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Speakout Faculty forum evaluates Strategic Plan addresses intolerance

By Caitlin Brooks | Staff writer

By Jacob Bathanti | Staff writer

Sophomore Duabhav Lee didn’t want the speakout session she organized for student leaders Nov. 1 to focus on a student response to the racist and anti-gay slurs in the allegations of vandalism during the Wake Invasion of Annapolis for the recent Navy football game. She hopes to spark a discussion on campus of the recurrent issues that underlie the incident.

“We elect student leaders to embody principles that we believe in as students,” Lee said. As such, she had planned to enlist the aid of student leaders on campus for a project to address issues of intolerance on the part of the student population at the university.

However, any attempt to use this issue as a springboard runs up against issues of the pace of investigations.

As yet, the case is still under investigation, and the issue which is making waves on the university campus – that is, the epithets allegedly written in condensation on car windows by the same group of kids that are alleged to have keyed several cars and smashed the windshield of one – has yet to be proven.

The slightly more than a half dozen student leaders – representatives of Student Government, GSSA and ASIA – are thoroughly cognizant of the problems inherent in taking any action, and caution was the dominant tone of the meeting. “Everyone’s walking on eggshells because of the Duke Lacrosse incident,” said senior SG legislator Adreon Kruger. “They don’t want to crucify anyone if they’re innocent.”

Lee said that the intention was not to focus on the students accused of the vandalism, nor to marginalize or persecute them. Nevertheless, the concern was raised that any immediate event would have that unintentional effect.

“You have to get actual results first. Because even if you don’t say so, before you know anything, (if you organize an event addressing issues of intolerance) you create the perception (that the event is targeting the accused students),” said senior Parul Patel, secretary of SG. Still, most everyone present conceded thatthat the issues Lee raised are real. “A select number of students at Wake Forest are consistently intolerant,” said senior SG President Whitney Marshall. “It’s a constant thing, and we never talk about it, we never address it and as a result of it, things like this happen.”

Kruger concurred, saying that an acceptance of this fact by the university community was apparent in the tepid response campus-wide. “(The reaction is) ‘oh that’s bad press,’ not ‘that’s terrible that people are bigots,’” he said.

Associate Professor of sociology Angela Hattery agreed.

“As I walk around campus I hear a tremendous amount of hate language and prejudice being expressed,” she said.

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A forum about the recently released preliminary draft of the university’s Strategic Plan was held Nov. 1 in Pugh Auditorium for faculty and staff.

“Our plan going forward is to use the next stage to encourage comments from students, faculty and staff,” said Provost Jill Tiefenthaler at the beginning of the session. “We will go back to Tiefenthaler work with your suggestions and concerns in mind to make it an even better strategic plan.”

Though the draft, which is the culmination of

over a year’s work, spans 16 pages and five equally vast priorities, one issue dominated the faculty forum.

The first of five pillars upon which the plan is based is the goal to “build academic programs of nationally recognized excellence,” according to the Strategic Plan.

A new concept for the university falls under this category.

The Interdisciplinary Institutes, as they are referred to in the draft, aim to “foster new directions in faculty research and creative activity; increase interdisciplinary research opportunities for students; enhance the reputation of the university as a center of research excellence and innovation; and build intellectual community on campus,” according to the plan.

The Institute for Public Engagement, designed to

By Blake Brittain | Staff writer

In an event sponsored by the university’s College Republicans, former independent counsel and solicitor general Kenneth Starr spoke at Wait Chapel on the constitutionality of marriage Nov. 5.

Starr is best known for his investigations into the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals of the Clinton administration. He is currently the dean of the Pepperdine School of Law. Starr provided his legal expertise in arguing against the legalization of gay marriage through court litigation. Instead, Starr contended that the issue should be decided by the American people through the legislative branch.

In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act from Congress, which officially defined marriage nationally as a union between one man and one woman. This, Starr said, is the way that law on such a divisive issue as gay marriage should be handled.

Starr is an advocate of the policy of judicial restraint, which discourages judges to make rulings based on personal opinions, and instead promotes a strictly constitutional approach to the law. On the issue of same-sex marriage, this would dictate that the courts not strike down individual state bans or allowances of gay marriage.

“The Court must exercise the utmost care in breaking new ground,” Starr said, due to the danger of the “policy preferences” of individual justices dictating the future of American law.

Starr said that the Supreme Court, by nature, takes a passive approach to issues as cases come to them. Therefore, Starr said, the

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Ken Starr, former independent counsel and solicitor general, speaks about the constitutionality of marriage Nov. 5 in Wait Chapel, arguing against the legalization of homosexual marriage.

Court is “an unsuitable institution for the formation of public policy,” and that this was best left to the legislative branch. He cited cases in the past in which the Supreme Court allowed the individual states to rule on issues, specifically physician-assisted suicide in the 1990s. However, Starr criticized the current trend of using litigation in order to define marriage.

According to Starr, gay marriage is a

specific issue that the Court should not rule on because heterosexual, monogamous marriage is embedded so deeply into Western culture.

He alluded to the recent opinion of a New York appellate court, which stated, “marriage laws are not just about adult needs or official recognition, but they are about the well-being of children and society.”

Starr cited the opinion of former

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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who emphasized the importance of tradition in the law. Starr also referenced the English writer G.K. Chesterton who said, “The family is older than the wall … and exists outside of the state.” Since marriage is such an important and fundamental issue, Starr believes that it should be decided by the people through legislation, and not by the Court.

Campaign raises expectations for senior class donations

By Liza Greenspun | News editor

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further the university’s motto, pro humanitate, will extend the capability to reach out to the community using scholarship and teaching that facilitates the public good.

The Institute for Issues of Conscience and Voice aims to increase inquiry on the ways consciousness, values, power, ideas and religious traditions shape world view of the past, present and future.

The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise will bring all of the university’s existing centers on entrepreneurship under one umbrella.

This unification will encourage innovation and “action towards the creation of value – social value, artistic value, intellectual value as well as

The Senior Class Campaign will host a kickoff party for seniors at Freddie B’s featuring free alcohol on a first come first serve basis at 9 p.m.

Nov. 15.

All seniors are welcome, and the alcohol will be free to all 21-year-olds until it runs out.

According to senior Brent Sarver, the purpose of the campaign is to encourage as many seniors as possible to give to the college fund, which helps cover the 25 Sarver percent of student costs not covered by tuition.

“We’re hoping that this will spark some interest in the campaign because we’re going to be sending

Sports | B1 Timeout with Thompson Senior Jeremy Thompson has returned from an injury to become a top Deacon performer and NFL prospect.

home a letter to students about the campaign over Thanksgiving break,” Sarver said of the senior party at Freddie B’s.

According to Sarver, this year’s Senior Class Campaign Committee began when senior Carolyn Harbaugh, the university’s student trustee, was contacted by the Office of Alumni Affairs to form this committee to encourage seniors to give back to the university.

There are now about 40 members of the committee, Sarver said, who represent many of the student leaders on campus.

Last year’s Senior Class Campaign raised almost $9,000, with a total of 300 donors. This year, Sarver said, he has bigger expectations for the seniors.

“This year we feel confident in the senior class’s loyalty to Wake Forest and have upped See Senior, Page A3

Opinion | A5 Starr Speaker Britt, Chauvin and Keith share insights and commentary in regard to Kenneth Starr’s recent speech at the university.

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Brieflies Sudanese Lost Boy to speak Nov. 9 in Pugh Auditorium As part of Genocide Awareness Week Nov. 5-9, a Sudanese Lost Boy will be speaking about his experiences at 5 p.m. Nov. 9 in Pugh Auditorium.

Also as a part of Genocide Awareness Week are 4,000 white flags are displayed on the Manchester Plaza, representing half of the number of deaths that currently occur in Darfur each month.

Football game day packages available for Clemson games WAKE Invasion Bus Trips are on sale now at the Benson Ticket Office.

The Clemson trip is Nov. 10. Cost is $30, including round trip transportation to the game, box lunch and a game ticket.

Trips depart from campus five hours before game time and return one hour after the game ends.

Cash, check, MasterCard/Visa and Deacon Dollars are accepted.

For more information, contact the Benson Ticket Office at Ext. 4265.

Alpha Kappa Psi to Hold “Dress for Success” Fundraiser From Nov. 5-16, the Gamma Delta chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi will have boxes available in buildings across campus to collect new or nearly new (and clean) professional shoes and jewelry, unopened cosmetics, hosiery and briefcases.

Of particular need are size eight shoes and higher.

Study abroad scholarship applications now being accepted The department of German and Russian is accepting applications for the W. D. Sanders Scholarships for intensive language study in Germany or Austria.

The deadline for applications is Nov. 26.

Applications can be obtained from the departmental administrative assistant, Tara Ogletree, in Greene 327.

Honorary degree nominations due as soon as possible Anyone who has a special connection with someone who reflects the values of the university should nominate that person for an Honorary Degree to be awarded at the class of 2008’s Commencement May 19. The nominee could be chosen as the Commencement speaker.

To download an application form, see http:// www.wfu.edu/administration/nomination. html.

Influenza Vaccine Clinic to be held in Benson Nov. 13 The Student Health Service is sponsoring a third influenza vaccine clinic by Maxim Health Systems, LLC. Nov. 13.

The clinic is being held for students, faculty and staff.

In an effort to minimize the wait time, please consider arriving some time during the following last name alphabetical schedule: 8 a.m.-10 a.m.

(A through H), 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (I through P) and 12 p.m.-2 p.m. (Q through Z).

Come anytime between 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. if this schedule does not work for you. For more information call Ext. 5218.

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Max Floyd shares goals for Campus Rec

By Caitlin Kenney | Editor in chief Director of Campus Recreation Max Floyd, a one-time Alaskan salmon fisher and full-time Dad has a passion for everything in life, whether it be hauling in sockeye salmon in his native Kodiak Islands, coaching his kids’ soccer team, mentoring the 34 club sports teams on campus or serving as a spokesperson for the vast program that is Campus Recreation.

Humble Beginnings “When Max first started here, Campus Rec was pretty much nonexistent,” said T.J. Peele, coordinator of Intramural sports.

“He was a one-person staff for all those years.”

Floyd started as the director of Campus Recreation 14 years ago and he’s been the program’s biggest cheerleader ever since.

Floyd said that before he joined the staff, President Emeritus T.K. Hearn gave a speech about the most undervalued program on campus at the time.

“He said, ‘You know what? There is a program here that is doing the best they can with absolutely no professional staff and they are running up against wall after wall after wall,’” Sophie Mullinax/Old Gold & Black Floyd said.

“And you know who it was? Club Max Floyd, Director of Campus Recreation, uses his life experience to better shape the campus recsports.” reation program at the university.

Club and Intramural sports were all that existed of Campus Recre- football teams, 110 IM softball teams nature, most specifically his native During the construction of the ation at the time, which under Floyd and 100 IM soccer teams, to name Alaska.

Miller Center, unassigned space in has expanded to include the Fitness a few.

He dresses professionally, in a bright the first level was offered to Campus Center, Outdoor Pursuits and a budThe numbers may be impressive, tie and crisp white shirt, but he has Recreation and Floyd accepted it with ding Aquatics program. but Floyd is looking to provide more four or five T-shirts hanging next to open arms, though the new center was Floyd came to the university from than just athletic opportunities. his desk, ready to head out to the field actually the same square footage as the The Ohio State “We don’t want to to catch a practice facility in Benson.

University, where be just a little sliver or watch a game.

“We have this fit“Max came in here and he had worked with of your time here at On the edge of ness center, which is “That was my philosophy over 70 club sports Wake Forest,” he his desk sits a small broght Wake up to the level a monster because from the start. This is going teams as the assissaid. award, naming him of other schools with Campus of the huge numto be a student-run, studenttant director.

“We want it to the “LEAD Friendly bers that go through Rec.” At Wake, Floyd developed program..” be something that Staff Person” of those doors,” he was given the freecontributes to your 2007. said.

T.J. Peele Max Floyd dom to take the Director of Campus Recreation overall educational Mike Ford, direcFloyd said that Coordinator of Intramural clay and mold it experience.” tor of Student the highest volume Sports using his philosoDevelopment and this semester has phy of recreation, The Greatest the student leadbeen 933 people which was providStory Ever Told ership program coming through ing something for everyone, from When Floyd speaks, he doesn’t just LEAD, said the award is given to an the Fitness Center in one day, 4,500 “Miss Fitness” to the most lethargic tell you what happened. administrator or staff person who in one week. of undergrads.

He tells you a story, from “once upon has been extremely helpful with the In the month of September, the FitA big part of his philosophy was a time” to “and the moral is.”

LEAD program and student propos- ness Center received 17,778 visits. maintaining the student-led aspect of He speaks with his hands and his als.

“It’s probably about the third of the the program that had existed before passion seeps into every story he tells, He said that Floyd spoke at the space we need for a fitness center,” the professional staff was added. right up until the inevitable punch- LEAD kickoff last year and was he said.

“I wanted it to be student-run, line. chosen by the steering committee to “The deal is that even though it’s student-governed, student-initiated, He recounts facing off with a student receive the award. crowded and slammed, the concern student-everything!” he said. after a display of poor sportsmanship It’s all in a day’s work for Floyd. that we have is that we are still losing “That was my philosophy from the on the field.

He works nine to five, but comes people. People are deciding to go off start. This is going to be a student-run, “When the ketchup bottle is back in the evenings for meetings campus. They’re frustrated with the student-developed program.” squeezed, what comes out? It’s a prin- because it’s most convenient for stu- space that we have.”

His philosophy has carried through ciple of life,” he said. dents.

Floyd has big dreams for a potential to today.

“And young man, when you were He speaks with freshmen health new center and he drops back into Campus Recreation is now the squeezed, what came out was not classes and meets with administrators storytelling mode when he walks you second largest employer on campus, good.” to campaign for Campus Recreation through his dream center, complete with a professional staff of only It’s this side of Floyd, the side that is and find ways for his program to help with a bowling alley, climbing wall, five. never short on an analogy that makes others accomplish their goals. an indoor jogging track, game room, “In those early days, I really him such a great motivator.

“I’m very much a spokesperson for pool tables and an indoor and outdoor depended, and I continue to depend “Max could motivate a cow to eat Campus Recreation,” he said. swimming pool. on, our student base of workers,” he meat,” Peele said.

For now, Floyd is optimistic. said.

While Floyd doesn’t devote much A Man With A Mission “Right now, to be in Campus RecThe level of employment isn’t the of his time to bovine eating habits, he Floyd has been using his moti- reation at Wake Forest is very, very only thing that has grown under does make time for students, adminis- vational speaking to advocate for exciting. Everybody knows there are Floyd. The program itself has grown trators and staff on a regular basis.

Campus Rec for over a decade. needs,” he said. exponentially.

“He makes an effort to get to know Most recently, he’s been vocal about “Now it’s just a matter of people “Max came in here and brought the students,” said senior Caitlin Pat- the need for additional recreation making decisions of when and how Wake up to the level of other schools rick, an employee at Campus Rec. facilities and the potential of a new and where.” with Campus Rec,” Peele said.

His office in Reynolds Gymna- rec center making it into the Campus Until then, Floyd will keep doing “We have participation in Intramu- sium is welcoming, with volleyballs, Master Plan. what he does best – motivating those rals that rivals schools three times our tennis racquets and baseballs scattered When he took over the program, around him, inspiring students to sucsize.” around the room. the Fitness Center was located in the ceed and serving as a living example That level of participation includes He has pictures of his life’s passions basement of the Benson University of a man who truly loves what he 175 IM basketball teams, 130 IM flag everywhere – his kids, sports and Center. does.

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POLICE BEAT Alcohol and Drug Violations

• University Police responded Nov. 1 to a call from a resident adviser at Collins Residence Hall about an underage student who was apparently intoxicated and sick.

Police transported him to the Student Health Service for observation, and information about the incident was provided to Harold Holmes, associate vice president and dean of student services.

Theft

• Cash totaling $67 was reported stolen from an unsecured wallet in an office at University Corporate Center on Reynolds Boulevard between 7:40 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Oct. 30.

Property Damage

• A student reported that someone spread butter on the windows and doors of her automobile The damage is reported to have occurred between 9:45 and 11:45 p.m. Oct. 31 while it was parked in Lot J.

Miscellaneous

• A student reported to University Police Nov. 3 that an unidentified caller made numerous calls to her cell phone; however, no specific threats were made.

University Police responded to 44 calls from Oct. 29-Nov. 4, including four incidents and investigations and 40 service calls. The following is a summary of the incidents and investigations.

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Latina relates the role of ethnicity in shaping career

Sandra Guzman discusses growing up a minority, life as a journalist and her new book

By Lauren Wright | Staff writer

Decked in a warm smile and cheetah stilettos, Sandra Guzman cautiously proceeded down the stairs to the stage of Annenberg Forum Nov. 1.

The event was sponsored by the Organization for Latin American Students, the department of romance languages and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

It was conducted in a conversation-style format followed by a distribution and book signing of Guzman’s new best seller The Latina’s Bible: The Nueva Latina Guide to Love, Sex, Spirituality and La Vida.

“I’m all about words,” Guzman said, warning the audience that she can talk for hours.

Guzman spoke casually about her life and her stairway to success as an Emmy award-winning journalist, producer and media professional, emphasizing the value of her Latin American heritage in every anecdote.

Guzman also shared what she calls “The Ten Myths about Hispanics” and the personal hardships that she experienced as a Hispanic immigrant, which ultimately propelled her forward in the world of journalism.

Before Guzman started the fourth grade, she moved from Puerto Rico to New Jersey with her mother, speaking no English except for a song she learned when she was little, which she gladly shared with the audience.

Her mother’s family in Puerto Rico was a group of fisherman and her father’s family harvested sugar cane, but Guzman said that in her place of birth there were spiritual riches and love unmatched in

the United States.

“I didn’t know I was poor,” Guzman said, reflecting on her elementary school days.

“But I felt alone and scared and very different.

America doesn’t like different,” she said, explaining the language barrier she overcame in just three months, soon becoming the family translator.

Guzman attributes her language ability to her love for words and her location at a competitive middle child.

“I suffered an identity crisis in college,” Guzman said. “In college I learned about classism, racism and sexism. There is a history that is being written and another one that is not being written … the history of women, of Puerto Ricans and Guatemalans,” Guzman said, explaining her struggle for fairness in history and in the media that she has pursued throughout her career.

A few years after graduating from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts in history and philosophy, Guzman embarked on a journey to Cuba to document the U.S. Embargo on Cuba, representing the Telemundo network. She described this coverage as the first time in Spanish language television that there was a balanced interpretation of Cuba, qualifying her for the 1995 Emmy award.

After sharing a few salient anecdotes, Guzman opened the presentation to questions and gave the audience a sneak-peak into a chapter of her new book outlining the myths about Hispanics in the United States.

“We are not a racial category, we are an ethnic category,” Guzman said while also pointing out the misinterpretation of “bilingual vs. bicultural” to the audience.

She touched on serious issues like the stereotypes and stigmas that Hispanics face in America today, though she maintained a humorous tone while recounting personal experiences and observances as a journalist.

Guzman also said that her sincere belief in human beings is the reason why she loves being a journalist

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Author and journalist Sandra Guzman speaks in Annenburg Forum Nov. 1. Her speech was followed by a book distribution and signing of her new bestseller. and the reason why she enjoys working as an associate for The New York Post, despite the inequalities that Guzman said still exist in every professional workplace. “In America, we don’t talk about the issues, we talk around the issues,” Guzman said.

Guzman has been a guest of the university several

Campus exhibit to honor Veterans Day

College Democrats honors troops in Iraq by bringing Eyes Wide Open to university

By Lillian King | Contributing writer

The Eyes Wide Open exhibition, an initiative brought to campus by freshman Haowei Tong, aims to recognize U.S. veterans and troops with the celebration of Veterans’ Day weekend.

The EWO exhibit will feature a display of 91 pairs of combat boots, representing the casualties of North Carolina servicemen in the War in Iraq, amongst a pile of civilian shoes, representing the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths.

Speakers who have served in the Iraqi wars, slideshows and songs like “Grave Digger” and “So Damn Lucky” from Dave Matthews’ more controversial album, Some Devil, will also be at the exhibition, which will be open Nov. 9-11.

The exhibit hopes to demonstrate the human cost of the war in Iraq.

“A lot people may hear the basis of this event and think it’s unpatriotic, but we’re trying to honor

the deaths, to support the troops by generating discussion,” Tong said.

The exhibition is put on by American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker pacifist organization.

It hopes to “memorialize the human lives, both military and civilian, that have been lost to this conflict and to show the stark realities war,” said AFSC’s National Tour Manager Marq Anderson.

The Eyes Wide Open exhibition, once a part of AFSC’s national tour, debuted in January 2004 in Chicago with 504 combat boots representing the casualties of all of the U.S. troops and 11,000 civilian shoes representing the Iraqi civilian deaths.

Since then, the exhibit has been broken down into 50 state exhibitions because of the growing difficulty in transporting the necessary number of shoes to represent the increasing casualties in the Iraq war.

In just the last academic year, the tour has visited over 100 U.S. cities, and has been hosted by many colleges from around the nation, including North Carolina’s East Carolina University and Davidson College.

At Davidson College, the exhibition, sponsored

by Davidson College’s “Just Peace” organization evoked a staged protest by the College Repub-

licans.

Despite the controversy that the EWO exhibition generated at Davidson College, Tong is excited about the event.

“Coordinating EWO has taken a lot of time and energy, but I’m excited, and if nothing else, I hope it will get people talking,” she said.

This exhibit seeks to allow members of the university community learn more about the war in Iraq and honor the deaths of our troops.

The exhibit hopes to draw a crowd from both the university and the local community and to offer a place of grievance and remembrance for families and friends of lost love ones.

The exhibition is sponsored by the university’s College Democrats and Amnesty International chapter.

It is open to the general public and admission is free.

The event will be held in Benson 409 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 9, 11 and 12 and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 10.

For more information, check the EWO Web site at http://afsc.org/eyes/.

Those interested can also e-mail the North Carolina AFSC coordinator, Debra Dillard, at ddillard@ afsc.org.

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A student contemplates the 4,000 white flags placed on Manchester Plaza as part of Genocide Awareness Week. The flags represent half the number of people killed in Darfur each month.

Senior: Bonding events to be held Continued from Page A1

our total amount raised to $10,000 and at least 400 donors,” he said. Students are encouraged to give anywhere from $5 to $100 or more.

Those who donate $100 will receive a special treat, Sarver said, although he cannot reveal what this treat is until it has been confirmed. “Let’s just say that all of last year’s $100 or more donors got to have a special dinner with a special someone,” Sarver said.

Senior Week will be held Feb.11-15.

While events for this week have not been finalized, Sarver said they have brainstormed several ideas including another event at a local bar, a social in Shorty’s which faculty will also be invited to attend and a semi-formal cocktail hour at the Reynolda House on Valentine’s Day. “We’re really just hoping to get the senior class to bond and celebrate our four years here at Wake, and hopefully consider giving back to the school while doing so,” Sarver said.

The events are sponsored by the Office of Alumni Affairs, which has many set

aside for various types of campaigns, Sarver said.

At the events, forms will be available for donations, which include options to donate to the college fund, to Calloway or other. However, Sarver said they will be encouraging students to donate to the general college fund. “That supports all the students as opposed to just Calloway,” he said.

The committee is open to suggestions from the senior class. Anyone who has suggestions or questions about the Senior Class Campaign can contact Sarver at sarvba4@wfu.edu.

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“I hear even more of it from black students, gay students and others who are deeply hurt by the way they are treated, the way they are perceived, the language they hear.” The solution is a sustained dialogue. This is necessary, both say, to deal with a subculture of intolerance.

Lee also floated the idea of setting up a workshop to examine the nature of the university community, and how members self-identify, and identify or stereotype others. “As students, it is our responsibility to address this,” Lee said.

“I am looking at the image of this school and it’s not looking very good right now.”

However, the immediate implementation of any such measures seems unlikely. Any initiative on the part of the larger student body probably will have to wait for the case to work its way through the university judiciary process.

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times in her career, fondly characterizing it as “a place where ideas are talked about, debated … dedicated to bringing people who challenge your point of view.”

She said she hopes to return to the university again, and that she always wants to stay longer.

addressed the financial issue.

“We conducted a study of noneconomic value” according to the Stra- academic departments and identified tegic Plan. over 70 difference places for additional The finaland most controversial insti- revenue and savings for the school. For tute is that of the Integrative Science example, this year we found a differfor Learning and Discovery. Its stated ent way of purchasing ThinkPads which aim is to boost the university to become saved the school $1.7 million,” Suttena national leader in cross disciplinary field said. sciences.

“We will focus financially on what Most faculty at the meeting expressed we need to do internally before focusgreat enthusiasm for the institutes, ing on add-ons,” Tiefenthaler said in but Mary DeShazer, regards to funding professor of English, the institutes. expressed concern “(To move on) first about the focus of the we need a general con“(To move on) first we need institutes. sensus on the Stratea general consensus on the She reminded the gic Plan, and then we audience that the need to prioritize and Strategic Plan, and then we university is, first and set realistic goals,” need to prioritize and set foremost, a liberal arts Tiefenthaler said. realistic goals. Some faculty school and asked why “Some faculty may a specific humanities want to start working on the want to start workinstitute was not out- institutes, but we need to get ing on the institutes, lined, in light of the but we need to get the the right people to do the Integrative Science right people to do the Institute for Learning right jobs.” right jobs.” and Discovery.

“But wouldn’t these Jill Tiefenthaler A possible fifth institutes tax already Provost institute on global overextended profeshumanities was mensors?” some asked. tioned, though noth“We know time is ing is certain. critical,” Tiefenthaler The lack of a humanities institute was said. “The institutes are more about not the only point of contingency on bringing faculty together, promoting this hot topic. research, but they are not supposed to Funding and staffing were also of great restructure the curriculum. They are concern to the faculty body. to help professors find time to focus “There is a lot of other stuff in this on scholastic efforts and connect with (draft), guys,” Tiefenthaler said after students.” nearly 20 minutes on the topic. Nancy They will create administrative supSuttenfield, senior vice president and port and structural support so that prochief financial officer of the university, fessors feel less of a strain, she said.

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s an extremely politically mixed group, there is very little that the Editorial Board can agree on regarding the Kenneth Starr lecture.

However, one thing we can all agree on is that controversial speakers like this are breeding grounds for emotional behavior and that some of the dialogue following the speaker was anything but constructive. In situations like this, it is imperative that students act like adults.

College Republicans has every right to bring in a controversial speaker who represents the viewpoints of the group and liberal students have every right to attend in dissent and challenge the points made in the speech.

However, both sides have the obligation to treat one another with respect, to attempt to consider the points of the opposing side and to try to ultimately foster dialogue. Starr repeatedly stated that he felt the country needed to enter into a deep discussion. This kind of discussion is impossible when

groups erect barriers between one another and close off the channels of communication.

A level of maturity is necessary on both sides of the coins, both for the organizers of events and attendees.

Organizers need to consider ways to create dialogue and engage the audience without alienation. Attendees need to consider how to respond with maturity. This is the key word in the equation – maturity.

When a speaker comes to campus, every member of the audience represents not only their own personal views, but also the conduct and character of the university.

We charge students with being respectful, even when their views are not voiced.

The tendency of politics to become polarized is unavoidable, but the outcome need not be anger. Organizers and attendees need to strive to be constructive. Developing tolerance starts now. The tendencies we form in college carry over into the way we will approach conflict in our careers. It’s time to grow up, Wake Forest.

Vandalism incident should serve as example

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e are pleased to see that a portion of the student body is making an effort to facilitate the dialogue concerning the recent incident of vandalism during the Wake Invasion trip to Annapolis. Whether or not the accused students are guilty of committing the crimes is irrelevant – what is critical is that the university take advantage of this incident to encourage dialogue about prejudice, its implications and tolerance in general.

For a university that often struggles with tenuous race relations among the student body, this instance of vandalism involving racial epithets is the perfect outlet through which we should

remind others of the problems at our campus and countless others across the country.

This incident should also be used to draw attention to the university’s difficulty in creating a heterogeneous student body and diverse culture but also its attempts to conceal problems that arise out of such a polarized student body. The attempts to cover up these issues are made easier when the victims of hate language and prejudice represent just a small fraction of the university. Let’s ensure that we continue the discussion through the lens of the vandalism incident so as not to forget the incident itself and the larger problems that it represents.

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Speaker not worth university’s money Luke Britt and Kelly Chauvin Guest columnists

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n Nov. 5th, Ken Starr, Dean of Pepperdine University’s School of Law spoke on campus. His speech was hosted by the Wake Forest University chapter of College Republicans. Mr. Starr was invited to speak on the issue of the constitutionality of marriage. While he opened his speech on topic, discussing the passage of a law in 1996 that was later identified as the Defense of Marriage Act during the Question & Answer period, he did not stay on track the majority of the time.

By the way, the Defense of Marriage Act is a piece of legislation that defines marriage as a union between one male and one female, and it is the basis for many political figures to continue to support legislation that prohibits the marriage of same-sex couples. Starr also referenced “evidence” produced by social scientists as to why same-sex marriages shouldn’t be allowed on the basis of protecting children. Starr relied on information that is no longer credible; at the time of the publication of such reports there were not enough samesex couple households with children to create a conclusive study.

Had he referenced ANY of the current research he would’ve found that there are numerous studies that there is no strong evidence of any negative effects at all on raising children in a home with two members of the same sex.

(Specifically helpful is a meta-analysis

by Mike Allen and Nancy Burrell, Comparing the Impact of Homosexual and Heterosexual Parents on Children: MetaAnalysis on Existing Research, 1996; and Technical Report: Coparent or SecondParent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents in the American Journal of Pediatrics in 2002.)

After he finished using outdated evidence to talk about how having same-sex marriages are not good for

children, he moved on to discuss the manner of personal autonomy and Oregon’s “Death with Dignity Act.” This might seem a bit strange, but we guess you could play connect the dots between marriage and physician-assisted suicide in that there is an argument for both issues that it’s something to be addressed by the state legislatures instead of the state or federal courts.

He wanted to use the states as a form of a laboratory, with examples being Massachusetts for gay marriage and Oregon for physician-assisted suicide.

Starr also kept voicing his hopes to “have a conversation” in which issues such as marriage, and especially marriage for same-sex couples, could be worked on through discussion.

However in the brief “conversation” between Starr and members of the audience it was blatantly clear that he was avoiding having even a limited conversation with his vague, lacking or unrelated responses.

Despite the poor quality of the speech and its inability to even attempt to follow Starr’s thesis, we do not feel that his vagueness and long-winded style throughout his speech is our biggest concern, though it is irksome. What bothers us even more is the amount the university paid for such a poor speaker.

As stated previously, the event was sponsored by the Wake Forest University chapter of College Republicans. However, College Republicans did not pay any portion of the fee that brought Starr to campus.

The Student Activities Fund paid the entire bill for Starr’s hour-and-15 minute appearance for a grand total of $10,000. To understate our feelings would be to say that we feel that this was most likely not the best use of ten thousand of the University’s dollars and that it could have been put to better use in any other manner.

Luke Britt is a sophomore political science major from Lumberton, N.C., and Kelly Chauvin is a senior psychology major Hillsborough, N.C.

L E T T ER S Registration woes hinder educational experience

Registration is an imperfect art form.

Rarely is it executed with complete success and efficiency. As a junior, I was finally optimistic about the registration process. I got to register early for my major courses, leaving me the ability to secure some divisionals, minor courses and electives before everyone else took the best times.

Now, I am a philosophy major, I have no plans on going to business school, ever. Nevertheless, I wanted to take accounting. My father and sister are accountants and my father made it a stipulation that in order for me to graduate from Wake, I had to take this class.

Coincidentally, I am also a journalism minor (news editor of the Old Gold & Black, go figure). One of the classes available as an elective for the minor

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is accounting. With this knowledge I went to WIN to put myself into accounting. I found the section that would work with my schedule and hit “Register. The next thing that happened is what has prompted me to write this piece. When I hit “Register” it told me that there was a class restriction.

It turns out that every single seat in every section of accounting is reserved for sophomores. I have a problem with this.

One, why is it only available to sophomores? Furthermore, why is this not advertised in a more prominent position beside the course book? I think that this should be mentioned by all student advisers.

My biggest problem is that Accounting 111 is the only accounting course available to non-business majors.

I understand that as a prerequisite to Calloway, sophomores need to take accounting in order to be able to apply; I have no issue with this.

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Quick Quotes “If the cow had fallen a split second later, the animal would have landed right in their laps.”

- Criminal Deputy Jeff Middleton, of the Chelan County, Wash., Sheriff’s Department, describing how a cow fell onto the highway and nearly hit two people in a car.

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What I would appreciate is the reservation of about 10 seats for nonbusiness majors.

I am seriously confused as to how I cannot register for a class that is offered as a part of my minor, while the best Calloway can offer me is a wait list position that I can’t even get on until after the last round of registration for all grades. Let me put it this way: there are three sections offered this semester and already one is closed. Now, not taking accounting will not lead me to academic suicide. I just feel that Calloway segregates itself already and this problem does not occur with the other prerequisites for Calloway like economics and Business 100.

Hopefully, my thoughts will be considered in the future as the university is currently taking student feedback on the registration process.

Lizzie Rosen Junior

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GSSA poorly represented at Starr speech Bryan Davis Keith

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istinguished legal scholar Ken Starr spoke at the university Nov. 5th, and several hundred listeners from as far as Chapel Hill were treated to an expert and comprehensive analysis of the history and legality of marriage with respect to the Constitution. Starr’s remarks were of the utmost civility and learnedness, managing to consider an extremely contentious issue in a respectful light.

Starr was also kind enough to take questions following his remarks, and the session was just as constructive as his speech.

The students and attendees who asked questions did so succinctly and respectfully, inquiring constructively as to Starr’s legal expertise. That is, until the second to last questioner came forward.

Clearly identifiable by her attire as a member of the Gay-Straight

Student Alliance, this woman changed the entire tone of the question and answer exchange.

Rather than posing a legal or historical question, she sarcastically asked “what was the point” of Starr’s remarks, then interrupted Starr and demanded that he keep his answer to 10 words or less. As if this wasn’t disrespectful enough, she concluded with an even more cutting and farcical remark that she was happy her tuition dollars brought Starr to campus.

I can only say that I hope that this is an example of an immature, disgruntled individual and not of Wake’s GSSA. To disagree with the perspective of a speaker is one thing, but to discredit a speaker’s point simply because it’s not in line with one’s own views on an issue is childish to put it politely. Not once did Starr bash homosexual persons. Not once did he refer to the homosexual community in a derogative manner. Rather, Starr stated explicitly (prior to having his intent questioned, I might add) that he was speaking on the matter because he wanted to see the conversation take place.

He wanted to see a national dialogue consider the issue of marital definitions rather than having an unelected judge definitively rule one way or the

other. His “point,” in short, was to let the democratic and legislative processes work.

Such a point was abundantly clear in his remarks, but I’m going to give this individual the benefit of a doubt and assume that maybe she somehow over the course of his 40-minute address missed the purpose. There are far more respectful (and intelligentsounding) ways to ask someone to explain themselves. As for this woman’s second remark regarding the spending of tuition dollars to bring Starr in, I will comment further, especially given that said individual was clearly identifiable as a GSSA member.

I am a loud and proud social conservative and I object strongly to the practice of homosexuality.

That being said, I have a strenuous objection to the GSSA spending school-allocated funds to annually host a drag show. I have a strenuous objection to school monies being used to facilitate a means for the homosexual community of Wake Forest to drink booze and watch crossdressers do whatever it is they do, regardless of where the proceeds go (there are other ways to fundraise for charities). But do I show blatant disrespect to the members of said organization and their

invited guests because of how they spend their funds? No. The fact is that for a conversation on an issue to take place as Starr described, all sides of the spectrum must be considered. That means that in my case, I have to be willing to tolerate events being funded that reflect a lifestyle choice that I disagree with.

That goes both ways, however.

Individuals who support the right of gays to marry must be willing to tolerate speakers of the opposing persuasion.

This willingness to hear both sides was sorely lacking in this case of this individual, and this absence of tolerance and for lack of a better word, maturity, cast a damper on what was otherwise a highly informative and constructive dialogue on a pertinent issue.

To the members of the Wake GSSA, I sincerely hope that this one individual does not represent your attitudes or endorsed behaviors in dealing with opposition and that this was the case of one rogue individual, because she made your entire organization look utterly foolish before hundreds of people.

Bryan Davis Keith is a senior political science major from Southern Shores, N.C.

Middle East conflict extends beyond religion

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Matthew Goetz Guest columnist

ast week in Wait Chapel, IranianAmerican author and political analyst Vali Nasr delivered an interesting and informative lecture on how the division between Shi’a and Sunni Muslims influences the political climate in the Middle East. Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the persistent violence created by this sectarian division has made the inter-religious conflict a matter of frequent media and political discussion in the United States. Unfortunately, viewing the civil conflict in Iraq as an exclusively sectarian struggle between opposing religious factions is a dangerous oversimplification of a complex issue.

This oversimplification is not only endemic to the mass media; it is influencing the political discourse and policy decisions on both sides of the aisle in Washington. The Senate has already passed a bipartisan non-binding resolution, drafted by Joe Biden and Sam Brownback, which calls for Iraq to be divided along ethnic and religious lines into three federal regions.

This resolution demonstrates the general disregard in Washington for the opinions and desires of the Iraqi people, who indicate in poll after poll that they strongly oppose partitioning their country. More importantly, it reveals that the United States has firmly taken a side in the other, less talked about conflict in Iraq – that between nationalists and separatists.

Iraqi nationalists support a unified state with a strong central government in Baghdad, while separatists favor partitioning the country into three autonomous (and religiously homogenous) regions, loosely held together by a central government. The conflict between these groups is driven not by religious identity, but by an internal power struggle, external influences and the presence of the world’s thirdlargest petroleum reserves. Because the United States is so deeply involved in all three of these issues, influencing the nationalist/separatist conflict has been essential to U.S. policymaking in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Although a more unified Iraq may be the

best means of achieving stability and peace, Despite the pressure exerted by Washington, American policies have to this point only the proposed Oil Law has yet to pass in Iraq further entrenched the sectarian divide. When due to massive popular opposition. the Coalition Provisional Authority designed A recent poll by Custom Strategic Research the Iraqi government in 2003, it distributed found that over 60 percent of Iraqis strongly positions and power according to ethnicity favor state run or nationalized oil production. and religion. Recently, however, the Iraqi This issue crosses sectarian lines, and has united Parliament has come under the influence of a multiple ethnic and religious groups. nationalist coalition comprised of both Sunnis By continuing with its obsession to open oil and Shi’as. While this coalition would appear resources, the Bush administration may create a to bode well for the reconciliation of religious stable Iraq in spite of itself. sectarian violence, its power is limited by the Opposition to the Oil Law has united Shi’a influence of the United States. and Sunni factions that had previously opposed The failure of the Iraqi government to make one another. In addition to their opposition progress is largely due to the fact the Bush of American influence, the nationalist administration strongly encourages coalition has passed resolutions Prime Minister Maliki and his condemning Al Queda and the cabinet to introduce legislation use of terrorism.

By continuing with its that is opposed by the nationalists If the American troop presence in the Iraqi Parliament and a in Iraq is really intended to obsession to open oil majority of the Iraqi people. The prevent terrorism and civil resources, the Bush nationalists are forced to either violence, then the nationalist administration may oppose the Prime Minister and coalition may provide the create a stalemate, or allow the stability necessary for the United create a stable Iraq in Bush Administration’s agenda States to implement its exit spite of itself. to pass into Iraqi law. Although strategy. the ensuing political gridlock If the United States refuses provides a convenient scapegoat to “stand down” while Iraqis for President Bush and his supporters, it has “stand-up”, however, then more sinister motives wreaked devastating consequences on the will be revealed. people of Iraq.

Although it is hard to believe that a war so The most damning example of American devastating in human and material cost was interference in Iraqi politics is the proposed really fought over oil, the evidence continues Iraq Oil Law. In October 2002, far in advance to mount. The idea that that oil was a major of the invasion needed to “find weapons of factor influencing the U.S. invasion is no mass destruction,” a group of State Department longer taboo, as it has already been voiced by officials, Iraqi exiles and oil company advisors esteemed nonpartisan sources such as former met to discuss the future of Iraqi oil production Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and and produce a draft of the Iraqi Oil Law. In retired CENTCOM Commander General John 2006, the proposed Oil Law was reviewed by Abizaid. former or current executives at ExxonMobil, As the media continues to consult with BP, ChevronTexaco and ConocoPhillips Islamic scholars and counter-terrorism experts on its way to the Iraqi Parliament. Unlike to determine the causes of civil and religious hydrocarbon laws in neighboring Saudi Arabia strife in Iraq, the root of the violence and and Kuwait, which mandate state control of oil instability may lie under their feet: it’s Black resources and only short-term contracts with Gold, of course, Texas Tea! multinational corporations, the proposed Iraqi Oil Law would grant extremely lucrative, longMatthew Goetz is a senior political science major term contracts to select western corporations. from Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Bush still refusing aid to New Orleans Walker Saik

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ew Orleanians have a different reason to celebrate Halloween: It’s the last day of hurricane season.

But every party has its hangover, and this one hit a day late on Nov. 2 when news came that President George W. Bush vetoed the $23 billion Water Resources Development Act. The WRDA contained $3.6 billion directed to Louisiana, mainly for levee rebuilding and coastal restoration and it also included an unbudgeted amount for the Federal Corps of Engineers to develop citywide protection against a 100-year storm.

The president claims the bill had too much pork, and while fiscal conservatism is typically a good thing, New Orleans really needs that money. The good news is that the Senate and House claim they can override the veto, but that act remains to be seen.

The bigger issue, though, appears to be a continued misunderstanding of the New Orleans recovery. Bush appears to believe that his hands-off approach is working, but many issues have proven to be well beyond the core-competencies of state and local officials, leading to delays that have been devastating to individuals and small businesses.

After many painstaking months of feetdragging, the city is finally showing bright spots in areas such as housing, healthcare, education, insurance and the economy in general, but the federal government has generally refused to break down bureaucratic barriers to ease the recovery. This veto is just another step that Louisiana will have to tackle before getting the help it needs.

To put it simply, the city’s rebuilding has been an interdisciplinary nightmare, but perhaps the biggest problem – and this is where the WRDA comes in – happens to be the one that people have generally ignored: the risk of a repeat disaster.

But don’t blame this risk on any modern-day “super storm.” In fact, the problem is purely man-made and is two-fold: poor levees and coastal erosion.

As advertised for weeks on CNN in 2005, the levees that border the city failed in several areas after Katrina passed the city, and the Corps – which was responsible for building those levees – has since admitted the protection was “in name only.” The Corps is currently trying to solve the problem, but work cannot proceed unless the cash is allocated from bills like the WRDA. Secondly, southeastern Louisiana has been suffering from the nation’s most severe case of coastal erosion for the better part of the last century. The state loses a football field of land every 45 minutes, and, without these wetlands, a significant part of the city’s storm protection is washed away.

This shrinking coastline is not natural, though.

It is in part the result of federal levees built around the Mississippi River after the 1927 flood to protect the entire Mississippi River Valley from future floods.

The river had previously deposited its sediment throughout its delta in southeast Louisiana, producing some of the richest ecosystems in the United States. Now, its sediment is forced off the Continental Shelf, deep into the Gulf of Mexico.

To complicate the issue, oil companies have dug miles of canals through the Louisiana wetlands to help oil drilling, unknowingly allowing the Gulf ’s saltwater to eat away at freshwater marsh grass. Therefore, the wetlands have not only lost their source of nutritious sediment, but they have also been exposed to the Gulf ’s deadly saltwater.

About $1.9 billion from the WRDA bill was to aid in coastal restoration, and while this amount will only chip away at the total estimated needs of $14 billion to restore the wetlands, Louisiana badly needs a lump sum to slow the damage.

Overall, New Orleans has come a long way since Aug. 29, 2005, but it desperately needs to eliminate any risk of future disasters.

Currently, around 1.2 million people have returned to the area with investment dollars and strong-willed determination, but how many more have refused to return because of that “1 percent” risk?

Quantifying the exact value of the risk is obviously difficult, but rational businesses will not continue to develop the city if they do not think the government will protect their investments. And this government has shown severe complacency towards protecting this major American city.

In fact, the government appears to have removed the recovery in general from its top priorities. The White House does not appear to be doing “whatever it takes,” as Bush promised in his speech at Jackson Square in New Orleans.

Instead, the White House has left Louisiana legislators continually begging for more, and the WRDA bill is just one more example.

For some reason or another, the New Orleans recovery has been given second-tier status.

While every Iraq mega-bill gets passed as necessary, the needs of southeast Louisiana have to be put on hold until there’s another bill on which they can sneak through.

It’s making things difficult down in the bayou.

Hopefully, the president will one day understand the urgency involved in the New Orleans recovery; otherwise, the lame duck period can’t end soon enough for New Orleans.

Walker Saik is a graduate student in accountancy residing in Winston-Salem.

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One man upholds connection between old and new campus

By Ellen Hart | Contributing writer

On the wall of Shorty’s in the Benson University Center a photograph of a man looks down on the students as they study and socialize.

Few notice it, and even fewer know its connection to the university’s roots and spirit.

The man’s name is Shorty Shorter, the original owner of Shorty’s, the main social hangout for students when Wake Forest College was still the center and soul of the town of Wake Forest.

There are countless other little-known connections to the old campus around the university.

One simply needs the knowledge to find them.

That’s where Ed Norris and the Wake Forest College Birthplace Society come in.

After 32 years of working with the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Norris was asked to be the director of the Birthplace Society.

He has been there now for a little over a yearand-a-half.

His wife and son being alumni of the university, Norris feels a sense of connection to the museum, and he is considerably dedicated.

“I do a little bit of everything,” Norris said.

“Everything from running the building to planning the programs to raising money to giving tours to cleaning the bathrooms, so absolutely everything.”

The Wake Forest College Birthplace Society, located in the original building where the university began in 1834, is easy to find for community members, alumni and current students alike.

“We actually have several people on our Board of Directors who graduated from the Winston-Salem campus who have very strong feelings about the university’s roots here,” Norris said.

The sense of heritage is understandable.

The college had been in Wake Forest for 122 years before the move to Winston Salem in 1956.

“This was in the truest sense a college town,” Norris said.

Only after the college was founded did the community spring up around it. Houses, shops and restaurants were almost exclusively built for students and faculty.

So when the college picked up and moved to Winston-Salem, a city known as an industrial financial center rather than a college town, the implications were drastic.

“It was a devastating blow to this small town,” Norris said. “It was hard for the community to digest.”

Movie theaters, restaurants and clothing stores closed down by the multitude within a year.

Shorty’s is one of the few surviving businesses, but according to Norris, “a good hot dog’s kind of hard to keep down.”

It took almost 30 years for the town to recover from the move.

“The town was no larger in 1984 than it was when the college left in 1956,” Norris said. The reason for the move: money.

“It’s often been said that Wake Forest was the

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LEFT: Binkley Chapel served as the model for Wait Chapel today. RIGHT: Ed Norris (right) gives a tour of the old campus in Wake Forest, N.C. Norris tells the tour group about a memorial to a well-loved groundskeeper at the old campus. only school that walked 100 miles for a Camel,” Norris joked, referring to the distance from Wake Forest to Winston-Salem.

The university has often been blamed for selling out, but Norris disagrees.

“Financially it was a very right thing for the school to do. ... moving to Winston-Salem opened whole new doors,” he said.

The university would have never have acquired its national reputation had it remained at the old campus. But the school has not been forgotten by the town of its birthplace.

The current school that the old campus houses, the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, maintains the grounds in beautiful condition, meticulously stores the historical artifacts and safeguards the heritage that Wake Forest College left behind.

One thing that the Seminary very readily points out is the black and gold Wake Forest seal at their chapel, what Norris considers a “connection back to the time when the campus was called Wake Forest.”

In addition, the wall built by a custodian during the late 1870s to the time of his retirement in 1929

was restored by a Seminary student and is displayed very prominently.

And the only reason the original archway is still on the old campus is because the local people protested the move to Winston-Salem.

The arch seen on the new campus today is merely a replica. Its namesake’s spirit is alive and well in the town of Wake Forest.

“We need to know what our past is,” Norris said.

“We need to know what our heritage is, where we came from, how it got started, and I think we offer that for the university family here.”

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By James Burnett | Staff writer

Please stay on your feet Deacon fans! I know we are all still reeling from “Swank Right” this Saturday (cough, ball should’ve been in the middle of the field, cough), but we all really need to sit back and evaluate our collective position. With three games left, a 6-3 record and a team that at times has looked better than last year’s Orange Bowl squad, we still have a lot to look forward to. As of right now we stand a chance at bids to either the Meineke Car Care Bowl or the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl (both take ACC 5/6/7).

Now, I am not ruling out the potential for us to win out the season and have BC (sucks) lose to both Clemson and Maryland, vaulting us into the ACC championship and possibly the Orange Bowl for a second time in two years, but the whole scenario seems far fetched. For now I will go by our current standings and respective following and place us in either Charlotte or Nashville.

The Meineke Car Care Bowl, however esoteric it may sound would be quite a coup for any Deacon fan. Less than two hours up the road, Charlotte houses many a great drinking establishment, as well as a young community willing to get behind a (semi) local team. On the con side, the bowl’s Web site is a little lackluster (meinekecarcarebowl. com), and Charlotte, although convenient, fails to put the glimmer in my eye that Miami did, although that could have been errant hair gel or cheap perfume.

Nashville on the other hand has a very nice ring to it, as well as a better Web site and patch (musiccitybowl.com). Imagine Dolly Parton, or any other famous country music star, singing the national Anthem at a Wake Forest game. This isn’t something you get to see everyday. The nightlife is great, there is a college in town (who wouldn’t relish taunting Vanderbilt fans) and the drive from Wake is not too difficult.

This bowl also gives Wake a chance to compete with the SEC, a conference which we have not seen too often. For the fan, a chance to compete with an SEC tailgate. Count me in. As the Deacons gear up for a destiny-defining stretch run, the rest of the nation seems to be stuck in a BCS limbo. At the No. 1 spot I am yet to meet one person who thinks Ohio State is legit (I also think they are posers as this is the weakest Big Ten in years). The No. 2 spot in the rankings has been the equivalent of a death sentence as recently seen with fellow ACCite Boston College.

The most intriguing battle has got to be between Oregon and LSU. Les Miles of the Tiger’s has taken the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest approach to coaching this year and the Ducks had their mascot (a Donald-like Mallard) suspended for two games after assaulting the Houston Cougar.

In other words, both teams have generated a lot of interest. On the field, the teams match up incredibly well. Oregon’s balanced offense (fifth in total offense) versus LSU’s second-ranked total defense would provide one of the most entertaining games of the season (NCAAsports.com). See what I am getting at?

Deacon fans, I not only ask you to remain on your feet and push for a trip to Nashville, but I also urge you to cheer against Ohio State and for Oregon and LSU. The potential matchup of a live Tiger (yes, LSU has one) versus the Oregon Duck should be enough to sway you. I am also picking Oregon to win the national title. Hopefully that will turn out better than my pick of the Rockies to win the World Series.

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The game seemed too close to call before it even started with Wake Forest ranked 24th in the nation traveling to take on No. 23 Virginia Cavaliers. The game would live up to its hype, ending with the Cavaliers barely escaping the Demon Deacons 17-16.

The Deacons had kept the Hoos close throughout the game going into the locker room down 10-6 at halftime, but retaking the lead with 2:10 left in the third quarter.

The Wake Forest defense broke down on Virginia’s final drive of the game.

The Cavaliers had a short field and took full advantage of it, driving 56 plays in 10 minutes while eating up 3:57 of the clock.

This touchdown would prove to be the clincher as redshirt junior Sam Swank missed a 47-yard field goal attempt in the final two seconds of the game. Swank, usually a consistent field goal kicker, missed two

field goals on the day, including the one in the game’s waning seconds, but he was also responsible for keeping the Deacs in the game.

Swank hit field goals from 27, 25 and 31 yards and made a point after attempt to score 10 of the Deacs’ 16 points.

“Missing the last field goal was a very small part of the game,” Head Coach Jim Grobe said in the post game press conference. “We had opportunities in the first half and the second half that we didn’t take advantage of both offensively and defensively. It’s really a team loss.”

The Cavaliers did a good job of keeping the ball away from the Deacons’ threat players throughout the game.

Redshirt senior Kevin Marion, who is the nation’s leading kick-off returner, was kicked to only once in the game, taking his ability to gain Wake Forest good field position totally out of the game.

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Redshirt sophomore Ted Randolph prepares for a rush during the Deacs game against UNC Oct. 27.

The long road to the draft

By Bo Wulf | Contributing writer Oliver Thompson is a towering high school math teacher who can often be seen in the Charlotte Christian cafeteria after school playing chess. But the physically imposing chess club adviser is known for more than moving rooks and knights around the checkered board; in fact, he’s sired two studs of his own.

Oliver and his wife Myrna are the parents of Orrin, an offensive tackle on the Green Bay Packers practice squad, and Jeremy Thompson, Wake Forest’s senior defensive end whose furious pass rush has been a huge part of the team’s success this season.

“He comes from pretty good stock,” said Mike Rose, one of Thompson’s former coaches at Charlotte Christian.

“His dad’s enormous, and his brother makes Jeremy looks tiny.”

This is no small feat considering Thompson is a commanding 6’5, 264 lbs. “It’s a great, great family,” Rose said.

But Oliver and Myrna Thompson’s influence on Thompson goes far beyond external features.

“Growing up, it always seemed like (my parents) had the right answers,” Thompson said when asked about his role models.

“Whenever I had a problem, I could go to them a n d they could tell me usually in a couple sentences what the best thing to do would be.”

As a health and exercise science major with an eye on a career in physical therapy, a member of the ACC Honor

Roll and a perennial Dean’s List student, it’s safe to say Thompson had made his parents proud.

And by the way, he’s going to be playing football on Sundays in the National Football League this time next year.

By Connor Swarbrick | Staff writer

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Men’s soccer rebounds after loss to BC After suffering its first defeat of the season to Boston College Oct. 27, the Deacons’ rebounded this week with two victories against in-state rivals.

The Deacons’ first challenge was UNC-Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels came into the match with a record of 6-5-5 looking to spoil Senior Night for the Deacons.

Junior Lyle Adams, however, gave the Deacons an early lead. He netted his third goal of the season off of a free kick from senior Pat Phelan. The goal, which was the first shot of the contest, came with five minutes into the contest.

Charging toward the goal from 35 yards out, junior midfielder Sam Cronin fired a ball past UNC goalkeeper Brooks Haggerty to score a second goal for Wake Forest. Sophomore Austin da Luz set up Cronin and was credited with his ninth assist on the season. The goal, which came after a number of opportunities for the Deacons, proved to be the final in contest.

Playing in only his third game of the season, the Tar Heel goalie was fired on four times.

The Deacons outshot the Tar Heels 9-2 on the evening.

The 2-0 victory improved the Deacons to 13-1-2 overall and gave them a secure hold

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According to famed NFL draft expert Mel Kiper Jr., Thompson currently ranks as the fifth best senior defensive end prospect in the country. And while he’s third in the ACC in sacks with 6.5, Thompson may lead the conference in humility.

“People will come up to me and congratulate me on things like that,” he said, dressed in his understated T-shirt and jeans. “But I’m not really that interested in that stuff.”

Although he may not tell you himself, Thompson’s presence on the Demon Deacon defense has been instrumental in the success of the squad this year.

“Going into the season, the defensive line was one of the question marks of the team,” said redshirt junior linebacker Chantz McClinic. “But (Jeremy’s) having one of his best seasons since he’s been here, and (the D line) has turned that around.”

Thompson’s journey as a football player to the force he is now is one of setbacks and perseverance. He was one of only two players in his recruiting class who played as a true freshman, and he was able to contribute after experiencing a self-actualized learning curve.

Following his promising freshman campaign, there were high hopes for Thompson’s sophomore year.

After starting and performing well in the first eight games, Thompson tore his ACL against N.C. State.

“It was tough having to rehab for that long,” Thompson said.

“The realization that each play could be your last … and that you don’t get to dictate the way your career goes. And it was hard being away from the guys.”

With the help of trainer Steve Wiley, Thompson was able to get back on the field for all 14 games of the Demon Deacon ACC Championship run his junior year. And while he wasn’t 100 percent, Thompson found a way to

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Field hockey narrowly misses an ACC title

By Hailey Robbins | Staff writer

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Sophomore Zach Schilawski dribbles the ball in the Nov. 3 game against UNC.

The No. 3-ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons beat No. 6 Duke University Blue Devils and upset No. 2 ranked Maryland Terrapins to advance to the ACC Championship, where they fell in a heartbreaking match to No. 1 seed University of North Carolina, ending the Deacs’ nine-game winning streak.

To advance to the semifinals, the Deacons toppled Duke University 3-2.

Coming out with a fire, Duke opened the game with several consecutive shots on junior Goalie Crystal Duffield, but all were blocked.

At the 17:43 mark, sophomore Melissa Martin gave the Deacs a 1-0 lead with a shot over Duke goalie Caitlin Williams’ stick.

Allowing just one shot on Duffield before regaining offensive stamina, the Deacons fired three rapid shots on Williams, where sophomore Hilary Moore scored off a rebound on a corner.

A mere six minutes later, Duke scored to narrow the lead to one goal, ending the first half.

At the 36:15 mark, Duke tied the score 2-all on a quick breakaway.

Rebounding with a demon-like fervor, the Deacons proceeded to outshoot the Blue Devils 17-1, all of which were blocked by Williams.

With time expiring, sophomore Kim Romansky sealed the victory with her 10th goal of the season at the 65:50 mark.

The Deacons continued their domination in Massachusetts, upsetting the No. 2 seed University of Maryland, 2-1.

Less than 10 minutes into the first half, the Terps gained advantage and scored off a pass to the front of the net.

Duffield held the Terps to a one-goal lead at the close of the first half.

With fiery spirit, the Deacons immediately opened the second half with shots by Moore and sophomore Aileen Davis before receiving a corner.

Junior Minou Gimbrere fed a pass to Davis as the clock struck 46:10 to tie the game.

Senior Chelsea Cipriani scored the gamewinner, putting the Deacons up 2-1, victorious over Maryland, who previously beat the Demon Deacons 3-2.

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edshirt junior Natalie Mullikin transferred from Penn State to Wake Forest and redshirted her freshman year. She was looking for a smaller school where she could succeed academically and athletically. Almost finishing her third year as a Demon Deacon, it seems Mullikin has done just that. As a redshirt freshman she played in 30 games with 21

On her favorite memory from this season: This season the best weekend we had was the first time we played both Boston College and Maryland.

We just came out on top of everything, everyone took care of their jobs and we beat both teams pretty easily in three.

It was the first sweep of two teams for a while, so it was pretty exciting.

So, getting a straight down, stuffed block is just an amazing feeling.

On her favorite class at Wake: Either Human Physiology or Anatomy would be

On transferring to Wake: Penn State just wasn’t the best place for me, for vol-

On playing a sport other than volleyball: I’d probably play basketball. When I was little I was supposed to be a basketball player and I started playing it in second grade.

But then once I got to high school I changed my mind.

"We just came out on top of everything." starts and as a redshirt sophomore she started all 31 games for the Deacs. She leads the team with 359 kills this season. The Old Gold & Black’s assistant sports editor Allison Lange sat down with Mullikin to talk about transferring to Wake, playing a sport other than volleyball and her favorite aspect of volleyball.

my favorite classes at Wake.

I’m just really interested in the human body and I’ve learned a lot from those classes.

leyball or for academics. I just really like the smaller campus a lot better, it’s just easier to succeed here I feel like.

On her favorite part of volleyball: I’d say offense is a really fun thing to play, but I almost expect myself to have a good offense.

On defense however, blocking is more difficult. You hope to get blocks, but you could have the perfect block set up and not get a block at all because the hitter is supposed to hit around you.

On when she started playing volleyball: I started playing volleyball probably in about fifth grade.

I played on the middle school team for a while, but then I started playing club volleyball because I was halfway decent at it and I wanted to get better, and it just went from there.

DEACON NOTES

DEAC OF THE WEEK Junior Liz Fries led the Deacon field hockey team in the ACC Championship game with five points.

Her five points included two goals and one assist in the Deacons’ Nov. 4 overtime loss against the UNC Tarheels, 4-3.

Fries’ first goal from the penalty corner came at 32:50 and gave the Fries Deacons a 2-1 lead.

Fries, from Mt. Airy, Md., scored her second goal in the contest with 62:07. She once again gave the Deacons a lead.

Playing in all 19 games this season, Fries has seven goals and two assists. Fries’ 16 points are good for fourth on team.

She, however, leads the team in number of gamewinning goals. Four of her seven goals clinched victories for the Deacons.

During her sophomore season Fries played in 12 games and scored one goal on seven shots. Fries appeared in seven games as a freshman but recorded no stats in the backfield.

Fries and her teammates will play their first games of the NCAA tournament Nov. 10 at Ann Arbor, Mich., against Michigan State.

Deacon baseball announces 2008 spring schedule The Deacons are slated to play 25 games against teams that participated in the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

Their season opens Feb. 22-24 with four games in Malibu, Calif., against Pepperdine.

The Deacs and Waves have never previously met.

Wake Forest will play its home opener against in-state rival Appalachian State Feb. 27. The schedule includes 20 games against in-state competition, including non-conference matchups with UNC-Greensboro, High Point, Charlotte, Elon, UNC-Asheville and Davidson.

The Deacons open their ACC season at home against Clemson March 7-9. The Deacs will also host ACC rivals Maryland, Florida State, Virginia Tech and Duke.

Conference road series include Miami, N.C. State, Virginia, Georgia Tech and Boston College.

Noticeably missing from the Deacons’ opponents is 2007 College World Series runner-up UNC-Chapel Hill. This will mark the first time

since the 1950s that the two teams have not faced off.

The Deacons have 25 non-conference games scheduled, 17 of which will come on the road.

Kickoff time set for final football game against N.C. State The N.C. State football game at BB&T Field is set for a 4 p.m. kickoff on Nov. 17. The game will be televised by ESPNU. The Wolfpack are 4-5 going into their match-up with UNC-Chapel Hill this weekend. The Deacons, 6-3, look to bounce back this weekend at Clemson Nov. 10 after their loss to Virginia last week.

Five Lady Deacs earn All-ACC soccer honors Five players on the No. 11 Wake Forest women’s soccer team have earned All-ACC accolades.

Sophomore forward Jill Hutchinson, sophomore defender Kaley Fountain, sophomore

forward Allie Sadow, junior midfielder Amy Smerdzinski and freshman midfielder Samantha Germano were recognized by ACC coaches for their accomplishments on the field this season.

Hutchinson earned First Team honors, as she led the Deacs with 10 goals during the season.

Fountain, Sadow and Smerdzinski all were named to the Second Team, while Germano was named to the All-Freshman team.

Women’s soccer team opens ACC Tournament against Duke The No. 11 Lady Deacs, seeded second in the ACC Tournament, take on Duke in the first round of play Nov. 7.

With their win over Miami Nov. 4, the Deacs finished the regular season with a 11-5-3 overall record and a 6-2-2 record in conference play and jumped ahead of Florida State to earn the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.

Wake and Duke met earlier this season and played to a 1-1 draw after two overtime periods.

Full brackets and tournament information can be found at TheACC.com.

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Deacs top Mars Hill 104-70 in exhibition game

By Ryan Durham | Sports editor

The Demon Deacons made their first appearance on the Joel Coliseum floor with all its bells and whistles and Wake Forest found its rhythm, defeating Mars Hill 104-70.

The story of the night came in the form of freshman James Johnson, whose explosive play helped lead the Deacs throughout the game.

Johnson scored 10 points in his first six minutes of play and had 17 by the end of the night to go along with 12 rebounds.

“What you saw out of (Johnson) tonight is what he’s been giving us,” Head Coach Dino Gaudio said.

Johnson “He’s a very skilled kid. He can shoot the three, and he can put the ball on the floor. He scored 17 points, he did a pretty good job.”

Johnson was not the only freshman to see extensive play during the game.

Freshman Jeff Teague also saw significant playing time both alongside sophomore Ishmael Smith and by himself.

Together the two guards had 13 assists on the night.

Teague was also one of five Deacs to score in double-digits.

“To be honest with you, I was really impressed with the entire demeanor of the Wake Forest kids,” Mars Hill Head Coach Terry Rogers said. “I thought that they carried themselves well.”

“Coach Gaudio has got them playing hard, he’s got them under control, they’re

very team-oriented, they distributed the basketball very well.”

Sophomore L.D. Williams was perhaps one of the most instrumental players for the Deacs both offensively and defensively.

Williams led the Deacs with 18 points and brought down another five rebounds. He was a critical force on defense, stealing the ball six times.

Sophomore Jamie Skeen and junior Harvey Hale rounded out the group of Deacons scoring in double-digits.

Skeen had 11 points and four points in 18 minutes. Hale also scored 11 points, including three three-pointers to go along with four assists.

“I thought we played pretty well the first 10 minutes of it,” Gaudio said.

“Then I think it was too good, too early.

I thought we did a good job of sharing the ball. Our kids played unselfishly.”

The question remains whether Wake Forest will be able to produce against other ACC teams.

The Deacs had 16 turnovers and only shot 30 percent from three-point range against a team who they easily beat.

It is uncertain whether or not they will be able to accomplish this in games against other Division I schools, especially in the ACC. “Although we forced 28 turnovers, I was little disappointed in the last 30 minutes with our defense,” Gaudio said.

“It’s something we have worked so hard at during our last practices.”

The Wake Forest defense will see its first regular season test when they play host to Fairfield Nov. 9 in the Joel. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and a tribute for former Head Coach Skip Prosser will take place about 30 minutes before the game starts.

Game of the Week Basketball vs.

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7 p.m. Nov. 9 Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum Following a 104-70 exhibition victory over Mars Hill Nov. 5, the Deacons will face Fairfield at home in their season opener 7 p.m. Nov. 9.

A tribute to former Head Coach Skip Prosser will take place before tip-off.

Deacon fans should be in their seats by 6:30 p.m. to honor the late coach in the ceremony.

In addition, fans are asked to wear their tie-dye shirts to honor Coach Prosser.

ACC Select will broadcast the game and the pregame ceremony.

The Deacons concluded the previous season with an overall record of 15-16 and a record of 5-11 in the conference.

The Stags finished last season with a 1319 overall record, and have been predicted to finish sixth in the MAAC. Both teams are turning to their young players this year in hopes of recording a winning season.

After the season opener against Fairfield, the Deacons will have 10 days off until they face North Carolina Central at home Nov. 19 and then Winston-Salem State at home Nov. 23.

The Deacons’ first conference game is home against Virginia Tech on Dec. 23.

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Sophomore L.D. Williams dribbles the ball around a Mars Hill player Nov. 5 at the Deacs’ exhibition game at the Joel Coliseum. Williams led the team with 18 points on the night.

Scoreboard Wake in the Ranks Men’s soccer standings

1. Boston College 2. Wake Forest 3. Virginia Tech 4. Maryland 5. Duke 6. North Carolina 7. Clemson 8. Virginia 9. N.C. State

ACC 6-1-0 5-1-1 3-0-4 3-3-1 3-3-1 3-4-0 2-6-0 1-4-2 1-5-1

Men’s football standings All 11-4-1 13-1-2 10-1-5 9-4-4 10-6-1 6-6-5 7-10-1 10-5-2 6-7-3

Atlantic 1. Boston College 2. Clemson 3. Wake Forest 4. Florida State 5. N.C. State 6. Maryland Coastal 1. Virginia 2. Virginia Tech 3. North Carolina 4. Miami 5. Georgia Tech 6. Duke

Field hockey standings

ACC 4-1 4-2 4-2 3-3 2-3 1-4

All 8-1 7-2 6-3 6-3 4-5 4-5

5-1 4-1 2-3 2-3 2-4 0-6

8-2 7-2 3-6 5-4 5-4 1-8

1. North Carolina 2. Maryland 3. Wake Forest 4. Boston College 5. Virginia 6. Duke

ACC 5-0 4-1 3-2 1-4 1-4 1-4

All 20-0 17-2 14-5 12-8 11-9 11-8

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ACC Leaderboard Men’s soccer

1. Yannick Reyering (Virginia) 2. Cody Arnoux (Wake Forest) 3. Mike Grella (Duke) 3. Alejandro Bedoya (Boston College 5. Marcus Tracy (Wake Forest)

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1. Tashard Choice (Georgia Tech) 108.0 2. James Davis (Clemson) 88.7 3. Josh Adams (Wake Forest) 81.4 4. Keon Lattimore (Maryland) 78.8 5. Andre Callender (Boston College) 75.3

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FOR THE AMATEUR The Intramural sports season continues to trek onward, as the first week of second quarter sports has now finished.

In addition to the ongoing sports, the Intramurals department held a successful golf tournament Nov. 4. Seven teams participated with the winning team shooting 15-under-par round.

Given some of the confusion that occurred in the first week of sports, here are a few clarifications:

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A co-rec player tries to move the ball past two defenders during a game on Water Tower field Nov. 7.

Soccer Rules Clarification: A goalie may not punt the ball past midfield.

That is to say that the ball must touch the ground before it lands past midfield.

Therefore, a goalie may drop kick the ball as far as he pleases, so long as it touches the ground

before crossing the midfield area.

Volleyball Rules Clarification: In co-rec volleyball, a boy and a girl must hit the ball each time they volley.

If three girls hit the ball over without ever including a boy, or vice-versa, the point will be lost. Also the height of the nets will no longer be adjusted to accommodate boys, girls or co-rec — it will remain at the same height.

Dodgeball Rules Clarification: If a player throws the ball over the fence, he is not out.

Someone from his team who is not in the game must get the ball immediately so as not to lose the ball, but there are no direct

consequences to the thrower of the ball. Also, referees are not responsible for calling each player out. The game is largely an honor sport and is therefore predicated on each player holding himself accountable. If he is struck by a ball, he should remove himself from the game without consulting the referee each time.

Soccer Official of the Week: Mike Gilmore

Volleyball Official of the Week: Cassie Freund

Compiled by Brett Noble

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Warthogs Volleyball can’t get going in conference break ground on stadium

By LK Davey | Staff writer

By Martin Rickman | Staff writer

With Hall of Famer Hank Aaron as the guest speaker and thousands in attendance both inside and outside the construction site, the Winston-Salem Warthogs broke ground on their new ballpark Oct. 30.

The event put an exclamation point on a project that has been over three years in the making, with notable city officals like Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines, Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch, Athletic Director Ron Wellman, Winston-Salem State University Athletic Director Chico Caldwell, as well as city counsel members in attendance.

The team had been working to build a new ballpark behind the efforts of co-owners Billy Prim and Andrew Flipowski. With help from the city council and the purchase of current stadium, Ernie Shore Field, by the university for $5.5 million dollars this year, the project could move forward.

“One of the people who played a huge role was WFU,” Prim said. Dr. Nathan Hatch and AD Ron Wellman committed $5.5 million dollars in capital up front to purchase Ernie Shore Field to inject money into this project.

Although they needed a new baseball stadium, their biggest concern was to see this project move forward in this community.”

The university’s baseball team will move to Ernie Shore Field which is adjacent to BB&T Field, next season and will share the stadium with the Warthogs, who will play just one more season there before the new ballpark opens at the corner of First and Green Street in downtown Winston-Salem.

The stadium coincides with a renovation project in that area of downtown, and the city hopes to open up restaurants and businesses along with condominiums that have already opened just down the street.

“Victor Hugo said, ‘There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world and that is an idea whose time has come’” Mayor Joines said. “Today, ladies and gentlemen, we are standing in an area whose time has come.

This was a project that was vitally important to this city and one that in my opinion had to occur.”

With the university’s investment, as well as a tax added to each Warthog game ticket purchased, the stadium will belong to the city after the initial investment period. This keeps the city from implementing a pricey stadium tax on residents.

The keynote speaker was Aaron, who flew to Winston-Salem from Denver after attending the Monday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos.

Aaron appeared on crutches as he underwent semi-knee replacement surgery recently.

Aaron played his first days as a professional baseball player in Winston-Salem, as he was signed in 1951 by the Negro League Indianapolis Clowns whose training camp was located in Winston-Salem.

“When you start talking about baseball parks and what it means to a city, I want all of you to think for a little while about what it means to all of us, and I say us because you are part of me,” Aaron said.

“When I look around and see so many young people here and so many people who are excited to see this park built, it gives me a thrill to know that you will have a ballpark to call your own,” he said.

“This is for you to enjoy yourself, please enjoy yourself. Protect the ballpark, love it, no matter what type of team you have, this is your ballpark.”

The Warthogs, the Single A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, hope to have the stadium completed by the start of the 2009 season.

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Redshirt junior Natalie Mullikin pushes the ball over the net during a recent game.

The women’s volleyball team had a rough weekend at Reynolds Gymnasium.

The Lady Deacons fell in three games to Florida State Nov. 2 and then again Nov. 3 to Miami. FSU downed Wake 31-29, 30-21, 30-25.

Prior to the game, there was a ceremony to honor junior Natalie Mullikin.

Head Coach Heather Kahl-Holmes presented her with a game ball in tribute of Mullikin breaking the school’s career block solos record Oct. 28 at Boston College.

Fittingly, Mullikin was also one of the spotlight players for the game. She turned in a teamhigh 13 kills, eight of which were hit in the first game, and hit .391 on the night.

Mullikin also added two block solos and a block assist. Freshman libero Megan Thornberry was the only Deacon in double figures for digs, finishing with 11.

Senior Michael Faulkner was next with nine digs, followed by freshman Kristen White who posted eight kills, as well as five digs, two aces and two block assists.

Junior Mary-Margaret Langston, a native of Tallahassee, Fla., chipped in with two service aces on the night.

Freshman setter Kelsey Jones dished out 29 assists to go along with three kills and three digs.

Freshman Lauren McIntyre finished the evening with six kills and two block assists.

Miami also defeated Wake 30-22, 30-28, 30-27

Nov. 3. On the team level, Mullikin moved into second place on Wake Forest’s career total blocks list; she finished with three total blocks, including a pair of block solos, to move past Jessica Hood (1997-2000) for second place on Wake’s career blocks list.

Mullikin, who holds the school’s career record for block solos, has 366 total blocks for her career; Margaret Davidson (1998-2001) holds the record with 472. The Miami game also saw Mullikin lead the Deacons with 18 kills.

She hit .552 with just two errors in 29 attempts.

Other spotlight players included McIntyre and White, who turned in seven and six kills, respectively. White and sophomore Sara Uniacke each tallied two aces.

Langston made her first career start for the Deacons. Jones dished out 33 assists and recorded six digs. Sophomore Abby Miller and Thornberry tied for the team lead with nine digs each, while White was right behind with eight.

Thornberry, the Deacons’ usual libero, also had seven kills playing outside hitter.

At the end of the weekend, the Deacons fell to 7-18 overall and 4-12 in the ACC. The Canes improve to 11-14 overall and 5-11 in conference play and the ‘Noles move to 12-11 overall and 9-6 in conference play.

The Deacons will hit the road for a pair of matches next weekend, traveling to Clemson, S.C., and Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. Wake will take on the Tigers 7 p.m. Nov. 8 and the Yellow Jackets 8 p.m. Nov. 9.

Women’s tennis wraps up fall season

By Alisha Talbot | Staff writer

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The Lady Deacons control the ball during a recent match. They finished the regular season defeating N.C. State and Miami.

Lady Deacs roll into ACC tourney

By Nick Oliphant | Staff writer

The No. 11 Wake Forest women’s soccer team defeated N.C. State Nov. 1 and No. 25 Miami Nov. 4 to wrap up the regular season.

The team withstood an upset bid from last place N.C State.

The Wolfpack rallied fro.m a 2-0 deficit to tie the game 2-2 in the 58th minute.

From there, the Deacons took charge. Senior Laura Colven scored her first career goal less than a minute later, and sophomore Sarah Winslow added an insurance goal in the 79th minute to give the Deacons a 4-2 victory.

In the home finale against the 25th ranked Hurricanes, sophomore Allie Sadow had a goal and an assist to lead the Deacons to a 2-0 victory.

The team closed with a staunch defensive effort that limited Miami to seven shots.

With the win, the Deacons finished unbeaten at home for the year.

After ending the regular season on a four-game winning streak, the Deacons head to the ACC tournament in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., for a first-round match with Duke.

The team has played extremely well in the second half of the season.

After starting 3-3-1, the Deacons caught fire with an 8-2-2 record the last 12 games to finish 11-5-3.

Their 6-2-2 conference record earned them the No. 2 seed in the ACC tournament, behind only 9-1 North Carolina.

The No. 2 seed is the team’s highest since 2000.

In their previous meeting with Duke this year, sophomore Jill Hutchinson scored in the 27th minute to give the Deacons a halftime lead.

Duke answered in the 79th minute, and the game finished in a 1-1 draw.

In the first round of the ACC tournament Nov. 7, the Deacons defeated the Duke Blue Devils 1-0 in overtime.

Sophmore defender Kaley Fountain scored the lone goal of the match against Duke goalie Allison Lipsher.

The Lady Deacons move on to the semifinal round Nov. 9 at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. They play Florida State.

The championship match is 1 p.m. Nov. 11.

The Wake Forest women’s tennis team played in its final tournament of the fall season at the Duke Invitational in Cary, N.C., Nov. 2-4.

In singles play, there were mixed results with the Lady Deacs. Sophomore Sasha Kulikova played the top singles spot for the Deacons.

Kulikova fought hard to take her last match of the season against Oregon’s Celine Rolly, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5. Juniors Christian Tara and Sierra Poske followed in Kulikova’s lead with decisive victories over two more Oregon players.

Tara beat Oregon’s Carmen Seremeta, 6-1, 6-2 while Poske outplayed Oregon’s Anna Powaska, 6-1, 6-2. Freshman Katarina Reveche ended her season in victory against Blakely Ashley of Princeton, 6-3, 6-2. However, her fellow freshman Deacon, Emilee Malvehy, fell to Princeton’s Rebecca Parks in a tough three-set match, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6.

Senior Jenna Loeb also fell to a Princeton player, Sarah Hoffman 7-5, 6-4.

However, the doubles play was not as strong for the Lady Deacons. Redshirt senior Alex Hirsch paired up with Loeb but lost to Princeton’s Ashley and Huah, 8-2. Ashley and Huah went on to defeat the Deacon freshman duo of Reveche and Malvehy, 8-4.In the third doubles spot, Tara and Poske fell to the Blue Devils’ Elizabeth Plotkin and Tory Zawacki, 8-4.

That wraps up the fall season for the Wake Forest women’s tennis team; however, they will be back in full force for their spring season opener at the Virginia Invitational.

Catch the Deacons at their first home match Feb. 2, 2008, against Penn State.

Women’s basketball set for opener after preseason play

By Matt Six | Staff writer

The Wake Forest women’s basketball team is getting ready for the regular season opener against USC-Upstate Nov. 13.

Between now and Nov. 13, the team will play two exhibition games.

The first of two exhibition games took place Nov. 3 at the Joel Coliseum. The Deacons were victorious over Anderson 67-50.

Sophomore Mekia Valentine led all scorers with 19 points. Valentine also had four rebounds and four blocks.

The exhibition game got off to a slow start. It took Valentine the Deacons over four minutes to score the first field goal of the game.

Once they broke the ice, Wake was off and running as they put together an impressive 13-2 run to begin the game.

The team retained its high level of play and ended the half with an 18-point lead

at 34-16. The Demon Deacons shot 42.2 percent (27 out of 64) from the floor. Wake converted on 38.9 percent (seven out of 18) of its three pointers, including 50 percent in the first half (four out of eight).

Anderson outshot Wake percentagewise, shooting 45.5 percent (20 out of 44) for the game.

However, the Lady Deacs had a suffocating pressure defense and took advantage of its opponent’s 27 turnovers.

Wake Forest turned these 27 turnovers into 31 points.

In addition to Valentine, two other Deacs scored double figures in the game.

Senior Christen Brown scored on four of seven three-point attempts and finished the game with 14 points.

Junior forward Corinne Groves added 10 points.

Groves, Brown and junior Alex Tchangoue each came down with a total of five rebounds.

Sophomore Tiffany Roulhac contributed five assists in the Wake victory.

Fellow sophomore Courteney Morris chipped in four assists of her own.

“We’re a strong passing team, which leads to simple plays and baskets,” Val-

entine said.

“Another one of our strengths as a team is our inside scoring abilities and effective doubling on post defense.”

Valentine said that one of the team’s weaknesses is its team defense.

“Trading baskets with teams is what we did last year and that caused us to lose by significant amounts,” she said.

“So we need to make more stops on the defensive end.”

Wake Forest is a relatively young basketball team, with Brown being the lone senior on the team.

The team has three freshmen: Kern Wilson, Brittany Waters and Camille Collier.

Wilson and Collier are guards, while Waters plays the forward position.

Valentine said that the team’s goal is to win more games.

“All the smaller goals will lead to wins and we’re just ready to be the team we know we are.”

After the Deacs’ season-opener against 7 p.m. USC Upstate Nov. 13, Wake will play three regular season games then head to the Virgin Islands to play in the Paradise Jam Nov. 22.

The Lady Deacs start ACC play Jan. 3 against Maryland.

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The Lady Deacons are eager to begin the regular season Nov. 13 with a home game against USC-Upstate at 7 p.m.

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By Liza Greenspun | News editor It’s 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon on Halloween.

More than 20 students are sitting in a Tribble classroom, discussing the day’s topic: ossrah, or family.

Aly Daowd, 29, an Arabic teaching assistant from El Setteen, Egypt, is a Fulbright Scholar at the university this year.

He engages students at his twice weekly Arabic table, providing necessary vocabulary by using colorful drawings of family members.

Daowd encourages students to participate, joking with them and offering incentives such as the “Oscar of the Arab Table,” which is a poster from Egypt awarded to one student who recalls information discussed in past sessions.

Daowd makes the classes so enjoyable, said Darlene May, visiting associate professor of classical languages, that many students choose to attend more than the required eight per semester. “I know he’s really generated a lot of enthusiasm among them,” she said.

A growing demand Daowd is the second Fulbright teaching assistant to come from an Arab nation. The university’s Arabic program is only in its third year and already May is working as a full-time professor for the 50 students in the department, she said.

As evidenced by the class matriculation at the university, Arabic is the language that has the fastest growing demand in the United States. According to a Dec. 31, 2004, Washington File article, “Not long ago, Middle Eastern languages comprised only 2 percent of all foreign language classes in the United States, led by Hebrew. Then, a Modern Language Association Survey revealed a 92 percent rise in Arabic enrollments between 1998 and 2002 – to 10,600.”

According to an Oct. 3, 2004 Star-Ledger article, about half of Arabic students are motivated to learn the language to gain advantages for future jobs.

A technological education In his home country, Daowd is an English teacher at an all-girl high school, so teaching Arabic to a co-ed class at a university is a change for him.

“There it’s totally different from here,” he said.

“It’s five or 10 (students) so it’s very easy to have classroom management and the students here are so creative and helpful. I like them so much.” Daowd said he teaches groups of 45 girls aged 14 to 16 in Egypt.

A major difference between the two education systems is the use of technology in American classrooms.

“You have to introduce teaching materials in different ways so it will be easy for students to understand,” Daowd said. “You know, Power Point and something like that is catchy for students, so they like it.” In Egypt, Daowd said, technology is not used in school.

While Daowd still lacks confidence in his technological abilities, he has become accustomed to using technology as a teaching supplement, even showing his students music videos on YouTube.

“I try to get the songs that is a mixture of Arabic and English,” he said. “That’s something to attract them.”

At the Oct. 31 Arabic table, students expressed their excitement when he announced he had songs that day.

When Daowd could not find the song he wanted, his students were patient, walking him through the steps to search for the video. Senior Elizabeth Gardiner said sometimes Daowd does not understand certain computer terminology the students use, but overall he is able to use the basic technology necessary in the classroom.

A student-teacher In addition to teaching 20 hours each week, the Fulbright program requires that Daowd take classes.

He is enrolled in the linguistics class “Teaching English to Students of Other Languages” and an education class based on teaching methodologies.

Irma Alarcón, assistant professor of romance languages, said that he is a very motivated student in her TESOL class. He is auditing the class, but still submits assignments, participates and is very involved, she said.

In this class, Daowd is not afraid to answer questions and offer his own experiences as a teacher of English as a foreign language. “I’m very glad to have him in my class, partly because he adds diversity,” Alarcón said.

As a student at the university, Daowd is shocked by the availability of professors to their students.

“In my country the student we can never meet or go to our professor,” he said. “It’s forbidden. He live in an ivory tower and no one can touch it.”

Daowd is grateful to his professors and the small class sizes that allow them to be available to students.

“Here I have wonderful professors,” he said. “They were great and they were highly in position and highly in learning, but they were modest. They were humble.”

Changing viewpoints In his office, a small, plain room in Reynolds Gym, Daowd’s computer sits on his desk, the screen

displaying Demon Deacon wallpaper. The office is empty but for some memories from home that he has used in class and a Mother Goose storybook that a professor gave to him.

Daowd shows traditional Egyptian clothing, CDs, posters and pamphlets of Egyptian monuments he has brought from home.

He is obviously proud of his heritage, and his bright, characteristic smile and contagious laugh show that he is happy to share it with Americans and wants to answer students’ questions about his culture.

“They do want to know about Islam because people here, I think they have a bad idea about Islam,” Daowd said of his students’ curiosity. “They think that just we’re terrorists and extremists, but actually, you know, Muslim means ‘peace,’ ‘peaceful man.’”

He said that the few Muslims who commit terrorist attacks are the exception to the rule, although they give all Muslims a bad reputation.

“I just started to modify (my students’) exhibition, to modify the picture in their mind, and I think I was able to do that,” Daowd said.

Similarly, Daowd said that before he came to the United States, he did not like Americans. However, he has since realized that it is important to separate the American people from the American government, and to not judge one based on the other.

“So I began, from myself, to change the picture of the American people,” he said.

In less than three months, Daowd has already learned much that he can bring to Egypt. He said the teaching methodologies he has learned will help advance his career as a teacher and help his students learn more.

Also Daowd plans to bring the personal teacherstudent relationship back to Egypt. “I have also learned how the relationship between the teacher and the students and the professor and students, it’s great here,” he said. “I’ll try to do that in my country.”

Culturally, Daowd said he has many things to share with other Egyptians. For example, he went to a Halloween party at the university’s international house. “They dress up, and they were oh so wonderful,” he said, laughing. “I went there and I filmed them with a camera and took picture with them just because they were dressed in so wonderful clothes.”

“For culture,” Daowd continued, “I just see the chance to attend any culture event here just to know what is it and I write about it in my notes to tell my family and my students, all the people in Egypt to tell them what is different between Egypt and America.”

All photos courtesy of Aly Daowd Map courtesy of http://www.lib.utexas.edu

Daowd overlooks the Egyptian skyline during a Fulbright Scholar conference in his home country.

The Egyptian pyramids are one of the country’s most famous historical landmarks.

Attendees at a conference in Egypt stayed in the Nile Crystal hotel during their summer 2007 stay.

Daowd attended a teaching conference in WinstonSalem with Su Liu, a Fulbright Scholar from China.

Daowd looks over his notes while waiting for his fellow teaching conference attendees.

Teachers-in-training meet and discuss ideas for the classroom.

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B6 Thursday, November 8, 2007 Who would you rather give you a massage, Britney or a robot?

He Said | Advice on sex and the fairer sex

Facebook spawns sexual promiscuity Teddy Aronson Staff columnist

Britney’s Blackout It’s been almost three years exactly since Britney Spears has come out with new material. This may come as a bit of a surprise with her head-shaving and custody battles constantly featured in the news. However, the day has finally arrived. The album was released Oct. 30, two weeks earlier than originally planned because of the internet leaks.

12: Avg. no. of newborns given to the wrong parents daily

Better than sex When researching Web sites most visited by 18-24 year olds, Time’s Bill Tancer found that the social network Facebook is now more popular than porn sites.

Actually, porn ranked fourth behind search engines and e-mail. With modern technology and networks like Facebook, it is no longer necessary for college students to even use e-mail when there are much more interesting and easy ways to contact friends.

Although it was created for college students, Facebook is becoming more and more popular among older age groups.

Mechanical Massages Japan, the technological powerhouse, just released its recent innovation – a robot that gives therapeutic facial massages. Researchers at Tokyo’s Waseda University have developed the WAO-1 robot in hopes that it will soon be released to hospitals and spas across Japan. The robot was developed for patients with jawrelated medical problems who need facial massages. The robot must be approved by a government safety panel before it can become available for public use.

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I feel compelled to write this, seeing as my life has recently been diseased by the single most powerful and evil aspect of society.

More evil than things like Satan’s black death army or that terrifying clown at a 5-year-old’s birthday party with running face paint and breath that reeks of alcohol who doesn’t understand the entertainer-audience relationship.

Everyone, Facebook is a global threat to the well-being of humanity, for it has become a breeding ground for the questionable aspects of sex today.

The guys who created this new black plague must have really had a tough childhood, and now they’re taking it out on their cooler enemies.

I mean, seriously, are you kidding me? I’ll admit, at first I thought Facebook was all right, a place where you

could find all your friends online and creatively and quickly interact.

Not to mention, it is not even close to the sketchiness that is MySpace, a topic for another time and another place.

But now, Facebook has developed into a creeper’s paradise, filled with new and fun ways of sending gestures with weird, sexual double meanings.

The disadvantages go on and on.

Like a fierce Kodiak bear, Facebook traps you in its commanding grip and doesn’t let you go, further disrupting the procrastinator’s chaotic lifestyle.

In the end, one must reflect on how much time is truly wasted on looking through all your friends’ statuses, such as “(Friend’s name here) is I put the STUD in STUDYING And also, the way in which people talk to one another on Facebook is completely different from ordinary interaction. People can be a little more friendly or flirty to their crush, and everyone can publicly view these attempts.

That girl who has a serious thing for the guy with a girlfriend of two years can write “miss you too” on his wall without his prompting “miss you” message on her wall, simply to anger that jealous girlfriend.

It’s a digital playing field for the skilled, strategic and deceptive when it comes to sexual relations.

Obvious to any user, the stalking capabilities are nearly endless.

Having your every motion displayed on the home page for everyone to see doesn’t help.

From pictures to personal information to your friends’ wall posts, one can easily learn your life story from a quick glance at your profile.

Sooner than you think, some guy will come up to you and know what did the previous night, what you wore, who you were with and what you did while you were there, and that’s a really comforting thought.

The “applications” are hilarious, too. You can “poke” someone, a term they couldn’t have made any more sexual if they tried.

I just hope they’re thinking of the same body appendage as I am. And the “superpoke” is just too much sexuality for me altogether.

I think my favorite has to be the Honesty Box, which allows friends to share their opinions of you anonymously.

Pretty soon you’ll be getting messages simply saying “Meet me at Wait Chapel at 10 pm. Clothes optional.”

As much as I have made the negative aspects of Facebook laughable, it is something of a modern marvel.

The creators have completely revolutionized communication via the internet.

There are going to be those crazy people on Facebook who watch everything you do, but that’s why they have privacy settings.

Friendships and relationships alike can be created and maintained in no time at all.

As long as you are the person people know you to be, then Facebook can be used for very positive things socially and even romantically.

Now go out there and get poking.

“He Said” is a bi-weekly column that presents one guy’s perspective on the college sex scene. You may contact him with your feedback or ideas at arontt7@ wfu.edu.

What You Didn’t Know | By Caldwell Tanner

Movie Review | Dan in Real Life

Carell showcases softer side in Real Life

By Jordan Brewster | Staff writer

With the release of his new film, it’s finally been confirmed that Steve Carell is really good at being real.

It’s what made his most popular films so popular, like the idea that it is possible to actually be a 40-year-old virgin.

Dan in Real Life uses this to make a touching and funny film filled with characters that manage to be hilarious, romantic and human all at the same time.

Carell is a marvel as Dan Burns, the widowerwriter of a family advice column with three daughters (Marlene Lawston, Brittany Robertson and Alison Pill).

Although he dishes out daily counsel to hopeless parents, he seems to be unable to heed his own advice.

In the years since the death of his wife, Dan has been setting rigid rules for his daughters and doing nothing for himself.

Dan in Real Life T h e n , Starring | Steve Carell, Juliette when he Binoche, Dane Cook least expects Director | Peter Hedges it, he meets a woman in Who’s it for? | Those who love a bookstore a feel-good romantic comedy while in Running Time | 1 hr 38 min.

Rhode Island Rating | (out of 5) for a family reunion.

M a r i e (Juliette Binoche), the girl from the bookstore, is able to make Dan laugh and maybe even more importantly she makes him want to make her laugh.

While very funny, Dan in Real Life is very different from Carell’s past roles and he showcases a whole new side of his talents.

While his characters in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Office as well as Dan could be real people, Dan in Real Life is more serious and touching – it is not outrageous funny, it is human funny. Instead of wringing laughs out of his situation, he allows them to seep through his Charlie Brown-esque anguish.

The film superbly relates the audience to Dan. You can feel Dan’s longing for the invigorating and lovely Marie as well as his horror when he returns to his parents’ house and finds out his new love is also the new love of his brother Mitch (Dane Cook).

The plot seems too much like a sitcom, but because Carell, Binoche and writer/director Peter Hedges keep it real, the film is a winner.

Photo courtesy of www.slashfilm.com

Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche star in the family comedy, Dan in Real Life, the story of one man as he tries to find someone special while dealing with his family issues.

After the meet-cute, the movie glides for the next hour as Dan roasts in his own frustration. We watch as he suffers while Marie charms his family, as well as her spandex clad work-out sessions.

Meanwhile he tries to keep his oldest daughter from driving, his middle daughter from boys (“You are a murderer of love!” she cries at one point), as well as keep all of the younger children entertained (they are instead scared off by his depression).

His family is not completely ignorant to his plight, however, and set him up on a date with the local

Ruthie “Pig Nose” Draper (Emily Blunt).

The story is as shy as Dan is. Whenever the potential for major ridiculousness comes up, it doesn’t break the surface. Instead it slinks away, as if it wasn’t in the mood to be in the spotlight.

Dan in Real Life is star-driven, romantic, funny and sophisticated. It is aimed at actual adults and uses the most pleasing sort of unforced charm and a marvelous plot to examine the conflicts of family and romance as well as the joys and pains of being in love.

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Restaurant Review | River Birch Lodge

Top-notch barbeque makes for delicious dining

By Lukia Kliossis | Staff writer

With its high, dark wooden ceilings and stone fireplaces, River Birch Lodge succeeds in creating a mountain atmosphere that has both a rustic and upscale feel. Located about 10 minutes from campus on Robinhood Road, the restaurant’s warm ambience transports one from suburbia to a mountain retreat. In addition to its pleasing décor, River Birch’s extensive menu and professional service make this locally owned restaurant an excellent option for casual American cuisine.

When walking River Birch Lodge into the Location | 3324 Robinhood Rd. restaurant, diners are Hours | 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Mon. - Thurs. greeted by 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. Fri. - Sat. the warm 9:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Sun. smells of Serving | American cuisine smoked barbeque.

Dress | Casual The allurPrice Range | $10 - $25 ing smell is compleRating | (out of 5) mented by the friendly service of both the hostess and the servers. After being seated promptly in the large open dining room, we were faced with the daunting task of deciding what to order, as the menu included so many appealing options. Offering everything from sandwiches and burgers to seafood, steaks and barbeque dishes, we had a difficult time narrowing down our choices.

I ordered the barbeque chicken ($12.95), a boneless chicken breast with a thin layer of the Lodge’s

own barbeque sauce served with a choice of two sides. I chose a baked potato and sautéed fresh spinach. The chicken was cooked perfectly, moist with just the right amount of barbeque sauce, making it no problem for me to clean my plate. The only complaint about my meal was that the spinach was somewhat soggy, but the superb quality of the chicken and baked potato made up for that. If I were to order this entrée again, I would probably choose a different side, such as the vegetables.

My friend opted to order the other chicken entrée, the sagebrush chicken ($13.50), which was an ovenroasted half-chicken coated with sage pesto, also served with two sides. This dish was not as satisfying as my barbeque chicken, as the skin was a bit too crunchy and the sage was overpowering.

Another friend ordered the night’s special, sauteed scallops, which came with two sides. This delicious seafood entrée made me want to try some of the other fish options on the menu, such as the panseared tilapia ($16.40) and cedar planked salmon ($18.20, 8oz; $15.20, 6oz).

The last member of my party ordered the chicken Caesar salad ($9.95), which was one of the many salad options the menu had to offer. This generously portioned salad consisted of crisp romaine lettuce topped with chicken, red pepper croutons and parmesan. While some restaurants are stingy with meat on salads, this one served a good amount of chicken. However, the stale croutons prevented this Caesar salad from reaching perfection.

Obviously, our entrée choices only touched the surface of the restaurant’s many options. The menu also features some choices that would be great for lunch or a lighter dinner. They have a wide variety of sandwiches and wraps, such as the pulled pork sandwich ($8.85) and Robinhood chicken wrap

Lukia Kliossis/Old Gold & Black

The River Birch Lodge creates a relaxing mountain feel in the middle of Winston-Salem. ($10.35) that are served with either homemade chips or fruit. Additionally, the restaurant has a selection of homemade pizzas, ranging from your basic cheese ($8.25) to BBQ duck ($11.40).

Though we were too full to try desserts, River Birch features some favorite desserts from the owner’s other local restaurant, Midtown Café, which I know are amazing.

To the left of the dining room is a sophisticated bar serving eight draught beers, a variety of bottled domestic and imports, and a notable wine selection.

Patio seating is available off the bar.

CD Review | American Gangster

Retired rapper comes back swinging

By Liza Greenspun | News editor

Inspired by the movie of the same name, Jay-Z’s American Gangster, which dropped Nov. 6, is a sure hit as he uses the album’s 13 tracks to tell the story of one man, one American Gangster.

When Jay-Z viewed an early-release version of the film American Gangster, featuring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, he was inspired not just by the storyline of the film, but also by the emotional development of the characters as the story unfolded.

So much so, that he decided to record an album based on the movie and on his own days as a street hustler with just weeks before the movie release date.

Despite the lack of time to prepare the album, Jay-Z has done it again.

Skeptical fans who were disappointed by HOVA’s Kingdom Come, released last year after a three-year retirement, can rest assured that Jay-Z has not lost his touch.

With the help of producers Pharrell, Diddy and his Bad Boy production team

The Hitmen, Jay-Z’s songs have the beats he needs to display the emotion he feels while telling his story.

The story opens with the song “Pray”, featuring Beyoncé’s voice for dramatic effect.

With lyrics like “turned crack rock into a chain of 40/40’s,” we learn that Jay-Z is in fact telling his own life story before making it as a rapper, and also the story of Frank Lucas, the real-life 1970s gangster played by Denzel Washington in American Gangster.

The protagonist of Jay-Z’s story hits a high point in track six with “Roc Boys (And the winner is …),” an upbeat track about reaching success and money, and not being afraid to flaunt it.

The final track on the CD, before the two bonus tracks, is called “Fallin’,” which recounts the fall of the of the gangster when he has become too involved in what he is doing. In this song, featuring Bilal and produced by Jermaine Dupri, Jay-Z says, “Life is a deck of cards, now ya tumbling it’s humbling, ya fallin’, ya mumbling…”

Other songs on the album feature artists such as Lil’ Wayne in “Hello Brooklyn 2.0,” Jay-Z’s former enemy Nas in “Success” and Beanie Sigel in “Ignorant S—t,” a song that discusses the recent controversy surrounding hip-hop lyrics.

“I missed that part where it stopped being about Imus. What do my lyrics got to do with this s—t?” Jay raps, proving that what he says is only a song, not reality, the chorus of the song being so full of explicit lyrics that the song, which could potentially be a hit, will never be played on the radio. “It’s only entertainment,” he says at the close of the song.

“Blue Magic” and “Roc Boys (And the winner is …)” are the album’s first two radio singles – good choices as they show the depth of the album and the lyrical power Jay-Z still has despite the disappointment of his last album and the goal of the album in telling the story of Frank Lucas, and Jay-Z himself.

While “Blue Magic,” featuring Pharrell, deals directly with the movie, including a 1970s-like beat, “Roc Boys”, featuring Kanye West, may provide a beat more welcoming to today’s radio audience.

Another sure radio hit on the album will be “Hello Brooklyn 2.0,” with the ever-popular Lil’ Wayne.

Overall, American Gangster will be a success, proving that Jay-Z has not lost his talent as a rapper after his three-year hiatus, and that he will continue to entertain and be a leader of the hip-hop genre.

Theatre Review | Twelve Angry Men

Twelve jurors shine in classic American play

By Julia Dimaio | Staff writer

What happens when you put 12 angry people in a room for hours on end?

What about 12 angry New Yorkers?

Tempers rage, words sting and switchblades fly in Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, currently being performed on the MainStage by the university theatre department.

This moving play will have audience members itching to stand up and shout alongside the actors.

The entire feud takes place inside of a jury room in the middle of New York City in the late ‘50s.

Although the original cast actually consisted of 12 men, university director John Friedenberg decided that women would make a fine addition to the play. How right he was.

Sophomore Jenny Malarkey shines as the sole voice of reason at the start of the jury’s deliberation.

The other 11 members of the jury are ready to send a 16-yearold boy to the electric chair for the alleged murder of his father without a word of discussion or debate.

However, Juror No.8, played

by Malarkey, refuses to give in so easily because she has, as the judge says, “reasonable doubt” as to the boy’s guilt.

Through patience and cool reasoning, Malarkey slowly con-

vinces other members of the jury, and audience alike, that there is in fact a “shadow of a doubt” as to whether the boy on trial is a murderer.

The first person to change her vote as a result of Malarkey’s insistence is Juror No.9, an older woman played by sophomore Allie Gervasio.

Gervasio’s character is the sympathetic, proper, hat-wearing type of woman who clashes fabulously with the brash, biting and boorish personality of Juror No.3 played by sophomore Drew Haverly.

The entire cast is extremely entertaining from sophomore Chris D’Auria’s Yankee-loving mafia man to junior Dan Applegate’s overzealous salesman to sophomore Brittni Shambaugh’s bubbly ditz.

Characters like Shambaugh’s and Applegate’s provide the much needed humor to this otherwise serious play.

Freshman Lizzy Thomas nearly steals the show in her university theatre debut as the crude, outspoken, lower-middle class woman that has a criticism for everyone she meets.

Thomas’ rant about how blacks are “gonna breed us out of existence” is only intensified by the presence of sophomore AeJay Mitchell’s cool, collected, wellput together black business man who grew up in the slums.

During this rant, there was visible uncomfortableness seen in the audience, which is only an

Photo courtesy of the University Theatre

Other jurors react in horror as Juror No. 3 (sophomore Drew Haverly) reenacts the murder. indication of the high quality of acting by this rather young cast.

This drama is not only for the serious theatre-going type but should really be seen by everyone who calls themselves an American.

Junior Mike Discepolo plays a convincing European who moved to America to start a new life.

Discepolo’s character has a great many things to say about the way American government should work.

His idealized views of the American system stimulates thought and debate from both the cast and audience as to what is fair and right.

This University Theatre production is filled with so many fantastic actors and elicits so many fervent emotions that it almost feels interactive. The title of the play is no lie.

It will make audiences angry enough to want to stand up and yell.

If you are ready to embrace that anger, to accuse and be impressed by young actors, then Twelve Angry Men is not to be missed.

The show opened Nov. 2 and continues this week with shows at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Nov. 9 and Nov. 10 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 11.

Tickets are $5 for students and $12 for the general public.

Overall, despite some minor complaints about the food, we were pleased by our experience at River Birch Lodge.

With such a vast menu, River Birch is a place that you must visit more than once. Comparable in service, ambience and food selection, it is a good alternative if you want to branch out from the traditional Village Tavern.

An added perk is that on Wednesdays, a 15 percent discount is available for university students. We just happened to be there on a Wednesday, and this discount topped off a great experience.

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Renowned tactician assesses Strategic Plan Rob McFeeley Staff columnist

Feeling stressed because you haven’t had a chance to peruse the university’s new Strategic Plan?

You’ve come to the right place, my friend. After reading this column, you’ll know more about the future of Wake Forest than President Hatch. The preliminary draft of the plan, released Oct. 29, divides the university’s goals into the following sections: Building Academic Programs of Nationally Recognized Excellence – When I was accepted to Wake nearly four years ago, I was thrilled. I quickly grew irritated, however, with the fact that no one up North (save for a few fans of college sports) had ever even heard of the university.

At this juncture, all we should be worried about is putting Wake Forest on the map. We can deal with the “excellence” bit later.

Which of these sounds easier: forcing the nation to recognize that “Work Forest” is a painfully accurate nickname, or cooking up a good, old-fashioned scandal?

The latter, of course. Remember, folks – any press is good press.

Case in point: Columbia University invited the President of Iran, a prominent Holocaust denier, to speak on its campus in September. The controversy surrounding the event generated a great deal of publicity for the school. It’s time to get creative, people. Kim Jong-Il, Wait Chapel, Spring 2008.

Enhancing Faculty Distinction – This is a crucial issue. Under the current system, it’s nearly impossible to ascertain which department a given faculty member works in without (a) following them to their office or (b) engaging them in conversation.

In order to remedy this problem, all faculty members should wear full academic regalia whenever they’re on campus.

Although it may seem a little Hogwarts-y, this new dress code will undoubtedly increase social interaction between students and faculty. Got a burning theological question? Just ask anyone whose hood has a lovely scarlet trim! Struggling with the Dewey Decimal System? All you need to know is that library scientists rock lemon like it’s the new black.

Attracting a Talented, Diverse Student Body and Building Exceptional Young Leaders of Character and Service – If the university really wants to increase the

overall skill level of its student body, it needs to hold semiannual combines to fully evaluate prospectives.

Every applicant will have to demonstrate a unique talent before they’re even considered for admission.

If they are lucky enough to make it past the talent round, prospectives will then compete against each other in a series of mental and physical challenges, most of which will be taken directly from the hit television series American Gladiators. The final event, a blindfolded, threelegged race through the tunnels, will be broadcast on Wake-TV. As for diversity, it might help if the university prohibits candidates from attaching photographs to their applications. Admissions at this institution may very well be “need-blind,” but as long as prospective students are allowed to send in professional headshots, photogenic individuals will have the upper hand.

Creating a Richer Sense of Community – Here’s one that I’m not really worried about. The Wake Forest community already seems pretty darn rich to me.

I’ve always said that you can get a good feel for a school by taking a look at the products sold in its bookstore. One can buy Wake-customized Nautica, Tommy Hilfiger, Vineyard Vines and Polo products in the Deacon Shop. At the main bookstore, the Vera Bradley section almost takes up a whole wall.

If the university wishes to make our community seem richer, it needs to stock both of these stores with more luxurious designer gear. When students can be seen walking around with old gold and black Gucci backpacks, we’ll have finally made it. It also wouldn’t hurt to throw some flashier rims on the campus shuttles.

Strengthening Connections to Communities Beyond Campus – This university is frequently criticized for its insularity. Even students seem troubled by this fact; I’ve often heard undergrads bemoan the difficulty of escaping the Wake Forest “bubble.”

Instituting a system of mandatory community service will ensure that students stay in touch with the outside world.

Fraternities, for example, could be required to host parties with the gentlemen from the local Elks chapter. Compulsory mixers between sororities and community organizations like the AARP would benefit everyone.

In conclusion, we can only pray that the Strategic Planning Committee handles these pearls of wisdom with care, for the future of our noble university depends upon it.

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Old Gold & Black Life

Nuclear Cooooookie Crisps | Not for the faint of heart

Stick it to the man and beat the system Austin H. Jones Staff columnist

I was walking back to Kitchin from Lot Q one day and just as I began crossing the Poteat Lot, a parking management officer told me from his car that I needed to go through Wait to get up to the Quad.

When I asked why he answered vaguely, “It’s for your own good,” and rolled his window back up.

The administration has repeatedly shown that it knows best what the students need, showing its concern for us by changing some intricate detail about every aspect of our lives.

Understanding that the average Wake student should be focusing on what is on the laptop and not the laptop itself, they buy our computers for us. Heaven forbid they make us shop for sleek-looking, better-performing, battery-functional and more efficient computers of our own.

They have been renovating the Quad on a regular yet seemingly infinite basis.

Who knows how much time we would waste soaking up the sun (although much less efficiently than the admirable Sheryl Crow), playing Frisbee and football or lazing about in the shade of the doublerows of trees?

Turning to its culinary expertise, the administration has astutely increased the frequency of those oh-so-tasty (and high in fiber!) veggie burgers. And they purchased state-of-the-art dishwashing equipment which specializes in recycling the flavor of the past and incorporating it into the meals of the present. Mmm. And the recent mysterious disappearance of trays from the Pit has most of us baffled. I’ve heard rumors they are

using the trays to fend off ninjas that keep trying to steal the Fro-Yo machines.

Yes, I just called it Fro-Yo. No, I am not a spoiled, white, 18-20-something suburbanite girl.

Putting questions of my gender aside, I think I’m on to something when I say that the administration has been on a perpetual power trip since 1834.

Upperclassmen, think back to freshman year when the administration dangled the Collins lot right under our noses, taunting us even more by forcing us to park so painfully far away from south campus. Every $40 ticket merely reaffirms the administration’s utter control over our lives here at Wake.

But you can stick it to the man.

Leave your car in a faculty spot as long as possible. Professors are always trying to get to campus early and grab those valuable spots right outside the dorms.

Even if it means waking up at 7 a.m. when you don’t have a class until 11 a.m., you will be victorious. And every little victory counts in this war.

On weekends, wake up early and get breakfast, stay in the Pit until the end of brunch and get lunch too. Also, on weekdays around 11:50 a.m. there is a massive influx of fresh Pitters that I once heard some of my second-tier friends call “The Amoeba” because of the tendency of these diners to clump and move together.

One time I saw The Amoeba’s equivalent of phagocytosis: a branch from the Grill ferociously looped around an unsuspecting freshman who was leaving one of the high tables to get an M&M cookie. He let out a barely perceptible scream, dampened by the deafening roar of the Amoeba, as he fell to the floor, crushed by the feet of the hungry.

Needless to say, I never saw him again.

Resisting The Amoeba will not physically aid us in the War against the Administration. It is merely a symbol of the terrorizing, oppressive authority under which we live, study and die.

Resistance is a noble cause.

Embrace it. Love it. Live it.

Event Review | Lilting Banshees

Troupe delivers laughs in recent show

By Ryanne Wicker | Contributing writer

The deluge of politically incorrect yellow fliers plastered to every available surface on campus can only mean one thing: the return of the Lilting Banshees’ comedy performance.

At midnight Nov. 2 and then again Nov. 3, the Lilting Banshees Comedy Troupe performed its annual fall show, “In Search of Corner XVI” at the Brendle Recital Hall in Scales.

The shocking humor began before the group even took to the stage.

As the audience filed into the auditorium, a slideshow with the type of comedic one-liners featured on the fliers played for about 15 minutes, drawing first gasps, then laughter and occasionally applause.

No subject was safe and no material was too sensitive, but the slideshow turned out to be one of the most entertaining parts of the performance.

Throughout the live performance, the Banshees drew laughs through a number of skits depicting well-known aspects of collegiate life.

Particularly memorable was a segment exploring the effect of Facebook on college life and what would happen if the popular Web site were to shut down.

The described the confusion and hilarity that would result when students try to reestablish their friendships, relationships and somewhatsketchy stalking habits without the use of Facebook.

The performances also featured such topics such as the dating woes of the element Chlorine (enjoyed primarily Haowei Tong/Old Gold & Black by the chemistry majors in the crowd), an expedition behind the tray machine The ladies fawn over the Banshees’ version of Bear Grylls – the host of in The Pit to discover who was really the popular Discovery Channel show, Man vs. Wild. “cleaning” the dishes, four versions of The actors were undoubtedly expres- the one-liners of the slideshow that the Boston Tea Party as interpreted by modern film directors such as George sive and daring – completely willing precede it.

Many of the skits lacked that clever Lucas and Quentin Tarantino and a to put themselves out there for the neighborhood protest of Canadian sake of the skits, and the audience humor that I was expecting after spendwas entertained for the majority of ing several weeks reading the bright immigrations. yellow flyers.

The Banshees ended the night with a the performance.

Overall, the performance was easily At an hour and a half, however, the skit depicting Wake Forest fraternities who turned to singing and dancing show ran a little long, and some of worth $3 ticket to get in, but there’s as a new form of advertisement for the humor came across as slightly nothing to worry about if you couldn’t make it. The best of the Lilting Banshees forced. their parties. is still plastered across the walls around The Banshees’ best humor comes in Overall, the show was enjoyable and the advertisements for the show and campus. genuinely funny.

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Event Review | The Mansions

University alum’s indie rock impresses students Kristen Guth | Staff writer

The Mansions performance in Shorty’s Nov. 1 was a steady flow of inner contemplation fused with minimalist indie-rock beats.

Lead singer Christopher Browder’s solo and band renditions were well-received by an appreciative crowd.

Formerly under band names such as Bristopher Crowder and Good Driver during his time as an undergraduate at the university, Browder, ‘06, recently launched the band as The Mansions.

As a composing artist, he’s gotten a good start in the music industry – he’s produced an album

and one of his instrumentals is on a commercial advertising Grey’s Anatomy DVDs. Browder’s influences derive mainly from the rock and indie genres: “I learned to play the guitar by imitating the Foo Fighter’s lead guitarist and playing along to their songs,” Browder said. He said he admires Ryan Adam’s artistic treatment of music, although Dashboard Confessional also had a significant impact on the development of his sound in high school.

The topics of Mansions’ songs revolve around relationships and self-discovery. A constant streamof-consciousness runs between action and thought dominating the lyrical themes. A preoccupation

with loneliness comes to the forefront in several songs.

Browder’s songs discuss the effort to distinguish identity of the self apart from a group, and matched against clean chords, this theme comes across poignantly with a strong appeal to the college audience.

Musically, The Mansions’ postmodern outlook translates into instrumental simplicity that highlights the singing.

The song “Curacao Blue” patterns the sound of gentle waves, and a candid reflection exposes a contentious moment in the song: “I know just what I was drinking when I first was untrue / Sea

air, cheap beer and some loneliness all mixed with Curacao blue / Did I think it would stay?”

The catchy melody and motivational lines make “Gotta Be Alone” one of the most successful of Browder’s songs as a stripped-down live version.

The edgier studio recording gives it a rock tone.

Accentuated contrasts between the raw live material and the studio-recorded songs, such as with “Substitute Angel,” keep The Mansions as interesting in concert as on the album.

Headed back to hometown Louisville, KY., and later to Indiana for more performances, The Mansions has emerged onto the mainstream indie scene and will no doubt climb the sound charts soon.

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Virginia did a good job of limiting the Deacon attack, holding the Deacs to 315 yards and not allowing Wake Forest into the endzone on the ground.

“Virginia’s a really good football team,” Head Coach Jim Grobe said in his weekly press conference. “I don’t think we’ll play a better defensive player than Chris Long.

Their whole front was very athletic, a really good football team.”

“Clemson’s the same way. They’re very athletic, got some big guys up front. They play pretty good defense against everybody this year,” Grobe said.

The loss has not dampened the Deacons’ spirit though.

“I think (overcoming the loss) is difficult,” sophomore Brandon Ghee said. “But like coach said, you gotta be a man and take the next step. Our goal is to be the ACC champs and we just need to win the last three games.”

That might not be so easy for the Deacs as they play two of their last three games on the road, traveling to Clemson Nov. 10 and then to Nashville, Tenn., over the Thanksgiving holiday to face Vanderbilt Nov. 24.

In order to return to the Championship game, the Deacs must win-out and Boston College must lose two of their last three games.

toppling two top-ranked powerhouses, the Deacons looked to overtake the No. 1 University of North Carolina.

But they failed in overtime at a chance for yet another ACC Championship title.

Cipriani opened the game with a Cipriani goal deflected off a shot by junior Liz Fries, marking the first time the Tar Heels did not score

first the entire season.

Less than four minutes later, the Tar Heels tied the game one-all on a reverse stick shot.

Fries and Davis kept the score close with impeccable defensive.

At the 32:50 mark, Wake Forest extended the lead 2-1 when Fries shot off a corner.

Less than eight minutes later at the 40:13 mark, UNC responded with another goal to tie the game once more.

Holding the game tied for the next 20 minutes of play, the Deacons and Tar Heels bounced back and forth with control, peppering each cage with shots before the Demon Deacons’ Fries capitalized on a corner at the 62:02 mark.

Less than three minutes later,

the Tar Heels responded with yet another game-tying goal, sending the match into a heated overtime.

Overtime proved too much for the Deacons as they fell to the No. 1 seed Tar Heels.

When a shot by the Tar Heels was blocked by a Deacon player’s foot, the awarded penalty stroke edged UNC into sudden death victory.

Kasold and Davis were both named to the ACC Championship All-Conference team following their weekend in Chestnut Hill.

Next, the Demon Deacons begin NCAA Field Hockey tournament with the first round game against Michigan State Nov. 10 in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The final four will take place in College Park, Md.

Thompson: Scouts eye talent Soccer: UNC, Davidson

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change his game to best help the team.

Since he was not quite as mobile as he would have liked, Thompson gained some weight during his rehab to become more of a run-stopper.

This off-season, after being “just about” 100 percent, Thompson lost some weight with the goal of becoming more of a pass-rusher.

The results have been re m a r k a b l e , as Thompson Thompson has vaunted himself in front of NFL scout’s eyes and has helped the team continue the trend of high-quality football that culminated in last year’s Orange Bowl appearance.

For a defense filled with high-octane vocal leaders like redshirt juniors Aaron Curry, Alphonso Smith and Chip Vaughn, Thompson brings something different to the table.

“He’s one of those guys who’s not very outspoken, but he leads by his actions on and off the field,” said McClinic.

“It’s hard to find a fault in him.

You can’t do anything but respect a guy like that.”

When asked of his goals for the season, Thompson said he didn’t set any individual goals for himself.

“I just want our team to be the best it can be,” he said.

His team-first attitude extends beyond the football field to the classroom.

Senior health and exercise science majors Melissa Yarbrough and Michaela Lewis are in a semesterlong biomechanics project with Thompson.

“I think he feels bad that his schedule is so busy with football and everything,” Yarbrough said, “but he’s always so willing to do whatever he can to help the group.”

“I’ve never had more fun in a group project,” Lewis said, “and we still get all our work done well.”

While Thompson has undergone several distinct changes as a football player, his quiet lead-by-example attitude has been there all along.

Every coach wants to be able to

coach a kid like Jeremy because he’s got all the physical tools, but he’s so mature and so modest,” Rose said.

“It’s a rare package.”

“What I remember most about Jeremy was that every Wednesday night the team would come over to my house to watch film and he was always so kind to the younger players, even to the kids who didn’t play football,” Rose said.

“He would even go read to the elementary school children.”

Thompson means so much to the Charlotte Christian community that many of them drove to WinstonSalem for the North Carolina game just to watch Jeremy play. “All the kid’s Tivo the Wake game whenever it’s on TV,” Rose said.

“Then they’ll all talk about it.”

No matter how the rest of this season turns out, it’s clear that Jeremy Thompson has a bright future.

Whether it’s one day lining up across from his brother on an NFL field or helping other athletes recover as a physical therapist, he will continue to enhance the Thompson name.

Oliver Thompson may spend his afternoons around the chess set, but he’s got a king of a son at home.

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on the No. 2 spot in the ACC trailing only Boston College.

The second matchup of the week for the Deacons was Nov. 6 when they hosted Davidson. Entering the game with a record of 4-12-1 the Wildcats looked to slow down the No. 1 Demon Deacons. The Wildcats nearly went up 1-0 when a header from Robby Hoak ricocheted off the post early in the first half. However, the game remained scoreless for 40 minutes until sophomore Zack Schilawski drilled a quick touch pass from junior Marcus Tracy right in front of the Davidson goalie.

“We knew it wasn’t going to be an easy game right off, head coach Jay Vidovich said.

“Davidson wanted to get a result so they made it very difficult to play. We weren’t as sharp as we needed to be but I think that first goal was special.”

Schilawski began a flurry of Deacon goals in the second half with his second goal of the game and his sixth of the season when he netted a da Luz free kick. Freshman Jeff Leach got his first goal of the season just minutes later also off a da Luz pass.

In the 62nd and 63rd minutes sophomore Cody Arnoux had his 11th and 12th goals of the season to make the score 5-0. For his first goal Arnoux tapped the ball behind the Wildcat goalie, then reconnected to bury it in the back of the net. While the crowd was still celebrating the goal, he fired a ball from 30 yards out that eluded the Davidson goalie waiting at the top of the penalty box.

The four goals in the second half came in only eight minutes of play.

The Wildcats lone goal came in the 76th minute when Robert O’Donnell shot from eight yards out and found the right pocket of net behind sophomore goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald.

The Demon Deacons will return to Spry Stadium for the regular season finale Nov. 9. The Deacons will host Virginia at 8 p.m. on national television. The No. 21 Cavaliers currently have a record of 10-5-2 and pose a difficult challenge for the Deacons before they enter postseason play.

“We are very excited about getting into the ACC tournament and NCAA play,” Vidovich said. “The guys have been working hard for this opportunity and I feel pretty good about it. There are 15 guys that are ready to go after it.”

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