Sunday was senior day for Emory's men's basketball team--the last home game of Daniel Curtin's, Chad Hixon's, and Anthony Fernandez's college careers--but it was a freshman who led the way to the Eagles' most dramatic victory of the season, a 64-63 win over University Athletic Association rival Brandeis.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will deliver the keynote address at Emory's 165th commencement ceremony Monday, May 10. He will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's achievements in athletics, film, and politics have made him a household name throughout America and the world. His career in public service and his commitments to inner-city youth and sustainable energy resonate with the strategic vision of Emory University. The governor's rise from modest circumstances through hard work and study offers an exemplary ethic for graduating seniors," said Emory President Jim Wagner, who will preside over the ceremony for about 3,600 graduates.

To read the full release, click here.

-- Eric Rangus, director of communications, Emory Alumni Association

Say hello to a couple of creatures. The bones on the right, you probably know. The creature on the left is ... the Creature. And the star of Theater Emory's presentation of Frankenstein, which opens tonight with a soldout show in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts' Theater Lab.

In my last semester in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences, I received numerous emails asking me to vote.

"Vote for what?" you might ask. Not a political candidate or a piece of legislation, but for the name of an initiative that would recognize the many community and diversity resources across campus and show that although each resource has its own goals, all of them are committed to improving Emory.

I supported the idea, and I voted. Little did I know that my vote would mean so much. Shortly before graduation, the Office of Community and Diversity offered me a job helping to coordinate a new initiative whose name had just been chosen: “We are Emory.”

I took the job, not really sure of what I would be doing, but had full faith in the people I would be working with. Since that initial survey and initial job offer, We are Emory has developed into a University-wide initiative that aims to recognize people, programs, offices, and institutions dedicated to access, equity, and inclusion. A key component of We are Emory is the identification and celebration of the 100 Community Builders.

The 100 Community Builders are those dedicated to making Emory a place where ideas and practice merge, where thinking and doing are synonymous. Among the Community Builders are students, faculty, staff, and alumni from every division and unit of the University. Many of the alumni featured work for the University as well.

As a new alumna, I join a community that is 108,000 strong, and as a new employee, I become a part of part of a community that comprises more than 23,000. These inspiring 100 Community Builders are just a small percentage of the many who enliven the Emory community, whether it is through their daily endeavors in their workplace or through less frequent activities like volunteering with Emory Cares.

No matter their relationship with Emory, in building that relationship, they become a part of something bigger than themselves. They are Emory. We are all Emory.

Learn more about We are Emory on our website and Facebook fan page.

-- Maria Town 09C, fellow, Office of Community and Diversity

EAAvesdropping knows that Valentine's Day was yesterday, but really ... we know that everyone wants all that good feeling from February 14 (if not the chocolate) to last a very long time. Click here to see how you can make your valentine last forever, and here to learn more about "the science of love."

Speaking of love, EAAvesdropping loves Emory's men's and women's basketball teams, and today marks the beginning of THINK PINK week, which culminates in the women's annual THINK PINK basketball game on Sunday, February 21, against Brandeis for breast cancer awareness.

All week there will be a host of THINK PINK related activities. as well as lots of basketball. Make sure you are at the P.E. Center Friday night for the Eagles doubleheader against NYU (women at 6:00 p.m., men at 8:00 p.m.). The men start things off on Sunday against the No. 21 Judges at noon.

-- Eric Rangus, director of communications, EAA

Today's EAAvesdropping post is canceled on account of snow.