The Emory Whig has billed itself as a platform for free and open expression, but it shouldn’t be afforded much space within Emory’s marketplace of ideas. Why? Not because the paper promotes controversial ideas, but because it does so ineffectively. The paper embraces hyperbole for hyperbole’s sake, which undermines the conversations it purportedly aims to [...]
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Mary Norris’ “Greek to Me,” was released in April 2019/Isaiah Sirois, Managing Editor Under a vaulted ceiling, where an ochre cross hung above the well-polished wooden sanctuary, writer and editor Mary Norris joked with her audience about dodging the advances of Cypriot men to skinny-dip in the Baths of Aphrodite. “This is a church — [...]
Read MoreClick here for answers! Across 1. The Wheel’s message to seniors. 4. Second-in-command of College Council. 8. Slang; late-night pizza joint. 12. K-Pop band: “Ace of Angels,” “Miniskirt.” 13. Milk’s favorite cookie. 14. “___ __ my defense.” 15. Conjunction; except. 16. Marx, Lagerfeld. 17. Picture. 18. Commencement speaker. 22. Pro-Democrat Daily. 23. Graduate school standardized [...]
Read MoreActors on stage before "The Tatischeff Cafe" debuts/Courtesy Ann Watson of Emory Photo and Video. Professor of Theater Studies John Ammerman sits at a table during rehearsals for “The Tatischeff Cafe.” In character, he places a small bag on top of the table, leaning a photograph of Marilyn Monroe against it. But it’s not quite [...]
Read MoreThe next time you’re at death’s door while cramming in the Robert W. Woodruff Library, you may want to reconsider ordering that $4 blast of caffeine from Peet’s Coffee. The coffee chain’s controlling shareholders once profited from forced labor in Nazi Germany, according to a report by the German newspaper Bild. And until the company [...]
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