INDEX
Emory Events Calendar, Page 2
Police Record, Page 2
Crossword Puzzle, Page 8
Staff Editorial, Page 6
Arts & Entertainment, Page 9
On Fire, Page 11
THE EMORY WHEEL Since 1919
The Independent Student Newspaper of Emory University
Volume 94, Issue 43
www.emorywheel.com
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Every Tuesday and Friday GRADUATE SCHOOL
Laney Lamar, 3Lau Draw Massive Crowds During Dooley’s Week Students To Vote on Wagner DOOLEY’S WEEK 2013
‘Confidence’ Ballot To Be Held April 16 By Jordan Friedman Executive Editor
in a non-designated area. After Goswami filed his appeal, though, the Election Council determined that Goswami ’s “chalking ” was not a violation. The committee also decided to revoke Goswami ’s disqualification and instead penalize him with five community service hours. Upon further discussion, the committee determined that another general election would be held in which all candidates, including those eliminated in the run-off round, would be able to participate. Goswami, in an interview with the Wheel, expressed his frustration with the way in which the allegations of cheating were presented to him. According to Goswami, the allegations blind-sided him at a meeting in which he had no time to prepare a defense. He said he believes the allegations made against him by Simon were made as a last-effort attempt. “It was brought up only because I won, ” Goswami said. “These ‘violations ’ were part of the general election, so if they were this significant, she should not have waited until I won. If you follow the code she was supposed to bring them up after the
The Graduate Student Council (GSC) passed a bill at last week ’s meeting that will allow Laney Graduate School students to vote next Tuesday on whether they have confidence in University President James W. Wagner. The ultimate results will “let the University faculty, administration and trustees know where Laney graduate students stand on the issue, ” according to the bill. A single question — “Do you have confidence in James Wagner as President of Emory University? ” — will appear on the ballot, and students will be able to vote “yes, ” “no, ” or “abstain. ” The legislation, passed at a GSC meeting last Thursday, comes more than a week after College faculty members voted in favor of holding their own vote via electronic ballot. Voting for College faculty started yesterday and lasts through Friday. A vote of “no confidence ” would not directly affect Wagner ’s employment position at the University but would demonstrate that the graduate student body feels he is no longer fit to lead. The GSC, which represents the Laney Graduate School, also voted to amend the original bill — submitted by fourth-year graduate student Andy Ratto — thereby adding a text box to the ballot for students to explain the reasoning behind their votes. The date of the vote was also changed to coincide with a GSC event already planned for next Tuesday, “so students can be encouraged to vote while they are at the event, ” Ratto wrote in an email to the Wheel. He declined to comment further. Ratto had previously submitted a similar bill to the Student Government Association (SGA), which the legislature failed on March 25 despite amendments that changed the bill ’s focus from Wagner to the direction of the University as a whole. The SGA bill would have added a vote to the last week ’s student government elections electronic ballot, but the GSC bill allows only Laney students to vote. Voting for Laney students will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at emory.edu/vote. The results will be published on the GSC website, likely within a week after voting ends, according to GSC President and fifthyear Laney student Robert Rankin. Some members of the Emory community have called Wagner ’s performance into question this semester after the publication of his controversial Emory Magazine column which cited the Three-Fifths Compromise as a productive example of political compromise. The bill does not specifically cite the column or Wagner ’s role in the department cuts — a topic that College faculty discussed at their March 27 meeting — but states that such a vote “is an established method for evaluating performance, and such a vote has occurred at other schools by both university faculty, and from students as well. ” “[The vote] allows the higher ups get an idea of what the LGS students are thinking as a whole, ” Rankin wrote in an email to the Wheel. While Wagner wrote in an email
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All Photos Courtesy of David Feldman
Bottom Left: About 7,000 students showed up on McDonough Field on Friday night to listen to the music of rapper Kendrick Lamar. Bottom Right: Dooley’s Ball concluded on Saturday night with the progressive house music of DJ 3Lau (Justin Blau) on McDonough Field. By Lane Billings Managing Editor Rapper Kendrick Lamar performed for a crowd of approximately 7,000 students and guests on McDonough Field at this year ’s Spring Band Party on Friday evening. Event planners from Student Programming Council (SPC) estimate that attendance numbers were the highest in Emory concert history. The concert was the first in a series of two weekend performances that marked the end of Dooley ’s Week, a week-long celebration of Emory ’s unofficial mascot. 3Lau, an electronic DJ from St. Louis, performed at Dooley ’s Ball on Saturday night.
Lamar took the stage around 9:30 p.m., following a brief set from Five & A Dime, a DJ and producer from Philadelphia who will open for Lamar on his college tour stretching into late May. Lamar ’s set lasted a brief 90 minutes, and included major hits from Lamar ’s goldselling major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012), as well as some lesser-known tracks from earlier albums such as Overly Dedicated (2010) and Section.80 (2012). Lamar interacted with audience members throughout the show, instructing the crowd to sing along to major hits such as “Money Trees ” and the raucous set-opener “P---y and
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By Dustin Slade Asst. News Editor DJ 3Lau concluded Dooley ’s Week in front of a packed McDonough Field Saturday night at Dooley ’s Ball. Justin Blau — the 22-year-old DJ whose stage name is 3Lau, pronounced “Blau ” — entertained the crowd with his progressive house music and visual on-stage displays. When he wasn ’t behind a large LCD screen that was visually synced with the music he performed, 3Lau ran to the front of the stage and sprayed fans with a fire extinguisher. At one point in the night, 3Lau crowdsurfed, yelling, “Are you pumped Emory? ”
“I thought it was a great performance, ” College freshman Madhav Valla said. “I thought he was a very good showman. He did a lot of cool s--t. I appreciated the crowd surfing and the smoke blasters. ” College freshman Stephen Fowler agreed, stating that the light show “added an extra layer of awesome. ” SPC members expressed similar sentiments about the concert. “I thought he had an awesome set, and it was a good mix of [electronic dance music (EDM)] and mash-up music as well as the more popular EDM songs, and his most popular mixes, ” Chris Akavi, College senior
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ELECTIONS
BARENAKED VOICES
RHA to Hold New Election After Cheating Allegations By Dustin Slade Asst. News Editor
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Courtesy of Tom Brodnax
he 10th anniversary of student a cappella show Barenaked Voices on Friday evening brought Emory Concert Choir, No Strings Attached, Dooley Noted, AHANA, Aural Pleasure (above) and Chai Tunes to the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Proceeds benefited Active Minds and Emory Helpline.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Club Chartering Process Altered By Rupsha Basu Staff Writer The 46th Legislature of Student Government Association (SGA) convened for the last time this year to pass a bill that reorganizes and standardizes the chartering process. The bill passed 15-5-4. The bill to change the process
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by which clubs are chartered by SGA drew a handful of students from College Council (CC) and the Goizueta Business School because it affects the amount of power the divisional councils have in the chartering process. Currently, the process to charter a club takes three to four months because it involves multiple levels
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of approval by SGA and the divisional councils, and organizations do not receive access to the Student Activities Fee (SAF) until the process is over. According to SGA President and College senior Ashish Gandhi, who authored the bill, its purpose is to shift the scrutiny from the charter-
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The Residence Hall Association (RHA) will hold a new general election for the position of president. This decision was reached after one of the candidates appealed cheating allegations that were filed against him. The new election will take place on Thursday. RHA Vice President of Programming and College sophomore Jessica Simon and RHA Publicity Chair and College sophomore Akshay Goswami had advanced to the run-off round in the original RHA presidential election last week, defeating current RHA Volunteer Chair Kadean Maddix and RHA Vice President of Advocacy and College junior Alex Elkins. During an RHA Election Committee meeting, however, Simon presented four allegations of cheating against Goswami. Originally, the Election Committee decided to disqualify Goswami from the run-off election, but this decision was reversed when Goswami filed an appeal to the RHA Election Council. Goswami was originally cited for posting a campaign Facebook page before 5 p.m., the campaign start time, and campaigning using chalk
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