INDEX
Emory Events Calendar, Page 2
Crossword Puzzle, Page 8
Staff Editorial, Page 6
Police Record, Page 2
Student Life, Page 9
On Fire, Page 11
THE EMORY WHEEL Since 1919
The Independent Student Newspaper of Emory University
Volume 95, Issue 17
www.emorywheel.com
Friday, November 1, 2013
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EVENT
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CC to Reduce Club Funds For Rest of Fall Semester Council Officials Say Most Clubs Have Already Been Granted Money By Jordan Friedman Executive Editor College Council (CC) declared a financial state of emergency Wednesday night, meaning CC will reduce the amount of money it allocates to student organizations’ events for the rest of the semester. CC Co-Chief of Staff and College senior Bisi Adeyemo attributed CC’s diminished finances in its contingency account to the increase in the number of chartered clubs on campus as well as a rise in the amount of funding each club has been requesting. A financial state of emergency does not indicate that CC is bankrupt, according to College sophomore Reuben Lack, CC’s budget committee chair. Rather, he told the Wheel, it means that the total amount of money CC would be able to allocate to student organizations at a given meeting has been reduced from an average of $6,000 to an average of $3,500. The drop below a $6,000 average per meeting — which Lack said indicates the necessity to slow down spending — was determined by dividing the total number of general body meetings remaining for the semester from the total amount of money left in CC’s contingency account. CC has $14,000 left in its contingency account, which is used to fund groups’ events and comes from the $89 Student Activity Fee students pay as part of their tuition. With only four meetings left for the semester, CC would be able to allocate an average of only $3,500 per meeting for the remainder of the fall.
The contingency account is different from the allocated account, which CC uses to fund CC-sponsored events like State of Race and Culture Shock as well as CC retreats. This fund has about $125,000 left. “We aren’t going into debt as an organization,” Lack said, adding that it would have been impossible for CC to predict the financial situation. “Clubs that come for the next few budget committee meetings will receive a smaller amount than they requested.” Adeyemo said she is not too concerned about the financial situation, given that most clubs have already requested their funding for the semester. She said more clubs have requested money earlier in the semester because the last CC legislature decided to hold budget meetings once a month rather than once a week. “It sounds bad that we’re in a financial state of emergency,” Adeyemo said. “Since most clubs have already come for their events for the semester, we’re not entirely worried about it.” On Wednesday night, student organizations that attended CC’s legislative session found out they will receive 10 percent less funding than they were expecting, Lack explained. To receive funding, student organizations must first consult with CC’s Budget Committee, which makes a “suggestion or recommendation” on how much funding CC should allocate. CC legislators can then accept
See LACK, Page 4
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Rap artist B.o.B. requested an audience of 20 Emory students through WMRE, Emory’s radio station, for a focus group yesterday to provide suggestions and critiques on his upcoming new album.
WMRE Brings B.o.B for Focus Group By Kyle Arbuckle Contributing Writer Popular rap artist B.o.B gave an intimate listening session in White Hall last night for his upcoming third solo album Underground Luxury. Students were asked to come prepared to critique the album and ask questions. College senior and WMRE General Manager Wilma Qiu said B.o.B contacted the Emory studentrun radio station last Wednesday to coordinate the session. She then selected about 20 to 25 people to be a part of the focus group. “I looked for a lot of people who I knew had a vested interest in hip-hop and knew his music,” Qiu said. “We looped in a few people who hadn’t listened to him as much so we could get
people who could just be a consumer of music.” Qiu said the event was scheduled for Monday but had to be shifted to last night due to B.o.B’s travel schedule. B.o.B’s manager Brian “B-Rich” Rich headed the session asked attendees to put their phones on the floor so no one could record the songs. Rich played the whole album and requested student feedback after each track, asking the audience to be blunt. Some of the students thought this album was some of the artist’s best work while others felt it was boring. B.o.B was absent for this part of the event because he was running late. He entered the room after all the tracks had been played. He wore a dark green plaid shirt, shades, leather
pants, Polo combat boots, gold chains and rings. He apologized for his lateness. Rich asked that everyone relay everything said to B.o.B, which led into a question-and-answer session. B.o.B said his favorite track on the album was “Fly Motherf--ka’” because of the instrumentals on that track. He also said he really likes “Throwback” and “Forever.” He stated “Don’t Let Me Fall,” off of his debut studio album B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray, was his favorite song he has ever done, as some of the audience nodded in agreement. “I try not to get in my own way as an artist because even though I may think it’s the best, someone else might not,” he said. “I do what I like but season it for the palate of the music connoisseur.”
ACADEMICS
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
B.o.B. described what it was like working with hip-hop superstar and fellow Atlanta native Future. They both attended Columbia High School in Decatur, Ga. “We’re both Scorpios, and we’re cool because we’re from the same side of town,” he said. Qiu asked the artist what his biggest influence was. B.o.B said chill, instrumental electronic dance music (EDM), not dubstep EDM, is what he listens to the most other than hip-hop. B.o.B explained that he titled the album Underground Luxury because while he was growing up, he had no walls or furniture. “We came from nothing,” he said. “But we tried to make ‘nothing’ luxurious.”
— Contact Kyle Arbuckle at karbuck@emory.edu
NURSING SCHOOL
Two Departments Launch Nursing Playwriting Fellowship Funds New Palliative Program By Rupsha Basu Asst. News Editor
James Crissman/Editor
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group of smiling pumpkins sat on top of the Dobbs University Center sign with faux cobweb and spiders. The decorations were a part of the this week’s Halloween-themed Wonderful Wednesday on Asbury Circle.
LOCAL
Autism Center, Airport Collaborate By Alyssa Posklensky Staff Writer Emory University’s Autism Center is working with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to train airport employees to assist those with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). According to an Oct 24. University press release, the program — the first of its kind — is part of the Advocate With Autism Resources
and Education (AWARE) initiative which aims to educate the community about ASD. The program was available to up to 50 people and took place during the morning of Oct. 29 at the airport, according to the press release. Lauren Castriota, psychologist at the Emory Autism Center and director of the AWARE initiative, led the program. She said the training used examples relevant to each airport sce-
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nario and consisted of three parts: understanding ASD, determining the functions and behaviors of ASD and interacting with individuals with the disorder. Lisa Bausley-Williams, senior training specialist in the Department of Aviation at Hartsfield-Jackson, said the airport previously worked with the Emory Autism Center in
See AIRPORT, Page 5
OP-EDS AN OLD LETTER FROM MISCHIEVOUS
DOOLEY ...
LORD PAGE 6
The Department of Theater Studies and the Creative Writing Program will collaborate to launch a new playwriting fellowship in fall 2014. The position will be similar to existing fellowships in fiction and poetry in that it is a teaching position that lasts for two years until a new fellow is chosen. The first fellowship ends May 2016. Applications for the position will be accepted through Dec. 2. The new fellow will teach a playwriting workshop, a dramatic literature course and another course specific to his or her strengths and area of expertise, according to Director of the Playwriting Center of Theater Emory Lisa Paulsen. The two departments have joined forces for many years now in playwriting classes, a student playwriting festival and the Playwriting major which combines elements from Creative Writing and Theater Studies, Paulsen said. Senior Resident Fellow in Creative Writing Jim Grimsley wrote in an email to the Wheel that the new position would positively affect the two departments. “We already have a strong relationship between the two units of the College, and the process of jointly selecting this person will solidify our work as partners,” he wrote. Candidates must have received a Master of Fine Arts or a Ph.D. within
the last five years. According to Paulsen, this will yield a younger set of applicants with a different perspective than more experienced playwrights in the department because they have just come out of studying the craft and are about to embark on their careers. “They’re in the process of honing their own writing skills as they’re mentoring somebody else,” Paulsen said. She added that the fellowship is also a great learning experience for an emerging playwright looking to gain teaching experience. The fellow will also develop a new work while at Emory that will be presented at the Brave New Works festival, Paulsen said. According to Paulsen, a committee comprised of professors from the two disciplines will narrow the candidates down and will invite the top two or three applicants in the spring for the Brave New Works festival of new plays. The festival is a showcase that students and faculty use to test the dramatic impact of new works on the stage. “I’ll be looking for a playwright who has a strong voice in her or his work, and who can also demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching,” wrote Grimsley, who will select the top candidates with Paulsen. Grimsley added that the new position will enable the Creative Writing Department to teach more fiction, which is the area of greatest need.
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing recently accepted $6.5 million from the Helene Fuld Trust to fund its Palliative Care Fellowship Program. The program, which begins in May, provides an opportunity for students receiving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing to pursue leadership roles as nurse practitioners or nurse midwives. The Fuld Fellows for Palliative Care offers two student positions for a scholarship covering half of the tuition, four semesters of a Bachelor in Nursing and four semesters of a Master in Nursing (MSN). Assistant Dean for MSN Education Carolyn Clevenger said there is a myriad of opportunities available for students through the fellowship. “To be in this program, we’re really setting you up for success,” she said. “We expect, within five years of being out into practice, that they will be directing palliative care centers and leading palliative care services.” Unlike most accelerated students
See PAULSEN, Page 4
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