Spanish grad students reject suspension
In an open letter, grad students and alumni of the PhD program voice their shock at the Dean’s actions. Note the discrepancy between their report and that of the Chair, who has claimed the department...
View ArticleFighting racism, sexism in tenure decisions
In the midst of what looks, from the restricted vantage point of students and faculty, like a disproportionate attack on Emory’s African-American students and faculty, women faculty, and other...
View ArticleWatch: Channel 2 interviews
Thanks to Mael and Jonathan (of the #EmoryCuts YouTube channel) for preserving this video. The text of the segment is still here.
View ArticleWagner praises Three-Fifths Compromise
Adding to a growing pile of public embarrassments for Emory, President Wagner’s column in the latest Emory Magazine (the glossy publication received by 114,000 alumni) holds up the 1787 Three-Fifths...
View ArticleWags’ gaffe immortalized
Emory student Kwame Phillips delivers the headline news: Those eyes!
View ArticleWags goes viral
Looks like our dear president’s gaffe got the Twitterverse buzzing… [View the story "Wagner's gaffe" on Storify] [View the story "Slavery 'Compromise' As Model for University Governance" on Storify]...
View ArticleVital upcoming events
Emory students are setting the agenda once more, with characteristic passion and creativity. These two events next week promise to be far more inspiring than anything that comes out of the PR machine....
View ArticleNo oversight: Fact sheet on race at Emory
Whether you’re new to the controversies at Emory or just want a refresher, the SRC has prepared a fact sheet on racial representation at the university, the devastating effects the cuts are having on...
View ArticleSurprise SCLC protest draws media attention
The Black Student Alliance, Black Star, Change@Emory, the SRC, and faculty supporters staged a silent protest at the lavish launch party for And the Struggle Continues: The Southern Christian...
View ArticleIn the “ironies” column
I hear the voice of President Wagner as he repeatedly references me by name in his statements. I hear his final sentence in ways that I never did out of all the times I’ve previously read it: ‘It is...
View ArticleRally Against Racism forges connections
Anger, a desire for communication, and some tentative optimism were in store tonight, as students, faculty members, and administrators (Dean Forman and VP Gary Hauk mingled with the crowd) gathered for...
View ArticleNavyug’s speech on the racialization of the cuts
Here is the text of Navyug’s speech on behalf of the SRC at the Rally Against Racism last night. There is a problem here at Emory. What brought all of us together today is what appears to be only the...
View ArticlePsychology faculty, Open Door members denounce Wagner
Nine faculty members in the psychology department have published an open letter to the Board of Trustees in the Wheel. They write of the “shadow of racism” cast over Emory by Wagner’s statement and...
View ArticleILA faculty join critics
“For us in the ILA, President Wagner’s ill-chosen “Three-Fifths Compromise” model has a clear and direct tie to the cuts in academic programs announced last fall. These decisions, in violation of...
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