INDEX
Emory Events Calendar, Page 2
Student Life, Page 9
Crossword Puzzle, Page 8
Staff Editorial, Page 6
Police Record, Page 2
On Fire, Page 11
THE EMORY WHEEL Since 1919
The Independent Student Newspaper of Emory University www.emorywheel.com
Friday, February 28, 2014
Volume 95, Issue 32 Every Tuesday and Friday
GREEK LIFE
HIP, HIP, HOORAY
Alpha Phi Alpha to Return to Campus By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity (APhiA) is returning to campus in fall 2014 to join the National PanHellenic Council (NPHC) following their removal from campus in 2011 for hazing violations, according to Arthur Doctor, assistant director of the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life. The Mu Alpha chapter of APhiA was suspended for “physical and psychological hazing,” former Director of Greek Life Buck Cooke told the Wheel in 2011. APhiA was founded nationally in 1906 at Cornell University as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudices, and focuses on principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character and the uplifting of humanity, according to the APhiA website. Doctor said the return of APhiA to Greek life is part of a greater contribution to Emory’s already diverse community. “Our office is excited about the expansion and recolonization of chapters within the Multicultural Greek Council and the National PanHellenic Council,” Doctor wrote in an email to the Wheel. “By bringing new chapters to campus, we believe that it only helps our students embrace the passion and unleash their potential by becoming members of a sorority or fraternity.” Richard Young, advisor for the chapter, did not respond to an email inquiry seeking comment by press time. Doctor added that the addition of these groups also meets the desires of students from different backgrounds who may not have seen options for them in the Greek community prior to these organizations gaining approval to join or recolonize.
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ollege sophomore Will Russo (left) and College sophomore Megan Rosa cheer at this week’s Wonderful Wednesday on Asbury Circle. Along with their booth, sorority Delta Phi Epsilon members sold tickets for their charity event, DPhiGlee, and smashed scales in support of the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (ANAD).
EVENT
Campus MovieFest Competition Kicks Off By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor Campus MovieFest (CMF), a week-long movie-making competition, kicked off Wednesday as teams of students picked up video cameras and laptops from the Dobbs University Center to create a fiveminute film. Students have a week to produce a film during the week of the competition, which takes places on college campuses all over the country. At each university, the short film voted Campus Best Picture goes on to compete at the national CMF competition. One-hundred fifty teams at
Emory signed up to compete this year, according to CMF Promotions Manager Ruth Rudnick. This year, CMF was postponed for two weeks due to Emory’s snow days, pushing the finale date back to March 18. During the finale, the top 16 movies will be screened and the winners will be announced, according to Rudnick. Kevin Boonruang, College junior and the director, writer and editor of his own CMF movie, said he thought the two-week delay was slightly inconvenient because of the overlap with students with midterms. According to Boonruang, the filming schedule is quite rigorous.
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He said not only will the team be filming all weekend, but also last year, “the editing part took forever. We spent 15 hours straight editing last year.” However, Boonruang said editing was his favorite part of the process. “Last year I was sitting in the editing room, and it was like the seventh hour in editing, and it was exhausting; we were all starving, people were laying down on the floor sleeping, and I just thought ‘Wow I love this,’” he said. This year, Boonruang said his film is a love story set just prior to an
See CMF, Page 4
CAMPUS MOVIEFEST Number of teams 150
Deadline March 18
Finale Showing March 19
Awards Best Picture, Best Comedy, Social Justice Award
NEW CHAPTERS Returning Fall 2014 Alpha Phi Alpha
Working to Return Sigma Beta Rho, Theta Nu Xi, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, Sigma Gamma Rho In addition to APhiA, Sigma Beta Rho, Theta Nu Xi and Lambda Upsilon Lambda, three Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) chapters have been given the rights to build membership on campus and Sigma Gamma Rho, an NPHC chapter, is in the process of re-establishing an on-campus presence. Sigma Gamma Rho sorority will be recolonizing their chapter and conducting membership intake this semester. Theta Nu Xi multicultural sorority, Sigma Beta Rho fraternity and Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity have all begun recruiting efforts and will continue those efforts to establish a strong interest groups, Doctor wrote. The new chapters will hold informational meetings throughout the spring semester for potential new members. Doctor wrote that the new options on campus are signs of continuing healthy growth in the Greek community. “Personally, I am very excited about the growth that is occurring in the entire Greek community, but more specifically the growth that will occur over the next year within the MGC and NPHC,” Doctor wrote. “It only confirms the message both councils have been using throughout their different social media outlets: #WeAreOnTheMove!”
—Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu
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Emory Robert Franklin Named To Host Moral Leadership Chair Bioethics Summit By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor
By Dana Youngentob Contributing Writer The Emory University Center for Ethics is planning a global summit to be held in May 2015 that will focus on major ethical and policy issues that surround biotechnology. The summit is called “Biotechnology and the Ethical Imagination: A Global Summit (BEINGS).” According to a Feb. 11 University press release, the summit’s purpose is to bring about a consensus on biotechnological efforts to develop international standards and guidelines for cellular biotechnologies as well as establish a vision for the most desirable uses of advanced biotechnology. The summit will bring together policymakers and scientists, and people from the arts, humanities, religion and philosophy, to draft a set of universal ethical standards for biotechnology,” said Paul Root Wolpe, director of Emory’s Center for Ethics and organizer of the summit. “We will have some talks, some panels and workshops to start writing the standards.”
See SUMMIT, Page 5
Theologian Robert Franklin, Jr. has been named the inaugural James T. and Berta R. Laney Chair in Moral Leadership in the Candler School of Theology, according to a Feb. 19 University press release. He will be installed into his new position at Candler’s fall convocation on Aug. 28. This is Franklin’s third appointment and fourth position at Emory, having first served as the director of the Black Church Studies program at Candler and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics, and now as the senior adviser to the provost on community and diversity, according to the press release. As part of this endowed professorship, Franklin will be responsible for shaping a program of moral leadership that challenges Emory students to embrace and extend moral leadership throughout the world, according to the press release. The endowed professorship in the Candler School of Theology is named in honor of Emory President Emeritus Jim Laney — who also served as dean of Candler from 1969 through 1977 — and his wife, Berta, according to the press release. Franklin said his role is one that he looks forward to developing to help navigate the waters of morality. “I am deeply humbled and honored to lead this new initiative at Candler,” Franklin said. “This pro-
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Robert Franklin, Jr., President Emeritus of Morehouse College, will be the Chair in Moral Leadership in the Candler School of Theology on Aug. 28.
gram will impact us locally, regionally and hopefully globally.” To Franklin, the professorship also validates the commitment that Emory has stated in its mission as an ethically engaged university. “There are a number of exciting people and resources at Emory and in metro Atlanta that benefit the world as a whole, from the Carter Center to the National Center for Human Rights,” Franklin said. “I look forward to reaching out and expanding this program.” Franklin said he hopes to use his fellowship not only to engage with the Candler community but also to reach out to the general Emory community through leadership seminars, keynote lectures and trips into Atlanta to gain hands-on experiences in moral leadership. The visits into Atlanta are a key part of the plans for the fellowship, Franklin said, as it is important to connect civic leaders and Emory
See NEW, Page 4
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ollege senior Mishi Bhushan (left) and College junior Megha Chiruvella play Operation to advertise for a Student Alliance for Health Involvement general body meeting that will include an admission panel.
DINING
Program Encourages Healthy Eating By Ashley Bianco Features Editor As freshmen search for their meals in the Dobbs Market, peer counselors will be ready with tablets to answer their questions thanks to an Emory student and an alum who have joined forces to encourage freshmen to eat healthier in the Dobbs Market.
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The Healthy Eating Partners Program is a newly developed program by College senior Kylie McKenzie and Brooke Woodward (’13C) co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Human Health and Emory Dining. The program participants will have tablets on hand with access to nutritional profiles so that they can
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help direct first-year students, especially those with dietary restrictions, to better meal choices during peak hours. The program is an extension of the Peer Health Partner Program, in which upperclassmen receive academic training to lead freshmen
See FURHMAN, Page 5
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