The Emory Wheel

“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.”

Click the link in our bio to read the full letter from the editors.

Letter by Matthew Chupack and Sarah Davis.

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.

Click the link in our bio or pick up a copy of The Hub to read the full article.

Story by Sophie Reiss. Photo by Hannah Xu.