The No. 9 Florida men’s tennis team swept the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge on Sunday 7-0 to give coach Bryan Shelton his 100th win at UF.

The Environmental Core hosted the “Do Better” rally at Tommy Trojan Friday asking the University to increase its efforts regarding sustainability.

The Environmental Core hosted a rally Friday calling for increased sustainability on campus. Students chanted phrases like “Hey Nikias, buy a Prius,” and waved signs with similar messages. Autria Mashian | Daily Trojan

ECore, one of USC’s student clubs focused on environmental advocacy, called for President C. L. Max Nikias to sign a commitment to sustainability on campus.

Dozens of students rallied for two hours, chanting phrases like “Hey Nikias, buy a Prius” and “High tuition, no green ambitions, all we have is hella emissions.” The ralliers marched around campus and walked onto USC Village, where they spotted Nikias and followed him.

Nikias left USC Village and the ralliers were asked to leave by USC Department of Public Safety.

The club also set up a table at Tommy Trojan, where they asked passersby to sign a petition urging Nikias to sign the Second Nature Presidents’ Climate Commitment, which promotes sustainable living on campus. The club sent Nikias a letter asking him to sign it.

Nearly 600 universities have signed the commitment and reported on their sustainability, including New York University, California State schools and the University of California system.

ECore director Tianna Shaw-Wakeman said Nikias signing would hold the University accountable.

“[The commitment] has increments for different years so if he signs it, it’s not something that doesn’t have any teeth,” Shaw-Wakeman said. “This is something that’s long term and it’s also something that students can stay a part of.”

However, Mark Ewalt, the executive director of administrative operations for USC, said some of the points in the letter sent to Nikias are already included in sustainability plans and said that the University has made an effort to increase sustainability with the Sustainability 2020 plan and Sustainability 2030 proposal.

The Sustainability 2020 plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent from the levels in 2014, as well as decrease potable water use by 10 percent in 2020.

The last update for the plan came last April and showed funding approved for several projects. The Sustainability 2030 proposal was prepared by the Academic Senate Sustainability Committee Task Force and calls for a “zero-waste” campus and reducing water usage by 50 percent, among other goals.

Undergraduate Student Government Sustainability Advocacy Director Philine Qian said the rally was a strategic shift for the club. After winning a few smaller victories, such as the removal of plastic straws from dining halls earlier this month, Qian said students can only do so much in terms of sustainability.

“It’s more effective for us to rally together for a bigger long-term goal,” Qian said. “Students shouldn’t have the responsibility and the pressure and the stress of coming up with creative ways for the University to reduce their carbon, water and waste footprint.”

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The Seattle-based indie rock band Car Seat Headrest made a stop in Eugene Friday night for a sold-out show at WOW Hall. The tour was in support of the band’s most recent album, “Twin Fantasy (Face to Face).” Fellow Seattle band Naked Giants provided an opening set and also joined Car Seat Headrest on stage later in the night to provide extra instrumentation.

The venue was nearly full by the time Naked Giants took the stage, shortly after 9 p.m. During its opening set, the three-piece band performed songs from its recently released debut LP “SLUFF.” The performance featured a mix of vigorous, jam-heavy garage rock with healthy doses of psychedelic rock thrown in here and there.

Naked Giants guitarist Grant Mullen enjoys a solo. Car Seat Headrest and Naked Giants perform at WOW Hall in Eugene, Ore. on Apr. 6, 2018. (Natalie Waitt-Gibson/Emerald)

A song entitled “TV” — a high point of the band’s set — started out with a stilted guitar riff that gradually expanded into changing tempos and a drawn-out, overdriven jam. One of the band’s more upbeat tracks, “Everybody Thinks They Know (But Nobody Really Knows),” also drew some enthusiastic audience participation during the chorus after the bass player, Gianni Aiello, prompted the crowd to sing along.

Midway through the set, Naked Giants made a joke calling out an audience member as the son of Steve Miller. The band then proceeded to play a cover of the Steve Miller Band classic “Rockin’ Me.” The last song of the set also featured an extended solo from drummer Henry LaVallee. The entire performance lasted around 45 minutes.

After some brief soundchecks and stage rearrangements, Will Toledo — the bandleader and mastermind behind Car Seat Headrest — took the stage. With the added members of Naked Giants on keyboard, percussion and guitar, the live band totaled in at seven people, creating a filled-out sound for the opening song of the set, “Famous Prophets (Stars).”

For a large part of the show, Car Seat Headrest played songs from the recently re-recorded and reimagined cult album, “Twin Fantasy,” which Toledo originally crafted on his laptop back in 2011. These included favorites such as “Beach Life-In-Death” and “Sober to Death,” the latter of which featured a comical, slowed down intro as the band waited for Naked Giants guitarist Grant Mullen to tune after breaking a string.

Car Seat Headrest guitarist Ethan Ives takes over lead vocals. Car Seat Headrest and Naked Giants perform at WOW Hall in Eugene, Ore. on Apr. 6, 2018. (Natalie Waitt-Gibson/Emerald)

More popular tracks from the 2016 album “Teens of Denial” also made their way into the setlist. The energetic “Destroyed By Hippie Powers” and emotional “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales” were some of the most well-received songs of the night, as was “Fill in the Blank,” which featured an altered guitar part in its intro.

Toledo forewent his usual electric guitar for the concert, choosing only to sing and occasionally play the maracas. Shortly into the set, he mentioned to the crowd that he was sick, but still in a good mood. Throughout the night, his stage presence reflected this willingness to perform. Toledo gave a confident vocal performance along with his music, fully realized for the stage.

Near the end of the night, drummer Andrew Katz made sure to give some praise to Eugene, his own hometown. Both Katz and Toledo expressed their love for the crowd.

After a finishing a solid main set, Car Seat Headrest came back on stage for a one-song encore: a performance of “Nervous Young Inhumans.” Toledo gave a wave and walked off stage after the song’s spoken-word outro. After carrying out the instrumental for a while longer, the rest of the band brought the song, as well as the hour-and-a-half concert, to a close.

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Welcome back to another episode of “The Challenge: Vendettas”! We are entering finale territory and this season could not end faster, in my opinion. There are eight competitors left vying for fame, Instagram followers, and sometimes, money. The women left in the “The Challenge” are fan favorites Cara Maria and rookie Kam, along with “The Real World” veterans Kailah and Nicole. On the guy’s side, its three former “Real World” cast members, Tony, Zach and Leroy, along with U.K rookie and Cara’s bunk buddy, Kyle. However, T.J Lavin makes it known that after part one: Gender doesn’t matter. The top three finalists will be the winners.

The fallout from the previous week was minimized but entertaining nonetheless. Leroy is still pissed at Tony for his decision to save Kyle and send Leroy into the elimination ring with Brad. He said the worst part was Tony not giving him the heads up and refuses to revoke his claim that Tony is, in fact, a bitch. Talks like a bitch, walks like a bitch, Tony has made yet another vendetta. Speaking of vendettas, apparently Leroy is Zach’s! After a long awaited reveal, Zach said that Leroy was his vendetta from a past season. This was mysteriously revealed in the latest episode; for whatever reason. On the flip side, Leroy and Cara Maria are on good terms as Cara actually told him that she was saving her boo thang, roughly five minutes before the elimination.

Finally it was time for the Finale: Part 1. Starting at Kost Castle of Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic, our young participants gathered around to endure the supposed hardest finale ever; no more preposterous word could have been spoken. That was the biggest lie T.J Lavin has spewed since calling Tori a champion. Part 1 was a mile and half obstacle course with a dash of medieval physical hindrances. At each checkpoint, the cast had to don a particular garment, such as shackles or a full metal armour, and then compete in various barriers. Nicole gives up pretty early in the game, due to a sprained ankle. She spent a sufficient amount of time crying on the ground and shaking her head. With Nicole out of the running, Kailah, Kam and Cara Maria are competing to place top two, with Kailah falling behind. Midway through the course, there was a twist; each player had to challenge the eliminated Johnny Bananas or U.K’s Melissa in a game of high/low. Taking place in a dungeon, if they won then they were free to move on, however, if they lost, the eliminated castmate could choose to launch a grenade in their path. Unfortunately, Kam’s bad luck preceded as she was the only one face with a grenade. Kam went from second place for the girl’s to third. Melissa gave her the challenge of burying a log, before she could continue in the race. Leroy was, at a point, leading the pack, but was soon out ran by both Kyle and Zach. As the competitors reach the finish line, it was revealed that Zach, Kyle, Kailah and Cara Maria with be the four to compete in the Finale: Part 2.

With that, “Tony Time” has finally come to an end. He has no chance of winning this season, and with Tony’s past treachery, he is guaranteed to never win one in the future. Also, Kam will be the Rookie of The Year indefinitely. That wraps up Episode 14 of “MTV’s The Challenge: Vendettas,” you can tune in every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. and then read my take on the season here at the Niner Times!

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Mehul Bhagat (18C) was selected as the 2018 class orator for the May 14 Emory College of Arts and Sciences diploma ceremony and Wei Wei Chen (18C) will receive the Lucius Lamar McMullan Award, according to Assistant Dean of the Office for Undergraduate Education Jason Ciejka.

Bhagat, an economics major and English minor, will be the only student to speak at the ceremony.

A committee of College seniors, faculty members and administrators selected Bhagat, Ciejka wrote in an April 5 email to the Wheel.

Mehul Bhagat
Photo courtesy of Mehul Bhagat

Bhagat, a Woodruff scholar, played the saxophone in the Emory Jazz Ensemble and served as a fellow in the Emory Scholars Program. He works as an entrepreneur-in-residence at The New School, an Atlanta high school. Bhagat was also the team leader of an entrepreneurial group that became a finalist in the Hult Prize competition in 2015, and he developed an app Mystro that allows high school students to find college student tutors. The student’s poetry has received the 2015 Adroit Prize for Poetry and appeared in the Adroit Journal.

Bhagat said that he is also currently working to develop ways to redesign plastics that are more sustainable and said that he will continue to work on this project after graduation.

Bhagat said that he plans to reflect on his Emory experience during his speech.

“I thought it would be a really good opportunity to be able to reflect on our time at Emory and also to share stories that bind us together,” Bhagat said. “I want to reiterate … we can be true to our ideals and that we can do things that are courageous.”

Bhagat also said he wants to talk about people who confront problems like the lack of access to education and voting rights.

As the recipient of the McMullan Award, Chen will receive $25,000. The award “recognizes Emory College graduates who show extraordinary promise of becoming our future leaders and rare potential for service to their community, the nation, and the world,” according to Ciejka.

Wei Wei Chen
Photo courtesy of Alice Zheng

Chen, a film studies major and a dean’s achievement scholar, said that Emory College Dean of Arts and Sciences Michael A. Elliott called for a meeting on Wednesday and informed her that she had won the award. Chen has served as the president of Emory Arts Underground and has been involved in Residence Life, including as a resident adviser (RA), for the past three years.

After she graduates, Chen said that she will study in Hong Kong through Emory’s Summer Global Internship Program. Chen also won the Bobby Jones Scholarship this year and will attend the University of St. Andrews in Scotland for one year on a scholarship starting in Fall 2018.

Chen said when she heard that when she won the award, she felt honored, anxious and even “guilty.”

“None of what I did at Emory, I did alone,” Chen said.

Christina Yan contributed reporting.

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