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NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News • The Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine, is pregnant a year and a half after her wedding to Prince William of Wales. It has not yet been released how far along the Duchess is, but she has been admitted to the hospital for morning sickness. Regardless of its gender, the baby will be third in line to the throne. • At least 49 people were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes at Finch Elementary School in southwest Atlanta. Police and rescue crews rushed the school after receiving 911 calls at 8:35 a.m. When they arrived, at least six people had been overcome by the fumes, and three had regained consciousness. • The SMS text message turned 20 on Monday. The first text message was sent in 1992 on the Vodafone GSM network in the United Kingdom. It read “Merry Christmas.”
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again in 2009 until 2011 when he ran for president. Since losing the 2012 presidential election, Romney has been spending time with his family and had a private lunch with Obama at the White House last week. • Police arrested a mother and father driving from Pennsylvania to California with five kids and 18 cats in the back of a truck. The couple was apprehended in Indiana on Wednesday after police received an anonymous tip from a relative of the couple. While there were two children in the front of the truck with their parents, the police found five kids in the back. These children had coats and sleeping bags, but no way to communicate with their family in the front.
— Compiled by Multimedia Editor Elizabeth Howell
• After leaving his position twice to run for political office, Mitt Romney rejoined the Marriott International board of directions. Romney previously served on the board from 1993 to 2002 when he stepped down to become the governor of Massachusetts. He rejoined The Wheel reports and corrects all errors published in the newspaper and at emorywheel.com. Please contact Editor-in-Chief Evan Mah at emah@emorywheel.com to report an error.
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This Week In Emory History
POLICE RECORD • A white male student of drinking age was seen screaming and turning doorknobs on the Clairmont campus in building F on Dec. 2 at 3:57 a.m. Emory police made contact with the student who claimed that he had consumed five beers at Maggie’s. Officers escorted the student back to his room. The incident was turned over to Campus Life. • On Dec. 1 at 11:48 p.m. an Emory shuttle driver contacted Emory police regarding a male student and passenger that was bringing beer to the Emory campus from the Oxford campus. When the shuttle arrived at the Emory campus, officers made contact with the underage student. The student was cited with unlawful
possession of alcohol. • On Dec. 2 at 2:55 a.m. a male subject residing at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity located at 12 Eagle contacted Emory police regarding a battery. Following a triggered fire alarm in the building, the male student noticed a female subject he knew but was unaware as to why the person was within the house. When the male student confronted the subject, she began to punch the individual. The student contacted Emory police. Emory Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrived and met with the subject. The incident was turned over to the Office of Campus Life.
police responded to a fire alarm at the Phi Delta Theta house located at 20 Eagle Row. The president of the fraternity claimed that the alarm was faulty. Officers insisted that students evacuate the house and wait for an all clear. Officers proceeded to evacuate students and residents and noticed a strong odor of marijuana and cigarette smoke within the house. The incident was turned over to Campus Life.
— Compiled by Staff Writer Dustin Slade
December 8, 1992 The Emory chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity requested formal University recognition after a request for a campus charter was rejected in 1987. Although the historically black fraternity never received Emory’s approval, a chapter of three seniors existed on campus. After presenting their objectives to the Interfraternity Council and Intersorority Council, the IFC voted to recommend that Omega be considered for possible acceptance.
• On Dec. 2 at 12:10 a.m. Emory
EVENTS AT EMORY TUESDAY Event: Thomas Kodadek, PhD— “Chemical Tools to Monitor and Manipulate the Proteome” Time: 12 p.m. Location: 5052 Rollins Research Center Event: Emory Farmers Market Time: 12 p.m. Location: Cox Hall Bridge Event: Open Advising Hours for Summer Study Abroad Financial Aid Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Candler Library, Room 216 Event: AntiquiTEA Time: 4 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall Event: Linguistics Colloquium: “A Garden of Endless Blossoms”: Telling Ram’s Story in Urdu Time: 4 p.m. Location: Modern Languages Bldg. Room 201 Event: A Faculty Encamped Just North of Armageddon Time: 4 p.m. Location: Jones Room, Woodruff Library Event: Healthcare Innovation
Symposium IV: Social Determinants of Health & Disease Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: Rollins School of Public Health, CNR Auditoruml Event: Emory Jazz Ensembles Time: 8 p.m. Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall
WEDNESDAY Event: Toastmasters@Emory Club Meeting Time: 8 a.m. Location: Old Dental Building Event: Storytime for all ages Time: 10 a.m. Location: Barnes & Noble at Emory University Event: Blood Pressure Screening Time: 11 a.m. Location: Callaway Center, 2nd Floor Center Hallway Event: Emergency Notification System Test Time: 12 p.m. Location: Entire Emory campus Event: EndNote Workshop Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Room 314, Woodruff Library Level 3 Event: James Weldon Johnson Institute Colloquium Series Time: 4 p.m. Location: Tarbutton Hall, Room 206 Event: Trans-Forming Gender Discussion Group Time: 5 p.m. Location: 232E Dobbs University Center, Office of LGBT Life Event: Compassion Meditation Group Time: 5 p.m. Location: Cannon Chapel, Bottom Floor, Room 106 Event: Athletics — Women’s Basketball Time: 6 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Tibetan Mind/Body Sciences Summer Study Abroad Info Session Time: 6 p.m. Location: Candler Library 101 Event: The Host (2006) Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: White Hall, Rm. 208 Event: Prospects for Peace in the Two Sudans Time: 7 p.m. Location: Jones Room, Woodruff
Library Event: Athletics—Men’s Basketball Time: 8 p.m. Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Carlos Reads Book Club Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Carlos Museum, Board Room
THURSDAY Event: The Aging Surgeon Time: 7 a.m. Location: Emory University Hospital Auditorium Event: Reaching Milestones: A Special Retirement Session Time: 12:45 p.m. Location: Whitehead Building, Ground Floor Auditorium Event: “Ribonucleotides signal for mismatch repair of leading strand replication errors” Time: 10 a.m. Location: Miller-Ward Alumni House, Governor’s Hall Event: Black LGBT Civil Rights Time: 5 p.m. Location: Jones Room, Woodruff Library