Geez.  This sounds like it could have been a lot worse.  Glad no one was killed!

From the Emory Wheel…

Two Cliff shuttles collided on Clairmont campus Tuesday evening, injuring both shuttle drivers and two students who were boarding the shuttle at the time, according to an Emory Police Department (EPD) report.

EPD responded to Clairmont campus’ shuttle depot at Starvine Deck at 7:12 p.m., five minutes after the accident occurred.

According to police reports, one Cliff shuttle attempted to go in front of another Cliff shuttle directly ahead of it and struck the driver’s side bumper of that vehicle. There were four passengers on the vehicle at that time, two of which were on the shuttle and the other two were on the stairway entering the shuttle.

Photo Courtesy of The Emory Wheel

The Emory Wheel leads with a eye-popping proposal being considered by Emory administration officials to consolidate the university’s medical school onto one campus by moving all medical facilities from Clifton Road to the Clairmont campus.

The proposal, which would need to be approved by the University’s Board of Trustees in the spring, is a significant departure from the original master plan for campus remodeling, which did not include any changes to Clairmont. Emory’s administration is placing portions of its master plan on hold for three months to evaluate the idea, which was disclosed to the Wheel on Friday.

University officials say the switch might be the best option for Emory and its Strategic Plan, which calls for the expansion of Emory’s health care arm. Doing so on the crowded stretch of buildings on Clifton Road would end up being costlier than relocating to Clairmont, officials say, notably because Emory would need to build an underground parking deck at Clifton at a cost of about $50,000 a space.

But more importantly, according to Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Mike Mandl, the change could bring about higher patient satisfaction and a more cohesive undergraduate experience.

This initial explanation seems to have its merits, though a transfer of this magnitude is obviously a major undertaking. North Decatur traffic is terrible, due partially to the comings and goings of hospital workers throughout the day. Anyone commuting from Decatur to I-85 has to be concerned about the impact this would have on the Clairmont commute.

UPDATE: A Wheel staff editorial supports the plan.

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A stage being set up on Emory’s Clairmont campus for the Fall Band Party concert featuring hip hop and R&B singer Akon, collapsed this afternoon resulting in injuries to three workers (none were students). The much-anticipated concert was subsequently canceled. No word on whether it will be rescheduled.

The AJC does a little internet sleuthing of its own and quotes a favorite Decatur Metro resource, The Emory Wheel.

“After a year and a half of promises, the Student Programming Council has finally convinced a big-name artist to appear on campus,” the school newspaper, The Emory Wheel, said in an editorial last week.

“An invitation to the concert sent out through Facebook Monday night already has more than 1,200 confirmed guests,” it added.