Spencer Friedland

Jan 23, 2025 | emorywheel.com | Spencer Friedland

After months of discussion and controversy, the Emory University Senate’s Committee for Open Expression drafted a new Respect for Open Expression Policy. The proposal advocates for strengthening the First Amendment standard, which would clarify what speech is allowed on campus, ensure the free speech rights of the Emory community and help the University “resist” groups that attempt to “stifle speech.”The current open expression policy already endorses the First Amendment standard.

Jan 23, 2025 | emorywheel.com | Spencer Friedland

The swan song is drawing near for the NBA’s glorious king, 40-year-old Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, leaving the association with an uncertain future. James, alongside Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant and Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry, led the NBA to an unprecedented media rights deal earlier this year — yet despite this, the NBA is in a ratings crisis.

Jan 16, 2025 | emorywheel.com | Spencer Friedland

Emory University’s Atlanta campus has entered its second day under a boil water advisory after a water main break occurred on Clairmont Road in Brookhaven, Ga. on Jan. 14. The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management announced the advisory for campus on the morning of Jan. 15, prompting the University to provide water at the Emory Student Center second floor commons, the Student Activities and Academic Center lobby and the Woodruff Residential Center.

Jan 8, 2025 | emorywheel.com | Spencer Friedland |Jack Rutherford |Jacob Muscolino

To most students at Emory University, the 36 members of the Board of Trustees remain unknown — the average student could not name more than a few of the members, must less say they have met them. But these individuals make up the most powerful deliberative body at the University, and the decisions they make behind closed doors reverberate throughout campus for years.

Dec 31, 2024 | emorywheel.com | Spencer Friedland |Clement M. Lee |Hilary Barkey |Alya Khoury

By Spencer FriedlandJan. 24Emory University settled a financial aid price-fixing lawsuit for $18.5 million in January, according to a legal brief obtained by The Emory Wheel. The lawsuit argues that 17 private elite universities, including Emory, were involved in the 568 Presidents Group, which was formed in 1998 and required all involved institutions to practice need-blind admissions.