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Emory Events Calendar, Page 2

Staff Editorial, Page 6

Police Record, Page 2

Crossword Puzzle, Page 8

Student Life, Page 9

On Fire, Page 11

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Friday, September 13, 2013 ADMINISTRATION

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Rally Focuses On Sexual Assault

Report Establishes Open Expression Committee

By Shivangi Singh Staff Writer The Dissent, Protest and Community Task Force — a committee that University President James W. Wagner commissioned in 2011 to study the dynamic between dissent and protest in the Emory community — released its final report in April which includes the creation of a Committee for Open Expression.

The newly-constructed committee will be composed of Emory community members, including faculty, staff and students “who seek to promote and protect the rights and responsibilities of community members related to issues and controversies involving speech, debate, open expression, protest and other related matters,” according to section 8.14.3 of the policy.

The committee’s primary responsibilities will include the investigation of alleged infringements of the right to expression on campus, and the pursuit of resolution through informal conflict resolution and mediation and as opposed to standard conduct procedures, the policy states.

The policy also outlines the community’s responsibilities which include freedom of speech and freedom of expression standards and standards for the scheduling of meetings, events and protests.

It also outlines the promotion and dissemination of the policy and the administration and enforcement of the policy.

Matt Garrett, assistant dean Division for Campus Life and the document’s scribe, explained that the Open Expression committee will also offer Emory community members an opportunity to learn about the policy.

“I am really excited about [the committee],” Garrett said. It’s a “body that really promotes support and helps protect freedoms.”

The finalized policy is the final phase in trying to guide “protest, dissent and expression at Emory,” according to an April 24 University press release.

Wagner and Emory faculty and

staff members strongly felt the need for more public dialogue about the impact and important of protest and dissent on campus, Garrett said.

“The spirit of the policy is not to shut down protest or dissent, but to figure out how to maintain that protest or dissent to ensure that community members are no longer violating the policy,” Garrett said.

Both Ajay Nair, the senior vice president and dean of Campus Life, and Frank Alexander, a professor at the Emory’s School of Law, spearheaded the project, but the process involved many Emory community members.

College sophomore and member of College Council Reuben Lack, legislator, worked with different groups on policy language and determined the structure of the Open Expression Committee.

The premise of the initiative attracted him, he said.

“Emory students already come from a wide diversity of backgrounds and perspectives,” Lack said. “With a clear policy on how to express their views, either indirectly or a physical protest, the culture of open debate and dialogue will be expanded and made more inclusive. We should welcome the chance to engage each other on tough issues. Debate is always a good thing.”

The committee first drafted an initial document containing four sections: the significance of protest and dissent in community, the particular contexts of our communities, normative foundations of protest and dissent in our communities, and specific discussions of dissent, protest and community, according to Bobbi Patterson, a professor in the Department of Religion who was also involved in the initial stages of the initiative.

Through this change and the overall development of the document, Garrett said he hopes to create a culture that promotes free and open expression while creating transparent mechanisms for balancing dissent with the University’s missions and

See POLICY, Page 3

By Naomi Maisel Contributing Writer

By Harmeet Kaur Staff Writer Former U.S. President and Emory University Distinguished Professor Jimmy Carter hosted his 32nd annual Carter Town Hall Wednesday night, where he discussed topics ranging from the Syrian conflict to his own favorite U.S. President.

As per tradition, Carter took questions from incoming students via paper submissions and Twitter, addressing the students town-hall style in the Woodruff P.E. Center.

Questions focused on various topics from international issues, such as the Edward Snowden leaks, to more lighthearted subjects, such as

Carter’s soft spot for overalls and singer-songwriter Willie Nelson, his favorite musician.

When a student asked Carter about his opinion on the situation in Syria, Carter cited his recent editorial in The Washington Post. He said he disagreed with President Barack Obama’s decision to use military force in Syria and that he hopes Congress would vote against the strike.

At both the town hall meeting and in the editorial, Carter proposed a peaceful resolution that involves accepting Russia’s proposal to place Syria’s chemical weapons under the United Nations’ control. He said that using military force in Syria would

EVENT

Community Remembers Heaney at Memorial

By Rupsha Basu Staff Writer

By Alyssa Posklensky Contributing Writer

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ollege sophomores Michael Landis, Amit Singh, Griffin Sears and Chris Diglio (From left to right) were some of the new Greek upperclassman that ran down Eagle Row Thursday during the annual Run the Row event marking the culmination of the week-long upperclass rush process.

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CNN Dialogues Explore Social Activism

By Rupsha Basu Staff Writer CNN and the John Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at Emory hosted the eighth CNN Dialogues, which focused on social activism, on Thursday evening.

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Carter Discusses Syria, Term As President at Town Hall

Emory License Plates Fund Scholarships A new specialty Emory University license plate will be available from Georgia’s Motor Vehicle Division beginning later this month.

The new license plate will be available for a $25 manufacturing fee and a $35 special tag fee, according to a Sept. 9 Emory Report article.

Purchasing an Emory license plate does more than demonstrate school pride. The money from the license plates will fund a need-based scholarship program for enrolled undergraduate students at Emory, according to the Emory Report article.

Gleason said the revenue from plate sales will be used as Loan Replacement Grants, which benefit families with total income of less than $50,000. These grants are substitutes for the Federal Subsidized Stafford Loans that are normally awarded in aid packages, and make paying for an Emory education less

See FRESHMEN, Page 3

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Former President and Emory University Distinguished Professor Jimmy Carter addressed the freshmen class in the Woodruff P.E. Center Wednesday as part of his annual Carter Town Hall meeting.

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probably result in forceful retaliation.

“In my opinion, the only option that’s reasonable is for us to pursue the idea of no more military action by the United States,” Carter said.

One student asked Carter to identify his most fulfilling moment in his humanitarian work. Carter said that he had not experienced such a feeling yet and that this would come when the Carter Center achieved its goal of guinea worm eradication.

Carter was also asked who his favorite U.S. president was. Carter answered that it was Harry Truman.

He spoke admirably about Truman’s honesty and what he called Truman’s

Emory’s Respect Program held the Red Zone Rally on Tuesday, an event which targeted the issue of sexual assault on college campuses.

The rally was a safe space to talk about the “national public health issue of sexual violence on public campuses,” according to Lauren Bernstein, the program’s coordinator.

The Respect Program’s goal is to engage Emory in the correct way of approaching sexual assault and relationship violence, according to the Office of Health Promotion’s website.

The Respect Program collaborated with Sexual Assault Peer Advocates (SAPA) and Alliance for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP) in planning the rally, according to Bernstein.

The program named the rally based on the increased accounts of sexual assault during the first six weeks of the semester on college campuses nationwide. This period of time has come to be known as the “red zone.”

An estimated thirty people took part in the rally, the second of its kind on Emory’s campus. The rally was open to the public and took place on the DUC Terraces.

SAPA PR Chair Emily Greenwald live-tweeted about the rally and updated Emory about what was going on.

The meeting began with a moment of silence for those affected by sexual assault and relationship violence, especially in the last few weeks.

“Attendees took a pledge to do what they can to prevent sexual violence and support those within our community that have been affected by sexual violence,” said Anusha

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The dialogues, which took place at the Carter Center and were titled “Modern Marchers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Social Change,” featured four panelists with backgrounds in social activism.

CNN’s News Day Michaela Pereira moderated the event, and the panelists included Arthur Dunning,

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Education Policy Center professor and senior research fellow; Michael Skolnik, an anti-gun activist and political director to hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons; Minh Dang, a University of California — Berkeley graduate student studying social

See PANELISTS, Page 4

Emory students and faculty honored late Irish poet Seamus Heaney with personal anecdotes, poetry readings and music at a memorial service in the Robert W. Woodruff Library on Tuesday evening.

Heaney, who died Aug. 30 in Dublin at the age of 74, was widely acknowledged to be a highly-accomplished poet and a beloved Irish figure.

Heaney’s relationship with Emory has spanned more than three decades, including a number of visits to campus, the most recent of which was in March of this year, according to Associate Professor of English and Director of Irish Studies Geraldine Higgins.

Heaney also inaugurated the Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature in 1988, according to the Ellmann Lectures website.

People all over the world mourned Heaney’s death and celebrated his poetry, according to Higgins, who organized the commemoration for Heaney here at Emory.

“We also feel an enormous sense of grief as well as incredible gratitude for Heaney’s presence here over the last 25 years,” Higgins said in her address to begin the event. “We have lost a great man, but we take comfort

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Seamus Heaney, famed Irish poet who had an Emory affiliation, died recently from an unknown cause. in the fact that we will always have his extraordinary poetry.”

Students who have been moved by Heaney’s poetry attended the event to remember the poet.

“I started reading his poetry in high school,” Behzad Kianian, firstyear graduate student at the Rollins School of Public Health said. “It stuck with me.”

The speakers at the memorial spoke about Heaney with nostalgia.

Goodrich C. White Professor of English Ron Schuchard, a friend of Heaney’s, first introduced Heaney to the Emory community.

Schuhard recalled a memory from his days at University College, Oxford, when Heaney joined him to teach a class.

“For the next hour, while sharing our sandwiches and telling anecdotes, he provided the most magical teaching day of my life,” Schuchard said.

See MEMORIAL, Page 3

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NEWS ROUNDUP National, Local and Higher Education News • The color and volume of steam rising from North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear facility suggested that the reactor, which could be used to construct nuclear weapons, has been restarted. Satellite images taken Aug. 31 indicated that the plutonium-producing system was about to come online. Pyongyang, which analysts say possesses between four and 10 nuclear weapons, vowed to re-initiate use of its nuclear facilities in April amid high regional tensions.

• After launching the iPhone 5S and the cheaper iPhone 5C Tuesday, Apple saw its shares plummet 5.4 percent. Analysts say the price of the 5C — $733 — is still too expensive for consumers in emerging markets like China, where smartphones remain unsubsidized.

• An Atlanta policeman investigating a robbery on Wednesday afternoon ran into a shootout at an Old Hapeville Rd. apartment complex.

The suspects attempted to flee the scene, only to crash their car into a commercial building. While only one passenger was taken to the hospital

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for crash-related injuries, the other two were taken to the hospital for gunshot wounds. The driver of the car fled on foot and has not been apprehended. During the incident, a southwest Atlanta intersection was blocked and an elementary school was put on lockdown.

• A Business Insider survey asking 1,660 single people their attitudes toward sex and marriage and the age they became sexually active found that New York and California are the country’s most promiscuous states.

While New Yorkers were slightly more likely to have sex on the first date and date someone of a different religion, Californians were more likely to date someone of a different race.

Both states were more likely to date more than one person simultaneously.

— Compiled by Staff Writer Lydia O’Neal

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POLICE RECORD • On Sept. 8 at 3:00 p.m., Emory police received a call from three students reporting a car break-in at the CVS Pharmacy on North Decatur Rd. According to the individuals, the rear passenger window was broken, and their book bags were removed from the car. Three MacBook Pros and various textbooks were stolen from the vehicle. DeKalb Police is handling the investigation.

• On Sept. 6 at 3:12 a.m., officers responded to a report of an underage intoxicated male student located on Eagle Row. When confronted by officers, the individual said he was at Maggie’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill and that he had consumed alcohol at that location. The individual’s roommate offered to take care of the

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student, and officers gave the intoxicated individual a verbal warning in lieu of a write up.

• On Sept 8 at 1:47 a.m., EPD received a call regarding an male individual who was underage and intoxicated on the third floor of the Longstreet-Means Residence Hall.

The report said that DeKalb Rescue arrived and found that individual was too intoxicated to be interviewed.

The individual was then transported to Emory Hospital. The incident has been turned over to Campus Life.

• On Sept. 8 a 2:30 a.m., Emory police received a call from a shuttle driver in Woodruff Circle who spotted an unknown male subject throwing signs at that location. The indi-

vidual was throwing bus stop location signs at the Dobbs University Center.

The signs were damaged, and the incident has been turned over to an investigator.

• On Sept. 6, Emory police received a call from an Emory staff member located at Alabama Hall.

According to the staff member, an individual claiming to be a Comcast contractor said he needed access to the third floor wiring. He also told the staff member he was from University Telecommunications. The staff member denied his entrance, and the suspect left the building without incident.

— Compiled by Asst. News Editor Dustin Slade

Sept. 16, 1994 In 1994, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) decided to enforce its alcohol and social policy, which had been revised during the 1992-93 school year. The policies banned open parties — in other words, no invitation, no entry. Another policy adopted in 1990 and enforced in 1994 was the “Bring your own beer” (BYOB) rule.

In addition, the IFC would compile grades for each of the fraternities.

Those with higher grades received major payoffs, such as the IFC paying for security guards. Though IFC members monitored every party, many officers of the council acknowledged that the changes would be subtle, as policies were often ignored.

EVENTS AT EMORY FRIDAY Event: International Coffee Hour Time: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Location: Winship Ballroom, DUC Event: SmartPath Session II: Bling on a Budget — Budgeting, Maximizing Income Time: 12–1 p.m.

Location: Harland Cinema, DUC

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Event: Homeschool Day Time: 12–3 p.m.

Location: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Plaza Level Event: Athletics — Volleyball Time: 3–4:30 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Athletics — Volleyball Time: 8–9:30 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Iranian Film Festival — Facing Mirrors Time: 8–10 p.m.

Location: White Hall Room 208

SATURDAY Event: Emory LAWS Race Judicata 5K and Kid-Fun-Run Time: 8:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m.

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of Law Event: Athletics — Volleyball Time: 2:30-4 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Athletics — Volleyball Time: 5–6:30 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Kakali Bandyopadhyay, sitar Time: 8 p.m.

Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Event: Dance, Dance!

Time: 8–10 p.m.

Location: SAAC Recreation Field Event: Iranian Film Festival — “Orion” Time: 8–10 p.m.

Location: White Hall Room 208

SUNDAY

Event: Athletics — Women’s Soccer Time: 1–3 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Athletics — Men’s Soccer Time: 4–6 p.m.

Location: Woodruff P.E. Center Event: Dane Philipsen, oboe Time: 4 p.m.

Location: Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Event: The Gathering @ 5:05 Worship Time: 5:05-6:05 p.m.

Location: Ward Fellowship Hall at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church

MONDAY Event: Deutscher Mittagstisch Time: 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m.

Location: Dooley’s Den in Cox Hall Food Court

Event: Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church Worship Time: 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Location: The Little Chapel in the Church School Building

Event: Digital Identity: Managing your Online Presence Time: 12–1 p.m.

Location: Room 217, Woodruff Library Level 2

Event: Emory University Worship with The Rev. Lyn Pace Time: 11 a.m.–12 p.m.

Location: Cannon Chapel

Event: Peer–Tutoring (Justin Groot) Time: 12–1 p.m.

Location: Modern Languages Room 219

Event: Image-Theory and the Practice of Visual Exegisis Time: 4–6 p.m.

Location: Candler School of Theology, Room 102 Event: The Health Consequences of a Changing Climate: A View from Public Health Time: 4–5 p.m.

Location: Math & Science Building, Room N306 Event: Bi/Pansexual Discussion Group Time: 6–7 p.m.

Location: Office of LGBT Life, DUC 232E Event: Drawing Class @ the Carlos Time: 7–8:30 p.m.

Location: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Level Three Galleries Event: Queer Coffee Klatch Time: 9–11 p.m.

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Freshmen React to Town Hall Continued from Page 1 “courageous decisions.” In particular, Carter said he was inspired by Truman’s order to desegregate the U.S. military forces at a time when established segregation made this decision unpopular with many across the nation.

“A lot of the questions were just too broad for him to answer.”

— Luis Blanco, College freshman

“This decision changed my life,” Carter said.

Another student questioned the former President’s decision to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to support the Afghan communist government, the United States suspended arms negotiations with the Soviets and threatened to boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

When the Soviets refused to withdraw from Afghanistan, Carter met with approximately 150 U.S. athletes and coaches in March 1980 to explain that the U.S. would be boycotting the Olympics that year.

Carter replied that while the decision was extremely difficult, he believed it would send an important message to the Soviet Union and to the international community.

College freshman Luis Blanco said he was glad Carter discussed the 1980 Olympics boycott and the Snowden leaks. However, he expressed some disappointment with many of the questions.

“A lot of them were just too broad for him to answer,” Blanco said.

While Carter did speak about the Iran Hostage Crisis briefly, College freshman Sean Perryman proposed a more specific question that he would have like to have had answered.

“It would have been nice to hear about [the movie ‘Argo’].”

— Sean Perryman, College freshman

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A group of Emory students and faculty gathered at the Robert W. Woodruff Library Tuesday evening to honor Seamus Heaney, an acclaimed poet and Emory community member. The evening included reflections on Heaney’s life and tributes to Irish culture.

Memorial Honors Seamus Heaney’s Legacy, Celebrates Irish Culture Continued from Page 1 Others who spoke drew connections from Dublin to pockets of Irish culture in Atlanta and at Emory.

As an Irish native, Heaney wrote poetry that held distinct Irish qualities and conjured the Irish spirit, often invoking the landscape and political strife of Northern Ireland.

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“One of my friends was going to ask about the movie ‘Argo’ and its portrayal of the [Iran] Hostage Crisis,” Perryman said. “It would have been nice to hear about that.”

Some of the less serious questions made the event more enjoyable for College freshman Sarah Hesse because it made Carter seem more personable, she said.

“It was cool to realize that he’s a really sweet old man,” she said. “He’s really adorable.”

True to his nickname “The Peanut President,” Carter reasserted his love for crunchy peanut butter and took the opportunity to plug the Plains Peanut Festival, which begins Sept.

28. in Plains, Ga. Carter also described some of the ongoing work of the Carter Center, the nonprofit organization he cofounded with his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. In partnership with Emory, the Carter Center conducts work in human rights through a number of peace and health programs.

goals.

The task force has already received feedback from students, faculty and staff, which Garrett said he values highly.

He said the feedback allows the group to make specific guidelines and reach its ultimate goal of promoting open expression and only have limitations when they are absolutely necessary.

Lack said he believes the final version of the policy is extraordinary for anyone who wants to express him or herself on campus.

He said he is excited the policy allows protest on almost all open spaces and details when and how the administration can shut down a demonstration.

“Deans Nair, Garrett and Professor Alexander did a great job working with the students on the committee,” Lack said. “I’m truly excited to say that the University Senate now has a policy proposal before it that any student should be happy to support.”

— Contact Harmeet Kaur at hbhagra@emory.edu

— Contact Shivangi Singh at shivangi.singh@emory.edu

For example, in the poem “A Kite for Aibhín,” which Higgins read at the memorial, Heaney talks of “pale blue heavenly air” and “Anahorish Hill.”

“If we are to have this celebration that’s come much too soon, then there is no finer place for it in Atlanta,” Paul Gleeson, Atlanta Irish consul, said. “We speak proudly here of the

Irish village in Emory. It was certainly a place he loved dearly.”

The evening was full of tributes to Irish culture, including the bar serving Irish whiskey — a favorite of Heaney’s, as some speakers were quick to note — and musical interludes of Irish music.

Lauren McDonough, a sixth-year graduate student in psychology, pro-

vided musical entertainment on her violin throughout the service.

“You could really get a feel for how playful a person Seamus Heaney was,” McDonough said of the memorial.

According to her, there is a considerable Irish music contingency in Atlanta.

Heaney’s poetry and life’s work

can be found in Emory’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL), which houses his photos, personal letters, manuscripts, recordings of poetry and lectures.

Additionally, Higgins will curate an exhibition in 2014 at Emory featuring Heaney’s papers.

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

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The money from the new Emory speciality license plate will go towards a need-based scholarship for enrolled undergraduates.

Students, Residents Support New Specialty Emory Plate Continued from Page 1 of a burden for families with demonstrated need.

For each purchase, $10 will be given annually to Emory as part of Georgia’s revenue-sharing plan for specialty license plates.

The plan seeks to encourage more specialty plate purchases by providing incentives for colleges to promote them, according to the Georgia Department of Driver Services’ website.

According to Jan Gleason, assistant vice president of marketing for University Marketing, the project to create a new license plate design began when the Georgia DDS alerted Emory that the 2004 version would be discontinued due to the state’s new license plate production process.

Gleason said a visually-powerful final design was picked out of about 20 options.

The design was a collaborative effort between Barry Atwood, manager of graphic design for Campus Services, and Stanis Kodman, visual brand manager of the Emory Creative Group.

“The main design criteria for the new plate was to create a design where ‘Emory’ was the strongest visual element,” Gleason said.

The plate will feature Emory’s shield and torch logo along with the Emory name and display University colors with a blue and gold background.

There are currently about 2,000 Emory specialty plates on the road, according to the Emory Report article.

“I hope people associated with Emory who live in Georgia will like the new plate and order them,” Gleason said.

The first Emory license plate came out in 1996 and displayed the Haygood-Hopkins Gate with the Lamp of Learning. In a 2004 redesign, the plate showcased the Emory shield.

College freshman Sabrina Paxton said she supports the specialty license plate because it creates a connection between Emory and the community, and that Emory spirit can be spread throughout Georgia while the community gives back to the University through scholarship funding.

Georgia resident and College freshman Adam Harrison-Trent said he will also be purchasing a plate for his car to “help others enjoy the Emory experience that [he has] had and uphold the Emory legacy.”

— Contact Alyssa Posklensky at alyssa.posklensky@emory.edu

Ravi, SAPA’s vice president of advocate management and College junior.

The pledge was placed under the seat of each member. After all attendees spoke the pledge in unison, they signed the sheet and were told to post it somewhere visible around Emory’s campus, according to SAPA President Elizabeth Neyman.

According to Neyman, the fact that all members said the pledge together created a sense of unity among the group.

Following the pledge, the rally

“At Emory, we believe that sexual violence is not inevitable and we are engaging all members of the community to help end it.”

— Lauren Bernstein, Respect Program coordinator held an open mic for people to share what they do to stop sexual violence, Ravi said. These efforts included talking with one’s younger family about consent, training other students to help survivors, tweeting about SAPA to get the word out around campus and even designing SAPA’s logo. Among those who spoke were College juniors and SAPA members Samantha Grayman, Cherishma Patel and Emily Greenwald.

“I loved the positive, yet respectful energy of the rally and the solidarity that many different kinds of people share with sexual assault survivors on Emory’s campus. It was amazing to see how each person has a unique way of helping the cause while playing to their own strengths,” Ravi said.

College sophomore Emily Eckland said that she was “inspired” by the

Panelists Examine Racial and Gender Equality Continued from Page 1 work and a survivor of sexual trafficking; and Tara Roberts, cofounder of a social entrepreneurship website for women.

The event aimed to create a forum to discuss current issues, according to Associate Director for Programs and Development of the Johnson Institute Calinda Lee, Thursday’s program celebrated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

The evening had a heavy focus on social activism specific to racial equality. Audience members consisted of Emory students and faculty and Atlanta community members, as well as former civil rights leaders.

“What we want to do is look at what’s happening now, and think not only about the issues that are of concern for advocates and activists now but also the means by which they’re spreading the message,” Lee said.

Dunning said he was inspired by Martin Luther King’s speeches as they helped propel America out of the Jim Crow era. “[King] lit a fire that is so deep inside of me that he helped me to begin to think about how I can shape systems,” Dunning said. “I was determined that my parents would be the last group to live under Jim Crow.”

The discussion turned to modern racism, and Skolnik discussed his unique rights as a white male and the importance of being an ally.

“If I don’t fight for those rights for every young person in this country, then my life is worthless,” Skolnik said. “I come to this work as a privileged white American who doesn’t have to feel struggle every single day of my life.”

Gender equality was also a topic of discussion. Roberts said sometimes gender issues in the U.S. are overlooked in lieu of racial issues.

“I entered this work through a gender lens,” Roberts said. “Whenever the conversation shifted to gender, I saw denial or I saw dismissal about gender-related issues.”

Dang said people involved in different causes — whether it be environmentalism, animal rights or modern slavery — may actually have a common goal.

“Don’t pigeonhole me into human trafficking work; for me, this is about ending oppression,” Dang said. “I have a hard time explaining to people that my issue relates to issues that you’re fighting.”

The panelists addressed modern social activism as well as the youth involvement with the advent of social media.

Dang said it is unfortunate that

young people often limit their involvement in activism to social media, as they find it easier to share their thoughts using sites like Twitter.

Skolnik, who runs an entertainment news website called Globalgrind.com that’s geared toward a younger demographic, insisted that youth are just as engaged in social activism now as they were during the civil rights era.

“Barack Obama was down 25 points in December of 2007,” he said.

“It was young people who said ‘we can do this’ in the spirit of King.”

Roberts agreed, adding that social media has made strides in fundraising for social causes.

“We’d like for people to feel inspired that they can make a difference, that social advocacy and social change is not over,” Lee said.

“Concern about social justice is not a thing of the past.”

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Robin Forman said he thought the event was a positive experience.

“It’s exactly the kind of event that really helps people figure out how to move forward with the issue,” he said. “I think everyone left the room feeling like there’s just more we could be doing.”

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

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Students gathered outside on the Dobbs University Center terraces Tuesday to discuss sexual assault and relationship violence within the Emory community as part of the Respect Program’s Red Zone Rally. contributions people were making to the effort of stopping sexual assault.

“After the rally I feel even more inspired to get involved in some way and realize even small changes in my everyday life can raise awareness and help survivors,” said College freshman Shayna Burack.

Following the ceremony, representatives of the Respect Program,

ASAP and SAPA as well as some audience members stuck around for a meet and greet and discussed how to get more involved.

According to Bernstein, one in four women and one in 33 men will experience sexual assault sometime during their college years.

“At Emory we believe that sexual violence is not inevitable and we are

engaging all members of the community to help end it,” Bernstein wrote in an email to the Wheel.

If you have been affected by sexual violence, you have support at Emory. Contact Lauren Bernstein in the Respect Program at 404.727.1514 or the Respect Program’s website.

— Contact Naomi Maisel at namaise@emory.edu

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embers of the Emory community, like Cassandra Gonzalez (’13C) (left), attended the weekly farmers market on the Cox Hall Bridge Tuesday to get a taste of some of the local community’s food and produce. The market included local, fresh, organic and sustainablyharvested options including pastries from the Little Tart Bakeshop and ice pops from King of Pops.

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Friday, September 13, 2013 Editorials Editor: Priyanka Krishnamurthy (pkrish4@emory.edu)

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This is Max Cohen’s third cartoon published in the Emory Wheel. He is a second-year medical school student from Brooklyn, N.Y.

Getting Hyped for The Dalai Lama Emory Offers Great Cultural Opportunities Once every three years, Emory University is graced with the presence of an important international figure: the Dalai Lama. Tickets recently went on sale for two events at which he will be present: a public talk focusing on the “pillars of responsible citizenship” and a panel session about “secular ethics in education.”

We at the Wheel encourage students take advantage of the visit, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The fact that the Dalai Lama is coming to Emory is not something that should be taken lightly; it’s a chance to learn, expand our cultural horizons and grow as individuals. The Dalai Lama’s visit is an opportunity to learn more about Tibetan culture, though we want to make it clear that the learning experience should not be limited to the two aforementioned events. In fact, it is important to note that Emory offers fantastic opportunities to learn more about Tibetan life in several ways.

Emory has a China-Tibet Initiative, as the Wheel reported in September 2012, which serves as a forum for Chinese and Tibetan students to interact on a bimonthly basis. It enables students and monks on campus to form friendships and participate in an intercultural exchange of ideas.

Additionally, the Emory-Tibet Partnership began in 1998, and the University has remained committed to the program since then. We have an exchange program that allows Tibetan monks to visit campus, and we at the Wheel encourage students to speak and interact with them to gain insight into the culture of another country. The research that has been conducted through the initiative — such as that pertaining to compassion meditation — makes Emory unique and a destination institution for learning about Tibet.

The Emory-Tibet Partnership illustrates that Emory is open to new ideas that shed light on international events of monumental importance. Additionally, the knowledge the monks learn on Emory’s campus will be taken back to their monasteries to be incorporated into the monastic curriculum, furthering the sharing of knowledge between cultures. In short, we are thrilled that Emory is working with Tibet to exchange ideas about culture and different lifestyles.

That being said, we encourage students to take advantage of all of the speakers who come to campus. This month, musician and songwriter Paul Simon will be performing and partaking in several Emory events. In the past few years, Emory students have seen film director Spike Lee and famed investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. So, whether or not you’re interested in these particular figures, all of these lectures and events allow us to learn about the world around us and expand our horizons.

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

PRIYANKA KRISHNAMURTHY

Editorial Roundup College editorials from across the country The Michigan Daily University of Michigan Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2013 In its staff editorial, titled “From the Daily: Dismiss stop-and-frisk” The Michigan Daily discusses the problems associated with the implementation of the stop-and-frisk policy in Detroit. They touch on legality, history and logic to argue against the already controversial policy. They agree that crime prevention is needed in Michigan; however, they believe that arbitrarily harassing pedestrians will be unable to solve the root cause of criminal behavior.

A controversial policing tactic may be making its way to Detroit — and Michigan’s civil rights advocates are pushing back. Earlier this summer, the Detroit Police Department brought in the Manhattan Institute and Bratton Group to help with new training methods. Based out of New York, the Manhattan Institute developed the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk program, a law enforcement protocol that allows officers to stop and question citizens without a warrant and search them for contraband.

The consulting group is now pushing for a similar program in Detroit, calling on the city’s police officers to become more aggressive with patrolling. Under the contract with the Manhattan Institute, DPD Traffic Unit will “evolve its mission from principally the issuance of tickets toward the prevention of crime.”

While crime prevention is clearly needed in Detroit — in 2012, Detroit had the highest rate of violent crime of any city with a population of more than 200,000 — stop-and-frisk is the wrong answer for Detroit. A police tactic riddled with racial profiling allegations has no place in a city with an extensive history of racial tension.

Ignoring the impact of crime in Detroit is next to impossible. In a 2012 survey from The Detroit News, 49 percent of the city’s residents reported feeling unsafe in their neighborhoods.

While the Detroit Police Department reported a 6.09-percent drop in the city’s homicide rate for 2013, 197 homicides still have been report-

ed since Aug. 5 of this year. That being said, aggressive harassing of Detroit’s pedestrians won’t solve the crime problem — especially in city where racial issues have drawn significant divides.

In New York City, where stop-and-frisk has been in practice in some form for two decades, claims of racial profiling at the hands of police officers has run rampant.

Between 2002 and 2012, nearly 90 percent of those stopped by the NYPD for a stop-andfrisk were black or Latino. Compare that number to this statistic from New York’s ACLU: “About 88 percent of stops — more than 3.8 million — were of innocent New Yorkers.”

Such practices haven’t built up citizens’ trust in law enforcement; in fact, some suggest it’s done the very opposite.

“As a victim of racial profiling, I understand the anger (stop and frisk) breeds,” said Paul Butler, a Georgetown University law professor, in The New York Times. “Stop and frisk breeds disrespect for the law.”

That disrespect for the program is noteworthy in the black community: According to a 2012 poll from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, 25 percent of black voters supported stop-and-frisk, while 69 percent opposed it.

Given Detroit’s predominately black population — 82.7 percent of the city’s residents are black — a racially charged policy is likely to be at least controversial, if not outright opposed in the city.

Besides its questionable effectiveness, stopand-frisk may be unconstitutional, making an implementation of the policy an illogical move.

In August, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin struck down the tactic in New York, saying that it lends itself to racial profiling.

“Both statistical and anecdotal evidence showed that minorities are indeed treated differently than whites,” she explained.

Because of this recent ruling and long-documented history of racial tension within the city, bringing the program to Detroit would likely create a complicated judicial process before results could even be seen on the streets, ultimately doing more harm than good.

Cliques Should Be Cancelled Priyanka Pai | Staff

Freaks and G(r)eeks: Dismantling Stereotypes

On September 9, 2013 — let me repeat — 2013, Total Frat Move (TFM), a website that features Greek life-oriented content, published a list entitled “50 Ways to be the Perfect College Girlfriend.” When I originally saw this title, I wasn’t familiar with TFM. Little did I know that this unfortunate list of “qualities” a college girl should have wasn’t satirical or even some kind of parody mocking sexism.

No, this was 100 percent serious. I’ll only proHE MORY HEEL vide a few gems off of the list, for your sake: Arianna Skibell EDITOR-IN-CHIEF “There’s nothing less sexy than insecurity.

Except maybe love handles. Have an attractive Jordan Friedman Executive Editor mother. Trust me, it’s important. It should go Volume 95 | Number 5 Lane Billings Managing Editor without saying, but be in a sorority. Eventually we’re going to ask you for a threesome. Either News Editor Features Editor Business and Advertising Nicholas Sommariva Nicholas Bradley accept or divert our attention with a b-job.

Editorials Editor Copy Chief Akeel Williams BUSINESS MANAGER No tantrum necessary. If we stop texting you, Priyanka Krishnamurthy Sonam Vashi Sports Editor Blaire Chennault Sales Manager Associate Editors assume we’re just asleep until we’ve given you Nathaniel Ludewig Annelise Alexander Maggie Daorai Design Manager Student Life Editor reason to think otherwise. We hate condoms, Justin Groot Jenna Kingsley Vincent Xu and everyone hates abortions. You’re a grown Account Executives Arts & Entertainment Editor Emily Lin Emelia Fredlick Bryce Robertson, Lena Erpaiboon, Salaar Ahmed, up now, it’s time to get on the pill. Look good Online Editor Photo Co-Editors Christopher Hwang Przybylski, Annabelle Zhuno, Julia Ross Fogg James Crissman naked.”

Leonardos Asst. News Editors Business/Advertising Office Number I am not going to waste your time and Karishma Mehrotra (404) 727-6178 Dustin Slade delve into the countless reasons as to why Asst. Sports Editor this list is terrible; I figure that by being in Ryan Smith the 21st century, this should be obvious. This list promotes rape culture and non-consensual The Emory Wheel welcomes letters and op-ed submissions from the Emory community. sex, especially on a college campus; eating Letters should be limited to 300 words and op-eds should be limited to 700. Those selected disorders and the constant struggle to be the may be shortened to fit allotted space or edited for grammar, punctuation and libelous content. perfect Barbie doll (whatever that means); Submissions reflect the opinions of individual writers and not of the Wheel Editorial Board or materialism, or the idea that a woman is only Emory University. Send an email to askibel@emory.edu or postal mail to The Emory Wheel, as good as her body; the pain a woman feels Drawer W, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322. when she’s unable to meet a man’s irrational expectations and the idea that a man can tell

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a woman how to handle her body. That is, they understand what it feels like to be on, for example, birth control.

Lists such as these prove counterproductive for women’s struggle for equality. One of the most striking things about this is that it was written by a columnist named StuffFratPeopleLike. Not only does that generalize the entirety of Greek culture, but it does so in the worst way possible. This list makes it seem as if the only reason Greek life exists is to have sex with skinny sorority girls with attractive mothers. Oh, and alcohol.

I’ve never been a huge promoter of Greek life. I find the very notion of it sexist — the males throw the parties and provide the booze while the women are asked to come into their homes and drink said booze.

Formal might be the worst conglomeration of this pent-up sexual frustration: women make coolers filled with alcohol and food for their dates, who pay for everything, including the queen-sized bed.

Furthermore, the mere names of mixers are troubling, especially here at Emory.

For example, “Business Bros and Secretary Hos” or “Cirque du Get Laid.” The mere nomenclature promotes the subordination of women, with the men always “on top.” This kind of odd power-struggle is complicit with slut-shaming and heteronormative generalizations. Harping on the first example, the hierarchy in the business world (or any kind of employment position, frankly) is corrupt due to wage inequality. Why do undergraduates

need to perpetuate such a problematizing and offensive stereotype?

I am not trying to generalize “frat bros” or “sorority girls.” I understand that there’s been a lot of progress in the conventions of Greek life. Sexism can be stopped, and it starts with awareness. It starts with understanding that we can live in a world freed from gendered words and stereotypes; that as women, we too have the intellect to be leaders.

And it starts with recognizing that we are not men and women first, but rather human beings.

So here’s my list: There’s nothing less sexy than discrimination. Except maybe a man addicted to steroids. Have an attractive father, or don’t. I couldn’t really give a s--t.

It should go without saying: be whoever you want to be, whether that’s Greek, Italian, Indian or Chinese. Eventually we’re going to talk about intimacy — be ready to understand what we want and how that won’t be changed.

Especially if you throw a tantrum. If we stop texting you, assume that we are independent people who probably have a lot going on unless we tell you otherwise. If you ever try to tell us what to put inside of our bodies, expect to never see or hear from us again. We are women with able bodies and a higher understanding of contraceptives. And finally, look good mentally. Nobody wants to date an ignorant fool, like the one who clearly wrote “50 Ways to be the Perfect College Girlfriend.”

Editorials Editor Priyanka Krishnamurthy is a College junior from Coppell, Texas.

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A Response to Obama on Syria

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On Sept. 10, 2013, President Obama spoke to the American people about recent developments in the Syrian Civil War as well as his stance on the issues at hand. The following editorial contains excerpts from the Sept. 10 speech, followed by my own comments and reactions.

My fellow Americans, tonight I want to talk to you about Syria — why it matters, and where we go from here ... I have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else’s civil war through force, particularly after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In his opening words, the president identifies the primary objection to intervention in Syria: the last two times we tried to get involved in another Middle Eastern nation, it took us more than 10 years, thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars to realize that maybe it’s best to leave them alone.

Considering the complexity and destructiveness of the Syrian conflict already, who’s to say this time would be any different?

The situation profoundly changed, though, on Aug. 21, when Assad’s government gassed to death over a thousand people, including hundreds of children. The images from this massacre are sickening: men, women, children lying in rows, killed by poison gas.

Others foaming at the mouth, gasping for breath. A father clutching his dead children, imploring them to get up and walk. On that terrible night, the world saw in gruesome detail the terrible nature of chemical weapons, and why the overwhelming majority of humanity has declared them off-limits...

To be sure, the scene the president describes is horrible, and the use of chemical weapons in any context is unforgivable. However, at this point in the speech at least, these scenes are no more terrible than other scenes of civilians and combatants being killed by guns and bombs. The president is simply using an emotional argument rather than a logical one, ultimately failing to give a definitive reason as to why we should act because of the deaths of about 1000 people compared to the 100,000 that have already been killed.

If we fail to act, the Assad regime will see no reason to stop using chemical weapons.

As the ban against these weapons erodes, other tyrants will have no reason to think twice about acquiring poison gas and using them. Over time, our troops would again face the prospect of chemical warfare on the battlefield.

This is a slippery slope argument — a logical fallacy — and it makes no sense.

The assertion is that if we don’t take mili-

tary action now specifically to punish Bashar al Assad for his use of chemical weapons, then it is a certainty that American troops would face poison gas attacks in the future.

It is not a compelling assertion.

And a failure to stand against the use of chemical weapons would weaken prohibitions against other weapons of mass destruction and embolden Assad’s ally, Iran — which must decide whether to ignore international law by building a nuclear weapon or to take a more peaceful path. This is not a world we should accept.

This is a similar slippery slope fallacy: if we don’t punish Assad’s use of chemical weapons, Iran will develop (and implicitly, use) nuclear weapons. This assumes both that Iran would like to be actively pursuing a nuclear weapon and that the threat of U.S. military action is the only factor deterring Iran’s acquisition of such technology.

Neither of these assumptions are true.

So even though I possess the authority to order military strikes, I believed it was right, in the absence of a direct or imminent threat to our security, to take this debate to Congress ... This is especially true after a decade that put more and more war-making power in the hands of the President ... while sidelining the people’s representatives from the critical decisions about when we use force.

The fact that Obama acknowledges the increasing role of the commander-in-chief in military matters over the past 10 years is significant, but it is also disconcerting. The president’s ability to unilaterally authorize military strikes is greater than ever. Consequently, in a climate of increasing anti-war sentiment, the peoples’ voices are less significant than ever before. So, while Obama’s deferment to Congress here is noble (and, undoubtedly, politically-calculated), in a perfect world it would be compulsory.

I have a deeply held preference for peaceful solutions ... Over the last few days, we’ve seen some encouraging signs. In part because of the credible threat of U.S. military action, as well as constructive talks that I had with President Putin, the Russian government has indicated a willingness to join with the international community in pushing Assad to give up his chemical weapons. The Assad regime has now admitted that it has these weapons and even said they’d join the Chemical Weapons Convention, which prohibits their use.

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This is a huge deal. During a press conference on Sept. 9, Secretary of State John Kerry made an offhand comment that the only way the Assad regime could avert a direct military strike from the U.S. government was if they were to “turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week.” It was a ridiculous comment; a gaffe, some called it. How could anyone expect a dictator like Assad to do such a thing? And yet, it worked: Assad has offered to prohibit the use of chemical weapons in lieu of the U.S. military attacking him. He would allow the international community to disable his chemical capabilities — exactly the aim of Obama’s proposed limited military strikes but without the military strikes. If Secretary Kerry’s comment was a gaffe, then it was a brilliant gaffe.

I’m sending Secretary of State John Kerry to meet his Russian counterpart on Thursday, and I will continue my own discussions with President Putin. I’ve spoken to the leaders of two of our closest allies, France and the United Kingdom, and we will work together in consultation with Russia and China to put forward a resolution at the U.N. Security Council requiring Assad to give up his chemical weapons and to ultimately destroy them under international control.

While still in their early stages, these talks appear to be promising, especially considering how quickly they materialized in response to the possibility of an option other than military intervention.

Furthermore, rather than unilateral action on the part of the US, this third option would include France, China, the United Kingdom and Russia. Ladies and gentlemen, this is what diplomacy looks like — and it appears to be working.

William Hupp is a College junior from Little Rock, Ark.

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Mariana Hernandez | Staff 14, Jews around the world will gather in synagogues for Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and judgement, as well as the culmination of ten days of reflection and repentance. Despite the solemnity of the season, somehow I feel like this year I do not have as much to atone for as usual. Don’t get me wrong: there’s still plenty of wrong I’ve done this year for which I must make amends. But relatively speaking, this out into the real world and commit those year feels markedly light. wrongs to which we all fall prey, like being a Maybe it’s my aging brain, unable to bad friend or telling a white lie. (On the latter, recall things from more than a few months perhaps technology has been a boon: although ago. But maybe it’s not just me. I can’t quite researchers have found that lying in an email put my finger on it, and maybe it’s already comes easier than face-to-face lying, others cliché to ascribe all phenomena to it these have hypothesized that email lying rates are days, but I can’t help but feel that technology lower because people know that the record of has something to do with it. To put it simply, their statements is preserved.) having spent the overwhelming majority of There is much yet for researchers to the past year looking at some screen — usu- explain about the relationship between techally a computer, smart phone, television or a nology and religion. To date, technology simultaneous combination of all three — I has raised important and largely unforeseen cannot help but feel that I have not really done questions for traditional religious practice, all that much. When I reflect on the year that the best known issues being bioethics and has passed, I am struck by how much time I so-called “cyber-rituals.” But what I am spent online reading (articles, blogs, tweets, describing seems less direct, and yet, more status updates, etc.), watching movies and all-encompassing. Technological innovations television and corresponding with others via have changed our daily routines, and thus, an endless number of platforms. The internet looking back on the year that was, I feel as is for, well, lots of things; but unless absorbing if the usual benchmarks will simply not do. information is somehow wrong, I am not sure During this season of holy days, I am forced all those hours spent online were altogether — like others, I imagine — to ask if my newtransgressive. found virtual life has been a worthy one. The Perhaps the area of my greatest virtu- weights of the scale are encoded, as it were, al malfeasance was the covetous feelings I with ones and zeros, and I cannot make heads sometimes had when scrolling through my or tails of them. social network news feed — Facebook, for One fleeting feeling gives me hope. It example, has the tendency to make others’ is the possibility and promise of strong relives seem so fabulous. I’m guilty there. engagement with the world in which I have But surely, regret over hours spent scrolling worked, over many years, to figure out good through videos of cats or lists of graduate stu- from bad. Maybe this year, I need to atone for dent quirks cannot be the basis for the spiri- not doing enough good rather than not doing tual renewal that is called for on Yom Kippur. that much bad.

If I’ve done little online for which I must Guilt by neglect, if you want to call it repent this year, I’ve also done less wrong that, for having spent so much time in virtual than usual this year “in real life.” Again, I worlds of my making. This year, I repent for cannot attribute this to anything positive I sins of omission rather than commission. did consciously. I was simply too busy in my Jason Schulman is a graduate student in virtual world (sometimes worlds) to venture the Department of History.

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This month’s debate on different initiatives to address sexual assault was written by Barkley Forum Members Neil Sethi (’14C) and Megan Cambre (’14B) We agree that sexual assault is a growing problem on campuses across the country, including our own. Emory has responded with a variety of strategies. The Respect Program continues to organize campus-wide sexual assault awareness and training as well as provide crisis services and advocacy to those in need. The Red Zone Rally and Take Back the Night help to spread a similar message and student-led organizations such as Sexual Assault Peer Advocates group (SAPA), the Alliance for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), the Greek Sexual Assault Prevention Initiative and Grads Against Violence have all ramped up student involvement.

Some suggest that these efforts are insufficient and that we should shift to a strategy that increases the University’s investigation mechanisms; however, hoping that harsher punishments will act as a deterrent does not address the root of the issue. Without a focus on prevention and victim response measures, an emphasis on retribution risks more harm than good.

Scholarly consensus has emerged that the problem is largely cultural, and Emory University must have a more inclusive response to sexual assault cases. As Owen Jones, professor of law and biology, writes, “Social conditions, such as cultural norms, rules and prevailing attitudes about sex, mold and structure the behavior of the rapists.” As it becomes increasingly clear that sexual violence is a symptom of cultural circumstances, the University should do everything it can to change that culture.

Some may argue that punishment mechanisms can change the decision calculus of the perpetrator — that if they perceive the consequences of sexual assault to be high, then they will not commit the act. It is unclear what the University could do that is of greater consequence than what the legal system could accomplish, absent denying the alleged perpetrator’s rights. RAINN, the largest anti-sexual assault organization in the United States, estimates that approximately 56 percent of sexual assault occurrences go unreported and fewer than 3 percent of rapists ever serve a day in jail. Given such low rates of reporting, prosecution and punishment in government settings, there is no reason to believe that University rates would be higher. How would the University determine if the alleged aggressor was guilty? Would the process be similar to Honor Council proceedings, or would it involve external legal authorities?

How would the consequences vary for different incidents of sexual misconduct?

If our default becomes a retributive model, the University must work with external legal authorities, and it could discourage reports. One reason that the estimated report rate is

so low is because victims do not want to involve the police.

There are a multitude of reasons, but especially worrisome is the thought that victims may not want to disclose surrounding circumstances such as unlawful activity of underage drinking or drug use. Using an internal investigation may alleviate some of these concerns but runs into its own problems regarding neutrality, evidence collection and assessing the guilt of the alleged perpetrator.

Added punishment without a greater likelihood of prosecution does nothing to change the decision-making calculus, but a new enforcement program risks creating false hope that reporting incidents to the Emory authorities will result in substantive action against the aggressor.

Emphasizing that these incidents will be reprimanded and then failing to follow through could be more psychologically damaging than never having promised punishment in the first place. And if the University does not follow through on its punishment policies, then it fails to reflect a stronger stance, making these policies look symbolic and hollow.

Instead of focusing on punishment mechanisms, which could have unintended consequences without substantive progress, the University should continue and increase its support for sexual assault awareness, prevention and response programs. These are the types of programs and initiatives that work to change the culture on campus; one that strays from sexual assault acceptance and more towards active prevention of unwanted sexual advances. Despite the current progress that these anti-sexual assault initiatives are making, they will not get very far absent student involvement and acceptance. To get involved, please visit http:// respect.emory.edu or come out to the Take Back the Night Event on Monday, Oct. 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Dobbs University Center Terraces. In order to achieve the University’s goal of no sexual assault on Emory’s campus, we cannot rely on calls of greater punishment. Rather, we should all work together to change the culture.

Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair has challenged the community to work to eliminate sexual assault from our campus. While this is a laudable goal, it is one that can’t be achieved through retribution. It can only occur if we commit to challenging a culture that valorizes sexualized violence. That means enhanced support for programs like Respect and SAPA must be at the forefront of our effort instead of a retributive justice model that will do more harm than good.

If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence, you have support at Emory. For confidential support, contact Lauren Bernstein at (404) 727-1514 or respect@emory.edu.

If you were fortunate enough to attend Tuesday’s Red Zone rally to increase awareness of sexual assault on our campus, you know that it is an issue that has encouraged faculty, staff and students to speak out. Unfortunately, far too many of us remain silent. The alarming statistics from a study on sexual violence against women on college campuses by clinical psychologists at the University of Mississippi should shatter our complacency: nine out of 10 survivors know their assailant, onethird of the assailants are a “close friend” of the victim and the perpetrator is the victim’s boyfriend 41 percent of the time. The National Crime and Victimization Survey concludes that less than three percent of these assailants ever serve a day in jail. One reason for this is an emphasis on stranger attacks as opposed to sexual assault by acquaintances. Although the majority of assaults on college campuses are by acquaintances, misconceptions about the most likely perpetrators have discouraged district attorneys from prosecuting acquaintance rape cases. Emory University and other colleges must step up if victims of sexual assault are to receive any justice.

While Emory has done a fantastic job framing sexual misconduct as an issue of social justice and focusing on cultivating student leaders to raise awareness, it has failed to enact sanctions that are capable of deterring would-be perpetrators. In the context of the existing sexual misconduct policy, there are no written sanctions listed for perpetrators. In fact, the sexual misconduct policy is vague with regards to the punitive measures that would be taken. It only states that there would be interim restrictions placed on a perpetrator while a sexual misconduct case is being investigated. However, it is tough to assume that the perpetrator would necessarily face any additional restrictions at the end of the case because the language in the policy is silent on this issue.

Justice demands that we strengthen the sanctions for individuals who are found in violation of the sexual misconduct policy. We must not only enhance the penalties that these cases include to suspension and expulsion, but we must be willing to publicly demonstrate our commitment to treat sexual assault like the crime that it is. Our desire for social justice can only be fulfilled if it is supported by a more aggressive and well-publicized

set of sanctions.

Stronger sanctions will allow Emory to successfully pursue social justice. Other universities have come under fire for creating hostile climates for sexual assault victims with their inaction. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against universities for violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 that prohibits discrimination based on sex in any educational program. To identify an environment where 25 percent of the women have been victims of rape or attempted rape as a “hostile climate” is quite generous. We have clearly created a culture of endemic violence that is legitimized throughout institutional neglect. Emory should not wait for a Title IX lawsuit before it decides to take action to protect students on our campus. We have the opportunity to create a catalyst for a broader communal response. Ultimately, if the possibility of suspension or expulsion did nothing else but create broader awareness of the University’s support for victims of sexual assault, it would facilitate the creation a culture that systemically challenges sexual violence. The more people become aware of the way the broader community looks down upon this type of violence on an individual level, the less likely a random individual would be to commit such violent acts in the first place.

Some may argue that making sanctions an explicit possibility in the process may discourage people from coming out and reporting sexual assault. Others may argue that sanctions are a bad idea because all cases are not necessarily the same.

However, I believe that having sanctions against any and all instances of sexual misconduct can help diminish the assumption that there is little likelihood of punitive measures.

If the University doesn’t make such a policy explicit, individuals might assume nothing will happen to them. Creating a more stringent policy does more than just add another line to the university’s sexual misconduct policy. It will raise awareness of the intolerable nature of sexual assault and start to reduce the number of attacks on our campus. Ultimately and most importantly, we can create an environment that makes it more likely for victims to come forward and take action against those who have sexually assaulted them, as well as put in place a strong deterrent against such crimes being committed in the first place.

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Student Life Friday, September 13, 2013 Student Life Editor: Jenna Kingsley (jdkings@emory.edu)

CLUB SPOTLIGHT

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Dear Doolina: Debating Dilemmas Dear Doolina, You won’t respond to any of my submissions. I’ve submitted problems time and time again only to find they’ve been ignored when I open up the Wheel. What gives?

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College sophomore Rob Dunn was a key figure in forming Emory’s newest political club, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). A national group, YAL looks to accomplish “nonpartisan” and “libertarian-minded” goals on campus.

Signed 99 Problems, But You’ve Answered None Dear 99 Problems,

Try submitting more challenging or interesting problems? Just kidding.

I try to answer whatever legitimate questions are sent my way unless I’ve just answered something similar.

If this happens again, feel free to group does not support one particular partisan nature was his belief that disparage me in the pages of The ideology or candidate. in today’s political sphere, it is much Emory Spoke. Or just submit anothDunn hopes that the club won’t harder for third-party candidates to er problem. be labeled as simply “libertarian.” break into the mainstream. Rather Delightfully, Accordingly, the term “libertarian” than focusing on supporting a candiDoolina does not show up once on the club’s date, he believes that the group will Facebook page bio. be more productive when working Instead, Dunn insists the towards common goals.

Dear Doolina, club is “non-partisan” and College sophomore and Young One of my classes meets in White “libertarian-minded.”

Americans for Liberty Secretary Doo Hall. One of my friends sits to the A major factor Dunn considered when emphasizing the club’s nonSee YAL, Page 10 right of to me during every class but completely hogs the armrest. This sounds petty, but I’d really like to use TRAVEL that armrest every now and again.

Any suggestions?

Libertarianism Enters Campus Politics

By Kyle Arbuckle Contributing Writer “Politics” has become somewhat of a dirty word in today’s society.

With the ever-rising polarization of public opinion, one would think there is no place for an ideology outside of the traditional two-party political system in the United States. Even on Emory’s campus, the two political groups, the Young Democrats and the

College Republicans, have been the only two on campus for the past four years. However, College sophomore Rob Dunn decided to change this.

Last year, Dunn formed a new club to facilitate this change called the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL).

This national group arose in the wake of libertarian-minded Republican Ron Paul’s 2008 Presidential Campaign and formed across many college campuses in the United States.

Dunn, a registered Republican and former member of College Republicans, believed the libertarian voice was lacking on campus.

The group openly identifies with and supports many policies, including civil liberties, ending corporate welfare, government transparency, personal freedoms, peace and diplomacy, low taxes, free markets and the right to bear arms.

However, Dunn insisted that the

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Houses line the beautiful coast of Sidi Bou Said (above) along the Mediterranean Sea.

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Tunisia: The North African Riviera

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Sundresses, high-waisted shorts and athletic wear are all campus trends that will keep you cool on your walk to class.

Beat the Heat: Campus Trends That Keep You Cool

By Jayme Smith Contributing Writer If you’re like me and hail from north of the MasonDixon Line, or perhaps you’re just someone with a finely-tuned inner thermometer, this hot Georgia weather can feel brutal. Walking to class without melting in the heat: difficult. Trying to figure out what to possibly wear in such an inferno: even more challenging.

Though it may be hot, there’s no reason why you have to sacrifice your style. In fact, there are tons of popular trends right now that are both stylish and temperature friendly. Here are just three of the trends I’ve noticed —

and fully embraced — on campus this “fall.”

The Sundress: Oh, the sundress. A summer staple; nothing could be easier than throwing on a dress and heading out the door. With all kinds of shapes and designs out there, it’s one of the easiest trends to tailor to your personal style.

Plus, what’s more Southern than a sundress? When in Rome, right?

See WORKOUT, Page 10

You might know of Tunisia, located just south of Italy on North Africa’s Mediterranean coast, from the negative press it’s been receiving recently due to political turmoil and instability. However, there’s a lot more to Tunisia than its political problems. Tunisia’s Mediterranean climate, ancient history and stunning beaches continue to attract tourists today.

Similarly to its North African and other Mediterranean neighbors, Tunisia has a history of invasions and foreign influences that have all impacted its people and history, including Arabs, Berbers, sub-Saharan Africans, Turks, Phoenicians, Greeks and Punic/Vandal tribes that came from northern Europe. The most common ethnic and cultural mixture in Tunisia is composed of Arab, Berber and sub-Saharan African elements. The last foreign invading power in Tunisia was the French, who have left an important linguistic as well as cultural influence on Tunisia. Tunisia’s French colonial past is very visible in everyday life.

French, along with Arabic, is an official language in Tunisia and is widely spoken. Tunisian café culture is another example of the French legacy in Tunisia, with French-style cafes found all over the country.

After the nine-hour flight from the States with my family, it was a relief to finally be in Tunisia. As soon as we cleared customs and left Tunis’ “Aéroport International de TunisCarthage,” we were greeted by the scorching Mediterranean heat, one of the downsides of going to Tunisia in July. Our taxi driver took us to our hotel in the beachside town of “La Marsa”, located about 25 minutes outside of the Capital. On the way to the hotel, our taxi driver Abdul (a middle aged Tunisian man), explained to us how Tunisia’s political instability had taken a toll on tourism, and that a few years ago, Tunisia was a much more popular destination.

Although there was a nice stretch of sandy beach, the main highlight of staying in La Marsa was its proximity to popular attractions like Sidi Bou Said and Carthage. We spent our first full day in Tunisia exploring

See HISTORY, Page 10

As if having a class in White Hall with the tiny desks weren’t enough, now you don’t even have proper access to arm rests? The horror! There’s a simple solution to your conundrum, however. Try sitting on the opposite side of your friend. Assuming he is a righty (because he uses the armrest to his left), he likely needs his right hand to write. That leaves the other armrest open, which is yours for the taking. There are two even simpler solutions: get a new friend, or hog the entire armrest for a class period (be sure to get to class early to claim it!) and your friend will probably get the (passive-aggressive) message. Or you could just ask him if he wouldn’t mind if you used the armrest. Usually facing a problem directly is better than passive-aggression or harboring negative feelings.

Delightfully, Doolina Dear Doolina, I’m a single girl looking for some romance, but the main way my friends meet guys is through frat parties. What do I do?!

Sincerely, Single Shelly Dear Single Shelly, I guess “go to more frat parties” isn’t the answer you’re looking for.

It seems you’re interested in meeting guys outside of frat parties, which is possible but admittedly not the method of choice for many at Emory.

You have a few options. First, you can try meeting guys through your classes and clubs. Use homework as an excuse to meet up, and go from there.

If that isn’t your style, the gym is also a good place to check out. Finally, despite what many think, there are a lot of social communities that are just as vibrant as Greek life, but less

See HOSPITALS, Page 7

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YAL Hopes to Unite Students On Right

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alongside the more liberal Tunisian culture present in the country. I remember leaving my hotel at three a.m. for our five a.m. flight to Rome and seeing men and women drinking alcohol and smoking at cafes and small stalls along the streets, as the rules of Ramadan allow eating during “the night”. Tunisia itself is a paradox between liberalism and conservatism, something that parallels its fascinating crossroads between Europe, The Mediterranean, Africa and the Middle East. Its rich history and fascinating culture make it a must on any adventurous traveler’s list.

Lee shared Dunn’s sentiments about remaining non-partisan.

“I believe in policies that make sense and will support such policy regardless of their label,” he said.

“We believe in keeping government out of our wallets and out of our personal lives. So far, there wasn’t an organization that offered students that hybrid of beliefs.”

Now, you may be wondering: am I libertarian?

At the Student Activities Fair, where the group had more than 60 sign-ups, YAL offered a quick quiz for interested students to see where they stood on the political spectrum.

Not everyone who signed up was libertarian-minded. Dunn stated that the sign-ups were diverse and all were welcome.

Even someone who described herself as “anarcho-socialist” signed up, he said.

Dunn believes that this diversity will foster healthy debate and limit groupthink mentality, a problem he sees in many partisan organizations which entails a tendency to go along with the majority opinion.

Alexius Marcano, College sophomore and campaign coordinator for the Young Democrats of Emory, and a close friend of Dunn’s, also likes the idea of healthy debate on campus. Although he doesn’t agree with all aspects of libertarianism, Alexius said he is interested to see what kind political dialogue it creates.

“I’m definitely looking forward to seeing YAL become a part of the campus’ civic society and bringing its own input into political discussions that are worth having,” Marcano said.

The College Republicans are also looking forward to opening a political discourse on campus.

“Even though the groups advocate similar causes, they have different events and raise political awareness in different ways,” said College sophomore Amelia Sims, who is the treasurer for the College Republicans and co-founder/treasurer of YAL. “I also think that working together to host speakers and such could be beneficial for both groups.”

This coming week, Emory YAL will be celebrating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. At Wonderful Wednesday, they will have a giant Constitution that students can show their support for by putting down their own John Hancock. On Friday at 6 p.m., they plan on showing the 2000 film “The Patriot,” starring Heath Ledger and Mel Gibson, in Harland Cinema.

Going forward, YAL hopes to host debates with other groups on a variety of issues, host special guests and lecturers and possibly present a 2014 Senate election debate here on campus.

Ultimately, Dunn hopes that this group can unite Emory students on the right.

“One thing that unites us on the right is a common distaste for the left,” he said. “It’s a blessing and a curse.”

— Contact Sergio Dhillon at hdhillo@emory.edu

— Contact Kyle Arbuckle at karbuck@emory.edu

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History of Tunisia, Carthage Captivate Adventurous Travelers Continued from Page 9 the charming seaside town of Sidi Bou Said, a quaint Mediterranean village named after a Sufi Saint.

As soon as we arrived in Sidi Bou Said, aggressive shopkeepers began asking us where we were from and attempted to lure us into their stores that sold various Tunisian handicrafts such a ceramic goods and hookahs.

Sidi Bou Said is stunning with its blue and white houses, flowers, palm trees, cobblestone streets and views of the Mediterranean sea. It had a real Greek island feel to it and resembled the whitewashed houses of Mykonos and Santorini. It was a pleasure getting lost in the windy streets of Sidi Bou Said, even though, when lunchtime came around, we had a hard time finding a restaurant that was open due to Ramadan (observed by Muslims all over the world as a month of fasting). Then, we decided to take a taxi to the neighboring town and we were able to find a traditional French café.

The city of Tunis itself is not as impressive as the sights on the outskirts of the city. However, a trip to the souk (“market” in Arabic) was interesting, as the souk in Tunis is one of the oldest markets in the Arab world. The souk was full of interesting sights and scents, from baklava to hookahs to fake designer handbags.

It’s not unusual to haggle and look for a bargain, because although aggressive, the shopkeepers tend to be flexible with their prices.

After exploring the medina and souk in the old part of Tunis, we went to learn more about Tunisian history at the Bardo Museum. I found the Bardo Museum to be fascinating; it had a complete exhibit of Roman statues and remains of Roman ruins

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Sights to see at the ruins of Carthage, home to the famous general “Hannibal,” include ancient baths, statues and a Roman ampitheater. in Tunisia that have been preserved, as well as artifacts from the Ottoman period.

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Home to the famous “Hannibal” who served as its general, Carthage was an important economic and political powerhouse in the Mediterranean, and the inhabitants of Carthage had constant interaction with the Romans and Greeks.

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the ruins of ancient baths, a Roman amphitheater and various statues.

Next to the archeological site there is a museum, which explains more about the history of Carthage. Learning about the history of Carthage helped me appreciate Carthage much more, and the museum had several maps, artifacts and artwork of the ancient inhabitants of the city.

It’s sometimes difficult to believe that such a small country was home to so many ancient civilizations and has contributed so much to the history of the Mediterranean world.

Tunisian people are faced with a constant battle between traditional and conservative Islamic values

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Sincerely, Shoe-La-La

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Students increasingly sport athletic wear both in exercising outside and studying in their classes.

Workout Wear Comfy for Class Continued from Page 9 High-waisted jean shorts: If the thought of a sundress induces an involuntary eye-roll, perhaps you might be more inclined towards the edgier and super popular highwaisted jean shorts. As versatile as regular jean shorts, these have quickly become the style of choice for many people looking for a trendier update to the classic favorite.

Athletic Wear: Easily the most comfortable of the three styles, cute athletic wear is the ultimate outfit of choice for those days when you’re in a rush and need something to get out the door. More and more people around campus have

been taking their workout clothes out of the gym and into class, and I personally couldn’t be more pleased.

If I’m going to sit through an hour and 15 minute lecture, comfort is definitely key. But no complaints here if comfort and style happen to mesh!

I suppose dealing with hot weather is something we all signed up for when we came to Emory. However, that doesn’t mean walking to class in what sometimes feels like a giant oven is fun.

So go ahead and throw on that dress, or slip into your comfy workout gear. Stay cool while you enjoy that Georgia heat!

— Contact Jayme Smith at jsmi225@emory.edu

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Delightfully, Doolina

Take any cool photos this summer?

Submit your summer photos, and they may be featured in Student Life’s Photography Issue on Sept. 27!

Email submissions to jdkings@emory.edu by Sept. 25 at 7:00 p.m. for a chance to see your photography in the Wheel!

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Friday, September 13, 2013

Eagles Prepare for Furman Classic

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By Shawn Farshchi Contributing Writer This Saturday, the Emory men’s and women’s cross country teams will be one of two Division III schools out of 30 teams competing in the inaugural Furman University (S.C.) Cross Country Classic. Five of the top seven runners for the men’s team will not be timed, making way for some of the less-experienced runners to compete in the 8K. The women’s team will have their top runners competing this Saturday in the 6K run.

For this season, the Eagles increased their required weekly miles quota up to 90 miles per week — an intensified regimen that has brought them early success in both the Emory Watermelon Run and the Sewanee Invitational in Tennessee.

Their next meet will be a step up from those that preceded it. “Emory is competing with the big dogs this weekend,” Head Coach John Curtin said.

While the Furman Classic does not impact the playoff meets for Emory, it gives the team an opportunity to compete against some of the top cross country teams in the nation from Division I, such as Duke University (N.C.) and Georgia Tech.

From the women’s team, Tamara Surtees, Emily Caesar and Marissa Gogniat placed in the top four; and for the men, Eddie Mulder, Michael McBane, and Tyler Cooke placed in the top 10.

One potential cause for concern on the men’s side sophomore Lukas Mees, one of the top two or three runners on the team, is out with an infection in his back. Curtin said that they have certainly not ruled out a

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The Eagles will be running in their third meet of the season this weekend at Furman University. return for this season.

“If there’s anyone who can come back from this injury, it’s Lukas,” Curtin added.

This weekend will give both teams an understanding of where they stand heading into the rest of the season. While both the men’s and women’s teams would love to be national champions, they are primarily focused on making the nationals meet at the end of the year.

These early season meets are

“steps along the journey,” as Curtin puts it, to be ready for the playoff meets at the end of the season. Both teams want to do well in the University Athletic Association (UAA) and expect to win the regional competition. With an excellent freshman class and returning runners for both the men and women’s teams, the outlook is very positive for the 2013 season.

— Contact Shawn Farshchi at sfarshc@emory.edu

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Welcome to the second week of NFL Pick ‘Ems! Follow along as the Wheel staff attempts to pick each week’s NFL games.

1. NATHANIEL LUDEWIG, the Sports Editor, opened the Pick ‘Ems season with a respectable 9-6 record. He’s made a vow to pick the Bills every single week, which is really confusing and probably will make him upset when all is said and done. He’s also a Titans fan, which is also really confusing and will undoubtedly make him upset when all is said and done.

2. RYAN SMITH is the leader right now with a 10-5 record. He is the assistant sports editor and is trying to win one for assistants across the nation. This one’s for you, Dwight K. Schrute.

College football fans must realize that superstars and role models can often be mutually exclusive.

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No love for Tebow? He can provide some offensive depth right? Yup the Pats dearth of offensive weapons was just a pretext to wax poetic on Tim Tebow. (Fire up Google images On Fire groupies, and input “Tebow shirtless.” We’re talking Greek God, nahmean.)

So what if his latest contract offer came from Gene Simmons’ Arena football league? So what if his hometown Jaguars ‘scored’ two points in Week One and haven’t even sniffed at Tebow?

“He can’t throw,” detractors say.

“He is too indecisive and overmatched,” clamor the critics. “He simply sucks,” says Mark Sanchez.

Pseudo-truths.

No one’s down to change their system to fit his talents. Coach John Fox tried that two seasons ago, won a playoff game, reinserted the Broncos franchise into the national scene and promptly signed Peyton Manning.

Peyton was coming off a spine fusion.

And some neck surgeries. Tebow, you got to prove you’re worth a system change.

The Jaguars, Raiders, Browns or any other hapless franchises are not willing to do so? Conservative paper pushers, where’s Chip Kelly? The Iggles got their own lefty speedster in Michael Vick, followed by Nick Foles and Matt Barkley, QB’s in the traditional mold (white pocket passers). Should Vick go down, God forbid, though he is looking a bit creaky, Tebow’s got 20 more pounds on Vick.

Slower yes, but let LeSean do the scrambling and run some power runs.

The whole nation is sippin’ the Kelly kool aid. Bring Tebow on board, plug him in to the blur. If it works, the Kelly legend grows. If not, cut the dude and move on. It’s either that or playing snaps with Gene Simmons on the sideline or even worse, playing for the Montreal Alouettes.

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hell, why should it upset anyone?

— that the best football player in the nation is as greasy and unpredictable as the sport we love?

Saban was asked last offseason about this changing landscape, with the traditional Power I Formations he knows and loves rapidly being tossed aside in favor of five-wide spreads.

He looked at the audience with his trademark scowl and said, “Is this what we want college football to be?”

Yes, Nick. We do. Manziel and A&M will probably lose to Bama on Saturday, but anyone with a fleeting interest in the sport should realize what another Aggies win would mean. It would be the triumph of everything college football celebrates — unpredictability, the underdog, anything but the status quo and the threetime title-winning Tide.

As far as Johnny goes, college football fans must realize that superstars and role models can often be mutually exclusive.

America’s ultra-determined obsession with forcing every athlete — even amateur ones — to fit a predetermined box is unsettling and quite frankly dangerous. Hastily appointing role models leads to blind idolization, which leads to stories like Manti Te’o, or Oscar Pistorius, the Olympian with prosthetic legs who went from worldwide hero to monster when he was charged with the murder of his girlfriend.

Manziel is no role model, but he shouldn’t fall victim to our innate desire to appoint them. We should appreciate Johnny Football for what he is — an exciting, flawed young man who is a perfect representative of an exciting, flawed game. His show won’t keep rolling forever. Some day he’ll be forced to either mature or flame out.

I see no reason for that day to be Saturday. Gig ‘em, Ags. — Contact Ryan Smith at ryan.smith@emory.edu

DUSTIN

He’ll be putting on his biggest show yet this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in College Station, Texas, when his Texas A&M University Aggies take on the University of Alabama Crimson Tide.

It’s the highest-profile game of the young season, a rematch of last year’s thriller in Tuscaloosa and one of college’s football’s biggest goodversus-evil battles in recent memory.

It’s Nick Saban’s classic Power I and defensive football, his clean-cut Tide against the A&M new-age spread offense, led by the infamous Johnny Manziel.

Quite frankly, if you associate Saban’s bunch with the good side, then I truly believe you’re watching football for the wrong reasons.

College football is rapidly shifting.

Major conferences are picking their smaller counterparts to death by constantly raiding their teams. The BCS is finally giving way to a four-team playoff. Big-name schools all over the map are paying players, and offering sex and cars to recruits, and the governing body of the NCAA is nearcompletely powerless to do anything about it.

Sports Illustrated, timely as always, is in the process of releasing a five-part investigation of the Oklahoma State University football program on its website. The investigation was beautifully written and researched, with the information cleanly split into five categories and released over a five-day span.

It’s been met with a resounding “who cares” from the college football world, who are tired of seeing stories like these fall under the “breaking news” category. We’re well aware that this is a sordid, greasy sport with a closet full of skeletons, dirty secrets and hundred dollar bills. But we love it anyway because it’s the best damn sport on the planet.

Why should it upset me, then —

6. PRIYANKA K., when asked for comment on her first week of picks, remarked “am i winning pick ‘ems yet.”

Unfortunately she is not, but her 6-9 record gets her out of the cellar for this week, so she can be happy about that.

Power to the Confederacy.

RYA

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5. ROSS FOGG got off to a rough start, going just 5-10 in the first week. But don’t mention it to him. Seriously, don’t.

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Smith: Pull for Johnny Football Against Alabama, Nick Saban

4. ADAM TROYETSKY is trying to pull an upset as the lone staff writer in the group. Whether or not his 8-7 record can be seen as an upset when his competition includes Editorials Editor Priyanka Krishnamurthy is debatable.

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Johnny Manziel poses at a meeting with Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Manziel is cooler than Nick Saban is.

3. DUSTIN SLADE, a.k.a. [REDACTED], has threatened to file a lawsuit if his beloved Dolphins’ logo is not updated in the Wheel database. Unfortunately, no one cares about the Dolphins, so Dustin’s pleas will go unanswered for yet another week. Also, he’s 7-8. Which is a record that the Dolphins would have. Ha.

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Troyetsky: Seahawks Will Top Niners Continued from the Back Page six turnovers this week, the Broncos will win the game by a landslide.

On the Broncos’ side of the ball, Peyton Manning is living proof that the fountain of youth exists. At 37, old Peyton Manning is still playing the game as well as he did 10 years ago. I think the Giants will step up their game this week but fall just short of the Broncos.

Broncos 35 Giants 31 San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks This week’s Sunday night matchup features two of the best defensive teams in the league. The Seahawks and 49ers both won their opening week game, though the 49ers definitely had the tougher matchup. The 49ers were able to outlast the Packers’ juggernaut offense and come up with a 34-28 win, in large part due to Colin Kaepernick’s ability to find newly added Anquan Boldin.

The Seahawks had a tough time against the Panthers last week but still managed to come out with a win despite a lackluster offense. Despite their struggles last week, I can’t pick against the Seahawks at home.

Quest Field is just too loud (in 2011, fans were so loud that the ground started shaking and registered on the Richter scale as a magnitude 2 earthquake) for opponents to operate in. Seahawks are favored by two and a half points, and I think they’ll win by three in dramatic fashion.

49ers 21 Seahawks 24

—Contact Adam Troyetsky at adam.troyetsky@emory.edu

SPORTS THE EMORY WHEEL

Friday, September ,  Sports Editor: Nathaniel Ludewig (nludewi@emory.edu)

VOLLEYBALL

Cross Country When the Emory cross country team isn’t working hard at practice and meets, you can find them at the Lullwater Preserver, where they recently participated in a city-wide community service project.

On Aug. 31, members of both the Emory men’s and women’s teams came together to participate in the revitalization of the Lullwater Preserve through the service organization known as the Friends of Lullwater Preserve.

During the wet months of summer, the Lullwater Preserve saw heavy rainfall, leaving parts of the park spotted with unwanted ditches. Members of the teams were put to work during the day to negate the effects of a rainy summer. With garden tools in hand, teammates were able to lay out mulch along the park’s trails along with trim the overgrown plant life that burdened the preserve. Not only did the team come together for a beneficial cause, but also members were able to bond as they labored away the day Featured Athlete: Cat McGrath Junior Cat McGrath has proven to be an integral part of the women’s volleyball team early on in the season. During the Eagles’ first game against HardinSimmons University (Texas) and Averett University Va.), McGrath barely saw the bench, playing in five of the seven sets of the match averaging a .550 in hits with 11 kills and only a single error over 20 swings.

Continuing her efforts in the Eagles’ match against Trinity, McGrath had a total of 16 terminations, being her second-highest career achievement thus far. The women’s volleyball team faces off against Millsaps College (Miss.) today at 3 p.m.

Featured Athlete: Jeffrey Cochran Jeffery Cochran, junior outside back for the Emory men’s soccer team has consistently been a key player for the Eagles on both offense and defense.

He’s played 151 minutes during the two games limiting Emory’s opponents to 10 shots.

On Friday’s win against Averett, he limited the Cougars to one goal out of six shots and assisted the game-winning goal.

Against Guilford College (N.C.), Cochran played 69 minutes and held the Quakers to 4 shots with only one on goal. He stands at a .75 goals-against average for the 2013 season.

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Junior Cat McGrath goes up for the ball. McGrath has been a key part of the volleyball team’s fast start. The Eagles currently stand at 7-0 and are ranked number two in the nation. They will host the Emory Classic this weekend.

Eagles Return Home for Emory Classic

By Liza Atillasoy Contributing Writer The Emory volleyball team is off to a hot start, with seven straight road wins to open the season en route to a number two national ranking. They’ll make their home debut this weekend at the Emory Classic against Millsaps College (Miss.), California Lutheran University, Southwestern University (Texas) and Christopher Newport University (Va.).

The Eagles will open up the action on Friday against Millsaps at 3 p.m. Millsaps stands at 6-3 on the season and enters the match having won three of four matches at the Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) Tournament.

Cal Lutheran sports a 6-1 record and a number seven national ranking.

on Saturday.

Emory stands 3-0 in the series with Millsaps, and Friday’s game between the two teams will be the first match since 1999.

Emory has won 11 of 13 matches against the Christopher Newport Captains. The two met twice in the 2012 season with Emory winning (3-2) at the Trinity Invitational and CNU, recording a (3-2) win in the NCAA Regional Finals. Emory is 13-5 against Southwestern while the Pirates did win 3-2 over the Eagles at the Trinity Invitational last season.

Against Cal Lutheran, Emory has won all three matches, including their last match this past fall at the Trinity Invitational won (3-2).

The 2013 captains for the Emory volleyball team include senior Sarah Taub and juniors Cat McGrath and

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Kate Bowman. Other key players include junior Leah Jacobs, who played solidly at the RandolphMacon Invitational as the Eagles’ leader with 3.23 kills-per-set average.

She is now tied with Kate Bowman for team lead at 15 kills at a seasonhigh. Jacobs is ranked sixth among UAA players with her 3.32 kills-perset average.

Junior middle Cat McGrath also leads the team heading into Emory Classic ranked among the UAA’s top 10 players in three categories and is No. 3 for the league with a .374 hitting percentage. She ranks prominently for kills per set and blocks. Sophomore Taylor Erwin, an honorable-mention selection for conference and region teams last year, is the core of Emory’s defense with her team-high 5.19 digs-per-set average.

She ranks 21st on the school’s alltime chart.

Erwin was named to the Courtyard Marriott Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 5.43 digs per set in contributing to the Eagles 3-0 record.

The team is looking forward to playing at the Woodruff P.E. Center where they have had considerable success over the years. The Eagles finished 13-2 on their home court with losses from Lee University (Tenn.) on Sept. 25 and Wittenberg (Ohio) on Oct. 26.

With the key eight-member freshman class complementing outside hitter Jessica Holler and sophomore setter Sydney Miles, Emory looks forward to a promising season.

— Contact Liza Atillasoy at liza.atillasoy@emory.edu

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

NFL Week Two Predictions I Love Johnny Manziel, St. Louis Rams at Atlanta Falcons

Men’s Soccer The Eagles had a two-goal deficit at Oglethorpe University on Thursday, Sept. 12, losing 2-1 to the Stormy Petrels.

Oglethorpe scored in the third minute of play and Emory’s subsequent attempts at a free kick were deflected by Oglethorpe’s defense. This was the first time in the 2013 season that the Eagles were behind in a game. The half finished with 9 shots (1 on goal) while Oglethorpe had six shots with three on net. In the 61st minute of play, Nick Muntean of Oglethorpe scored his second goal of the game tallying the game at 2-0 in Oglethorpe’s favor.

Junior forward and co-captain Dylan Price scored in the 81st minute with a throw from junior outside back Jeffrey Cochran.

This is Price’s sixth goal in the five games of the season and Cochran’s third-consecutive assist. He is tied for team lead at three assists.

Despite many attempts from the Eagles to tie the game they ultimately lost, making this their first loss of the 2013 season.

While Emory held the lead in total shots 16-14, Oglethorpe had more precise shots on net, 6-4.

The Eagles dropped to 4-1 on the season.

After a slow start, Southwestern has won its last six matches and stands at 7-1. The Pirates have been successful during their four match series in Sherman, Texas beating Southwestern Assemblies of God University (Texas) (3-0), Bacone College (Okla.) (3-0), Wheaton College (Ill.) (3-0) and Sul Ross State University (Texas) (3-0).

Cal Lutheran, ranked No.-7 in the American Volleyball Coaches’ Association (AVCA) Top 25 Poll, will enter the Emory Classic with a 6-1 record after suffering a loss on Tuesday against No. 16-ranked in the NAIA Westmont College (Calif.)

(3-0). Before the match, Cal Lutheran had four wins at the Cal Lu Fornia Invitational defeating No.9-ranked Puget Sound (3-1), UT-Dallas (3-0) on Friday and Texas Lutheran (3-0)

Adam Troyetsky For those of you fortunate to watch football this past Sunday, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. The Jets did something I thought nearly impossible, especially considering they were two points down with 30 seconds left in the game: they won.

So needless to say, my first football Sunday of the year was an exciting one. Without further ado, let’s get to this week’s games.

New York Jets at New England Patriots As much as I love the Jets, I don’t think they’ll have the same luck this week at New England that they did in Week One, although I hope they surprise me once again. New England is favored by 13 points, which, in my opinion, is far too many, considering they beat the Bills last week by only two points. The Patriots will be without Danny Amendola this week, who played a major part in last week’s win.

As much as I would like to see Geno Smith and the Jets go into Foxboro and beat the Patriots, I think that’s hoping for a little too much.

However, I would take the Jets with the spread but in no way think they will win the game.

Jets 17 Patriots 28

Even though the Rams looked great in Week One, I have to stick with my Super Bowl pick and take the Falcons in Week Two. Even though I incorrectly picked the Falcons to beat the Saints last weekend, I don’t think they’ll fail me this week. Last week the Falcons played well but went 3-11 on third down. Steven Jackson had 11 carries for 77 yards and seemed to add more balance to the Falcons’ heavy passing offense. I think the Rams will have a successful season, but it’s nearly impossible to go against the Falcons in the Georgia Dome.

The Falcons are favored in this game by seven points and after a lot of adjustments to come in practice this week, I think the Falcons are going to win their first game of the season by a comfortable margin. I look forward to seeing Roddy White get involved and Julio Jones to break off a huge catch when least expected.

Rams 21 Falcons 31 Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals A few years ago, I would’ve picked the Steelers in this game regardless of the spread. Nowadays, the Steelers are looking old. They lost Mike Wallace and Rashard Mendenhall this past offseason and the Steelers’ offense looks to be lacking the explosiveness they once had.

In addition, they lost center Maurkice Pouncey for the season with a torn

ACL and MCL. The Bengals, on the other hand, are just the opposite.

The Bengals have an extremely high upside with A.J. Green developing into one of the league’s best wide receivers and Andy Dalton becoming a more mature quarterback. Though both teams are 0-1 this season, the Bengals almost snuck by the Bears in Chicago, which is pretty difficult to do. The Steelers, however, were embarrassed (even though they only lost 16-9) in their own stadium last weekend by the Titans. A Titans player gave the Steelers a free two points in the first five seconds of the game due to an unintentional selfsafety. In the other 59 minutes of the game, the Steelers scored only seven points and had only 195 net yards of offense. I don’t see the Steelers going anywhere this year. The Bengals will pick up their first win of the season this Monday night and easily win by more than the seven-point spread.

Steelers 13 Bengals 28 Denver Broncos at New York Giants If you happened to miss the Broncos game last Thursday, you missed an absurd performance by Peyton Manning in a game that included seven passing touchdowns.

Yes, I said seven. The Giants worry me a little after last week’s performance. Even though they managed to put up 31 points in Week One, they had six turnovers and were lucky that Dallas didn’t capitalize more on those turnovers. If they have another

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And So Should You

Ryan Smith Around late November last year, the chase for the Heisman Trophy had finally been whittled down to a trio of candidates. In one corner was Manti Te’o, the star linebacker on one of the nation’s most prestigious and clean-cut teams, who had played through the deaths of his grandmother and girlfriend. Option two was Collin Klein, the midwestern gentleman leading the nation’s feel-good story, who hadn’t kissed his wife before marriage. And the third was Johnny Manziel, the brash freshman quarterback who publicly partied and drank alcohol, who had been arrested in the offseason, and who boasted by far the best statistical profile of the trio.

The amount of protest when Manziel took home the 2012 Heisman was ludicrous. Critics eviscerated the then-19-year-old for his immaturity (read that again: criticized a 19-yearold for being immature), claiming he was unworthy of winning college football’s biggest prize.

All that criticism of Manziel’s character insinuates that there’s something more to winning the Heisman Trophy than being really

good at football.

Furthermore, there’s a societal pressure for college athletes to act like adults just because they’re thrust on to a national stage. Why should we hold them to such a standard? Why should we force athletes like Te’o, whose girlfriend was later revealed to never exist, to conform to some unwritten, golden boy standard just for being talented?

Manziel certainly holds himself to no such standard. He managed to one-up his 2012 season this summer, getting kicked out of the Manning Passing Academy for probably being hungover and getting suspended for the first half of his 2013 opener for accepting money for autographs.

When he came into the game in the third quarter and immediately scored a touchdown, he mimed signing his name to the defense.

This came after an offseason full of responses to Twitter critics in which he attached pictures of his Heisman and courtside seats at NBA games. The college football world was quick to call out an NCAA violation; Manziel simply responded that his parents were rich.

How can we weigh the sophomore quarterback’s amateurish antics with his All-American play on the field?

Why do we have to? At the core of it all, college football is an entertainment business, and Manziel is a fabulous entertainer.

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