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With the significant rise in campus burglaries and the recent string of break-ins and incidences in Martin Hall, the university is considering new security options, including construction of a north campus fence.

Increase in burglaries causes students to feel unsafe in dorms

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With an increase in recent on-campus break-ins and reported larcenies, concerns

about campus safety are growing, especially when it comes to student dorms. Throughout the 2012-13 academic year, the number of break-ins and larcenies has risen significantly and are now beginning to spark greater action from the university.

In an email sent out to the entire Wake Forest community, Ken Zick, outgoing vice president for student affairs, detailed a recent break-in in Martin Hall and went on to

announce new security improvements being made to the Reynolda campus.

“We have used every campus resource available to investigate and respond to incidents affecting campus safety and security,” Zick said. Some of the security additions include added patrols to north campus parking lots and residence dorms every night as

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Budget cuts put axe to student aid University may face cuts of about 8.2 percent of Pell Grant funding

BY MANKAPRR CONTEH Staff Writer contmr12@wfu.edu The word “sequestration” has been inescapable this month — but what does it mean to college students?

According to Bill Wells, director of Financial Aid at the university, it means 8.2 percent cuts in spending and a possible end to the Pell Grant Program.

Their March 1 deadline is quickly approaching and Congress has yet to come to an agreement that will prevent sequestration — the $85 billion worth of automatic spending cuts to federal agencies in hopes of

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As the deadline for preventing government spending cuts approaches, many students worry about how cuts will affect Pell Grants.

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“ Student government disconnects from student desires This column represents the views of the Old Gold & Black Editorial Board.

As students, we expect those who lead the university to listen and actively engage student desires and requests.

For example, we hear it all the time. “There aren’t enough food options on campus.” We understand where the complaints come from; dining at Wake Forest is somewhat limited.

Yet, it appears that the administration has heard students’ cries and plans to address this issue.

Next year, a restaurant with recreational space will be coming to the upper quad, replacing the current post office.

This announcement shows perhaps the administration is not quite as detached from student interests as students may believe.

It is a common sentiment amongst students on campus that the administration is deaf to student concerns, but this recent announcement as well as the physical

Why are the students who we elected to represent our interests walking away from an event that many students enjoy? expansion of Subway, the lengthening of Subway’s hours, the addition of the P.O.D., the addition of an Einstein Brothers Bagels in the new business school and the construction of a new dining hall appear to indicate otherwise (at least in terms of food options).

Conversely, it seems that the students that have been elected to represent student interests and lead the student population have begun to ignore student desires.

In the Feb. 21 issue of the Old Gold & Black, an article entitled “Spring Seize the Quad plans scrapped” reported the cancellation of the spring Seize the Quad

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(STQ) by the student government STQ steering committee.

The article detailed how the committee felt that there was inadequate time to prepare for an event of such large size.

For example, Student Body President Tré Easton cited the need for more time to be able to get Emergency Medical Services (EMS) on standby for an event. Yet, Senior Nick Ashburn, a member of the university’s Emergency Response Team, said, “With such early notice, an additional special response team could be formed to be on stand-by for Seize the Quad.”

Administrators were also confused by the cancellation of the event. Mary Gerardy, Dean of Campus Life, stated, “It was our understanding that the committee was moving forward with plans for STQ this spring.” So our question is: what happened to students listening to students? Why are

the students who we elected to represent our interests walking away from an event that many students enjoy?

Why is the committee so willing to give up on the event? Easton said in his candidacy platform last year he was “wholly committed to securing both a fall and spring Seize the Quad. This event is one that unifies our campus.

I believe that we miss a golden opportunity to come together as a university — simply as students — if we this event does not occur.”

Students often complain that the administration isn’t listening. But, in reality, the administration has recently heard student concerns and responded.

It’s Student Government, the students who are supposed to have our desires and best interests in mind, that seem to have turned a deaf ear to our needs.

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Deacon Profile: Ken Zick

Ken Zick is the vice president of Student Life and a professor of law at the university.

With his recent novel West to Donegal Bay, he holds the title of historical fiction author as well. Zick received his B.A. in history from Albion College in 1971 and went on to receive his J.D. from Wayne State University in 1974.

He also earned a post-graduate MLS from the University of Michigan. Zick worked at the Law School for 13 years, founded the Clinical Education program, and in 1988 was appointed vice president of Student Life and Instructional Resources by President Hearn.

Zick received the Kulynych Family Omicron Delta Kappa award Feb. 21 from the university for his service. Zick will be taking a leave of absence June 30.

What is a typical day like as the vice president of Student Life and as a professor?

There is no typical day. That is what makes this job so appealing and exciting. In large part, there is a schedule to my week.

There are committee meetings, meetings with staff and with students. There are also all the projects that a vice president is drawn into depending upon their expertise and interests. And all of that is punctuated by the needs of students, whether it’s to intervene or respond to a student request or crisis within an organization.

It encompasses a myriad of different human challenges and joys. You can move from celebration of a student accomplishment to grief of a significant loss. It’s very exciting during the academic year. It is a seamless life. It is not a job; it is a calling.

How did you become so interested in law?

That was serendipitous, actually. When I went to school, we didn’t have the kind of purposeful career planning available now.

It’s much better now that there are resources for students to reflect upon and to survey their interests. But for me, I didn’t want to leave school. I was asked to apply for several fellowships in journalism, divinity, political studies and law. I struggled because I didn’t really want to leave college. The decision ended up being accepting a fellowship in graduate studies at the University of Michigan. After about a year there, I got bit by

the social justice bug. I wanted to change the world. I went to law school and I loved it. I loved the cultivation of the ability to understand how things work in government and society. It’s like a mystery unfolding.

I think every student ought to have some schooling in public law. My love was really teaching, though, so I returned to graduate studies and was fortunate enough to stumble upon Wake Forest.

What is your favorite part of being a professor?

My favorite part is the joy of influencing students in growing. For every teacher, it’s exciting when you can actually see the lights go on.

You’re always looking at their reactions to try to make sure a student is grasping the material, and hopefully you’re energizing them. If you can inspire students with your passion, then the learning curve will be dramatic.

And not every student is interested in every subject, but I think at Wake Forest, students are prepared, on-task and engaged. A teacher derives great satisfaction from finding that engagement when it happens.

What do you like to do outside of work?

I just enjoy listening to students and hearing about their experiences. I love traveling with students. Some of my best moments are when I’m not consumed by the rigorous schedule and I can relax and enjoy watching students interact. It keeps you very young.

Going on the trip to Zambia with Chi-Ro was a truly wonderful experience. I also went on a Student Union sailing trip for spring break from Miami to the Bahamas.

They were studying for exams and reading poetry, and you cherish those memories.

They’re so vivid to me.

Did you ever consider pursuing a different field or career?

I think you always do. You want to explore other aspects of your personality. But if you can teach and you can serve a community, there are so many disciplines associated with that.

I am able to experience student health, ministry, vocational counseling — all of that is Student Life. So in one way or another, I have the best job of all. I can ex-

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plore everything from gaining more knowledge about pandemics like the flu to how to best approach suffering students who are survivors of eating disorders or how best to minister to students who are struggling to find themselves.

And just being a small part of that, even though it’s often an unseen part, allows me to experience the breadth and depth of human development.

I’m very privileged to work with a group of people who are unbelievable professionals.

Can you tell me a little about your novel West to Donegal Bay?

Writing has always been a passion for me.

I write a lot of poetry — poetry is therapy [for me]. It also allows me to capture moments in my life.

If you live a busy life, it seems to roll on endlessly. You need take time to reflect on who you are and what your purpose is in both prayer and poetry. I wrote that novel on summer vacations for five years. It coupled my love for history and my passion for Wake Forest and young people.

It’s about a young man who grows up in the mountains of North Carolina and comes to Wake Forest. Then a mystery unfolds and takes him to Ireland. It’s a historical mystery.

POLICE BEAT Underage Consumption

• University Police responded to a call about an unresponsive student in South Hall. The individual was found in the bathroom and had consumed alcohol. The student was taken to student health for observation. The report was filed at 3:31 a.m. Feb. 21.

• A student who had consumed alcohol had passed out in a booth at Subway in Davis Residence Hall. University Police responded and escorted the individual to student health. The report was filed at 8:31 p.m. Feb. 23.

• University Police responded to a call from the WSPD about an intoxicated student who was found at a private residence on Polo Rd.

The student was cited for underage consumption. The report was filed at 2:40 a.m. Feb. 23.

Miscellaneous • Unkown subject(s) removed an unsecured watch from a locker in Reynolds Gym. The report was filed at 8:45 p.m. Feb. 20.

• An unknown individual discharged a fire extinguisher in Wingate, activating the fire alarm. The report was filed at 2:15 a.m. Feb. 23.

• An unknown subject(s) struck a wall in Luter Residence Hall with a meat cleaver, leaving it in the wall. The subject(s) then poured ketchup over the spot where the

cleaver was left embedded in the wall. The report was filed at 1:27 a.m. Feb. 24.

• Two suspects smashed an exterior window in Martin Hall and were then tracked to a room at North campus apartments. Officers searched the premises and marijuana was found. Criminal summons were filed against the offenders. The report was filed at 3:56 a.m. Feb. 24.

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well as having a larger Winston-Salem Police Department presence in the areas surrounding the campus.

While the administration believes these steps will help, Zick’s statement stressed that they are only preliminary.

“Additional improvements to campus security are underway,” Zick said. “The university has approved a new fencing plan for the northern quadrant of the campus. Final details for the fencing are being developed now, but potential features may include a pedestrian turnstile with some high-tech enhancements.”

But while university police and the administration plan a long-term solution to this growing problem, student concerns have magnified in the wake of recent thefts and break-ins.

Some students are even beginning to question the university police’s ability to keep the campus safe. The incident this

past weekend at Martin Residence Hall on a Kappa Kappa Gamma hall seems to have been a wake-up call for the entire administration. When a sophomore member of the sorority, who asked to remain anonymous, called the university police on the morning of Feb. 24 in regards to an attempted break-in, it allegedly took more than 20 minutes for an officer to finally arrive on the scene.

“While the new security person stationed near Martin did make a difference in the response time to the suspects, it took campus police over 20 minutes to come to our hall. I feel as if this is completely unacceptable considering the entire window was shattered on the ground level and someone easily could have entered through it,” the student said. She noted that multiple calls were placed to University Police without a meaningful response.

Kappa Kappa Gamma president Caroline Suttle, who was not on the halls at the time of the incident, also expressed

frustration about the lack of progress being made in dealing with recent breakins on north campus.

“There have been so many incidents out in Martin and complaints afterwards that it’s unimaginable that [the administration] have yet to fix this problem,” Suttle said.

In spite of the new controversy, Lesia Finney, University Police sergeant, maintains that the security improvements being made should help the situation. Finney believes that larcenies inside campus dorms have been well handled by university police and that although there haven’t been a dramatically higher number of reported break-ins, the newly announced patrol increases will prevent such occurrences in the future.

“We have a good success rate as long as people call immediately after the event,” Finney said. “The key is to get people to call immediately.”

Finney also noted that charges were filed against the two individuals involved

Incidences of Crime on Campus: November 2012 — February 2013

in the Martin Residence Hall incident Feb. 24 evening.

In addition to break-ins, robbery has continued to be a prevalent problem on campus.

In regard to the 124 reported larcenies since August (compared to the 81 burglaries for the entire 2011 calendar year), Finney recommends that students always lock their rooms and refrain from holding the door from strangers trying to enter dorms.

“Being aware of your surroundings is essential,” she said.

Some of the residences most afflicted with larceny reports include Babcock, Martin and Piccolo. David Myers, sophomore and Babcock Resident Advisor, thinks that although more police involvement would help the situation, students must also take responsibility for themselves.

“The most important thing is that students look out for one another,” Myers said.

124

Larcenies reported to University Police since August 2012

53

Percentage increase in reported larcenies on campus from 2011

7

Number of break-ins that were reported for January and February 2013

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BRIEFLIES

Dept. of Classical Languages Submissions for Wake Up to Poetry contest being accepted offering new scholarships Wake Up to Poetry is a student poetry contest, reading and open music session. The contest is open to all students and will be held 5:30 p.m. April 6 at the Community Arts Café at 411 W. Fourth St. At the contest, students and judges will culminate in a poetry reading. The judges are comprised of respected poets from outside the university.

Students should submit poems to wfupress@wfu.edu with the subject line WAKE UP TO POETRY SUBMISSION

by March 6. The three top poets win cash prizes and poetry books. Winners will be notified at the end of March.

The Department of Classical Languages is accepting applications for the William Royall Scholarship. The scholarship was a gift from the family and friends of Willaim Royall, first full-time English professor, and his son William B. Royall, professor of Greek for 62 years.

The William Royall Scholarship awards $500 for excellence in classical studies. A preference is given to students planning to study abroad in classical sites. Applications are available in the Department of Classical Languages, Tribble Hall B6. Applications are due April 1.

University holds latest Phyllis Trible Lecture Series The Phyllis Trible Lecture Series brings feminist scholars to the university to discuss feminist thought and theology.

This lecture, titled “Feminism: Then, Now and Not Yet,” will be the final Phyllis Trible Lecture Series. The lecture series will occur 12 to 7 p.m. March 5 in Wait Chapel and 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6 in Wait Chapel. Admission is $100 and is free for alumni of the Wake Forest School of Divinity and all faculty, staff and students of the university.

Registration can be found at divinity.wfu.edu/beyond-theclassroom/lecture-series/trible/.

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Speakers redefine the future with TEDx

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TEDxWakeForestU featured many university faculty and alumni, including Ricky Van Veen (‘03), founder of CollegeHumor.com.

The university hosted the second annual TEDx WakeForestU event in Wait Chapel Feb. 23

BY JULIE HUGGINS Print Managing Editor huggjn0@wfu.edu How can one idea redefine the future?

On Feb. 23, Wait Chapel was filled with students, faculty and staff all interested in this single question of the future. They had come for the second annual TEDxWakeForestU, an off-shoot of the international internet phenomenon TED, a non-profit devoted to “ideas worth spreading.” The TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level.

Nine speakers, ranging from university professors to industry professionals, came to campus to discuss revolutionary ideas about technology, innovation and the environments.

“I really liked the diversity of the speakers this year,” junior Katie Page, a TEDx attendee, said. “Some had ties to Wake Forest while others had experience in business. I especially liked Ricky Van Veen because he is an alumnus and it was inspiring to hear that he started a successful website as a student.”

The speakers were broken into groups of three, with 15 minutes in between the speaking blocks to give attendees a break.

Van Veen (‘03) kicked off the event with his discussion on something most undergradu-

I realized: I’m a sell-out business professor, and I can save a life,” Baker said. Students reacted well to the second set.

“All three of the speakers brought unique ways of thinking about the world, which in turn can provoke ideas,” sophomore Rowland Carlson said. “They really want us to look into the ideas we may have skipped over, and re-examine them.”

The final event speaker, Stephen Graham, looked into the relationship companies have with the customers they serve. “You have to be connected to people’s purposes and values to know what’s important,” Graham said.

He gave attendees something to think about as he described the role of companies in modern America. He presented a pyramid for a business model, saying that first, the company must be functional, but

ates struggle with online — ­ identity creation. According to him, most social media users choose what to like, share and retweet in order to craft a carefully constructed image of themselves for the rest of the world.

“People tend to share more information about causes they believe in, organizations they support and nostalgic symbols than the more personal [things],” he said.

Van Veen’s speech set the stage for the rest of the event. Most of the talks at TEDx highlighted different issues of interest to university students, from the environment to undergraduate research and even the challenges facing first-generation scholars.

In the second set, photojournalist J. Henry Fair used his photos to give a look at the “true” cost of the products Americans buy.

“Are we citizens or are we consumers?” Fair asked the audience as the lights dimmed for his speech.

“In my mind, the definition of being an adult is being responsible for my own actions.” Fair’s talk introduced another underlying theme for the entire event — that changing the world didn’t have to be a future aspiration, but something students could start doing today.

Elizabeth Baker, assistant professor in the school of business, told her story of a chance encounter with a senior faculty member that turned an undergraduate’s research idea into a life-saving device used both in coal mines across the world and in Botswana to keep elephants out of crops.

Baker said that at first, it was just a crazy Photos by Julie Huggins/Old Gold & Black idea she had to develop an undergraduate’s design into a prototype. However, to her Elizabeth Baker (top), David Mount (bottom left) were speakers at TEDx surprise, the device worked ­— well. “Then, and Morris Morrison (bottom right) was the master of ceremonies.

SG GENERAL ASSEMBLY of adequate lighting on the walk from the law lot to Kitchin Residence Hall was also addressed. Flooding sinks in Collins Residence Hall were also a concern.

III. Committee Reports

BY DORSEY HILL SG Beat Reporter hillmd12@wfu.edu I. Outside Visitors There was one outside visitor, Ryan Edwards, a representative from Campus Grumble. He explained that the site connects students to campus policy makers.

II. Constituent concerns The safety on North Campus was once again addressed. Concerns about the lack of bathrooms in the Pit were expressed. A lack

it must also be relevant and have an emotional connection to their consumers.

Each of the nine speakers touched on different points, but each one, and the ideas they presented, had an impact on audience members though some were disappointed.

“I found some talks good, others disappointing,” Michele Gillespie, professor of history, said. “I wish that women had comprised more than 2/9th of the featured TEDx experts.”

Yet, the most important point to come out of the event was that the future is not as far off as many like to pretend. Redefining the future, to the speakers, meant changing the present to create a better world. “You don’t have to wait to share your genius” David Mount, event speaker and assistant professor of internal medicine at the school of medicine, said. “Do it now.”

The Academic committee announced it met with the office of Residence Life and Housing. Martin Residence Hall on North Campus will be getting a printer. And the committee is continuing to revise the academic advising system.

The Appropriations and Charter committee reported they would be bringing up a bill to charter the Chinese Culture club later in the assembly.

The Campus Life committee is still working to revise the freshmen roommate survey. The Judiciary committee had nothing to report.

The Physical Planning committee announced they will be sending out an official survey on campus safety to the general

FEBRUARY 26 student body. Data from the survey will be publicly posted. The Public Relations committee reported they are in the midst of planning Student Government’s birthday week celebration.

IV. New Business Bill 26 — Chinese Studies Club charter: This bill would give a charter to the Chinese Culture club. The Chinese Culture club makes Chinese culture more accessible outside the classroom and creates a network within the department between upper and lower classmen. Bill was passed.

V. Reports and Announcements The president announced that there will be the State of the Student Body speech at 7 p.m. on March 21.

After the celebration there will be a barbecue on Manchester Plaza. March 25 interviews for Board of Investigators and Advi-

sors will begin. The president also clarified that no formal decision on Chick-fil-A has been made yet. However, it will come before the end of the semester.

The speaker of the house posted the current student health data and is working on administrative flow charts.

The secretary announced plans for student government’s 90th birthday week which will be March 25-29.

The treasurer urged representatives to email their constituents about organization funding.

The Chief of Staff had nothing to report.

SG Executive Board 2012-13 Tré Easton, President Cleo Johnson, Speaker of the House Storm Saponaro, Treasurer Dave Samsel, Secretary Taylor Harvey, Chief of Staff

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Primate center locked in legal battle with UCLA Wake Forest Health Sciences battle for control of the Vervet Research Colony

BY SARAH MORAN Asst. News Editor morase12@wfu.edu According to an article in the WinstonSalem Journal on Feb. 22, Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS) is willing to shut down the $2 million primate center located in Forsyth County if the Regents of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) do not pay half of the operating costs.

The Vervet Research Colony (VRC), founded in 1975, was originally located at the Department of Veterans Affairs Sepulveda Campus in California. The Vervet Research Colony is currently comprised of 475, vervet monkeys also called African Green Monkeys. These vervets are used in studies related to growth, development, temperament, aging and chronic disease risk.

The vervets were originally captured from St. Kitt’s, West Indies where their bloodlines have been studied for three to eight generations.

WFUHS and UCLA entered into a cooperative agreement on Feb. 22, 2007, which transferred the UCLA VRC to a new facility that WFUHS built and paid for.

WFUHS filed a lawsuit on Dec. 7, 2012, suing UCLA for sole legal title to the VRC and damages of $10,000 because UCLA breached their agreement, declining to accept full ownership of the colony after failing to pay for half of the deficits at the end of the fiscal year as agreed upon. When the

VRC was relocated to the Primate Center to the lawsuit, “UCLA has continuously in Forsyth County, UCLA transferred its le- and unreasonably objected to using the gal rights and title to the VRC to WFUHS. population of the VRC in various research UCLA still had free access to the VRC for studies that would have generated additionresearch purposes. al revenue without degrading the research The goals of the agreement were “preserv- value of the animals.” ing and developing the VRC as a shared Edward Abraham, M.D., professor and resource for biomedical research,” the Dean of the Wake Forest School of MediWFUHS lawsuit said. cine, notified Peter Whybrow, M.D., direcIn order to aid in the maintenance and tor of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience operation of the VRC, UCLA agreed to and Human Behavior and executive chair pay $200,000 per year for five years. Any of the department of psychiatry and bioberemaining deficit at the end of a fiscal year havioral sciences at the Geffen School of would be equally split between WFUHS Medicine at UCLA of the financial issues and UCLA. regarding the VRC on March WFUHS and UCLA be9, 2012. lieved more grants and revHowever according enue would eventually to UCLA’s lawsuit, be acquired that would Abraham did not cover the reduction after address the situUCLA’s contribution reation properly. quirement expired.

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According to was not adWFUHS’s lawdressed to the suit, WFUHS Vice Chanran into ficellor of Renancial issearch at sues when UCLA as the colony required grew, the to constiannual tute notice payment under the f r o m A g r e e UCLA exm e n t ,” pired and the law they did not suit said. receive the Abraham amount proposed a of grants restructuring and funds of the parties’ expected. relationship to A c address these fiGraphic by Elizabeth Ropp/Old Gold & Black cording nancial issues.

After months of discussion, no conclusion was met and WFUHS formally offered to transfer the title of the VRC to UCLA on July 10, 2012.

According to the WFUHS lawsuit, UCLA never responded to the offer or to the new “statement of principles” and the group took this as a breach in agreement.

On Sept. 20, 2012, WFUHS sent UCLA an invoice for $330,287 for their half of the VRC budget deficit, which UCLA never paid. WFUHS considered the cooperative agreement terminated while UCLA considered it to be in full effect.

According the UCLA counter lawsuit, WFUHS ended the cooperative agreement without cause, which is in violation of the cooperative agreement. UCLA filed a counter lawsuit Feb. 15, requesting damages of $75,000 caused by WFUHS, a cover of all legal fees and an order “enjoining Wake Forest from any further unilateral disposition of vervets in the VRC” and “an order declaring that the Agreement was terminated by the material breach by Wake Forest.”

UCLA also requested that WFUHS have no ownership in the VRC and must transfer the ownership of the colony at no cost to UCLA. WFUHS’s initial lawsuit was filed in state court. UCLA then remanded it to federal court with their counterclaim.

WFUHS is now attempting to get the lawsuit back in North Carolina state court.

Paula Faria, assistant vice president of Media Relations for WakeMed, stated in an email, “The lawsuit that Wake Forest University Health Sciences filed against the University of California, Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 2012 is a contractual dispute. We hope that it will be resolved in a speedy and favorable fashion. As with any ongoing litigation, we cannot comment further pending its resolution.”

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decreasing the national debt. Wells estimates that sequestration would mean a loss of nearly $27 million in Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and the loss of 57 work-study jobs here at Wake.

Wells noted that federal student loans are also in danger — families could expect a rise in interest rates and a decrease in coverage of college costs. 36 percent of Wake Forest students used federal loans last year.

“Federal dollars are very helpful. Those are critical dollars. As they diminish while Wake Forest remains dedicated to meeting 100 percent of need, we have to make up the difference,” Wells said.

Students also express the dire need for federal loans. “What I was given financially played a huge factor in me actually enrolling into Wake,” freshman Yasmin Southerland said. “I don’t know what I’d do if it changed. My mom is a single parent raising five children.”

Wells believes combating the sequester’s changes would be difficult, but not impossible.

“The current goal of our capital campaign is raising $200 million for undergraduate

financial aid,” he said. The university allots funds from the threatened Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants to a smaller percentage of students than those who use federal loans.

These grants, referred to as FSEOGs, are given to colleges and universities by the government for the institution to disperse at their discretion. At Wake, the recipients of FSEOG dollars are also recipients of Pell Grants.

The US Department of Education gives Pell Grants to post-secondary students who demonstrate exceptional financial need. According to Wells, 11 percent of university students received Pell Grants which have totaled up to $5,500 per student this year.

Although not affected by sequestration in 2013, in 2014 Pell Grants would lose their protected status. Then, Congress would be free to reduce the grants, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The National Center for Education Statistics reported that Pell recipients are more likely to be female, non-white and first in their family to attend college. Between 2007 and 2008, the average Pell Grant recipient or their family had an adjusted gross income of $20,302.

As a black woman whose mother earns an annual income equal to roughly one third of the university’s cost of attendance, senior

J’Taime Lyons is the model Pell recipient.

“My father passed away right before my sophomore year, too,” Lyons said.

“I receive the maximum Pell Grant. It helps and I’m fortunate, but I wouldn’t say that thanks to the Pell Grant, I’m able to attend Wake Forest.”

However, the Pell Grant has meant everything to freshman Lucy Phipps. Phipps is white, but from Grayson, Va., what she describes as “a very poor county.”

“My father did not go to college,” Phipps said. “The Pell Grant yielded substantial aid for me, without which I would not be able to attend Wake without borrowing money.

My family is extremely grateful.”

While the maximum Pell Grant is set to increase next year, Amanda Griffith, assistant professor of economics, and Wells both share a sense of uncertainty about the future.

Interest rates on undergraduate subsidized loans have been 3.4 percent.

“Though I’m not an expert, given the current politics, most observers believe that rate will go up due to the reluctance of some of the people in Congress to raise taxes,” Wells said.

Preserving the rate would take an act of Congress, which doesn’t seem likely.

“If the budget cuts hit the economy harshly, more people may be eligible for Pell

Grants,” Griffith said. “So there might be more demand for Pell Grants, but I don’t know what will happen to supply — if they’re going to be cutting funding everywhere else, they may ultimately cut Pell funding as well.”

Though partisanship has contributed to looming cuts, some students may be glad to know that Griffith believes both Democrats and Republicans view Pell Grants favorably.

“It’s an area that’s fairly politically safe for both sides to say yes to,” she said.

Facts about Pell Grants - 11 percent of Wake Forest students receive Pell Grants - Pell Grants are capped at $5,500 per year - In 2014, Pell Grants could lose their Congressional protected status

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Word on the Quad

Letter to the Editor

WFU CHOICES (Cultivating Healthier Opinions in Challenging Everyday Situations) is the Wake Forest University substance abuse prevention program.

WFU Choices offers alcohol and other drug education workshops, training and campus-wide programming.

The office also offers confidential individual assessments, brief counseling and referrals to community support services as it relates to alcohol and other drug misuse, and consultations to students, staff and faculty with regards to alcohol and other drug concerns.

In the fall of 2012, the WFU Choices office assisted in the implementation of the preorientation for first year students MyStudentbody. com course, a comprehensive approach to reducing the risk of drug and alcohol abuse and sexual violence among college students, held an alcohol and other drug myths vs. facts in-service with WFU residential assistants, and the director of Student Health Service Dr. Cecil Price and Substance Abuse Prevention coordinator Lavi Wilson presented on study drug misuse before showing the film Limitless in conjunction with the WFU Student Union.

WFU Choices has and will continue to present to various student groups on the topics of alcohol and other drugs, assist with the spring break sendoff and will par-

ticipate in the HES Health Talks specifically discussing marijuana, stimulants and other drugs such as: spice, 2C-E/I, bath salts, khat and Salvia.

The WFU Choices office will also assist with the implementation of the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment data collection, a nationally recognized research survey that assists colleges and universities in collecting precise data about college students’ health habits, behaviors, and perceptions.

Alcohol and other drugs education is shared in HES 100: lifestyle and health course, a graduation requirement for all WFU students.

The topics of substance use and safety are presented by lectures, guest speakers and in-class activities. The students are also assigned a project using the MyStudentbody.com and B4U Drink educator websites to compliment the in-class information.

The WFU Choices office is open to any programming ideas and assistance from the WFU student body. If you would like to schedule or assist in event planning or have any questions with regards to alcohol and other drug programming, training or events please contact Lavi Wilson at wilsonsl@wfu.edu.

Lavi Wilson, Substance Abuse Coordinator

Have you ever felt unsafe while living in the dorms, on-campus apartments or in the road houses?

“No. I always see campus police and the blue lights around.”

Joe Barbati (‘16)

“I think there is a bigger threat of robberies than of assault.”

Megan Blaney (‘14)

“I feel less safe than I used to now walking back to Piccolo at night.”

Sarah Kenyon (‘14)

“No. I know all the people on my hall and have no problems.”

Tim Dixon (‘14)

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“ immigration bill Congress should pass Young Dem| Immigration

All Americans would benefit from increased workers’ rights for legal immigrants Joel Diamond Staff Columnist diamjm0@wfu.edu

It is quite rare to see three professors from different departments discuss such a major political issue, in this case comprehensive immigration.

On Feb. 20, Professor Betina Wilkinson of politics and international affairs, Professor Dan Hammond of economics and Professor Ana Wahl of sociology were cautiously hopeful that Congress could finally get something done. It is time to pass legislation that would recognize the work of millions of undocumented workers fighting for a chance to earn access to equal opportunities while benefiting the larger society as a whole.

“Why now?” seems to be the most common question regarding this debate. Congress seems more deadlocked than ever before on so many other important subjects; how could they ever tackle an issue that has been a roadblock for over a decade?

One prominent answer offered by Professor Hammond and Professor Wilkinson, is due to the importance of the Latino ethnic vote in contributing to President Obama’s re-election last November. Around 70 percent of the Latino vote went to Obama in

the past two presidential elections, carrying a large influence in several important swing states such as Florida, Colorado and Nevada.

Given that a consensus of polls and surveys indicate that immigration is the top priority for these voters, both parties have a common interest in reaching a comprehensive agreement to compete for this demographic.

Whether or not a bill will actually get done is far from certain, but if we expect our representatives to take this issue seriously, we cannot expect any less than to get informed ourselves.

The main political battle between both parties will be over citizenship and border security. Republicans want to increase border security.

Democrats want to create a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Such a pathway would include a multi-step process towards legalization over an extended period of time with hefty costs and requirements.

However, as the panelists noted, illegal immigration has actually declined recently due to higher border security and lower employment opportunities caused by the economic recession.

In fact, the number of active border agents has quintupled over the last decade to over 21,000 in 2012, illegal crossings are at a 40-year low since 1972, and crime in U.S. cities along the border have relatively safe crime levels.

Professor Wilkinson pointed out that a likely majority of illegals already in the country have overstayed their immigration visas, and did not cross the border illegally.

This begs the question of what additional measures would ever be enough to com-

Most Americans are only here ... because of ... the efforts from ... family ... who immigrated to this country. pletely solve the issue of illegal immigration. As Professor Hammond noted, the economics of comprehensive immigration are complicated.

Increased legal immigration visa quotas would bring high-skilled workers that raise economic competitiveness and start businesses that create jobs.

Increased legal residents would be able to purchase cars, homes, and other new services, stimulating the economy and raising government tax revenue.

Ye s , spending on government services will go up, but illegal immigrants already pay sales and payroll taxes for services that they cannot even receive. The more opportunities immigrants are offered, the more taxable goods and services they will be able to buy to offset this cost.

Yes, wages in several sectors will be pushed down, but this is already happening without the protection of

minimum wage laws. Professor Hammond seemed optimistic that such a result would, in fact, be quite small.

Multiple credible estimates have shown that the overall net effect on the economy will be significantly more positive than negative.

Lastly, these are real people working in the worst possible conditions with the constant threat of federal detention and deportation rates in order to provide for their families.

Most Americans are only here today because of the efforts from previous family members who immigrated to this country.

It is time that Congress moves forward with a vision that recognizes the ability of immigrants to both contribute to the American future, and be given an opportunity to earn their status as legal citizens.

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Negative self“judgments result from comparisons Of Wine, Wool and Simple Words | Lessons from a Graduating Senior

Life is more meaningful when we focus less on how we compare to others Caroline Murray Staff Columnist murrck9@wfu.edu

As I sit at my desk, wrapped in a wool cardigan and enjoying a glass of ’09 Italian Chianti (Dr. Lecter would be proud), I prepare for my Forest departure with a story and simple words …

An unhealthy degree of competition pervades the college experience and all of its accompanying facets: social life, academic life, professional life. It never ends. All of us

Everyone has an exceptional purpose and ... worth, and thinking less of yourself does not serve the world.

behave as ravaging animals in the heat by the watering hole, doing everything we can to get there first, be better, shine brighter and come out on top in all respects.

Being one of nine children, I know perhaps a little too much about competition.

When faced with rivalry, an opponent that must be overcome or a standard that has to be met, we can’t help but compare.

It never stops, and it’s always the worst when competing for another’s affections. I once found myself in a brief but frightening state of anal-retentiveness when I first saw the new girl whom one of my good friends began dating.

Now, my friend and I had a history, and on occasion, I still thought softly of our time together in a manner that would sug-

gest my feelings for him hadn’t dissipated.

Such sentiments tempted me to size up his new girl, and I found myself downplaying my own assets.

Between the cute button face, the sensual and luscious hue of her hair, the small yet softly curved build and a smile that radiated with such a sweet disposition, I thought, I can’t hold a candle to this girl.

No wonder he prefers being with her over me. Then, I caught myself mid-jump. Shake your head, take a slap to the face and snap out of it, I thought.

In a moment of weakness, I broke a promise I made to myself a long time ago: I consciously made myself feel unworthy or less than what I was or am.

And that’s why now, I pass down a learned lesson: toss out comparisons. College students, especially those at Wake, seem to actively seek out the opportunity to parallel themselves with everyone, and on each occasion, we darken our own self-perceptions when the light of others shines blindingly in our face. Someone will always boast a

higher GPA; someone will always run faster than you; someone will always have more money or bigger boobs or a tighter ass.

As Max Ehrmann once said, “always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.”

Why should you perceive yourself as coming up short because of the accomplishments or natural gifts of others?

Just because someone my age just won a freakin’ Academy Award and possesses exceptional beauty, why should I think that I’ve accomplished nothing in my life, or that sizing up my existence against hers will somehow prove how insignificant I am?

Never allow the existence of others control how you feel about your own life. Everyone has an exceptional purpose and indescribable worth, and thinking less of yourself does not serve the world. In the words of Albert Einstein, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” I’m now on my last sip. Cheers, and don’t take these words for granted.

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Old Gold & Black | Opinion

“ negative body image Campus life can encourage Love Junkie | Body Image

Knowing how to handle the challenges of growing up can preserve one’s body Ade Ilesanmi Opinion Editor ilesao11@wfu.edu

The issue of body image is one that everyone should be familiar with by now. We skim over the basics of eating disorders in HES 100, and anyone with even minimal exposure to the media should have some vague idea of the harm that negative body image can inflict on various aspects of a person’s life. As other cultures have become more Westernized, eating disorders are no longer an American problem. That being said, it is important to zoom into our own little microcosm of the world here at Wake.

Because the topic of eating disorders is extremely complex and rooted in various mental, social and even familial influences, it’s important to stay away from making overgeneralized statements about our campus and how students view and treat their

bodies. Moreover, nothing that’s happening here at Wake is uncommon to other college campuses across the country, but that doesn’t mean the issue isn’t worth addressing. In fact, according to a study conducted by the Renfrew Center in 2003, 25 percent of college students attempt to control their weight through behaviors associated with Bulimia Nervosa. This isn’t about calling anyone out. It’s about promoting awareness about a very real issue here on campus.

Let’s first take a look at how our drinking culture promotes disordered eating (which, by the way, is different from an actual eating disorder). This problem is more common among the female population than among the males. Many a tale has been told about girls who want to get “wasted” when they go out while not having to pay for the calories they consume.

Essentially, they want to have their cake and eat it, too, no pun intended. In order to maximize their alcohol absorption while minimizing their calorie count for the day, they restrict their eating to extremely low levels and/or they spend hours in the gym burning thousands of calories. The intermingling of essentially at least two separate disorders, an eating disorder and alcohol dependency, has not always been as disturbing of an issue. Sondra Kronberg, a spokesperson for the National Association of Eating Disorders and founder and Nutritional Director of the Eating Disorder Treatment

What’s critical is that everyone realizes that they are worth more than they could ... see themselves.

Collaborative of New York, mentioned in an article in The Daily Pennsylvanian that as alcohol consumption has become more rampant on college campuses, so have the behaviors often associated with alcohol dependency. These behaviors include either binge eating or the intentional restriction of eating. This situation is one in which both the ends and the means are unjustifiable.

Not only is pre-meditated consumption of large amounts of alcohol an indication of a self-destructive mindset and misplaced priorities (which most of us are guilty of ), but as if such behavior was not already extremely damaging to the body, depriving the body of important nutrients and putting one’s body through the extreme duress of overexercising begs the question, “Do you need a shovel to help you dig your grave faster?”

Perhaps these individuals should take a step back and re-examine their motivation for wanting to partake in all of these behaviors in the first place.

Unfortunately, this destructive behavior is most commonly facilitated by fraternities and sororities on college campuses.

Large group gatherings such as mixers and

frat parties are often characterized by an unspoken emphasis on exterior physical appearances. Furthermore, a psychology study conducted by C.S. Crandall in 1988 describes a “social contagion” that can occur when disordered eating behaviors are socialized in social settings.

What’s important to realize is that these feelings are normal for people in our demographic who are dealing with transitioning into adulthood and, essentially, into the unknown. Elevating our campus from one in which people are so wrapped up in appearances to one in which a positive, healthy mind and body are the real focus requires more than everyone just thinking they’re beautiful.

What’s critical is that everyone realizes that they are worth more than they could ever see themselves, more than a number on a scale, more than a GPA, more than a stellar resumé, more than a hook-up. It’s all about changing the mindset.

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“ Our bodies do not define who we are Zoe 101 | Body Image

Fixating one’s thoughts on appearance only provides a false sense of control Zoe Gonzales Guest Columnist gonzzi11@wfu.edu

“Is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’?

Not to me.” — J.K. Rowling I’ve been there. I’ve been in that place where being “fat” really was the worst thing I could be. “Fat” was synonymous with failure and failure was humiliating, especially when the whole world could see on it my backside. I’ve been in that place where the quality of my day depended on the difference of one or two pounds that my scale projected every morning with a cruel honesty.

I know how hard it is to give up that dependence, the skinny addiction. It is a slippery slope of an obsession; the results are so easy to quantify and the motivation to keep going is everywhere — just look at any given magazine targeted at women and girls.

Not only do these magazines champion

Kindness, creativity ... and genuineness are all qualities we possess that are in no way related to our physiques. overly emaciated, airbrushed waifs but they also put down women that are supposedly “fat” or “chunky” when in fact these women are a healthy weight.

And, like Mrs. Rowling says, is “fat” the absolute worst thing you could be, especially when “fat” often means being at a healthy weight? I ask this question because I’ve been there and because I’ve pulled myself out of that place.

Growing up, I was a ballet dancer. As many know, the ballet world is a breeding ground for body image disorders. Not only do dancers spend their days in nothing but translucent pink tights and form fitting leotards, but we constantly compare ourselves to one standard body type, a type that very few people actually have. We analyze our body shape, foot structure, waist size, leg length, etc. We scrutinize our bodies, because the better we know them, the more we can manipulate them to create and carry out our art.

But placing our bodies on a spectrum where they are qualified solely on their resemblance, or lack thereof, to a very specific model is more than discouraging.

We believe we are flawed to the point that our friends and family can’t even convince us otherwise. That’s part of the issue with eating disorders and disordered eating (the

latter is shockingly common): words have the tendency to roll off the back of someone who is convinced that they aren’t and never will be thin enough, making convincing him or her virtually impossible for a concerned family member or friend.

Yet, there is so much more to us than what the number on the scale says. As Rowling suggests, we have many excellent attributes, none of which have to do with our weights. Kindness, creativity, individuality and genuineness are all qualities we possess that are in no way related to our physiques.

It’s not that we don’t recognize these positive qualities today; it’s just that we tend to put them below a low body weight on our list of priorities.

And why is that? Why is being thin so great? Sure, being healthy is important, and I’m not advocating obesity, but we shouldn’t live our lives to be thin either. I for one don’t want to have to make every decision about what I eat based on calories, fat content or carbs. I just want to eat what I like, enjoy it and not feel guilty afterwards.

So while I know it’s not easy to end a fixation on food and diet, I suggest we re-examine our list of priorities. Instead of worrying about every last crumb we place in our mouths, why not just buck the trend?

Why not just say, “Who cares”? Who cares if such and such celebrity has cellulite? Is focusing on the supposed flaws of the “real” and “natural” body of someone we don’t even know really making our day more enjoyable?

Graphic by Trevor Waddell/Old Gold & Black

There are so many more positive ways to spend our time.

I recognize that it is not easy to completely change the way you view your body. Only after years of frustration was I able to acknowledge that I had an unhealthy attitude towards food and start making changes. I also had to stop giving in to pop culture’s unattainable standards, which is very hard when they are every which way you turn.

But it is possible, you can do it, and in the end, you’ll find the freedom and confidence you gain are more than worth it.

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Moving on up to the main court

Press Box | Olympics Opinion

Olympics cut wrestling for ‘20 One of the summer Olympics’ most iconic sports, wrestling, will be absent from future games

BY CARR CODY Staff Writer codycc12@wfu.edu

Former manager of the basketball team trades in his clipboard for a spot on the Demon Deacon basketball squad

BY MATT POPPE Senior Writer poppmw9@wfu.edu It’s an opportunity that few people will ever experience. It is one that many kids dream about, but never get the shot.

Becoming a Division I basketball player. For one Wake Forest senior, that opportunity arose in December. Will Murphy, a student manager for the men’s basketball team got his chance to experience life as a member of the Demon Deacons.

Graphic by Elizabeth Ropp/Old Gold & Black

Murphy, a mathematical business major from Murfreesboro, Tenn., has served as team manager for three years, but never had the chance to make the real squad, even after a couple of attempts.

“I tried out my junior year, to just sort of gain some respect,” Murphy said.

“I just went out and played really hard, but I didn’t make the team. I tried out again this season and I didn’t make the team again. There was an opportunity that arose and the coaches asked me if I’d like to be on the team at the beginning of December. I said absolutely.”

The 5-foot-11 guard was happy to enter his new role as a member of the active roster, and especially to cheer on his team from a new spot on the bench.

Sometimes, you do not realize what has hit you until it is already over. With concussions and other trauma-related injuries, the incident in question usually disables the recipient’s ability to process the event. I utilize this metaphor to emphasize how I felt roughly two weeks ago when I heard that wrestling was removed from the 2020 Olympics and onward.

As one Wall Street Journal article implicates, “the rich Olympic history of wrestling not only extends back to the first modern games in 1896, but back to the ancient Olympics in 708 B.C.” However, the International Olympic Committee did not quite feel that this history was justifiable cause for maintaining the sport’s history with the Olympics.

See Murphy, Page 14

See Press Box, Page 13

WOMEN’S GOLF

{ BY THE NUMBERS }

6 71 2 76

{ DEAC OF THE WEEK }

Combined freshmen and sophomores on the nine-person team Lowest score for an individual Deacon this season in tournament play Top-10 finishes for Wake Forest on the year Rounds played by junior Olafia Kristindottir in her career

Harris

Senior guard C.J. Harris scored 23 points to lead the Demon Deacons to a startling 80-65 upset of then No. 2 ranked Miami.

As part of a 15 point first half, Harris hit all five of his 3-point shot attempts. He shot 7-for-13 from the field and had a critical dunk midway through the second period after the Hurricanes cut the lead to five.

His efforts earned him ACC Player of the Week honors.

{ DEACON QUOTE } “Just a great day for the Deacs, a lot of great individual performances, but most importantly a great team performance.”

-Head basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik on win over Miami

Deacs upset No. 2 Miami, lose to ‘Noles on road Wake defeats firstTopFive team since 2009 win over then No. 1 Duke

BY MATT POPPE Senior Writer poppmw9@wfu.edu

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Freshman Codi Miller-McIntyre helped propel the Deacons past the Hurricanes with 15 points and three assists.

It was an up and down week for the Demon Deacons as they split a pair of games with two ACC foes from the state of Florida.

Wake had undoubtedly its biggest win of the season Feb. 23 at the Joel as they shocked the country when they took down then No. 2 Miami 80-65.

The win resulted in the second court storming of the year at the Joel and a memorable rolling of the quad.

Senior C.J. Harris had an impressive performance in the win, with 23

points on 5-5 shooting from beyond the arc, leading to him being named ACC Player of the Week.

The Deacs looked to follow up their big win Feb. 26 as they traveled to Tallahassee, Fla. for a matchup against the Florida State Seminoles.

The Deacons had crushed the Seminoles in their previous meeting Feb. 9, cruising to a 25 point victory in front of a home crowd.

Wake could not pull out another win, however, as Florida State pulled away at the Donald L. Tucker Center for a 76-62 victory.

It was a game where the Deacon offense just could not seem to get going, as only one player scored in double figures and the team shot just under 33 percent as a whole.

The two teams battled for the first few minutes of play, but it was the Seminoles who gained an advantage

early, as they took a 14-5 lead. Florida State would use hot shooting, going 52 percent from the field in the first half, to keep their lead.

Wake would make a push at the end of the first half, trailing by just one at 33-32, but would see Florida State take a 40-34 lead into halftime.

Junior Travis McKie took over the Deacon offense in the first half and essentially kept them in the game, scoring 14 points on 5-5 shooting to go along with five rebounds.

The rest of Wake’s squad would show up, however, at the start of the second half as they would cut into the Seminole’s lead. A three-pointer

by Harris just four minutes into the second half cut the lead to 44-43.

This was as close as the Deacons would get, however, as Florida State

See M. Basketball, Page 13

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Old Gold & Black | Sports

Brianna Dekine Senior

BY ALEX SPEAR Contributing Writer speaar11@wfu.edu As the track and field squad returned from the ACC Championships in Blacksburg, Va., senior sprinter Brianna Dekine discusses her unique introduction to track and field, the sense of momentum, motivation and focus she feels during her senior season, the seemingly impossible balance of sprinting, being a chemistry major and sleeping, and the future nostalgia she knows she’ll feel as she departs Wake Forest as a highly noted, elite sprinter and accomplished, dedicated student.

When did you begin sprinting and when did you begin to get the sense that you wanted to pursue sprinting at the collegiate level?

I started [sprinting] my freshman year in high school. I actually used to play basketball and that was my thing, but to stay in shape during the spring, after basketball was over, my friend [asked me to] do track … and I said, “ok, sure!”

So I started doing track and then I started progressively getting really good at it. Eventually, when I graduated, I switched over from basketball to strictly track. I also ran track in third grade, and ran the 400m in 1:27.

Looking back on high school and the past few years here at Wake, has there been a moment or a tournament that has stuck out and confirmed, for you, why you have devoted your collegiate career to sprinting?

It was probably last year at ACC’s at UVA. My indoor season didn’t really go too well for me, but in the outdoor season, I final started to find my groove and times kept steadily dropping. And then I think I came in 10th overall and also just missed the finals by a few 10ths of a second.

But everything started to click and I finally knew that, this year, things were starting to get better. I think I’m tied for having the sixth fastest time for the 400m in school history, so this year I’m ready to make moves even more. And especially for my senior year, I feel like it’s really time to get things going and do big things.

Can you give a sense on what goes on in your mind while you’re sprinting?

For the 400m, it is an all out sprint, just once around the track, so the first 50 meters you just run all out — you give everything you got. But when you get to the 200m [mark], you take a breath, and I’m like, “alright, I’m halfway there, I’m really tired”, but I [know I] have to start focusing on my arms and lifting my knees because that last 100m is a beast.

We use the term “monkeys on your back” because [at the end of the race] people start tightening up and have anguish on their faces and start moving their heads side to side … and that’s just all extra energy you do not need to be using. So you try to breathe, because if you don’t breathe, it’s all over — you have no chance. But you have to, most importantly, focus on lifting your knees and having good form.

Moving to academics, what’s the hardest part for you to balance your classes and sprinting?

I’m a chemistry major, so I have labs and all these other things; so it would be really hard to get enough sleep. Last semester I had two labs [per week] — from 2 to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, so I’d either have to come out [to train] really early in the morning, say at 7:30 or 8 a.m. for workouts, or come after my lab at 5 or 5:30 p.m.

And then sometimes labs ran late so I didn’t get out until 6 p.m., so I had to make up [missed] workouts on the weekends. Just trying to balance that is pretty hard.

What are you looking forward to after college? Do you have a set plan or set idea for the future?

After college, I am attending graduate school for public health, specifically global health. I already got accepted so I’m excited! It’s nice to know I don’t have to worry — I’m going somewhere [right after college].

But I’m definitely going to miss just everything. As a team, I’m with 60 other people and I’m with them every day. We get to hangout all the time, and it’s just weird because I’m not going to get to see these people anymore. When you walk around, you get to see [all] of your friends everyday! And now all that’s just about gone. Of course I’m going to come back, but it just won’t be the same.

Personal Profile Hometown: Santa Ana, Calif.

High School: Culver City Event: Sprints Birthdate: April 14, 1991

Deac Notes Former Purdue All-American Taylor Stubblefield is new receivers coach

New Volleyball head coach Ken Murczek announces his staff

The Wake Forest football team, with its sights on the 2013 season, has hired a new wide receivers coach, Taylor Stubblefield.

With an outstanding collegiate career at Purdue, the newest member of the Demon Deacon football staff has the third most receptions in NCAA history with 316.

He was an All-American, a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award in 2004 and had a record-setting 2001 Sun Bowl game, catching nine passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns.

Wake Forest’s head volleyball coach, Ken Murczek, has tacked former colleagues Sarah Rumely and Diego Castaneda onto the volleyball staff.

Rumely dominated at the University of Kentucky and still leads the university’s record books in career assists and aces. On the court, Rumely will work primarily with the team’s setters.

Castaneda, a 2008 graduate of Baylor University, was instrumental in managing the daily operations for the Baylor Volleyball team and also served as an assistant coach for the USA A2 Blue squad.

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Deacs finish season at ACC Championships Men’s and women’s track and field teams finish 10th and 11th respectively in Blacksburg, Va., during weekend

BY JULIET BECKSTRAND Staff Writer beckjm12@wfu.edu The Wake Forest track and field team traveled to Blacksburg, Va. this past weekend to compete in the Track and Field ACC Championships on Feb. 21-23, ending the 2012-13 season with several Demon Deacons among the top finishers.

In the men’s division distance medley relay team of senior Anthony Marois, junior Alexander Rose, junior Kyle Eager and sophomore Daniel Harrison placed seventh with a time of 9:54.86, the fastest of any Wake Forest Demon Deacons team during the season. Junior Nate Wooten also competed in the men’s weight throw, tossing for 16.33m earning a ninth place finish.

Freshman Sydney White placed fifth in the pole vault with a eight of 3.87m, the best of her track and field career at Wake Forest.

Sophomore Nyki Caldwell claimed an impressive second place finish in the high jump competition after beating her previous personal record with a leap of 1.78m. Caldwell has finished in the top-five in four out of her five meets this season, coming within .03m of the Wake Forest high jump record set

by Trina Bindel in 1995.

“It’s really exciting. I’m definitely happy to be so close to the record,” Caldwell said. “I didn’t think it would happen so soon, but it’s great that everything is coming together.”

Junior Erica Martin competed in the women’s pentathalon, placing 11th overall. Freshman Kathleen Darling earned a 15th place finish in the 5,000m run with a time of 17.18.99.

By the end of the first two days of competition, the women’s team stood at eighth place and the men’s stood at the 11th place. Several athletes continued to compete on the final day of the ACC Championships on Feb. 23 following successful preliminary performances.

Junior Thomas Bojanowski finished fifth in the 800m run with a time of 1:51.72. Wake Forest was strongly represented in the women’s competition, with five individuals competing in the 3,000m run.

Junior Kaitlyn Oliver was the first Demon Deacon to complete the run, placing 14th with a time of 9:48.57. Oliver’s placement was followed by her four freshmen teammates, with Ashley Brubaker at 19th (10:00.11), Samantha Jones at 21st (10:04.81), Kathleen Darling at 23rd (10:04.81) and Meredith Kilburn at 26th (10:07.97.) Erin Brooks earned a ninth place finish after reaching 12.42m in the women’s triple jump, and Golden placed 12th with a jump of 12.26m.

The women’s team finished 11th after accumulating 13 points over the weekend, while the men’s team finished 10th with nine points,” Caldwell said.

“I think our future is looking very bright. We have some great recruits coming in a future.

The Wake Forest outdoor track season will begin on March 8 at the CCU Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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Junior Kyle Eager is a mid-distance track runner from Chappaqua, N.Y.

Press Box: Wrestling left out of Olympic games Continued from Page 11

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Wrestling will be taken from the Olympic Games in 2020 due to low TV ratings.

The committee agreed to sequester the sport into vying for a final spot in 2020 with wushu, baseball-softball, karate, wakeboarding and squash.

In 2012, 72 medals were won by wrestlers representing 29 countries. This degree of universality in wrestling has led to a coalition between Russia, Iran, Cuba and the U.S. to ensure the survival of the sport in the Olympics.

We hold significant trade sanctions against Cuba and we are embroiled in a nuclear summit with Iran, yet wrestling has united our countries days before the summit. We have almost nothing in common with these countries, except wrestling.

The IOC surpassed wrestling due to its perceived low cultural relevance, international appeal and TV ratings. I find it

repulsive that golf and other sports currently hold spots that serve in their sport as nothing more than circuit stops before the next major tournament. In a sport like wrestling, where the prize money gives little sway in comparison, the Olympics remain the most coveted of all prizes for those who train their entire lives.

I blame NBC for the television ratings aspect; finding a wrestling match on TV was harder than executing a five-point throw. Nevertheless, the corruption within the IOC bodes poorly, as one of the chief executive members, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Jr., was also the chairman of the International Modern Pentathlon Union, a sport that made it through the final round, where no former wrestlers or executives oversaw the decision.

With the immense popularity of Mixed Martial Arts and its television ratings, the proper spokespeople and informed announcers could prove beneficial to the

sports’ ratings. A primetime spot for at least the finals could also help. One of the greatest Olympic victories for the United States came in wrestling in 2000, where Rulon Gardner upset “Alexander the Great” Karelin of Russia who had gone undefeated in 13 years of competition.

Following that notion, so was Dan Gable winning in 1972 without allowing any points remains one the greatest Olympic achievements, ever.

Personally as one of the 280,000 high school wrestlers who participated in the 2011-12 season and the three previous, I feel outraged at knowing that the ultimate height for my fellow wrestlers has been temporarily supplanted. However, don’t believe that the International Wrestling Community is down-and-out.

As my high school coaches always said, “Matches have three periods for a reason.

But if it goes into overtime, it’s a whole new match.”

M. Basketball: Deacs still seek first ACC road win Continued from Page 11

used a 15-0 run to push ahead Wake for good.

Things were exacerbated by the Deacs’ shooting woes as they failed to convert a field goal for over 10 minutes and would shoot just 28 percent in the second half.

The Seminoles capitalized and would emerge with a 76-62 defeat of the Deacons.

McKie led the Deacs with 15 points and a game-high six rebounds, but scored just a single point in the second half.

Harris converted on all six of his free throws, but went just 1-7 from the field.

The Deacons were out-rebounded in the game 44-21, and saw Florida State block 12 shots to just two by Wake Forest.

“You’re not going to win games when you’re minus23 on the boards,” head coach Jeff Bzdelik said.

“They out-toughed us in that area.”

This now puts the Demon Deacons at 0-8 on the road Bzdelik in conference play, as they have struggled to pick up wins away from the Joel.

“We’ve had some real clunkers on the road,” Bzdelik said. “But we’ve just had to fight through that. We really do. We just need to grow up and know that our fans aren’t going to be there to supply great energy for us. We need to do that internally, and we need to show some grit, some toughness, and a great focus and be very, very strong from the neck up.”

Wake now stands at 12-15 on the year and 5-10 in the conference with just three games left to play The Deacs will look to rebound when they return home March 2 to take on the Maryland Terrapins for a noon matchup.

Wake last faced Maryland Feb. 2 in College Park and suffered an 86-60 defeat.

The game will also be a special one for the Wake Forest community as former Deacon and current NBA standout Chris Paul will be honored during Chris Paul Day as his No. 3 jersey will be hoisted to the rafters.

Paul, who played two season for the Deacs from 2003-2005, was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 2004 and was First Team AllAmerican in 2005.

He will be the 11th Wake player to have his number retired.

The jersey retirement ceremony will be held at halftime.

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Wake Forest picks up big win at Virginia Wake bounces back from tough loss at home against Georgia Tech to beat Virginia on the road

BY MICHAEL McLAUGHLIN Staff Writer mclamj12@wfu.edu The game started well for the Deacons, who, after an early turnover, responded with four points to take a 4-0 lead.

While Georgia Tech missed several layups, the Deacons continued to increase their lead as senior Sandra Garcia scored with athletic reverse layup to make it 6-2.

One possession later, Wake went up 8-2 after senior Asia Williams drove and dished to Garcia for a layup.

Georgia Tech increased its defensive pressure, and the full court press continued to cause the Deacons problems.

The teams continued to go back and forth, and with just under 12 minutes left in the first half, Georgia Tech was up 16-15.

The teams were stuck at this for several minutes as the game increased in physicality with each time team for every loose ball and rebound.

However, Georgia Tech’s pressure would prove too much and at the 6:30 mark, Wake Forest was on the wrong end of a 17-2 run which was filled with Deacon turnovers.

“The last two games, we’ve started out well, but then we have dug ourselves into a hole,” Garcia said.

Junior guard Tyaunna Marshall dominated the first half. With under one minute left in the first half, Mar-

shall had as many points as Wake Forest’s total (20).

At the half, Georgia Tech was leading 47-24.

“We just couldn’t dig ourselves out of it,” Garcia said.

Georgia Tech’s momentum continued in the early goings of the second half as they pushed their lead up to 28 after scoring the half ’s first five points.

However, the Deacons continued to battle, outscoring the Yellow Jackets in the second half 40-35, but they never threatened Georgia Tech’s lead.

The Deacons had several days to rest and recover from the 82-64 loss before they took on Virginia in Charlottesville.

In pursuit of their fifth win in Charlottesville since 1978, the Deacons found themselves engaged in a back-and-forth battle in the first half.

Up 27-26 with four seconds remaining in the first half, Garcia Douglass hit a jumper to give Wake Forest a three-point lead.

Wake was hampered with 14 turnovers but combatted this by shooting 52 percent.

After being down due to a 9-0 Virginia run and series of exchanged baskets, junior Chelsea Douglas scored the next seven points to tie the game at 51-51.

Tied at 60-60, Virginia could not convert with less than ten seconds left, and the game went into overtime.

With 23 seconds left in overtime, senior Lakevia Boykin hit a three-pointer to give Wake Forest a 7166 lead. The Deacons held on for 73-68 win. The game was controlled by Boykin and Douglas, who combined for 45 points, 25 of them coming from Boykin. The Deacons next game is senior night, Feb. 28, at the Joel.

WAKEing the Joel

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Senior C.J. Harris was lifted on the shoulders of students after his 23-point performance in Wake Forest’s upset of No. 2 Miami.

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Christelle Shembo shoots a jumper in front of a raucous crowd at the Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem.

Murphy: New perspective Continued from Page 11

I was excited about the opportunity and obviously, it’s exciting to say I was on a Division I basketball roster.”

“I’m a pretty passionate individual so I was into the game as both a manager and a player, but as a player, it’s a much better seat,” Murphy said.

“You’re right there in the front row. Sometimes as a manager, I had to stand the whole game because if you have someone like Andre Washington sitting in front of you, who is 7-foot and you are just 5-foot-11, then there’s no way you are going to see anything.”

The manager-turned-player has also been fortunate enough during these past few months to be a part of two of the biggest wins in recent memory for the Demon Deacon basketball team.

He points to them as moments he will remember most after leaving Wake Murphy Forest.

“Beating Miami was really great but beating N.C. State was almost better to me,” Murphy said.

“It had been a while since we beat a ranked team and that was the first time I ever got to be a part of a court storming, so that was a bonus.”

Murphy has enjoyed his time with the program, and it has gone right along with his love of the game.

However, his true passion lies on the other end of the bench.

Murphy strongly wants to enter the coaching aspect of basketball.

Will Murphy Senior

“Of course I always loved playing basketball, and I played in high school,” Murphy said. “I was like everybody else, shooting by myself in the backyard, envisioning myself as an NBA basketball player. My real dream, however, and one that I am continuing to pursue, is coaching.”

Murphy is seriously considering this coaching endeavor, and while earning a degree from Wake will hopefully help him, his area of study may not necessarily be what he is looking to pursue.

“I haven’t done any business interviews so I guess I’m not really looking to go into that,” Murphy said.

“You have to major in something, and you have to have a college degree in order to recruit as a coach.”

While Murphy has enjoyed his time on the basketball roster, he does not at all downplay his contribution to the team as a manager.

As a jaw injury has now forced him to once again wear a suit on game day instead of a jersey, Murphy is eager to be a part of the program and contribute in any way he possibly can.

“I was very excited about the opportunity and obviously, it’s exciting to say I was on a Division I basketball roster,” Murphy said.

“However, it didn’t take anything away from me being a manager. I enjoy being part of the program, in any capacity.”

LIFE Spring Break Fashions

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Ditch winter’s cold weather wardrobe and get your apparel ready for some fun in the sun...

BY MARGARET MERCER Contributing Writer mercmj11@wfu.edu It’s that time of year again, when freezing, bundled-up college students nationwide are given a week to shake off the chill of the long winter and bask in the warm rays of sunny locales everywhere.

I can’t wait to trade in my boots for flip-flops, break out my favorite flirty dresses and get in my bathing suit — not.

In all seriousness though, spring break will be here before you know it, so there is no better time to refresh your wardrobe and stock up on spring’s hottest trends.

Popular spring break locations for Wake students craving some fun in the sun usually include the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Mexico and Florida — all perfect for the ideal college spring break full of lying on the beach, swimming, drinking and partying the night away.

But no matter what your plans are, spring break is all about having fun so why not have a little fun with your clothes this year?

Don’t be afraid to show a little skin. Spring break is one of the few times it is socially acceptable to be slightly risqué and adventurous with your clothing choices. But there’s a fine line between coy and sexy and bearing it all.

Focus on your favorite feature, whether that’s your legs, rear or chest, and play it up with a short skirt, tight pants or a plunging neckline, but please — not all at once. No one wants to be “that girl.”

Your suitcase should look as exciting and playful as the vacation you are about to embark on. Think bright prints and vibrant colors.

It’s time to say good-bye to that drab winter palette and hello to spring! Coral, pistachio, flame orange and red are all big colors this season.

Pair them against a neutral to really make them pop or go monochromatic and wear the bold color head to toe.

For day, I’d mix white, cut-off shorts with a breezy cotton T-shirt over a bathing suit, and for night a pair of sky-high cobalt blue wedges with white skinny jeans would look fabu-

lous. Classic black and white graphic patterns are also making a comeback this spring.

Whether in stripes, patterned or color blocking, black and white is modern and cool.

A black and white print skirt with lots of zippered hardware would work for a night out and a striped shirtdress would make a cute bathing suit cover-up for day.

Another idea for a cover-up is a chambray or denim button down shirt. Leave a couple of buttons undone, roll the sleeves up and tie a loose knot in the front for a laid back vibe.

Pair with thin, brown-leather sandals and a straw fedora and you are set. Jonathan Adler is making a line of hats this spring that are perfect for resort wear.

Don’t forget your shades. This spring, try out some unique, geometric frames. Experiment with this trend in a pretty pastel color like light blue or lemon yellow. You can wear them on your spring break trip and carry them through the summer.

Silk, lace and linen will always be warm weather staples, but this season my favorite fabric is definitely fringe.

It’s different and will look awesome when you are shimmying out on the dance floor. It can be worn from head to toe in a slinky dress or just a touch on a bathing suit top or necklace as metal fringe. A white, strapless fringe bathing suit top is the perfect spring break item because it’s eye-catching and totally day-party worthy.

Another trend I’m really excited about is an interesting hybrid of a sandal and a platform: a flatform. Flatforms are comfy and give the right amount of added height to boost you up a bit, while keeping an outfit causal and boho chic. These shoes can look 60s retro in color block or modern if chosen in silver leather, a very of-the-moment color for spring.

The tribal jewelry and global inspired outfits of last spring and summer are still hot as well. You can’t go wrong with a beach bag or maxi skirt in one of these prints with stacked gold bangles.

So whether you are going to Punta Cana or cuddling at home with your cats, embrace your inner fashionista by trying out some of these trends for spring break and you will be sure to turn some heads.

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Tech Column | Promoting Facebook Posts

Promoting posts raises concerns

BY GAUREV SHENI Contributing Writer sheng12@wfu.edu Ever since it’s IPO on May 18 of last year, Facebook, the world’s largest social network, has been pressured to find new sources of revenue. It has introduced many pay-to-use features which are meant to get members to pay directly to the California-based company. There is Facebook Gifts, which allows you to buy gifts for your friends, and Paid Messages, which allows strangers to send messages to your inbox instead of junk-mail.

The average Facebook post only reaches about 16 percent of your friends. Last October, Facebook rolled out the feature to

promote your own posts. For about $7, you can guarantee that your post will reach a larger audience while abiding by their privacy settings.

So, how exactly does this reach a larger audience? Facebook organizes everybody’s newsfeed based on an algorithm that judges what stories you will enjoy and keep you on the site longer. Promoting your post ensures that all of your friends will see it at the top of their newsfeeds.

The new feature will now let you promote your friend’s posts as well. Let’s say that your friend Mary uploads a new Harlem Shake video and posts it to Facebook. If you want Mary’s video to get more views, you can pay $7 and

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Facebook’s new pay-to-promote feature has been raising distress among users who wish to keep their information private.

promote the post to all of Mary’s friends.

This won’t bypass Mary’s privacy settings.

The video will only be visible to Mary’s approved friends, but it will show up on more of those approved friends. If you have mutual friends with Mary, then it may show up on their newsfeeds.

Many have cited concerns that a user doesn’t need the author’s approval. The author of the post is also unable to optout of promoted posts feature, and is notified of the promotion only after it has been paid for. If there is a humiliating picture of you from a party last night, one of your friends could promote the picture. While your friend might think it was funny, people will certainly be concerned when they see the label “Sponsored by [user’s name],” and they know money was used. During a press release, Facebook said the new feature is intended to promote posts like a friend running for a charity marathon.

The new feature, available to members who have less than 5,000 friends and subscribers, can be accessed by clicking the drop-down menu located towards the top-right corner of a post. The option “Promote and Share” will bring you to a screen where you can pay the $7. Facebook says this price varies with the number of people it will reach and is subject to change in the future. What most people don’t realize is that if you want to make sure more people see a post, you can easily repost the status or link, without shelling out any cash. If you’re concerned about your friends promoting unintended posts, then you should scroll through your friends list and start deleting.

Humor Column | Surviving the Colder Months

A Floridian’s take on a Carolina winter

BY ERIN PATTERSON Staff Writer pattee12@wfu.edu

Shit Wake kids

never say

“That mid-term was so easy.”

“I think I am going to read for fun tonight.”

“I have nothing to do right now.”

“It’s so hot in the atrium.”

“Wow! You’re from the Boston area?

That’s so unique.”

“I think I’m going to stay in and get ahead tonight.”

In lieu of the steadily approaching spring season, I would like to announce the end of my hibernation. I’ve been in winter-lock-down mode since the leaves fell off the trees, and I’ve only just started to wear real pants again instead of their far more comfortable cousin: leggings.

Being from Jacksonville, Fla., this winter was a little bit of a shock for me.

I’ve never actually lived somewhere with a real winter. It wasn’t until this Christmas break that I even owned a sweater or those warm wool socks.

The worst part about the winter here is the cold, misty rain. The storm clouds roll in and sit around for days, blocking the sun and making the temperatures drop, but it never actually rains. It just mists, which completely negates bringing a rain jacket or an umbrella because it just swirls around and gets all over you any ways.

Florida storms don’t do this. They clouds roll in and the rain pours down. Then it’s over, and the sun comes back out to warm everything up again.

Winter outside of Florida literally makes me cry. No really. My eyes start watering.

My nose starts running. I kid you not; I

once had some one stop me on campus to ask if I was okay. I said I was just cold, he looked at me kind of weird and I went on my awkward and cold way.

Here at Wake, there are a lot of Northerners, and I’ve placed them all into two categories: those who dress appropriately for the cold and those who pretend that they’re impervious to it. The former category includes my favorite kind of Northerners. They have so many cold-weather clothes in their closets, and apparently they have even more clothes that are even warmer at home. These people know what negative temperatures feel like, but they still accept that the 20s and 30s are pretty cold, too.

The latter category contains all the people who take it as a point of pride that they have experienced and survived harsher winters than those of WinstonSalem. These are the people who refuse to wear thick socks, jackets or even a scarf, who shiver in spite of themselves and who constantly have mild colds because they’re never dressed warmly enough. These people also tend to scoff at me when I’m bundled up in multiple layers of jackets like the kid from The Christmas Story. That doesn’t even bother me anymore, though — partly because I’m the one who is actually warm in this scenario. Also, while

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Living in the Sunshine State makes winter elsewhere hard. they’re going further north into colder weather for spring break, I will be going to my beautiful state of Florida, spending the week at the beach and on the river, soaking up the warm sun, and enjoying the end of my winter hibernation.

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Abroad Column | Adventures in Nicaragua

Living the simple life in South America Ditching running water, electricity and civilization for a four-day visit to a campo in coffee country

BY BRIDGET HOCHWALT Contributing Writer hochbe0@wfu.edu Full of life, culture, language and history, Nicaragua is a fascinating country to spend the semester exploring.

Last week, I had the chance to unplug from my busy life in the capital Managua and head to my first program excursion: four days with a rural, coffee-producing mountain community in the North, referred to as the campo.

With no running water, no electricity and no grocery store for miles, life in the campo is simple, yet peaceful and fulfilling. My host family and I woke up at the crack of dawn each morning, ready for a busy day of planting coffee seeds and making tortillas.

The women of the campo have an almost magical skill with cooking that can only come from years and years of practice.

My fumbling attempts at pounding corn tortillas into perfectly-round masterpieces like those of my host-mother were greeted with encouragement and enthusiasm.

After several hours of preparation, breakfast was served. I ate my fill of rice, beans, vegetables and tortilla. And of course

coffee. Everyone in the campo drinks coffee. Whether it be for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Whether it be my three-year-old host-sister or her great grandmother. And who can blame them?

Nicaragua boasts some of the world’s best coffee, especially when the coffee you drink comes fresh off your own land.

During my stay at the campo, I learned the ins and outs of coffee production. We planted coffee seeds, which will become mature plants in a few years, and will produce berries ripe for picking, drying and roasting to create a perfectly delicious cup of coffee. It was a fascinating experience, especially for a coffee lover such as myself.

When I wasn’t planting coffee seeds or making tortillas, I spent the majority of my time trekking up and down the mountains, getting from point A to point B. As my host family lived on one side of the mountain and the majority of the community lived on the other, this trek happened several times a day.

Though it always left me gasping for breath, the sight at the top of the mountain was worth it. Green and leafy mountains surrounded me on all sides for miles and miles around.

It was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen: nature in its raw form, touched only by the coffee fields of those who live in the campo.

My time in the campo was too short, only four days.

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Spending only four days in the coffee-producing, mountain community known as the campo proved to be too short.

Now I’m back in Managua, enjoying running water and electricity yet missing the beautiful view and simple life that characterizes life in the campo. In the midst

of this fast-paced, high-tech lifestyle that we all live, it’s good for the soul to take a step back, relax and breathe in the cool mountain air every once in a while.

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Food Column | Faux Healthy Snacks

Don’t be fooled by sneaky “health” foods When you are grocery shopping, beware of fattening foods that are masquerading as healthful snacks

BY LAUREN FRIEZO Contributing Writer friele11@wfu.edu There’s nothing I hate more than hypocrites. It just really makes me angry when someone says one thing, and acts in a completely opposite way.

Exhibit A: That phony girl in my Italian class, that teacher who seems super nice but gives everyone a C or that guy you met on Friday night who said he only had eyes for you (hah).

So how does my previous rant relate to food?

Well, buying healthy snacks is an important way to help you keep your weight in check.

Whenever I head to Lowes Foods or Fresh Market, I make sure to buy treats that won’t ruin my shape. “Diet” items often seem to be the way to go — but are they?

Like I said above, I hate phonies, so it’s no surprise that when it comes to food, I’m on the look out for phony nutritional labels.

You’d be surprised how many foods market themselves as “healthy” and “organic” when the only label they truly deserve is “FATTENING.” Trust me, you don’t want to be fooled by these wolf-in-sheep’sclothing labels anymore, and neither do I.

THE TOP THREE DECEIVERS Dried Fruit Dried fruit can seem like a safe snack.

After all, raw fruit is one of the most unrefined items in a super market.

However, the same doesn’t hold true for the dried version of Mother Nature’s candy.

How is fruit dried? Using a dehydration process that sucks most of the volume from the fruit — so you can eat 50 dried mango slices and not realize how much you just ate.

There’s also a good chance that unnecessary sugar has been added to the fruit in the dehydration process. Eat RAW and save calories and sugar!

Reduced Fat Peanut Butter Reduced fat does not equal increased health benefits. When companies remove the natural fat from peanut butter, they replace it with maltodextrin, a filler carbohydrate. If you eat this, you’re trading the healthy fat found in peanut butter for carbs and sugar. And you’re only saving 10 calories. Keep it simple and buy the real stuff! There’s nothing wrong with a smooth blend of peanuts and salt, as long as it’s eaten in moderation.

Diet Soda Just because diet soda is low in calories (or no-calorie) doesn’t mean it’s good for you, or your waist.

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Choosing to snack on dried fruit may seem like a healthy, figurefriendly choice, but they can be loaded with sugar and calories.

I’m sure you’ve heard that studies indicate those who drink diet soda on a daily basis have an increased risk of becoming overweight. Don’t be one of those people!

If you’re looking for caffeine, drink UNSWEET tea or coffee. If the sweet flavor is what you’re craving, try sipping on

lemonade watered down with some H20.

So there you have it.

Keep dried fruit, reduced fat PB and diet soda out of your dorm room.

After all, wouldn’t you feel really stupid if you let a phony label trick you out of your hard-earned bod?

Restaurant Review | Wen Hwa Asian Fusion Cuisine

Asian restaurant serves fresh, affordable cuisine In a town filled with many mediocre Asian restaurants, Wen Hwa Asian Fusion Cuisine stands above the rest

BY JULIA GABURO Staff Writer gabujl12@wfu.edu On a particularly slow Saturday night, a few friends and I decided to skip the perpetual monotony of the Pit and get off campus for a more exciting meal. Looking for some typical Chinese cookery to satisfy our tastes, we used the ever-trusty Yelp! app to find a good place.

Trying to find a credible Chinese place on apps like Yelp! and UrbanSpoon can be a challenge. There is no way to differentiate the delivery places that run out of strip malls and serve questionable chicken from the sit down venues with actual menus and wait staff.

Scrolling past places like China One, Great China and anything with “buffet” in the title, we settled on Wen Hwa Asian Fusion Cuisine — a restaurant with an authentic sounding name and lots of very favorable reviews.

After locating Wen Hwa on Google Maps, we made the short, 10-minute drive to Spruce Street in downtown WinstonSalem. I found parking to be a little tight, but it could have been due to the rather sizeable SUV I drive rather than lack

of spots. I parked in the lot next to the restaurant and avoided a ticket, for future reference. Wen Hwa Asian Fusion Cuisine is a quaint little building with a brick patio and red and black design accents.

There is ample outdoor seating in the front for the warmer months, and patrons can dine in the daylight or at night by the glow of Christmas lights underneath red umbrellas.

Inside, there is one large dining room with tables and booths, and a kitchen in the back.

Everything on the inside of the restaurant is red and black and there are Asian accents all around, from the art on the walls to the little Buddha statue on the menu stand.

The lighting was dim and conversations were punctuated by the trickling sounds of a waterfall fountain.

Upon walking in, we knew we certainly hadn’t mistakenly stumbled upon a stripmall delivery joint. Wen Hwa is the real deal.

We were seated in a booth on the sidewall.

The table settings were great and the menus come on a cloth scroll that was rolled up and put in a wooden tube — quite a departure from the usual laminated plastic sheet I’m used to.

And the menu provided more options than anyone knew what to do with. I could have ordered 10 things.

I started with an order of edamame, which was delicious, and then had an asparagus chicken dish for my main meal. My friends

ordered dishes including fried rice, lettuce wraps, wantons, General Tsao’s chicken and chicken lo mein noodles. Everyone loved their food.

It was just like the traditional Chinese take-out one would order over the phone,

but with a little twist and a lot more freshness. I didn’t have to question whether what I was eating was truly chicken or not.

The prices were totally affordable and the atmosphere was great. And of course, there were fortune cookies to top it all off.

Photo courtesy of tripadvisor.com

Wen Hwa Asian Fusion Cuisine provides an authentic and enjoyable dining experience, and is a short drive away from campus.

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Reliving the drama of film’s biggest night Hollywood came together to celebrate cinema on Feb. 24, at the 85th Annual Academy Awards

BY CAROLINE GILL Contributing Writer gillce12@wfu.edu Considering the popularity of the nominees, as well as the unorthodox choice of host, this year’s Academy Awards was one of the most highly anticipated television events of the year.

Unlike last year’s Oscars, there was no frontrunner to steal the show, cleaning up award after award giving some excitement to an unnecessarily drawn out ceremony.

Host and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane began the show with a 17-minute long intro responding to William Shatner, who reads him headlines from the future warning him of mistakes that result in him being dubbed “the most horrible Oscar host ever.” Many skits followed, including an underwhelming piece with Photo courtesy of graziadaily.co.uk Sally Field, a musical number that walked the line of being funny or not funny and This year’s Oscars, among a multifarious amount of other highmildly offensive. lights, celebrated the year’s Best Actress, Jennifer Lawrence.

The goal in choosing MacFarlane was The first award of the night, for Best five nominees were past winners, a first in to bring some youthful freshness to the ceremony, which in recent years has Supporting Actor, went to Christoph Waltz the Academy’s history. for his brilliantly witty yet completely It was Waltz’s second Oscar in three years, struggled in the ratings department.

By all accounts, it worked — ratings were natural performance in Quentin Tarantino’s previously winning for his supporting role in another Tarantino project, Inglourious up 3 percent from last year, and 11 percent Django Unchained.

It was arguably the most competitive Basterds. Best Supporting Actress, an award in the key demographic of 18-49 year old category of the night, considering that all that came up much, much later in the show, viewers.

was given to Anne Hathaway, for her brief yet mesmerizing role in Les Misérables. Her win was by no way a shock, given that she was heavily favored.

Daniel Day-Lewis made Academy Award history by becoming the first person to win three awards for Best Actor in a leading role.

His performance as president Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s historical epic was nothing short of a lock. In any other year, nominees such as Hugh Jackman or Bradley Cooper could have easily won the honor, but when you’re up against DayLewis your luck is pretty much shot.

Best Actress was the award with the most potential for surprise, as Zero Dark Thirty’s Jessica Chastain and Silver Linings Playbook’s Jennifer Lawrence were pretty close in the odds. Still, few were surprised that Lawrence won. Simply no one else could have pulled off the performance of Tiffany, the widowed sex-addict, like she did.

The highest individual honor, Best Director went to Ang Lee for Life of Pi. In a perfect world the award would have gone to Ben Affleck, who as we all know was snubbed for the nomination, despite his masterful work in Argo. However, Argo walked away with the biggest honor of the night, Best Picture. Ben Affleck deserved to be up on that stage, his acceptance speech was candid and beautiful, undeniably one of the night’s best moments.

Other highs included the musical performances by Catherine Zeta-Jones and the cast of Les Misérables, as well as Adele singing “Skyfall”, which won the award for Best Song.

Sex Column | The Coolidge Effect

The science behind male sexual boredom

BY CAROLINE MURRAY Staff Columnist murrck9@wfu.edu

The other day, I had a very open conversation with one of my closest guy friends about sexual history. I know, sounds like questionable conversation for brunch at a high table in the Pit, but you all know you’ve talked about worse.

After going over his recreational sex résumé, something still puzzled me. I wondered that if each of these women made him immeasurably satiated, then why the hopping? Was there anything about each individual partner that turned him off and sent him prowling for a new mate?

“Nothing was wrong with any of them, really,” he replied. “I just — got bored, I think. Or maybe I needed something refreshing, something new. I can’t put my finger on it.” Perhaps I can. This sounded eerily familiar, and ladies, many of us have unfortunately been down this road before: exclusive with a guy, great connection, awesome sex, everything is all hunky dory — until out of the blue, his sexual prowess pulls a complete 180, and we are left out in the cold while Mr. Variety’s prurient penis starts roaming in a different direction.

Such situations may leave women feeling sexually inadequate: what did I do to drive him away? Are my boobs not big enough, my body not tight enough? Do my oral skills need work? I thought he liked those sounds I made. Truth is, a male’s desire for novelty

may be beyond his control. Neologistically coined in the 1950s by ethologist Frank A. Beach, the Coolidge Effect refers to neurobiological mechanism during which a male’s post-ejaculatory refractory period is reduced if new mates are present.

When engaging with the same female, the refractory period has been shown to lengthen each time, making the male less inclined to reestablish sexual intercourse.

However, this program treats each “new erotic possibility […] as a valuable genetic opportunity,” says Gary Wilson, co-author of Cupid’s Poisoned Arrow: From Habit to Harmony in Sexual Relationships.

So why the frenzy? Why are males programmed to sexually pursue new females? The neurochemical explanation comes back to the release of dopamine, the “reward” and “addiction” hormone.

Dopamine very much mimics the physical sensations we experience as an orgasm develops. As sexual arousal increases, so do dopamine levels. Once the body has reached orgasm, a huge surge of dopamine is released. Therefore, a vicious cycle ensues where the presentation of an erotogenic opportunity spikes dopamine levels and entices males to “fertilize” insatiably.

A natural phenomenon, the Coolidge Effect provides minor explanations for dozens of sexual practices, from polygamy and womanizing to pornographic addiction and the “hook-up” culture of college.

Although it doesn’t justify a male’s sexual commitment issues by any means, sexual novelty seems to be a natural desire men

are neurobiologically conditioned to have.

Males don’t respond this way strictly due to novelty, but males are aroused by what they don’t anticipate. Therefore, constant sex with the same person without spontaneity or variation — despite the benefits — challenges a male’s primitive, caveman disposition to populate the world with his

almighty sperm and impeccable genes.

Gents, don’t try to explain it, and ladies, don’t blame yourself. With hormones and sexual desire at peak levels during our college years, don’t have any expectations about exclusive hook-up buddies or monogamous sex outside of the boyfriendgirlfriend dynamic.

Photo courtesy of theboredboi.tumblr.com

Hey ladies! It’s not your fault that guy never called you again after you put out, its biology’s. Blame the Coolidge Effect.

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Meet the man behind

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Alumnus Ricky Van Veen took the Internet by storm when he created popular website, CollegeHumor, in his Wake Forest University dorm room in 1999

BY MOLLY DUTMERS Life Editor dutmmk11@wfu.edu Few people equate greatness with a dorm room in the basement of Johnson Residence Hall, but that is where popular comedy website CollegeHumor.com was born.

When Ricky Van Veen (‘03) and his friend from high school created the website as a side project for “beer money” in 1999, they did not expect it turn into the cultural phenomenon that it did.

The pair knew that they wanted to start a website because of an acquaintance who was working for an early Internet company.

“We knew that if you could have a webpage that people went to, you could make money on it,” Van Veen said. “So that was kind of the plan.”

And when they were deciding what type of website to create, they decided to go with what they knew. “We were in college,” Van Veen said. “We were kind of idiots, so we were like we’ll do CollegeHumor.”

The site then started to take off virally, mostly through users posting the website as their AOL Instant Messenger away message.

Throughout his career at Wake, Van Veen viewed the website as a side project while he pursued other interests such as photography for the Old Gold & Black and The Howler.

Van Veen originally planned to become a consultant. “I remember going to a job fair in the Benson Center,” Van Veen explained, “and there were these consulting companies. I didn’t really know what consulting companies did but I was like I guess I’ll do that.” But as he inched closer to graduation, Van Veen realized that he and his business partner could make a living off of the website.

“Our qualifications were that we want to have cable and we want to eat,” Van Veen said. “So we graduated and we were making enough money where we could do those two things.”

Being out of school allowed the business partners to dedicate more time to forming their website and expanding their reach.

“After graduation, that’s when it really took off,” Van Veen said. “We moved to New York a year later.” And upon arrival to New York, CollegeHumor was able to expand from being just a website. CollegeHumor began receiving deals to create books, movies and television shows.

CollegeHumor.com is now one of the most popular comedic websites in the world. The website has a top rated YouTube channel with more than 3.8 million subscribers and about 15 million users visit the site each month.

Van Veen credits the success of the site

We were in college. We were kind of idiots, so we were like we’ll do CollegeHumor.”

Ricky Van Veen CollegeHumor Founder (‘03)

to its ability to generate content quickly. “I love when we are able to tackle something quickly,” he said. “If something happens in the news on a Tuesday, we have a video up on Wednesday and on the Internet speed is certainly valued.”

Van Veen gave the example of when Sarah Palin was announced as the vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party in the 2008 election. Matt Damon said that a Sarah Palin vice presidency would be like “a really bad Disney movie.”

The following day, CollegeHumor created and posted the video, “Sarah Palin Disney Trailer” gaining millions of views. “Had we done it a week later,” he said, “it wouldn’t have gone anywhere, but it got millions and millions of views overnight.”

While he is still heavily involved in the day-to-day running of CollegeHumor, Van Veen has expanded his business. He is now the CEO of Notional, a television production company that focuses more on unscripted formats, their most wellknown show is “Chopped” on the Food

Network. Notional also creates game show formats that are geared towards more of an international audience and are currently airing in Portugal.

Van Veen is also working on transitioning popular CollegeHumor web series to longer form, half-hour comedy television shows.

Van Veen explained, “We take a lot of our web series that have done really well, like ‘Jake and Amir’ or ‘Very Mary Kate’ and try and develop into something longer form, like a half hour comedy TV show.”

He would like to continue to expand his businesses from the core of the website.

CollegeHumor is expanding their livecomedy tours and just completed their first movie, called Coffee Town.

The film stars Glenn Howerton from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Parks and Recreation’s” Ben Schwartz and Adrianne Palicki from “Friday Night Lights.”

And while CollegeHumor Media is starting to focus more on doing longer form productions, they are not going to forget their roots. They are still dedicated to providing their website users with entertaining content.

Van Veen has come along way since his days in Johnson. He has transformed himself from a student photographer for collegiate media to one of New York’s most promising media moguls.

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