Since 1919
The Emory Wheel
Emory University’s Independent Student Newspaper
Volume 100, Issue 3
Printed Every Wednesday
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
LEGISLATURE
LAW SCHOOL
Zwier to Undergo Bias Training By riChard Chess Executive Editor
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SGA Junior Representative Johnson Wang (20C, Center) discusses an initiative on Monday night that would allow students to print for free.
SGA Tables Elections Reform Bill By BeliCia rodriguez Senior Staff Writer The 52nd legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) introduced on Monday night a bill that would audit undergraduate club participation and tabled a bill that would establish an SGA Elections Reform Committee. The legislature also discussed a proposal that would offer free printing to students. The club participation bill, 52sl32, would audit undergraduate club par-
ticipation and compare club participation between divisional councils. The Student Activities Fee (SAF) split would then be revised based on the audit findings, according to the bill. The Wheel previously reported on a draft form of the bill, which was co-sponsored by SGA BBA Liaison Geoffrey Tseng (19B), SGA President Dwight Ma (17Ox, 19C), College Council (CC) President Radhika Kadakia (20C) and BBA Council President Jay Krishnaswamy (16Ox, 19B). The new version of the bill is only sponsored by
Tseng and Krishnaswamy. The bill calls for the audit to begin on Sept. 31 and finish by Nov. 19. SGA Executive Vice President John Priddy (19C) said he did not see any interest for the audit from divisional councils besides BBA Council, including Emory Student Nurses Association (ESNA), Oxford and CC. “I would have liked to see all divisional councils coming together saying, ‘This is something we all want,’” Priddy said. “From [my perspective],
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Law Professor Paul J. Zwier II, who was suspended from teaching after he said the N-word in an Aug. 23 class, will not teach mandatory first-year courses for two years, according to a Sept. 18 letter from Law School Dean James B. Hughes. Hughes announced “several steps … to begin the healing process” about three weeks after the University launched an investigation into Zwier’s use of the racial slur in a first-year tort law class. Zwier will not teach mandatory first-year courses because the agreement bars Zwier from teaching courses in which students cannot choose their professors. Other steps prompt Zwier to participate in sensitivity and unconscious bias training; create and participate in dialogues on racial sensitivity with Emory’s Faculty Staff Assistance Program; and revise his teaching manuals to provide appropriate ways to cover racially sensitive materials, according to Hughes’ letter. The University launched an Office of Equity and Inclusion investigation last month after Zwier used the racial slur while discussing Fisher v. Carrousel
CARTER TOWN HALL
LIBRARY
King Named Rose Director
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GREEK LIFE
Sammy, Sig Chi Houses Egged
By riChard Chess Executive Editor Jennifer Gunter King was announced on Tuesday as the new director of the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books (Rose) Library. King is currently the director of the library at Hampshire College (Mass.), where she has worked since 2012, according to her LinkedIn. She also worked as the director of archives and special collections at Mount Holyoke College (Mass.) from 2004-2012, as well as in special collections and archives at Virginia Tech and University of Virginia. King earned her bachelor’s in history from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and went on to obtain three master’s degrees in library and information science; history and library
Motor Hotel, Inc., a 1967 Texas lawsuit about a hotel buffet employee who took a plate away from a black customer and said a “Negro could not be served,” the Wheel previously reported. The N-word was not part of the court case. He was immediately suspended from teaching his Fall 2018 courses. “There was no factual dispute among all parties involved regarding what occurred in the classroom,” Associate Director of University Media Relations Elaine Justice wrote in a Sept. 18 email to the Wheel. Justice did not specifically answer the Wheel’s inquiry about whether the steps were recommended by the Office of Equity and Inclusion investigation. Vice Provost of Equity and Inclusion Lynell Cadray told the Wheel in August that the investigation is confidential and did not respond to the Wheel’s request for an update on the investigation on Monday. Zwier apologized to his class the day after he used the slur, as well as in a public Sept. 18 letter. “In speaking the ‘N word’ two weeks ago in class, I said a word that can and does cause harm, and I am writing to you to take responsibility for the harm I caused,” Zwier wrote. “When
By Matt Barrett Contributing Writer
Former U.S. President and Emory University Distinguished Professor Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that he would reverse all of President Donald J. Trump’s policies if he could but acknowledged Trump took the right step in meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this summer. More than 1,700 Emory freshmen and other community members
packed the Woodruff P.E. Center for the 37th Carter Town Hall, a tradition in which Carter, 93, answers questions from Emory students. When asked which policies he would change or implement if elected president again, Carter said he would reverse all of Trump’s policies. “If I were foolish enough to feel I could be president again,” Carter quipped, “I think the first thing I would do would be to change all of the policies that President Trump has
initiated.” His answer was met with forceful enthusiasm from the crowd. However, Carter praised Trump for his diplomacy with North Korea. In June, Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean leader, though the agreement that resulted was mostly symbolic. “The president handled the North
Emory Police Department (EPD) is investigating after two fraternity houses on Eagle Row were egged on Sept. 13, according to two EPD incident reports. Presidents of Sigma Alpha Mu (Sammy) and Sigma Chi reported the incidents to EPD when they noticed eggs were thrown onto their houses, according to the police reports. Both presidents reported that no windows were broken and no surrounding outside equipment was damaged. The complainants also said they did not witness the incidents and they do not know who could be responsible for the egging. “Our investigators are looking
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EDITORIAL hArvArd
A&E MusiC Midtown
EMORY LIFE
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Former U.S. President and University Distinguished Professor Jimmy Carter discusses his favorite Bible verse, feminism and the Trump presidency on Sept. 12.
Carter: Trump Handled N. Korea ‘Properly’ By ilina logani Contributing Writer
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