless performance from the Eagles, who took down Meredith College (N.C.), Colorado College and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB) (Texas) each 3-0. With its string of victories, the team placed first in contest and earned the chance to fight for a championship title.

The Eagles’ first match against the Meredith College Avenging Angels on Nov. 9 set them up for a strong weekend. The team accumulated a quick lead in the first set, at one point scoring seven times in a row to give them a 10-point advantage. Emory continued to capitalize on Meredith errors to finish out the set 11-25 in their favor.

In the second set, Emory found an early lead. Meredith began to gain momentum and reduced a 10-point lead by the Eagles down to four. While the team led only slightly at 16-20, Emory freshman outside hitter Tara Martin found three quick kills to secure the set for her team 17-25.

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CROSS COUNTRY

XC Earns Bid to NCAA

By MAttHew BArrett Contributing Writer The No. 18 Emory men’s basketball team opened their regular season with an electrifying 98-80 win on the road against Piedmont College (Ga.) after an exhibition game against the University of North Georgia on Nov. 4.

The Eagles jumped to a commanding 44-32 lead in the first half with 11 points from sophomore forward Matt Davet and nine from senior forward Gebereal Baitey, as the Eagles went on to force 13 first-half turnovers which Emory converted into 17 points. Sophomore guard Matthew Schner compiled an impressive four steals over the first 20 minutes of the game while the Eagles built up their first-half lead. Early in the second half, the Eagles built up a 54-43 lead before going on a nine-point run sparked by a three-pointer from hot-handed Davet that allowed the Eagles to reestablish a 20-point lead with about 14 minutes left in regulation.

With about nine minutes left on the clock, the Eagles held a comfortable 75-53 lead over the Lions before going on a 12-5 run sparked by Baitey, which

The third set was more contentious, with Meredith almost finding the lead for the first time during the match.

The scoreline continued to pivot back and forth with neither team getting a solid grasp on the lead. With Meredith trailing behind by two points at 16-18, Eagles’ senior outside hitter Karissa Dzurik rocketed her team ahead with four consecutive kills. The set ended 17-25 in Emory’s favor after the Angels failed to stage a comeback, giving the match to Emory 3-0.

Entering their second match of the regional competition on Nov. 10, Emory prepared to face Colorado College, a hard-hitting opponent.

“Colorado College is really, really good,” Head Coach Jenny McDowell said in a press conference. “When I saw the matchup with them, I had to take a quick pause. That’s how good they are, and that’s how well-coached they are.”

Despite the team’s apprehension heading into the match, they managed to slide ahead 1-2 and went on to maintain their lead in the first set. Despite constant pressure from Colorado, the team answered point for point and kept their energy up. The Eagles took the set 21-25, a much closer margin

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a debatable foul with three seconds remaining. Dodson cooly sank both shots.

Again, tied with a score of 58-58, turnovers, fouls and a long scoring drought ultimately ended the Eagles’ chance of winning.

Emory struggled with five turnovers and failed to score for over a four-minute stretch in the overtime period, while Oglethorpe drilled three field goals and six free throws to secure their win 71-62.

Head Coach Misha Jackson saw positive aspects of the Eagles’ game, but hopes for more consistency in the future.

“Basketball is a game of runs, and we just didn’t put them together,” Jackson said. “Defensively, we had

The Emory women’s and men’s cross country teams ran top-notch races on Nov. 10, claiming an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III championships.

The women finished first and men claimed second at the NCAA South/ Southeast Regional Championships this past weekend at the Clara Bowl Course at Berry College (Ga.). The Emory women competed against 32 teams. The Eagles ended with a total of 83 points, comfortably ahead of the runner-up, Centre College (Ky.), who recorded 106 points. Washington and Lee University (Va.) rounded out the top three with 116 points. Emory finished first for the fourth time in the past five seasons, the 28th straight season that the Eagles finished second or better at the Regional Championships.

Senior Kaylee Slade, who spearheaded the Eagles with a 6K time of 22:55 and earned seventh place overall, commended the Eagles’ overall performance in the tournament.

“I think that [the team’s consistency] definitely represents how good of an institution that [Emory] is,” Slade

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Junior guard Allison Chernow blows by an Oglethorpe University (Ga.) guard. The Eagles fell 71-62 in overtime to the Stormy Petrels on Nov. 12 during their season opener.

Emory Suffers Tough Loss in OT

By JosepH oH Staff Writer

The Emory women’s basketball team fell 71-62 in overtime to the Oglethorpe University (Ga.) Stormy Petrels on Nov. 12 during their season-opening contest hosted at the WoodPEC. Senior center Ashley Oldshue led the way for the Eagles with a gamehigh 15 points and 10 rebounds, notching her 12th double-double.

Senior guard Azzairia JacksonSherrod added 14 points and eight rebounds. Sophomore center Blair Ripley and junior guard Allison Chernow rounded out the doubledigit scorers with 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Trailing 22-20 at halftime, the Eagles began the second half with a

slow start. The Stormy Petrels took a 37-30 lead off a pair of triples and a layup. But the Eagles fought back with an 8-1 run of their own powered by Jackson-Sherrod who accounted for four points individually.

Tied 38-38 at the start of the final frame, the back-and-forth battle between the Eagles and the Stormy Petrels continued. Each three, layup and free throw was matched by the opposing team throughout the fourth quarter.

With just under a minute remaining, Oglethorpe held a slim 56-55 advantage over Emory. A well-timed and-one layup by Oldshue following a timeout swapped the lead in the Eagles’ favor with 11 seconds left in regulation.

However, Oglethorpe’s Taylor Dodson received two free throws off