The Emory Wheel

Emory University is increasing undergraduate tuition from $59,920 to $63,400 — a 5.8% increase — for the 2024-25 academic year. The total cost of undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board is increasing by 5.9% from $79,054 to $83,715, according to a March 7 press release.

The Board of Trustees signed off on the increase in accordance with recommendations from University President Gregory Fenves.

This year’s tuition increase is greater than recent years, following a pattern of increasingly-large tuition mark-ups that began in 2022. Last year, Emory increased tuition by 4.9% for the 2023-24 academic year, following a 4.5% increase for the 2022-23 academic year and a 3% increase for the 2021-22 academic year. The Board of Trustees voted against changing tuition for the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but previously planned to increase the price by 4%.

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Story by Matthew Chupack, Madi Olivier and Jack Rutherford. Photo by Ally Hom.

The Wheel’s Editorial Board presents endorsements for the 2024 Student Government Association (), College Council () and BBA Council () elections. Voting takes place from Feb. 27 to March 1.

For SGA, the Editorial Board does not endorse any candidate for president and Pranay Mamileti for vice president.

For OxSGA, the Editorial Board does not endorse any candidate for president and Chase Wallace for vice president.

For CC, the Editorial Board endorses Jannat Khan for president and Finn Johnston for CC vice president.

For BBA, the Editorial Board endorses Agha Haider for president.

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The endorsements represent the majority opinion of the Editorial Board and Opinion Editor. Members with conflicts of interest have recused themselves from those respective endorsements.

On the fourth floor of the Alumni Memorial University Center, a flier-plastered door creaks open to reveal Emory University’s student-run radio station. WMRE’s pink walls are crowded with homemade decor. Newly-installed disco balls rest on the audio-mixer, and the room bursts with color under LED lights. The new decorations revamp the space, ushering in the next era of WMRE.

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the station’s members to haphazardly abandon the room, leaving a mess for the next generation to clean up. WMRE General Manager Ruby Stillman (24C) said the former students left the “on-air” light on when they were forced to leave campus. The light burned for a year straight, waiting for WMRE’s uncertain return.

Stillman and WMRE Assistant General Manager Oli Turner (25C) spearheaded the wholescale reinvigoration of the organization. The club began working to reestablish their on-campus presence in August 2023, according to WMRE Zine co-Manager Klara Nitsche (24C). She explained that their goal is to carve out a new space for alternative groups of students and foster a community of acceptance.

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Story and photo by Catherine Goodman.