Add/Drop/Swap Period to Start Later
This semester’s add/drop/swap period will commence on Monday, Dec. 3 rather than Thursday, Nov. 29, the date that it was originally scheduled to begin. The period will stay open until Tuesday, Jan. 22. University administrators made this change to add/drop/swap after recognizing that they had made a scheduling mistake when they originally planned it. According to Steve Savage, the communications specialist for the Office for Undergraduate Education, administrators traditionally schedule the add/drop/swap period to open on the first Monday that follows the enrollment appointments for first-year students. However, he noted, during this year’s scheduling meetings, administrators accidentally moved the date…
Longer DUC Hours to Replace Late Night
The Dobbs Market, located in the Dobbs University Center (DUC), will permanently extend its hours for the rest of the semester, removing the Late Night Option. In addition, the Dobbs Market will host Premium Nights every Wednesday evening, offering students high-quality food options on a weekly basis. For the remainder of the semester after Thanksgiving break, Dobbs Market will no longer offer a Late Night option. Instead, it will remain open until 10 p.m. on weeknights. In the past, the Dobbs Market, which is the main dining service on campus, stayed open until 8 p.m. and reopened for Late Night…
Shuttle Services Add New Routes
Emory’s Transportation and Parking Services will implement a series of changes to NightOwl and regular campus shuttle routes on Nov. 1. A primary change involves expanding the NightOwl route so that these shuttles also run to the parking deck at Michael Street as well as the Woodruff Residential Center and certain destinations along Clifton Road to Houston Mill Road. Prior to this change, the NightOwl only provided service to Starvine Parking Deck on Clairmont Campus, the Peavine parking deck on Eagle Row and Woodruff Circle, the traffic area behind the Dobbs University Center (DUC). The NightOwl shuttle typically runs from…
Theft, Assault Reported Around Campus
Administrators received reports of a theft that occurred on campus and a physical assault that occurred in a neighborhood near campus. Both incidents occurred yesterday afternoon, according to a University-wide email. The theft occurred in front of Alabama Residence Hall at about 3:50 p.m. Two male perpetrators, both of whom remain at large, responded to an online advertisement that a male student had posted, according to the email. The perpetrators agreed to meet the student in front of Alabama so that he could sell them his old cell phone. However, the subjects snatched the cell phone as soon as the…
Emory Point Adds More Shops, Food Options
Students eager to sample new food options other than those on campus or located in Emory Village will now have even more choices at the Emory Point complex, which announced last week that it has signed on three more restaurants. Emory Point — located across from the Centers for Disease Control on Clifton Road — will add Burgerfi, a gourmet burger restaurant that also serves artisan beers and wines; Bonefish Grill, which will serve seafood and grilled foods; and Paradise Biryani Pointe, a restaurant that specializes in Indian, Persian and Middle Eastern cuisines. Besides these new additions, Emory Point will…
DUC to Suspend Late Night Next Month
Dobbs University Center’s (DUC) Dobbs Market, the main dining service on campus, will remove its Late Night dining option for four days in November, starting on the 12th and ending on the 15th. This temporary suspension will serve as a trial run for an initiative by the Food Advisory Committee at Emory (FACE). In addition, the DUC will remain open until 10 p.m., two hours later than its current closing time of 8 p.m., in order to accommodate students who would have otherwise gone to Late Night. Depending on student feedback after this trial, the DUC may choose to permanently…
Emory Student Robbed at Gunpoint
A male Emory student was the victim of a robbery in the Emory Village area Sunday morning, according to a Sept. 30 University public safety notice. The incident took place at approximately 12:40 a.m. as the victim was walking through an alleyway between businesses in the Village. According to the public safety notice, he was accosted by five males who exited a parked vehicle and approached him. One of the five male subjects had a handgun, which he pointed at the victim before taking his backpack. According to the public safety notice, the victim was unharmed except for bruises on…
College to End Fiscal Year 2013 With Balanced Budget
University administrators expect the College to end this fiscal year with a balanced budget, marking the first time since 2008 that it has not emerged with a deficit. In the past, the College used money from its reserve accounts to cover any deficits it incurred in a particular year. The College placed excess funds from any year it had a budget surplus into this account, which held approximately $9 million in 2008. In an interview with the Wheel, Michael Mandl, the executive vice president for finance and administration, remarked that the College has not had a budget surplus for the…
Graduate Students Host Rally in Protest
When Otto Lenhart opened his email last Friday morning, he saw a message he thought was so bizarre that it had to be a joke. The email — sent by Elena Pesavento, chair of the economics department — said the University planned to suspend the graduate economics program. For Lenhart, who had started his second year of studies in the program just a few weeks before, this news came as a total shock. According to Lenhart, the graduate program in economics had improved its reputation significantly during the last five years. “A week ago, they announced that we had [our]…
Emory Named in Top 25 Colleges for LGBTQ Life
On any typical afternoon at Emory University, the campus is rife with students relaxing in between classes and meetings – chatting with friends or squeezing in quality time with significant others to relieve stress during an otherwise hectic day. As a third-year graduate student in the Laney Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Karen McCarthy normally has a fairly busy schedule. However, she spends the majority of whatever free time she has on campus with her girlfriend. “[My girlfriend and I] hold hands and kiss goodbye and all of that other sappy stuff people who are crazy for each other…
