INDEX
Emory Events Calendar, Page 2
Staff Editorial, Page 6
Police Record, Page 2
Crossword Puzzle, Page 8
On Fire, Page 11
Student Life, Page 9
THE EMORY WHEEL Since 1919
The Independent Student Newspaper of Emory University
Volume 95, Issue 23
www.emorywheel.com
Friday, November 22, 2013 AWARD
Every Tuesday and Friday CAMPUS LIFE
SPEAKER
Community Weighs in On DUC Renovations
ADL Gives Wagner Social Justice Award President Honored for Acknowledging University’s Past Injustices By Stephen Fowler Central Administration Beat Writer and Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor University President James W. Wagner received the AntiDefamation League (ADL) Stuart Lewengrub Torch of Liberty award at the Community of Respect Centennial Anniversary Dinner on Tuesday. The ADL is a civil rights group that aims to end anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry. According to its website, the qualifications for an individual or company to receive the award include demonstrating qualities that promote respect and fair treatment in the community. Wagner received the award for his “dedicated efforts to revisit and correct injustices that have been a stain on the University’s proud history,” including the University’s statement of “regret” for its historical involvement in slavery and an apology for Emory’s anti-Semitic past at the nowdefunct Emory School of Dentistry, according to the ADL. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former United States Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat were also recognized at the ceremony, receiving the Abe Goldstein Human Relations Award and the ADL Centennial Achievement award, respectively. However, Wagner said at the awards ceremony that he was at first hesitant to receive the award. “Some of you might think I might be hesitant to accept this because of my racially insensitive blunder last winter that brought embarrassment to
James W. Wagner, University president, received the award for revisiting the dental school’s anti-Semitic past and Emory’s historic involvement in slavery. Emory,” Wagner said. “Mine was an action that can only be forgiven, and many have graciously forgiven me.” Former Emory Board of Trustees Chair Ben F. Johnson III (’65C), who presented the award to Wagner at the dinner, said at the event, “While [Wagner] was leading Emory into the future, there were things in Emory’s past that had nothing to do with him that had to be addressed. Two examples stand out.” The first occurred in late 2010. As Emory approached its 175th anniversary, Wagner and the Board of Trustees adopted a resolution stating that it “regrets” Emory’s association with the institution of slavery and the long delay of its acknowledgement. Harvard University underwent a similar process a year later, in part because of Emory’s acknowledgement, Johnson said. “As Emory moves forward, it seeks the wisdom always to discern what is right and the courage to abide by its mission of using knowledge to serve humanity,” Johnson said.
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By Brandon Fuhr Senior Staff Writer
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C.T. Vivian Explores Civil Rights By Stephen Fowler Senior Staff Writer Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and civil rights activist C.T. Vivian spoke about his experiences during the Civil Rights Movement and involvement with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) at an event in Woodruff Library yesterday. Vivian’s visit coincides with the exhibition “And the Struggle Continues: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Fight for Social Change,” which includes more than 150 rare books Vivian donated to the SCLC archive housed at Emory’s MARBL. At yesterday’s event, Andra Gillespie, associate professor of polit-
ical science at Emory, interviewed Vivian about his life and political experiences and moderated questions from the crowd. President Barack Obama awarded Vivian the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the nation’s highest civilian honor, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Vivian is best known for an incident when Sheriff Jim Clark punched Vivian on the courthouse steps of Selma, Ala., in 1965 as Vivian tried to escort a group of black people inside to register to vote, according to a Nov. 13 Emory press release. At the event, Vivian pointed to several key figures and institutions who influenced him during his youth. “I was inspired at home, at church and by everybody who talked about
ADMINISTRATION
TURKEY DAY
Dykes Named Next Vice President and Secretary
Banquet Addresses Food Insecurity
By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor
By Naomi Maisel Senior Staff Writer
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—Contact Stephen Fowler at smfowle@emory.edu
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C.T. Vivian, an American civil rights leader and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, spoke to Emory students on Thursday about his life events.
EVENT
Students gathered in Cannon Chapel on Wednesday for Amnesty International’s annual Hunger Banquet to learn about global food insecurity. Food insecurity means one does not know from where or when his or her next meal will come. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and South Asian Health Initiative (SAHI) co-hosted the Banquet with Amnesty this year. The Banquet was introduced and facilitated by College junior and Amnesty President Danielle Pitrone, College senior and Amnesty Vice President Alizeh Ahmad, College junior and Amnesty treasurer Tess Oetter and College junior and Amnesty events chair Chandini Viernjan. Some students said they were surprised when, at the event, each attendee was given a card that, along with a name, identified them with a gender, homeland and profession. Each card was also labeled either “low income,” “middle class” or “upper class.” Students labeled “upper class” sat at a table with a tablecloth and were allowed to eat freely. The “middle
the issue of race,” Vivian said. “I didn’t see intense suffering, but I saw that most black people were.” Vivian detailed his time in Nashville during the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, when he served as what Gillespie called an “elder statesman” to the youth within the movement. “[White people] didn’t mind killing you in the South, whereas they would ignore you in the North,” Vivian said. “Most of the youth were scared about how their parents would be treated if they spoke out.” Vivian said the lack of training in politics held back most young black protesters, something he said he gladly fixed.
Dobbs University Center (DUC) officials held a meeting to discuss upcoming renovation and reconstruction plans for the DUC on Thursday, at which they received feedback from the Emory community and showed them possible renovation design schemes. These plans were created after Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair asked to launch a feasibility study in the spring. Since then, Emory administrators and students have been working with Perkins+Will, an Atlanta based architecture firm, to make plans for a new DUC. The company has built more than 40 college student unions around the country. According to the Perkins+Will presenters, the DUC should serve as a venue that is welcoming, create a campus-wide experience for staff and students, become a place of community and contain inspiring dining options. “The great thing about having independent consulting come in is that they have been to many campuses,” DUC Director Benjamin Perlman said. “They see the campus from a different perspective as compared to people who are very familiar with it.” At the meeting, architects from Perkins+Will displayed three conceptual designs, which they referred to as
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ollege junior and Slow Food Emory member Andy Kim educates students about heritage breed turkeys in the DUC at the annual Heritage Harvest Feast. This meal promotes preserving biodiversity within the food system.
CAMPUS LIFE
Latino Club, Nonprofit Collaborate By Catherine Pilishvili Contributing Writer Every day in Colombia, 10 children are abducted by drug cartels, according to the Ministry of Justice. Only one of these children will ever escape, and the other nine children will soon die. According to Enable USA, a nonprofit organization based in Atlanta geared toward providing assistance to
these children, Colombia remains the largest production center in the world for cocaine. To fuel cocaine production, cartels regularly abduct children ages 12 to 18 from rural areas of the country to work in their factories. These children witness their parents murdered, reducing the impetus for future escape. They are worked to exhaustion, repeatedly raped and eventually murdered. Emory University’s Latino Student Organization recently teamed up with
Enable USA, with the hopes of raising awareness of the atrocities committed by drug cartels on Colombia’s children. Phil Johnston, president of Enable USA, said he hopes to raise awareness of the issue within the community. Through working together with Emory sophomore Brian Delgado, vice president of external affairs for LSO, Johnston said he hopes to take
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University President James W. Wagner has named Allison Dykes the new vice president and secretary of the University, effective Jan. 13, the University announced Tuesday. According to a Nov. 19 University press release, Dykes has worked at Emory for 16 years and held her current position as vice president of alumni relations for seven. She said that she brings to the table 16 years of experience in development, alumni relations and volunteer leadership development. She added that her current position involves coordinating more than 120,000 alumni through programming and engagement. Her new position entails serving as a support system for the Board of Trustees, ensuring that it is effective in its collaboration with other areas of the University, she said. Moreover, Dykes will continue to serve as a member of the Alumni Board, with which the Board of Trustees works closely, she said. Dykes will also be responsible for overseeing University-wide events such as commencement and convocation, she said. The current vice president and secretary of the University, Rosemary Magee (’82PhD), has served in the position since 2005 and has worked closely with Dykes for many years. Magee is stepping down due to her appointment as the director of Emory’s Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL) in September 2012.
Allison Dykes, current vice president of alumni relations, was recently named as new University vice president and secretary. “[Magee] has been a mentor to me,” Dykes said. “I’m very humbled by the opportunity to succeed her.” Dykes’ work in alumni relations has given her the necessary experience for the identification of and selection process for alumni board members, Dykes added. “I’m excited about my partnership with them and all of Emory’s schools and units,” she said. She added that she hopes to “[support] consistent practices of governance throughout the University as we build that pipeline for future leaders.” According to the press release, Dykes will also serve as part of the President’s Cabinet. “Her 16 years of experience in leadership development and her success in development and alumni relations will serve the board well,” Wagner said in the press release. During her tenure in the Emory Alumni Association (EAA), Dykes organized a strategic planning and programming process and volunteer leadership development for the EAA, according to the press release. Dykes said she plans to bring these
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