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The Emory Wheel Emory's only independent news source, student run & written since 1919. The Emory Wheel is Emory University's only independent student-run newspaper.

The Wheel has been serving the Emory community since 1919. Today, the Wheel publishes content online daily and produces a once a week print edition that highlights the most important stories of the week.

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06/06/2025

The Emory Wheel is now offering print delivery! Visit us at emorywheel.com/page/subscriptions to learn more.

For the first time, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) awarded The Emory Wheel the 2024 national Corbin Gwalt...
05/24/2025

For the first time, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) awarded The Emory Wheel the 2024 national Corbin Gwaltney Award for Best All-Around Student Newspaper in the “small” university division on May 19. The Wheel also won a national award for breaking news photography and four Region 3 Mark of Excellence awards in the Feature Writing, Editorial/Opinion Writing, General Column Writing and Breaking News Photography categories. Additionally, The Wheel finished as a finalist in the General News Reporting and Photo Essay/Slideshow categories.

The SPJ is an organization that promotes the free exchange of ideas through journalism. Aside from annual accolades recognizing outstanding professional and student media, the SPJ provides educational opportunities and initiatives that promote First Amendment rights. Region 3 consists of Universities from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, South Carolina and the United States Virgin Islands.

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Story by Jerry Sun.

Graduate distance runner Brigid Hanley’s journey as an athlete has been an unrelenting test of resilience. Hanley began ...
04/07/2024

Graduate distance runner Brigid Hanley’s journey as an athlete has been an unrelenting test of resilience. 

Hanley began her athletic journey in her freshman year of high school at La Salle Catholic College Preparatory (Ore.), where she joined the cross country team as a freshman. She was not planning to run during the track and field season until her coach told her that school rules stated she had to compete in both sports. Hanley said she enjoyed the additional season anyway because of her love for running.

“It’s really social honestly,” Hanley said. “You get to be outside every day … and you get a lot of time to talk with your friends and hang out with them.”

Early in her college career, Hanley was focused on learning in the classroom and getting faster on the track. However, her path to the finish line took an unexpected turn when she was diagnosed with cancer.

Hanley had to take multiple seasons off from competing to battle the illness, causing her to miss all her outdoor track seasons at Arizona, but she still ran when she could during her time in treatment. She said running helped her get through hard days of doctor’s appointments and treatment sessions.

“When you have any type of chronic illness, but especially cancer, you become a patient and not a person,” Hanley said. “Your life is full of doctor’s appointments. It revolves around your illness, people treat you like you’re your illness, they don’t treat you like a person. So I think for me too, running was a way to kind of keep my identity.”

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Story by Misha Gupta. Photo courtesy of Brigid Hanley.

Rapper Flo Milli will headline this year’s Dooley’s Week concert on April 5, with dance pop duo Icona Pop serving as the...
03/27/2024

Rapper Flo Milli will headline this year’s Dooley’s Week concert on April 5, with dance pop duo Icona Pop serving as the concert’s opener. As with previous years, the concert will take place on McDonough Field and doors will open at 6 p.m.

Student Programming Council (SPC) announced the lineup to Emory University students today at Wonderful Wednesday.

SPC’s band party chairs, Sean Sheikowitz (24C), Minna Thompson (24B) and Brendt Wang (23C), organized the event, according to SPC co-President Anna Sotirescu (24C). The band chairs wrote in an email to The Emory Wheel that this is the first time the concert will feature a female headliner.

“We felt like it had been long overdue, and we’re so proud to present a historic first all-female show,” Thompson wrote.

Like last semester, SPC will not sell guest passes for the concert. The Student Involvement, Leadership, and Transitions office made this decision to promote the safety and well-being of the student body.

According to the band party chairs, Icona Pop will bring “throwbacks and rhythmic house beats” before Flo Milli takes the stage.

“We anticipate a dynamic atmosphere because our artists cover a huge range of styles and appeal to a large audience,” Thompson wrote.

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Story by Lauren Yee. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Emory University is increasing undergraduate tuition from $59,920 to $63,400 — a 5.8% increase — for the 2024-25 academi...
03/07/2024

Emory University is increasing undergraduate tuition from $59,920 to $63,400 — a 5.8% increase — for the 2024-25 academic year. The total cost of undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board is increasing by 5.9% from $79,054 to $83,715, according to a March 7 press release.

The Board of Trustees signed off on the increase in accordance with recommendations from University President Gregory Fenves.

This year’s tuition increase is greater than recent years, following a pattern of increasingly-large tuition mark-ups that began in 2022. Last year, Emory increased tuition by 4.9% for the 2023-24 academic year, following a 4.5% increase for the 2022-23 academic year and a 3% increase for the 2021-22 academic year. The Board of Trustees voted against changing tuition for the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but previously planned to increase the price by 4%.

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Story by Matthew Chupack, Madi Olivier and Jack Rutherford. Photo by Ally Hom.

“An earlier draft of the SGA presidential candidate endorsement article included allegations that candidate Abigail Dubi...
02/29/2024

“An earlier draft of the SGA presidential candidate endorsement article included allegations that candidate Abigail Dubinski (25B) had actively suppressed student voices and withheld resources from students in her role as SGA vice president. A portion of this earlier draft, including these allegations, was posted on the anonymous social media site Fizz on Feb. 27.

The published article did not include these claims against Dubinski, as we, the Wheel’s editors-in-chief, felt we did not have enough information to corroborate these allegations as of publication time. Under any circumstance, the Wheel is committed to ensuring that our coverage is fair, accurate and trustworthy. We have a high standard for substantiating claims. To corroborate allegations, the Wheel requires documented evidence or multiple sources who can attest to the same claim. Additionally, it is the Wheel’s standard to allow individuals or groups to respond to allegations that are made against them.

Additionally, we would like to address a factual inaccuracy in the Editorial Board’s SGA presidential endorsement. In the article, the Board advised that Dubinski and her opponent, Jayden Davis (25B), issue statements explicitly addressing their stance on the University’s open expression policy and the on-campus political division related to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Today, SGA’s Chair of the Elections Board Luxe Langmade (22Ox, 24C) informed us that candidates are not able to issue additional campaign statements or revise their platforms at this point in the election process, as all such statements had to have been approved by the Elections Board before voting commenced. We published the article less than 20 minutes before the voting period began, making this an impossible request of the candidates. Editors involved in reviewing the piece were not aware of this rule. Therefore the Editorial Board’s opinion has been updated to reflect this new information.”

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Letter by Matthew Chupack and Sarah Davis.

The Wheel’s Editorial Board presents endorsements for the 2024 Student Government Association (), College Council () and...
02/28/2024

The Wheel’s Editorial Board presents endorsements for the 2024 Student Government Association (), College Council () and BBA Council () elections. Voting takes place from Feb. 27 to March 1.

For SGA, the Editorial Board does not endorse any candidate for president and Pranay Mamileti for vice president.

For OxSGA, the Editorial Board does not endorse any candidate for president and Chase Wallace for vice president.

For CC, the Editorial Board endorses Jannat Khan for president and Finn Johnston for CC vice president.

For BBA, the Editorial Board endorses Agha Haider for president.

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The endorsements represent the majority opinion of the Editorial Board and Opinion Editor. Members with conflicts of interest have recused themselves from those respective endorsements.

On the fourth floor of the Alumni Memorial University Center, a flier-plastered door creaks open to reveal Emory Univers...
01/27/2024

On the fourth floor of the Alumni Memorial University Center, a flier-plastered door creaks open to reveal Emory University’s student-run radio station. WMRE’s pink walls are crowded with homemade decor. Newly-installed disco balls rest on the audio-mixer, and the room bursts with color under LED lights. The new decorations revamp the space, ushering in the next era of WMRE.

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the station’s members to haphazardly abandon the room, leaving a mess for the next generation to clean up. WMRE General Manager Ruby Stillman (24C) said the former students left the “on-air” light on when they were forced to leave campus. The light burned for a year straight, waiting for WMRE’s uncertain return.

Stillman and WMRE Assistant General Manager Oli Turner (25C) spearheaded the wholescale reinvigoration of the organization. The club began working to reestablish their on-campus presence in August 2023, according to WMRE Zine co-Manager Klara Nitsche (24C). She explained that their goal is to carve out a new space for alternative groups of students and foster a community of acceptance.

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Story and photo by Catherine Goodman.

Emory University’s 2023 was marked by moments of unity and division. The University debuted new identity spaces and stre...
01/01/2024

Emory University’s 2023 was marked by moments of unity and division. The University debuted new identity spaces and strengthened its partnership with the College of the Muscogee Nation, while campus protests and demonstrations related to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center created friction within the Emory community. Administrative changes also shaped life on campus, with the introduction of a campus life dean and new leaders for the Emory College of Arts and Sciences and Oxford College. 

The Emory Wheel has compiled 23 of the many stories that defined this year at Emory.

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Story compiled by Matthew Chupack, Sarah Davis, Madi Olivier and Spencer Friedland. Photo by Tiffany Namkung.

12/07/2023

Emory Arts, The Hatchery and Fashion Design Studio hosted the inaugural Emory Fashion Show and Networking Gala on Nov. 30. The event was open to all members of the Emory University community.

Video by Grace Li.

Danielle LeSure (02C) had never heard of the hammer throw event before college. Today, she holds a 21-year-old program r...
12/07/2023

Danielle LeSure (02C) had never heard of the hammer throw event before college. Today, she holds a 21-year-old program record for the hammer throw at 52.5 meters in addition to eight of the top 10 farthest throws in program history.

Hundreds of athletes across 19 varsity sports have written their names in Emory University’s record books. However, few records have remained unbroken for decades. The Emory Wheel spoke with two long-standing record holders about their journey to Emory and the legacy they have left on the University.

LeSure initially tried out for track and field in high school because everyone was guaranteed a spot on the team. On the first day of practice, she began training for the track events, but almost immediately, her workout morphed from running into jogging and then power walking. Looking for an alternative, LeSure’s high school coaches introduced her to throwing. There, she discovered her love for discus and shotput. The hammer throw was not allowed at LeSure’s high school because it was deemed too dangerous, but her coaches at Emory told her that since she was explosive with a discus, she could replicate that with a hammer.

Derrick Beare (82Ox, 84B), another Emory Hall of Fame inductee, also has a lasting legacy in Emory athletics. His men’s soccer record of 25 goals in a single season has remained standing for nearly 40 years. The South-African-born striker was finishing his secondary school in London when he received a call from former Oxford College Men’s Soccer Head Coach Richard Chappell to join the team for two years. During his time at Oxford, the team was nationally ranked and featured players from “all over the world,” he said.

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Story by Sasha Melamud and Madeline Shapiro. Photo by Natalie Sandlow.

The struggles that Savannah Soto (26C), a first-generation student from Las Vegas studying film and media with a minor i...
12/06/2023

The struggles that Savannah Soto (26C), a first-generation student from Las Vegas studying film and media with a minor in theater studies, has endured as an Emory student — food insecurity, balancing a work schedule, family obligations and medical bills — are threads that tie many Emory students together. Even when students aren’t experiencing immediate financial insecurity, that weight is replaced with academic stress, exhaustion and social anxieties. And yet, students have found a way to use their shared struggle to weave community around them.

Sometimes, that feeling of community originates from student or campus-run initiatives, like Students for Students or Empowering First.

“If we can extend our care to others, to see ourselves in others, then there’s more of a willingness, more of a connection there to think about providing aid and to think about caring for others,” Raya Islam (24C), vice president and research committee head of Students for Students, said regarding Students for Students’ vision for a campus community knitted together through unity across socioeconomic statuses.

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Story by Sophie Reiss. Photo by Hannah Xu.

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