THE EMORY WHEEL
NEWS
Friday, March 21, 2014
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Laundry to Be Included in Housing Cost By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor Beginning in fall 2014, Emory students living on campus will no longer pay per load to use laundry machines as part of a change to Emory Residence Life and Housing (ResLife) housing rates, according to a March 17 email from Bryce Robertson, vice president of advocacy for the Residence Hall Association (RHA) and sales associate for the Wheel. Residents will use laundry machines free of charge under the new plan, as the machines will be included under the amenities offered under the housing rates, according to the email. The changes affect all residence halls, fraternity and sorority houses and Clairmont Campus apartments, Robertson said. “The housing rates will increase by roughly 2.5% for the next year, and that increase covers inflation and increases in utility prices and is completely independent of the laundry changes,” Robertson said.
Assistant Vice President and Executive Director of Residence Life and Housing Andrea Trinklein wrote in an email to the Wheel that the changes came from two years of RHA’s efforts to create a successful proposal for laundry changes. This year, comprehensive analysis of laundry services, including surveys and inventory of usage, led to the
“I’m glad that [Residence Life] found a way to do this for everyone in an efficient manner.” — Adnan Basrai, College freshman changes, according to Trinklein. In addition, potential hardware upgrades to the EmoryCard system provided an opportunity for “thoughtful consideration,” Trinklein wrote. However, Trinklein wrote that
part of the increase in rates would go towards defraying costs toward contractual payments to the laundry service provider Emory will use. College freshman Adnan Basrai is glad that laundry will be included in housing rates next year without an additional financial burden. “Living in Woodruff next year, it will be nice to not have to dig around for quarters or wait for money to be put on my EmoryCard,” Basrai said. “I’m glad that ResLife found a way to do this for everyone in an efficient manner.” College freshman Ivy Kilpatrick is also looking forward to forgoing the hunt for quarters and feels that other laundry issues will be resolved with this change. “I feel like people will do laundry more often now that they don’t have to worry about finding time to make sure they have enough money for the loads,” Kilpatrick said. “Maybe now the laundry rooms won’t be filled with one person using all the machines and breaking them.”
—Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu
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embers of the Sigma Chi fraternity were pied in the face during Wonderful Wednesday to raise money for their “Derby Days” philanthropic event. Participants, including President Wagner, paid five dollars to toss a pie in a brothers face.
SPC Still to Determine Concert Opener
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
WMRE’s current goal is to continue searching for the opener for Chance. “Chance the Rapper will have a terrific opener,” Atlas said. “The contracts are being finalized, and the act will be announced in the near future.” Although both Qiu and Sastry expressed excitement regarding the new partnership, SPC and WMRE have yet to decide whether this partnership will continue in the coming years, according to Qiu. “[Dooley’s Week Co-Chair and College junior Michelle Feldman] and I truly believe that this will be one of the best Dooley’s Weeks in Emory history,” Sastry said. “The new events and traditions of the week will definitely put a smile on every student’s face. We hope Emory is as excited as we are. Get ready for an awesome week!”
The 47th Legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) voted unanimously to fund $6,000 for the annual TEDxEmory event and voted in favor of the resolution recommending funds to improve Cox Hall cellphone reception discussed at its last meeting. TED is a non-profit organization that fuses components from technology, entertainment and design at conferences around the world to foster innovation and dialogue. TEDx events are independently organized and their objective is to simulate a TED conference experience. While they must follow the rules and regulations of TED, they are self-organized. According to the bill, the expected audience for the event is more than 850 people. This year’s event will be held on April 12 in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center
—Contact Dustin Slade at dpslade@emory.edu
SGA Funds $6K for TEDxEmory Event By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor
Administration Building. Speakers this year include the first African America Georgia Supreme Court Justice Leah Ward Sears and a number of Emory professors including Goizueta Business School professor Joey Reiman and Rollins School of Public Health professor Camara Jones. The bill originally asked that SGA contribute $7,000 to the total cost of the event, which amounts to about $37,000. SGA Finance Committee Chair and College senior Calvin Lee said the Finance Committee voted unanimously to fund $6,000 for the event. The reason Finance Committee opted to fund $6,000 instead of $7,000 is because TEDxEmory is still able to ask for funding from other divisional councils, Lee said. For the last two years, SGA has provided TEDxEmory with about $5,000 of funding for the event. Lee said the reason he was willing to provide them with more money
this year is because they presented the bill farther in advance. The Legislature voted unanimously to fund TEDxEmory 2014. SGA also voted 24-2-3 in favor of the resolution that they rejected at its last meeting to recommend Emory’s IT department to spend $100,000 to improve the cellphone reception in Cox Hall by next semester. According to the bill, Emory’s IT department has the financial capability to do so. The bill also states that the IT department is able to spend this money “without detaining money from any of its other operations.” If the department chooses not to spend this money this semester from a separate fund comprised of money set aside each year for unplanned projects, the earliest time that Cox Hall will receive enhanced service is in five years, part of Emory’s long-term plan to improve campus cellphone service.
—Contact Rupsha Basu at rupsha.basu@emory.edu