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IFC Social Events Policies Revised
College to End FY2013 With Balanced Budget By Stephanie Fang News Editor
By Jordan Friedman Associate Editor The Interfraternity Council (IFC), in collaboration with the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life, has created separate risk-management procedures for mixers and date parties as part of a routine review of its social policies, according to IFC President and Goizueta Business School senior Victor Rudo. Prior to the changes, Rudo wrote in an email to the Wheel, the policies outlined only fell into the category of “registered guest-list policies.” IFC has now established a set of guidelines specifically for both types of events. “We are simply putting on paper what has largely been in practice for years, thereby making it easier for our chapters to understand and enforce policies that best protect their organizations,” Rudo wrote. For example, the new policy states that mixers and date parties “are not subject to walk-through procedures as with invited guest-list parties.” Additionally, wristbands must be distributed to attendees age 21 and over, and a designated member of the chapter’s executive board or the IFC Vice President of Risk Management must pick up these wristbands between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday
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his week’s Wonderful Wednesday featured a petting zoo as part of the 2012 Homecoming theme of “Swoop’s County Fair.” Haystacks, funnel cakes and King of Pops popsicles were also present during Wonderful Wednesday. Homecoming events will continue throughout the week.
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#EmoryCuts Hosts Third Rally By Dustin Slade Contributing Writer Continuing its efforts to protest the University’s departmental and program changes, the #EmoryCuts movement hosted a protest during the Laney Graduate School (LGS) Homecoming Conversation, which administrators held at the Goizueta Business School yesterday. Protesters interrupted the Homecoming Conversation, during which administrators — including Dean of LGS Lisa Tedesco and President Emeritus James Laney
— discussed the state of education and LGS’ goals. The Emory Alumni Association sponsored the event. At #EmoryCuts’ third strategy session on the Quad, students voiced their dissatisfaction with the departmental changes, and students and faculty then marched to the B-School to demonstrate frustrations with College Dean Robin Forman’s plan for academic reallocation. Forman announced his plans, which would gradually “phase out” and suspend several programs, in a Sept. 14 University-wide email. While marching down the Quad,
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the group of protesters chanted a slew of slogans such as, “No ifs, no buts, no education cuts,” as well as “Forman says cut that; we say fight back.” Once the group arrived at the B-School, the protesting students and faculty walked silently into the Conversation. About 40 protesters stood in back of the room and down the side isles holding neon green signs that depicted a snake with the phrase “Join or Die” pictured above it.
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University administrators expect the College to end this fiscal year with a balanced budget, marking the first time since 2008 that it has not emerged with a deficit. In the past, the College used money from its reserve accounts to cover any deficits it incurred in a particular year. The College placed excess funds from any year it had a budget surplus into this account, which held approximately $9 million in 2008. In an interview with the Wheel, Michael Mandl, the executive vice president for finance and administration, remarked that the College has not had a budget surplus for the last three years. As a result, the College no longer holds any money in its reserve accounts. According to Charlotte Johnson, the senior vice provost of administration, the College has depleted these funds by using them to cover recent deficits. In the past, reserve funds were used for faculty recruitment and renovations as well as other operating costs, she wrote in an email to the Wheel. Mandl remarked that each University school and academic subdivision has a reserve account. These accounts are crucial for each school, which uses their reserve monies for “very important, strategic, one-time purposes,” he said. “Traditionally, if a school has a revenue shortfall or unusual expense in any given year, the first task is for them to look to their reserves to keep themselves whole,” explained Mandl, who added that the University has its
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own reserve account. Johnson noted that the University reserves account “has been essentially zero” for the past two to three years. She said that the University was forced to use a significant portion of its “center resources” to help out its individual schools affected by the averse “market conditions” that followed the 2008 financial crisis. The University distributes approx-
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Profs. Say ‘47 %’ Video May Action Plan Damage Romney’s Chances to Quell Stench in election series Holmes By Anusha Ravi Staff Writer
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Comedian Amy Schumer performed a routine for students at the Glenn Memorial Auditorium Thursday evening. The event was part of this year’s Homecoming week.
Comedian Delivers Risque Stand-Up By Elizabeth Howell Multimedia Editor Amy Schumer, a comedian best known for roasting Roseanne and Charlie Sheen on Comedy Central performed at Glenn Memorial Auditorium, on Thursday. Schumer made fun of various religions and races in addition to telling sexual jokes. As soon as Schumer walked on stage, she commented on the venue before delving into her stand-up routine. “Do you all feel awkward because we’re in a church?” asked Schumer. “Well, it’s about to get so much worse, so I won’t be offended if anyone walks out. In fact, I encourage it.” This comment appealed to some
students who said that they appreciated her sense of humor. Schumer was a hit, in particular, with College sophomore Hannah Silverman who said that she found the idea of vulgar comedy in a church very ironic. After introducing herself, Schumer began her routine by making a series of jokes about certain races, explaining that she found out that her grandmother had her vocal chords removed to keep herself from making racist comments. After that quip, Schumer looked around the audience and made the remark that Emory must be a good school because of the variety of ethnicities present at her performance. “If everyone’s white, then you know it’s a bad school,” she joked. However, she explained that,
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humor aside, she respected all races and religions before proceeding to ask someone in the audience, “What are you?” When the audience member answered that she was Hindu, Schumer responded “not my favorite.” At that point, Schumer’s jokes then became very sexual in nature. “I used to sleep with Hispanic guys, but now I just prefer consensual,” she joked. Towards the end of her routine, Schumer said that she thought that there was a grey area in terms of defining rape. “I think we’ve all been a little raped,” she said. “Every girl I know has had that one night in her life
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A controversial video revealing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney describing President Obama’s supporters as “dependent on government” could hurt his chances in the 2012 election, according to several professors in Emory’s department of political science. The video, which has gone viral since its release on Mother Jones magazine’s website last Tuesday, reveals Romney saying Obama’s supporters “believe they are entitled to health care, food and housing.” Romney made these statements during a private, closed-door campaign event for 30 major donors who have contributed significantly to efforts for his election, according to a Sept. 18 Huffington Post article. James Carter IV initially found the video on YouTube before leaking it. He tracked the video’s original source using Twitter and submitted it to Mother Jones, according to recent reports by MSNBC. Carter is a self-proclaimed “partisan Democrat” who has noted that his motivation in leaking the video was to help candidates in the Democratic Party become elected. He admitted to several media sources that he was particularly inspired to publicize the video because of Romney’s frequent criticisms of the his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter. According to Carter, Romney has publicly expressed his disapproval of certain policy decisions the former president made while in office. The video is blurry and occasionally the scenes become blacked out in order to conceal the location of the fundraiser.
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Profs. discuss how viral video may harm Romney in the election.
Romney’s comments in the video also included what many people have felt to be generalizations about the American population. He discussed the “47 percent of America that will vote for the president no matter what ... 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it — that that’s an entitlement.” Later in the video, Romney added, “These are people who pay no income tax ... [My] job is not to worry about those people.” Since the video’s release, Romney has publicly noted that his remarks were not “elegantly stated” and were made “on the cuff.” He said, however, that they were intended to target independents who had not committed to either candidate. Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science Alan Abramowitz said the video has drawn such great attention because it shows Romney speaking only to a private group of donors rather than to the American public.
In response to numerous complaints about the smell coming from the toilets in the Hamilton Holmes Residence Hall, Vice President for Campus Services Matthew Early announced his creation of an action plan to resolve the issue at a meeting Monday evening. Only the smell of the water in the toilets, not the water’s cleanliness, is currently being affected, according to Early. The plan could cause 15 to 20 Longstreet-Means residents to lose access to water for eight to 10 hours later next week. As of Monday, Hamilton Holmes stopped using the gray water system and is temporarily using the domestic water system until pipes from Longstreet-Means are redirected. Hamilton Holmes and LongstreetMeans are the only two residence halls on campus that use a gray water system in which water from the shower, sink and laundry room of Longstreet-Means pass through a tank and filter. The water is then treated with chlorine and ultraviolet (UV) rays, and the reclaimed water is then used in the toilets of Hamilton Holmes and Longstreet-Means. Mechanics believe the lingering smell is the result of laundry detergent blocking the UV rays and filters used to treat the water, which results in not allowing the odor to dissipate,
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