O dear gd.... (Read this my fellow Applicants)

Tenacious_J · November 9, 2004, 7:20pm

This is an article from the Emory Wheel which displays just how spoiled many Emory students are (I especially love the quote at the end):

Emory fashionistas make mall trips a way of living

College sophomore Nich Ferguson looks through a closet of expensive clothing. The last time he went shopping, Ferguson spent $1,500. --Lydia Feinstein/Photography Editor 
By Chris Megerian and Catherine Eclavea
Executive Staff Writers
November 09, 2004

When College freshman Christine Henderson arrived on campus, she said one of the first things that caught her eye was that almost every girl seemed to be wearing tight black lounge pants.

She wasted little time in picking up a pair of her own.

Emory students place a high emphasis on not only looking nice, but also the type, brand and price of clothing.

Henderson said there is definitely a push to dress a certain way.

The places Emory students come from are cosmopolitan, well-off areas, Henderson said. When people are wealthy, they want to flaunt their money more.

Last time he went shopping, College sophomore Nick Ferguson said he spent about $1,500.

College freshman Jenna Backman described the campus fashion scene as a sort of passive competition.

Backman said she shops for clothes almost every other week, usually spending an average of $200 to $500 a trip at malls in the area.

Backman she recently spent approximately $600 at Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus and J. Crew.

Its like a bad habit Ive gotten into, Backman said.

Many Emory students consider clothing to be an important part of social life.

College sophomore Leslie Nielsen said girls spend a lot on clothes, especially jeans.

The average girl on campus wears Seven jeans, which cost about $150 a pair, Nielsen said. To most people here, its not a lot of money.

When asked whether or not students spend a lot of money on jeans, College sophomore Maya Silberman replied, It depends if you want status jeans.

College sophomores Erica Boutte and Jason Fisk both said they spend a lot of money on clothing, often upwards of $1,000 in a short amount of time.

In the last three months, Ive spent about $1,500, Boutte said.

Some students said they dont worry about spending $400 on velvet jackets or $250 on Armani jeans.

I dont look at prices. I just charge, Fisk said. My mom pays for everything.

But Fisk said he thinks the price is worth it.

I gotta keep my California style, he said.

newabc · November 10, 2004, 1:32am

Ok, just to be clear…while there may be some people like that here at Emory, who have no problem spending the GDP of a small country on shopping over the course of a year, the majority of students are not like that. A counter-article to this one is in today’s Wheel also: it’s about students stealing things (food, flatware, plates) from the DUC. I’m proud to say that I know all of the people involved with that article :)

newabc · November 10, 2004, 1:35am

Like the DUC, only in your room: Theft of campus food escalates

By Rachel Zelkowitz
Staff Writer
November 09, 2004

College freshman Jason Haensly never has to worry about not having milk for his coffee. He simply brings a travel mug to the Dobbs University Center cafeteria and fills it at the milk dispenser, occasionally in front of DUC staff members.

They yell at me, he said. But [that] does not exactly stop me.

Students have been taking food, silverware and condiments from the DUC since the beginning of the year, and the problem has been escalating in recent months, several DUC staff members said.

Valerie Miles, operations manager of Sodexho at Emory, said she and her staff attempt to handle the situation by speaking to students when they witness them removing items.

We dont want to be perceived as the food police, she said. We explain the policies and procedures to the students, and most of the time, we dont get flak back.

One DUC manager, who asked to remain anonymous, said she regularly catches students stealing food or silverware.

Most of the time, the students steal fruit, she said.

I see students taking four, five, eight pieces of fruit and putting it in their bags, she said. Or guys come in with half gallon jugs and fill them up with milk or Powerade.

This pilfering has affected the financial situation of the dining center.

Miles said Sodexho budgets to replace silverware.

However, food theft affects the variety of foods offered at the DUC.

We could offer different things if people would go to the store for what they eat at home, the anonymous manager said.

Many staff members at the DUC said they often witness students removing food.

I see them take two plates and come back and take another, one staff worker said. Theres no way in the world theyre eating all that … leave some for other students.

Many students admitted to stealing from the DUC routinely.

Dave, a College freshman who asked that his last name not be used, said he has a collection of more than a dozen cups from the DUC in his room, as well as a complete set of silverware. Most students said they have no objection to the concept of students removing items from the DUC,

I dont look at it in terms of morals, Haensly said. I need stuff. Its there. Whether I eat it now or later, its not a big deal.

College senior Wendy Chow said she occasionally takes fruit or cookies from the DUC and does not see a problem with that.

I feel like its the same because I could just sit down and eat it, she said. If I were going to hoard it, that would be bad.

It is the official policy of the University that all food must be consumed at the DUC; however, the on-site manager said the staff allows students to remove one of any item, such as a piece of fruit or a sandwich. The managers say problems arise when students take excessive amounts of food.

EmoryStudent237 · November 22, 2004, 2:38pm

After this article was printed, there was a huuuuge response to it. We’ve had easily a dozen letters printed in the wheel in response to it. 
What it all comes down to is that some kids do it, and most kids don’t. It’s just like high school. Don’t think anything of it.

stgr11 · November 22, 2004, 3:58pm

well i’m not a student at emory but i applied for the scholars program. Anyways, when i was staying at emory a few weeks ago visiting friends i was at the nearby lennox mall and it did seem like a lot of students from emory were there shopping and spending tons of money and a lot of the people i met said that they were pretty well off, but no one seemed very stuck up or snobby about it. Everyone was very nice and no one I met tried to be showy about how much money they had. Also, i met a bunch of people who were average middle class kids like me. As for the stealing from the DUC, it absolutely goes on as far as i’ve seen. A lot of people had dishes from the DUC but i didnt see anyone stealing food.

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