The Emory Wheel
| Type | Student newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | University-affiliated |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia United States |
| Website | www.emorywheel.com |
The Emory Wheel is the student-run newspaper of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The Wheel is published twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday, during the regular school year, and is updated regularly at its website. The sections of the Wheel include News, Editorials, Sports, Student Life, Arts & Entertainment and, formerly, The Hub, an award-winning quarterly magazine founded in 2005. Serving the Emory community since 1919, the Wheel is editorially and financially independent from the University. The staff is composed entirely of students, with the exception of the general manager, who oversees advertising and whose salary is paid by the newspaper. The Wheel offices are currently located in the Dobbs University Center.
The Wheel's editor-in-chief is Dustin Slade. The executive editors are is Rupsha Basu and Karishma Mehrotra, the managing editor is Zak Hudak and the Executive Digital Editor is Stephen Fowler.
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History
Origins
The Emory Wheel began in 1919 as a weekly newspaper with its offices located in the journalism department. The name is wordplay on an emery wheel, a sharpening device. An editorial published in the first issue of The Wheel explains that the newspaper will strive to sharpen the intellect of the University community. The newspaper, initially chartered by the Student Government Association, was originally meant to promote Emory's varsity level athletics and successfully lobbied to create an Emory track team.
Controversies
In the spring of 1970, a schism developed on the staff of the Wheel over the disputed election of Steve Johnson as editor. At that time the Wheel was being published twice a week. A competing newspaper was created, The Emory New Times. Both student newspapers were then published once weekly. J. Randolph Bugg, the losing candidate in the election for Wheel Editor, became the first editor of the New Times. After several years (and the graduation of all the aggrieved parties), the newspapers merged. For a while the publication was known as The Emory Wheel and New Times.
In October 2005, Wheel General Manager Eileen Smith of seven years[1] resigned amid controversy and animosity between the Wheel staff members and the University's Division of Campus Life. The Wheel Editorial Board maintained that Smith was pressured to resign by disapproving Campus Life administrators — a violation of the newspaper's independence from the University. Campus Life declined to comment. Smith signed an agreement not to discuss her resignation.
Circulation and distribution
The Emory Wheel prints 5,500 copies of the paper that are distributed throughout the main campus and surrounding areas.[2] The newspaper's website, emorywheel.com, has all content available for free, including downloadable PDFs of the paper copies.
References
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