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Winston-Salem residents push for statue removal A downtown statue is in the process of being removed after pushback from local activists BY MARY DANIEL CHEEK Staff Writer cheemd15@wfu.edu
society. Rye argued that this is still taking place today. “For black folks, [token integration] is when we want to become the first but were not worried about the next, when we accept the legacy of the one and only [rather than] the legacy of the first,” Rye said. Instead, she argued, individuals must engage in “meaningful participation” to be able to change society and stand, as the theme suggested, on common ground. Within this idea, Rye discussed the importance of allyship. “Allyship is not saying all lives matter, allyship is not requiring that my obstacle is your challenge and obstacle, allyship is not saying that we shall overcome, but not ever exercising your privilege to make sure this is done, allyship is not whitewashing MLK,” Rye said.
On Tuesday, Jan. 22, a group of Winston-Salem residents and students gathered at the City Council chambers to voice their opinions about the statue of the Confederate soldier that stands in downtown Winston-Salem. Members of the group Hate Out of Winston spoke during the 30-minute public comment period of the City Council meeting. During this period, citizens can personally address City Council members and voice any concerns about the operations of the city government. According to the group’s Facebook page, the goal of the Pack City Council event was to place continued pressure on the city government to remove the statue from downtown following the city’s mandate for the statue’s owner to relocate it. In addition to advocating for the removal of the statue, the group also plans on fighting for local change around issues such as affordable housing, gentrification and education. Senior Alec Jessar belongs to the Hate Out of Winston group and was involved in helping to coordinate the Pack City Council event. While Jessar was unable to attend Tuesday’s city council meeting, he does believe that the removal of the statue is a step in the right direction for Winston-Salem. “To me, the statue represents that racism still very much exists in Winston-Salem and in this country,” said Jessar. Alexx Andersen, a graduate student in the Wake Forest School of Divinity, attended Tuesday’s meeting and was one of the attendees who shared their feelings about the statue with the city council. Andersen was one of many speakers who voiced their support for the removal of the statue from the downtown location, yet expressed the belief that Winston-Salem’s racial divisions will not fully heal with its removal. Winston-Salem resident Megan Anderson, who also spoke before the council, agreed.
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CNN political commentator Angela Rye addressed the communities of Wake Forest and WinstonSalem State during her keynote address on the theme “On Common Ground: Embracing Our Voices.”
Angela Rye honors MLK’s legacy Rye discussed the importance of students meaningfully participating in national and local movements BY OLIVIA FIELD News Editor fielor17@wfu.edu
With the theme “On Common Ground: Embracing Our Voices” at the foundation of the event, the Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State (WSSU) communities joined together on Jan. 21 to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Alongside student speakers and performers, CNN political commentator and keynote speaker Angela Rye addressed the crowd on the everlasting importance of the holiday. Immediately eliciting laughter and applause throughout the crowd, Rye took the stage and asked audience members to sing “Happy Birthday”
as well as tell their neighbor they were “the real M.V.P.” Although she began her speech with an abundance of humor, Rye quickly dove into discussing King’s legacy and present-day importance. “We see pictures of sit-ins, and we see the ‘what’ but we often miss the ‘why.’ Dr. King worked diligently to draw our attention to the ‘why’,” Rye said. By tying in the role that students played in bringing criminal reform and the Black Lives Matter movement to the national stage, she noted that King always knew that “young people are catalysts of change.” Much of the rest of Rye’s speech was tasked with breaking down the difference between “token integration” and “meaningful participation.” In King’s book Why We Can’t Wait, he describes “token integration” as the minimal and inadequate acceptance of black individuals into
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This past week, on Monday, Jan. 21, Wake Forest granted students, faculty and staff a day off from regularly scheduled activities to reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King was the iconic proponent of nonviolent activism during the Civil Rights Movement. Many students spent the day sleeping late, spending time with friends and loved ones and catching up on schoolwork. However, the holiday also afforded an oppotunity for the Wake Forest student body to reflect on the state of justice, racial affairs and activism in the U.S. today. While great progress has been made since King's era, his birthday should
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Thursday, January 24, 2019 | Page 3
Deacon Profile: Laya Mohan
How have you been able to prevent your disability from interfering with the “smart, hilarious and down-toearth” person your friends admire?
Laya Mohan, a Wake Forest graduate student pursuing her master’s degree in Health Communication, has done substantially more work than most to get where she is today. This is because Mohan was born with only one full arm, the other nonexistent from the elbow down. This birth defect, known as Amelia, is marked by the absence of one or more limbs or arms. Although one may not be able to imagine being unable to fully utilize an arm, Mohan has dealt with it and continues to deal with it each day, inspiring the world around her.
I really have to credit my parents because they never wanted me to feel different. They wanted me to try everything that I can and be the best at what I can do. Because they instilled confidence in me, it has been easier for me to try things and not to let other people stop me. You and your friends seem to spend a lot of time together. Can you explain how they make sure you do not feel isolated? Yeah. We were playing video games one day and everyone kept asking, “Can you do this?” I said, “Yeah. I can. I’ll tell you if I’m struggling.” They really try to be inclusive and make sure that I can be a part of any activity. Pretty sure I got second in Mario Kart when we were playing that one time too! Laughs
What was it like as a kid to have a physical disability? Because of the confidence my parents taught me, I was able to go to school and do everything normal kids would. All kids are curious. When you are in first grade, you just want an answer, and I didn’t mind giving them an answer. Was there anything you felt you could not do that kids normally take part in? I did everything I wanted to: ballet, jazz, tap. I also played soccer for some time. I didn’t feel like there was a limitation because I would try it and if I couldn’t do it, then I just couldn’t do it. Can you explain how you have adapted to life? You paint your nails, cook, and perform several other tasks better with one arm than people can with two. How? I just find my own way to do things. It’s just a little bit of adaptation. I do my nails all the time. Maybe I can’t stand up and paint my nails, but I can be sitting down and doing it. Cooking sometimes takes me a little longer to do, but that’s okay because what matters is that the dish tastes good. It’s about figuring out
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Graduate student Laya Mohan has not let only having one arm stand in the way of living a normal life and pursuing a master's in Health Communication. the best way for me to do something. I just go into it and figure it out. If it doesn’t work for me, it doesn’t work. If it does, great. It doesn’t get me down. As long as I tried, I feel better about it. Were you nervous when you came to Wake Forest as a freshman for your undergraduate years? No. At Wake Forest, I know everyone here is really educated, so they probably have either met someone or know of these things beforehand. Some people like to ask me straight up, which is fine. It’s up to you. If you want to know, you can ask. If you don’t want to know, don’t ask. I don’t know what other people are thinking. Most of the time, what I’ve heard people say is, “I don’t even notice at first.”
What is the biggest obstacle you have overcome? The prejudices people have against you without knowing who you are. But people who have those prejudices against you don’t matter because they aren’t taking the time to get to know you. I know there was a time when you felt self-conscious about putting yourself out there online. Can you tell me more about this experience? Yeah, sure. My friend was encouraging me to get on Hinge, and I just had in the back of my mind: “What if they’re like ‘Oh, wait. No, because she only has one arm'?" I don’t want to deal with that. I like meeting people in person because there’s no mystery there versus the dating profile.
This may be an obvious question, but do you wish you had two arms? Would it make a big difference in how you live? You know, there was a time in middle school when I did, but I don’t know any other way, so I really have nothing to compare. But in some ways, people are a lot more surprised and impressed with what I can do. If I were normal, no one would be impressed. Now, I have to work twice as hard to get to that level of perfection. What is your message for people who are self-conscious of their physical disabilities? Confidence is key because at the end of it, people are more curious than trying to put you down. Curiosity is not a bad thing, so you have to have the confidence to say, “Yes. This is me. This is what I have, but I can still do so much more. I’m not defined by my disability.”
POLICE BEAT Miscellaneous • WFUPD officers assisted WSPD officers in dealing with a possible sexual assault of a student on Hearn Plaza. The report was filed on Jan. 18 at 1:30 a.m. • There was an off-campus Kappa Alpha party complaint by neighbors on Lakewood Dr. WSPD advised students of Noise Ordinance. No report was written. The report was filed on Jan. 19 at 4:29 p.m. • An unauthorized party called in by the RA took place in Martin. WFUPD stood by to assist the RA with breaking up the party. No citations were issued. The report was filed on Jan. 19 at 8:58 p.m. • A small fire occured in Polo and was caused by kitchen towels on the stove. The report was filed on Jan. 20 at 12:49 a.m. Underage Consumption/Intoxication • Offender consumed alcohol at a Tri Delta function, became sick, and was transported to WFUBMC from South. The report was filed on Jan. 15 at 12:01 a.m. • Offender had consumed alcohol and two blunts at a Chi Psi party, became sick, and was transported to WFUBMC. The report was filed on Jan. 15 at 1:27 a.m.
• Offender was found intoxicated and sick. The location of where the alcohol was consumed is unknown. The incident occured in Babcock, but there was no transport. The report was filed on Jan. 15 at 1:15 a.m. • Offenders were in possession of alcohol underage and ran from police in Lot F. The report was filed on Jan. 17 at 1:22 a.m. • Offender consumed alcohol at an unknown off-campus party and was transported from Johnson to Student Health. The report was filed on Jan. 18 at 1:49 a.m. • Underage subject consumed and was in possession of alcohol beverages. Offender became sick and was checked by ERT's but was allowed to remain in room in Kitchin. The report was filed on Jan. 19 at 1:14 a.m. • Offenders admitted to being in possession of marijuana in Davis. Four marijuana cones were seized and placed in evidence. The report was filed on Jan. 19 at 10:17 p.m. • Offender consumed vodka and punch at an off-campus party, possibly Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, became ill, and was transported to WFUBMC from Luter. The report was filed on Jan. 20 at 12:37 p.m. Larceny • Unknown subject(s) removed a secure mountain bike from rack at Piccolo. The report was filed on Jan. 18 at 1:49 p.m.
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Project Wake opened to all undergraduates The first school-wide Project Wake session was held on campus this weekend BY LIAT KLOPOUH Staff Writer klopla18@wfu.edu
With the start of a new year and a new semester came a change to a recent tradition: Project Wake. Freshmen have been participating in Project Wake since 2015 when the idea was first put to practice, but only this past weekend did the program open up to the entire undergraduate population. The tradition allows students to engage with faculty members, as well as other students, and discuss issues of social importance through a book of choice. Since its beginning, the goal for Project Wake has been to promote conversation on campus relevant to the rest of the world. Past themes include “Citizenship” in 2016 for the election year and “Exploring Difference and Embracing Diversity.” In light of the many conversations revolving leadership and character already happening on campus, students participating in Project Wake this year engaged in conversations on character. Until now, Project Wake had been offered as an orientation program for freshmen as part of New Deac Week. “This year we had more than 400 students that attended and, in our assessment, the feedback was over-
whelmingly positive,” said Wake Forest Fellow Matthew Connor. “People really enjoyed the opportunity and wanted to do it again.” When Project Wake was exclusively an orientation program, students were not able to participate in the event after their first semester on campus. Based on the positive feedback they were given, Connor and his colleagues made the decision to administer a second round of Project Wake, this time during second semester when the majority of students are back on campus. As a part of this change, it was further decided that the whole undergraduate population would be able to participate. “One of the questions we consistently try to answer is, how do we build community?” said Connor. “We decided that this is a really good way to bring in diverse interests and diverse groups of people over something as simple as a book.” Senior Caity Malisse, who participated in the event on Jan. 20, agreed with Connor that expanding the program would be a great addition to each semester’s experience. “My group consisted of mostly upperclassmen, and I gained insight hearing about their own Wake Forest experiences and how the meaning that they put toward things in their life has changed,” said Malisse. With the event held this past weekend, the groups consisted of a mixture of students across class years, fueling the conversations with diverse opinions and experiences.
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This past weekend, the University opened up Project Wake, a program traditionally held during freshman orientation, to the entire student body.
“In my group, we had a student who did the Copenhagen program, she was acclimating to campus,” said Connor. “We also had an upperclassman who had been here for several semesters and a first-year student who only had one semester on campus. Across that, it was so interesting to get the vibrancy of what they brought to the group. We had even more richness and experience to build off of which led to very insightful conversations.” The addition of a second Project Wake will not have an effect on the event that occurs during orientation week. It will continue to be a freshman tradition, as it is allows students the opportunity to connect to the campus from a different perspective. According to Connor, it further helps acclimate students to
a seminar-style discussion, but in a low-stakes environment, with no grading and no right or wrong answers. At the same time, students will now have the opportunity to continue participating in Project Wake throughout their undergraduate careers. The expansion of the program allows for continued conversation and more student participation across campus. Connor said he and his colleagues are content with this year’s outcome but hope to continue working on the program and making it a valuable experience for students and faculty alike. “The impact of something like Project Wake could be really extraordinary, and it’s certainly something I foresee will continue in the future,” said Connor.
SG GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY ELIZABETH MALINE Asst. News Editor malied17@wfu.edu
I. Sexual Misconduct Workshop PREPARE conducted a presentation with Student Government as part of a series of workshops. The presentation gave the group some information that pertains specifically to issues of sexual misconduct so that next week each senator will be equipped with information to enable a group discussion. Only about 5% of incidents of sexual misconduct are reported at Wake Forest. PREPARE discussed the confidential and non-confidential sources available to students on campus. Of those resources, most students confide in the Safe Office, which is a confidential resource available 24/7. Throughout the year, PREPARE gives presentations to inform bystanders on how to act in a situation, to help victims handle their situation and to advise groups or organizations that have accused perpetrators. The Title IX office is where students can go to formally report incidents of sexual misconduct. The statistics say that one in five men and one in three women will experience childhood sexual abuse. There are several proposed changes in the Title IX regulations under the Trump Administration, and PREPARE is holding an event this week to inform
students of those changes because they are relevant to students. For example, universities will no longer be able to adjust students’ schedules or remove a student from a shared classroom or dorm unless the victim wins a formal investigation. February 18 through 21 is Tie a Yellow Ribbon Week, which includes one event each day to inform students about sexual misconduct. Events include Puppies with PREPARE and Sex Trivia at Shorty’s. On March 30, the organization is putting on a Fun Run, and April 24 is Denim Day. Key questions Student Government is considering in their workshops: •What is rape? What is sexual assault? Do definitions need to change? •Is there rape culture on campus? If so, what kind? •Is there a connection between alcohol culture and Greek life on campus? •What stops students from reporting cases? The workshop will continue next week. II. New Business Senate Resolution 8 was proposed during the meeting. It clarifies statements made in Senate Resolution 6 passed last semester, which condemned anti-Semitism on campus. Senate Resolution 6 was a huge success on the part of Student Government and actually made national news in various publications. It was a joint effort on behalf of Wake Forest University Hillel and Student Government to ad-
dress and respond to recent events such as the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh and an anti-Semitic incident in Scales Fine Arts Center. The intent was to reaffirm support for Israeli students. However, members of Palestinian groups and clubs on campus misread the resolution and felt as though Student Government was supporting the state of Israel and subsequently taking a position in supporting Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was then made clear to Student Government that in constructing Senate Resolution 6, they did not properly consult every relevant party on campus and gather all information needed to write the resolution. Senate Resolution 8 makes clear that Student Government does not take a position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but is rather simply condemning acts of hatred against Jewish students or any other racially or religiously motivated acts of hatred against other communities on campus. After 15 minutes of discussion, Senate Resolution 8 was passed. II. Announcements A video is being made about Mental Health Week and it will feature students sharing their experiences. They encourage people to reach out if they would like to take part. Senate is meeting with active shooter training organizers to facilitate training.
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“I would love to see the statue come down but what I really want to see is the breaking down of systemic racism that presents itself in the lack of quality public transportation and over-policing in poor neighborhoods,” said Anderson. The James B. Gordon chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) erected the Confederate statue in 1905. Today, the statue sits on a small plot of privately-owned land beside the old Forsyth County Courthouse that has been converted into apartments. The UDC is also responsible for helping to construct the “Silent Sam” statue that once stood on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In December, Winston-Salem City Attorney Angela Carmon ordered the UDC to “remove and relocate” the statue to “a more secure location.” In a letter sent to the UDC, the city states that the group must remove the statue from its current location before Jan. 31. If the UDC does not remove the statue before this deadline, the city has threatened to file a lawsuit against the group. In response to the letter from the city, the UDC issued a statement on Jan. 3 vowing to fight for the preservation of the statue in its current location. “We wish for the memorial to remain in its place
… and will do everything in our power to see that it continues to remain,” said the statement. The city’s proposed new home for the statue is Salem Cemetery, where 36 Confederate soldiers are buried. WinstonSalem Mayor Allen Joines supports the relocation of the statue to this site and has offered to finance the movement of the statue to this location. Mayor Joines has also stated that any movement of the statue to the cemetery would be a “quiet and serene” event. Tuesday’s Pack City Council event comes in the wake of developments regarding the future of the Confederate statue that stood on the campus of the University of North at Chapel Hill until protesters toppled the statue in August. Last week, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt announced that she would resign at the end of the 2018-2019 academic year. In her statement of resignation, Chancellor Folt ordered that the base and commemorative plaques of the Silent Sam statue be removed from the school’s campus. “The presence of the remaining parts of the monument on campus poses a continuing threat both to the personal safety and well-being of our community and to our ability to provide a stable, productive educational environment,” said Folt in her resignation statement.
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The downtown statue, with a base reading “Our Confederate Dead,” was erected in 1905 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wake Studios starts production of variety show “The Wake Take” will feature both local and national news, as well as other entertaining segments BY CAROLINE WALKER Asst. News Editor walkct18@wfu.edu
creating a news source for campus. According to sophomore Elizabeth Maline, a news anchor for the upcoming show, the first test shoots for the show began in November after the idea was finally cemented. Wake Studios Executive Maren Morris echoed this idea, stating that she hopes “The Wake Take” will become a valuable source of news for the Wake Forest community. “[I hope] ‘The Wake Take’ [will be] able to take the news format and excitement you see on TVs and … bring it
to a smaller environment,” Morris said. To achieve the goal of providing news in an engaging way to a broad audience, the members of Wake Studios have attended weekly meetings and dedicated themselves to preparations for the show. This included writing scripts, reporting on news, producing segments, directing the cast, editing the video material and marketing the production. Simplifying the wide variety of news categories into manageable segments, “The Wake Take” is divided into the categories of Wake, World News and
On the lower level of Carswell Hall, the members of Wake Studios gather each Sunday and Wednesday in the cozy studio room. Here, members brainstorm ideas for upcoming television programming and produce innovative formats of broadcast journalism before the backdrop of a green screen and among filming apparatuses like lights, cameras and Wake Forest’s very own red carpet. Wake Studios will soon present the new variety show, “The Wake Take,” which is a television program that will serve as an important source of news for the Wake Forest community. Wake Studios is the student-run organization for broadcast journalism. Members engage in broadcast journalism through a variety of roles and positions, including those of editors, directors, anchors, camera operators and marketers. The first episode of “The Wake Take” was filmed on Wednesday, Jan. 23, and the premiere will be available for viewership on YouTube beginElizabeth Maline/Old Gold & Black ning on Monday, Jan. 28. The premiere will symbolize the Sophomores Colman Feighan and Elizabeth Maline will be two of culmination of Wake Studios’ goal of the hosts for Wake Studio’s new variety show “The Wake Take.”
Entertainment. Each section will have student anchors who will cover topics pertaining to political, collegiate, athletic and entertainment news stories in a way that engages and entertains the audience. When Maline was asked about what she most anticipates about Wake Studios’ production of the upcoming variety show, she emphasized the importance of providing news to the Wake Forest community through the accessible and engaging medium of broadcast journalism. “In an age where people are moving away from print journalism and [are] more focused on visuals, I think ‘The Wake Take’ will provide Wake Forest students with the news they want to hear, but in a more intriguing and accessible format,” she said. “Wake Studios in general is a group of incredibly motivated people who have goals and passions when it comes to the professional world, and as someone who has those same goals, it’s a pleasure to work with them … and I’m excited to see the work everyone is doing.” To continue to provide a source of news for the Wake Forest community, members will meet weekly every Wednesday to film new material and every Sunday to review episodes and make any last-minute corrections. The final version of the episode will be uploaded to the YouTube channel, Wake Studios, every Monday.
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Rye: WSSU hosts keynote speaker for MLK Day
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To give an example of “meaningful participation,” Rye discussed her father’s activism and his work towards getting the NFL, in which 70 percent of the players are black, to put at least 10 percent of their money in blackowned banks. Despite these efforts, Rye said that we have not yet completely achieved “meaningful participation.” Giving examples from North Carolina, she listed statistics such as the following: 38 percent of the state’s black children are living in poverty, black households have on average 6 percent of the wealth possessed by white households and black students make up 26 percent of public schools but account for 51 percent of school suspensions. “When a train has passengers, there’s a conductor, there’s always a conductor, but in particular when the train has passengers there certain things that conductor says,” Rye said. “So in addition to the bells and the horns to warn you if you are standing idly by or if you’re in the way and not moving, not acting, not working towards the common cause, the conductor says what? What does a train conductor always say? ‘All aboard?’ The conductor says all aboard, not some aboard, the conductor says all aboard. We need to get on the train because its moving. We are heading towards a collective purpose together. We are headed to make change together. We are headed in the same direction, and trying to reach the same destination, at least arguably, if we want to be on common ground, and embrace our voices.” Rye ended her speech by bringing up the Netflix movie Bird Box, which fol-
lows an apocalypse in which individuals wear blindfolds to avoid being exposed to deadly monsters. “But what I found was me not watching didn’t make it go away, it just made me uninformed,” Rye said. “I was out here trying to ‘bird box.’ Me not watching only hardened my heart, and it turned me inwards. I had my back towards the people who needed it the most. Can you imagine the amount of people who said they couldn’t watch during slavery, the Trail of Tears, Japanese internment? And it still happened. I dare you to take your blindfold off.” Before Rye spoke, the night began with opening remarks from senior Liz Ramirez and WSSU student Taylor Walker. Positioning the 19th annual celebration within both time and space, they told the story of WinstonSalem’s first sit-in on Feb. 8, 1960. With both black and white individuals participating, they remarked on the unique instance of racial allyship durPhoto courtesy of Winston-Salem Journal ing that time period. As WSSU is a historically black uni- An audience member sings along during a performance of “Lift versity and Wake Forest is a predomi- Every Voice and Sing” at the 19th annual MLK Day celebration. nantly white institution, both ChanHatch also commented on the im- fessor of performance Brook Davis and cellor Elwood Robinson, of WSSU, portant role that students can play in Senior Kayla Heilig were the Wake and President Nathan Hatch remarked national movements, which he first ob- Forest recipients and Associate Dean on the importance of allyship and colserved as a college student listening to of Campus Life LaMonica Sloan Willaboration to celebrate Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. helmi and Junior A’daria Moffett were King Jr. Day. “With each line in this speech, he re- the WSSU recipients. “[Today] is about thinking about vealed his hopes for what we can do if “MLK’s legacy reminds us that there what we can do together and individu- we join together,” Hatch said. “These ally,” Robinson said. “Serving those were powerful ideas especially for a is much work to be done, and in this who cannot do so for themselves, those college student then and they are still moment of reflection and remembrance, a person may find themselves who stand with their backs against the powerful ideas for all of us now.” wall. So, what will we do in our dayThe 2019 recipients of the MLK inspired to seek change and to harness to-day activities — will we follow the “Building the Dream” award were also the same energy and drive that MLK announced at the event. Associate Pro- embodies,” Heilig said. dream?”
OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE The longest government Supreme Court upholds The Los Angeles teachers’ shutdown in history continues transgender military ban strike concludes after a week The government has recently entered the fifth week and 33rd day of a federal shutdown, which sets the record for the longest shutdown in American history. President Donald Trump has announced that he will not deliver his State of the Union Address in response to Nancy Pelosi’s threat that she would prohibit him from delivering the speech during the shutdown. The partisan divide over border security and funding for President Trump’s proposed wall is currently preventing bipartisan measures or compromises that could reopen the government from passing. With the government closed, certain agencies are not able to operate, and many federal workers are working or are furloughed without pay. In hopes to alleviate the tension, the Senate has declared a vote on two spending measures, one backed by Republicans that includes an allocation of $5.7 billion for Trump’s wall and one backed by Democrats that only includes a plan for short-term funding. In light of recent events, both bills are expected to meet an impasse.
On Tuesday, Jan. 22, the Supreme Court sanctioned Trump’s policy of banning transgender individuals from military service. The policy specifically prohibits transgender people from enlisting or serving openly, while those who are already serving openly can continue to serve. The Supreme Court did not take a stance on the legality of the ban, allowing it to take effect while cases challenging the decision are still circulating in the lower courts. The Supreme Court will most likely hear full arguments as the case moves through the courts again. The vote was 5-4 to lift injunctions on Trump’s policy. The five conservative members constituted the majority vote in this Supreme Court decision, marking a significant change from the Supreme Court decision during the Obama administration in 2016 that allowed transgender people to serve in the military. These previous measures will be challenged by Trump’s policy, which will enact pressure upon the military to ban transgender people from service.
The week-long strike of tens of thousands of publicschool teachers in Los Angeles finally concluded on Tuesday, Jan. 22 after successfully achieving a satisfactory deal with officials. The key tenets of the deal include a limit on the maximum class size, a plan to hire full-time nurses for the schools, an agreement that each middle and high school will have a librarian, a reduction on the number of standardized tests and a six percent pay raise. This was a significant increase in the support for the traditional public-school system in Los Angeles, which the teachers felt was undercut by the push for charter schools. One of the facets of the deal includes a pledge of voting on a measure that a cap be established on the amount of charter schools in the district. This was the first strike in Los Angeles since 1989, causing school attendance to dip to 93 percent in the second largest school district in the nation. California Senator Kamala Harris, who recently announced her presidential bid, voiced support for the teachers.
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It is nearing the end of January, which means that almost every Wake Forest student has a tab open on their ThinkPad searching for some variation of “summer internship.” However, an internship or summer job may not be exactly what you want to do. There may be an idea brewing in your head, sparked from one of your classes or some random inspiration in your life, that you cannot stop thinking about. This idea may have incited more questions than answers and require a deep dedication of research and travel. If this sounds like more like you, it may be time to apply for one of Wake Forest’s research grants or fellowships. Many students across campus are unaware that there is a wealth of funding to support deeper research and investigation across any discipline. A lot of this funding is coordinated by URECA, the Undergraduate Research Creative Activities Center, which is a small organization within Wake Forest dedicated to helping foster relationships with faculty and students through scholarly activities. There are three main programs sup-
ported by URECA: the Wake Forest Research Fellowship or the Wake Forest Arts & Humanities Research Fellowship, the Richter Scholarship and the ACC-IAC Fellowship Program. Undergraduate research is as omnipresent at Wake Forest as the scraps of toilet paper somehow still hanging onto tree branches on the upper quad. Some students are so passionate about this research that it is a catalyst for their own tangential investigation. For these students, the Wake Forest Research Fellowship can offer a $4,000 stipend to fund a summer on-campus to continue cultivating their findings. Applicants must pair with a faculty member, whether that be their research mentor or any professor at Wake
Forest, and submit a brief application outlining the justification of their project, the potential methods involved, an explanation of how it will help their future and a possible budget. If chosen, your project will span at least 10 weeks of the summer and should be your core activity, which means no side job as a lifeguard. Funding can even provide summer housing on campus if requested and up to $500 in supplies. Students across any discipline can apply to this program, which is the main distinction from the Wake Forest Arts & Humanities Research Fellowship. The Wake Forest Arts & Humanities Research Fellowship is catered towards students whose curiosity stems from Humanities, Literature and fine arts. These fellows will receive a $2,000 stipend to last 5 weeks of their summer on campus. With the mentorship from Wake Forest faculty and at least a 3.0 GPA, these fellowships could be exactly what you are looking for. “The critical point in these fellowships is the mentorship of a faculty member in a student’s scholarly activity,” said Dr. Wayne Pratt, the director of the URECA Center. “The first step towards getting this fellowship is finding a mentor.” Although Winston-Salem is full of fascinating projects and research, many students interests may span in a more international direction. Richter Scholarships Photo courtesy of Wake Forest News are the largest single awards offered on Wake Forest research fellows present campus for independent study, covering their summer projects in the ZSR library. up to $6,000 in travel, living expenses and
more. Past Richter Scholars have traveled to Nepal to study health care or explored the influence of race on Colombia’s political system. Tori Spong, a senior theatre and sociology major, delved into the relationship between creativity and mental illness in England. “The Richter is so unique in providing the resources to be able to do research within the world and allow yourself to be immersed in transformative experiences,” said Spong. Applications are chosen based off of their feasibility and several other criteria, but the committee is mostly looking to see if this project will be a life-changing endeavor for the student. Each year, the URECA Center receives a chunk of funding from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), which supports both athletics and undergraduate scholarship. This money goes towards the ACCIAC Fellowship Program in Creativity and Innovation and financially assists undergraduate research, artistic ideas, and creative endeavors. With a much more flexible budget, the ACC-IAC can fund up to $5,000 and is typically used for a student’s capstone, or overarching, project that has spanned their college experience in some way. Any student with the passion and curiosity to dive deeper into research has the possibility of winning one of these fellowships, and it is important to take advantage of all the opportunities that Wake Forest has to offer.
Got caffeine? Here's what your daily dose does Understanding caffeine helps you get the most of your daily Starbucks BY TONY WACHNIK Contributing Writer wachaa15@wfu.edu
Caffeine, the most commonly used psychoactive drug, is found in soft drinks, chocolate, tea and coffee. It is of special importance to college students, as it simulates our central nervous system and helps us fight fatigue. Many Wake Forest students may find themselves buying copious amounts caffeinated drinks from Starbucks, Campus Grounds and the P.O.D. in order to exploit the stimulating benefits. However, caffeinated beverage consumption can come at a cost. Typically, consumers will feel lethargic after the rush of energy has passed. This caffeine “crash” is an indicator that the drugs’ stimulation has worn off. To find the best way to consume caffeine, one must first understand the biological mechanism of caffeine on the central nervous system. While you are awake, the human body synthesizes and
consumes adenosine triphosphate, also known as ATP, or the energy currency of the cell. The metabolism of this “energy currency” allows the body to carry out the necessary homeostatic processes that keep us alive. Once ATP is used up during a given process, such as talking with a friend, a byproduct known as adenosine is produced. Adenosine is a neurotransmitter that activates the feeling of fatigue within the central nervous system. High concentrations of adenosine contribute to the feeling of lethargy and is one of the reasons for that essential midday nap. Adenosine serves as a biological indicator for the amount of activity the body has done. When adenosine binds to its receptors (ARs) located on the cell membrane of neurons, we start to feel tired. Caffeine is also able to bind to ARs because its chemical structure is similar to adenosine. However, caffeine does not activate the fatigue-signaling pathway. Therefore, caffeine is known as a competitive antagonist because it is able to bind to the receptor and inhibit the activation of it. Caffeine is essentially a Band-Aid that temporarily masks the feelings of fatigue and drowsiness.
In order to enjoy the most benefit from caffeine, science would suggest a coffee nap as a proven method of more efficient ingestion. Joseph Stromberg writes, in his 2015 Vox news article "Scientists agree: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone, “If you caffeinate immediately before napping and sleep for 20 minutes or less, you can exploit a quirk in the way both sleep and caffeine affect your brain to maximize alertness.” Essentially, during a twenty-minute nap, our brains are able to clear some of the built-up adenosine, and our digestive system is able to absorb the caffeine. So once awake, Stromberg writes, “the caffeine will have less adenosine to compete with, and will thereby be even more effective in making you alert.” Lastly, research suggests that one can optimize caffeine intake by consuming it several hours after waking up. This is because our body works on an innate twenty-four-hour cycle known as a circadian rhythm that tells the body to release cortisol, a hormone that naturally arouses the body, when you wake up. Drinking coffee immediately works against the biological mechanism that naturally wakes us up. In Anthony Kosner’s article, "Why the best time to drink coffee is not first
thing in the morning," he writes, “the effects of caffeine consumption at times of peak cortisol levels actually diminishes the effectiveness of the additional stimulation.” Kosner suggests drinking coffee between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., after cortisol levels have peaked. So, I leave you with two parting ideas about caffeine. First, if you enjoy napping and drinking coffee, you may find it useful to combine the two. Second, maybe think twice about having that cold brew at Campus Grounds first thing in the morning.
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The Reagan“ ethos set a national precedent Political Legacy
The presidential paradigm stems from twentieth-century conservative leaders
John Manos
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Not many other countries can commemorate a past leader as legendary as Ronald Reagan. Not many other past presidents of the United States can claim the same amount of approval as Ronald Reagan. Not many other world leaders could gather as much adoration and admiration as Ronald Reagan. Not many people on this earth can reach the bar of morality set by Ronald Reagan. With the recent death of his vice president, George H.W. Bush, the fathers of the famous “Reagan/Bush ‘84” slogan are now deceased and live on only in memory. So, how should our memories interpret their legacy? When it comes to Reagan, it’s hard to find much negative rhetoric. There is definitely some out there, but you will find more posi-
With the recent death of his vice president, George H.W. Bush, the fathers of the famous “Reagan Bush ‘84” slogan...live on only in memory.” tives than negatives about the man. He was simply loveable. From a small town in Illinois to Eureka College then onto Hollywood to pursue his career as a B-level actor, former President Reagan truly took an unconventional route to the presidency. In his younger years, Reagan was mainly a liberal Democrat, then turned more conservative as he aged. “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me,” he said. This would be one of the first of his many wise quotes to be interpreted for countless future generations. Republicans and a small portion of Democrats immediately took to him after his Republican Party nomination loss to Richard Nixon. As the new conservatism came about in the mid-1970s, Reagan became more and more widely adored. In 1980, he was elected president of the United States. Not everybody loved him, however. On March 30, 1981, Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr. The bullet left the muzzle and deflected off the limo in front of him, which flattened it. Now shaped like a skill saw, the
bullet entered the president from under the arm and traveled through his chest. Reagan then cordially climbed into the limo and sat down. When they arrived at the hospital, Reagan passed out and was rushed into the emergency room. Now evident that he was in fact shot, Reagan looked up at his surgeons from the operation table and said, “I hope you are all Republicans.” Later on during his recovery, his wife paid him a visit and when she asked him how he was, he replied with another classic Reagan response, “Honey, I forgot to duck.” On his death bed from a bullet wound paired with pneumonia, Reagan only cared about the well-being and comfort of those around him. This incredible selflessness, paired with a special masculine bravery, is the trait that made him such a unique leader. At a famous speech he gave in Berlin, a balloon in the background suddenly popped, mimicking the sound of a gun. The recently shot president stared out into the crowd, smiled, and said, “Missed me.” As for his vice president, the recently deceased George H.W. Bush was no less of a man. Former President Bush succeeded the presidency after Reagan’s second term. After his first four years, Bush found himself in a heated competition for the White House
with the young Bill Clinton. It was evident that Bush wasn’t going to sacrifice a fraction of his morals to win an election. Some say that’s why he lost. However, when he did lose, he left a note for Clinton in the Oval Office. In the note, he told him about the pressures and excitements that he was about to feel. He told him about the stress and the reward he was about to experience. He told him not to let the critics knock him off his course. He told him that he wished him and his family well. And at the end he wrote, “Your success is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you. Good Luck.” Morality, cordiality, bravery and intelligence could possibly be the best four words to describe the Reagan-Bush legacy. Their deaths were two huge losses for this country and for this planet. As icons of the Republican Party, it is hard to compartmentalize Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush as only politicians. The men fought for humanity. And it was inevitable that Former President Bush would sneak his way into an article about Reagan. These two set a precedent. They set the bar so high that their legacy remains a main reason as to why our nation continues to be the greatest one on Earth.
clamp it down with objective reasons that serve as the markers of an orderly life. But this facile denial remains combustible when real desire surfaces. Even the ever-expanding lexicon of suppression, concomitant with exponential increases in science, fails to account for what desire can represent: not a frightening, mental scattershot unleashed simply to destroy, but, as Chris Kraus calls it, “a surplus energy — a claustrophobia inside your skin.” In her idiosyncratic masterpiece, I Love Dick, Kraus explores the nature of desire as a generative phenomenon. What Kraus discovers, after falling into an impossible passion, is that, among other things, desire, at its core, is a positive. It does not detract from the degrees of objective certitude we require to survive, but actually adds an intensity to them that allows us to live. Félix Gauttari, when he describes love, says, “previously unimagined systems unfurl themselves in a once empty world. New possibilities of freedom are revealed.” In a world governed by our thoughtless, objective glide, in our
days dominated by so much unthorough moving-throughness, passion allows us to paint a wondrous, generative patina. This is not the rose-colored idiocy of the thoughtless optimist, though. It is the hyper-intellectual awareness spawned by passion’s surcharge. The energy we bring to our lives when we release, find or stumble upon moments (states, fugues) of passion forms a present bereft of subjective guardrails in the world of teeming objectivity. The beauty is that this removal and improvement remains internal; it alters us but does not hamper others or the world (usually). Our creative capacities fire, and we inject our reality with a subjective gush. Gauttari pushes for what he calls “lived experience,” which “does not mean sensible qualities. It means intensification.” What this intensification looks like and how its degrees manifest remains an individual piece of oft-elusive ephemera. Passion and desire come and go, but the more open to the positive experience we remain, the more liable we are to live a click more intensely.
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Kyle Ferrer
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Desire is often seen as weakness, as a suspension of rationale for a kind of primal, emotional freefall. As our desire increases, our mental capacities dim, swerving us off course in a reckless direction. “That in which all human life is united is passion,” Kierkegaard says, and to give in to our passion is seen as a rejection of objectivity to embrace a sort of chaos. But is this chaos inherently evil? Does it detract from lived experience or invigorate it? The subjective concoction of passion often irks the logical observer, who then creates from their fear some logos of irresponsibility. But cauterized passion cannot exist passively.
What the system feeds on is knee-jerk fear, based on an unrealistic yearning to snuff out passion, to clamp it down with objective reasons... ” It requires justification, a blunt and incessant trauma inflicted upon parts of the natural self. Such a perpetually-dissective, dismissive dogma is a method of denial and limits life to creeds and systems. “The danger of passion might lie not in its novelty but in its naturalness,” Kate O’Brien writes in The Ante-Room, playing on the supposed radicalism of passion’s historical designation. Qualified as the aberrant, uncouth trait in a well-groomed society, O’Brien rightly flips this definition of passion back into the natural. Its danger, ironically contextualized by O’Brien, arises when it has been dampened. Such a natural burial sublimates in the educated man a state of fear, a fear of unpredictability, which is of, course a fear of life itself. What the system feeds on is knee-jerk fear, based in an unrealistic yearning to snuff out passion, to
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“ The government shutdown erodes American life Government Gridlock
The negative impacts of the shutdown continue to ripple through every facet of culture
Amanda Wilcox Staff Columnist wilcaf16@wfu.edu
The partial shutdown of the federal government, which resulted from an impasse between President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress amid his insistence that an appropriations bill include more than $5 billion for a border wall, entered its second month at midnight on Monday night. As this article goes to press, no end is in sight for the longest shutdown in U.S. history — and its pain cuts deep for ordinary, hard-working civil servants. As a result of the shutdown, some 800,000 federal employees are currently furloughed or forced to work without a paycheck. They will receive back pay when the government reopens, but in the meantime, many are struggling to scrape together enough ready cash for rent payments, medical expenses, credit card bills and mortgages, all of which must be paid whether the government is open or not. An estimated 4 million government contractors face an even greater peril, as they are ineligible for back pay for work that they miss while the government is closed. According to a 2017 report by the Federal Reserve, approximately 41 percent of American adults do not even have sufficient savings to cover a hypothetical $400 emergency expense; evidently, forgoing a month (or more) of income is nothing short of catastrophic for them. Admittedly, the drama of what passes for “negotiation” on Capitol Hill nowa-
The disastrous consequences of the shutdown extend even beyond its toll on federal workers." days currently commands much of public attention, but the most important stories of the shutdown do not concern Sen. Mitch McConnell’s hiding places or Trump’s terrible-twos temper tantrums. They concern the struggling families across the country who have nothing to do with the border wall and largely don’t want it. The most important stories concern the diabetes patients who must ration their insulin until they can afford to buy more; the civil servants who must drive Ubers or find jobs at Starbucks in order to cobble together an existence; the contracted janitors and cafeteria workers at Smithsonian museums who will never recoup their lost paychecks. More generally, when the men and women who keep our crucial government functions running smoothly are treated poorly, they have every reason to pack it in and take their talent to the private sector. The disastrous consequences of the shutdown extend even beyond its toll on federal workers. Overall, it’s a good, unequivocal reminder of the many services that the federal government provides that we take for granted. For example, treasured U.S. national parks have already been desecrated by visitors taking advantage of the lack of ranger supervision; at Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California, for example, vandals cut down centuries-old Joshua trees in order to drive their cars off-road. Similarly, at Yosemite National Park, which is approximately the size of Rhode Island, there are currently only six rangers on duty. On Christmas Day, someone died of a head injury because arriving medical personnel were not equipped with a stretcher.
Some other repercussions of the shutdown are fairly self-evident and top-level — for example, if the standoff is not resolved soon, federal courts will exhaust their funds, raising concerns that the integrity of the legal system will be compromised. But other problems are far less obvious and equally disastrous. For example, the security certificates on many federal government websites, including those belonging to the Department of Justice, NASA, the National Archives and the Department of Agriculture, have now expired, which could potentially undermine U.S. cybersecurity. Since the shutdown, chatter about a potential recession on the horizon has increased, but less attention has been paid to the more imminent issue that because of the shutdown, a lot of the government data reports that would typically tell us how the U.S. economy is doing — data on imports and exports,
construction spending, durable goods sales and manufacturing — just won’t be released. This confounding ignorance about the current economic performance will impede well-informed policymaking long after the shutdown is over. It is nearly impossible to speculate how this shutdown will end. The White House’s proposal is nearly certain to stall in the Senate; Democrats rightly are reluctant to accept fleeting and insubstantial fixes to DACA in exchange for a fullyfunded wall that is more a monument to siege-mentality nativism than smart border policy. (More on potential deals that Democrats should be willing to cut in a future column if — God forbid — the shutdown continues for another week). Until then, the shambolic Trump presidency will continue to careen and lurch while American families are left to decide which bills get paid and which do not.
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Photographic“praxis essentializes certain cultures Culture
While aerial photography is neccessary, it requires a dialogue about its perspectival implications
Jack Portman
Staff Columnist portjt17@wfu.edu
The Sentinelese people, an indigenous community inhabiting North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, were recently of interest to the media when John Allen Chau, a Christian missionary, was killed while illegally visiting the island. The Sentinelese are an uncontacted people, and the illegality of visiting North Sentinel Island makes them the most secluded group in the world. The media has a deep fascination with
A Google Image search of "uncontacted peoples" reveals a catalogue of intrusively voyueristic aerial photographs." uncontacted people, and a distinct language of imagery has historically been used to portray communities living in relative isolation from the global community. The recent coverage of Chau’s death was no exception. A Google Image search of “uncontacted peoples” reveals a catalogue of intrusively voyeuristic aerial photographs. In picture after picture, native people look up through the trees at the device in the sky snapping their photo; some aim weapons, others just stare, or don’t seem aware of the camera’s presence at all. The imagery used to portray culture is important. It can be respectful and dignifying or essentializing and racist.
The way media outlets visually depict culture plays a critical role in how the public understands cultural identity. When I see images such as those taken of uncontacted communities, blurry and taken from a high altitude, I think of Bigfoot, the Yeti and other intentionally undecipherable, conspiratorial images. These aerial pictures of indigenous communities are not flattering: they strip their subjects of their dignity and their ability to determine how (and if at all) they are portrayed to the global community. They represent an invasion of an intentionally private lifestyle and imply a sense of separation, as though the civil are peering in on the savage, looking down on them in a most literal sense. Wikipedia lists “lost tribes” as an acceptable term to describe these indigenous, uncontacted groups. This racist notion and its implications of tribal
primitivity are perpetuated by the imagery used to depict these communities. Understanding and interrogating how imagery is used to portray culture is necessary to subvert essentialized notions of cultural identity. Continuing to publish images taken from drones and helicopters which undermine the privacy of non-consenting individuals in uncontacted communities perpetuates the narrative of “the lost tribe” and undermines the subject’s self-determination. Although it may be unrealistic to completely abandon this practice of voyeurism and privacy invasion, it’s necessary that we address the implications of primitivity in the use of aerial photography to depict uncontacted indigenous communities.
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“ unreality of Twitter politics The addictive Social Realities
The nature of constant refreshability obscures political reality in a dangerous way
Ethan Bahar
Staff Columnist bahaea15@wfu.edu
The other day my mom posed a question to me: what social media platform do you use the most? I did not have to contemplate. That is because I am depressingly addicted to Twitter. Though I have refused the latest update to my iPhone that would show me my usage (I luxuriate in my blissful ignorance), I know that I likely use Twitter more than all of my other apps combined. Unfortunately, it’s a disgusting application that warps my perception of reality. For example, this past week, I have been closely following the story of the Covington Catholic high schoolers wearing Make America Great Again (MAGA) hats who allegedly harassed a Native American elder, who also happened to be a Vietnam War veteran. The story first caught my attention when holier-thanthou left-wing pundits began retweeting videos of a high school junior staring into the eyes of an elderly Native American gentleman playing what seems to be a traditional drum at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. The boy, surrounded by
If a person only gleaned his news from tweets, he would think it is the most important news in the world." classmates and chaperones from the allmale Covington Catholic High School, was in Washington D.C., to attend the annual pro-life “March for Life” rally. He, along with anyone else associated with Covington Catholic, were quickly called out for being disgusting racists who did not respect Native Americans. In chapter two of the Covington Catholic saga, angry right-wingers exacted their revenge on the bleeding hearts and proclaimed that the liberal media was knowingly spewing fake news and purposely ruining the lives of the boys in the video simply because they were wearing MAGA hats. These conservatives claimed to have obtained legitimate evidence that the video was made by liberal scam artists to make MAGA-hat-wearing-conservatives look racist, and, in fact, it was the boys who were disrespected. In a rare showing of “civility,” some liberals capitulated and acknowledged that they were too quick to draw drastic conclusions about high schoolers after simply watching a video. In chapter three of the debacle, which is the chapter that I am currently seeing unfold (though as you read this I’m sure we will have moved on), the liberals have reclaimed the position that the Covington Catholic boys are filthy racists who
love to exploit their white privilege, as after the video became viral, the boy’s rich parents apparently hired a PR firm linked to Senator Mitch McConnell to nefariously spin the story in his favor. Moreover, a photograph is circulating that shows some Covington Catholic students at a basketball game in 2012 wearing blackface (of course, the students in the blackface would have graduated years ago and are likely older than the vast majority of Wake Forest undergrads). Thus, that school clearly breeds racists. This story has completely taken ahold of Twitter. It is seemingly all political talking heads will tweet about. If a person only gleaned his news from tweets (many people do), he would think it is the most important story in the world right now. Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter at all, and no matter how conclusive evidence may seem one way or another, both sides will claim victory and “prove” how evil the other one is. All the while, all this meaningless affair has really done is taken important stories out of the news. America is currently in the midst of the longest government shutdown in its history, the president may have colluded with a foreign government to win his election and the earth is heating up at an overwhelmingly alarming rate. Yet all we can talk about is these boys from a wealthy northern Kentucky suburb of Cincinnati. We’re never going to definitively know which side is right, and
quite frankly, we have bigger fish to fry. Moreover, yelling at a racist on Twitter and telling him to stop being racist is not going to suddenly make him not racist. The harassment will likely only drive him farther away from tolerance. Fortunately, we’re soon going to forget about Covington Catholic-gate, but without a doubt, the next story of the moment will rear its head, and it will be just as annoying and fruitless as this one. It’s a vicious, never-ending cycle that, unfortunately, I feed into. And don’t expect Twitter to make any changes to improve the site’s content. Ashley Feinberg, a Huffington Post reporter, who, coincidentally, I discovered on Twitter, interviewed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey a week ago. Early in the interview she asked him, “If Trump tweeted out asking each of his followers to murder one journalist, would you remove him?” Dorsey explained “That would be a violent threat. We’d definitely ... You know we’re in constant communication with all governments around the world. So we’d certainly talk about it.” Dorsey is literally admitting that the most powerful man in the world could order a murder on the platform that he runs and his removal wouldn’t be a certainty, despite claiming to adhere to guidelines that expressly ban violent threats. The reality is that Twitter doesn’t care how virulent its content is, as long as people like me keep refreshing our feeds.
mysterious guy who loves books, and think “but he’s cute so it’s fine!” and may even root for him. Think of someone in your own life that is sweet to you and good-looking. Seems safe, right? The greatest of all the safety concerns in this show is not the main love interest's Beck, open shades in her apartment or that the lead character Joe instantly became obsessed at first sight; instead, it is the openness of social media that made Beck all the more vulnerable to being stalked. You probably think making your Instagram public may give you a couple more followers, but it’s just opening you up to serious risk. In the show, Joe found Beck’s address from the background of a picture, which could be an easy slip up she didn't think twice about. Many people I know make their Instagrams private, but leave their VSCO account link in their bio for anyone to peer at (I’m even guilty of this). Joe says multiple times in the show, “you want to be seen,” regarding the women he is interested in. As much as we have our own private lives, we also have the desire to be noticed, even adored. By not pro-
tecting our Facebooks, Instagrams, and whatever else maps out entire profiles of our lives, we are asking for a creep like Joe to come into our personal worlds. My mom once told me a story about a co-worker who would bump into her by coincidence in the most unlikely places, especially by her apartment or where she would hang out with friends, and she eventually realized he was following her home and practically stalking her. In You, Beck determines that it must have been fate that brought her and Joe together again, when in reality it was all his invasive doing. I think we should all take a step back and come to the conclusion that this world of technology and obsession is actually disrupting the hands of fate, giving people the resources to get to know you before you open up to them. With this show, we should learn the lesson that we allow ourselves to be displayed in a dangerous world, and the character of Joe is not terrifying simply because he is a monster himself, but because he could actually be inside any stranger we meet.
“ the problems of an all-access world Netflix show addresses Reverberations
The online catalogue of our lives presents a personal danger: that of the too-perfect stranger
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Although Netflix might not always be the most reliable or essential source for life lessons, one new series may open viewers’ eyes up to the subtle dangers of the world around us. You, one of Netflix’s original series, is described on the website as, “Obsessed with an aspiring writer, a charming bookstore manager goes to extreme measures to insert himself into her life.” Although words like “obsessed” and “extreme” may be the ones making you uneasy, it should be the word “charming” that really does. Although You may come off as ridiculous and unrealistic from the methods the lead character utilizes to make his infatuation reality, I believe it is the perfect fictional example of how unsafe a
You isn't scary because that one character is a creep; it is scary because we must be faced with the fact that these characters could be all around us." non-private life is in the world today. You isn’t scary because that one character is a creep; it is scary because we must face the fact that these characters could actually be all around us. The writers knew exactly what they were doing when they played into a young woman’s fantasy of meeting a seemingly hopeless romantic who is equally good with words as he is attractive, who runs a bookstore. Admit it, you’ve probably roamed the shelves of Barnes and Noble or the ZSR study rooms hoping for the same random, magical occurence to happen to you. The casting of Penn Badgley was another smart move, as we all recognize him as Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl. Oddly enough, he plays a similar character who narrates the show and shares the going-ons of the others. Young women may remember their crush on him as a 14-year-old girl or watch him now as the
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Football: Wake Forest's 2019 schedule released The Deacs will have two bye weeks in 2019 during their conference schedule BY RAFAEL LIMA Staff Writer limara17@wfu.edu
The ACC released the full schedule of the conference slate for the upcoming football season on Jan. 16, which finally completes the Demon Deacons football schedule for 2019. This creates the perfect opportunity to break down some of the upcoming matchups for the Deacs. In total, Wake Forest will play nine games against ACC teams, eight as part of their regular conference slate and one against UNC as part of a non-conference, three-game series agreed upon by the two schools in 2015. Here’s how the schedule looks after the ACC dates were announced: Aug. 30 vs. Utah State (Friday night); Sep. 7 at Rice; Sep. 12 vs. North Carolina (Thursday night); Sep. 21 vs. Elon; Sep. 28 at Boston College; Oct. 5 no game, bye week; Oct. 12 vs. Louisville; Oct. 19 vs. Florida State; Oct. 26 no game, bye week; Nov. 2 vs. NC State; Nov. 9 at Virginia Tech; Nov. 16 at Clemson; Nov. 23 vs. Duke; Nov. 30 at Syracuse. The first thing that jumps out is the scheduling of a non-conference game between Wake Forest and UNC on a Thursday night. On top of the fact that this game will not count towards the ACC records of either team, the Deacs will have quite a short turn-
around after traveling to Houston to play Rice the previous weekend. Wake Forest will be playing at home against a UNC squad that has been on the bottom of the ACC for the past two years. However, the return of Mack Brown as the Tar Heels head coach and a lack of travel issues for North Carolina, with the team playing Miami and home the previous weekend, makes this game potentially troublesome for the Deacs. Aside from the UNC game, Wake Forest should not have many problems with their non-conference schedule. The Utah State and Elon games will be played at home, and their only road game is against a Rice team that finished 2-11 overall last year. A 3-1 record coming out of the non-conference slate sounds very likely, with the possibility of a 4-0 record if the Deacs take care of business at home against UNC. The beginning of the ACC schedule also looks somewhat favorable for the Deacs. Let’s remind ourselves that Wake Forest plays in one of the toughest divisions in college football, the ACC, so even a favorable slate includes tough match-ups such as Clemson, NC State and Florida State. With that being said, Wake Forest will have two bye weeks in 2019 and three home games in a row against Louisville, Florida State and NC State, sandwiched between two bye weeks. This is as good of an ACC stretch as the Deacs could have hoped for. Wake Forest should be favored against Louisville and wellpositioned for upsets against Florida State and NC State. The Demon Deacons haven’t beaten the Seminoles since 2011, when they defeated them 35-30 at home. With Wake
Forest’s recent rise under Dave Clawson and Florida State being in the middle of a coaching transition, this might be the year that the Deacs finally end their losing streak against the Seminoles. This three-game stretch could make or break Wake Forest’s season. If the beginning of the ACC schedule looks favorable, the final four games will be absolutely brutal for the Deacs. They will close out the regular season playing three out of their last four games on the road against Virginia Tech, Clemson and Syracuse. These three teams went a combined 31-9 in 2018, with Clemson handing Alabama its worst loss under Nick Saban in the CFP championship game. The outlier between the three is Virginia Tech, a team which barely made
it to a bowl game last season. However, the Hokies will probably recover from a down year in 2018 and are especially formidable at Lane Stadium. The Deacs could easily go 0-4 or 1-3 over their last four games, with the only game they shold enter as favorites being against Duke at home in week 13. All in all, Wake Forest should be favored to get to at least six wins and go to their fourthstraight bowl game for the first time in school history. Anywhere between six to eight wins should be a realistic prediction for 2019, given the schedule and strength of this team. Deacon fans should be excited for 2019 and the team's direction under Clawson. Stay tuned for a more detailed preview of their upcoming football season later this semester.
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The Demon Deacons will be looking for a record-setting fourth-straight bowl game appearance in 2019 under the direction of Head Coach Dave Clawson.
Demon Deacons place sixth in fall Director's Cup The highest ranking in school history demonstrates Wake Forest's high level of play this past year BY SAMANTHA WEXLER Sports Editor wexlsn17@wfu.edu
Wake Forest came in sixth in the fall rankings of the Director's Cup, a national competition based on the athletic performances of a school's sports. The Wake Forest Athletic Department is measured annually through a national competition known as the Director's Cup, an unbiased measurement of athletic success through finishes in the NCAA Championships for every sport. This is a great way to measure the consistency of performances over all levels, as one sport such as football or basketball does not have the power to sway it. It was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and USA Today. In total, Wake Forest racked up 311 points throughout the fall season, encompassing nine NCAA championship appearances. By reaching the semi-final, Field Hockey earned 83 points. Both the Men's and Women's Soccer teams scored 64 points by each reaching the Round of 16. Women's Cross Country
took fourth place in the Southeast Regional to score 28 points, and the men took fifth for 27 points. Dave Clawson and the football team’s comeback win over Memphis in Birmingham took home 45 points for Wake Forest. There are no additional points given for consecutive wins or winning seasons, but three straight bowlwins is no small feat for the Deacons. With a new football facility opening in the coming weeks, look for more Director’s Cup points in the coming years from high-profile bowl games. The 311 points totaled this fall are the most the Demon Deacons have collected during the fall season in the 26-year history of the Director's Cup. Given the money that has flooded into new facilities and resources for athletics, it is clear that the greater resources are working. On a national level, to the surprise of no one, Stanford leads the national rankings with 541 points. Michigan sits in second place with 385 points, and Penn State comes in third with 337 points. Wake Forest is the leader for the ACC by 15 points. Duke is second with 296 points, and Notre Dame is third with 280 points, which seems questionable due to their independent football status. NC State is fourth with 268 points. Wake Forest, Duke and NC State make up three of the four top-performing ACC schools, demonstrating the strength of the ACC in a variety of sports.
In the winter and spring season, look for both the Men's and Women's Golf and Men's and Women's Tennis teams to drastically boost the point totals and move Wake Forest up in the overall rankings in the spring. It is still to be seen if either basketball team will be able to make a run in the ACC tournament. If that were the case, it would drastically help the point totals. If baseball comes out at their usual level, then they could bump up the point total as well. Overall, these scores demonstrate the high level that Wake Forest is competing at, despite being one of the smallest schools.
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Women's Field Hockey went all the way to the Final Four in Louisville, KY before falling to North Carolina.
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Hokies, Cavaliers overwhelm Deacs on the road The Deacons continued to struggle on the road in ACC play this week BY CHRISTIAN ODJAKJIAN Staff Writer odjact18@wfu.edu
Coming off an impressive rivalry win over NC State, the Men’s Basketball team lost back-to-back road games this week to ACC foes Virginia Tech and Virginia. Both teams are currently ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press's poll. On Saturday, the Deacs faced off against Virginia Tech, who boast one of the most explosive offensive attacks in the country. Tied at 17 nine minutes into the game, the Hokies went on a 14-4 run over the span of the next seven minutes, taking a 10-point lead that they never let slip. The Hokies held at least an eight-point lead the rest of the way, leading to a final score of 87-71. Junior guard Brandon Childress carried the offensive load, tying his career high with 28 points. He shot an impressive 5-9 from downtown and 9-11 at the free throw line. No other Wake Forest player managed to score in double figures. Nickeil Alexander-Walker lead the way for the Hokies, scoring 24 points,
as part of an offensive attack that included four additional double-digit scorers. The hot-shooting Hokies made 11 of their 26 attempts from behind the three-point line, and their defense stepped up by forcing 16 turnovers. On Tuesday, the Demon Deacons returned to Virginia to take on the state’s best team. The No.3-ranked UVA Cavaliers boast an elite defense as always, but this year, their offense is almost as dominant. Coming off their only loss of the season, a two-point road defeat at the hands of Duke, Virginia came out firing on all cylinders, seizing control early with a 25-3 lead 11 minutes into the contest. However, the Deacs displayed tremendous grit the rest of the half, as Childress and freshman Sharone Wright, Jr. each hit two threes in the final five minutes of the half. Their efforts cut the deficit to only 13 points by halftime, injecting much needed life into a game that looked over soon after it was underway. Nevertheless, the talent and experience of Virginia took over in the second half, and the Deacs failed to make another run. The signature stifling defense and slow-paced offense of the Cavaliers was on full display, leading to a final score of 68-45. Wake Forest had scored at least 63 points in every other game this season.
Childress lead the way with his 12 points, and sophomore center Olivier Sarr put forth a solid 11-point, 8-rebound effort. Kyle Guy and Jay Huff anchored Virginia’s balanced offense with 12 points apiece. With the most brutal five-game stretch of the season behind them, the Deacs will look to take advantage of a
great opportunity to grab their second conference win of the season on Saturday against 10-7 Boston College. The Eagles looked very impressive on Sunday in a win over Florida State, yet they still are one of the more beatable teams in the extremely competitive ACC.
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Junior Brandon Childress has been the leader of the Deacs this season. In the outings against both Virginia and Virginia Tech he scored a combined 40 points.
Super Bowl LIII showdown is now set Championship weekend sets up a battle of old versus new as Jared Goff looks to take on Tom Brady in the 53rd Super Bowl BY DANIEL PACHINO Senior Writer pachdb15@wfu.edu This past Conference Championship weekend in the NFL was as exciting as any in recent memory. Both conference championship games came down to the wire, went into overtime and were marred by plenty of officiating controversy. With that said, let’s take a look at what got us to a rematch of the 2002 Super Bowl between the Rams and Patriots. Los Angeles Rams vs. New Orleans Saints The first quarter of this rematch of a legendary game earlier this season was dominated by the Saints. New Orleans’ first drive culminated in a field goal, and they quickly added another three points after intercepting a Jared Goff pass that bounced right off Todd Gurley’s hands deep in their own territory. After scoring a touchdown following another empty Los Angeles possession, the first quarter ended with the Saints on top 13-0. The Rams, however, would not go down lightly as they were able to cut New Orleans’ lead to 13-10 thanks to a drive capped off by a short Todd Gurley touchdown run in the closing minutes of the half. The story of the second half that will undoubtedly be remembered by Saints and football fans for years to come was the egregious missed call in the closing minutes of the game. With the game tied at 20 and New Orleans driving deep into Rams territory with under two minutes remaining, Drew Brees dropped back to pass and fired toward his receiver Tommylee Lewis on the sideline around the five-yard line, where he was met by LA cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman, who clearly hit him before the pass arrived. The officials failed to call the obvious pass interference and the Saints settled
for a field goal to make it 23-20 with 1:41 remaining. Settling for a field goal gave the Rams plenty of time to march down the field and kick a field goal of their own to tie the game and force overtime, which is exactly what they did. After quickly marching into New Orleans territory, Greg Zuerlein drilled a 48-yard field goal to force overtime. The Saints won the coin toss in overtime but Brees quickly threw an interception upon being hit as he threw that helped set up LA’s game-winning field goal, which Zuerlein nailed from 57 yards (but easily would have been good from 70). Timely, opportunistic defense and Greg “the leg” and his famed right foot sent the Rams dancing to the Super Bowl with a shocking come-from-behind win in New Orleans. New England Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs Much like in the first game, the older, more experienced Patriots jumped out to a commanding lead in the first half. At halftime, the Patriots led 14-0 and their defense held the vaunted Chiefs offense in check. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, however, came out firing in the second half, capping off a quick, four-play first drive with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Travis Kelce. After two more touchdowns by running back Damien Williams on their first two fourth quarter drives, Kansas City took a 21-17 lead after falling behind 17-7 in the third. The final minutes of the game were where things really got interesting. The Patriots capped off a four-minute drive with a touchdown run by Sony Michel to retake a 24-21 lead with 3:32 remaining. The Chiefs and their dominant offense marched right back down the field to take the lead right back on Williams’ third touchdown with just over two minutes left in the game. With two minutes and three timeouts, time was a non-factor for Tom Brady and the Patriots who moved the ball down the field quickly. The biggest play of the game came on this drive when the Patriots were in Chiefs territory, and Brady threw an errant pass that bounced off Rob
Gronkowski’s hands and was intercepted, but the play came back, as Chiefs linebacker Dee Ford lined up offside. A few plays later, Rex Burkhead walked into the end zone to give New England a three-point lead with 39 seconds left. With such little time and only one timeout left, the Chiefs seemed dead, but Mahomes did what he has done all season and led the Chiefs down the field and set up a field goal to tie the game and send it to overtime tied at 31. In overtime, the Patriots won the toss, giving them the ball first. Brady and company walked right down the field, picking apart the Chiefs defense and ending with another Burkhead touchdown to give the Pats a walk-off win, leading them to their third straight Super Bowl. It was a shame Mahomes and the Chiefs never got a chance to see the field in overtime, but that’s the sad reality of NFL overtime.
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Tom Brady proved that sometimes hard work can beat talent, using experience to get back to the Super Bowl.
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Spotlight: Petros Chrysochos BY SAMANTHA WEXLER Sports Editor wexlsn17@wfu.edu Hailing from Cyprus, Petros Chrysochos quickly made America aware of his presence on the NCAA and ITA level. He is no stranger to competition, training at the Herodotou Tennis Academy in Larnaca and competing alongside teammate Marcos Baghdatis for the Cypriot Davis Cup team prior to coming to Wake Forest. On the Junior ITF Circuit, Chrysochos reached No. 19 in the world and was named the Tennis Europe Under 16 Player of the Year in 2012. He garnered 10 Junior ITF Singles titles and five doubles titles as well as three ITF Pro Futures Circuit singles titles. As a freshman, Chrysochos immediately made a splash as the ACC Freshman of the Year and the ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year. He was a second team All-ACC Selection and an All-American in singles. He finished the season ranked 18th nationally in singles, the highest ranking for a freshman in the country. In his sophomore season, he became the first player in program history to win the ITA All-American Championship. That same season, he was named an ITA Singles All-American for the second time in his career. A first team All-ACC athlete, Chrysochos helped lead the Demon Deacons to their first-ever No. 1 team ranking as well as the program’s first-ever No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament As a junior, Chrysochos led the historic Demon Deacon squad in winning both the singles title and team title on the home court in Winston-Salem. After winning the team title, the singles final match came down to Chrysochos and his teammate Borna Gojo. He was named the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the year following his junior campaign, signifying excellence on the court and in the classroom. He was an NCAA Singles All-American and named to both the NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team and First Team All-ACC. To begin his senior year, Chrysochos won the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships singles title in November of 2018. He looks to take to the court one last time with his teammates this year to defend his title. Samantha Wexler: Walk me through last year’s NCAA tournament. You were at home and playing with Demon Deacon nation behind you. What was it like to get the victory? Petros Chrysochos: Last year as a whole was one to remember from beginning to end. Everyone there is to win as a team; it was extremely hard but rewarding as well. I think everyone worked together with the NCAA title in mind. We knew going into it that playing at home is definitely an advantage for us but the majority of teams who host don’t usually win. There was a lot of pressure but it definitely did not phase us. It definitely did not phase me. Great teams thrive in those situations and we did. I don’t think
I will ever play with a better crowd cheering than the one during the finals. The fact that the community of Winston-Salem and Wake Forest came together was fascinating. When I realized it was all over, I was extremely relieved and happy to finish the year with a win. SW: It must have been a little odd to play against your teammate for the national title; what was that like? PC: Yeah, playing against a friend and teammate in the finals was awkward. Very weird. We asked the NCAA to not play and share the title but they did not accept. To be honest, fair enough, they wanted a winner which is understandable. At the beginning of the match, we were both extremely shaky so the level was not there. As the match progressed the level
got better. The crowd did not know when to cheer which was funny. At the end of the day, the winner did not matter a lot. Since there were no Americans in the final, nobody would get a wild card for the U.S. Open no matter what, so we both played for pride and to represent Wake Forest and finish the year in a dominant fashion. SW: The team hails from all over the country and the world. What a r e some of the things
that you do to bond this diverse team together? PC: Being such an international team helps us understand each other a little bit better every day. We all have different values and ideas but share the same goal of winning. There is an understanding that everyone knows what their individual role in the team which makes this team successful. SW: There has been a very high standard of play under this coaching staff. What in particular does they bring to the program to continue to compete in the ACC? PC: I’m obviously biased saying that our coaching staff is the best in the country. To me, they are the best and that’s what really matters here. To be honest, the players are usually the ones who get the credit after a win. The recognition and the glory go to the players from an audience point of view. People don’t understand that my job as a player is very easy. In a simplified explanation, I go to school, I study, I practice, I compete and I win. That’s my job. The coaching staff has to worry about everything else around that. Having to deal with so many players, compliance, parents, emails, phone calls, complaints, etc. is sometimes annoying. As players, we don’t have to worry about that. The brains behind this operation are the coaches, and I feel they don’t get enough credit for how much they do.
Personal Profile Hometown: Larnaca, Cyprus Class: Senior Accolades: - 2018 NCAA Singles Champion - 2018 ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year - 3x All-American in Singles (2016, 2017, 2018) - 2018 Carolina Region Arthur Ashe, Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award - ITA national champion in the fall of 2018
SW: Outside of the team, do you have any people who have influenced your experience here? PC: I have met wonderful people at Wake Forest, and I made friendships that will last a lifetime. My girlfriend has played a vital role in my experience as a Wake Forest student-athlete. She makes my life so much easier and puts it in place when it falls apart. Other than the guys on the team, as a tennis team, we hang out with a lot of soccer players.
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Photo courtesy of Wake Forest Athletic Communications
Deac Notes Two women’s golfers invited to Augusta National Women’s Tournament
Despite Raca’s 11 points and eight rebounds, Women’s Basketball can’t hold off Louisville
Senior Jennifer Kupcho and sophomore Emilia Migliaccio will compete in the event, held April 3 through 6. Both were in the top-30 in the world at the end of NCAA play last year. They were two of a group of 72 women selected for the inaugural event. The international field will compete over 54 holes of stroke play. There will be a cut to 30 players after 36 holes.
Ivana Raca led the Deacs with a team-high 11 points and was one of three Demon Deacons to bring in eight rebounds in the game against fourth-ranked Louisville. The score was close early, but Louisville took off after halftime, winning the game 73-49. Wake Forest outrebounded Louisville by 20, a good sign as they continue through ACC play. It was their first positive rebounding margin in ACC play this year.
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ACC Basketball: Top seeds fall this week Duke and Virginia clashed in what could be a preview of the ACC championship game BY DANIEL PACHINO Senior Writer pachdb15@wfu.edu
This past week in ACC Men’s basketball play seemed like the first true week of conference play. With each school playing multiple times and a number of the ACC’s top teams falling, it was unquestionably a dramatic week of January ACC basketball. The week started emphatically with a pair of top ACC teams falling on Monday night. Syracuse shockingly knocked off top-ranked Duke in Durham at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke was without two of its star freshmen in Cam Reddish, who missed the game with an illness, and Tre Jones, who injured his shoulder early in the first half. The Blue Devils struggled defensively without a pair of their stars and ceded 95 points at home to the Orange, who were led by Tyus Battle and four other players who poured in double digits. Behind Battle’s 32, Syracuse knocked off Duke 95-91 and got what should be a huge win when Syracuse hopes to make it to the tournament in March. On Monday, highly-ranked Florida State lost its second game in three days with a 75-62 loss at Pitt following its heart-breaking loss to Duke two days prior.
On Tuesday night, No. 4 UVA showed teams were spectacular and showcased Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett were they are the team to beat in Virginia and why they will both be forces nobody fantastic in controlling the offense in maybe even the entire country by thrash- wants to face in March. Duke was still Jones’ absence, as the two combined for ing ninth-ranked Virginia Tech 81-59. without their point guard Jones who 57 points and each played at least 38 UVA’s stout pack-line defense mixed with should miss more time, but they did of 40 possible minutes. The game was opportunistic scoring and elite three- get Cam Reddish back. Without Jones, a constant back-and-forth, as it seemed point shooting, make them as tough as Duke constantly had great length on the no team was ever able to get a lead of any team in the country, and they showed court — their entire starting five was at more than two baskets. In the end, Wilwhy by walloping another top-10 team. least 6’7”. This length helped Duke on liamson and Barrett were too much for The other surprising outcome of Tues- defense, as they were able to shut down Virginia, as they have been for everyone day night was Wake Forest getting its first Virginia’s great outside shooting, as they they’ve faced all season, and Duke came ACC win of the season over local rival shot just 3-17 from three-point land. out on top 72-70. Their rematch in NC State. In what has been a difficult While Duke also struggled from out- Charlottesville, VA on Feb. 9 is shaping season thus far for the Deacons, this win side, their two freshmen stars forwards up to be another classic. over a ranked opponent and rival was a massive confidence boost and could serve as a springboard moving forward. The Deacons, however, have since lost their last two games, first at Virginia Tech on Saturday (87-71) and at UVA on Tuesday (68-45). In addition, Louisville continues to surprise as a legitimate contender in the loaded ACC this year. In what was supposed to be a rebuilding year after the firing of former head coach Rick Pitino, Louisville is 4-1 in ACC play and has wins over UNC, Boston College and Georgia Tech. Louisville has a big test at home this week against NC State, and should they win, Chris Mack’s team will be one others want to circle on their calendars moving forward. The game of the week, however, came on Saturday night when No. 4 UVA took on No. 1 Duke at Cameron Indoor. This Photo courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics Communications game between two of the nation’s top teams had been hyped up for weeks and Wake Forest beat No. 17 NC State at home by a score of 71-67 for their it certainly lived up to its billing. Both first ACC win of the season, just one of many upsets in the past weeks.
Jalen Hurts, Clemson and the CFP’s future Transfers and powerhouse teams seem to be the story of the College Football Playoffs this year
BY JACKSON CANNON Contributing Writer cannjp17@wfu.edu
Clemson finds its way to the top, again. For the second time in the short history of the College Football Playoffs, the Clemson Tigers have reached the top. After having a historic season, winning the ACC Championship and earning the No. 2 seed in the playoff, Clemson boasted a perfect 15-0 record. While this season was a fantasy for the Tigers a few years ago, their championship game against the Crimson Tide carried a vital story. The Tigers became the first college football team to finish 15-0. The first drive of the game, freshman Trevor Lawrence looked like a deer in the headlights. Overthrown passes and a quick three and out started the game, meeting everyone’s expectation of Alabama’s star-studded defensive line ruining the storybook ending for Clemson. AJ Terrell had something to say about that. Clemson’s starting sophomore CB, AJ Terrell, turned the tides when he intercepted Tua Tagovailoa on Alabama’s opening drive and returned it for a touchdown. This shifted the momentum and threw the Crimson Tide on their heels early. Alabama immediately responded with a touchdown of their own to tie the game at 7. The first quarter proved to be a shoot-out, as both teams fought to reclaim momentum. Clemson came out of the gates
firing and heading into the second quarter, Trevor Lawrence had found his go-to receiver, Justyn Ross. Ross ended the game with 153 yds on six receptions and one TD. Clemson started to pull away in the second quarter as they entered halftime leading 31-16. Clemson running back Travis Etienne came alive, rushing for nearly 100 yds and tacking on three total TDs to this point. The Crimson Tide failed to score the rest of the game as Clemson ran away with the contest in the third quarter, scoring two more touchdowns to increase their lead to 44-16. The game MVP, Trevor Lawrence, finished his perfect season and began his case to be one of Clemson’s best quarterbacks to date with a spectacular 62.5 percent passer rating on 20-32 attempts, 347 passing yds, three tds and zero ints. Lawrence ended the game with an impressive 92.8 QBR. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney praised his new-found star following the game, “He was the best player … no knock against Kelly Bryant … I think you saw that …the kid has never lost a game …this group had the eye of the tiger tonight.”
This season, Georgia was crushed by a defeat in the SEC championship, which ruined their playoff bid, UCF has proved to be a notable, non-Power 5 program that continues to compete on a national stage and Notre Dame isn’t in a conference and has been accused of having “cupcake” scheduling. So what to do? A proposal: Each Power-5 Conference champion gets an automatic bid, with the sixth spot given as an at-large bid that will be decided on by the College Football Playoff Committee.
See CFP, Page 15
What is the goal of the College Football Playoff? Is it to find the best team in college football? If this is the case, certain teams will never have a chance to make it to the National Championship. Many fans struggle with the current system because of the never-ending Alabama and Clemson reign of dominance. Before I say more, if you cannot beat them, you cannot complain. Rumors are circulating around Christian Petersen/Getty Images/TNS the committee considering a new eight-team or pos- The Alabama team’s offense struggled, but even sibly six-team playoff. a struggling Alabama offense is fun to watch.
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MLB: Harper weighing free agent offers
The Nationals phenom is certain to make a splash this offseason BY JOSEPH RAFSHOON Contributing Writer rafsjm17@wfu.edu
Bryce Harper, the Washington Nationals’ star outfielder, is considering a change of scenery and donning a new uniform. The six-time All Star is a free agent after seven years of dominating pitchers and flashing the leather. Harper came into the league in 2012 as one of the most touted high school prospects ever. Since then, Harper has helped to transform the dismal Washington Nationals organization into a powerhouse. Because of the left-handed sluggers determined playing style and ability to hit any pitch 400 feet, he elevated the Nationals from being the laughingstock of baseball to one of the most respected. Harper is a flashy player who deviates from the normal lay-low baseball player. Harper loves the spotlight and creating buzz. He takes any chance to get attention from bat flips to on field brawls. Before being drafted in 2010, sports writers and talent scouts compared Harper to LeBron James for being a once in a generation talent. Their predictions were accurate. Six years later, Harper is still equated to King James as being the top athlete in their respective sport. Harper is a unique talent that fills up highlight reels from towering home runs to stealing home plate.
The Nationals won their first NL East pennant in his rookie season and since then, the team has won the East three more times and has not slipped lower than second place. The problem? Harper’s Nationals have not won a playoff series and he is clearly frustrated. So, the Las Vegas native is weighing his options this offseason and commanding looks from multiple general managers. The left-handed slugger can expect to become a very wealthy man wherever he goes. He has already been offered a $300 million 10-year deal to re-up with his former franchise. But it seems that is not enough to sway the young slugger as several other organizations are vying for his attention. In the running are the Dodgers, Yankees and Phillies. As of now, the Phillies look to have the edge, as it is reported that Harper bonded with Phillies manager Gabe Kapler. Kapler and the upstart Phillies look to have a bright future with their turnaround season in 2018. Led by a young core comprised of Aaron Nola, Rhys Hoskins and Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta, the Phillies would be poised to become a National League powerhouse with Harper in the outfield. Harper has Scott Boras, who Forbes named the most influential agent in sports, as his deal maker. Boras negotiated $1.9 billion worth of contracts in 2018, earning himself $105 million in commissions. With Boras on his side, Harper is likely to get the money he desires, but there is more than cash informing his options. Leaving the Nationals for the Yankees or Dodgers would paint him as a villain following the money. However, the Yankees and Dodgers are stationed in lucrative markets that
would boost his celebrity status. Harper also has great chances of winning that coveted championship ring immediately on either the Yankees or Dodgers. Harper might be positioned as the face of either franchise, positioning him next to all-time greats like Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. Going to rival Philadelphia would enrage Nationals fans, but the Phillies are the perfect fit for Harper, who just need that superstar athlete to make them a World Series contender. If Harper returned to the Nationals, he would be prized for his
loyalty, willing to do anything for his first franchise. The problem is the Nationals are old news for Harper. The key is Harper needs to win. Already one of the greatest baseball players of all time, he can never be a legend without a ring. Harper must decide soon on the best place for his career and to forge his legacy. This is a monumental decision for anyone, especially someone as young as Harper. This career decision will come soon, and we are excited to finally see where Harper lands.
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Rhys Hoskins, left, and Bryce Harper are both represented by agent Scott Boras. Harper will look to Boras to get him one of the largest contracts in the MLB in the offseason.
CFP: Transfer portal heating up in the offseason Continued from Page 14
This system gives all teams a reason to compete and allows the fans to enjoy a season of equal opportunity and possibility to make it. The greatest current disparity of the CFP is that it appears predictable. March Madness is a huge success because of the “Madness,” the upsets, the Loyola of Chicago’s and UMBC’s that shock the world. College football is missing this element of suspense, what-if ’s, and ratings. According to 247sports.com, the Clemson-Alabama National Championship received “the lowest [ratings viewership] for a college football title game since Alabama-LSU battled in 2012.” This goes to say, do fans want the same thing year after year, or is it time to experiment with something new? As the college football season drew to a close, drama in the transfer world began to brew. Multiple major program QB’s have announced their transferring intentions. Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields, Kelly Bryant, Brandon Wimbush and Tate Martell will all be wearing new uniforms next season. Jalen Hurts — Alabama to Oklahoma: Everyone knows his success, everyone knows his story, everyone knows how Nick Saban benched Jalen Hurts in the most crucial half in the Crimson Tide’s season in which Tua Tagovailoa, a freshman at the time, led Alabama back for a historic victory in
the 2018 National Championship. Jalen Hurts announced last week he will be transferring to Oklahoma to finish out his last year of eligibility. Kyler Murray, the Sooners’ electric baseball-football superstar in 2018 declared for the NFL draft, and Hurts jumped on an opportunity to start at a top program in America, knowing that Alabama has grown loyal to its rising star. Hurts will attempt to make it three Heisman’s in a row for an Oklahoma QB. Justin Fields — Georgia to Ohio State: The former No. 1 overall recruit in America spent last season playing behind the beloved hometown starter Jake Fromm at Georgia. Looking for a place to grow, Fields has announced he is transferring to Ohio State.
tion to watch as the off season progresses. McKenzie has made significant strides in his therapy, but will Wimbush be enough to help UCF remain dominant? Tate Martell — Ohio State to Miami: Former QB1 (Netflix Series) showcase athlete Tate Martell leaves Ohio State following the transfer of Justin Fields to take his talents to South Beach and join the Hurricanes in Miami. Keep an eye out for this duel-threat, Vegas superstar to fight for the starting job in an ACC system that has just hired a new coach following the departing of historically legendary Mark Richt.
Kelly Bryant — Clemson to Missouri: The former Clemson star fell victim to the rise of one of the biggest rising stars in college football: Trevor Lawrence. Rumors around Bryant’s transferring rumored last season after he left the team part of the way through the season, and now he has landed with the Tigers of Missouri. Brandon Wimbush — Notre Dame to UCF: While UCF’s star QB McKenzie Milton recovers from his horrific knee injury, Wimbush, a Notre Dame transfer, will make for an interesting QB situa-
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Tate Martell was rated as the best quarterback in his class, but barely saw the field at Ohio State.
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New Netflix Original captures human struggle The cinematic expertise of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs creates an excellent balance between humor and philosophical inquisitions about life BY KYLE FERRER Opinion Editor ferrka16@wfu.edu
It is a marvel that Joel and Ethan Coen remain able to produce such ruthlessly entertaining films, while continually imbuing them with rich ideas. But such a statement has become banal; we expect the Coens to foist on us their provocative, humorous, multitiered art. Yet their consummate designation as artists comes from the fact that this expectation is never blithely fulfilled, but cleverly dispensed and textured. What canonizes the Coen brothers’ work is that their Beckettian darkness never becomes repetitive. Instead, its repeated artistic refraction makes each and every film a novelty. Such is the case with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and released on Netflix. It is an anthological film, an acerbic, enthralling tonic for those decrying the state of the art and an anticipated state of elation for those who aren’t. The most recent comparison is Joe Swanberg’s series Easy, also a Netflix original, but the comparison largely stops at form. While Swanberg’s cinematic automatism captures lived experience in all its touching granularity, the Coens’ new film launches into a world of dialectics — historical, cinematic, philosophical — spread across the untrammeled expanses of the American West. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, as with many of the Coens’ films, toggles tonally between witty entertainment and brow-kneading bemusement. What noticeably works better in Buster Scruggs is the new form, which allows for a sort of subjective siphoning. The lighter, more comedic vignettes, like the first two in the compilation, juxtapose nicely with the densely-packed
latter three, although to say there is ever a clean division would be reductive. The first two vignettes are mostly forays into the fabricated mien of the traditional, John Wayne-esque cowboy. They feature an ebullient sharpshooter (Tim Blake Nelson), who croons about his thirst, and a bank robber (James Franco), whose operation is cooked from the start. Then, we get a paraplegic tragedian (Harry Melling) in the somber, suicidal care of Liam Neeson and an (em)pathetic gold-digger (Tom Waits) whose blood, sweat and years sort of pan out, a momentary coup de foudre between two Oregon Trailers (Zoe Kazan and Bill Heck) and a carriage ride that shimmers as a brilliant distillation of life itself. Each vignette is a delicious aperitif, meant to stimulate the mind both through humor and through inquiry. But with the Coens it’s never My Dinner with Andre; it’s a subtle smack, every so often, of a brief but loaded laugh, inducing us to admire (and think about) the rhetorical roses. The response to Coen comedy remains less a full-bellied sounding than a quick, nasal outburst or a wry smile (although Raising Arizona would beg to differ). In The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, what these responses portend is not only the clever wit and restless pace of the Coens’ method, but the result of what has become the Coens’ famous, philosophically-tinted punchline. Years ago, when I began to retroactively wade into the Coen oeuvre, starting with Miller’s Crossing and hitting The Big Lewbowski last, I found it difficult to pin down a tone. Something I initially was frustrated by, but eventually learned may be the macrocosmic, artistic effect of the Coens’ cool ambiguity. There are moments, even whole vignettes, in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs where the certitude of manifest destiny and westward expansion, as well as the strict, super-
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cilious ethos birthed by such conquest, is juxtaposed with the surrounding landscape. The desolation and native uncertainty, grand aridity and random death knells of cross-country travel, all mirror the human being’s chance fumblings in the absurd expanse of time. We convulse for a short period called life, only to sputter out with a cosmic whimper. We use nature’s blank slate not as a mirror, but a canvas on which to paint our moral certitudes. This, of course, is an absurdity, and the Coens point out not only the historical perpetuation of such naiveté and ignorance, but also the reductive caricature of the cowboy as an unreal idealization of the insouciant conquistador. As Søren Kierkegaard writes in Fear and Trembling, human inquisition was the Greeks’ task of a lifetime, but now science has made certitude the human starting point, and henceforth deprived life of passion. On the Oregon Trail, Zoe Kazan claims her brother “upbraided” her wishy-washiness, to which her wizened suitor replies: “…uncertainty, that is appropriate for matters of this world.” There are more than a few nods to Kierkegaardian absurdity, and, thankfully, what makes the Coens’ darkness so palatable is the implicit notion that within the reality of human uncertainty there lies the distinct possibility of generative hope. The existential path out of despair is squarely based in human volition. This is, of course, a daunting realization, but also our only method of deliverance. Yet the cinematic triumph of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs comes not from some one-note philosophizing, but from its perfect pitch, one that floats between the ponderous and the humorous. How can one make philosophy entertaining, or distill from pure entertainment a profound mode for living? In this case, form assists the filmmakers. The episodic storytelling of this particular work allows for a constant, playful interchange of the Coens’ signature comedy and philosophy, while never becoming trite or preachy. The last (and best) story in this anthology, entitled “Mortal Remains,” might as well be an existential treatise. It is a dialogic disquisition in a horse-drawn hurtle through time. Swirling around the slowlydissolving anchor of the biblical woman are Sartrean sentiments delivered by a Frenchman, a tune moaned in the elegiac, Irish timbre of Brendan Gleeson, and the Nabokovian bit about a cradle hovering above an abyss. If one pays any attention in this last story, the realities and uncertainties of life will begin to reveal themselves not in their perfect clarity but their perfect absurdity. People love stories, Jonjo O’Neill’s character says to the carriage crew, “they connect the stories to themselves, and we all love hearing about ourselves, so long as the people in the stories are us, but not us, not us in the end especially.” In Buster Scruggs, we see some of history’s great ideas and delusions. But if we wished to do just that we could have simply turned to literature; instead, we experienced these ideas through story. In these individual worlds, seemingly so long ago, there is a heuristic sleight-of-hand that goes with any great art, a sort of self-knowledge through the far-reaching, empathetic prism. We become decisively immersed in the Coens’ world, the best part being that their world allows us to retain some of the most vital information about our own.
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Fashion Column | 2019 Style
THE HOT Throw away all your chokers LIST Apparently chokers are out and crochet tops are in, according to magazines
BY CAITLIN SHAW Contributing Writer shawcm18@wfu.edu With a new year comes new attitudes, new beginnings, new styles and for some, a new wardrobe! According to INSIDER magazine, it’s time to get rid of your off-the-shoulder tops and ruffled wear. Some say that ruffles look childish and draw away from one’s true figure. Elle fashion magazine writes, “2019 is all about one shoulder and sexy, strapless looks.” Along with old habits, go ahead and chuck those cold shoulder blouses and transparent, plastic handbags. It may be difficult, but fashion experts encourage parting with your beloved chokers this year, too. Chokers were first worn in ancient Mesopotamian and Greek civilizations but were brought back at the turn of the twentieth century. Like most jewelry at the time, chokers were meant to flaunt a woman’s wealth. However, they served a more practical purpose as well: to protect one of the most vulnerable areas of a woman’s
body — her neck. Chokers made a fierce comeback in the 1990s and then again within the last couple of years. However, now in 2019, fashion experts say it’s their time to go. INSIDER magazine also expresses their distaste for biker shorts, writing that the shorts have “overstayed their welcome.” Additionally, INSIDER critiques tiny sunglasses, pegging the design as “impractical.” A few have claimed that kneehigh boots, stilettos and fanny packs have been left in 2018, but this is up for debate. According to Glamour magazine, 2019 is about wide-legged pants, feathers and oversized hats. With the new year comes “fancy flats,” leather and animal prints including leopard and snakeskin patterns. Glamour defines “fancy flats” as fringed, feathered or strappy sandals meant to replace towering heels. It seems like the 80s influence of neon, tie-dye, sequins and chunky earrings are here to stay. Additionally, puffy shouldered tops are the new shoulder-padded shirts from a few decades back. “Retro” brands such as Reebok and Adidas are more popular than ever. Get ready to see more and more fringe on everything and everyone. Fringe appears to be the theme of fashion right now, with pants, jackets, bags even shoes, containing aspects of it. Fringe
adds a unique texture and depth to your outfit that not many other materials can do. This spring, crochet is predicted to be the new rave. Not only is the material light and airy for the warm weather, but it adds character to your outfit. Find crochet in nearly every context: dresses, bags, tops and hats. Stay up to date on this year’s fashion trends with Glamour, Elle, INSIDER and more.
Top 10 Starbucks Drinks By Emily Beauchamp School is just starting to pick back up, so what better way to treat yourself than with a nice cup of Starbucks.
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The Fettero choker can be found on Amazon for $11.99. But don’t buy it.
Aquaman is a huge waste of time BY CATHERINE REGEN Assistant Life Editor regecl17@wfu.edu
Let me start by saying that I have absolutely no business reviewing a superhero movie. I have only seen a handful in total, and I went to see Aquaman at the request of a friend. I feel that I lack the prerequisite of fandom that these movies require of their audiences. Besides knowing the characters from jokes on Big Bang Theory, I have absolutely no understanding of the superhero world. For example I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between DC and Marvel movies, comics and characters if my life depended on it. That being said this movie does seem to follow the typical superhero movie plot, almost formulaic in nature. First there is the backstory that leaves our unsuspecting hero with unresolved issues, usually an insatiable need to ‘do good’ and ‘save people.’ In the case of Aquaman, or as we meet him, young Arthur, is the illegitimate son of the former queen of Atlantis, Nicole Kidman, ahem, I mean Atlanna. Next, Arthur is called back to his not-so-homeland to challenge his half-brother King Orm for the throne. Apparently there’s a war brewing between the merpeople and the humans. Arthur then goes
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come as no surprise that this film fails the Bechdel Test (if you’re not familiar with this test, you would most likely enjoy seeing this film). Aside from the plot being more predictable than the ending to Titanic, the film has a lot to offer in terms of visual effects. Water is key, specifically to the character’s hair. This was an effect that I found ridiculously distracting while watching the movie. In fact, I’m sure I missed some important dialogue while being mesmerized by Jason Momoa’s flowing locks (and his abs). These feats of digital editing are made all the more apparent by the fact that this movie wasn’t filmed underwater. Go watch a YouTube video on how it was filmed; it will be ten times more entertaining than the actual film itself. Should you go see this movie? Eh. Photo courtesy of imdb.com Not when there are so many better Both Kidman and Heard’s charac- things to watch. With Oscar season ters are reduced to boring B-plots. upon us, there are countless options in search for a giant magic fork. He that are validated by a nomination maybe does or doesn’t find it (no spoil- from the Academy. If Beale Street ers here) and goes to stake his claim Could Talk is showing at a/perture in the giant fish war. All along he is in downtown Winston-Salem. Or led by Princess Mera, played by Am- even use your Netflix subscription to ber Heard. Both Kidman and Heard watch Roma. Hell, even rewatching play strong, independent women, who Beauty and the Beast was more enjoytake their roles within the underwater able than sitting through two hours kingdoms seriously. Each are instrin- of underwater nonsense. Give me a sic to the plot, with Atlanna provid- movie about Queen Atlanna or even ing motivation to Aquaman and Mera one where Princess Mera is the titular acting as the force that enables his character. Don’t waste your time. Unsuccess. However, both are reduced less of course you are one of those fans to boring B-plots that revolve around who enjoys spending money seeing the their relationships with men. It should same thing over and over again.
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Even the all-star cast can’t save this tragically boring and formulaic superhero flick
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Advice Column | Touching Tips
Registering a pet at Wake Forest There are only a few easy steps to follow to have a pet caught and registered on campus
BY PETER SCHLACHTE Staff Writer schlpj15@wfu.edu
Becca M asks, “How do I get a registered pet at Wake Forest?” Dear Becca, Times are dark here at Touching Tips. The FBI has framed me for REDACTEDCRIME, and I’ve been on the run for six weeks. I’ve hidden in barns, in warehouses, in garages, in the bed of Bradley Cooper’s Ford 150, but until now, I haven’t had access to a computer to continue this vital advice column. This question, however, deserves an answer no matter the Photo Courtesy of Tim Tai/TNS personal danger it places me in. You see, Wake For- This is just one of the many cats that lives est has a dire problem: the infestation of stray cats behind Wait Chapel waiting for a new home. that sneak around the backside of Wait Chapel. The solution? Catch the cats, tame them and keep them Step two: Bring the boiling milk to the cats’ lair. as your pets forever. Catching feral cats, of course, is Step three: Beckon the cats to the edge of the boileasier said than done. I subscribe to the method em- ing milk. ployed by the self-proclaimed Cesar Millan of the feStep four: Dowse yourself in the aforementioned lines, a 74-year-old lady who wears two monocles and boiling milk. Cats are sadistic little rascals; they enjoy goes by the YouTube name “Carol’s Ferals.” infuriating humans, so your suffering is certain to win Step one: Boil milk in your residence hall commu- their trust. nal kitchen (without — and I know this may seem There is, however, another wrinkle in this flawless impossible — setting off the fire alarm). plan, the feral cats live not in Wait Chapel, but in the
tunnels beneath it. Rumor has it that two philosophy students entered these same tunnels in 1986 and returned 19 years later with degrees in business management. Rumor has it that the sorority girls convene in the tunnels to perform ritual sacrifices under every full moon. Rumor has it that Nathan O. Hatch sheds his human skin in the tunnels each night and returns to his lizard brethren. The tunnels are an abyss of broken hope and shattered dreams and no advice I offer can prepare you. I will say only this: bring your Wake Forest-issued ThinkPad — its secrets hold the key to your survival. Once you’ve secured your cat from the tunnels, your final step is to register it with the university. Residence Life and Housing is the Wile E. Coyote of this campus: full of nefarious plots. This, therefore, will be your hardest task. However, we all know that RAs are banned from checking refrigerators during room inspections, so the only logical conclusion is to hide your cat in the fridge. Make sure to give it a thick jacket and an oxygen mask so it can stay safe in there! This advice is all I can offer for now. The Feds are hot on my tail, so if you see them prowling around campus, tell them I’m on vacation in Tasmania. Maybe throw some boiling milk at them. Anyways, email me at schlpj15@wfu.edu to be featured in the next issue of Touching Tips. If you don’t hear from me, plan a rescue mission. XOXO, Peter
Video Game Column | Fortnite Update
New update sparks debate on game’s future With the release of the new Winter update of Fortnite, gameplay has become difficult for all players
BY DAVID AJAMY Senior Opinion Adviser ajamdg15@wfu.edu
For you “epic gamers” out there, you already know that Fortnite is the game of the century. No matter if you have seven or 700 wins, you are part of the 78.3 million monthly players. And as many of you know, Epic Games released the newest update on Jan. 19. While many were excited for what Epic Games would bring for week seven of season seven, many, including myself, have found the update V7.20 not only underwhelming, but gamealtering in a negative way. In the last update, an orb appeared over Polar Peak, and according to lore, the orb erupted and covered the entire map in an ice storm. Not only has the event brought about visual updates, it brought about new challenges and mindless AI monsters. I am always in favor of updates that spice up the game and shift gameplay, but the Ice Storm has not just shifted the game, it has reframed the game. With the Ice Storm came a mist that greatly reduced sight for the player, and coupling that with the “Ice Fiends,” the game feels less like a PvP (Player vs. Player) and more like a jumbled mess. Even the ritualistic drop from the battle bus is fogged up by the irritating mist. The storm’s visual effects reduce sight so much, only veteran players who know the map will be able to adjust. Since the storm has come about, the ice patches
that can raise the salt in any player seem to have only become more exasperated. I understand the role of events and keeping things new, but these changes seem drastic and overwhelming for players new and old. Around the map, players will find Ice Fiends, that once slain, give shields and weapons. This addition, similar to the zombies that came about with the Halloween update, further promote a more passive meta, where players can play with low risks and high rewards. To continue, players are able to camp at one of the 10 or so Ice Crystals located on the map and farm these monsters for weapons and loot. This not only encourages camping but makes the game slower. One of the biggest critiques of Fortnite has been its increasingly slow nature, so the decision seems questionable from Epic Games. Not only this, but the game design team at Epic Games has vaulted the grappler and lowered the drop rates by more than half on the Balloons and Gliders mode. These changes promote players to play in a slower fashion. This seems oddly contradictory when Epic Games has spent so much effort adding things like ATVs, planes and ziplines to promote mobility in the game. While the event does bring something new to the game in aesthetics and challenges, the update has supported a meta that slows the game down and pushes back on what made Fortnite so big. While the game has become popular because of its unique aesthetic and goofy nature, it mostly grew due to the fast and chaotic nature that kept things fresh. With this new update, the inital lure of the game Photo courtesy of imdb.com is being contradicted, and it leaves players feeling a Fortnite, the popular battle royale style game, has sense of disappointment and longing for what the recently released a winter update, causing a debate. game once was.
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Music Review | “Lofi hip-hop mix ‑ Beats to Relax/Study to”
New hip-hop mix sends serene vibes This new mix is great to set the tone for any study or relaxation session
BY ANDY KILLEBREW Asst. Life Editor killae17@wfu.edu
If one were daring enough to follow the growing trend of minimalist hip hop to its logical conclusion, they might, through their research, come to the YouTube channel of ChilledCow. Their most popular video (boasting almost 14 million views), “Lofi hip-hop mix - Beats to Relax/Study to [2018],” is an auditory delight and takes a refreshingly stripped-down approach to many of the conventions in modern rap/trap music. You can still find the syncopation and hi-hats that dominate the soundscape of today’s radio, but without the sophistication and vocals that might bog down the production genius. What is left is a musical treat that is appropriate for all occasions: studying, existential breakdowns, chill kickbacks and babysitting. Though it would be enough for ChilledCow to merely bless their listeners with such beautiful tunes, they also complement “Lofi hip-hop mix Beats to Relax/Study to [2018]” with
a gorgeous, anime-inspired backdrop. The visual really has something for everyone: there’s a cityscape, plants, a cat, headphones adorned with googly eyes, a lamp, a pair of scissors and a girl hard at work on some sort of homework. To further accent this optical treat, the entire set is bathed in a warm and inviting pink hue. Thus, if you’re coming to ChilledCow for study motivation, the animation has you covered. It’s interesting enough to draw your attention for several seconds, but consistent enough to not keep commanding attention. If all of this weren’t enough already, the comment section of “Lofi hip hop mix - Beats to Relax/Study to [2018]” is an absolute gold mine. Here, the people of YouTube have collaborated to form a body of words that is simultaneously inspiring and horribly contrived. My personal favorite is from “SKINNY BUDDHA BOY” who says, “I would love to see a brain scan to see what this music does to the brain.” This feels like mental and emotional medicine. Like literally, two seconds in and I feel 100 percent soothed, as if I’ve already been completely reset. I find this with every single track on every one of these lofi hip-hop mixes. It’s like we’ve all found this little magical land we all take a stroll through, but instead of our wardrobes leading us to
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If you are starting to feel burnt out with school work and studying take a quick break to turn on this hip hop mix. It will motivate you to keep going. Narnia, it’s our laptops ... and ChilledCow. Thank you for the peace you instill into all of us. I could continue on with personal anecdotes as to what ChilledCow has done for me personally, but it would be futile to attempt to follow up the
sage “SKINNY BUDDHA BOY.” Ultimately, if you want to find your own “little magical land,” then look no further than “Lofi hip hop mix - Beats to Relax/Study to [2018].” SCORE: Chill AF/10
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REVIEW OF OSCAR NOMINATIONS There has been a lot of talk surrounding the release of the Oscar nominations presented on Tuesday. Many people remain happy with the results, while others believe there could have been better nominations in some categories.
BY MACKENZIE NOE Staff Writer noemj18@wfu.edu
The countdown has officially begun. At 8:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Oscar nominations were released, with what looks like the most diverse year of nominations yet. This round brought both the expected and unexpected, along with many firsts for some and another chance at a trophy for others. In one of the cases of both first and unexpected, Black Panther started a first for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It became the first superhero movie to be nominated for Best Picture. This film deserves the nomination, but what’s slightly unexpected is that it’s coming from the Academy. Although the decision to add the new category Best Popular Picture backfired on them (and rightfully so), it seems to have been a sign that the Oscars were trying to become (with some trips and falls along the way) more diverse in the material and genre of films nominated. Another first: Roma is Netflix’s first original production to be nominated for Best Picture. Despite not being their first film nominated for an Oscar (having had eight nominations last year for Mudbound, including the first female cinematographer, Rachel Morrison, to be nominated), Roma is their first to be nominated for best picture. This is another sign of the Academy changing. Roma, a story of a young housekeeper in 1971 Mexico, received the highest number of nominations at 10 along with Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favorite. In addition to Best Picture, Roma was also recognized in categories such as Directing, Leading and Supporting Actresses, Original Screenplay and Foreign Language Film. I can tell you this now: check those boxes for Roma in Foreign Language. If it got nominated in the Foreign Language category and Best Picture, it’s
nearly a sure bet. The last time a film was nominated for both, Amour took home Foreign Language. For leading actress Yalitza Aparicio, it’s a good thing she decided to join Alfonso Cuarón in the making of Roma, her first film, while she was in between finishing her teaching degree and getting a job. Now she’s the first Mexican indigenous actress to be nominated. She’s definitely a contender to watch as the weeks begin to narrow down. The Favorite, another film that’s leading the pack in nominations, received nods in areas like Best Picture, Best Actresses, Directing and Original Screenplay. Wonderful actors with wonderful costumes saying wonderful lines — what more could you ask for? Deborah Davis’ and Tony McNamara’s character Abigail, played by Emma Stone, is probably one of my favorite movie characters of all time. She’s clever, sly and complex. A story of power hunters, pain and lesbianism, The Favorite adds yet another layer of diversity to the Oscars. Many fans will be pleased to hear that Lady Gaga is being recognized for her outstanding work in A Star is Born. Maybe she’ll be able to add an Oscar to her trophy shelf. The movie also received a Best Picture nomination, an Actor in a Leading Role nomination for Bradley Cooper, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Song for “Shallow.” Overall, the film, remade from earlier generations, didn’t do so badly. Bohemian Rhapsody, a strong contender since its release and so far through the Golden Globes where it walked away with two awards, got nominated for five categories, including Best Picture and Actor in a Leading Role. Its strongest bet: Rami Malek. His performance is one of the most talked about.
Of course, it wouldn’t be the Oscars without some snubs. For me personally, I would have loved to see First Man nominated for some more categories. I’m a huge fan of Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz (so yes I absolutely adore La La Land). A recognition of Justin Hurwitz for Original Score would have been nice. In addition, it was disappointing to see that On the Basis of Sex, the second film on Ruth Bader Ginsburg this year, received no recognition in any area. I was also shocked to see that Black Panther was sideswept in the Visual Effects category. Yes, it may be asking for too much since it got the highest honor out of any superhero film to date, but really? Christopher Robin? Over a film that takes place in a technologically advanced society? I understand Avengers, Solo, Ready Player One and even First Man, but not Christopher Robin, especially when this is Marvel’s domain. For the Academy, the release of nominations was a nice break and distraction from the worry and pressure the public brought on about the host for the 2019 ceremony. But that break won’t last long. Even now, demands are being made about who the next host will be. Hosting the Oscars is already a huge demand. After Kevin Hart, a big name in the comedy department who would’ve no doubt raised viewership, dropped out, it’ll be hard to find someone willing to host who can raise the bar to what Hart’s level could have been. Who wouldn’t be intimidated by that? But, at least we have the nominations, even if no host. Let’s hope we don’t have to listen to Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh host again. Or worse — Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
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