INDEX
Emory Events Calendar, Page 2
Staff Editorial, Page 6
Police Record, Page 2
Crossword Puzzle, Page 8
Student Life, Page 9
On Fire, Page 11
THE EMORY WHEEL Since 1919
Happy Holidays From the Wheel Staff
Volume 95, Issue 25
The Independent Student Newspaper of Emory University www.emorywheel.com
Friday, December 6, 2013
Every Tuesday and Friday
’TIS THE SEASON
FACULTY
DINING
Highland Bakery to Open at Goizueta
Surgeon Dies in Plane Crash
By Dustin Slade News Co-Editor
By Stephen Fowler Senior Staff Writer John “Jack” Culbertson, Jr. (‘78M), an Emory School of Medicine plastic surgeon and associate professor, died in a single-engine plane crash Monday in Dawson County, Ga. He was 62. According to a preliminary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report, Culbertson was the pilot and sole occupant of his Piper PA46 when it crashed in a field by Ga. 400 near Dawsonville. Culbertson taught in the John “Jack” Division of Culbertson, Plastic and Jr., School Reconst r uctive of Medicine Surgery in addisurgeon and tion to serving as the chief of associate plastic surgery at professor Emory University Hospital Midtown and Grady Memorial Hospital, according to the School of Medicine website. According to WSB-TV, a 911 caller reported hearing Culbertson’s plane go into a dive, recover briefly and then crash into a wooded area. Culbertson’s flight departed Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey and was headed toward DeKalb-Peachtree Airport when air traffic controllers lost contact with the pilot shortly after 7 p.m., according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. FAA records also show Culbertson was involved in another crash with the same plane in early 2000 out-
See CULBERTSON, Page 5
dents and five staff members involved in Residence Life and Housing discussed credentials of the chapters that applied for residence, according to Tate. These include a chapter’s ability to fill a particular house and its accomplishments in the current year. The students and staff then submitted their recommendations for the housing changes to Director of ResLife Operations Mary Romestant for final approval.
Food Advisory Committee Emory (FACE) announced that Atlantabased Highland Bakery will replace Einstein Bros Bagels at the Goizueta Business School during winter break. David Furhman, senior director of the University Food Service Administration, said he hopes the restaurant will be ready to open Jan. 6, which would give the restaurant five days of operation before students arrive back on campus for the spring semester. However, Furhman added that the estimation is entirely dependent on the timing of receiving both fire and health permits, which may delay the restaurant’s opening until Jan. 13. FACE made the announcement yesterday during their final meeting of the semester. FACE is an organization comprised of students that holds monthly open meetings to solicit student feedback regarding campus dining options. The Emory Highland Bakery, a local Atlanta bake shop, with be the venue’s fifth location. The restaurant already has locations in Midtown, Buckhead and the Old Fourth Ward as well as on the Georgia Institute of Technology’s campus. “This is going to sort of be the higher end of dining options on campus, if you will,” Furhman said. “It’s going to fill a missing piece of dining on campus.” Emory’s Highland Bakery menu is based off the Georgia Tech location’s menu and will include soups, salads, sandwiches, omelets, pancakes and many other options, according to Furhman. According to College senior and
—Contact Lydia O’Neal lmoneal@emory.edu
See BUSINESS, Page 5
James Crissman/Photo Editor; Robbie Jacobs/Contributor
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mory ushered in the holiday season with a celebration of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, which coincided with Thanksgiving Day. Chabad erected a 12-foot menorah, which was lit for each of the eight days of Hanukkah. A number of Christmas trees were also erected around campus, including one at Asbury Circle.
GREEK LIFE
Fraternities to Move Houses; Some Remain By Lydia O’Neal Greek Beat Writer Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity will retain its house at 8 Eagle Row and Kappa Sigma (Kappa Sig) fraternity will retain its house on 20 Eagle Row for the 2014-2015 academic year, according to Jeff Tate, assistant director of operations for sorority and fraternity housing. Additionally, Chi Phi fraternity will move to the Asbury House, a theme house on Peavine Creek Road,
while Asian interest fraternity Xi Kappa will move from Asbury House to 13 Eagle Row, where Chi Phi currently resides. ZBT — which received its official charter in fall 2008 after 10 years as a colony — first leased 8 Eagle Row after Chi Phi lost its charter in March 2009. Yet, Chi Phi, which returned to Emory last fall, still owns the house under the Phoenix Plan, which provides fraternities with long-term housing through signed agreements. Despite Chi Phi’s return to campus,
when the issue came down to fraternity membership numbers and performance, the ResLife committee and director both favored ZBT remaining there, according to Tate. Meanwhile, Kappa Sig moved into 20 Eagle Row in fall 2013 following the four-year suspension of Phi Delta Theta fraternity due to hazing violations, according to an August 2013 Wheel article. Through a year-to-year assignment process for fraternities without historical rights to a house, four stu-
Emory Reacts to Mandela’s Death
QUILTS COMMEMORATING AIDS
College freshman Amanda Camp “I think it’s very sad. I learned about his impact on the issue of equality in South Africa and the world as a whole during school, and he was one of those rare figures, like MLK and Gandhi, who just cared about people and making the world a better place. The world lost a great man.”
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History professor Clifton Crais James Crissman/Photo Editor
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mory AIDS Awareness Club displayed quilts commemorating the lives of AIDS victims. The quilts, which were originally supposed to be on the Quadrangle, were moved into the Winship Ballroom due to rain.
EVENT
Lafayette Discusses Civil Rights Era By Naomi Maisel Campus Life Beat Writer Revered for his work with voting rights and social justice, Rev. Bernard Lafayette, Jr. shared stories of the violence and social and political progress he experienced during the modern civil rights movement at an event on Tuesday. The Robert W. Woodruff Library and the Manuscript, Archives and Rare Books Library (MARBL) spon-
sored the event, according to Ginger Smith, director of library external affairs. In addition to being an accomplished civil rights activist, Lafayette is most famous for his work with voting rights for blacks in Selma, Ala. He is also acclaimed for the work he did with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC),
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according to the moderator Holly Crenshaw, director of communications of Woodruff Library. Approximately 40 staff, faculty and students listened from the audience as Crenshaw asked Lafayette about his experiences with the civil rights movement and the motivation behind his novel. “Voting is important because that’s where the power really is,” Lafayette
“Nelson Mandela was one of the most extraordinary individuals of the past century. He was born into a world where racial injustice was enshrined in law and accepted by many. He came of age as institutionalized racism triumphed — in South Africa but also in the United States and, most tragically, in Western Europe. And he nobly fought racism at enormous personal cost, and triumphed in one of the most important political movements of the 20th century.”
College senior Carlos Fernandez “Mandela did more good for the world in 95 years than entire societies have accomplished throughout all of history. The world truly lost a hero.”
African Studies and WGSS Professor Pamela Scully “The death of Nelson Mandela has brought about mourning in the entire world ... I was doing email when I heard the news, and while I expected him to die, and in recent weeks have been mourning his terrible limbo between life and death, I still cried. Nelson Mandela brought wisdom, grit, and implacable integrity to the struggle to end Apartheid ... Nelson Mandela, you were a hero to so many of us in South Africa and beyond. My wish is that the world live up to your examples, and that you rest now in peace.”
See CIVIL, Page 5
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VILLAGE
Emory Village Gas Station For Sale By Sonam Vashi Copy Chief Emory Village’s vacated gas station is now for sale, with an asking price of $2.5 million, according to its real estate listing. Jimmy Parson owns and operates the gas station, which was first built in 1934 and was put up for sale around October, according to Alliance to Improve Emory Village (AIEV) Chair Todd Hill. He has owned it for 34 years, according to the Virginia Highlands/Druid Hills Patch. Since the property closed about a year and a half ago, Parson has been deciding what to do with the station. Yellow tape and traffic cones have since blockaded the area, which is located next to Doc Chey’s and Falafel King. Located in the center of the commercial district next to the Emory Village Park, the .22-acre former Chevron gas station is one of the largest properties in the Village, accord-
See PARSON, Page 4
STUDENT LIFE
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