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Staff Editorial, Page 6
Entertainment News, Page 9
Crossword Puzzle, Page 8
On Fire, Page 11
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Volume 93, Issue 42
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Every Tuesday and Friday
campus life
Dancing for dooley
IFC Proposes Changes
To Greek Housing Plan
Admins and IFC Address Concerns,
Solutions Regarding Phoenix Plan
By Jordan Friedman
News Editor
S
Andrew Mezher/Staff
tudent dance group TrickaNomeTry performed this past Wonderful Wednesday (WW). This WW further commemorated Dooley’s
Week with a food truck, circus performers and a T-shirt toss that featured new Dooley’s Week tee-shirts. This year’s Dooley’s week
theme is “Party ’Til the World Ends.”
campus life
Dooley Imposters Make Appearances, Cancel Class
By Nicholas Sommariva
Staff Writer
Will the real Dooley please stand up? This week,
the “greatest week ever” according to the Student
Programming Council (SPC)’s slogan, has more
than one Lord of Misrule.
Emory’s unofficial official mascot had imposters — two different fake Dooleys dressed as
Emory’s own Lord James W. Dooley — appearing
around campus this week and letting students out of
a Russian 102 class.
Some mortals might have noticed a rather different Dooley mingling around in and out of the stu-
dents at Asbury Circle during the Taste of Emory
event on Wednesday.
This particular Dooley was accompanied by
students in chicken suits, a rather unconventional
take on Dooley’s bodyguards.
When reached by the Wheel for comment, both
Dooley imposters requested anonymity but said
they are affiliated with the Spoke, Emory’s parody
periodical.
One of the fake Dooleys managed to let out the
Russian class on Wednesday, which resulted in
cheers from the students.
“The teacher was nice enough to free the class,”
the Dooley imposter wrote in an email to the
Wheel. “I waved the repressed children out of the
class, and they thanked me graciously. It’s all in a
day’s work.”
Lord James W. Dooley
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could not be reached for
Editorial reaction
comment by press time.
to fake Dooleys
Whether the fake
See Page 6.
Dooleys were letting
out classes or dancing at
Wonderful Wednesday, they received the fanfare
typically associated with Dooley.
After posing as the real Dooley on his day of
See DOOLEY, Page 5
giggle for riggle
academics
New Program Focuses on
Leadership Development
By Hillary Li
Staff Writer
The Division of Campus Life and
the Office of Student Leadership and
Service (OSLS) will be launching
Leadership Emory, a new campuswide initiative for all Emory undergraduate students and staff, this fall.
The initiative will include a variety of
programs that aim to unite the campus toward promoting ethical leadership and community involvement.
The program will include leadership training, peer support, supportive coaching for both academic
and extracurricular leadership positions and collaborative partnerships
with other campus organizations,
including the Office of Lesbian/Gay/
Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) Life.
The 2012-2013 academic year was
the pilot year for Leadership Emory,
according to Bridget Riordan, Dean
of Students for Campus Life, who
added that there are plans to implement the program fully on campus
during the next five years, she added.
Leadership Emory teaches leadership skills that will allow students
to affect change in the community,
according to Matt Garrett, interim
director of OSLS.
“[It is about] ethical leaders who
work for positive transformation in
the world,” Garrett said.
According to Riordan, the program’s goal is to help students learn
to embody five core tenets during
their time at Emory: awareness of
self and empathy with others, ethical
leadership principles and practices,
collaboration and problem solving,
shared commitment to action and
ethical engagement and citizenship.
Jill Camper, assistant director for
OSLS, said these tenets will be integrated into the Emory experience to
benefit students and administration,
such as through team-building exercises and interview preparation by the
Career Center, according to a March
27 article in the Emory Report. On a
larger scale, the tenets may also be
used to develop leadership certificates or academic minors in leadership studies by providing concrete
frameworks, the article states.
These core values are part of
a “common language” formed by
OSLS that will more adequately
direct leadership training to align
with the University’s overall mission
and vision, according to Riordan.
This “common language” will
help student leaders across different
campus organizations find opportunities to continue to grow as leaders, Riordan noted. It will provide a
goal and common knowledge around
which to unify students, “whether
you’re president of a fraternity or
captain of a tennis team or a resident
advisor,” she added.
Riordan said the inspiration
was inspired by initiatives of the
Pierce Institute for Leadership and
Community Engagement at Emory’s
See LEADERSHIP, Page 5
News New Partnership
spurs entrepreneurship in
South Africa
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For the first time in fifteen years,
the Interfraternity Council (IFC) is
calling for changes to the Greek housing system. Called the Phoenix Plan,
the current system guarantees fraternities long-term, on-campus housing
through signed agreements.
In a letter addressed to University
President James W. Wagner, Senior
Vice President and Dean of Campus
Life John Ford and Executive
Vice President for Finance and
Administration Mike Mandl, which
was also published in the last issue
of the Wheel as an editorial, the
IFC executive board and 10 chapter presidents cited two main issues
with fraternity housing. These concerns included the “lack of a plan for
constructing additional or renovating existing fraternity houses” and
the University’s “struggle to properly
implement” the Phoenix Plan for fraternities with permanent homes.
IFC and the chapter presidents
proposed two solutions in their letter to administrators: developing a
plan for the “long-term expansion and
upkeep of Eagle Row” and placing
Dean of Students Bridget Riordan —
who also serves as the supervisor for
the Office of Sorority and Fraternity
Life (OSFL) — as the University official in charge of Greek housing in its
entirety, according to the letter.
The letter also acknowledges
that the initial IFC vote rejecting
the return of Chi Phi fraternity in
October 2011 “was based in part on
concerns over the future of fraternity
housing at Emory University” due to
a number of fraternities that exceeds
the number of houses on Eagle Row.
In addition, Pi Kappa Alpha will
return to its house on Eagle Row,
where Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) currently resides. The move will result in
AEPi moving into the smaller Kappa
Sigma house.
According to the “Phoenix
Plan Breakdown” available on the
OSFL website, fraternities under the
Phoenix Plan must be recognized as
University organizations, Emory must
own the land on which the houses are
located and the facilities must be used
to provide housing to enrolled Emory
students. In return, the University
“put[s] forth best efforts to insure
reasonable pricing in charges” and
ensures that the fraternity is provided
with a copy of the operating budget
each year, according to the website.
Houses that are currently under the
Phoenix Plan either owned or operated a house prior to the implementation of the plan in 1997, Riordan
explained.
“Any new chapters would need to
determine a workable budget for an
adequate facility,” Riordan said.
Victor Rudo, Goizueta Business
School junior and IFC president,
wrote in an email to the Wheel that
IFC and other Greek leaders have
been in discussion with University
administrators in Campus Life and
Campus Services since last semester to address concerns regarding
fraternity housing. Campus Life is
responsible for the final approval
of determining which fraternity
lives in each house on Eagle Row,
according to Ford. Executive Special
Assistant to the Vice President for
Campus Services Karen Salisbury
said Campus Services is primarily
responsible for the maintenance and
upkeep of fraternity houses.
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event
University
Hosts
Cartooning
Conference
By Rajiv Velury
Staff Writer
C
League or the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention through the
previously established EASL summer internship program. This program, open to any student at the
University regardless of school or
program affiliation, encourages ethi-
Cagle Cartoons founder Daryl
Cagle and Cartooning for Peace
cofounder Jean Plantureaux (Plantu)
spoke at the Rollins School of Public
Health on Wednesday about the
artistic processes behind cartooning
and the need to protect freedom of
expression.
The event was the opening speech
for a three-day series held at Emory
titled “Cartooning for Peace and
Health,” which will consist of lectures and discussions on the relationship of cartoons to bioethics, health
and politics. The lectures were sponsored by Emory’s Halle Institute for
Global Learning and were organized
by Cartooning for Peace-America,
the American branch of Cartooning
for Peace.
Cagle is an editorial columnist
for MSNBC.com, and his company
Cagle Cartoons provides cartoons for
publication in newspapers and magazines. Plantu’s Cartooning for Peace
is an organization dedicated to using
See Program, Page 3
See CARTOONISTS, Page 4
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omedian Rob Riggle performed his stand-up comedy act for students this past Thursday in an
event commemorating Dooley’s Week. This year’s Dooley Week will also feature performances by
DJ Alesso and musician Ben Folds.
student life
EASL, Belk Partner for Internships
By Michael Blau
Contributing Writer
The D. Abbott Turner Program
in Ethics and Servant Leadership
(EASL) has announced a new partnership with Belk, Inc., a North
Carolina-based department store
chain, through which it will fund
OP-EDs The political
left should look past
individual mandate
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and organize five eight-week summer
internships at local organizations, the
University announced through a press
release last week.
The newly created Belk
Community Leadership Fellows program will provide $4,000 in living
expenses for internships at institutions such as the Anti-Defamation
Entertainment
‘The Dooley Show’ provides
satirical news ...
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Club attracts local talent
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hosts global health case
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FRIDAY
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news roundup
National, Local and Higher Education News
• Foxconn, a supplier of more
than 40 percent of the electronics
produced in China has promised
to decrease the number of working hours and increase wages for
employees in Chinese factories,
improving working conditions across
the country. This decision is a result
of an investigation by the Fair Labor
Association, which uncovered many
violations of Chinese law and industry codes.
• The White House faces a
dilemma as it prepares to negotiate
with Iran over nuclear weapons. It
is necessary for the Iranian government to believe that President Obama
will take military action, creating
the sense that war is unavoidable.
However, Obama and his military
commanders are concerned about the
consequences of an attack on Iran.
• As the Panama Canal expands
to let larger cargo ships from Asia
reach East Coast markets, Georgia
and other states on the East coasts
are investing billions of dollars in
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Friday, March 30, 2012
deepening ports to accommodate
increased trade. The port upgrades
will cost state and federal taxpayers
$650 million. Gov. Nathan deal and
other officials claim that the project will bring jobs and revenue to
Atlanta, but critics are questionable
of this claim.
• A child was born on the side
of I-85 while his mother was on the
way to Northside Hospital. Both the
mother and baby are in fine health
after being transported to the hospital
by emergency personnel.
• A mountain lion attacked a man
who was on a hike in California.
After the lion knocked him to the
ground, a black bear interfered, fighting off the lion. The man says he is
positive the bear intended to save
his life.
— Compiled by Staff Writer
Elizabeth Howell
Correction
• In the last issue of the Wheel, a back page photo was attributed to Christina
Hines. The photographer’s name is Christine Hines.
The Wheel reports and corrects all errors published in the newspaper and at
emorywheel.com. Please contact Editor in Chief Evan Mah at emah@emory.
edu to report an error.
police RECORD
• Sometime between March 25
and March 26 at the Woodruff P. E.
Center (WoodPEC), 18 tables and
four trash cans were stolen. Two of
the tables were found at the Peavine
Parking Deck, but the rest have still
not been located. The value of these
items is unknown at this time and the
situation has been turned over to an
investigator.
• At the WoodPEC tennis courts
between March 24 and March 25,
unknown subjects were throwing glass beer bottles and plates at
the scoreboard. The area had to be
cleaned up, but no damage has been
found at this time.
• Between March 23 and March
24, three Apple MacBook Pros were
FRIDAY
Event: Artwork by Sal Brownfield
- Celebration of Healing: Lives
Touched by Breast Cancer and
Testimony and Shelter
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: 1531 Dickey Drive
Event: Fernanda Laezza, MD,
PhD - “Novel Insights into the
Macromolecular Complex of
Voltage-Gated Na+ Channels”
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: Whitehead Auditorium
Event: Muslim Jumma Prayers
Time: 1:55 p.m.
Location: Cannon Chapel
Dobbs University Center, Room 540
605 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322
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Event: Athletics - Softball
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Emory University - Cooper
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Event: 15th Annual National Black
Herstory Conference
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Whitehead Biomedical
Research Building Auditorium
Event: Emory Classic
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Emory Track and
McDonough Field
taken from the Cox Hall Student
Technology and Support Office.
Two of the laptops belonged to the
University and the other to a student.
The laptops are valued at approximately $2,500 each.
• An Apple iPhone was stolen on
March 25 between 12 a.m. and 2 a.m.
The victim said he left his phone in a
male restroom on the second floor of
Trimble Hall. When he returned, the
phone was gone. There are no suspects at this time and information has
been turned over to an investigator.
• At the Schwartz Center for
Performing Arts on March 25, an
Emory student left his black North
Face backpack in the lobby. When
he returned, the backpack had been
taken. Inside of his bag was also a
TI-89 calculator. The total cost is
estimated to be $170.
• On March 25 around 1 a.m., an
underage male Emory student outside
of McTyeire Hall was found incapacitated due to excessive consumption of alcohol. When Emergency
Medical Services responded to the
location, the subject was unresponsive but breathing. The subject was
transported to Emory Hospital and
Campus Life was notified.
March 30, 1993
Emory scheduled president of The
Coca-Cola Company Donald R.
Keough to speak at commencement.
Theater and film studies professor
James Flannery nominated Keough
for an honorary doctorate degree. He
was selected from 50 or 60 nominees
to be one of the seven recipients of the
honorary degrees.
— Compiled by Staff Writer
Nicholas Sommariva
Events at emory
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This Week
In Emory
History
Event: Athletics - Softball
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Emory University - Cooper
Field
Event: Tibet Week - Meditation
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Carlos Museum
Event: Hindu Aarthi
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Canon Chapel
Location: White Hall 205
Event: Argentine Tango Music
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Emerson Concert Hall,
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
SATURDAY
Location: Woodruff PE Center
SUNDAY
Event: Artwork by Sal Brownfield
- Celebration of Healing: Lives
Touched by Breast Cancer and
Testimony and Shelter
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: 1531 Dickey Drive
Event: Tibet Week - Meditation
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Carlos Museum
Event: Artwork by Sal Brownfield
- Celebration of Healing: Lives
Touched by Breast Cancer and
Testimony and Shelter
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: 1531 Dickey Drive
Event: Visiting Day Cookout
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Schklar Residence - 1114
Lullwater Road NE
Event: Emory Classic
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Emory Track and
McDonough Field
Event: Catholic Blessing of Palms
and Mass, Bishop Luis Zarama
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Cannon Chapel
Event: Shabbat Services and Dinner
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Marcus Hillel Center
Event: Emory Chabad Shabbat
Services
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Emory Chabad House
Event: Wesley Fellowship Worship,
Coffee and Conversation
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Glenn Church School
Building, Room 211
Event: Call of the Wild: On the
Runway
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Winship Ballroom
Event: Athletics - Women’s Tennis
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: Woodruff PE Center
Event: Emory Chabad Friday Night
Live!
Time: 6:45 p.m.
Location: Emory Chabad House
Event: Athletics - Baseball
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Chappell Park - Emory
University
Event: “Atonement,” Film Screening
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Event: Athletics - Men’s Tennis
Time: 3 p.m.
Event: Workshop for Children
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Carlos Museum, Tate
Room
Event: Athletics - Men’s Tennis
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Woodruff PE Center
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News
Friday, March 30, 2012
INTERNATIONAL
Tricky trivia
Partnership Promotes Entrepreneurship
By Mallika Manyapu
Staff Writer
Emory University has partnered
with The Innovation Hub, Africa’s
first internationally accredited science and technology park, to launch
a competitive program allowing
South African entrepreneurs to start
and sustain successful bioscience
companies.
The workshop is part of a
nine-month program called the
Gauteng Accelerator Programme in
Biosciences (GAP-Biosciences) that
will enable South African citizens
to create a biotech company located
in the Gauteng province of South
Africa.
The Innovation Hub is Africa’s
first internationally recognized science and technology business that
focuses on innovations in the biosciences and green economy.
The aim of the program is to
provide a unique bio-entrepreneurship learning experience while also
establishing bioscience-based companies that will promote the growth
of Gauteng. These bioscience companies are businesses that use engineering, technology and medicine for
human purposes and growth according to the program website.
The program was launched on
March 15 beginning with a twoday bioscience business workshop.
Two members of the Emory faculty, Professor of Organic Chemistry
Dennis Liotta and Assistant Professor
of Marketing in Goizueta Business
School Chip Frame, as well as Senior
Vice President and General Counsel
of the University Steve Sencer were
among the presenters leading discussions about the biotechnology
industry and future business models,
according to a March 16 issue of
Emory Report.
“We have called upon members
of the biotech community in Atlanta
to help with this program in South
Africa. In that way, we are building
bridges between Atlanta and South
Africa, which we believe will benefit
all of us in the years to come,” Sencer
said.
Select graduate students, professors, bio-entrepreneurs and researchers will be placed in six to eight
teams, according to the GAP website.
These teams will participate in program-specific education workshops,
B-school courses specializing on
business start-ups and other informational conferences at Emory for one
week during the summer.
The program website states that
several teams will learn how to sustain companies that can provide prac-
tical solutions for both the economic
and health issues in South Africa
while also making a profit.
Each of these teams will then
have five months to work with local
and international mentors, including
University professors and specialists, to create and establish a biotech
company.
Teams will present their business plan to a panel of judges in
December 2012, and the winning
team will receive financial, operational and business support from The
Innovation Hub for a year, as well as
a cash reward and mentors to further
develop the business, the program
website explains.
“Emory is partnering with the
Innovation Hub because it has the
capacity and the ambition to make a
real difference for Gauteng Province,
and all of South Africa,” Sencer said.
According to Sencer, this is one of
Emory’s many activities that focuses
on assisting South Africa in bioscience-related issues.
Emory has worked with the South
African government twice before for
a similar competitive program called
South Africa’s Bio Plan that trained
bio-entrepreneurs in creating successful business plans.
— Contact Mallika Manyapu at
[email protected]
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Joanna Chang/Staff
tudents enjoyed fun and games at the Dooley’s Week Trivia Night event this past Wednesday. The
Student Government Association sponsored the event. Dooley’s Week continues with a performance
by DJ Alesso this Friday and a concert by Ben Folds this Saturday.
Program Aims to Educate ‘Generation of Leaders,’ Queen Says
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cal engagement and civic leadership
in the Emory community, according
to the Center for Ethics website.
Summer interns will be required
to complete at least 240 hours of work
during their placement period, which
typically lasts from mid-May to the
end of July.
EASL summer interns do not
receive course credit or direct compensation for their activities in order
to “preserve the authenticity of the
experience,” according to a March 20
EASL press release.
“The goal [of the EASL program]
is to educate and to form the next
generation of community leaders,”
said Edward Queen, director of the
EASL program and coordinator of
undergraduate studies. “They go into
business, medicine and law ... anything. We invite them to a deeper
understanding of community challenges. They go on to become leaders
and retain a sense of responsibility
and obligation.”
EASL places summer interns in a
variety of non-profit organizations,
government programs and ethicallyminded private businesses, the press
release states.
Previously, EASL interns have
worked with organizations like
the Alliance Theater, the National
Wildlife Foundation and the Carter
Center. Belk has also established relationships with some frequent EASL
partners, such as the Young Women’s
Christian Association (YWCA).
Belk representatives recently
reached out to the EASL program in
an effort to continue their longstanding practice of community engagement, according to the press release.
Belk was “seeking out some local
partners who were already doing
good work” in Atlanta, Queen said.
David Penrod, chair of the Belk
division based in Atlanta, explained
that EASL work “supporting education and strengthening communities,” alongside organizations including the Junior League of Atlanta
and the Grant Park Conservancy, fits
Belk’s areas of focus in its own civic
engagement.
In addition to partnering with
established non-profits, government
agencies and private businesses,
EASL interns have the option of
designing their own summer civic
leadership program.
EASL summer interns will also
complete a 14-hour classroom component focused on leadership techniques, the subtleties of non-profit
management and career development,
according to the EASL website.
— Contact Michael Blau at
[email protected]
Dooley Imposter Welcomes Attention from Emory Students
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mischief, one of the imposters found
that he received a significant amount
of attention from amused students.
“The entire student body seemed
to turn into a swarm of paparazzi,”
wrote one of the fake Dooleys. “I
think I had more pictures taken of me
in one day than Snooki would in an
entire year — even if she starred in
the next ‘Hunger Games’ and married
Tim Tebow.”
This particular fake Dooley also
claimed he was trending on Twitter
somewhere in the world.
Both fake Dooleys said their reasoning for posing as Dooley could be
summed up in the trending acronym
of “YOLO,” which stands for “you
only live once.”
“I bet that I probably would not get
an opportunity like this for at least a
long while, so I went for it,” said one
of the fake Dooleys.
The fake Dooley said he encoun-
tered the real Dooley and his guards
outside of Cox Dining Hall and asked
to challenge the real Dooley in a
dance off.
However, the fake Dooley said the
real Dooley refused his request.
After what the fake Dooley considered a great success, he wrote to
the Wheel, “He [Dooley] might have
been the real Dooley, but I was the
realest Dooley.”
— Contact Nicholas Sommariva at
[email protected]
national
Daily Texan Cartoon Sparks Controversy
By Huma Munir
Daily Texan, U. Texas
An editorial cartoon about the
Trayvon Martin case published on
Tuesday’s Daily Texan Opinion page
sparked controversy both on and off
campus.
The cartoon shows a mother reading to her child the following words:
“And then … the big bad white man
killed the handsome, sweet, innocent
colored boy.”
She is also holding a book with
the title “Treyvon (sic) Martin and the
case of yellow journalism.”
The cartoon misspells Martin’s
first name.
Trayvon Martin was a 17-yearold, African-American teenager
from Sanford, Fla., who was killed
last month allegedly by George
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch
volunteer who claims the shooting
was in self-defense.
The case has sparked a heated,
national discussion on the nature of
contemporary racism.
Several organizations on campus
and local media outlets contacted the
Texan via email, phone and social
networks to seek an explanation of
the intention behind the cartoon.
National and local media, including Gawker and Huffington Post,
reported about the cartoon.
Ashley Robinson, president of the
Black Student Alliance on campus,
said she finds the word “colored”
problematic.
“It [the word] is associated with
the time of segregation, and I was
surprised to see it printed in The
Daily Texan,” Robinson said.
She said she recognizes that editorial cartoons are meant to start a
conversation.
However, it was bad timing since it
aligned with a rally held at the Capitol
Tuesday evening, called “Justice for
Trayvon.”
Stephanie Eisner, political cartoonist for The Texan and the author
of the cartoon, said she drew the
cartoon in an attempt to criticize the
media’s portrayal of the issue.
She said some of the media seems
to be sensationalizing the facts and
making race the more prominent
aspect of the case.
“I feel the news should be unbiased. And in the retelling of this
particular event, I felt that that was
not the case,” Eisner said. “My story
compared this situation to yellow
journalism in the past, where aspects
of news stories were blown out of proportion with the intention of selling
papers and enticing emotions.”
She said she understands people
can misinterpret her message, and
in the future she will be mindful of
trying to get her message across more
successfully.
Assistant English professor Snehal
Shingavi attended the Justice for
Trayvon rally and march in Austin
Tuesday and started a petition urging
the Texan to censor Eisner’s work. He
said the petition also asks for open
discussions with The Texan’s staff on
racial bias.
Viviana Aldous, editor-in-chief of
The Daily Texan, said the editorial
board does not agree with the perceived message of the cartoon.
The editorial board approves all
content on the opinion page.
“As an editorial board, our job is
to allow the Opinion page to serve as
a forum for people across campus,”
Aldous said.
On March 22, the Texan ran a
syndicated illustration on the Opinion
page, criticizing the “stand your
ground” law in Florida, which allows
a person to use deadly force in selfdefense when there is a perceived
threat.
Some have used the law to justify
Zimmerman’s actions.
She said publishing responses
to Tuesday’s controversial cartoon,
which appear in today’s paper,
ensures that Opinion page remains an
open forum for the Texan’s readers.
Graduate advertising student
Amber Chenevert, the vice president of the Black Graduate Students
Association, said she understands
editorial cartoons have a degree of
satire, but something that alludes
to racial profiling being a myth is
troubling.
“We have to question whether we
are perpetuating ignorance or excellence on campus,” Chenevert said.
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Leadership Summit Focuses on Emory’s Core Tenets
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Oxford College, such the Bonner
Leader Program which is designed
to encourage community service and
foster leadership.
“[The foundation for] Leadership
Emory uses a well-researched leadership model called the social change
model to help educate students on
how to grow and develop as leaders,”
Riordan said.
She noted that a leadership steering committee reviewed ideas in
summer 2011 and determined “that
this model, which is also used in
[Bonner Leader Program], is ideal for
our needs.”
Thus far, the program has made
progress on Emory’s campus, according to the press release. Staff members have begun attending workshops
about incorporating the language of
leadership into their various department programs and curriculum,
according to Riordan.
In addition, Emory held the second
annual Leadership Emory Summit
last month where more than 80 Emory
students and staff participated in presentations and activities that emphasized developing leadership visions,
understanding personal values and
improving social and transitional
skills, the press release explains. The
summit marked the first time that the
five Leadership Emory tenets were
showcased, according to Camper.
OSLS staff members such as
Garrett, Camper and Riordan have
expressed hope that Leadership
Emory will become a signature
part of the Emory experience. The
program was named Outstanding
Leadership Spotlight Program of the
Year by the National Association of
Student Personnel Administrators.
“The main driving force is for us
to help students connect [their] leadership experiences and to help them
put together the pieces that can make
them the most effective leaders possible,” Garrett commented.
Riordan also added her excitement
about the upcoming implementation
of Leadership Emory and its potential
growth in the future.
“We are excited to see where
this program will go and grow in
the coming years,” she said. “With
support from the President and his
cabinet to colleagues across campus,
Leadership Emory is now a very
common conversation.”
— Contact Hillary Li at
[email protected]
Cartoonists Discuss the Importance of Free Speech
Continued from Page 1
cartoons to further diplomatic efforts.
Cagle and Plantu both spoke of the
need to have famous yet personable
characters to draw.
“The world gives us a cast of
characters,” Cagle said, noting that
he feels former leader of North Korea
Kim Jong Il, former U.S. president
George W. Bush and U.S. president
Barack Obama were all well-known
enough to draw comics about.
Cagle noted, however, that some
characters are more conducive to
appearing in cartoons than others.
“I’m not an Obama fan … I’m mad
at him [because] he doesn’t have a
character,” Cagle said.
He added that what he saw as the
president’s calm demeanor has been
difficult to capture in a caricature.
“I was really disappointed when
Obama beat Hillary,” he said.
“Hillary has more baggage to work
with.”
Plantu, a native of France, agreed,
noting that he liked to draw French
president Nicholas Sarkozy simply
because it required little effort, drawing a quick sketch of Sarkozy to prove
his point. According to him, Sarkozy
is “very easy to draw, a good guy for
cartoonists.”
“If he don’t win, I am very smiling,” he said in reference to the
upcoming French presidential elections. “But as a cartoonist, it is a
tragedy.”
Both cartoonists also stressed
what they consider to be a need for
artists to voice their opinions and
called for an environment in which
free speech is protected.
“I get to draw whatever I want,
with my own opinion, and hit others over the head with whatever my
opinion is,” Cagle said of his life as
a cartoonist.
“I get to draw whatever
I want, with my own
opinion...”
— Daryl Cagle,
Cagle Cartoons founder
He admitted, however, that such
opinions are sometimes controversial, such as the criticism he received
when he drew a dead eagle on the
Mexican flag to symbolize violence
in the country.
Plantu also revealed instances in which he faced controversy,
such as when he drew a picture of
a woman exposing her undergarments. The drawing was modified
in several frames until the undergarment became a headscarf covering a
Muslim woman’s head, he explained.
But such controversy has not prevented him from voicing his opinion,
he said. In light of disagreement by
Muslims surrounding his depiction
of the Prophet Muhammad’s likeness
in cartoons, Plantu drew a cartoon
in which he wrote, “I must not draw
Muhammad” in French several times,
making the text into the shape of a
man.
Plantu noted that he felt that a
problem with “three religions” exists
in France, adding that he considered
fundamentalist factions of Judaism,
Christianity and Islam a threat to free
speech.
Julie Rhoad, president and CEO
of The NAMES Project/AIDS
Memorial Quilt, a project designed to
commemorate those who have died
due to AIDS-related causes, said she
thought it was interesting to learn
about the connection between comics
and social justice issues like that of
free speech.
“It was lovely to hear from the
cartoonists themselves,” she added. Michael St. Louis, Science Officer
for Global Health at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in
the Coordinating Office for Global
Health, said he enjoyed the broader
theme of cartooning as it relates to
health.
“Laughter is important for health,”
he said. “It’s very nice to have this
intrinsic multidisciplinary focus.”
The conference will also include
meet-and-greet sessions with cartoonists and panels on French and
Latin American cartooning as well
as the role of contemporary issues in
cartooning.
— Contact Rajiv Velury at
[email protected]
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University Administrators, IFC Examine the Issues, Potential Solutions to Issues Surrounding Fraternity Housing
Continued from Page 1
According to Riordan, all of the
divisions involved in the Phoenix
Plan — the Office of Residence
Life and Housing (ResLife), OSFL,
Campus Life and Campus Services
— held collaborative meetings in
November and January to talk about
“mutual concerns.” ResLife oversees
the review process for applying for
available houses and reviews completed applications, ultimately making recommendations based on the
application, ability to fill the house
and past history and stewardship of
the facilities, according to Andrea
Trinklein, executive director of
ResLife.
The parties involved in fraternity
housing also plan to hold another
meeting next month, Riordan
explained.
Exploring the Key Issues
IFC’s letter to administrators notes
that “there is no future plan for constructing new houses or renovating
existing ones.”
“We understand the view of some
that a ‘fraternity is not a house,’”
the letter states. “But at Emory that
argument simply does not hold. One
look at the recent struggles of chapters removed from Eagle Row should
serve as a reminder of the importance
that fraternity houses hold on our
campus.”
In contrast to the statements made
in the IFC letter, Trinklein wrote in
an email to the Wheel that ResLife
recently completed the development
of its strategic plan. One of the goals
includes “develop[ing] a plan to
renovate and/or rebuild aging Greek
facilities.”
Riordan also noted that several of
the parties involved will be meeting
next month to discuss the possible
addition of a new AEPi house on
Eagle Row. She said that currently it
is unclear whether this development
will involve demolishing or renovat-
“Some things cannot
happen immediately.
What we can do is come
up with plans to make
stuff happen.”
— Bridget Riordan,
dean of students
ing the current house at 17 Eagle
Row.
“Some things can’t happen immediately,” Riordan commented. “What
we can do is come up with plans to
make stuff happen.”
The second issue that IFC presented says that the Phoenix Plan
agreement “has more recently deteriorated into a one-sided arrangement
where Emory manages the houses as
it wishes.”
IFC specifically cited ResLife
and the Division of Campus Life
as departments that have been less
responsive to the progress of developments in fraternity housing. The letter
states that Greek leaders have met
with officials from these divisions
several times, but the departments
have failed to accomplish its needs.
Campus Life, according to IFC,
has fallen short of improving its relationship with members of Emory
Greek life and alumni “by asking
for and accepting constructive feedback,” and has failed to communicate
certain repairs and capital projects
and remain transparent in terms of
finances.
Ford, the dean of campus life, said,
however, that “progress has been slow
for a variety of reasons,” progress
will likely move more quickly now
that meetings with IFC have begun,
and there are several more scheduled
for the future “to resolve all of the
remaining issues.”
Trinklein acknowledged that while
she is aware of the “value placed on
Greek housing,” she added that she
has “not been invited once to IFC
to provide information, present or
answer questions.”
“There seems to be from IFC’s perspective a lack of transparency about
how Residence Life and Housing is
functioning,” she said. “Just because
one organization is unaware, it does
not mean the work and progress has
stopped ... It would be advantageous
for housing staff to provide information or answer questions at critical
times of the year.”
At the same time, IFC applauded the efforts of Campus Services.
Though IFC stated that the work of
Campus Services may not have been
done in a timely manner in the past
in addition to mistaken charges, IFC
also noted that Campus Services has
responded well to IFC’s requests.
“They have since made tremendous strides towards opening communication, reducing costs and generally improving customer service,”
IFC wrote.
Campus Services had a meeting
with ResLife and Campus Life to
“go over the concerns of fraternity
houses” regarding costs, repairs and
communication, Salisbury said.
Proposing Solutions
Salisbury said that Campus
Services has set up a meeting to
address the concerns of fraternities,
which will result in a monthly report
to show Campus Services’ work
that has been done in each indiFraternities
vidual house. She said she has heard
the concerns of certain fraternities
• Beta Theta Pi
that Campus Services had not been as
• Chi Phi
transparent in its reports in the past.
“People might say, ‘Why did I get
• Kappa Alpha
charged $144 for something?’, so we
• Pi Kappa Alpha
could go back and see what it is that
• Phi Delta Theta
took place, and we’re pretty excited
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon
about it,” Salisbury said.
ResLife has worked closely in the
• Sigma Chi
past with Campus Services to develop
• Sigma Nu
Major Repair and Renovation (MRR)
lists for each house, according to
Trinklein.
conversations [about housing] started
“This is a starting point for major to happen.”
infrastructure improvements to the
“This is the perfect time to say,
individual structures,” she wrote.
‘we know there are concerns,’” she
She added that ResLife will form said. “We need to start looking at
an advisory committee consisting the long-term big picture. This is
of students, alumni, OSFL staff, a big part of my responsibility and
Campus Life staff
what people want to
and ResLife staff.
be looking at right
The committee will
now.”
“We need to start
review the Phoenix
in sevlooking at the long-term, eralOfficials
Plan and ensure it is
University
consistent with cam- big picture. This is a big departments, as well
pus and department part of my responsibility as IFC, have promission statements.
various soluand what people want to posed
In
addition,
tions to the Phoenix
Riordan
noted, be looking at right now.” Plan. In addition to
she and the parties
suggesting estabinvolved in frater— Megan Janasiewicz, lishing a long-term
nity housing have
director of sorority and plan for the expanset up tours that will
fraternity life sion of Eagle Row,
allow them, along
IFC has proposed
with students and
placing Riordan in
alumni, to determine what type of charge of Greek housing.
work needs to be done in the houses.
According to Riordan, Trinklein
Though controversies surrounding currently oversees the fraternity housfraternity housing at Emory remain, ing process. Trinklein said ResLife
Megan Janasiewicz, the recently “has always maintained an open door
appointed director of OSFL, said she relationship” with respect to Greek
came to Emory at a time when “the housing.
greek organizations under the
phoenix plan
Sororities
• Alpha Delta Pi
• Alpha Kappa Alpha
• Delta Phi Epsilon
• Delta Delta Delta
• Gamma Phi Beta
• Kappa Alpha Theta
• Kappa Kappa Gamma
• Sigma Delta Tau
“There is much value placed on
Greek housing, and with that in mind,
a tremendous amount of forethought,
care and respect is maintained as
decisions are made,” Trinklein wrote.
“We are open to the exploration of
future Greek housing development.
We recognize there are multiple factors that weigh into the success and
plausibility of a development plan.”
In an email to the Wheel, Rudo
wrote that he believes Riordan “has
the perspective and relationships
necessary to serve in this capacity.” Riordan said she feels Trinklein
should remain in her current position,
but added that she and Trinklein will
continue collaborating on the different issues that arise.
IFC and Janasiewicz will explore
possible long-term plans regarding
Greek housing during the summer,
when she is more informed on the
situations at hand, she said.
Ford wrote that he has scheduled
for the upcoming weeks for Campus
Life to discuss the housing situation
with IFC and the parties involved.
— Contact Jordan Friedman at
[email protected]
Editorials
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Friday, March 30, 2012
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E-mail: [email protected]
Our Opinion
Fake Dooley
Mocks Tradition
Zachary Elkwood
Zachary Elkwood is a member of the Class of 2015. His cartoons appear in every Friday issue of the Wheel.
The Spoke’s Prank Lacks Tact
One of the most beloved aspects of Dooley’s week is the presence of a certain
skeleton walking around campus and the misrule that inevitably follows. What happens, though, when imposters start appearing on campus, too?
Last Wednesday The Spoke arranged for two students to pose as Dooley. Instead
of the traditional student guards, the imposters wandered campus flanked by a
stormstooper and an over-sized chicken. The one accompanied by the stormtrooper
interrupted a Russian 102 course and released the class. The other happened to
encounter the real Lord of Misrule and challenged him to a dance-off. The real
Dooley declined.
It is often suggested that Emory’s lack of a football team inhibits school spirit and
a feeling of campus unity among the student body. While we may not have a football
team, we do have Dooley. Although he is only our unofficial mascot, he is just as
beloved as Swoop.
We at the Wheel believe that these imposters took advantage of the privileges
granted to the unoffocial mascot during Dooley’s week. During this time, students
eagerly await being released from class by the skeleton himself. The fact that professors allow their classes to be cut short is a privilege, and we feel that impersonating
Dooley undermines the integrity of this tradition and takes advantage of the generosity of Emory’s professors.
The campus dedicates an entire week to Dooley, and while we appreciate The
Spoke’s attempt to give this occasion a humorous spin, we feel that dressing up as
fake Dooleys and wandering around campus shows serious disrespect to this Emory
tradition. Perhaps The Spoke hoped to gain increased presence and notoriety on
campus from this elaborate prank. We appreciate the attempt but feel that there were
other avenues less offensive and more clever. For example, maybe a costumed female
Dooley named “Doolina,” complete with a blonde wig and coconut bra, would have
sparked a dance off or an undead romance.
Ultimately, we acknowledge the need for a humorous publication on campus.
Furthermore, we hope that The Spoke’s recent magazine release is not an anomaly
but rather an end to their prolonged hiatus. However, we hope that in the future The
Spoke will consider the ramifications of their actions in their effort to provide humor
in its various forms.
Success Three
Years In A Row
Swimming and Diving Make Emory Proud
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams’ recent performances at the
National Championships this past week are great cause for celebration. The women’s
team won its third consecutive national championship, while the men’s team finished
in third place for the third consecutive year. The women’s team beat out second
ranked Williams College (Mass.) by 186 points. Both teams also had impressive wins
at the University Athletic Association (UAA) championships last month.
We applaud the success of both swimming and diving teams, and wish them
continued success in the years to come. This recent good news should be a friendly
reminder that success in sports in an integral part of the Emory community. In the
future, we encourage all members of the Emory community to continue to show their
support for the teams by attending their events.
The above staff editorials represent the majority opinion of the Wheel’s editorial
board.
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The Student Life
Washington University, St. Louis
Saturday, March 1
A Editorial Board for The Student Life
wrote in “The Value of Education” that the
educational system should be appreciated as
an integral means to improve ourselves.
Last week, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, in a speech at an
Americans For Prosperity forum, made
another distinctive gaffe, calling President
Obama a “snob” for believing that everyone
should go to college.
While Santorum was mistaken about the
President’s beliefs (the President believes that
training programs and vocational schools are
included under the umbrella term “college”),
we still take issue with Santorum’s implication, that attending a four-year college designates someone as a snob.(...)
As the type of “snobbish” students that
Santorum was referring to, we take offense
at the idea that we are somehow trying to
make ourselves better than anyone else by
going to college. Yes, we are trying to better
ourselves, and make ourselves more valuable
to the world, but never do we believe that we
are trying to make ourselves into a class that
is better than any other.
By calling President Obama a “snob” when
he mistakenly believed that the President
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wanted everyone to go to a four-year college,
he was implying that four-year colleges were
inherently snobbish in and of themselves, and
that their version of education is somehow
less valuable.
We believe that Santorum shouldn’t try to
disparage any form of education, because, as
he says, any form of it is valuable. Yes, some
people decide to go to community college
or vocational school, but some decide that a
four-year college is the choice for them. Just
because we chose to get a four-year education,
doesn’t make us any less valuable, and doesn’t
make us “snobs” because we determined that
that type of education was good for us.
The President was right to try to promote
higher education for everyone. No, not everyone should be forced to go to college, but
everyone should have the opportunity should
they choose to. That isn’t snobbery, that is
giving everyone equal access to methods of
self-improvement.
Santorum shouldn’t call four-year education snobbery offhandedly, because it ultimately attacks a large portion of Americans
who are only trying to better themselves by
going to school. Rick Santorum should know
the value of a college education, because he
has a B.A., a J.D. and an M.B.A. If we are
snobs for attending college, he is snobbier
than us all.
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rylee Sommers-flanagan
Obamacare and Broccoli
Individual Mandate Began As a Conservative Idea
Should the government compel us to buy
broccoli?
Oh, wait.
What I meant to say: should the government compel us to buy health care?
Actually, Justice Antonin Scalia thinks
these two questions are fundamentally equal.
Given how much I like broccoli, I wouldn’t
especially mind if the government pressured
me into buying it, but that’s probably not the
point. The point is that broccoli and health
care are not interchangeable.
The question presently before the Supreme
Court is whether economic activity necessarily requires making a purchase. Specifically,
can the federal government regulate citizens
who do not buy health insurance?
Obama’s health-care reform — with the
bipartisan nickname Obamacare — includes
what is called an individual mandate requiring all U.S. citizens to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. The Court is considering
the constitutionality of the individual mandate
within the context of the Commerce Clause,
which permits the federal government to
regulate interstate commerce.
Opponents of Obamacare claim that not
buying insurance is inactive and that unless
people actively engage in commerce (e.g.
buying health insurance), the government
cannot regulate them. Meanwhile, supporters suggest that failing to buy insurance is a
form of economic activity in that it shifts the
financial burden of emergency room visits by
the uninsured to other taxpayers.
Scalia mentioned broccoli because he
compared health-care markets to food markets, suggesting that upholding the law might
permit the government to compel broccoli
purchases because everyone eats, in the same
way that everyone gets sick.
Stephen Herrington, an economist and
blogger with the Huffington Post, responded
that “you can’t get free broccoli by government mandate and you can get free health
care.” In other words, if I can’t pay for broccoli, no one else is obliged to buy it for me.
However, if I get shot in a drive by, or hit by
a drunk driver, my fellow citizens are obliged
to pay for my care whether I’m insured or not.
As it turns out, it’s better for everyone
when I am insured. In fact, the individual
mandate is originally the brainchild of conservative economists (reliable dudes) proposing an alternative to universal health care to
decrease the burden of emergency room visits
on everyone else.
The fact that the individual mandate has
“conservative” roots doesn’t surprise me. Nor
does the fact that “conservative” governors
are opposing Obamacare.
This is an economics of responsibility,
which is stereotypically conservative. And
if Obama were credited with successfully
reforming health care in this or any other way,
it would by dynamite against a Republican
challenger. We’re in an election year; let’s not
be naïve.
There is an alternative to the individual
mandate, proposed by Congressman Paul
Ryan, which provides a tax rebate for buying
insurance. Economists say the policy outcome
is essentially the same in both cases, but
Ryan’s is not scaled for income levels, making
it more costly to lower income brackets. It’s
like he’s not progressive or something. The
point is that this might just be a bipartisan
goal.
A protestor photographed by the New York
Times on Wednesday was holding a sign that
declared, “Obamacare is immoral.” This, I do
not understand. I can see how a pure redistribution of funds might be called immoral, but
isn’t that what we are doing now?
We pay for the uninsured and we pay
even more because people who avoid going
to the doctor (because they can’t afford it)
generally get sicker than people who practice
preventative care (which is much easier with
insurance).
If it were only about choice, then we the
taxpayers would be funding irresponsibility
among those who do not believe they will
become sick or have any accidents. But it’s not
only about choice; it’s about expense, wealth
disparities, pre-existing conditions, ongoing
care and access.
We have to pay for services or we have to
stop providing them under the pretense they
are free. So, decreasing costs for everyone
by way of the individual mandate? That’s
wisdom, not immorality. It’s actually fiscal
conservatism.
Still, the question before the Court is neither economic nor moral. It’s constitutional.
Unfortunately, our nine justices are unlikely
to agree whether the individual mandate is
constitutional.
Scalia will reference vegetables while
Justice Sonia Sotomayor refers to a child
who is declined treatment for lack of insurance. They’re making good points about legal
precedence and the law’s impact on everyday
Americans, but their disagreement reveals
that our Constitution cannot deliver clear-cut
answers.
It is, truly, only a guide. Interpretation may
be up for grabs, but we, the people, have to
decide how to take communal responsibility
or suffer the consequences.
Maybe the government should make us
buy (and eat) broccoli. Maybe we should let
uninsured people die. Maybe both of these are
hyperbolic scenarios — ultimately false analogies — and actually, we should just take the
facts, digest them and make a decision for this
situation that clarifies how and why it doesn’t
apply elsewhere. This is about health care.
Someone has really got to tell Scalia that.
But if he wants to talk about broccoli, I am
available next Tuesday night and will bring
some raw and some steamed with cheese.
Rylee Sommers-Flanagan is an alumna
(’11C) and current Bobby Jones Scholar at
the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
L e tt e r S to t h e e d i to r
Emory More Than Willing To
Work With Arrested Students
Corporate Emory Wasting Money
On Frivolous Legal Cases
To the Editor:
A recent Wheel Op-Ed (“Emory’s Use of Legal Force
Excessive,” by Alex Robins, March 27, 2012) misrepresents
the University’s publicly stated position regarding the legal
proceedings involving individuals arrested during a campus
protest last April. Here are the facts:
On numerous occasions, in a meeting with the four
arrested Emory students (May 12, 2011) and in letters sent to
the individuals (June 29, 2011 and again on August 18, 2011),
Emory has offered to work with the arrested individuals to
seek dismissal of the pending charges by collaboratively
approaching the prosecutors, asking only that the students
commit to adhering to Emory’s policies, including our facilities use policies and agree not to bring a lawsuit against the
University in connection with these events. This offer also was made publicly at a special joint
University Senate and Faculty Council meeting on September
20, 2011 and reported on in the Emory Report. To date, the arrested individuals have either rejected or
ignored this offer. The offer still stands. For the past year, the Emory community has been engaged
in two campus-wide activities that will further strengthen dialogue on several important issues: the Committee on Class
and Labor is charged with examining the effect of class and
status on the work experience at Emory, and a Task Force on
Dissent, Protest and Community is proposing a set of principles designed to help the University community assess and
develop policies on dissent and protest.
These inclusive, constructive and positive forms of engagement best represent how Emory chooses to work and live
together as a community. Sincerely,
To the Editor:
Emory University has over the years proven to be an institution that values the ideals of the corporation over those of
a non-profit institution of higher learning. However, within
this, the University has forgotten the obvious ideals of the
corporate world: efficiency, cost-effectiveness, good marketing. By continuing to prosecute the “Emory Seven”, Emory
is wasting precious dollars and time on an unnecessary legal
case, rather than on improving Emory as an institution of
higher learning. It is a waste of the University’s endowment
and the tuition money of our “customers” (i.e. students) to
even pursue this legal case in the first place. There are no
economic or social returns to their actions. By continuing to
repress its student body, Emory is going to make the achievement of its financial and social goals even more difficult.
Emory’s Goizueta Business School is a hotbed of individuals who know the true value of corporate responsibility
and strategic marketing. They know that being ethical is not
only important on a societal level, but it is also good business
practice.
Emory — if you want to be corporate, be corporate. But
do it right and don’t waste our precious resources on frivolous
legal cases.
Nancy Seideman
Associate Vice President University Communications
Emory University
Urmy Shukla
PhD student, Sociology
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James SUnshine
Liberals Should Drop Unpopular Individual Mandate
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Eliminating Obamacare Mandate Would Be a Political Victory for Democrats
To liberals, the Supreme Court represents
many things. It represents reactionary forces,
conservative intellectuals and, occasionally,
social progress.
However, with the highly publicized review
of 2010’s landmark health insurance reform
package, few would guess that the Roberts
Supreme Court might represent the liberal
movement’s new blessing in disguise.
This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against President Obama’s
controversial health care reform package.
Liberals and conservatives alike are waiting
to discover whether the greatest social-welfare program since Lyndon Johnson’s Great
Society with survive Constitutional scrutiny
or if it will be found, as its right wing detractors argue, unconstitutional.
As of today, it appears that most of the
package will be deemed constitutional. It
would be hard to imagine any Court, even
one as conservative as the Roberts Court,
taking such a shortsighted and logistically
impossible gamble. Not since 1935’s Black
Monday, when the Supreme Court struck
down Franklin Roosevelt’s National Recovery
Act (NRA) and other central New Deal programs, would a Court put itself in a position
of rapid de-legitimization.
It would be hard to envision the Court
declaring the government run insurance
exchange or the federal ban on insurance
companies rejecting applicants based on one’s
pre-existing conditions. Both are too popular,
as well as legal, for the court to strike down
on legitimate grounds.
The survival of the extremely unpopular individual mandate — the government’s
requirement that all Americans purchase
health insurance or pay a tax instead — is
another matter entirely.
Even Howard Dean, the scion of the left
wing of the Democratic Party, thinks it’s
doomed. The fact that the Justices laughed at
the government’s lawyer in open court as he
explained his legal position on this particular
section of the bill is as ominous as it can get.
Liberals and technocrats gearing to decry
the decision of the Court on this issue ought
reassess their position. The individual man-
date is extremely unpopular. As many as
two thirds of American voters oppose this
particular measure; even Nickelback’s songs
poll better than that.
Whatever the merits of the mandate, those
numbers are insurmountable for any politician to overcome and amount to nothing less
than a bleeding ulcer for the man who ushered
the bill through Congress, President Barack
Obama.
When asked why he was not voting in
Congress like the diehard left winger that he
was, President Johnson politely told the questioner, “There is nothing more useless than a
dead liberal.”
Clearly, LBJ — whose survival allowed
him to go on to the presidency and pass
the Great Society, Civil and Voting Rights
Acts through Congress — knew that getting
elected is the most important goal in politics.
Everything else comes second. Democrats
praying for a miracle in the Supreme Courts
should remember this.
The elimination of the mandate would be a
boon for Democratic candidates in the upcom-
ing general election. Republicans would lose a
major talking point in the upcoming debate
with the President.
Conservatives would have to direct their
attacks to more popular health insurance
reform measures, positions that are sure
to endear them to the thousands of voters
they wish to re-disenfranchise of insurance
coverage.
There is also historic precedent for this
view. Few remember the fact that FDR, before
he was the political folk hero that we see him
as today, was very radical and, for a brief
time, unpopular. New Deal programs like the
WTA, the NRA and the rest of the so-called
“alphabet soup”, made a lot of enemies and
sat with a lot of average Americans the wrong
way.
While liberals remember the Supreme
Court’s ordered dismantling of the “heart of
the New Deal,” few are willing to admit what
political operatives and members of Congress
knew at the time: the decision may well have
saved FDR.
He no longer had to campaign on unpopu-
lar programs because of the Court’s overreach. 1936, a landslide year for Democrats,
may well have ended differently had the Court
not intervened.
Of course, there are policy wonks who
would see the mandate’s demise as a disaster
for America’s healthcare system. The mandate, they argue, is a logistical requirement
in order for insurance companies to survive
under the new rules.
These companies cannot possibly exist in a
market that permits people to demand healthcare payments the day after they show up at
the hospital with a serious condition.
And they would be correct. But such an
outcome — the destruction of the insurance
market and the eventual federal intervention
— should not lead liberals to despair.
After all, if the Conservatives want to help
usher their political demise and set their own
political trap in the process, then more power
to them.
Former Editorials Editor James
Sunshine is a College Junior from Boca
Raton, Fla.
Rhett Henry
DAvid Giffin
Racism Still Alive
in American Society
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Martin Supporters Should be Open-Minded
The death of Trayvon Martin is a tragedy.
We’ve all heard the story by now: George
Zimmerman, a self-appointed “neighborhood watch captain,” spotted Trayvon walking home from a nearby convenience store.
Zimmerman viewed Trayvon as a “real suspicious guy” and pursued him.
Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon,
claiming that his action was in self-defense
and therefore was protected by Florida’s
controversial “stand your ground” law.
Consequently, Zimmerman was set free and
has not been charged with any crime.
That initial version of the story, which
seemed like an open-and-shut case of whiteon-black racial violence, was perpetuated
by many in the mainstream media ­— and
even the Wheel’s own Editorial Board. Many
people were rightly concerned, and as a result
thousands have flocked to Sanford, Fla. to
protest the perceived injustice of the situation.
However, more details have come to light
that make this case much less clear than many
originally believed:
Transcripts of the 911 call suggest that
George Zimmerman did in fact break off his
pursuit of Trayvon Martin at the request of the
911 dispatcher.
Several eyewitnesses observed that Trayvon
was at one point on top of Zimmerman, who
was lying with his back on the ground, and
was punching him in the face.
Zimmerman’s back was wet and covered
in grass at the time the responding officer
arrived on-scene, and he was bleeding from
his nose and the back of his head — injuries
consistent with both eyewitness reports and
Zimmerman’s own statement.
Although this new evidence is still incomplete — other issues, including a phone call
between Trayvon and his girlfriend and a possible racial slur in the 911 call, still need to be
investigated further — it still clouds the initial
narrative. As Daily Kos contributor John
Mirra phrased it, “All we know is that a fight
occurred between two men, and one ended up
shot ... If George Zimmerman started a fight
then pulled out a gun once Martin got the
upper hand, he is guilty of manslaughter. If
Trayvon Martin attacked George first, then it
is self defense. Either way, it is almost impossible for George Zimmerman to be guilty of
murder.”
It is becoming clear, however, that few
people protesting in Sanford are interested in
hearing any opposing narrative. The protests
have only ramped up in recent days. The
Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
are leading marches in Florida through the
streets on behalf of Trayvon and his family.
And when film director Spike Lee posted
on Twitter an address believed to be that of
George Zimmerman’s home, it was re-tweeted innumerable times — with a great deal of
hateful language added by the re-tweeters.
The address was wrong, however, and the
elderly couple that lives at the address have
left their home to escape the rush of hate mail
and unwanted reporters.
Despite the fact that Zimmerman is half
Hispanic, and apparently identifies himself as
a Hispanic American, many in the media have
used the term “white Hispanic” to describe
him. This has perpetuated the racial dynamic that is fueling public outrage. Protesters,
for example, have begun distributing shirts
identifying Zimmerman as a “P***Y A**
Cracker.”
Worse, the New Black Panther Party has
become involved by publicizing a $10,000
bounty for Zimmerman’s capture. In an interview with CNN, New Black Panther leader
Mikhail Muhammad made some very frightening statements.
He stated that the New Black Panthers
were there to seek justice for Trayvon where
they believed the police had failed. This was
because they were not bound by “white man’s
law,” but instead were bound by “street people’s law.” Muhammad stated that “according to the street People’s Law, he has been
charged with murder.”
In other words, if the police don’t arrest
Zimmerman, the New Black Panthers will
take the law into their own hands.
While I agree with the sentiment of
Professor Nathan McCall’s editorial in
Tuesday’s Wheel that Emory should engage
and wrestle with issues like Trayvon Martin’s
death, I would caution that our engagement
of such issues must remain objective. In our
attempts to move beyond old racial tensions,
we must, in the interest of justice, acknowledge that at some point the roles of racial
victim and aggressor can be reversed.
In our legal system, suspects are innocent
until proven guilty, and to impugn someone
based on accusations of racism undermines
our ability to seek justice. Further, no one
should condone the politicization of a teenager’s death by people like Al Sharpton or
Jesse Jackson, nor should they support the
vigilantism of the New Black Panthers.
We must at all times seek truth in our quest
for reconciliation. I will therefore demand
truth for Trayvon, and I hope that others might
do the same.
David Giffin is a first year Masters in
Theological Studies student at Candler
School of Theology from Charleston, Ill.
Some quick facts. Trayvon Martin was a
17 year old African American from Sanford,
Florida. He was walking through a neighborhood when George Zimmerman, a man of
mixed Latino and Caucasian heritage, began
to follow him while on the phone with police
reporting “suspicious behavior.” Zimmerman
later shot and killed Trayvon Martin. The
truth is that while there is a lot known about
the occurrence, there are still things that are
shrouded in uncertainty. The shouting match
surrounding Martin’s
death is not helping
this.
In the March 27
issue of Emory Wheel,
Professor
Nathan
McCall, a senior lecturer in the Department
of African American Studies, wrote an Op-Ed
that poses the question: Why has the Emory
community been so quiet about the murder of
Trayvon Martin?
Where is the wrestling, where is the ruckus, where is ... anything? The Wheel staff
did publish an editorial in the March 23 issue
regarding the need for a discussion following
Martin’s murder but otherwise, there has been
nothing.
An Emory student would almost be
excused for not knowing about the Trayvon
Martin case.
Almost.
The quietude of Emory’s community
reveals a much greater truth about American
society. There is a significant number of
people who are simply unaware of the fact
that racism remains a powerful force in the
United States.
Part of the problem is the American idea
of constant progress. American society is one
obsessed with this notion. Every part of the
mainstream myth of the United States is about
leaving captivity and going towards liberty.
This in and of itself is not necessarily bad, and
can be a good thing.
But when progress is not achieved, well,
that can’t make it into our public schools’
textbooks. We are situated after the Civil
Rights Movement of the mid-20th Century, so
it is can be difficult to understand that many
of the Movement’s abstract goals were not
accomplished. The American Myth doesn’t
allow for that sort of failure.
Of course, the Civil Rights Movement
of the 1950s and 1960s did accomplish a
great deal. It fought to dethrone Jim Crow,
it ‘officially’ desegregated our schools and it
helped return voting rights to many African
Americans.
But the Civil Rights Movement is but one
part of the much larger project of confronting the racism present in American society
and citizens. ‘Modern’ American racism is
not so much openly expressed in the laws
of a country as it is quietly fostered amongst
a few people, perhaps
in a Sanford, Florida
police station, or in
the hearts and minds
of people who, hearing about Martin’s
murder, think, “Well,
maybe he shouldn’t
have been wearing a hoodie. Of course he’ll
look suspicious.”
The murder of Trayvon Martin is exceptional because it has brought public attention
to something that is quite common in the
United States: the essence of racism that is
still allowed to live and grow in our culture.
The question, then, is not “So what?” but
“Now what?”. What is to be done to confront
the problem of racist attitudes in the United
States? And the truth is this: I certainly do
not know.
As a white American, I work to be aware
of the privilege my race grants me and try to
undo those racist structures that I am capable
of undoing, but this is not enough. This is not
a problem that can be ‘fixed’ in the traditional
sense. The United States must undergo a
social restructuring, and I can’t say that I
know how to do that.
I’m doing what I know I can do, and that
is to confront the reality of our society and
its injustice, and try to support the fight for
racial equality while recognizing that it isn’t,
ultimately, mine to fight.
If this solution seems unsatisfying to you, it
is because racism is unsatisfying to you.
The onus is on all of us to begin the
conversation, to engage honestly with those
around us and with ourselves, to try to comprehend the hatefulness of a so thoroughly
flawed system and, should comprehension
elude us, follow those leaders who can reveal
us to ourselves.
Social restructuring
needed in order fix the
injustices in our system.
Rhett Henry is a College freshman
from Lawrenceville, Ga.
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Friday, March 30, 2012 Entertainment Editor: Lane Billings ([email protected])
Entertainment News
Campus Feature
This Week
“Zou Bisou Bisou”
Enamors Fans, but not Draper
The sexy new Mrs. Don Draper
played by Jessica Pare (“Hot Tub
Time Machine”) made entertainment
headlines with her sultry rendition
of the French pop song “Zou Bisou
Bisou.” Megan Draper, married to
the anti-hero Don Draper from “Mad
Men,” serenaded the ad exec during
his surprise party celebrating his 40th
birthday party. The song first stepped
onto the entertainment scene during
the 1960 Peter Sellers-Sophia Loren
comedy “The Millionairess” where
Loren performed the French song in
English.
The version that “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner brought to the
writer’s table was the 1961 French
version by singer-actress Gillian Hills,
from Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966
film “Blow-Up.” Pare said in multiple
interviews that she spent a considerable amount of time with Hills’ version of the song. In the season finale
of the fourth season, Draper proposed
to Megan (neé Calvet in the series)
during a Disneyland vacation with
his children after his relationship with
Betty Draper fell apart.
Ferrell Announces Sequel to
Blockbuster “Anchorman”
When Will Ferrell made a surprise, in-character experience on
“Conan,” he not only regaled the
audience with a flute solo but also
declared that his infamous newscaster Ron Burgundy character
will be returning in a sequel. In a
deal with Paramount Pictures, the
“Anchroman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy” sequel is finally in the
works. Earlier in the year, Paramount
declined the musical plan suggested
by Ferrell and director Adam McKay
which would have included a staged
Broadway show. Although no details
on the project are immediately available, McKay, producer Judd Apatow
and co-stars Paul Rudd and Steve
Carell are expected to return.
Schieffer Returns to “Face the
Nation”
Turns out Bob Schieffer, who was
set to retire from CBS’s “Face the
Nation” after a minor bump in the
road with cancer, will be doubling
his workload instead of ending it
altogether. “Face the Nation” will
entertain high profile guests such as
Vice President Joe Biden.
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Jessica Pare
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College senior Arielle Walzer (left) and Goizueta Business School senior Blake Kavanaugh (right) tell the news with a satirical spin on “The Dooley Show.”
‘The Dooley Show’: Comedy, with an Emory Twist
By Grace Cummings
Staff Writer
For three seasons, ETV’s “The Dooley
Show” has been looking at the lighter
side of Emory-related news. Taking cues
from popular satires like “The Daily
Show with Jon Stewart,” “The Colbert
Report” and the “Weekend Update” segment from “Saturday Night Live,” “The
Dooley Show” riffs on everything Emory,
from Greek Row to the DUC to University
President James W. Wagner himself.
Now in its third season, “The Dooley
Show” is officially the longest-running
show in ETV history. Not bad for something that was the product of a lazy summer in front of the TV.
“I came up with the concept the summer
before my sophomore year, partially out of
boredom,” College senior Kori Anderson,
creator and producer for “The Dooley
Show” said.
In an email to the Wheel, Anderson
said she thought the “satirical news format” in “The Daily Show” would be a
good way to present Emory news to the
student body.
College senior Arielle Walzer, a writer
and anchor for the show, believes that news
is meant to be made light of because of its
often ridiculous nature.
“I think that news is inherently funny —
our world is a little ridiculous, and there’s
always something about even the most
seemingly boring piece of news that can
make us laugh,” Walzer said in an interview with the Wheel.
Anderson shares this point of view,
explaining that the show is meant to poke
fun at day-to-day college happenings.
“I think that Emory students can sometimes take themselves too seriously,” she
said in an email to the Wheel.
And poke fun it does. In the most recent
episode of the season, a segment performed by College freshman John Roofeh
translates what Emory students say into
what they really mean. For instance, “How
was the party?” means “I don’t have a
social life,” and “It was awesome” means
“The party sucked, and I paid $20 and
didn’t get in.”
“I’ve always been into comedy and
satire,” Roofeh said. “When I went to the
activities fair at the beginning of the first
semester, the ETV booth had a flyer that
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film Review
‘Mirror Mirror’ Reflects Poor Dialogue, Plot
By Deana Bellen
Staff Writer
Disney’s typical storylines tend
to be the stuff of childhood fantasy.
The youth of today considered stories
focusing on a helpless fair lady who
desperately needs to be rescued by a
handsome young prince to be timeless tales.
But when that same story is transferred on a big screen with real actors,
the magic of Disney classics is often
lost in translation.
In the film “Mirror Mirror,” director Tarsem Singh (“Immortals”)
attempts to give the cherished story
of “Snow White” a modern and supposed feminist twist, which falls flat
in its execution.
Unfortunately, the film’s lackluster
dialogue and predictable plot, combined with mediocre acting performances, takes an enchanted fairy
tale and turns it into an unpleasant
experience.
In this rendition of “Snow White,”
Snow, played by Lily Collins (“The
Blind Side”), is under the rule of the
evil queen, who has wrongfully taken
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the kingdom from Snow.
The Queen (Julia Roberts, “Larry
Crowne”), in classic Disney style,
consistently abuses her power for her
own personal gain while inflicting
her cruelty on those around her —
just because she can.
Rather than allow the Queen to
further misuse her power, Snow
decides to fight back for what is
rightfully hers and for the betterment
of society.
Her partner in this crusade is
Prince Alcott, whose royal status
might help her in this quest.
Snow is cast to be the lone savior
of the fairy-tale-turned-movie, a fearless heroine who is able to fight her
own battles.
Although this concept is in theory
feminist, the actual chain of events
that unfolds is far from it.
Instead of representing a power-
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Lily Collins (Snow White, “The Blind Side”) displays little to no chemistry with her classic companions
the seven dwarfs and Prince Alcott (Armie Hammer, “The Social Network”).
ful feminine figure, Snow wins her
battles because of her natural beauty,
not her strength.
Collins focused entirely too much
on seeming like a “damsel in distress” to actually be taken seriously
as the heroine of the film.
album review
Madonna Makes a Musical Return
By Emily Rosenberg
Contributing Writer
Lady Gaga may have an impressive
crop of little monsters, but her reign
of hits would never have become so
popular without Madonna’s revolutionary influence over three decades
of mainstream pop music.
On her 12th album MDNA, also
her third collection of exclusively
dance-heavy singles, Madonna testifies to the massive popularity of
Confessions on a Dance Floor as
well as to the slightly less favorable
Hard Candy.
MDNA is another mainstream
wonder for Madonna, enlisting the
help of such similarly charming but
controversial singers Nicki Minaj and
M.I.A.
Her choice of collaborations is the
first part of MDNA that drives itself
away from her more lackluster efforts
on Hard Candy.
Instead, MDNA remains true to
its name for almost an hour’s worth
of tracks.
These 12 songs combine the
said, ‘Think you’re the next Jon Stewart?
Prove it.’ ‘Challenge accepted,’ I thought.”
Inspiration for “The Dooley Show”
comes from several sources including The
Emory Wheel, according to Walzer.
“We usually start with the most recent
issue of the Wheel,” she said. “We look
for articles that jump out at us as funny or
important.”
Roofeh explained that “The Dooley
Show” targets what is most relevant to
Emory students.
“Any campus news, event or debauchery
is fair game to be made fun,” he said.
“The Dooley Show” promotes itself
through “spamming Facebook,” according
to Anderson, and posting flyers around
Collins’ resemblance to Snow
White only went as far as her external appearance.
Throughout the film’s entirety, she
blatantly fails to connect with her
character.
Her performance bordered on
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best elements of Madonna’s repertoire over the span of her career to
draw the attention of any member in
Madonna’s massive fan base.
Madonna’s listeners will be
happy — but not surprised — to
hear Madonna’s fast-paced beats of
previously released songs such as
Confessions’ “Hung Up” and Hard
Candy’s “Give It to Me” on her
upcoming album’s first track “Girl
Gone Wild.”
The track’s beats repeat just
enough to be a successful dance
track.
But one wouldn’t be overly critical
to find the lyrics less than original.
“Girls just wanna have fun”
appears in the song, which she imme-
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Katniss Packs a Feminist
Punch in ‘Hunger Games’
By Gina Chirillo
Senior Editor
Madge made a return to the music scene with her 12th album MDNA. The album featured dance-heavy
singles and collaborations with multiple artists.
annoying as she constantly spat out
cheesy one-liners, repeatedly shoving
them down the audience’s throats for
some odd reason.
But in all fairness, Collins is given
I’ll admit it — I’m a sucker for
young adult fiction series. I read the
entirety of the Twilight series, even
attending the book party for the midnight release of the fourth book, and
I’ve not only read each Harry Potter
book and seen every movie, but I’m
in the Harry Potter class here at
Emory. So, needless to say, when The
Hunger Games series blew up, I procrastinated on a paper or two to see
what the hype was all about.
I couldn’t help but — as I nerdily do in every aspect of my life —
look at the novels from a feminist
perspective.
When I heard about the plot, I was
tickled pink: a strong, female protagonist who goes on to compete against
23 other boys and girls in a battle to
the death? The provider for her family? Who doesn’t care about her hair
or nails or makeup? It seemed to good
to be true. And, in some ways, it is.
We can’t view The Hunger
Games as a comprehensive Young
Girl’s Guide to Feminism, but I
should preface my argument with
the fact that The Hunger Games
series has many important pro-woman elements.
Gender stereotypes are challenged
by the Games themselves, where boys
and girls are pitted against each other
equally without any consideration for
the participant’s sex. Katniss is a
strong, confident young woman with
one goal: to survive — and she’ll do
whatever she is necessary to achieve
it, even pretending to fall in love with
her male counterpart.
On the other hand, we can’t discount the Twilight-esque romantic
dichotomy that’s dropped at Katniss’s
feet: hottie Peeta or hunky Gale.
Admittedly, Katniss doesn’t even
think about this until she’s forced
to do so for the Games, but I think
the most telling part of the Peeta vs.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Film review
‘Wrath of the Titans’ Strikes Audiences Visually
Interview
By Riakeem Kelley
Staff Writer
“Wrath of the Titans” is a visually
pleasing sequel to the 2010 film Clash
of the Titans. Sam Worthington,
Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson all
return in the epic struggle for the survival of humankind, only this time it
is the final days of the Gods.
After the struggle between Hades
(Fiennes, “Great Expectations”) and
his brothers, Zeus (Neeson, “The
Grey”) and Poseidon (Danny Huston,
“Two Jacks”) in the first film, the
humans have abandoned the Gods.
Even the demigod son of Zeus,
Perseus, (Worthington, “Man on A
Ledge”) is attempting to live life as
a normal man and has, for more than
10 years, done so without prayer to
the Gods. Without worship from the
people, the Gods have grown weaker
and are slowly beginning to lose their
immortality, as well as their powers.
As the Gods’ powers begin to fail,
Tartarus, the underworld prison of
the Titans, begins to weaken and the
Titans begin to escape from their
hell. After Hades turns on his brothers once again, Perseus must journey
to collect the ancient weapons of the
Gods and bring them together to
quell the uprising of Kronos, king
of the Titans and father of the trio of
Gods: Zeus, Hades and Poseidon.
Director Jonathan Liebesman creates a set that accurately captures
the dying days of the Gods with a
barren and deserted feel. The various
landscapes in the film include deserts
and wastelands. The color palette is
inundated with dark dusty hues and
the atmospheric feel among the characters is dismal and gloomy.
The characters in the film, however, proved less than relatable. Not
because they were poorly fleshed out,
but because the film could have done
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Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, “X-Men: First Class”) shares a
moment with her friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth, “The Last Song”).
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Feeling Humbled, Starstruck
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The new film “Wrath of the Titans” is filled with visually stunning graphics and epic battles between
Gods. However, the film lacks depth in terms of character development.
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more with character interactions and
development. These Gods may have
been familiar to viewers that know
the legends and myths that the plot is
based on. But these viewers may be
slightly put off by the lack of originality. Those that aren’t turned off by the
unoriginal use of the Gods may have
trouble connecting with the emotions
of the Gods.
The most well-executed motif in
the film was that of the multi-faceted theme of brotherhood. There is
the fraternity among the three God
brothers, specifically shining in the
conflict between Hades and Zeus,
and the brotherly confrontation of
Perseus and Eres (Edgar Ramirez,
“Vantage Point”).
Other characters seemed to be
introduced so that they could fill
archetypal roles in Perseus’ hero’s
journey, such as the Warrior Queen
Andromeda (Rosamund Pike, “Pride
and Prejudice”) who is depicted
as the love interest and woman-asfierce-warrior archetype, and Agenor
(Toby Kebbell, “The Sorcerer’s
Apprentice”), the demigod son of
Poseidon, who served as the comic
relief with his responsibility to help
bear the hero’s burden.
The Titans were the most entertaining part of this movie, and it was
therefore disappointing that they were
not featured more regularly throughout the film. Of course they appear
whenever Perseus needs a challenge,
but overall they are really rare when
they were allegedly spilling out of
Tartarus. It would have been nice to
see more Titans.
The 3D aspect of the film was
barely noticeable and did not add
much suspense to the film. However
the action was electrifying and is the
main reason to watch this film. If
you’re looking for a film that fills an
emotional void, then “Wrath of the
Titans” is not the film for you. But if
you desire amazing action scenes and
breathtaking battles among Gods,
humans and Titans, then this film
delivers all that you would expect.
— Contact Riakeem Kelley at
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Lily Collins (“The Blind Side”) portrays an unconvincing damsel in distress as Snow White in Tarsem Singh’s comedic rendition of the
Grimms fairy tale. The film also features big-name talent like Julia Roberts (“Larry Crowne”) and Nathan Lane (“Swing Vote”).
scene, documented forever, with one
of my favorite actors of all time,
who is such a big inspiration to me,”
Since its premiere in theaters last Emerson said.
week, “The Hunger Games,” one of
In addition to Lawrence and Tucci,
the most anticipated films of the year, many other well-known actors appear
has quickly become a hit. The film is in the movie, including leading men
based on Suzanne Collins’s popular Josh Hutcherson (“The Kids Are All
book series The Hunger Games.
Right”), who portrays Peeta Mellark,
Jacqueline Emerson, who was the male competitor from District
interviewed by the Wheel, plays the 12 and Liam Hemsworth (“The Last
character of Foxface, the sly competi- Song”), who plays Gale Hawthorne,
tor from District 5, which is one of Katniss Everdeen’s best friend.
the 12 Districts
On
workthat make up
ing with such
the dystopian “Right now this is what’s hap- prominent stars,
country
of
pening, and in a month, that Emerson recalls,
Panem in the
“I got to watch
post-apocalyp- may not be what’s happening them in their
tic world.
element and do
at all.”
Emerson
scenes with them
had a lot to
— Jaqueline Emerson, and see how they
say about her
did it. I felt like
Foxface in “The Hunger Games” I learned bucket
first major role
and what it’s
loads.”
like to attend
Despite being
high
school
thrust into a new
by day and walk the red carpet by life of fame, Emerson insists she is
night. Upon discovering that well- still just another high school senior
established actress Emma Stone was with plans for college and beyond.
being considered for the same role,
“I’m definitely going to college,”
Emerson was honored that she too Emerson, who recently accepted
was being considered for the part.
early decision to Stanford University,
She was even more humbled declared.
upon being cast, an experience she
However, she plans to take a gap
described, in an interview with the year and “hone [her] craft” before
Wheel, as “completely surreal.”
beginning her career at Stanford.
As excited as she is about her newIn the face of her newfound fame,
found fame, Emerson feels as though however, she still manages to remain
she is not yet truly in the spotlight.
humble.
“It’s not like I’m Jennifer
“Right now, this is what’s happenLawrence,” she said, humbling herself ing and in a month, that may not be
in comparison to the film’s female what’s happening at all. I may not be
protagonist who is the competitor going to any events and I may just be
from District 12, Katniss Everdeen.
hanging with my school friends and
According to Emerson, the biggest that’s totally fine with me as well,”
perk about becoming famous is the she said.
people she has gotten to meet along
To Emerson, her experience with
the way, including acting veteran and “The Hunger Games” is “just all part
costar Stanley Tucci.
of a journey,” and what a fun and
“I actually had a scene with exciting journey she has ahead of her.
— Contact AnneMarie McNutt
[Tucci] and I just about died when
at
he got cast,” Emerson explained. “I
[email protected]
can’t believe I am going to be in a
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Staff Writer
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such atrocious dialogue that she probably did as well as anyone could have
reciting those dreadful lines.
Armie Hammer (“The Social
Network”) played the role of Prince
Alcott. Other than looking the part,
he offered nothing of substance to
the film.
His apparent lack of chemistry with Collins will leave viewers emotionally unattached to the
protagonists.
Unfortunately, Roberts gave a very
mediocre performance in spite of the
iconic nature of the Evil Queen.
Unsuccessfully attempting to mirror the role of a villainous vixen like
Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly in
“The Devil Wears Prada,” Roberts is
neither funny nor captivating.
She falls flat on the screen in her
attempt to channel an evil antagonist.
From her obvious fake accent
used only at moments to her forced
humor, Roberts’s portrayal of the
Queen was so off-putting that it was
almost unbearable to watch her on
the screen.
Other forgettable performances
were served up by Nathan Lane
(“Swing Vote”), who plays the
Queen’s servant, Brighton.
And the newly named dwarfs —
barely worth mentioning — were
pitiful, since all of them failed miserably at contributing any comedic
value in their scenes.
The only redeeming quality of the
film is the beautiful scenery and the
frivolous costumes.
These provide the film with some
much-needed good qualities to distract from the plot.
Clearly, too much focus was spent
on this aspect of the film, rather than
its actual content.
“Mirror Mirror” constantly misses
the mark by repeatedly going for
cheap laughs that are cringe-worthy.
Hopefully viewers will be so
enthralled by the aesthetics that they
will barely notice the movie’s lack
of depth.
— Contact Deana Bellen at
[email protected]
Collaborations and Fast-Tempo Highlight Madonna Album
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diately follows with “smoking gun”
in the next line.
It’s a shame that Madonna’s fallen
to the level of stealing a line or two
from her ’80s rival Cyndi Lauper.
But even so, a few clichés doesn’t
take much attention away from an
energetic start that the fast-tempo
background music gives to the album.
It’s easy to fault Madonna for
stealing another’s signature style or
line, but as MDNA progresses, the
songs reflect more and more of the
provocative yet young lyrics that
Madonna has branded as her signature style.
“Gang Bang” is a less shocking
reminder of Madonna’s past hits of
controversy, ranging from songs as
early as “Like a Virgin” to those from
her mid-career Erotica years.
“Give Me All Your Luvin’,” however, is her most obvious testament to
her ’80s pop fame.
The catchy lyrics on repeat are
reminiscent of previous gems like
“Lucky Star” but have a sense of
humor about them from Minaj and
M.I.A.’s more contemporary solos.
Although songs on MDNA don’t
seamlessly lead into one another as
they did on Confessions, their depth
of background harmonies merits a
second or third listen.
The last time this feature appeared
was on Confessions, but they seemed
dismal if even noticeable on Hard
Candy.
Any fan of Madonna’s later dance
albums will be more than happy
to see this style return, especially
with the absence of megastars Justin
Timberlake and Timbaland, two of
the producers of Hard Candy.
This time, the influences of electronic powerhouses Alle and Benny
Benassi promise to turn the album
back toward the memorable dance
tracks on Confessions.
The influences of house and
techno music, expected results from
working with Benassi, give way to
more mainstream pop elements on
“Give me All Your Lovin’.”
With so many elements of
Madonna’s career reincarnated on
MDNA, one could say that she hasn’t
actually put forth anything “new”
Societal Pressures, Dystopia
Continued from Page 9
Gale love story is not how the book
emphasizes — or doesn’t emphasize
— the love triangle, but how the
readers did. “Team Peeta” and “Team
Gale” became parlance on the lips of
Hunger Games fans everywhere,
discounting The Hunger Games’s
poignant social commentary and
focusing on the titillating love story.
To that degree, can we really say
Collins doesn’t put forth a feminist
piece of literature when it was, in fact,
her audience that made the love story
so central?
Where The Hunger Games fails,
I think, is in the final pages of the
series when — SPOILER ALERT, so
don’t say I didn’t warn you — Katniss
is married with kids.
Throughout the three books, our
heroine emphasizes that she does
not, under any circumstances, want
a husband or any children. But, as
in the endings of both Harry Potter
and Twilight, the protagonist lives
happily ever after with the love of
his or her life and a kid to match.
I’m not trying to demonize this type
of lifestyle — that is, I do not find it
unfeminist, so to speak, for a woman
to want a family.
It seems that both Katniss and
Collins folded to societal pressures
and took the traditional route.
Either way, Katniss Everdeen is a
step in the right direction. And while
feminists continue to hunger (see
what I did there?) for a near-perfect
feminist protagonist, she’ll have to
do for now.
— Contact Gina Chirillo at
[email protected]
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Madge utilizes house and techno music influences after working
with electronic music moguls such as Benny Benassi.
with this new album.
Yet even with a seeming lack of
innovation, MDNA combines the
pulsating dance songs from the more
recent phases of her career with the
lighthearted beats her fans found so
memorable from the first decade of
her success.
Just like the triple entendre of
name, essence and addiction in the
album title, MDNA is the perfect tripartite mixture of Madonna’s musical
talents.
In her fourth decade of creating songs, it’s clear that Madonna is
nowhere close to allowing the countless new singers after her jeweled,
trendsetting image defeat her.
— Contact Emily Rosenberg at
[email protected]
campus depicting memes like the
‘Feminist Ryan Gosling meme with
the caption “Hey girl, I’d love to curl
up and watch ‘The Dooley Show’
with you.”
In its commercial, available on
ETV Channel 53’s Vimeo site,
“The Dooley Show” calls itself
“uncensored, comedic and wildly
inaccurate.”
For the naysayers who don’t
believe the show’s “Misinforming
Since 1836” tagline, Anderson has
one retort.
“‘The Dooley Show’ actually created the world’s very first video cam-
era and decided to use it solely for
the noble cause of college comedy,”
she joked.
Though much effort is put into
every episode, working for “The
Dooley Show” is far from all work
and no play, Walzer explained.
“I have a lot of fun working for
the show. Our meetings are kind of
ridiculous — we spend a lot of the
time messing around and trying to
make each other laugh,” she said.
“Since we have a lot of fun writing
and shooting the show, I hope that
comes through and students watching
enjoy themselves, too.”
— Contact Grace Cummings at
[email protected]
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The golf team secured their second consecutive UAA championship behind first team all-UAA performances by Johnathan Chen, Ryan Dagerman and Alex Wunderlich.
Golf Seeks to Continue UAA Title Momentum
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Several weeks ago, Coach Sjoberg
was the first to admit that the team
had found itself in a funk. Yesterday,
Sjoberg was happy to claim that he
believes the team has crawled out
of it.
“We were down [at UAAs] over
spring break, enjoying the break,”
he said. “We really played well, and
the best part was that we played well
through the end of the week. We
played six rounds in seven days, and
were still able to finish at Jekyll the
way we did. That was great.”
The NCAA championships are
looming in the distance so each tournament will prove an important focal
point in building upon the team’s current confidence.
When asked what the key was
to getting the team back on track,
Sjoberg claimed that there really
wasn’t any method to the turnaround.
“There really isn’t any one thing,”
he said. “As a group, [the team]
decided they needed to play better.
Getting off to a good start at UAAs
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boosted their confidence. It really is
just a confidence thing, more than
anything. The games didn’t change
much.”
This weekend, the team heads to
Camp Lejeune in North Carolina
for the Marine Federal Credit Union
Intercollegiate
Championship.
Looking to build upon their
recent success, Dagerman, Chen,
Wunderlich, Collura, and sophomore
Nick Szem will be in the lineup competing for the Eagles.
“[Depth] was a big factor in why
we [are playing] so well,” Coach
Sjoberg said. “Our depth is much
better.”
Wunderlich was good for
two rounds of 73 at the UAA
Championships, following up that
performance with a finish of 31st
overall this past weekend.
Collura averaged a score of 75 at
the UAA Championships, following
that strong performance with a 15th
overall finish at Jekyll Island.
Emory will face 31 other teams
this weekend comprised of Division
II, Division III, and several NAIA
programs.
Four of top ten, and six of the
country’s top Division III teams will
be included within the field, including the No. 19 ranked Eagles.
Among the Eagles’ top ranked
Division III competitors will be
No. 1 Guilford College (N.C.), No.
3 Methodist University (N.C.), No.
6 Oglethorpe University, No. 10
Christopher Newport University
(Va.) and No. 14 Greensboro College
(N.C.).
Cape Fear Community College
(N.C.) will enter as the defending
2011 champion and look to defend
their title.
“It’s a long trip [to North Carolina]
but a good event,” Sjoberg said. “We
get to play alongside marines, which
is a really cool experience. The competition is going to be good.”
After heading to North Carolina
this weekend, the men’s team will
be at home for the Emory Spring
Invitational at Druid Hills Golf Club
April 9th and 10th.
— Contact Nicholas Cortellesa at
[email protected]
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The Kentucky Wildcats are led by John Calipari, the highest paid
coach in NCAA Basketball.
Rapkin: Kentucky Too Explosive
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opponent. Obviously, the Buckeyes
are an upgrade from their previous
tournament foes, but the Wildcats’
squad of freshmen may get off to a
slow start on the grand stage.
When the ‘Cats start clicking
though, the Buckeyes need to watch
out. Jones, Kidd-Gilchrist, Davis and
guard Doron Lamb can get hot quickly and start hitting on all cylinders.
Iowa State witnessed Kentucky’s
explosive offense in the second round
(I refuse to call it the third round; s­o
should you) when the Wildcats turned
a second half tie into a 20 point lead
in a matter of minutes.
But, if anybody can slow down
the Wildcats’ high-powered scoring,
it’s the Buckeyes. Lockdown defend-
er Craft can hang with anyone and
Sullinger can alter any shot down low.
OSU will try to turn this into a halfcourt game, refusing to allow easy
fast break points in transition. Their
offense though, will only go as far as
Buford and Thomas can take them.
The Buckeyes have considerable talent on the defensive end, but
Kentucky’s athleticism will wear
them down in the second half.
I predict a strong game from the
polished Sullinger in a match-up that
will continue in the NBA for seasons
to come, but OSU won’t be able
to hang with Kentucky for all 40
minutes. It’ll be close, but Kentucky
cuts down the nets with a four-point
victory.
— Contact Evan Rapkin at
[email protected]
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“We were not consistent [at hitting],” Twardoski said. “We have to
be more consistent. The kids were
not putting great swings on the ball.
Obviously scoring two runs is not
what we need to do, but with the way
that we are pitching and the way we
are playing defense, we can do very
well this year.”
Junior Mike Bitanga relieved
Schwendel in the ninth with one out
and a runner on first base.
After a strike out, a single and a
fielder’s choice put runners on second and third with two outs, Bitanga
induced a ground out to end the
inning.
Emory failed to score in the
ninth inning and the game entered
extra innings. Bitanga shut down
the Panthers again in the top of the
tenth inning, and the Eagles’ bats
finally came alive in the bottom of
the inning.
With two outs, freshman Brett
Lake and sophomore Brandon
Hannon reached base on back-toback infield singles. This put runners
on first and second base for sophomore catcher Jared Welch.
Lake was running on contact and
when Welch singled into centerfield,
he scored easily to end the game.
“We played too well to lose this
game,” Welch said. “We played well
all game, we were hitting the ball
well and knew it was just a matter
of time until we closed the game.
Personally, I knew I was due for a
big hit and once Brett and Brandon
got on base I knew I was going to be
successful.”
This game is the start to a big
week for the team.
They will start a three game series
against No. 6 Piedmont College
tonight. The Eagles played Piedmont
earlier in the year, losing 2-0 on Feb.
18. Piedmont is also in the southern
region.
“[Piedmont is] one of the best
teams in the south,” Twardoski said.
“Their number one pitcher is going to
be very tough to beat. Piedmont is a
good team, but we have to do what we
have to do, what we need to do. I like
our chances. I like this team. We just
have to bring some excitement and go
out and play.”
The Eagles start their series
against Piedmont in Demorest,
Georgia at 7 p.m.
— Contact Bennett Ostdiek at
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College senior Edward Levin, the
president of the Emory Badminton
Club, hailed the tournament as a
resounding success.
“As of now this is probably the
biggest tournament in the Southeast.
I’m proud of it,” he said.
Tony Bhatia of the local, Georgiabased Perimeter Badminton Club,
wholeheartedly agreed.
“Eddy Levin did a great job organizing this tournament. It was fantastic. So many people came from all
over,” he said.
The badminton community in the
southeast is a very tight-knit group.
Most, if not all, of the club teams
heard about the competition directly
from Levin.
“I’ve been doing this for about
four years. My sister did it before me
at Emory and we have this enormous
contact list,” Levin said.
Edward’s sister, Elina, founded the
club in 2002.
In years past, the Emory
Badminton Club had held the Emory
Open at Oxford College.
This year, with the appeal of
Atlanta and the improved facilities,
the tournament attracted many more
competitors. To Levin, the tournament was a great boon to not only the
Emory club team, but also to the state
of badminton in the region.
“I want Atlanta to have more badminton. We have five clubs here, ”
he said.
While the competitive courts
buzzed with activity, the practice
courts were also packed with competitors working to refine their game.
Oftentimes the practice matches were
so spirited that they were indistinguishable from the real matches.
“For most people this is competitive and for others it is legitimately
awesome practice. You’re guaranteed
two games and practice courts,” said
Levin.
The top competitors were an interesting bunch. The women’s singles
champion, Evi Bruster, played competitively in Germany before immigrating to the United States.
Bruster also won the mixed doubles competition with her teammate,
David Shaw. They both represented
the Vanderbilt club team.
Shaw was a member of the United
States national badminton team
“many years ago,” as he put it.
Nowadays, he exclusively plays
doubles. “I need a partner to cover
the rest of the floor for me,” he joked.
Edwin Shin of the Memorial
Presbyterian Church club team took
home first place in the men’s singles
competition.
He was initially ranked as a
Tianran Zhang/Staff
Senior Eddy Levin, president of the Emory Badminton Club, was
responsible for bringing over 100 competitors to the Emory Open.
7th/8th seed, but he proved himself
to be more than worthy of competing
with the top seeded players.
“I had a lot of the top seeds to
get past before I could make it to the
“As of now this is
probably the biggest
tournament in the
Southeast. I’m
proud of it.”
— Eddy Levin
Emory Badminton president
finals,” he said.
The seeding was decided by the
results of previous Emory Opens as
well as national rankings. The success of this year’s Emory Open can
only help improve the badminton
club’s already stellar reputation.
“Our team has always done well at
tournaments we travel to. We’ve been
recognized in the badminton community as a pretty dominant school,”
said Xie.
The team’s top player, Goizueta
Business School sophomore Daryl
Chua, has proven a force to be reckoned with. He was the top seed in the
Men’s Singles tournament, but was
upset by the upstart Shin. He won the
men’s singles championship at last
year’s Emory Open.
So far this year, the club has traveled to tournaments held at schools
such as Duke University (N.C.),
University of Mississippi (Miss.),
and University of North Carolina at
Charlotte (N.C.).
They placed first in men’s singles
at the Charlotte Open, third in men’s
singles at the Duke Open, and second
at the Ole Miss Open.
The club has around 40 members,
18 of which are on the official badminton team. They practice around
three times per week.
As for future Emory Opens,
the future remains bright. Levin, a
senior, will be graduating this May
but will remain a part of the Emory
Badminton community after graduation.
Levin has already been asked
to host next year’s Intercollegiate
Southeast Championships here at
Emory. The winners of the tournament will then compete in the
Intercollegiate Nationals.
“This intercollegiate league is the
first step in getting badminton to
become a more sponsored sport in
universities,“ wrote Levin in an email
to the Wheel. “I think in the next few
years this tournament will just keep
getting better and better.”
— Contact David Stess at
[email protected]
1. Jose Canseco: Village Idiot
You gotta love Twitter. It makes
our job as sports journalists so much
easier. Two days ago former A’s slugger Jose Canseco took to Twitter to
share his thoughts on the world with
his 420,922 loyal followers.
Canseco discussed the kind of
hard-hitting issues you would expect
from him. Flannel pajamas, the polar
ice caps, Al Gore’s death. Wait what?!
Al Gore died?
No, it seems that getting your
news from Jose Canseco is not the
best idea.
In the middle of a Twitter rant
about global warming, Canseco
clicked on a shady link reporting the
premature death of Al Gore.
This led Canseco to tweet, “al gore
was a head of his time .i miss him rest
in peace buddy hug for u.”
For inexplicable reasons, the internet believed Canseco, and Twitter
went into a frenzy. Canseco’s subsequent tweet wasn’t any more helpful,
“sorry al you need to make some
more noise .Keep fighting for us i
believe in your and i am with you.”
Since Canseco’s tweet a Twitter
account for “@GhostOfAlGore”
has already sprung up. Moral of the
story? Don’t listen to Jose Canseco.
2. Phoenix Tiger
Tiger Woods finally broke out of
his slump last weekend. Tiger won
the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The win is his first PGA tour in
30 months.
Some of the things that were
leading the headlines when Tiger
last won include the aftermath of
Representative Joe Wilson’s now
famous “You Lie” comment and
Osama Bin Laden releasing a tape
condemning America, again.
The headline when Tiger broke
the curse this time around? The New
York Post read, “Look out Ladies!
He’s back! Tiger wins for first time
since sex scandal.”
Guess Tiger is never going to
shrug that curse.
3. Soccer Hooligans, HS Girls Edition
What ever happened to sportsmanship? It used to be that after you got
knocked down you picked yourself
up, rubbed some dirt on your wounds,
and got back into the game. Then,
after the post-game hand shakes and
high fives, all of you would go out
for pizza and milkshakes. But not
anymore, apparently.
In the midst of a South Carolina
High School girls’ soccer game,
Lewisville High senior Annette
McCullough was tripped and fell to
the ground. Most people deal with
an issue like this in a normal, healthy
way ­— for instance, one might curse
the other team under their breath for
being dirty cheats, and throw in a few
cracks about their mothers for good
measure. Then you put your game
face back on and return to action. Not
McCullough, however. She turned on
her opponent with vengeance on her
mind, and attacked her, managing to
land 11 punches and grab a fistful of
hair. She was escorted from the game
with a red card, and is now being
tried for assault. The mother of the
girl attacked has promised to have
McCullough punished to the fullest
extent of the law.
We urge all of our readers to find
more constructive ways to take out
their anger. It’s simply not worth it.
Yes, sticks and stones will break your
enemy’s bones, but it’s a lot harder
to get in trouble for your words. Or,
at the very least, wait until the ref is
not looking.
4. Nash to Miami? No. He. Won’t.
Steve Nash has been “the man” in
the NBA. For years, he has been synonymous with the Phoenix Suns and
the Western Conference. He won two
consecutive Most Valuable Player
awards (and should have won a third)
with the Phoenix Suns and he is the
sole reason the team has been nationally relevant for the last couple years.
This makes it all the more weird
that Nash seems to have caught Miami
fever. In an interview on the “Dan
Patrick Show,” Nash spoke about the
possibility of joining Lebron and co.
“I would listen,” Nash said. “He’s
phenomenal. I love what they’re
doing there. A lot of people don’t like
them because they put all that talent
there. But they’re professional, they
play hard, they play together. Their
coaching staff has done a great job,
so I have a tremendous amount of
respect for them.
That’s right, Steve Nash wants to
join Lebron James now. The dream
team just keeps getting dreamier.
Lebron, D-Wade, Bosh and now
Steve Nash?
Of course, they’ll still never win
an NBA Finals as long as there is a
fourth quarter.
Sports
The Emory Wheel
Friday, March 30, 2012 Sports Editors: Vincent Xu ([email protected]) and Nathaniel Ludewig ([email protected])
Baseball
Badminton
Welch’s Walk-Off
Lifts Eagles In Extras
Bennett Ostdiek
Staff Writer
The baseball team hosted the No.
24 ranked Birmingham-Southern
(Ala.) Panthers on Tuesday, defeating
them 2-1 in extra innings.
The walk-off win brings the
Eagles’ record to 17-7. It also extends
Emory’s winning streak to six, while
snapping the Panthers' winning
streak at 13.
“This was a great win,” Head
Coach Mike Twardoski said.
“Biringham-Southern is a great team.
The guys are playing very hard and
they finished the game off.”
The Eagles’ effort was led by senior
starting pitcher Paul Schwendel. He
allowed one unearned run over eight
and one third innings, giving up four
hits, three walks and striking out nine
in the process.
“Paul pitched the best he has
pitched all year,” Twardoski said.
“He got his breaking ball and changeup over the plate for strikes. The only
run he gave up was in the best inning
he pitched.”
The only run Schwendel gave up
came in the fourth, when a runner
reached on an error, advanced to second base on a walk, to third base on
a fielder’s choice and then scored on
a passed ball.
“Paul threw an incredible game,”
senior Connor McGuiness said. “He
mixed up his pitches really well and
the batter could not get a feel for him.
Throughout the game, he had that
look like he was going to win. He
threw unbelievably. They are a great
team so for Paul to do what he did
was amazing.”
The Eagles responded with an
unearned run of their own in the
seventh.
After senior Jay Page singled, he
was replaced by freshman pinch runner Jordan Selbach.
Selbach first stole second base,
and then advanced to third on the
same play when the catcher made
a wild throw. He then scored off of
a sacrifice fly from senior Kevin
O’Connor.
See Baseball, Page 11
Tianran Zhang/Staff (Left) and Courtesy of Jerry Xie (Right)
The Emory Badminton Club’s inaugural Emory Open attracted more than 100 regional players this past weekend.
Shuttlecocks Galore
Badminton Club Hosts Regional Mega Tournament
David Stess
Staff Writer
Christine Hines/Staff
Sophomore third baseman Ryan Toscano went 1-for-4 with a double
in Tuesday’s 2-1 extra-inning win over Birmingham-Southern.
Towering over the competition and the net before him, Adil
Premji used his wiry six-foot-five frame to slam the shuttle into
his opponents’ side of the court. Adil and his doubles partner,
Ravi Rao, had overcome stiff competition to win the doubles
tournament.
Badminton, often thought of as a tranquil racket sport,
looked, for the moment, about as tranquil as a hurricane. The
competitors were friendly enough, though.
“I’ve been waiting for this moment and we finally accomplished it,” Premji announced with a mixture of timidity and
pride.
Premji played for the local Memorial Presbyterian Church
club team while his partner hailed from the North Carolinabased Charlotte Badminton Club.
The Emory Badminton Club hosted the Emory Open, its
largest tournament to date, over the weekend. The tournament
attracted over one hundred competitors of all skill levels from
all over the southeastern United States. The singles competition
was held on Saturday, March 24th, and the doubles tournament
was held on Sunday, March 25th.
The mammoth tournament ran from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. on
Saturday. Sunday’s matches finished around 8 p.m.
The tournament took place in the Woodruff P. E. Center
(WoodPEC) on the basketball courts. At its peak, 11 of the 12
available badminton courts were buzzing with competition. One
court was left entirely empty, which lay directly beneath the air
conditioning unit in the gym.
“Air conditioning is really bad for badminton. It blows the
shuttle around,” Goizueta Business School senior Jerry Xie, a
member of the Emory Badminton Club board, said.
Competitors hailed from colleges such as Vanderbilt
University (Tenn.), The University of Mississippi (Miss.),
Auburn University (Ala.), Georgia Institute of Technology (Ga.),
University of Alabama at Birmingham (Ala.), and Georgia State
University (Ga.). The vast majority of them belonged to their
respective colleges’ club teams.
Local club teams, such as the Stone Mountain-based
Memorial Presbyterian Church, also attended.
See local, Page 11
Women’s Tennis Sweeps the South
March Madness
Tournament Kentucky’s to Lose
Evan Rapkin
After two weeks of wading
through the dregs of NCAA basketball, we have finally reached the apex
of the college basketball season. All
that’s left is the best of the best. The
cream of the crop. At last, we have
reached the Final Four.
It wasn’t easy, but Louisville, Ohio
State, Kansas and Kentucky have
outlasted the field to remain in the
tournament. There has not been a
single buzzer beater yet this year, but
the madness is still evident, as Duke
and Missouri can attest. 13th seeded
Ohio and 11th seeded North Carolina
State each came within points of the
Elite Eight. Seventh seeded Florida
was one minute and six seconds away
from a Final Four berth before faltering down the stretch.
Through it all, the Final Four has
been decided. NCAA traditionalists
have to be excited with the results.
Each of the four teams left are in
the top seven of all-time Final Four
appearances. Unfortunately, only one
of these teams can win.
The first game pits No. 4 Louisville
vs. Kentucky, the tournament’s overall top seed. No love will be lost
between these bitter rivals from the
Bluegrass State, as each team will be
focused and prepared for what will
undoubtedly be a heated match-up.
In a December battle, Kentucky
came away victorious, defeating
the Cardinals by seven points in
Lexington. Obviously, these are different circumstances.
Kentucky, the heavy favorite,
is led by their trio of underclassmen, Anthony Davis, Terrence
Jones and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
While young, this squad has matured
immensely over the course of the
season.
Davis, the unibrowed wonder and
force in the paint, and Kidd-Gilchrist,
the quintessential team player, are
also the projected top two players
in the NBA Draft this summer. The
Cardinals will certainly have their
hands full.
However, Louisville can definitely
counter with their speed and experience. Junior guard Peyton Siva is one
of the quickest players in the country,
and can get to the hoop with the best
of them. He will still have to meet
Davis at the rim when he gets there. I
like Kentucky by 10.
In the nightcap, Kansas will take
on Ohio State in a contest that should
be just as enticing as the rivalry game
it follows. These teams also faced
off in December, with the Jayhawks
winning a 78-67 contest. OSU’s top
player, Jared Sullinger, was out for
that game. Don’t expect the Buckeyes
to make it so easy this time.
Kansas is led by junior AllAmerican power forward Thomas
Robinson, who has been on a tear in
the postseason. But, they still haven’t
made the tourney pain-free on themselves so far, scraping out two threepoint victories against double-digit
seeds in Purdue and North Carolina
State.
They did manage to put away the
Tar Heels by 13 points in the regional
final, but that was only after the
Kendall Marshall-less squad put up a
measly three points in the final eight
minutes of the game. Has their adversity taught them anything?
On the other side, the Big Ten
team will counter with their own
All-American big man in Sullinger.
While the battle of giants will remain
an important facet of the game, Ohio
State also touts several weapons on
the outside, including point guard
Aaron Craft and wings William
Buford and DeShaun Thomas. Buford
has struggled mightily throughout the
tournament, leaving Thomas to pick
up much of the scoring slack.
But, if the senior Buford decides
to bring his jump shot to the arena,
the Jayhawks don’t stand a chance. I
think the Buckeyes move on by three
in a nail biter.
The final pairs two second-place
teams from power conferences,
Kentucky from the SEC and Ohio
State from the Big Ten. Neither team
has been truly challenged up to this
point, with OSU’s smallest margin
of victory being seven points, and
the Wildcats’ standing at 12 points.
Each team certainly has its moments
of greatness, but the victor will ultimately be the team that can put the
most together.
As an inexperienced squad,
Kentucky’s offense frequently lulls,
especially when playing an inferior
See Rapkin, Page 11
S
Isabel Kurzner/Staff
econd doubles player Malavika Padmanabhan hones the backhand. The No. 4 women’s tennis team
swept No. 18 University of the South 9-0 Thursday afternoon in Sewanee, Tenn, moving Emory to
9-3 on the season. The Eagles next play Saturday at home against DePauw University (Ind.).
Golf
Squad to Tee Off at Camp Lejeune
Nicolas Cortellessa
Staff Writer
Three weeks ago, the golf team
limped out of the Wynlakes Wynter
Nationals tournament, finishing seventh out of the eight participating
teams.
With the University Athletic
Association (UAA) tournament coming up, the team needed to make
changes.
“We need to be ready to play,”
Head Coach John Sjoberg said.”I
don’t know if midterms had to do
with it, but our focus wasn’t very
good. We struggled from the outset.”
Just a few weeks later, the Eagles
squad is the newly crowned 2012
UAA champion.
Moreover, the Eagles are coming
off of a strong performance last week
at the Oglethorpe Spring Invitational,
held at the Jekyll Island Golf Club in
Jekyll Island, Ga.
The Eagles finished third out of a
competitive field of 30 teams at the
tournament.
The Eagles are now preparing for
this weekend’s Marine Federal Credit
Union Intercollegiate Championship.
Senior Ryan Dagerman and sophomore Johnathan Chen continue their
consistently strong performances.
Their efforts, accompanied by
junior David Collura and freshman
Alex Wunderlich’s recent, strong
performances have created a large
amount of momentum for the Eagles
heading into the next few weeks.
See golf, Page 11