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Outside the Bubble... Vermont to pass same-sex marriage legislation Vermont is in the process of passing a bill to legalize same-sex marriages. The bill was passed by the Senate on March 23 and a hearing was held with the House Judiciary Committee on March 24. The bill is excepted to pass in the House.
FBI to announce arrests in “car cloning” ring The FBI recently released 17 arrest warrants for people accused of “cloning cars,” which consists of making stolen cars look like legal ones. This is one of the largest auto theft cases in the United States. Over the past 20 years, 1,000 vehicles have been stolen and over $25 million was lost to consumers and banks.
Students seize on-campus opportunity By Ashton Astbury | Asst. news editor
…Take one down, pass it around, 99 bottles of beer on the Quad. Hundreds of students congregated on Hearn Plaza from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on March 20 to celebrate the opportunity to seize the Quad. With Wait Chapel serving as their backdrop, students of all ages enjoyed the experience of watching the men’s basketball team play in the first round of the NCAA tournament (however devastating the result), and then listening to and dancing the night away to live music courtesy of local band To the Nines, whose lead singer is popular musician Ben Folds’ brother. Reveling in the ability to walk with ease between the additional festivities presented by the surrounding fraternity lounges, while feasting on the pizza and water distributed by the event staff, composed of both Greek and independent student leaders.
Seize the Quad was described by one freshman girl as “quite simply, what college should be.” According to junior Jermyn Davis, Student Government president, the initial idea for Seize the Quad was generated through the collaboration of Student Government officials, various administrators, and the input of other students. The idea was made a reality through the work of a planning team composed of both student leaders and Student Life administrators, who met weekly to finalize plans for the execution of the event. The primary concerns addressed by the planning team regarded how to make the event as safe as possible, while also ensuring that all students felt welcome to attend. “I wanted an event that our entire student body could attend and have a
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The March 20 Seize the Quad celebration brought the university together with basketball, song and dance.
Plane crash kills 3 families on way to vacation
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A plane crashed into a Montana cemetery on March 23 killing three families with young children that were on their way to a ski vacation together. Seven adults and seven children were onboard the plane. There was no flight data recorder or cockpit voice recorder on the plane so it is unclear whether details of the crash will ever be known.
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Indonesian fisherman killed by Komodo dragons Muhamad Anwar, an Indonesian fisherman, bled to death after being mauled by Komodo dragons while he was trespassing inside eastern Indonesia’s Komodo National Park. Anwar entered the park searching for sugar-apples. While attacks on humans are rare, this is just the latest in a series of lizard attacks which have resulted in injury or death.
Two dead after boat sinks off of New Jersey coast
By Caitlin Brooks | News editor Within five minutes of “friending” someone on Facebook, a user can know their race, gender, age, political beliefs, religious affiliations and relationship status. They know who you hang out with (your friends), what you do in your free time (your photos), and what excites, angers and motivates you (status changes and notes). They know not only your favorite books, movies, TV shows, bands and quotes, but also how wasted you were last weekend, as your “friends” ask you what you remem-
The Lady Mary, a 71-foot-long boating vessel, sank early in the morning on March 24 about 65 miles southeast of Cape May. The boat had been carrying seven passengers, four of whom are still missing. Three passengers were recovered, one of whom was already dead and one died later on.
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Students enjoyed playing with puppies on the Mag Quad, courtesy of AARF, a Winston-Salem animal rescue organization.
A variety of changes are coming to meal plans that will be available to students during the 2009-2010 academic year. By far the largest change is that meals will no longer be able to be used in locations such as the Benson Food Court, Subway and Starbucks. Instead, students will use meal dollars, which will be included in each meal plan, to buy food at these locations. Meals will be accepted at the Fresh Food Company, the Magnolia Room and the I.S. Food Court. All students living on campus will continue to be required to purchase a meal plan. For incoming freshman, the minimum plan costs $1,525, for upperclassmen not living on North Campus the minimum cost is $1,045 and for upperclassmen living on North Campus it is $362.50. This amount will be included on the financial statement that students receive in June. The prices are a slight
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ber from that frat party last Saturday in wall posts. In locating you on Facebook, potential friends already know your primary network and thus where you work, live or attend school. If you choose to provide contact information, which many students do, they also can have access to your address, phone number or screen name. These bits of information form more or less cohesive images of a Facebook user, particularly to casual acquaintances or classmates.
Semi-Charmed Life Students pack into Wait Chapel to relive the ‘90s with Third Eye Blind at the Spring Fest concert
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increase from the 2008-2009 minimum prices. The current minimum is $1,460 for freshmen, $1,000 for upperclassmen not living on North Campus and $325 for upperclassmen living on North Campus. Meal plans will no longer be based on meals per week, but they will instead be block meals. This means that students will be able to use meals at any time during the semester instead of being limited to using a certain number of meals each week. The number of meals available to buy will range from 40 meals per semester to 275 meals per semester. Both locations accepting block meals have improvements in the works. The Fresh Food Company will have both a new menu and expanded grab-and-go options, and the Magnolia Room will be extending its hours. For more information about the changes coming to dining services, students can visit the Dining Services Web site at www.wfu. edu/dining.
Sports | B1 NFL Pro Day Eleven Wake Forest football players worked out for 41 NFL scouts on Monday March 23: Aaron Curry is projected to go in the top 5 in the draft
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• $1,525: min. plan for incoming freshmen 225 Block Meals + 8 Guest Meals + 150 Food Dollars •$1,045: min. plan for upperclassmen living on South Campus 125 Block Meals + 5 Guest Meals + 100 Food Dollars •$362.50: min. plan for upperclassmen living on North Campus 40 Block Meals + 2 Guest Meals + $25 Food Dollars
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Opinion | A6 Protect liberty Engstrom argues that the current economic plan will lead to complete state control of more than just banks
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Brieflies University to participate in observance of Earth Hour 2009 The university will join other institutions, companies and millions of people around the world in turning off electric lights for one hour, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. March 28, during Earth Hour 2009. The observance is a symbolic act designed to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions. For more information, visit www.earthhour.org.
USC expert on mass media and modernist literature to speak Debra Rae Cohen, assistant professor of English at the University of South Carolina, will speak at the university. Her talk is titled “Sound Ideas: Between the Bowery and the BBC.” The event will take place on March 26 at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. It will be held in Tribble Hall, Room C-216.
Event teaches effective postgraduation money managing The Office of Career Services will be hosting “From Backpack to Briefcase,” an event that aims to help seniors budget during their first year after college. Shenell Thompson, the director of the Center for Financial Education with the Consumer Credit Counseling Services, will be speaking. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesday, March 31 in Benson 409.
University hosts conference to rethink college admissions With the goal of addressing the latest research on standardized tests for college admissions and exploring alternative ways of evaluating applicants, economists, sociologists and other higher education experts will join admissions directors from the nation’s most selective universities in Benson University Center April 15 and 16. The national conference, “Rethinking Admissions,” is free and open to the public.
Carter, Angelou to speak in Wait Chapel for Baptist convention Former President Jimmy Carter and Reynolds Professor of American Studies Maya Angelou will speak in Wait Chapel as a part of the New Baptist Covenant Southeast Regional Meeting. The university’s Divinity School is hosting the event, which will take place April 24-25. The theme for this year is “God’s year to act: responding to a society in crisis.” Find out more at www.newbaptistcovenantse.org.
Students invited to study political science at the Flow House Applications are still being accepted for spring 2010 study at the Flow House in Vienna, Austria. Additional scholarship money has been targeted for this semester and previous German knowledge, though strongly recommended, is not required. Contact Associate Professor Michaelle Browers at browerm@wfu.edu for more information.
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Eating disorders: a Wake Forest reality This week concludes our discussion on little known health issues By Brianna Pellicane | Contributing writer Dieting: Not the “Answer” More than one-third of “normal dieters” evolve into pathological dieters, according to research conducted by the National Eating Disorder Association. Over 80 percent of college students have dieted. Seventyfive percent have avoided or skipped meals. “Dieting is definitely related to eating disorders,” Natascha Romeo, university health educator, said. She says that a condition like diabetes warrants dieting, “but it’s really (about) somebody’s goal … Are you just looking to lose weight, or are you looking to maintain the health of your body? People are restricting things for the wrong reasons.” Romeo calls restrictive eating “shockingly scary.” “For women, that would especially be scary if you’re (not intaking nutrients such as calcium),” she said. “There’s no way to get that back. You’re building your body for your whole lifetime. “Typically, they’ll say never go below 1,500 calories for men or women unless you are medically supervised. That just really messes up metabolism, especially for college students.” Instead of dieting, Romeo recommends looking at lifestyle, increasing activity and “really focusing on nutrient-dense foods.” Examples of nutrient-dense foods include wholegrain breads, beans, fruits and vegetables. Romeo recommends visiting mypyramid.gov for information about proper nutrition. “I think sometimes people just need to learn more about nutrition and where their calories are coming from,” she said. “You may say, ‘Oh, I really don’t need mayonnaise on there.’” She also recommends keeping the things in your diet you really love, even if they are unhealthy. “I’m totally 80-20. Moderation in everything,” she said. As long 80 percent of your diet is nutrientdense foods, you can fill the other
20 percent with foods you enjoy but may not be as healthy. The “thing” among university students previously was to limit oneself to bagels and yogurt for breakfast, lunch and dinner, according to Romeo. This diet lacks sufficient calories and nutrients for healthy body function. “A lot of students get caught up in the culture, and don’t think it’s a problem,” Tayna Gunter, a counselor at the University Counseling Center, said. How to help a friend. How to help yourself.
University student Sarah Dixon, whose name has been changed to respect her privacy, continued to binge, purge, obsessively think about food and limit her calorie intake even after the night she and Johnson found the broken blood-vessel rash around her eyes. Whenever Johnson caught her purging, Dixon promised she would not do it again. Johnson told Dixon on numerous occasions to go to the counseling center for help. In April, mutual friends approached Johnson and informed her that Dixon had confided to them, after consuming alcohol, that she was suffering from bulimia. Soon after, she called Dixon’s parents, explained to them the situation, handed the phone to Dixon and walked away. Dixon describes the conversation that followed as “surreal.” The day everyone close to her knew her secret was “the worst day ever,” she said. But she recognizes it was the right thing to do. “I think sometimes you’ve got to make the hard decision. When (she) called my parents, I hated that conversation,” Dixon said. “But it was the best thing that happened. I guess there are so many times you can tell a person over and over again.” There’s a twist in Johnson’s story; she, too, suffered from an eating disorder. As a high school student, she battled anorexia. She says the fact she had been through an eating disorder made the decision to call Dixon’s parents easier. “I think it made me more compassionate toward her situation,” she said. “I was able to recognize that it was really an illness and it was not as easy as just telling someone to stop … I knew she needed help beyond the help her friends could give her.”
In Johnson’s case, her parents’ guidance was enough to help her. She k n e w t h a t either Dixon’s parents would be able to do the same, or they could be the ones to make her see a therapist. Johnson had tried several times to convince Dixon to go to the University Counseling Center. Facts to Know
A friend cannot make an appointment at the counseling center for someone they know is suffering because of confidentiality reasons. “You need to talk to the student, encourage them to go,” Gunter said. “The student needs to make an appointment on their own accord.” At the counseling center, a threepronged approach is pursued in a patient’s treatment. Nutritional, physical and psychological aspects of the eating disorder are treated. “They are embedded in each other,” Gunter said. “All are very critical.” Indicators you may need to seek help for an eating disorder, according to Gunter, include (but are not limited to) the following: • Attention from others about your eating behaviors/weight loss. If friends are concerned and think you might have a problem, it’s a good idea to get help • Consumption of alcohol instead of food. • Taking laxatives to use weight. • Binging and purging. • Thinking obsessively about food. Gunter and Romeo also agree that women feed off of each others’ disordered eating habits. “One thing students can do for each other is to hold each other accountable for how we talk and how we eat with one another,” Gunter said. “We are doing ourselves a disservice (by encouraging unhealthy habits).”
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“And then the first question (the counselor) asked me was: ‘Are you willing to gain 10 pounds to get better?’ And I started crying.” “I said, ‘I don’t know if that would be worth it.’” Anti-depressants became part of Dixon’s psychological treatment. She says the little things have helped, too. “The best thing I’ve done for myself besides talking to my parents, besides talking to my counselor, is not using my scale,” Dixon said. “There is a difference in my body now. And I hate it. If I had a scale and I were weighing myself everyday, would I still be okay? I don’t know.” She admits she still forces herself to vomit once a month. The Road Out “It gets worse, and as the semesAll along, Dixon knew that skip- ter goes on, it gets even worse. Too ping meals and binging and purg- much work, So much stress,” she ing was unhealthy. She just couldn’t said. “But it will never be what it was. help herself. “It sounds weird, but I was excited My lows are less low than they were before.” about counseling,” she said.
Film provides insight into gay Muslim perspective By Mariclaire Hicks | Editor in chief
“As a Muslim filmmaker, mine is the ‘Jihad’ of the camera,” film director Parvez Sharma wrote in a 2007 blog entry. “I humbly suggest that filmmakers like myself follow in the footsteps of scholars through centuries who had chosen ‘the Jihad of the pen.’ In making (A Jihad for Love) it has been profound to realize that I am called upon to be a defender of my faith.”
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A screening of A Jihad for Love, Sharma’s first film, took place in Greene Hall on Tuesday, March 24, and was followed by an hour-long question and answer session with the director. The event was sponsored by the university’s Gay-Straight Student Alliance, the history department, the Office of the Dean of the College and the Provost’s Office. Directed and produced by Sharma, himself a Muslim homosexual, A Jihad for Love is a docu-
mentary filmed in twelve countries and nine languages. The film approaches for Islam what Daniel G. Karslake’s 2007 documentary For the Bible Tells Me So did for Christianity, in that it grapples with the often contentious meeting of religion and homosexuality. According to Sharma, the film has now been
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POLICE BEAT University Police responded to 72 calls from March 16-22, including nine incidents and investigations and 63 service calls. The following is a summary of the incidents and investigations.
Miscellaneous • University Police issued a trespass warning to a Winston-Salem man who made threatening phone calls to a university office.
Property Damage • An unknown subject(s) damaged a work of art in Z. Smith Reynolds Library between March 6 and March 16.
Alcohol and Drug Violations • Five students were charged with underage alcohol consumption and six students with holding an unauthorized party on March 18 when University Police responded to a call about loud music at Taylor Residence Hall. Information about the incident was provided to Harold Holmes, associate vice president and dean of student services. • University Police responded March 20 to a caller who reported smelling marijuana smoke at Taylor Residence Hall. Two students were charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and one student with underage alcohol consumption.
Information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services. • Five students were charged with underage alcohol consumption on March 22 when University Police responded to a call about loud music at Poteat Residence Hall. Information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services.
Thefts • A jacket, CDs and a Bluetooth earphone valued together at $290 were reported stolen March 17 from a Village Tavern employee’s vehicle parked at Reynolda Village. The perpetrator has yet to be identified.
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Symposium focuses on creativity and connections By Haowei Tong | Photo editor
“If you’re graduating this year, consider taking a year off just to explore the world,” author David Bornstein said. If you can’t afford it, get an internship and go to another country and do something you care about. Just google ‘social entrepreneurship.’” Bornstein spoke to an auditorium filled with students, faculty, the Winston-Salem community and other Creativity Symposium attendees. Last week, the university hosted a cutting-edge conference featuring performing arts pioneers, scientists, authors and entrepreneurs. Professor Lynn Book, director of the Program for Creativity and Innovation and visiting associate professor of theatre and dance, has been planning the event for two years. Over 80 presenters were involved in the interdisciplinary affair spanning three days. Bornstein delivered the opening night keynote. His writing focuses on social entrepreneurship, and his book, How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, was heralded as required reading for “anyone who cares about building a more equitable and stable world” by The New York Times. Bornstein also met with students and others on Wednesday evening to discuss his research. David Edwards is a scientist, writer, entrepreneur and Gordon
McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering at Harvard University, where he is teaching creative learning models. One of Edwards’ two companies has patented nanoparticles designed to deliver drugs through the lungs. Edwards was the keynote speaker March 19, and his research riveted the audience. In particular, “Le Whif,” an invention blending the eating and breathing sensations, sparked heavy interest. Le Whif embarks on its world tour starting on April 3. Other innovations are on display and for sale at Edwards’ Le Labo Shop in Paris. Another popular guest was Meredith Monk, a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant and an artist based in New York City. Monk performed on March 19 as part of the Secrest Artist Series. Additionally, Monk delivered the closing keynote address, “Art as Offering,” on March 20. “I think Meredith Monk is one of America’s coolest composers,” Devon Blaze Cain said. “She is a major creative force in the performing arts. I’m really glad I had the opportunity to see her sing as a part of the Creativity Symposium,” sophomore. Attendees also expressed surprise and delight about the dialogue featuring physicist Josh Frieman and Abigail Child, award-winning filmmaker, author and poet. The dynamic between the two was unique and stimulating.
This wealth of speakers and forums was a tremendous opportunity to seek inspiration beyond the Wake Forest bubble. Corresponding classes, however, are available as well. For example, Book teaches Foundations in Creativity and Innovation. This particular course has been taught by three other faculty in the past, each with differing concentrations. Book also teaches a number of other unconventional courses. “The Arts Entrepreneurship class is one of the most beneficial classes to students looking to pursue artistic careers or students just looking to have a class based on spontaneity and not schedule,” sophomore Laura Minton said. “What I love most about this class are the speakers that are brought in to share their stories. These are writers, artists, former Wake grads, basically anyone who had a unique idea and pursued their idea in an entrepreneurial way.” Book’s endeavor is now to maintain the vision and energy just incited. Symposium proceedings will be published online, and Book is meeting with potential editors and publishers as well. Finally, senior Sam Smartt will be producing a documentary in about six months. “This symposium was a demonstration that we are citizens of a global world, and all (of the speakHaowei Tong/Old Gold & Black ers) had three common denominators: creativity, imagination and Scientist and Harvard professor David Edwards was one of 80 presenters human connection,” Book said. at the national Creativity Symposium hosted by the university.
Seize: School parties on Quad Campus group promotes
disability awareness By Sam Cernuto Asst. sports editor
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Local band To the Nines entertained the students crowded onto Hearn Plaza for Seize the Quad after the basketball loss on March 20. Continued from Page A1 great time participating in,” Davis said. “I really want the social life of our campus to be on campus and I thought Seize the Quad would be a great starting point. I want students to know we can have a great time partying on campus.” Senior Mark Hays also voiced his support for an aggrandizement of on-campus festivities. “With similar freedom to house parties, lounge parties could be good because they would eliminate drunk driving and people walking (around Winston-Salem),” Hays said. “The question is whether the school can duplicate the freedom they allowed Friday night.” Although students were excited by the idea of Seize the Quad, some were not without their hesitations. “At first I was skeptical,” freshman Joe, whose name has been changed, said. “You have to view anything you hear about this kind of stuff cynically, and verify it before you just roll to the Quad with a case of beer. When I figured out it was a legitimate event, I immediately assumed it would be a one time thing because a few people would ruin it for everyone. However, it turned out well. “ Sophomore Hope Nardini also had reservations when she initially caught word of plans for Seize the Quad. “I was skeptical only because administrators instilled their confidence in students that they could drink and socialize responsibly,” Nardini said. “If there were any issues with Seize the Quad, it would not only ruin it for future events, but it would also demonstrate a need for stricter alcohol policies on campus. “There has been a lot of debate about lowering the drinking age, and one of the main arguments is that students under 21 might engage in a ‘free for all.’ I think Seize the Quad was a good test to show that lowering the drinking age might not be a bad idea. It was refreshing to see so many Wake students together on the Quad; the event was a great way to unite our campus community.” As a resident advisor in a freshman residence hall, Nardini also voiced concern that the Seize the Quad event might contribute to more disturbances than usual within the residence halls. “I was a little nervous that freshmen who attended Seize the Quad might disrupt the residence halls, but I didn’t notice any difference that night than any other weekend night,” Nardini said. “There was an RA on duty as usual, and also an RA on backup duty in case there were any problems, but I think overall everyone was very responsible.”
Similar to Nardini, many students asserted the appreciation they felt toward Student Government, University Police and the administration for instituting an event that provided them with opportunity to demonstrate that they are capable of behaving responsibly and safely in the presence of alcohol. Senior Melissa McIntee, Delta Zeta President, who served as an event staffer for the event, described the atmosphere of Seize the Quad as tame and by no means out of control. “Seize the Quad was a great idea because I don’t think you’re ever going to completely stop college students from drinking so it’s good to promote responsible drinking if anything because in reality, its far more difficult to completely stop it than attempt to control it. The responsibility of the Seize the Quad’s success was left to the students, and I felt the majority of students proved responsible.” Freshman Elizabeth, whose name has been changed, wholeheartedly agreed. “I think that the university should recognize that many underage students drink, so they might as well provide us with a safe, controlled venue to do so,” Elizabeth said. “If we’re responsible enough to persevere through Wake Forest’s rigorous academics, we should be able to have a few beers without fear of getting written up and fined by police. I remember seeing people with cases of beer and blankets on the Quad, and they were just hanging out having a good time. It was a nice scene and something I could see myself doing every night, just hanging out on the Quad.” Davis affirms that overall, the novel event was a success, with few problems occurring as a result of the students’ behavior on the Quad. In terms of any shortcomings or bumps in the road, the scheduled band Rubberband backed out the day of the event due to cold weather, and was consequently replaced last minute by To the Nines. “There were a few concerns from some of our neighbors about the noise after midnight,” Provost Jill Tiefenthaler said. “We want to be good neighbors so we need to look at how we position the sound system to minimize that intrusion.” Overall, Tiefenthaler thought the event went over very well. According to Davis, another Seize the Quad event may be set for a date in April. There are likely to be a few changes, but the planning committee has not yet met to debrief. Since March 20, Davis has received an onslaught of e-mails from members of the student body citing their excitement for the event, and what a great time they had on the Quad. “As long as people continue to act responsibility, we (school administration) are very willing to try new things,” Tiefenthaler said.
The Disabilities Awareness Coalition (DAC) is one of the untapped organizations on campus. Fondly known by its members as the DAC, this organization aims to bring awareness of disabilities to the university. The group meets weekly and is a close community. Through different fundraisers, the organization reaches out to those with disabilities and those who would like to learn more about them. “The DAC is a great club, it is beneficial as a tool for diversifying the campus,” sophomore Cat Booher, president of the organization, said. “We are one of the groups on campus that if you know nothing about disabilities or you feel like you need a ‘home’ on campus, that is what we offer: education about disabilities and another family on campus.” Although the group is small, they make an impact through campus fundraisers such as Project Pumpkin, and their own annual fundraiser, the Meg Hudson Memorial Arts Festival. The Meg Hudson Memorial
Arts Festival originated after a former university student, Meg Hudson, passed away on November 2, 2003 of pulmonary hypertension. Hudson loved the arts and this festival is a testament to her as well as a fundraiser for the organization. According to Booher, each year the show raises money for a charity of the group’s choosing and they highlight artists, both performing and non-performing, in the community and on campus. This spring marks the fundraiser’s seventh year. This year, the festival will be held at 6 p.m. on March 27 in Brendle Recital Hall. Before the show, there will be a silent auction featuring jewelry, drawings, paintings, pottery and other types of art that had been previously donated. After the auction, there will be a performing arts show featuring groups on campus, including the Living Parables Troupe. Booher explained her desire to be involved with the organization. “I joined DAC after seeing a flier for it fall semester, freshman year. My older brother had muscular dystrophy and passed away
during my senior year in high school,” she said. “DAC has been a great way to remember him and a great way to make changes in people’s lives that are affected by a disability.” Along with their fundraiser, the DAC picks two representatives each year who participate in the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Task Force. These students represent the campus by going to the university’s architect to promote new ideas. As Booher looks toward her future, she contemplates graduate school and participating in a DAC. If she decides to stay at the unviersity, she will continue with the organization. If not, she hopes to start one at the school she chooses to attend. Booher concludes, “I believe that it is so important to raise awareness so that other people in the Wake community and the community at large have a better understanding of disabilities in general.” If students are interested in getting involved with DAC, they can join the listserv by contacting Booher at boohcb7@wfu.edu or going to the next meeting on March 29 at 8 p.m. in Benson 406.
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International Flair, a collaborative event hosted by all the minority student organizations, exposed students to many different cultures.
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HOPE hosts annual KidsFest Volunteers to cycle for charity By Caroline Edgeton | Life editor
On Saturday, March 21, the Magnolia Quad was filled with plenty of smiles for children, students, adults and llamas alike. Families from all around Forsyth County joined student volunteers for KidsFest, an event sponsored by student group Helping to Overcome Physical Expectations (HOPE). For individuals who had attended in years past, this was certainly the largest turn-out they had ever seen. “I think it’s awesome to be with the kids and their families,” senior Ali Garatoni, this year’s HOPE president, said. “All the student volunteers came from sororities, fraternities and various organizations/clubs on campus. We had so much awesome help this year; we couldn’t have done it without them.” HOPE is an organization that works with two local schools, the Special Children’s School and the Children’s Center. All three schools work together in the fall to host events such as Project Pumpkin (a Halloween gathering for kids to trick-or-treat with student volunteers on campus that may not have the opportunity to do so in their neighborhoods), ice cream socials and other various smaller get-togethers. In the spring, however, their focus is definitely centered on KidsFest. The past couple of KidsFests on campus have not had the best crowds due to issues with the weather. It can be pretty disappointing to see a bright and colorful moon-bounce sitting out in the gloomy rain. Fortunately, Saturday’s festivities took place on a pretty, sunny day. There was a little bit of a wind chill, but it was nothing serious enough to distract everyone from all the fun. Aside from the lovely weather, this year’s KidsFest also had another new addition. Students from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro’s program known as Beyond Academics (BA) also came and contributed
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Student volunteers hosted the annual KidsFest to help community children living with disabilities to overcome their physical limitations and enjoy a day out. their services for the event. “They were our most valuable partners, for sure,” Garatoni said. BA is a program for college students with academic disabilities at UNCG. Fellow BA member and former day-care worker Gerald Barkley was happy for the program to join forces with KidsFest. “I really like kids,” Barkley said. “I’m definitely going to try my best to come by next year and help. It’s been a lot of fun.” It certainly would seem difficult for anybody not to have a good time at Saturday’s event. Given that it was safari themed, there were plenty of animal related activities and prizes that even the parents enjoyed. For starters, adorable little animal masks for the kids were available at the sign up tables. Each activity was set up at a different station. Stations ranged from pin the tail on the lion to musical lily
pads and animal bowling to face painting. Though each station was certainly worth a visit, the hit of the day had to be the live petting zoo that included goats, sheep and, the favorite, a really big llama. According to 1990 university graduate Jonathan Milner, he, his wife Cary Clifford and their threeyear-old son Errol Clifford definitely enjoyed the llama the best. “We all definitely loved the llama, but it’s fun to come here and connect with the students and other families, too,” Milner said. “It’s the stations and the social aspect.” Milner’s family made this year’s KidsFest a second-time treat for them. Errol is a student at the Special Children’s School. Milner was very happy to be making a return to something he believed to be great for a variety of reasons.
“I think it’s great that so many students want to pull something like this together for disabled children. I think it’s wonderful,” Milner said. “There’s such an emphasis on volunteering. Wake is generally seen as a closed-in entity, but (the students) go out and help so much.” Popular group the Chris Burke Band performed music for everyone to hear while playing games on the Mag Quad. Burke, the singer of the band, is a musician and actor (he played Corky on the ABC series Life Goes On) with Down’s syndrome. Clearly, he has not let this get in the way of his ambitions. “It’s great to have someone here that the kids can look up to. He’s very talented,” sophomore HOPE Andrew Price said. Overall, KidsFest 2009 was a success. Great weather, music, animals and dedication can certainly go a long way.
The thrill of a cross-country ride, the beauty of rural North Carolina and the fulfillment of service to others: these are all elements of the NC GiveCycle ride. NC GiveCycle is a two week long service-oriented cycling trip across the state of North Carolina. The 588-mile trip begins at Clingman’s Dome in the Smoky Mountains, the highest point of the Appalachian Trail, and winds eastward, ending in Kitty Hawk. The ride begins on May 20 and ends June 3. Each rider will raise $750 to donate to a nonprofit organization of their choice. The trip is being organized by Pete Dunlap (’07) and senior Andrew Britt. The ride is open to anyone. The mileage will be physically challenging, but it is designed to appeal to those who would not do a longer ride or attempt a trip like this on their own. “I have had a lot of neat rural activity experiences,” Dunlap said. “This is a way to help other people have those positive experiences.” Dunlap was inspired to lead the trip by combining two separate personal experiences. The first was a cross-country cycling trip he took with his friend Alex Myers the summer between sophomore and junior year of college. The two friends, who started college a semester late in order to hike the Appalachian Trail together, rode from Yorktown, Va.,to the Utah/Nevada border. They were inspired by their friends, who had ridden across the country the previous summer to raise money and awareness for the Amani Foundation, a group that serves AIDS orphans in Africa. Dunlap and Myers also rode for the Amani Foundation and the summer-long trip allowed them plenty of opportunities to meet people and tell them about the Amani Foundation. “We got to know an America we didn’t know before,” Dunlap said. One of his goals for the NC GiveCycle is to allow other people to experience the community and satisfaction of a long-distance ride, without having to dedicate their entire summer. “We’re trying to make this experience accessible and user-friendly to those people who wouldn’t be interested in a longer ride,” Dunlap said.
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Facebook: Virtual info can have real consequences Continued from Page A1
The site was originally only open to students with valid college e-mail addresses but opened itself to the public in the fall of 2006, causing its active membership to skyrocket. Over 50 percent of the more than 175 million active users are now outside of college and the fastest growing demographic is currently the over 30 crowd, according to Facebook’s Press Room. Complete strangers, ranging from “teenie-bopper” 13-year-olds to middle-aged business men to grandmothers, can now search, friend and connect to anyone on Facebook, and may be able to find information about you without your knowledge. Facebook is just one of many social networking sites that have achieved widespread use over the last few years. Myspace, “a place for friends,” emerged before Facebook in 2003 and reigned as the social networking champion until Facebook overtook it in April 2008. LinkedIn serves as the professional counterpart to Facebook and Myspace. Founded in May 2003, LinkedIn has slowly gained popularity since and serves as an “interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries,” according to the web site. Executive officers from every single Fortune 500 company have LinkedIn accounts. A face book of sketches Ananda Mitra, chair of the university’s Department of Communication, has studied the rise of social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Myspace and their effects on the ways in which people create identities for themselves. He has coined a phrase to encompass all of the information provided by Internet users to these sites; “Narrative Bits” or “Narbs.” Every single piece of information provided to one of these Web sites is a narb, and the sum of these narbs is your Internet identity, Mitra said. Unfortunately, according to Mitra, many students mistakenly seem to take
this Internet identity as both accurate and complete. “You may see someone three times in class and then friend them on Facebook, Mitra said. “After looking around their Web site for a few minutes and reading the information about them, you form incomplete assumptions, apply this Internet information to the real human being, and then you think you ‘know’ them in person,” Mitra said. This logic is flawed, according to Mitra, for one main reason; the Internet user chooses what information to provide to Facebook, or Myspace, or LinkedIn, or their personal blog. In short, said Mitra, “It’s all made up.” This doesn’t mean that every narb is a little (or huge) lie. Your classmate from Introduction to Economics may in fact be a freshman from Washington D.C. with left-leaning political views and a German Shepherd puppy. But he could also be a total party animal or a stoner, and he’s just too smart to put that particular information on Facebook. “(Your online identity) is something you construct for yourself,” Mitra said. You have control of that which you do not have in real life. When you enter a community online, you can escape certain components of your self that you do not want to share.” This control has consequences that carry over to face-to-face contact and “real” life. When you interact in person, you make impressions based on what you see, but online, you make assumptions based on what someone posts. The two realities are often incongruous. Virtual reality, real consequences The Internet is rife with horror stories about the consequences of foolhardy Facebook use resulting when users unwittingly portray not the best facets of their personalities, but the worst. Photos of underage drinking and inappropriate public displays of affection, derogatory blog posts or status updates critical of companies and bosses, or brash, rude “About Me” sections can land prospective job candidates and employees alike in hot water with employers.
Job offers have been rescinded and workers fired over what they post on the Internet. Newly unemployed graduates who cry that these practices are unfair and that their information provided on a “private” profile is just that, private, protest in vain. As the debate rages over ownership rights of Internet information, people continue to post, review and pass judgment on narbs. What’s more, anything a university student posts on Facebook or any other Internet profile is fair game in a judicial hearing, according to Dean Charlene Cerutti; virtual evidence of underage drinking or cheating can be used against students. Career Services has recognized the importance of the issue to the university community. Carolyn Couch, associate director of Career Services, created a PowerPoint presentation titled “Digital Dirt” two years ago in response to a request from Student Government to educate the student body about the dangers over-exposure on Facebook can pose to opportunities after college. A presentation of the slideshow is held once each academic year. The presentation operates in accordance with what Couch calls “The Grandma Rule:” if you wouldn’t want you grandmother to see the things you post on the Internet, you should not be posting them. “Your generation is just so used to using the Internet for every facet of your lives, but now that you are getting out into the working world, (narbs) could hurt your chances of getting employed,” Couch said. “Employers do not want any surprises. They want to hire the right person the first time, and they will do anything that will help them do this.” Couch stressed the importance of limiting personal information provided to these sites and playing up the strengths of your personality. To this end, Couch’s “Digital Dirt” presentation named five key steps to managing your Internet image and making it work for you. 1.Google yourself. Anything you can find about yourself on the Internet, employers can find too.
2. Control your accounts. Change your privacy settings so that only friends can view your pages and be selective about those friends. Monitor what you post and what is posted about you. 3. Read the fine print on user agreements. Most people check the “Accept” box and never even look at the contract. Make sure you know what you are accepting. 4. Follow the Grandma Rule. 5. After the job, keep up the discretion. Never insult your employer, no matter what you personally think. They are putting food on your table after all. As with all networking sites, “Facebook is a tool that can be used to your advantage or your disadvantage,” Bill Currin, director of Career Services, said. “Discretion needs to be employed.” For strictly professional networking, Currin recommends LinkedIn, which limits the amount of personal information users can provide and focuses on resumes, skill sets and business contacts. Social networking sites are not the only medium for unprofessional public expression. E-mail addresses and screen names such as vixen69@hotmail.com or beerboy08 are just as likely to cast doubts on your professional competency as inappropriate Facebook posts. Even the automatic response on your voicemail can send the wrong message to employers. Just because you’ve mastered discretion in what you present to the world, don’t think you can get away with murder. Criminal records, including traffic violations, and poor credit records, are matters of public record and are easily located on the Internet. Why are we so dependent? Some students spend as many as five hours a day on Facebook, and many others admit to at least an hour or more logged onto the site. To professionals like Currin, the immense amount of time and energy invested in Facebook does not make sense. “Why broadcast all of your personal information on the Internet? Technol-
ogy is a tool, but we have made it a social, almost a spiritual appendage,” he said. “I think that often times the overuse of technology is a sign of loneliness. I just don’t feel the need to share all of my life with strangers and acquaintances.” Mitra has a different theory about the Facebook phenomenon. “More and more, our activities – work and leisure – are built around the screen of the computer simply because doing things on the computer is seen as more productive. Because of this, we have less and less time to do activities that do not involve the computer,” Mitra said. “Facebook offers community on the screen, keeping intact many of the aspects of the real life community while also enhancing that community (through the ability to interact with people around the world). This fulfills a very fundamental human need.” Students don’t seem to feel that the site fills a void in their lives, or that they aim to broadcast their lives to strangers, even if this is the unintentional effect of site use. Freshman Brittany Hearon, who admits to spending “a few hours a day” on Facebook, uses the site to keep family updated on her activities and to chat with her boyfriend who attends Stanford University, 2,700 miles away. Her roommate, freshman Holly Fuller, uses Facebook even more than Hearon to keep up with high school friends who are spread out across the country. Both Fuller and Hearon make their photo albums visible to friends only and Hearon’s Facebook page is set to private. “We have to monitor what we put on Facebook because of sorority requirements,” Fuller said. She is referring to the stringent rules for member representation that national sorority chapters mandate for their members with specific rules relating to alcohol consumption and other behaviors. “Besides, I wouldn’t put anything on Facebook that I wouldn’t want my mom to see. All of my relatives have Facebook pages now,” Hearon said.
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on-campus party without a police presence. We really showed that the student body as a whole does not know how to drink responsibly and cannot be left alone, lest they drink until they get sick and potentially do damage to themselves or others. The party was supposed to go on until 2 a.m.; however, shortly after 1 a.m., junior Jermyn Davis, our student body president, was forced to announce that everyone had to leave due to a noise violation. Indeed, the whole party had become a loud, drunken mess. This campus is known for it’s “work hard, play hard” mentality, and we acknowledge that, since this event took place the week after spring break, many people went to Seize the Quad looking to enjoy themselves after a long week of work and midterms. We are not saying that we are against moderate and responsible drinking, but we are against drinking way too much on a night when we were supposed to show that we are mature enough to handle drinking on the Quad. Part of the problem can be attributed to the fact that almost every fraternity was having a lounge party at the same time. The combined drunken debauchery was much greater than if only a couple of fraternities were having on campus parties. Still, we believe that we should have been able to handle this one night of freedom given to us, a night that many students worked hard to give us, because they believed we could handle it. If Seize the Quad happens again, hopefully people will learn from their mistakes, and make the experience much better for everyone involved.
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e applaud the Seize the Quad Committee for coming up with and actually following through on a great idea to foster campus unity. On March 20, the Quad became a place for socializing and watching the game, as well as an area of heavy transit as people made their way to multiple fraternity lounge parties. Obviously, a lot of effort went into preparing for this event, and it showed. There was an abundance of pizza, as well as some burritos, to help students satisfy their latenight munchies. There was a band playing, and students could watch the tragic defeat of our basketball team against Cleveland State. It was a night where the sometimes rigid boundaries between Greeks and independents were put aside and the turn-out was really amazing. The event was also about bringing parties back on-campus, something that we definitely promote to both keep the campus community alive and to prevent drunk driving incidents. Additionally, we think that students should be able to have a good time on campus, and not think of it simply as a place we go to do schoolwork. The night should have been a fun, relaxing time for the student body, where people could enjoy a couple of beers on the Quad without the scary presence of the police. Instead, while it was in some ways a very enjoyable night, it was also a downright scary scene at times, as many students took seizing the quad to mean blacking out and making huge, inappropriate scenes. The event was supposed to show that we know how to drink responsibly and can be trusted to have a big
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Quick Quotes ” Oww!! Are they almost here? Oh God. I need help.”
Obama is leading us to authoritarianism Centrally-planned economy will lead to total state control
not whether or not it is correct and well thought-out. Just consider a few of President Obama’s statements less than 100 days into his tenure as President — “The time for talk is over, the time for action is now,” or the more overtly fear-mongering, “I can say with complete confidence that endless delay or paralysis in Washington in the face of this crisis will only bring deepening disaster. I can tell you that doing nothing is not an option.” These are just two examples of the rhetoric coming from the mouth of our leader. The idea here mirrors that of President Bush — either give the government unquestioned control of Elliot Engstrom whatever they demand, or horrible Managing editor disaster will ensue. We cannot and must lot of Americans can smell it. not let our government dupe us into Some of us are still too engulfed in giving them this level of control over the Obama mania to be able to see it. lives of ourselves and our children. But I think people will start waking up I will concede that in the most positive soon to a chilling reality — we’re heading of lights, Obama’s current haste to pass in a dangerous, dangerous direction. a battery of spending bills giving the Authoritarianism is a term most people federal government more and more associate with lines of soldiers patrolling control of our economy — and our the streets, enforcing curfews and lives — could be viewed simply as his rationing food. sincere hope to do something good for However, if an authoritarian the people of America. However, history government is ever allowed to take has time and time again revealed a more complete hold in the United States, it sinister backdrop to such plans based will not be through a on central planning military presence in the coupled with such streets ... at least not at rhetoric, and regardless “Emergencies” or “crises” have of his intentions, the first. “Emergencies” or consequences will be always been the pretext for “crises” have always the same. which governments have been the pretext for F.A. Hayek, a tried to convince their people Nobel Prize-winning which governments have tried to convince economist and one that it was necessary to give their people that it was of the greatest minds up both their individual and necessary to give up of the 20th century, economic liberties for the both their individual focused a great deal of and economic liberties his work on the horrors sake of the survival of the for the sake of the that result from central nation. survival of the nation. planning, which is Had we not been essentially the idea that in a time of national all economic activity pandemonium following the attacks of in a nation should be dictated and Sept. 11, President Bush never would controlled by a central body, that being have been able to sell the ideas of a the national government. causeless war in Iraq or the targeting In works such as The Road to Serfdom of American citizens as suspects to be and The Constitution of Liberty, he monitored by the National Security argued that a people must never allow Agency – all while having one of the their government to centrally plan the highest presidential approval ratings in national economy, as government control U.S. history. of the economy would inevitably lead I would assume that a candidate who to government control of almost every campaigned by crying “Change, change, aspect of a nation, including private change” to the energized masses would industries and even the nation’s food be in full favor of a reversal of this fearsupply. Hayek once wrote of central mongering policy. However, the opposite planning that “From the saintly and has proven to be all too true. single-minded idealist to the fanatic is We now find ourselves in one of the often but a step.” greatest economic crises in our nation’s President Obama certainly has been history, and not only is our leader cast in a saintly light, and he has already blatantly lying to us about the cause by proven to be a single-minded Keynesian stating that the free market system is on economic issues. Let’s hope and pray culpable, but he also continues to tell us that reason will take hold before our saint that instead of attempting to examine the of a president takes Hayek’s fanatical step. causes of this crisis in order to determine the correct solution, the inherent good Elliot Engstrom is a junior French major is instead the quickness of the action, from Matthews, N.C.
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- Robert Drawbough, of Fairfield, Conn., on the phone with police after his estranged wife handcuffed herself to him and then proceeded to bite him on his torso and arms; her defense was that she wanted to talk to him without him running away.
“” “Typically, the victim unknowingly drinks a beverage that has been secretly mixed with a drug that renders the victim unconscious for several hours, during which time large sums of money are charged to the victim’s credit card or the card is stolen outright.” - The U.S. Embassy in Japan, advising Americans to avoid bars and clubs in central Tokyo’s Roppongi nightlife area, saying on its Web site that there has been a sharp rise in cases of Americans being served spiked drinks.
“” “He can wear his trunks (underwear) more than a week.” - Koji Yanagawa, an official with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, showing his support for a line of odor-free underwear and casual clothing created by Japanese space scientists for astronauts.
“” “Keeping a leopard in a residential area is simply not allowed in Germany.” - Heinz-Juergen Greszik, spokesman for local authorities in Berlin, Germany, after police took away a leopard from a family who had been caring for it for 18 months, and even built it a 1,400-square-meter leopard park.
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Student Government | Keeping us informed
Parking rules clarified by Campus Police There are, in fact, clear-cut regulations and a reason behind every ticket
Emma Causey Guest columnist
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s one of the most provocative issues frequently cited by students, campus parking receives significant attention from SG each semester. In an effort to amend our past lack of publicity, constituent concerns were recently addressed in a meeting with Chief of Campus Police Regina Lawson. Freshmen parking is limited to Student Drive. However,
freshmen may move their cars during the week and staff lots A and G. Lots E, F, H and Y have at 5 p.m. to resident student lots. reserved 24/7 spaces. Students living in the old Additionally, freshmen may park on campus faculty apartments are encouraged to park on after 5 p.m. in resident student lots and remain Allen Easley Drive as well as lots Z, R1, R2, R3 on campus until Monday morning at 7:30 a.m. and Q. Upperclassmen parking is Parking between Davis and dependent on decal type — Taylor (lot B) is reserved for RS, RSF and RSP decaled visitors Monday-Saturday, Student Government is curcars may park in any general 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Students rently exploring the posor residential student lot (J, may park in lot B from 10 sibility of allowing student Q, R1, R2, R3, U, W2, W3, p.m.-7:30 a.m. during the W4 and Z). CS, CSF and week as well as Sundays. This parking at night in the CSP decaled cars may park change is due to a recent SG Olin parking lot, as well as in above lots as well as any initiative. increasing signs indicating designated commuter lots. However, if the lot is Both lots F and W1, however, reserved for a special group, appropriate parking times. include reserved spaces for the lot will be chained at 10 faculty/staff from 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. for the next day. p.m. OCSP decaled cars may Parking between Poteat and park in designated off-campus satellite parking Kitchin (lot N) and behind Taylor (lot A) is in authorized areas (A and B lots are located reserved for faculty/staff Monday-Friday, 7:30 off of Long Drive at the First Assembly of God a.m.-5 p.m. Lot P (behind Poteat) is reserved Church and Reynolda Village). 24/7 for faculty/staff and includes the area These authorized areas are posted. reserved for the church on Sundays. During the weekend, all student decal types Regarding tickets, parking enforcement may park on campus after 5 p.m. in faculty officers typically issue verbal warnings first
for expired decals and vehicles with no decals driving through the gates at night, followed by a written warning the second time. The third time this occurs, the student will receive a written citation. While CCTV cameras have been researched as a means for mitigating hit-and-run accidents in the parking lots, the number of incidents does not warrant the capital investment at this time. There have been 46 auto accidents in the parking lots this year — less than half of last year’s numbers. Student Government is currently exploring the possibility of allowing student parking at night in the Olin parking lot, as well as increasing signs indicating appropriate parking times with Dean Holmes, Chair of the Traffic Commission. Students are encouraged to contact him directly with questions as well as any Student Government legislator or junior Brian Dunstan, the student representative on the traffic commission. Emma Causey is a junior economics major from Arlington, Va.
Seeking Middle Ground | Left Says
Money buys power on the Hill Lobbying plays a major part in U.S. government legislation
President Obama, while decrying the special interests that influenced the Bush Administration, simultaneously became the first major presidential candidate to forgo public funding in favor of entirely private funding in the general election. He accepted donations from the same laundry list of entrenched interests that all other major candidates have, and since taking office, he has installed lobbyists in several important governmental positions. To steal a line from McCain, “That’s not change we can Ryan Taggett believe in.” Old Gold & Black columnist So when looking at the lobbying situation in Washington, it seems very hopeless. s a sophomore, I was lucky In my opinion, the only hope of enough to be chosen for the saving democracy from this very Wake in Washington program, undemocratic system is to reexamine allowing me to intern on Capitol Hill lobbying and interest groups all with a member of Congress. One together. of the first things I learned on the Firstly, we must admit that lobbying Hill was about the role of lobbying is not necessarily a bad thing; there and its tremendous influence on our are lobbies for excellent causes, government. Each and every day, our office would (far too many to list here). Besides, our government leaders should be receive hundreds of faxes, e-mails responsive to the needs of various and calls from various interest groups interests and lobbying helps to make and lobbyists all vying for time with them aware of those needs and the congresswoman. As I spent more interests in our time on the Hill and society. got to know staffers The problem from both Republican We must be smart and use arises when some and Democratic this powerful tool to do groups have offices, I realized disproportionately good, because the groups that nearly every loud voices based member’s schedule that use it today are certainly not on number, was full of meetings smart and experienced need, or merit, with lobbyists and but on money and enough to use it for evil donors — turns resources. out you really can purposes. We must then buy influence in utilize lobbying Washington. ourselves to combat I reflected upon the entrenched the strange but accepted order that interests that currently use it to bend prevailed in Washington; one in the government to their own will. which a person or organization As Thomas Friedman said in his with money was entitled to more representation than someone without. recent book about the global climate crisis, if all of the money used for Needless to say, I found it to be a the Live Earth concerts and other gross perversion of our supposedly events had instead been used to democratic ideals. lobby representatives, it surely would How then do we fix this deeplyhave had a much more significant flawed system? Some suggest that effect. We must be smart and use this stricter campaign finance laws would powerful tool to do good, because the do the trick by eliminating money groups that use it today are certainly from politics. Surely they are correct smart and experienced enough to use that money is a key driver of the it for ill purposes. special treatment that some lobbyists So let us not reject lobbying and donors receive; however, these altogether as an evil institution; let’s proposals raise serious questions fi ght fi re with fire and use this tool to about free speech. make America and the world a better Even many of today’s laws are place. legally questionable, and we cannot ignore the Constitution simply because its implications are not Ryan Taggett is a senior political science convenient in this case. major from Kissimmee, Fla.
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Discovering Wake Forest |Academics in numbers Number of faculty members
Economics Department
Italian Department
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How does Wake Forest stack up? | Facts and figures Percent of undergraduates who hail from their university’s home state Rice University
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This Texan university pulls almost half of its undergraduates from the Lone Star State.
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Only one in four undergraduates at the university is a North Carolinian.
Ec-O-pinions | Greener Thinking
“Paint it black” to conserve energy Cassie Freund Guest columnist
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ost of us recall last season’s football slogan: “Paint it Black.” On March 28, this phrase will take on a whole new meaning for Wake Forest University. The lights on the chapel, along with all other non-essential campus lighting, will be turned off between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. So why, you may ask, is all of this happening? The answer is Earth Hour 2009. Earth Hour is a worldwide event sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund. It is designed both to draw attention to unnecessary energy consumption and as a way for cities, businesses and governments to show their support for efforts to prevent climate change. The idea is that Earth Hour will travel from time zone to time zone, as everyone is asked to turn off their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time. It will start in New Zealand, making its way through major world cities such as Sydney,
Beijing, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, London and Mexico City. Some of the biggest cities in the United States have also agreed to participate in Earth Hour 2009; Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York City and San Francisco will all go dark to show their support for Earth Hour. Earth Hour started in 2007 and was a huge success last year, with over 50 million people from 400 different cities participating. This was truly a worldwide climate event, as all seven continents were represented among the participants. Some of the world’s most famous landmarks went dark. These included the Sydney Opera House, the Coliseum in Rome, the Empire State Building in New York and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Even Google got in on the action by setting the homepage to all black. The goal for this year is for 1 billion people to turn off their lights. A couple of weeks ago, members of the Student Environmental Action Coalition asked President Hatch if we could bring Earth Hour to campus by turning off the lights on Wait Chapel. His response was above and beyond what we asked for, and consequently all non-essential campus lighting (in addition to the lights on Wait Chapel) will also be
turned off for that hour. Turning the lights off is a simple gesture, but this action sends a wonderful message to the Wake Forest community. It says that Wake is committed to improving sustainability on campus. This is very encouraging, and we hope that this is only the beginning of environmental leadership by Wake Forest. To make this event a success, we need student participation. The administration has set a great example for us and now it is our job to take action. So, SEAC is asking you to turn off any lights that you aren’t using for that hour. You can turn off the overhead light, your desk lamp, those Christmas lights decorating your dorm room, or your computer. This simple gesture is a symbol that you support Wake’s sustainability efforts (and at the very least, it’s a great excuse to take a nap before a night of partying … or even just for a party in general!) You can also go online to officially sign up and be counted among participants worldwide. For more information, check out the Earth Hour website at www.earthhourus.org as well as SEAC’s blog at http://sustainefu. blogspot.com Cassie Freund is a junior biology major from Rochester, Minn.
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There will be volunteer projects in Asheville and Murphysboro. The trip also includes a concert at Cat’s Cradle “Going through an organization was neat, but in Chapel Hill and a tour of a biodiesel project I wasn’t really able to reach people effectively,” in Durham. Dunlap said. “So I decided to design my own The trip has a program cost of $750, which group.” covers three meals a day and all of the scheduled Dunlap suggested the idea of a cycling trip events. across N.C. to Britt, who encouraged him to That cost is independent of the $750 each rider move forward with it. They began planning in is expected to raise to support their chosen nonlate December 2008. profit organization. Ideally the group will consist of 11-12 riders Dunlap and Britt are riding to support Crisis and 2-3 additional members who take turns Control Ministry, a Christian-based group in driving the support vehicle, which will carry the Winston-Salem that works individually with riders’ supplies. people to help them meet essential life needs and The mileage will average 60-80 miles a day, become self-sufficient. with some variation. The group will sleep in “We want to do something to support the nonchurches or community centers and cook their profit sector without soliciting funds from anymeals along the ride. The trip also incorporates one,” Dunlap said. a few days of volunteering and fun activities. In “Right now everyone’s 401(k) is shot and so the first few days the group will visit Hot Springs no one’s donating money and more people are ImagineSqPbw 3/13/06 2:44 PM Page 1 and go white water rafting. applying to receive it.”
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seen in over 30 countries by over one million people. It follows a number of individuals throughout several countries in the Middle East who identify as both Muslim and homosexual. Many of these men and women chose to have their faces blurred in order to remain anonymous due to the severe punishments in place for committing homosexual acts in most of these nations. As might be expected in response to a director who unabashedly examines issues of religion and homosexuality with his work, in addition to an outpouring of positive re-
sponses from viewers and media outlets alike, Sharma has also received some feedback on the other end of the spectrum. “Parvez Sharma is going to die such a bad death, one that will startle those that dared to support him,” wrote one individual in an e-mail Sharma reposted on his blog. “Every devout Muslim from here to Azerbaijan will be hot on your trails trying to rid you from the face of this earth.” However, when asked about his safety in making and promoting the film, Sharma did not appear particularly concerned. He said that his greatest anxiety occurred each time he had
to re-enter the United States after filming abroad. “I was questioned for hours every time. I thought they would take my tapes away,” he said. “If I had been found out, I think the worst that could probably have happened is that the tapes would have been taken away or destroyed at the airport.” A Jihad for Love has garnered international attention and has already received several awards from film festivals across the globe. The film is set to be released on DVD on April 21. Find out more about the film at http:// ajihadforlove.com.
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Linebacker Aaron Curry does agility drills at Wake Forest’s Pro Day March 23. Curry’s principal reason for working out was to make sure his teammates also received attention from every NFL team.
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{ DEAC OF THE WEEK } This week’s Deac of the Week is linebacker Aaron Curry. While he may not be playing for the Deacs anymore, he showed off his skills to 41 scouts of the 32 NFL teams that came to Wake Forest’s Pro Day March 23. Curry, along with 10 of his teammates, performed footwork and agility drills. Last month, Curry and four Curry other players traveled to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, Ind. After his impressive career at Wake Forest, Curry is now in a position to achieve his goal of playing in the NFL. Curry has been discussed as the possible choice for the first overall pick. Most experts have him going in the top five.
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The Deacs saw their hopes of a championship bounce away as they fell to Cleveland State in the first round. Now the question is which Deacs will enter the NBA draft. By Martin Rickman | Staff writer
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In 2001, 10th-seeded Butler came out and went on a 25-3 run to start the game against seventh-seeded Wake Forest, a run that the Deacs would never recover from and a run that still haunts Demon Deacon fans to this day. In 2009, 13th-seeded Cleveland State, a fellow Horizon League team, blitzed fourth-seeded Wake with hot shooting from beyond the arc and led by as much as 17 in the first half. The Deacs turned it over too much and were out-hustled on the offensive glass and as quickly as they began, Wake’s NCAA Tournament hopes were dashed by a final score of 84-69. “We surprised them,” Cleveland State Head Coach Gary Waters said, “and it took them awhile to realize what was occurring out there, and then it became a ball game.” The Vikings surprised Wake with a stifling defense, inviting Wake to push the tempo, but the Deacs pushed too hard and turned it over, 18 times on the day. Wake shot 52 percent and 38.5 percent from beyond the arc, but Cleveland State’s 11 offensive rebounds and just six turnovers allowed them to control the basketball game on both ends of the floor.
“I think I just wanted to play fast, fast, fast, and before we realized we were down too far to kind of run some sets,” junior guard Ish Smith said. “It’s a learning experience, and I’m going to look back at the tape and see what I have to do to get better as a point guard and as a player.” In fact, Cleveland State took 15 more shots than the Demon Deacons, as every loose ball seemed to fall right into a Viking player’s hands. Cleveland State was led by Cedric Jackson, a two-year starter at St. John’s who transferred to Cleveland State last season. Jackson had 19 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, but more importantly, he held Sophmore Jeff Teague to just seven shot attempts and seven turnovers. Cleveland State forward J’Nathan Bullock had his way with Demon Deacon defenders. Wake Forest switches on ball screens and was left in mismatches all game as Bullock would have the ball against far smaller defenders. He used those mismatches to score 21 points and add six rebounds. “We just couldn’t get stops when we needed them,” Head Coach Dino Gaudio said, “and our turnovers were so critical to their success.” The Deacs were paced by Sophomore James Johnson, who was the only one to consistently hit shots all game. He had 22 points on 8-13 shooting (4-5 from beyond the arc)
and eight rebounds. He had four blocks. This is a heartbreaking end to Wake Forest’s season. The Deacs were ranked as high as number one in the country after their wins against North Carolina and at Clemson, but they were inconsistent after January, seeing guard Teague struggle in stretches. Wake also had a lot less from their center play in February and March and saw their No. 1 ranked ACC defense slide. Wake has the potential to be very good again next season if players like Teague, Freshman Al-Farouq Aminu or Johnson return, but they will need to make adjustments and grow as a team. Gaudio, in just his second season, will need to grow as well. “What we’re not doing a good job of, and that’s on me, that’s my fault, is we want to play fast,” Gaudio said. “We want to push the ball. But we’ve got to have recognition of when we don’t have the break, then understanding what we have, and if it’s not there, pulling it out and running a good half-court offense. “That’s a big thing. That’s something we have to get better at. That’s something I have to do a better job of coaching, and that’s on me.” Wake Forest finished the season 24-7. Cleveland State won its first NCAA Tournament game since defeating Indiana in a magical run that ended in the Sweet Sixteen in 1986.
As I sat in my room Sunday night, I decided to catch up on my Bill Simmons podcasts on espn.com. I clicked the link for his NCAA Tournament preview, where he picked his entire bracket. Early on, the Wake Forest vs. Cleveland State game came up in the discussion, and the consensus was that Cleveland State would be a good upset pick if they weren’t playing a team as talented as Wake Forest. Simmons cited evidence such as Jeff Teague, Al-Farouq Aminu and James Johnson being rated in the top 16 NBA prospects by several scouting sites, and that their size should be a huge advantage. Hearing him talk confirmed what I had been suspecting all year: that Dino Gaudio is a great recruiter, but maybe not so good as a basketball coach. The season started so well, breezing through a cupcake non-conference schedule before starting 2009 with road wins over BYU, Boston College and Clemson wrapped around a home win over North Carolina. Wake was No. 1 in the country and feeling good before the no-show game (theme developing, theme developing!) at home against Virginia Tech. The win over Duke was capped by a welldesigned out of bounds play, which I give Dino credit for. By my count, Wake ran three outof-bounds plays this year: the game winner against Duke, the Aminu-lobs-it-to-Johnson play, which was run successfully against UNC and Clemson, and a stack formation at the three point line which resulted in a wideopen Teague swish. So that’s four total plays and nine points, a pretty solid average. The rest of the year, the “play” the Deacs ran was everyone put your hand up and hope for a decent lob pass. Let’s just say that play was slightly less efficient. Failing to show up against lesser opponents is usually a sign of poor coaching, and that happened to the Deacons a number of times this year. It happened most notably against Georgia Tech, when the Deacs may have been playing to reclaim their No. 1 spot. Despite playing poorly, they still had a chance to win with seven seconds left. As the team came out onto the floor, my instinct was, “We don’t need a three, why is Hale in
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David Hopkins Freshman David Hopkins, a Winston-Salem native, has wasted no time in getting on the court. In his inaugural season, he finished 7-2 in singles and advanced to the semifinals of UGA’s Southern Intercollegiate Tournament
By Lizzie Rosen | Senior writer How did you decide to come to Wake? Well, I decided to come here after visiting some other schools that were larger in student population. When I saw how big they were, I realized that a smaller school would be better. Since Wake is right at my backyard and both of my parents graduated from here, I thought it was the best option for me. How did you get involved in tennis? I went with my mom one day to one of her lessons when I was 6, and the coach asked if I wanted to hit while I was waiting. From there it was history. If you weren’t playing tennis right now, what do you think you would be doing? Probably playing football or some other sport. Whatever it is, I would definitely be playing a sport of some kind, and in college for sure. What are your personal and team goals for this season? Personal goals are just to keep improving everyday I step on the court so that I can reach my full potential. In terms of team goals, I would love to win the ACC Championships, host NCAAs and win it! Who, if anyone, do you model your game after? I really do not model my game after one particular person. There are many players that I enjoy watching like Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Serena Williams and many other players. I always enjoy looking at those three particular players because they are true competitors and athletes. That is one thing that I try to emulate while I am on the court. What is your favorite surface to play on and why? Grass because it is the best surface ever! The ball does not bounce at all so you pretty much just have to take the ball early and make things happen in order to win. How do you keep yourself focused in a match when you get down? I just think about the point and what I am going to try to accomplish with that particular point. In tennis, I believe that you can’t think about the last point or what is going to happen two points from now. When you are down, you have to focus even more on that particular moment. By thinking ahead or about the past, you will have a hard time coming back to win. If you could play a match with anyone who would it be and why? It would be Nadal because I really want to see what it feels like to hit his ball and actually play against a high level competitor like him. If you could change one rule about the game what would it be and why? Probably playing nets in college. I do not really like it that much because if it hits the net and barely bounces over, it is hard to win the point and get the ball back. If you could play another sport, what would it be and why? Football! I am a pretty big college football fan and my dad played as well, so it would only seem right. Plus, I already have a football build so it would not be hard for me to get into it. Do you have any personal rituals before a match? The only thing I really do is listen to music before each match because it helps calm me down. What do you think is Winston’s best kept secret from Wake students? Well, there is a place called Sweet Potatoes. It has the best food in Winston, and not one person on Wake’s campus knows about it. The food there though is amazing! And it is not expensive! What is it like having your mom teach here? It’s not what I thought it would be! I really thought I would run into her everyday being the campus is not that big, but I really do not see her that much. I have to really make an effort if I want to go see her. I have a couple of friends who take her class. They usually make fun of how different she and I are, but other than that, it is not that bad!
Women’s soccer team drops to Georgia in spring opener Playing three 30-minute periods in the spring opener at Spry Stadium, the Lady Deacons opened spring play against Georgia on March 21. The Deacs held Georgia scoreless most of the game, yet Georgia managed to score off a corner kick in the third period, gaining a 1-0 advantage from which the Deacons would not recover. All available members of the team saw playing time in the contest, and Wake had unsuccessful scoring opportunities in all three periods, including a header attempt near the end of play from Junior Kaley Fountain. The Deacs will face Florida and South Carolina in a double header on Saturday, March 28.
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Intramurals host 2009 Spring Golf Tournament at Bryan Park
Men’s soccer falls to RailHawks in last minutes of match
On Saturday, April 25 at 2 p.m., the 2009 Spring Golf Tournament will be held at Bryan Park Champions Course located in Greensboro. The registration fee is $145 per team, either cash or check, and teams can sign up in Reynolds Gym 204A. Sign-ups will run from April 13 through April 22. The Wake Forest men’s golf team will donate prizes for winners of the tournament. The Bryan Park Golf Complex contains 36 holes of championship golf and a golf practice and learning facility, as well as a pro shop and grill. Bryan Park recently earned the prestigious four-star ranking in Golf Digest’s Best Places to Play Guide.
The men’s soccer team traveled to WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. to play the Carolina RailHawks of the United Soccer League, falling 1-0. The Deacs held the RailHawks scoreless for most of the game, but the RailHawks managed to take the lead in the last four minutes of play. Former Wake Forest player Amir Lowery played the entire 90 minutes for the RailHawks. Wake opens spring play on Friday, March 27 against the University of Denver, coached by former Wake Assistant Coach
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What’s left in the NCAA tournament? By Matt Powers | Staff Writer
Do I know who’s going to win the tournament? Hell No. And neither do you. Be glad for it. We’re about to experience some of the most competitive basketball that has been played in a while. Searching for the obvious best team, or even four best teams, has become an impossible task. Despite the general praise for Connecticut right now after solid first week performances, they are far from being a sure thing. Only receiving 7.1% of votes for champion in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge, the Huskies’ superiority is debatable. Connecticut’s award-winning player, Hasheem Thabeet, has shown no convincing sign of leadership thus far, as his inconsistency often leads to early foul trouble or disappearance on offense. Either scenario would put Connecticut in a dangerous situation that the talented remaining field would undoubtedly exploit. They are far from untouchable, as even this month they suffered losses to two of the other remaining teams. The UNC-Tar Heels were the clear favorites entering the tournament, receiving just over a fourth of championship picks from brackets of ESPN users. Ty Lawson was voted the most valuable player in the ACC, yet his injury places the Heels in major uncertainty. A toe injury of his type is a hindrance that cannot be ignored, as even his coach Roy Williams admits it won’t go away. The team’s success relies heavily upon his speed, leaving their future in question.
If we examine the opposite end of the field, standing out are the Arizona Wildcats, being the only seed higher than five as they snuck in with the Midwest’s 12th spot. The fact that the Wildcats, who finished .500 in a weak Pacific-10 conference and lost to Arizona State in the first round of their conference tournament, even made the Big Dance shows the respect that their talent attracts. The Wildcats’ top three players are all but guaranteed first round picks, with Jordan Hill and Chase Budinger likely going in the lottery. This team continuing their run would come as no surprise, as their explosive offense lends itself to going on streaks like the seven-straight games they won two months ago. Likewise, every other remaining team consists of intriguing pros and cons. Debatable situations are endless, with a logical argument existing for every team. Louisville’s defense, Duke’s three-point shooting and Syracuse’s grit qualify each for greatness, yet their deficiencies in guard leadership, inside presence and depth, respectively, restrict their perfection. The top 16 teams are closer in ability than ever before. This can be attributed to two key factors. The first is an underrated aspect of college basketball: coaching. The third round is full of legends of the locker room, with Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim, Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun already in the NCAA Hall of Fame and other probable members such as Tom Izzo, John Calipari, Rick Pitino and Bill
Self. These eight lead a group of coaches whose reputations are solidified, as each has seemed to figure out a consistent system for success. The pattern of teams making it deep in the tournament has become obvious in the consistent presence of these major college basketball leaders. Not necessarily related is the second factor for the 16 teams’ dominance: freshman talent. Since the introduction of the NBA’s one-year waiting policy, the distribution of talent has changed drastically. Instead of the small percentage of top prospects who decide to go to college being randomly sprinkled among the teams with the best programs, nearly every team gets a decent share of the new talent. When before the top freshmen would push their already great team to stand out as one of the few elite, now every good team has their own diaper dandy to give them that push. From Oklahoma’s Willie Warren preventing Blake Griffin from being double-teamed to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Ed Davis and Tyler Zoller giving Tyler Hansborough some rest, every team can contribute their success at least somewhat to their freshmen. Thus, what we are left with is a tournament amongst the true titans
of college basketball, with each game being decided by the most detailed intricacies. If any indication, it took six overtimes, a Big East record, to verify the better team between number one seeded Connecticut and No. 3 Syracuse two weeks ago. Right now, the only safe bet for the tournament is it taking its place among the greatest.
Women’s tennis, 12-4, wins two ACC matches By Scott Wilson | Staff Writer
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The women’s tennis team knocked off the Maryland Terrapins March 21 by a score of 6-1 and turned around the next day and defeated Boston College by the same score. The No. 37 Deacons got off to a rough start in doubles play, falling behind early in two of the matches. While sophomore Emilee Malvehy and junior Aileen Davis
dominated the No. 2 doubles team from Boston College (winning 8-4), the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles teams for Wake Forest did not have such an easy path to victory. After falling behind 3-1 in both matches, the Deacons recovered to win both, the comebacks highlighted by the No. 1 doubles team of junior Sasha Kulikova and senior Sierra Poske, who won five consecutive points to close the set. Poske and Kulikova improved to 11-4 on the year in number one doubles and helped the Deacons sweep the doubles matches.
The Deacs won five out of the six singles matches, including three in straight sets. Malvehy took down Boston College freshman Katarina Gajic in straight sets (6-2, 6-3). Senior Christian Tara and sophomore Katarina Reveche also won in straight sets, on the strength of Tara’s shutout in the second set and Reveche’s opponent retiring in the second set. In what developed into the two best matches of the day, doubles partners Poske and Kulikova each won their matches on third set tiebreaks. Kulikova, facing Boston College’s Lana Krasnop-
olsky, won the first set 6-2, but seemed to struggle after that, losing the second set and falling behind 3-1 in the third. Kulikova, however, rallied to win six straight points on the way to a 10-5 victory in the third set tiebreak. Poske, like Kulikova, won the first set and lost the second. The senior pulled out a win in the third set tiebreak because of her ability to continually drill her backhand strokes down the line. The only loss of the day for the Deacons came from junior Ryann Cutillo in the six singles match, who fell to her Eagle opponent by scores of 6-3, 6-3.
Against Maryland Poske, Kulikova, Tara and Malvehy once again won their singles matches to ensure the Deacon victory. Cutillo picked up the fifth singles point, winning a protested match against Maryland sophomore Oksana Krutiyenko. The Deacs picked up their sixth and final point on the strength of doubles wins by Kulikova/Poske and Malvehy/ Davis. With the two wins this weekend, the women’s tennis team improves to 12-4 and 3-1 in the ACC. Next up the Lady Deacs host Georgia Tech.
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The No. 25 Wake Forest men’s tennis team fell to No. 30 Duke 3-4 March 25. Wake won all three doubles matches in 45 minutes, but won only two of six doubles matches. No. 26 senior Corey Parr defeated Duke’s No. 58 Kiril Dimitrov in the first singles slot. In the fifth singles slot freshman David Hopkins defeated Alain Michel. The Deacs are now 12-6 on the season. The Deacons had little time to console themselves after the tough defeat against South Carolina March 19, as they immediately traveled to College Park, Md. to face the Maryland for the Deacs’ first ACC match of the season March 20. The Terps proved to be little competition, as the Deacs cruised to an easy 6-1 victory. The match included the 100th career singles victory for Parr, who teamed up with junior Steven Forman for a victory. The match also saw sophomore Iain Atkinson register his first singles victory of the season. Parr and Forman had never defeated Maryland’s number one pairing and were down two breaks before running through to a tight 9-7 victory. Regarding Atkinson’s first singles victory, Assistant Coach Chris Brandi said, “I still do not think he is playing anywhere near as well as he is capable of playing, but he is defiantly doing better.” The Deacons were on the road for two more matches last week as they had a doubleheader March 22 against Brown University and ACC opponent Boston College. Brown almost pulled off the upset as they started well and stole the doubles point from the Deacons. “Our doubles is still not where we would like it to be,” Brandi said. “We do not like to say that the doubles is more important than it really is, but it obviously helps set the tone for our match. We have got to do a better job.” Down 1-2 after Forman’s three-set defeat, the Deacons received key wins from No. 26-ranked Parr, Wolff, Atkinson and Morgernstern who clinched the match. Hopkins dropped his match in an abbreviated third-set tiebreaker, after the Morgernstern victory, to finalize the 4-3 score line. Soon after, the Deacons quickly wiped Boston College off the courts with a 4-0 shutout, as Parr, Forman, Wolff and Atkinson all picked up victories. Morgernstern and Brasseaux’s singles matches were suspended since the result was already in hand. Wolff, once again, pulled off a three-set victory to remain undefeated at 13-0 for the season. “He has won a lot of really close matches this year,” Brandi said. “His game is not that much better than it has been in the past, but he has definitely matured a lot as a play. If anyone is going to beat him, it is going to be a really tough day for the other. He makes you play as well as you can to beat him ... I think (his success is) attributed mostly to (the fact that) he is in as good as shape as anybody in the country.”
The change in season signals the start of the outdoor track and field season, which the men’s and women’s track and field teams kicked off on March 20-21 with the Wake Forest Open. Schools all along the east coast descended upon campus for the two day meet. In the first race of the meet, junior hurdler Caroline Vaughn ran a school record 13.45 in the 100m hurdles, breaking her own record of 13.66 set last spring. Vaughn’s performance set the tone for the rest of the meet. “Caroline (Vaughn) did a great job managing her event and, as it was the first race of the meet, it set the tone for the other athletes to follow,” Head Men’s Track Coach Scott Hall said. “It is very important for our team to have our top athletes perform on a high level and set the bar for the younger athletes in the program.” “Caroline Vaughn is a fierce competitor and she is learning to have the confidence to bring that spirit to each competition,” Director of Track and Field Annie Bennett said. Vaughn’s time was also good enough to qualify her for the NCAA Regionals. Senior sprinter Melissa Council also ran her way into the NCAA Regionals by posting a time of 54.30 in the 400m dash, narrowly missing the school record by two tenths of a second. Freshman distance specialist Thomas Morrison won the first section of the 800m run and would go on to win the event outright with a time of 1:52.6. With the first day of the meet behind the teams, the men’s and women’s track teams met equal success on the second day of the event. After coming in second in his qualifying race, junior Brent LaRue won the 110m hurdles in dramatic fashion with a time of 14.15. LaRue came from behind on the last hurdle to pass
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Teams complete baton handoffs in the 4x400m relay race during the Wake Forest Open March 20-21. Howard’s Daniel Kinney and win the race. LaRue’s time qualifies him to compete in the NCAA Regionals. Vaughn, who set a new school record in the 100m hurdles the day before, finished second in the finals of the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.60. Later in the day, Vaughn would finish second in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:00.12. The time is a personal best for Vaughn and also marked the second time in the meet that Vaughn qualified for the NCAA Regionals. The men’s 400m hurdles saw senior Philip Warsaw finish as the top collegiate runner. Warsaw posted a 52.29 in the event. The women’s 4x400 team brought in another
first place finish for the Deacons. The team of junior Nicole Castronuova, junior Alexandra Gove, Vaughn and Council posted a combined time of 3:43.83 and overtook the Howard squad in the last 20 meters of the race to notch the victory for the Deacons. Overall, Bennett was very pleased with the teams’ showings at the Wake Forest Open and she likes the manner in which the team in progressing. “I am very pleased with the men’s and women’s track teams,” Bennett said. “We had many personal bests and outstanding competitive efforts. The team was a strong unit and we will continue to get stronger over the next few weeks.”
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the game?” Then I saw him go to throw in the ball, and I became concerned. Wake has two solid distributors on the team: Teague and Smith, so why wasn’t either of them throwing in the ball? Needless to say, the ball was thrown away, and Tech came down to score the winning basket. My biggest problems with how this season played out were the continuing lack of fundamentals and team chemistry. Wake often struggled to win the rebounding battle despite towering over pretty much every other team in the country. All season players continued to commit dumb fouls. It
is unclear if Wake runs any sort of an offense, which means if they can’t get out and run they are pretty much hopeless, as Maryland showed in the ACC Tournament. When forced into the half court, the play seems to be “hold the ball, look frustrated, everyone stand, and then whoever has the ball with 15 seconds left on the shot clock try to take your man off the dribble and force a bad shot in a crowded lane.” I think this depiction is accurate for at least 50 percent of Wake’s possessions. Not having a solid offensive game plan when forced to play in the half court was a problem all season. I know it’s easy to be frustrated after a dis-
appointing end to a promising season. I also know that every other team in the country with talent comparable to Wake’s is in the Sweet 16 right now, and we’re waiting for next year. When so many little things stick out, like not showing up for certain games, never getting a timeout called early enough and team fundamentals and chemistry never improving, something isn’t right. Dino a great job keeping top recruits committed to Wake Forest. But more has to be done to keep this team contending throughout an entire season, and only time will tell whether this is an un-coachable team, or a loaded team being improperly coached.
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Old Gold & Black Sports
Deacons win on Woodall’s walk-off homerun By Chris Tumminello | Staff Writer
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On Tuesday March 24, the Deacs traveled to Wilson Field to square off against Davidson and successfully found the perfect remedy for a two game losing streak: clutch hitting. The most clutch, a two-run home run in the top of the eleventh, came off the bat of redshirt senior Weldon Woodall, who carried the Deacs to a 13-11 victory over Davidson in a game full of back and forth scoring. Woodall came on in the ninth to pinch hit for freshman Austin Stadler and struck out. But his at-bat in the 11th was more concise and much more productive. Woodall wasted no time, launching the first pitch of his at-bat over the left-center field fence to push the Deacs up by two runs. The game was dominated by offensive production from both teams. Wake began the scoring in the top of the first, capitalizing on an overthrow by Davidson’s third baseman Chris FitzPatrick that scored sophomore Steven Brooks.
Davidson would strike back hard in the bottom of the inning, scoring four runs on two errors and two hits off of Wake starting pitcher sophomore Brandon Johnson, including a three-run shot by designated hitter Pat Brady. Yet, Wake’s resilience appeared in the fourth inning when the Deacs retaliated and regained a 5-4 lead on a freshman Bentley Heyman three-run home run, the first of his collegiate year. Heyman had a career high three hits and four RBIs on the day. The offense would not shut off as the Deacs continued their clutch hitting in the fifth, scoring four runs with two outs in the inning. Brooks capped the scoring with another Wake Forest three-run home run, a truly towering shot over the left field wall at Wilson Field to give the Deacs a 10-4 advantage. The Deacs would tack on their 11th run of the game in the top of the seventh on a Brooks single to center field, scoring sophomore Ian Tomkins. The Deacs two-out hitting was impeccable, scoring seven runs when left with only one out in the inning. However, the Deacs defense and pitching could not hold the lead as
Davidson scored five runs in the seventh inning on three hits and two errors, and two more runs in the ninth to tie the game at 11 on three hits and one error. Wake had a disappointing total of five defensive errors in the game. Freshman pitcher Zach White came on in the ninth to allow the tying run of the game, but he collected his second win of the season as he held the Wildcats scoreless in the 10th and 11th innings. After a very crucial strikeout, White was replaced by pitcher freshman Michael Dimock in the 11th. Dimock forced FitzPatrick to foul out to end a potential comeback. The Deacs moved over .500 with the win, with a 10-9 record on the season. Prior to the victory over Davidson, Wake had an impressive 6-5 comeback win over High Point, followed by their first ACC conference win over N.C. State March 20. White picked up his first win of the season, striking out eight batters in 3 1/3 innings. The Deacs would take the lead on a senior Tyler Smith pinch-hit single in the bottom of the sixth and would stroll on to a 6-3 victory. Unfortunately the Deacs were outscored 23-10 by the Wolfpack in the
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Freshman Daniel Marrs delivers a pitch for the Deacs in a recent home game. The Deacs are now 10-9 on the year. final two games of the series as Wake collected two more conference losses to move their record to 1-8 in the ACC. On March 21, the Deacs opened the game with three runs, but they were held hitless for the remainder of the game, falling 10-3 to the Wolfpack. On Sunday, March 22, the Deacs
again were able to strike first, but a six-run fifth inning for N.C. State would prove to be the difference in the game as Wake fell 13-7. Wake rebounded with its victory over Davidson and will look to carry their momentum over to conference play as the Deacs will begin a three game series against Duke.
Despite loss, seniors come up big in the last game By Gary Pasqualicchio | Staff Writer
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The WNIT Second Round at the Joel on March 22 was not Senior Night for the Lady Deacs basketball team, but perhaps it should have been. Senior duo Alex Tchangoue and Corrine Groves stepped up big for Wake Forest in a losing cause that turned out to be their last home game and the last game of their college careers. Wake got off to a promising start against Georgetown when a steal by freshman point guard Brooke Thomas led to a transition bucket for Tchangoue to open the scoring. The Hoyas would respond with a transition game
of their own, scoring the next eight points to take a six point lead. They finished the game with 13 fast break points. The story in the first half was undoubtedly Groves who was 5-5 from the floor and the foul line for a gamehigh 15 points and four rebounds. At 6-foot-3-inches, Groves held a height advantage over every player on Georgetown’s team and it showed as she dominated in the low post. Her biggest bucket of the game was a jumper to tie the score at 34 apiece at the end of the half. She and Tchangoue combined for 24 of the team’s 34 first half points. Two Georgetown threes to start the half spelled early trouble for Wake as the Hoyas jumped out to a 10 point lead after only three minutes of play.
The Lady Deacs went on the kind of cold spell from the floor that has haunted them at times this season, hitting only two of their first 15 shots and finishing 9-36 for the half. Head Coach Mike Petersen did not criticize his team’s shot selection. “A lot of shots we took I really liked,” Petersen said. “Eight or 10 of them were in but just rattled around and came back.” The Deacs never recovered from that Georgetown run. They cut the lead to seven at 61-54 off a Tchangoue three with 4:19 remaining but that would be the closest they would get. Groves finished the half with only five shots, all misses. Tchangoue finished the game with 23 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, all teamhighs.
As the Hoyas put the finishing touches on a 72-61 win, Petersen called a timeout to get his seniors out of the game. The crowd of 815 gave a standing ovation to these two four-year contributors as they walked off the court for the last time. After the game, Petersen expressed his disappointment, not so much in the loss, but that the fine careers of two school-greats had come to a close. “Only two teams in the country get to finish the season with a win. (I’m mostly) disappointed I’m not going to get to coach Alex Tchangoue and Corrine Groves again,” Petersen said. “I’ve been in this game for a long time and they have to be two of my favorite kids.”
Groves and Tchangoue left their indelible mark on the Wake Forest women’s basketball program. They took the school to only its third postseason appearance in history and won 19 games in their final season. Along with team goals, they etched their names into the record books individually as well. Tchangoue finished her career playing all 118 games, a new school record. She finished with 1,212 points, good for 10th all-time in program history. Groves finished with 1,194 for 12th all-time. The appearance was the first for the Lady Deacs in the WNIT since 2005 when Wake went 2-1. Returning three starters and five key rotational players, next season the Deacs will look to build further on this successful campaign.
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Springfest 2009: Third Eye Blind
ists. Ultimately it’s about money with major labels, and sometimes music and art do not get best promoted within the scope of shareholders.
BH: It’s so hard to make it work. We wouldn’t have a career if it wasn’t for people who enjoyed our music and wanted to support us. Our career is entirely based on people coming to our shows and buying our records. We have been very fortunate to be able to continue doing what we love to do and have others enjoy it as well. CE: What would you say you guys try to project as a band? You have very strong, poetic lyrics, yet each song seems to hold a message that’s accessible for everyone who listens to your music. BH: The lyrics speak for themselves as to what the message is. The band represents purity and the ability to compromise. We don’t release records until we wholeheartedly believe it is ready to come out. We don’t want to put something out unless it is a representation of what we truly believe. Third Eye Blind’s music is a sacred place for us; it’s emotionally our way of releasing our artistic beliefs and perspectives. It’s beyond rewarding when people like it in return. CE: If there’s one thing you could say about how far the band has come from 1993 to now, what would it be? BH: It’s been a long journey; it’s really hard to be a critic of your own music and your own career. We’ve all grown up in this band and living this life and it’s been a pretty damn good one. At times it’s not easy, but it has to be one of the greatest experiences anyone can have as a career.
Nostalgia is a funny thing. When I think back to my elementary school years, I think of still being a kid with fun classes, watching Nickelodeon and getting the last few years of what we like to call “good ‘90s music.” How many of you have made mixes with your The band recently began its recent tour to profavorite ‘90s songs on them? My friends definite- mote their upcoming album Ursa Major, set to ly know I have made a couple that I like to turn come out in June. Hargreaves referred to the up at full volume in my car or in my room and tour as “going great” and appreciated the positive sing along with (rather, sing obnoxiously loud feedback the band had been getting from their with). If you’re like me and have made a variety fans in response to their new material. of mixes with some of your favorite hits from the decade, chances are songs like “Semi-Charmed CE: What is the band hoping to gain from the Life,” “How’s it Going to Be,” “Jumper” and tour, aside from promoting your new album – “Never Let You Go” have graced your mix’s play maybe a new perspective of the band? A lot of list. Obviously, all these wonderful songs come people remember your height certainly from from one of the most well1997 with “Semi-Charmed known bands of the late ‘90s, Life” and other singles from Third Eye Blind. “The lyrics speak for themselves your debut album Third Eye On Wednesday, March Blind, are you hoping your as to what the message is. The 25, university students were current fans will see a new side band represents purity and the to you guys? Clearly, the interview was a great experience given a free concert by Third Eye Blind (also known as ability to compromise.” BH: I think our fans have for myself personally; however, the performance 3eb) put together by Student been in tune with us for a surpassed my expectations. Playing a solid variBrad Hargreaves Union and Springfest chair, while and the new fans are ety of old and new music, it was perfect for old Drummer for Third Eye Blind senior Liz Jones. The band catching on. We are actually fans who wanted to sing along and definitely includes members Stephan putting out our new record memorable for individuals recently catching on. Jenkins (vocals, guitar), Brad from our own label. For the Regardless, everyone stayed in tune with Jenkins’ Hargreaves (drums, percussion) Tony Fredianelli first time, we’re overseeing all the marketing that energetic, somewhat outrageous stage antics and (guitar, vocals) and a temporary bassist currently goes into releasing a new album and working the band’s ability to play so incredibly well totouring with them. with a record label. We’re really, really completely gether. I really don’t think the uniNeedless to say, a mile-long line wrapped taking control over our own destiny; it’s an excit- versity could have asked around the Quad comprised of students from ing, freeing feeling to have. People know us from for more. near and far impatiently waiting to get their seat the way we were marketed to them a little over 10 inside of Wait Chapel. Fortunately, an awesome years ago when we were with Elektra. It’s excitopening band accompanied 3eb. Birmingham, ing to show people what we’re really Ala., natives Wild Sweet Orange brought a gor- about this time around. geous, powerful alternative/indie rock sound to the stage that was naturally inviting. I am defiThe new songs were definitely wellnitely going to download some of their songs appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed by very soon. 3eb fans at the concert. Regardless of Before 3eb’s long-awaited arrival, sticks of per- the lack of lyrical knowledge, students fumed incense and a rug were placed on the stage still found themselves easily falling into making the atmosphere very “chill” and comfort- the rhythm of the music. Hargreaves reable. The band certainly seemed to want to keep ferred to the new music as “indistinguishan intimate connection between themselves and able Third Eye Blind sound; I definitely Black their admirers. Opening the performance with a think our fans will dig it.” Gold & ld O / g n techno intro to accompany their most recent hit, In addition, I asked Hargreaves about the Joel A “Non-Dairy Creamer” from the November 2008 story on the late release of the new album. EP Red Star, 3eb started the evening off with a There had been talk about its debut last year focus on their newer music. in September, but fans have still been holdMany fans have wondered about the band’s ing their breath for the final release date. whereabouts for quite some time now. In 2003, 3eb released their last studio album, Out of the BH: We meant to put out a record in Vein, and have not released a new album since. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (laughs), but it I fortunately obtained an opportunity to have a wasn’t ready. Stephan is kind of notorious phone interview with the band’s drummer, Brad for saying, “an album is never fully finHargreaves, and got the inside scoop on what 3eb ished.” We all fully believe that until we has been up to these past few years. are completely satisfied with the finished CE: So, I guess one of the first things coming to product. We have to keep working towards mind is, how does it feel to be making a “come- making something we feel is complete. back?” When records are self-produced, it takes BH: It feels great to be releasing a new record, a lot of time to do it. We are currently definitely. The perception is because we haven’t listening to all recordings right now and Joel An g/Old Gold & Black released a new record for a while, we haven’t been figuring out which songs to remix and doing anything. The truth is we have been doing doing the fine tuning with all the tracks. We’re shows and touring, recording demos and work- really excited about releasing it. ing on our recent album(s), and working on being our own independent label. In addition to the release of Ursa CE: It seems you guys have had a fairly long pe- Major, the bands also plans to reriod away from the scene, so to speak, since your lease another album, Ursa Minor, last studio album released in 2003, Out of the that includes tracks the band did not Vein. Would you say that time was just needed feel fit as well on Major. It is set to for personal or artistic reasons? release in the next six months. Clearly BH: Yeah, as I said, we’ve been doing shows and the hype of the new music is very exworking on our album, recording demos. Since citing. One of the aspects that makes our last studio release we left Elektra and have their new releases so interesting is the been working toward being independent since. fact that 3eb is one of the few popular Black Gold & Elektra actually made us a great offer. They were ‘90s alternative rock bands that actually ld O / g n like, “here’s a giant mountain of money to leave continues to produce quality material. Joel A your record label,” and we were like, “Sweet.” Elektra was going under not long after the record CE: Many people see you as one of their was released along with other labels, so it gave us favorite ‘90s bands. How does that make this great opportunity to be great independent art- you and the rest of the band feel?
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She Said | Sex & the Campus
Be aware of every form of abuse It is written
The “J.C.” in J.C. Penny stands for the founder James Cash.
If you missed Slumdog Millionaire in theaters, you can see what all the fuss was about on March 29. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, hasn’t had it easy in life. Despite everything, he finds himself sitting in the hot seat on India’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? with one question left. It’s not the 20 million rupees he’s after — but the love of his life, Latika (Freida Pinto). From the story to the music, it’s easy to see why Slumdog ended up at the Academy Awards.
Top 10 Stand-up Comedians April Fool’s Day may not be an official holiday, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun to celebrate. With less than a week, you better start planning your pranks. Need a little inspiration or just a laugh? Check out these famously funny comedians. 1. Jerry Seinfeld 2. Russell Peters 3. Dane Cook 4. George Carlin 5. Dave Chappelle 6. Mitch Hedberg 7. Katt Williams 8. Steve Martin 9. Robin Williams 10. Chris Rock
Student Union Spotlight
Hannah Werthan Staff columnist
Normally, I use the She Said as a place to give some advice that I’ve created to the best of my ability coated with plenty of odd humor and, at times, personal tidbits. It’s in my nature to be light-hearted when it comes to talking about hooking-up and relationships with my friends and the readership of this article. However, I think it’s time to address something more serious — verbal, physical and sexual abuse. It happens every day on this campus, and, while the Chris Brown and Rihanna situation showed America that abuse is prevalent even in Hollywood, there has been a lack of actual resolution on the issue. Sure, Oprah and Tyra Banks played their part in addressing the problem,
and all kinds of celebrities have made their opinions known. But has this actually decreased abuse? The problem with discussing any kind of abuse is that no one wants to talk about it. But it is something we all should talk about, because we need to know how to look for signs of abuse and put a stop to them. The most undetected form of abuse is verbal abuse, and it occurs very frequently in high schools and on college campuses. Verbal abuse is harder to prove and it is easier to think that it is not happening to you. How do you know if your significant other is verbally abusing you? It is important to know that verbal abuse is not just name-calling. It is making the other person feel less important and attempting to diminish her selfworth. This is not just a problem that girls face; all forms of abuse happen to both genders. Chris Brown’s attack on Rihanna was a blatant example of physical abuse. But hopefully everyone is aware that physical abuse does not have to entail a severe beating to the face or another part of the body. Wikipedia offers a whole list of examples
of physical abuse. These attacks can seem mild in nature, a punch leaving a small bruise or one swift kick. Nevertheless, these attacks can easily become frequent in nature. Everyone should be aware that it is often difficult to get out of these relationships, because any kind of abuse makes the victim feel like she has very little self-worth and must stay in the relationship. It is very upsetting that celebrities as well as regular people have spoken out against Rihanna because she is allegedly still with Chris Brown. Of course, Rihanna should leave that toxic relationship, but she has been trained to think that she needs it, that she cannot survive without him by her side. Perhaps the most discussed form of abuse is sexual abuse. Here at the university, we have a week devoted to rape awareness (through PREPARE) where students pass out yellow ribbons and attended a huge anonymous testimonial session in Wait Chapel. I went to this ceremony last year, and I found it extremely uncomfortable to listen to stories of rape, but I also thought it was very important
to enforce that rape can happen to anyone. Sexual abuse doesn’t have to be sex; it can be any forced sexual activity. It can happen at any time, and there have been many cases of acquaintance rape. The most important thing to remember is that abuse comes in many forms, and no one is exempt from the possibility of becoming a victim of abuse. I do not know how to solve this problem, but airing celebrities talking about it has thus far not been the solution, not to sound pessimistic. My advice is for you to take action by doing research online and reading testimonials. It’s not fun, it’s not pleasant, but hopefully learning about abuse will prevent you from becoming a victim. Prevention is the key to ending this huge problem.
“She Said” is a bi-weekly column that presents one girl’s perspective on the college sex scene. You may contact her with your feedback or ideas at werthr7@ wfu.edu.
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Movie Review | Duplicity
Roberts and Owen blend wit and espionage By Elizabeth Wicker | Web editor
Check back each week to see what events Student Union is hosting at the university. Mythbusters Lecture Tuesday, March 31 7 p.m. Benson 401 Sushi-Making Short Course Tuesday, April 2 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Benson 407
Drink of the Week Rainbow Bright
With spring’s long anticipated arrival come the infamous April showers. Here’s a way for you to have a little fun with your own umbrella - on the rim of your glass. 1 oz. strawberry schnapps (clear) 3/4 oz. midori melon liqueur 3/4 oz. banana liqueur 1 part pineapple juice 1 part orange juice 1 part cranberry juice 1 tbs. cream Fill a tall glass with ice. Then, in the order above, layer the ingredients by slowly pouring in each one. Garnish glass with a paper umbrella or a pineapple wedge, and enjoy the weather - whatever it may be.
It has become obvious given the success of blockbuster hits like Casino Royale, Ocean’s Eleven and Mr. and Mrs. Smith that movie goers love getting caught up in the fictional lives of spies, thieves and lovers. Duplicity is the most recent release in this genre that combines all of these elements that movie goers love into a fast-paced, complex drama full of witty dialogue and exceptionally developed characters that will leave the audience questioning who to trust. Duplicity is the story of two spies, Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and Ray Koval (Clive Owens), who are caught in a web of trust, love and greed. Claire Stenwick is a CIA officer who meets Ray Koval, an MI6 officer, at a party. T h e i r intense interDuplicity action begins with a verbal Starring | Julia Roberts and Clive boxing match Owen that quickly Director | Tony Gilroy ends as a one Who’s it for? | Those who miss night stand. the heyday or those who enjoy Un f o r t u a good romantic spy movie. nately for Koval, this Running Time | 2 hrs. 5 min. one night Rating | (out of 5) of passion proves costly as Stenwick leaves him drugged and walks out as the new owner of an important piece of operative information. The plot thickens as the two spies meet again years later. With sexual tensions running high, they decide to pair up and enter the corporate world of espionage. Their targets are two multinational corporations, Burkett & Randle and Equickrom, each of whom is battling to produce the next big breakthrough in the market for shampoos, creams and lotions. Their ultimate goal is to secure the formula for the top secret innovative product and patent it first. As competition between the two companies heats up, anything is possible, but problems arise as love and trust make the game more personal with consequences for which neither spy was prepared. However, while Duplicity was both entertaining and captivating, at times it was just plain confusing. Director Tony Gilroy, who made his directing debut with Michael Clayton, chose to explain the
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Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) eyes her competition/love interest Ray Koval (Cive Owen) as they try to beat each other in an ever-changing game. already complex story with flashbacks interspersed throughout the film that might have filled in some missing pieces of the puzzle if it had not also caused one to constantly question what was happening. The plot in and of itself was complex enough without Gilroy adding to the confusion by jumping back and forth between time periods. One thing is for sure, if the plot itself does not hold the viewer’s attention, just trying to figure out what is going on will. The best choice Gilroy made with this film was casting Julia Roberts and Clive Owen as the leads. Roberts and Owen shine in their portrayal of stubborn, intelligent spies, and it is their onscreen chemistry that makes the movie. Their love affair defines the film and keeps the audience grounded in some idea of what is going on as plot twists and flashbacks leave them reeling.
It is their sharp verbal sparring matches that lighten the mood while the circumstances of their relationship interject bursts of comedy in an otherwise dramatic plot. All those who appreciate the classic sexually charged verbal boxing matches of Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant will love Roberts and Owen’s tests of trust in Duplicity. Though at times confusing, Duplicity was a fascinating movie overall. With unexpected twists, dynamic acting and a complex plot, it will keep any audience entertained. If dramas or movies that provoke a lot of thinking do not really rate on a viewer’s ideas of a good movie, Duplicity still should not be ruled out. Roberts’ and Owen’s performances are a must see that will leave audiences with smiles on their faces.
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Interview | Brother Reade
Well-known local rap group sits down with radio staff By Nathan Bedsole | Contributing writer
Before spring break, Wake Radio worked with Krankies in promoting native rap group Brother Reade’s show on Feb. 4. The station had a chance to interview them (Jim Jamz and Bobby Evans) before the show in the basement of Krankies coffee in downtown Winston. You can find the audio recording at http://www.zshare.net/ audio/5512005799f5c713. Wake Radio: I know you’ve been spending most of your time out in California. Do you still feel like coming to Krankies in Winston is kind of like a homecoming show? Jim Jamz: Yeah, absolutely. We joke about this place ‘cause we, whenever we’re in town for a show, or even when we’re going to a show an hour or two away, we camp out here at this spot. Like, the people that run this place are great, you know? I like what they do and what they do for WinstonSalem. It’s a really good resource. So yeah, more than we could even say. WR: So have you guys found a place similar to this out in California? JJ: The Smell is somewhat analogous to this place out in California, for sure. The shows that they do are like the music that comes out of this spot. Bobby Evans: When I think of this place, we come and we post up and kind of hang out all day when we’re in town, and our friends just kind of come in and out the entire day. So even if we don’t call them and tell them we’re in town, we still see them. There’s really no place in L.A. where you see everybody kind of filter in throughout the day, where everybody has a central place they’ll go once a day to get some coffee or just hang out or whatever. I think it’s just ‘cause everybody is running around so much. JJ: It could use one though, I feel like. Our friend Brian (Boom Bip), he’s trying to start a place in Echo Park that’s kind of like that, with a room like this. Just set up a bunch of gear and set it up so musicians can come through. Our neighborhood in L.A. is really rich in musicians; it’s a crazy amount. Mad Lib lives in our neighborhood, J Dilla’s mom was living in our neighborhood for a while. Any band you can think of from California probably lives in our neighborhood, unless it’s like, Guns n’ Roses. He’s trying to set up a space like that, where you just do casual drop-ins and vamps with whoever, like whatever drummer is sitting in today. WR: I guess the question that’s been on our minds at Wake Radio is, “How was touring with Mates of State?” They are kind of a favorite in the station. JJ: It was great. I was not completely familiar with their music; I have worked in licensing for TV and stuff, and we worked with them last year, but I only knew the one song that we placed. They
of risk, so you can fail every night, as well. So you can have those really special nights where you really succeed in everything. So Jimmy started playing drums really intensely again, and it really got me back into it, too. That by itself totally solved this riddle of being able to create everything at the moment. So, we started playing together without even the idea of it still being Brother Reade or it being any kind of project, but more just to be playing drums. One day we started writing, and were like, dude, this could totally be us. JJ: That was your thing; you were just like, why isn’t this just our music, why don’t we just do this? And it was so weird, but it was really natural because it really stemmed from that frustration of being in front of audiences all the time and wanting to kind of create a circuit. The particular audience and the energy that they put forth has a lot to do with the show that you put out. That happens a lot with a DJ rap set, but the horizons of it are really close. As soon as we started doing it, it was like, yeah, this is how it’s gonna be. Mates of State fans were actually really confused. (laughs) They show up and there’s these two guys playing drum sets, and our first song is really improvised, Photo courtesy of obtrusity.com and it’s not even a really set rhythm for maybe five Brother Reade, Jim Jamz (left) and Bobby Evans (right), have lived back and to fifteen minutes, depending on how it goes. So already they’re like, “Uh, when’s the other music forth between Winston-Salem and Los Angeles for the past few years. going to come in?” Not only where’s the guitars or whatever, but “Are they going to play a beat?” couldn’t have been better to us. They couldn’t have and the craziest show we had the whole tour. WR: One more question for you guys. I saw Then we drop into some rhythms and play some been a better band in terms of how they treated us you guys play last year without the kits in your different things and they’re like, “Alright, I’m with and the crowd that they bring out. BE: The majority of the tours that we’ve been on, set, and then this year you’re playing with the kits you. I was so confused, but I’m with you.” And then we start rapping; (laughs) we get up we’ve known everybody in some capacity. And so, in your set. Do you see that influence further releases for you and we change instrumentation. I think from lookthis was kind of the first and longest tours where guys, as far as records are concerned? ing at us they would have never guessed what the we didn’t know anyone on there. BE: Absolutely. We have an EP completed already range of our thing was going to do. You could see So, we go to the first state, and we don’t know anybody; we don’t know how we’re going to relate that is all drum stuff. The majority of it is two people be really confused, really psyched, really drum sets tracked together, and there’s only one confused again, and then at the end of it, it felt to them. like a whole journey. From the first show, everybody was super invit- vocal song on there. JJ: I think that that EP is like a study, and I really It’s not going to be like that every tour, I think ing, we ended up hanging out every single night. think we’re going to start integrating everything we word gets out, but it was a nice experience to have It was really awesome. that, especially in front of that audience who didn’t JJ: When you have that kind of support slot for do in some capacity. Just kind of really opening out of our comfort know us from Adam. It was a real good thing. I another band, they can really take it to you. Historically bands can be nightmares that you zones and pushing ourselves into different places think from looking at us they would have never guessed what the range of our thing was going are the opening band for. It felt like we were on or different media. Our roles being too fixed as just, Bobby makes all to do. tour with them. They were friends with us forever I have no idea what we’ll be doing next. That and picked us out and called us up. It was really a the beats, I write all the vocals, was kind of stifling personal thing, really from the gate. It wasn’t even to such a point that we felt like it wasn’t accurately makes me excited. We always joke about how great we’re going to be when we’re 75 year old men, and like, just at the end of the tour. The last night we portraying the concept of our group. BE: One thing that really pushed us towards how much more we can surprise people by coming were all bummed that it was over, and we were the drums was this idea of us being able to create up and doing whatever they wouldn’t think. only out for like three weeks. the music, to create everything as it was actually This band is more and more becoming something BE: (laughs) And all the shows were great. JJ: All the shows were good, and I was really happening in front of a live audience. And so, for that we really feel like we can take it wherever we happy because Chapel Hill was the best show. The me, I was just DJing the whole time, I was trying want it. If there are set rules of it, break them on purpose closer we got to North Carolina, the shows were to push that as much as possible, to be able to have just killer. Chapel Hill was the night before the something that is different every night and have so we can go ahead and get that out of the way end of the tour, and it was hands down the biggest something for me that allowed a certain amount and move forward.
Event Preview | King Lear
Lear proves relevant for modern audiences By Ae’Jay Mitchell | Staff writer
Economy. For many, that single, four-syllable word has become an indescribable nightmare, a plague that continues to shrink the middle class while broadening the gap between the rich and the poor. It begins to represent the inescapable box of torture Evie Shockley creates in her poem, “A Thousand Words.” As a whole, the country is beginning to ask what it means to not have and to search for what really matters to them. As the recession looms over the job market and college students press toward careers post-graduation, a call for the arts on the university’s campus becomes more and more boisterous. Once again, the university’s theater and dance department leaps forward to answer that call with their forthcoming production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear. Directed by Cindy Gendrich, associate professor of performance and directing, King Lear is scheduled to layer the Scales Fine Art Center Mainstage with a relevance that, as Gendrich describes, “will hit on some level that can be identified with family, rage, entitlement, betrayal.” For many productions, however, any relevance of Shakespeare can become lost in an era that seems like the stone-age. To a millennium drenched in technology, the overly-dramatic delivery of Shakespearean verse that confuses us seems appropriate. But, Ho, put all worriment aside. With a cast of both professional actors and passionate university student actors, King Lear promises to deliver an actionpacked, emotional and rich tale of family struggles, burning revenge and the inevitable paradox of finding one’s self by losing everything. “They told me I was everything. ‘Tis a lie,” exclaims King
Lear. Coping with this lie becomes the struggle of this tragedy and a link to America’s current struggle. Assistant Director senior Rebecca Cannon stated, “Not only is King Lear a well written and beautiful piece of literature, but (our production), set in the disgustingly excessive Robber Barron era, highlights a greed that parallels our current economic situation.” Sophomore Lizzy Thomas relates the themes of King Lear to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, saying, “After Katrina came through New Orleans, the classicism and disparity of wealth that was rampant in the city before came to the forefront of the American cultural psyche. We could no longer hide, just as the characters in Lear can no longer hide. If you haven’t dealt with the problems surrounding your world, what will you do when you can’t escape them?” The title role will be played by Dennis Krausnick, the current head of education at Shakespeare and Company and author of the one-act The Lear Project. Just as he has brought his expertise as a teacher, scholar and leader to the cast of King Lear, Krausnick is sure to bring a unique and dynamic insight to the role of King Lear on the university’s stage. Veteran actors Michael Huie and Ray Collins have also joined the cast as Gloucester and Kent, respectively, a collaboration that Gendrich boasts to be “a brilliant educational experience for the college actors.” She adds, “Dennis, Michael and Ray have all three been deeply immersed in the works of Shakespeare and have clear understandings of his language. “.vTheir presence in the cast allows their bank of knowledge to permeate the space and rub-off on the students.” Student actors include senior Dan Applegate as Edgar, freshmen John Aguilar as Edmund, junior Maggie
Choumbakos as Regan, senior Becca Kahane as Goneril and senior Lauren Gaston as Cordelia. Other students include junior Brittni Shambaugh as The Fool, senior Dan Li as Corwall, freshmen Alex Boston as Albany, senior Mike Discepelo as Oswald, freshmen James Chafin as Burgundy and senior Kris Karstedt as France. Various ensemble roles include performances from junior Jenny Malarkey, senior Joshua Martin, junior Kate Miners, junior Abby Suggs, sophomore Lizzy Thomas, junior Chris D’Auria, freshmen Rebecca Speas, freshmen Sean Farrell and junior Stephanie Glagola. Each member of the cast is tirelessly pouring their time and energy into what is shaping to be a beautiful work of live art. Despite what stage manager Nathan Musgrove describes as, “a limited rehearsal period which requires rehearsal time alone and unbreakable diligence as a production team,” the entire cast has gone above and beyond expectations. Rounding off the performance is set design by associate professor of theater Rob Eastman-Mullins, light design by associate professor of theater Jon Christman, sound design by senior Wes Calkin, fight choreography by Stephen Hyers, dramaturgy by senior Kate Dydak and costume design by associate professor of theater Mary Wayne-Thomas. It is chaos and safety! It is love and war! It is nothingness and enlightenment! It is King Lear, a show no one can afford to miss. The show will run April 3-4 and 8-11 at 7:30 p.m. and April 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 dollars for students, and they can be purchased at the Scales Fine Arts Center Box Office or over the phone at extension 5295. Cash, Deacon Dollars and Credit/Debit Card are accepted.
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As part of Springfest, Student Union hosted a breakdancing team that demonstrated their skills on March 24.
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Event Review | Lilting Banshees
Lilting Banshees fill Brendle for Pants Down III By Olivia Boyce | Asst. life editor
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Senior Caldwell Tanner “impersonates” Scooby Doo during the Banshees show.
As the hilarious yellow signs with blue tape hung all over campus, plenty of university students were fully alerted and ready for the main event last Wednesday, March 18. The campus comedy troupe the Lilting Banshees put on their “Pants Down III” show in Brendle Recital Hall. With only one show time, the auditorium was packed to the point of overflowing with audience members filling all of the seats and extending down the two rows of stairs. While it took a while to get everyone seated, the time was filled with the traditional pre-show slideshow that proved to be funny, but not hilarious. Then came a pre-recorded video on “How to Write a Rap Song.” Instructions included, “Talk about the ladies that you disrespected, and all the ladies’ babies that you neglected. You mention your hometown and your mother, you drink a forty and then you drink another!” The video was funny, and I particularly enjoyed the watching everyone’s signature dance moves. One of the best scenes was probably the frat star pledges from an unidentified fraternity
forced to do ridiculous things by the brothers. In hopes of getting initiated, the pledges had to name the four goddesses (Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda, of course), do push-ups with their asses sorio-squat style in the air and dance to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.” The pledges’ dance would have made Justin Timberlake jealous and it was definitely a crowd pleaser. Another funny skit was about the “Drunchies” (aka the Drunk Munchies) where a drunk banjo player who ate his wife in a fit of the drunchies describes other historic drunchie choices. For example, Eve eating the forbidden fruit, and soldiers sending a newbie out on a Taco Bell run at the Alamo. Other less impressive, though still entertaining, skits included a scene from The Office that was redone in a variety of different themes including the best one, a Spanish soap opera. Then there was continuation of the clingy mother skit from earlier shows, this time where the mother wanted to go on spring break with her daughter. There was also a skit about a couple camping in “Sexy Bear Country,” a skit about Screamin’ Demons who feel the need to tailgate every
event possible and a skit about a plagiarizing, procrastinating graduate student who starts his thesis paper the night before it is due. There were also a few short episodes of antidrug commercials that included a scene about a partying grandma and her mass orgy and drug abuse plans who misses her family’s Easter celebration. All of these skits had interspersed hilarious moments, but the general audience reaction to the other jokes and the subject of each of these skits was generally just a relatively mild chuckle. The closing skit was by far the best of the night. G-Kwon (spelled with a G, pronounced with a J) stole the show with his declarations to “look at this sh*t” regarding parking tickets, Subway always running out of bread and various other jokes directed at the university. Of course, G-Kwon’s solution to all of these problems in some way involved a certain part of his anatomy, which arguably has as much problem solving power as Chuck Norris’ tears. All in all, the show was very funny and definitely worth the $3 ticket. If you didn’t make it out to the show and have a few minutes to spare, check out the Lilting Banshees on YouTube.
When in Venice | Notes from abroad
Slowing the pace while abroad proves to have its benefits By Kara Peruccio | Senior columnist
After a week of midterms and a visit to see my relatives in Naples, I needed a lazy, relaxing weekend in Venice. This may seem contrary to the commonly heard study abroad mantra of “travel, travel, travel,” but sometimes it’s nice to take a break and examine the city where you live. It seems during the week that my friends and I make the same (often hurried) walk to the same places: the grocery store, the gelateria and the café. When I woke up Friday morning, two thoughts crossed my mind. First, having no classes on Friday is wonderful and second, it was going to be a beautiful day. As a New Englander, I am certainly used to predominantly grey skies throughout the year, but I cannot express how much I love
springtime. When I left my room and peered out onto the Grand Canal, it was amazing to see a beautiful blue sky and shining sun. A walk around the city sounded like the perfect thing for a day without any deadlines, appointments and plans. Wearing only my North Face jacket, it was a relief to not have to use my heavy winter coat and have a pair of gloves in my pocket. The only downside that comes with beautiful weather in Venice is the onslaught of tourists filling the city. While they are nowhere near Carnevale level, they are still very noticeable from the once seemingly empty streets that I first arrived to in January. Tourists often cause bottlenecks at all of the little bridges because they seem like a good place to stop and read a map. As a traveler, I can sympathize with the fear of heading in the
wrong direction. However, it is impossible to get lost in Venice. Unfortunately for my mother who gave me three maps before I left, I have not had to use them more than once. As the city is specifically for people traveling by foot, the city of Venice is clearly marked with signs pointing to the only five places you need to go: Per San Marco (the heart of the city), Per Rialto (the shopping district), Per Ferrovia (the train station), Per Piazzale Roma (the bus station) and Per Accademia (Casa Artom). It’s fun to be able to go right at a place you would normally go left and find yourself exactly where you wanted to be two alleys and three bridges later. I read before coming to Venice that you only pull out your map when you feel you are truly and terribly lost. Luckily, I have not had to do this yet.
On my walk I set out toward Piazza San Marco and happily discovered a chocolate festival in a small campo. There’s always something happening in Venice, whether it’s a blues concert, Shakespeare play or a new exhibition springing up in one of the numerous museums throughout the city. One could probably stay just in the city for one month and find something new to do each day. After sampling delicious dark chocolates, I continued to the heart of the city. Looking back at photos I took when I first arrived, Saint Mark’s Basilica seems like a brand new church that I have never seen before. A blue backdrop and shining sun do wonders for the already beautiful Venetian landmark. I continued throughout the city and often stumbled across families and friends celebrating the graduations
of their loved ones. Unlike the dignified ceremony the university will hold in May, Italian graduations consist of friends roasting the graduate and making them wear funny costumes. They plaster posters on walls near the university and café, and many graduates are seen walking around the town wearing wreathes of laurels. Walking past them, I realized once again how lucky I am to call Venice my home. There’s always something new and exciting happening, and I have a hard time comprehending that I only have less than a month and a half left in Venice. Heading back to Casa Artom and watching the sunset, I started listening to Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing” and found that I couldn’t agree more with Chris Martin and company; it really is “such a perfect day,” everyday in Venice.