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Emory Events Calendar, Page 2
Staff Editorial, Page 6
Police Record, Page 2
Crossword Puzzle, Page 8
On Fire, Page 11
Student Life, Page 9
THE EMORY WHEEL Since 1919
The Independent Student Newspaper of Emory University
Volume 95, Issue 9
www.emorywheel.com
Friday, September 27, 2013
Every Tuesday and Friday FACULTY
FIRE TO THE RAIN
Faculty Vote to Uphold Grievance Rejection Lecture-Track Faculty’s Attempt to Push Appeal Onto Agenda Denied By Dustin Slade Asst. News Editor Faculty members’ names, with the exclusion of GovCom Chair Keith Berland, have been omitted in accordance with the terms that allowed the Wheel to attend the faculty meeting.
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S
woop’s Week festivities continued at Asbury Circle during the event’s Wonderful Wednesday. Students took to the circle to play games, grab free Swoop’s Week T-shirts and food. The circus performance group, Imperial Opa, entertained students with stilt-walking acts and fire breathing stunts.
EVENT
Simon Performs Acoustic Set, Concludes Series By Lane Billings Managing Editor Musician and singer-songwriter Paul Simon performed an acoustic concert for a crowd of about 800 at the sold-out Emerson Concert Hall Tuesday evening. The concert marked the fourth and final event of the 12th Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature — a biannual series established in honor of Richard Ellmann, who served as the first Robert W. Woodruff Professor at Emory from 1980 to 1987. The series has brought prominent writers such as Seamus Heaney, Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood to Emory in the past years. Simon opened his hour-long performance with a somber acoustic version of “The Sound of Silence.” Mark Stewart, a Manhattan-based multi-instrumentalist who has written music for films such as “Across the Universe” and “The Tempest,”
accompanied him on acoustic guitar. Stewart has been touring with Simon since 1998. “I’ve had a lot of fun over the past few days,” Simon said to the audience following a cover of the George Harrison-composed 1969 hit “Here Comes the Sun,” which Simon called his favorite Beatles’ song. “I’m very grateful for what I learned in the process.” Former U.S. Poet Laureate and colecturer Billy Collins joined Simon on the stage for a cover of the 1953 Junior Parker song “Mystery Train.” Collins played the tambourine, on which he has no formal training, and contributed background vocals. Several musicians joined in the performance as the evening progressed, including Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing and Director of the Ellmann Lectures Joseph Skibell on guitar; composer and Ellmann committee member Andy Teirstein on violin and harmonica; and Schwartz Center
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College faculty voted down a motion on Wednesday to reverse the College Grievance Committee’s decision to reject a grievance filed by 18 faculty members in the spring. The 13-page grievance, filed in April, claimed that the procedures leading to the department changes violated faculty governance principles and bylaws. It extensively cites Emory bylaws, minutes from Faculty Governance Committee (GovCom) and faculty meetings, governing principles and letters sent to administrators. In a response from the Grievance Committee dated April 14, the committee wrote that it does not have “any recommendations to make at this time.” The grievants have since expressed frustration over the fact that the response only addresses two sections of the entire grievance.
LTF Appeal Motion Voted Down
Courtesy of Ann Borden/University Photography
Paul Simon performed in front of a packed Schwartz Center to conclude the Ellmann Lecture Series on Tuesday. Events Manager Becky Herring contributing vocals. Skibell said Simon’s manager asked if he would be interested in playing with Simon on stage just a few days before his arrival at Emory. “You’re the devil,” Skibell
responded jokingly to the manager. According to Skibell, Simon planned the group’s performance of “Mrs. Robinson” and “The Boxer” in about 20 minutes during sound
See AUDIENCE, Page 3
In addition to the grievance, three lecture-track faculty members are currently challenging the University’s termination of their contracts as a result of last fall’s department changes. However, GovCom recently declined to place this issue on the agenda for this past Wednesday’s faculty meeting. At the start of Wednesday’s meeting, a faculty member made a point of order to put the recent lecture-track faculty appeal on the agenda. “The Governance Committee is doing all it can to sort through this confusion including having invited the appellants to the most recent Governance Committee meeting at which we heard the concerns of
SEE ONLINE The documents mentioned in this article are available at www.emorywheel.com
the appellants, and the committee has not had the opportunity to meet again since we’ve heard from them,” GovCom Chair and Professor in the Department of Physics Keith Berland said. He added that the committee did not think the issue would dissipate if it was not heard at Wednesday’s meeting. Ultimately, Berland denied the request to put the appeal on the agenda because he said the issue had yet to be fully deliberated on by GovCom. A faculty member then motioned to appeal Berland’s decision. The faculty voted against the appeal 47-31.
Grievance Discussions and Vote When Berland presented the agenda point regarding the Grievance appeal hearing to the faculty, one professor clarified that the wording that was sent by appellants to the committee chair presented as part of the motion was not intended to be the motion for debate. He instead presented a two-part motion, asking the faculty to vote to “reverse the Grievance Committee’s decision to reject the grievance, using the prerogative given to the faculty in the bylaws, and at a later date, consider the findings of the forthcoming report from the Process Review Committee in order to decide the merits of the grievance itself.” The faculty then entered initial discussions over whether the Grievance Committee’s decision should be reversed. Some of the appellants and faculty members questioned the processes by which the Grievance Committee
See APPELLANTS’, Page 4
EVENT
Grant Funds Village to Close Roads for Nine New ‘Open Streets DeKalb’ MARBL Collections By Naomi Maisel Staff Writer
By Alyssa Posklensky Contributing Writer A recent grant of more than $100,000 will allow Emory’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL) to arrange and document nine collections of papers concerning 20th century AfricanAmerican women writers, musicians and artists, according to a Sept. 13 University press release. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grant will fund a professional archivist who will spend two years working on the collection, according to the press release. The press release states that the collections of photographs, writings, compositions, letters and audiovisual material have been largely inaccessible to the public but have the potential
See ARCHIVIST, Page 4
“Open Streets DeKalb” is taking over Emory Village on Sunday, Sept. 29 with food and performers — including Rathskellar and a cappella groups — during a three-hour suspension of vehicle traffic to promote human-powered transportation. People are encouraged to bike, walk, dance and move around the village by means of transportation other than motor vehicles, said David Payne, a board member on the Alliance to Improve Emory Village (AIEV), as well as Emory’s senior director of operations for business and administration. Payne said he encourages people to “reclaim” the streets. North Decatur Rd. will be closed between the Lullwater Rd. roundabout and the Village roundabout. South Oxford Rd. will also be closed between the roundabout and Clifton Rd. The roundabouts will remain open to traffic. The event and the associated roadblocks will last from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Village restaurants will also take part in the event and be offering specials,
according to Payne. DeKalb County and AIEV are responsible for bringing “Open Streets DeKalb” to the Village. The event is based off of “Streets Alive,” a similar event that took place in Atlanta for several consecutive years, Payne said. Though Open Streets DeKalb has previously taken place in Virginia Highlands, this year is the first time it will take place in the Village. Payne said he hopes this will become an annual event for the Village. One way of reclaiming Emory Village is through human action, Payne said. The event will involve many types of human-powered activities, including a cappella groups, a fire-dancing performance and a giant chessboard run by a local high-school chess team. Emory students are encouraged to take part in human-powered transportation and to sign up to perform during the event. According to Payne, performances may include musical, dramatic or any other talent one wishes to display and may take “anywhere from 15 minutes
See STUDENTS, Page 5
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Comedian David Koechner performed at the Woodruff Health Sciences Administration Building Auditorium in front of a packed crowd of students during Swoop’s Week.
Koechner Brings Laughs to ‘Swoop’s Week’ By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor Comedian David Koechner joked about topics ranging from Emory’s campus activities to his own children yesterday as part of the Student Programming Council’s (SPC) Swoop’s Week. Koechner is best known for roles in the movie “Anchorman” and the television series “The Office.”
The performance was held at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building (WHSCAB). “He’s pretty popular, like people know the face even if they don’t know the name from ‘Anchorman,’” SPC Homecoming Co-Chair and College senior Ashley London said. According to SPC Homecoming Co-Chair and College senior Chris Alfonso, people were already lined
up for the event an hour and a half before it started. A row was reserved for graduate students and alumni in the middle of the auditorium. The audience consisted mostly of undergraduate students, though Swoop’s Week events are open to all students. Koechner also poked fun at Emory’s alma mater and women’s
See COMEDIAN, Page 5
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