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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Tilwa, Weinstein Win Student Gov. Elections In the results for this year’s Student Government Association (SGA) elections, College junior and current SGA Vice President Raj Tilwa won the SGA President election with 64 percent of votes (2,157) and current College Council (CC) Vice President and College junior Alyssa Weinstein won the CC President election with 64 percent of votes (1,282), according Elections Board Chair Reuben Lack, who announced the results on Monday evening in Eagles’ Landing. Tilwa ran against College junior Elyse Lee, and Weinstein ran against College junior Goldy Tenreiro-Braschi. Additionally, two amendments to the SGA Constitution passed in the election, where more than 2,500 total students voted. Proposition 1, which amended the SGA Constitution to institute public scrutiny for certain issues, passed with 90 percent of the vote (3,092 votes). Proposition 2, which replaced all instances of gendered pronouns in the Constitution with gender-inclusive pronouns such as “they” and “them,” passed with 65 percent of the vote (2,268). Read full coverage of the amendments on the Wheel’s website. Tilwa said he was thankful to be able to “continue serving the Emory community.” “I look forward to realizing my vision to create a campus environment that supports holistic wellbeing, mutual respect and a sense of belonging for all students,” Tilwa said. “I am excited to continue using my position and the resources of the [SGA] to help students realize their vision for our community.” College sophomore and SGA
Campus Services Committee Chair Max Zoberman, who ran unopposed, won the election for SGA Vice President with 74 percent of votes (2,487). While 26 percent of those who voted selected no confidence, Zoberman expressed his gratitude and commented on the no confidence votes. “I’m genuinely honored to have been elected,” Zoberman said. “I was running unopposed, but nonetheless, I know there was opposition to my candidacy, and I’m glad the student body had faith in me in the end. I’ve started a lot of initiatives that I’m excited to see through, and although I didn’t win 100 percent of the vote, I look forward to working for 100 percent of the student body and hopefully instill confidence in those who voted no confidence in this election.” College junior and CC Vice President of Student Affairs Sheena Desai, who ran unopposed, won the election for CC Vice President with 80 percent of votes (1,554), with 20 percent voting no confidence, in addition to Weinstein’s win. Weinstein said she was excited about her election. “There is so much work to do, and I am confident that the Vice President and I will be able to accomplish so much over the course of the next year,” Weinstein said. “I’m hoping that this will be the best CC yet.” Desai echoed these sentiments. “I couldn’t be more honored and thrilled to have been elected [CC] Vice President,” Desai said. “The President and I already have so many great ideas for next year, and we can’t wait to get to work! I’d like to thank everyone for their support, and trust that the 60th [CC] will accomplish
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
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Mulaney and stand-up comic Bo Burnham for the Dooley’s Week event, but Burnham’s schedule conflicted with the set date for the annual comedy show. “As soon as we heard about the scheduling conflict with Burnham, we jumped right on Mulaney,” Mayblum said. “I’m personally so excited.” Mayblum added that, to book comedians of Mulaney’s caliber, SPC “reached out to agencies that we’ve developed connections with over the years.” Business School junior Andrew Drumm, who saw Mulaney’s Jan. 24 performance at the Tabernacle, said he’s “still pumped” to see one of his favorite comedians live again in March.
A copy of William Shakespeare’s “First Folio,” the first collected edition of his plays, will arrive at Emory University in 2016 and will be displayed at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, according to a Feb. 26 University press release. The “First Folio,” held by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., will tour all 50 states, and the Library chose Emory as the location for Georgia’s stop. The tour, starting in 2016, marks the 400th anniversary of the death of the 16th century poet, playwright and actor. In 1616, two of Shakespeare’s actors, John Heminges and Henry Condell, assembled the folio after Shakespeare’s death and published it in 1623, according to the Folger’s website. The “First Folio” is the only source for 18 of Shakespeare’s 37 plays. Without it, plays such as Macbeth, Julius Caesar and The Tempest might have been lost. English Professor Sheila Cavanagh co-directed of the Folio Project, which has been working to bring the folio to Emory, along with Head of Digital Archives for the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Library (MARBL) Erika Farr. Cavanagh wrote in an email to the Wheel that the “First Folio” will be housed in the Howett Paper Gallery at the Carlos Museum and that the folio is likely to arrive sometime during fall 2016. The exact date of
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ollege junior Ross Merlin, College sophomore Nana Amoah and other members of Zuri, Emory’s African dance team, performed at Saturday night’s Black History Month Gala sponsored by the Black Student Alliance in Cox Hall Ballroom. Other acts included poetry, singing and more.
DOOLEY’S WEEK
Mulaney to Perform for Dooley’s Week By Lydia O’Neal Asst. News Editor
John Mulaney, stand-up comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) writer, will give a stand-up performance at Glenn Auditorium on Thursday, March 26 as part of the annual Dooley’s Week event lineup, according to an announcement made by the Student Programming Committee (SPC) Monday night. Mulaney, who wrote SNL sketches like “Weekend Update” and lines for Bill Hader’s famed character “Stefon,” piloted his own show, “Mulaney,” on Fox on Oct. 5. Since then, he has appeared on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon on Oct. 1 and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Nov. 17. The musical guest for Dooley’s Frolics, the Friday Dooley’s Week
concert on McDonough Field that was previously called Spring Band Party, will be announced at 12:50 p.m. at Wonderful Wednesday on Asbury Circle this week, according to an SPC Facebook post. On Monday night, SPC members were still ironing out plans for the Dooley’s Ball musician, who will perform on Saturday, March 28, according to SPC Speakers Chair and Business School junior Max Mayblum. The SPC, Mayblum said, will likely announce the Dooley’s Ball performer by the end of the week. Known for his live comedy performances, Mulaney continues to stop by major cities as part of his 2014-2015 stand-up tour, which brought him to the Tabernacle in Atlanta on Jan. 24. According to Mayblum, the SPC planned on choosing between
TEDX
AWARDS
Eight Faculty Take Home Crystal Apple Awards By Dustin Slade Digital Editor
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Director of the Division of Bacterial Diseases at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Rana Hajjeh spoke on global health at TEDxEmory this Saturday.
TEDx Features CDC Director, CEO By Luke White Staff Writer Emory’s fifth annual TEDx conference drew more than 650 students, who gathered to hear presentations from 13 speakers in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Auditorium. The 13 speakers, who included Dr. Mohammad Bhuiyan, the CEO of this year’s upcoming World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Atlanta; Anis Mojgani, a national and world champion slam poet; Dr. Rana Hajjeh, the director of Bacterial Diseases at the Centers for Disease
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Emory to Host First Shakespeare Folio Pamela Romero/staff
By Luke White Staff Writer
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EXHIBIT
By Annie McGrew Asst. News Editor
SGA Funds Spring Break Shuttles The 48th Legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) passed one bill to fund spring break campus-to-airport shuttles and tabled two others on Monday evening. College sophomore and SGA Campus Services Chairman Max Zoberman submitted Bill 48sl24 to fund shuttles that would transport students from the Atlanta campus to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport prior to spring break. The bill requested $3,000 to fund this year’s campus-to-airport shuttle service that would run every hour, on the hour, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday prior to spring break. Zoberman mentioned that SGA has spent $3,000 to fund the same campus-to-airport shuttle service for previous holidays, such as this past Thanksgiving. Vice President (VP) for Finance and College senior Patrick O’Leary said the Finance Committee had approved the bill by a 5-2-1 vote. SGA then passed the bill by a unanimous vote.
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Control and Prevention; and awardwinning Emory professors Jericho Brown (Creative Writing), George Staib (Dance) and Dr. Ken Ono (Mathematics), split into four different sessions with short breaks in between. TEDxEmory organizes the event and is a student-run, independently organized club licensed by TED, a global conference centered on “ideas worth spreading,” that seeks to reproduce the TED experience for the Emory community. Emory’s TEDx conference has traditionally been held in April, but
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this year the club’s leaders decided to move up the event in order to avoid possible scheduling conflicts that might have occurred in April. The event was held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28. Since TEDxEmory operates under the guidelines of TED, none of the speakers were paid, even though many were experts or leading figures in their respective fields. According to TEDxEmory Co-President and College senior Jane Singer, organization members spent
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The 15th annual Crystal Apple Awards recognized eight Emory professors for excellence in teaching Monday night. This year, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) received a record-breaking 400 nominations, according to RHA Vice President of Programming Elliyah Dossantos. This year’s eight Crystal Apple recipients included Director of the Spanish Language Program Robyn Clarke; Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology Sonal Nalkur; Associate Professor in the Practice of Information Systems & Operations Management Steve Walton; Associate Professor Clinical in the Woodruff School of Nursing Joyce King; Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology Kristin Phillips; Assistant Professor of Global Health in the Rollins School of Public Health Dabney Evans; Assistant Professor in the Department of English Jericho Brown and Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine Kathy Lee Bishop. The Awards, which the Student Government Association (SGA) initiated 15 years ago and RHA later adopted, accepts student nominations for teachers who have made a strong impact on their education at Emory. The RHA executive committee, which reviews the nominations and selects the winners, is composed of students on RHA elected positions, students on appointed positions and
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the presidents of different halls across campus. This allows for greater student representation in the decision process, Dossantos said. More than 50 people attended the awards ceremony at the Miller-Ward Alumni House, where Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Ajay Nair opened the ceremony by congratulating the award winners. Nominating students presented the professors they nominated with an award in an individual category, such as Excellence in Undergraduate Large Class Education and Excellence in Graduate School Education. Clarke, who was nominated for Excellence in Undergraduate Seminar Education, said she was shocked when she received the news that she was going to be awarded a Crystal Apple. “I thought it was a joke, and then I thought, [the email] looks official, surely it can’t be a joke,” Clarke said. “There’s no way my friends are that cruel.” Clarke said she checked online the next day to make sure the award was real, then excitedly forwarded the email to both her mother and her department chair. “I was incredulous at first, then stunned, and then moved to tears, and then I immediately thought about what students could have done this,” Clarke said. College senior Katy Heath, who nominated Clarke, attended the award ceremony.
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