More Than 4,000 Students to Graduate May 13
As the end of the year approaches and the University prepares for the 168th Commencement ceremony, more than 1,300 seniors are looking ahead to prepare for the next phase of their lives. Some seniors have decided to brave the job market while others have chosen to remain in the Atlanta area for opportunities and connections they have made. College senior Madeline Teissler found a job through Emory’s English department. She will be a teaching assistant at the Cliff Valley School, which is a small, progressive, independent school in Toco Hills for preschoolers through eighth graders. Her job will involve teaching…
TEDxEmory Hosts 13 Speakers, Draws 600 Attendees
Emory hosted 13 speakers who discussed a variety of topics related to the sciences, humanities and arts at TEDxEmory’s Saturday event in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Auditorium. The event, which was founded and began in 2010, is one of the largest of its kind in North America. This year it drew around 600 spectators. This year’s conference invited a number of professionals from multiple disciplines including David Wolpe, named Newsweek’s most influential rabbi in the nation in 2012, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court Carlos Moreno and Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Director Henrik Christensen. TED is…
SGA Appoints Committee Chairs, Discusses Sustainability
The 47th legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously appointed committee chairs, a new executive member and a new Associate Justice to the Constitutional Council yesterday. College sophomore David Bailey was appointed as associate vice president for alumni relations. The position is a two-year appointment — during the first year Bailey will assist the current vice president for alumni relations and assume the position himself during the second year. College junior Shaunesse Jacobs was appointed chair of the SGA student life committee. The committee addresses issues of community life, academic life, admissions and financial aid, according to the bill….
Univ. Holds Vigil for Boston Tragedy
The Office of the Dean of the Chapel and Religious Life hosted a vigil on Wednesday afternoon for those affected by the explosions during the Boston Marathon earlier this week. Campus ministers and religious advisors helped organize an interfaith service for the somber event. The small crowd of students who attended the event at Asbury Circle from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. cut construction paper outlines of their feet and wrote messages of grief and comfort on them, such as “Tears, sadness and love to you each” and “Chin up, Boston.” The messages will be sent to Boston University (Mass.)…
SGA Approves Exec Board Appointments
The 47th Legislature of the Student Government Association (SGA) approved five members to the Executive Board on Monday evening. The legislature appointed College junior Bart Qian and College sophomore Ted Guio as co-chiefs of staff, College sophomore Christopher Weeden as attorney general, College junior Calvin Lee as vice president of finance and College freshman Jon Darby as vice president of communications. The decision to appoint co-chiefs of staff to the Executive Board, which has not been done since the 36th Legislature, provoked contentious discussion among former and current SGA members. Former SGA Student Life Chair and College sophomore Calvin Li…
SGA to Use More Activities Fee Money
The incoming Student Government Association (SGA) will receive two percent of the Student Activities Fee (SAF) starting next semester, a one percent increase from this year, following a decision made by the outgoing legislature. The SAF consists of the $86 that students pay each semester as part of their Emory tuition. SGA and other divisional councils — or those that support and oversee organizations in different Emory schools, such as College Council (CC) — use the fee to fund student activities and initiatives, specifically those that SGA-chartered organizations run. SGA determines how the SAF is split among the divisional councils….
SGA Tables TEDx Emory Bill, Discusses Improvements
The Student Government Association (SGA) voted to table a bill to fund the TEDxEmory Conference on April 20 after amending the bill to read that SGA would vote on providing the organization with $4,000 rather than the originally-requested $15,000. Ideally, TEDxEmory would have needed $15,000 to fund the event. SGA, however, has only about $9,700 for the rest of the semester. SGA President and College senior Ashish Gandhi explained the procedure for asking SGA for funding, noting that SGA typically requires students to go through two divisional councils before coming to a legislative session. This year, TedxEmory consulted College Council…
Wise Explores White Privilege at Talk
Tim Wise, an anti-racism activist and educator, spoke to about 500 students and faculty at Emory’s 13th annual State of Race address about white privilege, as well as racism across the country and on Emory’s campus. The event was a part of College Council’s (CC) Social Justice Week, a new initiative that aims to raise awareness about the treatment of marginalized groups. Wise spoke at a fast pace for 90 minutes about the history of racism, dominant racial groups in the United States and the social and economic consequences of maintaining these hierarchical structures. According to Wise, who himself is…
Graduate, Professional Schools Rank in U.S. News
The School of Law, School of Medicine and Goizueta Business School’s full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) program all rose in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 graduate school rankings released last week. Among professional school rankings, the law school was ranked No. 23 in the nation, up from No. 24 last year. The B-School’s full-time MBA program was ranked 18th in the nation, a rise from its ranking of No. 19 last year. In addition, the School of Medicine received a ranking of No. 22 nationally for its research school, as well as No. 29 for primary care, up…
SGA Votes to Fund Dooley’s Ball and Trivia Night
The Student Government Association (SGA) voted to fund Trivia Night and Dooley’s Ball, both of which are events for Dooley’s Week, on Monday evening. The Student Programming Council (SPC), the group that requested the funds, will host Dooley’s Week from April 1 to April 6. SPC asked for $3,435 for Trivia Night and $2,500 for Dooley’s Ball. Dooley’s Week Co-Chair and College junior Graham Brooks responded by addressing safety concerns for Dooley’s Ball. A large portion of the extra cost for this year’s Dooley’s Ball is for risk reduction, which includes extra shuttles that night. Many graduate representatives of SGA…
