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Emory Events Calendar, Page 2

Staff Editorial, Page 6

Police Record, Page 2

Crossword Puzzle, Page 8

On Fire, Page 11

Student Life, Page 10

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The Elections Issue 2014

Volume 95, Issue 38

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Every Tuesday and Friday ELECTIONS

GET ON THE BALL

SGA, CC Elections Candidates Debate

By Stephen Fowler Asst. News Editor

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eta Beta Tau fraternity held their annual “Get on the Ball” philanthropy event this week. Members of the fraternity spent five days rolling a six-foot beach ball around campus asking passersby to sign it. The event’s sponsors, Slice & Pint, Los Loros, Farm Burger and Honest Tea donated money to the Children’s Miracle Network based on how many people signed the ball.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SGA Proposes Amendments to Constitution Election Candidates Critique Amendment Process

By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor The entire Emory student body will vote in a referendum that would amend various parts of the Student Government (SGA) Constitution on Tuesday. It will be attached to SGA election ballot, which students will receive via email on Monday and have until April 2 to electronically vote.

The Legislature passed the amendments unanimously at their Feb. 17 meeting.

Some of the amendments are minor changes to the wording of the

Constitution. Others enumerate powers to appoint and remove officers that already existed in the bylaws but were not present in the Constitution and one affects the amendment process itself. These latter amendments have raised some controversy among students and election candidates.

Some have criticized SGA for the process by which they amended the Constitution, which some believe was rushed, and that SGA did not publicize the amendments enough.

Amendments to the Constitution not only require approval from the Legislature but also need a simple majority vote of the student

body through a University-wide referendum.

The amendments were authored

by College senior and SGA President Raj Patel, executive members of the SGA, members of the Constitutional Council — the judicial branch of SGA — and members of the SGA elections board.

Each of the eight questions on the ballot will correspond to all the proposed changes within one article.

University Senate Authority The amendment to Article 10 proposes that the University Senate must

ELECTION DATE 12:00 a.m. March 31 to 11:59 p.m. April 2.

Students will be emailed election ballots with the eight questions that make up the referendum on the night of March 31.

Stronger communication both within student government and outwardly to Emory community members was a common theme discussed among the presidential and vice presidential candidates for College Council (CC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) during the Wheel’s annual candidate debate on Tuesday.

The event, which took place at 7:00 p.m. in Harland Cinema, featured College sophomore and SGA Speaker of the Legislature Kimberly Varadi and College sophomore and SGA Vice President for Communications Jon Darby debating for the position of SGA President.

The candidates for SGA Executive Vice President were College sophomore and CC Budget Chair Reuben Lack, College sophomore and SGA Representative-at-Large Raj Tilwa and College junior Andrew Chang.

Current CC Vice President and College junior Adam Chan debated College junior and CC Vice President of Finance Omair Kazi for the position of CC President, and for CC Vice President, College sophomore and CC legislator Alyssa Weinstein is running unopposed.

Candidates were called up to the stage by position and were given a time limit to answer specific questions about their platforms, rebut their opponents’ statements and answer questions that the audience asked via Twitter using the hashtag “#wheeldebates.”

SGA President

also approve constitutional amendments, not just the student body and the Legislature.

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Darby and Varadi, whose debate was last, began their debate by discussing current issues facing SGA. Varadi began by citing issues with efficiency in meetings and transparency in the SGA actions, and Darby said that too often communication

EVENT

SUSTAINABILITY

Next year, Emory will no longer have Styrofoam products available for purchase on campus as an extension of Emory’s sustainability initiatives.

Emory’s Procurement Office worked alongside the Office of Sustainability Initiatives to make this switch, according to the Senior Director of Procurement and Contract Administration Loette King.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Styrofoam is not biodegradable and can exist in a landfill as much as 500 years after its production.

According to Ciannat Howett, director of Sustainability Initiatives at Emory, Styrofoam products have been removed from Staples Advantage, Emory’s office supply procurement website.

Additionally, Emory has stopped ordering Styrofoam products from the coffee and tea vendors that supply products in the office break room areas at Emory.

The above two suppliers, Staples Advantage and Emory’s coffee and tea vendors, were very responsive to Emory’s requests, King said. She added that they implemented the requirements in a timely manner.

This initiative is an extension of the removal of Styrofoam from dining areas on campus several years ago, according to Howett, who added

Hospital Co-Founds Heart Center

GOODBYE STYROFOAM Green initiative goal Achieve 65 percent landfill diversion by 2015

By Harmeet Kaur Health Sciences Beat Writer

Why get rid of Styrofoam?

Styrofoam can remain in landfills for more than 500 years

ees standing in the back. Many of the attendees — who varied in age and knowledge about Tibetan culture — stayed afterwards to watch the beginning of the sand mandala painting, a geometric work of art made completely by the monks moving around sand particles.

Numerous Tibet Week attendees commented on the importance of the Emory-Tibet Partnership and its

Emory Healthcare and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) have recently launched the Congenital Heart Center of Georgia (CHCG), the first congenital heart center in the state, according to a March 11 University press release.

The program offers treatment for congenital heart defects from before birth to adulthood. According to the American Heart Association’s website, congenital heart defects are present at birth if a person’s heart or blood vessels near the heart has failed to develop normally.

Teams from both the Emory Adult Congenital Heart Center (ACHC) and CHOA’s Sibley Heart Center will collaborate to provide comprehensive treatment for congenital heart services, according to the press release.

Brian Kogon, surgical director of ACHC and co-director of CHCG, wrote in an email to the Wheel that the center would help streamline the treatment process.

“The Congenital Heart Center of Georgia is a means for which all of

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Ending Styrofoam on campus Staples Advantage won’t give Emory Styrofoam that Emory Catering also moved to using only compostable ware for catering functions a few years ago.

In order to spread this initiative to all areas of campus, Howett said Emory is working with outside caterers to not include Styrofoam in anything that they bring to our campus.

Styrofoam is one of Emory’s only waste that cannot be recycled or composted on campus, according to Sustainability Programs Coordinator Emily Cumbie-Drake.

She added that this initiative is a step towards reaching Emory’s goal of 65 percent landfill diversion by 2015.

“I hope that our recent initiatives will discourage students, faculty and staff from bringing Styrofoam from off-campus locations to Emory,” Cumbie-Drake said.

—Contact Naomi Maisel at namaise@emory.edu

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HOSPITAL

Emory Eliminates Campus Styrofoam Products

By Naomi Maisel Campus Life Beat Writer

from SGA followed a “decision first, engage later” approach.

“Whenever a large decision comes before SGA, I want to ensure that it is subjected to at least a week of public scrutiny, guaranteed by the constitution, with an open forum of debate,” Darby said.

Both candidates said communication is the number one priority for SGA. “We need to bridge this communication gap that exists between not only students and SGA, but also students and the administration,” Varadi said. “The SGA is a liaison between the student body and administrators.”

Darby pointed to his proposal to change the SGA website to create a student-oriented dashboard of actions that makes it easier to find what students need.

“I think SGA should be a resource, not a roadblock,” Darby said.

“Students should feel comfortable approaching SGA.” Varadi and Darby each have two years’ experience in SGA and hope to continue building on their previous initiatives.

As a freshman legislator and Vice President of Communications, Darby assisted in the establishment of the SGA website and the purchase of the EmoryLife Network of websites for student organizations, while Varadi worked on the encumbered laundry initiative in addition to serving as Secretary and Speaker of the Legislature.

For next year, Darby advocated for a campus safety app, more representation for marginalized communities and an increased technological presence. Varadi is seeking a printing stipend for students, more shuttles to the Clairmont campus and Emory shuttles to the airport around breaks.

Varadi also pointed out that as the only female candidate running for an SGA leadership position, she would

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Members of the Drepung Loseling Monastery worked on a mandala sand painting every day this week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. as part of the Emory Tibet Week celebration.

Tibet Week Celebrates Partnership

By Wendy Becker Staff Writer The Emory-Tibet Partnership’s (ETP) 14th annual Tibet Week continues to foster discussion and debate with several diverse, educational events in Tibetan culture. The Emory-Tibet Partnership’s importance was strengthened further this week when the Dalai Lama Trust gave a $1 million grant to Emory University to support the endowment

fund of The Robert A. Paul EmoryTibet Science Initiative (ETSI), according to a press release from March 25.

The Tibet Week events included the annual sand mandala painting, daily compassion meditation, discussions on creativity, reflections on Buddhist spiritual biographies, museum gallery talks and a film screening.

The opening ceremony had an extremely high turnout with attend-

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POLICE RECORD • On March 22 at 1:25 a.m., Emory Police Department (EPD) responded to a noise complaint at Sigma Chi Fraternity. EPD met with the social coordinator and the president. The music was eventually turned down.

• On March 24 at 5:03 p.m., EPD responded to a call regarding an individual who accidently inhaled acid at the Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences Building. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) also arrived on the scene and the individual was transported to Emory University Hospital for further treatment.

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• On March 22 at 6:55 p.m., EPD received a noise complaint from an individual in Few Hall regarding loud music near Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The house director and the fraternity president were contacted and the volume was lowered without any further problems.

— Compiled by Crime Beat Writer Brandon Fuhr

• On March 20. Holder Construction Company reported to EPD that they lost two 2,500 foot spools of orange wire among other items. All of the wire was inside an electrical room in the Atwood Building. The spools of wire went missing between May 1, 2013 and March 20, 2014. The approximate value of the items is $6,500.

HONOR COUNCIL CASES The following reports are real cases adjudicated by the Emory College Honor Council. Any personally identifiable information has been omitted to protect the privacy of all parties involved.

Editor’s Note: A mark on the “personal performance record” means that the Honor Council will add a note, for an allocated period of time, to the student’s record detailing the student’s honor code violation. The record is available and verifiable upon request by future potential employers and graduate school admissions.

• A senior in a continued writing humanities course received a zero on her final paper, a letter grade deduction from the course and a 2-year mark on her Personal Performance

• In the March 25 issue of the Wheel, the corrections box mistakenly stated that the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity was co-sponsoring an event at Wonderful Wednesday. It should have read that Pawsitive Outreach and SAE were walking dogs to raise awareness for “Grilled Cheese, Puppies and SAE.” SAE and Pawsitive Outreach are not involved with this year’s “Puppies on the Porch.”

• In the March 25 issue of the Wheel, the article “Three Fraternities To Switch Houses” misidentifies the house Xi Kappa will move into as 17 Eagle Row. The actual house is at 13 Eagle Row.

The Wheel reports and corrects all errors published in the newspaper and at emorywheel.com.

Please contact Editor in Chief Priyanka Krishnamurthy at pkrish4@emory.edu.

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• A junior failed to appear at her Honor Council hearing after plagiarizing multiple blog postings and assignments for a lower level humanities course. She attributed the missing quotation marks to the fact that she had not completed a research paper in a long period of time and was

therefore unfamiliar with proper citation methods. Due to the large number of plagiarized assignments, the student received an F in the course and a 4-year mark on her Personal Performance Record.

• A sophomore in a lower level science course used the work of a friend who had previously taken the course to complete two homework assignments. After he had been reported to the Honor Council, the student completed the assignments again on his own, claiming to be overwhelmed by the number of credit hours he had been taking. He then received a 1-year mark on his Personal Performance Record and an F in the course.

— Compiled by Senior Staff Writer Lydia O’Neal

March 30, 1999 Students represented their various nationalities with booths displaying art, music, food and clothing at the 23rd annual International Cultural Festival on Saturday, March 27, 1999. Students assembled 41 exhibits on the Quadrangle, while others sang and danced to ethnic music on a large stage built in front of the Administration Building. The Model United Nations, Amnesty International, the Brotherhood of Afrocentric Men, the Arab Cultural Association, the Celtic Club and several countries in Africa, North and South America, Europe and Asia were all represented, among others.

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Record after the Honor Council found her guilty of plagiarism. While writing her final paper, the student incorrectly quoted several sources and copied verbatim some secondary sources without quotation marks.

She explained that she had hastily added the citations the night before the paper’s due date and believed that quotation marks could solely be used for primary sources. Her record mark can be reduced to one year upon completion of en educational sanction.

This Week In Emory History

Event: RespectCon 2014 Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Location: DUC Event: Construction of Sand Mandala of Avalokiteshvara Time: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall Event: Frontiers in Neuroscience: Lisa Parr, Ph.D. — “Primate Social Cognition and its Translational Relevance” Time: 12-1 p.m.

Location: Whitehead Biomedical Research Building Auditorium Event: Athletics — Men’s Tennis Time: 1-3:30 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Bruce Gersh: “The Evolution of Television — Past, Present and Future” Time: 2:30 p.m.

Location: White Hall 101

Event: Whose Beloved Community: Spoken Word Poetry Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Location: Harland Cinema, DUC

Event: Athletics — Men’s Tennis Time: 1-3:30 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center

Event: Inon Barnatan, Piano and Alisa Weilerstein, Cello Time: 8 p.m.

Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Event: Tibet Week Closing Ceremony Time: 1-2 p.m.

Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall

Event: Latin Dance: Noche de Máscaras Time: 8-11:55 p.m.

Location: WHSCAB

Event: Athletics — Baseball Time: 2-4:30 p.m.

Location: Chappell Park

Event: Emory Pride Spring Dance Time: 9-11 p.m.

Location: Faculty Dining Room, DUC

SATURDAY Event: EGHI Global Health International Case Competition Time: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Location: Claudia Nance Rollins Building

Event: Athletics — Women’s Tennis Time: 4:30-7 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center

Event: Women’s Lacrosse Tri Tournament Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Location: Kaminsky Field

Event: JR Aquino Concert Time: 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Location: White Hall 208

Event: Kickball Tournament Time: 12 p.m.

Location: Kaminsky Field

Event: Earth Hour Time: 8:30-9:30 p.m.

Location: Few and Evans Halls, McDonough Field

SUNDAY Event: Athletics — Baseball Time: 1-3:30 p.m.

Location: Chappell Park Event: Inka Culture of Stone Lecture Time: 2-3 p.m.

Location: Carlos Museum Reception Hall Event: Athletics — Men’s Tennis Time: 6-8:30 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Glenn Chancel Choir Concert: “Cries for Mercy: Kyries of Bach,

Mozart and Beethoven” Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Glenn Memorial Church

MONDAY Event: Athletics — Women’s Tennis Time: 3-5:30 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: The Visible and the Legible: Visual Exegesis in the Emblematic Tradition Time: 4-6 p.m.

Location: Candler School of Theology 102 Event: Conflicting Memories, Conflicting Identities: Russian Jewish Immigration and the Vision of a New German Jewry Time: 4-6 p.m.

Location: Modern Languages 201 Event: “Jordan Is So Chilly: An Encounter With Lillian Smith” with Brenda Bynum Time: 7-8:30 p.m.

Location: Theatre Lab, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

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LIBRARY

Library Services Change Locations

By Lydia O’Neal Staff Writer

Not to mention the fact that the according to its website.

However, ECDS isn’t the only barrier separating ECDS from the tech service moving into Woodruff rest of the floor is entirely glass.

A new space on Woodruff “We’re not hiding anything,” Library.

Library’s third floor now houses the Morse said. “So far it’s working Class Tech, which was once on Emory Center for Digital Scholarship great.” the second floor of Cox Hall, and the (ECDS), a combination of four forThe most common services CFDE, previously located at 1599 merly separate departments. employed at ECDS include online Clifton Road, now share the former Emory Center for Interactive journals and “digital spaces.”

ECIT office, Suite 216.

Teaching (ECIT), “We really wanted to be in the For example, along with the ECDS collaborated library, where the constituency is, Digital Scholarship with Art History collaborating with ECDS,” CFDE Commons (DSC), “Working with the folks department fac- Director Pamela Scully said. “We’ve the Electronic there has been extremely ulty and graduate definitely been seeing more people Data Center and students, software stopping by [than at the 1599 Clifton beneficial for the the Lewis H. Beck developers and Road location]. project...”

Center for Electronic There have been more daily interlibrarians to conCollections merged struct an interac- actions with faculty, so we’re able to together to form — Gary Laderman, tive digital map of be much better involved.”

ECDS, accordThe CFDE provides teaching conchair of the department of Rena issa nce- era ing to the center’s Religion Rome using an sultations, research consultations, Co-Director Wayne ancient map of the focus groups and online surveys, Morse. city drawn by 14th according to its website.

Following the It also offers three different financentury cartograECDS’ move into the glass-walled, pher Pirro Ligorio, according to the cial grants for undergraduate and cubicle-free Suite 303, the Center for project’s website. postgraduate teaching, class activity Faculty Development and Excellence Chairman of the Department of funds and academic conference pro(CFDE) and Classroom Technology Religion Gary Laderman worked moters, respectively.

Support (Class Tech) moved into the with ECDS to create his online reliAccording to CFDE Associate former ECIT offices on the library’s gion magazine Sacred Matters in Director Allison Adams, the centhe fall of 2013. second level. ter has also been training professors “Working with the folks there has teaching online Coursera courses.

“It’s a brand-new entity — we’re our own division under the Libraries been extremely beneficial for the Scully, a professor of Women’s, and Information Technology services project, and in fact, Gender and group,” Morse, who was also the for- we wouldn’t even be Sexuality studup and running if “We really wanted to be ies as well as mer ECIT director, said.

He took on the role of ECDS we didn’t have their African Studies, in the library, where the said she has even Director with Co-Director and histo- support,” Laderman ry professor Allen Tullos in June 2013 said, adding that he constituency is, collabo- begun working on after Senior Vice Provost of Library “would highly recher own Coursera rating with ECDS.” Services Rich Mendola saw the need ommend” ECDS course called to centralize four similar technology to any students or “ Und e r st a nd i ng — Pamela Scully, faculty working on service-related organizations.

Violence.” director of the CFDE “He thought that we shouldn’t have digital projects.

She added that Such digital separate folks for teaching, folks for it is a sort of testserresearching, folks for student help,” scholarship run for the center’s he said. “It was his idea to formally vices could well be involvement. streamlined by the bring us together into one entity.”

CFDE’s neighThough the 10 members of ECDS benefits of the new ECDS offices. bor Class Tech provides information These benefits include video technology and audiovisual support come from all four once-separate organizations, the structure of their conferencing rooms that people can to Woodruff Library and more than new office leaves little opportunity reserve, a glass-walled conference 200 College classrooms, according to room with a 70-inch smartboard, a Class Tech Manager Barbara Brandt. for divides.

“All you have to do is stand up consulting space for staff to work Among other services, the and talk to your colleagues — that with clients and an audio-visual suite Libraries and Information was the plan, to be all in each oth- for recording lectures, tutorials and Technology services division proers’ faces,” Morse said of the ECDS interviews. vides video conferencing sessions for The center hosts workshops students remotely defending dissertaoffice space, which is noticably free of cubicles or dividers. “We’ve had several times a week (including tions, taking classes online or job people walk past their colleagues “Digital Learning: Introduction to interviews they’re unable to attend complaining about something and Geographic Information Systems” in person.

—Contact Lydia O’Neal say, ‘Oh hey, I’ve been having that on Monday, March 31) and accepts at lmoneal@emory.edu walk-ins depending on availability, problem too.’”

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Tibetan monks worked on a mandala sand painting in the Carlos Museum Reception Hall as part of Emory’s Tibet Week.

Week Featured Panels on Science, Dalai Lama Continued from Page 1 uniqueness. Emory is the only educational institution with a relationship to His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and the Tibetan monasteries.

The Grant The Robert A. Paul ETSI was founded in 2007 as an extension to the Emory-Tibet Partnership.

The initiative provides a six-year science curriculum in the three largest Tibetan monasteries in southern India. It also allowed for an exchange program between the monastery and Emory University.

The grant given to the ETSI will help strengthen Emory’s goal to promote the modern science curriculum in these monasteries.

“It is an honor and a privilege for Emory to work hand-in-hand with His Holiness on the EmoryTibet Science Initiative,” University President James W. Wagner said in the press release. “This generous grant from the Dalai Lama Trust signifies his confidence in the work that has been done to date, and his strong and personal commitment to the ETSI’s long-term future.”

The Panel Discussion The Tibet Week panel discussion that primarily focused on the creation of ETSI and the Dalai Lama’s dream to create a modern science curriculum in monastic education took place Wednesday night.

Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership and senior lecturer in the Religion Department, moderated the event. The panel featured Geshe Lhakdor la, the director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Geshe Dadul Namgyal, an auxiliary English language translator for the Dalai Lama and Carol Worthman, Emory Samuel C. Dobbs professor of Anthropology.

Worthman is one of the professors that has helped with the creation of scientific material to be translated and used by the monasteries.

The panel answered numerous questions regarding the challenges of implementing a science curriculum in the monasteries and the various intricacies involved when tying Buddhist spiritual belief to modern science and empirical knowledge.

“In order to take good care of your holistic well being, you would need both modern science and Buddhist spirituality — the mind as well as the body,” Lhakdor said.

Namgyal said that he would “find himself having conversations with his Buddhist self and then his science self.”

ETSI scholars were also in attendance and commented on their experiences with the sciences.

Sonam Choephel, a Tenzin Gyatso Scholar, said that learning about modern sciences wound up influencing the way he thinks about his monastic education.

“Learning about science helped

me realize that I don’t know the meaning of life,” Choephel said as the audience laughed. “Learning about science really helped me to look at my knowledge of Buddhist concepts with a completely new perspective. Each time I reexamine the concepts with new perspectives, I gain a deeper understanding.”

When asked about the conflict that could arise between science and Buddhism, the entire panel agreed that science is far from proving fact and is instead focused on exploring what is unknown. The panelists discussed that there is always a chance that ideas are wrong and that information is not finite.

“This is not a concept of winning or losing,” Lhakdor said, after playfully fighting over the microphone with Namgyal. “Knowledge is not a monopolistic good. What we do not match up on leads to further exploration. This is why the program becomes more and more enriching.”

The Creative Events The science panel was contrasted by discussions and events based on Buddhist culture and creativity.

The week began with the initial steps toward the creation of the sand mandala painting. The monks work on the bright-colored, geometric circular sand painting for the entirety of Tibet Week. At the end of the week, the Mandala is ritually destroyed as symbol of the impermanence of life.

College freshman Ally Chung said she learned about the mandala event through an Art History class so she came to the event.

“The work that they do is so exacting,” Chung said. “They have so many geometric instruments to make sure that they get it exactly right and … I don’t think I see that in other parts of the world.”

Many students said that they were excited to watch the progression of the mandala throughout the week.

“I came to learn more about the Tibet culture,” Emily Dixon, a College sophomore, said. “I wanted to see what they do and the form of their artwork. I think [the mandala] is really cool … It’s interesting just to watch the monks use their techniques.”

The week also featured a “Creativity Conversation” in which Jon Kolkin, a photographer whose work is displayed in the Chace Gallery in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, and Tara Doyle, senior lecturer in the Religion department and director of the Tibetan Study program, discussed the creative process in seeking wisdom and balance in our lives.

Chas Abdel-Nabi, a College senior, said the night was a nice variance from the science-related events featured throughout Tibet Week.

“It was nice to see that they fit a creativity thing into Tibet Week as opposed to just focusing on the other programs, like the science initiative and instead had a night solely focused toward the arts,” Abdel-Nabi said.

Rita Koehler came all the way from South Bend, Ind. after receiving a flyer about the event. Having just received an M.F.A. from Lesley University College of Art and Design, Koehler said that Kolkin’s photography particularly resonated with her, due to Kolkin’s intuition and his ability to let go. “[Kolkin] is willing to not be so rigid in his work but rather allow for things to occur or arise and move with them, rather than go in with a prescribed thought,” Koehler said.

“Particularly with the mandala, it is all about working with those dichotomies of being rigid and having the prescribed piece to work with, but being free in that, and then wiping it away and letting go.”

Tibet Week highlights the work that the Emory-Tibet Partnership does throughout the year. The partnership includes various ways for the average Emory student to get involved. One option is to study abroad through the two different programs that Emory Tibet Partnership offers.

According to College junior Anna Koh, the opportunity to study abroad in Dharamsala, India was important in enabling her to meet important Tibetan figures that supplemented her courses.

“We had the chance to learn about Buddhism and ask questions to venerable monks who could answer and provide detailed explanations for concepts,” Koh said. “Through debates that occurred twice a week, we had the opportunity to exchange ideas that showed Tibetan monks’ attempt to understand science through a religious lens.”

Koh said that she also appreciated the chance to build lasting relationships with Tibetans.

College junior Lindsey Max said she agreed that the program was an incredible experience and that it helped her step outside of her comfort zone.

“To experience it firsthand and be able to share those experiences through my pictures and stories with my friends back home was invaluable to me,” Max said. “While the Dalai Lama sends monks here to study science, it is important that we send our students there to study all things Tibetan.”

According to Tenzin Bhuchung, a Tibetan Ph.D. student in the Religion department, the government’s repressive nature toward Tibetan Buddhists makes him extraordinarily grateful to Emory for hosting Tibet Week.

“Many Tibetans today are deprived of this opportunity, and there is an onslaught on Tibetan culture unceasingly coming from the communist government,” Bhuchung said. “They say that (our traditions) are backward, and you can imagine as a Tibetan living in Tibet getting this propaganda all the time with the idea that something is wrong with the traditions. When institutions like Emory do support culture events like this, it is a way to boost morale.”

—Contact Wendy Becker at wendy.becker@emory.edu

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Wheel Debates Focus on Communication, Transparency, Advocacy, Representation Continued from Page 1 bring a different perspective to SGA. Both candidates are against the amendments to the SGA constitution that will be voted on in a campuswide referendum next week, citing communication concerns.

“I think that having a serious conversation with the Emory community about these changes is vital,” Darby said. “At this point, it might be wise to vote no on the referendum in order to discuss the nuances of these issues and their implications.”

Varadi agreed, emphasizing the need to bridge the communication gap and citing what she says was a lack of communication regarding the fee split bill as an example.

“I think that SGA needs to step back and really reflect on our role as an organization,” Varadi said.

For their closing statements, Varadi reiterated her experience working with the president and vice president and a need for transparency, efficiency and services, and Darby promised to continue using his skills to serve the student body, engage with vibrant and diverse parts of campus and advocate for student spaces.

“I want to put the ‘student’ back in Student Government Association,” Darby said.

idea that goes against the entire idea of student government,” Lack said.

“Student government is for students,

Lack proposed a forum to discuss controversial issues that would partner with the Barkley Forum as well as

“Instead of making changes as individuals, or members of executive board, we need committees of people

Chan said “there is always going to be a lot of kinks” with a new event and apologized for what he called a “lackluster implementation.”

Kazi said the issue was communication between CC and participating clubs, claiming that most people didn’t know the agenda for the day and that there was an “overstuff[ed]” program in the day and a lack of input into programming ideas.

CC Vice President

College sophomores Reuben Lack and Raj Tilwa and College junior Government Association Executive Vice President. and we should get to decide our own policies.”

Tilwa countered that the amendment is important to validating SGA’s necessity on campus.

“This shows more weight to SGA’s

a database of course syllabi so “students know what they are getting in to,” while Tilwa advocated for a comThe biggest priority for SGA next munity outreach position to act as a year varied for each of the candidates, liaison to underrepresented groups. with Tilwa focusing on individuals Chang spoke on revisiting the connot affiliated troversial fee split with charbill and giving tered organizastudents a chance tions being able to continue conto present bills, versations with Lack desiring SGA after the a change in the election season. external outlook Lack agreed of SGA and with Chang’s Chang advertisopinion on the ing what goes fee split bill, citon “behind ing a disconnect the scenes” to between the SGA increase student and the student involvement. body, and called Chang toutfor an action comed his “outsider mittee that serves status” – he has as a forum to never served make meaningful Thomas Han/Photo Editor on SGA – as a changes to policy. reason why he College junior Omair Kazi debates College junior Adam Chan for “We can’t can be an effec- the position of College Council President. believe we’re bettive vice presiter or more knowldent. Lack advocated for another task voice and in turn more weight to stu- edgeable than students, especially force to examine SGA procedures, dent’s voices,” Tilwa said. when it comes to funding for student and Tilwa desired to fill pockets of All three candidates offered events,” Lack said. the community where advocacy is condemnation of December’s fee Chang said he was against the missing. split bill which changed the struc- committee idea, saying it served In regards to the upcoming ref- ture of funding for University-Wide as a crutch for not having dialogue erendum on constitutional amend- Organizations (UWOs) such as the and limited engagement with the ments, Lack and Chang were against Media Council and Outdoor Emory community. the amendment while Tilwa said it Organization.

In their closing statements, each helped define the role of SGA on Each candidate also offered major candidate highlighted what set them campus. policy initiatives they would imple- apart as a candidate: Lack said he has “[This amendment] is a very bad ment if elected. a unique vision rooted in policy dis-

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cussion, Tilwa said he would use the independence of the position to cater to multiple needs and Chang said he

Since Weinstein is the only candidate for vice president, she read her candidate statement then answered a question pulled from her platform.

Weinstein‘s first point in her statement revolved around collaboration between organizations on campus, citing a president’s forum she is planning for April.

Her second point was communication, both within CC ranks and externally to the College.

Weinstein said one avenue to increase engagement is through existing social media channels and the CC website.

Thomas Han/Photo Editor “[Our Facebook page] only has Andrew Chang (left to right) debated for the position of Student about 1,000 likes, and that is not representative of the entire Emory community,” Weinstein said. “The [CC] Twitter account has only 130 will continue engagement with the who are on CC and people that aren’t followers, and that is really sad.”

Weinstein’s final point included so we can add that extra perspective,” community past elections.

Kazi said. “We need the changes to working with Emory’s Transportation CC President be catered toward the organizations and Parking Services to purchase a GPS-based app for SafeRide that we’re supposed to be serving.”

For the CC presidential debate, Both candidates spoke on ways in enables students to wait indoors for Chan and Kazi began by addressing which CC can improve. Kazi pointed late-night transportation, the Emory what they thought was the biggest to a lack of understanding into the Experience shuttles and a bike-share concern about Emory’s student body. processes involved in bill writing and initiative.

Chan said bureaucracy is the big- funding, while Chan highlighted a Regarding the necessity of gest obstacle, and his experience as deficit in communication, especially increased communication between vice president and a sophomore legis- regarding what CC does.

CC executive members and the leglator has focused on making everyone’s “College Council is not an ATM,” islature, Weinstein pointed to what voices heard in student government.

Chan said. “We put on a lot of events she called “mixed communications” “From regarding the y o u r CultureShock emails event as an examthat you ple of an area for send me, I improvement. make sure “During these you get in [executive board] touch with meetings there’s the right a lot that happeople,” pens, whether it’s Chan said. passing bills or “We can giving money to really make organizations,” changes Weinstein said. where the “The people who student are elected to [the body can legislature] should see a really definitely know Thomas Han/Photo Editor clear vision what’s going on for campus.” College sophomore Kimberly Varadi debates College sophomore Jon [with the execuK a z i Darby (left to right) for the position of SGA President. tive board].” cont ende d Elections will that the biggest issue throughout the year, such as Social take place online at www.emory.edu/ lies in the perspective of those on Justice Week, State of Race and vote from Monday, March 31 through student government and that student CultureShock.”

Wednesday, April 2.

—Contact Stephen Fowler government members often do not In response to a question about the at smfowle@emory.edu have experience from outside clubs.

CultureShock event’s organization,

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ADVOCACY ON WEDNESDAY

NEWS ROUNDUP • On Tuesday, a Thai satellite detected about 300 objects in the southern Indian Ocean, where investigators from Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Japan, China and South Korea continue to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Due to poor visibility, searches in the area were suspended on Thursday.

The Boeing 777 disappeared on March 8 with 239 people aboard.

• A mudslide in Oso, Washington destroyed 30 houses on Saturday, March 22, killing at least 25. Ninety people remain missing in the small town north of Seattle, and only one victim has been identified. Though rescuers have been scouring the site with search dogs, helicopters and laser imaging, authorities predict that the death toll will escalate as the search period enters its second week.

• After serving three years in jail for corruption, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced plans to run for president of Ukraine in the May elections.

Tymoshenko has already served twice as prime minister and ran for president in 2010, losing to recently ousted president Viktor Yanukovych.

The Thursday announcement followed a referendum in Crimea that led to Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula, which the United Nations General Assembly quickly declared invalid.

• A day after a court suspended Turkey’s government ban on Twitter, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed an administrative measure to block access to YouTube within the country on Thursday. A leaked audio recording of Turkish officials discussing possible military operations in Syria appeared on YouTube prior to the ban.

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com companies’ records. In making his statement to Congress, Obama said that the new approach would “enhance public confidence” in government data collection.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) declared its Southeast Asia region polio-free on Thursday after India recorded three years without a new case of the deadly virus. Though the deadly virus is still rampant in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, the WHO announcement means that 80 percent of the world is now free of polio. The WHO also added that it hopes to eradicate polio completely by 2018.

— Compiled by Senior Staff Writer Lydia O’Neal

• On Thursday, President Barack Obama proposed National Security Agency regulations that would require the government to receive a court order before accessing tele-

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tudents talked at a table sponsored by the Association of Caribbean Educators and Students (ACES) at Wonderful Wednesday. ACES is a support group for Caribbean students at Emory University and serves as a vehicle for communication about the culture and issues of the Caribbean.

Book Says, Center to Offer ‘State- Presidential Candidates Encourage Students to Vote Against Referendum of-the-Art Innovative Treatments’ Continued from Page 1

Continued from Page 1 these services to be united under a single entity, allowing for better collaboration, patient access and patient care,” Kogon wrote.

Wendy Book, associate professor of cardiology in the Emory School of Medicine and co-director of the CHCG, wrote in an email to the Wheel that the center would offer “state-of-the-art innovative treatments” for congenital heart defect patients.

She said this would include interventional and surgical techniques, as well as multidisciplinary care for special situations such as pregnancies and organ malfunctions.

The American Heart Association’s website states that congenital heart defects can impair the circulatory system’s ability to carry out routine functions and can also increase a person’s risk of developing other medical conditions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that about 40,000 infants are born with heart defects each year.

According to a University press release published earlier this March, research studies indicate that approximately 40 percent of congenital heart defect patients in Canada and Europe stop seeking cardiac treatment between the ages of 13 and 21.

With advances in medical treatment, the CDC notes on its website that people born with congenital

heart defects are living longer and well into adulthood.

However, the CDC also states on its website that it is important for congenital heart defect patients to see a cardiologist regularly throughout their lives.

Kogon wrote that in establishing the center, he and his colleagues wanted to address such issues.

“Hopefully this effort will improve the transition and allow us to capture additional adult patients who have been lost to follow-up back into care,” Kogon wrote.

Book wrote that the center would make it easier for patients of all ages to find specialized care.

She added that the CHCG would examine reasons for the decline in patients seeking treatment for congenital heart defects by the time of adulthood.

“Increasing awareness and educating patients will be the first step in helping patients stay in care,” Book wrote.

Along with Kogon and Book, Robert Campbell, chief of cardiac services at the CHOA Sibley Heart Center, is also a co-director of the center.

The CHCG adds to the growing number of collaborations between Emory Healthcare and CHOA, which includes the Emory-Children’s Pediatric Research Center and the Center for Pediatric Nanomedicine.

—Contact Harmeet Kaur at hbhagra@emory.edu

The University Senate is the highest governing body of the University under the Board of Trustees and is made up of faculty, employees and students.

“The University Senate right now can already overturn anything SGA does,” Patel said. “It’s a policy-making body for the entire University.”

Patel said this measure is necessary because a student referendum could theoretically be passed solely by undergraduate students because they make up a majority of Emory students. He said the University Senate needs to have final say so that one division alone does not overpower or make decisions that would affect every other division.

Patel also said other divisions of the University Senate, such as the faculty, already implement this practice, where faculty bylaws are subject to University Senate approval.

“It would not be in my best interest to give up any type of self-governance ability, and I don’t really think this is in any way constraining our selfgovernance,” he said.

College sophomore and College Council (CC) Budget Chair Reuben Lack said this amendment is the most problematic.

“My concern is that if [the University Senate] can actually veto internal process changes ... [it] gives the University’s authority too much power over something that should only be students’ domain,” Lack said.

Lack added that we should not unnecessarily limit the students’ power to change the Constitution. He also said, if the amendment passes, it would be extremely difficult to overturn it because the student body would have to get the University Senate’s approval to remove itself from the process.

“Right now, I think it might be harmless in the short-term,” he said.

“I’m just concerned that the dialogue hasn’t been there, over what I do think is a significant change.”

SGA’s Impeachment Power The amendment to Article Four gives the legislature the power “to

expel any member of the Legislature and remove all other individuals from office, including student organizations.”

This means SGA can impeach any legislator or divisional council officer, as well as officers from student organizations.

Some people like College junior Zach Youngblood are critical of this amendment because it extends SGA’s impeachment power to student organizations.

SGA currently has the constitutional power to impeach SGA members of the executive and legislative branch, but the power to expel student organization officers did not previously exist in the Constitution.

However, Patel said divisional councils and SGA have always had this power in the chartering bylaws, but they have never been enumerated in the Constitution. Under the analogy comparing the SGA Constitution to the U.S. Constitution, the chartering bylaws are similar to U.S. federal laws.

Under chartering bylaws, SGA has the power to revoke a club’s charter. Patel said if club officers fail to meet their duties under the chartering bylaws, they qualify for impeachment

by SGA or the divisional council under which the club is chartered.

He added that all students are guaranteed due process through the Constitution and, in the case of impeachment, the Legislature would have to adequately prove an egregious enough violation to warrant removal.

For example, according to Patel, a legislator that misses more than four legislative sessions technically qualifies for impeachment, but the legislature decides whether a violation warrants calling someone into question.

Other Amendments Other amendments to the Constitution include changing the number of Constitutional Council justices from seven to nine, the same as the number of academic deans.

This amends Article Six of the Constitution.

Article Five’s amendment removes the Chief of Staff from the cabinet of

SGA because the executive cabinet is meant to be made up of Universitywide positions. The Chief of Staff is not, because the role pertains only to the SGA executive board and the SGA president.

The amendment to Article One recognizes that former University President Sanford S. Atwood, who was president at the time of the conception of the Constitution, and the University Senate at that time approved and supported the Constitution. Patel said this was necessary in order to establish the supremacy of the Constitution.

The amendment to Article Eight gives other executive members of SGA and other branches, such as the Constitutional Council, the ability to

“...I don’t really think this [amendment] is in any way constraining our self-governance.”

— Raj Patel, College senior and SGA president

appoint officers outside of SGA. That power originally solely belonged to the President.

Patel cited the example that the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Council may now appoint people to the Board of Elections. Patel said these changes would limit the powers of president.

The amendment to Article Seven establishes the Secretary of SGA, whose job it is to update the SGA bylaws. The Legislature has already approved the creation of the Office of the Secretary position; the amendment simply codifies it into the Constitution.

Article Nine’s amendment does not significantly change the powers of the divisional councils but simply updates its terminology to be consistent with current practice and the language in the bylaws.

Raj said the questions that will appear on the ballot and the amendments will be emailed to all students

before the elections.

The Process Lack, who is also an SGA executive vice presidential candidate, emphasized his position during the Wheel debates. He encourages students to vote against the amendments because some believe SGA rushed through the process.

Others candidates at the debate, such as SGA vice presidential candidate Andrew Chang, were critical that SGA was trying to pass too many amendments at once.

However, Patel said all amendments should be passed at once because the wording needed to be uniform. In the past, different SGA presidents changed various parts of the Constitution, which Patel said was not uniform.

“I know [the amendment document] is longer than ideally you would like it to be,” Raj said.

Patel added that many of these amendments have been discussed as far back as when he was an SGA legislator last year.

Both SGA presidential candidates, College sophomore and SGA Speaker of the House Kim Varadi and College sophomore and SGA Vice President for Communications Jon Darby, said they advise that students vote against the referendum.

“I do not believe that the legislators knew the details of the changes to the constitution when they voted,” Varadi wrote in a statement to the Wheel. “There needs to be more debate about the extent of the amendments before they are implemented.

I believe in furthering the discussion on the referendum.”

Some students were also unaware of the referendum until Lack’s editorial published in the March 25 issue of the Wheel and before they were discussed at the Wheel candidate debates.

“I don’t think two weeks or me running an editorial is sufficient for us to have that dialogue,” Lack said.

“It gives the impression that [SGA] wanted to ram this through in the last few weeks.”

—Contact Rupsha Basu at rupsha.basu@emory.edu

EDITORIALS THE EMORY WHEEL

Friday, March 28, 2014 Editorials Editor: Rhett Henry

CONTRIBUTE Email: crhenr2@emory.edu

Our Opinion

SGA Amendment Process Concerning

Zachary Elkwood

Zachary Elkwood is a member of the Class of 2015. His cartoons appear in every other Friday issue of the Wheel.

Get Educated, or Vote No On Feb. 17, the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a series of eight amendments to the SGA constitution that include updating specific language, reflecting current bylaws and adding enumerated powers to the legislature.

The Emory student body will vote on these amendments as a part of a referendum attached to the online ballot used to elect SGA, College Council (CC) and Student Programming Council (SPC) candidates.

We at the Wheel are dismayed that such an important change to the guiding laws and principles of SGA has garnered such little publicity in the weeks leading up to the referendum. The onus is on SGA to inform the public on its initiatives and activities, especially one of such magnitude. While each individual amendment may not be of utmost importance, the codification and enumeration of a government’s powers should always be communicated to students.

In the future, we would like to see SGA utilize more tools for outreach for initiatives, including holding town hall meetings, posting on social media and sending out University-wide emails well in advance of a referendum to alert the student body to potential changes.

We applaud SGA for having some outreach regarding changes, including a Facebook post highlighting the amendments and several University-wide emails regarding changes to elections code and the University Senate appointments.

While SGA meetings are open to the public, the agenda for each session is not made public beforehand for students to be educated. We at the Wheel would like to see greater transparency in the actions of the SGA legislature in regards to passage of bills.

Furthermore, we urge the student body to read the proposed amendments critically and carefully before placing their votes.

Since the wording of the questions of each “therefore” clause is not known ahead of time, students should take the time to educate themselves on the proposed changes and their effects.

While we do not necessarily disagree with the proposed amendments, we at the Wheel feel that the referendum should not pass until SGA has sufficiently educated the student body on the proposed changes to the constitution and the effects of those changes.

We at the Wheel encourage students to follow their conscience and vote accordingly, if they feel educated on the amendments and the process. However, if students do not understand the amendments, we encourage them to vote no on the amendments.

In the future, SGA should follow through on promises of better communication to change the amendment process as a means to better reflect transparency and foster a healthy environment for discussions.

Why Every Student Should Take Dance

The above staff editorial represents the majority opinion of the Wheel’s editorial board.

Editorial Roundup College editorials from across the country The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Tuesday, March 25, 2014 In its staff editorial “While Turkey Twitters Away,” The Harvard Crimson discusses Turkey’s state-enforced Twitter blackout and its implications on democracy and free speech in Turkey.

Hoping to encourage a functional, friendly state in the Middle East, Western powers were once largely receptive to the image of Turkey as a model democracy, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the helm. Overlooked was Erdoğan’s disturbing tendency to crush his domestic opponents: hundreds of senior military officers who could have disrupted his rule were imprisoned, newspaper editors and journalists were detained frequently, and concerns about the treatment of minorities were largely dismissed.

Now those unnoticed concerns have come to the fore: Erdoğan, struggling to survive an anti-corruption inquiry that has already resulted in the resignations of three of his cabinet members and could cost his AKP party the next election, has taken the outrageous step of blocking Twitter across the entire country.

This move comes after widespread sharing of leaked recordings, which allegedly feature Erdoğan instructing his son to hide vast sums of money.

“We will wipe out Twitter. I don’t care what the international community says,” the prime minister said at a campaign rally just hours be-

fore the ban went into effect. The prime minister also threatening to do the same to Facebook and YouTube unless they take up an “honest attitude.”

The prime minister’s government should not be allowed to suppress a news outlet, or especially an entire media platform, simply because it embarrasses him or his administration.

Such a standard not only represents an unacceptable assault on the freedoms of speech and an unfettered press that are so essential to a democracy, but also could be easily exploited by the next Turkish government against Erdoğan and his allies.

For a man who was once banned from holding public office and almost disallowed from running for prime minister because of his affiliation with banned Islamist parties, Erdoğan seems remarkably unaware of this disturbing drawback.

The Turkish authorities have responded to the criticisms of the White House, European Union, and press groups like the Committee to Protect Journalists with the assertion that the censorship is legal under Turkish law.

While that may be true—the Turkish parliament passed a bill vastly expanding the government’s control over the Internet last month— any law that legitimates the suppression of free speech is corrosive to the free exchange of ideas that is so necessary for any democracy.

Until that overreach is corrected, Turkishstyle democracy might not be much to aspire to.

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Physical Expression as a Method of Learning EMMA BUCKLAND-YOUNG I’ve been dancing since the age of three, and I can guarantee that I’ve heard all of the snide comments before. ”That’s girly,” you say. So what? There’s nothing wrong with being girly. But my feminism is a topic for another time. “That’s easy,” or, “That’s how you’re getting out of PE credit?” Actually, the counselors at my high school almost refused to accept my 20 hours of dance a week as an extra-curricular physical activity. 20 hours.

Let’s focus on ballet here, just to simplify matters. Ballet is enormously physically challenging. I encourage any of you who are dismissing this claim to go and take a class.

Or maybe just sit in. Try and lift your leg to ninety degrees (at a right angle with your other leg). If you can’t, that’s perfectly alright, just raise it as high as you can. Now hold it.

No, for longer. The reason that this is so difficult will be clear to any of you who have studied physics – you are attempting to hold an incredibly long, heavy object out from your hip socket with no outside support. This is rather common in even the most basic ballet class.

I admit freely that this level of strength requires exercise outside of dance class, but that commitment of personally-motivated physical activity is reflected in every sport. Crew members don’t reach their full potential by simply getting in boats any more than soccer players

do if they only play soccer.

Another commonly overlooked component of dance is mental acuity. Teachers will generally give 15-25 complex series of movement combinations every class – often the pattern will only be shown once before students are expected to replicate it. The ability to recognize, memorize and perform something so quickly is honed after many years of practice and assists in hundreds of other aspects of education.

This is what makes dance so pure — when you dance, your body is the art.

The reason I was drawn to language, for example, was how comfortable I felt learning grammatical structures, and one of my friends has known the powers of two to the 16th degree by heart since age 10. Dance teaches you to think, analyze and process information at an incredible rate, constantly challenging you not only to remember the combination, but to apply corrections you’ve received to each corresponding movement or position. Dance is a thinking art form and requires no less intelligence than any other field.

Like all art, dance is a reflection of society.

To study dance is to study history. For each

decade, there are immense change in belief systems, cultural taboos, political support and movements for justice, and for each decade, that change is mirrored in dance. Dance is constantly flowing, shaping and being shaped by the ripples of civilization. Dance is always relevant and always timeless.

Dance is universal. Human emotion is at its core, and this inspires empathy in all who seek to appreciate it. The grief, joy, anger or love that each piece encompasses is revealed in every gesture, every glance. This is what makes dance so pure – when you dance, your body is the art. There is no wall between the artist and the audience.

Dance allows us to feel and declare our passions with an openness that is rarely considered acceptable in everyday life; it allows us to share them generously with others and relieve our burdens, to feel a release from the weight of our troubles. We are ourselves, utterly, vulnerably. That depth of raw emotion is tangible even to someone at the back of the house. This freedom is an instinctive need for every human.

As students of Emory, we chose a liberal arts education. This should include dance as much as it should include literature, history, language and math, ideas originally called the studia humanitatis. Liberal arts are, after all, the studies of humanity — dance is its expression.

Emma Buckland-Young is a College freshman from Seattle, Wash.

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Join the Conversation Who do you think should win SGA President?

Care-O-Meter:

“Beyonce. Because she already runs the world (girls).”

-Nikita Shrinath

Kim Varadi “I think Kim has a lot of great, concrete ideas and the experience to impliment them.”

-Madison Malone

“I don’t care. I don’t know what they do.”

-Chrissy Grech

Don’t Care

Jon Darby “Darby because of his face.

But actually he’s very action oriented. If we want to see change, Darby is the guy who will deliver.”

-Tina Huang

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ELECTIONS

Friday, March 28, 2014

CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SGA PRESIDENT Jon Darby

CC PRESIDENT Adam Chan

Kim Varadi

I want to fundamentally change the relationship between the students of Emory and the Student Government Association. My platform is more than a set of promises--it’s a framework for efficiency, representation, and accessibility. I believe that SGA can better serve the students of our university by reducing bureaucracy, engaging ethnic, racial, and religious communities, and utilizing technology in an overall effort to be more responsive and offer new services to student organizations. I believe that important decisions should be made cooperatively, with the active engagement of all of the stakeholders, and be subject to at least a week of public scrutiny with an open forum for debate.

I’d love to share more about my vision for the Student Government Association. If you’d like to get in touch, I invite you email me at jon.darby@emory.edu, call me at (386) 365-7685, or find me at http://www.facebook.com/ jondarbyforemory.

“I’m your basic average girl, and I’m here to save the world. You can’t stop me cause I’m Kim Possible.”

My name is Kim Varadi, and I’m running to be the President of Emory’s Student Government Association.

My plan for SGA has 3 main components: Transparency, Efficiency, and Services.

I want to increase the transparency of the SGA. I plan on using the newly updated SGA website as a way to promote discussion about your concerns. I want to increase the efficiency of SGA meetings and allow for more university-wide participation in SGA legislative sessions.

I will work to provide services that better the student-body, such as a printing stipend for all students, an increase in the number of shuttles to Clairmont Campus, and services that promote Emory’s sustainability goals.

My vision for the 59th College Council is a one for CHAN(GE). Having the honor of serving you as the current CC Vice President, I have gained valuable insight into the whole student governmental process. I hope to decrease the bureaucracy, increase funding and chartering reforms, strengthen collaboration between student organizations, and continue advocating for the student body as a whole. Emory, you put your faith in me once before, and I will not let you down.

Omair Kazi As a former treasurer for a student organization I can tell you that I have been on both sides of the table, that is requesting funds and approving funds. This past year as the College Council treasurer I have made a lot of changes to try and make that process easier on organizations, or example increasing the frequency of budget hearings and changing College Council GBMs making Budget Committee present bills on behalf of clubs. Still my role as treasurer is limited to the finance side of things and I would like to expand these types of initiatives to the council as a whole. College Council was made to serve the student organizations it charters not the other way around. Unfortunately a lot of people have that twisted. So ultimately my goal is to bring us back to that philosophy and I feel as President I could that.

SPC PRESIDENT Nick Bertha

SGA VICE PRESIDENT Andrew Chang 1. Accountability: We are elected by you, and we serve and answer to you. I will work closely with the VP Finance to will evaluate each dollar of spending by not the size of the event, but the real benefit it brings each student.

2. Transparency: Decisions by governing bodies sometimes take students unawares. I pledge to better disseminate information regarding any changes that will be made and solicit feedback (all without spamming your email).

3. Engagement: I want to make SGA a more visible and active part of the campus community. I will work with other student leaders to create opportunities for everyone in the Emory community to participate in the governing process past elections.

Reuben Lack Student leaders must shift their focus from messy bureaucratic infighting to actually lobbying on behalf of the people they represent. If I’m honored to be elected your SGA VP, I’ll use my past executive experience on College Council to achieve this goal.

Advocacy is only possible through passion and vision. Together, we can work to make our student government proactive instead of passive. In confronting issues on campus, we must take them head on; it shouldn’t require moments of controversy for us to discuss controversy.

Raj Tilwa As long as I’ve been at Emory, I’ve looked to fill our community’s gaps. I’ve been a legislator on the SGA and the vice-chair of the Student Life Committee. I’ve worked on the SGA Monetary code and I founded the Emory T-shirt Exchange.

As SGA Vice President, I will create the position of VP for community outreach to guarantee representation for historically underrepresented groups on campus. I also want to host town hall meetings to address pressing issues in the Emory world, and establish an alumni-graduate-undergraduate mentorship program.

I also want to ensure that students who rely on substantial financial aid are able to make the most of their experience once arriving on campus. I will do this by sustaining and growing the newly established Student Experience Fund.

Let’s lift our voice.

My name is Nick Bertha and I am running for Student Programming Council President. At Emory, I am a junior studying Classical Civilization in the College and Strategy and Management Consulting in the Goizueta Business School. I am currently an SPC Co-Chair of Special Events while last year I was the Sustainability Chair, where I made Taste of Emory the first “zero waste” event at Emory. My platform consists of five initiatives: 1) Developing a long and short term proactive marketing regimen, 2) pushing the creative envelope through new and unique events, 3) restructuring SPC Beyond to be an innovative think tank while also having a greater outreach with all campus organizations and Graduate Schools, 4) engaging the community for insights on how to better serve them, 5) further developing and progressing the SPC website. Vote for me and together we can push SPC and Emory one step forward!

Michael Nathin My name is Michael Nathin and I would be honored to serve as your Student Programming Council (SPC) President! Highlighting a few objectives in my seven-point platform, I will advocate for greater fiscal responsibility through efficient spending habits and encourage outreach to local businesses for sponsorships. Furthermore, with enhanced collaboration and communication with the entire Emory community, SPC will increase the variety of programming it offers as well as accommodate all students. Lastly, I will implement a free, online ticketing system that allows SPC to gather vital data to target underrepresented groups and bolster involvement.

There is no doubt in my mind that together we can accomplish all of the undertakings set forth in my platform. I do not make false promises and as you will read in each of my seven goals there is a concrete strategy in which to achieve each objective. Overall, I believe my proactive nature, realistic approach, and passion provide me with the capability to thrive as your SPC President!

Niyeti Shah My name is Niyeti Shah, and I am running for SPC President. During my three years on SPC, I have been the cochair of Special Events for two years and the first chair of SPC Beyond. In these two roles we partnered with RHA, IFC, EPA, Emory Pride, and many more organizations while doubling the number of SPC events held per semester.

I developed SPC with Love and the Think Pink 5k Color Run. As SPC President, I plan to partner with more student organizations, diversify our campus events, implement more creative promotional strategies, and coordinate more closely with graduate students.

RHA PRESIDENT

CC VICE PRESIDENT Alyssa Weinstein

Akshay Gotswami The core values of my candidacy are vision, passion and experience. Through my time at Emory, I have realized that I enjoy giving back to the community and making a difference. My experience as an RHA Executive Board Member and Resident Advisor has bolstered this passion and enabled me to gain a unique insight on the needs of residents and how to improve their residential experience. My vision is for RHA to play a more collaborative role with other governing bodies in order to enhance the Emory experience for our residents. Let’s make Emory a better experience together!

Tanvi Lal I’ve been on RHA for the past two years- as Fevans president freshman year and now as the Sports & Spirit Chair on Exec. With this experience and as an SA, I’m connected with the residential community and the issues they have. As a hard-working, dedicated person who is SUPER passionate about RHA, I would be honoured to serve as your president!

If elected to College Council Vice President, I would like to focus on improved collaboration, communication, and accessibility on campus. There are so many wonderful events and organizations at Emory, and with greater collaboration, there is unlimited potential for further growth. I also believe that there needs to be increased communication between the College Council executive board and the legislature to create a more cohesive and unified student government. And finally, I would like to improve campus Safe Ride to ensure the safety of our students, as well as make biking easier and safer to do on campus.

SPC VICE PRESIDENT Caroline Capponi Communication, Collaboration, Connection, Community My name is Caroline Capponi and I am running to be Emory’s Student Programming Council Vice President. I want to improve SPC to put on events that enhance every student’s Emory experience. I plan to develop programs that cultivate communication between the student body and SPC to elicit and utilize student input while planning events. I also want to focus on collaboration with other student organizations to diversify SPC events. Additionally, I will restructure and maintain the student body-SPC connection through multiple digital publicity initiatives. Finally, I plan to foster a sense of community and school spirit by uniting and exciting all parts of Emory. Together we can take Emory events to the next level. I am asking you for your vote to help me implement these changes.

Michelle Feldman

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Brian Lee

Luke Bucshon

As a current Sophomore Advisor in Turman Hall, I have gathered tremendous feedback from residents regarding changes at their time here at Emory. From my experiences with ResLife, I hope to bring a fresh perspective advocating for students in SGA. I believe in true student advocacy and engendering more collaboration between students. As such, one of my biggest initiatives includes (1) having access to printing within every hall and (2) having more shuttles going to the airport on major breaks. If you would like me, Brian Lee, to represent you as an SGA Representative-At-Large, be sure to vote March 31st- April 2nd. Thank you.

Hi everyone! My name is Luke Bucshon and I am hoping to be one of your Representatives on SGA. For the past two years, I have served in student government and done my best to advocate for student interests by encouraging more campus events and listening to students’ concerns. I hope to have the opportunity to serve you again!

My name is Shraya Sharma and I’m running for Representative-At-Large on Student Government Association (SGA). As a SGA representative for the past three years, I have gained the experience, knowledge, and understanding of SGA that can guide me in representing the collective interests of both graduate and undergraduate students.

As a Representative-At-Large, I will push efforts to promote events that engage the entire Emory community, facilitate dialogue between SGA and the student body, increase campus safety, make SGA more approachable, and provide students with more opportunities to enjoy our campus’ intellectually and culturally enriching experiences. Furthermore, it is my personal goal to promote the growth of numerous student organizations as well as the student body that comprises them. It is the diversity of these student-led groups that makes up the heart of Emory and, with your support, I want to continue that tradition in my third year on SGA as your Representative-At-Large.

UNIVERSITY SENATE Neil Chokshi

SGA REPRESENTATIVE-AT-LARGE Shraya Sharma

Hello Everyone! My name is Michelle Feldman and I am a junior in the Nursing School who would like to become your Student Programming Council Vice-President. As the current Dooley’s Week Co-chair, I have gained insight into areas that SPC can improve in and am already in the process of creating this change to bettering SPC. I would like to cater to the entire Emory community, especially to those students that are typically underserved, and have begun this initiative by working with OMPS, Emory Pride, and all four Greek Councils to create an inclusive Dooley’s Week. Ultimately, I want to utilize our diverse networks to positively bolster our ability to provide events for all students at Emory.

Further, I would create a unified student body through graduate and undergraduate events. This semester I have already met with all of the Graduate School presidents and am bringing an SPC with Love event to the Nursing School/Rollins Quad, making this the first Dooley’s Week in Emory history to bring an event to a graduate school campus. This is a great first step to more Graduate programming, which will bring all the schools together. Finally, I am keen on creating a stronger network between Emory students and SPC, as well as SPC with its alumni. With the former, I would create an open doors system at the SPC office, where students can stop by at a specific time each week to voice their ideas or concerns. For the latter, I want to develop an advisory board where current SPC members can go to for real world experience from people who have been in the same position at any time. My goal is to not only strengthen SPC, but the entire Emory community through progressive programming.

Jamie Baek Hello everyone, my name is Jamie Baek and I am running to become your next SGA Representative-at-Large. I am running because I find that there are some things around Emory that could use improvement or that could be implemented more efficiently, such as the Clairmont shuttles, increasing awareness of our School’s traditions and events, and producing change that benefits each and every student rather than certain organizations or distinct groups. If elected, I vow to devote myself to work for the all of the communities involved within Emory, and to make sure everything implemented will be beneficial for everyone. My focus throughout the year will be diversifying our community, increasing communication, and implementing and working towards growth. Thank you for considering me for the Representative-atLarge position, and make sure to VOTE when the time comes!

I am running for University Senate because I want to be a representative to every sector of our student body, from students in every school and all organizations. As a transfer student, I had the opportunity to be involved with student government at The George Washington University. I’m excited to use that experience and different perspective to make our Senate more representative, transparent, and creative for the entire community. One of my main initiatives will be to increase the collaboration of resources across the different schools at Emory. In addition, many candidates run on the platform of increasing transparency.

We must go further and instead be “actively transparent.” This means having office hours held by our student senators and involving students in the decisionmaking process rather than just informing them of the end result. By increasing unity we increase innovation and more importantly, we increase growth for our entire student government and population.

James Crowe I’m running for Re-Election as University Senator.

The University Senate is a primarily faculty group responsible for university-wide policy and honorary degree candidates.

In the last year, I have served on the Senate Executive Committee, the Committee for Open Expression, and the Campus Life Committee. I was responsible for changes in faculty representation and for bringing the Respect for Open Expression policy into compliance with the Senate bylaws. I am also Chief Justice of the Student Government Association and am the first student in the history of the university to be a candidate for an officer position in the University Senate. wAlong with the President of SGA, I have spent the last year seeking to understand the history of the Student Government Association and university governance.

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ELECTIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

endorsements of student government candidates are designed to help the student body elect its representatives in a more informed manner, as well as to offer the Wheel’s opinion on the best candidate for each position. The Wheel endorsement committee came to the opinions expressed here after observing and reporting on student government, studying student concerns and interviewing the candidates. The committee discussed each candidate, and endorsees were selected by majority vote. We believe that as the student newspaper, and one of the natural checks on student government, it is our responsibility to research every candidate and provide our best-informed opinion to voters.

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THE EMORY WHEEL

Endorsement Committee Members Ashley Bianco Miriam Cash James Crissman Emelia Fredlick Thomas Han Rhett Henry Elizabeth Howell Zak Hudak

Harmeet Kaur Jenna Kingsley Priyanka Krishnamurthy Bennett Ostdiek Tarrek Shaban Sonam Vashi Benazir Wehelie Dana Yougentob

Darby Demonstrates Innovation Kazi Suitable for Jon Darby for SGA President: Turning Theory Into Practice CC Presidency Jon Darby, College sophomore and Vice President of Communications, is best fit for the presidency due to his technological skill and plans to incorporate marginalized voices.

Due to his vision and experience within and without the Student Government Association (SGA), the Wheel endorses College sophomore and current Vice President of Communications Jon Darby for SGA president.

The SGA President has an obligation to represent the student body in its entirety — it should not be an organization that solely dictates the actions of student groups. Darby proves fit for this position through his

Feldman Focused On Unity, Cohesion We at the Wheel endorse Michelle Feldman for Student Programming Council (SPC) Vice President.

Feldman currently serves in SPC as the Dooley’s Week Co-Chair and has tremendous ex p e r i e n c e and knowledge of the organization.

As part of Feldman’s i n it i a t ive s, she helped expand “SPC with Love,” an event that Michelle focuses on Feldman random acts of kindness toward students, like massages in the library. She intends to focus on creating a unified and inclusive College community while also bridging a relationship between Emory’s undergraduate and graduate students. Feldman has already taken the initiative to achieve these goals by meeting with the leaders of Emory’s diverse campus networks, like the Office of Multicultural Programs and Services (OMPS), Emory Pride, Greek councils and the Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA).

Feldman also intends to create strong communication between Emory students and SPC by developing a SPC open-doors system where students can share their opinions and feedback. We would like to encourage Feldman to pursue these efforts and suggest that such a system be located in an easily accessible and visible area on campus where there is a lot of student presence.

Ultimately, we feel Feldman’s commitment to creating a more unified and inclusive Emory community is one that our SPC Presidential candidate endorsee, Niyeti Shah, is equally dedicated to. Having a SPC President and Vice President who share similar goals for the organization is an advantage for the Emory community as a whole, as students may have greater trust and faith that the SPC representatives will work together and cohesively towards accomplishing goals that serve the Emory community’s best interests.

vision of SGA, a transparent and efficient organization that incorporates the voices of all students on campus, regardless of race, gender, religion or socioeconomic status.

Darby has proven through his platform, interview with the Wheel and candidate debates that he will do everything in his power to ensure that minority groups are being represented and heard. He hopes to create and expand spaces for all marginalized groups on campus, and we believe that he is capable of following through on this promise.

As current VP of Communications, Darby’s platform centers on technology, and he has the appropriate experience to turn his ideas into practice. More specifically, Darby assisted with launching the new SGA and College Council (CC) websites, depicting his ability to concretely enact changes.

Furthermore, his ideas to use technology as a means to increase communication between SGA and the students is a great first step to

increase transparency and understanding of SGA. He wants to bring SGA to the people by creating a feedback box on SGA’s website, where students can view others’ ideas and choose to upvote or downvote them.

This allows SGA to get diverse opinions from all pockets on campus — integrating student opinions with productive decision-making.

Darby also hopes to make it easier and less intimidating for students to draft a bill by creating a guide catered to students. This will foster dialogue between the student body and SGA, facilitating his vision of all inclusivity and increasing student engagement with SGA. Additionally, Darby wants to use technology to increase SGA-toperson interaction. For example, he plans to take recording the SGA sessions a step further and introduce live-streaming so students who can’t physically make it to the meetings are still able to stay actively engaged with decisions that directly impact them or, at the very least, decisions

that use their money from the student activities fee.

Darby has a very specific vision of the SGA — one that is all-inclusive and technologically efficient. We do, however, encourage Darby to adopt his opponent, College sophomore Kimberly Varadi’s, idea of changing the speaking order at SGA meetings in order to prioritize the students who want to speak and bridge the gap between the legislature and the students.

Additionally, we hope to see Darby advocate for printing stipends, another idea his candidate proposed.

This will give students who are financially stressed a small yet important relief. We feel as if these initiatives will be effective additions that will help reach his goals.

Due to his current role as VP of Communications, we feel that Darby will be a potent and productive leader, using a variety of means to connect and inform the student body and therefore better representing the students that elect him.

Shah: Experienced, Energetic Niyeta Shah, College junior and Special Events Chair, has proven herself through launching SPC With Love as well as collaborating with the medical school to help alleviate stress.

For her focus on concrete programming ideas and increasing the impact the Student Programming Council (SPC) has on the Emory experience, the Wheel endorses Niyeti Shah for the position of SPC President. Due to her experience, energy and ability to turn her vision and ideas into a reality, Shah is clearly fit for the job.

As the president of a Universitywide organization, Shah plans to increase the amount of programming

on campus and to reach out to graduate students in order to create events that more fully represent the student body.

Aside from the larger events SPC is responsible for, such as Dooley’s Week and Swoop’s Week events, Shah believes that SPC should reach out to a greater number of students by putting on smaller SPC events throughout the year through partnerships with other student organizations. These small events would be a part of SPC with Love, an initiative that promotes random acts of kindness events that Shah helped create. Shah believes that these smaller events, like bringing King of Pops to campus, setting up a hot chocolate bar and giving out massages in the library, are important ways to engage the student body.

Shah wants to expand SPC’s impact beyond its own events by partnering with other student organizations. She hopes to help promote and finance events that may not otherwise get funded, and we believe that using

diverse student organizations will help reach marginalized voices of the Emory community, like graduate students and international students.

We encourage Shah to consider her opponent Michael Nathin’s ideas on making SPC more financially efficient and accountable, potentially using sponsorships from local businesses. This may be one way in which SPC can increase its impact on campus.

Shah’s experience within SPC, where she is currently the special events chair and previously chaired the Think Pink 5K Color Run, makes her a strong candidate for the presidency. As special events chair, she created SPC with Love and implemented a post-exam stress-relieving event with the Medical School. These past accomplishments indicate that she will be able to successfully put on more SPC events throughout the year and reach out to more students. We are convinced that she has the energy and passion necessary to implement her ideas.

Tilwa: Prepared for Position Raj Tilwa Proves Promising as SGA VP Based on his outward-looking vision for SGA, his previous experience within student government as SGA Representative-at-Large and his tangible ideas regarding communication with Emory’s student body, the Wheel confidently endorses Raj Tilwa for the position of SGA Vice President.

A current SGA representativeat-large and a College sophomore, Tilwa’s platform includes a focus on advocacy for underrepresented groups on campus, including students with disabilities. We feel that Tilwa’s attention to minority groups on campus is important to a student government whose aim is to represent the entire student body and goes hand-in-hand with Darby’s focus on marginalized groups on campus.

To increase communication with the student body, Tilwa has proposed a series of town hall meetings each semester to address important issues

Raj Tilwa, College sophomore and Representativeat-Large, has many concrete ideas surrounding communication such as town hall meetings and increasing networking with alumni. in the Emory community. We recognize the value of increased open dialogue with administrators and community leaders about social and political issues relevant to the Emory student body.

Tilwa’s previous experience within SGA has shown a consistent dedication to students’ interests. During

December’s discussion over the controversial fee split bill, Tilwa coproposed to table the conversation about the changes in order to allow more debate and education about the issue. While the bill passed anyway, Tilwa’s efforts to increase debate and deliberation both inside and outside of SGA is notable.

Tilwa has stated an interest in improving the value of an Emory degree by strengthening networking connections between Emory’s undergraduates, graduates and alumni.

We feel that this could be a valuable effort, if successful, since such networks can improve educational opportunities and job placement after college as well as alumni donations and interaction with the University.

The Wheel believes that Tilwa’s concrete, feasible ideas and steady advocacy work for students make him a very capable and exciting candidate for the vice presidency of SGA.

The Wheel reluctantly endorses College junior and current College Council (CC) Treasurer Omair Kazi for CC President. While we feel he is the most fit to lead CC in a productive direction, we are concerned about his lack of experience and ideas outside of fiscal policy. We hope that, if elected, Kazi will work closely with CC Vice Presidential Candidate Alyssa Weinstein to develop more concrete ideas.

Although Kazi’s ideas may be limited in scope, they are more concrete and constructive than his opponent, College junior and current CC vice president Adam Chan. Furthermore, Kazi’s leadership style, which, he described, focuses on personal relationships with his colleagues, makes him a comparatively better candidate.

Kazi wants CC members to understand their primary role of serving and supporting student organizations through funding. As current CC treasurer, Kazi’s strength is monetary policy. Additionally, as the former treasurer of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and the Pakistani Student Association (PSA), he has experienced the budget processing from the side of student organizations. As president, he intends to make this budget process friendlier to these organizations.

Kazi wants to shift CC’s mentality of seeing the funds they allocate as CC’s money to viewing it as the students’ money. Consequently, Kazi believes they should treat members

Omair Kazi, College junior and CC treasurer, has concrete ideas for improving the fiscal policy of CC and plans to increase accessibility for student organizations on campus. of student organizations with greater respect.

Despite our concern about Kazi’s failure to address issues outside of finances, we nonetheless acknowledge the importance of strong fiscal policies. Through the allocation of funds, CC has the power to impact the lives of many students. We therefore recognize the value of Kazi’s experience as treasurer.

While the Wheel endorses Kazi as the better of the two CC presidential candidates, we do so with great hesitation. Though Kazi has strong fiscal ideas, we feel that the CC president must be knowledgeable about all issues that affect the Emory community.

We strongly encourage Kazi, if elected, to work closely with potential CC vice president Alyssa Weinstein to implement many of her concrete and innovative ideas.

Weinstein: Ideal CC Vice President Weinstein to Improve Efficiency, Communication College sophomore and current sophomore legislator Alyssa Weinstein is organized and committed to making a change on the College Council (CC) executive board. In the year that she has served, Weinstein has increased the social media presence of CC and is working toward a bike share program with the help of Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair. Due to her commitment and initiative, the Wheel endorses Weinstein as a qualified candidate for CC vice president.

In Weinstein’s short time as sophomore legislator, she has already identified the structural problems of CC, such as the inefficiency of the general body meetings (GBMs) as well as the communication between student organizations and legislators.

She plans to improve efficiency and communication as CC vice president, and we are confident in her ability to do so.

Weinstein intends to increase communication and collaboration between the executives and legislators of CC. She plans to send the minutes from meetings to the entire CC body. We feel that with her experience as a legislator, this opportunity affords Weinstein a unique position to identify with other student legislators and to better communicate their concerns and desires to the executive board.

Weinstein proposes a number of unique initiatives and concrete ideas, which she plans to implement,

Alyssa Weinstein, College sophomore and sophomore legislator, plans to use social media as a means to increase communication between CC and the student body. if elected. The bike share program and her plans to address problems with SafeRide provide a few of the many examples of her determination and leadership that we at the Wheel believe she will bring to CC. Additionally, she wants to increase communication between CC and all students through social media and online promotion. Weinstein already has a strong grasp upon the communication problems that CC has been experiencing and is prepared to address those issues if elected.

We feel that Weinstein has proven to be a worthy candidate for the role of CC vice president because she realizes the potential CC has to address the concerns of the student body. Her focus on listening to student concerns and acting upon them combined with her experience as a legislator gives the Wheel confidence in endorsing Weinstein for the position of CC vice president.

Vote from 12 a.m. on Monday, March 31 to 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2 at emory.edu/vote.

THE EMORY WHEEL

Student Life Friday, March 28, 2014 | Student Life Editor: Jenna Kingsley (jdkings@emory.edu)

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By Lindsey Sheppard Staff Writer It seemed like a typical Wednesday at Emory. As hundreds of students passed through Asbury Circle, various club members sat at tables advertising their organizations and competing for students’ attention. But what certainly caught everyone’s attention last Wednesday was President Wagner’s visit to the center of Asbury Circle where he marked Greece on a map as a place he would like to visit in the world.

This event was part of Emory Model United Nations’ (EMUN) World Week. The occasion is hosted

by EMUN each year and consists of events centered on community building and international awareness at Emory.

On Monday, the first day of World Week, Emory students were given the opportunity to learn about how they could make an impact on the world.

Chris Young, Executive Director of CIFAL (“Centre International de Formation des Autorités et Leaders” in French, “International Training Center for Authorities and Leaders” in English ) Atlanta, spoke to students about what CIFAL does and how they Courtesy of Emory Model United Nations could get involved in influencing the President Wagner (left) marks Maryland as his home state on a map at Emory Model United Nations’ world.

CIFAL Atlanta’s mission is to table at Wonderful Wednesday last week. strengthen the capacities of government authorities, private sectors are geared toward their members that LSAT as a means by which to get into Taunk overall believes that World representatives and civil society travel to competitions, they are open the law school of their dreams. It is Week was a success. leaders in the areas of economic to all Emory students. through this I feel people will be able In addition to World Week, development, environmental susEMUN also sponsored last week’s to inspire the international commu- EMUN participates in and organizes tainability and social development. Wonderful Wednesday. Students nity and build a community at Emory various other events. Members travel It specifically focuses on economic passing through Asbury Circle were and around the world.” to Model United Nations competicompetitiveness, education, public- asked to mark on a world map where EMUN ended World Week with tions on the collegiate circuit and also private partnerships, gender equal- they are from and where they a celebration at Los Loros host on-campus events open to all ity, HIV/AIDS management, water would like to travel or Mexican Restaurant Emory students. resources management, solid waste live in the future. in Decatur on Most notably, EMUN hosted a management, energy efficiency and In an attempt Saturday night. Bollywood movie night where Indian renewable energy in a global context to increase Taunk said snacks were served. with an emphasis on the Western international that the Members are currently organizHemisphere. awa reness, e v e n t ing a political debate between the “My favorite experience from E M U N h e l p e d Emory College Republicans, Young World Week was hearing Chris m e m b e r s build a Americans for Liberty and Young Young from CIFAL Atlanta speak also asked f e e l i n g Democrats. about how young people can change s t u d e n t s of comEMUN has had a great impact the world,” said Ajay Taunk, College to name a m u n i t y on its members by fostering both a sophomore and EMUN Vice country they a m o n g culture of international literacy and President in charge of World Week. pointed to on Emory stu- strong community.

“I spoke with a number of attendees h a n d - d r a w n dents, one of “EMUN changed my experience of Chris Young’s talk, and the feed- maps of continents.

World Week’s at Emory forever,” he said. “Being back I received was overwhelmingly On Thursday, goals. an international student, I found it positive. Many students were inspired Blueprint LSAT Preparation Courtesy of Flickr/Moby’s Photos “A wide variety of peo- difficult early on to find my place at by what he had to say.

Company, which helps college stu- ple from a myriad of social groups Emory. I quickly found myself surWorld Week continued on Tuesday dents prepare for the LSAT (Law on campus attended our social event rounded by some of the nicest, smartwith EMUN’s weekly general body School Admission Test), hosted a at Los Loros,” Taunk said. “During est and most caring people on cammeeting. During this meeting, mem- free workshop open to all Emory conversations we had at Los Loros, pus... EMUN is a place where anyone bers learned Model United Nations Students. a number of connections were made and everyone can feel welcome and skills and how they could implement “Our free Blueprint LSAT work- both between EMUN’ers and non- learn about the world we live in.”

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DEAR DOOLINA

Finance is a concentration in the Goizeuta Business School (B-school).

What’s the difference between a concentration and a major?

Technically, every student in Goizueta is majoring in a general business degree. Within this major, however, students can select one to two Area Depths which more closely align with their interests, such as Finance, Accounting or Marketing. As such, even though I’m a finance concentration, the majority of my business classes have been in subjects other than finance.

Why did you choose to concentrate in Finance?

I’ve always been sort of a math/science geek, and so I wanted a subject which appealed to my quantitative nature. Back in highschool, I strongly considered pursuing engineering. However, I also value my interpersonal skills and didn’t want a career, for instance, where I’d be working in a lab all day.

Finance, to me, is the field which best combines these two aspects. A financial analyst could spend hours and hours developing a complex Excel model, but at the end of the day, he/she also needs to be able to communicate their work in a succinct and understandable manner.

What’s been your favorite thing you’ve done as a Finance concentration?

Last semester, I took a Sports Finance class in which I tried to determine the value of the Miami Marlins baseball team. It was refreshing to be able to apply financial concepts to a fun and unusual topic such as sports. It was also fascinating to see the huge prices that owners pay to acquire a sports franchise, simply because the prestige of owning a sports team is so enticing.

What’s the hardest part of concentrating in Finance?

Finance can be a pretty steep learning curve. I know exponentially more now than I did just two years ago. Additionally, it’s the type of material that might not “sink in” when you first learn it. It often takes two to three times of going over a concept before you finally master it.

What are you hoping to do, career-wise, with your concentration?

After graduation, I’ll be working at the Bank of Montreal’s New York office as an Investment Banking analyst. I love the idea of a role where I can advise large companies during such critical times as a merger or and IPO. Does study abroad play a big part in the concentration? Did you study abroad/do most students studying Finance study abroad?

I studied abroad in Vienna during the fall of my junior year - an experience I would recommend to anyone who is interested. In general, a large number of Goizueta students - finance concentrations included - study abroad. I took a class about international finance, in a classroom of students from all over the world. Needless to say, this diversity made the learning atmosphere much more engaging and thought-provoking.

If you could create your own class within the concentration, what would it be? Why? Finance is a relatively young field. In contrast to physical sciences, which have been developing for centuries, many key concepts in modern finance have only arisen within the past 40-50 years (example: the Black-Scholes model of option pricing). This unexplored potential is another aspect that drew me to finance. As such, I would love to take a class which simply explores the “cutting edge” concepts of finance - topics in finance which we as a society are still figuring out. In general, I believes that America’s education system too often instructs us on what is known, without unveiling that what is unknown. For example, I love reading about developments in quantum physics, not because I want to be a scientist, but simply because I am fascinated by the exploration of undiscovered knowledge.

If you had to give advice to someone considering the Finance concentration, what would you tell them?

Many people concentrate in finance without legitimate reason. Many are just following the crowd, so to speak, and concentrating in finance because their friends are doing it. So my advice would be: don’t rush into a finance concentration unless you’re fairly sure about it, and don’t rule out other concentrations before you’ve given them a chance.

What is one thing every Finance B-schooler knows?

Professor Steve Ahn is an Excel/financial modeling magician.

What’s one stereotype about Finance students that you think is untrue?

I think it’s safe to say that many people stereotype finance students as the “Wolf of Wall Street” type – that we are unscrupulous or aggressive personalities whose sole desire in life is to make money. While these types of people definitely exist, I think they are a small (yet very noticeable) minority. In truth, while the allure of making money certainly plays a role, many students – myself included – are simply interested in the subject matter. Or at least, I hope this is the case... maybe I’m just being ignorant.

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Emory Runs on Dunkin?

Dear Doolina, I slept through my second enrollment time and subsequently only have two classes and a PE class. I need two other classes for my major, but they’ve already filled up, and now I’m totally screwed for next semester. What should I do?

Sincerely, Sleeping Through Class Dear Sleeping Through Class, It’s time you learned how to add/ drop/swap like a boss – and how to stop sleeping through important life events (I’m picture a terrifying wedding day for your would-be spouse as we speak). Add/drop/swap is not for the weak of heart. Nay, it requires patience, dedication and immense concentration. Once it opens, stay glued to your computer like glue on a computer. Refresh OPUS every chance you get, and see what happens. If that’s still not working out, ask your professor to overload you into the class. I’d recommend not mentioning that you slept through enrollment though.

If all else fails, you can ask someone who’s enrolling soon to hold a spot for you, but that violates the honor code. But who knows, you might just sleep through your honor code hearing anyway!

Delightfully, Doolina

Dear Doolina, My extracurricular activities keep me in the DUC all the time. I find myself there for hours each day, and then have no choice but to eat at Dunkin.

My diet consists purely of donuts and coffee, and I’m starting to feel it.

Recommendations?

Sincerely, Stuck in the DUC Dear Stuck in the DUC, But America runs on Dunkin!

And so should you.

Except, well, run away from Dunkin and not towards it and not on a full stomach of donuts. But really, that sounds like a terrible diet, and that’s coming from whatever the opposite of a nutritionist is (a skeleton?!).

This is going to sound like a crazy concept, but try bringing food with you.

You’re going to balk and say “but I don’t have time!” or “I don’t have a car to go grocery shopping!”

Newsflash: It takes five seconds to make a sandwich and put an apple into a bag. Second newsflash: Emory shuttles go to Publix every day of the week, and Publix makes the most delicious subs in the whole world. Do it – you’ll thank me later.

Delightfully, Doolina

Pictured: Dennis House, Photo by Bahar Amalfard/Staff

“There are so many things I like about my job, but my favorite part is ensuring that you’re safe to come study.”

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Senior shortshop Jared Kahn takes a swing. Kahn led off and scored in a run in the Eagles’ 6-5 loss to Centre College (Ky.) on Wednesday.

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Squad Falls to Centre at Home

Davis Led Upstart Eagles En Route to Record-Breaking Year Continued from the Back Page “Freshman year was so fun because it was so new,” Davis said.

“As a freshman, no one expects much from you, and I found success early, so it was fun trying to further myself and the team.”

Davis described his senior season as special, mostly due to the fact that the team advanced farther than any in program history.

Davis was undoubtedly the most valuable player of the historic season, leading the team in scoring and in rebounding.

This past season, in one of the more exciting moments in Emory basketball history, Davis made both the game-tying three in regulation and the game-winning three in overtime to upset the No. 1 team in the country, University of Wisconsin — Stevens Point, to advance the squad to the Elite Eight.

When asked about the two clutch shots, Davis was most proud of what they meant for the program.

“I don’t think it meant as much to me personally as a player as it did

to Emory as a basketball program,” Davis said. “Playing the number one team in the country in front of 3000 people in the biggest Division III environment there is and being able to walk out of there as the winning team in the game was really sweet.”

Davis was proud to disprove the non-believers who ignored the Eagles throughout his career.

“Throughout the course of my four years, we’ve been written off and looked over,” Davis said. “I just love the thought of Emory moving on and everyone who looks at that the bracket saying, ‘Oh wow, they’re for real.’”

Davis assessed his career to be a B+ to A, in academic terms, saying that he accomplished 85 to 90 percent of his goals he set forth for himself.

“Overall, it was a lot of fun,” Davis said. I’m not disappointed by how it ended in the full scheme of things.”

Following graduation in May with a degree in film studies, what’s next for Davis?

“Show business,” he said. “That’s what I’m after next.”

— Contact Ethan Morris at ethan.morris@emory.edu

By Zak Hudak Asst. Sports Editor The Eagles’ four game winning streak came to an end with a two out ninth inning upset loss to Centre College (Ky.) Wednesday. Centre’s record improved to 6-15, while Emory’s fell to 18-8 on the season.

“A problem was that we looked at their record and saw they weren’t the best team, so many of us didn’t come ready to play to the best of our abilities, instead of controlling what we could control and playing how Emory Baseball plays,” said junior Brett Lake, who is hitting .477 with 42 RBIs this season after missing most of the 2013 season due to injury.

The tide of the game switched almost nonstop starting with the Eagles scoring two in the first off a single from senior Brandon Hannon, his 33rd of the season, and a home run from Lake, his fourth of the season.

Freshman pitcher Jordan Short held the Eagles hitless from that point until the sixth inning.

In the third, Centre sophomore infielder Sam Spees singled off senior pitcher Ben Hinojosa. Three singles and an error in the third tied the game at 2-2 in the third.

Senior outfielder Kyle Cook then reached second, advancing on a bad throw to first and moving Spees to third.

Junior first baseman Trey Litsey singled to center field, driving Spees and Cook in to tie the score.

To start off the fifth, Centre sophomore outfielder Jake Johnson singled to junior shortstop Jared Kahn. Spees then grounded out to third, moving Johnson to second. Litsey then singled to center again, picking up a third RBI on the day when Johnson scored.

Emory junior center fielder Wes Peacock started off the bottom of the sixth with a single to center field, his 33rd hit of the season. He then scored off a double down the line from senior catcher Jared Welch, tying the game 3-3.

In the seventh inning, Kahn walked and advanced to second on the intentional walk of Lake. With two outs, senior outfielder Daniel Iturrey singled to right field to drive in Kahn and take the lead.

The Colonels bounced back in the top of the eighth, starting with the walk of Litsey.

Freshman utility player Andrew Olson then singled to the left, advancing Litsey to second. Both runners advanced off freshman outfielder Alex Richardson’s ground out to second base. Litsey then scored off a single from sophomore catcher Zach Montgomery.

Emory junior utility player Jordan Selbach started the bottom of the eighth by reaching first on a throwing

error by freshman shortstop Grant Herald.

He then advanced to second on a wild pitch by freshman pitcher Brett Vitkun and to third on a fly out by sophomore outfielder Chris Slivka.

Pinch hitting for sophomore second baseman David Coble, senior Josh Bokor laid down a sacrifice bunt to score Selbach.

Senior Robert Gross came in to attempt to close the game for the Eagles in the top of the ninth, getting the first two batters he faced out.

Johnson then reached first for the Colonels when Gross hit him with a pitch. Spees singled to the right side, advancing Johnson to second and putting him in scoring position.

Cook then singled to left, making it to second on the throw, scoring Johnson and advancing Cook to third.

Senior Mike Bitanga then came in to pitch for Gross, intentionally walking Litsey. Olson then singled to first, scoring Spees, the go ahead run.

Vitkun remained in for Centre to close the game, giving up only a single to Lake.

The Eagles will take on tenthranked Birmingham-Southern College (Ala.) away today and at home Saturday and Sunday. “We’ll have to put the loss behind us and move on and just play how we know we can play,” Peacock said.

— Contact Zak Hudak at zachary.j.hudak@emory.edu

Eagles’ Gymnastics Team Soars Continued from the Back Page outweigh the risks,” Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics, said in an interview with US News.

One benefit of gymnastics is the exercise. The bulging biceps and sixpack abs may be a clue. Gymnasts have to train intensely to be able to lift their weight six feet off their ground or bounce off their arms at what seems 20 miles an hour. Not all gymnastics is this intense, however.

The Emory Gymnastics Club team is a place where students can easily accumulate fitness, gain new skills at their leisure and have fun bonding with their peers.

“No, we’re not the greatest gymnasts, and we may not have as many difficult skills,” said Ali Serpe, a co-captain of the team and a senior at Emory. She continued, “But we work hard at every practice, and we make progress at every meet.”

The Emory Gymnastics team didn’t place at the KSU meet, or any of the meets this year. The team meets twice a week at the local Atlanta Gymnastics Center, just a few miles away from Emory’s campus.

“It’s a great social thing,” said Jason Perlman, a junior at Emory, in his second year on the team. He added, “That’s why I stick with gymnastics.”

The National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs is hosting the annual national competition on April 3 in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Over 160 college teams from all over the country are signed up to compete, including Emory.

“We set our goals at the beginning of the year for Nationals,” Linderman said. She’s working on her back handspring back tuck for the competition.

— Contact Caroline Eggers at cregger@emory.edu

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The Kentucky Wildcats’ mascot enjoys a moment of peace and quiet. The Wildcats, after upsetting Wichita State University, are a trendy pick to take down rival University of Louisville.

Chavkin: Expect Kentucky to Top Louisville Continued from the Back Page pated games of the Sweet Sixteen, mainly because of the in-state rivalry between the two universities and the high level of play both teams have experienced the past two weeks.

Kentucky, once again, is one of the most talented teams in the country, but was not able to reach their potential during the regular season. The Wildcats seem to be hitting their stride at the end of the season, losing to the Florida Gators, the number one team in the country, by only one point in the SEC Championship

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game and then taking down Wichita State and ending their undefeated season. Louisville also came into the tournament on a hot streak, plowing through the AAC tournament. I’m not the biggest fan of the Cardinals’ roster in general.

If Kentucky plays the way they did Sunday afternoon, there is no reason they should have a problem taking down Rick Pitino and his Louisville team.

Virginia v. Michigan State The final game of the night could

be the best game of the round of sixteen. The matchup is between a number one seed and a team that has the talent and coaching to be a number one seed. Michigan State was expected to be a number one seed at the beginning of the year, but injuries forced the Spartans to go through a rough couple of weeks to end their season.

As the team has come closer to full strength, the Spartans have been able to recapture the dominance they had experienced at the beginning of the year, winning the Big 10 tournament and cruising through

the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. Michigan State is solid on both sides of the ball led by sophomore guard Gary Harris and senior forward Adreian Payne. Virginia is another solid team defensively, but has shown the inability to score at times throughout the season. I’ll take Michigan State in this game because I picked them to win the tournament, but I could definitely see Virginia finding a way to pull this game out, and I expect the winner to head past the Elite Eight into the Final Four.

— Contact Brian Chavkin at brian.chavkin@emory.edu

We at On Fire love dancing. If anyone needs evidence to this fact, just look to last week’s On Fire, in which we discussed the Nae Nae, a phenomenon sweeping through both Black Twitter and March Madness.

But the Nae Nae is last week’s news. Your lily-white On Fire correspondent has found a dance that truly speaks to his (or her) soul; a dance that communicates the passion, energy and deep inner struggle of the dancer; a dance that screams, “I am a middle-aged, middle-class midwestern white guy, and I am proud of it!”

(In the interest of full disclosure, the father of your high-aspiring On Fire correspondent is a guy of this sort, and your correspondent dreams or being a guy (or girl) of this sort one day.)

In the wake of his team’s 85-83 win over North Carolina in the second round of the NCAA tournament, Iowa State’s Head Coach Fred “the Mayor” Hoiberg expressed his feelings through dance.

And oh, what feelings they were.

Wearing dark slacks, a white dress shirt and a flashy red tie (a bold fashion statement, if you ask your fashionista On Fire correspondent) and holding his iPhone in his right hand to provide a musical background for this special moment, Hoiberg starts speaking the international language of movement while surrounding by his team in the locker room after the game.

He begins to shuffle his feet back and forth in a gentle rocking motion while moving his hands up and down and his bobbing his neck. These three motions form the core of his dance, and provide the foundation for all the improvisation that is to come.

In the words of the CBS commentators, “He’s staying within himself, notice he’s not taking too many risks here.” Hoiberg knows his strengths, and he plays to them.

However, Hoiberg is also a man who is not afraid to take big risks in order to gain big rewards. Pretty soon he brings his shoulders into the dance, shrugging them back and forth. Next come the arms, which he starts moving in a swimming motion.

Then, at the 12-second mark in the video, he does something completely unexpected.

After bringing the viewer completely into the world of his dance, utterly absorbing us in the pure language of his movement, he pauses for half a beat.

This pause takes the dance to an entirely different level. It causes the reader to question everything that he already knows about the dance, and most of the things that he thinks he knows about life.

But Hoiberg does not dwell on the pause. He does not make a bigger deal about it than it is. Instead, he moves on to his next move, which looks very similar to his previous move, except that he is rocking in the other direction.

Then, at the 15-second mark, he raises his hand, lowers his head and walks into the middle of the locker room. His team gathers around him, clearly inspired and deeply moved by their coach’s wonderful dance.

However, perhaps even more moving than Hoiberg’s impassioned dance are the various responses that his players and staff members have to it.

The first player to make a move is number 15, who creeps out from the bottom right of the frame with a towel covering his head in order to get closer to this oracle of movement.

Numbers 11 and 22 follow number 15 in moving towards their coach, although they choose to hop instead of creep.

Number 11, also known as Morris, then begins waving his hand in the air (we would go so far as to say that he just don’t care).

Then the rest of the team stands up and joins in. Number 50 puts his towel in his mouth and begins pelvic thrusting; number 42 offers an awkwardyet-pleasing medley, beginning with an open-handed fist pump and transitioning into a deranged Macarena; and the numberless white guy who has been relegated to the back corner stands around awkwardly.

Let us devote a few words to this white guy. He is one of the first players in the locker room to stand up – clearly his coach’s dance has touched him somehow. He is also one of the first to begin clapping.

But suddenly, while bringing his hands together for the fourth time, he forgets how to clap. His hands inexplicably fail to meet, and he is reduced to shaking his head while grinning goofily.

How many minutes do you think this guy plays a game?

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Friday, March 28, 2014 Sports Editors: Bennett Ostdiek (bostdie@emory.edu) and Ryan Smith (ryan.smith@emory.edu)

FEATURE

Softball The softball team played a double-header against Lynchburg College (Va.) yesterday, winning the first game 9-1 and losing the second 13-8.

Senior pitcher Amanda Kardys started the first game on the mound for the Eagles.

She allowed one run, one hit and one walk and managed one strikeout while throwing a complete game.

This victory brings her wonloss record to 19-1 on the year.

Senior second baseman Claire Bailey, senior first baseman Megan Light and sophomore third baseman Hannah Sendel were the offensive stars for the Eagles.

Bailey went 2-3 with a walk while scoring three runs, Light went 3-4 with a home run and three RBIs and Sendel went 2-4 with a home run, two runs and two RBIs. Tara Fallahee also slammed a home run for the Eagles.

In the second game, the Eagles jumped out to an early lead with a four-run first inning. Light hit a solo home run with two outs, and Micah Scharff followed with a three-run homer. Lynchburg chopped the deficit to 4-3 after the bottom of the first.

Emory added a run in the top of the second and third, stretching the lead to 6-3.

It was the fourth and fifth innings that did the Eagles in.

Emory held a 7-4 lead before Lynchburg tied it up at 7-7. Emory surrendered sixth runs in the bottom of the fifth to make the score 13-7.

Scharff led the Eagles with two hits and three RBIs. Sendel had two runs, as did Fallahee.

Kardys gave up seven runs in two and two thirds innings.

Freshman pitcher Brittany File took the loss, falling to 7-4 on the season.

The Eagles are now 28-6 on the season. The team will be back in action tonight against Ferrum College with a doubleheader at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

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Senior forward Jake Davis dribbles around a defender. Davis’ career was one for the record books, setting program bests in points, scoring average and free throws this past season. Davis earned All-America second-team honors.

All He Does Is Win: Don’t Doubt Davis

By Ethan Morris Staff Writer Now that the men’s basketball season has officially concluded, it’s time to honor one of the program’s all-time greats: senior Jake Davis. In what was a truly illustrious career, Davis set many program records and led the team to new heights, including a berth in the Elite Eight this season, the farthest the team has ever made it in the NCAA D-III tournament.

In his Emory career, Davis finished second on the school’s all-time lists in scoring (1,870 points), scoring average (18.3 points per game), field

goals (671) and free throws (409).

Most importantly to Davis, however, is the fact that he is the winningest player in Emory history, finishing with an overall record of 78-27.

“Being able to say that you won more games than any player prior to you is really special,” Davis said.

“Leaving that legacy behind means a lot to me. It reminds me that I helped build the program.”

Davis added, “If anybody asks if I was any good as a player in college, 10 or 15 years down the road, my response would not be whether I was the leading scorer or not, it would be that I am the winningest player in

Emory history.”

This past season, Davis set school season records in total points (609 points), scoring average (22.6 ppg) and free throws (168), earning him a spot on the All-America secondteam. In his four year career, Davis was named to the All-University Athletic Association (UAA) first team in three consecutive seasons.

From the moment Davis took the court his freshman year, he’s been a force, leading the team in scoring every year except his freshman season, as well as being one of the squad’s leaders.

“Having found earlier success in

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my first years on the team, I took on a role of being a voice that people listened to,” Davis said. “When I was a senior, I led the young guys in a way I felt was appropriate and in my own voice, different from seniors in the past.”

The squad has improved every season of Davis’s career, going from missing the tournament his first two years to winning the league championship his junior year, then earning a trip to the Elite Eight his senior year.

Davis attributes the progress to the team’s intangibles, which have gotten better each year.

“The talent, the work ethic and

the commitment has picked up each year,” Davis said. “The kids that have come in since I’ve been here have been a little more dedicated.”

Davis also credited the coaching staff for the program’s advancement, saying, “I think [Head] Coach [Jason] Zimmerman and his staff have done a great job bringing in kids who are good players that maybe could play at a higher level but want the education and the basketball.”

Davis had two favorite seasons in his Emory career, his freshman and senior seasons.

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MARCH MADNESS

Club Team Provides Friendly Competition Friday Night Sweet Sixteen Preview

By Caroline Eggers Contributing Writer

Laughter and cheering rang through the industrial gymnasium, tucked away in Woodstock, Ga. The Kennesaw State University Club Gymnastics meet was like a circus.

Girls with colored ribbons in their glittered hair twirled on four-inchthick pieces of wood. Quasi- bodybuilders dangled nine feet above the ground from metal rings clasped in their hands, while others defied gravity in massive tumbling on a blue felt, spring floor.

“It’s nice to have the thrill of competition,” said Nicole Linderman, a junior at Emory University, who competed in all four events for the women’s team. Emory was among eight college teams to compete. “But these gymnasts aren’t cutthroat like the younger ones,” she added.

College club gymnastics is a drastic departure from youth competitive gymnastics. Instead of pouting six-year-olds who lost points for not pointing their toes, big smiles light the room when the college gymnasts make it to their feet. It’s rare to see the perfect “sticks” that are common in elite-level gymnastics.

Gymnastics is traditionally a sport for the young. Most gyms don’t offer classes past the age of 18. Women physically peak in the sport between the ages of 14 and 16, while men thrive through their early 20s. These disparities between the sexes are clearly present in college gymnastics.

While most of the young women train simple, clean routines consistently, some men fall almost as often as they land on their feet. They attempt riskier, high-level skills.

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Junior Jason Perlman practices rings at the Atlanta Gymnastics Center. Perlman spoke highly of the social aspect of the Emory gymnastics team.

“Guys can throw tricks for the first time in competition,” said Khy Chesnut, a sophomore competing for Kennesaw State University. He added, “We always say, ‘Just throw it.’”

The first routine I saw was a young man on floor. Clearly peaking in his gymnastics talents, he stepped on the floor and pulled his neon-orange Clemson shorts so they sat midway down his tanned, thick thigh muscles.

He greeted the judges with a salute

and exhaled as the notes to a fastpaced electronic song began. Tearing across the blue floor with incredible power, he executed a shaky double twisting back layout. Immediately, he followed up with another power move, a front handspring double twisting front layout, but his body didn’t have the necessary height, and he stumbled to the side. He doubled over in pain in a potentially seasonending injury.

Gymnastics is a high-impact sport,

and injuries happen. Many of the young athletes competing in the club meet were wearing tiger-paws, the common gymnastics wrist protectors, knee supports and ankle braces.

Gymnastics is the second most dangerous sport for girls, second only to cheerleading, according to Fox News.

However, the five million people in the U.S. attending gymnastics gyms suggest that there’s more to the sport.

“I think the benefits you gain far

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The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament this year have been nothing short of amazing. Some people have even called it the best beginning to an NCAA tournament ever.

The first round saw five different overtimes, a four-point play to send a game to overtime, a few buzzer beaters and all around outstanding basketball. The second round gave viewers what many call the best game of the year played so far between Wichita State and Kentucky. Both teams played their best all around games of the season, matching each other shot for shot. It took a last second defensive stand by the Wildcats to land them in the Sweet Sixteen.

Here are my predictions for tonight’s Sweet Sixteen games.

Michigan v. Tennessee Tennessee has been impressive in this tournament, but they also haven’t played anyone. The University of Massachusetts was a grossly over seeded team that should never have been placed in the six spot from the start. After the Volunteers cruised in the first round, the team was supposed to have a run in with the Blue Devils from Duke. Unfortunately,

they got Mercer, who played a great game against Duke to provide the tournament with the biggest upset up until that point, but could not be expected to perform the same way in back-to-back games. Meanwhile, Michigan has been dominant offensively, showing explosiveness from behind the arc and the ability to possibly contend for a Final Four spot.

I have the Wolverines winning this game in a blowout.

UConn v. Iowa State My bracket says I should be picking Iowa State in this game, but I’m not. UConn has been very impressive in their first two games. Shabazz Napier has looked like Kemba Walker did when he led the Huskies to the championship three years ago.

Napier also got help from his backcourt partner Ryan Boatright, who has been able to get to the basket with ease over the first two games.

I was a big fan of the way Iowa State played coming down the stretch of the regular season, finishing it off with a win in the Big 12 Championship game. The loss of forward Georges Niang to a broken foot, however, is a huge blow to the Cyclones. The loss of a third scorer will handicap Iowa State and propel UConn to a win to move into the Elite Eight.

Kentucky v. Louisville This is one of the most antici-

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