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Ron Stallworth visits Wake Forest The inspiration behind the new motion picture BlacKkKlansman addresses campus community BY LILY WALTER Staff Writer waltm15@wfu.edu
Attorney General of Virginia, Mark Herring, has also admitted to dressing in blackface in the past. In the wake of these instances, other universities such as UVA and UNC have begun audits of their own yearbooks. Between 1903, when the first issue of the Howler was published, and 1987, there are a range of references to lynching, the KKK and other racial slurs in the text. The old editions also include photos of students dressed in blackface, KKK-style uniforms and Confederate flags. The instances of individuals wearing blackface show up most prominently between 1952 and 1979. In a photo from the latter year, two students are shown dressed in blackface and holding lanterns with the caption: “All and all the complexion of the campus changes drastically as students dress up and parade to parties.”
On Thursday, Feb. 7, Wait Chapel was filled with students and community members alike to hear from Ron Stallworth, the man behind Spike Lee’s most recent film BlacKkKlansman. Stallworth is known for his undercover police investigation into the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the 1970s, a story immortalized in his memoir Black Klansman, and then again in Lee’s 2018 film. Invited here as a keynote speaker for Black History Month, Stallworth’s visit was co-hosted by the Department of Sociology and the Intercultural Center. After his speech, he stayed in Wait Chapel for a book signing. Wearing a shirt that read “Inside a Black Man’s Mind,” and a headset microphone, Stallworth opted to walk freely around the front of Wait Chapel. He then set about walking the audience through the step-by-step version of what his experience infiltrating the KKK was like. Stallworth’s investigation began in 1978 with a simple phone call as a response to an ad he saw in the paper for the Klan. According to Stallworth, the Klan had had an important role in Colorado politics in the 1920s and was trying to regain a hold in his area. After chatting with the Klan member, Stallworth gave his actual name and the undercover office’s phone number. He recalled being surprised when the Klan called him back a few weeks later using his own name, but immediately saw the opportunity to gain more information. He spoke with his partner Chuck, who was white, and the two set off on their now-famous project to infiltrate the KKK. Chuck was Ron in person, Ron was Ron over the phone, and the Klan members never differentiated between the two. Over the course of their investigation, Stallworth and his coworkers were able to expose Klan members in the military, thwart cross-burnings and ultimately prevent the KKK from gaining a foothold in Colorado again.
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(Left) Students wear blackface for a carnival in 1967. (Top right) A group of male students in blackface perform in 1977. (Bottom right) A man in blackface poses with an individual in a KKK-like hood at a Sigma Pi event in 1976.
Photos of blackface addressed The university released a statement on the discovery of racist references in the Howler BY OLIVIA FIELD News Editor fielor17@wfu.edu
Following racist scandals involving Virginian politicians, the university addressed the presence of racist references and photographs in old editions of the Howler, as similar photographs surface in the yearbooks of other universities. Released on Feb. 8, the official statement given by the university discussed President Nathan Hatch’s condemnation of blackface, the university’s role in the consortium of Universities Studying Slavery and the commission of a historian to complete a more full documentation of Wake Forest’s history. “In times like these — times of ‘government scandal’ or ‘national
tragedies’ or ‘challenges to civility and democracy’ or ‘searching for solutions to grand problems’ or, in the case of this past week, ‘reckoning with historical, persistent and systemic racism’ — it becomes a moral imperative that Wake Forest commit time, space and facilitation for conversation, as well as action,” said José Villalba, vice president of Diversity and Inclusion and chief diversity officer for Wake Forest. On Feb. 1, a photograph surfaced of two men, one dressed as a member of the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) and one dressed in blackface, that appears on the yearbook page of Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia from his medical school days. Although he has gone back and forth on whether or not he was in the photograph, he claimed to have previously dressed in blackface. The photograph has caused a lot of backlash, but Northam has insisted that he will not resign. In addition, the
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This past week, the Old Gold & Black tried something new. Our newspaper sponsored a blind date for two students to have a nice dinner out in downtown Winston-Salem, in which they had the opportunity to talk and get to know each other on a deeper level. Although we originally conceived of this idea as a fun, entertaining feature for Valentine's Day, the depth of interest we received suggests that we touched a nerve within the Wake Forest community. We received 57 applications — far more than we ever anticipated. In response to several of the application questions, which asked students about their ideal dates and dream romantic partners, we identified many
The applications ... empha- In general, the applications we resized the importance of genu- ceived emphasized the importance of ine chemistry ... as well as of genuine chemistry with another perintelligence, humor, compas- son as well as of personal characteristics sion and honesty." themes and commonalities. In contrast to stereotypes of campus dating culture, which is often painted as impersonal, rushed and noncommittal, we found that many Demon Deacons yearn for genuine romantic connections with others. For example, students said that they sought to "meet someone new and form a connection," to "have a delightful conversation with great food and a great woman," and to meet "a friend, a lover, someone I can confide in."
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Deacon Profile: Daniella Zalcman
ries from around the world from journalists who work around the world from gold extraction in the Central African Republic to human rights violations to war to climate change — everything. And there are things that haven’t always made it to our textbooks, so I think that’s really exciting and I love being a part of that.
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Daniella Zalcman is a multiple grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, an organization that collaborates with the Wake Forest Journalism Program. She has produced multiple photographs surrounding human rights issues that have been supported by the Pulitzer Center. Among her awards, she won the 2016 FotoEvidence Book Award for documenting social injustice through her project “Signs of your Identity” that explores the legacy of Canada’s Indian residential schools. Zalcman just finished teaching for the second year in a row at the university in the “Deep Dive Photojournalism” course, a one-credit, independent study of photojournalistic reportage. The class focuses on photography mechanics while delving into the importance of images in the portrayal of independent and communal narratives.
What project are you most proud of and why?
You majored in architecture at Columbia Photo courtesy of Daniella Zalcman University, but now you are a photojournalist. Daniella Zalcman illustrates how photojournalism Why make the transition? is a vital method for documenting social injustice. I always wanted to be a journalist since I was 12. I also knew that I wanted to go to school in New York because it is the center of the media empire in America, and I wanted to start working for newspapers. I did not actually realize that the school that I applied to did not have an undergraduate journalism program. This worked out in my favor because I genuinely believe that it is better for you to major in something else and form an area of expertise in a different field. I started working for my college newspaper and freelancing, and then thought “okay, what would make sense for me? I’m a pretty visual person, and architecture seems really interesting.” So, I ended up doing that for the time I was in college, but I’ve always intended to become a journalist.
for anyone who is interested in being a documentarian, in any capacity, to think visually, to think about photography even if that’s not the path that they want to take. Any writer is going to have to think about how their story will be packaged with photographs. It’s an important thing for all of us to be literate in. Generally, we are all raised to think about text and think about how to analyze and consume text — that is a huge part of our education. We are not taught how to think about photography, and we need to work on that, because increasingly, photography is how we consume news and information, and we are looking at more photography with each passing day. We have to be able to think smartly about it.
What do you think is special about the PuHow authentic is in-class photography like litzer program [that offers fellowships for stuthis one versus field photography? dents to pursue reporting projects]? [Photography] is really about doing the craft. I think the opportunity that the Pulitzer Center And it’s hard to do that in a classroom setting in an authentic way. I think that it’s important creates for students is them getting to hear sto-
It’s hard, because they are not just projects to me. They are a group of people who have become very good friends. But I think the work that to me is the most meaningful is "Signs of Your Identity." It’s looking and thinking about that history and most importantly talking to students about it because I embarked on that project based on my horror that I had never heard of those institutions before, and so, for me, it’s really important that I go into middle schools and high schools and talk to kids about that history and make sure that they don’t grow up like I did — that they know about it from an early age. Your class focused a lot on ethical photojournalism and the danger of a single narrative. How do you think college students could become more conscious of the effects their pictures have? Well, we have seen very recently that photos you take in your education years can come back to haunt you. So the irony is that I’ve heard the criticism often for people of my generation and people of your generation that when we’re older, the incredible number of self-documentation is going to come bite us in the butt. But, it turns out for people much older who didn’t have smartphones and snapchat, it’s already coming back to haunt them. So you know I think the generalized takeaway would just be to be a good person — be a responsible person. And, you know, I would hope that it would be less about not taking incriminating photos of yourself — for that not to be the takeaway. The takeaway should be: don’t do incriminating things. Don’t dress up in blackface, don’t put on a [Klu Klux] Klan outfit. That would be a better guiding principle than, you know, to not take photos of it.
POLICE BEAT Miscellaneous • WSPD responded to a complaint about loud music on Polo Road. The report was filed on Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. • WSPD responded to a complaint about loud music on Lakewood Drive. The report was filed on Feb. 7 at 7:35 p.m. • WSPD responded to a complaint about a loud party on Brookwood Drive. The report was filed on Feb. 7 at 5:55 p.m. • Offender used stink bombs in the bar at Last Resort and was asked to leave. The report was filed on Feb. 8 at 12:47 a.m. • Unidentified male threatened a victim through a Snapchat audio conversation. The report was filed on Feb. 9 at 4:40 p.m. • WSPD responded to a noise complaint at an off-campus house on Ranch Drive and issued a citation to the lease holders. The report was filed on Feb. 9 at 4:44 p.m. Underage Consumption/Intoxication • Offender consumed alcohol in the KKG lounge of Dogwood. Offender was transported from South to Student Health. The report was filed on Feb. 7 at 10:37 p.m. • Offender was intoxicated and sustained an injury to the left hand upon falling. Offender
was transported from Palmer to WFUBMC. The report was filed on Feb. 9 at 3:29 a.m. • Underage intoxicated offender entered an unoccupied room, defecated in the floor, took a towel, left soiled clothing in the floor, left the room and defecated in the hallway, continued down the hall and entered the room where they went to bed. Transported to Student Health. The report was filed on Feb. 9 at 4:08 a.m. • Offender consumed alcohol underage and was transported from South to WFUBMC. The report was filed on Feb. 9 at 11:46 p.m. • Offender consumed alcohol underage and was transported from Angelou to Student Health. Offender was released, because Student Health cannot treat a person who is not a student. The report was filed on Feb. 10 at 3:13 a.m. Larceny • Unknown subject(s) rummaged through the glove box of a vehicle located near Reynolda Gardens. The report was filed on Feb. 5 at 7:17 p.m. • Unknown subject(s) removed $400 from a safe located in Sutton Center. The report was filed on Feb. 5 at 11:11 a.m. • Unknown subject(s) took food items from Subway without paying. The report was filed on Feb. 6 at 2:00 a.m.
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Committee proposes curriculum changes Wake Forest’s College Curriculum Review Committee eyes changes to the university’s general education requirements BY LIAT KLOPOUH Staff Writer klopla18@wfu.edu In an effort to recommend undergraduate curriculum revisions that would best serve the interests and needs of the student body, Wake Forest’s College Curriculum Review Committee, or CCRC, has been busy conducting a comprehensive review of the university’s general education requirements during the past couple of years. The committee has done extensive research within other higher education institutions, looking at their core liberal arts curricula and identifying important aspects and values to implement at Wake Forest. “Once all of this data is collected, we [will] better understand how we’re reflecting our values versus how other schools are reflecting theirs, and we get a sense of where our institution fits into the national and global scope of curriculum,” said Wake Forest Fellow and member of CCRC Matthew Connor. Over the past few years, the committee has been working to strengthen students’ awareness of the importance behind their liberal arts education. Changes to the general education curriculum are intended to make connections between various disciplines of the liberal arts and help students better articulate how these disciplines enable them to think both critically and analytically. “We want students to come out having a more complex view of the challenges around them and how those challenges can be solved,” said Connor. The most significant recommendation in the committee’s preliminary proposal is the shift from “Divisional” to “Knowledge Area” distribution requirements. With Knowledge Areas, students would be required to take one course in each of eight disciplines. No more than two of a student’s eight required Knowledge Area courses could be taken in any one department. The committee said that Knowledge Areas will make it simpler for students to find meaningful connections between their required courses and understand the way each discipline plays a role in influencing critical thinking about the world.
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One of the proposed changes includes making a writing course mandatory for students, regardless of AP scores, after a survey of community members highlighted the importance of writing skill. “In the spirit of Pro-Humanitate, students will be more equipped to make an impact on society when they connect their knowledge from each course and learn to think broadly,” said Connor. Additionally, the committee has recommended Global Citizenship requirements, which would require students to practically apply material from liberal arts courses. It is designed to strengthen the Cultural Diversity requirement so that students are better exposed to the cultures they will encounter in the global world. With the addition of the Ethical Reasoning/Inquiry requirement, students would be tasked with reflection upon human values, character and conduct, and be challenged to become ethical agents in their communities. Another more logistical change within the report would require students to take a writing course at least once during their four years at Wake Forest whether they have placed out of it with AP credit or not. “The goals and formation of the AP courses are not entirely reflective of what we would want to see out of our writers,” said Connor. Jay Ford, a professor in the Department for the Study of Religion and the chair of the CCRC, elicited the same idea. “The vast majority of our students never take a structured writing course here, and we are in the minority of schools to allow that.” said Ford. “We did surveys of students, faculty and alumni asking them which skill they found most important at Wake Forest, and writing was
at the top of the list. We felt this area is one that needs improvement.” The report further contains information about changes that the committee would like to see the university continue to consider over time. “Even if we can’t achieve everything now,” said Connor, “we’ve seen a lot of best practice from other schools about different techniques that we could try and different ways of thinking about education.” Connor added that these changes may not be considered for the next 10 or even 20 years. Even so, the committee is tasked with doing the necessary research that future committees should consider for the development of education at the university. “It is important to note that nothing has been decided for sure yet,” said Ford. “Any changes we make to the curriculum have to be approved by the Committee on Academic Planning (CAP).” The purpose of CAP is to oversee the curriculum and significant changes that are made to it. Once the proposal is presented, they will review the reforms and take it to the faculty for a vote where each element of the proposal is voted on separately. “No matter what our students decide to major in or what their interests are, the point of a liberal arts education is to instill particular sets of learning outcomes and skills that we think are important to becoming good citizens and good members of the global community,” said Connor.
SG GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY ELIZABETH MALINE Asst. News Editor malied17@wfu.edu I. Executive Reports Speaker of the House Will Hargrove reported that Student Government is developing a Greek Life workshop for Feb. 26 and has scheduled a Sexual Misconduct workshop follow-up meeting. Secretary Maia Kennedy reported that she met with the SAFE Office and two other senators in efforts to organize a consent awareness campaign, similar to the Senior Fifth campaign. Their goal is to raise awareness about consent and some of the warning signs people should know. She is also continuing to plan her on-campus initiative, which is a space for dogs on campus. She is working with members of the administration to do this. Chief of Staff Daniel Oberti reported that the Presidential Leadership Series will be held on Feb. 25. He is also looking for an art piece that will be featured in the campaign for Mental Health Week. Staff Advisor Tim Wilkinson reported that he is looking for engagement consultants for his office. The position is paid hourly and the job is to help other students get more involved on campus. There are four open positions for this semester and will be five for next semester. The campus concert organized by Student Union will take place on Wednesday, April 17, and the performer will be revealed during the third quarter of this weekend’s basketball game against UNC-Chapel Hill. Wilkinson also addressed recent instances of blackface found
in the Howler, the student-run Wake Forest yearbook. He expressed that the administration is taking a proactive approach in addressing this issue and understands that there is a range of emotions being felt on campus right now. Many people featured in the Howler engaging in racist activity are still active within the Wake Forest community. He said that institutionally Wake Forest is focused on,“how we strike a tone that’s educational and provides opportunities to move forward without frustrating students.” Wilkinson is trying to gauge the pulse of campus, wants to hear from students and wants to be an available resource to them. This prompted a discussion spanning an hour and a half about contemporary racial issues on campus. Many students say that not much has changed on campus since the parts of our history revealed through those photos. Multiple senators introduced recent instances of racist and discriminatory behavior on campus. These issues centered around students of color being denied entry from Greek Life parties, Caucasian students behaving rudely to employees of color, students of color being sent racist material from other students in class, students of color being scared to enter certain spaces on campus and students of color being the only people of color in their halls or having their roommates request to switch. This led to a discussion about Wake Forest’s admissions procedures and finding a way to be certain of a student’s character before they are accepted, as well as admitting a more diverse group of students. There were many concerns about how “white” our campus is. Wilkinson responded by challenging senators to become part of the solution in improving race relations, race-related policy and student engagement on campus.
II. Committee Reports Academic Committee reported that the event with real estate group Cooper & Cooper last week was successful and can put more students in touch with the company if they were unable to attend. There is a faculty appreciation video in the works, and a meeting will take place on Feb. 22 to finalize plans. Campus Life Committee met with people about Mental Health Week and debriefed the Senior Fifth poster campaign. They also met with Peter Rives, assistant director of wellbeing, about collecting data about alcohol culture. Diversity and Inclusion Committee had a meeting with the SAFE Office and will meet again Mar. 1. Physical Planning Committee reported that students should sign up for the on-campus donut delivery this week. They are also working on a bigger Deacon Dining appreciation in March. Public Relations Committee is working on the PR behind Mental Health Week. They are also producing a Student Government elections promotional video and general overview. Student Organizations Council did not charter a club they met with last week. This week, they met with Phi Alpha, a prelaw society and Wake Women Lead. III. Announcements A senator is looking into the freshman roommate questionnaire and trying to make changes to those questions with Residence Life and Housing. A senator wants to write a resolution for Hissho Sushi to offer Old Gold options.
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Stallworth: Black History month begins Continued from Page 1
One of the most iconic moments of the movie is the scene where Stallworth applies to become an official member of the KKK. He speaks to David Duke, then the Grand Wizard of the Klan, who signs his membership card himself. Stallworth proceeded to pull out his wallet and show the audience his official Klan membership card that he still has to this day. He concluded his talk with a reminder that the force of white supremacy is still prominent in the U.S. today.
“We don’t need to make America great again, America is already great,” said Stallworth. “You need to recognize what white supremacy is. It’s a venomous bile, and we need to clean it up.” With that, the floor opened for questions, many of which related to the events in the movie. According to Stallworth, many of the conversations in the film were taken word for word from his memoir, with a few notable creative adjustments. Chuck’s character Flip became Jewish, and Stallworth had a love interest in the movie. However, the humor, said Stallworth, was straight from reality. Senior Nic Andreou, the director of speakers for Student Union who or-
ganized the event, learned about Stallworth’s story from a speaker agency and was immediately hooked. “Mr. Stallworth is an inspiring man because he showed courage in standing up for what was right,” said Andreou. “To him, making the world a better place was worth the risk of a dangerous undercover task.” Jonathan McElderry, assistant dean of students and director of the Intercultural Center, said he was excited about having Stallworth as this year’s keynote speaker for Black History Month. “We thought it would be important to share his story, especially in this day and
age when we talk about race in our society a lot,” he said. “To hear about him integrating the Colorado police department and then infiltrating the KKK was something we thought was heroic and was a journey to success for us.” McElderry also highlighted the importance of Stallworth’s address. “I hope students are able to learn from his story, learn about the resilience he had to overcome the challenges that were put before him,” said McElderry. “I hope they are able to walk away with hope for change. Sometimes we don’t see change immediately, but it does happen eventually.”
Local restaurant feuds with group of students Sparked by a series of Yelp posts, disagreement ensued between Mission Pizza and a group of students BY ELIZABETH MALINE Asst. News Editor malied17@wfu.edu
A controversial Instagram post involving a group of Wake Forest students and the staff of popular downtown restaurant Mission Pizza Napoletana made its way onto the phone screens of many students and staff on the night of Sunday, Feb. 10. However, the feud between owner Peyton Smith and the group of girls had apparently been going on since Jan. 26. Juniors Alma Penate, Elizabeth Bunn and Madeleine Coss were dissatisfied with their service at the restaurant on Jan. 26, and they took to Yelp, a popular online review forum powered through crowd-sourcing, to express their disappointment. Michela Eckhouse, Zoe Lamason and Meghan O’Keefe were also allegedly at the dinner. Despite what they described as contentious interactions with the wait staff and Smith that they highlighted in their Yelp reviews, the girls decided to give the restaurant another chance and returned Feb. 9 with some other friends. After a second bad experience that night, junior Candelaria Penate posted a Yelp review as well. According to Candelaria Penate’s Feb. 10 Yelp review, the Feb. 9 meal ended with Smith allegedly telling them to “get lost” in front of everyone else at the restaurant. Candelaria Penate’s post also described that he supposedly took a picture of the entire party, insulted the party and obtained their full names through the credit cards they used to pay for their meal. She stated in her review that she did not post a Yelp review after the first experience at the restaurant because she believed it to be a misunderstanding, but after the second visit, she said her thoughts changed. On Sunday night, Smith took to Instagram and posted a slideshow of the different Yelp reviews Alma Penate, Bunn and Coss posted, as he has done with other reviews before on the business’s account, along with a meme. He also tagged the Instagram handles of Alma Penate, Bunn, Coss, Eckhouse, O’Keefe, Lamason, the university and
President Nathan Hatch in the caption. In the caption, Smith created a dialogue, which he titled a “one-act play,” about a conversation taking place between Alma Penate, Bunn and Coss after their meal. He attributed the caption to himself, citing the fact that he is a Wake Forest alumnus. The Mission Pizza Instagram account commented, “I made an error in tagging 3 people who were not directly involved, only part of the group. I offer my sincere apologies, I have amended the post to eliminate their info.” After doing that, Lamason, O’Keefe and Eckhouse’s Instagram handles were removed from the caption, but Bunn, Penate, and Coss’s accounts remained tagged, as did the two Wake Forest accounts. Smith, who graduated in 1998, suggested that the girls’ behavior was obnoxious, privileged and irrational in the caption of the Instagram post. In her Yelp review, which was written after the publication of Mission Pizza’s Instagram post, Candelaria Penate wrote that Smith tagged her sister by her full name and made up that her sister vapes and is from Miami, when they are actually Colombian. “My sister does not own a Juul or vape and was not engaging in such actions and instead he uses slander against her,” said Candelaria Penate in the Yelp review. “I will admit someone else in the party was vaping, and I did not find it appropriate, but it is not okay for him to insult my sister not knowing whether she was or wasn’t doing that.” In the fictitious dialogue, he wrote that the character of junior Alma Penate called Smith a “loser from Winston-Salem” and the character of junior Madeleine Coss said, “Do you think he read our Yelp reviews from the last time we were in, like two weeks ago? I can’t believe he recognized us. I mean, we are hot af though, so of course he would. Lol.” Bunn was also mentioned in the dialogue. The post quickly went viral within the campus community. Many accounts contributed their thoughts to the post through the comments section, including the accounts of Wake Forest’s Subway, Moe’s and Zick’s. “If I had to describe the people who work here in three words, I would say they are unprofessional, disrespectful, and blatantly rude,” said Alma Penate in her Yelp review after the group’s first en-
counter at the restaurant on Jan. 26. According to the review, the party was frustrated that the restaurant was seating other groups who waited less time than them. When they inquired with the host, Alma Penate said the staff mocked them rather than apologizing. “We thought that talking to the manager would help since we wanted to voice our opinions about the uncomfortable and impolite experience we had just had,” said Alma Penate in her review. “But after talking to him, we realized he actually couldn’t have cared less about us. He didn’t even stop what he was doing to talk to us. This is the most disrespect I have ever received.” Her review ended with “Do not eat at this restaurant.” Smith directly responded to some of the reviews posted on Yelp. While he said he couldn’t speak to their interactions with the wait staff, he stood behind the character of his employees and insisted he listened to the girls’ concerns. In response to Alma Penate, he said, “Contrary to the outrage you express at 50mbps, when I greeted you (while literally spinning a pizza in a raging inferno — so yes, I didn’t stop what I was doing), instead of expressing yourself as adamantly as you do here, you literally Screenshot courtesy of Becky Swig/ Old Gold & Black turned away.” Smith continued to defend his behav- Mission Pizza removed the photo with this caption Sunday Night. ior in his replies to the posts. “Upon listening, I apologized for your In a statement to the Old Gold & Black, experience and any errors that were Smith apologized for the Instagram post. made, stated that I regretted that you “Per my post Sunday, simply put, I was were overlooked, stated that I would address it with my staff, and had you seated a jerk,” he said. “I am sorry to damage within two minutes of our conversa- the goodwill we have enjoyed from the tion,” said Smith in response to the post. WFU community with my rude behav“About 10 minutes later, I approached ior. More so, I am sorry to the individuyour table, apologized again, stated that als and groups I offended.” I appreciated you coming in and stickSmith also posted a similar statement ing around, and encouraged you to enjoy on the Mission Pizza Instagram page afyour meal.” ter removing the original post from SunSmith also said in his Yelp reply that day. despite the party not offering him a “Unfortunately, good pizza doesn’t suggestion on how to fix the issue, he comped a significant portion of the bill make you a good person, and if you are and offered a final apology. comfortable with the online harassment Smith also accused the group of libel you have carried out, that speaks for your in his Yelp reply, claiming that they made character,” said Candelaria Penate in her a clear effort to misrepresent their over- review. all experiences and intentionally tried to Although the Mission Pizza Instagram harm his business. post was ultimately deleted, the dispute Bunn, Alma Penate, Candelaria Penate is continuing to be prevalent in conversaand Coss declined to comment on the istion around campus. sue.
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“Wearing blackface is racist and offensive — then and now,” Hatch said in the official statement. “The behavior in these images does not represent the inclusive university we aspire to be.” According to Katie Neal, assistant vice president of News and Communications, Wake Forest alumnus and Southern historian Andrew Canady, who is currently an assistant professor of history at Averett University, will be conducting research on the role of slavery and enslaved people in Wake Forest’s history. In an interview with the Old Gold & Black, Villalba commented on the importance of documenting the university’s past. “We can look forward and backwards,” said Villalba. “It’s like driving; you are constantly checking your rearview mirrors and blind spots while you’re heading down the road. I think that moving forward in a productive manner is acknowledging that for a significant portion of our com-
munity, particularly our African-American students, staff, faculty and alums, we need to look backwards.” More than one-third of Americans think that it is sometimes okay to wear blackface for a Halloween costume, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll. On the other hand, 53 percent say that is never okay. The practice of wearing blackface began during the 19th century with minstrel shows. In the 1967 issue of the Howler, a group of students is pictured in blackface at a carnival. The caption read, “Narrated by Celie ‘Mammy’ McAdams, the Fideles presented a variety show complete with minstrels, comedians, and dancing girls.” In 1962, the year Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the university and the year Wake Forest enrolled its first black undergraduate student, another student is photographed in blackface for a beauty-pageant style fundraising event. Villalba said that the Intercultural Center, along with the Women’s Center and LGBTQ Center, will continue working to
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Students pose in blackface with lanterns with a caption explaining that the “complexion” of campus changes during Halloween in 1979. create programming focused on “inclusion and equity.” “Being able to confront and reckon with our troubling, complex, and sometimes unclear history is part of not only creating
a diverse community, but more importantly, one that aspires to be more inclusive,” said Villalba. “And that’s why it’s important for Wake Forest to have these conversations.”
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Wake Forest School of Law goes green Environmental lawyer Scott Schang joins the faculty of Wake Forest School of Law BY CAROLINE WALKER Assistant News Editor walkct18@wfu.edu On July 1, 2019, environmental lawyer Scott Schang will join Wake Forest School of Law as Professor of the Practice of environmental law. He will also be the director of an innovative, non-litigation clinic on environmental law. Currently, Schang is the senior director of corporate engagement at Landesa, a rural development institute that uses legal and political approaches in order to secure land rights for the rural poor and ensure access to land in a sustainable way. At Wake Forest, Schang will contribute his comprehension of the mechanics behind the relationship between law and sustainable development into the classrooms. Schang’s classes work at the environmental law clinic will be invaluable to students seeking aspects of both traditional and experiential learning. “When you study law, you get a reflection back of how society sees ourselves and sees other beings, and you get to wrestle with what you see,” Schang said. Schang also brings his experience from numerous executive-level positions, such as visiting scholar, acting president, ex-
ecutive vice president and senior attorney and co-director of the Africa Program at the Environmental Law Institute, which focuses on developing and enacting legal solutions and policy options that aim toward environmental, economic and social improvements and achievements. He noted that the Environmental Law Institute shaped how he views environmental law, which he sees as a system, a topic he will explain through his courses on environmental law and natural resources. In addition to these roles, Schang was also the former editor-in-chief of the Environmental Law Reporter, and was a contributing author to “Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report.” This was a UN Environment report that assessed the effectiveness of environmental rule of law and found that a global trend of weak enforcement has led to a notable increase
in threats to the environment, despite efforts to increase environmental legal protections. Schang was also an adjunct professor at George Washington University. In addition to his high level of professional involvement with and achievements in the areas of both environmental law and policy, Schang offers a unique perspective on environmental policy and the features of wilderness and conservation thanks to his growing up in the rural farmland and countryside of Indiana. “I come from a farming background and I tend to think of resources as what fuels society and what makes us who we are — it's everything from our food to what builds our houses,” Schang said. Within his environmental law clinic, Schang mentioned that he is interested in providing students with a variety of experiences like writing memos on companies,
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Wake Forest School of Law's main building is the Worrell Professional Center. Scott Schang, a new Professor of the Practice, will join the faculty on July 1, 2019.
informing transactional work and drafting amicus curiae briefs. He also explained that he looks forward to engaging with the students more directly through experiential learning. He seeks to provide experience and comprehension both of what it’s like to practice law in the microcosm of Winston-Salem and of the practice of legal solutions and policy approaches at the macro-level of national issues and debates on environmental law. Schang looks forward to teaching classes within the practice of environmental law here at Wake Forest and exploring policy and legal developments in this area with his students. “I hope to learn how to teach better, to be a good resource for the students and the faculty and how to teach in law school in a way that students learn,” explained Schang. Schang looks forward to what he envisions as a collaborative learning environment, especially in the context of his newly-created environmental law clinic that will provide hands-on experience and an opportunity for students to visibly perceive the impacts and implications of environmental law on society as a whole. Schang reflected that one of his favorite definitions of a teacher is from Theodore Roethke: “Teacher: one who carries on his education in public.”
The biological science behind falling in love Discover the psychological and scientific mechanisms behind love BY KILEY PRICE Associate Science &Technology Editor prickj15@wfu.edu As you peruse the sea of written loving sentiments lining the greeting card aisle of Target, trying to decide on the perfect prose to give to your partner for Valentine’s Day, you may be wondering how you got to that point. According to the Hallmark Corporation, approximately 145 million people a year are in the same position as you, buying a card for that special someone. With love in the air, and an influx of Wake Forest couples snatching up reservations downtown for the night of Feb. 14, it is the ideal time to learn more about the science and psychology behind love and attraction. One of the primary models used to research this complex emotion is a furry little rodent known as the prairie vole. Prairie voles are one of the only species in the animal kingdom that are monogamous and mate for life. When a prairie vole meets it mate, it partakes in a behavior known as pair bonding and will spend
the rest its life with its mate, producing offspring and remaining close. This behavior is so unique that scientists have spent their career studying it, especially Dr. Larry Young, from Emory University School of Medicine. Through his studies, Young determined that the reasoning behind this lifelong bond is hormones, specifically oxytocin and vasopressin. Female prairie voles will release an excess of oxytocin, which is commonly referred to as “the cuddle hormone,” when they are around their mates while males release vasopressin, another hormone that promotes deep bonds. Unlike other voles, the location of the neuroreceptors for these hormones are located in the brain’s pleasure center. If you have ever been in love, or seen a pal head over heels for someone, you may be observing signs of obsession. Like prairie voles, humans produce a series of hormones, including oxytocin and vasopressin, which mimic the signs of addiction. These tiny creatures are a useful model for determining some factors involved in monogamy and attraction, but the best model of study are obviously actual humans. As a senior research fellow at the Kinsey Institute and the chief scientific advisor to Match.com, Helen Fisher is one of the world’s leading experts on the scien-
tific side of love in humans. During her many studies on this emotion, Fisher determined that love is broken down into three different categories of emotion: lust, attraction and attachment. Feelings of lust are typically centered in the brain’s hypothalamus, which produces sex hormones like testosterone and estrogen. Contrary to popular belief, testosterone increases in both males and females when they spot someone who gets them “excited.” In purely biological terms, a human’s primary goal in life is to reproduce and pass on their genes, so lust is a clear component in love. Watching people in love can often be as disturbing as it is endearing. Often referred to as “the honeymoon phase,” people in new relationships tend to spend every moment together, occasionally even forgetting to eat or sleep, but there is actually a scientific explanation behind this attraction component. When a person is with someone who is giving them constant sexual gratification and companionship, their brain releases a reward in the form of the dopamine hormone. Dopamine is associated with energetic feelings of happiness and is potentially the reason behind a new couple’s nonstop grins. Attraction has also been
proven to decrease serotonin, which is involved in both appetite and mood. One of the most important psychological factors involved in love is attachment. Like the prairie voles, humans in longterm relationships have shown increased levels of oxytocin and vasopressin. The other times these hormones are released in excess are during sex, breast-feeding and childbirth, which are all major bonding moments in life. While many use the phrase “follow your heart,” it is actually more likely that the hormones in your brain one driving your relationship decisions.
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Only three percent of mammal species form lifelong bonds, including prairie voles.
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“ theory ignores subjective reality Simplified gender Theoretical Misuse
The dilution of important theoretical work surfaces as a misunderstood threat to masculinity
Jack Portman
Staff Columnist porttjt17@wfu.edu It apparently doesn’t go without saying that masculinity is socially constructed. Anthropologist David Gilmore defines it as “the approved way of being an adult male in a given society.” It is situated historically and contextually — my masculine experience likely differs from those of males in Ethiopia or Norway. An individual acquires masculinity through interpellation, a process of internalizing socially prescribed expectations. The means by which these “elusive or exclusionary image[s] of manhood” arise are just as diverse as the conceptions of masculinity they create. This must be acknowledged if one is to understand toxic
The particular shape one’s masculinity takes is largely informed by other aspects of identity such as gender, ethnicity and class.” masculinity: testosterone contributes to biological maleness, not socially constructed masculinity. The particular shape one’s masculinity takes is largely informed by other aspects of identity such as gender, ethnicity and class. How these identities intersect contributes to the extent of one’s advantage or disadvantage in society. In this way, masculinity is experienced differently by everybody — it isn’t ubiquitous. The diversity in how people conceive of masculinity makes rigid expectations of masculine behavior dangerous. When a boy abstains from an athletic competition and is called a bitch by his male peers, gendered behavioral expectations have limited his capacity for self-determination and inflected femininity with negative gender stereotypes. When he departs from the standard uniform and his male peers say
he dresses like a queer, his self expression is infringed upon, and queer identities are essentialized. Toxic masculinity is prohibitive of a person’s ability to express their identity. It leaves no room for gender fluidity and promotes strict adherence to a regimen of machismo, intimidation, aggressive sexuality and power brokerage. Masculinity that perpetuates male privilege is also considered toxic. An analysis of how men exercise power in social and occupational settings suggests that notions of male supremacy exist within the structure of toxic masculinity. That the United States has yet to elect a female president illustrates how ideals of leadership and power are largely conflated with maleness. That the criticism facing female politicians regards how they dress and how they assert themselves further exemplifies that our political institutions are gendered. Feminist theory doesn’t aggravate an irrational rejection of masculinity; scholars such as Peggy McIntosh react critically to their disadvantaged prospects, disregarded contributions and diminished roles in an
aggressively gendered society. To describe feminist theorists as “men-haters” is profoundly problematic and implies an allegiance with the system of toxic masculinity and those who perpetuate it. The visceral masculine impulse to reject feminist theory for its analysis of male hegemony reflects the precariousness of its institution, as does disproportionate and irrelevant criticism of female politicians. Masculinity is fine when it can be enjoyed in its total variety and when it doesn’t employ privilege to maintain exclusionary male groups. But toxic masculinity is exercised all too frequently, and men may not notice the extent to which they benefit from it. As such, when their privileged is checked, it may feel like oppression. How does the self-identifying male who “will never truly understand” the hegemonic influence of toxic masculinity proceed? Enroll in a Women and Gender Studies class. Only by contextualizing one’s identity in the historical processes that gave it value and the social structures that continually reenforce it can one fully perceive the nature of its impact.
sion of the spoken word, all borne out of internet interaction, make conflict a near-impossibility. Conflict is an intensification of our day-to-day reality, a full-bodied, verbal volley that demands a rhetorical presence anathema to the comment-board’s unlimited time allowance. Faces redden, words dissolve on our tongue and fidgeting breaks the tide of thought. But this has always been a natural reaction to the potential embarrassment of argument; the issue now is that we are unable to override our ego’s fears and tap into the ego’s hubris. Internet existence not only deprives us of conversation, the real training ground for conflict communication, but etherealizes our arguments so that we never see them in human practice. The world now not only deteriorates our sophistication of thought, but more importantly, it deteriorates our sophistication of expression. Although writing texts and posting comments increases the volume of thoughts expressed, the Internet shorthand, paired with the absence of verbalization, places such thoughts into a realm altogether inhuman. They exist among the clouds, peppered with alien jargon and graph-
ic pictures, forming a sort of code for thought. The consequence of our reductive pictograms is an increased difficulty generating or responding in real time to a complex argument. Pair that with the innate physical disincentives of conflict, and you create a generation that is slowly losing their language faculties. It makes sense why the Greco-Roman society lauded their great orators like Cicero. The verbal skills they possessed worked because language is the nearest human degree, and good oratory is hard to fake, especially since it usually involves embodiment, a physical conviction as well as a mental and spiritual one. So, we need a history, our history, to dredge up every time we see conflict on the horizon. Our ahistorical language of the present, sustained by world-wary parents and Internet distillations, prevents us from compiling instructive experience, and retards the collective imagination. If we can’t look to our history, either because our parents won’t let us develop one or the pixels on the screen scramble its eloquence, my note of sedition might sound less of the Luddite and more of the suicidal.
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Our generation’s screen time reduces our ability to effectively articulate arguments
Kyle Ferrer
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iGen or Gen Z (my generation) is bad at handling conflict, and the declensions are telling: the primacy of the first-person, proliferated by Apple products, and the terminal letter of the alphabet. Our solipsism is bounded only by its conception that the universe also ends with us and therefore depends on us. That is why, ironically enough, we steer clear of conflict, resent being in its midst and flounder painfully when inevitably faced with its resolution. It is a distinctly millenarian phenomenon, stemming from two things: helicopter parenting and, in my view, a filtered and screened-off universe. As parents increasingly shield their children from conflict,
The world now not only deteriorates our sophistication of thought, but more imporantly, it deteriorates our sophistication of expression.” stepping in at the slightest intimation of friction or stymying social interaction in preemptive retreat, they generate an almost unconscious aversion to conflict. Their well-intended aegis is bulletproof, but the insidious evil of perfection comes from its naivety. And this reality has been well documented — parents raising their kids in a kind of ahistorical state, disallowing decisions and preventing the build-up of psychological scar tissue one needs in the real world. This could be a symptom of the moment, the progressive coddling of the American mind, or a reaction to the arduous childhoods some of our parents lived. Whatever the sociological rationale is, I think there is another massive contributor to my generation’s inability to agonize (in the traditional Greek sense of the word), and that reason is the screen. The social isolation, the short-wavelength, emotional volatility and the ero-
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“ finds its home in Virginia Moral turpitude Political Devolution
The line of descending moral ineptitude and procedural work-arounds is disturbing
Amanda Wilcox Staff Columnist wilcaf16@wfu.edu
To say that developments in Virginia politics have been dizzying and downright heartbreaking lately does not begin to describe what has happened in Richmond over the past two weeks. When I wrote my last column in the Old Gold & Black after a racist photo on Gov. Ralph Northam’s Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook page came to light, the best path forward seemed obvious: Northam should resign and leave the governorship to Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax in accordance with the Virginia constitution. I thought at the time that by forfeiting the trust of his constituents, Northam had lost the right to govern, and that if Fairfax became Virginia’s second African-American governor, he would be well-positioned to lead the Commonwealth as it grappled with the aftermath of the crisis. I was hopeful that that transition would occur quickly. But everything has changed since then.
Obviously, he has not begun to understand the depth of the progress that he needs to make internally, much less as Virginia's governor." Not only has Northam vowed to stay in office, but controversies have also engulfed the next two constitutionally designated successors to the governorship, adding to Virginia politics’ extraordinary turmoil. Two women have come forward to accuse Fairfax of sexual assault — one from Duke University in 2000 and one from the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004. Almost all of the Democratic leaders and lawmakers who had favored Fairfax becoming governor just one week prior then pivoted and called for him to resign. Then, to deepen the crisis, Attorney General Mark Herring admitted that he had worn blackface at a party in 1980 when he was 19 years old. The fourth in the line of succession for the governorship is Del. Kirk Cox, the Speaker of the House of Delegates — a Republican. Virginia now faces an excruciating set of possible outcomes, and Old Dominion voters like me have no direct say. If Northam stays in office, or if Fairfax or Herring succeeds him, the governor will be compromised. If all three resign, the moral authority of government will be preserved, but the new governor will come from a party which the majority of Virginians did not choose. Only elections should change partisan control.
To be sure, the only reason why the House of Delegates is currently in Republican control, 51 to 49 — and why Cox is fourth in line to be governor — is because the race that was pivotal for control of the lower chamber of the General Assembly ended in a statistical tie. Virginia State Board of Elections officials decided the outcome by literally pulling the winner’s name from a bowl. While resignation would be the just and honorable choice for Northam, Fairfax and Herring, a Cox administration would still not be a good outcome for residents of the Commonwealth, in my view. Virginia Democratic lawmakers on Sunday circulated a draft resolution to begin impeachment proceedings against Fairfax if he does not resign, but waters are very murky in regards to whether the sexual assault accusations against him — or his recent claims that the allegations were a smear campaign orchestrated by Northam and Mayor of Richmond Levar Stoney — could be considered impeachable offenses under the Virginia constitution. Democrats would also face an uncomfortable dynamic if they ponder ousting Fairfax, a black man, while two white men accused of racism stay in office. The Washington Post also released a flowchart outlining complex possibilities in which Democrats could finagle a governorship held by someone other than Northam, Fairfax, Herring or Cox. For example, Fairfax could resign and Northam could appoint a new lieutenant governor
before resigning himself, and the new lieutenant governor could assume the governorship. But at this point, thanks to the mile-a-minute news cycle, chances are high that attention will move on from the travails of Virginia politics and all three men will stay in office for the duration of their terms. Weirdly, as the political situation deteriorates and they continue to stubbornly hang on, that’s probably the most likely (albeit still abhorrent) scenario. Although Fairfax continues to vehemently deny the accusations against him, both Northam and Herring have technically apologized, but sorry is never good enough for behavior too egregious to be swept away. And neither of them have had a true road-to-Damascus moment. In a forehead-on-the-keyboard interview on “Face the Nation” this week after his scandal came to light, Northam referred to the slaves who arrived on Virginia’s Eastern Shore beginning in 1619 as “indentured servants from Africa.” Obviously, he has not begun to understand the depth of the progress that he needs to make internally, much less as Virginia’s governor. Recent days have been difficult to endure as a Virginian proud of my home and once proud of those who governed it. Even if the three top statewide officials survive their respective scandals and cling to their offices, the rest of the Old Dominion state — most especially persons of color and women — will be dealing with the consequences for a long time to come.
or objectifying their peers. It’s the reason school-age girls are held to unfair dress code standards. Being a confident man is good; being toxic in your masculinity is not. Any so-called “attack on masculinity” is likely a misinterpretation, and a dangerous one at that. Calling out toxic masculinity is not meant to be a condemnation of men and is vital in dismantling rigid, antiquated stereotypes that limit and hurt all genders. No one is saying that being a man is bad. We are saying that acting problematically and blaming it on “trying to be manly” is. The purpose of this is also definitely not to say that it is better off for men to be feminine. However, describing this statement as “laughable” is a perfect example
of toxic masculinity itself. If one truly sees men and women as equal, why would femininity ever have a negative connotation? When confidence in oneself as a man relies on insulting women and maintaining a tough-guy attitude, it may be time to look in the mirror and think about the motivations and societal standards that have shaped one’s beliefs. It’s okay to be proud to be a man, but it will never be okay to ignore the reality of the privileged position that maleness gives you, and it will never be okay to use your definition of manliness to degrade, criticize and demean women and the issues we face everyday.
“ their privilege without compromising it Men can recognize Political Theory
There is a more accomodating stance than #NotAllMen that allays the concerns of both sides
Carly Bolton
Staff Columnist boltcf16@wfu.edu In 2019, the Internet rules the world, particularly in the realms of communication and current events. Thanks to popular platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr, every political wave, social justice movement and hot button issue can often be reduced down to a hashtag. Whether it’s a tragically symbolic one, such as #MeToo, or an event turned meme, such as #RIPHarambe, these little internet words often become universally recognized. One such phrase is #NotAllMen. #NotAllMen is frequently used as a rallying cry from “nice guys” who, rather than listen and empathize when women share their societal struggles, want to defend their own innocence. For instance, a woman might tweet about her experience of being afraid to ride alone in an elevator with a man at night. It’s almost inevitable that someone will chime in with “You probably didn’t need to be scared #NotAllMen!!!!!!” Another common use of
#NotAllMen is frequently used as a rallying cry from 'nice guys' who, rather than listen and empathize...want to defend their own innnocence." #NotAllMen can be seen when critiques of rape culture or traditional patriarchal society are misinterpreted or seen as personally offensive attacks. The usage of #NotAllMen as a response to the phrase “toxic masculinity” epitomizes this trend. Toxic masculinity (read: not "masculinity is toxic") is a term frequently used in feminist rhetoric that describes the harmful effects of stereotypical manliness in a patriarchal society. This can include the demonization of emotionally sensitive men, the attitude that “real” men can never be victims of assault and the “boys will be boys” mindset that excuses the misbehavior and aggression of young males. While women have suffered historically from the impacts of toxic masculinity, all of these examples also show that the standards created by toxic masculinity are detrimental to men as well. Many people hear the words “toxic masculinity” and assume the worst: it’s just another way of saying all men are horrible. This belief could not be more false. Toxic masculinity is the reason young boys are afraid to cry or be too “sensitive.” It’s the reason adolescent boys develop unhealthy attitudes about competing for girlfriends
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“ puts undue strain on citizens New tax law Tax Repercussions
Trump's new tax cut may help the rich keep their money, but it depletes the poor of theirs
Kasy Heath
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I just filed my taxes, and uh, there’s a problem here. Not a little problem like, “Damn I forgot to let out my dog before I left for school so now there’s probably poop in my living room,” but a big problem as in, “I’m royally f--ked, what’s really going on here?” Each year since I was 16 years old, I received a tax refund. Being a poor student who’s had to support herself since I first started working, I tried to be practical with money even as a teenager: save some, pay my phone bill and pay for my speech and debate tournaments. Now as an adult who has rent, car payments, groceries, utilities, hospital bills, credit card bills and future student loan payments, I need a tax refund more than ever to help curtail those costs that often seem overwhelming to deal with in addition to being a full-time student. Not only did I not get a refund this year, I owe the federal and state government roughly $2,300. I don’t even remotely have that type of money laying around.
You are not "America First" if the only people you look out for in your policy-making are the ones in the top tax brackets." That’s something that many people in my circumstances are facing now. Because of the new tax law, I didn’t fit the criteria to write off my hospital bills or claim an educational tax credit. To add insult to injury, the new tax law prohibited me from adjusting my gross annual income because my job reported more money than I made as a waitress because they didn’t account for the money that I tip out. So now, instead of sitting down with pen and paper to strategize how I was going to spend my refund, I have to sit down with pen and paper to figure out what I’m going to have to cut back on in order to make payments to the IRS. It’s all thanks to President Donald Trump, his fellow Republicans in office and his supporters. The kicker in all of this? With the exact same number I made, if I would’ve had any dependents, I would’ve received not only the amount of money that I owe, but more. I understand that having dependents is an ongoing financial cost, but I have costs too that can be burdensome and overwhelming. Why do I have to be somebody’s baby mama or be filthy rich to get a refund or tax break now with this new law?
To conservative lawmakers, congratulations. You proudly created a law that makes poor people like me, who work hard for the things that they do have while trying to better themselves, poorer so rich people can keep more money in their pockets. You are not “America First” if the only people you look out for in your policy making are the ones in the top tax brackets. To the rich people who are celebrating their tax “victory,” congratulations, you are some selfish human beings. That $2,300 that I owe may be chump change to you, but is literally devastating and anxiety-inducing to me.
To Trump voters who are feeling the same effects that I am this tax season and are just now expressing outrage towards him, congratulations, you all are also some selfish human beings. You overlooked Trump ripping families apart at the border, continuously lying to the public as a pastime and exhibiting other unethical and immoral actions, but only get upset with him when your money gets affected? Interesting. I have to go now. I’m at my word maximum and I need to go donate plasma to go towards paying my taxes. Thanks, Trump.
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Wake Forest Baseball 2019 Season Preview The Deacs look to a successful season ahead of first game this Friday BY JOSEPH RAFSHOON Contributing Writer rafsjm17@wfu.edu Spring is quickly approaching, and that means baseball is back. The nationally ranked Wake Forest baseball team has high hopes, as eight of nine starters return for the 2019 season. The first game is at home this upcoming Friday, Feb. 15 at 4 p.m against Sacred Heart. Wake Forest baseball is ranked 20th to start the season, their highest placement to start a season since 2003. Wake Forest baseball is also the only team ranked in the top 25 that had a losing record to end last season. To the players’ disappointment, the Demon Deacons went 23-27 overall and 13-17 in ACC conference play during their 2018 campaign. Georgia native and sophomore Wake Forest centerfielder DJ Poteet believes that 2019 will be a more successful one for the Deacs as multiple sophomores “have a season under their belt,” as Poteet described. The team’s ranking is deserved and that they “are capable of being even higher and even being the best team in the country,” Poteet said. The Deacons will need to marshall Poteet’s confidence as they play in one of the hardest conferences in the nation. Besides
Wake Forest, the ACC has four teams ranked in the top 25 including Louisville (4), North Carolina (7), Florida State (13) and Clemson (24). The Deacons have games scheduled with three of those four teams, but Poteet said that the schedule will not bother them. “We know it's going to be tough competition,” Poteet said. “We have the pitching staff and offense to compete with all those teams.” The team is counting on senior second baseman Jake Mueller, who led the team with hits and average last year. Mueller started every game for the Deacons in 2018 and is a mainstay on the bases with an extraordinary on-base percentage of .420. Mueller will create havoc for opposing pitchers as he gets on base any way he can to ignite the Deacon offense. Along with Mueller, AllAmerican sophomore Bobby Seymour, a power hitter who had a stellar freshman season, will start at first base. In addition, junior infielder Patrick Frick, a versatile player who plays every field position except pitcher and catcher, will lead off for the Deacons. Offense should not be a problem for the Deacons, but the pitching rotation is where the uncertainty lies. The 2018 pitching staff struggled as they posted a combined 5.19 era. The rotation must step up to fill the hole on the mound that star pitcher Rayne Supple left on his way to the draft. Supple was a lockdown guy for the Deacs last year, as he posted an astonishing 2.11 ERA. However, expect the sophomore pitchers
like Antonio Menendez and William Fleming to “take [them] over the hump,” as Poteet said. Pitchers like Menendez and Fleming will have to step up to replace Supple, and it is still unclear who will emerge as the new lockdown pitcher for the Deacons. Poteet illustrates that the team has high hopes for a turnaround this season. “We know we have the talent to get to Omaha,” he said. Poteet illuminated the fact that Omaha is even vocalized as the goal for this season. It seems this team is not afraid to dream big. An NCAA tournament appearance is not enough to quench the thirst for this team. The Demon Deacon baseball
squad has already set its hopes on Omaha, and why not? This team has experience and skill and the hard work ethic to make their dreams reality. But the Deacons should take it one game at a time. Multiple talented teams around the country have the same goal. Poteet himself has dedicated time during the offseason to getting stronger from hard work in the weight room. Even after leading the team in home runs in 2018, Poteet is determined to get his game “to a new level.” This attitude encapsulates the team mindset as the Deacons look to come home with hardware at the end of the season.
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The Deacs have their first home game, against Sacred Heart, on Friday Feb. 15. With eight of nine starters returning, the Deacs aim for a successful season.
AAF makes promising debut with first game The new Alliance of American Football took America by storm in the inaugural game that took place on Saturday, Feb. 9 BY SAM WEXLER Sports Editor wexlsn17@wfu.edu They say all good things must come to an end, but what if they don’t? Just when America thought football was over, the Alliance of American Football (AAF) proved us wrong. Maybe it’s reconciliation for the fact that the NFL simply seems to continue crowning the Patriots as champions. Maybe it’s just good luck. It’s as if the football gods knew that Wake Forest fans would not be able to go about their lives without John Wolford winning the starting quarterback job in team camp. Whatever the football gods are doing, they’re doing it right. For a little background, every player is paid the same threeyear, non-guaranteed $250,000 contract with built-in bonuses for meeting performance goals. Each weekend, there will be four games, two each on Saturday night, one Sunday afternoon and another Sunday night, with the schedule culminating in the title game on April 27, the last day of the NFL Draft. It’s a place for NFL dropouts or undrafted guys to prove their worth and try to make it to the big leagues. It’s truly quite entertaining. The Alliance of American Football, more simply known as the AAF, took America by storm in the first game ever. The first two games ever aired on CBS back-to-back. The San Diego Fleet took on the San Antonio Commanders, while the Atlanta Legends took on the Orlando Apollos. While the
Super Bowl saw lower fan engagement than the MLS championship, the AAF premiere garnered more viewers than the NBA games on ABC. The NBA game wasn’t a dud either. It featured James Harden’s Houston Rockets and Russell Westbrook’s Oklahoma City Thunder. Unlike a lot of NBA games, it was a fantastic game that ended with a comeback Thunder win. In brief, the AAF did a 2.1 overnight rating while a marquee NBA matchup between the league’s last two MVPs did 2.0. Obviously, there are some issues with this statistic. Evidently, this was the premiere of the league, so it’ll draw some viewers who are simply curious. Those viewers definitely may not last, seen through leagues like the USFL and XFL, who had fantastic ratings right away that burnt out quickly. Regardless, it’s a win for the AAF. Most social media reactions were pretty positive, leaving a good impression in the eyes of most. The biggest challenge will be if and when the games leave primetime CBS networks and end up on smaller or local channels. You have to start somewhere, so this constitutes a good start in my book. There were too many storylines to run with after even just the first two games on Saturday. The one I want to play with is how amazing John Spurrier is. He is truly a national treasure. So, Spurrier, he was a legendary college coach, led the Washington Redskins from 2002 to 2003, and then returned to the sidelines to coach in the AAF at the age of 73. The highlight of Spurrier’s sideline debut was the microphone catching him telling the quarterback, “Tell him to catch it this time.” That just encapsulates everything that is to love about both Spurrier and this league. To make it even better, Spurrier ran the Philly Special, a play that the Philadelphia Eagles made famous in the Super Bowl that is a trick pass play.
Sunday night was on that many Demon Deacon football fans will remember forever, as John Wolford took the stage once again. After winning the quarterback battle in camp, Wolford led the Arizona Hotshot’s offense for the first game in franchise history. Wolford also made his mark as the quarterback responsible for the first pass touchdown, points and two-point conversion in franchise history. He absolutely went off, playing arguably the best first game of anyone in the AAF. The Hotshots beat the Salt Lake Stallions, 38–22, while Wolford went 18–for–29 with 275 yards and four touchdowns. He was the talk of the Twitter world, with all sorts of celebrities and sports bloggers getting a look at the quarterback that won the Belk Bowl MVP award a few short years ago. It gave the world a glimpse of the John Wolford we know and love, a clutch player when needed and a leader on the field. I’m excited to see what comes next for John, the Arizona Hotshots and the Alliance of American Football as a whole.
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The AAF kicked off its inaugural season on Feb. 9, 2019, one week after the NFL Super Bowl LIII.
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ACC Men's Basketball: Week in review After a tough home loss to Duke, UVA won on the road against UNC BY DANIEL PACHINO Senior Writer pachdb15@wfu.edu After a few boring weeks in a row following the Duke win over Virginia at Cameron Indoor Stadium, this past week in the ACC delivered an incredibly memorable slate of exciting games. With a number of the ACC’s top teams squaring off, the week was primed for plenty of drama. A pair of awesome games on Saturday as well as big showdowns on each Monday and Tuesday night made for a great week of ACC basketball. To start, No. 16 Louisville had a fourday span that they will quickly want to forget. On Saturday, the Cardinals blew a 10-point second half lead on the road at No. 22 Florida State and on Tuesday night they blew a 23-point second half lead at home to Duke — more on that later. Louisville led the Seminoles 5242 midway through the second half in Tallahassee, yet Chris Mack’s team was unable to close the deal. FSU’s Mfiondu Kabengele and Terrance Mann combined for 42 points to help force overtime where they shot 11-12 from the free throw line as a team to garner a massive 80-75 comeback win. While this road loss was tough for Louisville, things got much worse for them at home on Tuesday night against the No. 2 Blue Devils. Saturday night’s big game was the College Gameday game of the week, No. 2 Duke at No. 3 Virginia. Their first match-up was a back-and-forth game that went down to the wire and saw
Duke narrowly edge out the Cavaliers on their home court. This Saturday, the Blue Devils played arguably their best game of the season. Duke is a team much better known for its swarming defense and transition offense than for its three-point shooting, but on Saturday night they were lights out from deep. As a team they shot 61.9 percent from three — RJ Barrett was 6-10 and Cam Reddish was 5-8. Almost any night UVA shoots over 45 percent from the field and 40 percent from three as a team and scores at least 65 points, which they did, you can all but guarantee a win for them, but not Saturday as they were simply outplayed by a more talented team. In
a consistently close game, Duke almost always seemed in control and stretched their lead in the closing moments of the game to earn an excellent 81-71 win over one of the best teams in the country on the road. Just two days later on Monday night, UVA was able to avenge their tough loss to Duke with an excellent road win at No. 8 North Carolina. Carolina came into this game as one of the hotter teams in the country, but Virginia’s stifling pack-line defense and elite outside shooting proved too much for the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, NC. After letting Duke shoot the lights out two nights prior, UVA held UNC to 35.4 percent
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After a tough loss to Duke in Charlottesville over the weekend, UVA Men's Basketball bounced back to beat UNC on the road in an exciting game.
shooting overall from the floor. While Carolina struggled to shoot efficiently, they remained in the game all night until Virginia’s Kyle Guy (20 points) iced the game with back-to-back three-point daggers in the final minutes. After falling to a great Duke team Saturday, Virginia showed why they’re one of the nation’s best with this great road win. The game of the week, however, came on Tuesday night when Duke somehow managed to claw its way back from the dead down 23 points at Louisville. For the first 31 minutes of the game, Louisville completely outplayed Duke and was running them out of the gym. Then, however, Duke remembered it is the most talented team in college basketball and turned on the jets. Mike Krzyzewski opted for a smaller lineup of Tre Jones, Barrett, Reddish, Zion Williamson and backup point guard Jordan Goldwire. The Devils ran a full court 2-2-1 zone press that the Cardinals could not decipher, forcing 15 turnovers and just 2-10 shooting by Louisville in the final nine minutes. Duke kept getting stops and cutting into the deficit, when all of a sudden they found themselves tied with 1:28 left after a massive three-pointer by Reddish. Williamson was phenomenal in the second half, battling his four fouls to record 27 points. With the game tied at 69, Reddish drove and was called for a charge that was reversed to a block as the Louisville defender was in the restricted area and he hit the game winning free throws. This remarkable comeback showed just how special and difficult to defeat this Duke team is. On the other side, a previously hot Louisville team will try to quickly forget this week that was memorable for all the wrong reasons.
NHL: Teams begin to battle for a playoff spot Following the All-Star break, many teams in the in the Eastern Conference are looking strong for the playoffs BYSAM WEXLER Sports Editor wexlsn17@wfu.edu As the All-Star Break ended, I gave an overall view at how the standings looked for the National Hockey League. Now, as the playoffs draw nearer, we take a look at who has risen and fallen since. Given the rigorous schedule of the NHL, two weeks can make or break a season. With multiple games a week, sometimes back-to-back, one injury or small team skid can make all the difference. That being said, let's look at how the standings are looking now. Eastern Conference Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but the Tampa Bay Lightning are absolutely on fire. The All-Star break didn’t seem to be an issue for the Lightning in the slightest, as they continue their climb to the Presidents' Trophy. Since the last time we visited the standings, the Lightning have only lost one time. They’ve garnered two more ties but only fallen twice. They look to be unbeatable at this point, so it will be interesting to see if the President's Trophy curse can strike down the powerhouses of the NHL today. They’re a sure bet for the playoffs and currently have a 24 percent chance to win the Cup. Also in the Atlantic, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins look to be in great shape to make it to the playoffs. In the Metropolitan,
the New York Islanders are currently reigning supreme, with their closest rival in the Washington Capitals a handful of points back. The Capitals, Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins are all within a few points, so it should be exciting to see how the playoff race turns out for them. The Hurricanes are very close behind, with about a 50 percent chance to make the playoffs, so the end of the season will vital. Western Conference Over in the West, the Calgary Flames are the closest thing to a lock for the playoffs that the West has this year. They’ve fallen farther behind the Lightning, with the gap up to 10 points at one point, but still look strong. The Winnipeg Jets and San Jose Sharks have come on strong, however, and they closed the gap between them and the Flames to just a point. They both will most definitely join the Flames in the playoff. The Central Division in particular has experienced much more separation coming off the break. The Nashville Predators are only a few points back from the Jets, yet the Dallas Stars are much closer in points to the last-place Blackhawks and Avalanche than the Jets. Even so, the Stars will probably make the playoffs just given the way the numbers end up shaking out. In the Pacific, the San Jose Sharks are definitely the biggest winner, sneaking up behind the Flames as of late. The Golden Knights are also making a good playoff push, upping their chances to make the playoffs to around 75 percent. Other than those three, the Pacific is looking pretty weak this year, I don’t foresee any late pushes amounting to anything.
In total, it looks to be another great few weeks of hockey before the standings really get shaken out. For some teams, this year will really come down to the wire. Others, however will simply try to glide in as easy as possible to both a Presidents' Trophy victory and a playoff berth.
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The Columbus Blue Jackets played against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday.
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Spotlight: Eric Bae BY SAMANTHA WEXLER Sports Editor wexlsn17@wfu.edu
is getting better from year to year. I expect the players to come after I graduate to get better from the time they enter.
Hailing from the golf Mecca of Pinehurst, NC, Eric Bae was destined to play golf. His older sister, Sarah, led the way in playing for an in-state university, playing at both High Point and NC State. In high school, Bae made his presence known. The 2015 North Carolina 4A state champion and 2016 4A runner-up, he led Pinecrest High School to three team state championships. In 2015, Bae was named the Carolinas Golf Association junior player of the year while reaching match play at both the 2014 and 2015 U.S. Junior Tournament. Bae was named to the PING AllEast Team as a freshman, playing in 10 events with a stroke average of 72.70. During his freshman year, he had two top-five finishes, had five top-20 finishes, including a tie for 18th at the ACC Championship, and qualified for the 2017 U.S. Amateur. As a sophomore, he played in 12 events with a stroke average of 72.69, garnering two top-10 finishes. Bae tallied a season-best runner-up finish at the Stitch Intercollegiate, shooting a career-best 64 in the final round. Over the season, he had 18 rounds at par or better. Now, as a junior, Bae looks to return to the course to help bolster a strong Wake Forest roster. In the few fall events, Bae looked stellar, capturing his first individual title ever at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, leading the Deacons to the team title in the process. Additionally, Bae was named the No. 10 player on the United States list of the fall Arnold Palmer Cup rankings.
SW: What newcomers are particularly making a splash this year, and how are they contributing to all sides of the team? EB: Eugenio and Alex came into the team as top-50 amateurs in the world. They brought in a lot of competition and also became a threat to everyone who were stable names in the travel line-up. This made everyone sharpen their games, and we are playing better as a team as a result of that. All the golf freshmen, including Jared, bring individual qualities to the team. They fit in very well and the team
Samantha Wexler: Walk me through last year’s season; how did the team feel about it, and what did you all take away to build on? Eric Bae: Last year, we had a very solid year during the regular season, but at the end of it, we did not make it to nationals, which was very disappointing for everyone, especially since we were a team that was very capable to make it to nationals and compete very well there. So after that, I think that everyone had to take a step back and think of what we had to do to make it through regionals. SW: All of the golf facilities are definitely top notch; how will those help with both the future and the present of Wake Forest golf? EB: Having a top-notch practice facility that is on campus definitely helps a lot, given that we are able to work on all aspects of our games efficiently. There are definitely the tools to improve as a player consistently and become a better team. For the future, I can only see it getting better. We are adding in the putt view, a top-notch synthetic putting green for the winter, and the condition of the golf center
chemistry is good which I think will be good in the long run. SW: There has been a very high standard of play under this coaching staff; what in particular do they bring to the program to continue to compete in the ACC? EB: The coaches bring experience that most of the other teams do not have. Coach Haas has coached many great players and k n o w s what it takes to be a successful team. Both
coaches, Aaron O’Callaghan and Jerry Haas, also know how to develop raw talent of the players they recruit too. I believe that if you ask any of the player that have played under them, that they have improved significantly because of them. SW: The team obviously lost some great players after last season and had great players come in as well. Can you speak to what it took to develop this year’s team chemistry to continue the success? EB: Losing Will Zalatoris and Paul Mcbride definitely hurt a bit, given that they were some of the best college players and very talented. But, I believe that losing them also made other improve and gave others the chance to prove themselves as well. We then gained Alex and Eugenio, who are great players themselves, and in a team sense, I feel as if we are just as good or even better than we were last year. It didn’t take much to develop team chemistry this year. Everyone is very nice and easy to get along with so team chemistry has not been an issue at all. SW: How has spring practice gone so far, and what are you looking forward to as the season progresses? EB: Spring practices have been a bit tough due to the inclement weather, but we have an indoor facility, so we should still be able to keep our game sharp but nothing is like practice and playing outside. What I am looking forward to in the spring? Just competing, I haven’t playing any tournaments since the end of the last tournament, and I’ve been itching to get back to tournament form. SW: What’s your favorite Wake Forest golf memory so far? EB: My favorite memory is playing my first college event as a freshmen because I was not sure if I was good enough to make the travel lineup, much less play well. I think that tournament gave me confidence to know I can compete with these guys.
Personal Profile Hometown: Pinehurst, NC Class: Junior Accolades: - 2015 North Carolina 4A State Champion - Named to the PING All-East Team freshman year - Named No. 10 Player on the United States list of fall Arnold Palmer Cup rankings Performance: -Freshman stroke average of 72.70 -Two top-five finishes -Sophomore stroke average of 72.69 -Two top-10 finishes -Career best of 64 in the Stitch Intercollegiate sophomore year
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Djokovic soars in a triumphant return Former World No. 1 player back on top and doesn’t appear to be leaving any time soon BY KYLE FERRER Opinion Editor ferrka16@wfu.edu What’s the state of ATP Tennis? As the collection of consummate professionals, the historic, quad-threat generation that will walk to their apportioned seat in the tennis Hall of Fame, with all of the aplomb of a deity approaching the throne, slowly fades into the tawny horizon, evincing tears and gratitude from us all, who will emerge as the next best thing? Right now, that’s an impertinent question, because Novak Djokovic, one of those four athletes who changed the game of tennis, found some source of reserves and punished all those who thought the quarry was all out. In shocking fashion, tennis now has a bornagain No. 1. In a transcendent spate of about a year and a half back in 2014, where Djokovic looked as if his limbs were as pliable as putty, and his sibilant quickness traced unconscionable shapes across every court, when it seemed that no player except Djokovic would win anything ever, the world No. 1 staggered and then fell. Icarus chuckled and the tennis world was stupefied.
A mediocre couple of seasons followed, and tennis culture came close to purging the stillyoung Djokovic, relegating him to the background because of injury, domestic strife and domestic joy. Another great, potentially the greatest, lost for incomprehensible reasons. To say the tennis community was traumatized, both from Djokovic’s relentless rise and indomitable reign and his swift, nonsensical skid, would be accurate. His time at the top was quite literally bulletproof. Djokovic was the mayhem-like-me guy from Allstate, thinking of every possible angle of destruction, letting you know he was going to do it, and then executing it with comic perfection. Even when Roger Federer was on top, that onehanded whip of a backhand could reliably shank into the crowd or fly into a lineman. With Djokovic, there was never an inkling of doubt in the audience, nor, it seemed, a glint of hope in the opponent. He was omniscient and omnipotent, unbreakable and unbeatable. And then he was struggling to beat second-rounders with backwards caps. But now where are we, in 2019, on the ATP World Tour? It seems we’re back under Serbian authoritarianism, and I couldn’t be happier. After a rousing Australian Open victory in straight-sets over Rafael Nadal, Djokovic looks to be back in not rare form but his form. One need only to watch the highlights of the Australian Open final to comprehend the impenetrable aegis of Djokovic’s present game.
His two-handers are screaming down the line, his serve has the precision of an astronomical clock and his movement is as sprawling as the Irish countryside. Even Nadal, the scampering Spaniard whose torque and toughness are not to be questioned, simply could not track down the singed felt Djokovic was launching into the hinterlands of play-
able court. By the end of the match, it was total capitulation. The Djokovic of fait accompli victories had returned and the tennis community — players, coaches, fans — had no choice but to recognize that now anyone who takes a shot at the king will probably miss. Welcome back, Novak. Quiet desperation never did suit you.
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Novak Djokovic once again hoists a Grand Slam trophy, and appears to have installed himself at the top of the game after a stretch of poor play.
NBA: Influential players moved to Eastern Conference 24 trades occurred and 57 players changed teams in the 2018-19 NBA market last week. BY RENTING CAI Staff Writer cair17@wfu.edu As the All-Star weekend approaches, each team confirmed their goals for the season and made trades that will help achieve those goals. While some teams kept building up the depth of the lineup, some focused on the future of the team, trading for draft picks and clearing up cap room to attract upcoming free agents. Marc Gasol: Memphis Grizzlies to Toronto Raptors The Grizzlies have the second worst record in the Western Conference right now, and it did not meet Gasol’s standards. Since the start of his career, the former All-Star center had played for the Grizzlies, totalling 11 years, and he asked to be traded partly due to the disappointing performance of the team. Joining the Raptors was beneficial for both Gasol and the Raptors. The Raptors have one of the best records in the league, sitting at second in the Eastern Conference. Acquiring Gasol improved the depth of the lineup. For Gasol, joining the Raptors allowed him to see the hope of winning a championship again. Besides his solid rebound and defense ability, Gasol is also known for his passing. It is a rare talent found in a center, and Gasol could be another offensive organizer on court for the Raptors. More-
over, his 3-point shooting could help stretch the offensive room for the other Raptors’ players to attack the rim. Nikola Mirotic: New Orleans Pelicans to Milwaukee Bucks Mirotic is a strong offensive supplement for the Bucks, as he averages almost 17 points and is 36.8 percent from behind the arc this year. With him on the court stretching the offensive room, the Bucks’ franchise players like Giannis Antetokounmpo can attack the rim more easily. The Bucks are on the top in the Eastern Conference, and their record is also the best in the league. Their playing style this season is putting 3-point shooters alongside Antetokounmpo, and acquiring Mirotic could enrich their offensive plays and continue their leading record.
franchise, and thus he made a trade request to the management. An hour after Porzingis made the request, he was traded to the Mavericks. He will play alongside the Mavericks’ future prospect, Luka Doncic, who’s a rookie also from Europe. The European duo can possibly make some noise next season after Porzingis recovers from the injury. Tobias Harris: Los Angeles Clippers to Philadelphia 76ers Harris is one of the most underrated for-
wards this season, and he was previously the go-to player of the Clippers. The 26-yearold is at his prime, averaging career-high 20 points with 49.6 percent shooting and 43.7 percent 3-point shooting. Harris’ efficiency will be a strong supplement to the young, talented 76ers, who aim to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals in the playoffs this year. Last season, the 76ers lost to Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, but the acquisition of two proficient forwards Jimmy Butler and Harris this season will likely help them reach further in the playoffs.
Kristaps Porzingis: New York Knicks to Dallas Mavericks A 7-foot power center from Europe — does that sound like the Mavericks’ future Hall-of-Fame veteran Dirk Nowitzki? Acquiring Porzingis, the Mavericks seemed to find the successor of 40-yearold Nowitzki. Despite that Porzingis is still recovering from an ACL injury, he was once viewed as an essential prospect of the Knicks. Averaging 20 points last season, he is only 23 years old and still has large potential. However, Porzingis was involved in the trade discussion of acquiring Pelicans star Anthony Davis this season, and he felt upset with that. Moreover, he was disappointed at the lack of competence of the
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Marc Gasol will make the move from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Toronto Raptors after spending 11 illustrious seasons in Memphis.
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Premier League: Play gets stronger What was thought to be a typical week in the Premier League turned out to actually be an exciting one BY CAMERON LIZZA Staff Writer lizzcd17@wfu.edu This week, Premier League fixtures were originally seen as boring, but the results proved that this was not the case. The biggest story so far is that Manchester City’s dominance has lead to their spot at the top of the table. Manchester City defeated Everton 2-0 in the first match of the week on Wednesday. Although Everton finally played with urgency, they could not handle the tactics of Pep Guardiola. Marco Silva, the manager of Everton, cannot motivate his team to win important games and this week was a perfect example. This Everton squad has not lived up to their potential this season. After losing to Manchester City, they had a perfect opportunity to win their confidence back with an away match versus Watford. The match was tight, with chances on both sides but after Watford took the lead in the 65th minute, Everton seemed to lose all hope. With one win in the past five games, including a devastating defeat to Championship side Millwall in the FA Cup, Silva may lose his position as manager after being appointed last May. In other news, teams like Manchester United, Liverpool and Spurs continue to play phenomenal football. Spurs’ fans are relieved with yet another win without stars Harry Kane and Dele Alli. Spurs’ recent performances invoke the famous Beatles’ song: when the team looks like all is lost, “here comes the Son (Heung-min)” to brighten the day of supporters. The South Korean Son Heungmin has scored three crucial goals for the squad since his return. The team has now won three in a row after dropping three of their last four in all competitions. Their win
versus Leicester has proved that teamwork and precise tactics will allow them to maintain their steady thirdplace position. Unfortunately for the Spurs, Manchester United is red hot and are a serious threat. The football world was not taken by surprise with yet another dominant win from Manchester United. Paul Pogba scored a brace. He is easily one of the best players in the Premier League right now, with a mentality that allows him to perform at the highest level. After a unmatched season up to this point, Liverpool has finally been put in hot water. They have lost their position at the top of the table, which has fans worried. Liverpool defeated Bournemouth this weekend, but they are still behind Manchester City on goal differential with a game in hand. Liverpool fans expect wins each weekend, but more importantly, they are monitoring Manchester City. This weekend was the golden opportunity, as Manchester City was predicted to have a difficult match against Chelsea. With both squads in great form, Liverpool fans hoped for a draw, but they were extremely disappointed with the result. Manchester City embarrassed Chelsea with a 6-0 thrashing in the Etihad. Manchester City made a statement early in the game as they were already winning 4-0 by the 26th minute. Sergio Aguero secured his hat trick with a penalty in the 56th minute that gave him his 11th three-goal game in the Premier League; he now shares the record of most career hat tricks in the Premier League with legend Alan Shearer. The reigning champions are in amazing form, which leads to a tight race for the title. As May 12 slowly creeps closer and closer, bottom tier teams are looking to stay out of the relegation zone. Huddersfield, Fulham, Southampton, Cardiff and Newcastle are desperate for points so that they do not get relegated to the Championship. These teams not only need to win versus each other but also surprise upper level teams. Newcastle United almost secured a massive win versus Wolves, but Willy Boly scored a massive equalizer in
stoppage time to bring the match to a draw. Cardiff City also scored a goal in stoppage time that was the difference in the crucial win versus Southampton. Right now, it looks like Hudderfield are already down while Fulham are holding on by a thread leaving Burnley, Brighton, Southampton, Cardiff, Newcastle and Palace minding the drop. Next week, the spotlight is on the Sunday fixture, where Manchester United will face Liverpool at Old Trafford. This will be the most important game so far because Manchester United needs a win to keep their title hopes alive.
Imago/ZUMA Press/TNS Manchester City outscored Everton 2-0, furthering the team’s dominance in the Premier League.
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Robert Redford attempts to recover vitality In the film The Old Man & the Gun, David Lowery explores the subject of aging and liveliness by following the life of Forrest Tucker.
BY KYLE FERRER Opinion Editor ferrka16@wfu.edu Think about the last date you were on — the slashing romanticism, the dive-bomb interest, the earnest conversation. In The Old Man & the Gun, the new film written and directed by David Lowery, Robert Redford, now a creased old man of yesteryear, adds to the list of first-date novelties the hearing-aid routine. And the appropriate response to this obvious physical gimmick is not to cringe but to relish. Redford plays 70-year-old bank robber Forrest Tucker, and when Lowery’s film opens, we are mid-crime. Staring at the back of Redford’s swept locks, arm at an angle, teller loading a bag, we not only get visual eponymy but tonal definition. The Old Man & the Gun seems to be the perfect film for the craggy and wizened Redford, who is cast as a sort of echo of past charisma miraculously (and enjoyably) retaining its shape. The film is based on true the story of Forrest Tucker, the sort of character who’s a mix between Hunter S. Thompson and Jason Statham’s character in Crank. He needs to rob banks to stay alive, to feel alive, otherwise he will wither away like the rest of the gainfully employed. When a policeman confronts him about his proclivity, claiming he could certainly find a better way to make a living, Forrest responds: “I’m not talking about making a living, I’m just talking about living.” But Lowery never ventures into the corny, one-note universe of born-to-be-wild banality that has seemed to saturate films of a similar subject; instead, the crackles of Yulelog dialogue, along with the gentlemanly Redford, pin up the film as a relatively convincing sketch of the way things were. Forrest is not a bad boy, and our relationship to him resembles Nick Cage’s relationship to Elizabeth Shue in Leaving Las Vegas. One takes the other at face value, and instead of trying to change them, simply enjoys their aura and presence. Maintaining an improbable, catch-and-release relationship with prison (he’s broken out 16 times), Forrest has continued to gently deplete banks of small amounts across the United States. Much like the Howard brothers from
Hell or High Water, Forrest never gets greedy, taking only small amounts of unmarked bills. After the first robbery of the film, Forrest meets Jewel (Sissy Spacek), whose equally worn face and steaming truck invite him to come to her aid on the side of the road. The two develop a relationship, and the chemistry between Redford and Spacek is better than anything you’ll see on Valentine’s Day. It’s a cute intermingling, each person brimming with experiences that, at their age, no one wants to bore the other with. Their relationship exists in the present, because the past becomes maudlin and nostalgic, and both actors bring a fresh vitality that inverts their physical appearance (Spacek has begun to form a wonderful habit of this by now, while Redford gives a novel performance, his best in recent memory). But as Forrest and Jewel take the film into what looks like a latter-stages rom-com, their sense of extant vitality is counter-distinguished by Dallas PD detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), who has just been knocked into his forties by, to quote Updike, “a sideways blow.” We see a similarly apathetic and dejected Affleck as we did in Manchester by the Sea, and with each performance, including this one, Casey leaves his brother farther in the dust. A Ghost Story, Lowery’s first film and my favorite of 2017, is an entrancing meditation on grief and love, and in it Affleck exudes more convincing pathos through a sheet than most actors ever do. Realizing he must be proactive, Affleck decides to try to catch the “Over-the-Hill Gang,” as Forrest and his two crew members (Tom Waits and Danny Glover) are named, and simultaneously recapture his vitality. As the crew continues to rob, with a few gruff interludes by Tom Waits, which make for some of the best moments of the film, Hunt begins to follow in temperate pursuit. The foreground comparison between Forrest’s implacable spirit and Hunt’s sagging one, dispensed with measured energy, allows the film to develop opposite the hard-boiled into a disarming display of acting and wit. The lack of relentless plot and a constrictive script gives The Old Man & the Gun a free-flowing, discursive quality that grants us room to meditate on its denser ideas without becoming cold to the touch.
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In a scene near the end of the film, we cross the threshold into Forrest’s reverie. Whereas before we saw him as a quaint, Newman-esque criminal, in his blue suit and hat, we now see the tired and weary dynamo he inevitably is. As Jackson C. Frank’s “Blues Run the Game” plays, Lowery takes us from amused witness to loving compatriot. In a few slow, elegiac frames, the line between character and actor is erased as Forrest, in one of the more “meta” moments in recent film, takes a visual accounting of his life, his career and, unfortunately, looks towards the unfavorable horizon. It is a remarkable sequence, as if Lowery took the significance of his actor’s pedigree and scattered its light to show us the granular texture. In the space of the film’s melancholic present, we are perched on a hill overlooking Forrest, and it’s impossible to avoid, Robert Redford’s great run. What will, ironically, be Casey Affleck in forty years, we recognize on screen as a cadre of consummate professionals (Redford, Spacek, Waits, Glover), imbuing every age, image and dimension of human character with a vitality and power you can only get on film. The 1975 advertisement (Three Days of the Condor) professing the executive beauty and skill of Robert Redford was popular, but ultimately limited because of Redford’s seemingly eternal youth. Now we get a reflective Redford, and realize, as we sometimes fail to do, that our icons are privy to the same rough, temporal bracketing as we are. Redford shows us a bone-deep sadness for the end, the healthy man’s deflection of it, and a deep gratitude for a rich and textured existence. His multi-dimensional performance could have been executed by a slim few, perhaps only Redford himself, and we feel that as deeply as he seems to feel the impending dimness. Forrest Tucker, when he was arrested for the last time, was smiling. After heeding Kerouac, as well as Dylan Thomas’s advice to live mad and rage against the dying light, Forrest enters the last part of his final act. We never see the end, and assume Forrest (nor Redford) will never find a direct way to it either. But as you slow up at the finish of The Old Man & the Gun, having moved through all of its emotional progressions, spiced with humor and humility, you yourself cannot help but do one thing: end up smiling.
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Album Review | thank u, next
Grande proves to be a new breed of pop star The “thank u, next” singer released an album with more gossip than the single BY CATHERINE REGEN Asst. Life Editor regecl17@wfu.edu Last Friday, the world was gifted an iconic new soundtrack courtesy of one Miss Ariana Grande. No stranger to having her personal life dissected by tabloids and the kind people of Twitter, her new album, thank you, next presents her own perspective on the past year. From her breakup with boyfriend of three years Mac Miller, getting swept up in a whirlwind engagement with Pete Davidson, then breaking up with Davidson after the unexpected death of Miller, as well as an ill-advised hand tattoo, she has truly had a time of it. In December, after the release of her breakup anthem “thank u, next,” she announced she would be releasing an album of the same name. That album has arrived, and it is a tour de force performance. Comprised of twelve songs total, the album comes hot on the heels of her last, Sweetener (which incidentally just won a Grammy award for best Pop Vocal Album). Speaking in an interview on the surprise release, Grande stated want-
ing to release music on her own terms, instead of following the typical single + single + album + tour formula that most pop artists live by. The first song of thank u, next is one of three singles Grande released ahead of the album, called “imagine.” The song generated some buzz because of its whistle tones towards the end, as seen when she performed the song live on Jimmy Fallon. The notes show off Grande’s four-octave vocal range. But as you move down the track list the similarities between songs is nowhere to be found. The disjoint, however, seems intentional. The album was reportedly made in just two weeks, and it shows in the almost haphazard jumps in style, tone and substance. As a whole, thank u, next stands to show Grande’s fans and critics that her style has yet to evolve into its final form. As you listen, you can hear her trying to figure out her sound, testing new limits with a venture into R&B in “7 rings.” The most popular songs from the album, if you care about Spotify charts, are “NASA,” “needy” and “bad idea.” Fans have speculated that “NASA” is about a certain ex-fiance comedian who favored wearing hoodies with the Space Association’s logo embroidered on it. This would be especially heartbreaking considering the song is about needing space — an entire universe’s worth.
Grande is an expert at hiding Easter eggs of information or responding vaguely to fans questions on Twitter. With this album she leaves us hanging, waiting for an explanation, or simply more music. The lessons we should take from this album are as follows: 1. A musician simply needs two weeks, a few friends, and a ton of emotional baggage to churn out an album full of chart toppers. 2. A lyricist through and through, Grande evokes vivid imagery with her lyrics. 3. She might be tiny, but her voice can easily fill an arena, which we should expect to be full of fans on the upcoming tour.
THE HOT LIST Top 10 Things I Hate About Valentine’s Day By Catherine Regen A rom com-inspired list for those of us who hate the commercial nonsense that is Valentine’s Day
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Ariana Grande poses with her trademark ponytail on the album cover.
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Roses emit 9000 metric tons of carbon dioxide on V-Day
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Blatant commercialism
Give the best gift for V-Day: sexual health 9. BY LILY WALTER Staff Writer waltlm15@wfu.edu
Let’s talk about sex. And no, this isn’t the beginning of a Salt-n-Pepa song. With the smell of love (or lust) in the air this Valentine’s Day, it’s pretty important to cover some basic ground about sex do’s and don’ts. While the top three rules about sex are consent, consent and consent, it’s also pretty important to get tested. It certainly would be a bummer to give the gift of chlamydia to someone this Valentine’s Day. As college students, we are in the most at-risk population for contracting new sexually transmitted infections, or STIs. (Just for clarification, STIs and STDs are basically the same thing, but the health community is transitioning to using STI, since it more accurately covers all the fun things we can transmit to each other). According to a study done by the CDC, over half of all new cases of STIs are coming out of the college-age population. If that’s not convincing enough, the American Sexual Health Association claims a study that one out of every two sexually active adults will contract an STI by the age of 25. The ASHA study also found that only 12 percent of college students nationwide are getting tested for these STIs.
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The IFC is running a Cookies and Condoms special this Valentine’s Day. Why is this alarming news? Because STIs, when left untreated, can lead to a wide array of unfortunate health ramifications, especially for women. These include fun things like increased susceptibility to more serious STIs like HIV, potential infertility and occasionally life-threatening complications in pregnancies. But don’t worry; the super common STIs that run rampant on campuses nationwide like chlamydia are very treatable, especially when caught early on. In fact, almost all STIs are treatable today, but only when you’re made aware. Like any other aspect of health, it is impossible to get better until you know there is a problem. If you’re thinking to yourself, how on earth do I get tested, you aren’t alone. One stu-
Suicide rates are at their highest this time of year Being called cynical
Sexual Health | STI Testing
With increasing rates in the transmission of STIs, getting tested is important
It originates from Roman traditions of practiced sexism
dent at Wake Forest told me she knows exactly when and where to get a flu shot on campus because they put posters up everywhere, but she’s never seen hide nor hoof mark of a sign encouraging students to get tested. She has a valid point. Wake Forest does actually provide good resources, which we will get into, but doesn’t market it the way we market Shorty’s Trivia or Wake Frost. That’s right, our very own Student Health Services offers STI testing by appointment. And it gets better. If you don’t want to explain to Mom or Dad what that charge on their account is for, which can be an awkward conversation, Wake Forest offers anonymous, free screening on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month. That’s right: you can walk on in, sans appointment, and be tested on a firstcome, first-served basis. If you’re active with multiple partners, remember that prevention is often more effective than treatment. Condoms aren’t just useful in the no-pregnancy department but are also designed to be barriers against infection, like flu masks for our genitals. But remember, it doesn’t hurt to be safe rather than sorry, and using a condom or dental dam isn’t necessarily a guarantee of protection, so any and all sexually active adults should get tested. Trying to think of excuses? Don’t. The process is quick, can be free and ultimately makes life in the future a whole lot simpler for you and any future sexual partners. So give the gift of health this V-Day and head on down to Student Health to get tested, because nothing is sexier than being syphilis-free.
Valentine’s-themed episodes of televison
Literally anything on the Hallmark Channel Conversation hearts Shouldn’t love be celebrated every day?
DRINK OF THE WEEK
• 1 bottle chilled dry Champagne • 4 cups chilled fresh orange juice • 2 cups chilled ginger ale • 1.5 quart orange sherbert In a large punch bowl gently stir together all the liquids. Add the sherbet in generous scoops. The sherbet will slowly melt into the punch. Laddle into rocks glasses and serve! 21+ only please
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Advice Column | Valentine’s Day
Love finds everyone on Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is not only for those with significant others; it can be shared with everyone
BY MACKENZIE NOE Staff Writer noemj18@wfu.edu Valentine’s Day is upon us. A day of love and romance, there are many do’s and don’ts, but have no fear — Auntie Mack is here to ensure your day is filled with love. Just follow these tips and you’ll be set! You will only benefit from Valentine’s Day, also known as Single Awareness Day (S.A.D.), if you truly appreciate it. “Be one with the love,” said the Great Holder of Knowledge, President Hatch. Valentine’s Day is a holiday of love — not just among significant others, but friends and family. Once that is recognized, you can finally help the Black Eyed Peas find where the love is and move onto the next step before you can say “those basketball Deacs can’t hit the net even if Gwen Fuller/Old Gold & Black it hit them first.” Sharing presents with friends and family can Now that you are in harmony with the holiday, you help distract from not having a significant other. can properly celebrate this love. First off, show that you are a Valentiner — someone who truly appreciates the tape, come off relatively easy and are cheap. So between holiday. This can be done by decorating, and your fave that, hearts, lights and rom-com movie recommendaAuntie Mackie has some great decorating tips. tions all over your door, you have now officially told the For starters, it is very hard to go wrong with red, pink world, a.k.a. your hall, that you have made peace with and white when decorating for this holiday. And when the holiday and are in business. in doubt, kiss it out. (Chocolate kisses, of course. Your So you’ve properly decorated the outside of your room, Auntie Mack would never encourage such behavior. but change is also needed within. Target has great options Wink, wink). But seriously, chocolate kisses stick well to in the College Student’s Paradise Section — the dollar
section. Items there and some small candy goodies in the seasonal area, like a bundle of eight red Tootsie Pops for a dollar, can be used as a great little way to demonstrate your inner spiritual changes with the love holiday to yourself, your roommate, suitemates, love interests, and as a way to show you’ve moved on from an old love interests. You can do anything your heart desires! “But Auntie Mack,” you may ask, “we all know what the holiday is for. We want tips for that!” Well, yes, Valentine’s Day can be that unless it’s a S.A.D. holiday for you. But for those of you for whom it isn’t, then remember that it’s about the sentimental gifts. A red Ferrari does the trick as well. One way to show your spirit (minus the car) is candy grams. These under-appreciated gifts are small gestures that can go a long way. Support your local organization or club that may be selling some right now, or make your own and deliver yourself. Be creative! I would suggest doing more than just a rose and candy, but a rose and candy with a card that says “You are the Skittles to my rainbow. Without you, I would be in Reese’s Pieces.” Simple gestures like this that only take a smidgin of effort say a lot and make Valentine’s Day worthwhile. For those celebrating S.A.D., remember to be one with the holiday and hang out with some friends. Valentine’s Day is a day of love among friends and family as well, so call some of the family back home, hang with some friends at Shorty’s or a watch a movie together with a tub of ice cream from the market. Even if your Valentine’s date is an English paper due in about 32 minutes, make plans for the weekend. This is the benefit of having the holiday on Thursday; Friday is right around the corner. And toast to being single!
Relashionship Column | Long Distance Relationships
Long-distance relationships must find trust To have a successful long-distance relationship in college, there must be good communication and trust
BY CAITLIN SHAW Contributing Writer shawcm18@wfu.edu One of the most difficult changes I encountered when coming to college was not only leaving my family, friends and pets, but also my boyfriend. I never planned to come to college in a relationship, but I hated the idea of breaking up just because we would be in different states. Before leaving for college, we had a long, and very necessary, conversation about what long-distance dating would look like. We set rules and goals for each other to stay connected and close. The key to a strong longdistance relationship is exactly like that of any other relationships: there must be trust and communication. My boyfriend and I decided that the top priority for being able to make long-distance dating work was honesty. It is imperative that you are honest in all of your relationships, but especially in long-distance ones. No one wants to stay in a relationship in which they are not hearing the whole truth or feel that information is being hidden from them; it is just not fair. If feelings change due to the distance and time, this is natural, and it is always best to confront the person first. It is similarly important to address feelings of jealousy and apprehensions immediately. If feelings are not addressed, they do not just disappear. They can develop into stronger, more exaggerated emotions, and you can convince yourself that the worst possible outcome is the truth. Long-distance dating is about finding a balance when it comes to communicating. Establish rules of how often you should talk on the phone, FaceTime or text. This will vary in relationships; it may be once a week or ev-
ery day. For many couples, it is beneficial to know each other’s schedule to expect when your partner is available to talk. Freshman Danielle Bryans said, “The most difficult part is finding time to talk because now we have completely different schedules, but in high school, our days were very similar.” Planning out when you are going to talk each day is crucial for the success of the relationship. Without enough communication, the relationship will wither away. However, it’s important to not spend all of your time communicating with your significant other because you do not want to miss out on life happening around you. Although it can be hard to not wait by your phone for a reply, remember that you both need to grow as individuals in order to grow in your relationship. This can be done by immersing yourself into college life. It may seem like space is all you have in a long-distance relationship, but actually, the relationship can start to feel overbearing if there is constant communication and not enough alone time. Have realistic expectations about the nature of your relationship. Relationships naturally transform over time, so the fact that you will be far away from your significant other is bound to cause some change, especially when you go from seeing each other daily to being thousands of miles apart. Prepare yourself before getting into a long distance relationship that it is not easy. When asked what the most challenging part of a longdistance relationship is, freshman Hannah Coates said, “The worst part for me is going back to separation after visiting each other. Every time we are together in person, our relationship grows, so going back to the stagnation that comes with being apart gets really frustrating. I know we are growing stronger in other ways because of this, but it’s still hard.” This feeling of stagnation is common in long-distance relationships, but know that there are ways to progress
your relationship and maintain intimacy from far away. Get creative in the way you show your feelings, and plan a trip to visit your significant other because when you two are together again, it will make all the time apart worth it. Rather than focusing on how much you miss your partner, try to look forward to the next time you will see him or her. Stay positive and remind each other why you still put in so much effort to maintain the relationship. It is easy to let your mind wander and consider all the reasons why long-distance dating might not work, but this is because the best things in life come with handwork. If you really feel strongly about someone, do not give up. Long-distance dating can seem pointless in the present moment. Some days you may be able to feel every single mile in between you and your significant other. But, if it is done correctly, long-distance dating can be extremely rewarding.
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Sometimes feelings change in the course of a relationship and this must be addressed.
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Advice Column | Touching Tips
Pick-up lines evoke feelings of love Punny pick-up lines are the quickest way to anyone’s heart on Valentine’s Day
BY PETER SCHLACHTE Staff Writer schlpj15@wfu.edu Elizabeth B. asks, “How does one find love in the ZSR library?” Dear Elizabeth, It’s that time of year again: students stretch out on blankets across the quad, our classrooms are a chorus of coughs louder than any infirmary ward and as John Paul Young sang in his 1977 Australian disco hit, love is in the air. Yes, Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and you can almost smell the anxiety wafting from young couples across campus: how many roses are too many roses? Is the Shorty’s Old Gold an acceptable dinner date meal? Is it a faux pas if I buy a mariachi band to serenade Jenna during her Spanish test? Of course, mid-February marks not only the season of love, but also our shared season of academic suffering: midterms are approaching faster than Lebron James’ hairline is receding and professors are piling on work like they know an asteroid is going to hit North Carolina before the semester’s end (similar to the plot of the 2013 Australian hit film These Final Hours).
The point is, if you’re feeling loveless on Feb. 14, never fear: ZSR is here to save you. Indeed, Elizabeth, I must convert your question into a statement — in ZSR, you don’t find love; it is love that finds you. Picture this: you’re on the ZSR eighth floor because you’re not a filthy casual. It’s 3:14 a.m. You have an inorganic chemistry test in five hours, and you’re already past the deadline on your 10-page essay analyzing why Grendel’s mother from Beowulf is an allegory for the presidency of Donald Trump. You’re starting to hallucinate — your keyboard is swimming, your pen is levitating and the bookshelf to your left morphs into the jawline of hit Australian politician Malcolm Turnbull. Then, Elizabeth, you feel it in your throat — a literary pick-up line coming to fruition. You release the words into the shattering silence of the eighth floor: “Hey babe, let’s honeymoon to Mt. Doom because I want you to be the Lord of My Wedding Ring.” Utter these words, and your true love is certain to materialize beside you. Other surefire literary lines include: “Are you from the Colombian town of Macondo? Because without your love, I’ll experience ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude.’” Or, “Are you an Igbo man named Okonkwo living through disastrous effects of colonialism and toxic masculinity? Because ‘Things Fall Apart’ without you.”
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While meandering through the tall shelves of books in the ZSR library, make sure you’re looking for both love and a good book to read. If you’re looking for love, establish home base in ZSR and keep well stocked with literary pick-up lines. As for me, I remember my first Valentine’s: a spa day with my lover. It was going swimmingly until we discovered that I was allergic to cucumber facial creams when I puffed up like the balloon of an underpaid clown performing at his nephew’s eighth birthday party. I spent four days in the hospital.
Anyways, I hope this advice helps! I’m safely ensconced in the hit Australian town of Perth, and I’m certain that the FBI can’t catch me here. Email me at schlpj15@wfu.edu to be featured in the next issue of Touching Tips! Otherwise, catch me at Outback Steakhouse. XOXO, Peter
Concert Column | Young the Giant
Childhood favorite plays a sold-out concert Young the Giant played at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC on Feb. 9 BY LAUREN HARTMANN Contributing Writer hartla15@wfu.edu
The year is 2011 — RadioShack is still in business, record sales actually mean something to artists, Apple Music holds the largest stake in music downloads and each week iTunes releases a free single from an up-andcoming artist. I’m thinking back to a day eight years ago when I downloaded one of those singles, “My Body,” and to how it immediately hooked me on the band that produced it — Young the Giant. Thinking back to that year of eighth grade (a year most people have blocked from their memory), one thing I do remember is how often YTG’s self-titled album repeated itself on my light-blue iPod nano. Though, while listening on that school bus ride day after day, I doubt I ever imagined that eight years later I’d be seeing that same band amongst a sold-out crowd, standing right next to the stage, no less. When going to concerts of longtime favorites, I find there is always
a particular anxiety that manifests itself as a sort of fear of ruined expectation, that the artist will not live up to the absurdly high bar that’s been set since they graced your “Top 50 Most Played” playlist on the aforementioned light-blue iPod nano. On Saturday night, this ever-present anxiety was compounded by the fact that my friends and I had also been waiting in line for three hours (you put in work for stage-side positions) — raising that bar even higher. This anxiety, however, was relieved almost immediately as lead vocalist Sameer Gadhia, followed by Jacob Tilley, Eric Cannata, Payam Doostzadeh and Francois Comtois, stepped out onto the stage and launched into “Oblivion” off their most recent album Mirror Master. By the second song, “Something to Believe in,” I couldn’t help but join the entire crowd in singing along while Gadhia jumped around the oh-so-close stage — the fear I previously had, completely forgotten. The ensuing setlist ran through a range of past and present hits, including some of my favorites “Amerika,” “Cough Syrup” and “Call Me Back.” In addition to the high that comes from singing along to your favorite songs live, another aspect of shows that I love is that moment where everyone in a room feels completely in
unison. This moment peaked with the down-tempo “Firelight,” and the call to raise the metaphorical lighter (a.k.a a phone flashlight). Being a part of something greater than yourself, in love and life, was captured masterfully by the band, and was not only displayed at this moment but throughout the entire night. If I were to raise any complaint about the near-perfect showing, it would be that it concluded all-together too soon. Though I’d been standing for five hours and jumping up and down for the past hour and a half of it, with my body telling me no, all I (and everyone in the crowd) could think was I want more. With the conclusion of the encore performance, the opener Sure Sure ran back on stage to jump-on and pummel every musician with hugs — a display of raw joy that was mirrored ten-fold by the crowd — as YTG rallied to perform one last song. So, with my expectations far exceeded and exhaustion setting in, it was only fitting to be sent home on a wave of euphoria signaled with the lyrics of their much-anticipated performance of “My Body,” and as it rang in my ears for the last few minutes, I imagine it will continue to do so until I get the chance to see Young the Giant again.
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Young the Giant played old favorites and new songs off their new album.
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DEACON DATES BY AMANDA WILCOX Online Managing Editor wilcaf16@wfu.edu
For the first time ever, the Old Gold & Black sponsored a special date in downtown Winston-Salem for two lucky Demon Deacons. Fifty-seven students submitted applications, answering questions about their ideal romantic partners and what building on the Wake Forest campus they identify with. Members of the Old Gold & Black Editorial Board, who moonlight as expert romantic consultants, sifted through the applicants and chose to set up sophomores Teddy Barbe and Olivia Klingler. We sent them to the Old Fourth Street Filling Station on Feb. 10. Amanda Wilcox: Let’s start by talking about how you felt leading up to the date. Were you nervous or excited? Olivia Klingler: I wasn’t really nervous, but I didn’t know what to expect. I actually found out the day of that it was Teddy and I’m friends with Teddy, so that was kind of a relief and I was like, “Oh, good, it will be very comfortable and fun,” because I know him. We’ve become friends this semester and last semester, so we’re not very close friends, but I definitely know all of his friends and he knows all my friends. I was very glad that it was someone that I knew. I figured that a ton of people applied to it, and whenever the applications came out, there were probably 15 people in my room, and everyone was talking about this thing and I was like, “Okay, this seems like a very safe thing to do — I’ll fill it out and it will never happen to me.” And then I got the email and I was like, “Oh great, I got like a job offer!” and then, “Oh no, I have to go on a blind date!” Teddy Barbe: Well, when I got the email, I was really excited, for sure, and it’s funny because I knew who my date was. I have a friend group that has a Snapchat group chat, and when I got the email that Wednesday night, I was freaking out, and I went and showed some of the people in that Snapchat group, and the girl that I went with, Olivia, is in that Snapchat group chat, but I didn’t send anything to it. She sent something and said, “Yeah, I’m going on this blind date thing,” and then me and my friends decided to keep it a secret until she found out. She found out two or three hours before the actual date, but it was really funny keeping that secret because I had seen her several times since then, and I had to keep it together.
OLIVIA KLINGLER Major: Economics Hometown: Woodstock, GA Interests: Hiking, travel, dancing, Spanish How you don’t fit Wake Forest stereotypes: I don’t fit the stereotype because I purposefully surround myself with diverse personalities and people. I recognize how it’s important to surround myself with people from all walks of life and who have different perspectives.
AW: How did the date progress after you met up with each other? OK: He was talking with my roommate because everyone was trying to keep it a secret all week since he knew, and I didn’t. My roommate had texted him and said “Hey, she found out,” and so he knew that I knew at that point and asked if he should just come to our room because we were supposed to meet in front of Reynolda. There were a bunch of us hanging out there, and then we left and drove to the restaurant. TB: So, I went to her room, and we talked there with all of our friends, and we got into the car and drove to Fourth Street Filling Station. It was kind of funny when we got there — the people definitely knew and were expecting us, and everyone was super nice and a little overly nice, but not in a bad way. AW: You already knew each other, but did you feel like you connected with each other and had good conversation? OK: There was great conversation, and it was very easy and fun. We talked about our hometowns and our families and what we’re involved in, school, TV and general stuff like that — our pets, our dogs. We were probably there over an hour — there was no lack of conversation at all. TB: Yes! We were there for almost two hours and there wasn’t really a moment of awkward silence or anything. We talked about her family and my family a little bit, and she’s not a big movie person, but I love movies, so we talked about that for a long time. My two favorite movies are Forrest Gump and The Lion King, and I basically just ranted to her about those movies. She was a good sport about it. And then we really kind of went for the whole nine yards — I feel like I really learned a lot about her. AW: What did you think about the restaurant, the food and the atmosphere? OK: The food was really good. He had never had spinach dip before, so we got that and he liked it. I had salmon, and it was really good. It definitely had nice vibes — it was a fancier kind of restaurant.
TB: Since it was provided by Old Gold & Black, we both decided to kind of treat ourselves a little bit. So, I got a steak and it was really good, and she got the salmon. I’m not a huge fish guy, but she seemed like she enjoyed it. AW: What did you do after you came back from dinner, at the end of the date? TB: On the way back, we stopped at Davis and she asked me if I had to drive my car back [to the sophomore parking lot], and I said, “Yeah, I do, but I can drop you off at Davis first, if you like.” Then she said that she had to bring her friend’s car back, so we both drove [to the parking lot]. On the way there, there was a song — whenever our friend group hangs out it’s always Olivia who plays music, so I have a good sense of the type of music that she likes — it was a new song that I had just heard about and I thought, “This sounds like an Olivia song.” So when I got back to the parking lot, I said, “I feel like there’s a song that I’m listening to right now that you would really like,” and then she came and listened to it and ended up really liking it. Then we just walked back to campus together and talked about our classes this semester and previous classes that we’ve taken. She’s studying abroad in Barcelona [next fall] and we were talking about an anthropology class that I took my freshman year, and I was saying that it was one of the coolest classes that I’ve taken, and she said that she was thinking about taking a class like that in Spain. AW: Tell me about that song. OK: I had no idea how he knew of this song, but he just said, “Listen to this song, I think you might like it,” because we had talked about music too, and I liked it. I think it’s called “[Slow] Dancing in the Dark” by Joji. AW: Do you think that you might go on more dates in the future? TB: Maybe — I definitely want to get to know her a little bit more socially. She’s in my tight friend group, but I never got to know her on that level yet. I would say that we were good friends [before], just not on a “take her out on a date” level. But I could see this continuing, maybe. OK: Since we’re friends, I’ll definitely see him, but I have no idea … But it was a great time.
TEDDY BARBE Major: Finance Hometown: I don’t really have a hometown — I’ve actually moved around 10 times. If I’m from anywhere, it would be either Atlanta or Philadelphia. Interests: I know it sounds kind of dorky but intramural sports are awesome. How you don’t fit Wake Forest stereotypes: What’s a Wake Forest stereotype? I try to avoid stereotypes.