The Emory Police Department (EPD) used or threatened to use force 24 times within the last five years, a report of EPD use-of-force statistics and demographic data obtained by the Wheel on Tuesday found. Three of these instances involved students. The data, sent by Vice President of Communications Nancy Seideman, revealed EPD threatened 16 subjects [...]
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In response to federal regulations that decrease the jurisdiction of Title IX departments in higher education, Emory revised its Sex and Gender-Based Harassment and Discrimination Policy to include a prohibited conduct process that offers similar services to survivors while complying with new guidelines. These changes went into effect on Aug. 14. The new federal guidelines, [...]
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After navigating months of tumultuous COVID-19 updates, students returned to Emory campuses ready to make friends, start classes and regain a sense of normalcy. But less than two weeks into the school year, numerous resident advisors (RA) are exasperated: students blatantly ignore safety regulations and RAs are unprepared to enforce them. “Folks seem to be [...]
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Fourteen out of 8,527 students, faculty and staff tested positive between Aug. 1 and Aug. 18./Caelan Bailey, Contributing Emory administrators wrote in an Aug. 20 email to faculty and staff that 10 students and four faculty and staff members tested positive for COVID-19 out of 8,527 administered tests, a 0.16% positivity rate. Testing occurred between [...]
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University President Greg Fenves emailed students on Aug. 13 with an outline of plans to address renewed demands from the Coalition of Black Organizations and Clubs./Photo Courtesy of UT Austin University President Greg Fenves discussed fall contingency plans and Black student demands in his first interview with the Wheel on Aug. 13. Fenves succeeded former [...]
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